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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1945
Page
3
Editorial lauds Sidney's bid to host the 1946 teachers convention for district six, noting the event will draw teachers and officials from across western Nebraska. The piece pledges housing, feeding, and entertainment arrangements, with a house-to-house canvass if needed, and a commitment to a successful two day postwar session.
A Tribune reflection on Nazi leaders like Dr. Robert Ley, who killed themselves after defeat. The piece argues intolerance and anti Semitism doomed the regime, and ponders what thoughts Nazi officials may have in the afterlife for scorning Christianity.
The piece recalls how many editors and reporters rise from small weekly and daily papers to major outlets in New York. It notes low initial pay, scarce promotion, and enduring gratitude for early training. Many return to run country newspapers, valuing hands on experience over formal schooling.
Nursery experts warn Sidney faces dying old elm trees due to infestation. Regular spraying can cure and control the problem, as aging locusts recall days when full grown trees were common, with many large elms still standing but at risk.
Sidney trees, planted in the past half century, have been carefully nurtured. The local chamber of commerce urges immediate and consistent spraying to protect the remaining trees, stressing that Sidney cannot afford further losses due to lack of care.
Many tired middle aged businessmen have grown grim from a life of hard seriousness. They failed to learn play in youth and now lack rest, joy, and social contact. The piece laments their lonely, unbalanced existence and the need to reclaim play to ease life's end.
Kansas figure Henry J. Allen argues a hypothetical Lincoln would be modern recipients of social programs and club support, implying such aid would have prevented Lincoln’s actions, ending with the provocative claim that there would have been no Abraham Lincoln.
In Pawhuska Oklahoma Osage Indians mark victory over Germany and Japan with a quiet four day celebration a feast of barbecued beef and a refined sense of fitness the tribe shows peace with the world and a calm spirit after the war.
A humorous column compares stag party chatter and bridge table talk between men and women. The narrator notes women talk about kids cooking and husbands, while men focus on women, brag about youth, and poker. He observes shifts in bravado and restraint, concluding women outsmoke men two to one at poker and bridge.
Pfc. Jerry A. Schoolcraft arrived in Sidney October 20 after eighteen months overseas with the 1st and 9th Armies. He earned five battle stars. Carol Cords landed at San Francisco, California, last week.
A serviceman leaving active duty has received an honorable discharge and joined his wife and young son in Ordville. His wife and child are staying with her sister Catherine Caywood in Ordville during his absence. Also mentioned is Sgt. Lawrence Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Taylor of Sidney, who has moved from Austin to New York, visited his wife and baby in Omaha, and departed from Kearney to report to New York.
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