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MONDAY. MARCH 23. 1931. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY J OUBNAt PAGE PTVT MURDOCK DEPARTMENT. PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL. TRUCKING Live Stock and Grain WALTER STROY Phone 1403, Mnrdock, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kupke were Lincoln visitors Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bornemeier were Lincoln visitors Tuesday after noon. Mr. R. B. Riley of Omaha was a visitor at the A. H. JN'ard home Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tool spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Tool. Mrs. A. H. Jones of Weeping Wa ter, sister of Mrs. L. B. Gorthey. was a visitor at the Gorthey home on Saturday of last week. Miss Helen Bornemeier was a visi tor in Ashland on last Wednesday afternoon where she was guest of friends as well as looking after some chopping. Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Wendt of Crawford. Nebraska, are visiting: rel atives here for a few days. He is a brother of Gus Wendt and Mrs. John Scheel. Sr. Mrs. J. H. Buck and sons. Carl and Otto, were over to Lincoln on last Wednesday, driving over to look after some business as well as to visit with friends Mr. and Mrs. L. Neitzel went to Omah:! last Saturday, in their auto, to see Dr. S. B. MacDiarmid. who is on the sick list, they found the pat ient improving;. Roy Clifton, forman for the Rock Island track crew at Alvo. was a visitor at Murdock and was assisting: in some work on the tracks here on Wednesday of last week. The young folks belonging: to the E. L. C. E. of the church held thei monthly party at the home of Meta Rickmann. Friday evenine. A fine time was had by all present. Miss Hilda Schmidt, who is an em ploye of the Butler department store of Ashland, was a visitor at the hoim of her parents. H. R. Schmidt and wife for over the week last Sunday. The high school pave a very pleas ing operata on Thursday night at the high school auditorium which was well attended and was very pleasing to the big crowd present. The title of the play was "Purple Thomas." Frank A. Melvin and John W. Kru ger, who were retarded in the work on the new home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ward by the snow and bad wea ther, were able to get hack to the work again last week and will now soon be on the real superstructure. Dorothy and Russell Gorthey werr guests for the day on Saturday March 14th at the home of their little friends. Janet and Willard Davis, whr make their home on the farm of G. V. Pickwell, and where they all enjoyed the day most pleasantly Mr. Otto Eiohoff and daughter. Blanch Marie, drove to Lincoln Wed nesday evening to call on Dave at a hospital, where he recently under went an operation for anpeniciti . He is getting along as well as could be expected. Mrs. Eichoff came home with them. John Eppir.gs gave a very piens ant dance on last Tuesday right in honov " . Patrick s day. and which was attended by more than a hun dred merry makers. A most pleasant time was had and it was some argu ment that there is a necessity of hav ing: a larger building for the enter tainment purposes of the city. Now is th- time to get busy. The Ladies Aid met Louis Neitzel Thursday About 30 ladies were pres quilts were finished and with Mrs. afternoon. nt and two quite a lot of fancy work accomplished too. Frank Melvin served a lunch Mr. con sisting of date cake covered with pineapple trifle and toppd with whipped cream and a marchino cher ry and coffee. The next meeting will be an all day meeting at the coun irv heme of Mrs. R. A. Kuehn. March 21. Mimii fiiii i i i I Trucking! We do trucking cf ail kinds. W Bpeciali on Stock: Fi:k-up loads B to Omaha. 25c per 100 lbs.: jg Pull loads. 20c per 100. Dav g or night service. Call No. 2020. 8 RAY G AMI, IN , Murdock. Nebr. t The Murdock H. S. Alumni Association PRESENTS A Three Act Comedy "The Beacon's Honeymoon" AT THE Murdock H. S. Auditorium Murdock, Nebraska Saturday, March 28 8:00 O'Clock Admission, 35c and 20c Married Last Wednesday. Without consulting his manv friends in regard to the propriety of the act, Carl Bornemeier depart ed on last Wednesday for Alvo where : he secured the winsome lassie, Miss lea Bird, and they going to Martel!, were united in marriage by the Rev. ! R. H. Chenoweth. former pastor of the Alvo church and present pastor !of the Martell Methodist church. On last Saturday night there was a ga thering of the friends of the newly i wedded pair gathered at the home j of Alvo Bornemeier where they stag led a most pleasant shower in honor I of the pair. The newly married con I pie will make their home near Mur dock and will farm. The Journal and ; their host of friends here are extend ing congratulations and well wishes for their future happiness and pros perity. Please Come Settle. All knownig themselves to be in debted to the late George Utt, will please call and settle the account as I am in need of the money at this time and will truly appreciate an early settlement. Mrs. Mary I'tt. Murdec k. Celebrated The Pleasant Event. Li tie Irene Gorthey was ten years of age on March lMh, but it being a. school day. the matter was post poned until last Saturday. Manh I' 1st. when the event was very prop erly celebrated at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Gorthey. ' when some twenty of her little friends came to help make merry the passing of the fortutious event. Games were p ayed and a happy time enjoyed by the little folks. Mrs. Gor- :they with the assistance of her sis ter. Mrs. Arthur H. Jones of Weep ing Water, entertained the little ones and provided them a very delightful luncheon. Celebrate Passing of Eirthday. Jean Bornemeier. aged ten, and Doris, aged eight, but whose birth days come two weeks apart, being the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bornemeier. on March 15th celebrat ed the passing of the event, by cele brating the date between their birth days. There were some fifteen of their little friends present to provide a happy afternoon. The occasion was made the more agreeable by the very fine luncheon which was served by Mrs. Bornemeier. Lacey at Work Again. Lacey McDonald, who was very poorly for some time and who was laying off his work for a time, was able to be ba-k at the job again on last Wednesday. Lacey was not as stout as he might wish to be but he mnde the trip and was ready for the next day. It will take more than a ; trifling illness to keep Lacey from his work, for he is hardy and does not fear either work we are sure he will and strong again. or sickness, and soon be rugg d Remembers Many Birthdays. The Royal Neighbors of America, who have made a practice every three 'months of holding a meeting which is dedicated to the birthday of its mem bers and on last Tuesday at their hall in Murdock they held n gatho'-- ; ing at which time they celebrated the birthdays of all the members which fell in the month of January. Febru- , ary and March. They also enjoyed meeting very pleasant and had some good eats as well. Making Improvement Row. Andrew Zoz. whose injury when he had his leg fractured, was so ser ious that it was thought best to take the case to the hospital, is getting along nicely now and was able to return home last week and is show ing good improvement. The manv friends of this excellent gentleman are hoping for a speedy and perm anent recovery. Will Celebrate Soon. Uncle George Skiles and the good wife who celebrated the passing of their sixtieth wedding anniversary, will in a short time also celebrate ibis birthday anniversary and her birthday a little later. Mr. Skiles was born April 15. 1S40. and the good wife was born June 21, 1S4R. and their birthdays will make them respectively: Uncle George 91; Grandmother, 83.. Here is greeting-; to both in advance. Mrs. E. H. Hess at Hospital. Mrs. EL H. Hess who has been in poor health on account of a goiter which has been giving her more or less concern for some time, has been not so well of late and it was thought advisable that she go to the hospital and have it removed. On last Wed- I nesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ches !ter Moomey, her parents, departed for Seibert, Colorado, her home where ithty will remain and care for the kiddies and look after the household while Mrs. Hess is away. Mrs. Hess will then enter a hospital and under go the operation for the removal of the goiter. Her many friends are hoping for a safe and speedy recov ery. Using Same Figures. G. Bauer was born in Germany. March 14th, 1SC4. and came to Amer ica when he was eighteen years of age, and for some four years made his home in Pennsylvania and later came to the west for some fifteen years mude his home in Omaha, where he was married. Later he was en- i gaged in farming near Ithica on the Platte river and later entered the mercantile business at Ithica and later came to Murdock where he has been engaged in business for the past eighteen years. On last Satur day he was 67 years of age and on Sunday the good wife and daughters made a very fine dinner for him with the family all present and a mosl delightful time was had. We congratulations and best While Mr. Bauer is 67. his extend wishes, friend. L. Neitzel is 76, just change ures. the fig- Visited Weeping Water and Nehawka Goblich Bauer and L Neitzel wer visiting at the Menoninte church during the morning on Sunday where they enjoyed the Bible school and also addressed the school following the lesson study. After the close of the services they hastened to Mur dock and getting their dinner went to Nehawka when they attended the Cass County Ministers' and Laymen's meeting which was held there at 2:30. Happy Homemakers. The Happy Homemakt rs met at the school house Fridav afternoon The lesson "Planning the Buiit-in Cabinet." was presented by the lead ers. Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Kupke. ft was decided to have our local achi evement program Tuesday evening. March 17 and invite the families. The next meeting will be on March 25 at the home of Mrs. Dan Scniop taof. Reporter. On Tuesday evening the Happy Homemakers with their families gathered at the school house. Mr Mills and Mr. Bornemeier gave "Sug gestions for Added Comfort and Con venience in Farm Homes." Mr. R. Kuehn. a guest, gave some helpful suggestions. Alter the tesson and singing our songs we enjoyed a de licious lunch which was la keeping with St. Patrick's day. Reporter. KEROSENE FOR YOUR BROODER AND INCUBATOR A successful hatch with your in cubator and the raising of your chicks with a brooder depends en tirely cm the even heat you can main tain with your lp.mps. Our high gravity, sweet odor, pre muim kerosene will do the job for you. If your merchant dees not have it phone our truck drivers. They will be glad to serve you with only the best In kerosene, gasoline, oil and greases. TRTJNKENBOLZ OIL CO. PARABLES CF JESUS V Matthew 13:31.-2 Grain of Mustard Seed. This parable describes the small begin big of the Kingdom of God, and its spread or development. The mus tard seed is not the smallest seed, bttt it was the smallest that the farmers in that day knew. But even in that country it would grow to a height of from six to 10 feet. Rabbi Sim eon said. "A stalk of mustard was in my field, into which I was wont to climb as men are wont to climb into a lig tree." The seed was town with the first promise given to Adam. den. 3:15 It laid in the ground 4909 years. The prophet, isa. 11:1, saw the seed sprout and grow. It took a long time, but when the time was fulfilled Gal. 4:4 "God sen for His son." But look at the small beginning horn in a stable, unkonwn to tii world, growing up in obscurity, for gotten for 30 years, although there were great demonstrations a' His birth. He finally steps out. and be gins to proclaim the fundamentals of the Kingdom. "Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand," Math 4:17. He gathers a few dis conlea around Him, twelve in num ber: but look at the kind of men they are; poor, from the lower ranks, un learned; the quality is seen of one betrays him tor thirty pieces of sil ver, another denies Him. when He needed friends, at the cross' they all forsook Him. The seventy were no where to be seen; murdered as a supposed criminal, it seemed that the seed was death. But, "except the corn of wheat fall and die. it abideth into the ground alone; but if it die. It bringeth forth much John 12:24. BOt directed bl fruit," twelve Galileans of little wealth and educa tion, the christian movement rapid ly expanded into a world wide I Church, so powerful as a band of union that the Roman empire itself sought to strengthen itBelf by its al liance. So strong to sucrour the op pressed, that the poor and lowly took refuge under its protection, bo majestic in its ordered stbility that the rude barbarian who conquered Rome submitted to its sway. Its growth in modern times has been I still more striking. From the year 1700-1SOO it iB estimated that the christian population of the globe ad vanced from 155 million to 200 mil ilion. From 1800-11(00 the progress has been from 200 million to more than 50u million, so that the dis ciples of Christ now equal, if they do not exceed, a third of the human race. All the world it :U.ing homage I to the Christ; no one occupies the thought of men like Christ; we refer i to the Christmas carols over the air. even the Christmas tree has found its way to the northpole and the jsouthpole: no name is more revered ; and adored than the name of Jesus: i never has a man lived, about whom i so mnny volumes are written: He is on the hands of men, ever since Pl- i late has put the question to th'? Jews: "What Fhall I then do with Jesus." Math 27:22, men have tried I to put Him out of their thought, but He is here. t.nd He must be either accepted or rejected. A6 time goe:j on and the church is growing, and her bleeced influence is realized from far and near, the cry is heard "Sir, w. would see Jesus." John 12:21. , Multitudes are already finding shel ter end rest in branches, and they draw others. But there is still room j for more. Yes the Kingdom is grow- ! ir.g. Praise the Lord ! L. NEITZEL. TRINITY LUTHERANS TO BROADCAST MAR. 29 On next Sunday afternoon, March 29, the choir and pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, two miles north of Murdock. will broadcast "The Passion Story of Christ In Scripture and Song"' over the Henry Field radio station, KF'NF. in Shenandoah. Iowa, begin nlng at 4 o'clock and continuing un til 5. Everyone is urged to tune in on this Passion program, it being the first day of the holy week. We would here also again like call your attention to the weekly half hour Lutheran programs broadcast on every Thursday night at 9 o'clock over the Columbia brr-adcasting sys-. tern. Yen may get this program over station KOIL. Council Bluffs. Iowa, or any other station of the Columbia network. G. A. ZOCH. Pastor. Bilboa's Demands Arouse Protest of Legislators Mississippi Governor's Refusal to Call Special Session Call ed Coersive f'hicago. March 16. protest agf-inst the "unprecedented demand of Gov. Theodore Bilbo or Mississippi that legislators of that State sign away their legislative rights before he will call a much needed special session" was voiced by the American Legislators Association today in an nouncing p'.iblicat ion of Governor Bilbo's demand in the March issn of State Government, the associa tion's organ. The association publishes the de mand, the announcement said. wit!', the hope that it will arouse legisla tors throughout the country to "a critical bombardment of Governor Bilbo's action." and lead to consid eration of the ma'ter by the Gov ernor's conference at Albany this summer. In the letter which la published, the announcement said: "Governor Bilbc.'s action." and lead to consid eration of the matter by the Gov ernor's conference at Albany this summer. In the letter which is published, the announcement said: "Governor Bilbo has informed each of the Mis sissippi state legislators that unles a majority of them sign 'on the dotted line.' he will not summon the special session, although emergency legisla tion is deemed imperative because of the State's economic crisis. "Ac companying the epistle are pledges on which Governor Bilbo is virtually demanding signatures whic h would commit the legislators to sup port the Governor's own legislative program, and then to adjourn imme diately and during the life of the ses sion to oppose any attempt to investi gate or impeach 'any public official.' " Considerable reaction toward Gov- ernor Bilbo's procedure, it is said, has been noted in the Mississippi legisla ture, one member having branded the policy "Bilboism. or the doctrine of legislative sel f-f rust rat ion." EABY RULES WHITE HOUSE Washington A six months old baby now "rules" the white house. Joan Hoover, grand daughter of President Hoover, is the only mem ber of the family left in the big man sion. Her grandfather has gone to Porto Rico on a twelve day cruise. Her grandmother is in Rapidan, her father and mother and her brother and sister are in Asheville, N. C her uncle Allan is in Cambridge attend ing Harvard school of business ad ministration. The most exciting cul inary event of the day Is the heat ing of Baby Joan - milk. Mrs. Herbert Hoover has again demonstrated her independence of spirit and ability to cut red tape In selecting the president's Rapidan camp in the Blue Kiilge mountains or the sunny decks of the Arizona sh? showed the originality of action which hae characterized her first two years aB first lady of the land. INTERIOR DECORATING Interior decorating and sales. Sam ple books and free estimates. J. H. Graves. 909 Pearl St.. Phone 605. Jfhone your Want-Ad to the Jour nal office. Call No. 6. Reach Dying Crew of Viking with Provisions Vessels With Food and Medical plies Crash Through Ice Barrier Sup- Horse Island 19. Smashing supposed to be ble ice jam. the Newfoundland, Mar through what was an almost irapenetra- sealing ship Imogene bearing food and supplies, reached here just in lime to save from star I ration and disease the 128 survivors of the ill-fated sealing ship iking, which blew up Saturday night. The survivors were down to their last load of bread. Virulent diseases, the result of long exposure, were on the verge of assuming alarming pro- i portions. But most cf the immediate dan jger is now over. I The worst cases have beer, trans ferred to the government ship Sag- ona. J n urscay mgnt the ship was plowing through gigantic ice cubes to St. Johns, where the best medical care can be given. The less urgent cases will be taken a hoard the Imogene. which is not ex pected to trv to pierce the ice flow T until Friday. The most complete checkup shows 'that 1"5 persons were aboard the 'Viking when it blew up from an un I determined cause. This leaves 22 not accounted for, including Yarick Fris isell, young New York explorer, who i beaded the expedition, and Arthur O. Penrod. photographer, whose job it was to have been to make S'und mo tion pictures of life in the frozen Labrador wastes. Little hrpe is held here that any of those missing would be found to j alive. Reports received here that Bernt Balchen, famous arctic explorer, would hop off from Boston for an aerial survey cf the explosion rea were received with deep apprecia tion. It was pointed out. however, that a landing on the jagged ice would be next to impossible. Yet the "impossible" has been done in rescuing the survivors. The plight of the survivors was not unlike that of Commander Bjrrd's party in the antarctic. Byrd's partv w:;s almost marooned for another year. At the hurt moment the ship City of New York was able to through the ice and take the break party back to civilization. The Imogene and the Sagona per formed the duplicate feat today. Before reaching Horse island, the Sagona picked up six men who had been exposed for many hours on ice and wreckage. Considerable concert! was held for Clayton King, wireless 'operator of the Viking, both of whose feet were badly frozen. The arrival of the Imogene gave the Viking survivors their first real meal since their ship was blown to bits Sunday night. The Imogene was run as near to shore as possible and the survivors trekked over the ice to meet it. Bee-News. FAIL TO BEACr BEET FACT Scottsbluff. March 19. Sugar beet growers in this section Thursday ex pressed dissatisfaction with prices of fered for the 1931 crop by the Great Western Sugar Co. The company ottered (5.56 a ton for sugar beets aB a guaranteed min imum, and a "bonus for volume" pro vision stipulating the grower would collect 50 cents a ton extra if produc tion exceeds normal output. The offer was made at Denver Wed nesday and reports received here were that Colorado and Nebraska beet growers would refuse. The growers feel that that $5.50 basic price will force acreage reduc tion and that production in excess of normal output will be impossible. The western Nebraska district which sells to the Great Western company consists of approximately 72,000 acres of the present normal production is more than 14 tons per acre. Growers had expected a price reduction of not more than 50 cents a ton from last year's price of $6.50. Hope was expressed here that the Great Western will accept one of two compromise proposals of the growers. One is for a 56 minimum price under the same terms as the 1930 contract and the other is for n $6 minimum with a 60-40 per cent division vof the net returns from the manufactured sugar between grower and manufacturer. Both proposals were turned down by the company. ARKANSAS IS RECOVERING Lit ile Rock Early spring gar dens sprouting from seed distribut ed by the Red Cross, and improved agricultural credit facilities have put Arkansas well on the road to re covery from the worst drouth in his tory. On April 1 the American Red Cross will withdraw its relief work ers who at one time during the win- jter were feeding more than a half million persons. State officials and ; business leaders joined in expre ;sions of satisfaction over the state's ; rapids economic recuperation. William M. Bavter, Jr.. of St. Louis, midwestern disaster relief di I rector of the Red Cross, in an nouncing withdrawal of relief forces, isaid tho Arkansas was the greatest sufferer among the twenty drought stricken states, it has shown most progress in rehabilitation. Governo Parnell said the people hud entered industriously into the task of recov ery and now face a brighter future. HAMPSHIRE BRED GILTS I have somo fifteen extra fine bred 'gilts, to farrow in May, offered at $2.00 over Omaha top prices. ml2-tfw-2td. HARRY M. KNABE. Read the Journal Want-Ads. MERGER PLAN REJECTED Indianapolis The public service commission rejected a proposed $5, 500,000 telephone utility transaction by which the Indiana Commercial ; Telephone corporation, a holding company, sought to purchase three other telephone holdings companies which control twenty-seven ex ' hanges. most of which are located i in northern Indiana. The Indiana Commercial Telephone corporation, which in turn s owned j by the Association Telephone Utili ties company with headquarters in La Crosse, Wis., sought to merge the I Indiana Central Telephone company. I the Indiana Telephone Service cor poration and the Indiana Telephone Utilities company. Suspected Plot for Sabotage of Bi Aerial Craft Under Inquiry for Some Time fore Confession to Wreck "Akron." Is Made Be Cleveland. O . March t. Discov ery of tbe alleged plot to wreck the Stent dirigible. Akron, at Akron was .'the outgrowth o fan investigation 01 ian alleged widespread sabotage pla;. i against aircraft in this country, it ! was revealed here today. Paul F. Kassay. who confessed at Akron, was arraigned there today or ia charge of criminal syndicat Ism. He will have a preliminary hearing to morrow. C. F. Brandt, ger.r.I manager of ithe Great Lakes Aircraft corporation, said the crash of a navy bombing ip!:me at San Diego. September 28, 1 193, started the investigai ion. One 'of the pilots of the bombing plane was killecl when the ship fell. I was one of IS planes built and. de tlivered last spring by the Great Lakes ! company in Cleveland. Subsequent investigation. Brandt said, showed that someone had weak ened the wings so that eventually !they would collapse. Two planes 'which already had passed rigid f!C 1 lory inspection were found to he defective. Trail Leads to Cleveland. Investigators of the San Diego tragedy followed the trail back to the factory where Kassay had been, 'employed as a mechanic. He later whent to work on the Akron dirig ible. Kassay denied to reporters that he ever was in the Austro-Hungarian navy. Arrest of the suspec followed long investigation at Akron b- Herman Hollis and R. L. Nails, department of justice ag' rata. They placed other ! men at work alongside Kassay to learn his plans of the alleged sabo- tage. "We don't know exactly how ex ' tensive the plot Vas." McDermott said, "nor just how far back of Kas isay it goes. We are continuing the investigation." Federal agents and Goodyear Zeppelin officials said they believed Kassay was a fanatic and that he was the only one involved. Count v officials expressed the belief that Kas say was the agent of a plot with widespread ramificat ions. Hiverts Omitted fat Stabilizer. Washington. March 20. Lieuten ! ant T. G. W. Settle, naval inspector 'at the Goodyear-Zeppelin plant, re ported to the navy deparment today that Paul F. Kassay had omitted two rivets frcm one fin of the r.avy's ne w Akron, on which he was working BM a mechanic. The fin is one of th" : ship's four stabilizers used in steer ing and elevating the craft throngb the air. This fin had not yet under i gone inspection by the navy, but th.-1 : Goodyear-Zeppelin company', inspec tors already had detected and rem edied the defect. Settle said all parts of the ship i on which Kassr.y worked were being carefully gone over to make sure no weaknesses remained. Indication was given by officials of the justice department that fed eral agents were making a thorough search to determine whether there were accomplices in the alleged plo to damage the Akron. World-Herald. EIGHT JURORS SELECTED Chicago Light jurors to try Leo V. Brothers had been selected when his trial adjourned late Friday. The other four will be chosen frcm a special panel of 100. to be called Monday. Then defense and prose cution hope to complete selection of the dozen men who will decide whe ther Brothers was the hireling slay er of Alfred Lingie. Trltui.e crime reporter. In a burst of speed early in the afternoon, attorneys relaxed their objections and the painful time spent on the first panel of four men was brushed aside as both sides put their "o k." on the second four. Plans for a night session had fostered the hope that the additional four could be chosen quickly and the de.-ks cleared for testimony. But as tae defense tendered its third panel, the prosecu tion interposed a series of peremp tory challenges: Judge Joseph Sa hath abandoned the night nession and ordered the almost exhaunted initial panel of 100 replaced by a new ven ture. NAME CANDIDATE FOR BROKEN BOW BOARD Broken Bow. March 20. The fol lowing have been nominaved for the board of education: Mrs. Pearl Sch neringer, Mrs. Fred A. Raiisch, W. A. Baldwin and J. C. Kiker for three year terms, and Dr. G. E. Penning ton and P. G. Ricbardscn tec one year. Three Killed as Oklahoma Town Hit by Tornado Mai-h Twister Tears into Four Blocks of Business Section; Sc.ie of Injuries. Clinton. Okl. Three persons were killed and nearly a sc ore injuied. mx (severely, by a tornado here late in jthe day. Striking the west edge of Clinton, the twister carved out a path three blocks wid eaud ten blodu : long, demolishing a grocery a::;! school annex and unroofing at leasi a dozen homes. The dead: Mrs louise Anderson. jCharles Collins, electrician, electro Icuted while repairing power line; ,A. W. Anderson, son of Mrs. Ander son. The mcst severely injured: Miss Lillie Anderson, daughter, and A. L. Anderson, son of Mrs. Louise Ander son, Mrs. A. F. Sans. Mrs. .1. G. Mer cer. L. E. Jenkins. Mrs. J. T. Davis. The Andersons operated ihe groc ery. Mrs. Anderson and her sons were in the store at the time of the tornado and i!iiie Anderson was m a nearby house. Hi.? Ensiness District. A heavy deluge of rain preceded the tornado, which swirled into town from the southwest. The twister struck four blocka from the btteJ ieei district. School children had vacat ed a frame annex and moved into a brick ward school building, an hour before the annex was demolished. j Mrs. Anderson died from injuries and shock. A. W. Anderson had a crushed chest and the other brother was suffering from bruises and shock. Mrs. Sans received two broken arms. Mrs. Mercer cuts and bruises and Miss Anderson bruises and shock. At least a dozen other persons were re- i ported slightly hurt. i Heavy rains were general over western and central portions of the Estate at the time. However, an early check failed to disclose serious dani- iage elsewhere. Collins, employe of the Southwest ern Light and Power company, a killed when he came in contact with a broken high voltage line. The Mer- ,cer home was directly in the path of jthe twister. Witnesses said the wind seemed to j sweep along from ten to twenty feet i off the ground. Scores of small build- 'ings were tossed about and destroyed. Estimates of the damage ranged from ; $50,000 to $75,000. Local relief i agencies offered aid to persons whose I homes were damaged. Damage in Texas Town. DesDemona. Tex. About twenty oil derricks were blown down, a num ber of business houses damaged and more than th'rty residences either unroofed or damaged by a tornado that truck here. The wind, coming from the northwest, was followed by a heavy rain. Probably the heavie-t damage was done to a Standolind company gasoline plant and a new $75,000 school building. Pall extent of the damage has not been thoroly checked and no estimate of the loss can be made. No one was injured. State Journal. TESTING LAW PROTESTED Des Moines More than 1,500 Iowa farmers took possession nt the sta'c capitol to register a mas i ,-"-s; against continuance of the law re quiring tuberculin testing of all eat tie. Arriving by special train, in autc mobiles and buses, they fillc! every available incn in tne large nai. I of the house of representatives, over I flowed into the corridors, ai d sw arm ed thru the lower iialN. The crowd was here to attend public hearing on the Davis Mil which would make the tuber'ulin testing optional. The- meeting w;.s ! advanced from evening to i.fterndon i because of the number of etefton 'whose presence resulted in abrup' ! adjournment of the house shortly be- fore noon. The public bearing wa i (granted at the request cf Govern". Turner who was given a heart y ov. tion. He pleaded for law obedienc and enforcement, pointing out ther. can be no selection of the laws to b enforced. The basis of the protests were that tuberculin testing was not reliable, that it created confisc aticm of property and that there w.ts no case of record of the transmission of bovine tuberculosis to human beings. LEGION SENDS DROUTH AID Hyannis Western Nebr ionnaires joined forces to carloads, one of forty-one cattle, the other of seventy- ik:: leg ship two head of five hog: . to drouth stricken Eldorado, home town of former National mander O. L. Bodenhamer. The ment. valued at $2,500 on the was sent Thursday night by th Ark . Com Bur- lington free of charge to Omaha where Cudahy Packing company wil' dress it without cost and send It south. Preparations for shipment we' made by Williard Lynch, adjutant at Thedford; Otis Kind, adjustant at lyannis; Clarence Pecht, Mulle i commander; Elmer Demaray. Brew ster commander, and L. D. Beans, county commander. Towns (Tom which contributions came include Whitman. Mullen, Seneca, Brown lee, Elsmere. Thedford, Purdum. Brewster, Halsey and Dunning. Let, lonnairea will bgye charge of distri bution at Eldorado. POPE BLESSES AMERICAN STUDENTS, THANKS U. S. Vatican City, March 19. Por Pius received and addressed 200 stu dents of the American college in Rome Thursday. His holiness bless ed the students and extended bis blessing to the United States, thank ing the Americans in this way. he said, tor their many congratulations on his radio message.