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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
4
Beatrice mourns the death of William Bivens, a Civil War veteran aged 98, who lived in Gage county for 30 years. The Woodmen of the World life insurance society nears its 50th anniversary on June 6, 1940, with main offices in Omaha.
Residents note cardinal sightings from their kitchen window as spring nears. The male is bright red while the female appears reddish brown, with several observations recorded recently.
Manfried Hauptman and his mother win a combined 2500 dollars from a New York jury. The boy suffered a leg injury after being struck by an automobile while playing in front of his home on May 5 1938. The mother receives 2000 of the award.
A new Townsend bill in the senate by Senator Downey would provide payments not to exceed $200 per month to all persons over sixty. A 2 percent gross income tax on incomes above $250 a month would fund the plan.
A former Kaiser leader urges immediate peace with the Allies and then Finland to combat Bolshevism, while readers doubt wartime atrocity reports. The piece weaves in weather curiosities from Alaska to Mississippi, letters from Albert Lea and Lexington, and a Mississippi river whisky hoist anecdote from the 1880s.
The Lexington and Saratoga boast two of the world’s largest elevators for aircraft, rising from hangar decks to shoot planes up and down. On long trips Lexington refuels destroyers underway, while Saratoga hosts Roe Sparks in training. The Plymouth News cuts syndication to fight rats, affecting inside pages but not local news.
Americans will mark Lincoln's birthday on the 12th and St Valentine on the 14th. About four inches of snow blanketed the area Saturday from 2 30 PM. no wind, snow remaining where it fell. Mrs F S Adams of Butler Missouri sent in a Record subscription this week, formerly Miss Shively, once a resident of Diller fifty years ago.
The Record corrects prior misstatements about South school in Beat rice. The school sits two blocks south of the old Beatrice Hotel, which itself lies two blocks south of Court on 7th. Rachel Viers will teach there.
Harold Bowers a Sutherland druggist contracted mumps last weekend according to his mother Mrs Pickard His two sons informed their schoolteacher they would remain home due to the illness delaying their return to school
Harve Pittinger and Mrs Thos Price have closed their Beatrice home and will stay with Harve’s daughter Mrs Elsie McAtee at 1505 M Street Lincoln. They request records be sent to the Lincoln address during this period.
The 36th annual meeting of the county assessors association of Nebraska will be held at the Mary Etta hotel in Fairbury February 8 and 9. Fairbury residents participate. Arthur J Denney opens the meeting. Homer S Yeakle gives welcome. Earl Howell presides as toastmaster. C Howell presents motion pictures. Rev Paul Hilman gives the invocation.
In a unanimous decision Justice Mc Reynolds writes that the List Amendment authorizes states to regulate intoxicating liquors imported from outside without Commerce Clause restriction. States may prohibit manufacture transport sale or possession and adopt measures to enforce these prohibitions with full police power.
Describes the heart as a four chambered muscular cone located in the thorax between the lungs. The heart sits obliquely behind the lower sternum, base up back and right, apex down front and up, with the left side emphasized.
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