Special election set for March 26 parole hearings in Cheyenne County
Six parole or commutation requests from Cheyenne county prisoners were filed with Frank Marsh, head of the pardons board. Hearings are set for March 12 at the state penitentiary in Lincoln. Four Cheyenne county men convicted of grain stealing near Potter face action, with Shaw, Hohensee, and Morey seeking parole and Tobler seeking parole or commutation. trial details reveal swift legal action and costs, based on Hilpert district evidence and cancelled checks.
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Cheyenne County
Frank Marsh
Board of Pardons
N. T. Harmon
Lincoln
J. L. Tewell
Potter District
Vern Shaw
Laurence Tobler
Adolph Hohensee
Howard A. Morey
Ben Hilpert
Hilbert
Tewell
Shaw, Hohensee
Morey
Potter
Hilpert
Shaw
Hohensee
Tobler
Dalton and Gueley Enter Alliance Tournament Run
Twenty one western Nebraska teams invade Alliance for a three class basketball tournament at Box Butte county seat. Dalton faces Marsland in class C first round while Gurley, St Agnes and Chadron prep have byes. Class A opens with Scottsbluff vs Bayard and Merrill vs Kimball, Mitchell vs Alliance, Gering vs Bridgeport. class B features Assumption vs Hyannis, Sioux County vs Hemingford, Hay Springs vs Crawford, Rushville vs Minatare with Rushville favored to win.
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Western Nebraska Cage
Alliance
Laurels
Dalton
Gurley
Box Butte
Marsland
St. Agnes
Chadron Prep
Scottsbluff
Bayard
Merrill
Kimball
Mitchell
Gering
Bridgeport
Assumption
Hyannis
Sioux County High
Hemingford
Hay Springs
Crawford
Rushville
Minatare
Sunol Resident Opens New Filling Station
E Harms opens a filling station at Sunol on the Lincoln highway supplying Shell gas Porter and Quaker State oils. He plans an auto accessories department and will build cabins for tourists in early spring at the east entrance of the village.
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Sunol
Shell Gas
Porter
Quaker State
E. Harms
Lincoln Highway
Harms
Wester n land sale boom seen by Kimball expert
W L Bates a Kimball realtor predicts a strong year for western land sales after a snowbound winter. He notes improved farming methods and rising prices despite harsh weather. The Rathbone company of Lincoln reports a broader uptrend in farm land activity across eastern Nebraska with buyer optimism and price gains.
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W. L. Bates
Kimball
Rathbone Company of
Lincoln
Nebraska
Wherry urges sweeping probe of UARANTY fund
Senator Kenneth Wherry leads push for a full investigation of the Nebraska bank guaranty fund. Governor Weaver plans a joint session to back the inquiry and a substantial appropriation, with deposits urged to support a probe of as much as 200 000. Depositors from Shelton Ewing Bridgeport Broken Bow mobilize as mail pours in.
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Nebraska Bank Guaranty Fund
Kenneth Wherry
Pawnee
House
Senate
Weaver
Kenneth
Wherry
Shelton
Ewing
Bridgeport
Broken Bow
Lincoln
Oshkosh Sells Municipal Light Plant to Western Public Service
Oshkosh turns over the municipal light plant to Western Public Service Company after a completed transfer last week. The village received payment and the sale may be discussed again at the April general village election.
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Oshkosh
Public Service Company
Western Public Service Company
Former Sidney Man Will Direct Juvenile Band Dalton
J C Hassenstab of Bridgeport formerly of Sidney has been hired to direct the juvenile band at Dalton. Practice starts next Thursday. The Dalton Delegate says there are enough young musicians in Dalton to form a good sized band.
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J.C. Hassenstab
Bridgeport
Sidney
Dalton
Sidney Man Taken to Hastings Asylum by Sheriff Nelson
Charles Allery a Sidney native was taken to the Hastings asylum Saturday by Sheriff James Nelson. A county physician examination indicated he might benefit from careful treatment at the Hastings institution.
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Sidney Man
Hastings Asylum
James Nelson
Charles Allery
Sidney
Hastings
Allery
Elevator Men Protest License Proposal in Nebraska
Western Nebraska grain dealers met in Sidney to form a group opposing Senate Bill 145 which would license all grain elevators on railroad property. They argue the plan serves selfish interests and offers little farm relief, noting the measure would place many elevators, track loaders, mills, malt houses and warehouses under the state railway commission with a $5 license. The bill was introduced by C. W. Johnson A. B. Wood and Dwight Griswold. Continued on page 8.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Senate
C. W. Johnson
Cheyenne County
A. B. Wood
Scotts Bluff County
Dwight Griswold
Sheridan County
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Andy. A
Seventeen Divorce Suits Called For Sidney District Court
Seventeen divorce suits appear on the docket for the session beginning Monday February 25 in Sidney. District Judge I. J. Nisley will oversee a total of 71 cases to be heard. Jurors summoned include P. J. Ackles Marion Asbry R. A. Barlow George Bartels Albert Benish Claude Biggs Joseph L. Daniel Joseph Disney Earl Easton Albert Fecht R. B. Hamilton F. C. Harris E. E. Hiett John Hokom Henry L. Johnson J. A. Kennon Homer Light Roy E. Nelson C. A. Ravert Charles Reed C. H. Rowan Guy Shaw E. C. Stockdick W. F. Wait.
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Sidney
I. J. Nisley
P. J. Ackles
Marion Asbry
R. A.barlow
George Bartels
Albert Benish
Claude Biggs
Joseph L. Daniel
Joseph Disney
Earl Easton
Albert Fecht
R. B. Hamilton
F. C. Harris
E. E. Hiett
John Hokom
Henry L. Johnson
J. A. Kennon
Homer Light
Roy E. Nelson
C. A. Ravert
Charles Reed
C. H. Rowan
Guy Shaw
E. C. Stockdick
W. F. Wait
P T A to Sponsor Benefit Theatre Night
Members of the Parent Teachers association sponsor the feature picture We Americans at the U S A theatre on Wednesday and Thursday February 27 and 28. The production is described as rich in comedy and pathos and a true picturization of present day life.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Lodge Pole Athletic Club Stages Smokers at Eng lert Opera House
The Lodge Pole Athletic Club hosted its first smoker and entertainment at Eng lert Opera House attracting a large audience. Plans include sponsoring a baseball club this summer and basketball next winter, plus a gymnasium. Boxing bouts yielded several draws and decisions, with notable results and several local delegations in attendance. The event netted over 115 dollars and featured the Koester orchestra.
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Lodge Pole Athletic Club
Englert Opera House
Lodge Pole
Chappell
Arthur Singley
Archie Hafer
W. B. Miller
Jerry Krupicka
Miller
Howard Miller
Bob Lough
Bo Englert
Earl Dodrill
Kenneth Carleton
Harry Crose
Carleton
George Huckfeildt
George Tedderquist
Huckfeldt
M. A. Altar
Ernest Granm
Buck Bale
Koester
Sunol
Sigpey
Sidney Attorney Lectures Lincoln at Rotary Club
W. P. Miles, Sidney attorney, was the principal speaker at the Union Pacific hotel Rotary meeting Friday. He gave an instructive account of Abraham Lincoln life and paid tribute to the Great Emancipator. Claude Golding of Chap pell, formerly of Sidney, was a visitor.
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W. P. Miles
Sidney
Rotary Club
Union ‘Pacific
Inaugural Carried Live by Radio History for First Time
Sidney radio dealers report the first presidential inaugural ceremonies will be broadcast nationwide on March 4 through a chain of stations. Radio sales rose in winter as new designs and construction raise efficiency to a peak in radio history.
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Sidney Radio
Associated Stations
State Sheriff Condit Seeks Logan County Aid In Frahm Search
In a letter to Sheriff Ray Powell Condit asks Logan County to fully investigate reports from rough hills southeast of Peetz about the Frahm disappearance. Farmers have formed posses while Condit conducts other inquiries, noting insurance clues and similarities to a murder case. Heavy snowfall delays search. no decisive suspects or actions expected for weeks.
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Condit
Logan ‘County
FRAHM
Ray Powell
Logan County
Cole
Peetz
John Frahm
Arizona
Nebraska
Fram
Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Sheriffs’ Office
Omaha
Colorado
Sidney City Council Seeks $400,000 Plant Purchase Offer
At Friday meeting the Sidney City Council accepted a petition from 662 voters asking the city to shop for the best offer from Western Public Service Co. for buying the light, power and heating plants. The proposal, now read and discussed, sets a $400,000 price and includes 25 year franchises for an electric generating plant and steam heating system.
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R.P. Kepler
Western Public Service Company
Sidney
Chappell Tourney Set With 14 Class A and B Teams
District basketball tourney brackets finalized. Fourteen teams enter two classes with one game elimination. Class A includes Big Springs Bushnell Chappell Lodge Pole Ogallala Potter Sidney. Class B lists Arthur Broadwater Goodview Lewellen Oshkosh St Patrick’s Sunol. Friday schedule begins with Class B games at 1 and 2 PM and Class A at 7 PM, with finals Saturday night.
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Chappell
Sidney High School
Big Springs
St. Patrick’s Academy
Lewellen
Ogallala
Maroon Five
Broadwater
P T A Meeting At High School Building
The regular Parent-Teachers association meeting will be held at 7 30 Wednesday evening February 20 at the high school building. A birthday program is prepared and a silver offering will be taken to support extension work and teachers’ instruction. Mr. Davis invites visitors to the mechanical drawing class in room one at 7.
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Parent- Teachers Association
Parent-Teachers
Davis
Band Concert Postponed by Illness at U.S. A Theatre
The Scottsbluff high school band performance scheduled for last Friday was delayed due to illness of band leader L. W. Moody. Music Supervisor McCormack said the band will perform at the U.S. A. theatre on March 1 in a program similar to that at EB s.
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Scottsbluff
L. W. Moody
McCormack
U.S. A
Cheyenne County Agent Joins Beet Train Tour Across Valley
Cheyenne County extension agent Leroy D. Willey traveled with a Burlington railroad beet special through the North Platte valley from Sidney to Morrill. The ten car display train hosted about 50 per car with charts and short talks on crop rotation to boost tonnage per acre and to control nematode infection. Scotts Bluff emerged as a major shipping point, second in Nebraska only to Omaha for cars billed out.
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Leroy D. Willey
Cheyenne County
Burlington Railroad
North Platte Valley
Nebraska
Willey
Bridgeport
Bayard
Minatare
Scottsbluff
Mitchell
Morrill
Sidney
Omaha
American Legion Meeting Titled for Tuesday
The regular American Legion meeting is set for Tuesday night at the Odd Fellows hall. Arthur Dilley will preside in place of Commander Golden Kratz, with reports from the service officer, activities committee and district convention delegates on the agenda.
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American Legion
Odd Fellows Hall
Golden Kratz
Arthur Dilley
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Pardon Board
Dalton and
Gueley TO
Wilstern
Kimball Land
Johnson
P.T. A
Sidney Attorney
City Council
Big Springs Quintet
Valley
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