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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1934
Page
6
The Union Pacific showcases a three car diesel streamlined train in Sidney with no loitering allowed while on display. Rail agents will manage crowds as the unit, half the length of the future Salt Lake City to Los Angeles train, promises high speed testing and dramatic air pressure before it enters regular service.
Roche announced local government plans including leasing the swimming pool from A. S. Hardy to create a free municipal pool for youths. He pledged close contact with the finance committee to keep city expenditures within income and support lighting of the baseball park for summer evening events. He plans to work with the council and seek a majority vote on major issues. He will let the council decide his ward one successor in his absence.
Chamber of commerce officials say they will present the facts on relief work to Sidney business people at a meeting Monday. They stress they do not dictate actions but leave decisions about part time work for any men to the local business community and landlords.
Art Aurich reports a railway employee who took a bale of hay from his property at the sale barn on Wednesday is identified. He offers that if the hay is returned to the barn, no legal action will be pursued. Telegraph Wantads Get Results.
Cold waves and a brief blizzard moved through western Nebraska and Cheyenne County, with 1 to 4 inches of wet snow in the panhandle and Cheyenne reaching nine inches. The storm dusted wheat fields, but county farmer S A Maley noted soil moisture and strong April wheat stands, while motorists faced slick roads and windows iced shut as temperatures dipped near zero before climbing by Wednesday.
Roche led early in Ward 1 by 65 votes, then widened to 74 and 44 in wards two and three, with forecasts of a 150 vote margin in his ward to beat Schroeder. Bieternitz impressed in the first ward council race. Grabill defeated Porter. Heavrin ran unopposed. Smith and Hutchison led the school board initially before wards two and three reshaped standings.
Voters cast 1275 ballots in the election, over 200 more than two years ago, amid raw, cold weather. The turnout might have exceeded 1300 if conditions had been milder. All officers-elect will assume duties on the first Friday in May.
Nebraska Federation of Retailers members met in Bluffs to adopt a new code. About 80 grocers attended led by principal speaker. Delegates from Sidney M. A. Ziwicki H. C. Jones and Ed Meier joined from Lorenzo and Potter Potter residents Clarence Johnson Charles Swanson plus Harvey Heizer of Dalton also attended.
I I Pindell Sidney Legion commander asks chamber to call a special meeting Friday at noon to honor Mr Carruth. Jack Lowe president will interview directors to adjust luncheon schedule. Carruth plans to visit Sidney and speaks warmly of the city as part of his 1934 program planned by the legion.
Eight Hundred to Be in musical contests, urging attendance. The mass participation emphasizes public interest in the event and suggests a large audience turnout for the performances.
A 160 voice Ed Boys chorus and 250 voice Ed Girls chorus will sing three numbers under Prof. Fuhr of Hastings. A 185 piece massed band will perform under L. E. Smith of Sterling, who also directs the string ensemble. The finale features 350 voices in an abridged Faust by Gounod. Admission 25 cents per session, 50 cents for a season. Three judges are H. M. Fuhr, L. E. Smith, and Miss Jessie Leffel.
Nebraska's supreme court ruled that a 1933 tax law directing delinquent taxes collected after the fiscal year end be paid into a sinking fund for bond retirement is unconstitutional. Counties cities and school districts argued the rule would disrupt current expenses and harm schools and other government units. The court found the act to be an amendatory, not independent, measure and invalid.
The court held the act provides no agencies or means to secure its object and is amendatory. It fails under the constitutional prohibition requiring new acts to contain amended sections and to repeal amended sections.
General Motors divisions including Pontiac Chevrolet Buick Cadillac and Olds Motors raise prices on multiple lines. Pontiac leads with 20 dollar gains across models, Chevrolet 25 to 30 on passenger cars and 20 on commercial models, Buick 65 to 130, Cadillac LaSalle up to 300 on large Cadillacs, Olds 35 to 60 on six and eight cylinder cars. Earlier in the week Chrysler units Plymouth Dodge Chrysler and Studebaker also announced price hikes.
Cheyenne County is allotted its relief share as estimates show 27,361 individuals from CWA work will require aid in April totaling 517,530 dollars. The state emergency relief committee released 418,104 dollars of federal funds to 63 counties. A previously set aside balance of 119,018 dollars remains. The April allocation plus prior grants brings total emergency relief to 1,984,585 dollars.
Counties LT hay Sarpy Sioux Chase and Keith receive April relief funding yet to be fixed. Johnson county gets first $1,000. With work relief ended, the state committee will not fund material costs in the future. Wages for future work relief to be 40 cents hourly. Writing required for state county relief cost sharing. Emergency funds for April to be handled by Haynes and Smith. Cheyenne county to receive 1,750 with 1,100 balance.
Dr C W Zike of Sidney reports a higher prevalence of horse distemper in the vicinity after reading the Telegraph News noting the disease in Potter horses. He says he has treated several clearly affected animals and believes local conditions may be worse than those around Potter.
Fire crews responded to a blaze on the night of the 18th with a roundabout patrol path noted in early reports. Authorities clarified the incident as a routine house fire with no injuries and ongoing investigations into the cause.
Firemen hurried to Grabill's house at 9th and Linden after an overheated furnace triggered an alarm in the third ward. Operators misheard the location and rushed to the wrong ward before correcting the error. Minor damage resulted.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Sec bluff announce a boxing card at Bluffs on April 16 featuring Billy Vaughn the Rocky Mountain lightweight champion and Hershey Wilson Cols lightweight champion. Vaughn’s style promises action while Wilson has climbed to reach his present position by defeating top local rivals.
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