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Newspaper
The Telegraph News
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
2
An independent weekly from Sidney Nebraska announces subscription terms and prices. Rates shown include one year for zone one readers at 2.00 and outside zone one at 2.50, payable in advance with telegraph options.
Max Schmeling says he can beat Joe Louis and is not afraid. Louis views Schmeling as a stepping stone en route to the world title. Drowning incident reported near Rogers Arkansas claims Jon Edwards while swimming with two companions. Nebraska growers head for seed certification as 2 counties submit small grain injections. Democratic critique notes Republicans copied platforms from 1836 and 1921. Cleveland cash registers gain about two million during the GOP convention week.
The article reports a widespread grievance in Ontario as millions of caterpillars invade streams and lakes, feeding on plants and affecting fish and agriculture. It notes diverse, disjointed items from international politics to local incidents, including weathered war mentions and odd crime notes.
The 1856 Cass County rural school, touted as Nebraska’s oldest, will be reconstructed as a shelter in one of the state’s oldest cemeteries. The six mile south of Plattsmouth structure was built in 1856. A Roosevelt speech in Dallas framed remarks on economic control and opportunity in government.
In Paris police moved to curb mass protests amid a strike crisis as officials fear external elements. Interior Minister Roger Salengro said police controlled the scene after gendarmes arrested people who refused to disperse when ordered.
A mid-Otoe County graveling project effectively stalled when workers refused five hours daily at 35 cents an hour after being assigned by the re employment office. Non relief labor was hired to replace the crew, signaling a work action impacting the site.
Based on unofficial census data North Platte asserts it is the fourth largest city in Nebraska with a population gain of about five thousand since 1930, a figure larger than Hastings.
Pedestrians using the railroad bridge at Nebraska City dodge tolls and consider filing a complaint against the railroad. A swarm of bees has settled on the span causing difficulties for those crossing the bridge.
The Nebraska Liquor Commission refused to issue a liquor license to a dealer whose place of business sat directly across from a cemetery.
Earl Eilers of Shenandoah Iowa tried to help his sisters and brother by driving them in a truck that ran out of control. The vehicle toppled onto a high bank, Earl was crushed beneath the cab and died instantly when he attempted to exit and save others.
Trene Williams of Yukon Oklahoma, 14, wife of Frank Williams, was stabbed to death. Williams was arrested minutes later and admitted to the slaying saying his wife refused to live with him and that he decided she would not live with anyone.
Joe Geddes of Gothenburg survived a two story fall while hanging awnings at the Lake Hotel. He escaped with only a formless pair of trousers, as the platform broke beneath him. Police search for three fugitives led by Lawrence De Vol in a murder and kidnapping case in Iowa and Missouri. A WPA composer Perry Bracord wrote the campaign song Better Times Are Coming.
Milburn Bonitz was sentenced in Center Nebraska to one year in the penitentiary for manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Francis Anderson at a filling station. Bonitz claimed the shooting was accidental.
A passenger elevator carrying 19 women and an operator dropped from the twelfth floor to the basement of the Wurlitzer Building in New York City. Fourteen women sustained injuries.
Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reed Finance Corporation, and three other passengers escaped a flaming crash as two pilots diverted a mono plane to a field near Dallas Texas. The craft dove at an estimated 275 mph, skidded to a smoking halt on its belly after the undercarriage tore away.
The unity that carried Alf Landon Frank Knox and the platform to approval in Cleveland faced a divided Capitol as Senator George Norris of Nebraska predicted a Roosevelt re election and Borah supporters scattered.
The official press hailed a projected Russian constitution as the world s sole true democracy promising freedom of the press speech and religion. It says the document to be promulgated this fall would establish two parliamentary bodies and allow secret ballot elections for some officials.
Prosecutor Duncan McRae asserts the Black Legion is rapidly building strength for a coup to establish a fascist dictatorship. He cites a phone talk with Smedley Butler and recalls a two years ago encounter where men proposed forming a dictatorship.
Two Des Moines officers debating whether a prisoner parted his hair, or wore it in the middle, conclude the man is bald headed during a memory test while aiming to become detectives.
In a seven hour session the French Chamber backed Premier Blum's social reform package aimed at ending widespread inflation. The measures include wages for workers on vacation, tax exemptions for war veterans, restoration of government employee pay cuts and rules for collective labor contracts. Separately, Harry Chapin is held for investigation in the recovery of Violet King Chapin's body from the Missouri River, with two relatives sought for questioning.
Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland, once a Notre Dame priest and notable chemist who helped discover synthetic rubber, died suddenly in Washington. The obituary notes his pioneering work and association with Notre Dame.
Nebraska's state assistance committee approved about 225000 dollars in state and federal security funds for counties that submitted required data and requests. Most allotments target June distributions.
William Pohlman of Deshler Nebraska shares a home with a mother cat tending a kitten and a baby skunk in a hens nest while two setting hens help keep the entire brood warm.
A movie producer offered Hatfield a large sum to conjure rain, but he declined. He said he could bring rain, yet it would damage crops more than he could accept.
A lumber truck rolled over on the roadside near Belle Fourche South Dakota killing two men and injuring a third. The vehicle swerved onto the soft shoulder of the road before overturning.
Secret service agent Rowland K. Goddard testified that twenty dollar federal reserve notes are surfacing in Colorado Wyoming and Utah in large quantities. He said the forgeries are produced at a Mexican printing plant once reported destroyed by the Mexican government and later traced to Mexico.
Seven jurors and a bootblack were fined for contempt after ten beer bottles were found in the jury room during a trial. The bootblack allegedly raised the bottles into the room from outside. The judge fined the jurors their fees and barred them from jury duty.
A determined intoxicated man on a crowded subway knocked Mrs. Gertrude Cosgrove’s baby from a window as he fought for a seat. The infant was saved by a narrow ledge and unharmed. the drunker fled the scene.
A vigorous campaign by the United States Chamber of Commerce targets both house and senate tax bills as conferees reconvene to resolve differences in the two versions.
In Golden Colorado two aged pioneer women unveiled a plaque claiming Golden hosted Colorado’s first capitol. The ceremony marked Golden’s 77th anniversary with the two survivors of the fifty niner settlers at the event.
The Estes Park area ranch leased by Governor Landon sits in the Roosevelt forest which was named for Teddy Roosevelt not Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Co-pilot Eugene Schacher 32, hailed for a daring rescue, died from burns just hours after saving passengers including Jesse Jones. Jones, RFC chairman, perished in the same incident, dying less than three hours after being thanked by those he helped.
A mass meeting of central Nebraska livestock truckers will be held in Grand Island next Sunday to discuss the motor carriers act of 1935.
Glen Schmidt, Iowa investigation bureau chief, said he believed escapee DeVol had left Iowa and was heading for a retreat in the Ozark mountains in Missouri. The stake arose after a car allegedly stolen by the convict was found near Shenandoah, Iowa.
Allen Baldwin a 21 year old ex convict from South Dakota confessed when trapped to killing a Council Bluffs filling station operator. The crime, first linked to DeVol, involved Baldwin holding up the station and kidnapping the operator. He shot the victim after an escape attempt, with multiple shots to the head.
In Calcutta a wealthy Indian man vows 50000 dollars for temporary relief from insomnia and 100000 dollars for a permanent cure after reporting only 20 minutes of natural sleep in the past two years.
Denver and Mrs. E H Howe host relatives and friends over the weekend. Numerous households from Sterling Sidney and surrounding areas visit, with reading and recreation led by Mrs. Lingwall and Mrs. Sprenger during a Thursday gathering hosted by Mrs. Lloyd Reineka.
Mrs. William Strolin arrived Tuesday from Los Angeles en route to Chicago and visited at the C. N. Johnson and Oscar Redeen homes a few days. Dave Eckert and son of Boulder Colorado called on Mrs. Ed Sanders and children Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Yost and Jivelyn spent Friday evening at Leslie Sanders.
A terse note describes a governance measure claiming one third of Africa is traced as 3GG per 1000 square miles. The fragment mentions a framework or policy but lacks concrete entities or dates.
The original name for tatting was frivolile. It was very popular during the middle and latter part of the nineteenth century.
In Buddhist nations such as Tibet murderers are not executed because Buddhism forbids killing living beings.
A character known as Uncle Ken cautions a man about choosing his path and warns to be careful with the kind of business he follows, framing a folksy lesson on self direction and prudence.
Complete fertilizers are defined by containing the three primary nutrients: potash, nitrogen, and phosphoric acid. They supply essential elements for plant growth in a balanced blend suitable for various crops and soils.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. and church services at 8 p.m. Mrs. Anna Reineka and Lula visited multiple local homes this week. Neighbors hosted dinners and calls for families including the Lingwalls, Andersons, Glassbars, Petersons, Hulls, and Sprengers. Visitors from Brule and California mentioned, with several social gatherings and a surprise party for Mrs. A M Anderson.
John Hamilton, key Landon backer and manager of the Landon cause, was named chairman of the Republican National Committee signaling a decisive shift in control at the GOP convention. The move cements Landon influence over party strategy and leadership.
Idaho Senator Borah declined to say how he would vote for Landon for president after losing the Republican bid. He questioned the Cleveland convention message about a gold plank and reiterated his opposition to returning to the gold standard. The HOLC plans to recover its three billion loaned against solid property as federal loans close. In Morland Kansas a mystery box in a well is raised to reveal a rock after stock is sold. The GOP ticket now lists Alf Landon and Frank Knox with the platform read and approved, while Hoover’s push for a gold standard failed. Fourteen Detroit men face conspiracy charges against political opponents of the Black Legion and others linked to plots against a Highland Park editor and a suburban mayor. Dayton Dean testified in the case.
A heavy rain fell Monday evening with hail near Potter causing considerable grain losses in places. Several residents report near total crop loss. Local social notes list visits and family gatherings including Mrs. Charles Dedic Emil and Lora Lee Reed staying with Mrs. Boyd French and updates on Mrs. Henry Hates husband at Cheyenne veterans hospital.
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