Reduction Of Grain Freight Rates Opposed
An interstate commerce examiner recommended dismissal of a complaint by the Nebraska-Colorado Grain Producers association against grain freight rates to Omaha and Council Bluffs. Examiner George J. Hall said present rates are not shown to be unreasonable or unlawful and that changes should follow consideration of the broader, interrelated rate structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska- Colorado Grain Producers Association
Colorado
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluff
Iowa
George J. Hall
Grain Producers Association
Union Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Council Bluffs
Association
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Duluth
Sub-Surface Tiller Results Shown in Cheyenne County
Farmers observe winter wheat and corn on J Frerichs Mintken farm in 1939 where sub-surface tillage, or right side up farming, has been practiced for three years. Winter wheat yields are higher on these fields and the heavy straw mulch reduces runoff and evaporation. Observation sites lie near Dalton with fields one mile south and six and a half miles east for wheat, five and a half miles east and one mile south for corn. Continued on page 6 column 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
J. Frerichs Mintken
Dalton
Mintken
Beal Speaks At Chamber Commerce Meeting
C E Beal secretary of the Nebraska Municipal League addressed the chamber of commerce at a recent session. City Clerk C C Jones hosted the event and Beal spoke on league purposes in general. A R Kirkpatrick reported on Fort Sidney Day finances estimating a $150 balance as a nucleus for next year. Dr R E Roche outlined the road committee’s oiling funds drive for feeder roads south of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Beal
Nebraska Municipal League
Beal
C. C. Jones
A. R. Kirkpatrick
Fort Sidney
R. E. Roche
Cooler Weather Hits West Nebraska Area
A sudden cold wave dropped temperatures to 52 degrees early Monday after a week of extreme heat. Rain threats lingered but little moisture fell as a sharp, gusty wind accompanied the unseasonable cool spell. Maximums reached 98 degrees twice last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Nebraska
Death Trap City Holds The Bandits In 13 Months
In thirteen months Sidney officers nabbed three criminal fugitives with no police or civilian injuries. May 1939 saw James Sulcer kill himself during a barricade near Gurley after a hostage situation. Two Colorado bank robbers were killed or mortally wounded in a downtown gun battle. Ex-convict John Ulrich blew out his own brains when trapped in his apartment. Police say luck and vigilance kept casualties low as fugitives died at their hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sulcer
Gurley
Schulz
Joe Peirano
Sulcer
Colorado
S A. Moore
Harvey Vizina
Garden City
Kansas
John Ulrich
M. I. Westergaard
W. W. Schulz
Sidney
Grasshopper Battle Moves to Critical Stage in Nebraska
State grasshopper control chief Don B Whelan warns this week could decide the pest outbreak in western and southwestern Nebraska as hail and weather fail to curb hatching. Bait now is urged to stop the migratory hoppers from entering crops, with eastern Nebraska facing the large yellow differential threat as expert notes spreading populations and growing crop damage potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Don B. Whelan
College of Agriculture
Western
Whelan
Custer County
Arnold
Broken Bow- Westerville
Sargent
Radio Amateurs Hold Novel 2 Day Outing Near Redington
Radio amateurs held a two day outing near Redington with a hidden transmitter hunt. Marion Neary of Sidney and William Labbo of Henry located the transmitter Saturday morning. Participants used portable sets to contact stations coast to coast under a government permitted test period at the J. W. Niebus farm two miles south of Redington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redington
Marion Neary
Sidney
William Labbo
Henry
United States
Bridgeport
J. W. Niebus Farm
Masons Cautioned Against Nazi Threat by Bishop Beecher
Bishop George Allen Beecher of Hastings spoke at the Episcopal Church urging Masons and Christians to oppose the Nazi regime. He argued Hitler's regime crushes faith, warns Masons as a free order must resist totalitarian rule, and ridicules passive resistance as folly. Continued on page 6 Col. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
George Allen Beecher
Hastings
Frank Welch
Beecher
Germany
Hitler Organization
Bishop Beecher
Knitting Appeal Urges Volunteers For War Relief Sweaters
Mrs. Rena McCleneghan, chair of the War Relief Production program, issued a call for volunteers to knit sweaters for soldiers. Yarn, supplies, and knitting directions will be provided. A few ladies have already volunteered. more are needed to ease suffering and hardship. Volunteers may call No. 45 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena MoaCleneghan
Lawrence Clinton Among New Nebraska Lawyers
George Turner, clerk of the supreme court, announced that 93 of 137 Nebraska Creighton and Omaha university law college graduates taking the state bar examinations last week passed. They will be admitted to the bar July 1. Among them were Lawrence M. Clinton of Sidney, Gordon, Henry, Mitchell, Earl A. Wolvington of Rushville, Lewis F. Shull of Broadwater, Emory E Reed of Gordon, and Hazel E. Kingery of Oshkosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Turner
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Creighton
Omaha University Law College
Lawrence M. Clinton
Sidney
Gordon
Henry
Mitchell
Earl A. Wolvington
Rushville
Lewis F. Shull
Broadwater
Emory E Reed
Hazel E. Kingery
Oshkosh
Sidney Parks Plan Wins Federal Backing For Pool Project
President Roosevelt approved Sidney WPA park improvement funds including a new 30 thousand dollar swimming pool. City voters had approved a 17 thousand 500 dollar bond for the pool, with work expected to start in July. The plan includes landscaping grading new driveways and street end and alley improvements downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Sidney
WPA
R.E. Roche
Roche
Cochran
Harry B Coffee
No. 19
Visit To Test Plots Urged By Swinbank
Agricultural agent Swinbank urges farmers to visit the small grains variety demonstration plots next week. Signs identify each variety. barley shows at Henry Elsen farm three miles south and 1.5 miles east of Colton with Spartan and Club Mariout promising. At Arthur Schuessler farm four miles north and miles east of Potter eight oat varieties offer a useful comparison. Brumber Falton and a local Kher sen type are strongest. A winter oat field adjoins the test plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swinbank
Henry Elsen
Colton
Spartan
Flyn
Arthur Schuessler
Potter
Brumber
Falton
Schuessler
Five CCC Openings Available In County
Five more Cheyenne county youths will be accepted into CCC service July 2, announced by Mrs. Olga Osborn assistant director. Applications should be made at her office. The State Selecting Agency will enroll 640 young men to fill vacancies in CCC camps in the state. Eligibility permits selecting personally qualified youths from families unable to maintain a normal living standard without outside income such as from CCC deposits to dependents. Applicants must be 17 to 23 years old, U.S. citizens, unmarried and in good physical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
CCC
Olga Osborn
C’cc
United States
DeMolay Conclave Opens as 300 Youths Attend Alliance Event
More than 300 youths gathered in Alliance for the state DeMolay conclave. State Master Councillor Leonard Fine of Sidney opened the proceedings Monday. The gathering included initiatory and DeMolay degrees, a social banquet, and plans for officer elections and next convention city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Leonard Fine
Sidney
de Molay
Legion of Honor
Virgil Plumber
Albert C. Spurgin
George W. Rocontes
Bridgeport
Selden J Wenquist
Broken Bow
Robert O Burman
Lehan K Tunks
Kearney
Glenn W. Patrick
Walter A. Canaday
W. E. Edwards
Edward M Knight
Loren Toohey
Gene Neuswanger
Wiley F. Mathis
Fairbury
Carl Christ, Jr
Micky Green
Willis Porter Return From Chiefs Session
Fire Chief T. J. Hardwick Kansas City Missouri reports Willis and Porter returned from the Missouri Valley Fire Chiefs association two day convention in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Willis presided at the meeting and Sidney fire chief Sol Willis retires as president. Grand Island was picked as the 1941 convention site with Alliance Ward Hall named second vice president and Cecil Hines of North Platte named a state vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J Hardwick
Kansas
City
Missouri Valley Fire Chiefs Association
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Grand Island
Ward Hall
Alliance
Cecil Hines
North Platte
Sol Willis
Sidney
George Porter
Mr. Willis
Mrs Mary Thompson Buried In Omaha Funeral Held
Mrs Mary Thompson 80 mother of Mrs Don Zellers of Sidney died last Tuesday in Los Angeles where she lived. Body returned to Omaha her home of thirty years for funeral services Monday. Mrs Zellers and Mr and Mrs Clarence Jolliff traveled to Omaha for the rites. Thompson had visits Sidney and was known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Thompson
Don Zellers
Sidney
Los Angeles
Omaha
Thompson
Zellers
Clarence Jolliff
Tip-Off Man Guides Police To Jail Breaker Ulrich
A. J. Bill Busacker of the Railway Express Company supplied the crucial tip that led police to John Ulrich in a Hardy Apartment building in Sidney. Ulrich, 29, shot himself as officers closed in after a dramatic standoff involving his sister Helen Ulrich and a friend. His escape from Sterling jail came after an 11 year criminal record and a boast that he would not be taken alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
A. J
Bill” Busacker
Railway Express Company
Busacker
John Ulrich
Hardy
Omaha
Helen Ulrich
Express
Sidney
Brush
Colo
Ulrich
Sterling
Telegraph News
Rufus E. Johnston
Fort Morgan
Colo. Johnston
Express Company
Ullrich
Wyoming
William Krueger
Logan County
Barton Taylor
S. A. Moore
Desperado
Fugitives Links Put Women Under Scrutiny In Ulrich Escape
Sheriff Schulz said two Omaha women Ila Mae Ulrich and Cordelia Puckett were arrested with John Ulrich after his jail break. They gave fictitious names and admitted aiding his flight by ten dollars and renting a Sidney apartment. Ulrich shot himself rather than be captured and died two hours later at Roche hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Schulz
Omaha
John Ulrich
Ila Mae Ulrich
Ulrich
Cordelia Puckett
Schulz
Fred
Helen Ulrich
Cordelia Kelly
Sterling
Colorado
Hardy Apartments
Roche Hospital
Sidney
Fox Theatre
Dersham
Logan County
Helen
Nebraska
Barton Taylor
S. A. Moora
Officer Challenges Verdict Of death by own action
The Associated Press quoted Sheriff Carroll of Cheyenne claiming that he and other Wyoming officers shot and killed John Ulrich during a siege. Doctors and police disputed the claim noting no external wound. only a mouth wound with the bullet through the mouth, suggesting suicide rather than an officer shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Carroll
Cheyenne
Wyoming
John Ulrich
Ulrich
Gehrig
R. E. Roche
C. B. Dorwart
A. F. Weber
Gehrig Funeral Home
William Krueger
Also Mentioned on This Page
ICC
Chamber Commerce
West Nebraska
Lawrence Clinton
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Il Duce
Willis, Porter
Chiefs
Bill’’ Busacker
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