New UP Stewardess Aids Birth On Challenger Train
Laura Mary Shepherd, a three week veteran Union Pacific nurse stewardess, assisted Nellie Leuthie through a birth in the Challenger’s women’s room between Wamsutter and River Wyoming. The six pound boy arrived at 3 40 a m as the train neared Rawlins. A physician and ambulance soon took mother and child to a Rawlins hospital where both are reported doing nicely. Shepherd’s quick action earned praise from the Rawlins doctor and Union Pacific officials.
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Union Pacific
Laura Mary Shepherd
Nellie Leuthie
Wamsutter
River
Wyo
Rawlins
Miss Shepherd
Harvey F. Shepherd
Calexico
Cal
San Diego
California
New York
Water shortage hits panhandle town amid irrigation limits
In a Panhandle town water storage dwindled last week as the centrifugal pump could not keep up with demand. Restrictions on irrigation and sales outside town were imposed while discussions weighed enlarging the pump versus drilling another well. The town contemplates delaying the annual bath as it frets over the water supply. The note ends with a second item: a Kimball rescue story where grandparents saved 11 month old Darlene Flohr from a farm fire, causing about 350 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Kimball
Darlene Flohr
C. J. Pebler
Alec Flohr
Pebler
Pebler. He and Mrs. Pebler
Tom Sandridge
Walter Rodman
Ordinance Creates Five Block Improvement District
City council approves new curb and oiling plan in east town adding five blocks to an existing district. Petitions covered three blocks while two more were added after owners consent. Bids and notices to be published early September with work to start and finish that month pending WPA labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph News
Paul DL. Martin
Dale Peterson
Inland Construction Company
Roche
WPA
Grey Beetles Threaten Kimball Tree Planting
One thousand trees near Rodman's airport and a two acre grove east of Kimball face severe insect devastation. Gray beetles and grasshoppers have stripped leaves. W S Rodman reports spraying with arsenic of lead in hopes of regrowth. The McIntosh tree claim grove, planted over 50 years ago, may also fall to pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodman
Kimball
W. S. Rodman
J. J. McIntosh
Car Stolen Saturday Night Found Sunday
An automobile belonging to Robert Van Gundy was stolen from in front of his home Saturday night and found late Sunday in a garage behind M Hardy's apartment. It was initially not reported. Another man spotted the car and identified it by its license number. Investigation was underway yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert van Gundy
M Hardy
van Gundy
Farmer Discovers Neighboring Combiner Cut His Field
Earl Smith of Big Springs found his field already cut when his hired itinerant combiner overstepped bounds while harvesting a neighboring field. Smith had prepared his combine and moved to his farm northwest of town, only to learn the mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Smith
Big Springs
Smith
Conservation Emphasis Boosted in New Federal Farm Plan
Soil conservation will gain priority in the 1940 federal farm program. The plan increases farmer participation for small operations and keeps administration with farmer committees. A minimum soil building allowance of 20 dollars per farm and a credit up to 30 dollars for tree planting are proposed. State and local committees will take more field admin duties, aligning with decentralization policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Campbell
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
National Aaa
Washington, D. C
Fred S. Wallace
Buffalo County
J. L. Whitehouse
Hall County
Nebraska Agricultural Conservation Committee
AAA
Frequent Rains Are Necessary For Corn
Western Nebraska corn crop faces heat waves with Thursday at 108 degrees and recurring unsettled weather. Observers say frequent rains are crucial to salvage yields, while some fields show curling leaves and reports from Lincoln note panhandle crops fared better. Farmers urge earlier harvest for salvage or storage as others plan for fall and winter feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
The
Mercury
Panhandle
Lincoln
High Wheat Quality Reported Over State
A Nebraska state-federal survey shows winter wheat averaging 15 percent protein, higher than Kansas at 14 percent. Most samples near the Platte River area ranged 13 to 19 percent protein, with 81 percent in that band and 19 percent from 9 to 12.7 percent, and an average test weight of 56 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Agricultural Statistical Division
Kansas
A. E. Anderson
Platte River
Adventurers Fail On Northwest Passage Voyage Ends
Dr Homer Flint Killams and a crew attempting a Seattle to New York voyage via the Northwest Passage were wrecked off Africa. They were rescued and returned to civilization as their 38 foot ship lay totaled. the doctor may need a new vessel to pursue the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
New York City
Northwest Passage
Homer Flint Killams
Africa
Civic Club urged to aid county fair planning
Ray Babcock president of the county fair board urged the chamber of commerce to mobilize business leaders to support the 1939 festival. An expensive, superior entertainment lineup is planned for September 5 to 8. The board weighs tearing down the Union Pacific hotel for salvage lumber, with liability concerns and a possible WPA project. Decisions await county commissioners' Thursday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Babcock
County Fair Board
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Board
Babcock
Chappell Man Aiding In Squalus Salvage Efforts
Harry Frickey, a former Chappell resident, reports aiding in the Squalus submarine salvage. He has made two dives to the ocean bottom, where divers stay about thirty minutes per submersion using 75 percent helium and 25 percent oxygen. The sunken sub lies two hundred forty feet under water after lines broke during a prior raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Frickey
Chappell
Chappell Register
Squalus
Transient Ward 62 Dies After Heat Exposure
Ed Ward 62 a transient found seriously ill and taken to a Sidney hospital died next day. He may have succumbed to heat related causes. Ward came from Athena Kansas and relatives could not be located. Funeral services were held at Gehrig Funeral Home and burial followed at Sidney Greenwood Cemetery with Rev Ralph Dyer officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Ward
Sidney
Ward
Athena
Kansas
Gehrig Funeral Home
Sidney Greenwood Cemetery
Ralph Dyer
Dalton Wheat Field Sparks Record Yield in 500 Acre Patch
A 500 acre field near Dalton yielded just over 13 400 bushels with protein tests up to 18 percent. Grain weights ranged around 60 to 63 pounds, and though not in the control program the crop is stored awaiting higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Wheat crop insurance improved for 1940 harvest
The ACP committee reports a simplified better wheat insurance program for 1940, announced by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Within 20 days ACP committeemen begin selling policies as growers are notified of premium rates and insured production. Improvements include easier credit advances and one operation insurance at filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACP
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Sparks
Must Buy Insurance Before Seeding Starts
A wheat grower must buy 1940 crop insurance before seed ing wheat for the 1940 harvest. The deadline is the date the operator begins feeding wheat or a date set by the Regional Director. Crop insurance cannot indemnify for pre insured damage. insurance will be sold in the field by community committeemen in about two weeks. Farmers should contact the county ACP office before planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Campbell
ACP Committee
Campbell
ACP
Itinerant Combine Issue Ponders Farmers Aid Or Menace
Western Nebraska wheat farmers weigh itinerant combiners as a risk or help. Chamber leaders assign members to poll farmers for opinions. Critics cite unclean machines spreading weeds and lax enforcement of inspection laws. Proponents say itinerants cut costs in harvesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
Carl’c.jones
Civic Club
Demoralized Markets Lose Ground Steadily
Domestic grain markets weakened through July 21 as favorable crop prospects and plentiful old grain supply, plus weak world markets, weighed on prices. Subsidized exports and slow European demand pushed Liverpool values to record lows, while large old wheat stocks and ample North American spring wheat prospects explained domestic weakness. Old corn and oats also declined amid broad oversupply and corn-led declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Marketing Service
Grain Market Review
Liverpool
Tennis Tourney Opens Here July 30th
Western Nebraska will host an open tennis tournament starting Sunday July 30 with top players entering from the region. Lions Club sponsors the event with Dr. C. B. Dorwart and Dr. Leo J. Thomas leading the organizing committee. Sidney entrants are expected in force. Flights for men and women are planned and a Lions Club award pool will reward winners. Entries due by Thursday noon July 27.
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Nebraska
Lions ‘Club
C. B. Dorwart
Leo J. Thomas
Sidney
Lions Club
Ordinance Banning Fireworks Passed By Sidney Council
The Sidney city council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 273 banning the sale use manufacture and storage of fireworks. Exemptions include railroading flares and required photographer flashlight devices. The measure passed all readings with no dissent amid prior board support from the Lions Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
T. E. Kokjer
Paul l. Martin
Lions Club
Superintendents Named For 1939 County Fair Classes
County fair boards appoint class superintendents to manage and arrange thirteen divisions. The premium book will mail this week and plans for the fair progress. Board members include Ray Babcock Sidney president and Bert Allington Lund vice president. other officers are Olson, Winter, Campbell, Coulter, Gathman, Winkleman, Welton. Class leaders cover horses and mules, cattle, swine, sheep and goats, poultry, field crops, and horticulture with named supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Babcock
Sidney
Bert Allington
Lund
A. Olson
E. A. Winter
J. H. Campbell
Lodgepole
George Coulter
Potter
Charles Gathman
Gurley
Geo. Winkleman
Dalton
Chas. A.welton
Joe Larson
J. W. Nielsen
Stanley Elsen
Paul Sparks Jr
Carl Kurz
Henry Rhode
Floyd Miller
LeMoyne Johnson
Robert Rexroth
D. Green
Henry Gell
Tewell Restrains Officials Over Suburban Gate Reopening
District Judge J L Tewell granted an order halting state irrigation officials from blocking the reopening of headgates for the Suburban irrigation district in Lincoln county. A July 31 hearing was set on an injunction against interference. The order also includes land of W W Hoagland of North Platte on the Birdwood ditch amid state actions that shut western Nebraska ditches to supply the priority Kearney canal. Water flow in the Platte river showed a trace reaching the Kearney canal after shutdowns began July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Tewell
Lincoln
County
W.W. Hoagland
North Platte
Birdwood Ditch
Nebraska
Kearney Canal
Platte River
Panhandle counties finish cutting 1939 grain crop in Neb
More than a thousand rail cars of new wheat moved to market from western Nebraska since harvest began. Cheyenne county led with 540 cars, followed by Deuel and Kimball counties. Harvest about three quarters finished, with weather delaying some threshing. Grasshopper damage may exceed one third of the crop, Cheyenne county losses near 600000 dollars. An itinerant combine crew cut a farmer’s field by mistake, signaling a new era in wheat farming and widespread displacement of harvest hands.
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Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Deuel County
Kimball County
Box Butte
Morrill
Garden
Scottsbluff
Keith
Panhandle
Arnold Braasch
Sidney
Big Springs
Earl Smith
New Traffic Laws To Be In Effect Shortly
Nebraska motorists will face several new rules within six weeks. A flexible speed law sets limits by conditions but caps 50 mph at night and 60 mph by day. Trucks over five tons must not exceed 40 mph. City business districts stay at 20 mph and residential at 25 mph. Vehicles for hire or carrying explosives must stop for railroad crossings unless signals or guards control the crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Rotary Club Speaker Margaret Miller of Sidney
Margaret Miller spoke to the Rotary Club on Friday detailing 4-H club activities at the national convention in Washington. She was praised as one of Nebraska’s top 4-H workers last year and led Cheyenne County with a top rating. Marvin Sherrerd provided the musical program with accordion solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Margaret Miller
Sidney
Nebraska
Miss Miller
Cheyenne County
Marvin Sherrerd
Paul L. Martin Named City Attorney By Council
The city council unanimously confirmed Paul L. Martin as city attorney to replace the late W. F. Wehmiller. Mayor Roche announced the selection and called for a vote of confirmation. Martin will serve until May 1, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Martin
W. F. Wehmiller
R. E. Roche
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Laura M. Shepherd
the Panhandle
Baby
Lintz
Lucile Lintz
Lucile Helen Lintz
Peter Berlet
Loise Pauline Berlet
Nemaha County
Rosewood
Peru State Normal
Omaha
Talmage
Louis
Tewell
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