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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
2
The United States leads with over 30 million dollars paid to payrolls in outdoor advertising and about 21 million telephones in use, an all time peak. The Record advertises another circus for Diller to be shown September 2, claiming this one will be reliable after a Clark misstep last spring.
A humorous note praises Methodists for installing screens to keep flies out of a church and basement while criticising the doors left wide open, inviting insects inside.
Nebraska Democrats loyal to William Jennings Bryan plan a Willkie Club with headquarters at 2906 Leavenworth Street Room 1 Mead Building Omaha to organize supporters.
The U S Department of Agriculture weather report from Lincoln notes Big Old Gage county recorded only one fourth of an inch of rain last week while Jefferson county measured .94 inch. Farmers west of Diller cry out for more rain.
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture estimated corn condition in south eastern Nebraska at 42 percent normal last weekend. An eight county area west of Jefferson shows 26 percent. Conditions are much better in counties along the Missouri river.
Civil Service Commission says over one hundred thousand applicants compete for stenographer typist posts after filing closes last week. It will take time to establish a register due to the large volume of papers to grade.
Richard S Steffen, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Steffen, arrived in town yesterday on a new motorized tricycle. He plans to use the machine to travel from his home north of town to Diller High School this winter. The audience may be impressed by the high toned puddie jumper and Richard will likely enforce a stern look to deter riders.
Report notes that about 50 million bushels of wheat are milled into bread annually and 960 million pounds of butter are consumed on the resulting toast. This reflects daily breakfast patterns and food industry scale.
Fairbury dance band leader Mel Smith was found dead in his basement last Friday afternoon. He had hanged himself amid financial difficulties cited as the cause.
The York chapter of the first University of Nebraska alumni club in the state received a charter on July 24. The Cornhusker group, numbering about fifty thousand former students, has already chartered clubs in New York Chicago Milwaukee Council Bluffs San Francisco Indianapolis Denver and Lexington Ky.
Orlen Sollenberger who lived near Rock Creek sold 155 acres north of Fairbury to Bonawitz farm through H M Holbert Lincoln agent for the Omaha Federal Land Bank. Holbert says the bank intends to return a goodly portion of the land to private ownership.
Southeastern Nebraska notes a shift to fall weather with record low August temperatures. Beatrice hosts Ringling Brothers at the fairgrounds with locals planning to attend for educational value. The editor reminisces on old circus memories and mentions an upcoming Diller circus with elephants and bears.
The United States Navy Band performed a weekly concert before the Capitol as alarms of a fire near the navy yard triggered fears of sabotage. A lone man set a small fire at an ironing board, drawing a large emergency response, but the band continued playing under the Capitol dome. The report blends odd anecdotes about Buffalo Bill’s youth and a promotion for Hollywood films.
Leon Trotsky, former Bolshevik minister who fled Russia, was murdered Wednesday in his house near Mexico City. A man claiming admiration for the revolutionary carried out the attack with a miner's pickax, with Trotsky dying after naming the OGPU as responsible.
A Sunday walk leads to a church Sunday School lesson on miracles. A child answers that a miracle is something we can't do but Jesus can. The vicar seeks a more dignified reply, and the class offers the expected line, but the writer remains struck by the child’s simple definition.
Life in May last featured machine gun fire and constant guard for Leon Trotsky. Public opinion held him dangerous to world peace due to his revolutionary aims, yet his execution was condemned as cowardly.
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