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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1930
Page
2
Moscow reports show opening of All Union Congress of Atheists urges end to church targeted excesses. speakers insist on peaceful persuasion and scientific explanation to separate faith from state and reject forcible church closures. Pope Pius condemned in coverage.
Travelers from Moscow report peasants in several provinces rising against collectivization while city factory workers strike amid food shortages. Red Army deployment follows six uprisings in weeks, with industrial areas suffering under disordered agricultural conditions. Workers refuse to work without better rations.
War department officials announced plans to extend Inland Waterways Corporation barge transportation to the Illinois River and Chicago within the next year. Operations to Chicago depend on progress on the Illinois waterway link as part of Hoover era inland waterway policy.
New York reports the Literary Digest poll showing 532,026 oppose the current prohibition and 191,909 favor enforcement. The survey of 20 million citizens notes a growing demand for repeal and a shift from earlier calls for light wine and beer modification.
Bandit hordes in Kiangsi's Fuan district purportedly killed over 2000 people early this month under General Chutoh. Reports say he remains in control as American, British and Japanese gunboats patrol the Yangtse to prevent further massacres.
London reports Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, resigns from the Society for Physical Research after 36 years of active membership following a clash of views with fellow members.
Chicago reports Sam H. Thompson says the American Farm Bureau Federation will test the agricultural marketing act before pushing changes. Directors note time needed to evaluate the farm board and consider possible use of an equalization fee to aid farm relief, with Minnesota and other officials weighing future steps.
President Ortiz Rubio announces that President Hoover has accepted an invitation to visit Mexico City during Rubio's presidency. The date remains undisclosed, and Rubio hopes Hoover will reciprocate the U.S. visit last year.
A fire and film explosion at a Kirin moving picture theater in Manchuria killed 130 people and injured many more. Most victims were Chinese including relatives of officials.
The Earl of Balfour a British statesman died at Fisher's Hill house the residence of his brother Gerald Balfour in Surrey England at the age of eighty one The news notes his prominence and age.
Fifty six churches in Moscow will be converted into cultural and educational centers workers clubs and other institutions. The plan was officially announced.
George E. Huckins of 26 per cent renown was found guilty in Cedar Rapids District Court of obtaining money under false pretenses as the court handed down a verdict.
The United States Employment Service reports Nebraska will see material job gains in 30 to 60 days if weather holds. February showed labor surplus, especially in building trades, with spring highway, building, and municipal work expected to lift employment. Nationally, auto and steel demand rise, and large highway and utility programs may absorb many jobseekers.
A Nebraskan letter argues there are no sand dunes in Nebraska. It explains the sand hill country now thrives as a major grazing and crop region with fossil lands near Dakota and Wyoming and notes Nebraska ranks high among agricultural states for major crops.
Lincoln two conferences on industrial safety codes will be held next month under the department of labor. Ernest M. Pollard said letters were sent to about seventy five Nebraska firms inviting attendance from employers employees and the general public.
Dawson county sugar beet farmers have applied for contract acreage for the season. about 5,000 acres are contracted with more on a waiting list. The American Sugar Beet company can accept only part of the requests. The price is seven dollars per ton for beets averaging fifteen percent sugar content.
Midland College A cappella choir of 68 voices will tour 2,500 miles through Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio and Missouri before March 31. The group will give 12 concerts in as many cities during its 16 day trip.
Mrs. Lucy Delabara aged 77 died in Alliance hospital after an operation. She was the first white girl born at old Fort Kearney within the fort stockades when the territory was overrun by hostile Indians.
In a special meeting the Fremont city council authorized the board of public works to buy the electric light and power line serving residents west of the city. The line now receives power from North Bend whose distributing plant was sold to the Nebraska Power company of Omaha.
With 2,769 paid up members, Omaha Post, American Legion again claims the world’s largest post for this year. A final cleanup drive added 500 members recently. The title will be decided at the annual national convention this fall as Louisville and Memphis posts press Omaha closely.
North Platte Municipal airport is leased to Boeing interests for 10 years with an option to extend for up to 60 years. Boeing may construct hangars and a passenger depot and sell gasoline to itinerant fliers. The city will receive $1,500 annually.
Scottsbluff voters approve a 25 year franchise for Western Public Service Company to supply power. The tally is 1538 to 274 with administrative offices kept in Scottsbluff for over 100 Nebraska and Wyoming towns served. A four story office building will soon be erected at Scottsbluff.
Fifty four high school newspapers entered the fourth annual tri state press contest under Theta Gamma Epsilon at Midland college. The event runs March 22 to April 26 and draws 23 Kansas 17 Nebraska and 14 Iowa publications. The Division A trophy will be awarded by Herbert Walker of Cleveland, a press association editor and Midland college graduate.
Optimistic agricultural conditions in Nebraska are reflected in recent land sales recorded by the Nebraska Mortgage Bankers Association. A total of 2,060 acres across ten counties averaged over $200 per acre, including a 60 acre tract in Washington County selling at $265 per acre. Chauncey A. Bush purchased 80 acres southeast of Lincoln in Lancaster County at $225 per acre.
Revenue freight on all Nebraska railroads in February totaled 63 977 cars up 1 033 from February 1929. W J Smith of the American Railway association car service division in Omaha said the January February total this year reached 111 468 cars versus 108 295 last year. Grain flour and mill products hay poultry bull ion sand and gravel sugar automobiles packing house products and miscellaneous shipments rose while livestock and potatoes fell.
A Reynolds group led by R. A. Bothwell met county officials and Fairbury chamber officials to push graveling eight miles of cooperative road work. They request two miles west to the Thayer county line and six miles north to Highway No 3. Reynolds pledges $100 per mile, the chamber $25, with commissioners covering the remainder.
Indianapolis reports the expulsion of district president Alexander Howat and the Kansas district executive board from the United Mine Workers of America, plus revocation of the district charter. The move followed claims of a conspiracy to destroy the union and aligned with John L. Lewis and the international leadership.
Washington. The United States Chamber of Commerce plans to discuss the grain trade vs the federal farm board at its April 30 to May 3 convention in Washington. Negotiations on policies and practices of the farm board are on the tentative program. Grain trade spokesmen seek a definite stance against the board, while board supporters expect action. Chairman Alexander Legge may be invited to speak for the board.
Three Ohioans are dead and 125 hospitalized with a mysterious paralysis linked to a Jamaican ginger drink. Cases spread around Cincinnati plus Middletown and Mount Vernon with widespread sickness and fear.
Louisville reports about 100 more cases of puzzling paralysis linked to adulterated Jamaica ginger. The total victims in the state near 500. Atlanta officials say 370 Southern residents have been stricken with Jamaica ginger paralysis, per state health laboratory director T F Sellers.
Chase National Bank joins Equitable Trust and Interstate Trust to form a new institution with resources near three billion dollars. Directors of all three banks voted to merge creating what they call the world’s largest financial entity.
New York report from the churchs national commission on the reserve pension fund recommends creating a $20,000,000 fund to pension pastors who reach age sixty five. The proposal aims to secure retirement support for M E church clergy nationwide.
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