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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1947
Page
9
The report outlines farming concerns for the Panhandle in 1947. Wheat storage will crowd remaining storage space when harvest begins in July. Labor shortages threaten irrigation, potato and beet harvests, with partial relief from beet-harvesting automation. Shipping remains unsettled as railroads fail to finish last year’s work, though truckers grow in number.
Cheyenne County raised 6182.17 for the American Red Cross during the 1947 Roll Call drive. Drive Chairman John Martincsky announced the total yesterday noting much came in voluntarily as no organized campaign was needed due to a small county quota. Martincsky praised the county’s willingness to support worthy causes and Red Cross officials’ satisfaction.
Wayne C Hamm, 30, convicted of breaking into The Breternitz Bakery, received a two year penitentiary sentence from District Judge J L Tewell who noted the punishment was light after Hamm admitted attempting break ins at The J C Penney Co store and Montgomery Ward's Hamm, a Sidney butcher, arrived in February and was on parole from Nevada.
Violet Viann of Kansas City defeated Nell Stewart of Baltimore in three fall main event on the VFW wrestling card. Viann won two falls in four and seven minutes while Stewart took a single fall in eight minutes. Coleman edged Pico two falls to one in the semi with falls in eleven, eight, and four minutes. Mickaloff outlasted Jack Conley in a thirty minute one fall opener. A large crowd attended the show.
National events marked for Army Day and Army Week with the theme A Strong America is a Peaceful America. Major organizations including the American Legion Kiwanis Rotary and Lions outline participation in Easter outfits and ceremonies. A new chatelaine pin from the Gift Shop is noted to trigger the observance.
The reading shows standings from the Ladies Commercial Bowling League at LI Recreation with teams Oliver Yendis Ernies and Recreation. Oliver leads high team series with 2049 and high team game with 754 while S Pierson tops individual marks with 477 in series and 191 in a game.
Wesley M. Antes, Scotts Bluff County agent, announced a radio training institute for county extension workers to be held at Gering city hall on April 8. Attendees will include agents from seven western Nebraska counties and Goshen County, Wyoming, plus extension workers from Box Butte Sheridan Dawes Cheyenne Kimball and Scotts Bluff counties.
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