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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY. JAN. 8, .1931.
PAGE TWO
Nehawka
Charles M. Chrisweisser was look
ing alter some business matters; in
Plattsmouth on Monday afternoon of
tli is week.
Thomas E. Fulton has not been
Peling the very best of late and was
( roi n Murray on last Monday where
went to consult his family physi
cian. Eugene Nutzman anil his two sons
Dale and Ned were visiting and look
ing alter some business matters in
Murray on Saturday afternoon of last
week.
V. .1. Wundt rlich was a visitor in
Omaha on Monday of this week where
he was looking after some business
matters for a short time, making the
t . ip Via their auto.
Edward Murray was shelling and
delivering corn on Monday of this
week and aiming to get the work
done before the good weather and
good roads got away.
Uncle Thomas Mason and wife and
son. Thomas, Jr., were enjoying the
past week a visit from their niece.
Miss Thelma Robins of Kansas City,
they all enjoying the visit very
much.
Mis.
joying
ha wka
Eva Foid ot Colorado, is en
a visit in the vicinity of Ne
where she is guest at the
home
of her mother. Mrs. Joseph
Shraeb
living a few miles northwest
of town.
John Opp and the family we
fovinc a visit on last Sunday
re en
wit h
his cousin. John Nutzman and fam
ily, driving over to the sister town
in" their car and enjoying an ex
cellent visit while there.
Edward Murray and the good wife
were over to Plattsmouth on last Sat
urday where they were looking after
some matteis at the court house DM
a short time. They also were looking
after other matters In the city.
Mrs. Paul Plunkett has been very
poorly for the past few weeks and is
at this time being tared for by her
mother-ln-law, Mrs. Victor Plunkett.
and is receiving the very best of care
as well as the best medical atten
tion. Charlies I. St. John and wife and
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stone of Nehaw
ka were enjoying a birthday celebra
tion which was held at ihe home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Balfour, in honor
of the SOth birthday anniversary of
her father, Mr. Robert Fergusen.
Messrs' Parr Young and V. O.
Troop and Frank Lindner were over
to Lincoln on last Saturday where
they were attending a condemnation
nvni epelinir tor right of way for the
new gas line which is
through this portion of
to be Mult
the state in
the near future.
Frank Cox. Charles E. Heebnei and
Henry Crozier. the latter from Weep
ing Water, were over to Lincoln on
last Saturday where they were at
tending the pipe line company as
against the people whose farms they
desire to cross. There was much in
terested manifested in the hearing.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Lloyd were
entertaining a number of their
friends at their home on last Sun
day evening where all enjoyed a very
fine time and at an appropriate hour
light refreshments were served which
added greatly to the very pleasant
evening which this genial couple fur
nished their friends.
Will O. Tro p was called to Platts
mouth on last Sunday evening by the
death of his uncle. Thomas Troop,
who was struck and killed while
crossing the avenue as he was en
deavoring to return to home at about
7:30 last Sunday evening. Mr. W. O.
Tro p was over assisting at the home
where Mr. Thomas Troop stayed.
Writing to friends here as to his
trip and the visiting which they are
doing in the west was told in a let
to; ircm A. A. Me-Reynolds. writ
ten from Superior, Arizona, wlucn
was
ert
and
part
received on last Sunday by Roh
Alford. and which said that he
the wife were expecting to de
front there for Phoenix the next
di if.
Troy Murdoch who makes his home
on the farm, northwest of town while
; his work found it necessary to
cli. .ib a tree and while so doing slip
ped and fell and in foiling from the
tree sustained a very severe sprain
of one of his wrists. He however, is
getting along nicely since the injured
member was dressed by Dr. D. E.
Hansen.
Mis. ilon C. Rhotien was a visitor
in Omaha on feast Monday where she
west to visit with her son, A. I.
Rhocten who is in the hospital at that
place, and where he is receiving
treatment for his stomach which has
be , n giving this gentleman much
trouble, it is hoped that he will soon
he able to relurn home in the best
of health.
Frank Kipping and mother and
his sis'er. Mis-; Ti'.lie, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Wunderlich.
'.ere visiting in Plattsmouth on last
St nday where they were guests at
r: e home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
! -oncrans and also made a visit to
the little town at the Missouri river
where the gas lines are tunning their
pipes across the river.
Mr. unci Airs. Charles R. Troop of
Plattsmouth were in Nehawka on
t M nday morning while on their
.----,- tD tjofitrira where they went to
bring Miss Mary Troop to Platts
. i u on ac c nut of the sudden
death of her brother. Mr. Thomas
Troop, who was killed last Sunday
evening While crossing the streets of
Plattsmouth. by a hit and run driver.
Mrs. Wm. Gordef of Okcreek. South
Dakota, where she is a teacher in one
of the public schools, and who has
been visiting here for the past two
weeks with Iter husband at Platts
mouth. her parent:- living north of
Nehawka. and other friends and rela
tives, with the school opening on
last Monday departed the hitter por
tion of last week for South Dakota,
where she took up her school work
with the beginning of this week.
Lee Creamer was over to Lincoln
last week where he was accompanied
by Mrs. Creamer and where he had !
his tonsils removed, as they had been j
giving this gentleman some trouble)
ia the past. Since tno removal of
the tonsils.fie has been getting cloi ig
l Icely. Ke reports his sister, Miss
Helen Creamer who was injured in
the auto collision several weeks ago
as getting on but fairly. She was
able to return home some time since,
but is not making the progress which
is desired.
A Veteran Oddfellow,
Thirty-seven years ago J. Stewart
Rough was admitted into the Inde
pendent Order Odd Fellows and has
made a good Odd Fellow since then.
He is pleased with the work of the
order and its teachings well know
ing that to be an Odd Fellow in
sincerity and in truth, is to be the
very best citizen. The lodge to
which he belongs in Nehawka, con
ferred on him the special honor a
few days ago of presenting him with
a special veterans card, a special
visiting card, which permits him to
visit any lodge of the order where
ever found. The order is making
good strides and doing good work,
and are very active in elucidating
theii principles.
Returning Home This Week.
Roy Shrader who has been here
for the past three weeks or a month,
called here on account of the severe
illness and the death of his father,
Z. W. Shrader, and who has stayed
for a time to see how things were
going, and also visiting with the folks
here, departed for his home at Leslie.
Saskatchewan. Canada, where he is
engaged in farming.
Cuts Foot With Ax.
While the little son of Mr. and
Un Alhoi-t Hatfield. David, was
working with an ax he by a misltck
struck his foot, nearly severing iue
.Meat toe. Dr. O. E. Hansen was call
ed and dressed the injured member
and the young man is getting along
jvery nicely.
Taken to Hospital.
Last Saturday evening Delbert
Todd who was seriously taken with
an acute attack of appendicitis, was
taken to Omaha where he entered
an hospital where he was to have
undergone an operation for relief
from the malady. It is hoped that he
may be getting along nicely and that
j he mav soon recover.
Uruted Bretherr in Christ
Otto Kngebretsan. pastor.
NEHAWKA CHRICH
Morning worship services 10
m.
Pible church school 11 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. H. 7 p. m. Verna Wal
do. leader.
Flvening Evangelistic service
30
p. m.
Out cottage prayer meetings will
be loli! eacb Wednesday night at
7:80 p. m beginning Wednesday,
January 14. Place of meeting will
be announced Sunday. The Ladies
Aid Society meets with Mrs. Ander
son Wednesdav p. m.. Jan. 14.
OTTER REIN CIU'RCH
Bible church school in a. m.
Morning worship service 11 a
The Y. P. S. C. E. meets at
m.
the
Ed Boedeker home Friday evening.
Jan. ft. Jay Murdock. leader. Cot
tage prayer meeting each Tuesday
evening 7:30 p. m. The Ladies Aid
society meets with Mrs. Nixon this
week. Remember the memory work
in Sunday school. Oet your
on the Roll of Honor. "It Is
ten. Thou Shalt Worship the
Thy God, and Him Only Shalt
Serve." Matt 4:10.
name
Thou
SENTENCE DOCTOR'S
ASSAILANT TO PEN
Yankton. S. D.. Jan. ,r. Harold
P. Mackey of Creighton, Neb., was
sentenced to 18 months in the South
Dakota penitentiary after pleading
guilty to stealing an automobile.
Mackey also confessed to slugging
Dr. R. H. Burrell of Creighton on
Dec. 1!. The vouth entered the doe-
tor's office with intent to rob. He hit
the doctor over the head with his
gun twice, hut was unabTe to knock
him out and fled, taking another
car to get to Sioux City.
Charges will be preferred against
him in Nebraska after he Is released
from the South Dakota pen.
HOWARD WANTS FEDERAL
RESERVE SYSTEM PROBE
Washington, D. C. Jan. B. An
investigation of the federal reserve
system to determine whether its New
York branch is a "disturber of busi
ness conditions" and a "handmaid to
the interests" of Intranational bank
ers would be ordered under a resolu
tion introduced today by Represen
tative Howard (dent., Neb.!.
Howard said in a statement the
house should not let go unnoticed
charges by Chairman McFadden of
the banking committee that the New
York bank is "operated to the con
trol and profit of international bank
ers.' FIRE FIGHTERS WIN OUT
Oklahoma City. Okla. Firemen
fought and conquered a potentially
S riOUS blaze Monday afternoon In
the oil field that clings to Oklahoma
City's south doorstep. Damage was
largely confined to destroyed derrick
floors of two oil wells. The wells on
the crowded leases, a mile and a
Quarter from the city's business
buildings, were in danger for a time
and the blaze licked at a battery
of oil tanks. The fire created a brief
fright for citizens grown nervous be
cause of wild gushers at the city's
edge.
RUMORS DF A SHIP MUTINY
Plymouth. England. The town
and the adjoining naval port of De
vonport buzzed Sunday night with
rumors that mutiny had broken out
aboard the submarine depot dock
yard. It was stated that forty-two
members of the Lucia's crew had
been lodged in the naval barracks and
others were sent to take their places.
Officials admitted it did not amount
to i mutiny, say'ng reports were ex
aggerated. Read the Jonrnal Want-Ads.
LOCAL NEWS
From Mondays Dally
Herman Stege of near Eimwood
was in the city for a short time to
day looking after some matters of
business and visiting with friends.
C. C. Wescott, who was a visitor
over the holidays at Chicago with
his son and daughter returned home
Sunday after a most delightful out
ing. S. I. Sprague and son. of Weep
ing Water were in the city Saturday
for a few hours and attending to
some matters of business and while
here were callers at the Journal.
Judge and Mis. A. H. Duxbury and
children and Mrs. Mae N. Creamer,
mothei of Mrs. Duxbury, were at
Shenandoah, Iowa, where they spent
u few hours at the radio stations.
I Miss Margaret Fedde. head of the
home economics department of
i University of Nebraska, was here
I Sunday as a guest of Mr. and Mi s.
Isearl S. Davis, old time university
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Barnell and
son. Richard, of Grassepoint . Mich
igan, who have been visiting for the
holidays in Nebraska, were here Sun
day for a visit with Mr. and Mis. W.
L. Heinrich. Mrs. Barnell was form
erly Miss Esther Delzell. teacher in
the local schools.
From Tuesdays Dally
Lafe Evans, of Ashland was aiming
I the visitors in the city today to look
latter some mat'ers of business and
visiting with friends.
William Richards of South Rend,
'was a visitor in the city tod;y where
j he was called to look after some
Iniatters of business at the court
i house.
Jacob Witt and W. E. Nev kirk,
well known residents of Greenwood,
were in the city for a short time to
day attending to some matters of
business and visiting witb friends.
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Gobelman re
turned home last night from Decorah,
Iowa, where they have enjoyed a
holiday visit at the home of Mr;.
Gobelman's sister and family at that
place.
P. A. Jacobson, justice or the peace
of Louisville, was in the city today
for a short time visiting with friends
and looking after some matters of
business. Mr. Jacobson was accom
panied by his son who is here via t
ing for some time.
R. W. Knorr, who was confined '
his home for several days by a severe
cold and attack of the flu, was able
today to resume his activity at the
store. The epidemic has been suffe re '
bv all of the family and now Billy,
the little son is down with the
ady.
mal-
From Wednesday's Pally
Alois Bierl of near Cedar Cn !.
was a visitor in the city today wht re
he was called on some matters of
business.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Hill of Mauley
were here Tuesday to spend a few
hours attending to some matters of
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wiseman
of near Weeping Water -..ere in the
city for a few hours today attending
to some matters of business and vis
iting with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Johnson will
depart Thursday for Los Angeles and
Long Bench. California, where they
are to spend the winter with their
children who reside in those cities.
Wesley R. Davis of Coon Rapids.
Iowa, arrived here last evening and
will be her' to assist his father. Fred
S. Davis, the manager of the Farm
ers Co-Operative Creamery in this
city.
Mr. aUd Mrs. Adolph Wolf and
children. Willard. Wilma and Wood
row, of Otoe. Nebraska, were here
today for a short time and while
here were callers at the Journal to
renew their subscription to the week
ly edition of the paper.
HAS INFECTED FOOT
From Wednesday's Daily
Edgar Wescott, University of
braska student, who was home
Ne
for the holiday season is still forced to
remain away from his studies as the
result of an infection of one foot
caused by an attack of "athletic
foot" as the malady is popularly c all
ed. The attack came on following
the alumni-high school basketball
game here last Friday and has kept
the young man confined to his home
for the greater part of the time
'since the attack.
Good Hard Wood,
have plenty of oak and ash wood.
I
per cord $7.00 in cord lengths, and
$8.00 sawn. This price is delivered.
Call Nehawka Phone ft for orders.
R. D. TAYLOR.
Jl-4tsw Nehawka.
Have yon anything to sell ? Tell
the world about it through the Jour
nal's Want Ad department.
BANKRUPTCY N OT ICE
In the District Court
ed States for the District
of
of
the Unit
Nebraska, Lincoln Division.
In the matter of Herman Wohl
fartb, bankrupt. Case No. 2041 in
bankruptcy.
To the creditors of above bank
rupt of Murray. In the County of
Cass, the district aforesaid, a bank
rupt :
Notice is hereby given that on
the 29th day of December. A. I).
1930. the said bankrupt was duly
adjudicated bankrupt and that the
first meeting of his creditors will be
held in Federal Court Room. Post
Office Bids., in Lincoln, Nebraska.
on the 16th day of January A. D.
1931. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, i
at which tiime the said creditors may i
attend, prove their claims, examine
the bankrupt, appoint a trustee, con
sider proposed sale of assets If any.
and transact such other business a
may properly come before BUCfa meet
ing. Daierl Janua'v ;.th. 1981
DANIEL McCLENAHAN .
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Chamber of
Commerce Annual
Meeting Friday
Will Ee Held at the Public Library
Aueiitoriurr. anr. Wil'. Take
Election o-' Officers.
Up
orn ivciintsnav .s Daily
The annual meeting of the
Plaits -
will be
o'clock
mouth Chamber of Commerce
held on Friday evening at 8
I at the auditorium of the public li j
brary and this is an event that is of
i the greatest interest to all of the ;
community regardless ot what tneir
'business may be or in what activity
they are engaged.
The selection of the officers Of the
chamber will be made at this meet
ing and this is something thai is
vital, as the officers will have the
Itask of guiding the organization and
jthe formulation of policies for the
coming year, and live and aggressive
leadership is necessary if the Cham
liter of Commerce functions as it
Jshould ami for the fullest interest of
jthe city.
It is not always possible to achieve
!all of the desires that the civic or-
ganization may wish, but
only organised effort to
it is t tie
rnio-esent
the community as a whole In deal
ing With the outside world and has
clone splendidly in this way In the
attainment of many of the objectives
Of the Chamber.
The Chamber of Commerce and its
interwoven organization, the Retail
section, have carried on a .number of
community projects that have gone
lar toward the success of the pro
gram of the year.
The Chamber of Commerce In the
past was aide to organize a compre
hensive handling of the housing
problem occasioned by the presence
here of a large number of outside
families connected with the laying
of natural gas pipe lines, was able
to secure concessions in the way of
travel facilities for the pipeline
workmen while they were working
on the east side of the Missouri river
that enabled them to reside here.
The retail section with the aid of
the business and professional men of
the community sponsored and carried
out the extensive plan of Christmas
decorations in the city that proved
the most beautiful in years and will
be a permanent feature.
All members of the Chamber of
Commerce should attend the meeting
on Friday evening prepared to offer
any suggestions that they might have
tor the community development and
also to participate In the selection
of the officers for the year 1931
which promises to be a greater yeat
for all parts ol" the nation and in
wbleb cur community should share
There are constantly propositions
and problems coming up that de
mand the judgment of able leaders
and in the selection of the officers of
the Chamber of Coninerce there
should be great care taken to see
that the city has able leadership in
this organization.
No Concessions
to the Wets by
Law Commission
Coming- Report on Prohibition Said
to Be Predominantly Pry En
forcement Not Perfect
Wash ington -The long awaited
i prohibition report ol the Wickersham
I law enforcement commission was de
ascribed Saturday in iiih official quar
ters as predominantly dry, with a
majority oi the ;ae:nbers eoneeutng
little to anti-prohibition views. From
an official In a position to be fully
cognizant of the commission's activ
ities came this analysis:
A tentative report, agreeable to
more than a majority of the eleven
commissioners, has been completed.
In it is no recommendation for beer
or wine. Neither does it urge any
thr major modification of the Vol
stead act designed to relax the en- !
forcement structure built up around
the eleven year old dry laws. Repeal
or modification of th eighteenth
amendment did not enter the pic
ture. In effect, the view taken by a ma
jority of the members was said to
be that prohibition as such has not
: yet had a sufficient trial. It was as
Iserled this stand was based upon
I facts recently uncovered. Showing
that enforcement of the dry law dur
ing at least part of the past decade
!has been riddled by politics and sur
rounded at times by graft.
The statement was made empha
tically that In the final report to
President Hoover there will be "no
pussyfooting'' concerning conditions
as the commission has found them
during the most extensive investiga
tion ever made into prohibition, ex
tending over more than nineteen
months of deliberation and research.
Corruption and Kraft, lax enforce
ment and crime resulting directly or
indirectly from the dry law. it is
said, will be set forth, alongside the
reasons why it is believed these prob
lems c an be solver.
Despite the virtual completion
Saturday of the report, authoritative
word came that it would not be plac
ed before President Hoover before
the end of next week. State Jour
nal. GREAT GRANDSON 0V
FENIM0RE COOPER WEDS
Cooperstown. N. Y.. Jan. 6. An
nouncement is made of the marriage
I Of Dr. Linn S. Fenimore Cooper,
great-grandson of James Fenimore
.Cooper, the novelist, to Mis Eleanor
PiekeMs of Baltimore The ceremony
was at the home of the doctor's twin
. hrrthdr. Paul S. Fenimore Cooper,
! who is an author.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
4.
4. .f..t .?i l..t-t' !
The following record of industrial
activity lists Perns showing invest -Intent
of capital, employment of labor
land business activities ami opportun
ist. Information from which the
Lnotialu jm oreuared is from
lo
leal payers, usually ol towns men
Itioned. ant! may b considered g
'erally correct.
rn-
!
j Norfolk Slate Bank opined
icauital stock of $100,000.
with.
Orleans Farmers Equity Coope r
ative Cieann ry made net profit of
14,258 during 1030. which is $7,
!()00 greater than year of 929.
Elmcreek-
Messrs.
Howell
R. F. Moore
reopened Eint-
and W. W.
; creek Bakery
Wisner - -Local
installed electric-
post office
canceling
recent 1
machim
Burwell Building costing $6,000
being built for three engines which
provides light and power for this
city.
i www
bllilt Oil
rilling station
Inrray property
recently
back of
Hudson Miller home at junction of
Highways No. S and No. 15, opened
for business.
Tekamah Rapid progress being
made on new brick building being
erected by A. R. Kokes Drug Store.
Omaha New lire station to be
erected at Thirtieth and Hanover
streets. Will cost about $25,000.
Edison Work of installing light
on water tower completed and light
turned on.
Ogallala Hobbs and Riodesel
moved their stock and equipment to
I new building on Spruce and Front
streets.
Madison
soft drink
Joe
pallor
Seiler purchased
from Fred Shank.
Omaha $1,000,000 Federal build
ing to he built here during 1931.
Red Cloud C. & D. Hatchery will
change it"- location and Install new
mammoth 62,000-egg machine soon.
Bladen Western Public Service
Co. practically completed rebuilding
distribution lines here.
Lincoln -Passage of $110,000,000
emergency Unemployment relief bill
by Congress makes possible paving of
200 miles of highway for Nebraska
in 1931, as estimated by State En
gineer Roy Cochran.
Alblnt Mid-West Natural Gas Co.
granted gas franchise.
Trenton Bell Telephone company
moved into their recently constructed
S.'iOO building.
"Po-it;.
Lewellen State
In new building
Main Street.
Th atre
on west
side of
Deadwood RalpI; Gobel
tion Company completed
of Canyon road recently.
Construc
graveling Lowell Walter Yenson and Earl
nimbly established factory In old Lo
! well State Bank building tor manu
facturing nonglare windshield for
autoa and railroad track gause.
Uehling New Uehllng Theatre
opened here in Kirkc ndahl building
on Main Street.
Russell Office bu ildiug
ed ami being occupied.
complet-
Wisner L
ed at Hotel
arge Noon
Wiener.
sign install-
Klmcreek J. A. Gardner sold his
interests in Gardner Lumber Com
pany; will be known as LImcreek
Lumber Company in future.
Trenton
ket opened
constructed
-Rasuiussen's Cash Max
tor business in newly
$G.000 building.
Creighton Electric canceling Ina
chine installed in local post office.
I Lebanon Merie Rales leased Opera
House Garage from v. V. Griffith.
Oakgrove Oakgrore hatchery will
start lull operation for 1931 season
soon.
Hohlree
IMllUIlii in
Bergman test well will
throughout winter until one
:
of three
things is reached, oil. gas or granite.
Tekamah Ouane Tomlinson pur
chaseel interest of J. B. Cornish in
Burst County Gravel Company.
Humphrey Plans
completed for
here. Building
i new modern theatre
will be constructed by Mr:.
hann and leased to William
Iclaus of this city, who will
it.
Lewejo
Youti El
oper ate
Lincoln With addition of 434
miles of gravel to State highway sys
tem, maintenance costs for past yar
increased approximately $327,000 as
compared with total amount spent for
this purpose in
Lebanon Rural
provided with new
ing racks for their
flee. New table for
route carriers
tables and sort
woYk at post of
parcel post pac k
ages also
ment.
part of new office enuip-
Young America wants action, even
in its tovs. The manufacturers have
caught the idea. and. as n result,
there are more mechanical devices
on the market than ever before.
i 4 "X"
loviets Push
Campaign to
Oust Religion
Aim
cf Schools to Make Atheists
Heavy Restrictions Put
on Priests
Moscow The m iking of atheists
is one of the most important propa
ganda objectives of the rcli g Com
munist Party, of its junior i rani
d the Union of Communist Vouth.
of the public bodies such ; s thr
trade onions, which are more or less
definitely under Communist guidance
and control.
Theoretically this has been 'he
case ever since the Revolution in
1917; bul there has latterly been a
noteworthy intensification cf enti
re ligi u agitation.
Work with children is regarded as
of primary importance in this anti
religious campaign. Up to 1!29
teaching in the schools, which In
the Soviet Union ere practically all
state controlled and supported, was
supposed to be n on religious, in prac
tice the prohibition extended only to
ithe giving of instruction sympathetic
to religion, because no teacher would
ever have been censured f r ; ttempt-
;P.g to Inculcate atheistic Ideas. Only
in 1929, however, was there a specific-
ruling from the Commissar for
t Education at that time. Anatole Lu-
na harsky. to the effet that teach
ing In the schools must be anti-re-
lig!ous.
Mr. Lunacharsky characterized the
believing teacher a "a painful anom
aly" In a Soviet school and inti
mated that teachers who were con
sclentiously unable to give anti-religious
instruction would be replaced
as soon as possible by pedagogues
with other views.
Persistent Atheistic Propaganda
Since that time the children In
Soviet schools have been regularly
given anti-religious instruction, part
ly in the form of a supplement to
their lessons in natural science, his
tory and other subjects, whtch may
! be subjec ted to anti-religious inter
pretation, partly in the form of ex-
tra-curriculum activities, suc h as or
Iganized visits to anti-religious muse
i urns, preparation of atheistic tab
leans and plays at Christmas and
Easter. The hope is sometimes ex
I pressed that these children will 'win
away from religion their parents, in
cases when the latter are still be-
: lievers.
The adult nonnlation of Russia
also subjected to a
very persistent
nnd widespread atheistic propaganda,
fiTnrnnnnri throueh a ereat vartetV of
mdia; the book, the press, the tbe-
ater. the poster, the moving-picture.
Special anti-religious museums have
been formed till over the country and
there are plana to establish a similar
network of s-hoois of universities for
training advocate" of atheism. Mos
cow's anti-religious museum is lo
cated in the building of the former
iStrastnoy Monastery and the famous
i Cathedral of St. Isaac. In Leningrad.
, recently been applied to the
same use.
visit to the miisnm In t'le form
er Strastnoy monastery conveys a
bin', -eve view of the main argu
ments which are usually employed in
ithe Soviet Union against religion.
These arguments fall into tliree dis
tinct groups. The re is firs! t ie effort
to prove that religion in aM Its forms
has always been the ally of oppres
sive political and economic systems
nd the enemy of the Oppressed class
ics, especially the workers. In order
I to drive home this ider. the museum
contains pictures showing the close
identification of the ecclesiastics of
ithe Orthodox Church with the Tsar
ist system, statistics purporting to
reveal the income which the monas
tery formerly derived from the labor
of the peasants employed on Its land.
"Incompatible" With 5-Year Plain
Secondly there is the attack on
religion through natural science. 1
peclally among the peasants, who
were formerly taught to regard
natural phenomena as miracles, there
is a systematic attempt to give an
anti-religious turn to the most ele
mentary of natural science facts.
Red s' reamers with such slogans
as "Religion is incompatible with
Socialism" or "Pi lasts and sectar
ians: An Obstacle in the Path of the
Five-Year-Plan" are sometimes dis
played In public buildings or on the
Streets, and the motion picture has
been pressed into the service of the
atheistic cause. Among films which
carry a definitely anti-religious mes
sage was "Opium." whiet derived its
name from K:.r! Marx's dictum. "Re- ;
. z ..
I IF ) 1 IS MU1 JI IOI I..C
was in tiie nature of a nomographic
representation of the contents of an
anti-religious museum.
Side by side with ail this direct
propaganda for atheism goes a va
riety of restrictions on the propagan
dist activities of re ligious organiza
tions. No church, under the Soviet
law. has a right to carry on educa
tional or recreational activity or. In
deed, assume any functions outside
the discharge of its religious rites.
It is almost impossible to obtain a
permit to publish a religious book
in Russia, and magazines Issued by
religious bodies are extreme ly few in
number and severely restricted in
the number of copies which may be
printed.
Facilit is for giving regular theo
logical training to candidates for the
priesthood and the ministry are so
meager as to be almost nonexistent.
Priests and ministers are disfran
chised, which means that they do not
obtain the very important ration
eards which permit the holder to
purchase limited quantities of food
and manufactured products at mod
erate prices and are excluded from
the social benefits which the ma
jority of Soviet citizens in tre cities
and towns e-tijo
Me .reover their children may not
be admitted to middle" and higher
POULTRY
WANTED
Friday and
Saturday
Guarantee you not Isss than the
'niiowing price for good healthy
Poultry, free from feed.
H ins
all
lb.
17 c
I7t
icings, smooth
acs or Young
testers ehcwingr
.urs, Ib 12c
Old Rooster?, Ih. . . . 8c
Our Oeam P?j- . .25c
Ergrs, today, doz. . .Sc
Phone 391 Corner 6th and Pearl
Hatttasoatfc, Nebraska
schools. The ringing of
Is f irbidden in Moscoi
i h r S viet cdtics. As a
anti-n ligious agitation
church i lis
. and many
result of the
a consider9
It hie i.umber of churches in indus
trial centers have been closed, sup
posedly in conformity with the disire
I of the majority of the poputatlOSk.
The gnat majority of the village
churches are still functioning, al-
I though with the spread of collectivi
zation there has been some effort to
extend anti-religious agitation among
jthe peasants.
This drive for atheism, which has
been proceeding for more than a
decade, with special emphasis dur
ing the last two years, has yielded
tangible results, especially among the
i youth, who are growing un under
Soviet and CommUnlsl influence.
While many individuals ot till am
and classt s cling to their faith, the
indifferent and passive, together with
the ardent devotees of the new Com
munist order, tend to abandon all
forms of religion.
NAME 0MAHANS HOLDUPS
Sidney Cheyenne county author
ities Saturday announced that Roy
Rezac his brother. Tibet Rezac, ami
Fred I... Gift, all of Omaha, attested
here Thursday after a trim fitrht. bad
jbcen identified by Sterling, Colo., of
is ficers as the three men who bold up a
I filling station in that city last Wed-
nesday and tnen rorced the attendant
'and two police officers to acc. rnpany
t rtem to Mel mo,
Colo. The robbers
obtained ?r0.
County authorities Saturday were
awaiting word from Ashby. Neb.,
where photographs of the three Oma
ha men were sent to be shown pet
sons who witnessed the robbery of
the Grant County Sate bank oi fl.
4 00 last Dec-. 23.
The three young men were
arrest -
ed after Roy Rezac wns shot
in the
shoulder by Heputy Sheriff
George
Sheldon. The trio dented any
ledge of recent holdups.
know-
EASIERN STAR MEETS
From Wednesdays raiiy
Last evening Home ( haptc r K :st
eM :ar held a very largely attend
ed inetiins at their lnd?;e rooms In
I the Masonic building and with the
initiatory work being conferred on
two Candida;.- The imnresstve rit
ualistic work was conferred by the
locai officers of the lodge. The meet
ing was atlended by a number of
visitors from Gretna and Springfield.
Following the lodge meeting the
members enjoyed the very eiainty
and delicious refreshments that had
been arranged by the comsjfttee in
charge. I" the absence or worthy
Matron Mrs. Clara Lee White, the
mtiiig was presided over by Asso-e-iate
Matron and Mat i on-elect, Mrs.
Glenna McMaken and Past Worthy
Matron Mrs. Glenn Valfery.
SCIENISTS RECEIVE PRIZE
Cleveland Meastn einent anel ait -,
fl' ial creation of radium vayn in a
2.000.000 volt X-ray tube which are
I more penetrating than any heretofore
produced and measured Saturday re
jteiveil the $1,000 award of the Am
erican Association for the Advance
ment of Science. The $1,000 went to
M. A. Tuve. L. R. Hafstad and C.
! Dahl of the department of terrestial
magnetism. Carnegie institution.
Washington, for their paper -ead
Vednesday before the Amerie an Phy
sical society here.
The three scientists announced
jthey were able to produce still more
'penetrating rays from a 5.000,000
(volt tube, but no measurements of
these had been taken. The rays from
ia tube having this voltage are equiv
alent to those given off by $182,000,
000 worth of radium.
NOTICE OF KEETING
The annual meeting of the Farm
ers Elevator Co. of Cullom, Nebr.,
will be held at the school house In
Dist. 41 on Sat. Jan. 10. 1931 at 1:30
p. m., for the purpose of electing of
ficers for the ensuiug year and trans
acting such business as may como
before the meeting.
J. G. Mi'ISINGKK,
President.
AUGUST, KKIL,
d29-2td-2tv Secretary.
EIGHT MILE GROVE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
su nday.
If 30 v. m.
7:30 p. m.
c'her Albert
January 11th.
German services.
Luther League. Miss
and Miss Malinda
Freidriejh will lead.
Just a few of the Cass ccuntv wapa
left. While they last, 50c each.
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