Sidney High School debaters win at Rocky Mountain Speech Conference
The Sidney High School team led by Mickey Green Bill Tewell Steve Martin and Zephan Lockwood earned six of eight debates at the University of Denver event, besting teams from Colorado Nebraska Wyoming South Dakota and New Mexico. Coach Gwendolyn Jorgenson and English teacher Ruby Hoff receive praise for shaping a strong program that boosts speech, vocabulary, and public performance, and underscores debate as a path to character and leadership.
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Sidney High School
Rocky Mountain
University of
Sidney
Mickey Green
Bill Tewell
Steve Martin
Zephan Lockwood
Gwendolyn Jorgenson
Ruby, Hoff
Ple
G. F. Liebendorfer
Demosthenes
Patrick
Henry
Daniel Webster
Beecher
Abraham Lincoln
Youth Sit-Down Demands Jobs Education at White House
A writer notes Omaha reports that the American Youth Congress staged a sit-down strike before the White House last Saturday seeking 500 million dollars for jobs and education. The protest was broken up by arrests. the piece argues democracy should provide opportunity and that war spending endangers youth prospects.
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Omaha
American Youth Congress
White House
Washington
Farmstead openings announced for five Nebraska projects
The regional office of the resettlement administration at Lincoln reports 22 farmstead vacancies across five Nebraska sites Beatishbuff South Sioux City Grand Island Falls City and Loup City. Eligibility requires married applicants ages 50 or younger with healthful families. Preference given to those with trucking farming dairying carpentry fruit growing or poultry backgrounds, with priority for existing residents of Sioux and Dawes counties on optioned lands.
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the Resettlement Administration
Lincoln
Nebraska
Col A. Ward
Sioux
Dawes County
Famiilies
Experighoé Inclides
Beatishbuff
Sioux City
The Lowe-Down on Women and Society Shifts
A satirical, opinionated column mocks perceived female progress from suffrage to politics and fashion. It wechseln between quips on barbershops, hat tipping, beards and attire, and riffs on public sentiment, leadership, and weather era contrasts with humorous asides about bees and rain. The piece ends with weather and disaster contrasts.
Barnacles Wreck Hulls Threaten Vessels Every Year
Popular Mechanics reports that barnacles cling to ship hulls from 50 to 300 tons annually, necessitating dry docking for vessels every six to eight months to remove the pests and protect the hull.
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Popular Mechanics ‘Magazine
Rescued Miner Heroic Effort At Flemington WV Mine
Peter Johnson a 36 year old coal mine operator was rescued alive after being buried for a week in the Pitts vein mine at Flemington West Virginia. CCC workers and volunteers aided by the trapped man's dog endured long shifts to bring him out alive.
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Peter
Robert Johnson
Pittsvein
Flemington
W. Va
CCC
Tax-exempt municipal utilities raise farmer taxes
The Nebraska farmers union warns that exempting municipal water and electric systems from property tax shifts the burden to farmers, who already pay 65 percent of property taxes. It urges a constitutional amendment to place all municipal utilities on tax rolls, a sensible suggestion.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Farmers Union
Omaha
Legislatire
PITY THE PREACHER AT BRONSON KAN
A humorous sketch from Bronson Kansas lampoons the ideal preacher. It questions age hair family size wife choir participation notes versus extempore speaking and public presence, suggesting critics fault every move. The piece plays on how any action invites judgment from parishioners and outsiders alike.
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Bronson
Kan
WANTS CONTROL OF UTILITIES
The Nebraska railway commission proposes legislation to regulate gas and electric utilities statewide except municipal plants. The bill would set rates depreciation funds and expansion under commission control and levy 2-10th of one percent of gross utility revenue for administration. Municipal officials fear future jurisdiction if the measure passes.
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Nebraska Railway Commission
Bogs Versus Swamps, Defined by Botanist D E M Gross
Pennsylvania botanist D E M Gross clarifies distinctions between bogs and swamps. A swamp is fed by surface streams and floods land, while a bog arises from below water fed by cold springs. Bogs may support weight on their matting and often sit above large reservoirs of cold, pure water.
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D. E. M. Gross
Pennsylvania
Capitol News
Inside Glances of Washington on Thought and History
A reflective piece urges reading newspapers as history in progress, noting epochal struggles between capital and labor and the Supreme Court debate. It discusses editorials as thought provocation, constitutional limits on justices, and political expectations, urging balanced critique and caution about misunderstood motives.
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Abbe
Dimmer
America
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
When Cowboys Were Robbers In Revolutionary War
During the Revolutionary War the term cowboy described robbers who attacked roads east of the Hudson River, between British and American lines. They often posed as Tories. A parallel group called skinners, who claimed to be Whigs, plundered wayfarers in the same regions and period.
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Studson River
Ralph Easley Joins Ford Garage Paint and Body
Ralph Easley of Trinidad joins the Ford garage as a new employee in the paint and body department, marking a staffing update at the local auto shop.
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Ralph Easley
Trinidad
Cole
Ford
Roof Tile Colors Signal Building Use in China
In China the roof color indicates the building’s use: green for official sites, yellow for commercial places, and brown for residential buildings. The design does not reveal the function.
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China
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Lindbergh
Bell Telephone System
Mama
John L. Lewis
Nebraska Farmer
Fremont Tribune
Georgetown University
Miss Perkins
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Hughes
Tee
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Oriental Beauty Shop
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Henry A. Krumm
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