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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1948
Page
2
The Sidney Telegraph operates as a local independent newspaper serving Sidney in Cheyenne County Nebraska. It is distributed weekly on Fridays from a pane at 11th Avenue and Illinois Street, focusing on city, county, and western Nebraska affairs.
The Telegraph reviews a 48 page comic book from The Catechetical Guild Educational Society that depicts a Communist plan to seize the United States. It narrates crises, propaganda, riots, and political violence leading to a Kremlin controlled government and mass persecutions, while praising the medium’s reach to readers from youth to adults.
Farmers push soil conservation and weed control as key programs promising millions in county benefits. The write up emphasizes agricultural progress as insurance against lean years and a repeat of hardships from the 1930s.
The Gering municipally owned utility consistently turns earnings into the city general fund, reducing property taxes by about fifteen mills last year. The piece suggests Sidney could follow suit, noting the prospect of a paid-off utility system and lower tax rates as taxes rise.
Just arrived another shipment of Farm and Ranch Income Tax Record Books. Demand for the easy IDEAL SYSTEM broke all records, but we reordered and now have a good supply. Limited present stock. refill sheets available at THE TELEGRAPH. Large mimeograph paper stock in 8 1/2 x 11 and 8 1/2 x 14 sizes, white and colors. When mimeographer typing paper is needed, come to THE TELEGRAPH.
An advertisement from The Telegraph promotes the Duo Dustin Cloth for cleaning dust from surfaces. The ad claims it dusts and perishes dirt simultaneously, claiming quick neat results or a tidy finish. It highlights a price of 56 cents for the product.
The column lurches through worries about the White House dog and carpet cleaning, Truman’s southern view, looming meat shortages, a patent suit against Henry Ford, an FBI arrest in Miami, and Lana Turner’s MGM suspension. The piece blends social jabs with satirical musings on national foibles and celebrity miscues.
On Monday Rudy Nagengast faced disturbing the peace charges and received 30 days. R. B. Helger was fined 15 dollars plus 2.70 costs for reckless driving after a Saturday arrest. Bill Atkinson, detained for intoxication, paid 15 dollars and 2.70 costs after a Saturday hearing. Mike's Roller Rink opens Thursday night with skating 7:30 to 10:30 at 2008 Illinois St.
The writer riffs on Mayer, Tyrone Power, Lana Turner, and Linda Christian while joking about patriotism and a love of country. He complains about taxes and the collector of internal revenue, noting 1943 taxes paid and 1948 estimated payments. The tone is snide and humorous about Hollywood and public figures.
Richard Stormberg faced a Sunday speeding arrest by Highway Patrolman Urban C. Gayl and a Monday hearing before County Judge Robert A. Barlow, pleading guilty and paying 10 dollars plus 4 dollars costs. Robert Blackman of Kimball also pled guilty to speeding and owes 10 dollars plus 4 dollars costs. Tom Dolan pleaded guilty to going through a stop sign and was fined 10 dollars plus 5.25 dollars in costs.
An Interested Reader defends a basement apartment case in Sidney Telegraph, explaining a hospital worker mother needs daytime rest and disputing rumors that the apartment would be vacated. The letter responds to a previous reader's critique and urges understanding of the family’s situation.
Just arrived notice announces reordered Tax Record Books now in supply at The Telegraph. Limited copies available, ideal for collectors or accountants seeking up to date records.
A 1948 advertisement invites readers to stock up on office supplies and printing forms at THE TELE GRAPH I with guidance on planning. It promises complete office supply and printing seeds, emphasizing preparedness for the year ahead.
Jean Peters, Ohio State University co ed, wins a prized screen test for popularity and becomes the star of Captain from Castile at the Fox Theatre. The green eyed, brown haired student is cast in her first film after a campus contest victory.
Results of a Department of Agriculture hearing on beet labor wages across seven states were summarized by M O Andrews of Scottsbluff, president of the Nebraska Beet Growers association. Growers favored continuing 1947 rates of 17.60 per acre for thinning and first hoeing. proposed consolidating blocking thinning and first hoeing as one operation. recommended wage scales based on hoe type and weed control, including 14.50 to 19.50 per acre, with adjustments for mechanical blocking and weed keeping.
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