County Agent Takes Over All Triple A Records
County Agent J. C. Swinbank has taken charge of all corn hog and wheat records at local allotment offices and suspended activities of both divisions until further notice. Washington instructed federal employes to control forms records and property. Farmers reacted critically at Tuesday meetings and Swinbank warned of possible farm disturbances unless a substitute program is found. Continued on Page 8, Column 2.
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J. C. Swinbank
Swinbank
Washington
Fred C. Jans
Allotment
Strip Of Highway At Huntsman Is Doomed
The county commissioners will close a short strip of highway on the old No 19 road about a half mile north of Huntsman where it crosses the Burlington tracks. Southbound traffic must use the existing No 19 route on the east side of the railroad through Huntsman. Northbound traffic on the west side may cross at Huntsman to join the new road. The Huntsman to Sidney west side road will remain a county road.
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Huntsman
Burlington
Gas Tax Shares Distributed to Nebraska Counties
The December gas tax intake fell short of November, with $284 745 allocated to counties. November totals returned $302 585 to counties. Panhandle allocations included Banner 443.62 Box Butte 2511.75 Cheyenne 2362.31 Dawes 2108.80 Deuel 1042.56 Garden 850.63 Kimball 1291.19 Scotts Bluff 6917 Sheridan 2233.47 Sioux 921.38.
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Panhandle
Banner
Box Butte
Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Kimball
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux
Flour Prices Fall As Tax Suspension Impacts Stores
Flour prices dropped yesterday as millers reacted to the supreme court ruling on the AAA decision. The decline appeared in Sidney stores with stock on shelves likely to see rebates once government action follows.
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AAA
Supreme Court
Sidney
Doctors In Meeting Sidney Tuesday Night
Fourteen doctors from the territory gathered in Sidney Tuesday evening at Dr. R. E. Roche’s home for a professional discussion of current medical problems and developments. The meetings rotate among towns and are valued for keeping practitioners abreast of new strides in the profession.
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Sidney
R. E. Roche
Questions And Answers About Triple A Status
Out of the confusion surrounding the fallen AAA came a few more answers to hundreds of questions pilling up on official desks. Can AAA checks now in hands of farmers or employes be cashed Yes. The treasury notified all commer cial banks that outstanding AAA checks may be cashed.
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AAA
Treasury
Supreme Court
Wallace
General Revenue Fund
United States
Congress
Washington
Capitol
January Sales Begin This Week in Sidney Trade
The Telegraph announces advertising arrangements for January clearance and white sales this month. Greenlees advertises the first white sale today. Western Public Service Company and Wash Brothers host clearance and removal events. Other stores plan January events next week, with outlook bright for bargain seekers in Sidney. The Telegraph papers gain readers, boosting advertising reach.
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Telegraph
Greenlees
Western Public Service Company
Wash Brothers
Sidney
Telegraph News
Kimball Man Named To Master Farmers
Six farmers from Nebraska and Colorado were honored at the ninth annual Master Farmer presentation dinner in Lincoln on January 7. Ambrose A. Blach Yuma County Colorado G C Evertson Kimball Carsten F Kuehl Douglas County H H Kruse Boone County J F Prokop Sheridan County Floyd W Snover Dodge County selections were made by a committee led by W H Brokaw with the agricultural extension service.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Lincoln
Nebraska Farmer
Ambrose A. Blach
Yuma County
Colo
G. C. Evertson
Kimball
Carsten F. Kuehl
Douglas County
H. H. Kruse
Confusion and Hope After AAA Ruling Hit Cheyenne County
Farmers react to the supreme court ruling as Cheyenne County wheat producers, still owed allotment checks, express mixed feelings. A county agent receives Washington instructions to seize records and close the allotment office, while locals cling to faint optimism with statements like Give me one good crop and I'll forget all about the AAA.
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AAA
No Official Paper Is Selected This Week
County commissioners opened bids for county printing and for greases and oils but deferred the 1536 contract and the oil bids to January 14 due to a legal question. County Attorney Heaton was in Lincoln for a Supreme Court case. Ashes and trash hauling contract awarded to S F Thorpe. Insurance on county fair grounds divided between Ralph Osborn and J W Johnson. Remaining business involved claims.
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Board of Commissioners
Potter Review
Telegraph Publishing Company
The
Record Publishing Company
P. J. Heaton
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Court House
S. F. Thorpe
County Fair Grounds
Ralph Osborn
J.W. Johnson
Went 3,000 Miles To Finally See Sunshine
Ray Wills of Potter completed a 3000 mile auto trip to the south and returned to Cheyenne county to see the sun shine. He spent 17 days in Missouri and saw sunshine only once, and that was obscure. He praised Cheyenne county corn as superior to corn from regions in the middle of the corn country and said sour corn outshines his relative's maize. He clipped a Telegraph article about Cheyenne county corn winning a Chicago exposition award to share with relatives.
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Ray Wills
Potter
Cheyenne County
Wills
Missouri
WPA Cuts Office Costs Sharply In Omaha District
The WPA district office orders a $1,000 January expense reduction while avoiding payroll cuts. Thirty Alliance headquarters staff remain, with six laid off in December and a planned ten more potential cuts offset by savings in other areas. A removed telephone exchange board and earlier district actions mirror Lincoln and state efforts.
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WPA
Alliance
Telephone Exchange Board
Omaha
Lincoln
Farmers urged to stay organized to keep power nationally
Sidney business leaders call for congress to enact farm relief as a substitute for the AAA noting how the adjustment act and allotments have benefited Cheyenne county and Sidney. They warn that without allotments rural towns would be destitute and stress the need for a strong farmer organization to counter eastern opposition and legal lobbying. Continued on page 8, column 1.
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Sidney
Congress
AAA
Cheyenne County
Uncle Sam
Legion Seeks Les Elsen To Face McQuillan Date Set
The American Legion boxing committee promotes Les Elsen to challenge Showboat McQuillan. Elsen, touring welterweight from the west coast, trains in Denver under Eddie Mack. The bout is tentatively on January 27 with possible prelims, including Eddie Mack versus Chick Eldridge.
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Legion
Les Elsen
McQuillan
The
American Legion Boxing Committee
Eddie Mack
Denver
Elsen
Mack
Los Angeles
Tenta
Dr. Miller Enters One House Race in 43rd District
Dr. A L Miller of Kimball filed on Tuesday to seek the unicameral Nebraska legislature seat in the 43rd district comprising Cheyenne Kimball Devel and Morrill counties He plans a vigorous immediate campaign He is a longtime Kimball physician and mayor and has not run for office before He is described by supporters as liberal pro farmer and well connected through Lions clubs He is seen as unaligned with any cliques and favorable to western Nebraska needs
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A. L. Miller
Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel
Morrill
Dr. Miller
Nebraska
Lions Clubs
Lincoln
Elimination of Radio Noise Campaign in Sidney Progressing
Public cooperation remains low as efforts continue to reduce radio nuisance across Sidney. The city offers free locating services. residents should report interference to the city clerk for prompt investigations in their neighborhoods.
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Sidney
John Gilbert Dies at 39 Once Film Idol of Silent Era
Hollywood mourns John Gilbert, famed silent film idol and heartthrob, who died of heart failure at age 39. Once the era’s romantic lead, he faded with talkies after several comebacks and spent his final years in seclusion with his last wife Virginia Bruce.
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John Gilbert
Hollywood
Gilbert
Gilberts
Virginia Bruce
Cheyenne County Benefits Top $1.6 Million in Crop Programs
Telegraph figures show Cheyenne county received $1,613,756.37 in cash benefits from agricultural administration crop control programs since inception. Wheat allotment provided the bulk, with corn-hog control also contributing. most administrative funds were spent locally. Cheyenne County was the state's largest wheat beneficiary and among the nation’s largest.
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Cheyenne County
Agricultural Administration
Vigorous Campaign to Federalize Denver Black Hills Highway
A determined drive advances to federalize the Denver Black Hills Highway route through Nebraska Colorado and South Dakota. The effort centers on Highway 87 19 and 113 138 with the Fort Morgan meeting forming a Colorado highway association to push for an all weather route along Burlington rights of way between Lorenzo and Peetz. L T Poole leads the campaign as president of the Denver Black Hills Highway association and Colorado links including Highway 71 at Brush. The Sterling Advocate notes continued efforts to tie the routes into a federal highway network and coordinate state actions.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Denver-Black Hills
South Dakota
Fort Morgan
Cheyenne County
L. T. Poole
Burlington
Lorenzo and
Peetz
Poole
State Highway Department
Friends Say Rodman Probably Won't Run for Governor
Friends of Roland Rodman say they have little encouragement from him that he will be a Republican candidate for governor. Despite petitions on file and paid filing fees, Rodman shows little interest. In GOP circles the sense is Rodman would be a strong candidate, but Dwight Griswold’s definite entry could complicate the race.
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Roland Rodman
Kimball
Rodman
Dwight Griswold
Griswold
Future Of Relief Here Is Hing ing On County
Harold Bond, relief director, told to close his office end of that day. County Clerk I L Pindell received word the office would not close until February 8. Commissioners planned to meet to decide relief handling if Bond’s office is called. Bond said closure was necessary until orders change. Statutes require commissioners to supervise relief in their districts, but the task may exceed any one commissioner’s time. Bond likely to remain in some role due to his familiarity with the work.
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Harold Bond
I. L. Pindell
Bond
Ernest Witte
FERA
Witte
iWitte
R. E Roche
Carl Jones
WPA
Alliance
Denver
Scottsbluff
Washington
Frank Prince Shot At Bayard Rifle Range
Frank C. Prince 42 superintendent of Bayard schools and a noted figure in western Nebraska education and athletics lies in a Scottsbluff hospital in serious condition after a Sunday rifle range accident. A 30 calibre army rifle bullet shattered the target frame and fragments damaged his face near the nose and eyes as he marked targets in the pit.
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Frank C. Prince
Bayard
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Prince
Frigid cold grips region with readings to eight below zero
A frigid wave sent temperatures to eight degrees below zero across the area with Wyoming hitting 16 and 18 below. The cold slowed traffic but coal deliveries continued as stores expect a return to normal trade soon. WPA workers protested wages of 32 dollars monthly, asking for county supplements. officials cited federal wage scales and lack of funds, noting such aid could jeopardize WPA status.
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Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Seaboard
Wyoming
Table Lands
Here
Union Pacific to offer pickup delivery service mid July
Union Pacific will begin a pickup and delivery service for shippers on July 20 with free handling on less than carload shipments to and from Sidney and most western trunk line towns. Shippers or consignees hauling freight to the depot receive a five cent per hundred pounds allowance. Sidney contacts Mr. Singer for details as contracts with local draying firms replace highway truckers in the service area.
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Union Pacific
Elwood Singer
U. P
Sidney
Western Trunk Line
Singer
Kimball Cage Game Is Booked Next Week
A scheduling mix up postpones the Kimball Longhorns versus Sidney Maroons game from tonight to next Wednesday. Kimball will play Dalton tonight, triggering a tougher stretch for the Maroons with Lodge Pole at home Tuesday, Kimball away Friday, and a Saturday trip to Alliance to face the Bearcats. Coach Reed will take the regular ten, expecting a stronger lineup after the Sterling Tigers contest.
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Kimball
Kimball Longhorns
Sidney Maroons
Dalton
Maroons
Lodge Pole
Alliance
Bearcats
Reed
Sterling Tigers
Lion Governor Talks At Meeting Tuesday
H G Easton governor of Lions club district 38B visited the Sidney local club at Union Pacific hotel Tuesday to boost interest in the state Lions convention to be held in Scottsbluff next summer. Six Scottsbluff members attended to represent the coming convention and escort Easton to Scottsbluff where he would proceed after Sidney. Further convention plans were to be discussed there.
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H. G. Easton
Lions Club
Sidney
Union Pacific
Scottsbluff
Mr. Easton
Wash Brothers Vacate for Leon Fine at Illinois Street
Leon Fine will lease the Doran building on Illinois Street to open a ready to wear and accessory shop for women misses and children. Wash Brothers grocery will vacate its present location, with Fine likely retaining the Hink building store and featuring lower priced merchandise.
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Wash Brothers Grocery
Doran
Illinois Street
Leon Fine
Fine
Hink
Chamber Commerce Election Set For Next Week
The chamber of commerce board failed to meet Monday night due to unavoidable circumstances. No meeting is likely before next Monday noon. A nominating committee will draft a slate of officers for consideration and a membership drive for 1936 will likely follow after officials are selected.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Mrs Mann Reaches 25 Years as Eastern Star Treasurer
Mrs Fletchen Mann, a Sid ney pioneer and longtime member, was installed Tuesday night as treasurer of the Eastern Star for the 25th consecutive year. The chapter honored her for loyal service and extended membership at the meeting.
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Fletchen Mann
Sidney
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Sam
Cocial
Tively
Young Dixon
Baloney
Dixon
Chick Eldridge
Fort Warren
County
Frank Prince
Union Pacific Service
Kimball Cage
Lion
Chamber Commerce
Mrs. Mann
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