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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1936
Page
2
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A flu outbreak in Fort Yukon 180 miles west of Fairbanks claims six lives and prompts fears for local residents. The spread follows a flood that displaced families and disrupted food supplies. Details mention a Nebraska activist Rev John B Carns 91, founder of the Anti Saloon League, and a Lincoln man Clarence Vores 31 involved in a custody dispute after a jail stay. An unspent dance hall envelope triggers a small money incident as currency vanishes from a work site.
The University of Oklahoma board of regents approved a penalty fee for students who fail courses. The system, effective next year, charges a student three dollars per semester hour for all failed work in the previous semester.
In Merino Colorado two men named John Asnicar and Thomas Anderson Jr were killed when their car failed to make a turn at Camden grade crossing struck a power line overturned and burned. The occupants were thrown clear with one dying instantly and the other dying en route to the hospital.
A Denver observer reports a robin unable to open or close its beak, attempting to eat but failing. The bird was caught and given water but could not ingest food, highlighting a rare jaw paralysis in a wild bird.
Administration farm officials told congressional farm bloc members that proposals for new sugar legislation would be ready for introduction this week as studies near completion. Also Mussolini ordered Baron Aloisi to leave Geneva after the League drafted a resolution condemning Italy’s Ethiopian annexation. Buck Ruxton died on the gallows after conviction for wife and nursemaid slayings. Violet Van der Elst faced hostile crowd reaction while protesting capital punishment. Thomas H. Robinson Jr. was captured in Glendale and brought to Louisville for a kidnapping case, fourth major kidnapper caught in two weeks. Senator Burke said John C. Byrnes of Columbus would be appointed U S marshal at Omaha.
Addison Sheldon of the state historical society spoke at a York banquet honoring Robert Grewel, one of the last living witnesses to the Promontory Point golden spike linking coasts by rail. Hastings driver died from crash injuries while four others escaped. accident occurred eight miles west of Hastings. E D Barnes of Severance Kansas recovered $1200 in car damages.
Harry Campbell pleaded guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy in the Edward Bremer case in St Paul and received life in prison. He was under interrogation for 120 hours by ten federal agents seeking the tipster behind raids. Thomas Robinson faced the death penalty for maltreating Mrs Stoll.
A brief report notes Siamese twins were born to 15 year old Mrs. Oscar Spencer in Jeffersonville Indiana but lived only a short time.
Chairman Pitt of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced immediate consideration of the treaty and expected ratification this session. The move marks a pivotal step in naval arms diplomacy as President Roosevelt forwards the pact to the upper chamber.
Oklahoma City police received a telegram from a Beatrice man which they hoped would identify an amnesia victim who arrived there April 20.
Three babies of an alleged seven born to an Indian woman in the interior of Nicaragua were reported alive at Rivas. The governor said medical proof was lacking. The senate voted to indefinitely postpone investigation of Major General Hagood's removal from command after his criticism of spending policies. Hagood has since been reinstated and has asked for retirement.
Eight month old James Barnum was found strangled in Lincoln after a ribbon around his knit jacket choked him. Mrs Barnum returned from a neighbor visit to discover the fatal injury. Police investigate potential accidental or intentional causes as a local tragedy.
A federal grand jury indicted Marvin Gebhart of Alliance for taking part in the August 1934 $1535 robbery of the First National Bank of Aurora. Gebhart has been jailed in Omaha since December. Ben Laska, Denver attorney, convicted of receiving $10,000 of the Urschel kidnapping money, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to avoid ten years in the penitentiary, claiming unfair conviction and an biased trial judge.
In Passaic New Jersey quadruplets faced a sinking spell but recovered after being fed with mothers milk using an anteye dropper. The doctor expressed amazement at how quickly the babies gained weight and improved.
Baron Pompeo Alcisis, Italy’s representative at the League of Nations, left the talks when Ethiopia was raised. He refused to discuss the issue in the presence of a Haile Selassie delegate, saying the Ethiopian matter was liquidated and there was nothing to discuss. He warned Italy would bolt the League rather than abandon its gains in Africa.
Governor Frank Fitzgerald urged Wyoming Republicans at Casper to unite for the fall race, saying the Michigan party’s strength lies in championing individualism and personal liberty. He framed the GOP as a defender of independent voters and local values amid a national campaign.
The Senate finance committee decided to call Secretary Morgenthau and treasury experts to answer criticisms of the house tax bill before serious consideration. Predictions were made that huge corporations like AT and T will be able to evade payment of taxes.
Robert James a Los Angeles barber pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to charges that he drowned his wife after exposing her legs to rattlesnake bites. His trial starts June 22.
The Italian war department ordered demobilization of the 1911 and 1913 military classes, the principal units called for the Ethiopian campaign. Observers interpreted the move as meaning the war was over and no further danger from any nation remained.
Dr. Hugo Eckner and Captain Ernst Lehman prepared to depart Washington for the return trip to Germany aboard the Hindenburg after delivering official greetings. A swift Atlantic crossing was forecast as the airship prepared to take off.
A sweeping digest reports torrential Texas rains with 4.45 inches in Houston, a Denver district attorney appealing perjury charges, Blum outlining a postwar France deal, Weyerhauser case closing with 125 total years and $65,000 ransom unknown. Mussolini league stalemate over Ethiopia. Two penitentiary escape attempts foiled. Milwaukee PTA highway safety push amid 1940 goals. Hoover backs Owen Roberts for GOP, missing Douglas County girls sought, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation disbursing nearly 20 million.
A Omaha five year old Wallace Ramsey was fatally struck by a truck in an alley while riding his tricycle. The driver did not see the child until screams alerted him. A plan to eliminate direct primaries for state offices below governor was agreed by a six member Democrat and Republican joint committee in Omaha. A tumultuous house moved to take up the Frazer Lemke farm debt refinancing bill as the first real currency expansion issue of the session.
Fay Webb Vallee filed suit against orchestra leader Rudy Vallee charging cruelty.
Mr and Mrs James Johnson and family spent Sunday at Mrs Anna Reineka's home. Mr and Mrs Van Housen of Peetz were dinner guests at the Allen Nelson home. Mr and Mrs Svend Olsen and daughter and Mr and Mrs Gunhart Olsen and Sharon visited Jens Olsen. Mr and Mrs Carl Larson and family were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Dewey Larson. Maurice Nelson and daughter and Dick Edwards visited Edwards home in Peetz. Elmer Nelson and family of Laramie and L K Nelson visited J W Bertramson. Christy Bertramson and Ruby Heaver were overnight guests at Mrs V A Nelson's.
Weekend visits and Sunday gatherings fill the page as Lavonne Vesey and families, Mrs. Allen Welson, Joyce Larson, and many neighbors share meals and attend parties. A mothers day event at district 82 school features Ruby Deaver. The note closes with condolences for Mrs Ike Kilham.
Wheat 75, corn 58, oats 23, barley 30. Old roosters 6, colored hens 15, leghorn hens 11. Leghorn springs 16, Hieay'springs 18. Putterfat 23, eyes 17.
Route One residents and families share a string of social visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Leo Degenhart and family visited H O Withers. August Christensen hosts and visits recur. Joyce Adams stayed with Donna Mae Bondegard. John Grimes and Kasiens hosted. Edmund Stevens spent the weekend with kin. H O Withers called on Christensen. Rowedder family and Stark couple dine with Grimes and Christensen households. Roy Earnhart and Charles Earnhart hosted. Grimes and Bond families shopped in Sidney. Walter Sherrick hosted. Dickes family from Julesburg in town for Sunday dinner with Wayne Bond. Bondegards visited Grimes and Christensen Monday forenoon.
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