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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1931
Page
5
The piece argues the current deficit under Mellon is not his fault due to wartime costs and veteran compensation. It defends Mellon’s debt reduction while criticizing inflated editorials that mythologize him. It endorses Norris’s dissent and urges vigorous public opinion and editorial challenge to standardization, praising intellectual clash and American tax philosophy.
Senator Norris denounces a Pulitzer winning Nebraska editorial as an insult to patriotism and intelligence. The Kansas City Star notes Norris’s view that editorials should express ideas, awaken thought and evoke criticism, calling the prize piece an Essee and arguing writing in American newspapers remains alive.
The Baltimore Evening Sun describes Britain's proposed land tax as revolutionary, noting it would levy about one penny in the pound or four mills per dollar on land value. It contrasts with Baltimore's $2.45 per hundred dollars city rate and points to differing impacts on improved versus waste land.
The Lincoln Star highlights March testing figures from Nebraska and nationwide. The Kansas City Star reports 1,325,912 cattle tested in March, the most in a single month since the 1919 co operative program began. Advances include a new skin test method, widespread yearly testing of herds, and accreditation of 500,614 cattle as tuberculosis free with 29,500,000 under supervision.
A Detroit News piece argues war discipline is needed but warns against mob violence and loss of individual self control. It then reports on railroad rate reductions in 14 western states ordered by a federal commission and subsequent rail industry resistance, citing public ownership fears and calls for faster regulation. Violent imagery is avoided and the tone remains cautious and analytical.
The Kansas City Times notes a dangerous attitude in railroad defiance of inter state commerce commission grain and grain product rate reductions. The piece emphasizes risk from heavy resistance to regulatory price cuts and the potential impact on shipping costs and market stability.
The Huntsman neighborhood girls re organized the Keep Well and 4 H C C clubs at Dorothy Lipke’s home with old members Theresa Hughes Elsie Nieman Helen Nieman Rosetta Seimers Geraldine Cruise and new members Ruth Kinton Margaret Miller Irma Engelland Florence Seimers Florence Hughes Inez Nieman The Keep Well group will meet under Irma Engelland while the older members form a second year cooking club County Agent Willey and Mr Snyder of North Platte attended The next meeting will be at Evelyn Blanke’s home with plans to enroll more members The club operates under a charter granted two years ago and has four seats on the charter Lunch was served by Mrs Lipke at the close of the meeting The note ends with an ad pitch for fountain pens from Lockwood's Jewelry store Telegraph Wantads Get Results.
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