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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
4
Entry at the Diller Nebraska post office indicates the item is processed for mailing as second class matter under standard postal procedures. The notice records the mail stream status and confirms classification for periodical or nonperiodical distribution.
Reports indicate a potential new oil pool near Fall City while the Ellis well remains at a standstill. Frank W. Weber visited the office last Friday with three paper bills and urged the editor to advance his Record subscription.
Mrs Nannie Packer of 404 South East Street Indianola Iowa sent in an annual calling card with a money order for 1.50 dollars to apply on her subscription.
The town board met Tuesday and revised village appointments. John Greider was named water commissioner and marshal effective November 1, retiring F Grabber as water commissioner, Will Bond as marshal, with Moser and Green removed from roles.
Mrs. Cal Wag goner and Mrs. Clara Allen were en route from Beatrice when a sudden storm near Ellis forced them to pull over. The wind rushed past the car as the clutch failed and brakes held, a nearby telephone pole standing still showed the vehicle was stationary.
The editor and wife and Harold Allen drove to Fairbury on Saturday morning. They traveled via Jansen due to heavy rain. Highland Park in north Fairbury is noted as becoming a beauty spot with green grass and growing trees along the highway.
A reader learns from Fred Clark who can explain corn production theories quickly and believes in hybrid seed benefits. He favors hybrid corn as a practical focus and suggests real-world value in Pap hybrids.
The report notes a defense move listing all trucks and buses in the United States. Nebraska is compiling by mail an inventory of vehicles with full details. About 70,000 trucks and 400 buses in Nebraska are to report for possible later checks.
W. H. Leask of Fairbury is appointed to aid the Jefferson County selective service board in placing returning soldiers sailors and marines in jobs. Brigadier General Guy N. Henninger, state director of selective draft, announced the appointment. Leask has been ill from a heart attack but is improving.
Louis Brandeis the first Jewish member of the U S Supreme Court died at his Washington home at 7 p m Sunday evening aged 84 He was appointed to the court in 1916 by President Wilson and retired in February 1939 Justice Brandeis was orthodox in his Jewish faith and supported Zionist aims for a Hebrew national home in Palestine.
Governor Dwight Griswold announced a civilian defense planning meeting at Crete city hall at 3 30 p m on Monday October 20 1941. The gathering open to residents of York Fillmore Saline Thayer Gage and Jefferson counties will feature Wade R Martin vice chairman of the Nebraska advisory defense committee and Col Edward L Wilbur director of the 8th civilian defense areas outlining plans.
Brigadier General Guy Henninger, state director of selective draft, warns local boards to defer inductions of students during a quarter or semester. Boards may defer those in training or occupations vital to health or safety, to protect ongoing studies.
A brief item notes a curious edible dust described as iy ink and jelly used to even out food texture or flavor. Authorities or sponsors are not named. The fragment hints at culinary experimentation rather than a named event or product launch.
Mr and Mrs W A Snyder travelled to Lincoln last Friday and stayed until Sunday evening. They lodged with Mr and Mrs Delbert Stotts while the Greiders stayed with their nephew and niece Mr and Mrs Henry Friebie. The Dillerites visited many old Dil ler acquaintances now in Lincoln. Mrs Delbert Stotts reportedly skinned her knees elbow and eyebrows after catching her toe in a street car track but recovered enough to resume duties the next day.
The Kensington division of the Woman's Association of the Congregational church met October 3 in the church vestry. Mrs. Ralph Long led the devotionals and presided at the business meeting. An entertainment contest had members identify 36 trees and shrubs by leaves and twigs with Mrs. Ralph Long winning. Clara Allen attended as guest. lunch served by Vivian Geer, Fannie Eick, Clara Green and Cora Weigel. Reporter.
The comic opera Robin Hood premiered in Chicago on June 9, 1890, marking its first production.
Navy and Naval Reserve sailors maintain top fitness with shipboard basketball on the U S S Wright and other ships. Nearly every vessel fields a basketball team with fierce rivalries across crafts. In addition to basketball crews compete in football baseball boxing bowling wrestling and tennis with trophies awarded to top teams and players.
The bulletin describes structural clay tile for defense construction with textured exterior and smooth interior faces, weather and fire resistance, and use in the National Guard armory in Hot Springs Arkansas. It also details a ceramic bathtub with flat bottom panel front glasslike finish and safety features, plus a low cost garage door hardware enabling upward operation and retrofitting old doors for budget homes.
Lancaster Pennsylvania earns its nickname as America’s Garden Spot for rich soil and farm prosperity. The pamphlet from the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce highlights its English Palatinate German Scotch Irish and French Huguenot settlement roots and notes a large Plain People presence in the area.
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