MONDAY, SEPT. 1. 1930.
PAGE SIX
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
Auto Topics
llJlvrturs
A retarded spark and rich mix
ture will heat the exhaus
manifold "white hot." It may
set fire to your car first ig
niting the gasoline under the
hood. You may prevent the
total loss of your car by going
over the carburetor adjust
ments regularly.
There are other common
causes of fire, some of which
cannot be easily detected
Even a minor blaze in your
car or garage means an out
lay of cash for repairs. It
is wise to insure your car
against such loss.
Get automobile insurance here
covering fire, theft, collision,
liability and property damage.
Searl S. Davis
AGENT
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Nebraska
Two Planes
Lock Wings
Over Field
One Dives With Human Cargo to
Ground; Other Rights Self and
Flies to Safety.
Des Moines, Aug. 28. Six persons
were injured, some of them critically,
when two planes of the "Flying Sons-of-Guns"
trio mixed wings during an
exhibition at the Iowa state fair
Thursday afternoon.
Leo Allen, pilot of one of the
planes, was one of the most seriously
injured. Physicians said they be
lieved he suffered fractured skull.
Others injured:
Harold Waller, 10, of Norwalk, la.,
probable skull fracture.
R. Hill. 29. of Des Moines.
J. B. Hayes, Mitchellville, Ia.
Mrs. Claude Pope, Des Moines.
P. W. Schroder, Gait, Ia.
Allen and Cy Younglove were fly
ing with the "Sons of Guns," who
have given daily exhibitions before
the grandstand at the fair. They
started to make a turn and in doing
so mixed wings, Allen's plane falling
near the aircraft tent but Counglove
righting his, circling the field in sig
nal of safety and then flying to the
municipal airport to land.
Allen's plane struck the ground
about 75 feet from the aircraft tent.
It rolled over twice, spectators said,
and then crashed through one tent.
The second mishap occurred about
5 p. m. when the Curtiss-Wright
"mystery ship" overturned while
landing. Leroy McGrady, the pilot,
was bruised but not seriously injured.
He was a companion of Allen and
Younglove in their act at the fair.
Quarter of a
Million is Spent
for Highways
Several Jobs Deferred Pending Fed
eral Approval Gravel Lin
coln to Valparaiso
MACNIDEE AT CANADA POST
Ottawa, Aug. 29. Han ford Mac
Nider presented his credentials to
the governor general Friday and was
formally received as United States
minister to Canada.
It is understood that Colonel Mac
Nider will remain In Ottawa for the
special session of parliament open
ing Sept. 8. before making any trips
through Canada. One of the first
cities he will visit will be Belleville,
Ont., where his ancestors settled
many years ago.
Phone your news to the Journal.
More than $250,000 in highway
construction, mostly gravel roads
was included in contracts awarded
Friday by the state highway depart
ment. A few federal aid job3 were
held up pending approval by the fed
eral road bureau. Awards also were
made on four gravel maintenance
patrols.
One of the largest jobs is the
Lincoln-Valparaiso gravel project
eighteen miles in length, which went
to Abel construction company of Lin
coin for $16,763. One-half mile of
paving near Central City will be laid
by Roberts Construction company
for $13,034.0 .
A stretch of highway 7.7 miles
long between DeWitt and Wilber
will .be graveled by the Western
Bridge company for $9,079.26.
Following are the remaining pro
jects and successful bidders:
Franklin-Xaponee, 9.4 miles gra
vel. $12,679.20.
Allianee-Chadron, 8.9 miles gra
vel, Roberts Construction company,
$18,175.2S.
Seneca-Hyannis, 5.2 miles gravel.
Ooberts Consrtuction company, $S,-
974.59.
Springview-Riverview, 14.7 miles
gravel, deferred.
Smithfield. Bertrand, 5.S miles
grading, Paul Sawyer, Ogallala, $7,-039.67.
Tecumseh Sterling. 13.3 miles
grading, culverts and bridge, de
ferred.
Laurel-Dixon, 3 miles gravel,
Koehler Construction company, Sterl
ing, $9,022.75.
Allen-Dixon, S.5 miles gravel.
Koehler Construction company, $25,-84S.
Norfolk-Hoskins, sewer pipe, de
ferred.
Verdei-Monawi. 5.5 miles gravel,
Plainview Gravel company, $5,852.
Red Cloud south, 6 miles grad-
r.g, deferred; culverts, interstate
Concrete company, $23,253.7S; drive
culverts. Beatrice Steel Tank com
pany. $237.12.
Bushnell west, 8 miles, grading,
Stelle & Olinger. $16,225; culverts.
G. E. Smith, $11,499.91; drive cul
verts, Lyle Landreth, $177.60;
bridge, Wesern Bridge company.
$6,809.56.
Pender-Emerson, 12.2 miles grad
ing, culverts and bridges, deferred.
Odell-Steele City, culverts, J. S.
Deffenbaugh, $535.76; drive cul
verts, J. S. Deffenbaugh, $286.32.
Prague Morse Bluff, 3 miles gra
vel. Central Bridge & Construction
company, $2,339.90.
Oshkcsh Chappell, 3.3 miles gra
vel, Camp & Bailey, $1,801.84.
Auburn Brownville, 9.2 miles
gravel, Western Bridge & Construc
tion company, $16,289.90. m
Uyland Daykin, culverts Cen
tral Bridge & Construction company,
$2,075.40.
Wisner-Bancroft. 8 miles gravel.
Murphy Gravel company, $14,473.80.
DeWitt-Beatrice, bridge, Monarch
Engineering company, $4,293.90.
Taylor-Burwell. culverts. Diamond
Engineering company, 1,544.
Maintenance Patrols.
Panama-Adams-Sterling, S.6 miles,
Yant Construction company, $3,
609.10. Syracuse-Dunbar, 8.8 miles. West
ern Bridge & Construction company,
$3,384.92.
Humboldt-Dawson-Verdon. 11.7
miles, Western Bridge & Construc
tion company, $4,857.42.
Superior north, 14.3 miles, Abel
Construction company, $4,721.11.
ENJOY THREE DAY HOLIDAY
NEBRASKANS GOOD SHOTS
Camp Perry, O. A new record
for the national police pistol matches
was made here Friday by the Detroit
team in piling up 1,112 points out
of a possible 1,200. The Portland
police team, which made the previous
record of 1,105, in 1927, placed sec
ond with 1,098 points. The New
York team was third with 1,094.
For the fourth straight day, Fran
cis W. Parker, III, fourteen, Chicago,
won the class B, junior rifle shoot
for boys and girls twelve and four
ten years old. He won the prone-sitting-kneeling-standing
match with
340 points out of a possible 400. Rob
ert Howser, fourteen, Omaha, was
second with 314; Riley Helms, Wis
ner, Neb., third with 308; George
Olcott, fourteen. Webster Grove, Mo.,
fourth, with 304, and Lloyd Stull,
thirteen. Port Clinton, O., fifth with
290. The individual junior match
will be fired from the same stages
by all junior contestants Saturday.
Coming Winter
May be Very
Hot or Cold
No Conclusion From Extreme Sum
mer Is Dependable, Says
Weather Observer
Craftsmanship
by Boys to Win
College Awards
Contest in Building Model Coach
Arranged by Motor Interests
Detroit, Mich. Every boy in
the United States between the ages
of 12 and 19 inclusive has an oppor
tunity to win one of four $5000
university scholarships in a model
Napoleonic coach-building contest
sponsored by the Fisher Body
Craftsman's Guild. Total awards, to
be made to first and second place
winners in each state and in the two
groups junior, from 12 to. 15 in
clusive, and senior, from 16 to 19
inclusive amount to more than
$50,000.
Two of the university scholarships
will be awarded in the senior group.
and the winners may choose their
own college for a four-year course.
The two junior winners will also re
ceive four-year scholarships that will
be held in trust by the guild until
the boys are ready to enter the col
lege of their own choice. Other
awards include cash prizes for first
and second place winners in each
tate, and a trip to Detroit. Special
awards will be given for details cf
craftsmanship, such as decorating.
upholstery, metal work, and so on.
Formation of the guild, to be com
posed of boy craftsmen for the pur
pose of encouraging perpetuation of
the workmanship ideals of the an
cient guilds, i3 announced at the
same time as the opening of the
contest. Boys interested in fine tool
work may enroll at any General
Motors agency, including dealers
handling Cadillac-LaSalle, Buick,
Oldsmobile, Oakland-Pontiac, and
Chevrolet cars, without entrance
fees or dues.
Complete working drawings of a
Napoleonic coach and fullinforma-
tion as to the terms of the contest
will be given each boy who enters
n the competition. An honorary
board of judges to pass on the boys
raftsmanship and make the awards
comprised cf nationally known
educators.
"Dan" Beard, national commis
sioner of the Boy Scouts of America,
is honorary president of the guild.
nd William A. Fisher, president of
the Fisher Body Corporation, is ac
tive president.
MURRAY ELEVATORS ROBBED
The employes of the Burlington
shops here are enjoying a three day
holiday, having voted to take all of
Saturday off instead of a half day,
which gives them Saturday, Sunday
and Monday for the outing. The
extra half day will be taken up
next Saturday when the shops will
work for the entire day. The three
days will give the employes a fine
opportunity of attending the Ne
braska State fair at Lincoln.
FIRST SHOWING
OF
Fall Suits
Here they are, these suits design
ed especially for the young man
who wants and demands the
latest in live styling. Short coat,
buttons close together, cut away
front, wedge hips and big should
ers. We want you to see these
suits before you buy.
$22SO
New Fall showing of conserva
tive clothing, $25, $30 and $35. .
From Friday's Dally
This morning the officers at both
the Wilson and Farmers Elevators
were found to have been robbed,
when Sam Latta of the Farmers com
pany and O. A. Davis, the acting
manager of the Wilson elevator ar
rived to open up for the day. The
robber or robbers had rriven up with
a car and unlocked the yale locks
of the two offices. At the Farmers
elevator there was an adding ma
chine, a small radio as well as a 22
guage rifle, while there was nothing
taken at the Wilson elevator.
Neighbors report hearing some noise
about 3 a. m. and which it is thought
was the robbers making their getaway.
DEPARTS FOR NEVADA
From Friday's Dally
This evening Frank Godwin, in
structor in the athletic department
of the high school at Lovelock, Ne
vada, departs for the west to take
up his school work on Tuesday, after
the summer vacation spent here with
Mrs. Godwin at the home of her
father, John Libershal and with Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Godwin, parents of
Mr. Godwin. Mr. Godwin was very
successful in his school work in the
far west and was re-elected to again
head the athletic department of the
Lovelock school. Mrs. Godwin will
remain here for a more extended
visit with her father before she goes
to the west to join her husband.
LOCAL ENFORCEMENT URGED
Washington Effective enforce
ment of prohibition by federal agen
cies alone was declared an "utter
impossibility" Thursday night by As
sistant Attorney General Youngquist
in the course of an appeal for in
creased co-operation from state and
municipal authorities. Estimating
the number of federal agents at one
to every 70,000 of population, he
termed the force "pitfully inade
quate" and said it was the duty of
the states to lend their assistance.
The assistant attorney general's
appeal for state co-operation was a
reiteration of similar asertlons heard
recently from Attorney General Mit
chell, Prohibition Director Woodcock
and Chairman Wickersham . of the
law enforcement commission.
"The present hot summer has
brought many amateur long range
forecasters to the front and all are
equally firm in the belief that the
hot summer foretells the weather
of the coming winter." says Meteoro
logist II. G. Carter. "The forecasts
however, are not the same. Some
say the winter will be equally as
cold as the summer was hot; others
say it will be unusually warm be
cause of the hot summer.
"With no idea of taking sides in
the discussion, other than to pre
sent the records of past summers
and winters, a studv was made of
the summer and winter seasons in
Nebraska, for the state as a whole,
as kept by the United States weather
bureau, for the past fifty-four years
and tabulations were made so each
side may see how often its contention
proved true in years past.
"In all cases summer was con
sidered as the three months of June,
July and August, and winter as De
cember, January and February. A
winter or a summer was classified as
warm when the temperature for the
three months averaged above normal.
regardless of the amount; and as
cold when the average temperature
for the three months was below nor
mal. Similarly, seasons were classi
fied as wet or dry when the precipi
tation for the three months averaged
above or below normal, respectively
The records studied covered the per
iod from 1S76 to date.
. "Let us first consider the sum
mers. Nineteen ol the fifty-four
summers showed the same uepar
ture sign for temperature and pre
cipitation; that is. either warm and
wet, or cold and dry. Thirty-five
showed different signs, that is, either
cold and wet or warm and dry.
"Of the fifty-four summers, twenty-nine
were warmer than normal
and twenty-five were colder. Thirty-
two were drier than normal and
twenty-two wetter."
39 Warm Summers.
21 drier than normal; 8 wetter
than normal; 18 followed by warm
winters; 11 followed by cold win
ters; 18 followed by dry winters; 11
followed by wet winters.
25 Cold Summers.
14 wetter than normal; 11 drier
than normal: 12 followed by rold
winters; 13 followed by warm win
ters; 13 followed by dry winters;
12 followed by wet winters.
32 Dry Summers.
11 colder than normal; 21 warmer
than normal; 20 followed by dry
winters: 12 followed by wet win
ters; 11 followed .by cold winters;
21 followed by warm winters.
22 Wet Summers.
14 colder than normal; 8 warmer
than normal; 11 followed by wot win
ters; 11 followed by dry winters;
10 followed by warm winters; 12
followed by cold winters.
"Eighteen of the fifty-four win
ters showed the same departure signs
for temperatures and precipitation
and thirty-six showed different signs;
that is, eighteen were either warm
and wet or cold and dry, and thirty
six were either cold and wet or warm
and dry.
"Thirty-one of the fifty-four win
ters were warmer than normal and
twenty-three colder. Thirtj'-one were
drier than normal and twenty-three
wetter.
31 Warm Winters.
22 were drier than normal.
9 wetter than normal.
16 followed by warm summers.
15 followed by cold summers.
13 mollowed by wet summers.
18 were followed by dry summers.
23 Cold Winters.
9 drier than normal.
14 wetter than normal.
10 followed by cold summers.
13 folowed by warm summers.
14 followed by wet summers.
9 followed by wet summers.
31 Dry Winters.
9 colder than normal.
23 warmer than normal.
21 followed by dry summers.
10 followed by wet summers.
16 followed by warm summers.
15 were followed by cold summers.
23 Wet Winters.
14 colder than normal.
9 warmer than normal.
12 were followed by wet summers.
11 were followed by dry summers.
13 followed by warm summers.
10 followed by cold summers.
"During the fifty-four years there
were ten summers with temperatures
6 degrees or more above normal, and
seven with temperature G degrees or
more below normal. Eight of the
warm summers were followed by
warm winters and two by cold win
ters. Eight of the cold summers
were followed by warm winters and
two by cold winters.
"There were sixteen winters with
temperatures 6 degrees or more be
low normal and nineteen with tem
perature 6 degrees or more above
normal. Even of the cold winters
were followed by cold summers and
nine by warm summers. Ten of the
warm winters were followed by warm
summers and nine by cold summers.
"Three summer during the fifty
four years averaged 10 degrees or
more above normal, and each of these
was followed by a warm winter. One
summer averaged .15.9 degrees be
low normal and this was followed by
a winter 2.3 degrees colder than nor
mal. Nine winters averaged 10 or
more degrees warmer than normal
and five of these were followed by
warm summers and four by cool
summers. Ten winters averaged 10
degrees or more below normal, four
of these were followed by cool sum
mers and six by warm summers.
"A study of the tabulations given
emphasis the fallacy of attempting
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Wescott's
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GROUP ASSN. OF HOlMlg WKIH STORES V7
to make a forecast foi the coming
season from conditions prevailing
during the preceding season. These
appears to be no simple rule to guide
one in attempting to make such a
forecast.
The closest corelation are given in
the following table:
Summers.
62 of warm summers were fol
lowed by warm winters.
62 of warm summers were fol
lowed by dry winters.
56 of cold summers were fol
lowed by warm winters.
52 of cold summers were fol
lowed by dry winters.
62 of dry summers were fol
lowed by dry winters.
C6 cf dry Eummers were fol
lowed by warm winters.
50 of wet summers were fol
lowed by dry winters.
55 of the wet summers were fol
lowed by cold winters.
Winters.
52 of warm winters were fol
lowed by warm summers.
58 of warm winters were fol
lowed by dry summers.
57 of cold winters were fol
lowed by sold summers.
61 of cold winters were fol
lowed by dry summers.
6S of dry winters were fol
lowed by dry summers.
52 of dry winters were follow
ed by warm summers.
52 of wet winters were follow
ed by wet summers.
56 of the wet winters were fol
lowed by warm summers.
Any precept to be of value must
hold at least 72 percent of the time
t will be noticed that In no case
dees a percentage equal this. In fact,
the figures given indicate these is
no close relation between the sea
sons, and one guess appears as good
as another.
"The only corelation observed was
slight tendency for cold seasons
to be wet and dry seasons to be
warm, as shown by the following
table:
72 of warm summers were dry,
56 cold summers were wet.
66 of dry summers were warm.
64 of wet summers were cold.
71 of warm winters were dry.
61 of cold winters were wet.
71 of dry winters were warm,
61 of the winters were cold.
Des Moines
Gets G. A. R.
Meet in 1931
700 Veterans March Before Com
mander in Cincinnati; Scout
Blue-Gray Reunion
GIVE SHOWER FOR BRIDE
From Friday'a Dally
Last evening at the home of Mrs.
C. C. Wescott the Queen Esther girls
of the M. E church gave a miscel
laneous shower inhonor of Dorothy
Persinger
The girls fixed a book for the bride
which was very artistically covered
and decorated by Mildred Elliott.
Gladys Bushnell bound a book In
which each girl wrote a recipe and
this cook book will be a great help
to the bride in her new home.
During the evening Mildred Hall
and Gladys Bushnell favored the
girls with two beautiful vocal duets
which were enjoyed by all as were
the two piano selections given by
Mildred Hall in her usual charming
manner.
Dainty and delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess, Mrs. C. C.
Wescott.
At the close of the evening the
guest of honor was blindfolded and
requested to guess the contents of
the packages and a great deal of fun
was derived therefrom Many beauti
ful gifts were received which will
long be cherished as a remembrance
of the Queen Esther girls.
Cincinnati, Aug:. 27. Union vet
erans of the civil war shook the
years from their shoulders Wednes
day and marched 700 strong in the
65th annual parade of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Their steps were slow, feeble and
shortened to half the 30 inches they
used when the strode down Pennsyl
vania avenue, in Washington, be
fore General Grant, on their first re
view in 1S65. and the veterans re
ffuired 90 minutes to traverse the
mile long line of march but they did
it like soldiers.
About half their total strength of
1,500 men found it impossible to
march, as they had done in past
years and they made the trip in auto
mobiles. Choose Des Moines
As they turned "eyes right" to
ward the reviewing stand, where
stood their commander-in-chief, Ed
win J. Foster of Worcester, Mass.,
and Lieut Co. Ulysses S. Grant, III,
of Washington, grandson of the man
who led them at Fort Donaldson,
Shiloh, Richmond, and Apporaattox,
the high spot of the 65th encamp
ment was over for most of them.
Many, however, looked forward to
the annual camp fire Wednesday
night in Music hall, their only op
portunity to frolic among themselves,
fight the battles of Gettysburg,
Chancellorsville and Lookout Moun
tain all over again, and sing their
old battle hymns.
Elect Commander
At their business session late Wed
nesday the veterans decided to meet
in Des Moines, Ia., in 1931. Elec
tion of officers for 1931 will take
place Thursday and the meeting will
then be over except for a visit to
Grant's birthplace at Point Pleasant,
Ohio, Friday.
James E. Jewel of Colorado, Hard
ing I. Merrill of Wichita, Kan., and
Smith Stimmel of Fargo, N. D., only
surviving members of Lincoln's
bodyguard of Ohio cavalrymen, are
being pushed for the commander's
post.
Jewel is a native of Montgomery
county, Ohio, while Stimmel was
picked by Governor Tod, from Frank
lin county, Ohio, when the Lincoln
bodyguard of 100 horsemen and
marksmen was chosen.
It was the third G. A. R. parade
that Cincinnati has witnessed as the
boys in blue gathered here in 1869
and 1898.
4,200 Die in '29
The city does not expect to be
their hosts again, as Adj. Gen. Wil
fred A. Wetherbee reported Wednes
day that the membership had de
clined to 21,000 on last Jan. 1, a
decrease of 100,000 in 10 years.
The number of posts is 2,238, a loss
of 311 during 1929!. Forty-two hun
dred members died duirng 1929.
Commander-in-Chief Foster told
the encampment that there would
be "no reunion of the blue and the
gray this side of the great divide."
He said the Confederates refused to
parade with the Stars and Bars and
that the G. A. R. would refuse to
parade under those circumstances.
Bee-News.
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