First Work Begins on Columbus Canal Project
State reports the first digging for a $7 300 000 Columbus canal project on the Charles Wright farm west of Genos with 10 miles of excavation as bids are opened. The FERA remodels the Wilson packing plant at Nebraska City for drought livestock slaughter. operations start after a few weeks with sheep calves slaughtered first and cattle later, employing 300 to 400 workers at capacity.
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Columbus
Charles- Wright
Genos
FERA
Wilson - Packing
Nebraska City
Nebraska Iowa border labor plan on Missouri River work
Cornell director of the na Teas by Papier Sto service in Nebraska announced the division of labor between Nebraska and Iowa for Missouri river work along the borders of the two states. Nebraska portions by man hours list Burt county 57,000 Washington county 94,000 county 403,000 Richardson 340,000 Otoe 633,000 Nemaha 403,000 and Richardson county.
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Cornell
Papier Sto Service
Nebraska
Iowa
Burt County
Washington County
County
Richardson County
Otoe County
Nemaha
Talmage board pursues new school building funding
Talmage board of education accelerates plans for a new school as $11,467.87 in a PWA grant and $23,000 PWA loan become available. Board moves to bond the $23,000 loan, with a sinking fund of $11,000 to lift construction value toward $50,000.
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Talmage Board of Education
PWA
Talmage Board
Farm pond program approved in fifteen counties under FERA plan
J R Carnahan of the FERA works division announced approval of farm pond projects in Adams Antelope Boone Boyd Clay Dawes Franklin Keya Paha Knox Nuckolls Sheridan Sherman Sioux Thayer and Webster counties. Four rural well projects were approved, with two in Richardson and one in Boyd counties. A Webster county well will have its pumping equipment repaired with FERA labor. A separate housing study found high owner occupancy in the West North Central region, detailing Des Moines Minneapolis St Paul and other cities with owner occupied units and mortgage status. A Hobbit? A prehistoric mountain sheep skull, likely the only Nebraska find, was exhibited in Oxford by curator A M Brooking after being dug 36 feet underground on a farm near Oxford.
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FERA
J. R. Carnahan
Fera Works Division
Adams
Antelope
Boone
Boyd
Clay
Dawes
Frankin
Keya
Paha
Knox
Nuckolls
Sheridan
Sherman
Sioux
Thayer
Webster
Carnahan
Carahan
Richardson
Pawnee
FFERA
United States
Department of Commerce
West North Central
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Des Moines
Fargo
Lincoln
Minneapolis
Sioux Falls
Springfield
St. Joseph
St. Paul
Topeka
Wichita
Pacific Group
A. M. Brooking
Hastings Museum
Oxford
Nissan Brothers
Alvin Goosic
Government Will Establish Park In Lincoln Area
The federal government aims to create a 2000 acre recreation and outing park near Omaha. It seeks land within 50 miles of Omaha costing no more than $5 an acre and accessible by rail or bus with pure water. If a suitable owner offers a concession, the park would be developed under the marginal land act as a family vacation and children's camp area.
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Omaha
Dan B. Butler
Kenneth F. Jones
National Park Service
Nebraska
Butler
Missouri
Platte
Jones
Irrigating By Pump Near Sidney
Government plans for rural rehabilitation near Sidney advance as L A White, state director, visits for inspection. Officials cite underground water supplies feeding surface irrigation with 600 gallons per minute using 74 percent horsepower motors, enabling large acreages of alfalfa fields to be irrigated and potential settlement of 500 to 1,000 families on ten acre tracts.
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Sidney Sidney
Lodge Pole
L. A. White
White
Sidney
Rocky Mountains
Tree Belt Planting Program Center Set in Nebraska
National headquarters for a federal tree belt program to protect the Midwest from droughts is established at Lincoln Nebraska by Fred Morrell the national director. The plan calls for nurseries to grow saplings for a 75 million dollar program with planting to start within a year after next spring. Nebraska will host due to its central location and shelterbelt success. Land will be leased from farmers for belts across the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas with work mostly by farmers or neighbors.
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Coln
Midwest
Lincoln
Fred Morrell
Morrell
Washington
U. S. Forestry
Nebraska
Tree Planters State
Mgst
Clayton Watkins
Watkins
Sense of Duty Overdone Though a social charm guide
The piece warns that a strong sense of duty can hurt popularity at social gatherings. It advises leisured hosts, especially homemakers, to keep duty from dominating conversations and to seek lighthearted topics. It notes censious individuals subdue joy to seem superior, which damages warmth and sociability.
Busy Bee Riddle Sparks Classroom Banter
In a playful exchange a student asks about the Busy Bee while a teacher jokes about knowing the old couplet. The brief moment captures light classroom humor and a nod to traditional verse.
Birds Foretell Weather Predictions by Cliff Roosting Birds
Large birds like buzzards ravens and eagles are weather prophets. They perch on familiar cliff ledges but switch roosts if a storm threatens to blow into their shelter, seeking more favorable spots.
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