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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
2
Martin and Louis Borges assisted John Borges in filling his silo last week at Hume during a Saturday work session.
Colonel Lindbergh and his wife left Germany after a twelve day visit without meeting Hitler though seated within speaking distance. The American flier and his wife flew to Copenhagen after quietly departing the Olympics. Hundreds of Buffa lo Bill descendants plan a two day reunion in Marietta Ohio to recall frontier days and his Indian fighter title.
About fifty to fifty five farmers from Douglas County gathered at the Douglas County Resettlement Headquarters in Omaha asking for food and immediate WPA jobs. They told assistant administrator R. W. Steyer they were willing to work but needed sustenance now. Some were directed to the Douglas County Relief Office for assistance.
Leo Howland and his cousin Frank Howland, both of Omaha, were arrested in Falls City as the sheriff reported admissions to multiple motor car thefts in Omaha and Falls City, solving the cases.
Raymond Frondt six, of Coleridge, Neb, died instantly after being struck by an automobile on a country road hilltop. Driver Nike Haberer suffered minor injuries as the car overturned while trying to avoid the boy who was with his father. A string of other cases follows including a 17 year old girl’s alleged murder confession and a sheriff extradition dispute. National guardsmen moved into Idaho to impose martial law after a deadly clash at a strike scene.
Mrs William E Borah says she is deeply interested in her husbands politics and must read newspapers to learn what he is doing. She notes he never discusses politics with her despite hints and that after such talks she must buy a paper to know the facts.
Several hundred fire fighters withdrew from Havre Montana’s darkened slopes as there was nothing left to burn. Across the West the forest fire menace grew worse with two fires raging for eight days, destroying nearly all trees in a forty square mile area.
A baker claimed first place in the industry reemployment drive, reporting he supplied jobs to 16 percent more people in 1936 than in 1926. Meanwhile overall business employment declined 14 percent.
A vehicle crash in Council Bluffs seriously injured one and harmed two others after a wild chase from Omaha, with two near-collisions prompting legal complaints against the driver. In Spain rebels mass for San Sebastian, while loyalists strike from the air. The body of Mrs. Frank Hatfield was found in Belleville Nebraska after a fatal head blow. George Quick is held for questioning. Soviet awards boost food production, two visiting women of Mrs. Roosevelt receive decorations. Milk prices rise to 13 cents a quart in Kansas City due to feed scarcity. A neighbor reported a man firing six shots from a parked car, killing Thomas Grisson and Mrs. Wilma Hamilton.
A dramatic 50 minute naval duel unfolded six miles off the Rock of Gibraltar as two loyal warships engaged two rebel airplanes. Hundreds of bathers watched as machine guns and antiaircraft fire lit the sky. The incident intersects with Spain's civil war, while an escaped convict from French Guiana, Louis Bois, surrendered to French police, preferring a prison cell to life among fighters. The ex-husband of a woman involved was being questioned nearby as a separate incident.
Armed forces medical officers said science would curb war born plagues even if cultivated by ruthless belligerents. They noted advances have rendered diseases once deadly far less lethal, suggesting continued progress in protecting soldiers and civilians in future conflicts.
In Providence Rhode Island Rev Charles Coughlin declared that under the new deal the forgotten man has been remembered in time to pay the government's bills. He asserted that one day out of every three a man works is taken from the payroll for hidden taxes and voiced criticism of the administration.
James J. Walker, former New York City mayor who resigned amid a 1932 Roosevelt investigation, arrived back from Europe and declared he remains a Democrat and will vote the Democratic ticket.
A pilot and a boy passenger died when a small aircraft crashed beside an abandoned federal emergency landing field near Parkman Ohio. The Platte county board of supervisors urged the state game commission to close this year’s pheasant season, noting pheasants helped in reducing grasshopper numbers.
John Irwin, 20, of Royal, is jailed in Neligh awaiting a sanity hearing after his reported confession of prowling in a community north of Royal. The prowler disturbed families by peering in windows and had been the subject of a two week search.
Col Theodore Roosevelt son of the late president says he would run for New York governor on the Republican ticket if chosen at the fall convention. He previously ran in 1924 against Al Smith and was defeated. Since then he has served as governor of Puerto Rico and as governor general of the Philippines.
Mayor LaGuardia ordered the police commissioner to intensify the campaign against noise in New York City. In a separate note, Mary Aster’s screen career may delay hearings in her custody case against ex-husband Dr Frank Thorpe, with potential $75,000 cost to the studio if she misses filming. In Omaha, a three passenger auto collision with a parked car left all injured, treated by a police surgeon, while the driver faced a reckless driving charge.
The Kansas City political boss Thomas Pendergast suffered a breakdown at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia and will not return to work for at least six months while hospital treatment begins. He vows to tighten control of his machine despite illness.
Dispatches from French Somaliland describe heavy fighting between Ethiopian and Italian troops. Unconfirmed rumors claim an Ethiopian occupation of Dessye after a battle in which 7000 were killed.
Grand Prairie notes show multiple families visiting in Sidney and area. Guests include Alfred Jorgensen and family, Paul Zurfluh and daughters, Anne and Florence, and many others from Lincoln Belleville Haddam Branford Potter Scottsbluff Frerichs and Welton clans. The gatherings span suppers, visits, club meetings, and a farmers union meeting at Sunny Side school as they resume travels toward the coast by Yellowstone.
Numerous Lincoln area residents hosted and visited over the weekend. Guests included C. K. Lawrence and family, J. H. Gell kin, the Planck and Welton households, and several friends from Sidney and Wisner. The record notes birthdays, church events, and a 50th anniversary, with meals and gatherings at multiple homes.
Mr and Mrs Harold Cottell of Minatare spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs P J Ingwerson Joyce Ingwerson visited lla Mae Hume Monday Mrs Myrtle Tindell and son spent Sunday with Charles Reed family The 4 H club met with Dale Ingwerson Sunday Mrs J W Hyde returned home after two weeks with Utica relatives Mr and Mrs Cecil Hume Orval Hume John Jurgens attended the Sidney show Walter Weigers Arthur Ingwerson Gordon Cunningham and John Thompson visited C G Hume Anna Gertrude Luth Rose Kugler and Frances Turner of Wayne stopped en route to California A H Florke family visited William Florke Wednesday W H Ruhe Tekamah visited this vicinity Sunday Marvin and Raymond Sanders and John Thompson called at Cecil
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