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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1940
Page
4
Rural mail carriers faced tough roads of late as Scott Miller reached town by eight The carriers usually arrive well before dinner after a long trek on rough routes through the countryside
The Record notes the reporter failed to meet Mrs. Wm. Freitag during a Harbine visit. Freitag is described as the village's oldest resident, a noteworthy figure in the romantic town.
Word reaches relatives that Robert Maw and Robert Thompson have advanced to First Class seamen. The two were at Pearl Harbor Hawaii at the time of this report, along with Will Bowers.
The Rev. F. E. Sala former financial secretary of Bryan Memorial Hospital Lincoln died in Kirkland Washington on November 22. He had been in ill health for several years and was a familiar figure in Diller where he represented the hospital.
News clippings from distant papers show Everett Clark drawing wide publicity after purchasing a town lot for a quarter. The transaction is spreading via reports reaching Diller and a San Diego Union front page picked up the item.
Mary Beckwith visits Omaha last week and discovers its size. She is fascinated by the arrival of a large bomber at the airport bound for the east to be turned over to Britain. Her brother measures the wing span as about 150 feet.
A location stake for an oil test on Frank Agos’s land east of Ellis reportedly hit a hard obstruction which turned out to be a horse shoe. The shoe now sits atop the stake, prompting speculation about luck for the venture.
Charley Waggoner and Ray Green enjoyed two turkey dinners on Thanksgiving Day. Charley ate at his mother-in-law's at noon and Van Marter's in Fairbury for dinner. Ray dined at Esther Raymond's in Lincoln and at Everett's in the evening. They speculate on how events will unfold today as Old Thanksgiving approaches and promise more Thanksgiving news next week.
Neighbors and friends south of town relieve the Wenz family by taking turns staying with Mr. Wenz in the hospital at night. Mr. Wenz's condition is not improving much, and attendants report limited progress in his recovery.
In the tax sale of the Sam Thompson residence, the Lutheran bidders have relinquished their claim to Mrs. Christie Seaman. The deed will be made to Seaman if the sale is confirmed by Judge Clayde B. Ellis in the December term of District Court.
One town in the state celebrates Thanksgiving in the traditional manner. Randolph in Cedar County in the northeast recalls the holiday as observed by South Dakota and Iowa, influencing the local mayor’s stance.
Forrest Estes, ally of Ivan Sullivan and Lowell Haenze, part of the Diller State Bank gang, received a 25 year term in the Fort Madison Iowa district court after recent capture. The trio escaped from the penitentiary last spring and are now imprisoned. Sullivan faces a death sentence.
A morning gathering at Waggoner Bros Store discussed civet cats chunks and trapping methods for skunks and rats. Zelleny claimed six rats killed with one shot near his residence barn but four hundred escaped. the talk shifted from snakes to rodent control.
Five fellows Ira Casper Harry Thompson Henry Scheele Harry Walher and Leland Cleary drove 90 miles to Camp Funston Kansas and back hoping for work. They could not enter without a card nor park nearby and were kept moving by MPs to reduce congestion. The site was busy with workers on new structures.
A converted native teacher in India explains to a missionary that truth must be spread actively. When asked why people don’t flock to Christianity, he compares it to milk versus whiskey showing milk sellers must go door to door to reach people. He uses this to illustrate that faith spreads through proclamation.
The notice urges all aliens in the United States as of August 27 to register and be fingerprinted by December 26, with penalties of up to $1000 fine and six months in jail for noncompliance. Visit the local postmaster for details and to complete the process.
Ed Jones of Fairbury joins the Percheron Horse Association of America board in Chicago during the International Live Stock Show to plan 1940 projects and select the Percheron Achievement Breeder. The annual award previously went to Ernest L. Humbert in 1938 and Watson H. Butter in 1939. Jones has served on the board since 1927.
A brief description notes Martha Washington as small and plump with dark hair and hazel eyes, highlighting her domestic and courtly image.
Sunday and Monday December 12 feature Tyrone Power in the famed screen role of The Mark Of Zorro with Linda Daniel and Sasi Rath bone. Cartoon and News Tuesday Only December 3 offers Boisterous stage hit Daley starring Ann Sothern plus Andy Clyde comedy spotlight news.
The listing highlights Rosalind Russell in Hired Wife with Brian Alieroe and Andy Bruce and John Barry in The Great Profile. Also showing Sandy Gets Her Man and Ray Corrigan in West of Pinto Basin with News Friday and Saturday December 6 7.
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