Nebraska News Bites From Many Towns
A roundup of local Nebraska items includes the Amertican Legion auxiliary organized in Ord, layoffs at Burhneten shops, and appointive exams for Annapolis. Infants swallow safety pins, Geneva farm bureau membership rises to 357, and a 320 acre Harbine property sells for 2000 dollars. Rural schools close for holidays amid disease fears, hot lunches expand in Platte county, and county farm funds reach 3850. Various incidents include a city light plant short circuit at Grand Island, a murder plea for Mike Curtain, and a bull attack near Holdrege. The Gothenburg club plans big musical guests Leopold Codowsky, while Burlington managers shift posts. Other notes cover naval academy exams, relief fund drives, milk campaigns, and oil prospects in northern Nebraska. Public schools and colleges react to shortages, while farmers report high corn premiums in Kearney and spook-resorter rural routes resignations. Major fires, incinerations, and legal cases touch communities from Sioux to Stanton, with livestock victories for Nebraska agriculture at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amertcan Legion
Ord
Burhneten
Jravelock
Albert Biehn
Hebron
Annapolis
Arr
Mary Pickett
Auburn
Geneva
Buren Durin
Madison County
Farm Bureau
SGL
Uharbine
Seward
Neb
Nels
Nelson
Norfolk
Battle Creek
Hadron
Fifeen
Platte County
Nebraska
John Neal
Rt. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Harold Gifford
Omaha
South America
Kearney
Platte River
Niobrara
Bill Rourke
Qmpha
Fagan Burch
Houston
Texas
University of Nebraska
State House
Lincoln
Mike Curtain
Grand Ishand
J. M. Larson
Holdrege
Gothenburg
Leopold Codowsky
Blue Triangle
Fremont High School
W. FL Phichoff
Burlington
Missouri River
George W. Holdrege
Stirlington
Mfr
Phiehot
Congressman Andrews
Charles H. Blivens
Daniel Stubbs
Naval Academy
Theodore F. Barnes
McCook
West Point
University At Lincoln
France
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Mecho-Slovakia
College of Agriculture
Nebraska College of Agriculture Extension
Valparaiso
Grand Island
Dan Swanson
George S. Condra
State Conservation and Soil Survey Department
Stanton
Opera House
Oman Contractors
Omaha and Lincoln Railway and Light Company
Ralston
Sheldon
Scottsbluff
Atlanta
Plattsmouth
Thomas Morris
United States
Peter Starr
Dunning
Robert T. Meyer
Aurora
Lincoln Jaw
John H. Garrettson
Nebraska Welfare Association
Clifford Tipton
Walthill
Harrison
Cheyenne County
Greenwood
Wymore
Postolice
Edwin Maxey
The
State University
Collegeview
Fred Brother
Beastrice
Sermon Attacks War Profiteers as Vultures on Fifth Avenue
Rev Dr Herbert Shipman of Columbia University delivers an Armistice Day sermon at the Church of the Heavenly Lost condemning profiteers as greedy vultures and crawling ghouls. He cites blood money from war, recites his poem The Profiteer, and urges repentance before God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Shipman
Columbia University Post
American Legion
Church of the Heavenly Lost
Fifth Avenue
New York
Doctor Shipman
$350 000 for New Hospital Campaign Led by Texas Legion
The American Legion of Texas backs a drive to raise 350000 for a hospital for tuberculous ex servicemen. At a Benevolent War Risk Society of Texas meeting the directorate expanded from 15 to 45. 30 new directors join the Legion executive committee and five join the central hospital committee at Austin. Campaign control shifts to the Legion, with about 200000 still needed. the first unit of 100 beds is planned for immediate occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion of Texas
Benevolent War Risk Society of Texas
State Legion Executive Committee
Central Hospital Committee
Austin
Legion
Hasnirt
Gimort
Woman Worker Is Honored By American Legion Auxiliary
Pauline Curnick of Indianapolis has been named executive secretary in charge of the women's auxiliary by the national headquarters. A wartime welfare leader, she later served as personnel and employment director for a large eastern plant. The auxiliary includes about 350,000 women linked to Legionnaires and the 1,500 units nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
Pauline Curnick
Indianapolis
The
Legion
Miss Curnick
P. C. Curnick
Methodist Episcopal Hospitals
Women's Auxiliary
Sis
France Britain Arm in Arm at Legion convention
At the American Legion’s Cleveland convention France’s General Fayolle and British Admiral Grant entered arm in arm and disrupted the meeting. Fayolle and Grant urged no misunderstandings between the US and France Britain and vouched for unity. General Wood praised peace efforts and urged focus on foreign relations defense and care for disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Cleveland
France
Great Britain
Marie Emile Fayolle
William Lowther Grant
Leonard Wood
Fayolle
Admiral Grant
General Fayolle
America
Wood
Legion
Memory of Legionnaires Fund Campaign Planned
A national drive to raise more than 500000 for a Centralia Washington memorial honoring Armistice day Legionnaires is announced. The campaign, organized by the department of Washington with Grant Hodge post Centralia and local citizens, will launch with a designated opening day in every Legion post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Wash
American Legion
Department of Washington
Grant Hodge
Chehalls
Legion
Safety Orders Guide Navy Landing Crews to Prevent Disasters
A veteran reflection on the navy safety orders, detailing preventive and stopitive rules to avoid accidents. The piece highlights sponging after shots, proper handling of ammunition, and the aim to keep all sailors aware of the two hundred plus rules posted throughout turrets and guns.
Brightwork and the Navy's polish over time
The article traces naval brightwork from bright white ships to dull finishes after the Spanish American War, noting the 3:15 am brightwork calls and the division of the ship into cleaning stations. It contrasts care for cleanliness with practical military needs and reflects on myths about magnetism and weather, mixing lore with technical detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spling
Henry
Armor Shelf
Columbus
Queenstown
Madagascar
South Pacific
Balancing One and Steam Power Through History
A compact survey traces the evolution from early awkward engines to modern steam turbines. It notes how balance, poise, and bearing grace shaped engineering, referencing Watt and Fulton, Civil War ships, and the leap from slow ages to a tenfold speed rise over forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt
Bob Fulton
Navy Department
Johnny Reb
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American Action Newe Sreyler 4S
Chaplain
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God
Massachusetts Post
Fall River
Mass
Ward
Twenty-Sixth
Guard of Honor
Fall River Armory
Woman's Auxiliary
Ters and Daughters of Legionnaires
Pauline Carnick
Britain
Navy‘Tales
United States Navy
George Matthews
Jack
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