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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
2
Student assembly includes the pledge of allegiance and a reaffirmation of liberty and justice for all. Teachers lead the ceremony as classes observe the civic ritual in the morning program.
Dick Close is temporarily employed to assist John Sailing in operating the Standard Oil delivery truck, taking on driving duties to keep deliveries on schedule.
Gardens and lawns dry from Nebraska July heat with chinch bugs thriving but grasshoppers scarce. Reports describe parched turf, brown patches, and farmers watching for rain to ease the frizzle.
John Clauson buys ice cream cones for himself but his dog Jack begs so hard he ends up with most of them. The playful scene centers on a man and his dog during a warm moment.
Thirty years ago a young man hid a protruding shirt tail in his trousers out of shame. Fifty years later the fashion norm changes with casual ease as men let their shirt tails fly free and feel liberated.
Reported in circles that Postmaster General James A. Farley plans to purchase the New York Yankees for four million dollars. Speculation also notes Jack Dempsey’s financial pressures pushing him back into boxing after a previously lucrative career.
Chinch bugs are damaging wide corn strips near stubble fields especially to the south and west. If no action is taken, several fields may be ruined. Rain is needed to aid recovery and plant health.
Owners in Diller Reynolds Endicott and Jansen alerted to foreclosure in tax sale certificates. Proceedings brought in district court by County Treasurer C. G. nae and County Attorney F. M ain.
George Andrews and his wife from St Joe paid $1.50 for last week and another $1.50 for next time to renew his subscription. He included a note saying he forgot previously, and the publisher was cheered by the gesture.
A British MP proposed transferring an island in or near the west Indies to the United States to settle Britain's world war debt running into several billion dollars. He lamented France had not acted similarly and argued Americans would feel better if any effort had been made to pay their indebtedness.
Several churches in the region try new schedules to curb heat impact. Some move morning services up by 30 to 60 minutes with no evening service. The Baptists at Fairbury run two morning services on Sundays in July and August with 8:00 a.m. preaching and a 10:50 a.m. second sermon, plus 9:35 a.m. Sunday school. Other churches suspend services for a month or so to vacation.
Joe Bures the Odell beer specialist and Chas Hohl cinta of the neighboring village were visitors this forenoon.
Wheat harvest is nearly finished as several combines worked early this week. Small threshers handle shocked grain. In the east of town, Norman Frisbie’s oats on the Fouta land averaged about 40 bushels per acre with a 74 acre patch yielding 58 bushels. Oats are of excellent quality.
Victor Rosewater son of Ed Rosewater founder of the Omaha Bee died in Philadelphia last Friday night at age 69. He edited the Omaha Bee and led Nebraska Republicans before 1922, later serving as chairman of the Republican National Convention in 1912.
The article notes Franklin D Roosevelt was drafted to be the Democratic candidate for a third term at the Chicago convention near midnight. It hints at a highly negative campaign, citing Senator Barkley's keynote address as an example of mudslinging rhetoric in the race.
J B Roasitler of Witthill Nebraska chairman of the Nebraska State Racing Commission announced that this year’s Ak-Sar-Ben meet in Omaha yielded 34128.35 in dividends the largest since 1935. Each of Nebraska’s 98 county fairs will receive 336 up 25 from last year. A total of 12000 in pool money was distributed to Nebraska horsemen and a 25 bonus was offered for every Nebraska bred horse winning open races to encourage local competition.
Robert Wadlow of Altos Illinois died in Manistee Michigan on July 15 at age 22. He stood 8 feet 94 inches and weighed 491 pounds, the tallest known person. His death followed ankle brace chafing and infection linked to his giant size.
A Pathfinder note cites experiments claiming saltier diets cure cannibalism in captive game birds. It describes Wolf 457 as an extremely dense dwarf star and notes a single cubic inch would weigh 9000 tons.
A tattered recount notes Richardson County named for a Nebraska governor and Falls City tied to a river gorge. It traces Nemeha river changes, Hinton's mill, and late reservation land transfers involving Sioux, Fox, and Ute tribes. Discovery of unpatented 40 acres ends a deed dispute.
Joe Sera notes that the arrival of the Indiaman dampens enthusiasm among the lecturing fraternity promoting youth reform. He praises Willkie from Hoosier dam as a reformer who bucked the system, noting his past work and current presidential candidacy.
Patients unable to eat or with severed alimentary tracts can receive nourishment for weeks by methods created by Dr. Robert Elman and Dr. D O Weiner of Washington University School of Medicine. Death can often be delayed until digestion resumes.
A writer recalls his father dying suddenly while tending flowers on a Monday. Though ill Sunday morning, he wished to attend church and Sunday school, joking about his future seat in heaven. A Moody Monthly quote about rest in eternity frames the vignette.
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