Swede Home News Weekend Visits Spread Through Town
Local families hosted and visited across the area with guests from Omaha Lincoln Holdrege Denver Barstow and Buckley Park hosts include the Johnsons Gestrines Timm and Anderson families. The group shared picnic at Buckley Park and plans to attend Luther College in Wahoo this year with several youths named in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Andersen
Omaha
Gerda Johnson
Lincoln
Lena Johnson
Kies
David Timm
J. W. Joline
Phillip Waller
Cheri
Edgar Peterson
Henry Thelander
Harold W. Jenson
Irvin G Gstrine
John Gestrine
Enrad Johnson
Denver
John Johnson
Guy Anderson
Holdrege
David Timmome
Walter Orten
Linda
Axel Ahlgeen
Adolph Forss
Willard Adelson
Raymond Johnson
Harold W. Johnson
An Annual Fair Coup in Burncrest
In Burncrest the town’s longtime chairman Jake Fletcher is replaced by Barney Bridges who plans to modernize the annual fair. Barney hires promoter Dana Easton to stage an open betting horse race, but Jake secretly bribes the six drivers to halt, proving his belief that every man can be a crook if he believes they can get away with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardtney Bridges
Burncrest
Jake Fletcher
Barney
Cyrus Gill
Jake
Barney Bridges
Nyway
Dana Easton
Homing Pigeon
Charley Colewell
Charlie
Burnside
Jasper Bush
Hector Dryson
Fergus Cross
Charlie Colewell
Hector
TV and radio shifts tied to uncertain markets
Industry uncertainty and potential sponsor withdrawals cloud TV radio plans as Don Ameche signs to replace Horton on Holiday Hotel and Frank Sinatra prepares a CBS Saturday night show next month. The piece notes a Protestant radio official’s wedding officiant and highlights Columbia and Mercury album picks from Ted Lewis Kes Griffin Irving Berlin tunes and other artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ameche
Edward Everett Horton
Frank Sinatra
Ivan Lee Holt
Protestant Radio Commission
NBC
Veep Albes Barkkey
Columbia
Ted Lewis
Kes Griffin
Ted
Royal Garden
Dallas
Griffin
Irving Berlin
Mercury
Irene
Alexander Brothers
Silse
Richard Hayes
Ralph Marilera
Kitty Kallen
Eddy Howard
Louis Prima
New Social Security Bill Extends Coverage to Farm Workers
Congress passes the 4 billion social security expansion which adds about 1.7 million agricultural workers to coverage. Benefits rise from 70 to 100 percent for insured individuals. The House approved the compromise 374 to 1 as Senate debates defense measures amid Korea tensions. A Kefauver crime report notes organized crime expanding into legitimate business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Jones Asenter
John 2
Beh
Wiscon
Senate
Donaldson
Special Crime Investigating Committee
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Osceola Area Dwellers Share Labor Day and Visits
Osceola and Stromsburg relatives host a busy Labor Day weekend with extended family from Omaha Grand Island Lincoln and Ravenna plus visits from Denver Denver and Los Angeles travelers. Local trips include traffic duties Lincoln fair and a Stromsburg Buckley Park picnic with several households noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Iler
Omaha
Osceola
Stromsburg
Harold Sayles
Grand Island
Amelia Sayles
Tom Bohaty
Timothy
Anne Sypal
Chicago
Lloyd Green
Joe Knards
Ravenna
Basil Hanger
Denver
Roy Johnson
Colorado
Ira Irland
John
Maurice Irland
Dennis
Los Angeles
All In The Game: Baseball and Oil On Pro Sports
A collage of sports notes names such as Eddie Stanky Jackie Robinson and DiMaggio appear with salary talk trades and management moves. Connie Mack’s sons take control of the A’s while Fran Murray steps in as Penn athletic director. A youth league backs big league officials and a no hitter memory involving Vern Bickford is recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke
Sam Snead
South Africa
Giants
Eddie Stanky
Jackie Robinson
Dodgers
Henry Ransom
Tom O
Dad
Stymie
New Penn Athletic Pilot
Fran Murray
Pray Gtdders
Gussie Moran
DiMaggio
Vern Bickford
Braves
Flora Cummings Finds Hope Through Human Relations Course
Mrs Flora Cummings of San Diego California faced jealousy, conflict, and domestic strife as her husband abused their daughter and clashed with her widowed father. After joining a church course on human relationships, she changed her approach to focus on living for the day. Within weeks her husband and father softened, and family harmony improved as she pursued better life for her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Cummings
Diego
Calif
Beee
Gome
Amy
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Spencer Tracy
Elizabeth Taylor
Seam Bennett
Don Taylor
Nevadan
Seadolph Scott
Dorothy Malone
Everest Tucker Chas. Kemper
Nebraska
U.S. Brewer’s Foundation
Braska
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First Nat'l Bank Bldg
Richard Hill Wilkinson
By Lyn Connelly
Sinatra
Johnny Mise
New York Yankees
Truman
Albem Barkley
Keres
Korea
Far East
Milard Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Tydings
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
South Korea
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
U.S
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Charles W. Holman
National Milk Producers Federation
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Bob Karp
Ralph
Pont Want
Fyrank Cars
Ray Musselman
Priscilla
Norfolk
Harry Musselman
Liler
D. H. Wilson
Clarks
Lawrence Miller
Harvey Miller
Central City
Clara J. Herst
John Mulgrue
Addie Wieseman
W. J. Herrmann
Dave Nelson
Detroit
Michigan
Ray Branting
East Moline
Lanny
Dick Combs
W. W. Norton
Lake Ericson
Bill Norton
Bob Walgreen
George Brown
Jim Norton
David Rutter
Neal McBeth
Morris Newcomer
Charles Fischer
Buckley Park
Berniece Luft
Adam Luft
Grand Island Business College
Richard E. Smith
George Hruska
Drew
Dolores Cerny
Mary Cerny
Elsie
Lester Anderson
Columbus
Richard Merrick
Daily Lincoln Journal
Blondie
Orphan Annie
Ruipley
Albert E. Wiggum
Steve Canyon
Bobby Sox
Grantland Rice
Dorothy Dix
Walter Winchell
David Lawrence
Stewart Alsop
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