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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1936

Page

2

Stalin Trotsky clashes and American political cautions

A Mos cow dispatch outlines a purge of 16 confessed Soviet conspirators under Stalin as a display of social defense. It notes the execution of Zinoviev Kamenev and others, contrasts Stalin with Trotsky, and warns Americans that centralized power risks creeping dictatorship similar to Nazi and fascist regimes.

Washington Associated Press Moscow Social Defense Russia Lenin Stalin Leon Trotsky Zinoviev Kamenev Tomsky Rykov Bukahrin Rodek Ogpu Sokoknikov Pyotakov Russian Empire Czar Nicholas Trotsky Hitler Mussolini United States NRA AAA

White Cottage girl earns hero medal for bravery

Clara Katherine Van Horn, twelve, of White Cottage Ohio, receives the Army and Navy Legion of Honor gold medal for heroism after she saved two boys from a speeding express train by throwing herself onto their sled last winter. The award honors the American boy or girl who performs the year’s most heroic act.

Clara Katherine van Horn White Cottage Ohio Army and Navy Legion of Honor Miss van Horn

60 Year Rainfall Record Is Broken In July

Lincoln Nebraska July rainfall set a sixty year low and temperatures tied records across many stations. The average July temperature rose 12 degrees from 1934 and was 8.3 degrees above normal. Sunshine reached about 91 percent at five stations with sunshine records. Statewide precipitation averaged 0.57 inch, well below normal, while McCook Lebanon Imperial and Wauneta saw more than 2 inches.

Lincoln Neb Nebraska U. S. Weather Bureau McCook Lebanon Imperial Wauneta

Deer damage prompts farmer complaint near Bassett

Bassett Nebraska resident Vivian Clark, a market gardener living nearby, said deer have been destroying his and a neighbor’s gardens. He reported seeing groups of six to eight deer at different times in the past few weeks, with sightings within two miles of Bassett.

Bassett, Neb Vivian Clark Here Bassett

Irrigation Drives Test Wells in Western Nebraska

In Sidney Nebraska farmers and business leaders push government aid for irrigation test wells to gauge viability as drouth threat grows. Cheyenne and Box Butte counties lead the campaign to shift from dry land farming, with Box Butte seeking federal funding and Green advancing Lodge Pole valley tests despite funding limits.

Sidney Neb Nebraska Cheyenne Box Butte Cheyenne County Charles D Green Lodge Pole Sydney

Capitol Lawn Yields Heavy Crop and Nebraska Market Data

The capitol lawn in Lincoln yields a heavy cutting of bluegrass hay as water kept it healthy through summer heat. Nebraska retail sales in 1933 reached 1.0967 of the U S total with per capita purchases at 199 dollars, while wholesale sales totaled 408 million dollars. The data handbook also notes Nebraska population and other market figures for 1930 to 1934.

Capitol Lawn Lincoln Neb Nebraska Commerce Department Bureau U. S

Farmer Finds 1886 Silver Dollar in Barnyard Ditch

Gene Cooper of Tekamah Nebraska uncovered an 1886 silver dollar buried about six inches deep in a ditch cut through his barnyard by recent rains. The find occurred after Cooper had lived on the farm for over two decades. Nebraska Motorists Safety.

Tekamah Gene Cooper Cooper Nebraska

Tricounty offers water for 255k acres in Buffalo and Hall

The Tricounty public power and irrigation district proposed supplying water to irrigate about 255 thousand acres in Buffalo and Hall counties or backing a project costing roughly 4.31 million dollars. At an irrigation meeting the offer was presented and a group acted to advance the North Side Irrigation ditch system on an equal-priority basis with the Tricounty project.

Tricounty Kearney Central Nebraska Tricounty) Public Power and Irrigation District Buffalo Hall

Postum Company Offers Free Week’s Supply

The Postum Company announces a nationwide offer sending a full week’s supply of healthful Postum free to anyone who writes for it. The promotion appears in another part of the paper and invites readers to send address details for delivery.

Postumtree Postum Company

Aim Right and Focused Goals Sharpen Judgment

A concise maxim on choosing clear aims over assuming perfect opinions. It urges steady focus on directing effort toward correct ends rather than claiming flawless beliefs, promoting disciplined decision making and practical progress.

New Pressure Lamp Protects Eyesight

A new air pressure mantle lamp by W. C. Coleman provides 300 candlepower and six times more light than standard lamps. It makes its own gas burns kerosene or gasoline and promises eye health for homes, especially rural areas, with low cost and safety. readers may request full details from Coleman in Wichita Kansas.

W. C. Coleman Dept WU-171 Wichita Kansas

The Explanation Psychology Reframes Intuition Insights

The Explanation Psychology centers on translating intuitive understanding into explicit, testable theories. It argues that implicit knowledge can be mapped into awareness through structured reflection and empirical validation.

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