Condemnation Papers Filed For Sidney Airport Site
Condemnation papers on the proposed airport tract near Sidney likely will be filed Saturday. The 480 acre area two miles south of town would be bought, with costs around 28,800 dollars. General obligation bonds may finance the project, while rent from excess land could fund part of the cost. The city plans to use the full tract if needed for future airport development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
CAA
Town
Schwartz and Johnson
Sidney Flying Club
300 Nebraskans To Get Draft Summons
Nebraska's September draft call covers about 300 men, state selective service director Brig Gen. Guy Henninger said Tuesday, with the state indicating it will meet its call in full. In Washington, Major Gen. Willard S. Paul projected 185,000 draftees in the next seven months unless volunteer recruitment rises. For September, a quota of 29,000 was set, with no forecast given for later monthly calls before the draft act expires next March.
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Nebraska
Guy Henninger
Selective Service
Henninger
Washington
Willard S. Paul
Army
Paul
General Staff
Golf Action Heats Up At Sidney Country Club
Sidney Country Club golfers travel to Alliance on Sunday for an interclub leg involving Scottsbluff County Club Riverview of Scottsbluff and Sterling plus Sidney and Alliance. Qualifying ends today with the ten lowest scores forming Sidney’s first team. Additional golfers may join and Alliance will supply players for the matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Country Club
Alliance
Scottsbluff Country Club
Riverview
Scottsbluff
Sterling
Sidney
Golf Committee
P. J. Heaton
SOD Decsures Another War Insects Catching It This Time
The Army fights to protect rights and boost farm production. Colonel Richard J. Sothern of Sioux Ordnance Depot leads a land management program addressing pests and rodents on thousands of acres. Grasshopper baiting and pesticide applications, aided by federal agencies, achieved about a 75 percent local kill under supervision, with Equipment loaned for demonstrations and technical guidance from Nebraska and Fifth Army entomologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Sothern
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Fifth Army
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Army
Claude Wakeland
Federal
Insect and Rodent Control Branch
Denver
Colorado
Harold Hauke
Division of
Grasshopper Control
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Nebraska
C. R. Wisecup
Omaha
City invites bids for paving in four districts
Bids will open Thursday August 29 at 7 30 for grading curb and gutter storm sewers and Class 4 asphalt in paving districts 13 16. Estimated costs 98 920 8 634 50 47 123 75 14 556 plans at city clerk office and E Y Grupe Scottsbluff.
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District
E. Y. Grupe
Scottsbluff
Tenth Avenue
David Ells Takes Over Cheyenne County Vet Office
David Ells, a World War I veteran, assumes management of the Cheyenne County Veterans Service Office. The office remains at the Sidney Auditorium ground floor with part time afternoon hours six days a week and a secretary to assist. Gordon Bale resigns as County Service Officer to study at the University of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Veterans Service Office
David Ells
Ells
Sidney Auditorium
Gordon Bale
University of Nebraska
Young Farmer Held As Death Is Probed
Robert E. LeBlanc a 26 year old farmer from the Proctor Crook district near the Colorado line is held by Sheriff Frank L. Long of Logan County as an investigation into the death of Ora C. Rogers a 63 year old neighbor proceeds. A coroner s jury was impaneled and an autopsy ordered under Dr J H McKnight to determine the cause of death. An inquest is slated for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. LeBlanc
Proctor Crook
Colorado Line
Frank L. Long
Logan County
Ora C. Rogers
LeBlanc
A. D. Jackson
Railroad car shortage blamed on wartime build up
Rep. A L Miller said the car shortage is national and worsened by aging stock. He noted 2500 cars under construction at Union Pacific, only 71000 cars fewer than prewar levels, and cars spotted in Pine Bluffs were full of holes. He aims to push grain car bottlenecks with ODT and railroads as harvests peak. He planned to attend twenty seven county fairs and Canteen Day in North Platte.
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Rep. A. L. Miller
Union Pacific
Pine Bluffs
Miller
Washington
ODT
Rep. Miller
Texas
Dakotas
North Platte
Boys Admit Part In Wrecking Of Plane
Two teenaged boys have admitted wrecking an Aeronca plane at Schwartz and Johnson flying field last Friday. Names are withheld awaiting charge decisions by County Attorney R. P. Kepler. One spun the propeller in gear, barely missing serious injury or death. The other, inside the plane, likely would have been killed if it had not struck the office building. The aircraft belonged to The Si Flying Club and had just delivered three days earlier.
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Aeronca
Schwartz and Johnson
R. P. Kepler
Wheat Smut Drive Urged In Panhandle
J E Livingston state plant pathologist warns Western Nebraska wheat growers about widespread stinking smut in 1945. Of 151 fields observed 67 infected, averaging 3.3 percent crop loss with 47.8 percent of smutted fields showing a trace infection. Emphasizes seed treatment, resistant varieties Pawnee Pilot Rivala, and guidance for seed treater construction to curb next year’s potential epidemic.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Panhandled
Sheridan
Dawes
Box Butte
Cheyenne County
Storey
Corn Is Firing Where Rain Hasn’t Fallen
Rain remains the key question for corn production as drought and heat injure crops. State farmers and crop statisticians note possible yields from fair to very good in Nebraska’s major corn area, though more rainfall is needed to finish maturing. Plentiful reports show corn rootworm damage rising and sorghum, alfalfa, pasture, and range conditions varying across the Sandhills and eastern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Foster May Named High Post With ABC
Foster May a former Sidney resident who spent boyhood here has been named director of news and special events for the American Broadcasting Company in Hollywood. A veteran broadcaster for WOW and KFAB, May is noted for pioneering “man on the street” reporting and prestige interviews with figures such as Roosevelt Truman Hoover and Wilkie. He ran for U S Senator in 1943 and lost after a party endorsement split. He is 40 and has two daughters.
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Foster May
Sidney
American Broadcasting Company
Hollywood
WOW
Omaha
KFAB
Lincoln
May
Ohio Valley
Cairo
Illinois
Guatemala
Chamber of Deputies
Fred Snite, Jr
National Infantile Paralysis Fund
Dorothy Thompson
Earl Browder
Europe
Hitler
Reich Chancellery
King Christian
Denmark
U. S
Nebraska
Mrs Sharman Burial Today in Sidney Nebraska
Mrs Eliza Sharman aged 70 longtime Sidney resident died Wednesday after a year of declining health. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Friday at the Methodist Church with Rev Kenneth Johnson officiating. Interment follows in Sidney Greenwood Cemetery. Craig Home for Funerals is directing. She was born in England October 25 1875 and came to the United States in 1896. Surviving are four stepchildren and seven grandchildren.
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Eliza Sharman
Sidney
L. P. Houge
Methodist Church
Kenneth Johnson
Sidney Greenwood Cemetery
Craig Home
Sharman
England
United States
Nebraska
William Sharman
Oregon
Sharmans
Cheyenne County
Heuge
Osage St
L. A. Hookham
Neligh, Nebr
W. T. Sharman
7Th Avenue
R. H. Sharman
Costa Mesa
Calif
Two Sidney Youths Place At Scottsbluff Model Meet
Bob Duis kept Sidney competitive at the model plane meet in Scottsbluff Sunday as Bluffs youths dominated. Duis placed second in towline glider with 26.5 seconds and scored 150 points in sweepstakes. Sidney’s Ben King Jr. earned a third in the hand or catapult glider event.
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Bob Duis
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Bluffs
Young Duis
Ben King Jr
Discord at REA And Private Films Irreparable
The dispute over rural electrification worsened as REA and private power interests refuse to cooperate. Industry and government faced direct clashes after a decade of tension, signaling ongoing battles over extending electric lines to 3,000,000 farms and the shift in potential revenues from 180 million to 540 million dollars annually.
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REA
Trater
Agacy
Rye Wheat Seeding For Pastures Urged
Extension agronomist D. L. Gross urges farmers to plant rye or wheat for fall grazing to save feed costs and boost spring milk and animal condition. Early green feed provides minerals protein and vitamin A after winter dry feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Gross
Extension Agronomist
Gress
Gerhard Bergt Sale Announced For August 19
Auction notice for Gerhard Bergt listing a sale Monday August 19 at one oclock at the Bergt place nine miles north and six miles east of Potter. The sale includes three head of cattle farm machinery miscellaneous equipment and household goods. Col A B Rapp is auctioneer and The Potter State Bank of Potter clerk any move from Cheyenne County noted.
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The
Telegraph
Gerhard Bergt
Bergt
Potter
Cheyenne County
Col
A. B. Rapp
Potter State Bank of
Predict Record Crowd At Final Day Of Fair
Winners in the Lodgepole Valley Laddie Club third annual horse show will be listed in Tuesday's paper. The Telegraph did not publish results last night. The show drew a sizeable crowd and showcased top horses from the Rocky Mountain region. The club's downtown parade Wednesday noon drew a large audience.
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Lodgepole Valley
Laddie Club
The
Telegraph
Rocky Mountain
Town Levies Set For 1946 in Sidney Area
Sidney property owners face a combined 46.40 mills across state county school district and city budgets for 1946. The breakdown includes 3.70 state 3.70 county 19 city and 20 mills for School District No. 1. Lodgepole adds 22.60 mills on $438 610 valuation. Dalton 17.40 on $311 615 Gurley 12.60 on $148 780 Potter 25.40 on $352 230 plus countywide 2.40 mill free high school and rural fire levies No. 2 and No. 3.
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Sidney
Lodgepole Village
Dalton
Gurley
Potter
Calf Scramble For 4 Heads Slated Tonite
Cheyenne County Fair wraps two busy days of rodeo and entertainment as a calf scramble caps the final programs. Black Angus steer wins Baby Beef in junior fair, with several youths and animals earning top honors. The Sidney band and square dancing troupe provide local color while plans for Tuesday coverage hinge on completion of remaining livestock events.
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Cheyenne County Fair
Fair Board
Locgepole Valley Saddle Club
Rocky Mountain
Burdeen Carlson
Ted Carlson
Potter
A. K. Hepperley
Don Baird
Burlington Railroad Agricultural Department
Robert Spearow
Robert
Paul Spearow
Sidney
Hampshire
Robert Warren
Cecil Warren
Dalton
DeLyle Bancroft
Mary Burbank
Sidney Band
Charles Deaver
William Neary
Rex
Dimery Renamed To Commission Position
Gov Dwight Griswold announced the reappointment of Martin Dimery of Sidney to a four year term on the State Real Estate Commission. Dimery, a Western Nebraska real estate figure for 25 years, is president of the Nebraska State Real Estate Association.
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Dwight Griswold
Martin Dimery
Sidney
State Real Estate Commission
Mr. Dimery
Nebraska
Nebraska State Real Estate Association
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City Attorney’s Office
Sidney Club
Si Flying Club
J. E. Livingston
Boy Scouts
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Childrens
Wonder Horse
City Auditorium
ABC
Mike
President Roosevelt
Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
Wendell Wilkie
Mrs. Sharman
Dalton Village
Gurley Village
City OF
Emer von Fire Department
Eee
Firemans Fund
Wwe Ween
Wea
Wwe
Potter Village
Angus
Dimery
Commission
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