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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1935
Page
6
A review of showings and upcoming performances notes new productions and ongoing runs at the theatre. It highlights featured plays and titles, listing dates, venues, and notable cast or company details for patrons planning visits.
Theatre patrons are promised a light yet thrilling film at the Fox with Wings In The Dark shown today and tomorrow. The production offers a refreshing pace and engaging suspense for audiences seeking a balanced entertainment experience.
From Files Of The Telegraph a long nostalgia column recalls events from 144, 24, 34 and 44 years ago. It notes Elks initiations in Sterling with Sidney participants, a Huntsman post office fire, massive telephone outages from heavy snow, a 1921 marriage license for Sidney residents Fred Henry Bushman and Clara Marie Reker, prairie fires near Alliance, and note of nearby tornado winds. It also mentions 24 year ago weddings, juvenile orchestra plans, memories of Custer, wolves threatening a Grover traveler saved by a passerby, and Alliance postal savings banks. The piece covers local fire department open house, a western Nebraska blizzard disrupting trains, a land office receiver start, and multiple local moves and business shifts in Sidney and surrounding counties.
In view of Washington calls for farmer votes on a new wheat adjustment, the piece critiques a processing tax to fund payments to signers reducing output. It weighs surplus reduction, price effects, and insurance by product, arguing farmers should not bear premiums and detailing past farm aid under AAA. It notes the shift toward a permanent plan may offer better control, with emphasis on near parity prices and delayed need for further controls.
Bridge players study drastic changes in scoring and bonuses under a 1935 code update. The 65 laws reduced to 39 and the vulnerable grand slam bonus dropped from 2250 to 1500 points, with nonvulnerable grand slam from 1500 to 1000. Undertrick penalties and no trump trick values also adjust to simplify bidding and scoring.
The grippe grips the garrison with 40 to 50 affected. Private W N Rabineau of company G 21st infantry dies Wednesday afternoon, and Corporal James F Fahey of the same company dies Thursday morning. Christchurch ladies guild annual meeting elects officers: Mrs E M Mancourt president, Mrs A G Stewitts vice president, Miss Carita McFarland secretary, Miss Lillie Chowins treasurer.
Edgar Leafdale notes that the possibility of a similar recurrence should keep us aligned with an adjustment program. He cautions that consistency in approach is essential to maintain momentum and public confidence.
Mrs J E Morrow reports a series of Sunday dinners and visits. Neighbors and relatives including the Mathewson family, J E Morrow, Vern Pearson of Proctor Colorado, Hilpert and Schubarth households, and various others share meals and calls across Pleasant View and nearby towns.
Nebraska records show at least 90,000 automobiles had licenses issued in 1934 but escaped tax assessment. The figure reflects widespread tax avoidance in vehicle registrations and underscores enforcement gaps in the year.
State Tax Commissioner Smith reported 407 144 licenses issued in 1933 dropping to 316 462 cars taxed in 1934. Omaha issued 57 527 licenses with 39 324 cars taxed. Most counties mirrored the trend, three counties Arthur McPherson Rock bucked the pattern with more cars taxed than licensed. The Doyle measure requiring paid up taxes for licenses could curb the issue. the bill, approved by the house, awaits senate action.
Fred Wallace, chairman of the state board of review for the 1935 corn ho g program, says eastern writers distort government aid to aging farmers. He argues the 1935 contract fixed payments and refutes claims of scavengers paid to not raise hogs. Nebraska producers knew 25 percent reductions were asked in 1934 and that payments were per head on permitted production. Consumers would not blame pork prices on 1934 policies. AAA taxes fund the programs, and Nebraska should rely on its own purchasing power rather than eastern misstatements.
A sequence of social notes records Sunday dinners and visits among Pleasant View residents. Guests included Mrs J E Morrow, Mr Carl Mueller, Mr and Mrs Ben Warrelman, Hugo Haack family, C G Gemeinhardt and family, Frank Mueller family, Elmer Burdorf family, Rev G H Boehne, Oscar Mueller, Art Schuessler and others. Mentions of J E Morrow driving to Potter and Sidney reflect regional social activity.
Dan Heimer and William Morrow metered to Potter Tuesday morning. Mrs. Elmer Burdorf entertained the Ladies Aid Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wittreck were Sunday supper guests at the Otto Bergt home.
Blanche Elizabeth Taylor, born February 23 1906 in Blair, died March 30 1935 at Fort Collins Larimer County Hospital after a long illness. She married F D Jacobson in 1925 and had two children who predeceased her. She lived in Chappell and Lodge Pole, joined the Christian church in 1922, funeral at the Christian church conducted by Dr. R E Weed, interment Greenwood cemetery.
Approximately the same number of Nebraska farmers as in 1934 are expected to hold 1935 contracts as the deadline passed. L. D. Willey of Sidney reported the western Nebraska counties would see a large program, likely slight acreage increases, with Nebraska leading corn belt states in proportion signed. Elton Lux estimated about 87,000 completed applications and 4,000 to 5,000 incomplete, noting last year’s about 90,000 contracts. County offices reported rising signups in the South Platte area as final figures awaited release.
Reports from the state indicate that 13 000 signings are expected after final tallies. Over 65 000 farmers wanted their land signed, roughly matching last year, with contracted acres and average farm acreage about four percent higher than 1934. In Nebraska last year 32 counties had more applications than contracts, a figure likely to rise with final reports.
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