Kimball Names Mrs. Dotson County School Superintendent
Mrs Rheta Belle Dotson of Bushnell was appointed county superintendent of schools by the county commissioners to succeeds Mrs Pearl Larsen whose resignation has been on file. Alicia Adamson has served as assistant superintendent for six months under Larsen. Dotson is a Central City Neb high school graduate with an A B from Central College and seven years teaching experience across Kimball Cheyenne Howard counties and Missouri.
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Kimball
Rheta Belle Dotson
Bushnell
Board of County Commissioners
Pearl M. Larsen
Alicia Adamson
Larsen
Dotson
Central City
Nebr
Central College
Kimball County
Cheyenne County
Howard County
State of
Missouri
Navy Seaman Span Receives Training and War Duty
Norman Span, Seaman First Class in the U S Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W G Span of Lodge Pole, enlisted May 20 1944. After Farragut Idaho training he served aboard USS Zellars in the Pacific. The ship was torpedoed off Okinawa April 12 1945. Span and crew returned to the United States May 30 1945. The Zellars was repaired and ready for duty when the war ended.
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Norman Span
United States Navy
W. G. Span
Lodgepole
Navy
Farragut Idaho
Treasure Island
Calif
Seattle
Washington
Zellars
Pacific
Okinawa
United States
Seaman Span
South Pacific
Seek Better Quality For 1946 Grain Rotary Hears Of Enormous Rail Job Here
A Sidney Rotary meeting heard Foster Cook describe Union Pacific traffic during World War II. July totals showed 27 passenger trains daily and 58 freight trains, averaging 3,250 cars. car work rose from 1941 figures, with 1944 repairs totaling 14,151. The Sioux Ordnance Depot boosted local car activity, potentially 2,500 carloads monthly at peak. Also covered were seed treatment to prevent smut in Nebraska wheat, seed treatment methods, and rye adaptation in Chase county. Hessian fly risk to winter wheat prompted a three point control plan including stubble plowing, discing volunteers, and fly-safe sowing dates.
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Union Pacific
Sidney
Cook
Sioux
Sidney Yards
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
O. S. Bare
Panhandle
Washington, Dodge, Colfax
Platte
Polk, York, Fillmore
Missouri Valley Authority bill to be discussed in Scottsbluff
Everett T. Winter of Omaha will speak at the Lincoln hotel in Scottsbluff at 8 p m on the Missouri Valley Authority bill. Winter, manager of the Missouri valley division of the Mississippi valley association, will also speak tomorrow night in Torrington. The North Platte valley appearance is sponsored by Pathfinder Irrigation district Mitchell Goshen Irrigation Torrington and Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation districts. Farmers and business men are urged to attend because of the bill’s controversial nature and valley impact. Winter opposed formation of the MVA when he spoke here months ago.
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Scottsbluff
Missouri Valley Authority
Everett T. Winter
Omaha
Lincoln Hotel
Winter
Missouri Valley Division
Mississippi Valley Associaton
Torrington
North Platte Valley
Pathfinder
Mitchell
Goshen
Gering-Fort Laramie
Gering
MVA
Death claims Kimball area elder Deliah Atkins
Deliah B. Atkins longtime Box Butte County resident dies at 95, born William and Mary Bishop in Iowa. She moved with family to Davis County Ta and later to Missouri before homesteading near Dix Cheyenne County. She helped establish a Bethel sod church and remained a Methodist member since age eleven.
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Kimball
Peter L. Atkins
William D
Dallas K
Putnam County
Missouri
Potter
Dix
Cheyenne County
Atkins
Bethel
The
Methodist Church
Plan Model Plane Meet On Sunday
A model airplane contest sponsored by the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department will be held at the Sidney airport this Sunday September 9 at 2 PM. Entrants from several towns, including Scotts Bluff, will compete in four events with prizes for top finishers and trophies for longest flight. The open public event aims to encourage youth plane building and aviation study for the future.
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Sidney
Scottsbluff
End of POW Labor Era in Midwest Declared
The Seventh Service Command announced the end of prisoner of war labor in the nine state Midwest area. Discharged veterans will be favored for replacement jobs in clerical, automotive, laundry, building maintenance and truck driving as POWs are repatriated. The army reports over 40,000 enemy prisoners are held nationwide in the command area.
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Mid-West
Seventh Service Command
Army
Paul X. English
English
Nebraska Defense Committee Dissolved After Wartime Service
Governor Griswold announced the termination of the Nebraska Advisory Defense Committee. He paid tribute to state, county, and local members for their efforts begun nearly a year before Pearl Harbor as war readiness work. He noted volunteers acted at a time when such efforts faced skepticism.
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Griswold
Nebraska Advisory Defense Committee
Pearl Harbor
Alaska a Territory Seen Rich With Wealth for Nation
The article recounts a 1940 congressional inspection of Alaska by the Committee on Territories. It notes Alaska's 1867 purchase from Russia, wartime population growth, climate contrasts, and fishing as the main industry with substantial fishery value. It previews statehood hearings and presents geographic and economic context.
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Russia
Ferris
New York
United States
North America
Sitka
Alaska
Spud Crop Forecast In Nebraska Potatoes Boom
The Nebraska Potato Improvement Association estimates the August U.S. potato harvest at 420 million bushels, the third largest on record. Farmers are urged to maximize U.S. one potatoes, with root cutters and careful handling boosting quality. padding trucks and half-sack packing aid storage ahead of bean harvest.
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Nebraska Potato Improvement Association
United States
Nebraska
U. S
OPA Reduces Paid Workers in North Platte District
Approximately half of the clerical staff in the North Platte OPA district received 30 day notices of release. District Director Charles Smrha attributed the cuts to the removal of gasoline fuel oil oil stoves and processed foods from rationing, which has reduced the board’s workload by about 50 percent.
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North Platte Opa
Charles Smrha
War ends six years after Nazi invasion of Poland
A concise timeline recounts World War II from the 1939 invasion of Poland through Allied victories, detailing declarations of war by Britain and France, Axis entry and surrender milestones, and the August 1945 formal surrender in Tokyo Bay. It notes key dates including Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declarations, and Hirohito’s scope of power terms.
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Hitler
Poland
Germany
Italy
United States
Russia
Japan
Hirohito
Tokyo Bay
New Red Stamps Valid September 1 for Rationed Goods
OPA announced that five more red stamps Li M1 N1 Pl Ql are valid from September 1 through December 31 for meat fats fish and dairy purchases. Sugar stamp 38 also remains valid through December 31 in War Ration Book Four.
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OPA
Salvage Need to Stay On Job for Reconversion
WPB Chairman J A Krug warns 21000 Salvage Committees nationwide must continue work to avert shortages in paper fats oils and tin as reconversion proceeds. He says the war of supplies continues and volunteers and all citizens must cooperate to avert a collapse of salvage programs.
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J. A. Krug
WPB
Mr. Krug
Mr Krug
Krug
Nineteen Cheyenne 4-H members to compete at Ogallala event
Nineteen Cheyenne county 4-H youths head to Ogallala for district day with demonstrations on buttonholes testing jars patchwork pillows and vaccine use in swine plus four judging teams in clothing foods homemaking and livestock categories. Individuals include Elvira Lipska Dorothy Christiansen Ardis Westerhoff Lucille Rathman Kathleen Agnew Betty Lou Woodworth Don Thomas Shirley Brown Leona Tank Janet Dickerson Beverly Carlson Muriel Story Mary Story Benton Wadker Haroldean Brogren Richard Schaffert Marian Troutman.
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Cheyenne County
Ogallala
Elvira Lipska
Dorothy Christensen
Sunshine Club
Ardis Westerhoff
Lucille Rathman
Happy Hour Club
Dalton
Kathleen Agnew
Betty Lou Woodworth
Future Workers Club
Roland Waite
de Lyle Bancroft
Busy Workers Club
Don Thomas
Shirley Brown
Sidney
Leona Tank
Janet Dickerson
Beverly Carlson
Muriel Story
Mary Story
Benton Wadker
Haroldean Brogren
Richard Schaffert
Service Charges Not Subject To New Law
State banking commissioner J. F. Peters said LB33, the par check law, does not prohibit usual bank service charges. The law requires cashing all checks drawn on the bank in a cash letter without deduction, but it does not abolish fees for cashing out-of-town checks. Float and reasonable service compensation justify the charges.
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J. F. Peters
Peters
Veterans Office Opens In City To Aid Returned Service Members
The Veterans Administration opens a Contact Office on the second floor of The Western Drug Co. building announced by Lincoln office manager E. R. Benke. George J. Shada named contact representative to assist veterans and dependents seeking information on claims and benefits.
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The
Veterans Administration
Western Drug Co
E. R. Benke
Lincoln
George J. Shada
Shada
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Seaman
Alvin Duis
Rotary
Union Pacific Railroad
Foster Cook
Sidney Yard
J. E. Livingston
Livingston
J. C. Swinbank
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Sheridan
Dawes
Box Butte
Morrill
Nebraska Panhandle
Hay Springs
Borea
Swinbank
Balbo
Montana
John R. Reynolds
Chase County Agricultural Extension
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Reynolds
Rosen
Chase County
Alliance
Mirage Flats
Belle Fourche
S. C
South Dakota
Box Butte County
Burlington
Sheridan County
Northwestern
Defense Committee
Committee On Territories
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Whittier
Ketchikan
Fairbanks
Marian Troutman
Sy Ny
Warren Johnson
Pennert Uist
Veterans Office
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