Two Sisters Drown Near Studt Dam South of Sidney
Margaret and Melba Ellsworth drowned in a sink hole formed by a washed-out dam near Studt dam southeast of Sidney. The incident occurred about 2:30 pm as a hysterical mother watched from the bank and a brother assisted in recovery after 15 minutes of frantic effort. The girls, aged likely school age, had been wading in the shallow creek when they slipped into the ten-foot-deep hole filled with mud and water. The tragedy followed the dam’s failure during a severe storm last Friday night behind the Ellsworth home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Melba Ellsworth
Studt
Melba
Sidney
Cream Of Athletic Crop Passes Through Sidney On Way To Olympic Games
Seven teams of American Olympic athletes totaling 157 men and women traveled on a 17 car Pennsy train to Los Angeles for the Olympic Games. In Sidney, 200 spectators greeted the contingent including star swimmers Helene Madison and Georgia Coleman and other champions from New York and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Los Angeles
Pennslvania Lines
New York State
Sam
Uncle Sam
Long Beach
Georgia Coleman
United States
Helene Madison
Eleanor
Willard Spence
Canada
Edward Marshall
Bud Johnson
California
Columbia Uni
Dalton Highway Will Stay Open After Police Board Ruling
Dalton township commissioners reversed an earlier order to close a local road. A protest petition with 40 signatures urged keeping the route open for farming traffic. In a related decision, the board retained more than one courthouse phone line, tying them to group lines to cut costs while preserving business use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Dalton
Henry Blome
Blome
Court House
Brown Skin Models Play Here Today at Fox Theatre
Irvin C Miller presents Brown Skin Models, a 30 member all colored cast from New York Haarlem cabarets, on the Fox theatre stage for matinee and evening shows today. The act, praised at Denver’s Empress theatre, opens to regular prices except balcony seats, and crowds are expected. The feature Mae Clark in Waterloo Bridge is also highlighted.
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Irvin C. Miller
New York Haarlem
Fox Theatre
Empress Theatre
Denver
Mae Clark
Waterloo Bridge
Four Year Old Suit of Wheat Growers Wiped From Docket
The Nebraska Wheat Growers association versus Green et al was removed from the docket by the state supreme court after briefs were not filed. The long running accounting suit covered 1926 to 1928 with a prior judgment in favor of the plaintiff for 10,520 dollars plus costs. Attorneys for the defense, Albert Mann and R. P. Kepler, appealed to the high court and bonds were posted. Costs reportedly total several hundred dollars.
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Supreme Court
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Green Et Als
High State
District Court
Cheyenne County
J. L. Tewell
State Supreme Court
Albert Mann
R. P. Kepler
Wheat Growers Association
Petrus ‘Peterson
Fred Reetz
Zack Whitney
Frank Smith
M. S. Tallman
Emil Hann
L. B Drago
Ernest Green
George A Ernst
Emil C. Collart
J. P Christensen
Max Richter
Joseph L Aus
One Time Glamor Of Wheat Harvest Is Absent This Year
Western Nebraska farmers report a slow harvest season with little financial boost. In 1926 machinery gained traction as binders gave way to motorized combines, and high profits from wheat per acre vanished by 1930 as markets slumped. Laborers migrated less and merchants felt no harvest uplift.
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Nebraska
Kimball
Cheyenne
Attorneys Charged With Solicitation In Banks Of Panhandle
Nebraska Attorney General Sorensen reports alleged solicitor activity by Lincoln firms Good Good & Kirkpatrick and Woods & Aitken with local lawyers across cities. He says deposits in Lakeside Angora Platte Valley Bridgeport Mina tare banks may face 25 percent fees totaling about 750 000 from a 3 million distribution of bank guaranty funds. Depositors could receive over one million in unpaid claims if the Superior bank case stands. A Pender lawyer is said to have offered deposits 25 percent to the Lincoln firms’ clients.
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Sorensen
Lincoln Law Firms
Good, Good & Kirkpatrick
Woods, Woods& Aitken
Nebraska
Supreme Court
West
Braska
Lakeside State Bank
Angora State Bank
Platte Valley Bank
North Platte
Bridgeport
Minatare
Superior Bank
Department of Trade and Commerce
E. W. Rossiter
Rosalie State Bank
Pender
Lincoln Law
Veterans Return Home From Bonus Expeditionary Force
The California veterans caravan arrives in Sidney after weeks in Washington and across the country. Andre De Wolf leads eight men who say Uncle Sam forgets quickly as they beg for food and gas money, noting support from newspapers and gratitude for education that spared a riot in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sidney
Washington, D. C
Sam
Andre de Wolf
Buddy
de Wolf
Washington
United States
Cheyenne County Seeks Federal Aid for Eight Months
Cheyenne County commissioners vote to request at least 1500 dollars a month from federal relief funds to employ heads of families and dependents on highways. They cite dire highway conditions and lack of fall winter funds for the poor, urging Nebraska to secure state and federal highway construction and maintenance funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Cheyenne County
State of
Nebraska
Federal Relief Fund
Bryan
Congress
Commis
Sioners
Union
Cheyenne
Baseball Schedule Could Upset Wheat Belt Standings Sunday
Two more Sundays remain in the Wheat Belt league before a harvest recess. Peetz at Chappell tests the championship pace as Devel county aims to halt the Colorado nine. Sidney’s Seals host Dalton, a key standings clash with Dalton seeking an ascent from last place.
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Peetz
Chappell
Devel County Boys
Colorado Nine
Dalton
Sidney
Seal
Seals
Tragic Train Death of J I Case Manager Zimmerle at Sidney Crossing
Rufus W. Zimmerle, 32, manager of the J I Case Company distributing plant in Sidney, fatally injured beneath a Union Pacific freight at the Tenth avenue crossing. Witnesses offered differing versions, suggesting swoon or fainting before the wheels severed his midsection. He died en route to hospital after ambulance arrival. weather heat and recent illness noted as contributing factors. Zimmerle, a popular and young Case executive, had moved to Sidney from Lincoln years before and played softball with the Lions club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus W. Zimmerle
J. I. Case Company
Sidney
Union Pacific
Tenth Avenue
Zimmerle
I. Kodinsky
Case
10Th Avenue
Grant
Dr. Roche
Lincoln
Case Distributing
Cheyenne County Reports Smut Reduction in Wheat
Approximately 28 percent of Cheyenne county wheat marketed at Omaha from July 1931 to June 1932 graded smutty, based on 416 cars with 110 smutty. Losses from smut are down from prior years, and seed treatment with copper carbonate is advised to prevent infection without harming germination. County Agent Willey notes_prior use reduced issues and recommends seed treatment.
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Cheyenne County
Omaha
Willey
Extension Service
Cheyenne
Walther League Meeting in Zone Twelve Rally at Potter
Five churches in zone 12 gathered at Potter last Sunday with Rev W F Peters of Sidney reelected zone chairman. Over 400 attended as business sessions convened in Leyfang hall and afternoon recreation took place at Johnsons grove. Divine services were led by Rev Pehler of Kimball. Lunch was cafeteria style followed by a brief business session. Other officers named included Carl Mueller of Potter as secretary and Rey.
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Walther League
Potter
W. F. Peters
Sidney
Leyfang Hall
Johnson's Grove
Pehler
Kimball
Peters
Carl Mueller
Rey
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Stuht’s Dam
Ellsworth
Margaret and
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U.P. Freight
Dalton Highway
Panhandle
Capitol
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