Victim identified as Homer Roye of Shreveport
The unidentified body mangled by a train near Omaha was identified as Homer Roye, 20, of Shreveport Louisiana. J J Watson, his foster uncle, confirmed the identification and said Roye had been the adopted son of Robert Roye. The body was sent to Shreveport for burial after Rice funeral service arranged local rites.
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South
Robert J. Roye
Louisiana
Buffal
Union Pacific Tiger
Homer Roye
Yeveport
Shreveport
Omaha
J. J.atson
Robert Roye
Watson
Roye
W. B. Carroll
Rice Funeral Service
Jason Lee Trek Restaged At 100th Anniversary Tie
Mitchell pass near Gering hosts a centennial celebration Sunday July 8 marking Jason Lee s trek on the Oregon Trail Notch. Bishop Leete of Omaha speaks a 250 voice chorus rehearses for a program. The Jason Lee wagon from 1834 leads a parade through Scottsbluff and Gering en route to Salem Oregon for Sept events.
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Jason Lee
Pacific Northwest
Mitchell Pass
Oregon Trail
Gering
Lee
Notch
Bishop Leete
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Salem
Ore
Nebraska
Grand Island
Hiram Scott
Scottsbluff National Monument
Filing deadline for 1934 primaries set at 5 p.m. July 5
The secretary of state announced that filing for the 1934 primaries must be completed by 5 p.m. on Thursday July 5. After that time it will be too late to enter the race without heavy petition efforts.
Big Gate Receipts At Sidney Kimball Tilt
A capacity crowd filled the league park in Sidney Sunday to watch Sidney and Kimball contest for league leadership. Treasurer Leon Fine reported gate receipts of $152.65 as cars lined the streets, prompting ground rules for the roundabout crowds.
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Sidney - Kimball
Sidney
Kimball
Leon Fine
Potter Girl Injured After Horse Throw
Marie Mathes, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Mathes of Potter, suffered a fractured right elbow and a compound fracture of the right leg between the ankle and knee when she was thrown from a horse Sunday. She was taken to Taylor hospital for treatment.
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Marie
Frank Mathes
Potter
Taylor Hospital
Corn Hog Early Payment Installments Approved in Counties
Nebraska farmers who signed early payment contracts will receive the first installment totaling 1.29 million dollars. Four counties Chasing Filmore Dakota and Arthur sent transmittal sheets approved by the state board of review, with about 10 percent of contracts in the early class. The payments base at 2 dollars per hog and 15 cents per bushel for corn, and more counties are expected to submit sheets in the coming days.
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Nebraska
State Board of Review
Chasing
Filmore
Dakota
Arthur
Plight Of Farmer Is Sad Read This One
A farmer with seven extra wheat acres followed advice to plant barley but the wheat grew so fast it choked the barley. He ends up with the best wheat he has on the place, illustrating the farmer’s misfortune.
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Charles Green
Charley
Cure For Tardiness Is Proven By Instructor
A well known Sidney teller narrates an incident claimed to have happened in Canada. A young teacher vowed a kiss for the first arrivals to stamp out tardiness. The next morning three boys arrived by five, and by six every boy in the class and two school board members were present.
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Sidney
Canada
First Arrests Made In U. P. Ice Theiveries
The first arrests in U P ice thefts came Saturday as John and Andy Hemmer were brought to county court charged with taking ice from Union Pacific refrigerator cars valued at $2.50. They pleaded guilty and were fined one dollar each plus costs totaling 4.93 dollars. Judge Barlow gave them until July 7 to pay.
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Union Pacific
John
Andy Hemmer
Barlow
Willey Asked to Lead Harvest Labor Effort in County
County Agent L. D. Willey said he has been asked to handle the harvest labor problem in Cheyenne county this year but is unsure if he can. He plans to issue a card to all farmers under the allotment advising them of harvest labor regulations under the contract as farmers near harvest start.
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L. D. Willey
Cheyenne County
Nebraska laws set to rocky fate in 1933 session
The 1933 Nebraska legislature faces court scrutiny as three acts are ruled unconstitutional in part or whole by the Nebraska Supreme Court. Delinquent tax provisions and a salary-cutting measure prompt further challenges, while two PWA enabling acts survive. Continued on Page 6, Column 1.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
PWA
Supreme Court
Nepal
Carpenter to stay in governor race amid Nebraska plan
Congressman Carpenter of Scotts Bluff denied rumors he would quit the governor bid and reenter the fifth district race. He pledged to campaign for a one house legislature, repeal of state prohibition, public power ownership or rate control, and a long range plan to develop Nebraska resources with state funding starting July 5.
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Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Horse Racing Ballot Bid Backed in Nebraska
Malcolm Baldrige of Omaha announced sufficient petitions to place the question of legalizing pari mutuel betting at Nebraska horse racing meetings on the November general election ballot. About 67,000 signatures have been gathered, exceeding the roughly 57,000 required, to be filed soon by the Ak-Sar-Ben exposition committee.
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Malcolm Baldrige
Omaha
Nebraska
Baldrige
Omaha Committee
Historical Society To Convene This Week
The Cheyenne County historical society plans its annual meeting next Friday June 29 in the city auditorium. J. C. Rosse was out of town and Telegraph News could not confirm details. a program is being arranged to interest all old timers.
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Cheyenne County Historical Society
J. C. Rosse
Telegraph
Kimball Edges Sidney In Ten Inning Pitchers Duel For First
Kimball annexed undisputed first place in the Wheat Belt league with a 3 2 win over Sidney Seals in ten innings. Leinenger scored the winning run after being hit by a pitch, Reader bunted him to second, then Busse lined to center. Sidney led early on hits by Wilson and Chaney, but Kimball tied it in the fifth and seventh. Lefty Peterson outpitched Marlatt, fanning 14 to 8, but walked no one while Marlatt allowed one earned run. The decisive runs came after Peterson hit batters in two innings. Continued on Page 6, Column 3.
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Kimball
Sidney
Seals
H. Leinenger
Kimall
Reader
Busse
Wilson
Chaney
Leinenger
Peterson
Tike Seals
W. Thomas
Noyes
Bushong
Lefty Peterson
Sidney Moundsman
E. Marratt
Marlatt
General fund balance eyed for relief use by legislature
State Treasurer Hall sees a May 31 general fund balance near 1.546 million dollars usable for relief next January. He argues for a 1 to 2 million dollar relief appropriation, noting federal aid and brighter times could sustain a lower state levy. Tax Commissioner Smith says the 2.39 mill levy could be reduced to 2 mills as counties report higher totals.
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Hall
State
Gangsters Nabbed For Pot Shot In New York Car Standoff
A phoned report of gangsters in a New York car firing at a Sidney couple triggers a sheriff office siege. Officers confront three men who deny the shooting as an elderly pair identifies them. a windshield hole is examined, later blamed on gravel.
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New York
Sidney
Lincoln Highway
Lodge Pole
Birthday Salute to Old Time Cowboy Mack Radcliffe
About 59 years after crossing the Platte river Mack Radcliffe, a veteran cowhand who helped push the western frontier, will turn 80 on July 25. Some 200 friends plan a Circle Bar ranch celebration in Morrill county, hosted by son C. S. Radcliffe and wife. Radcliffe, a longtime voter, is a Morrill county commissioner candidate this year but shows little interest in the August 14 election.
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Mack Radcliffe
Platte River
Mr. Radcliffe
C. S. Radcliffe
Circle Bar Ranch
Morrill County
Radcliffe
New Corn Hog Racket Exposed in Nebraska
Nebraska corn hog participants were warned of a new scam by W H Brokaw state corn hog administrator in Lincoln. A stranger claiming government authority convinced a farmer to surrender extra pigs Farrowed in 1934 beyond the contract were allegedly loaded for removal. The farmer seeks the missing man and pigs while no official guidance from the Secretary of Agriculture is cited.
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Nebraska
W. H. Brokaw
Lincoln
Brokaw
Secretary of Agriculture
Bicknell Praised At Funeral Services For Lifelong Church Leader
The Rev J H Bicknell is eulogized as a selfless servant of church and humanity at a Friday morning funeral in First Christian Church Lincoln with Masonic rites at Wynka. Born 1868 in Knox County Indiana he served in Minden Benton Harbor Liverpool Omaha Irvington and helped grow multiple congregations.
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Bicknell
J. H. Bicknell
Ray E. Hunt
First Christian Church
Lincoln
Wynka
Masonic Lodge No. 297
Ray G. Aylsworth
J. W. Hilton
Edna Stone
Mr. Bicknell
Doctor Hunt
Jesus Christ
Knox County
Ind
Bloomington
Burlington
Cotner College
Minden
Benton Harbor
Mich
Liverpool
America
North Side Christian Church
Omaha
Irvington
Rye Market Firm As Outlook Is Doubtful
Rye markets show independent firmness amid light domestic supplies and steady demand. Drought damage to the new crop has reduced prospects to the smallest supplies in over 50 years, supporting prices in the United States while foreign markets remain dull with low world prices. United States imports hit a new high as European rye ships to the U S rise.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
U. S
May Sets New Tax Total for 3.2 Beer in Nebraska
Nebraska beer tax receipts for May reached a new high as 3.2 percent brew sales netted $24,743. The state agriculture department said this topped the previous peak of $19,171 recorded in August. May sales began August 10 and continued through the month, marking a sharp rise over April's $17,404.
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Nebraska
State Agriculture Department
Applications For CCC Camps Now Accepted
Cheyenne county committee accepts CCC camp applications until Saturday night for eight vacancies at Mumper. Robert A. Barlow will handle the applications. Winners go to Mumper for examination. the Crescent lake game refuge hosts the camp with extensive government work planned.
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CCC
Mumper
Cheyenne
Robert A. Barlow
Crescent Lake Game Refuge
Fourth of July program set by American Legion
The American Legion plans a complete Fourth of July program by evening with committees submitting final reports tonight. Daltons band booking failed and Kimball's band is being pursued. A large West End crowd is anticipated as Kimball sends delegations and Captain Matt Gay performs a 90 foot water dive. The Zephyr train from Denver to Sidney arrives July 2 at 1 35 p m and leaves four o'clock. It is an aluminum diesel streamline train touring the west after a Denver Chicago run.
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American Legion
Dalton
Kimball
Broadwater
Zephyr
Burlington Railroad
Sidney
Telegraph
N. A. S. McLean
Bridgeport
Sterling
Denver
Chicago
Century of Progress
West
Denver-Billings
Union Pacific
Burlington
Annual Picnic Event To Be Held Thursday
Cheyenne county farmers plan an annual Farmers Union picnic at Lodge Pole on Thursday with over 1500 expected if weather holds. County and state officers will speak, sports and dancing are on the program, and Sidney and Gurley will play a baseball game in the afternoon.
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Cheyenne County
Farmers Union
Lodge Pole
Sidney
Gurley
Gas Tax Receipts Rise to New May High
May gasoline tax collections reached a new high for the year with $784,540, up from $724,830 in April and $675,314 in May last year. Director D. F. Felton of the State agriculture department notes monthly gains so far this year, with May marking an increase over 1933.
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State Agriculture Department
D. F. Felton
Hillbillies to Appear at Fox Theatre Saturday
The Beverly Hillbillies will perform at the Fox Theatre on Saturday night as a leading stage attraction. Fresh from a Denver week run, they are praised as outstanding and are well known across the West Coast for appearances in top theatres.
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Beverly Hillbill
Hillbillies
Fox Theatre
Denver
West Coast
Bergstrom In Charge Of 2. Filling Stations
Carl Bergstrom, operator of the Bergstrom service station on West Illinois Street, is placed in charge of both the Mission and Bergstrom stations by Western Nebraska Oil company. He announces a clean up sale of tires and accessories as a new tire contract has been arranged for both stations.
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Carl Bergstrom
Bergstrom
West Illinois Street
Mission
Western Nebraska Oil Company
Sidney Lady Witness In Insurance Law Suit
Secretly indicted by the federal grand jury nine officials of the National Security Life association of Beverly Hills were arrested on charges of conspiring to use the mails in a scheme to defraud policy holders. Organizers came from Chicago in October 1931 and operated under various names claiming 45 million dollars in insurance in force though records show at most 10 million. More than 200 widows and beneficiaries had claims rejected for technical reasons, with many insisting they were bonafide. One witness listed is Mrs. E. M. Carlson of Sidney.
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Federal Grand Jury
National Security Life Association of
Beverly Hills
Postoffice
Chicago
E. M.carlson
Sidney
District Four Second In Membership Drive
District Four of the American Legion led by George Irwin of Bridgeport remains second in the Nebraska department membership drive with a 105.45 percent completion, about five points behind the leader, District One.
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American Legion
George Irwin
Bridgeport
Nebraska
District
Rev Link Reappointed State Chaplain of Knights of Columbus
Rev Anton Link pastor of the local Catholic church is reappointed state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus. The appointment, approved by three bishops, covers the coming year and follows his service in this role since 1928. John E. Fitzpatrick of Omaha announced the decision.
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Anton Link
Knights of Columbus
John E. Fitzpatrick
Omaha
Link
Marlatt Homers and Misses: Sixteen Balls In One At Bat
In Sidney Kimball game Marlatt pitched 16 balls to local player Jack Wilson before a walk ended the sequence. Wilson fouled ten pitches, Marlatt then threw a wild pitch that scored Chaney running for Peterson, nearly costing Kimball the game.
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Sidney Kimball
Marlatt
Kimball
Jack Wilson
Wilson
Chaney
Peterson
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NCLE
U. P
Willey
Rocky Seas
Historical Society
Longhorns
Radclif
Burlington Zephyr
Hill Billies
Fox
District Four
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