Diller Neb Post Office Entry for Transmission
A note records a charge of 1.60 dollars for mail processing at the Diller Nebraska post office, indicating transmission as a second close matter.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
4
Jefferson County Administrative Club Meeting Noted
Initials JCAC in last week’s school schedule denote a Jefferson County Administrative Club teachers’ meeting. The entry signals a staff gathering rather than a student activity, reflecting school calendar notation.
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JCAC
Jefferson County Administrative Club
Teachers’ Meeting
Refugee Child's Night Prayer Becomes Gazette Note
The Montress Gazette reports a 6 year old English refugee, daughter of a British officer, praying nightly. Her prayer asks God to bless mummy and daddy and all soldiers and airmen and to take care of herself if bombed, reflecting wartime peril.
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Montress
Canada
Indianola Readers Value The Record As A Letter From Home
Mrs. Nannie Packer of Indianola Iowa says the Record is a good letter from home every week and would be lonely without it Most readers share that sentiment especially those far from the community events and news
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Nannie Packer
Indianola
Iowa
Record
Rededication services at St Pauls Lutheran Church
Church was refreshened and three services held Sunday with large audiences. Grounds were spruced and visitors welcomed as the St Pauls Lutheran Church marked a full day of worship and renewal.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Twenty Years Since Dedication of Steele City Presbyterian Church
The Steele City congregation marks its 20th anniversary of the church dedication next Sunday October 18 with a homecoming. Former pastors and members will attend. Rev J W Pressly of Omaha is slated to speak. A dinner in the basement will follow.
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Harry Patton
Frank Johnson
Hubert Patton
Carl Franzen
Presbyterian Church
Steele City
J. W. Pressly
Omaha
Family troubles flood Powhatten letter from Veda Hirsch
Mrs. Veda Hirsch of Powhatten Kansas describes a string of misfortunes family faced Alvin Hirsch was pickpocketed at Falls City fair the second son Robert Dean caused a fire in the closet under the stairs resulting in hundreds of dollars in damages and the youngest Dennis teething keeps parents awake yet the family has canned 300 quarts of fruit vegetables and pickles for winter resilience.
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Veda Hirsch
Powhatten
Kansas
Alvin Hirsch
Falls City Fair
Robert Dean
Dennis
Veda
Weather Report Notes Warm Spell Amid Cold Season
This week letters describe a cold spell continuing with winter-like conditions. The writer notes warm daytime temperatures in the 70s, contrasting with the ongoing cold snap and seasonal weather patterns.
Burns Birth in Hollywood Third Child Stephen Foster Burns
Mr and Mrs Robert Burns announce the birth of a son named Stephen Foster Burns in Hollywood California on Sunday October 6 weighing 9 pounds. It is the couple’s third child. He may become a bazooka player.
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Robert Burns
Harriet Foster
Hollywood
California
Stephen Foster Burns
Flight instructor gets new post. Fairbury school backs update
R E Lawrence, instructor for the CCC air school at Fairbury last summer, is advanced by appointment as civil aeronautics inspector for fifteen states in an as yet unsigned territory. He will be replaced at Fairbury by Ed Crocker of Frankfort Indiana. The school at Fairbury operates with ten students.
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R E. Lawrence
CCC Air School
Fairbury
Ed. Crocker
Frankfort
Indiana
World Series Game Draws Big Detroit Crowd
The fifth game in Detroit drew 55 189 fans with 1 563 320 observant in the Sabbath city. Admission topped 1 250 000 dollars for the series and radio rights reached 100 000. Broadcasters promised vivid word pictures as fans imagined the action.
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Detroit
Death of Ray Beebe Shocks Hastings and Airport Community
Ray Beebe 37, instructor pilot and Hastings airport manager, died last Monday in a plane crash during a figure eight drill. A student pilot James Smith 23 from South Dakota was likely at the controls when the mono plane crashed a mile from the airport. Beebe, president of the Aeronautical Association of Nebraska, was a noted figure in his field. Funeral services were held at Hastings Methodist Church with burial in Pawnee City. He leaves a wife and three children. Scott Miller Jr. enrolled at Hastings College this fall to train under Beebe.
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Diller
Ray Beebe
Hastings
James Smith
South Dakota
Smith
Beebe
Aeronautical Association of Nebraska
Hastings Methodist Church
Pawnee City
Scott Miller Jr
Hastings College
Willkie Parade Disturbances Prompt Court Actions
During Willkie's Detroit visit President Roosevelt denounced the treatment. A 21 year old typist who tossed a metal waste basket from a hotel window injured a girl and was arrested for disorderly conduct. High school boys who egged the Willkie car and defiled Mrs Willkie's dress were ordered to receive a whipping, to be administered by parents or juvenile authorities.
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Wendell L Willkie
Detroit
Roosevelt
Free America
Reconstruction Frontice Corporation
Willkie
Mrs Jones Finds Cartridges in Spartanburg Chicken Crop
Mrs Marie Jones of Spartanburg South Carolina discovered nineteen empty .82 caliber cartridges in a chicken crop. The find was reported as an unusual domestic incident with no injuries. Authorities were alerted but details remain sparse.
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Marie Jones
Spartanburg, S.C
Nebraska population changes from last census
The late census report shows Nebraska now has 1,313,468 people, up from 1,377,963 a decade ago. The United States total is 131,409,88] versus 122,775,046 ten years earlier.
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Nebraska
United States
Auction of Confiscated Guns Draws Buyers Across Nebraska
The Nebraska State Game Commission sold 65 confiscated shotguns and rifles at the Lincoln fairgrounds on Sept 21. Each averaged about 1100 dollars, totaling over 70000 dollars. The annual sale attracts buyers from many parts of the state as violations of game and fish laws carry fines and confiscation of gear.
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Nebraska State Game Commission
Fairgrounds
Lincoln
Dear Mr Cavett Fund Renewal From Fayette Horton
Fayette Horton writes to Mr Cavett enclosing coin to renew a Record subscription. He comments on Ly man work, friendly locals at Diller, and teaching 62 students in grades five and six. He notes beet harvesting, a large factory, and 8000 acres of beets. He praises Diller Schools at the County Fair.
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Lyman
Diller
Lamin Award School
Sible
Clean All the Way on the Journey to Marriage
A young man travels across the continent on a dusty train to marry his sweetheart. Passengers note his daily washing, hoping to arrive spotless, while a wiser elder warns that forgiveness cannot erase the natural consequences of a life stained by sin.
Beatrice Leader Elected at Farm Equipment Institute
Herry L. Dempster of Beatrice was elected resident of the farm equipment institute at its annual convention in Chicago last weekend.
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Herry L. Dempster
Beatrice Comch
Farm Equipment Astitate
Chicago
Government erects 2750 bushel cribs on Burlington right of way
Four galvanized cribs each holding 2750 bushels are being erected on the Burlington right of way by the federal government to store corn sold to the government at this market.
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Burlington
Miss Short Inspects Diller High School WPA Lunch Program
Miss Short of Lincoln district WPA supervisor visited Diller High School on Wednesday to inspect equipment and hot lunch service for students. She reported everything in good order.
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Miss Short
Lincoln
WPA
Diller High School
One Cent a Mile Europe Travel Bargains for Americans
A travel feature touts a cent a mile bargains for American drivers. Highlights include fjords mountains glaciers valleys and the Arctic circle under the midnight sun.
Cocoa from Africa fuels world supply via Gold Coast farms
Half the world's cocoa comes from the Gold Coast, Britain's African colony, where white land ownership is prohibited. The region's plantations drive global chocolate production and economic ties.
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Africa
Gold Coast
Britain
Nurse Marthe Pineaud Ranked Among World Blood Givers
A French nurse from La Rochelle, Marthe Pineaud, is lauded for universal blood type compatibility. Over four years she donated more than 454 quarts, saving over 100 lives while continuing her nursing duties along France’s western seaboard between Bordeaux and Nantes.
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la Rochelle
Marthe Pineaud
Bordeaux
Nantes
France
Pineaud
Nebraska proposal to amend constitution for 1949 general election
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska Section 1 the general election in November 1949 shall submit to the electors amendments to the Constitution for approval or rejection on a separate ballot from candidate names proposed by the Legislature.
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Nbraska
State of
Nebraska
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Jefferson County
Fayette Horton
Mr. Cavett
Drs
Hull &Hull Dentists
Stuore Fairbury, Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Harry R. Swanson
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