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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
2
The third annual Jefferson County School Day parade will be held in Fairbury at 11 AM Friday September 22 with most county schools participating. Diller school will enter a float and the Diller band will march. The county fair is anticipated to surpass last year’s event.
President Roosevelt summoned Congress to meet at noon on Thursday September 21 to debate amending the neutrality act. He and other leaders argue for allowing cash sales of war materials to nations that can pay and transport purchases, replacing the current arms embargo. A major legislative clash is anticipated.
The Blue Springs Bee and Weekly Wymorean change ownership effective September 1. Mr. Peckham sells to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Corrons of Parsons Kansas. The Wy morean is moved to Wy more and mailings will originate there. The Wymorean began about 59 years ago at Wymore. The Record's present publisher recalls the Wy morean once appeared on its exchange list when he joined F T Pearce nearly fifty years ago.
The letter argues against profiteering and defends liberty in the United States warning that dictatorship could follow if citizens ignore authority. It urges listening to the president over a despotic ruler and condemns profiteering amid European slaughter. It endorses a theocratic code over free-market exploitation.
Brief note from a traveler returning from California mentions a general principle. The exact concept is not specified but implied to have broad applicability beyond the location. The source presents a casual, unspecified remark found on a napkin.
Golda Miller McKinley writes from Oxnard California Sept 7 1939 detailing a visit with Aunt Nell Miller and Edwin of Lincoln and a trip to the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. She describes the Exposition facilities the Chinese Clipper the Cavalcade of the Golden West and the San Francisco Oakland Bridge and notes her daughter Bernardina teaching in Ventura and pursuing a master’s degree. She mentions brother Perley’s daughter Mary Miller’s upcoming Pasadena wedding and local harvests of tomatoes lemons and citrus with irrigation and market updates.
Beginning January 1 1940 raccoon hunting with dogs requires a Raccoon Hunter's Permit. Pheasant restocking areas limited. numerous counties listed as open areas but excludes game farms sanctuaries or closed zones. River boating hours restricted on Scottie Brail Morrill and South Platte rivers and North Platte limits set with 10 rod setbacks in Garden County and along the Platte River to Highway 16 near Yutan. other river segments closed at all hours.
The region endures hot dry windy conditions described as severe and similar to last week. Officials warnof fire risk while meteorologists track a shift with the calendar noting fall starts in one week.
The color issue in the Union of South Africa is described as highly critical and intricate, with tensions intensified by substantial Indian émigré arrivals.
A New York picture book titled Peggy and Peter What They Did Today faced criticism before publication for a photograph of Peter and Peggy kneeling in prayer. Catherine Blaisdell, wife of Professor Thomas Charles Blaisdell at Columbia University, warned that exposing children to such images may undermine self reliance and religious instruction. The Sunday School Times called the episode a troubling sign for Christian America.
Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 English service at 10 45 and 2 30 pm missionary focus. Morning speaker a young student home missionary in Northern Minnesota. afternoon speaker Pastor Duis of Gothenburg Nebraska. Evening pictures at Lanham show Lutheran work worldwide. Offerings fund missionary work. All welcome. Pastor Howard H Pyehe. September 5. Mrs Karl Wereel host missionary society September 15. Mrs R W Green leader.
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