Youth Admits Setting School Building Blaze
A youth confessed to arson tying to a school building fire as heavy rain drenched much of western Nebraska. The weekend storm dumped over a third of an inch in Sidney and Cheyenne County, soaking soil, slickening roads, and delaying field work. Farmers expect corn planting soon as moisture improves. Continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Bridgeport
Peetz
Dalton
Grasshopper Hatch Is Watched Closely By County Farmers
Cheyenne county farmers monitor a potential grasshopper hatch as two weeks of rain and mild weather fail to prevent hatching. Warm damp spells aid hoppers, while heavy rains and prolonged warmth can curb them. Hatchings spotted in fields and along roadsides prompt county farm bureau reports. An arson confession involving Jack Jacobe in Sidney cites a revenge motive for burning the abandoned Central school building.
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Cheyenne
Farm Bureau
Nebraska
M H Swenk
College of Agriculture
Jack Jacobe
Sidney
Jacobe
James L. Hand
Hand
Frances Filbin
P. J. Heaton
W. W. Schulz
Frank Weggint
I. L. Pindell
Miss Filbin
Heaton
Fremont
Weggint
Schul
Lincoln
Sidney Rifle Team Wins Group Two in National Postal Matches
Sidney Rifle club captured the Group Two championship in the national postal matches with a score of 7270, edging Flint Michigan by 19 points. Other Group Two entrants included Brooklyn New York Laramie Wyoming Dunkirk New York Canon City Colorado and Bridgeport. Sidney ranked 14th nationwide, as Group One winner was Waterloo Iowa with 7546 and 13 teams finished ahead of Sidney in that group.
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Sidney Rifle Club
Sidney
Flint
Mich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Laramie
Wyo
Dunkirk
N. R
Canon City
Colo
Bridgeport
Waterloo
Lancing
Fairmont
W. Va
Glendale
Calif
Shelby
Mont
Readville
N. C
Valentine
Walther League to stage Hello Neighbor at city auditorium
Walther League presents the play Hello Neighbor at the city auditorium Friday night May 14 at eight o clock. The cast includes Leonard Spiker Jeanette Aurich Harry Braasch Lucile Sorge Arleen Juedes Gertrude Juedes Clarence Koerwitz Ida Ewert Enola Heine Leroy Froemming and Clarence Ewert. Three acts will be presented. Admission is 10 and 25 cents.
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Salem Walther League
City Auditorium
Sidney Baseball Candidates Urged to Attend Games
Sidney base ball candidates are urged to turn out for games Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5 30. Lee Gain, forming the club, says games will replace practices to include more players and attract younger candidates who have held back.
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Sidney
Lee Gain
Fifty Seniors to Graduate at Sidney High Exercises
Fifty seniors will close their high school careers at commencement exercises in the Sidney high school auditorium Wednesday night. Dr. FE Henzick of the University of Nebraska teachers college will deliver the commencement address. N W Ladegard, president of the School board, will present diplomas.
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Sidney High School
FE. Henzick
University of Nebraska Teachers College
N. W. Ladegard
Dipolmas
1937 Graduates Receive Honors at Commencement
Supt. G. F. Liebendorfer will present special awards as part of the annual honors. Honor students Zepha Lockwood is valedictorian and Jeanne Liebendorfer salutatorian. Both will deliver addresses at the ceremony.
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G. F. Liebendorfer
Zepha Lockwood
Jeanne Liebendorfer
Wll
Award Winning Film Feature Booked Here
The March of Time, a Fox theatre monthly feature, won the 1937 Academy special award for motion pictures arts and sciences. Roy E. Larsen accepted the gold statuette in Hollywood for Time and Louis de Rochemont, March of Time producer, for revolutionizing the newsreel. Issue No. 8 shows at the Fox on Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Time
Fox Theatre
Academy For Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Hollywood
Roy E. Larsen
Time, Inc
Time Organization
Louis de Rochemont
Fox
Zike Bookings For Towns in Iowa Nebraska and Beyond
Arthur Zike and his educated horses have secured contracts with fairs and rodeos across Iowa and Nebraska and negotiations extend to Huron South Carolina and Monte Vista Colorado. Signed deals include Sac City Harlan Knoxville Algona Ta Aurora St Paul and Loup City for a six week span starting late summer. Zike develops a new act and predicts this season will surpass past performances.
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Arthur Zike
Iowa
Nebraska
Huron
S. C
Monte Vista
Colo
Sac City
Harlan
Knoxville
Algona
Aurora
St Paul
Loup City
Zike
New City Council Sets Committees and Early Actions
The new city council held its first meeting Friday night approving an appropriation ordinance and a $25 monthly salary increase for Hugh L. Slawson, water department cashier and cemetery bookkeeper. Four building permits issued to Ladegard Radcliffe Barker and Mrs Hunt with remodels and a new residence underway. Committees named for Finance Water Sewer and Lights Street Cemetery Building and Library Parks and Amusements. Finance committee given control of city insurance policies for the year. Tournament approved pending a special meeting to consider water department pipe purchases. No mayoral changes or other appointments.
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Hugh L. Slawson
Water Department
Cemetery
C. W. Zike
N. W. Ladegard
C. S. Radcliffe
P. W. Barker
S. P. Hunt
Ladegard
Radcliffe
Hickory Street
Thomas
Breternitz
Haworth
Eus
Heavrin
Thompson
Ells
Hospital Day To Be Observed In Sidney This Week
National hospital day will be observed in Sidney by the Taylor and Roche hospitals with open houses. Taylor Hospital hosts Saturday May 15 from 2 to 5 p m and Roche Hospital holds its event on Wednesday May 12. Public access aims to show improvements and facilities available at Sidney s two modern Nebraska hospitals.
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National Hospital
Sidney
Taylor Hospptal
Roche Hospital
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Nose Crank Collision Injures Percy Dimick At Roche
Percy Dimick living north west of Lodge Pole suffered a fractured nose and cheek bone when a tractor crank backfired striking his nose on the bridge. He was brought to Roche hospital Friday night, treated after x rays confirmed the fractures, and kept for additional care.
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Percy Dimick
Lodge Pole
Roche
Dimick
R. E. Roche
Weldon Thomas Wins One Club Golf Match
Weldon Thomas won the one club, one ball golf tourney at the country club on Sunday. He posted a 39 raw score and, with a 3 handicap, a net 36. Four players tied for fourth with nets of 37 after handicaps: Joe Simodynes, Guy V. Doran, Tee Ellsworth, and Don Jorgenson. Scores were unusually low with some players performing better using one club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Thomas
Joe Simodynes
Guy V. Doran
Tee Ellsworth
Don Jorgenson
Hindenburg Maiden Voyage Command Trains Noted Pilot
The dirigible Hindenburg's 1937 maiden voyage ended in disaster as it exploded near landing at Lakehurst New Jersey. It marked the first time Capt. Max Pruss commanded the sky liner on a Germany to United States flight, succeeding Capt. Ernst Lehmann and Dr. Hugo Eckener who ran the regular schedule last year.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Germany
Max Pruss
United States
Ernst A. Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
1937 Soil Conservation Program Advances In Cheyenne County
The 1937 agricultural conservation program moves toward completion as Cheyenne County farmers finalize plans and cooperators record practices. Fallow and tillage start by May 15 to qualify for payments, wheat or rye may switch to fallow or legume seeding, and old stand acreages are recorded. Nebraska’s program remains far ahead of prior years with payments underway. Cheyenne County has $192,541.82 paid, about $70,000 still due.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Agricultural Conservation Program
State Office
Morris Jessen Buys Tract For Gas Station
Morris Jessen, Locge Pole farmer and oil dealer, bought 23 acres east of Sidney from H. W. Ells. He plans a modern super service station, warehouse, tanks, and other buildings to headquarter his oil company. The site lies west of the Union Pacific viaduct between the railroad right of way and highway No. 30. Jessen says it will be a premier filling station location in western Nebraska and a creditable addition to new stations along the highway near Sidney.
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Morris Jessen
H. W. Ells
Union Pacific
Jessen
Nebraska
Soldiers Win In Ten Innings Over Potter
The 20th infantry ball team from Fort Warren defeated Potter 6 to 5 in ten innings Sunday. Potter led 1 to 0 until the sixth, then 5 to 4 before the Soldiers tied 5 to 5 in the eighth and won with a run in the tenth. Blome Peterson and V Thomas led Potter’s sticks, while Erv Marlatt pitched for the Bearcats and Ritchie and Humphries pitched for the army.
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Fort Warren
Potter
Blome
Peterson
V. Thomas
Erv Marlatt
Bearcats
Ritchie
Humphries
Army
Power Firm Asking Rural Transmission Line Permits
George Truman state railway commission secretary says private power companies filed 28 applications for rural transmission lines in 30 days, signaling strong rural electrification demand and competition with rural districts. Western Public Service of Scottsbluff filed six. Nebraska Power two, with routes spanning Develan Keith, Melbeta, Minatare, and Scottsbluff areas.
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George Truman
State Railway Commission
Truman
Western Public Service Company
Scottsbluff
Nebraska Power Company
Western Public Service
Devel
Keith
Big Springs
Melbeta
Minatare
Funeral Service for Peetz Infant
Ralph Joseph Fehringer seven weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fehringer of Peetz died in Sterling hospital Friday night after brief illness. Catholic church Peetz held funeral yesterday at nine with Rev Ryan officiating. Interment in Peetz cemetery. Survived by parents three brothers and three sisters.
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Ralph Joseph Fehringer
Joseph Fehringer
Peetz
Sterling
Ryan
Gehrig
Transient Hurt While Boarding Fast Train
A transient named Frank Suffecroil of Washington DC fell while trying to board a passenger train in Union Pacific yards Sunday evening. He sustained a cut over the left eye and a two inch gash on the back of the head. Treated at Taylor hospital and released.
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Frank Suffecroil
Washington, D. C
Union Pacific
Taylor Hospital
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Hindenburg
Schulz
Walther
Sheaff
Baccalaureate
DR. F. E. Hwenzlik
Rudolph Sauter
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