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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1945
Page
2
The Semi-Weekly Newspaper lists J. C. Bush and Jack H. Lowe as publishers with Acknowledgments to Mrs H P Craig and Mrs Nellie Davis. Office and Circulation Manager is credited, indicating staff roles and editorial oversight within the publication.
The editorial recalls four years of tire rationing and sugar controls, praising public sacrifice and national unity. It argues rationing demonstrated civilian adaptability while enabling military strength, then questions the relevance of Japanese commentary on a U.S. naval case and urges consistent moral judgment in wartime tribunals.
W M Jeffers retires February 1 after fifty years with Union Pacific, rising from call boy in Sidney to railroad president. Local friends recall his steady leadership, rescue efforts during operational changes, and the lasting bond between Sidney and the railroad. Successor G M Ashby praised as his replacement.
A call for a national shift from wartime sharpness to peaceful civility. The piece laments rudeness in buses, trams, and restaurants and urges patience and common courtesy as essential to everyday living while acknowledging lingering faults and the contagious nature of anger.
A humorous meditation on Mr. Finn from Reineke Ellis Younggreen and Finn, the lone name on letterheads. The piece whimsically imagines his role and doubts, while later paragraphs cite a Nebraska banking department warning on swindles and an $1,000 loss by a defense plant worker, with Johnson noting multiple investors prey to similar schemes and urging caution.
The passage argues that opposing positions cannot render a wrong right and that a person on the wrong side cannot dictate terms for those on the correct side. It suggests logical extension that initial side determines perceived validity and moral stance in a given dispute.
Through editors eyes Britain mobilized a farm army to boost wartime food. From 33 percent in 1939 to 70 percent of national needs by 1944, despite shortages, with sixty two County War Agricultural Executive Committees guiding land use. Milk wheat oats potatoes and sugar beets prioritized. The war showed food as essential to national strength and plans aim to keep most land in production.
Nebraska officials credit the 1937 Blue Sky law with protecting citizens from unscrupulous securities practices. Har old Johnson of the bureau of securities notes money lost due to lack of awareness and outlines licensing to guard the public, ensure salesmen bear valid credentials, and allow inspections by the banking department and the U S securities and exchange commission.
A notice reports the actor Fred MacMurray missing and headed toward the Fleagles hills. A reward of millions of laughs is offered for information, with the Fox Theatre event set for Thursday.
Thirteen million Americans participate in producing cotton textiles, reflecting wide employer participation across the industry and its substantial contribution to the national economy.
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