56 Percent Of Nebraska Hit By Drouth Report Says
Governor Bryan and crops statistician A E Anderson warn Nebraska teeters on drought crisis as 56 percent of cultivated land has seen no meaningful rainfall. Relief talks with Washington officials proceed while farmers seek reseeding flexibility and fodder help. Areas south of counties report widespread drought impacts and crop deterioration.
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Nebraska
Drouth
Panhandle
Bryan
A. E. Anderson
Wallace
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Anderson
Jefferson
Gage
Pawnee
Richardson
Johnson
Nemaha
Otoe
Cass
Sarpy
Two Sidney Scholars Win Nebraska Regents and Hastings Scholarships
Sidney high school's 1934 graduates Carolyn Kennedy and Ada Mae Bell were announced as scholarship winners for next year. Kennedy received the University of Nebraska regents scholarship, the school's top award for high academic achievement and test performance. Bell earned a Hastings business college scholarship, recognized for excellence in commercial courses and near top scholastic standing.
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Sidney High School
Carolyn Kennedy
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Miss Kennedy
Ada Mae Bell
Hastings Business College
Miss Bell
Bridgeport Considers More Paved Streets and Highways
Petitions circulate in Bridgeport seeking additional paving and graveling of state and city roads. Proposals cover roads southeast of town from the current pavement end, crossing the Platte river bridge, and turning west toward Northport, aiming to improve city and rural highway surfaces.
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Bridgeport
Platte River Bridge
Northport
Paul Coffman Freed But Is Under Parole
The state pardon board announced it favored parole for Paul Coffman who was convicted of assault with intent to rob in Cheyenne county two years ago. He will be placed under parole supervision for a term and must make regular reports.
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State
Paul Coffman
Cheyenne County
Coffman
Mass NRA Meeting Set Next Week in Sidney
Sidney to host a mass meeting Thursday night May 24 inviting employees and employers to hear an official NRA discussion. H T Williamson Nebraska labor compliance head will explain code regulations and labor privileges under the federal plan. Chamber committee coordinates with John Sullivan NRA man to secure the city auditorium and arrange the event.
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Sidney
NRA
H. T. Williamson
Labor Compliance Board of
Nebraska
Williamson
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Hutchison
Harry Peterson
K. C. Lasseter
John Sullivan
Richard L. Metcalfe
Omaha
Met
Unemployment in Nebraska Drops About Ten Thousand
Nebraska unemployment fell by about 10 000 from March to May as federal re employment statistician William Cotter reported. He noted 87 000 jobless at end of March and 77 000 at early May with highway program expansion driving public employment and many private placements rising in April.
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Nebraska
William Cotter
Cotter
Corn Hog Figuring Nearing Completion in Nebraska
Nebraska's corn hog board nears completion of contract and non contract figures across 93 counties. Twenty counties were sent for summarization. four remain. State totals will follow once the remaining county reports are finished.
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Nebraska
Fifty-Four Seniors Receive Diplomas At Sidney High
Forty five members of Sidney high school earned diplomas during the annual commencement in the high school auditorium. D R Thomas, school board president, awarded the diplomas as Bishop George Allen Beecher of Hastings delivered the principal address The Lariat and the Spur. Ada Mae Bell salutatorian and Carolyn Kennedy valedictorian spoke on practical education and the final goal with music by the school orchestra and glee club.
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Sidney High School
D. R. Thomas
George Allen Beecher
Hastings
Ada Mae Bell
Carolyn Kennedy
Robert Dyke
Glen Whitney
Boys Glee Club
Lois Hardy
G. F. Liebendorfer
T. Kahse
Roger W. Armstrong
Helen M. Ayle
Frederick L. Berggren
Evelyn L. Block
Rhoda Luella Boehnke
Doryce Leona Call
Walter L. Closman
Jane Dimery
Charles E. Farrell
Woman's Club Concludes Active Year With Program
The Woman's Club closed an active year Tuesday with a program directed by Mrs. Frank Wagner. It featured readings, talks on the Mason family, quilts, linen, silver, music, and a round table on household tools. Tea was served, new officers were installed, and plans to resume after summer holidays were announced.
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Womans Club
Frank Wagner
Mason Family
Virginia Larson
Wagner
J. A. Perkins
J.W. Johnson
Archie Kirkpatrick
Kenneth Lynch
H. B. Nelson
M. E. Pettibone
J. W. Weland
F. A. Bush
F. H. Wolf
Gus Hellbush
J. E. Paquette
W. F. Graham
Twenty Communicant Candidates at St Patrick's
Twenty two children will receive their first holy communion at St Patrick's church during the 9 o'clock mass on Sunday May 20. The class meets at the academy at 8:30 then processes to the church to profess their faith before the congregation. Notable names include Arthur Deaver Lawrence Brachtenbach Robert Heeg Richard Heeg Richard Garvey James Merck Raymond Tscha cher Raymond Beyer Jerome Lenzen Doyle Roth Marceline Deaver Luetta Gehrig Lenora Messing Imogene Stormberg Kathleen Mohart Grace Herbert Marian Reiners Elizabeth Rauner Rudell Short Clair Haven James Sterling and Delores Stormberg.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Academy
Arthur Deaver
Lawrence Brachtenbach
Robert Heeg
Richard Heeg
Richard Garvey
James Merck
Raymond Tschacher
Raymond Beyer
Jerome Lenzen
Doyle Roth
Marceline Deaver
Luetta Ge
Poppy Day Observance Backed by Local Auxiliary
Tomorrow in Sidney will be Poppy Day as about 100000 American women distribute paper poppies to honor soldiers fallen in France and Belgium. Lincoln-made poppies underwrote welfare for disabled veterans and families, with funds staying local and aiding state and national auxiliary activities.
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Sidney
France
Belgium
American Legion Auxiliary
Lincoln
Legion and Auxiliary
Unbeatens Sid ney and Peetz clash in Wheat Belt feature
Sidney and Peetz remain unbeaten as they prepare for Sunday showdown at Peetz diamond. Kimball also pursues a clean slate against Lorenzo after a 3 to 2 win, while Gurley faces Potter in a high stakes clash and Bunker Hill hosts Lodge Pole in a cellar battle.
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Sidney
Peetz
Wheat Belt Baseball League
Kimball
Lorenzo
Sidney-Peetz
Logan County
Seals
Gurley Cardinals
Potter
Marlatt
Ross Bales
Bunker Hill
Lodge Pole
City approves two contracts for lighted softball field
City council votes to fund a lighted softball field on two park blocks north of the high school with Western Public Service. The project costs up to 660 dollars and game proceeds fund repayment in two to three years. Fourteen lights on six 45 foot poles illuminate an 18 kilowatt field with no bleachers planned now.
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Western Public Service Company
A. S. Hardy
K. C. Lasseter
Council
Lasseter
R. E. Roche
Crop insurance payments rise amid drought heat in 1934 notices
Farmers face crop insurance benefit payments as drought tightens. A 100 acre wheat base with 15 bushel yield could see 350 to 400 dollars in benefits by year end 1934 through three installments and three more due for acreage reductions. Corn and hogs payments could total 300 dollars for 30 percent corn and 25 percent hog reductions. Subsoil moisture is exhausted and rain is needed to salvage crops while benefits help cover living costs.
County Meeting For Softball Fans In Sidney Tonight
Softball representatives from all county towns urged to attend a 7 30 p m meeting in the Sidney city auditorium to plan a night league for two classes with new lights. Farmers with teams invited. discuss schedules and entry. Public welcome. Continued on Page 6.
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Sidney
City Auditorium
Council On Lights
Cheyenne County
Names of Inspectors in Control Program Submittal This Week
The wheat allotment committee of Cheyenne county sent application blanks of local men seeking work as farm wheat supervisors to the Lincoln office of the state wheat administration. About one supervisor per 100 contracts will be hired and selected on ability from applications and school results. Local farmers with signed contracts get preference. Supervisors will measure land and contracted acres and complete compliance blanks for county approval before harvest. Those with changes in land or wheat relationships should file a county farm form.
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Guy V. Doran
Congress
Doran
Wallace
Mark Sullivan
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt
Cheyenne County
Lincoln
State Wheat Administration
Beecher Talks At Cheyenne County Eighth Grade Exercises
More than 200 eighth grade students received diplomas at Cheyenne County School Exercises led by County Superintendent Gertrude Nelson. Honor students numbered over 60, with Ethelyn Swanson of district 61 earning top rural grades and Robert Craig of Gurley winning town scholastic honors near 98 percent. Spelling champions Miss Swanson, Lois Mathewson, and Rosemary Alster were acknowledged. Bishop George Allen Beecher of Hastings delivered the principal address.
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Cheyenne County
Gertrude Nelson
Ethelyn Swanson
Robert Craig
Gurley
Nelson
Miss Swanson
Young Craig
Cheyenne
Lois Mathewson
Potter
Rosemary Alster
St. Patrick's Academy
George Allen Beecher
Hastings
Sidney Pastor
Dorothy Wagner
J. H. Bicknell
Merle Pearson
Cheyenne County Day At Local Lumber Company Event
Nearly 300 people registered for Cheyenne County Day at the Cheyenne County Lumber Company on Wednesday. L. L. Lockwood won $2.50 in the registration contest, with a series of free events awarding prizes to participants. Attendees heard from G. B. Wookey, manager, who expressed satisfaction with attendance.
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Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Lumber Company
L. L. Lockwood
Edward Furer
Ray Wills
Doris Greenwood
W. F. Killham
Hammond
George Caldwell
William Juedes
G. B. Wookey
Simmons for Senator Rumored by Friends
Friends of Lincoln lawyer Bob Simmons say he will soon announce and file as a Republican candidate for U S senator, entering a race viewed as highly competitive with Bob Smith of Omaha and possibly Wherry of Pawnee. Other names like Baldridge and Bollen surface in conversation, but no firm commitments publicly.
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Bob Simmons
U.S
Simmons
Bob Smith
Omaha
Wherry
Pawnee
Lincoln
Baldridge
Bollen
Burke
Boxing Card Planned for Fourth of July in Sidney
A boxing card for the Fourth of July in Sidney is being arranged by Jack Poole. Main event features Bill Busacker of Sidney and Eddie Randolph of Holyoke. More talent and a baseball game between Sidney and an unknown team are planned. The House of David, Alliance, and Marlatt brothers are among potential teams.
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Sidney
Jack Poole
Poole
Bill Busacker
Eddie Randolph
Holyoke
House of David
Alliance
Marlatt Brothers
Fox Explains Reason Bank Nite Continues
Fox theatre explains that Thursday night bank night remains legal and that no ruling has been issued by the attorney general or county attorney. The management notes the Scotts Bluff protest prompted outside interest but asserts the local feature complies with the law and will be dropped only if ruled unlawful.
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Fox Theatre Management
Scotts Bluff
Scottsbluff
Bluffs
Passion Play Motion Picture At City Auditorium
A passion play film showing authentic Holy Land scenes will be shown tonight at the city auditorium as a Presbyterian church benefit attraction. Tickets are on sale at Sidney Drug and Western Drug companies.
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Holy Land
City Auditorium
Presbyterian Church
Sidney Drug Company
The
Western Drug Company
Voters Reject Municipal Ice Plant Plan In Swing Vote
Ledge Pole held a special election this week on erecting a municipal ice plant. The ballot was unusually small with 69 voting against and 60 for. The issue had been long discussed but drew little interest.
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MASS
Woman’s Club
Marratt
Cheyenne County Nine
Tender
League of Towns
Beecher
Fox
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