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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1937
Page
4
Last week Jefferson County issued fifty eight automobile licenses. forty five went to Fairbury while no licenses were issued to residents of Diller.
Nineteen oil and gas leases were recorded last week on land in Buckley precinct. An oil strike there would boost Reynolds considerably.
Acard from Beatrice states Donald Hurst remains bedbound with a troubled health issue causing his renewed indisposition and difficulty.
Bob Green showed strong performance during Tuesday evening ceremonies and could join the rhetorical class. All senior speakers performed well while Elmer Sasse spoke under a heavy cold but completed his address.
An exchange quotes a southern speaker comparing the Lord to President Roosevelt with a crude racial slur. The passage contrasts a biblical invitation with a harsh proclamation toward Black and white people, reflecting racial tensions in the era.
After a two week lapse an announcement reports the birth of a third son to Mr and Mrs Chas A Lindbergh on May 12 at their English home. The Lindberghs fled the United States after persecution by a fever of crank letters and threats, and this family shows no hesitation in sharing their actions with Americans.
Last Thursday evening seniors defended their flag in the park amid tough exchanges with juniors. Beatings included bumped noses and black eyes while self defense skills were on display. Some older students from two or three years ago were involved, complicating matters. The piece ponders removing the flag idea from schools and notes a generational refrain about growing weaker yet wiser.
For professional piano tuning and general repair work, leave orders with Nelson Ingalsbe or at the Record office. C. B. Ingalsbe, Marysville, Kansas.
The article notes a surge of fuel oil being hauled from a central area, suggesting many hungry tractors in the region. It highlights the heavy trucking activity and the impact on local roads and economy as fuel supplies move through the area.
John D. Rockefeller Sr., famed billionaire industrialist known for vast wealth and philanthropy, died at his Florida winter home early Sunday morning at age 98. He built a massive fortune and influenced business and charity.
In a legislative debate in Oklahoma, Senator Bower Broaddus proposed a definition of a pedestrian as a man with three grown children and one car. The remark illustrates a gendered and outdated view used to frame the term during the discussion.
Eddie Cantor philosophy notes now is the time to fall in love as Filling station prices in Diller drop to 15 or 16 cents per gallon on Wednesday, a two cent cut.
Eleven men landed by plane thirteen miles from the pole last Friday where a Soviet base will be set up. They claim the Russians aim to contact the western U S coast from the top of the world. The north pole sits on a floating ice floe and any glory should go to the Russians.
The Record notes the Diller School News will pause for vacation. Staff praise, with Bob Green leading the school editorial group, and compliments for quality content. Separate item reports courthouse repairs costing about 14 534 dollars total, with government and county shares.
Premier Mussolini grants Italian Jews a privilege to avoid strong support for fascism or fleeing Italy. They must cease criticism of Premier Hitler and are forbidden to engage in Zionist activity aimed at establishing a Jewish state in Palestine. The move targets England’s mandate role over Palestine under the League of Nations.
A Pearson's London Weekly correspondent suggests Phoenician builders created Stonehenge type structures in Southern America and Africa and that Atlantis lay beneath the Atlantic. The piece speculates Venetians descended from Phoenicians after Atlantis’s destruction and mentions red-gold hair in Biddulph Moor as possible Venetian lineage.
A historical note describes the Jew’s harp as a long standing European instrument also called Jew’s trump. It explains its construction a steel frame and vibrating tongue pressed to the teeth. German makers Scheibler and Eulenstein expanded usage and Wheatstone analyzed its acoustics in 1828.
A historical note traces the true cross to the 4th century and notes Empress Helena’s 328 discovery of three crosses. A dead man allegedly revived on the third cross, suggesting the true cross’s identification. It also mentions the distribution of relics to Constantine and Rome and a fragment buried at Golgotha’s church.
John Hancock served as the first president of the Provincial Congress and the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He signed the Declaration of Independence and governed Massachusetts from 1780 to 1793, except for two years due to ill health, and he was the colony's first major general of the militia.
Special cars and trains bring scores of horses to Omaha for the Ak-Sar-Ben meet opening May 27 and running through July 5. Improvements include a new racing secretary Julius G Reeder and a $135000 purse boost. Texas California and Kentucky shipped many entries. Nebraska bred or owned races offer $14000 in prize money. A camera eye will decide close finishes from the top of the grandstand. Admission to field and grandstand is 55 cents. box seats 165.
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