Peace and roads in focus as defense and growth themes
The piece contrasts military hardware with peaceful strength citing Fort MacArthur's 14 inch railway gun and urges that schools exchange gifts with Japan and Mexico, plus humanitarian acts, as powerful protection. It notes Iowa and Nebraska road programs, Iowa paving success, and Nebraska's need for a faster hard surfaced highway plan. It stresses gradual progress but calls for a sustained, lower-cost road improvement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
United States
Fort MacArthur
San Pedro
Japan
Mexico
Iowa and Nebraska battle over highway progress
Iowa aims to finish 1 025 miles of paving this year, dwarfing Nebraska's pace. The piece contrasts Iowa's rapid progress with Nebraska's slow tempo, noting Iowa's shift to a general road pavement program and a recent county and state bond drive to fund road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nebraska
Mothers Who Work Out in Cleveland Wage Study
United States labor bureau analyzes 550 employed mothers in Cleveland revealing 295 husbands at home, 187 under $30 weekly, 119 widows, 63 divorces, 46 deserted. Families average 2.3 children. 182 work mothers lack child care. 249 in domestic or personal service, 224 in factories, 51 store sales, 17 office work, 6 professional, 45 night workers.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
Women’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Cleveland
Lodge Pole News Roundup Sees Many Local Movements
Mrs Mary A Libby returns from summering in Lodge Pole and Holdrege while Jim Snow studies in Denver. Visitors include Mr and Mrs E A Lott en route to Broadwater and Mrs D T Mitchell from Chappell. Lodge Pole hosts Womans Club convention and local social events. Zella Ross and Harry Quinn wed in Sidney and plan to live in Lodge Pole. Several residents relocate or visit nearby towns, with routine social and civic notes throughout.
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Mary A. Libby
Holdrege
Santa Monica
Calif
Jim Snow
Denver
George Whitefoot
E. A. Lott
Easler
Wyo
Broadwater
D. T Mitchell
Chappell
Frieds
Cheyenne
Harley Simkins
T. Thompson
Sidney
A. G Miller
B. J. Bates
John Nordel
Pearl Johnson
Sioux City
Zella Ross
Harry Quinn
Dalton
Ralph Beavers
Lodge Pole
Dick Neal
L. R. Barlow
Marion Futh
Mary Cunningham
Watts
Glen Caldwell
Harold
Pine Bluffs
Carl Anderson
Thelma Crose
Hafer
E. Minshall
Walker family heads to Chadron for new home
East Gurley report notes Mr and Mrs L Walker and family and Miss Irene Feldman departed for Chadron where the Walkers plan residence and Miss Feldman will attend Chadron Normal. Other small items include visits by Mrs Henry Hinrichs and social dances at Gurley with locals and high school activity.
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L. Walker
Irene Feldman
Chadron
Miss Feldman
Henry Hinrichs
Gurley
Sexton Ahim
The
Mountains
Bert Gibbons
McCool
Clara Franzen
Frank Rowan
Opal Gibbons
Ray Miles
Carl Feldman
Will Neick
Guriley
Ed Runge
Fred Schumacher
Frank Folkerts
Ben Folkerts
Ed Rihn
Conrad Thresh
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Guy V. Doran
Tenth Avenue
Cheyenne County
Westen Nebraska
Nebr
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Zone One
Flanders
Congress
Supreme Court
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Sidney Tractor & Machinery CO
C. A. Feulscher
Fred Ash
Baby
Julesburg
George Stephens
Dick Nelson
Hastings
E. Davis
F. J Grant
Order of Eastern Star
East Gurley
Sidney H. R. Fuller
E. Planck
Sidney, Nebr
Woods Bros. Corporation
Woods Brothers Corporation
Lincoln, Nebr
Robt
Barlow
Sidney, Nebraska
Piccry
Kuner’s. Tender Garden
Tbs
Best Foods
Bluhill
Ine
Campbell
Booth’s
Crescent Brand
Piggly Wiggly
Jemima
Supreme Bakers
Prunes
Washington
Meat Department
H. A. Krumm
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