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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
8
Pastor F Albin Heinz leads a 9 30 am service with a 10 30 am German service. Memorial Day events include afternoon services in Manchoh and Gersman at 2 pm on cemetery grounds. A Vacation Bible School starts Tuesday June 1 at 2 pm. Missionary meeting discusses church growth in Korea. Public invited to all services.
An 1826 Advertiser copy recounts a vast herd of wild horses seen on prairie near the Rocky Mountains. The author describes the horses marching in a phalanx, their varied colors and forms, and their fierce, restless movements. A patient donkey brays, triggering a stampede that drives the herd away into the plains.
The author argues that despite widespread violence in Germany China Spain Italy and the Americas the world remains comparatively calm. References to Bolshevik era and Mussolini imply a satire of current leaders while noting sporadic conflicts and political instability worldwide.
The speaker laments naming rivals from the past and notes gangsters kidnappers and shady politicians. They claim these groups do not fight but commit daily offenses and shadowy acts while the League of Nations is expected to restrain global belligerence.
The speaker reflects on loving enemies as life reaches perfection but rejects future warm regard for those who blind with glaring headlights. A critique of human limits and the moral challenge of hostile behavior on the road.
The Pathfinder lists quirky names and roles: Humbug Chemical Co. makes bug poison in Mebane North Carolina. Tony Horn is a Northwestern University cheerleader. A Leaker is an Illinois plumber. Miss Lyon is secretary to Mr. Lamb in Nappanee Indiana. Dr Cleaver is an Akron surgeon and Dr Aker a Minneapolis dentist.
The school year closed Wednesday May 25 in Dist 56 under Miss Logan with a community picnic. Students enjoyed a noon dinner, cake, ice cream, school songs, visiting and ball games. Honorees included Arthur Behrends Esther Behrends Delpha Wiemers for perfect attendance and several students for six and nine months spelling averages. Hazel Vanier Roe Sparks received awards with averages of 93 10 14 and 88 4 7 respectively.
An article notes the 85 year history of United States postage stamps. It recalls the first issues in 1847 with 5 and 10 cent denominations and portraits of Franklin and Washington, plus early usage by postmasters and English adoption in 1840.
Ashburton, England The Buckfast Abbey, ruined for four centuries, is near completion of a restoration by a small group of Benedictine monks living in Devonshire valley. For 26 years they have worked in relays, rebuilding the great gray and yellow stone monastery begun in the eighth century and now slated for consecration in August.
Reports from Berlin say a Russian engineer has invented wings that can shorten in flight and lengthen on descent, enabling an ordinary airplane to reach about 250 miles per hour. The aviation department of the Soviet government supposedly backing the solution to wing resistance, noting wide spans at takeoff and reduced drag at altitude.
Washington report notes investigation of concrete highway design and construction. At the twenty ninth annual convention of the American Road Builders association in Detroit January 11 to 15, 1932, speakers will outline why more concrete is used for rural highways and review design types and advantages.
The Baltic smugglers deploy a mysterious poisonous gas to disable pursuers. Equipment for gas production was found aboard a ship under a Greek flag sheltering on the Esthenian coast. Report says the gas has already attacked patrol crews, inflaming clothes and hindering pursuit.
Mohawk valley fog may force Canastota New York to lose its air port as officials hint the airline could be moved south to avoid dense fogs. Village leaders consider options for the airport if Canastota is dropped from the regular state air route.
The article notes efforts to find new cotton applications aiding southern farmers. It cites plans for doorknobs, buttons, automobile paint, writing papers, shock absorbers, wire insulators and artificial leathers from the full cotton plant. It also mentions revival of cotton textiles and new markets for upholstery linings and auto-tire cords.
A small deer forced entry through a rear screen door into the Bangor Maine Theological Seminary home of Professor John J Martin. The animal raided several downstairs rooms including the study before being captured by a family member and led back outside.
A quoted exchange notes the claim of modesty by Fannie Joe and contrasts it with bragging patterns to reveal skepticism about true modesty. The dialogue questions how one could know if someone is modest without boasting.
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