Conklin Arrested On Perjury Charge In Capitol Scandal
The attorney general and governor led a weeklong probe into a capitol payoff system. Conklin faces 11 counts with penalties up to 14 years or fines and ouster from office for sworn vouchers alleging inflated janitor pay. Bonds set at 10,000. State officials seek civil recovery and ongoing investigation continues. Schroeder and Roche contest mayoral race as polls open April 3 from 9 am to 7 pm with results likely soon after.
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Arres
Baysee
Guy Chamber
George Moors
Capitol
Lester Danielson
Howard Holtzendorff
Young Democrat
Polk
Bund
State ‘House
Good
Conklins
Scottsbluff
Hunnicutt
Jones
Pindell
Schroeder
Reche
C. S. Radcliffe
Roche
Greenlee-Breternitz
Sidney Players Dominate All Western Webraska Teams
Harry Ukelele reports two all western Webraska conference basketball teams. First team features Sidney players Witters and Meredith as forwards Carlson as center Seeger from Gering West from Alliance as guards and Van Noy of Minatare as utility. Second team lists Sidney Thomas and Bridgeport McWilliam as forwards Berry Morrill as center McCleneghan Sidney and Arnold Alliance as guards.
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Alliance Sports
Witters
Sidney
Meredith
Bayard
Carlson
Seeger
Gering
West
Alliance
van Noy
Minatare
Utility
Thomas
McWilliam
Bridgeport
Berry
Morrill
McCleneghan
Arnold
Corn Hog Forms and County Committee Plans
Nearly six hundred corn hog forms are in play as county committees expect a possible pace delay while contract approvals proceed. Once approved, the permanent county committee will be elected and set the plan on a definite basis, with the temporary committee having managed activities amid many complications and puzzling questions.
Roche And Schroeder In Mayoralty Race Continues
The article notes Roche and Schroeder in the mayoral contest with ward two nominees Glen Bales and C. W. Smith and ward one nominees H Hutchison and Mrs F H Wolf. Leslie Neubauer seeks re election as city treasurer with no opposition. City clerk nominees include I L Pindell defeating Chester Hunnizutt. Pindell reportedly does not want the office.
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Glen Bales
C. W. Smith
Carl C. Jones
I. L. Pindell
Pindel
Chester Hunnizutt
Jones
Pindell
Triple A Extensions Proposed This Week
Proposed amendments would grant the department full access to processor records and complete control over land use for production. Current contracts limit AAA jurisdiction to basic commodities defined by the act, with the secretary's power to forbid planting only for those crops. The second amendment's purpose remains unclear but hints at marketing agreements with individuals and cooperatives, potentially targeting beef and hogs.
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AAA
Relief Plan Aims To Aid Needy In Counties
Nebraska officials outline a two tier relief system to accelerate help for the hungry. Special investigators will fast track extreme cases within three hours. A work relief division will use contracted CWA personnel to promote local projects and move heads of families off relief rolls. Projects limit material purchases to wages, with a 25 hour weekly cap. Rural areas will get subsistence homesteading and part time farming to produce food and cash wages. A $50,000 seed grant backs Nebraska seed distribution for the program.
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Haynes
CWA
Haynes Atlieves
Skelton
Nebraska
Nebraska Recovery Plan Aims Rural Rehab Drive
Assistant Administrator Lawrence Westbrook will meet Midwestern state directors within three weeks in Kansas City to launch a rural rehabilitation campaign. Funds will flow via emergency relief channels from Washington to Governor Bryan, with the state committee authorized to distribute.
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Nebraska
Lawrence Westbrook
Kansas City
Washington
Bryan
Free Entertainment at Offord One Saturday Show
A door performance at Offord on Saturday draws crowds if weather stays favorable. Parents are urged to bring children as the show promises strong entertainment for youngsters. Only one performance is planned here. The event notes a death on East Sunday morning.
New Industry Seen For West Nebraska
West Nebraska gains a potential new industry as U S King of Bridgeport contracts with heirs of John Brubaker to mine pumicite on Brubaker land. A plant will sift clean dry and prepare pumicite for market at a capacity of about 20 tons daily employing around 50 workers. The deposit lies over beds more than 40 feet thick across several acres and was found five years ago during a dirt search for a sod shanty.
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Nebraska
U. S. King of
Bridgeport
John Brubaker
Brubaker
King
Tobler and Stevens Get Three Years In Pen
Tobler and Stevens were arrested January 14 by Sheriff Schulz and Deputy State Sheriff Clark after they investigated the disappearance of a calf owned by Arthur Brauer, a Stevens neighbor. The calf carcass was found with the hide buried in fresh dirt on a CWA project near Huntsman.
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Tobler
Stevens
Schulz
Clark
Arthur Brauer
Huntsman
Garden Seeds For All Needs Are Available
Relief expenses but also as a means of restoring satisfaction to workers by giving them something of their own, something they can do for themselves and making it possible for them again to begin to earn their own subsistences.
Pleasant View items share visits from Missouri relatives
Carl Fichler Walter Hilpert Olga and Mildred Schuessler returned Saturday from Missouri where they had been visiting relatives and friends for several months Mrs Fred Korsmeyer entertained the ladies aid last Thursday and the community welcomed the returning youths
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Carl Fichler
Walter Hilpert
Olga
Mildred Schuessler
Missouri
Fred Korsméyer
Ladies Aid
Nebraska Board Refuses Compromise Over Defaulted Bonds
State board of education lands and funds says it lacks authority to compromise with governmental agencies holding defaulted securities. State Treasurer Hall pushes for a compromise to recover funds, but board members oppose to avoid reducing the permanent school funds. The meeting also weighed policy on forfeited state school land leases and potential return rights for former lessees, with legal authority questioned. A public hearing may be held to hear both sides before action.
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Nebraska
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Hall
State Supreme Court
Robert G. Simmons
Lincoln
Wheeler County
D. R. Williams
Albion
Boone County
J. H. Wehn
Morrow and neighbors host a weekend gathering spree
J E and William Morrow motored to Sidney Saturday morning. Dozens of local families including Muellers Spencers Boehnkes and Hilperts visited various homes Sunday for dinners and call visits. Several guests traveled from nearby towns and one couple celebrated a wedding anniversary.
Sidney Draw by Cecelia Kurz
Local social items note neighborhood gatherings and visits. Mrs John Kurz celebrates a birthday with family at the Kurz home. Shoppers frequent Sidney on Friday while play practice in district 36 proceeds for a May Farmers Union meeting Always in Trouble.
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Howard
H? van Aelstyn
Farmers Union Meeting
Russell Stafford of
Gibbon
Eli Henderson
William Bergner
John Schulenberg
John Kurz
Harold
Frank, Kurz
Fritz Kretz
C. S. Chambersen
North Potter Social Roundup Keeps Busy Week
North Potter notes recount a Busy Neighbors club party at the Emil Tank home with five tables of pinochle and a late lunch. Many residents hosted or visited friends, including the Rapp, Musil, Wickstrom, and Anderson families, with Sunday gatherings and family visits across several homes.
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Gilbert Houzen
A. B. Rapp
Neighbors
Emil Tank
Vincent Ted
Joe Musil
Henry Wickstrom
Esther Strandberg
Mildred Rapp
Leon Karnick
Fred Reetz
Harold Curry
Albert Jacobson
Bradley
Ray Johnson
Don Ricard
Edgar Anderson
Sam Wickstrom
Koesters, Kurzs Host Various Sunday Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Al Koester entertained at supper on Thursday evening for Mrs. Koester's birthday. Myrtle Boyer, Josephine and Dorothy Kurz joined their cousin Marjorie Kurz Sunday afternoon. Alfred Koester and family visited Henry Koester Sr. and C. S. Chambers house. Claude and Gladys Chambers visited Bert Mathewson. Earl Henderson and Russell Stafford called on Frank Kurz. John Owens shopped in Sidney Saturday. John Atkins returns home after a three month eastern trip.
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William Morrow
Sidney
Frank Mueller
C. G. Gemeinhardt
Alex Spencer
J. E. Morrow
G H. Boehnke
Gus Haack
Elmer Burdorf
J. Chambers
Dan Heimer
Anton Steffens
Homer Light
Vivian
Ben Hilpert
W. D. Mathewson
Art Schuessler
Art Schubarth
Vern Clark
Art Brandenberg
Flagler
Colo
Be Morrow
Potter
Morrow
Tom Fisher
G. H. Boehnke
Joe Gerler
Paul Hilpert of
Wisner
Joe ‘Gerler
Herbert ’Muellet
Ernest Baack
Ernest Burdorf
William
Ayres
Wheatland
Wyo
Art
Willie Weinhold
Gottfreid Schmidt
Anny Weinhold
Frohna
Dalton
Ernest Gerler
Hugo Mueller
Art Mueller
William Ayres
Pete Nelson
al Koester
Mrs. Koester
Myrtle Boyer
Josephine
Dorothy Kurz
Marjorie Kurz
Alfred Koester
Henry Koester, Sr
Jonn Kurz
C. S. Chambers
Claude
Gladys Chambers
Bert Mathewson
Earl Henderson
Russell Stafford
Frank Kurz
John Owens
John Atkins
Residents Visited Homes Over Weekend
The report lists several local visitations across Sunday and Monday. Fred Eneyoldsen and Fred Beetz hosted gatherings with families including Slocumb Arnell Miller and Witt Harms Baack Rapp Tank and Walker. Lila Witt and Marjorie Smith were noted attendees.
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Fred Eneyoldsen
Ray Slocumb
Ray Arnell
Nels Miller
Fred Beetz
A. B. Rapp
Fam
Ernest Baack
Family measles deaths linked to prior cases say health officials
Health officials report that 48 percent of measles fatalities were in families with prior cases. They warn that many deaths could have been prevented if physicians had alerted households and taken protective steps after the first case. Warnings stress contact with doctors and early measures to protect other family members.
Africa under French governance spans vast territories
The article notes that France governs about one third of Africa with eyes on a wide domain, detailing control quantified as roughly 360 of every 1,000 square miles. It stresses imperial reach and administrative scope across continental regions.
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Africa
France
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