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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1936
Page
2
Brooklyn Mrs. Yetta Levine aged 100 begins life anew at the Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged. Abraham Ginsberg greets her with a tap dance saying she is a child at 108 and still going strong.
A head on auto crash five miles east of there left McCracken with fractures in both legs while his wife, also hospitalized, suffered a fractured pelvis. In San Francisco a deadlocked dispute over a deck hand delayed the President Hoover by two days as 450 passengers waited, with officials seeking a labor conciliator.
Leata S D and Albert R Martell both 29 dentists face trial for the murder of Lela Halverson a Madison school teacher. Halverson was found nude in her hotel room in October and investigators called the slaying a sex crime.
New York reports that Mrs Beryl Markham, who previously crossed the Atlantic solo from east to west, said the engine failed over the ocean 20 minutes before she crashed in a Cape Breton field. She recalled taking brandy to steady nerves as visibility vanished and the plane sped up after leveling off.
President Roosevelt framed a twofold Labor Day address on reemployment and the drought, contending government outlays saved business and will aid drought stricken farmers. He denied waste charges, saying spending kept industry going and enabled reemployment. He spoke during a radio address and a drought relief tour report, noting reemployment in industry is proceeding rapidly.
Over the nation labor day weekend accidents claimed at least 304 lives with high travel records and stressed transportation systems. Deaths included 257 highway fatalities 20 drownings 12 airplane deaths four train deaths four fall and seven from other causes. Additionally a Dalton Nebraska community reported local events and an array of college enrollments and social notices amid a house fire and relief efforts for the Freeburg family.
Police report a child resembling the missing boy was seen in several sections on Saturday evening as investigators pursue a kidnapping case. Officers hold the belief a childless woman or couple abducted the boy and that he was not harmed.
Local notes promote Big Cheyenne County Fair closing today and urge attendance to view Babcock Implement Company offerings including used tractors. McCormick Deering machinery is highlighted with multiple product mentions and prices, plus humorous anecdotes and farmer testimonials about farming gear and efficiency.
Mr and Mrs Ed Cortney head to the Pacific coast while Mr and Mrs Al Alzheimer move to Denver. Ray Mintken relocates to Bushnell and Ben Pelster to Raeville. Frank Christensen remains a hospital patient. H C Heineman returns from Pender. Stanley Iverson visits from Phoenix after eighty years away. Ciara Laing departs to teach at Green River Wyoming. Clarence Warren and family leave for the western states.
Mrs Harold Gibbins hosts Harold Gibbins home for Sunday dinner. Mr and Mrs Bert Gibbins and children attend. Mary Lou Neick visits with Mr and Mrs Vernon Neick over weekend. Mr and Mrs Roy Higenburg are listed in this brief social column.
Dinner guests at the Herman Jurgens home included Doris and Dorothy Frerichs Don ald Gibbins and Carl Ahlm who are attending Gurley high school. Mrs Sexton Ahlm visited John Jurgens home. A large crowd from the vicinity attended the Gurley festival midweek. Mr and Mrs Henry Kreinbring shopped in Sidney. Bulabelle Flora was honored at a farewell party in the Lutheran church Saturday night.
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