Chamber Commerce Hears Of Plans For Revaluing Property
The Sidney chamber hears reports from tax and goodwill committees on plans to equalize city and county valuations. Officials discuss audit by Nebraska League of County Taxpayers and possible district court action to lower values. Museum housing and equipment delays cited. county clubs urged to meet with chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Tax Association
Nebraska League of County Taxpayers Associations
Tax Association
Sidney
M. W. Osborn
W. H. Smith
Osborn
Good Will
G. F. Liebendorfer
Chamber of Commerce
Museum
Tragedy near Kimball Mars Holiday claims two lives
Mr and Mrs Herbert Wallin of Sidney were killed in a head on collision with a Burlington Trailways bus six miles east of Kimball. Both occupants died instantly and were pinned in the sedan wreckage. The bus had 21 passengers who were shaken but largely uninjured. Authorities noted the Wallins appeared to die instantly and the cause remained undetermined with the collision occurring on a hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wallin
Sidney
Kimball
Burlington Trailways
Wallin
Kimball County
Ditty
Telegraph News
Wailin
Kenosha Auto Transport Sues Over License Fees in Nebraska
The Kenosha Auto Transport Co of Wisconsin sues Nebraska state and county officials in Omaha federal court seeking injunctive relief over double and higher license fees for transporting automobiles across Nebraska. The suit argues fees for foreign vehicles exceed resident charges and violate interstate commerce protections. A June hearing is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
United States District Court
Omaha
Cochran
Tilley
Department of Roads and Irrigation
Fred Guyer
Washington County
Kenosha Auto Transport Company
Kenosha
Wis
R. C. Hoyt
Attorney Generals Office
Donahoe
Wisconsin
Blair
Pleas For Peace Heard Across Nation At Memorial Day
Memorial Day observances echo calls for peace as A. M. Leafdale and other speakers urge amicable relations among nations. In Arlington President Roosevelt and generals Pershing and Roper emphasize democracy, economic understanding, and ending international animosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Auditorium
A. M. Leafdale
Potter
America
Roosevelt
Arlington
Roper
General Pershing
Pershing
Gen
Funeral Service For Panabaker At Dalton
Funeral services were held for Peter Frank Panabaker 71 at the Presbyterian church in Dalton with Rev Atden Coe officiating. Interment followed at Dalton Cemetery under Rice Funeral Service. Panabaker a native of Ohio moved to Iowa in 1880 and to Wayne four years later later residing in the state since. He was married to Phoebe Chichester whose death preceded him by 11 years. Survivors include two sons two daughters and a brother in Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Dalton
Peter Frank Panabaker
East Dalton
Atden Coe
Rice
Panabaker
Ohio
Iowa
Wayne
Phoebe Chichester
Earl Kratz Office Moves to Old Post Office Building
The law and abstracting office of Attorney Earl R. Kratz relocates from the Hink building to the old post office at Tenth Avenue and Jackson Street. Kratz leases half the ground floor for his office and the move is announced in this Telegraph News issue with a capital loan advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl R. Kratz
Hink
Post Office
Tenth Avenue and
Jackson Street
Kratz
The
Telegraph News
Sunday School Convention Opens at Methodist Church
The 1936 Cheyenne county Sunday school convention convenes at the Methodist church this morning at 10 30 and runs all day with an interesting program. Delegates are expected to pack the meeting and a noon lunch is featured as the social highlight. Out of town speakers will appear on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Methodist Church
Five arrested in probe of road robbery north of town
Everett Welch 28 of McCook was arrested by Sheriff Webb and Deputy Kilby at Bridgeport for questioning in the Ira Humphries hold up between Sidney and Huntsman. Welch denied involvement as authorities traced car tracks to the crime scene and Humphries freed himself from the truck after $50 was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Welch
McCook
A. M. Webb
William Kilby
Bridgeport
Ira Humphries
Sidney
Pal Night Set to Begin Thursdays at Fox Theatre
Pal Night starts this week at the Fox Theatre with Thursday screenings. One adult admission admits two. doors include downstairs or balcony. Next Saturday offers a free 10:30 a.m. kiddies matinee with a 10:15 assemble and a photo session followed by a free program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Theatre
Ned Collings
Screen Entertainment
Fox
Home Owners Loan bank in Scottsbluff to close
The Scottsbluff branch of the Home Owners Loan Corporation will disband July 1 under acting manager R. O. Chambers. The last loan was completed Thursday and the office will merge with the Norfolk bank before joining the Omaha office. Since opening, 1271 loans in 20 counties totaled about three million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
the Home Owners Loan Corporation
R. O. Chambers
Norfolk Bank
Omaha
Aged Man Gunnison Dies in Sidney Hospital
Almon C. Gunnison, 73, died Friday night in a Sidney hospital after about five weeks of illness. He broke his hip in a fall, had been in critical condition, and a heart condition hastened his death. No funeral plans were set as authorities seek nearby relatives, especially a sister. The body lies at Gehrig funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almon C. Gunnison
Sidney
Mr. Gunnison
Truckers Told to Show Cause by June 15
The railway commission, with Commissioner Bollen dissenting, adopted an order requiring all commercial truckers in the state to show cause on or before June 15 why certain regulations should not be adopted. The move mirrors interstate rules and aims to outline general control including rates and insurance. Bollen criticized the change as unnecessary and said the commission is split on the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Railway Commission
Bollen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Drake
Long Term Given To Bartlett At Sterling
William Scott Bartlett a 19 year old from Fort Morgan was sentenced to not more than 30 years in the Buena Vista state reformatory after pleading guilty to kidnapping a 16 year old Peetz girl and taking her to Chicago. Sheriff Ray Powell testified that Bartlett has a wife and four months old baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scott Bartlett
Fort Morgan
State Reformatory
Buena Vista
Sterling
Peetz
Chicago
Ray Powell
H. E. Munson
Bartlett
Sidney
Munson
Preservation of Sidney's rich history urged by chamber
The Sidney chamber of commerce heard calls to save Fort Sidney relics and propose turning the vacant Central school property into a park and museum. A. J. Jorgenson urged action to create a permanent beauty site funded by government money, with immediate steps needed to preserve historical artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney
A. J. Jorgenson
Central School
Jorgenson
M. W. Osborn
I. BE. Grabill
D. L. Abbott
Seals Lose Twice To Fort Warren 20th Infantry
Fort Warren's 20th Infantry routed the Sidney Seals in a weekend doubleheader 9 to 3 on Saturday and 7 to 5 on Sunday. Two home runs fueled a seven run rally in the Saturday game while a late surge by the soldiers turned the tide in Sunday’s close contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Warren
Sidney
Seals
W. Thomas
Joe Stecher
Tolliver
Army
Gold Discovery Renews Reports of 1880 Robbery
Soldier Albert J. Baker of Fort Warren says he found buried gold coins, 40 to 50 years old, estimated at $80,000, eight months ago on a riverbank. Deputy Attorney General Thomas Shea notes Wyoming has no provision to pay for buried loot and Baker plans to claim it when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Baker
Fort Warren
Thomas Shea
Wyoming
Baker
Company H
20Th Infantry
WPA Sponsor Shares in Nebraska WPA projects
WPA report shows sponsors contributed 930 583 of nearly eight million spent through April 30. D F Felton Nebraska WPA administrator notes material and equipment rental dominate expenditures. By April end 64 district workers were paid by sponsors, four from relief rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Nebraska
D. F. Felton
Cheyenne County
Garden County
Kimball
Box Butte Cheyenne
Dawes
Deuel
Keith
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Thomas
Supreme Court Finds District Erred In Bus Contract
The Cheyenne county district was right to enjoin the school board No 10 from hiring August Theis at $85 a month to transport pupils after the annual meeting voted against building a new school and bus service. The Supreme Court held the board lacked power to contract for bus service when the electorate voted not to hire a bus and urged repairing the condemned building or allowing parental transport as alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Cheyenne County
Supreme Court
A. Pus
An- Continued
Lawyers Convene for Western Nebraska Wyoming Meeting
Lawyers from the western Nebraska districts 17 and 13 and a Wyoming district gather in Scottsbluff on Saturday June 6 for a one day convention. Sidney lawyers attend as does the Cheyenne bar association. Speakers include John D. Clark and Harry Henderson with a luncheon and a country club banquet followed by a dance. Floyd Wright James G. Motherhead and Howarth Olsen hold officer posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
Wyoming
Sidney
Western Association
Scotts Bluff
Garden
Kimball
McPherson
Lincoln
Devel
Cheyenne
Dawson
Arthur
Keith
Banner
Cheyenne Bar Association
State Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Omaha
John D. Clark
Harry Henderson
Country Club
Clark
Henderson
Floyd Wright
Western Nebraska Association
James G. Motherhead
and Howarth Olsen
Gering
Heart Attack Fatal To Well Known Lady
Donna Marie Davis, 53, died Saturday night from a heart attack at the home of the late Fred Livingston where she had been housekeeper for four years. She had moved with her family to Sidney after long residence in Kimball and Cheyenne County since 1907. Survivors include four brothers and one sister. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. J. Sheaff at the Methodist church with burial in Gibbon and Gehrig funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Marie Davis
Fred Livingston
Davis
Cheyenne County
Kimball
Sidney
William A. Davis
John R. Henderson
J. F
Eli Henderson
N. B. Henderson
Fort Collins
Dora Mae Long
Gibbon
Methodist
J. J. Sheaff
Gehrig
Crop outlook praised by Cheyenne county farmers
Cheyenne county farmers from Potter Dalton Lodge Pole Gurley and Lorenzo say the outlook is good and the finest in years though they refrain from declaring the crop as a sure thing after past disappointments. Continued on rage 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Potter
Dalton
Lodge Pole
Gurley
Lorenzo
Water Main Breaks Early Sunday Night
A water main broke in front of the city office on Jackson street Sunday evening. Water department crews worked hours to repair the break. City Engineer Hazelwood blamed aged cast iron pipe over 40 years old and urged copper mains where oiling is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Street
Water Department
Hazelwood
Tri County League Founded with Six Town Teams
A new tri county baseball league formed last week includes Chappell Lodge Pole Peetz Gurley Bunker Hill and Potter. First games were Sunday and the season runs through August 30. Next Sunday Lodge Pole meets Bunker Hill Gurley faces Peetz Potter plays Chappell. Sunday results saw Peetz beat Bunker Hill 5 to 3 and Gurley defeat Potter 10 to 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Lodge Pole
Peetz
Gurley
Bunker Hill
Potter
Telegraph News
Rainmaker Hired By Sidney In Early Days
In 1882 Sidney citizens paid a Cheyenne rainmaker to guarantee moisture through a secret process. Telegraph files recount this episode in the history column, noting how early residents sought weather aid and how the affair is preserved in old records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Cheyennne
The
Telegraph
Perfect Weather Brightens Sidney Holiday Weekend
Sidney enjoyed two day weekend with clear skies and open air leisure. Saturday was cloudy then cleared. Sunday reached a high of 85 degrees with no moisture in Cheyenne county. The week forecast calls for occasional showers and additional rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Flood Waters Swirl Across Colorado Kansas and Nebraska
Flood waters sweep portions of Colorado Kansas and Nebraska leaving two dead a third missing and several towns in doubt. The Arkansas and Republican rivers overflow after a week of heavy rains in the drought region reminding of the great midwestern flood years ago.
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Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Arkansas
Republican
Dust Bowl
Rains Fall In Parts Of This County Monday
Unsettled weather lingered over the county with scattered showers. Sidney reported intermittent rain that settled the dust but yielded little moisture, with overcast skies most of the day and threats of more showers predicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
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Kenosha Company
Earl Kratz
Schulz
Home Loan Bank
Box
Butte County
Bluffs
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