Wheat Leaders Are Renamed This Week At Annual Election
Voters re-elected all officers and county allotment committee members in Cheyenne county wheat control, with C. H. Feldman continuing as president and committee chair. Clyde Toof as vice president and J. C. Swinbank as secretary, Margaret Cunningham as treasurer. Precinct leaders and members named for Bronson Arvin Livingston, Bunker Hill, Chambers, Colton, Davison, Fagle, Gurley, Huntsman. Continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
C. H. Feldman
Clyde Toof
J. C. Swinbank
Margaret Cunningham
G. H. Helfrich
Feldman
George Reetz
Potter
J. H. Campbell
Lodge Pole
Bronson
Arvin Livingston
Walter Huettman
Arthur McMillen
Bunker Hill
P. J. Beyer
Arthur Borcher
Alex Sterling
Chambers
James C. Johnson
Alfred E. Marsh
Colton
Charles Welton
Firth Booth
Humphrey Cortney
Davison
Elmer Graff
Martin Christofferson
E. L. Weed
Fagle
W. L
Chichester
Herbert Krauter
John J. Folkerts
Gurley
Gustav Juedes
Charles Gathman
Huntsman
J. R. Frame
L. P. Houge
Fred Kettler
T B Testing Gains Ground In Panhandle
Dr John Anderson state veterinarian says two more Nebraska counties Keith and Deuel have been organized for bovine tuberculosis eradication work. Only Arthur and Lincoln remain unorganized. a North Platte meeting Friday aims to start Lincoln county effort. Cheyenne county expected to be accredited soon per County Agent Swinbank. a few more signatures needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Nebraska
Keith
Deuel
Arthur
Lincoln
Anderson
North Platte
Lincoln County
Cheyenne
Swinbank
Chappell Firms Cited For Not Paying Tax
W. B. Banning, director of the state department of agriculture, cited five Nebraska oil firms to appear Wednesday afternoon to answer charges of not reporting gasoline shipments last May. The firms named were New Deal Transport Co of Burwell, Nebraska Iowa Oil Co of Blair, Farmers Union Cooperative Assn of Cedar Bluffs, Sutton Oil Co of Chappell, and Corner Garage of Bluehill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Banning
State Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
New Deal Transport Company
Burwell
Nebraska-Iowa Oil Company
Blair
Farmers Union Cooperative Association of
Cedar Bluffs
Sutton Oil Company
Chappell
Corner
Bluehill
Amateur Night To Be Stage Feature Today
Amateurs for a flare for the stage vie for honors tonight on the Fox theatre stage in the first city amateur night contest. Carl Smith lined up a group hoping to show Sidney talent it has overlooked. If successful, the events may become weekly Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Theatre
Carl Smith
Sidney
Smith
Two League Games Set in Western Nebraska Sunday
Two western Nebraska baseball league games are scheduled for Sunday in the region. Potter travels to Ogallala and is favored to handle Keith County. Big Springs will play Chappell in a neighborhood clash, drawing local interest while Sidney and Oshkosh, the league leaders, hold open dates.
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Potter
Ogallala
Keith County
Big Springs
Chappell
Sidney
Oshkosh
Cheyenne County 15 to be removed from relief roll at once
FHRA Administrator Witte proposes Cheyenne county along with 25 others be cut from direct relief by August 9. The state roster is divided into four groups by agricultural dependence and relief load, with group 1 set to be entirely eliminated from relief in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
FHRA
Witte
Lincoln
Cheyenne
Blaine
Burt
Cedar
Clay
Chase
Deuel
Colfax
Dixon
Dundee
Frontier
Garden
Garfield
Hamilton
Haynes
Hitchcock
Howard
Kearney
Logan
Nance
Perkins
Polk
Saunders
Stanton
Thomas
Wayne
Crop Report plan sparks clash between Cochran and Banning
Governor R L Cochran opposes a weekly crop reporting service in Nebraska arguing that crop data should be centralized in one department. W B Banning counters that farmers deserve more frequent updates and says he will discuss the issue with the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Cochran
W. B. Banning
State Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Cochran
Banning
Federal Agricultural Division of Statistics
15 Per Cent Cut For Wheat Coming Year
The AAA requires a 15 percent reduction in wheat acreage for 1936 from farmers who sign production adjustment contracts. Chester C. Davis says if the Supreme Court voids AAA, the government will pay farmers for compliance up to the decision date. He adds that the four year contracts protect both farmer and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Supreme Court
Cousin Of Local Men Dies From Injuries
Henry and P. J. Heaton learned their cousin Rudolph Kombrink a Central City grocer died from injuries after his car left the Lincoln highway and wrecked in a ditch near Central City Sunday morning. Surgeons cited a fractured spine as the cause. The vehicle showed no signs of collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
P. J. Heaton
Rudolph Kombrink
Central City
Kombrink
Lincoln Highway
Scientific methods of crime detection talked at meeting
About 100 Nebraska sheriffs and peace officers attended the annual mid summer convention. W. C. Condit, state president, called the program vital and among the best meetings held. R. B. Nebergall demonstrated plastic reproduction of facial features and fingerprints, showing how moulds aid later identification by metropolitan agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Sheriffs and Peace Officers
Sheriffs Association
W. C. Condit
Nebraska State Sheriffs Association
Nebraska
Condit
R. B. Nebergall
Des Moines
Nebergall
Bankers Seek Annual Sessions At Alliance
Alliance bankers propose consolidating the sixth and seventh districts of the Nebraska Bankers Association with an annual convention in Alliance. The plan envisions a nominal district assessment to fund the meeting, but requires a city venue. A new auditorium and city hall could supply the necessary facilities for next year’s gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Alliance Bankers
Nebraska Bankers Association
Alliance
Nebraska Stock Growers Association
Fleming Seeks $100 Challenge to Throw Roy Chick
Wrestler Tom Fleming, who worked a carnival here, proclaims in a Telegraph letter he will return to Sidney to throw Roy Chick anywhere anytime. He offers a hundred berries for victory and claims Chick is not as tough as locals fear. Chick is presently in Battle Creek performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Fleming
Roy Chick
The
Telegraph
Fleming
Sidney Boy
Mr. Fleming
Chick
Sidney
Battle Creek
Mich
Quarantine Hearing Set On Scotts Bluff Alfalfa
State entomologist L M Gates travels to western Nebraska to lead a preliminary inquiry ahead of a Monday hearing at Gering to decide if a temporary quarantine on Scotts Bluff and Sioux counties alfalfa should become permanent. Director W B Banning will preside at the hearing and attend potato grower meetings in Alliance and Gering before reviewing ports on the Kansas line with Floyd Atkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Gates
Nebraska
Gering
Scotts Bluff
Sioux
Ww. B. Banning
State Department of Agriculture
Banning
Alliance
Lincoln
Floyd Atkins
Kansas
WPA urged for Nebraska towns to apply for improvements
Western Nebraska districts urge cities and counties to apply to the WPA for public buildings street and road projects within the next two to three years. Projects will be funded at reduced costs and provide jobs this year as relief ends. Workers will be under full-time oversight with a focus on lasting improvements and federal support. Continued on Page 6, Column 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Alliance
WPA
Stern
Grain Loans Open To Nebraska Farmers Soon
Farm Credit Administration officials announced at an all day conference with state FCA officials and farm experts from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota that loans on stored small grain will be available almost at once to middle western farmers. The program covers oats, wheat, rye and barley, offering a borrowing privilege similar to the former CCC program for corn growers. Details on rates and per bushel limits to be set in further meetings Tuesday. The loans let farmers keep grain off the market at harvest while meeting taxes, interest and harvesting costs, with federal money not used and the plan to become a permanent service if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pony Express Trail Retraced By Boy Scouts In Nebraska
A memorial Pony Express ride is planned across Nebraska with stops at Sidney Mitchell Pass North Platte valley areas and Fort Laramie. H J Dollinger leads celebrations at each point under Oregon Trail Memorial Association director J G Masters. Events Aug 16 17 18 involve local chambers of commerce officials and invitations to Gov Cochran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of the West
Sidney
H. J. Dollinger
Scottsbluff
J. G. Masters
Nebraska
Laramie
North Platte Valley
Mitchell Pass
Dollinger
J. W. Johnson
Kearney
Martha Allen Buried Here Thursday
Funeral services for Martha Allen 26 former Sidney resident who died Tuesday after an appendectomy in Grand Island were held at the Episcopal church with Bishop George Allen Beecher officiating. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery Rice funeral service led pallbearers old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Martha Allen
Sidney
Grand Island
George Allen Beecher
Hastings
Greenwood Cemetery
Rice
M. W. Osborn
A. D. Greenlee
I. E. Grabill
Harlan Kinton
Clark Fuller
Douglas Boyd
Virginia Johnson
Robert Wait
Softball League Forms Eight Teams for Fall Play
An eight team softball league formed Tuesday night with Foster Cook as president and Dr. R B Baker as secretary-treasurer. Play begins next Tuesday and runs through Sept 5 with two games per night on Tuesday Thursday and Friday starting at seven and eight. A $5 entry fee is due to the secretary-treasurer before play. Nebraska state rules apply and no hardball players may join. Teams: Union Pacific Boyd's Piggly Wiggly Safeway St Patrick's Lions Krumm's De Molays. Schedule opens with U P vs Boyd's and Piggly Wiggly Safeway vs St Patrick's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Cook
Dr. R
Baker
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Boyd's
Piggly Wiggly Safeway
St. Patrick's
Lions
Krumm’s
de Molays
U. P
Boyd’s
Piggly Wiggly-Safe
St. Patrick’s
Lioris
Krumms
Spotted rust condition noted during annual farm tour
The Future Farmers chapter of the Sidney vo ag department reports rust infection in county wheat. Early seeded fields show halted progression and ripening grain though shriveled, while late seedings reveal ongoing infection. Weather may have limited rust at blooming. Continued on page 6. Also: search for John Frahm body near Sidney prompts renewed talk of an old murder case. County Attorney Heaton receives a map supposedly locating the buried body, drawn by Fred Frahm. Sheriff Benton doubts reopening but will share details with Heaton. Benton plans to discuss with Frahm in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Vo. Ag. Department
Sidney
John Frahm
P. J. Heaton
Fred Benton
Benton
Fred Frahm
Oshkosh
Fred
Frahm
Heaton
Lincoln
Telegraph
Harvest yields mixed across Cheyenne county wheat fields
Harvest of the 1935 grain crop advances rapidly with reports of failures and yields from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. Fields west of Dalton and seven miles south of Sunol show strong results, while north of Lorenzo four combines head toward about 30 bushels per acre. One grower near Sam Maley expects around 20 bushels and another near a farm sustains a near total loss. Continued on page 6, column 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Sunol
Lorenzo
Sam Maley
Flushing bars save thousands of game birds in Nebraska
Nebraska game officials report flushing bars on mowing machines protect hundreds of pheasants and their nests. Since introducing the idea last year there are several hundred bars in use across pheasant counties, with farmer effort and simple materials enabling fabrication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Frank B. O'Connell
State Game Department
O’connell
Pennsylvania
Ant Eradication Campaign Offers Free City Service
City urges housewives to use the free ant extermination program. Complaints show ants persist after initial spraying as nests relocate. Service takes multiple visits and requires homeowner cooperation. delays are normal but total eradication is possible with regular follow up.
WPA Offices Move to Alliance Headquaters
District WPA offices moved from Scottsbluff to Alliance on Tuesday. Mark Werner remains district director overseeing the merged FERA districts. Movees include Carl Johnson auditor L T Johnson district engineer Pauline Wilson relief director G H Carrithers assistant WPA director L H Rock rehabilitation director Adam Fulton clerk and John Otterburg moved to district one as auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Mark Werner
FERA
Werner
Carl Johnson
Klan Activity Flares In Part Of Panhandle
Ku Klux Klan reorganizing in western Nebraska with Gail S. Carter of Chicago addressing three meetings in Morrill Bayard and Mitchell. About 1000 attendees in Morrill Park. Carter claims liberty at risk for security through political schemes and says the plan seeks to restore Americanism. Membership drive in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Nebraska
Gail S. Carter
Chicago
Grand Dragon
Union Pacific Valuation Tops Nebraska Rail Lines
The Nebraska board of equalization sets the Union Pacific double tracked main line at 78 030 per mile for 456 miles totaling 35 619 033 with an overall 1 242 miles valued at 57 729 388 averaging 46 449 per mile. If statewide main line value were uniform Cheyenne county would list 3 121 200 for the road over 40 miles in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Board of Equalization
Union Pacific
Cheyenne County
Former Telegraph Reporter Cited in Texas Court Contempt Case
Harry McCormick, ex Telegraph reporter, and Ed Pooley, his managing editor, among six Texas newspaper men cited for contempt of court at Angleton for printing testimony in Clyde Thompson's murder trial. Thompson, already serving two life terms, received a third life term for the May murder at Retrieve state prison farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCormick
Telegraph
Texas
Angelton
Clyde Thompson
McCormick
Ed’ Pooley
Thompson
Retrieve State
Everett Melvin
Lewellen Faces Possible Dam Threat on North Platte
Workmen under the United States reclamation service test sites ten miles east of Lewellen on the North Platte River for water storage and flood control. Wells reach about 100 feet to solid rock, signaling suitable depths. If a dam is built, Lewellen with 450 residents could be abandoned as water would back over the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Reclamation Service
Lewellen
North Platte River
Unsigned Complaints Get Dismissed by Nebraska Liquor Commission
Chairman Thomas Gass reiterates that anonymous complaints to the Nebraska liquor commission will be thrown in the waste basket without action. He says, if a person lacks courage to sign a complaint, they should not complain, and the commission will not bother with unsigned letters without substantial reason to believe they are true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gass
Nebraska Liquor Commission
Commission
Gass
Dolls and Boats Contest At Park Playgrounds
Boys and girls participate in a playground project with separate contests for dolls and boats. The best boats will race at the park pond for prizes while dolls compete for awards such as largest smallest cutest homeliest and best dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Pond
Special Meeting Of Legion Next Monday
The American Legion plans a special meeting Monday night in the legion rooms at eight o clock. Commander John Costello said the meeting is of unusual importance and urged every local post member to attend if possible. The nature of business was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion Rooms
John Costello
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl Feldman
Helfrich
T. B
Panhandle
Chappell Firm
Sidni
James Westfall
Miss Allen
Vern Greenwood
Greenwood
Harry Allen
Mr. Allen
J. W. Neilsen
Legion
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