Air Mail Pilot Charles Kenwood Killed in Night Crash West of Sidney
Charles Kenwood of Omaha perished in a blinding fog bound crash ten miles west of Sidney while piloting a Boeing airship loaded with mail. Farmers Earl McFall and Benjamin Couch freed the severely burned and mutilated flyer from the wreck, as flames shot high. Officials cited loss of situational awareness amid fog and hills, with throttles perhaps wide open in the final dive. The wreckage overturned multiple times, engine torn free, and the mail cargo largely destroyed. Continued report notes the pilot circling over Sidney moments before attempting a landing location and the survivor’s desperate effort to reach Cheyenne.
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Lodge Pole Valley
Sidney
Cheyenne
Charles Kenwood
Omaha
Herdon
Earl McFall
Benjamin Couch
Kenwood
Boeing
McFall
Couch
Local creamery installs cheese making apparatus
The Finke creamery in Sidney began a cheese making plant last week producing cream cheese daily under manager Robert Whitmore. The plant uses modern equipment to utilize surplus whole milk, with hopes for a broader local market and future expansion via a standing market in eastern Nebraska. Cottage cheese has been produced as a regular product, but this is believed to be the first marketable cream cheese from the creamery.
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Sidney
Finke Creamery
Robert Whittmore
Whitmore
Nebraska
Omaha
Sterling Hands Sidney Reverse In Rough Basketball Loss
Sidney Maroon cagers were held to 13 points as Sterling defeated them 27 to 13 in a rough game after a prior win over Lodge Pole. Al Ladine stood out for Sidney while Tex Dewis led Sterling with a strong inside performance, dragging the game toward Sterling's pace.
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Sterling
Sidney
Lodge Pole
al Ladine
Potter
Dollar Removed From Dalton Youth Esophagus By Forceps
Howard Kahler an 18 year old farm youth from the Dalton area swallowed a dollar during a trick. X ray located the coin about one third down the esophagus. Dr Guy Zarbaugh used a pharyngoscope and long forceps to extract the coin with no throat injury. The procedure occurred between 6 and 8 pm after a local x ray by Dr J B Pankau. The doctors say the removal avoided possible abscess or future operation and notes Zarbaugh's Vienna training and rising reputation in the west.
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Guy Frederick Zarbaugh
Howard Kahler
Dalton
J. B. Pankau
Zarbaugh
Vienna
Cheyenne County
Young Kahler
West
North Side Home Destroyed by Spectacular Fire
Sparks showered from the Hiett house roof just after one and the blaze lit the western horizon. Ernest Hiett and family escaped with minor injuries as volunteers battled poor north side water pressure and a failed siren. Railroad workers helped as flames consumed furniture and interiors, leaving a practically total loss with onlookers watching.
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Hiett
Bob Simmons Files for Reelection in Scotts Bluff
Congressman Robert G. Simmons filed for a third consecutive two year term as Nebraska's western district representative. He received the filing fee from County Treasurer P. B. Schmidt in Scottsbluff, with no announced primary challengers for August 12. Simmons, a prominent Republican, has served six years in Washington and is active on key committees aiding agricultural western Nebraska.
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P. B. Schmidt
Robert G. Simmons
Big Sixth
Nebraska
Bob
Simmons
National Capital
Washington
House
Scottsbluff
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cheyenne County Receipts Top $10,000 From Gas Tax
Nebraska’s four cent gas tax has generated 1,683,266.83 in statewide county distributions through nine months. State Treasurer Stebbins reports one quarter of net monthly proceeds funds county highways while the rest supports federal state highway system work. A year-to-date summary shows 6,713,947.01 collected with 53,380 refunded to dealers.
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Nebraska
Stebbins
Fair Board Elects Officers At Morning Meeting
The fair board meets today to elect officers. Sheriff J. M. Nelson hosts the session in his office with retiring president Charles Welton, and nominees including G. E. Burke as vice president Leroy D. Willey as assistant secretary and Leslie Neubauer as treasurer. Directors listed include W. W. Wise Joe Johnson Guy Shaw Glen Bales Martin W Dimery and L. T. Johnson.
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Fair Board
J. M. Nelson
Charles Welton
G. E. Burke
Leroy D. Willey
Leslie Neubauer
W. W. Wise
Lodge Pole
Joe Johnson
Potter
Guy Shaw
Glen Bales
Martin W Dimery
Sidney
L. T. Johnson
Dalton
Sidney Chamber to survey 1929 progress
A senior chamber of commerce committee, formed at the noon luncheon, will tabulate Sidney’s progress for 1929 and preview 1930. The report aims to document building, strides, and activity to guide a definite program for the chamber. The group plans to read the full resume at the next regular session and continues on page 8.
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Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Maynard Osborn
Machinery School Comes This Week in Sidney
Three days of machinery instruction for western Nebraska owners and operators will be held in Sidney Thursday through Saturday. Caterpillar tractor owners gain most benefit, but all are invited to learn from Caterpillar staff experts. Free lunches and Fox theatre entertainment accompany the sessions.
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Western Nebraska
Sidney
Sidney Tractor & Machinery Company
Panhandle
Nebraska
Western
New Fox Theatre
Omaha’s First Family of Fliers Broken in Kenwood Crash
Chuck Kenwood, longtime airport figure and organizer of the first commercial aviation company in Omaha, died in a crash near Sidney on Friday. He mentored brothers Jack and Manuel Kenwood, who soloed in the OX-5 Travelair that formed the core of Kenwood Air Transport four years ago.
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Omaha
Chuck Kenwood
Sidney
Jack
Manuel Kenwood
Kenwood Air Transport
Chuck
Detroit
Bentley Undergoes Operation in Rochester Favorable
J A Bentley was taken to Mayo brothers clinic Rochester Minn for a serious operation Friday morning He rallied favorably according to a message to Charlton Bentley He has been in failing health for some time and is making an effort to regain his natural condition Hundreds of people in the section who know him will welcome news of his improvement.
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J. A. Bentley
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Charlton Bentley
Bentley
McKelvie to explain cooperative grain marketing plan in Sidney
Samuel R. McKelvie, grain member of the federal farm board, will speak at the Fox theatre in Sidney on Wednesday afternoon January 22 at 2 o clock. Farmers from western Nebraska are expected, with L D Willey and county extension agents assisting to spread word for a crowd at the meeting. He will outline the plan of the farm board and answer questions as to the cooperative organization now being set up. The event precedes a Grand Island meeting aimed at forming a regional group aligning with the national grain marketing program.
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S. R. McKelvie
Federal Farm Board
Sidney
Fox Theatre
Nebraska
L. D. Willey
Cheyenne County
Farm Board
Omaha
Lincoln
Mckelvie
Grand Island
Western Nebraska
Farming class nears close with two sessions left
The farmers evening school at Lorenzo consolidated school house wraps up after eight meetings on dairy and swine production. Prof J W Neilson from the local vocational agriculture department leads the final two sessions covering dairy and swine ailments and simple livestock records and accounts.
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Farmers Evening School
Lorenzo Consolidated
J. W. Neilson
Vocational Agriculture Department
Wooldridge Dies in Los Angeles From Heart Failure
De Lynn Wooldridge, former Sidney banker, died in Los Angeles last Thursday morning from heart failure. No prior heart attacks were reported, though he sometimes suffered indigestion. Funeral was attended by Mrs. Donald Bassett.
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de Lynn Wooldridge
Sidney Banker
Los Angeles
Wooldridge
Donald Bassett
Railway Express Extends Delivery Limits in City
Effective January 1 the Railway Express agency widened its service area from Elm Street north to the Burlington tracks south and from 6th to 15th avenues. The move expands the delivery reach to cover all streets within those bounds.
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Railway Express Agency
6Th
15Th Avenues
Elm Street
Burlington Tracks
Public Library Adds Several New Book Sets
The public library received new volumes for local readers including Stream of Life by Parsons in four volumes Treasury for Book Lovers by Coveland in five volumes American Natural History by Hornaday and the complete works of John Galsworthy in six volumes.
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Stream of Life
Parsons
Treasury
Coveland
Hornaday
John Galsworthy
Legion Dance Set for Thursday at John Deere Building
American Legion members sponsor a Zeppelin dance at the new John Deere building Thursday night. Grabill's Merrymakers provide the music. A large crowd is anticipated.
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American Legion
John Deere
Grabill
Local Fox Theatre Distances Itself From Fox Film Crash
Harold B. Franklin, president of Fox West Coast Theatres, states the local theatres are a separate unit with no involvement in Fox Film or Fox Theatres financial troubles. He notes Fox West Coast just completed its biggest year, grossing about 50 million dollars, while Fox Film and Fox Theatres also show strong 1929 results amid industry expansion and delayed announcements due to market mood.
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Fox Film
Fox Theatres Corporation
New York
Fox West Coast Theatres
Harold B. Franklin
Fox Theatres
Franklin
Los Angeles
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Air Mail
Earth
Finke Company
Guy Frederic Zarbaugh
North Side
Ernest Hiett
Bob Simmons
Scotts Bluff
Chamber Commerce
Samuel R. McKelvie
O. P. Skaggs System
Arthur Renfield
Railroad Express Agency
Public Library
Legion
William Fox
West Coast Group
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