Statutory Charges Filed Against Sidney Resident This Week
Two separate statutory complaints allege assaults on nine year old Sidney girls, filed in county court against Lyle Curtis, a 43 year old restaurant chef. Curtis was arrested Monday night. if convicted on both counts, he faces 3 to 20 years for each. Details remain limited but accusers identify Curtis. Continued on Page 8, Column 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
P. J. Heate
Lyle Curtis
Curtis
Wi.w. Schuld
Margaret Harwood
Wilma Nagengast
Schulz
Heaton
Harwood
Nagengast
Fugitive May Be Man Wanted For Forgery
A police bulletin from the sheriff's office lists a man matching Carl Leonard’s description as wanted for taking and mortgaging property. The man used the name Robert Smith, passed multiple bad checks on Valley City merchants, posed as a farmer, and escaped before the fraud was detected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Leonard
Sheriff's Office
Robert Smith
Valley City
N.D
Lodge Pole Man Involved In Fatal Crash Near Hilstein
Alexander Grummert of Lodge Pole was named in press notices as involved in a fatal accident near Hilstein. Mrs. Henry Albers of Campbell died in the crash, while her husband and daughter were slightly hurt. Grummert and two companions reportedly escaped injury as their car struck the Albers’ vehicle and overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Grummert
Lodge Pole
Hilstein
Henry Albers
Campbell
Mrs Hyde Leads Red Cross Roll Call In Cheyenne County
Mrs. E. L. Hyde heads this year’s Red Cross drive in Cheyenne County. She stated at a state conference in Omaha last week that the organization will handle the campaign themselves. Further details will be released soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Cheyenne County
E. L. Hyde
Hyde Saes
Omaha
New Radio Expert Is Located With Hepner
T. J. Barbre of Denver is now in charge of Hepner's radio department. He has 15 years experience in radio sound and public address and arrives with high recommendations. His wife and two children will join him within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Barbre
Denver
Hepner
Barbre
December docket 15 complete for next term
Eighty five foreclosure actions will appear on the bar docket for the December jury term of district court which gets under way here December 2 with Judge I J Nisley of North Platte on the bench. Sixty eight of these appeared on the last docket for the September equity term and 17 are new actions to be added. Twelve foreclosure actions which appeared on the September docket have been removed indicating settlement or dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
I. J. Nisley
North Platte
Equity
Carpenter And Norris In Secret Conference
Carpenter paused in Sidney on the way to McCook for a meeting with Senator Norris. The purpose remained undisclosed and fueled chatter about possible gubernatorial or senatorial ambitions, though Carpenter offered no firm statements. The outcome of the discussion, political or otherwise, is not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Carpenter
Sidney
McCook
Senator Norris
Carpenter
Norris
Purple Sage Riders On Fox Stage Today
The Purple Sage Riders come to the Fox stage today with an entirely new show and a large cast of west ern performers. Harry Fletcher promises a bigger production with lively tuneful acts and original novelties from the plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fletcher
Purple Sage Riders
Plains of the West
The
Fox
West
Fletcher
Schulz Returns Cole From Wilson Kansas
Sheriff W. W. Schulz left Sidney for Kansas to return Lester Cole formerly of Dalton to face charges of removing mortgaged property. The complaint filed by the county attorney last week alleges Cole removed a mortgaged truck from Nebraska without the mortgagor’s consent. Carl V. Leonard also is named in the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Schulz
Sidney
Kansas
Lester Cole
Dalton
Cole
Nebraska
Carl V. Leonard
Sidney and Kimball clash Monday in annual game
Armistice day brings a long rivalry between Sidney and Kimball high schools to the field. Kimball seeks revenge after losses, while Sidney aims to extend its edge. Kimball has two wins and two losses in conference play this season, a .500 pace, against Sidney’s three conference defeats to tough foes like Alliance and Scottsbluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney and Kimball
Sidney and
Kimball High
Sidney
Kimball
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Turkey growers to profit through higher prices expert says
H. V. Anderson of the North Platte Valley Cooperative Poultry Marketing Association says Cheyenne county turkey growers may receive 25 to 27 cents per pound this year, with 21 car loads projected for the holiday season. Loading points set for November shipments include Sidney Kimball Wheatland Torrington Lusk Gering Bridgeport on November 12 and 13. Turkeys are in excellent condition with late hatchings and will grade higher under the agriculture system, with about 85 percent expected to be prime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
H. V. Anderson
North Platte Valley Cooperative Poultry Marketing Association
Anderson
Nebraska
Sidney
Kimball
Wheatland
Torrington
Lusk
Gering
Bridgeport
Marketing Association
Guilty Fingerprints drama at Sunday union service
WCTU presents Guilty Fingerprints at 7 30 p m Sunday November 10 in Methodist church under Dr W T Kahse. Part of Nebraska temperance crusade by Anti Saloon League with 21 locals including Forsythe Sheaff Tanner Jones Ells Pettibone and Hall. Jury of 12 locals shown. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
W. T. Kahse
Nebraska New Temperance Crusade
Anti-Saloon League of
Nebraska
Forsythe
J. J. Sheaff
C. B. Tanner
Clayton Jones
Lee Gain
M. E. Pettibone
Ed Johnson
Hugh Slawson
Tom Hamlin
David Ells
Frank Hall
Gus Hellush
Ralph Jones
Herbert Ford
Dorothy Jones
Katherine Ells
Academy Selections To Be Made By Tests
Congressman Harry B. Coffee announces competitive appointments to naval and military academies for 1936. One slot per academy in the fifth district. examination January 4 conducted by the civil service commission. Applications due December 15 with full name birth date address examination site and parent or guardian contact. Tests will be held in Alliance Broken Bow Chadron North Platte Scottsbluff Sidney and Valentine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Coffee
Fifth
United States Civil Service Commission
Fifth District
The
Civil Service Commission
Alliance
Broken Bow
Chadron
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Sidney and
Valentine
Revenge Angle Enters Fight Picture in Main Event
The old revenge angle boosts the Elverillo vs McQuillan card on Monday night. McQuillan leaves trainer Bob O'Brien, who vows to handle him. Elverillo may know McQuillan’s secrets, while McQuillan aims to KO Elverillo before secrets leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elverillo
Employment improves in Cheyenne county says WPA reports
The Cheyenne county employment situation improves according to Clairston Park and Alliance WPA notices. Sixty six registered for WPA work with 24 on grading, 30 in private jobs, and 15 potentially available if a project starts. Thirteen women registered but no project yet. Most private work involves corn picking and road or bridge labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Clairston Park
Parks
WPA
Alliance
The
Telegraph News
Mark Werner
Werner
Four Crews Work on Wheat Control Applications in County
Four application writing crews operate in four towns to complete and sign 1936 39 wheat contracts. Farmers must file by November 15 to participate, with forms available at local application sites or the post office basement. signing occurs after records are reviewed. Cooperation is vital to resolve details and help officers implement the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Association
Armistice boxing card prompts brisk ticket demand in Sidney
Tickets for the Armistice night boxing event at the city auditorium on November 11 went on sale Tuesday. The ten round main event matches Jack Elverillo against Showboat McQuillan with ringside seats $1.10 and balcony first rows at the same, general admission 85 cents, and 25 cents for youths. Local observers favor Elverillo to upset McQuillan, praising Elverillo’s speed and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Boxing Cares
City Auditorium
Sidney
Legion Boxing Committee
Jack Elverillo
McQuillan
Elverillo
Four Sidney Ladies In Auto Wreck
Four Sidney young women were slightly injured near Huntsman yesterday morning when the car they rode in overturned. Mrs. Eugene Davis suffered severe cuts and lacerations and a badly wrenched back. Loretta Frandsen Florence Blome and Helen Johnson were shaken but not badly hurt. Miss Johnson was treated for shock and hysteria and to be released Thursday afternoon. They had stayed with Mrs. Rhody Bridenstine at Dalton and were returning to Sidney when the accident occurred. The car belonged to Lyle Rabe of Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Young
Huntsman
Eugene Davis
Loretta Frandsen
Florence Blome
Helen Johnson
Armistice Day Schedule Delays Telegraph Publication
The Telegraph News will publish one day late next week to honor Armistice Day. The paper will be delayed several hours and placed in the post office Tuesday afternoon to be delivered Tuesday evening. Stores close all day for American Legion celebrations and readers are asked to note Tuesday delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph News
Telegraph Publishing Company
Sidney
American Legion
Sidney Homes
Cheyenne County to Continue WPA Projects Despite Funding Hurdles
Officials indicate continued operation of WPA projects as sponsors share of funds remains available. Some approved projects may not proceed due to funding access. Commissioners aim to maximize employment without risking county finances. Grading work ongoing near Sidney Sund and Potter with 24 men employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Sund and Potter
Armistice Program Is Complete Meyers Tops Speaking List
The Sidney American Legion plans an all day Armistice celebration Monday November 11 marking the 17th anniversary of the armistice signing. Judge Earl Meyer Alliance will deliver the main address at 10 45 in the city auditorium after an Armistice day parade. A noonday dinner inviting all ex service members will feature three former German soldiers as guests Ed Lukens Ralph Hartman and Fred Flicker. The Armistice day football game Sidney versus Kimball starts at 2 30 with a large Kimball delegation expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney American Legion Post
Sidney
Earl Meyer
Alliance
Nebraska
Ed Lukens
Ralph Hartman
Fred Flicker
Kimball
District PTA Session At Alliance Planned
Mrs. Charlies E. Roe national PTA field secretary will tour Alliance Omaha and Lincoln in Nebraska for an all day conference hosted by Alliance Parent-Teachers Association on November 12. She has served since 1934, covering 250000 miles, and formerly taught in Colorado schools. Invitations go to western Nebraska associations. a round table discussion opens at 10 a.m with lunch at noon and a 1:30 p.m. afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies E. Roe
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Alliance
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska
Alliance Parent-Teachers Association
H. D. Shhellenbereger
Alliance Council
R. O. Reddish
Standard Oil Dealers Meet Here Tuesday
Standard Oil officials led by M. C. Palmer of Omaha hosted about 70 western Nebraska dealers and agents at a dinner and show at the Commercial hotel on Tuesday. The gathering aimed to introduce the new Standard gasoline for Nebraska set for November 11, with talking pictures and slides culminating in tests of 1926, 1935, and 1936 products showing notable improvements. O. M. Nelson of Sidney and A. C. Johnson of North Platte coordinated local arrangements and dealers afterward examined displays of gasoline, oil, and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
M. C. Palmer
Omaha
Nebraska Company
Commercial Hotel
Nebraska
O. M. Nelson
Sidney
A. C. Johnson
North Platte
Cold Weather Causes Major Potato Loss Across Regions
A report by A. E. Anderson, state and federal crop statistician, notes heavy potato damage from subzero temperatures across the Red River Valley, western Nebraska, Idaho, Washington, and Colorado. Unharvested Idaho potatoes likely total loss. prices sought run around one dollar per 100 pounds in Idaho and elsewhere with current sales halted in Wisconsin and the Red River valley. Maine farmers hold for about one dollar ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.E. Anderson
Chicago
Red River Valley
Nebraska
Idaho
Washington State
Colorado
Wisconsin
Maine
Farm Youth Killed Hunting Geese Near Dalton
Glen Thompson 18, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Thompson, east Dalton residents, was fatally shot early Tuesday while geese hunting from a field blind about 15 miles east of Dalton. In the blind with him were four farm youths. officials ruled the death an accidental wound and no inquest was held. He survived his parents and five siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Thompson
Harry Thompson
East Dalton
Dalton
Young Thompson
Thompson
Jay
Alvin
Bill Bartley
Ed Dickes
Schulz
Heaton
Ordway Guilty On Forgery Charges In County Court
Forgery complaints filed in county court Tuesday accuse Cecil Ordway and Clyde Norris after a Saturday arrest by Sheriff Schulz. Six checks are cited, most signed with Earl Panabaker’s name, a Dalton farmer. one is unsigned. Ordway pleaded guilty to the forgery charge before County Judge Barlow yesterday and was bound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Ordway
Clyde Norris
W. W. Schulz
Earl Panabaker
Dalton Farmer
Ordway
R. A. Barlow
Rural Power Districts Get Favorable Action
The Roosevelt rural public power district and the Gering valley rural public power district in Scotts Bluff county received the first REA loan allotments in Nebraska totaling 375000 dollars. Roosevelt, led by Thomas L. Shephard from Mitchell, plans to electrify 839 farm homes across Scotts Bluff and Sioux counties. Gering district president H. Yensen, near Gering, aims to serve 143 farm customers in Gering and Roubedeau voting precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Gering Valley
Nebraska
M. L. Coone
REA
Scotts Bluff
Thomas L. Shephard
Mitchell
Sioux
Gering Project
H. Yensen
Gering
Roubedeau
Nebraska corn loan policy delays until December 1
Nebraska railway officials said no corn loans will be made to farmers before December 1. A 45 cent per bushel loan on stored corn has been authorized, but rules and regulations will delay loans. Much of the corn in Nebraska is unusually moist and may grade down to No 3 or lower, prompting officials to seek regulatory changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McQuillan
Elverillo
Legion Committee
Chicago
Nebraska Railway Commission
Nebraska
Vacik Funeral To Be Held This Afternoon
Florence Vacik 41 wife of Jerry Vacik of Rawlins Wyoming died at Hastings Monday after a lingering illness. Funeral services set for 1 30 this afternoon at Gehrig funeral home with burial in Bohemian cemetery south of Sunol. She was a Perry Iowa native and well known in this county especially Sunol district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Vacik
Jerry Vacik
Rawlins
Wyo
Hastings
Gehrig Funeral Home
Bohemian Cemetery
Sunol
Vacik
Perry
Relief load reduced in fourteen counties WPA program
Relief in the Alliance WPA area shows a sharp drop from November 1934. Last year more than 4900 names were on relief rolls across 14 counties, with all applications accepted. This year only 283 men are available for WPA jobs so far, indicating substantial improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Wpa
WPA
Daughter of Sidney Residents Is Injured in Collision
Mrs. Lucile Jackson of Golden Colorado, daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Kinton of Sidney, was injured Tuesday in a collision between an interurban car and a freight train between Golden and Denver. She was taken to St. Josephs hospital in not serious condition. Mrs Kinton went to Denver Thursday to be with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Jackson
Golden, Colo
Everett Kinton
Sidney
Golden
Denver
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Kinton
Officials Order Transfers and Funds Set Aside
Transfer of 1500 from the county general fund to the county relief fund was approved Tuesday upon motion of A A Fenske. It was also agreed to set aside 8000 as a special construction fund to be drawn from a special emergency fund. The remainder of the semimonthly meeting covered a long list of claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Fenske
Chappell Woman Dies After San Francisco Car Crash
Mrs. Maude Mayfield, 62, of Chappell was fatally injured in a coast auto crash in San Francisco on Wednesday. She suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and died a few hours later. She was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leonard Gervais, who along with her husband was slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Mayfield
Chappell
San Francisco
Leonard Gervais
Gervais
Young Democrat Club Forming in Cheyenne County
Temporary officers in Sid ney plan a public meeting November 18 at 8 PM in the district court room to form a Young Democrats club. Edgar Leafdale and P J Heaton urge large turnout to stimulate political interest and recruit members for permanent officers, noting youths must organize to have a voice in government now and in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Democrats
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Edgar Leafdale
P. J. Heaton
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Sheriff Schulz
Lodge
Mrs. Hyde
New Radio Expert
Purple Sage
Fox Stage
Wilson, Kansas
WCTU
Meyerstops
Standard Oil
Glenn Thompson
Chappell Lady
Coast
Young Democrat
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