Alaska Vision of Change Under War and Road Growth
The article surveys Alaska’s wartime economic shift with mining, fur, lumber, and booming towns like Anchorage and Nome. It notes Army airport spending, Alaska’s Matanuska Valley settlement, and the potential for rapid development if roads and transportation improve. It discusses Alcan Highway limits, airline costs, and the push for statehood while warning tax constraints on non incorporated villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Skagway
Fairbanks
Nome
Army
Alaska
Bob Hope
Matanuske Valley
Minnesota
Wisconsin
United States
Canada
Congress
Territory Divided for Statehood Amid Equal Citizenship Debate
A speaker asserts reservations for citizenship equal to whites and urges dividing the territory into three parts. The southeast section is ready for statehood, while readiness of the other parts is questioned.
Union Valley News From Mrs. Paul Vick
District No. 20 school started Monday with Miss Gladys Reiners teaching. Many local residents and students are noted in daily activities including the Schuler and Vick families and staff at Dalton, Kinkaid, and Sidney schools. A birth, hospital visit, and labor day travel are mentioned among neighbors and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dorothy
Ruby Schuler
Aurthur Fecht
Lila
Loren Vick
Cecelia Ernest
Pat
Dean Ravert
Lee Raverts
Mr. Ravert
Donnie Schuler
Bridgeport High School
Geraldine Gillespie
Sidney
Margie Vick
Kinkaid
Dolmseth
San Francisco
California
Leonard Bayne
Otto Busacker
Paul Vick
Francis
Marian Jen
Joan
Grand Island
Albert Fecht
Lisco
Lome
Lloyd Ravert
Gladys Reiners
Mount Vernon Social Roundup of Visits and Visitors
Local notes list numerous Mount Vernon residents visiting kin and neighbors in town and nearby areas. Families such as Andersons and Lunds hosted, called on friends, or traveled to Sterling, Loveland, and Richmond, Calif. Cloudy with multiple small gatherings and card parties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Births
Friday visitors include Mrs. C H Hammond and family at Kimball law. Pfc Cecil Nelson's family welcomed a newborn son. Nelsons of Cheyenne announced. Multiple gatherings near Sidney feature extended relatives from Sioux City Chicago and Madison. A baby girl Barbara Ruth Watson born August 31 at Taylor Hospital. School opens in Dist 27 with teacher Windaw Herboldsheimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hammond
Kimball Law
E. M. Nelson
Pfc
Cecil Nelson
Cheyenne
L F. Sprenger
Marvin Moss
Sioux City
Iowa
Karl Sprenger
Willam Goding
Joan
Maynard Mayer
Ray Goding
Bill Sarraf
Roy Andersen
Arleigh
Irma Hewitt
Jerry
Allen Nelson
Maurice Nelson
Nadine
Sidney
Marion Jackson
Madison. Wis
Jackson
J. W Bertramson
William Allman
Roy Hall
Ethel Klentz
Glen Andersen
Chicago
Clarence Evans
Lloyd Reineka
E. H. Howe
Myr
L. E. Stevens
Ross Robinson
Labor Day
Lodge Pole
Ethel
Calvin Klentz
Roy Hutchison
Jack Dowd
Ralph Hill
C Watson
Taylor Hospital
Barbara Ruth
Watson
J. C. Johnson
Wilma
Frank Klentz
C. L.walters
Hans Drost
Dist
Windaw Herboldsheimer
Heavy Oranges The Juiciness Tale
The article notes that among citrus, the heaviest oranges grapefruits and tangerines are the juiciest. It emphasizes weight as a key indicator of pulp and flavor in citrus varieties.
Grub Damage Control Advises Nebraska Lawn Care
Dr Martin H Muma of the University of Nebraska entomology department reports widespread lawn damage from white grubs, larvae of the June beetle. He advises applying lead arsenate with sand at two pounds per 100 square feet, then light watering and avoiding lime, with timing in the next two to three weeks before grubs move deeper for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin H. Muma
Muma
Son of Broadwater Publisher Is Injured
Ronald Van Scoy, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Van Scoy publishers of Broadwater News, underwent a successful spleen removal operation after a fall from a twelve foot gate post during a game of wood tag at the Union grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadwater
Ronald van Scoy
Carl van Scoy
The
Broadwater News
Union
Abdominal Patient Taken to Hospital for Operation
A patient from Pacific stockyards in Broadwater He experienced severe abdominal pains Friday evening. His condition worsened by Saturday prompting transfer to a Scottsbluff hospital for observation. On Monday an operation was performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Stockyards
Broadwater
Scottsbluff Hospital
Modern Shorthand England Birthplace of a System
A note on the origin of modern shorthand credits England as the birthplace of the shorthand system. The brief mentions its development and lasting influence on rapid writing techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
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the Fox
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Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Lucille Ball
Union Valley
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Eaton
Greeley
Windsor
Fort Collins
Loveland
Longmont
Brighton
Fort Lupton
Brush
Fort Morgan
Sterling
Ovid
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Gering
Bayard
Mitchell
Montana
Billings
Wyoming
Lovell
Mount Vernon
Andrew Anderson
Glen Anderson
Carol Jean Anderson
Bob Anderson
Denver
BE. H. Howe
Norman Trobaugh
Art McMillens
Roy Anderson
Bob Andersen
A. M. Andersen
Alex Benzel
Tel Mathewson
T. H. Alexander
Eileen
Evelyn Klentz
Lewis Lund
Alvin Lund
Coloc
Mr. Drost
J. ©. Johnson
Gien Beale
Art Killham
S. E. Olsen
C. Watson
Christensen
10Th Ave
CPA
Maddox Motor Co
Hiway
Baumgart
Western Union Telegraph Company
Johnny
Camp Shanks
New York
G. I
Objective
Red Cross Gray
Camp Hospital
Western Union
Telegraph
Western Drug CO
Sidney, Nebr
Nelson
Laverne Nelson
Joe P. Schwartz
Potter
Laura
Sidney, Nebraska
Bu-Pro Gas CO
APD
Nebr
W. Leroy Larson
Life Insurance
Union National Life Insurance Co
Old Line Legal Reserve Stock Company
Maytag
Vogel Washer
Sterling Colo
Main
Russell F. Dedrick
New York Life Insurance Co
Seventh Ave
Ray Wellner
Moving and General Truck Service
American National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member
Federal Reserve System
Cheyenne County Abstract CO
G. H W. Doran
Jackson Street
Cheyenne County Credit Bureau
Osborn Building
Tenth Avenue
Local Storage and Hauling Service
Reliable Insurance
W. P. Ackerman
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