North Platte Social Security Office Opens Serving 37 Nebraska Counties
Fred M. Wilcox announces the North Platte Social Security Office in the Dixon Building as the third Nebraska unit, serving 37 counties including Arthur to Thomas. Paul W. Lamb leads temporarily. services include filing lump sum and death benefit forms, issuing numbers, and answering benefit inquiries.
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North Platte
Social Security Board
Dixon Building
Fred M. Wilcox
Minneapolis
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Paul W. Lamb
Ne Wraska
Arthur
3Aunner
Baine
Box Butte
Buffalo
Chase
Cheyenne
Custer
Dawes
Dawson
Deuel
Dundy
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Garden
Gosper
Grant
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Hooker
Kearney
Keith
Kimball
Logan
Loup
McPherson
Merrill
Perkins
Phelps
Red Willow
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux
Thomas
Social
Wilcox
Civil Service Registers
Retail Sales Lower In State In September
Nebraska independent stores totaling 391 posted virtually no dollar change in September 1937 from September 1936, with 11 percent rise when adjusted for working days. Lincoln led gains, Omaha followed, North Platte fell 41?2 percent, and smaller areas mostly declined, showing overall weaker sales excluding single-city populations.
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Nebraska
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Lincoln
Omaha
North Platte
Sidney
Dr Leo J Thomas Chiropractor and Naturopath
A brief directory-style item notes Dr Leo J Thomas practicing chiropractic and naturopathy at the Osborn Building, indicating a professional listing within the local health services.
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Leo J. Thomas
Osborn
Coffee At Odds With Proposed Farm Plans
The House committee examined a compulsory corn control plan for a new farm bill, facing opposition from Rep. Harry Coffee and others. Claude Wickard proposed designating several states as commercial corn areas with loans and penalties, while Coffee warned enforcement would be impractical and risky to legality. Senators Page and McGill echoed farmer opposition to mandatory control.
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House Committee
Congress
Harry B Coffee
Agriculture Committee
Claude R. Wickard
AAA
North Central
Department of Agriculture
House
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Coffee
Wickard
Supreme Court
Page
Idaho
McGill
Kansas
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Lost Horizon Heads For Fox Next Sunday
Frank Capra's Lost Horizon with Ronald Colman opens a preview run at the Fox theatre Sunday through Tuesday at advance prices. After six months of coast to coast previews in 114 cities, the film has drawn over three million viewers and earned strong critic praise as a standout Hollywood production.
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Frank Capra
Ronald Colman
Fox Theatre
Hollywood
Lost Horizon
Columbia and
Capra
Card of Thanks from St Patrick’s Altar Society
The Altar society of St Patrick's church thanks patrons for cooperation at the bazaar on November 2 and 3. Fifty Christmas cards and envelopes with names im printed for $1.95. Order years early from Lockwood Jewelry store.
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Altar Society
St. Patrick’s Church
Lockwood Jewelry Store
Pioneer Is Honored On His 80th Birthday
Daniel Heimer Heimeroldsbheim er known locally as Dan Heimer was celebrated on his 80th birthday in Leyfang hall Potter. Friends relatives from Potter and Sidney attended along with 45 early settlers and his family including three sons four daughters 38 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Heimer longtime Potter resident originally from Pennsylvania moved to Iowa as a child and has lived in Potter most of his adult life except three years in North Platte.
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Daniel Herboldsheimer
Potter
Leyfang Hall
Herboldsheimer
Dan Heimer
Herbolds
Mr. Heimer
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Adams County
Nebr
North Platte
Heimer
Wheat Market Drops Some Early Strength
Grain markets cooled in late October as slow wheat demand and huge new corn arrivals weighed on prices. U S wheat stocks rose to 771 million bushels on October 1 while disappearance ran 218 million for the season’s first three months. Corn prices fell to fresh lows as receipts surged, with No 2 and No 3 yellow exported to Europe and discounts for high moisture grain noted.
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Weekly
Grain Market Review
Liverpool
United States
Europe
Gulf and Atlantic
Chicago
St. Louis
State General Fund Is Empty The Till Full
State Treasurer Jensen decided Wednesday not to register state general fund warrants though the fund is depleted and overdrawn. He is buying warrants with idle state cash and holding them as cash until the General Fund is rebuilt. He may later invest education funds in warrants and register those warrants for the education trust funds.
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Jensen
Education
Omaha
Lincoln
New Pastor Is Named For Lutheran Church
Rev John S Rhine arrives to oversee the Gurley and Dalton Lutheran churches after serving Wolbach Ericson parish. He is a Susquehanna University graduate and studied at Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary and Harvard. He will draw four percent interest.
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John S. Rhine
Wolbach- Ericson
Gurley
Dalton
Rey Rhine
Susquehanna University
Sclinsgrove
Chicago Lutheran Theologial Seminary
Harvard University
Nebraska Employers Exceed Initial Unemployment Contributions
Nebraska liable employers have contributed 1.348 million to the unemployment fund, with a goal of 1.5 million as delinquent payments are collected. About 10.6 percent have not yet paid. Some 29,000 liable reports were issued. State officials praise employer cooperation despite crop and market pressures and warn of 1 percent monthly late penalties pro rated to daily. Contributions for the last quarter are due January 20, 1938.
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Nebraska
Department of Labtor
Nebraska Unemployment Compensation Fund
Words Ending in Dous in English Language
The five words ending in dous are tremendous stupendous hazardous jeopardous horrendous.
Double Barred Purpose in Life and Charity
A person who pursues a double goal of making a living and doing good will eventually find others eager to help. The idea underscores practical benevolence guiding everyday work and community support.
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Hun
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