North Platte WPA receives 8570 allotment to share with Alliance
District WPA funds are split with Alliance, reducing Alliance employment to 1618 from 1700 while North Platte gets 8570 of 70,000 allocated to Alliance. Administration aims to boost job quotas to 24,000 by February end amid weather delays and several new projects ready to start.
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North Platte
WPA
Ate
Alliance
Felton
Isk
Mark Werner
Werner
Omaha
Norfolk
Grand Island
Lincoln
Henry Peterson May Get Federal Position
Henry C. Peterson of Omaha, known through ties with the Chappell bank, is mentioned as a likely appointee to the federal reserve bank board in Washington. He resigned as president of the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives on April 23 after a career in farm financing, ranching near Appell, and leadership roles with the Chappell State Bank and regional grain organizations.
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Henry C. Peterson
Omaha
Chappell Bank
Federal Reserve Bank Board
Washington
Peterson
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Appell
Chappell State Bank
State G Guarantee Fund Commission
Farmers Westcentral Grain Corporation
Farmers National Grain Corporation of Chicago
The
Cooperatives
PCA Holds Annual Meeting On Tuesday
Arthur Viergutz of the Production Credit association told members at Scottsbluff that the Scottsbluff PCA ranks among the four largest of 41 associations across Nebraska South Dakota Iowa and Wyoming in size standing loan class and territory served. Nearly 100 of 320 members attended. Yale Hoffman of the FICB reviewed activities, Ed Green of the FIC bank discussed relations, S R Sweet and Fred Johnson were re elected directors for three years. George Vogler the treasurer reported a $13084 profit since 1934 and listed assets liabilities each about 599878.
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Arthur Viergutz
Production Credit Corporation
Scottsbluff Production Credit ,Association
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Wyoming
Yale B. Hoffman
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Ynaha
PCC
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Ed Green
FIC Bank of Omaha
S. R. Sweet
Bridgeport
Fred Johnson
Banner County
George Vogler
Carpenter Seeks City Limit Change For 16.6 Acres
Terry Carpenter, Scottsbluff grocer and oil refiner and Democratic candidate, appeared before District Judge George Irwin in Gering to justify that his 16.6 acre south Broadway land should be outside Scottsbluff’s corporate limits. The suit, filed August 26, 1933, was dismissed in 1935, with the current hearing marking the first in open court. City counsel Straight Townsend and Floyd Wright defend Scottsbluff. R. T. Yorks represents Carpenter.
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Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff Grock
George Irwin
Gering
South Broadway
Scottsbluff
Carpenter
Irwin
Straight Townsend
Floyd Wright
R. T. Yorks
Why Worry It Only Leads To One Place
Monologue on worry reduces to binary outcomes for success and health. It argues that if you are successful nothing matters and if not, health determines further concern. The piece pivots on cyclical worry tied to recovery prospects and ultimate outcomes.
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Heaven
3000 New PFE Cars Ordered For 1936 Service
Carl R. Gray of Union Pacific announced the purchase of 3000 new refrigerator cars by Pacific Fruit Express, costing over ten million dollars. The cars, representing advances in design and construction, will enter service in 1936 on lines of Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Western Pacific under contract.
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Pacific Fruit Express Company
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Carl R. Gray
Western Pacific
PFE
Scalping by Indians in North American tribes
The article notes scalping was not universal among tribes and was originally confined to the lower St. Lawrence region among Iroquoian and Muskhogean groups and their neighbors. It varied by region, was absent in New England and much of the Atlantic coast, and remained uncommon in the interior and plains. Beads were the more common trophy in much of the Americas.
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North America
Lower St. Lawrence
New England
Atlantic Coast
Interior
Plains
Pacific Coast
Canadian Northwest
Arctic
United States
South America
America
Hibernate in Warm Weather Animals Seek Shade
Tropical creatures retreat during peak heat periods to avoid distress and conserve energy. The behavior helps them survive extreme warmth when food and water become scarce, signaling how species adapt to shifting weather patterns and seasonal stress.
Grand Prairie Socials and Visits Chronicle
Alfred Jorgensen assisted with chores at the J C Jorgensen home and accompanied Gilbert Helfrich to Torrington for the NPVA meeting. Neighbors and relatives including the Waddells, Olson, Nelson, Welton, Hart, Johnson, and various Fiessners shared dinners, parties, and farm duties across Sidney Gurley and Lincoln area events.
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Anchor School House
Cecil Tremain
J. H. Gell
Don Rupert
Henry Beebe
Frank Flessner
Ray Rexroth
Alva Hart
Sam Irwin
Will Frerichs
J. C. Jorgensen
Forrest
Verona Tremain
Leslie Johnson
Planck
W. O. Johnson
James Irwin
Vinita Osborn
Gade Young Folks
E. Rupert. Wayne Craig
Mons Johnson
Sidney
Mitchell
Art Wallace
Henry Schmale
Carol
Whitney Barnes
Chappell
A. L. Cruise
Kathleen
Gen Cruise
Colton
L. A
Dan Rupert
Reinhart Franzen
Pete Stevens
Gothenburg
Henry Flessner
Anna
Alfred Jorgensen
Cheres
J C Jorgensen
T. G. Waddell
Fielden
John Olson
Beatrice Nelson
Lawrence
Doris Rupert
Pauline Johnson
Charles Welton
Farm Bureau Board
Walter Frerichs
Albert Prerichs
Fayetta Flessner
Frank Halsey
Charies Smith
Mr. Welton
Fred
Robert Irvin
Frank Fiessner
Mary Ann
Martin Fiessner
Alvin Franzen
Robert
Fred Irwin
Elmer Gade
Ray Tremain
Lincoln
Tremain
Winter 15 Below Zero Dips in Sidney Record
A brutal blizzard dropped temperatures in Sidney to fifteen degrees below zero, the lowest winter reading yet, as the storm pushed from twenty above to five below in two hours. Eastern Nebraska saw twenty six below in the morning while lighter winds and moderated temps followed. the piece notes a string of residents and families mentioned in the telegraph want ads. The article also recounts Langley as Smithsonian secretary producing a motor-driven craft in 1896, with the Wright brothers achieving four flights on December 17, 1903, including a 59 second soak in the air covering 3852 feet, marking the first sustained powered flight with a person aboard.
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Sidney
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
New York World Telegram
Wright Brothers
Cheyenne Young Democrats Convene For Annual Convention
Cheyenne Democrats gather in district court room this evening at eight for their annual convention with C Edgar Leafdale of Potter presiding. Telegraph Wantads Get Results.
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Cheyenne
Edgar Leafdale
Potter
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Henry Dykman
Tillie
Arvin
Richard
HN Pacific Railroad
West Rim
Zion National Park
Utah
Henry Peterson
PCA
Grand Prairie
Anna Jorgensen
J. ©. Jorgensen
Minden
Mulets Bakery
Jackson Building
Harding Cream CO
Hills Bros
TNT
Castile
Timken
Alberg Ball Bearings
Defiance
Federal Mogul
Star Plow
Lister
Baldwin
Sidney Parts and Bearing Company
Scherer and Blome Owners
PHONE
Sidney, Nebraska
Edme Flessner
Martin Flessner
Albert Stevens
George Jobman
William Bartling, Jr
Telegraph
Liccerr & Myers Topacco Co
Canada
Detroit News
Chesterfield
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