What’s Doing in the Panhandle Denies Kingsley Strike
Reports of electricians striking at the Kingsley dam on the Central Nebraska public power and irrigation district were denied by Leonard. He said workers were dismissed for inefficiency and the dam’s operations were paused until repairs and replacements were made.
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Kingsley
Ogallaila
Nebraska
Tri-County
George Ireland
Milwaukee
Leonard
4sWork
Garrity Head
Scattered Rainfall Breaks Heat Wave in Cheyenne County
A week of extreme heat eased as scattered rainfall spread through Cheyenne County Sunday night and Monday. Light to heavy showers aided corn crops and relieved farmers after temperatures reached 107 degrees last Tuesday. Some yields were delayed as harvests paused briefly Monday morning amid rain.
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Cheyenne
Sidney
Special Session Forecast To Fund Old Age Aid
Nebraska faces a possible special legislative session to secure $380,000 extra for old age assistance after Jan 1 1941. The need stems from a plan requiring states to contribute $10 per beneficiary, with options including higher gas or liquor taxes.
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Nebraska
Statehouse
Neil Vandermeer
Three Injured in Near Kimball Auto Crash
A crash three miles east of Kimball injured three people Thursday night. Carl Davis, 25, of Kremmling Colo., had a skull fracture and internal injuries. Frank Johnson, 60, Kimball hotel proprietor, suffered serious back injuries. Charles Neilson, 22, also of Kremmling, was severely cut. The collision involved a mobile driven by E E Nichols, 25, of Kremmling, rear ending Johnson's parked car during a tire repair. Two Johnson companions were unhurt.
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Kimball
Carl]s Davis
Kremmling
Colo
Frank Johnson
Charles Neilson
E. E. Nichols
Johnson Machine
Johnson
Kimball Farm Child Drowns in Tank Near Kimball
Lawrence Buddecky aged two drowned Thursday in a horse watering tank at the family farm ten miles southwest of Kimball. He disappeared from home about 15 minutes before his body was found floating in the tank. Firemen and a physician labored nearly three hours to revive him. Parents are Mr and Mrs Antone Buddecky.
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Lawrence Buddecky
Kimball
Antone Buddecky
Bank Silver Not Returned After Theft In Midwest
Bank Farmers State at Fort Morgan reports 107.71 of 10311 dollars stolen by two bandits remains unaccounted for. Authorities believe heavy silver was discarded to ease flight. One suspect Charles Lipps died in Sidney. partner Myron Earl Howen was killed by police in Garden City Kansas. Some loot recovered.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Farmers State Bank
Fort Morgan
J. H. Bloehorn
Charles Lipps
Sidney
Myron Earl Howen
Denver
Garden City
Kans
Percent Cash Rent Basis Is Preferred
Nebraska farmers in Cheyenne county favor cash rent over share rent in a district summary of a landlord tenant survey tied to the Pasture-Forage-Livestock program. The report notes opinions on fair rents for seedings and trees, and that sorghum rent in the district tends lower than corn, with most farmers favoring a 1-3 grain sorghum share for landlords.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne ‘County
Cheyenne County
Bigger Grain Storage Is Found In Nebraska
Nebraska corn cribs and granaries are bulging with supplies from last year. Stocks of corn, wheat and oats are larger than average and well above last year due to government sealing, less feed use, good crops, and fewer horsepower needs as tractors rise. Corn 53,750,000 bushels. last year 976,000. average 37,086,000. Wheat 6,128,000. last year 3,303,000. average 4,326,000. Oats 112,117,000. last year 4,633,000. average not specified.
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Nebraska
Federal
A. E. Anderson
Mineral Deposit At Oshkosh Attracts Interest
Survey teams from Denver and Washington study soil samples from the Everett Eldred ranch near Oshkosh. They report diatomaceous earth of quality comparable to Santa Monica California deposits, with uses in pottery soaps medicines beauty creams insulation and more.
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Everett Eldred Ranch
Oshkosh
Denver
Washington
Santa Monica
Calif
Tenant Purchasing Of Farms Through FSA Possible In County
Cheyenne county tenants may obtain 40 year 3 percent loans to buy farms under Bankhead Jones Act expansion. Nebraska counties added include Cuming Washington Saunders Nicholls Sheridan Cheyenne and Wayne. Applications handled by county FSA supervisor with a three farmer committee reviewing. No farm option or assurance of approval. eligibility hinges on farm fertility productivity condition improvements and accessibility.
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Cheyenne County
H. K. Bond
Farm Security Administration
Congress
Nebraska
Secretary of Agriculture
State Farm Security Advisory Committee
Cuming
Washington
Saunders
Nicholls
Sheridan
Cheyenne
Wayne
Bond
Sidney
FSA
Junior Ball Team Beats Potter In Free-Scoring Tilt
Sidney junior team defeated Potter 11 to 8 in a home contest. Sack pitched nine strikeouts for Sidney while Nelson fanned 15 for Potter. Next Sunday Sidney travels to Bridgeport after a home and away engagement arranged by Manager M. J. Maher.
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Sidney
Potter
Sack
Nelson
Bridgeport
M. J. Maher
Maher
Tularemia Treated At Roche Hospital
Mrs. Joe Jensen of Potter is being treated at Roche Hospital for tularemia a rare disease contracted from rabbits. She said she skinned rabbits and fed them to dogs. Dr R E Roche described tularemia as entering the blood and later causing glandular disturbances with high fever and prolonged treatment.
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Joe Jensen
Potter
Roche
Jensen
R. E. Roche
Telegraph Letter Urges Federal Grasshopper Control Plan
The Telegraph’s July tenth letter to President Roosevelt requests a federal grasshopper control program. Stephen Early says the president appreciates the letter and forwards it to Secretary Henry Wallace for consideration. The piece argues migratory grasshoppers threaten crops across 15 to 20 states, with Cheyenne county farmers losing about a third of their wheat and multi million dollar crop losses reported elsewhere.
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Rosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Stephen Early
Department of Agriculture
Cheyenne County
Mrs. Thomas Rubado Rites Held Yesterday
Mrs. Thomas Rubado 54 of Lodgepole died Saturday after months of illness at a local hospital. Funeral services were held at Lodgepole Catholic church with burial in Chappell Catholic cemetery. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, and five grandchildren.
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Thomas Rubado
iLodgepole
Lodgepole Catholic
Chappell
Wehmiller Attorney Dies at 37 Services Set for Wednesday
Sidney attorney W. F. Wehmiller, 37, who had served as city attorney for five years, died Sunday after a sudden illness. He leaves wife Dorothy and children Billy and Beverly, with his mother Mrs. Adolphine Wehmiller also surviving. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at two o'clock at Gehrig funeral Home with Rev. H. F. Krohn officiating and interment in Sidney Greenwood cemetery. Active pallbearers include R. C. Jackson and others. honorary pallbearers are city councilmen and Sidney bar members.
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W. F. Wehmiller
Sidney
Mr. Wehmiller
Clarinda
Iowa
University of Nebraska
C. S. Radcliffe
Wehmiller
State Bar Association
Dorothy
Billy
Beverly
Adolphine Wehmiller
Clarinca
Wehmiler
Pi Kappa Phi
Western Nebraska Bar Association
Panhandle
Rotary Club
Rotary
Gehrig Funeral Home
H. F. Krohn
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Sidney Greenwood Cemetery
R. C. Jackson
Thomas O'Connell
Marius Christensen
Roy E. Greenlee
R. IL. McCandless
Bishop Beecher Here Sunday For Services
Bishop George Allen Beecher preached at Christ Episcopal church and led a church board meeting. Two prospective pastors were favorably received and will be contacted. Beecher hopes to appoint someone to lead the mission by early autumn. He first came to Sidney 47 years ago as a seminary graduate.
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George Allen Beecher
Christ Episcopal Church
Church Board
Beecher
Sidney
Christchurch
Bank Bandit Buried At County Expense
The body of Charles Kenneth Lipps was laid to rest in Sidney Greenwood cemetery with only funeral home attaches and the minister present. Lipps, 21, died after a bank robbery in Fort Morgan, Colorado, when a shot from Special Officer Harvey Vizina struck him. His partner Myron Earle Howen, 20, died twelve hours later in the gun fight.
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Charles Kenneth Lipps
Sidney Greenwood
Funeral Home
W. T. Kahse
Myron Earle Howen
Fort Morgan
Colo
Lipps
Sidney Morgue
Harvey Vizina
Carl Christ Awarded Part Of Road Work
State highway bids on 41 construction jobs were tabulated with 14 low bids accepted. About half of the $1,215,000 in work was approved, with large projects like viaducts and concrete paving cited. Meridian Construction Co and Roberts Construction Co were among bidders for road side improvements in several counties.
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Carl Christ
State Highway Department
A. C. Tilley
Scotts Bluff
Mitchell North
Gering West
Armor Coat
Inland Construction Company
Omaha
Cheyenne
Potter-Sidney
Meridian Construction Company
York
Carl W. Christ
Sidney
Dawes—Crawford-Chadron
Roberts Construction Company
Lincoln
Fair and Festival Dates For This Year Listed
Some 1939 fair dates are listed. Kimball county fair at Kimball August 23 24 25 Logan county fair at Sterling Potter Days August 29 30 Old Settlers picnic at Lodgepole September 4 Labor Day Cheyenne county fair at Sidney September 5 6 7 8 Morrill county fair at Bridgeport September 4 5 6
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Kimball County
Kimball
Logan County
Sterling
Potter Days
Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Bridgeport
Wheat Yields Vary Widely As Harvest Activity Continues
Cheyenne county shipped an estimated half million bushels of wheat to market by July 15 with over 300 carloads leaving six points. Harvesting peaked over the weekend and reports note 20 to 30 bushel crops with unusually high test weights up to 65 pounds per bushel near Gurley.
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Cheyenne County
Will Frederickson
Gurley
Ernest Kriessel
Kriessel
Child theft charge lodged at Kimball
Robert Garrard Jr. and Oran W. Bybee face county court accusations of taking Ina Marie Bourrett, a child under eighteen, from James F. Bourrett and Jennie L. Bourrett. Both men pleaded not guilty and were released on $1000 bond. Preliminary hearing set for 10 a.m. yesterday.
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Robert Garrard, Jr
Kimball Rancher
Oran W. Bybee
Garrard
James F. Bourrett
Kimball Auto Court
Bybee
Bourrett
Ina Marie Bourrett
Jennie L. Bourrett
Ina Bourrett
Robert Garrard
Harrisburg
Gerrards
Gerrard
Banner County
Lincoln
Aug 3 bid group outlines $1 695 000 oiling program
No 19 Oiling Project in August Bid Group proposes 30 construction projects and three maintenance jobs with an estimated $1,695,000 in state and federal funds. Dawes and Box Butte counties list grading culverts bridges and bituminous work on Highway 19 between Alliance Chadron.
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Dawes
Alliance- Chadron
Chadron- Alliance
Box Butte
Weymouth Installed As Rotary President
Weymouth was installed as president of the Rotary club Friday night. Roy E. Greenlee is the vice president, Leon Fine secretary and Marius Christensen treasurer. Retiring president G. W. Thompson was automatically added to the board of directors. Completing the board are W. T. Kahse, W. M. Winders and D. W. Jorgenson.
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O. J."weymouth
Rotary Club
Roy E. Greenlee
Leon Fine
Marius Christensen
G. W. Thompson
W. T. Kahse
W. M. Winders
D. W. Jorgenson
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F. P. Fiesher
Union Pacific Railroad
T. E. Williams
Mr. Fiesher
North Platte
Evanston
Green River
Wyo
Fliesher
Unies Pacific Railroad
the Panhandle
Briddgeport
Morrill County
Mitchell
North Platte Valley
McDonald Brothers
Torrington
Crystal Theater
Chevrolet
Harry McDonald
McDonald
Floyd Sheets
Hagemeister
Kimball Farm
Telegraph
Agriculture
Bishop Beecher
Im E
Gibraltar
Egypt
PAC
Romania
Italy
Asia Minor
France
Great Britain
Turkey
Mediterranean
Germany
London
Paris
Balkan
Rome-Berlin
Schuschnigg
Kurt Schuschnigg Jr
Austria
Hitler Youth
Vienna
Weymouth
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