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FROM THE ARCHIVESep 2, 1937·O'neill, Nebraska

FARM SINKS 200 FEET INTO EARTH

Scanned from The Frontier, Sep 2, 1937
FARM SINKS 200 FEET INTO EARTH
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Western Farm Sinks 200 Feet Into the Earth H A Robertson is shown viewing the destruction wrought on the land he is farming near Buhl Idaho by the sinking of thousands of square feet of rich soil into the bowels of the earth More than five acres has already sunk 125 to 200 feet below its normal level forming a canyon. This phenomenon of nature experts say is due to a great Assure beneath much of southern Idaho and may doom a considerable area Devout Immersed in Mass Baptism By ones twos threeseven by entire families87 believers were baptized in a mass immersion at the nondenominational Immanuel temple at Los Angeles An elderly convert wringing wet but happy in her re ligious fervor is pictured above. The believers were baptized by Rev A Earl Lee right pastor of the church Nathaniel Rubin Is Checker Champ Nathaniel Rubin twentyfive of Detroit who was crowned new na tional checker champion of the United States at the annual tourna ment sponsored by the National Checker association at Providence R I He defeated William Ryan of. New York winning two out of six games.

The other four were draws ASTOR KIN BANKRUPT Francis Ormond.

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