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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
8
A long retrospective lists local incidents from forty years ago. Names such as Ira Wood Elsie Jeffryes John Wood and Wm Woods Ste appear with injuries births land sales and community events. The piece notes GAR WRC officers inducted a large PIN procession of locals and a Pennsylvania butchering feast at Mrs Annie M Diller’s home.
A collection of notes recalls events from fifty years ago including quail season closure in 1892, a Beatrice real estate ad offering homes for rent, a wedding near Diller, a magic lantern show at the opera house, and a bevy of local women elected to the Corps office. Local officials audited decade-old county books revealing ex-clerks owing thousands and the county attorney directed to recover debts.
Diller rural students brave ice and snow to reach school after an eleven day Christmas break. The second semester starts January 12 with tests this week and curriculum changes including Advanced Arithmetic replacing Algebra and Advanced Civics for Rural Sociology. Music tryouts are underway, a new ping pong set rewards sales of tuberculosis seals, and Dorothy Roelfs joins as a new sophomore student from Fairbury.
The Burlington worldwide right of way prioritizes armed forces movement. Troops and war supplies will move swiftly with no interference. Burlington promises adequate freight and passenger service and invites shipments and travel via Burlington. W. I. Filley, Diller, Nebraska.
The page features Anne Shirley in the All Money Can’t Break serial with W Wiliams in Secrets of the Werewolf and Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc showing Mat night. The entry lists a 25t tax included.
National Red Cross chairman Norman H. Davis announces a 50 million dollar War Fund from Washington to support local chapters and relief programs for military families and civilians. President Roosevelt backs the drive urging all citizens to contribute, stressing unity and morale in aiding wounded, homeless, and distressed in the Pacific.
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