Veteran benefits office opens in Sidney area
George J. Shada, VA contact representative, operates temporary HQ at the selective service office 93014 Tenth avenue to relay information on benefits from congressional acts. He plans permanent offices in the Ladegard building as soon as available, detailing rehabilitation, the GI Bill of Rights, education, unemployment pay, readjustment allowances, home farm and business loans, hospitalization, job assistance, and a $20 weekly unemployment allowance for 8 to 52 weeks.
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George J. Shada
Veterans Administration
Selective Service Office
Tenth Avenue
Congress
Shada
Ladegard
Western Drug Co
Telegraph
Sidney
Gurley Group Serves At Canteen Saturday
Residents of the Gurley community staffed the North Platte canteen on Saturday September 8. Fifty nine volunteers including chairwoman Mrs. Charles Gathman Mrs. George Bartels and Mrs. Grover Larson served thirty five trains compared with about seventeen on a typical day due to westbound delays. Officials praised the Gurley delegation for their outstanding service and ample provisions despite the heavy schedule.
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Gurley
North Platte
Charles Gathman
George Bartels
Grover Larson
Druggists Will Hold Next Meeting Here
An invitation to panhandle district druggists by Earl Winter to hold their next meeting in Sidney was unanimously accepted at Scottsbluff Sunday. The meeting likely will be held in late November or early December, with about 125 druggists and their wives in attendance. Beyond business sessions, golf and bridge were on the program, and Theodore McCosh, secretary of the state board of pharmacy, addressed the gathering.
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Scottsbluff
Bridge
Theodore McCosh
State Board of Pharmacy
Bad Checks Hit Cheyenne County Sheriff Office
Sheriff W W Schulz reported a wave of bad checks this week tied to itinerant harvesting activity in Cheyenne County. The items passed on local businesses and individuals for goods and services, totaling a considerable sum.
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W. W. Schulz
Cheyenne County
Speeding Crackdown Warned as School Traffic Rises
Chief of Police Harvey Vizina warned speeders about a crackdown for exceeding the twenty five mile per hour city limit. He told patrols to pursue violators in court, especially on the west side near high school traffic, citing Illinois street through Sidney and a tourist traffic upswing.
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Harvey Vizina
Vizina
Illinois Street
Sidney
John O'Neil dies prominent Sidney businessman at 58
John H. O'Neil 58 a longtime Sidney resident and former partner in Sidney Hart Parr Co died Saturday at his home following months of ill health. He retired from business in 1928 after a serious illness and had not been robust since. Funeral services were held at St Patrick's Catholic Church with Msgr Link officiating. Interment in the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Born Gothenburg Nebr June 22 1887 he came to Sidney in 1918 to form a partnership in the implement firm. The partnership dissolved after his illness. He remained fairly active until February and died in his sleep Saturday afternoon.
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John H. O'Neil
Sidney
Linden Street
Mr. O'Neil
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Anton Link
Gehrig Funeral Home
R. E. Roche
Edward Stokes
McKinley McIntosh
Guy V. Doran
Robert A. Barlow
Roy Counley
Sterling
Gothenburg
Nebr
Creighton University
Omaha
Jesse Goodale
Noble Anderson
Sidney Hart Parr Co
Anderson
California
Mr. Goodale
Mr O'Neil
O’neil
Cheyenne Man Dies At Daughter's Home
Lewis Benjamin Mittan died Wednesday morning while visiting his daughter Mrs. Charles Wiedeburg and family in Sidney. A 75 year old with long poor health he suffered several heart attacks during the visit before a fatal early Wednesday attack. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Wiedeburg and Mrs. Clair Cameron, two sons Arthur and David, a sister and brother and eleven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Cheyenne on Saturday with Shrader Mortuary in charge.
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Lewis Benjamin Mittan
Charles Wiedeburg
Sidney
Mittan
Arthur
Cheyenne
Charles .Wiedeburg
Clair Cameron
Lander
Wyoming
David
Fort Jones
California
S. A. Mittan
Cedar Rapid
Iowa
Shrader
Infant Dies in Dalton Rites Held for Connie Larson
Infant Connie Louise Larson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Larson of Gurley, died at Dalton last Thursday. Funeral services were held at Dalton cemetery with Rev D L Daly officiating. Craig Home for Funerals arranged the services.
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Connie Louise
Kenneth Larson
Gurley
Dalton
D. L. Daly
Dalton Cemetery
Craig Home
Roy Thomas Dominates Club Championship Bracket
Mayor Roy Thomas defeated former club champion G H Doran 5 and 4 to reach the semi finals, having earlier beaten Lee Ellsworth. He faces Clarke Grieve, who edged Curt Smith 4 and 3 in windy conditions. Dorwart vs Tamasi and the Deere twins Tompkins and Gallagher were also advancing in the upper flight.
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D. R
Roy) Thomas
G. H
Blip) Doran
Thomas
Lee Ellsworth
Clarke Grieve
Co. W
Curt) Smith
C. B. Dorwart
Judy Tamasi
Ray Babcock
John Deere Twins
Jess Tompkins
Frank Gallagher
Merle Banta
M. J. Murray
Guy Doran
Remove Restrictions On Whipping Cream News Item
OPA said yesterday that all restrictions have been removed on the sale of whipping or heavy cream which may now be sold at the base period price plus 20 cents per gallon. Ice cream mix and other products under MPR 577 must be restored to base period butterfat content unless the price is reduced accordingly.
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OPA
Nice
OPA District Office Consolidations Near Omaha Move
North Platte district office closed last Tuesday as the OPA consolidates with the Omaha office. Loren N. Mills, director of the Omaha office, said the North Platte territory and part of the Sioux City district will be merged into Omaha by Friday. Remaining days will focus on transferring records to Omaha.
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North Platte
OPA
Loren N. Mills
Omaha
Sioux City, In
Mills
Drivers Exams To Be Offered Here Today
A state patrol examiner will conduct drivers license examinations at the courthouse this Thursday afternoon. Regular Cheyenne county exam dates are the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
State Patrol
Cheyenne County
Four face counts in court here
Four railroad extra gang employees are jailed pending district court hearings on robbery and murder attempts. Frank Hedgcoth faces a 5000 dollar bond for assault to commit murder after a bottle attack on Merle A. Austin. Allen Hooper, Rob ert L. Welch, and John T. Tyler are held on bonds from 1000 to 2500 dollars for concealed weapons and robbery. Two others, William Sims and Jackson Fletcher, were cited for intoxication and released.
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Frank Hedgcoth
Merle A. Austin
Lodgepole
Hedgcoth
W. W. Schulz
Schulz
Allen Hooper
Robert L. Welch
John T. Tyler
Oscar Hing
William Sims
Jackson Fletcher
P. J. Heaton
Butler outlines farm electrical aid and tax cuts at Sidney luncheon
United States Senator Hugh Butler spoke at Hazel's Cafe in Sidney addressing agriculture and finance. He expressed confidence that REA will extend electrical service to Nebraska farms quickly and that tax reductions of 18 to 20 percent could take effect next January 1. He hinted the talk would be his last Nebraska appearance before returning to Washington and urged action on postwar legislation.
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United States
Hugh Butler
Sidney
W. P. Ackerman
John Jirdon
Merrill
Nebr
Martin W. Dimery
Cheyenne County Republican Central Committee
Butler
Alvin Duis
Senate
Nebraska
Washington
Heavy Vets to Bolster Hopes In Grid Debut
Sidney high school plans to open the 1945 football season Friday night at Sterling against a veteran Tiger eleven. Coach Leo Shuman leads an eleven man squad with several returning lettermen while Sterling fields twelve from 1944. Kickoff is eight o'clock as the Maroons seek improvement after a 3 4 record. Ray Maley aids Shuman as assistant coach guiding fifty four players.
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Sidney High School
Joe Burnham
Sidney High
Nebraska
Shuman
Ray Maley
Maley
Sidney
County Entrants Rank High In District 4-H Club Judging
Nearly 250 4-H youths from 23 panhandle counties gathered at Ogallala High School on Saturday September 8 for the district 4-H project club judging competition. Judges from the University of Nebraska Lincoln led events across clothing, foods, home economics, farm demonstrations, dairy, and animal husbandry with a style review directed by Allegra Wilkens. Marion Troutman of Cheyenne County earned a white ribbon in summer wardrobe and Leona Tank of Cheyenne County a blue for winter wardrobe.
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Panhandle
Ogallala High School
Arthur, Banner
Box Butte
Chase
Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Dundy
Frontier
Garden
Hayes
Hitchcock
Keith
Kimball
Lincoln
Logan
McPherson
Morrill
Perkins
Red Willow
Scottsbluff
Sioux
Sheridan
Agricultral Extension Service
University of Nebraska
Helen Roche
Dorothea Follmer
Mabel Doremus
Ethel Saxton
Miss Follmer
Guy R. Davis
C. W. Nibler
W. W. Derrick
J. H. Claybaugh
Extension Service
Poultryman
Allegra Wilkens
Marion Troutman
Cheyenne County
Leona Tank
Low Mercury Nips At Crops In Panhandle
The Panhandle saw a cold snap with a 32 degree reading on the north tableland and 35 at Sidney. Some late maturing feed grain likely damaged while beans and beets escaped. Moisture arrived though, aiding fall wheat. corn prospects hinge on a late frost. U.S. crop estimates show Nebraska corn at 282,414,000 bushels, barley 13,179,000, oats 74,522,000, with potato crops raised to 11,520,000 bushels.
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Mercury
Jack Frost
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Home Canning Work Increase Noted in County Study
A county extension study finds homemakers used five pressure cookers loaned free of charge for canning in August. The five cookers were loaned 31 times to 23 families, yielding 817 jars or 476 quarts of food Canning activity rose as the season progressed.
Sidney Finance Co to Open Saturday for Auto Loans
C A Story and W R Ayers announce the Sidney Finance Co to operate at 93014 Tenth Avenue. The firm will offer auto financing, household and personal loans and will be ready for business on Saturday September 16.
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Sidney Finance Co
C. A. Story
W. R. Ayers
Tenth Avenue
The
Telegraph
Ordnance Depot Adopts Forty Hour Week
The Sioux Ordnance Depot will operate on a forty hour work week starting Monday September 10 as directed by the president. Col H J Preble commander explains the switch from a previous forty four hour schedule due to the heavy workload.
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Ordnance Depot
Sioux
Col
H. J. Preble
Col. Preble
Transferring Pastor Schwabauer Moves to Holdrege
The Rev. George A. Schwabauer of First Methodist Sidney will transfer to Holdrege effective immediately and move next week. His replacement in Sidney is chosen, an army chaplain awaiting discharge clearance. In Cheyenne county, Rev. W H Stephens will lead Lodepole, replacing Rev Milo Rose. Chappell also gains a new pastor, while Roy Spooner remains in Kearney district. Sidney expects to install the new pastor within thirty days.
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George A. Schwabauer
First Methodist Church
Sidney
Holdrege
Benkleman
Schwabauer
Nebraska
Sidney's
Cheyenne County
Lodepole
W. H. Stephens
Milo Rose
Chappell
Stephens
Overton
Kearney
Roy Spooner
Sidewalk Notices Issued To Residents For Repairs
The city served notices Friday on several property owners to repair or install sidewalks or face action with costs charged to the property. The move aims to improve downtown sidewalks and require new construction where none exist. Merchants from the chamber of commerce highlighted dangerous walks at Friday's city council meeting, and officials pledged follow-up.
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Merchants Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Street Improvement Work Is Completed
Street work completed after two weeks includes regrading relaying and seal coating of the city’s worst blocks. Councilman Glen Bales, chair of the Street committee, reports the project will enter winter in good condition.
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Glen Bales
County Tax Collections Show Steady County Finances
County Treasurer Herbert Stevens reported high tax receipts with 87 percent of 1944 taxes collected, 64.5 percent of 1943 taxes, and 97 percent of 1942 taxes paid. He warned most uncollected taxes are from vacant lots and transient personal taxes. Land taxes for 1942 and 1943 are nearly fully paid, with 1944 expected to follow soon. Stevens said the strong collection reflects financial stability and community character. He noted license renewals: 300 issued in the first seven days of the month and renewal rules for 1945 licenses.
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Herbert Stevens
Stevens
Cheyenne
Short Check Results In 30 Day Sentence
Dave Heintz Jr. of Scottsbluff received a thirty day sentence from County Judge Robert A. Barlow for writing a no fund check on The Potter State Bank. Heintz faces a pending Scotts Bluff County case and was brought to Sidney to answer the charge, then back in Scottsbluff he passed a five dollar check to a merchant. A complaint is on file and he will be prosecuted after his Cheyenne County jail term ends. Earlier, Heintz appeared in Scotts Bluff County court on a speeding charge.
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Dave Heintz Jr
Scottsbluff
Robert A. Barlow
Potter State Bank
Scottsbluff County
Scotts Bluff County
Mahlon Morgan
Morgan
Heintz
Sidney
Potter Bank
Power units on sale for Nebraska farmers surplus sale
The APC surplus property office electrical division placed about 1,750 all purpose power units on sale for farmers beyond electric transmission lines. RFC rep Merle Cornell of Omaha notes the 3,000 watt units, built for Icelandic cold to African heat, are stored at the Sioux Ord ordnance depot near here.
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Nebraska
APC
RFC
Merle Cornell
Omaha
Iceland
Africa
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Here
Cheese Points Off Butter Still Scarce
Ration points were off cheese yesterday by OPA order and Sid ney’s storekeepers had plenty of cheese on hand to sell the elatec housewives. However the shortage of butter milk and cream continued in most downtown stores and shop pers were scurrying from store to store with little luck.
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OPA
Sidney
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Sheriff’s Office
John O'Neil
Sen. Butler
Roy Thomas
Sterling Field
Tigers
Ogallala
Tobin
Gordon .Tobin
2 Armed Forces
Frank Tobin
Major Tobin
Intelligence Service
England
Officers Training School
New Post
Herb Stevens
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