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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
4
Rural Dawn Time Plan Faces Narrow Support
The daylight savings proposal would shift waking hours for rural residents who rise at dawn and retire with the chickens, reflecting broad regional differences in daily routines and energy use.
Roosevelt nominates Delehant for Nebraska judge
President Roosevelt nominated John W. Delehant of Beatrice to be United States district judge for Nebraska to succeed the late Thomas C. Munger who resigned and died. Senate approval is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
John W. Delehant
Beatrice
United States
Nebraska
Thomas C. Munger
Senate
Charley Adams Quits Lee Baking for Mobile Bread Route
Charley Adams, longtime Lee Baking Company bread man, has left his job and plans to quit Fairbury for Mobile Alabama this week to start a bread delivery route in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Adams
Lee Baking Company
Charley
Fairbury
Mobile
Alabama
Alley Bottleneck to be Replaced with Wide Street
The Monday Star reports a plan to fix a bottleneck alley on 15th Street between O and R at Lincoln. Buildings on both sides will be razed to create a full width street between O and R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
15Th Street
O and R
Lincolm
Monday Star
Arnold greetings sent to Diller area
Geo W Arnold of Geneva asks to extend greetings to Arnold friends in Diller and nearby. He left Harbine six years ago and notes 1941 was his best year since moving to Geneva, selling policies for Bankers Life Insurance Co of Nebraska as top special agent with $230 000 in annual business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Arnold
Geneva
Arnold
Diller and
Arnolds
Harbine
Geo
Banker’s Life Insurance Company of
Nebraska
Record Office Subscription Notices In Arrears Cause Usual Concerns
Several statements of account have gone out since January first representing the publisher who cannot meet the public as before. Subscriptions over one year in arrears are declared invalid by the Post Office, though many readers know the facts behind the delays due to the publisher’s illness. The paper notes financial constraints and a cautious stance toward the law, while acknowledging the need to handle funds prudently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posta
Sam
Aliens urged to apply for certificates at county post office
Italian and Japanese aliens are asked to apply for certificates of identification at the county seat post office. Applications run from February 9 to 28. Citizens without naturalization papers should secure a certificate to avoid embarrassment.
Plan to pause at 11 A.M. for victory prayer adopted by Omaha grain exchange
Foster May notes the Omaha grain exchange will pause for one minute at eleven each morning to pray for armed forces. He calls it a move toward Divine Providence though cautions about misinterpretation of scripture. Dr Michelson from Los Angeles discusses related topics Sundays at 1 30 over KFAB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster May
Moodey
Omaha
Michelson
Los Angeles
Cadet D R Garrels Heads to Flight Training at Kelly Field
Aviation Cadet D R Garrels son of Mr and Mrs Fred Garrels completes basic military training at Kelly Field Texas and departs to begin flight training. He is part of the first wartime class to finish the Replacement Center program and will move to primary flying schools in the Gulf Coast area to test his skills in the cockpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R Garrels
Fred Garrels
Air Corps Replacement Training Center
Kelly Field
Texas
Clase
Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center
Cless Room
Lafe Brown and the High Lonesome in Local Lore
A Chicago woman questions the origin of Lafe and the phrase high lonesome sparked by a Nebraska item. The piece discusses Mrs Hic Heiman ordering liquor and Lafe Brown’s actions, plus Robert Diller’s interest in the name Life and its Lafayette connection, noting Lafe’s rarity today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Columbia University Press of New York
Lafe
Diller
Nebraska
Hic Heiman
Lafe Brown
Hic
Robert Diller
Marquis de Lafayette
Mississippi
Louisispa
55 Bushels Per Acre Report From Conrad Farmer Sam Friday
Sam Friday of Conrad reports crop yields from 55 bushels per acre for corn on 125 acres, beans yielding 15 to 35, and beets 40 to 75, noting drought last summer from June to August and favorable prices spurring subscription续.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Friday
Conrad
Jaws
Lew
Sam
Old Pate, a Remarkable Saddle Horse, Passes Away
Sorrow filled Earl Weigel's Monday as Old Pate died after a sudden stomach pain. The famed saddle horse, beloved by children, could calm unruly livestock and haul loads with a rope from his horn. He refused to be haltered without a whip, yet kneeling to help kids mount, he remained a village character into his 23rd year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Weigel
Old Pate
Orthopedic expert faults army shoes fit and supply
H. L. Whitman, shoe inventor, says the US government spends thousands daily on army footwear with many inspectors yet fails to provide properly fitting shoes. He cites a surplus of wide sizes and scarcity of narrow ones as the core problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
H. L. Whitman
Smallest Incorporated Town Delivers Dogs to Duty
In 1925 the Dellingers forged the incorporation of their eight person town Deliview North Carolina to curb raids by a band of dogs at their poultry ranch. The drastic legal move wiped out the dog pack and the ranch later became a hay and vegetable farm while keeping town status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deliview
N. C
Davis PP
Dyer
Davis Dellinger
Dellingers
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Diller Record
L. M. Cavett
Marthe
Arte Ee Te T
St Diller Nebe
Farm Defense Board
Usda Defense Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Usda Defense’ Board
Cooper’s
Diller, Nebraska
S. C. Hutchinson
Drs
Hull & Hull Dentists
Scottsbluff
Odell
General Hospital
C. E. Rice, M. D
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