Diller Family Tangles and WPA Job Cuts Mentioned
A Wichita boy Jimmie Diller is linked to the Diller family in a lively tale as crowds seek entertainment. Across the nation thousands of WPA workers quit over new act cuts, with 200 600 off rolls and a 60 day vacation rule for those on WPA 18 months. A crossing near Ellis Beatrice road may gain a gate after multiple crashes, including a Madison County car collision that demolished two autos and sent one driver to hospital.
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Jimmie Diller
Wichita
Philadelphia
Diller Dillers
Jimmie
Clark Diller
D H Diller
Hod
Effie
Gene
Effie Clark
WPA
State Road Department
Qdell- Beatrice
Ellis
Rock Island
Madison County
Ford
Fatal crash near Beatrice claims four Lincoln youths
Morning accident five miles north of Beatrice on highway 77 killed four from Lincoln after their car, leaving a Riverside Park dawn dance, crashed into a loaded cream truck en route to Fairbury. The car burned and victims were not identified. The piece questions late celebrations and urges restraint at celebrations.
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Beatrice
Highway 77
Lincoln
Fairbury
Riverside Park
Marijuana menace and anti drug campaign movement noted
The article warns of marijuana use and its social harms, citing Dr. Elmer Rollings and Defender Magazine. It cites federal seizures of smoking marijuana totaling 1600 tons in 1938 plus wide legislative and civic group efforts to curb youth access, with examples of crime linked to drug use and public health warnings.
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Order of Assassins
Elmer James Rollings
Detroit
Defender Magazine
America
United States
Rollings
United States Congress
Parent Teacher Cluba
WCTU
General Federation of Women’s Clube
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Nebraska Republican editors to meet at Hotel Lincoln
Nebraska editors invited to a Tuesday noon luncheon at Hotel Lincoln in Lincoln. Host Hugh Butler will introduce National Committeeman Franklyn Waltman as leaders push claims that new deal Democrats are on the run and that Republican victory is assured for Nebraska and the nation in 1940.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Franklyn Waltman
Hugh Butler
Nation
Local WPA Workers Laid Off Amid Temporary Setback
Several WPA workers were laid off this week with expectation the actions are temporary. Local officials cited funding gaps and a short-term lull in projects as the cause.
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WPA
Little Mary Seeks Prayer Before Surgery
Nine year old Mary prays before surgery as she faces a serious illness in a city hospital. Her steadfast faith influences her father who, moved by the moment, embraces Christianity and the surgeon also prays, leading to the girl’s rapid recovery.
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Mary
Jesus
Papa
Christian Herald
Fairbury Band Heads Lincoln Parade on July Fourth
The Fairbury high school band was selected as official band to lead the parade and perform at the National Amateur Athletic Union track meet in Lincoln stadium on Tuesday July Fourth. The group, over fifty students, is praised for top marching and drill as Nebraska's best pep unit, in new West Point style uniforms, with Kenneth E. Faust as trainer and director.
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Fairbury
Lincoln
Lincoln Stadium
Nebraska
West Point
Kenneth E. Faust
Fairbury School
Beer kegs and bottles mark early Monday crash near Jansen
An early Monday crash involving a truck and car occurred near Jansen as local motorists passed by. The scene showed conspicuous evidence with beer kegs and bottles scattered around the wreckage.
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Jansen
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Claude Cavett
University of Alberta At
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Capitol City
Claude
Grand Prairie
British Columbia
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Commodity Credit Corporation
C. A. Cooper Co
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Beatrice Power Company
Odell, Nebraska
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B. Ackermen Optometrist
Fairbury, Nebraska
Dr.o.q. Diehl
Diller, Nebraska
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