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PLATTSJIOUTH SEUI p WEEKLY JOURNAL"
MONDAY, JULY 28, 1930.
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TYPES OF IMPSOVED
KOADS IN NEBRASKA
Nebraska's system of improved
highways is being rapidly extended
ami realizing; "the hope of its am
bitious citizen? that the natural ror.ds
of the state will gradually be con
verted into improved highways, giv
ing all weather service, making mar
keting easier and less costly, and al
lowing Xebraka automobiles to fare
forth in any kind of weather on mis
sions of business and pleasure.
Xebraska has SO, 000 miles of grad
d roads. In fair weather and und r
normal conditions of trafli? a graded
dirt road in Nebsaska w a usable and
Dawn Bares
the Horrors of
Italy's Rums
Scores cf Towss Wiped Out: 1.500
Injured and 15.000 Homeless
as Result cf Quake.
Xaples, -July 23. Southeastern
Italy Wednesday r.iiht had counted
its dead to tbe number of 079 in
half a score of towns tumbled to
ruins by a series of terrific earth
quakes which "began an hour after
midnight ami bad not ceased to vi
brate this evening.
Government estimates placed the
injured at more than 1,000 and the
homeless at 10 times that figure.
Naples sustained heavy property
damage, with flimsy houses through
out the slum area cracking and fall
ing as the ground shook beneath
them.
Melfi, picturesque mountain city,
perched perilously upon the crater
of the extinct Monte Volutre, was
an area of ghastly debris. Kven the
cathedral dating back to the 13th
century, was wrecked.
The almost inaccessible nature of
some of the areas devastated mado
difficult the work of succor and the
enumeration of casualties. Most of
the tow ns' hit the hardest are off the
beaten paths of tourists and trans
portation is poor.
Send Supply Trains
Several supply trains have been
sent to points on the railroads in
tbe interior from Naples and hun
dreds of relief workers Wednesday
jiight were penetrating the recesses
of the agricultural area offering re
tims.
lief to the still terror-stricken vic
The quake stunned all Italy.
It was the worst earthshock since
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L 3. Gravel surfaced highway. No.
comfortable artery of traffic. How
ever, it is desirable for all weather
traffic to have some kind of surfac
ing on dirt roads.
Uy the close of this year there will
be 5100 miles of gravel-surfaced
roads in the state highway system.
The avercge cost of surfacing a mile
of .--ravel-surfaced road is $2500.
This is the cost exclusive of drain
age p.nd grading. The cost of main
tenance varies greatly according to
soil and traffii conditions. A resume
(i; maintenance costs of gravel-surface
roads in 1029, made by the
State Department of Public Works,
on .'520 miles of highway, produced
tr.ese interesting cost figures:
One hundred and seven miles or
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was all but obliterated in
ISO.
The llrst temblor came an hour
after midnight. Its own awful na
ture was supplemented by a tremen
dous c-le-tiical storm over virtually
the whole affected area.
The intense area extended from the
Tyrrhean sea to the Adriatic, but the
(oast settlements suffered less in pro
portion than tbe mountain popula
tions. Xaples experienced several
hout? of panic with many houses and
score of casualties. Among this
ity's victims was the Countess de
Ili.si.i Cargas.
"Stark. Had Fliglit"
Never ir. all Neapolitan history
h?.d tills classic city experienced such
str.r'c. r.-.ad fright. A frenzied popu
lace raced through tbe streets, ap
parently beading nowhere.
Wednesday night the work of res-c-i:c
pro-ceded as rapidly as the
means available would permit.
Wrecked bridges, snapped com
mv.nicatioti wires and many other
obr tacLs had been tossed in the path
of the relief workers by the up
heaval of nature.
The highways or the area are no
toriously undeveloped and rail lines
passed through many gor;res into
which the quake had tumbled ava
lanches. Several tunnels upon the road to
according to official figures, fell in
Mclii. where ISO persons perished,
and blocked service beyond restora
tion for many days.
D?.v,ti Reveals Hcrror
The quovo Wednesday night vis
ited ils first after-effect on this city
when authorities closed scores of
manufacturing plants whose walls
Wf-re t racked a::d in perilous condi
tion. Thousands of workers thus were
thrown cut of employment.
Four provinces of the sunny, smil
ing peninsular area were converted
into "no man's land." In the sev
eral larger towns and the few cities
at th? center of the quake district
dawn brought scenes the horror of
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4. Road treated with oil-stand mix-
2.S per cent cost over $1300 a mile;
107 miles or 2.S per cent cost be
tween $1230 and $1500 a mile; 147
miles or 3.S per cent cost between
$1000 and $1250 a mile; 3S9 miles
or 10.1 per cent cost between $750
and $1000 a mile; S29 miles or 21.7
per cent cot between $500 and $750
a mile; 147 1 miles or 3S.7 per cent
cost between $300 and $500 a mile;
7GS miles or 20.1 per cent lost less
than $300 a mile.
The average maintenance cost on
the 3S2G miles of gravel-surfaced
road above shown was $539.36 per
mile.
The oil-sand surface has its place
ir. the sandhill areas where the state
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braska Uni Avers.
Lincoln, July 23. Visual educa
tion in the public schools has seen
its day, in the opinion of Dr. Thomas
Milton Carter, visiting instructor at
the University of Nebraska summer
session from Albion college, Albion,
Mich.
"The popularity of the edu
cational movie in the schools has
decreased partly because its im
portance was overestimated," he
said, "and partly because it has
not proved adaptable to a num
ber of subjects. The greatest
danger is that the student fails
to see the important thing in
the picture he may note the
background instead of the par
ticular object being illustrated."
Depreciate Value.
Other facts wheih tend to de
preciate the value of the movie in
schools are its excessive cost and its
cumbersome equipment. Cost, Dr.
Cater thinks, will rule out the talkie
for many years and even the regular
silent cinema is practical only in
large cities where the projectors max
be toted around from one school to
the other.
At the University of Nebraska this
summer Dr. Carter i3 teaching edu
cational psychology to prospective
secondaiy and elementary school
teachers and is lecturing to a seminar
in educational psycology.
Publishes Article.
In addition to his extensive psycho-analysis
of movies in the public
schools, the Michigan educator has
recently published an article wherein
he explains how the ancient theory
that the thicknes of the wrist bone
was a criterion by which to judge
mental progress has been completely
routed by a thorough research pro
ject conducted by him at the Uni
versity of Chicago Omaha Bee-News.
CANADA CEOP CONDITIONS
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT
Ottawa, July 24. Except in the
southern districts of Saskatchewan
and Alberta, where drought has been
intense, crop conditions in western
Canada have improved, the weekly
crop report issued by the Dominion
bureau of statistics said today.
No serious damage from hail was
reported, although rust now is
threatening.
Temperatures have been high
enough to encourage rapid growth
where sufficient moisture is avail
able. Manitoba crops continue to show
promise of heavy yields, but rust
and lodging will be damaging. In
Saskatchewan, and Alberta crops vary
widely between districts and -according
to previous cultural treatment of
land.
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ture. No. 5, Concrete pavement.
department is engaged in experi
ments to develop a type that will
be more economical than clay and
gravel surfacing. It is also expected
that this can be developed for laying
the dust on considerable miles of
graveled roads where the dust is
bad and the traffic conditions not so
heavy. The average cost of oil mix
ture surface is about $5000 a mile.
The present program of the De
partment of Public Works calls for
100 miles of pavement each year.
The average cost of 20-foot concrete
pavement is approximately $22,000
per mile. This cost is exclusive of
grading and drainage.
CLAIMS FIGURES JUGGLED
Washington Charges that Presi
dent Hoover had juggled figures on
the appropriations made by congress
for the new fiscal year were made
Thursday in a statement by Repres-
1 entative Byrns, Tennessee, thru the
i democratic national committee. As
ranking minority member of the
house appreciations committee
Eyrns said the statement recently is
sued from the white house relative
to appropriations and expenditures
was "another exhibition of juggling
with figures, such as has been repeat
edly done with- reference to unem
ployment and economic conditions
existing over the country, in an at
tempt to cover up the real facts."
Previously the Tenncssean, chairman
of the democratic congressional com
mittee, had said the present congress
had appropriated, more than $5,000,
000,000. "The administration has chosen to
ignore the figures given by the re
publican chairmen of the appropria-r
tions committee of the house and sen
ate," he said. "He added they show
ed appropriations exceeded those of
the last session of congress by $459,
000,000, which was $23,000,000 less
than the amount recommended by
President Hoover.
C0SN IS MAKING PROGPtESS
Kearney The corn acreage In
Buffalo and adjoining counties has
progressed wonderfully under the
ideal growing conditions of the past
few weeks and much of the corn is
well tasslcd out. The light showers
which fell over practically all of this
section the first of the week helped
materially, but an additiona rain
fal, of about one inch, would repre
sent profit insurance to corn growers.
However, the soil is in fair shape and
corn will continue to shoot skyward
for some time to come, without dan
ger of serious damage because of lack
of moisture.
Irrigated corn acreage is looking
excellent, orn growers who have wa
ter available for irrigation have turn
ed it into their ditches during the
past few days and the beneficial re
sults are evident.
On the bottoms, with exception of
the very late planted corn, the stalks
have shot up and give promise of an
abundant yield, despite the fact that
the Platte river is dry and seepage is
reduced to a minimin.
NEW YORK WARS ON NOISE
New York One hundred and ten
voluntary members of a secret ser
vice noise squad prowled the by-ways
of the city Thursday night to guard
the slumber of din-disturbed New
Yorkers. They were under instruc
tions from the noise abatement com
mission to hale flagrant violators of
the new anti-noise ordinances before
the police. These silent and uniden
tified patrolers will . be on duty by
night and by day -in shifts and
will cover the whole city.
In the words of Edward F. Brown,
director of the commission, "they are
not snoopers in any sense of the
word, but honest, fearless and com
petent citizens who are confident that
flagrant noises are a detriment to
health, and know how to aid in the
abatement of the nuisance."
Two Die and
22 Injured at
Omalia Park
Train on Krug Park Roller Coaster
Ltaves tbe Track and Causes
Death and injuries.
Omaha Two persons were killed
and twenty-one were Injured here
Thursday night when a roller coaster
train at Krug park plunged off the
track and dropped thirty-five feet to
the ground.
The train, composed of four cars
had just left, the starting stand and
was being pulled up the first incline
by the cog chain, Ben Meister, an eye
witness said.
As the heavily loaded cars reach
ed the midway point in the pull, the
huge timbers that support the track
began to creak and snap under the
strain. Meister said he heard the
snapping sounds and said it appeared
to him the track was giving way.
Pulled Over Track Edge.
While men, women and children
stared with white faces in voiceless
fear, the lead car moved steadily on
until the cog chain pulled it over the
track edge and thru the guard rail
and plunged it to the ground.
Slowly one by one the other three
cars were pulled over the edge as
their passengers screamed in horror
and fought in futile fury for a chance
to leap from the cars.
The cars overturned and their pas
sengers were pinned underneath as
they struck the ground.
The dead are:
C. H. STOUT, Omaha.
RUTH FARRELL., fourteen, also
of Omaha.
Both died in the hospital.
Tells of Helplessness.
Antis Uzdawwinis, who was riding
in the third car, said that the cog
chain pulled their car over the edge
of the rails and over the track edge.
' There was no time to jump and
we could do nothing but scream and
tug at the safety belts that held us
firmly in our seats," Antis said from
his hospital bed.
Andrew Bazis, also riding In the
third car, repeated the words of
Uzdawiinis and declared that the cog
chain continued to pull the train on
ward after the first car had plunged
down.
Of the twenty-one persons taken to
hospitals by ambulances, police emer
gency cars and private cars, two were
reported in serious condition and hos
pital attaches said little hope was
held for their recovery.
Within a few seconds, after the
crash a crowd was surging madly
about the scene of the wreck wildly
seeking relatives and friends.
Crowd Hinders Rescuers.
The park was packed and all avail
able police were rushed there to bat
tie the crowd. At times the surging
throng hindered the rescue crews
greatly in reaching the injured and
in transporting them to cars in which
they were rushed to hospitals.
The driveway leading to the front
i of the coaster station was bo packed
that police were forced to tear down
sections of the fence surrounding the
park in order to get ambulances and
other cars thru to transport the in
jured away.
Blame Projection.
After an examination of the track,
city and police officials stated that
they believed the wreck was due to
the front wheels of the lead car
striking some projection that threw
them from the track.
At first it was believed that a front
wheel had come off but examination
of the cars proved this to be untrue.
xfter the first car had jumped the
track and plunged thru the guard
rail it dragged the other cars with
it before the cog chain could be stop
ped, the investigators believed.
It was believed that a timber, a
part of the guard rail, might have
raised up enough to obstruct the pas
sage of the lead car and thus have
thrown the wheels over the rail edge
The guard rail was ripped away for
a distance of twenty to thirty feet.
JAKE FLEAGLE IS HUNTED
Toronto Police investigating the
slaying of Phillip Runibold, wealthy
real estate operator of Tonawanda,
N. Y., announced Thursday that they
were hunting Jake II. Fleagle who
is wanted on a murder charge in
Colorado. They gave no reason for
seeking the man beyond the state
ment that citizens of Hamilton re
oprted having seen Fleagle there
Monday afternoon shortly before
Rumbold was supposed to have met
a nunidentified man in Hamilton.
Rumbold's body was found Tuesday
in his automobile near Port Credit,
Ont; He had been - strangled and
beaten to death.
Fleagle, known also by the aliases
of Holden, Kaker, Reed. Wilson and
Barnett,.is wanted in Colorado on a
charge of slaying four persons in
the famous Lamar bank robbery.
Three of his alleged accomplices have
been executed and $13,000 reward
has been offered for his arrest in
connection with the Colorado crime.
POLICE LOOKING FOR BURKE
Indianapolis Heavily armed po
lice squads patrolled the roads about
this city Wednesday after authorities
received a tip that Fred Burke, al
leged murderer and bank robber, was
en: route here by automobile. Parti
cularly close watch was kept on Unit
ed States highway No. 52, main route
to Chicago. The officers refused to
reveal the source of their informa
tion bu the preparations Indicated
they considered the tip authentic.
Phone your Job Printing order to
No. 6. Prompt service.
GREENWOOD t
4.
Henry Greer has completed his
harvest but is still kept busy, and
will expect to get after his threshing
In a short time.
P. A. Sanborn was a visitor in Oma
ha for the day on last Wednesday
where he went to look after some
business matters for a short time.
Mrs. P. A. Sanborn was a visitor
last week at the home of relatives
at Manhatten, Kansas, being guest
with a brother Mr. B. J. Dunn and
wife.
A. R. Birdsall and wife were over
to Lincoln on last Wednesday after
noon where they were visiting with
friends as well as looking after some
business at the same time.
Frank Wilhilm who has been feel
ing quit badly is still poorly and
while he has been looking after the
business, he stil has been hardly so
he could properly be at work.
Mrs. E. L. McDonald and husband
were over to Lincoln on last Wed
nesday where they went to consult
with their physician as he is keeping
touch with the case of Mrs. McDon
ald. E. P. Steward who is a member of
the Avoca band, was in Greenwood
last week and was assisting the local
boys in the concert which they have
been giving every week, and which is
attracting much attention and filling
the town with people whenever a
concert is given.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Swanson, presi
dent of the Farmers Elevator com
pany of Greenwood accompanied by
Mrs. Swanson were over to Wahoo
and Colon on last Wednesday where
they were visiting with friends as
well. They report the deliveries of
wheat and corn there were heavy.
Col. P. L. Hall who was spending
two weeks at Fort Crook at the camp
of the reserve officers training, com
pleted his stay at the camp and re
turned home last Sunday. During the
time he was at camp Mrs. Hall was
also visiting at Omaha and spent
much of the evenings at Fort Crook
with the husband.
W. A. White and wife and George
Bucknell and family were over to
Stirling, where they were visiting
with friends for they have many
there, they having resided there tor
a. number, of years. They will expect
to go again in a short time as there
is to be a chautauqua there during
the early portion of August.
M. E. Peterson and wife were over
to Ashland on last Wednesday, where
Mr. Peterson went to consult the
dentist, as he had a tooth which was
not willing to get along with it
neighbors and kept Mr. Peterson 1:
an uproar, so he left the tooth at
Ashland when he came home an,:
hopes now notwithstanding there was
pain at the parting to get along bet
ter.
Rain Brought Corn Deliveries.
While the weather remained
boiling hot, people were afraid to
sell what corn they had but with the
cooling showers on last Sunday there
was a disposition to sell, and during
Tuesday of last week the Farmers
Elevator commanded by E. A. Lan-
don receiver some 12,000 bushels of
corn besides the wheat which came
Clyde Newkirk who is a rustler was
assisting at the elevator, with O. F.
Teters assisting in the work with the
rest of the force at the Peters ele
vator, they handled some ten
thousand bushels and also a large
run of wheat. Verily the boys at
both places say business was good.
Uncle B. F. Laughlin Poorly.
Word received here is to the effect
that Frank Laughlin who for
many years was closely identified
with the interests and history of the
hustling town of Greenwood is now
at the home of his daughter at Gary,
Indiana, where he is confined to his
bed and with his weight of years.
Receives Cut on Thumb.
While Wayne and Aaron Wright,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wright
were in the corn field both with a
corn knife, cutting weeds, while there
were plenty of weeds so that they
could each have all they wanted to
cut. they both struck at one weed
with the result that the knife of
Aaron cut the thumb of Wayne quite
badly. The boys who were little fel
lows were quite a distance from the
house and it required some time and
it was quite a while before they were
able to get to the house and have
the member dressed. The profuse
bleeding seemed to prevent the woun-J
from becoming affected and is getting
along very nicely.
Made a Merry Party.
Mrs. Ella Marshall of Ashland,
Louis Wright, Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Wright and Catherine Coleman of
Greenwood as well as Charles Cards
and family at Liuoma Beach, were
near Ashland last Sunday where they
took well filled baskets and enjoyed
a very delightful day in the out doors
and sure had a good time.
Best Cocks and Bottle Washers Meet
The Best Cooks and Bottle ash-
Bead Animals Eie&zovacl!
JACK STEPHENS
Free Removal of All Dead Animals
Providing Hides are Left On
Modern Supervision of a Licensed
Rendering Establishment
General Delivery, South Omaha
era had their club meeting at Bon
niet McClares Wednesday July 16,
1930.
Four of the girls, Lucile Leesley,
Margaret Kelly, Bonnieta McClare
and Eunice Kyles entertained. They
served ice cream, cake and lemonade.
Helen Kelly of Greenwood and De
lores Turman of Sioux City, Iowa,
were visitors. The club is giving an
icre cream social Aug. 2, 1930 at the
DLD tourist park at Greenwood. The
next meeting will be July 30.
Announcement.
To the ladies of the Greenwood
There will be a meeting of the
club Wed. Aug. G, at Mrs. II. Brun
kow's at 2 p. m. Everybody come
and bring along anyone interested in
the club. Mrs. Carl Hoffman, news
reporter.
Represent Club.
Margaret Kelly, Helen Kelly, Bon
nieta McClare and Hazel Trunken
boltz represented the Best Cooka and
Bottle Washers cooking club at the
4-H judging classes at the agricul
tural farm Saturday. These classes
are given for all clubs, teaching the
boys and girls how to judge the prod
uct they learn to make or the animal,
bird of plants they raise.
We are hoping -with the help of
some of the parents to take the whole
club next time, which is to be held
Aug. 11. Mrs. Carl Hoffman, leader.
FOR SALE
500 pure English White Leghorn
pullets, 10 to 12 weeks old, at 50
cents each.
About 100 Barred Rock pullets,
March 20th hatch, at 50 cents each.
This is all good stuff. We never
had better pullets than we have this
year. If interested, come at once.
Don't delay.
LEESLEY HATCHERY,
Phone 2113 Greenwood, Neb.
Morehead in
Criticism of
A
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C:ngressman Denounces Plan of
Farm Beard; Proposes Mini
mum Price on Corn
Shumbert, July 24. Speaking be
fore more than 2,000 persons gath
ered here at an American Legion
picnic Thursday, Congressman John
H. Morehead launched into bitter de
nunciation of the federal farm
board's wheat acreage reduction
n-ogram.
Morehead's address was not all
criticisms, however, for before his
eppeeh ended he had offered a sol-
ution
to the present depression
among grain growers of the middle
west.
"I have no confidence in the
farm board's advocacy of less
wheat acreage," the Demo
cratic candidate for congress
from the first district declared.
"The land must be tilled and
farmers at present are not in
a position to stop producing.
Many have families to support
and taxes to pay, and they can
not discontinue their activities
without any other visible means
of support."
Protects Corn
The former governor of Nebras
ka suggested the farm board drop
its campaign to slash wheat acre
age and turn its attention to the
corn, with the government fixing a
minimum price of the grain.
"The prosperity of the mid
dle west depends largely on
the price of corn," Morehead
continued. "Some farmers have
hogs, some have cattle, still
others have wheat but all
have corn and when the price of
corn is low business is depressed.
"Another . way to benefit
farmer is to cheapen manufac
tured articles the farmer is forc
ed to buy."
Raps Tariff
The congressman spoke briefly on
the tariff and said he believed the
present rates were so high foreign
countries were beginning to discrim
inate against the United States.
Although commending President
Hoover's efforts to reduce armaments.
Morehead voiced his belief that the
United States should have solved the
problem with no foreign alliances.
Would Pay Debt
Morehead advocated paying off tbe
national dent as tne oesi prepun-u-ness
move, saying instead of build
ing an immense army of ships and
having a huge standing army, we
should pay off this big debt and be
come home owners showing otner
countries our great resources. Then
no other country would interfere
with us, the congressman said.
Bee-News.
WANTED
Man to operate Horn Filling Sta
tion on commission. Apply at once.
G. K. PETRING.
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nal office. Call No. 6.
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