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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
4
Oats and potatoes planted widely this week in Diller Nebraska as a $1.56 entry marks second class mail. Rural routes improve with smoother roads allowing carriers to smile, though fingers stay crossed. Diller High School Band enjoyed spring fever with a practice parade featuring drums and majorette.
The Record clarifies that Max Thompson has been employed in the county AAA offices for two years, not returning to a NYA project at Fairbury as previously stated. The correction confirms his ongoing county employment status.
Willard Beckman, longtime bookkeeper at Diller State Bank for three years, quit last weekend to take a higher salary position at a Des Moines bank. He felt uneasy about leaving after receiving the Lincoln offer last Friday morning.
The Record reports Elias Hadley did not plant his potato patch. Roscoe Coleman did. Elias avoids responsibility due to poor health as Bill Fox seeks clarity on being straw boss and wage implications. C W Schron, 35, a Burlington cashier, hanged himself. his brother W S Schron, 39, was shot in Omaha. another brother Edward, 31, died in 1939. Diller Municipal Band rehearses for summer concerts with Sousa Washington Post March, Forepaughs Aggregation, and God Save The King.
Frank Eick reported a purse containing fifteen dollars missing after visiting the Record office on Monday night to pay a subscription for his brother Will. He searched the office with the editor before sunrise and located the purse on the front office floor.
Miss Betty Grabber played a trumpet solo during the opening exercises of the Sunday school as Missionary Sunday urged special financial support. Dixie Jennings and Joyce Elaire Elaine Blauser celebrated birthdays, while Mrs Ruby Weaver led a candle light service and Rev Clark read God’s Acres, a growing theme nationwide.
Mr and Mrs J E Hayworth of Omaha spent a few hours in Diller visiting Isaac Saylor their uncle and aunt. John Hayworth remarried last fall choosing an Arkansas woman as his wife. He praises his bride as the test cook and they plan a summer cottage on their 18 mile north of Omaha farm. John H Jr runs the farm and John has worked for Bell Telephone for more than twenty years. Showers and misty rain cooled the area with half inch reported at Ellie last night. A hail stone as big as a walnut smashed the clerk’s window during a public sale north of Lanham yesterday.
The Luther League at Dille began publishing The Lutheral Messenger to inform members and friends about church activity and boost involvement. The group donated a dozen folding chairs, book racks, and schoolroom equipment including a knee hole desk and basement dividers. Men plan to form a Lutheran Brotherhood while the ladies organize already.
A Weather-Ometer used by the Bureau of Standards in Washington accelerates sun, rain, heat, and humidity to mimic 10 years of weathering in one year. The device reproduces conditions rapidly to test asphalt shingles.
A weather assessment pins .73 percent of all wheat crop loss on adverse conditions. The report highlights persistent storms and drought as key contributors affecting yields across major farming regions.
Harold Logan of Aberdeen near Diller saw his Aberdeen Angus bull Bandollar L-100 place second at the Columbus show of the Nebraska Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association. Later reports state Bandollar L-100 sold for 250 and the champion calf brought 500 dollars. females ranged up to 340 dollars.
A Lansing Michigan demonstration features a breathalyzer device claimed to measure alcohol content in a suspect's breath with a constant relation to blood alcohol. Scientists say values up to five hundredths of 1 percent would not justify a drunk driving charge, but higher levels could if other intoxication signs are present.
Two youths from Ellinwood Kansas were sentenced by Police Judge Robl after admitting to borrowing a car every Sunday for a month to attend Sunday school. The case highlights juvenile punishment for vehicle taking without permission.
Des Moines driving instructor Paul Hill warns husbands against teaching their wives to drive. He says a stranger will be more patient behind the wheel.
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