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Bi •ass Facts
The call to arms is being heard
once again. Recruiting signs hang
from the windows beckoning
young Americans to enlist in the
armed forces of America. Come
large, some small, come black,
come white, we need you and
need you now. Also those of you
who don’t come we will draft you
to go and light an enemy that
threatens the American way of
life. Yes, the ugly head of com
munism is rising everywhere.
Will it rise here in Our own yard
or can we keep it across the sea?
What is a good defense against
it? That is the question on the lips
of every true American. Who will
accept it if given the opportu
nity? Nazism and fascism was
successfully kept across the
waters by bullets and blood. Men
Notice to Contractors
Sealed bids will be received ati
the office of the Department of
Roads and Irrigation in the State
Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
September 14, 1950, until 10:00
o’clock A.M., and at that time
iy opened and read for
GRAVEL FOR SURFAC
ind incidental work on the
CERESCO-ASHLAND Patrol No.
£1035 State Road.
The approximate quantity is:
1,685 Cu.Yds. Sand Gravel
Surface Course Material
The attention of bidders is di
rected to thd Special Provisions
Covering subletting or assigning I
the contract.
Compliance by the contractor
with the standards as to hours of
labor prescribed by the “Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938,” ap
proved June 25, 1936 (Public No.
JkB. 75th Congress), will be re
quired in the performance of the
work under this contract.
The minimum wage paid to all
•killed labor employed on this
contract shall be one dollar and
(we cents (51.05) per hour, except
that a minimum wage of one dol
lar and twenty-five cents (51 25)
per hour shall be paid to;
Crane Operators
Dragline Operators
Power Shovel Operators
The minimum wage paid to all
Intermediate labor employed on
this contract shaH be ninety-five
(95) cents per hour.
1716 minimum wage paid to all
unskilled labor employed on this
contract shall be seventy-five (75)
cents per hour.
Plans and specifications for the
work may be seen and informa
tion secured at the office of the
County Clerk at Wahoo, Nebraska,
at the office of the County Clerk
at Lincoln, Nebraska, or at the
office nf the Department of Roads
and ffigation at Lincoln, Ne
braska.
The successful bidder will be
required to furnish bond in an
amount equal to 100% of his con
tract.
As an evidence of good faith in
submitting a proposed for this
work, the bidder must file, with
his proposal, a certified check
made payable to the Department
of Roads and Irrigation and In an
amount not less than one hundred
(100) dollars.
The right is reserved to waive
all technicalities and reject any
or all bids.
DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
AND IRRIGATION
F. EL Klietsch. Skate Engineer
■act A Morin, County Clerk
J. & Moqpftn, Corner Clef*
of all nations fought to keep it
j there; some of the very ones in
I whose hearts flows the blood of
communism were there. The
white man, red man and black
man were there. Yes men, guns,
aircraft, boats, hard work and
determination stopped that
enemy.
But now comes an enemy that
threatens the world who cannot
be seen until he has struck, and
once he has struck gone are the
opportunities that once were
yours and mine. The four free
doms no longer exist where this
dictator rules. So let us as Amer
icans fight and fight hard that
the fangs of all isms except true
Americanism shall not penetrate
these shores. Let’s decry the
person that calls another man be- ^
cause of his race out of his name, j
Let’s say down with the person or
persons that practice discrimina
tion because of race or religions.
Let's let democracy be real right
here at home. This is our best
defense against communism.
Lineoln-Lancaster
Safety Council
“Industrial safety is terrifically
important and industrial accidents
are far more costly than most peo
ple realize.”
That was the statement of Don
ald Miller, state labor commission
er, in urging Nebraskans in in
dustry to attend the manpower
conservation conference in Lin
coln, September 20. The meeting
is sponsored by the Lincoln-Lan
caster safety council.
The conference has been called
in anticipation of an acute man
power problem that would con
front Nebraska on the home front
in case of all-out war.
He noted that accidents to in
experienced workers in World
War II skyrocketed in Nebraska
before adequate safety programs
were put into effect. “I hope we
have learned from that to be pre
pared beforehand so it won’t hap
pen again,” he said.
As for the surprising cost of
industrial accidents, he pointed
out that, based on figures from
i the state workmen’s compensation
court, industrial accidents in Ne
braska cost at $12,000,000 during
the year ended June 30, 1950. Of
this amount and covered by insur
ance, there is a direct cost of
$2,250,957.85 paid in compensation,
for medical attention, etc.
But far greater is the uninsur
able cost in time, manpower and
production that the employer
loses, according to Miller. He
pointed out that industrial safety
experts estimate that intangible
cost Is approximately four times
the insurable cost. That would
put the year’s indirect cost at well
over $10,000,000.
This cost involves the 31,974 in
dustrial accidents during the year,
W of them fatal. It does not,
[however, take into contactortoion
accidents which occur to employes
outside of working hours, but
which also take a heavy toll in
lost man-hours.
Miller warned that it is the
small industry which should be
especially concerned with the ac
cident problem. Many do not have
safety programs, and when occu
pational accidents occur, the small
: industry is most affected because
j it lacks reserve help.
Campy Makes Headlines
Roy Campanella, hit three base
balls the other day that made
baseball history. A week earlier
“Campy” set a record for Brook
lyn right hand batters with his
24th home run.
With these three homers he
joined three other Brooklyn play
ers who also have pounded out
there round trip blows in a single
game. These men were: Gene
Herman ski (1948); Jacques Four
nier (1926) and Duke Snider, May
30, 1950. (ANP).
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NEBRASKA
h JAMES C. OLSON, SuptrmUndnl
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Sixty years ago the talk of Ne
braska was the Grand Island
Sugar Palace, erected to com
memorate the birth of the state’s
sugar beet industry. Patterned
after the Sioux City Corn Palace,
the building hou ec' an exposition
devoted to the production and
processing of sugar beets. A fac
tory was already in operation in
Grand Island and what developed
into one of Nebraska’s most im
portant 20th century industries
The Grand Island Independent
of Aug. 28, 1890 described the
palace as a building “about 200
feet square, built in an artistic
design.”
“The interior is fantastically
fixed up,” it reported. “The dif
ferent rooms represent the differ
ent kinds of grain and produce
raised in Hall and adjoining coun
ties. The designs are pretty and
in keeping with all that is pleas
ing to the eye. Full sized figures
have been made of grass, wheat,
oats, barley, etc., and two large
maps—one of Nebraska and one
of the United States have been
made from corn, wheat and oats,
fhowing Grand Island in the cen
ter of the state with her immense
railroad facilities, while in the
United States map Nebraska is
shown as the central attraction.”
Sugar beets were used exten
sively in decorating the interior,
and much of the outside orna
mentation represented sugar in
one form or another.
Dedicatory exercises were held
Sunday afternoon, August 31st.
Governor John M. Thayer and his
staff were out from Lincoln to
take part in the ceremonies. In
the audience were many Union
veterans converging on Grand
(!,M I. Foundation
Srls I |» llnnuin
Halations Fund
NKW YORK (ANP). Trustees |
of the Sidney Hillman foundation j
have announced th^ allocation of
$42,500 for scholarships, grants
in-aid and prizes designed to fos
ter closer labor-management rela
tions and to promote the cause of
democracy and world peace.
Included in the grants the $18,
000 for scholarships to six colleges
and universities and $10,000 to the
University of Chicago for a two
year stuoy of school and college
text books to root out the teach
ings of bias.
Eight annual prizes of $500 will
be awarded for journalistic, edi
torial and drama treatment of
subjects involving human rela
tions* and peace. Also, $5,000 will
go to the Israel refugees reha
! bilitation fund, and $5,000 for the
annual Hillman lecture series.
The foundation was created in
honor of the late president of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America, C.I.O.
i Island for their annual statewide
! reunion.
The state papers covered the
occasion with detailed stories. All
Nebraska felt justifiable pride in
this manifestation in Grand Island
of the prairie’s productivity and
the ingenuity of Nebraska’s citi
zenry. Grand Island Mayor Platt
sounded the keynote in his ad
dress of welcome when he re
ferred to the fact that when he
was a boy, central Nebraska was
i looked upon as nothing but a
desert, unable to sustain an agri
cultural evidence that it forever
dispelled grounds for such a be
. lief.
From all accounts, the sugar
1 exposition was a success. The rail
roads co-operateod by bringing
I people to Grand Island from all
parts of the west at excursion
rates. Newspapers from all over
the country carried accounts—
frequently accompanied by an il
lustration—of the novel building
on the plains.
Newcombe Wins
Him l.illi Vicloix
CHICAGO. (ANP),
Newcombe pitched a steady
game to notch his 15th victory f
the season last week as t ,,
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated he
Chicago Cubs 8 to 2.
Hero for the Dodgers *,ts
Jackie Robinson who woke
from his slump long enough t- , t
two singles ,in four times .,t b,,t
and drive in four runs Rny
Campanella went hitless in f,,,,,
trips to the plate. Campan* ila
also had a bad day on the field,
committing one error and allow
ing two passed balls.
Newcombe’s season record is
now 15-8. He struck out seven
men and gave up only one ba^e
on balls. A crowd of 19,910 fans
paid to See this encounter in spite
of chilly weather.
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