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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1949
Page
2
A professional man argues Sidney needs a trained, experienced city manager to coordinate complex administration and maximize efficiency. The letter endorses the City Manager form and urges the Junior Chamber of Commerce to pursue it as 1949’s top municipal issue.
The Hessian Fly menace has grown from casual to grave for Cheyenne County wheat growers. The pest damaged a sizable winter wheat crop this year, catching farmers off guard after years of perceived safety. Grain and insect specialists must act decisively to control and eradicate the pest before it spreads across the Nebraska Panhandle.
The piece lauds Paul Robeson as an accomplished singer who has gained financial independence despite discrimination and praises Jackie Robinson for athletic success amid prejudice. It condemns mistreatment of Robeson, commends Robinson for dignified conduct, and expresses sympathy for both while favoring Robinson as a credit to his race.
A large retail association representing 7,500 merchants in the United States and Canada appoints a committee to oppose waste and extravagance in government. It urges rigid economy to support the Hoover Commission reorganization, warns of declining federal revenues, and calls on all retailers to pressure for efficiency to reduce taxation and preserve the nation.
The description notes that large open sheds providing a dry bed down area and wind protection constitute sufficient shelter for beef cows. It adds that cattle require access to a large yard for exercise to maintain health and well being.
A string of quirky observations and wry thoughts spans marriage trends aging urban life and humorous anecdotes. The fragment lists playful lines about licenses weather autos baby sleep census jokes about pens and post office quirks and a quirky poultry note ending with a pasture baseball tease.
A humorous account describes a minister confronting a restless husband at a church gathering. The congregants respond with a cheeky fundraising stunt, inserting five-dollar bills for a tongue in cheek punishment, nineteen five dollar bills and a two dollar bill accompany a note. Pay day adds three dollars in small bills.
The Telegraph notes labor and administration oppose repealing Taft-Hartley while keeping it on the books, arguing 26 Senate amendments improved the bill. It argues workers seek better labor-management cooperation and a fair welfare state with appropriate controls. It analyzes the farm bill debate, Brannan and Aiken Hope plans, and parity concepts.
The article notes that canned fish oil skin bones and liquid offer high food value and should be used. It says bones are soft enough to eat while the oil and liquid can be used to make a cream sauce.
Discussion centers on avoiding acreage controls for surplus crops and allowing imports while considering park concession practices. The controversy includes government vs private ownership of park buildings and rates, with 79 Democrats resisting administration pressure in a Brannan Farm Plan era debate.
Nebraskans will pay a state tax of 5.86 mills per 1000 of assessed valuation to fund 23 033 798 in general fund appropriations for the year ending June 30 next. The levy, .13 below 1947 and .60 above last year, is higher in odd years when emergency appropriations are common. Cheyenne County will set its levy later this month. county officials note a four mill proposal in the county budget for 1949.
Experimental 1950 Massey Harris combines are tested on the Howard Reimers farm near Dalton under a custom crew with Massey Harris engineers from Toronto. J C Irwin William Boyd and Michael Taylor lead the trials from Western Implement Co while Emil Doll and Paul Jeffrey observe. An experimental hay baler also operated on the farm.
Cornell vegetable crops specialists report experiments showing hormone sprays on tomatoes increased the number of ripe fruits on the first picking by as much as five times.
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