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PAGE SI2 PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, DEC. 2, 1929. Sale Household Goods Dec 4th The sale of the Furnishings of a reven room house will be held on Wednesday, December 4 :t the furniture store of W. J. Ptreight, at Sixth and Vine streets, sale to strrt at 1 o'clock in the af ternoon. Sale will be held rain or shine. Large. onk dinir.g room table and six chairs, one large oak chair and a Isrge number of other chairs, one fire oak china closet, two oak dress ers, one maple dresser, one good Hoover cabinet, one new ice box, GO pound capacity, one large oak cabi net, one portable wardrobe, several rorkkig chairs, one old fashioned wal nut center table, one office desk, like new, one leather upholstered Morris chair, one gas stove in best of shape, one large clock, one electric fan, sev eral rugs in excellent shape. Also many other articles of furniture, !ishe:;, silverware and bedding at this sale. These arthks are in the best of shape M;d the reason for the sale is that the owner is making her home in California and wishes to dispose of the goods at once, so that she may leturn there. MRS. D. C. 110 ROAN", Owner. REX YOUNG, Auctioneer. Railway Plans Sowa Bus Lin Sock Island Will Parallel Its Line between Omaha and Des Moines Over Highway No. 32. Des Moines. Nov. 29. The Rock I-la:nl railroad Friday filed applica tion with the rtate board of rail read commissioners for a certificate to operate the first unit of a network or motor busses out of Des Moines. The company is the fourth steam rail read to apply for motor passenger bus certificate this year. The line on whk'h the present cer tificate is asked is between Des Moines and Omaha over highway No. ?,2. It will parallel the railroad route, but there will bc no curtail ment of passenger service on the ..team line, ('. C. Gardner, assistant general passenger ngrnt. said. Certificates for other routes out of Des Moines will be ark?d hiter, Gord iH'v said. The b'is lire will be oper ated by a su'os'u! i; ry comnnny. to be known as the Rock Island Motor Transfer company, of Illinois. Aniens o!er applications filed with the board Friday was one from (lie town of Alta. Iowa, for an order for the construction of a sidetrack on the Illinois Central railway to the municipal light, heat and water plant. GAS TAKES FOUR LIVES Chicago Illuminating gas from an cpn but unlighted water heater jet was held responsible Friday for the death of four members oi the Van Wie family, scarcely an hour before they were to have enjoyed their Thanksgiving meal. The dead, their bodies discovered in the cot tage the family had occupied since moving from Salem, Wis., two weeks ago. are Clayton Van Wie. thirty; his wife. Mrs. Helen Van Wie, twen-ty-cne and their children. Lila, three years and Patricia, nine months. The position of the bodies led po lice to believe Van Wie had turned on the gas heater preparatory to tak ing a bath but that it failed to light or was accidentally extinguished. Van Wie was overcome in the bath room and Patricia in the center ot a clutter of toys on the kitchen floor. Mrs. Van Wie had apparently sensed the danger bult was unable to es cape with the youngf-st child after lifting her from the crib. IIXPECT 70 SHIP EIGHT CARLOADS OP TURKEYS R-ottsbluff. Nov. 29. P.ids on a rh-lrnas rhiprnent of dressed tur- ci ys will be opened December 4th by " Valley Mriketing association. It expected that the total volume of r": ys contracted at that time will eight or more carloads, compared i'ii ven carloads at the same time t year. Shipments will be made ;t from Lingle. Lusk and Yoder, yrniing. down the line as far east Sidnev. ' i ; b Phone your news to tne Journal. Every ye?.r Vassar's popularity increases. li is THE underwear for those who really care about fit and getting their money's worth. . . . Ve have all wanted weights in cotton and have added a new number in -part wool to retail at $3.50 the garment. Cot&on Unions Wool Unions Business Re vival in Tenth Federal District Increase During the Past Month in Output of Industries Ocer That of p. Yea? Aero. Kansas City A business revival in the tenth district is noted in the monthly report issued Thursday by the federal reserve bank of Kansas City. October saw an increase in the output of industries over last year, the report stated, and a rising vol ume of department store retail trade Distributive sales of wholesale firms were about the same as September, but under those of a year ago. A substantial impropement appear ed, the review declared, in the agri cultural outlook for the district. A gain of twenty-eight million bushels in the corn yield over the previous estimate joined with a good yield from other important crops, to indi cate a larger and better balanced farm production than first antici pated. Whiile the general movement of farm products into market chan nels was moderately heavy during the month, marketings of wheat and most other small grains were in smaller volume than in any previous month since harvest time. The fall movement of cattle and sheep from pastures and ranges was the heaviest of the year and exceeded that of October last year. Shipments of cattle and sheep from the corn belt for winter feeding were in greater numbers than in the same month of 1929. A near record was set in flour production. The October output was the largest for any month this year and wtih the exceptio of October, 192S, the largest recorded for any tenth month in southwestern milling history. Sugar refineries in the ir rigated areas were working on full time in some instances with day and night shifts, and the larger crop of beets indicated that more sugar would be turned out than during 1928. Slaughter of all classes of animals at the leading packing centers de clined seasonably from September, al tho the October slaughter of cattle was larger and of sheep and hogs smaller than a year ago. While the volume of building con tracts awarded in this district during the month showed a marked reces sion from the preceding month, there was a sr.. all increase over October a year ago. However, the value of building permits issued in leading cities declined sharply with the ap proach of winter and was smaller than of the same month last year. Commercial loans at reporting member banks continued to rise and by Nov. 6 had attained a new high record, while security loans fell and were considerably below amounts outstanding one year ago. Debts by banks reflected a 7.7 per cent In crease over the preceding five week and 14 per cent over the corrspond ing fiv weeks last year. The accumu lated total for the year to Nov. 6 was the greatest volume of money paid by check for any period of forty-five weeks. State Journal. PIONEER WOMAN IS DEAD Omaha Leader and last survivor of a group of five newly married couples. Mrs. Rosina Oswald, who came to Cedar county, Nebraska, from Wisconsin in 1867, died here at the age of eighty-five. The party braved the wilds and perils of the old west and drove their covered wagons and ox teams across the unbroken trails to the present site of Wynot, then St. James. The little group of pioneers crossed the Missouri river at Sioux City on flat boats. In Cedar county each family bought all the land they wanted for $1.25 an acre. The Oswalds secured 200 acres. Indians were frequent visitors to the Oswald home as it was situated half way between the Omaha and Winnebago reservations and the Santee Sioux. Occasionally they ask ed for food or lodging and Mrs. Os wald once went so far as to let sev eral sleep in her kitchen. Fascinated by her kitchen utensils, her guests asked to borrow a few pots and pans. Mrs. Oswald knew that the utensils never would be returned and re fused. One of the braves drew his tomahawk, seeking vengeance for the denial. The woman knocked the hatchet from his hand chased them all out of her home, members of her family relate. $1.00 to $2 - 1.85 to $5 Elmwood Ladies Guests at Shower for Miss Turner Mrs. John E. Turner Entertains at Home Here in Honor of Forth coming Nuptials. The home of County Treasurer and Mrs. John E. Turner in this city was the scene of a most charming pre-nuptial shower Friday afternoon honoring Miss Opal Turner of Elm- wood whose marriage to Mr. V. 1, Clements ot Llmwood, is to occur earlv in December. The home was prettily arranged in the dainty color scheme of yellow and white and which note was car ried out in the refreshments and table decorations. The afternoon was spent in the fascinations of bridge and in the playing Mrs. A. II. Lorenz, of Elm wood, received the first honors with the consolation being awarded to Miss Ruth Patton. In honor of the forthcoming marriage, Miss Turner was presented with a very beautiful and attractive guest prize. In the serving of the dainty and delicious luncheon Mrs. Turner was assisted by Miss Teresa Haley. The invited guests of the after noon were: Mrs. B. I. Clements, Alma Clements, Hetty Bailey, Emily Gon zales, Dorothy Caygill, Mrs. Emil Rosenow, Mrs. Charles West, Airs. S. R. James, Mrs. Willard Clapp, Mrs. W. N. McLennon, Mrs. H. A. Williams, Cora Williams, Elmwood; Mrs. Daisy Moore, Omaha; Mrs. L. F. Langhorst, Mrs. G. L. Clements, Mrs. T. H. Green, Mrs. Ralph Green, Mrs. O. D. Clements, Mrs. Mary Her man, Mrs. O. P. Cook, Mrs. Nowell Bothwell, Mrs. A. V. Kazmark, Mrs. C. W. Bucknell, Mrs. H. L. Clapp, Wilma Cook, Mrs. W. A. Cook, Mrs. A. II. Lorenz, all of Elmwood; Mrs. J. A. Capwell, Mrs. Ray Otredosy and Miss Ruth Patton of this city; Mrs. K. A. Schneider, Indianola; Mrs. C. N. Turner. Marquett; Ethel Lang horst ( Lincoln; Catherine West, Elm wood. OHIO LABOR TO BE HELPED Cleveland, O.. Nov. 28. Northern Ohio labor will benefit by the expen diture of approximately 200.000,000 during 1930. Industrialists and pub lic officials from twenty-nine coun ties responded to President Hoover's plea for private and public construc- ioa Wednesday with promises that this vast sum would be poured into a great program of improvement. Gathered in Cleveland in response to the suggestion of E. J. Kulas, president of the Otis Steel company here, who attended Hoover's Indus trial conferenco in Washington, the gu'diag spirits of the industrial and public life of more than fifty cities and twenty-nine counties of this area sunbmitted plans for 1930 which will call for the employment of thousands of workmen in all phases of labor. Kulas struck the keynote of the meeting with the definite assertion that industry in Ohio will strike the peak of production In January. The trend will start upward, he said, about December 15th. VOLCANO SPREADS TERROR Guatemala City, Nov. 27. Fears that the volcano Santa Maria again may spread death and destruction is causing the evacuation of the farms in its immediate neighborhood, to which the inhabitants had returned ouce more after the recent eruption. The volcano renewed its activity Tuesday afternoon, throwing out big clouds of smoke and covering the surrounding territory with ashes. Earth tremors were felt and sub terranean noises alarmed the popu lation. The authorities then decided to order ranch owners in the district to abandon their property. KIWANIS CLUB WILL HONOR BESS ALDRICH Lincoln, Nov. 28. Bess Streeter Aldrich will be awarded the Kiwanis medal distinguished citizenship at a public luncheon at the club Dec. 13. This will be the second award of the Lincoln club to a woman, the other having been to the late Bessie B. Raymond. Mrs. Aldrich was selected because of her contribution in the way of novels constitution tributes to the pioneers of Nebraska and the present quality of citizenship. RAILWAY CASE PRESENTED San Francisco, Nov. 28. Three great railroads, contending over a proposed 200 mile link uniting the systems of the Great Northern and Western Pacific from Klamath Falls, Oregon, to Keddie, California, closed their testimony Wednesday night be fore the interstate commerce commis sion representative here. The South ern Pacific opposed the new rail plan. DEEADS "MONOTONY OF U. S." HE KILLS HIMSELF Cassel, Germany, Nov. 27. Mar tin Allmeroth, 67, German-American farmer, whose American home was In St. Joseph, Mo., committed suicide by drowning in the river Fulda on Wednesday, because he "could not bear the thought of leaving the fatherland. He told friends that he dreaded returning to the monotony of his American life. FOE SALE One roan Pollod shorthorn bull. nine months old. If interested call phone 3804. Frank Parkenlng. Bead the Journal Want-Ads. State Depart ment Pushing Road Graveling Anxious to Get Gravel Back on the K-T from End of New Paving on Into Town at Once from Saturday's rallv Yesterday F. II. Kleitsch of the state department of public works was here to look over the local road situa tion near this city and to urge the rapid completion of the necessary smoothing up and graveling of high way No. 75 from the end of the new paving near the Perry farm south of this city, into Plattsmouth, as the de nartment has decided to give this road a surfacing for the winter and until the opening of spring will per mit traveling over the new paving from the south on into this city. The road was torn up with expec tation of completing the concrete rib bon on into Plattsmouth this fall, but bad weather held the paving crew up for days at a time and later cold weather set in and stopped operations entirely. Now the work of regraveling this torn up stretch of some three miles will be hurried along as rapidly as possible whenever the weather will permit any work to be done, and as soon as it is in shape to accommodate the traffic will relieve a very unfor tunate situation that has existed for seme time in this section, practically shutting off the territory to the south in bad weather. The residents in that territory have felt very much the torn up con dition of the roads and the long de tour that has been necessary, but with the new graveling and smooth ing up of the road it is hoped to im prove in part at least, the bad traffic conditions that have existed here for several months while the paving has been in progress. The side roads that feed into the main highway are in many places still very bad and a few weeks of moderating weather would allow the work to be done on these roads as well. The state, however, is confining its work to the state and federal aid roads which are under the depart ment of public works' care, and the county, with the aid of precinct over seers, is having to cope with the side roads. Reports from persons traveling into the city today are to the effect that the east and west roads are be ing cleared up nicely from the re cent snowfall and are getting in much better shape for travel although the rains of a weok ago have left them deeply rutted, a condition which is difficult to remedy until the roads soften up some, c.s the ground is now frozen and very hard to work. SMITH- DUFFIELD On Wednesday evening, Nov. 20th, avery pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Smith, at Eagle, in which their daughter, Irene Frances was united in marriage with Robert Duffield of Osawatomie, Kansas. The bride was attired in a gown of blue taffeta trimmed with silver lace, and carried a shower bouquet of ophe lia roses. She was attended by her sister, Miss Henen Smith. The groom was attended by his brother, Mr. Cecil Duffield. The lines of the double ring mar riage service were read by Rev. Allen Chamberlain. The wedding march was played by Miss Mildred Duffield, sister of the groom. In addition tothe principals, those witnessing the ceremony were, Mr Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Duffeld and Mrs. Harley Smith, Miss Laura of Osawatomie. Kansas, parents or the groom, Mr. August Lau, grand father of the bride, of Eagle, Nebr., Mrs. Lee Peters a sister of the bride, of Kansas City, Mo., Rev. and Mrs. Chamberlain, Miss Caroline Reltter, and Mr. Fred Beach of Eagle. After the ceremony and congratu lations, a fine two-course dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Duffield will reside at Osawatomie. Kansas, where Mr. Duffield has a responsible position in the engineering department of the Missouri Pacific railroad. TonrpAl vvttxt-Ads results. 'mm fur Sale! 80 acres, new improvements, good land, 12 acres alfalfa, running wat er, on gravel road, 3 miles west of Plattsmouth. 240 acres, splendid improvements. 30 acres prairie hay. All land has been seeded down to sweet clover and timothy and clover, and now produc ing good crops. Good smaU orchard. Three miles south of post office and iy2 miles from gravel. Terms to suit purchaser. Other Bargains in Cass County Farms See PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. POLLOCK The Next Thim Begin now to check off your gift list. Here are four most practical items, Mufflers Suede Blouse Ties Gloves. Our Holiday stocks are here and complete in every detail. Watch our ad for timely suggestions for particular men. Our Allied Stores Buying Power Sireiches Your Christmas Dollars Murray's Aide in Dmibar Bank FacinCharges State Accuses Westbrook of Accept ing: Deposits when Insolvency of Institution Known. Dunbar, Neb., Nov. 29. Accused of accepting deposits in a bank he knew to be insolvent, Henry S. West- brook, former vice president of the Dunbar State bank, wrecked by Thomas Murray, its president, was arrested here this afternoon. The arrest recalls the internation al pursuit of Murray, after his dis appearance and the subsequent clos ing of the bank, which finally ended n the Pacific northwest. Murray was brought back to Ctoe county, tried for forgery, convicted and sentenced to five years or more in the peniten tiary. West brook was arrested about 3 m. by Sheriff Carl Ryder, and was taken immediately to the county seat for arraignment before County Judge J. M. Dierks. He pleaded not guilty, and hearing was set for De cember 5th. Bond of two thousand dollars was made tonight. Third Arrest in Failure The specific complaint against Westbrook, according to County At torney George II. Ilcinke, is that he accepted for deposit a check for ?1,400. crediting it to the account of Henry Kasbohm. hen he knew the bank wr.s already Insolvent. Th9 de posit was made March 24, 1927, and the bank was closed about ten days Inter. Since the closing of the bank West brook has been farming near Dun bar. His arrest is the tniru in con nection with the failure, Tom Murray and Murray's son-in-law, Burton Gor ton having been convicted following the crash. The county attorney said that the cliarge had been considered for some time, but had not been filed until thi.i afternoon because of the great amount of litigation concerning the closed bank. "We needed many rec ords to work over and these records were here and there in court for var ious lawsuits until now." Few Similar Prosecutions There have been few cases of pros ecutton under charges or receiving deposits while insolvent, Mr. Heinke said. When the guaranty fund func tioned perfectly, and depositors got their money quickly, they were re Iuctant to complain against bankers. and juries were reluctant to convict '"Now the thing ought to be followed up, so as to give the depositor more protection. Men who receive such deposits ought to Le prosecuted." Westbrook had aided authorities in going over records of the bank after Murray fled, but was accused by Murray, after the latter was In jail, of being responsible for some of the difficulties. ACTRESS GETS A DIVORCE Baltimore Another blasted ro mance of the screen and stage came LW AUUlOUilJ l 11U lilt? glUUliilQ of a divorce to Mrs. Mary Norma Gleckler, who several years ago was a featured player of the films under the name of Norma Phillips, from Robert P. Gleckler. Gleckler him self is an actor of the stage and screen. The decree was handed down by Judge Eli Frank in circuit court on Mrs. Gleckler's petition that her hus band had deserted her in 1926 after six years of married life, telling her that he "did not want to live with her any longer." Gleckler is living on Long Island, according to the papers in the case, and Mrs. Gleckler, who has been in business as a play broker In New York, is living In Balimore with her mother, Mrs. Victoria Phillips. LABOR WINS VOTE ON BRITISH DOLE BILL London, Nov. 25. The Laborite government won a victory Monday when an opposition amendment for rejection of the unemployment in surance bill was defeated 299 to 213 and the bill was given second read ing. The Liberals supported the gov ernment. Call No. 6 with your order foi job printing. r7 jSllli mm on the Progam is Christmas 1879 f Thomas Walling Company 4 Abstracts of Title J. Phone 324 m&m .ttTt.... ROB OMAHA JEWELRY SHOP Omaha Two well dressed bandits bound the proprietor and. Janitor of the Joseph Blumenthal jewelry store here, located a block from the south side police station, and escaped with $500 in cash and jewelry valued at about 5,000 Friday night. The bandits entered the store af ter closing hours and ordered Blum enthal and Howard Winslow, negro Janitor, into the basement. Tying their victims with rawhide thongs and leaving them in opposite ends of the basement, the pair returned up stairs and looted the cash box and safe. Kinchow freed himself in about rive minutes, but when he rushed up stairs the man had gone. Rail Wreck Bandit Believed Omaha Man May Have Mingled with Passengers Going to Cheyenne After the Holdup Monday Night Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 27. The expected arrest this afternoon of the young man who Monday night wreck ed the crack Union Pacific westbound Portland Limited and robbed its pass engers of a little more than $250, did not take place, and officials in charge of one of the most spectacular man hunts in Wyoming's history be lieved tonight that the "pock-marked tough" for whom they had spread their net has slipped through and away from Cheyenne. R. John Allen, commissioner of s:tate law enforcement, with his as sistant, Ira Sisco, although co-oper-nting with the county authorities, beg.vi work on a new clue this after noon, when they learned that a man answering the description of the ban dit had made a proposal to a man living in a town west of here to stage the robbery and in telling of his plan explained how he would wreck the train before robbing it. This man is said to be an Omaha and Kansas City gangster who at one time was employed by the Union Pacific railroad. Officers believed that the train robber may have mingled with the passengers of the other train, and when railroad workers arrived to take the pasesngers into Cheyenne, h was taken with them. Chief of Police Fred L. Thomp son is holding a suspect who wore a blue sweater, a gray cap, and a pair of tan shoes, the apparel de scribed by the bandit's victims. BURY WARREN AT CHEYENNE HOME Cheyenne, Nov. 28. The body of Francis Emory Warren, dean of the United States senate, was lowered into its grave Thursday as cannons boomed a major general's salute of 13 guns. A light snow, which drifted slug gishly from a gray sky, fell alike up on senators and representatives of the United States government, high state officials of Wyoming, military not ables, including John J. Pershing, and the people of the state which the dead senator had served so long. After the casket had been lowered. three salvos boomed the salute to the soldier dead, followed by another 13-gun salute. ORDERS SHIP TURNED BACK Astoria, Ore. The British motor- ship Pacific Reliance and the States Line steamer California returned to this port Thursday for Inspection fol lowing a collision near Desdemona Sands, at the mouth of the Columbia river. Neither ship was badly dam aged, but with one plate torn and six others started on the California, the vessel was ordered to turn back from the outbound trip southward. The Pacific Reliance leaked in the stern, inspectors said, after It had been struck there by the California. Plattsmouth J Ml I I : ' li mm ill 'J l''!'! M b PI Utt tz. i ij hV a. -1923 Suit Filed to Test the New Truck Law Peter Peterson, Underwood, la., Gets Order to Prevent Interference With Iowa Truck. A temporary restraining order to prevent the Nebraska department ot public works from interfering with an Iowa truck while it is operating upon the highway of Nebraska un less a Nebraska automobile license is purchased, was issued Friday in the district court at Lincoln upon the application of Peter Peterson of Un derwood, la., owner of the truck. The suit runs against the department, Roy Cochran, secretary, and Gover nor Weaver as head of the depart ment. Hearing on the order is to be held Dec. 9 at 9 a. m. Peterson, who states in his peti tion that his truck is used mainly for hauling cattle from Underwood to the Omaha market, alleges that the de partment threatens to interfere with him unless he buys a Nebraska li cense and alleges that this act would be contrary to the commerce clause of the constitution of the United States. He also alleges in his petition that the state of Nebraska is illegally try ing to tax the property of a citixen of another state coming into the state and that this i3 unreasonable and unjust. It Is asked by Peterson that upon hearing of the temporary restraining order a permanent in junction be issued to prevent inter ference with his truck. This Buit is a test case to deter mine the validity of the law passed by the last legislature. A hearing was held before Governor Weaver and Attorney General Sorensen that a test suit be filed. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS We have been detained in writ ing tax receipts due to the fact that the tax books had to be changed. However, those who have sent in their money need not worry, we will soon have your receipt to you, as we are not ready to write them. JOHN E. TURNER. County Treasurer. FIND BOY, 12, SHOT TO DEATH IN STREET Decatur, 111., Nov. 20. Everett Barker, 12-year-old school boy, was found fatally wounded on a street here Tuesday. 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