Army Seeks 6400 Officers From Guards and Reserves
The War Department plans to recall 6400 volunteers to active duty from the National Guard and Reserve Officers of the Army Air Forces and other services. Eligible officers will be placed on extended active duty not higher than their preseparation grade, with fitness for general service and a to July 1, 1947 service requirement. Applications must go to The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Preble
Sioux Ordnance Depot
National Guard
War Department
Army Air Forces
Army Ground Forces
Army Service Forces
Army
AGF
Permanent National Guard
Reserve Corps
Engineers
Finance Department
Veterinary Corps
AAF
WAC
Adjutant General
Washington, DC
Telegraph Ends New Subscriptions After June 10
Due to a newsprint shortage worsened by a lumberjack strike, The Telegraph will stop accepting new subscriptions after June 10 to allow existing subscribers to renew and former subscribers to rejoin. the policy will be lifted as soon as the newsprint situation improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
Jirdon Buys 25 Sections of Kimball County Land
Morrill trader John R Jirdon announced the purchase of 25 sections of land from Union Pacific, a land grant deal completed in Omaha after 60 days of negotiation. About 6 500 acres north of Bushnell are wheat land and 9 000 acres are suitable for grazing, with plowing crews prepping 5 000 acres for winter wheat by August. Moisture conditions are good and last season yielded 40 50 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Jirden
Morrill
Kimball County
Union Pacific Railroad
Jirden
Omaha
Bushnell
Jirdon
Less Freeze Damage Found Than Thought
Plantmen worried stem injuries could cause more lodging but doctors Kiesselbach and Livingston, after a survey, found continued cool wet weather helped offset the prior adversities. They concluded some crop injury occurred yet total county damage was less than feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiesselbach
Livingston
Pairings Set for Tennis Tourney Draw for Consolation Round
The tennis tourney committee announced first round pairings and a consolation draw for first round losers. Loser B Merrick Nimtz vs Wait Bledsoe opens the bracket. winner faces Ellswith Hornbeck in the second round for the upper bracket final. In the lower bracket Bodner Maley faces Anthony Preble, Fry berg E Merrick meets Mathews McKay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Merrick-Nimtz
Wait-Bledsoe
Ellswwith-Hornbeck
Bodner-Maley
Anthony Preble
Fryberg-E. Merrick
Mathews McKay
Bible School Starts Here Next Monday
The Daily Vacation Bible School sponsored by Protestant churches in Sidney begins Monday June 3 and runs through June 13. Sessions at East Ward School run 9:00 to 11:30 each morning for children aged four to twelve. Rev. C. B. Johnson is dean, Rev. Henry Monnich director, and Rev. Walter L. Jewett business manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
East Ward
C. B. Johnson
Henry Monnich
Walter L. Jewett
Ballot Results On Cheyenne County Soil District Passed
Official results of the refer endum on Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District show 128 votes for creation and 21 against, with 149 total ballots cast much lower than expected. County Extension Agent William Bullock says a supervisor will be appointed and a county wide election among landowners held for four more supervisors to form the board and hire a soil conservationist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Three Day Camporee Guests Scouts Attended
Martin Johnson Scottsbluff scout executive spoke at a three day camporee. High wind Monday evening tested tents and provided a challenging camping experience. A windmill supplying water was blown over during the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Johnson
Scottsbluff
Trail camp ends with rope making ritual and snake sighting
The program closed with a compass trail run by each group followed by a rope making machine lesson. A rattlesnake was killed near the spring, the first seen since the camp began a year ago.
Parking Lot Problem Spurs City Campaign Against Double Parking
City efforts to ease congestion by reducing double parking proceed under Chief Harvey Vizina. Police staff urge store owners and employees to use authorized spaces and avoid occupying street stalls if vacancies exist nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thewn
Harvey Vizina
Nebraska April traffic doubles 1945 level says state engineer
State Engineer Wardner Scott reported that Nebraska highway traffic in April was double the level of April 1945. For the first four months of this year the data indicate a sharp rise in overall highway use across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Wardner Scott
Traffic Increases Across Months Compared To Early Years
Scott reported March 1946 gasoline tax receipts up 26 percent from March 1941, with traffic 45 percent higher than the same months in 1945. April traffic rose 14 percent over April 1941 and March 1946. No. 30 west of Elm Creek logged 99 percent higher traffic in April 1946 than April 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Department
Elm Creek
C of C Officers To Attend Bluffs Meet
Sidney Chamber of Commerce president John Martinosky and secretary Gordon Tobin will join fellow members for a Scottsbluff meeting hosted by the Association of Commercial Secretaries of Nebraska. Over 32 chamber secretaries will travel by chartered bus June 3 through June 6 to learn about state agriculture and industries, leaving Omaha June 3 and stopping in Kearney for a chicken feed hosted by the Kearney chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martinosky
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Tobin
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Association of Commercial Secretaries of Nebraska
Omaha
Kearney
Knowledge Harvest tour heads to North Platte and Scottsbluff
The tour will stop in North Platte for a Val Peterson speaking buffet. Scottsbluff hosts the annual spring meeting June 4 with Col orado and Wyoming chamber secretaries. Ed Weerts leads a western Nebraska industry tour. The group leaves Scottsbluff June 5 for an overnight in Kearney. Russell Davis presides. C. W. Motter oversees the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowledge Harvest
North Platte
Val Peterson
Nebracos
Scottsbluff
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Ed Weerts
Kearney
Russell Davis
C. W. Motter
Fremont Chamber
Sifter Care Tip for Continued Kitchen Cleanliness
The guide advises storing the sifter in the flour bin or in a paper bag to stay clean between uses, avoiding repeated washing and maintaining moisture control.
Jacobson Lockwood and Millward Families Named
A brief notice lists N. Jacobson and family along with the Lockwood and Millward families, indicating a matter of shared interest or succession among three households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Jacobson
Lockwood
Millward
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