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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1937
Page
7
The article notes Sidney’s growth over the past two years, driven largely by national buying power surveys. It states that even in larger cities with active payrolls since 1934, Sidney posted higher per capita sales than those cities, highlighting its unusually strong local consumer activity.
NYA counselors in Omaha, part of the state employment service, helped 45 young people gain private employment in December. They also interviewed 286 youths preparing for placement. District supervisor F A Cropper notes several local NYA youths have since found private work.
The world wrestling title bout is scheduled for February 22 with Von Bromberg as a top contender. The event features a draw from intercollegiate fame to pro ranks, a showpiece with Maltese cross robe insignia and De Gothe nobility branding. A capacity crowd is expected, with preliminaries to be announced.
Nebraska farmers organize a concerted fight against soil erosion under the 1937 agricultural conservation program. The plan shifts focus from depleting to conserving acres, aiming to prevent further land loss as two thirds of U S land shows erosion and seeks practical controls.
Farmers joining the 1937 agricultural conservation program will convert portions of cultivated land back to grass and plant legumes and grasses to conserve and protect soil. Participants will receive payments for soil conserving practices, as erosion threatens 1,216 million acres nationwide.
Maple Grove residents are noted at numerous visits including John Olson and Mrs Beatrice Nelson joining W T Sharman and Elna Johnson at various homes. A large turnout attended the McCormick Deering tractor show Tuesday afternoon and local 4 H boys club met at Emil Johnson's Saturday evening.
Miss Mable Marlow of Scottsbluff stayed with Mrs R B Farquhar Monday during travel from Texas to Scottsbluff. The stop was an overnight layover on the journey home.
The city will open the auditorium for free use but will charge a $5 rate for meetings and organizations. The mayor cited a three hour lighting and heating test costing about $480 as the basis for the new charges, and April 1 as the start date to honor existing commitments.
Yew trees of extraordinary girth are reported in old English churchyards. One near Stames reaches about 00 feet in circumference, while another moved near Dover has a trunk circumference of about 22 feet.
Wash brothers O P Skaggs Western Drug Zwicks grocery Safeway store Telegraph Modern Cash grocery Sidney Steam Laundry Hand s Dairy Sidney Creamery Penney s Hardy Furniture Cottage grocery Home grocery North Side grocery Cheyenne County Lumber company Greenlees Mulets Bakery Bretrnitz Bakery Bruckner s Ben Franklin Freytag Variety Kokjer Motor company. Donors not listed include Legion Auxiliary 10.00 Tom Hubbell 1.50 Dalton Chapter 174.36 H T Doran 2.00 Womans Club benefit 40.60.
A memorial message will be carried nationwide Monday by stations including WLW KGO KVOD KVOO WBAP WOAI and other outlets available locally. The program spreads the message coast to coast via a network of radio stations.
Railroad officials reported a watchman tried to flag down a car driven by Hughes who failed to see him or became excited. Witnesses said the watchman desperately attempted to stop the oncoming train as it, moving at a moderate speed, had halted in the east yard before crossing the main crossing.
Temperatures in Nebraska rose above freezing with mid forties in the panhandle. Readings across Omaha Grand Island North Platte Big Springs Sidney and others ranged from 36 to 44 degrees as swirling dust spread over the area previously swept by the first storm of the year. Winds were mild, highest at 28 mph at Sidney.
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