Heavy Property Loss From Hail And Wind In County
Weather system delivered 0.64 inches of moisture to Sidney area with hail and winds up to 60 mph. Livestock died and barns, fences, and farm homes suffered extensive damage across Cheyenne County. Hail as large as hen’s eggs killed a calf, shattered windows, and damaged chicken and broader houses while wires and fences were torn. a small twister near Sidney damaged a chicken house.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Cheyenne
A. B. Rapp
Col. Rapp
More Cattle Fed In State Says Survey shows
A. E. Anderson notes a ten percent rise in cattle fed in Nebraska over last spring’s estimate, but insists no exact counts exist. H. C. Filley remarks the increase reflects already low pre drought levels, given corn at 40 to 45 percent of normal and much under government seal.
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Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Agriculture Department
Tree Supplies About Gone Says Maxwell
Extension forester E G Maxwell announced that Clarke McNary tree stock has nearly sold out. About 873,500 seedlings had been ordered for windbreak plantings and thousands more were in processing, a sharp rise from last year. County agents were told to stop taking new applications.
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E.G. Maxwell
Clarke-McNary
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Rev Daly Appointed Minister At Dalton
The Reverend Donald L Daly formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church in Cle Elum Washington has been named minister at Dalton He served the Washington church for four and a half years His wife and daughter accompanied him to Dalton
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Donald L. Daly
Presbyterian Church
Cle Elum, Wash
Dalton
Washington Church
Celebration Plans To Be Talked At Fort Sidney Day Dinner
A dinner meeting in the legion room of the Sidney auditorium will discuss Fort Sidney Day plans. Merchants, professionals invited. tickets sold, others urged to attend. The meeting will decide if a celebration should occur, then set a date and program and elect a general chairman. Tonight's dinner starts at 6 30 with a 7 30 meeting to follow.
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Legion Room
Fort Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Abandonment of Wheat in Nebraska Reported Heaviest
Estimates from the state and federal division of agricultural statistics as of April 1 show heavy abandonment of winter wheat in Nebraska, especially in central and south central regions with up to 72 percent in some areas. Some fields believed killed are showing life, and May 1 figures may shift. October rains kept stands healthy until a severe November freeze and thaw exposed roots and cracked ground, reducing yield to about 8.5 bushels per seeded acre.
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Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
No Appeals Filed By Draftees In County
Nebraska’s April 1 draft registry of 65 000 saw only 160 appeals filed with selective service boards and no adjudication requests to the president Gen Guy N Henninger said Wednesday Cheyenne county reported no appeals He called the figures a splendid record for Nebraska praising draft board and examiner service and promising review access for any registrants who feel unjustified classifications PMID no further details provided
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Selective Service
Nebraska
Selective Service Boards of Appeals
Guy N. Henninger
State Selective Service
Cheyenne
Henninger
Easter worship fills Sidney churches despite gloom
Dark weather cast a somber backdrop as Sidney ministers delivered Easter sermons. Hundreds attended annual services across churches, drawn by themes of threats to Christian progress. Impressive music accompanied the worship, and most churches were packed despite rain.
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Sidney
Mattress Deadline Set For May First
Farm families in Cheyenne county must decide within days whether to set up a cotton mattress program this year. Supplies cannot be secured for summer and fall unless ordered by May 1. Sixty applications needed to place orders. applications are now being received at Swinbank's office with a $1.75 per mattress fee.
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Cheyenne County
Swinbank
Navy Recruiter To Visit Post Office For Naval Reserve Militia
A navy recruiter will visit the post office Friday morning until noon to interview interested men for the U S Naval Reserve. Eligible ages 17 to 50 with backgrounds in medical techs male nursing pharmacists orderlies and first aid workers may enlist. Aviation career path also offered for 17 to 28 graduates of aviation schools, with training at naval aviation schools and potential advancement to naval aviation pilots. Enlistment period is four years with one year active duty or for the emergency duration.
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Navy
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Aviation
Lincoln 4-H Club Week set for June 1 to 7
The annual 4 H Club Week will be held on the College of Agriculture campus in Lincoln from June 1 to 7. State 4 H Club Leader L I Frisbie announced the dates. About 300 boys and girls are expected to attend with many prize trip winners likely among them.
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College of Agriculture
Lincoln
L. I. Frisbie
Jones Sees Cautious Nebraska Outlook For 1941
Lawrence M. Biff Jones Nebraska head coach discusses the 1941 Cornhuskers at a luncheon, noting thirteen seniors lost from last year’s Rose Bowl squad, six returning veterans likely drafted by midsummer, spring practice prospects, and a mix of seasoned players to balance inexperience. The event featured motion pictures of the Rose Bowl and parade with Nebraska luminaries and sports writers.
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Lawrence M
Biff) Jones
University of Nebraska
Jones
Country Club
Brit Jones
Sidney
Ray (Lirk) Lyman
Glen Fresnell
Nebraska
Pasture Project At Allmstons Watched
Bert and Tom Allington of Sunol work on saving rainfall and improving pastures in 1841. They contour furrow sixty acres to curb runoff and boost moisture for stronger native grasses. The demo uses a home made machine from a Dottom lister plan by Agricultural Agent Swinbank. Crested wheat grass is being seeded on cultivated land for additional pasture, with promising initial growth.
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Bert
Tom Allington
Sunol
Adlington
Tive Dottom Lister
Swinbank
Military Convoy Will Stop Here Overnight
A military convoy of 3 enlisted men and five officers in fifty vehicles will stay overnight in the city auditorium Saturday and Monday on a route from Camp Robinson Arkansas to Fort Warren Wyoming. Capt Monte R. Kiffen 110th QM regiment will supervise. Kiffen from Lexington is brother in law of Dr C. B. Dorwart Sidney.
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Wll
Camp Robinson
Ark
Fort Warren
Wyo
R. E. Roche
City Auditorium
Monte R. Kiffen
110Th QM Regiment
Kiffen
Lexington
C. B. Dorwart
Sidney
Auto Directory Now Is Being Assembled
The Telegraph Publishing Company is preparing the 1941 automobile directory with registrations up to April 15. The book will list only automobiles, about forty pages, pocket size, ready around May 1. Truck licenses are incomplete as farmers delay purchases until summer. Advertising space remains available.
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The
Telegraph Publishing Company
Beacons to be Relocated Along Lincoln County Route
More than 1700 entrants noted in district music contest while plans to move airplane beacon lights from Kimball Bushnell Potter towns are studied by Ben King of the FAA. If approved, relocations would start after May 1 with new sites at Kimball four miles south and two east of town and at Bushnell on Meredith hill county owned. Beacons to one point east of Potter move to Gunderson property four miles southwest of Potter. Power would come from REA or local plants after bids.
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Sidney
Pine Bluffs
Wvo
Ben King
Kansas City
Evil Aeronautics Administration
King
Kimball
City
Henry Hunt
Bushnell
Meredith Hill
Point of Rocks
Potter
Charles Gunderson
REA
Panhandle Bankers To Meet This Week
Panhandle bankers will gather in Scottsbluff for Group Six of the Nebraska Bankers Association. Registration at the Lincoln hotel, a noon luncheon, and an afternoon program of talks and business precede a banquet and dance. A special train will bring about 40 bankers from Omaha Lincoln and Chicago. Speakers include Wade R. Martin A E Dahl and John Changstrom. Officers to be elected and committee reports heard. Bert Howard to toastmaster the 630 banquet with Tom Collins as speaker. The dance closes the program.
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Wade R. Martin
A. E. Dahl
Rapid City
John Changstrom
Omahs
National Bank
A. T
Bert” Howard
Tom Collins
Kansas City
Kans
Journal-Post
Hulse
Girl Scout Executive to Visit Sidney This Week
Miss Dorothy Taylor of New York City, a member of the Girl Scout national field staff, will be in Sidney on April 16 and 17. She will meet with leaders and one mother from each patrol to discuss forming a Mother's council and will meet Troop 2 at the auditorium. Taylor has held several Girl Scout leadership roles in Missouri and Kansas and has attended national training courses at Topeka, Turkey Run, Timbeland, and Camp Edith Macy in Pleasantville New York.
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Dorothy Taylor
New York City
Sidney
Taylor
Miss Taylor
Joplin
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Topeka
Kansas
Kan
Turkey Run
Ind
Timbeland
Colo
Edith Macy
National University In the Woods
Pleasantville
New York
Liebendorfer To Give Commencement Talk
North Platte high school officials announced that G. F. Liebendorfer, Sidney superintendent of schools, will deliver the commencement address to the class of graduates next month. W. J. Braham, former North Platte superintendent, had served before Liebendorfer.
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Liebendorfer
North Platte High School
G. F. Lieberdorfer
Sidney
W. J. Braham
North Flatte
Record Attendance Expected at District Music Contest
More than seventeen hundred high school students are entered in the district music contest in Sidney Friday and Saturday, a new event record. Officials including Supt. Liebendorfer Music Supervisor Cochran and Principal Weymouth planned a schedule to fit facilities, with events concentrated on Friday and group events Saturday. Housing rooms available via Mrs. Dedrick at fifty cents per student and one dollar per adult. Judges include McMillan Scheuvuerman Rang ler Shepherd Wessel. Schools entered span Alliance Bayard Bridgeport Chappell Dalton Gering Gordon Gurley Kimball Lewellen Liberty Lorenzo Lodgepole Melbeta Minatare Mitchell Morrill Ogallala Oshkosh Potter Scottsbluff Sidney Sunflower Sumol Ashby. Hour-by-hour schedule not completed.
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Sidney
Supt
G. F. Liebendorfer
Liebendorfer
J. W. Cochran
O. J. Weymouth
R. F. Dedrick
Tne
Blome Sees 50 50 Chance on Refund and Tax Proposals
State Senator E R Blome, home on Easter recess, says adjournment timing uncertain and unicameral legislature is proceeding well. He backs a gasoline tax refund for farmers, supports eliminating precinct assessors with strong penalties, hopes for a tow bar fee cut to move Kenosha Auto Transport back to Sidney, and notes irrigation work driving Nebraska's future. He cites a potential 15000 for underground water surveys in the panhandle and emphasizes targeted spending.
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E. R. Blome
Blome
Nebraska
Kenosha Auto Transport Corporation
Sidney
Harry Gantz
Panhandle
Beet Checks Will Be Mailed Out April 18
Great Western Sugar will mail checks totaling 768 417 to sugar beet growers on the 1940 beet crop as a first additional payment. President Frank A. Kemp said the payments average 25 cents per ton, bringing total receipts to 18 352 254 for Great Western territory. Includes 12 887 358 preliminary company payments and 5 464 869 estimated government benefits with potential further payments based on net sugar return through September 30. The first additional payment ranges 21 to 38 cents per ton in Colorado Nebraska Wheatland area and 25 cents per ton to growers at Billings Montana and Lovell Wyoming.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Frank A. Kemp
Great Western
Kemp
Colorado - Nebraska - Wheatland
Wyo
Billings
Mont
Lovell
Garden Week Marked By Public Library Display
The public library observed Garden Week with a display of gardening literature announced by librarian Mrs. Mayme McIntosh. The collection includes 1001 Garden Questions Answered The Garden Month by Month Spring in the Little Garden The Book of Garden Flowers How to Place the Home Landscape.
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Mayme McIntosh
Joe Burnham Named New Football Coach at Sidney High
Joe Burnham was introduced at the Biff Jones Luncheon as Sidney high school's new football coach succeeding Lewis H. Brown who resigned April 4 to join International Harvester. Burnham, a junior high teacher and former Brown assistant, brings eastern Nebraska coaching experience and is praised by Supt. Liebendorfer as a masterful handler of boys. He faces a lean 1940 squad due to graduation and moves reducing lettermen.
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Joe Burnham
Biff Jones
Sidney High School
Lewis H. Brown
International Harvester Company
Burnham
Brown
Nebraska
Supt. Liebendorfer
Wildlife Week Gets Governor's Attention
Governor Griswold proclaimed April 14 18 as National Wildlife Week and urged Nebraskans to buy stamps to finance state and national federations protecting outdoor recreation facilities. He stressed state action plus public cooperation to maintain and expand facilities for Nebraskans enjoyment and natural resource growth.
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Griswold
Sheriff Schulz Recovers After Brief Heart Issue
Sheriff W. W. Schulz shows improvement after several days in bed following a slight heart attack. Friends report he is up and around on Sunday and hopeful to be back in the harness soon, though full activity may take time.
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W. W. Schulz
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N. J
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France
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le Puy
Girl Scout
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University of Colorado
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Lincoln High School
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