Army Technician Wise Led Service Overseas in World War II
In Armed Forces Technician fifth grade Dale L. Wise son of Mr and Mrs W W Wise Lodgepole and husband of Mrs Wanda Wise North Platte. Inducted April 1942 he trained at Camp Robinson Arkansas then Fort Dix New Jersey. Went overseas to the Persian Gulf Command in Iran for fourteen months serving in the Medical Detachment 154th Station Hospital with postings in Egypt Sicily and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale L. Wise
W. W. Wise
Lodgepole
Wanda Wise
North Platte
Army
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Persian Gulf Service Command
Iran
154Th Station Hospital
Egypt
Sicily
Italy
Campers Win Top Honors at Rural Outing
Sixty two 4-H boys and girls from Cheyenne county plus Mary Burbank and agents attended the district 4-H club camp at Mitchell June 24-27. Awards recognized top dormitory campers Norma Jean Robertson and Nila Golden. Beverly Story and Darrell Reed named outstanding boy and girl. Other honors included stationery gifts for top campers, wall plaques for outstanding performers, and a flag set for Darrell Reed. The camp showcased handicraft, swimming, amateur nights, pantomime by county youth, and a closing awards ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Mary Burbank
Bill Bullock
T. H. Alexander
Mitcnel
Norma Jean Robertson
Gurley
Nila Golden
Sidney
Cheyenne
Kimball
Box Butte
Scottsbluff
Marilyn Porterfield
John Mitchell
Ordville
Beverly Story
Darrell Reed
Big Springs
Beverly
Darrell
Future Workers of Sidney
Beverly Wasser
Virginia Alexander
Merry Maids Club
Busy Bees
Lodgepole
Fall Wheat Harvest Delayed by Weather and Losses
A Telegraph survey notes no harvesting during the July Fourth holiday in Cheyenne county due to cool weather and rain delaying winter wheat maturation by two to three weeks. Hail across Kimball, Banner, and Deuel counties worsens losses. total state yields could drop by three to four million bushels with further impacts on spring grains and irrigated fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Telegraph
Kimball
Banner
Devel
Panhandle
Lodgepole Valley
Sunol
Nebraska
A. H. Maunder
Agriculture Extension Service
University of Nebraska
Maunder
New OPA Ration Updates On July First Stamps and Points
New blue and red stamps became valid July 1 in War Ration Book Four. Each stamp worth 10 points, total 50 blue points for processed foods and 50 red points for meats fats, usable through October 31. New stamps: Blue J1 Kl L1 M1 N1 and Red Al Bl Cl Dl El. Four sets of both colors good per rationing period, each set four months. first set retires with fifth set.
Rationing and Salvage Data From War Time Office
CPA headquarters at 1200 Jackson St opens to the public daily with panels on transportation and consumer topics. The notice lists stamp valid dates for meats fats processed foods sugar fuel oil shoes automobiles tires and wastepaper along with instructions for used kitchen fats tin cans and salvage. It notes July tire allotments and explains a simplified poultry ceiling price schedule effective July 1 1945 and announces higher apples ceilings for June 25 to July 20 with a shift in retail ceilings. Used 1942 automobiles are removed from rationing starting July 2 with justification that rationing is no longer necessary for these models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inc
Smrha
OPA
Charles Smrha
Judging Day Set For Sidney Monday
The county judging and demonstration day will be held Monday July 9 at the senior high school in Sidney. Miss Dorothea Follmer from the state 4-H club office will assist with demonstrations and practice judging. Morning sessions start at 10 a.m. with both boys and girls showing, and the afternoon focuses on girls judging in three phases learning projects foods cooking and canning and homemaking and clothing. A boys judging day is planned for Bridgeport on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Dorothea Follmer
State
4-H Club
Bridgeport
County Caps 1945 Wheat Loan Rate At 1.34 Per Bushel
Cheyenne county sets 1945 wheat loan rate at 1.34 dollars per bushel for No 1 wheat with lower grades scaled down and a premium for high protein. National average loan rate slated at 1.38 dollars, based on farm stored wheat. Loans available on farm and terminal storage with specific markets rating different prices. Storage on farm loans not advanced, but paid if wheat delivered to CCC at maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
James H. Campbell
AAA
Campbell
WFA
Kansas City
Omaha
Galveston
Chicago
St. Louis
Portland
Ore
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Louisville
CCC
Servicemen Relate War Experiences On furlough home
Two war veterans share memories during a Rotary Club gathering. Dale Glaubitz, on leave after three years overseas, recounts his B 24 crash over Kiel, his escape, injuries, and his extensive decorations. Chet Hansen and George Murray describe submarine patrols and Blackhawk division advances, noting Nazi defenses and the youthful fanaticism of SS troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th’ Air Force
Glaubitz
Kiel
Germany
ACOM
Chet Hansen
Chris Hansen
North
South America
Pfc
George C. Murray
Jerry Murray
Blackhawk
Hansen
Europe
Murray
S. S
Chamber urges UP to reconsider train crew change through Sidney
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce asks Union Pacific to rethink routing freight train crews via Sidney on the Cheyenne to North Platte 20 mile run. It warns of revenue loss, potential jobs impact, and asks assurance crews will be reassigned once traffic normalizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
Sidney
Cheyenne
North Platte
Elgin Hicks
Nebraska Division
Hicks
Dalton Sailor Rescued After LST Destroyed
Paul Weible Jr a US Navy seaman from Dalton Nebraska was rescued after LST 577 was lost near the Philippine area while reinforcing Lingayen Gulf. The ship sank leaving many missing and presumed dead including Lt Carl Stahl. Lt Wilbur Isaacson praised surviving Army and Navy personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Weible, Jr
USN
Paul Weible
Dalton
Nebr
Philippine
Lingayen Gulf
517
Army
Carl H. Stahl
San Diego
Calif
Leyte
577
Evansville
Ind
7Th Fleet
Wilbur R. Isaacson
American Legion opens new club rooms in Sidney
The American Legion Post No 17 unveils its new club rooms upstairs at 9391 Illinois Street with opening festivities on Friday at five o’clock. The facility provides lounges and games rooms for servicemen and the public, with regular hours and mixer nights on Tuesdays and Fridays. Pete Schwartz is resident manager and Auxiliary members will operate the kitchenette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Illinois Street
Brown-McDonald
American Legion Committee
American Legion Auxiliary
Pete Schwartz
the Legion
Cheyenne County
Legion
Ordnance Depot
Telegraph
Sidney Business
Splendid
Eer
Sidney Post
Swinbank to Visit for Cheyenne Wheat Test Plot
Former Cheyenne county agent J. C. Swinbank will visit Sidney July 16 to conduct a winter wheat and barley test at the Fred Kettler farm. Wheat samples will be classified by variety and adaptability, with observations on best plots. A seed treating demonstration and rye-wheat mixture will be shown. a $25 war bond prize will go to the closest guess of rye percentage in a wheat plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Swinbank
Cheyenne County
Fred Kettler
Sidney
College of A Culture
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cpl
Mitchell
West
Frontier
Gosper
Hayes
CPA
Jackson St
Consumer Panel
Dale Glaubitz
Patton
3Rd Army
Miami Beach
Fla
Charles Glaubitz
Sgt
Rotary Club
Navy
IC of C
Sioux Ordnance
Francis Hiner
United States Employment Service
Hinev
Hiner
United States Civil Service Commission
War Service
District of Columbia
West Coast
Hawaiian
Federal Civil Service Region
Civil Service
Ec B. Suits
U. S. Civil Service Region
Air Technical Service Command
Hill Field
Ogden
Utah
Soo
Swinbank
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