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PLAffTSMQUTH SE1Q - WEEKLY JOURNAL w MONDAY, JIAY 19, 1S30. PAfiS SIX PAINTS Did yon vw stop, to think bow a community would took If there were no such thins aa paint? Imagine rows of unpalnted houses. Yet some of ua allow our homes to go without paint for years only the phost cf that first painting- left. Ask for our free advice, F. R. GOBELMAN Cleanlin-IntUTirni5iUt)J : ; tiivn HIGHWAY BUILDING INCREASE REPORTED Washington Highway contracts awarded during the first quarter of 1930 in 35 states show an increase of 124 per cent or more above the same period last year. Robert P. La inont. Secretary of Commerce, an nounced. Contracts awarded in the nuarter just past were valued at $114,101,3S3 against $50,910,133 in 1929. The great increase in early season highway construction is a matter of considerable national importance in the oninion of Mr. Lamont. Improved highways represented a material con tribution to the stablization of busi ness conditions of the present and the future, he said, and the large volume of early awards may be es pecially significant in connection with the problem of spreading em ployment throughout the year. In addition to facilitating the dis tribution of the innumerable products of the farms and actories when com pleted, highway construction opera tions under way involve the use of millions of tons of material drawn from widely separated sources and they provide employment both di rectly and indirectly over broader areas than any other type o public work. It is estimated that nearly 50 cents of each dollar spent for high way building and maintenance is paid for the labor involved. ACCOUNTS TO BE STUDIED Washington The expense ac counts of Kitty Costello, Baltimore woman, formerly employed by the prohibition bureau here in obtaining evidence of prohibition violations, are to be investigated by the house expenditures committee. On motion of Representative Schafer, a wet, the commitee instructed Chairman Wil liamson of the group to request the comptroller general and the prohi bition bureau to furnish it with in formation concerning her expenses. Representative LaGuardia, a wet, on the floor of the house several weeks ago, read photostatic copies of her expense accounts and declared they were excessive. RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN Alliance Rainfall during the last thirty days in Alliance and vicinity was 9.07 inches, the largest amount ever totaled for this period. The amount was swelled by recent rains that washed out a gap forty feet long and fourteen feet deep from the Burlington main line tracks three miles east of Whitman. Trains were b'ocked for thirteen hours. A Nation One Week Starting Monday See Them in Our East Window Today TWO PACE DEATH CHARGES De3 Moines Clarence Campbell, former Chicago newspaper man, and Kenneth Sonderleiter, also implicat ed in the slaying of Jack Harris here the night of April 28, in what was said to be a bootleggers' controversy were indicted for the killing Wednes day. Warrants were immediately is sued by a district court Judge hold ing the pair in jail without bond. Both have been detained since the shooting, the greater part of the time, without bail. R eparations Offices Pass Out of Business Briand and Henderson Discuss the Questionnaire of French Foreign Minister French Foreign Office of the ratifica tions of the Hague conventions by the Ambassadors of Great Britain, Belgium and Italy is another impor tant step toward the establishment of a peaceful international regime in Europe. The simple ceremony held in Aristide Briand's office at the Quai d'Orsay marked the culmination of 18 months of negotiations concerning the Young plan and prepares the way for the normal functioning of the Bank for International Settlements. Now that the bankers and treasury representatives of the interested pow ers have completed their preliminary conversations at Paris, there appears to be only minor adjustments to be made concerning the first issue of German reparation bonds when the bank begins operations at Basel Final ratification of the Hague accord by interested powers with the resulting inauguration of the Inter national Bank marks the passing of the office of the Agent-General of Reparations under the Dawes plan administered by S. Parker Gilbert at Berlin and of the Reparations Com mission in Paris. It is announced that Mr. Gilbert will formally relinquish his task and submit a final report on to the bank on May 15. Conservations between Arthur Henderson, British Foreign Minis- ter, who stopped in Paris on his way to Geneva and Aristide Briand dealt with the questionnaire concerning the project for the European federa tion which M. Briand expects to send out early next week to 26 European states. The text of this question naire has been approved by the French council of ministers and will probably be submitted bv M. Briand to the Council of the League at Gen- eva next week. The Franco-Italian naval situation ak'o received the attention of M. Briand and Mr. Henderson during their conversation. In accordance with thp decision reached at the T.nn- don Naval Conference, the French and British Foreign Ministers were in agreement that the earliest opnor- tunitv should be seized to institute conversations with Italy looking to- ward the elimination of Franco-Ital- ian differences. As the agenda awaiting the League of Nations Council meeting at Gen- eva does not appear to be unduly heavy there will doubtless be od- portunity for profitable, informal conversations "in the marerin" of the conference, as the French are accus tomed to say. M. Briand and Mr. Henderson both consider that it is useless to convoke another session of the League Pre- paratory Disarmament Commission before the nexa Assembly meeting in September and indorse the decision of Dr. J. Loudon, chairman of the commission, to summon it cn Nov. 3. Phone your news to No. 6. - Wide Selling! Vanguard Woven Madras Pajamas s jj19 Soft finish long-wearing comfortable fitting mm Mllmtd This Exceptional Value comes toyouthroughThe Men's Wear Stores Consolidation Plan. Britten's Navy Plan is Styled 'Extravagant' Only $300,000,000 Needed for New Craft, French, (R.), from Idaho, Declares Washington Plans for big navy advocates to press through Con gress a vast smpouiiaing program on the ground that such construction is necessary to fulfill London treaty parity" levels encountered vigorous opposition at their very Inception by the leaders of the movement for armament limitations. In both branches of Congress it was emphatically stated on May 9 that no extensive building measure would be enacted at this session. The introduction by Fred A. Britten (R. ), Representative from Illinois, chair man of the House Naval Affairs Com- most $1,000,000,000 worth of new armament in the next six years was characterized as "extravagant" and illogical. Burton L. French (R.), Represen tative from Idaho, chairman of the Naval Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Com mittee and a vigorous opponent of large naval establishments, assailed the big-navy plan and demanded a conservative" building program. On the basis of the London Naval Treaty and its elimination of naval competi tion among the three great naval powers in all categories, Mr. French held that not over $300,000,000 was needed for new craft. The demand that the country build up to the parity figures set by the London treaty" has become the slogan of the big-navy group. Joseph T. Robinson (D.), Senator from Arkansas and David A. Reed (R.), Senator from Pennsylvania, members of the American naval dele gation, both returned to utter such sentiments. Mr. Britten's bill is tangible ex pression to tins demand. His meas ures would authorize the President prior to July.l, 193 C, to proceed with the following construction: 73,500 tons of light cruisers to cost approximately $132,300,000; 55,500 ton3 of destroyers and de- strover leaders to cost approximate ly $150,000,000; 4 2,100 tons of submarines to cost approximately $122,000,000; 69.000 tons of aircraft carriers to cost approximately $93,500,000. Mr. Britten offered his measure following a conference with Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of Navy, anl members of the Navy General tsoarcl In. Mr. French's opinion the peo- Pie generally are against building P to treaty levels, on the ground that it would be uneconomical to do so. As the next naval conference is only six years off. he sees no reason for piling up huge construction dur the interval It is Mr. French's idea that only part of the new construction called fr by the treaty should be, laid down. He would build, for instance. ony two cf the eight or nine 6-inch &un cruisers allotted to the United States. Likewise he would leave part i the lo.ooo tons in aircraft car "er that the United States may build, unused. In submarines he would al so build only a portion of the allot ment. Mr. French's viewpoint was echoed in the Senate among the Progres- sives and Farm group. There is ev- ry indication that any extensive determined opposition in both cham- Ders. In addressing the House on May 9, on the $379,000,000, 1931 navy sup ply bill, Mr. French said that the outstanding achievement of the pact was the limitation it fixed on ton nage in all categories. As a result of this limitation, he added, navy yard employment can be stablized, both in the interest of economy and steady employment of 40,000 work ers; extravagant building programs can be eliminated to be replaced by a "conservative construction Dolicv." "Moderation in building program," Mr. French declared, "will have its effect upon the programs of other nations and will pave the way for more definite understandings that ought to be had by the world's great powers to the end that through in ternational discussion about the con ference table the programs of na tions may be determined and naval and military burdens reduced." REFERENDUM IS DESIRED Chicago Anton J. Cermak, chair man of the democratic county cen tral committee and president of the Cook county board of commissioners, Friday night announced plans for seeking a statewide referendum on prohibition at the November election. Petitions, he said, will be circulated thruout the state, asking for a ref erendum on three questions: First, shall congress pass a resolution for the repeal of the eighteenth amend ment; second, shall congress repeal tne Volstead act. and third. Khali the Illinois general assembly repeal j tne state searcn and seizure act? Cermak asserted that the exact wording would probably be deter mined some time next week and that the petitions would be printed and put into circulation as soon as pos sible in order to get the required $350,000 signatures in advance of the legal deadline, sixty, days before election. BURKETT P0ST0FFICE TO BE DISCONTINUED Grand Island, May 14. Postmas ter Baumann has announced discon tinuance of the Burkett po3toffice.1 lhe boldiers home, Grand Island college, and residences in that vicin ity will be served hereafter by car riers from the city. Manley News Items George Rau was a visitor for over the week end at Ithica where he was the guest of friends. Ray Wiles and the good wife were over to Plattsmouth, on last Mon day where they were looking after some shopping. Frank Flemming was a visitor for the day on last Monday in Omaha, called there to look after some busi ness matters for the day. John Gruber was called to Platts mouth on last Thursday to look after some business matters for the day, making the trip in his car. Eli Keckler who was kept from his work for some time by attacks of very painful rheumatism was able to return to his work on last Monday. Miss Sylvia Thimgan of Lincoln was a visitor in Manley and while here for over Sunday was the guest of her friend. Miss Amanda Kreck- low. Glen Meisinger and wife and Miss Dorothea Meisinger were visiting in Omaha on last Saturday, they driv ing over to the big town to do some shopping. Mrs. Henry Osborne wsa a visitor in Verdon on last Sunday where she went to visit her mother on Mother's Day and sure they both enjoyed the occasion very much. Mrs. Harry Schaffer who is at the hospital at Gardner, South Dakota, where she is receiving treatment for her health was reported as not be ing so well on last Sunday. Phillip Flemming and Joseph Wol- pert were over to Omaha on last Monday, they driving over in their car and were looking after some business matters for the day. Miss Sue Mockenhaupt returned to Chicago last week and the very first day she arrived she was assigned as nurse to a case. Miss Sue is a grad uate and well qualified to care for any case. Rudolph R. Bergman and wife were over to Omaha on last Wednes day, taking with them the baby who was having trouble with one of its ears, and had the ear examined by Dr. Potts, an ear specialist. R. Bergman was a visitor in Platts mouth on last Friday where he went as a guest of the Plattsmouth Com mercial club, and also was present and enjoyed the celebration of the opening and dedication of the new bridge over the Missouri river. Mr. Theo Harms was over to Oma ha on last Friday and visited with the good wife at the Immanuel hos pital where she is receiving treat ment and found the wife still quite 11, but the fever as she has the ty phoid, subsiding some. Her many friends are hoping that she will be better and able to return ' to her home in a short time. Celebrated Mother's Day. The members of the Royal Neigh bors of America held a meeting on Thursday when, they celebrated Mother's Day, with a one o'clock luncheon and a very fine program. SEED CORN Choice St. Charles Red Cob (Corn White) Reid's Yellow Dent Seed Corn Germination 95 Per Cent New Bags FREE Corn must suit you or money back. Price SgOO per Bushel Frederichs Seed Company Phone 53 Greenwood, Neb. MANY AUTO ACCIDENTS The figures gathered by the Ne braska Press association as a part of a safety campaign, reveals the fact that the auto is more deadly than warfare in the killing and injuring of persons, as in the past year there were 3,759 auto accidents of all kinds in the state and in which there were 368 deaths, 123 disabilities and 3,636 injuries received as the result of the accidents. These figures show that this one source of accidents are far greater than all others in the state, other public accidents numbering 873, home accidents, 842; agricultural employment, 577; industrial em ployment, 521. Seven thousand people have been severely injured, permanently dis abled or killed by accidents in the past twelve months. This is an aver age of more than two killed and nineteen injured every day. During the winter months accidents de creased. But, bright days and the open roads brought an increase and tne number of accident casualties occurring is now growing daily During the vear. the Press Asso ciation has issued by-weekly bulle tins which have been published throughout the state. It was hoped that our people would become con scious of the situation and make concerted effort to prevent a peace time accident toll in Nebraska which annually kills and maims more of our citizens than did the World War. The formation of a State Safety Council to assist in promoting safety education and accident prevention was in response to a popular demand that "something be done about it." But, public safety is a personal mat ter and requires the cooperation of every boy, girl, man or woman, busi ness municipality, organization and department in our commonwealth if Nebraska is to be made a safe place in which to live. Unites States Urged to Study the Americas Pan-American Institute Points the Benefits of Wider Un derstanding to Jacksonville, 111. The far-reaching benefits which would come from a more intensiv-e study of the condi tions of Pan -A'-iericanism and de velopment of : il.jscr culfuial ai.d pclitical alliance I tween North and South America were discussed by speakers at the first annual Insti tute of Pan-American Relations con ducted at Illinois Woman's College, here May 1-3. Stressing the value of a sane pub lic opinion upon the subject of Pan Americanism, which would be bene ficial both to the United States and to the Latin-American countries. Prof. J. Fred Rippy. editor of the Hispanic Review and professor of history at Duke University, urged that Americans study the essentials of Pan-Americanism. Professor Rippy spoke of the lack of unity of thought in America upon this question, holding that the labor group, the oil group, the fruit grow ers' group, the speculating-investor group, each sees Mexico and its rela tions in a different light. These he classified into the aggressive group and the "hands off" group. The Mon roe Doctrine, he said, caused much of the problem in Latin America, since to them it seemed an instru ment of aggressiveness. That there is nothing new in arbi tration either to the United States or to Latin-American countries, and therefore no reason that the United States should remain out of the World Court, was one of the chief issues raised by Prof. Isaac J. Cox of Northwestern University. Professor Cox thought to enter the World Court would strengthen the position of the United States not only with the Pan-American coun tries, but with all the countries in the world. The World Court's rela tionship to the League of Nations, he said, was no disadvantage to the United States and he urged no un necessary delay in joining. Prof. William S. Robertson of the University of Illinois expressed him self in favor of an educational cam paign and said he hoped that the "epoch is not far distant when such names as Bolvia, S. Martin Portales, Castilla, Ruy Barbaross and Benito Juarez become as familiar to our people as those of Lincoln, Washing ton, Jefferson and Roosevelt are to the intelligentsia of South America." "It might be an acceptable meas ure," he said, " to have a Pan-American League that would counterbal ance the contemplated United States of Europe, and that conciliatory steps will perhaps hasten more than any other American act the day when the war drums throb no longer and the battle flags are furled." He said that the qualifications of an ambassador required more than a knowledge of law and finance, how ever essential that might be, but that this must be coupled with a deep interest in the people to whom he was sent and an open mind to learn about and understand the country, its aims, ideals, history, tra dition, culture, religion. A high tn bute was paid to Dwight W. Morrow for his splendid work while serv ing as Ambassador to Mexico by Dr. Hubert C. Herring of New lork, di rector of the Committee on Cultural Relations with Latin America. Referring to the Latin-American and Mexican attitude toward the Monroe Doctrine, he suggested that it be redefined, with a clarification of its fundamentals. Dr. Herring told of the work of his seminary in Mexico City, which meets each summer in the capital city for three weeks' study of Pan American relationships on Pan-American soil. While the seminar is not connected with the University of Mexico, that institution co-operates with it in its efforts to formulate a better understanding between the Americas, he said. The enrollment for this summer is over 140 members. FIRE DESTROYS ELEVATOR Chicago Fire destroyed a grain elevator of the Rosenbaum Gram comoration late Wednesday with damage estimated by officials at $1, 000,000. Firemen confined their ef forts to preventing the spread of the blaze to another elevator a short distance away and to an oil company yard on the south side, as well as to hundreds of freight cars in the Chi cago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad yards nearby. Charles Mahoney, foreman in charge, laid the blame for tne nre to spontaneous combustion in grain dust in the grinding machinery. Fire Marshal Corrigan said it was Chicago's biggest fire in three years. MRS. HOOVER IS BETTER Washington Mrs. Herbert Hoover had sufficiently progressed in her re covery from a wrenched back Wed nesday to take a brief automoDiie ride. While she has snown a steaay improvement. Capt. Joel T. Boone, the white house physician, has pre scribed that she remain inactive for several weeks, and she will continue to use the wheel chair in which sue has ridden about the white house for the past two weeks. BUFFALO BARBECUE PLANNED BY LEGION North Platte, May 14. A buffalo barbecue on the old Cody rancn, where Buffalo Bill and his family once made their home, is one of the features proposed for entertainment of American Legion members In their state convention nere next August. ONE HUNDRED years ago, the first Covered Wagon Train left from St. Louis to open up the way for the thousands of men and women who later settled the Pacific states. Thus a Whole Continent was finally Conquered It was the individual effort of a group of pioneers that made the achievement possible. CO-OPERATION in the truest sense. The unit ing cf interests and purpose. The effort of the individual will always count. Co-operation will always count. That is why an association like the Allied Clothiers constitute the ideal combination! A group of HOME-OWNED stores banded together for the purpose of buying better merchandise more eco nomically and each store retaining its individ uality. The outstanding value-giving of this Store points to GROUP effort. The friendly personal service points to our INDrVTDUAL effort to al ways please and satisfy you. $40,000,000 Loan and Tax Rise for Chicago Rescue Committee Lays Out Plan to Guide Special Legis lature Chicago To put Chicago back on its feet financially, three bond is sues approximating $40,000,000 and a program of six years of higher taxes are recommended by the Citi zens' "Rescue" Committee, which lately has been footing the bills for city and. county. Its plan is drawn for the guidance of the special ses sion of the Legislature to meet next week to help Chicago out. In addition the county will need a bond issue of $4,000,000 or $5,000, uuu, me commuiee unus. x mu imum of bonds forecast by the com mittee to aaie is a-i,uuu,uuu. ah are asked without referendum. Gradual placing of local govern ment here on a cash basis, and the maintenance of a pay-as-you-go policy is aimed at. For years the city and the Board of Education have bor rowed money to run on. Present loans to the various governmental units here are estimated by the committee at $240,000,000. To keep city spending within in- th mmmittpp asks that the itv ntrniipr submit tn tho Citv Council a report on balances and estimated revenue for the coming year and that in making its budget the Council be required to keep with in these resources. Wiping out of existing municipal deficits is planned. The committee re ports that at the close of 1929 there was a deficit in the corporate funds of the city of about $15,000,000, carried over in part frmo 1927 and 192S. Besides that, the city owed $6,000,000 in judgments. A sub stantial share of this shortage r-e suited from the decerase in tax in come caused by a $600,000,000 cut in real estate valuations by the re assessment. Unpaid bills, repre sented by the judgments, have ac cumulated since local tax money was cut off by delay in the reassessment. To finance the deficits and bills a bond issue of $7,000,000, an increase in the tax rate and a special tax of 3 cents to run eight years are ad vised. To restore the city to a cash basis, ready money is needed, the commit tee finds. To initiate a cash policy it recommends the setting up of a spe cial cash fund and to get this cash, it asks a bond issue of $12,000,000. A special tax would be also levied. The board of education needs be tween $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 extra to meet payrolls and other ex penses during 1930 and 1931, the committee finds. It proposes a bond isue to this extent and in addition" a special tax of 10 cents to pay in terest on the board s loans. To help the taxpayer with the problem of meeting the tax collec tion which was skipped last year. because of the tardiness of the reas sessment, the committee proposes the payment of seven years' taxes in five. This would make taxes fall every 10 months wltnout putting two payments in the same year. The committee's program has several I other features. Looking for a Graduation gift? Then come to the Bates Book Store, where you will find one of the larg est lines in southeastern Nebraska. r 4 Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title Phone 324 Plattsmouth BANDIT KILLED BY CASHIER Hamel, Minn. A bandit who at tempted to rob the Farmers' State oanK nere laie tnaay was snot ana - Killed by Harry C. Doweller, the cashier. The bandit, who had wait- ed in the bank several minutes until - two customers had gone out, com- manded Dorweller, the fashier and the assistant cashier, to get into the vault. He then took $1,400, all the - money in sight in the cashier's cage. j and turned to lock the vault door. Dorweiler meanwhile had obtain e(j a revolver he had hidden in the - vault and as the bandit approached - thg dooFi ghot him throu&h the neck. - Tte name G Jacobson," found on the label inside his coat, provided a elude to his identity. The money was found on his person by county au thorities. Hamel is a town of 100 inhabi tants sixteen miles northwest of Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. McDonald of Murdock motored down Friday and attended the bridge opening and vis- itinS a the Ilome of Mr- an Mrs. Joseph Kelly, parents of Mrs. Mc- Donald. IMSUB23JNCI3 You Can't Take a House Down Cellar Even if you escape personal injury from tornado, you can es cape financial loss only through sound indemnity for wind storm damage. Insure and be Sure The cyclone season is at hand Every few days one hits thig section of the country. Cass county may be next to suffer loss. So let ua again remind you that this agency Is a rep resentative of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company a com pany with a century old rec ord of honesty and fair pay- Knhere2!NCywi:r tOTn&d po1" Searl S. Davis AGENT Plattimcotli - Nebraska 4. $ t