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Newspaper
The Telegraph News
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1938
Page
5
Dollar Days will be held this week end to secure bargains for a two day sale. Most Sidney stores will be closed through Monday July 4 due to the holiday, so shoppers will stock up for the two day vacation and Dollar Day bargains.
The mayor said a testing station will be set up for residents in this trade territory, but until then the issue remains tabled. In official parlance tabled usually means killed.
Cheyenne county ends deficit after a campaign to collect taxes. By May 1938 the deficit shrank to 8497.54 and by June the last deficit was wiped out with a small fund balance. Officials credit the board of commissioners for keep ing expenses down and guiding efficient collection. Clerk Dan Campbell aided with foreclosure filings and rapid transfers to the treasurer.
A state polio serum program will tour the state to collect blood from patients over 15. Donors receive 3 dollars and contact through their family physician. The association notes convalescent serum is not a cure but aids fight against the disease. Nebraska data from 1937 shows 48 recoveries in 73 cases, with paralysis prevented in many treated early.
The county records hail damage to crops in a very limited area. Recovery depends on time and weather. Farmers face a bitter blow as the effects unfold for those households affected.
In Tibet altars display unusual adornments built from waste items. Decor examples include old Christmas tree tinsel camera film rolls broken rat traps burned out bulbs and empty beer bottles and tin cans.
Officials estimate the grace requirements would exclude about 25 percent of the crop from loans, risking a price gap between low and high grades. The plan aims to use a substantial share of the expected 500 million bushel surplus, though the exact loan volume remains uncertain.
A tour through Nebraska Fourth of July milestones from 1854 to 1932 notes Bellevue’s first formal celebration with a flag raise, Brownville’s first circus, Nebraska City’s cornerstone laying, Lincoln’s 1876 slave freedom tribute, Omaha’s 1892 Populist conventions, 1897 bicycle races, 1916 Pawnee Reservation memorial, 1927 indoor track records, Grand Island’s 1932 county anniversary, and other memorable observances marking statehood and local pride.
Walter Jurgensen of Omaha was ousted as lieutenant governor by the Nebraska Supreme Court citing a vacancy since his March 7 conviction for embezzlement. He says Attorney General Hunter aims to rally GOP voters and will appeal to higher courts while pursuing renomination in the 1938 general election.
A quoted statement indicates an intention to pursue further proceedings if advised there is a path to review a recently decided case. The speaker contends possible appeals could occur in either Nebraska's Supreme Court or the U S Supreme Court.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for several positions. Filing deadlines vary by region, with later dates in western states. Notable postings include Assistant and Junior Home Economists, Juvenile Aquatic Biologist, Chemical Engineer in Explosives, Cotton Classing Specialists, and Assistant Electric Rate Investigator. Applications go to the Civil Service Commission in Washington D C.
Governor R L Cochran urged WPA administrator D F Felton to protect WPA workers who take temporary wheat harvest jobs. Farmers reported workers feared losing WPA eligibility after harvest. The governor said safeguarding their jobs benefits both farmers and workers and that Nebraska labor should be preferred to itinerant harvest hands.
England’s oldest surviving song is My Lady Green Sleeves, reportedly sung around William Rufus’s coronation in 1087. The fragment mentions a royal event and ties the tune to medieval English court life.
Fireside chat calls liberals from all parties to back progressive candidates as Roosevelt administration flags potential renomination battles. Observers cite Senators Elison D. Smith Millard E. Tydings and Walter F. George as likely targets amid judiciary bill opposition. Dan Much is arrested after hit and run injures Eugene Golden as police link glass and clothing fragments to the suspect car.
Washington RFC chairman Jesse Jones told President Roosevelt there is a little pickup in railroad traffic mostly seasonal. He said he gave Roosevelt a general fill in of rail developments before the western tour and did not think a special congressional session was necessary to address rail problems.
Fremont Nebraska retailers' committee plans distribution of a petition calling on local business and professionals to stop dealings with Omaha wholesale firms. The move follows a debate over the routing of alternate U.S. highway 30 with Omaha interests blamed. Similar steps were urged in towns along the Lincoln highway to act, citing Omaha's alleged disregard for other interests and leadership by the Omaha chamber of commerce and Motor club in the highway program.
Reports from U S Consul Louis H Gourley in Tsingtao say a Japanese sentry struck Mrs Massie wife of Lt Thomas H Massie linked to the 1932 Honolulu case. Officials say the sentry mistook her for a Russian after she did not respond to commands in Japanese.
Berlin reports confirm growing friction among Nazi factions over the Austria Germany merger after the anschluss. Hitler reportedly plans to intervene in Vienna while Goebbels and others deny leaving incognito.
Dispatches report Shanghai and Hankow victories by Chinese land and air units in the Yangtze valley. Japanese forces facing Chinese counterattacks near Nanking areas suffer 3 000 casualties while a Chinese air effort targets a fleet of more than 50 ships. In Beatrice Nebraska opposition grows to a municipal auto testing station with talks of leasing or private operation to cut costs.
Albuquerque reports the 21 year old Medill McCormick, heir to the McCormick publishing fortune, missing after a four day climbing attempt on Sandia peak. A companion, Richard Whitmer, was found dead under the rock face as searchers frantically scoured inaccessible ledges.
Postmaster General Farley told a South Boston rally that there are disgruntled members but no party rifts and urged loyalty to elected officials. He predicted a fall Congress with faith in the president, while primary battles would continue as part of normal party politics. In Spain, insurgent forces under Franco advanced on Teruel but suffered heavy losses after government counterattacks.
Washington Ambassador Joseph E. Davies told President Roosevelt that his Saturday briefing was a report to the boss on soviet Russia. Davies, a White House luncheon guest after arriving in the capital for a week, has been moved from Moscow to Brussels and may take the oath for the new post in a few days. He will then receive instructions from Secretary Hull and other state department officials.
Insurgent forces and government troops clash across a 45 mile front near the Basque border with about 250000 fighters engaged. Infantry tanks armored cars and warplanes deploy under 110 degree heat in one of the war's major battles.
Acting President Felix C. Rodriguez and Senator Augustine del Castillo exchanged pistol fire in the Mexico City senate lobby. Rodriguez chased Castillo from his office, Del Castillo hid behind a pillar, and multiple shots rang out though no injuries were reported. Del Castillo complained Rodriguez refused to recognize him on the floor.
Market report lists prices for hens at 434 lbs up No. 1 ten cents per lb hens under 4 percent 4 lbs seven cents Leghorn hens No. 1 six cents cocks colored five cents Leghorn four cents colored springs fifteen cents Leghorn springs twelve cents All No. 2 poultry and lighter butterfat twenty one cents Eggs fifteen cents
The article notes lettuce consumption since ancient times with Herodotus citing salad use in 550 B C Pliny records cultivation and blanching by Romans Henry VIII privy purse expenses show a reward for bringing lettuce to the court The piece links historical cultivation to later royal favor and kitchen use.
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