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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1947
Page
6
Levy schedules show levies for Levies Continued from Page One across GURLEY VILLAGE POTTER VILLAGE and related districts. Totals include General Bond Interest Fireman Cemetery Street Lighting Library Park and various specific fund allocations with acting authorities and valuations listed for each district.
The Post Office Department warns of a new chain letter scheme where participants retain the letter and send $2 to the listed head instead of mailing it. Officials note this violates 18 U.S.C. 336 and 338 and subjects offenders to criminal and postal fraud actions under 39 U.S.C. 250 and 432.
Nebraska extension service offers guidance for housewives on removing road oil and tar stains from carpets and floors. Early treatment matters. use cleaning fluid rather than soap, scrape away excess with a dull knife, then sponge with solvent in light strokes, repeating with fresh cloths until the stain fades.
Schools Supt Wayne O Reed announced dates for state safety patrol inspections of school buses. The 1947 legislature ordered the inspections to remove unsafe buses, with 58 counties registered. Inspections will be in those counties on September 10 in Cheyenne County and September 11 in Garden County, while buses in the remaining counties will be inspected at the nearest county seat.
Alliance city council approved an ordinance incorporating 18 lots between Fourth and Fifth streets and from the alley east of Potash avenue to Highway 19. Neil Miller is developing a trailer park, small store, and other buildings on the southeast corner of the tract.
The Nebraska Veterans Administration reduces manpower by four percent, with 27 employees to be terminated by September 30. Ashley Westmoreland, Regional Office Manager, cites budget limits and notes 13 job losses in Lincoln, seven in Omaha sub regional office, and seven at smaller VA sites. The Lincoln Veterans Hospital remains unaffected, and September pension payments will rise for Civil and Spanish War era veterans.
Westmoreland reports about 5,650 veterans and 4,750 dependents in the five-state region including Nebraska. He projects the annual area impact at about 1.45 million for year one, then declining. Current payments max at 100 dollars for Civil War vets, 40 dollars for dependents, 75 for Spanish-American vets, 43 for their dependents. Automatic adjustments will be made by the VA, and veterans are urged not to contact the Lincoln office. Records are kept at the VA central office in Washington.
The Nebraska State Department of Roads and Irrigation informed T C Middleswart, district highway engineer at Bridgeport, that the contract for paving highways 19 and U S 26 through Bridgeport has been let, with work to begin in ten days to two weeks. The Francis R Vorshak Co of Fremont won the bid at 118,116 dollars and is currently finishing a project at Morrill, awaiting mobilization of heavy equipment to Bridgeport.
A new highway improvement will add a side slab to the current center pavement on Main Street extend a concrete slab from Main Street to the city limits and west along Riverside past the Burlington crossing curb and gutter the full Main Street length and replace the outer three feet of sidewalk. Total surfaced length 14 miles per specs.
The Wisconsin conservation department reports an all time record for muskellunge fingerlings planted this year, highlighting a major milestone in fishery management and stocking efforts.
The Game Commission enlarges to POE members with appointments by Suet, adding Frank Brady, Atkinson, and William Howard Smith to the board. Brady, ex tax commissioner and legislator, covers the sixth district for five years, while Smith serves the fourth district for two years to broaden regional representation per a recent law.
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