Nebraska Rural and City Schools See Growth in 1930 Report
Nebraska education data show 423 602 children ages 5 to 21 in 1930, up 7.9 percent from ten years earlier, with state daily attendance at 76 143, up about 13 percent. High schools rose to 89 accredited institutions, 216 percent more than ten years earlier. 3 302 teachers in accredited high schools, up 22 percent since 1925. Average salaries: male teachers 1501.51, women 1439.94. both rising over five years.
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Nebraska
Taylor
Nebraska population boom noted in 1930 census data
The article lists eight Nebraska cities with populations above 10,000 in 1930 led by Omaha at 214,006, with Lincoln at 75,933 and others including Stand Island and Hastings. It traces Nebraska’s historical territorial changes from 1803 to statehood in 1867 and provides 1930 census figures: total population 1,377,963, density 17.9 per square mile, up 81,501 since 1920.
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Omaha
Largst
Lincoln
Jspital
Nebraska
Stand Island
Hastings
North Platte
Fremont
Norfolk
Beatrice
Louisiana
Missouri
Indian Country
North
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Dakota Territory
Wwest Nebraska General Farmers To Have Three Half Day Programs
Crawford and Paul McDill of the fg extension service will offer the only deep talks. O. O. Waggener of Denver will discuss Janced rations. E. M. Brouse of Valentine and Paul Mc Dill of Lincoln will cover calf feeding near the Friday forenoon close. Thursday and Friday afternoons feature general meetings for men and women with sessions on agricultural outlook home equipment and meat cutting.
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Crawford
Paul McDill
Fg Extension Service
O. O. Waggener
Denver
E. M.brouse
Valentine
Lincoln
Sidney Business Women Meet To Plan Christmas Party
Sidney business women convene to organize and announce meeting details by next week. All eligible members urged to attend the Christmas party with gifts not exceeding 25 cents each.
Junior civic group meeting draws over forty
Over forty men attended a Tuesday night meeting of the junior civic group. Officers for the new year will be elected at the December 8 session. C. E. Blair Jr. presided. The Presbyterian church ladies plan a bazaar and dinner, with bazaar at 2 and dinner at 5 on Thursday December 4.
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C. E. Blair, Jr
the Presbyterian Church
Hearing for Three Broadwater Men Set for Saturday
Three Broadwater men Hyland Dolson and Hill face bootlegging charges after youth witnesses testified to liquor drinking parties and purchases tied to the river traffic. The case notes stolen liquor from Dolson’s pool hall basement and ten pints taken by youths. All three were released on bond after a preliminary hearing before Judge Marquis in Bridgeport.
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Perry
Broadwater
Hyland
Dolson
Hill
Charles
Young Shuler
Police find missing teacher unregistered at Sidney
Final theory of kidnapping remains plausible as the missing teacher’s case deepens. Cheyenne police are probing a possible elopement after a hotel registry shows a woman matching Miss Mariott’s description with a man last Monday.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Nebraska beet crop tops state production records
The Nebraska beet harvest reaches the second largest output in state history with an estimated 14 percent sugar content and about 14 tons per acre. Harvest progressed rapidly after favorable weather following last year’s heavy damage from an October freeze. The North Platte valley's peak yield was 16 1/2 tons per acre in 1925, a world record, with 1922 ranking third at 13.2 tons.
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North Platte Valley
Beet Sugar Industry in Nebraska Plains State Regions
North Platte valley at Scottsbluff and nearby towns such as Gering Bayard Minatare Lyman and Mitchell show a busy season with large labor demand. Factories are owned by Great Western Sugar company while Grand Island hosts Nebraska’s seventh beet sugar factory owned by American Beet Sugar company. The lower Platte valley beet crop supports nearby markets and Nebraska growers earned an estimated 7 378 000 in 1929 with an average price of seven dollars per ton.
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North Platte Valley
Scottsbluff
Gering
Bayard
Minatare
Lyman
Mitchell
Great Western Sugar Company
Grand Island
Nebraska
American Beet Sugar Company
Lower Platte Valley
New Radio Equipment Aids Boeing Pilots in Treacherous Weather
Report describes Boeing radio gear aiding pilots over Grinnell and Atlantic routes, enabling quick weather updates via ground stations and inter-station relays. It notes 94 meter daytime and 63 meter nighttime frequencies, rapid Chicago to Cheyenne messaging, and the value of pilot-to-pilot weather reports for safe routes.
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Boeing
Grinnell
Walter Hunter
Universal
Kansas City
Leo Wassenberg
New Florence
Chicago
Cheyenne
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Carl Hempel
Lincoln
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Kb Country
Sheyenne County
WWEST
Nebraska General Farmers
Sidney Business Women
Telegraph
Sidney, Nebraska
Federal Reserve System
Agata
Stevens-Van Engelen Co
Sidney, Nebr
Roy Liggett
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