Oil Progress Week praised by Sidney Chamber of Commerce
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce lauds the Oil Progress Week program with praise for committee members led by Rudy Mutdesloh and George Iolt. The text credits the civic club for guiding a large turnout of business leaders and asserts Sidney as the oil and gas capital of Nebraska.
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Rhett Iva
Wweltien
Anc Wom
Rudy
Mutdesloh
George Lolt
Oil Fogress Wees
Chamber of Commerce
Font Avery
Sidney
Sidney Civic Club
Oil and Gas Capitol
Nebraska
Looking in the Windows and public earnings in 1952
The piece laments centralized control and inflationary policies, praising a return to free enterprise. It notes white bread availability and price stability under market forces, cites medical education growth and health insurance expansion, and reports resignations of city managers in Grand Island and Sidney amid tax and service cost pressures.
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London
England
Centrol
OPA
OPS
She’ ‘Jong
Mecca
Fpse
American Medical Association
Cever
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Iere
Medical progress through socialized medicine claim
The text asserts that progress in medicine comes from government dominated systems and compulsory health insurance. It praises free medicine as enabling national achievement, claiming no comparable country matches the nation’s medical standing.
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Sit
el Paven
Dressen Faces Sack After Brooklyn Title Win
Incidental intelligence notes football coaches struggle too as Charley Dressen leads Brooklyn to the National League crown but is dismissed. Dressen says his wife advised against a one year deal and he chose not to disappoint her. The piece cites a national magazine touting the power of a woman.
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Charley Dressen
Brooklyn
Dressén
Anna Held
Harry B. Smith
Ziegfeld
Grass Boots Opinion Sparks Kansan Letter Replies
Overbrook and Liberal readers argue in letters to local papers about government competing with private enterprise. The Citizen urges government to step back, while Southwest Daily Times supporters push for government by the people, not bureaucrats, reflecting a national debate on government role.
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Liberal
Kan
Southwest’ Daily Times
Picnic Day Reflections On A Modern Outdoor Outing
A personal reminiscence contrasts a casual modern picnic with childhood preparations. The narrator recalls fried chicken, potato salad, and a carful of food but laments wasteful excess. He contrasts quiet nature with earlier labor intensive picnics, where families cooked, gathered, and endured rough roads and social quirks. The piece ends with a return to society at a country club and social chatter.
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America
Myslf
Adams County lawmakers form new State Advisory Highway Commission
Governor Crosby named a seven member panel to advise the State Highway Department. The group, drawn from both parties, emphasizes agriculture and a statewide approach while avoiding active highway fight veterans. The body aims to guide highway policy without constitutional power.
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Lincoln
State Advisory Highway Commission
Statehouse
Robert Crosby
State Highway Department
Arthur L. Coad
Omaha
C. E. Metzger
Cedar Creek
Merle Kingsbury
Ponca
Arthur Albrecht
Deshler
W. O.collett
North Platte
Don Hanna
Valentine
Fred Attebery
Mitchell
Crosby
Nebraska
Broadway Royalty and the Art of Stage Stardom
A look at Broadway icons like Ethel Merman Katharine Cornell and the Lunts, detailing how genius and luck blend to create stars. Anecdotes blend praise and personal moments from stage doors to premieres, illustrating the enduring allure of theater greatness.
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Broadway
Ethel Merman
Ethel Barrymore’s Return From Strife to Stage Triumph
The article traces Ethel Barrymore’s career arc from years of triumphs to divorce illness and failed plays. It notes exile then a triumphant return in The Corn Is Green, restoring her status. Her reflection on love, mercy, and prayer anchors the piece.
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Jolson
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel
Rise of Shirley Booth and Betty Hutton in Broadway lore
A compact portrait traces Shirley Booth from Oscar glory to a defining stage comeback in Come Back, Little Sheba, and highlights Betty Hutton’s rise from Battle Creek street singing to marquee fame. It also recalls Ziegfeld’s extravagant, ultimately broke empire and Lilli Palmer and Rex Harrison’s London stage romance.
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Shirley Booth
Shirley
Clighy
Heba
Lady Luck
Battle Creek
Mich
New York
Vincent Lopez
Palace
Betty Hutton
Political influence and dangers in farm price supports
The piece argues that 1954 farm price support plans will be driven by politics more than farm needs. It traces how from 1948 to 1954 supports stayed at 90 percent, rejecting flexible plans, and warns rigid supports distort farming incentives. It warns political promises burden agriculture and stresses broader factors like trade, soil conservation, credit, and research for long-run prosperity.
The Good That Came Out of Nazareth
Bible comment on Jesus growing up in Nazareth praising the small town and humble home as the environment that shaped his years. The piece notes Luke 2 52 and envisions the boy Jesus looking over fields and caravans, near farms and shepherds, prompting the line Can any good thing come out of Nazareth.
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Defense Department
Washington
Teow
Jesus
Nazareth
Nathaniel
Jerusalem
Luke
God
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