Nebraska News Roundup From Red Cloud to Lincoln
Charity lodge anniversary at Red Cloud. multiple injuries from fires and accidents across Nebraska. Genoa and Springview residents escape severe burns. Robbery at Lincoln meat market. a boy injured in the Ashland battle. Arbor Day plans and Drake relays notes. Community clubs form at Emerson and community leaders discuss projects. Famous tenor McCormack to perform in Omaha. Arbor Lodge visitors rise. tornado scare passes. 113-year-old Rosa Garvey celebrated. Road and farm developments near Plattsmouth, Kearney, and Lincoln. Various local incidents and civic efforts statewide.
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Charity Lodge
A. F
A. M
Red Cloud
Marcn Zist
Duun Maxwell
Theele
Genoa
Abeitus
Springview
Linculn
Lincoln
Isiuum
Ashlend
Loba
al Beawles
Cohn Jfeuerstien
Campbell
Vatherine Leager
Uuluettsul
Dbe
UEC
Mmerson
WLLL
Kolungy
McCormack
Omaha
Omuta Council of Catholic Women
Crete
Nebraska
Shelly
Y. W
Wayne Munn
Koore
ok-Omahba
Immanuel Hospital
Muvuore
Neveaska Legislative Ladies League
Norfolk
Dubois
Haings
Drake University
Des Moines
L. K. Wilson
Drake
Arbor Lodge State Park
Nebraska City
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
WUU Vistors
Bridgeport
North Platte Valley Baseball League
Kat
Kearney
Emnery Peters
St. Michael
Rosa Garvey
Alvion
Falls City to Dedicate New Legion Edifice May 21
A $250000 building will be dedicated on May 21 with Falls City post No 102 American Legion directing the program. Speakers include Hanford MacNider past national commander and Earl M Cline of Lincoln. A parade of lodges civic groups and patriotic bodies is planned and the first district American Legion convention will be held alongside the courthouse dedication expected to draw about 1000 visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City
American Legion
Hanford
MacNider
The
Earl M. Cline
Lincoln
First District
Anniversary of Tornado Strikes Omaha in 1913
Omaha residents sought shelter as dark skies and high winds swept the city on March 23, the twelfth anniversary of the 1913 deadly tornado. The threat spurred a rush to basement refuges and a surge in tornado insurance sales, with one firm reporting eight million dollars in policies written within a short window before darkness lifted.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Road Meeting Results in Cedar County Highway Grants
A northeast Nebraska gathering with state public works officials, Meridian Bridge Co officers, Cedar County commissioners, and local leaders from Crafton Wynot Bloomfield and Hartington secured state aid. The Antelope trail and Meridian highway will be improved and marked, with two additional highways named and patrolled. About 70 miles of Cedar county main roads gain maintenance under the grants.
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Warrington
Neb
Nebraska
State Department of Public Works
Meridian Highway Bridge Company
Board of Commissioners
Cedar County
Crafton, Wynot
Bloomfield
Hartington
Knox
Cedar
Dixon Counties
Obert
Crofton
Wausa
Methodist Hospital Gets New Unit Lincoln Area
W. J. Bryan accepted an offer from the Methodist hospital executive board for five and one half acres of land adjoining Fairview, the hospital site, announced by A. R. Talbot, president.
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Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
New Methodist Hospital
Fairview
A. R. Talbot
SOME NEBRASKA BEAUTY SPOTS
Lincoln offers a tour of state institutions including the capitol hospital penitentiary agricultural college university and fine residential areas. Other sights include Louisville fisheries Fontenelle Reserve Arbor Lodge at Nebraska City linked to J Sterling Morton founder of Arbor Day.
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Lincoln
State Capitol
State Hospital
Penitentiary
Agricultural College
University
Louisville
Fontenelle Reserve
Missouri River
Bellevue
Arbor Lodge
Nebraska City
J. Sterling Morton
Agriculture
Grover Cleveland
Arbor Day
Fundamentals of Soldiering Held in Omaha in August
From dawn taps on August 1 to final taps on August 31, four thousand nine hundred youths from across life stations will learn the fundamentals of soldiering as taught in the Seventh Army corps area. Maj. Gen. George B. Dun- is overseeing the program.
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Omaha
Seventh Army Corps
George B. Dun
Lincoln General Hospital Opens for Inspection on March 22
The Lincoln General hospital at 17th and Sewell Streets opened for inspection on Sunday March 22. Ideal weather drew many visitors who toured the building through the afternoon and evening as the equipment neared full position. Board and staff greeted guests and provided all available information. The facility is ready to care for patients.
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Lincoln General Hospital
17Th and
Sewell Streets
Neb. YWCA to run ten day camp at Camp Sheldon
Columbus Neb announc es Nebraska State YWCA will exert full charge of a ten day Camp Sheldon program from July 13 to 22 with YWCA girls from across the state. Mrs M E Milton of Omaha Mrs E J Mille of Loretto and Miss Mildred Bryan of Lincoln will help lead the event. The Omaha YMC A boys will have exclusive use for two periods June 16 to 26 and September 3 to 1.
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Columbus
Neb
Nebraska State Y. W. C. A
Camp Sheldon
Y. W
Nebraska
M. E. Milton
Omaha
E. J. Mille
Loretto
Mildred Bryan
Lincoln
Omaha Y. M. Co. A
Radio seed corn talk marks start of farmer program
Lincoln college of agriculture inaugurated radio broadcasting with a talk on The Seed Corn Situation. A daily 12 15 pm program follows from WFAV at the university station. A broadcasting studio is being fitted at the college and will link to downtown via private wire.
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Lincoln
College of Agriculture
WFAV
Hospital Expansion Plans Move Forward With New Unit
The board announced the site now covers fifteen acres as plans for an additional hospital unit for surgical and maternity cases were approved and will soon be opened for bids.
Lincoln capitol demolition contract awarded to Wiese
The state capitol commission accepts the bid of J W Wiese of Omaha to demolish the old capitol for 54500 dollars.
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Old Capitol
Lincoln
State Capitol Commission
J. W W. Wiese
Omaha
Greek Resident Reported Dead Returns Alive From Sea Wreck
Sam Zeras of Alliance Greece survived a ship disaster after boilers exploded on the return voyage to America. He telegraphed from New York that he arrived safely last week and would return to Nebraska soon, though his name had been listed among the casualties.
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Bridgeport
Sam Zeras
Alliance
New York
Nebraska
America
Draft calls announced for Seventh Corps area camps
Commander Can has announced that from schools farms factories and business enterprises of all sorts will come the young men to fill the quota allotted to the Seventh Corps area including Nebraska Arkansas Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri North and South Dakota. Camps at various centers will open August 1 and close August 31.
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Can
Seventh Corps
Nebraska
Arkansas
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
North
South Dakota
Fund Nearly Drained for World War Veterans Relief
Nebraska legion posts report the state emergency relief fund for World War veterans is practically exhausted. Only extreme cases will be considered until June 30 when the fiscal year ends. The fund, about $100,000 annual, rests on $2,000,000 vested under 1920 act. Drain in recent months has been very heavy.
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American Legion Committee
Nebraska Legion
Old Records to be Destroyed in New Capitol Move
Lincoln officials plan to destroy several tons of old records from state departments as offices relocate to the new capitol. A legislative resolution will seek governor authority to discard records deemed of no value and to dispose of old rugs and furniture not suitable for moving into the new building.
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Lincoln
Omaha County Judge Waives Marriage Notice Law
County Judge Crawford announces immediate waiver of the ten day notice for marriages in his county though the law repealing the requirement will not take effect until July 1 He expects other county judges to follow and notes nearby counties previously referring couples to informal marriages may adopt Crawford policy to allow quicker benefits.
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Omaha
Altho
Crawford
Nebraska
Uage Crawford
James F F Barton Named Assistant National Adjutant
James Barton of Fort Dodge Iowa was named assistant national adjutant by National Commander James A Drain. Barton, a lawyer and former adjutant of the Iowa department, succeeds after Creviston moves to national adjutancy. Barton served in World War I and held multiple Legion posts before his 1919 1920 leadership in Fort Dodge post 1380 and Iowa department adjutancy.
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James FF. Barton
Fort Dodge
The
American Legion
James A. Drain
Russell Creviston
Creviston
Arso
American Legion Endowment Fund Movement
Barton Ws
St. Paul Creviston
Drain
Jim Barton
Seneca
Wis
Iowa National Guard
Tie
Army of Occupation
A. BE. Ff
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Barton
Legion
Iowan Department
Legionnaires of
Fort Dodge High School
University of Iowa
Legion speech from Kenosha pastor urges moral leadership
Joseph Horrigan of St. Thomas Church in Kenosha Wisconsin emphasizes that better citizenship and sincere churchmen living moral conduct will improve America amid turmoil. He says Americans expect the Legion to embody the noblest manhood and to lead the country through the current challenges.
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Joseph Horrigan
St. Thomas Church
Kenosha
Wis
American Legion
America
Six American Legionnaires in Senate and House
Legislative officials in Washington report six American Legionnaires now sit in the Senate. Hirai Bingham of Connecticut fills the Brandegee vacancy. Other senators are Brookhart Iowa Elkins West Virginia Howell Nebraska Means Colorado Reed Pennsylvania. The House contains 45 Legionnaires, over ten percent of all representatives.
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Senate
American Legion
Washington
Hirai Bingham
Connecticut
Brandegee
Brookhart
Iowa
Elkins
West Virginia
Howell
Nebraska
Means
Colorado
Reed
Pennsylvania
House
Memorial Bridge proposal at Schuylkill site by American Legion
The George House post of the American Legion at Norristown Pa proposes building a memorial bridge across the Schuylkill at the Washington crossover site. Legionnaires also urge improvements in Valley Forge park and have sent proposals to Governor Pinchot for consideration.
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Schuylkill River
Washington
George “Aihouse
American Legion
Norristown
Valley Forge Park
Legionnaires
Pinchot
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