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A6E SIX PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY. SEPT. 7. 1931. MULLEN'S MARKET Wednesday Specials PORK STEAK Lean Boston Hints I5e Per lb 2 lbs. for 29c BEEF BOIL Choice Loan Ribs 6e Per lb. HAMBURGER Presfa Cut, Lean Beef a g Per lb XUC 2 lbs. for 19c PORK ami BEANS Morris Supreme 1-lb. Can ! . 7e TOMATOES No. 2 size Can Each 10c GREEN BEANS Si lise Can 10c Each FAMILY REUNION Sunday. August 30, at the home of Mr. Frank Reese of Wabash, the children and their families gathered for a reunion. It has been several years sine? they were able to all be at home at the same time. The children are: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reese and children, Richard and Velda Ruth, of Omaha: Mr. and Mrs. Diller lit and Mr. and Mrs. William Pi U easing, both of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Underwood, of Eagle; Mr. and Mrs. John Card well and sons Lloyd Vernon and Donald Dean, of Willis. Kansas: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Reese, of Seward; Miss Dor othy, at home, and her friend. Earl Miller, of Wabash.' Miss Mildred McMullen. of Utiea. and Mr. David Middleton. of Seward, brother of Mrs. Lewis Reese, aoiom panied them. There were twenty-one present. This reunion was planned by Mr. Reese and Dorothy ami was a surprise to them, as it happened to be Mr. f'ardwell's birthday and was un known to them until Mr. Card w 11 and family arrived Saturday even ing. Games were played In the after noon and a general good time was enjoyed by all. The children departed for their hi SMS in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Card well remained until Monday af ternoon and then returned to their home in Kansas Leader-Echo. RETURNS TO WYOMING Mrs R. F. Stewart, of Gillette. Wyoming, who has been visiting for the past few (lays in this city with the old time friends, departed Fri day afternoon for her home. She was accompanied as far as Lincoln by Mrs. James Miller and Mrs. f;ert Heed, old time neighbors of the Stewart family. FOR SALE Grapes. Pure grape Juice 80c gal ion, Carleman's farm. 3 miles south of Plattsmoutb and H mile east of "4-corner:" Phone 4213. Bring con tainers. S7-4tV Pbone vonr new TTem to No fl f Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title 4 Phone 324 Plattsmoutb 4. kOCOOCOOCCCOSCOSeCCCO3QOOOSOSOOOMeOSOOOQOGOO Wednesday Specials Rag: Rugs, new patterns, 18x36 in 21c Ladies' full fashioned Hosiery, pair .... S9t Latest Shades Salted Peanuts, per lb 100 INFANTS' AND CHILDREN'S Pajama Suits and Dresses. Go for . . 590 Regular 98c Value Now. 2 for $1 Flower Pots of All Sizes Knorr's Popular Variety Store South Side Main Street 090000COSCOCOC000009000000000eOOOOO! Local Shopmen Respond to Call of Flannagan Home Eurlington Refrigerator Express Co Employes Join in a Most Worthy Cause. . The employes of the Burlington Refrigerator Express Co. in this city- have responded very generously to the call that has been made for aid in the saving of the Father Flan nagan Home for boys in Omaha, which is in financial need. The members of the Mother's clubs of the Home over the state have been assisting in the cause and is con ducting the solicitation in this com munity to aid this worthy cause. As the result of their activity the ladies secured responses from the following in the canvass of the re frigerator shops: W. T. Disteli, E. O. Vroman, H. E. White. R. H. Ander- son, t. M. Heck, w . s. imttaiu. tj. r . Bennett, Howard Burcham, A. M. Beverage. V. W. Coftman. I . E. Car ter, x. C. Champlin, M. F. Duda, H. F. Dooley, F. A. Denson, R. H. Fitch. L S. Qouchenour, Hal Garnett. H. A. Gains. T. A. Gradoville. J. L. Hiskett, W. I. I lowland. Fred How land. Frank Horsack, A. J. Hula. J. M. Henderson, Robert Harris. F. W. Herger, J. L. Hadraba, Wilbur Hall. Fern Jahrig. R. C. Jahrig, L. C. Jacobson, E. R. Kline, Henry Kuh man, A, J. Koubek, Julius Kalasek, Cyril Kalina. W. C. Lynch. O. J. I uscbinsky, E. J. Lohnee, Thomas Llnhart, Tony Lahoda, C. J. Min nier. Joe Holly. R. E. Phillips. W. C. Minnier, T. J. Mendenhall. R. A. Mason. W. II. Mason. J. Meisinger. Jr.. Adam Marshall. C. M. Manners, E. S. Newton, Everett Xewton. H. A. Nelson. C. G. Xowacek. R. F. Otter s', in. C. R. Olson. C. P. Price. R. B. Petit. Frank Petit. R. M. Painter. P. M. Rice, Walter Rhodes, R. H. Rainey. Frank Rebal, J. E. Rys, L. B. Bwoboda, Otto Sehliscke, F. C. Spidell. George Spidell, J. P. Sikora. G. F. Swatek. D. F. Stapp, E. A. Snoftcrrass. E. P. Snodgrass, G. J. Stoll, J. M. Sedlak. Mike Sellak. Prank Slatinsky. Wiley Sigler. Jo seph Stodola, J. H. Toman. L. E. Vro man. B. H. Wiles. W. M. Whalen, John Walters, H. A. Walters, N. B. Warthen. J. J. Wondra. A REAL COLLECTOR FVi.m Thin 'day'f Tatlv George A. StitOS, mayor, oil sta tion op rator and gem ral magnate of Union, proved today that he was a real collector when anyone tried to beat him out of a just obligation. This morning a stranger drove up to the oil station of Mt. Stites. re questing that the tank of his car be tilled with gas and also that oil be BQpplied the gaa wagon. When the servicing was done the man drove away with some $3 in gasoline and oil in the car and not a word as to pay. George grabbed a gun and leap ing in his car raced after the auto I driver who was apparently going to beat hi- bill. Mr. Stits Bnally taught ui) with the stranger and tried to force him to a ston but without suc cess until George opened fire and shot two of the tires of the car. The man then stopped and shelled out the necessary $3 and was sent on his way rejoicing. TO ATTEND COLLEGE from Saturday lijllv Paul Terson and Robert Mann, two of the members of the graduat ing class of 1931 of the Plattsmoutb high school, are to leave Sunday for Hastings. Nebraska, here they en ter Hastings college, one of the large denominational colleges of the state, for the fall and winter term. Hast ings college is one of the best known educational institutions of the state and a number of the Plattsmoutb li dents have attended the Presby terian school, among them Carl Schneider, who in his college days was a very active figure in the ath letic work of the school. YOUNG PEOPLE WEDDED From Saturday's Daily This morning at the residence of Rev. C. O. Troy occurred the mar riage of Miss Dorothy Reeves and Ode Dukes, both of Minerville. Ne braska. The bridal couple after the wedding returned to their home to receive ih congratulations and well wishes of their friends. Both of the contracting parties are well known in the southern portion of Cass county. SGCCOft Dance! Legion Building PLATTSMOUTH Wednesday September 9th Harry Collins & His Band FREE BRIDGE for Mills and Fremont County Cars Come and dance to this fine Orchestra. 5.000 Sq. Ft. finest Maple Floor. $1 per Couple Sarpy County Farmers Win $25,000 Suit Judge Begley Finds for Flood Dam age Claims of Residents Near Fcrt Creek and Gilmore. In a decision handed down Thurs day at Papillion by Judge James T. Begley. the farmers residing in the vicinity of the Pappio creek at Fort Crook and Gilmore, were awarded a judgment against the state of Ne braska in the sum of $25,000. for damages due to the flooding of their farm lands in March, 1929. The group of farmers whose places lie along the Pappio. had brought the action to cover losses in crops and expenses in repairing levees in the flooding of the Pappio bottoms, contending that the overflow was caused by the erection of a tempor ary bridge over the Pappio on high way No. 75, just southwest of Fort Crook, by the state department of public works. The law firm of Patrick and Smith of Omaha, representing the fanners, contended that the state violated the constitution, which sets forth that "no property of any person shall be taken or damaged without compensa tion." It was charged, that in erect ing the temporary bridge, the high way department drove so many piles and timbers that an effective block ade was formed by the debris, flood ing the farmlands for miles around. MURRAY TAKES FAST GAME From Friday's Dally Last evening the Murray Red Sox took a fast 3 to 2 game from the Papillion team on the Weeping Wa ter grounds, the contest being an other one in which Hons Newman of this city carved a place for himself by his pitching and hitting, his blow in the fifth inning scoring the two runs that brought victory to the Sox. Hones, who on Sunday games plays the shortstop position, entertains the fans on the Thursday games in the pitcher's box and has made a fine record of victories this season. The first inning opened with both teams scoring one run, Adams, left gardener of Papillion, first man up hit and advanced to third where he scored on an overthrow from the catcher, while Newman of the Sox was given a tally through the samo process, hitting and BCi r'ug on the overthrow of Kennedy, Pappio cat cher. In the fifth inning for the Sox Khlers hit safe and Hopkins was sate on the error of Becker at first base and then Moore, left fielder hit safe ly and the bases were loaded. Here is where Honos unloaded the Win tersteen hill artillery, placing a two bagger in the far right field anil on which Killers and Hopkins tallied and Moore was caught at the plate, making two good ones. Honos was caught when he tried to reach third base and Little ended the Inning with a grounder to third. The Pappio crew made their last hid for victory in the ninth inning when Beadle and Kennedy were both walked by Newman and Becker scor ed Beadle with a safe poke to the left garden, hut Kennedy was caught at third base, a strikeout by Boyer and a grounder by Ross closed the inn ing and the game. The tabulated score was as fol lows : Murray A 15 II I'O A K 4 2 14 0 .a 2 ii o o 4 0 2 5 0 4 0 10 0 110 0 0 3101 4 0 fi 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 110 0 32 S 27 12 2 AB H PO A E 4 13 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 14 0 4 0 8 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 S 0 1 4 ji n 0 o 3 12 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 32 4 24 9 3 Newman. p - Svoboda. lb Livingston, ss Little. 3 b ICholeher, cf jBickford. cf ; Keckler, c ; Khlers, rf ! Hopkins. 2b i Moore. If Papillion Adams, If Beerline. ss jS. Beadle. 3b . ! Kennedy, e j Boyer, p j Becker, lb I Ross, rf Carrell. cf R. Readle. 2b . WILL VISIT IN THE EAST Rev. and Mrs. H. A. McKelvey. of Mnyard. are leaving soon on a month's vacation in the east and which will take them to Pennsyl vania, the old home of the family and where they will enjoy an outing among the more familiar scenes. They are anticipating a very pleas ant trip and in taking in the manv places of interest between this city and the east. Weather in August Covers Wide Range Temperatures From 53 to 92 Reg istered. With Plentiful Rain to Many Clear Days. August was far from being record breaking as to weather in any par ticular, the monthly statistical re port shows, tho its temperatures ranged from 53 to 92 degrees and there was an inch and a third more rain than normal. The wides range of temperature was 33 degrees on the 29th, and the narrowest 11 de grees on the th. The rainfall didn't overcome the deficiency for the year, which now totals 2.86 inches. The average daily excess above normal temperature since January has been 4.3 degrees. The highest August temperature on record in Nebraska was 111 de grees on Aug. 3 last year, while the lowest was 44 degrees on Aug. 31, IKStf. On Aug. 26 and 27. 1903. there was 7 inches of rain, whereas the total for the month just past was 4.43 inches. The heaviest rainfall this year was 2.12 inches on the la.-t day ot the month. I here were eight thunderstorms, four of them during the last week. The wind aver aged 5.3 miles an hour and was gen erally from the south. The average for the years on record is 6.8 miles and the prevailing wind has always been from the south. On Aug. 15, 1S9 6, there was a forty-four mile wind from the northeast. In and again six years later the averaged S.5 miles an hour. August had seventeen clear five cloudy, and the other partly cloudy. Rain fell on 1S.5 wind days, eight nine days, and there was a quarter of an inches or more on four days. The average is thirteen clear and six cloudy days. With the weather con sistently warmer than the average, amateur forecasters won't be look ing for frost on Sept. IS. the earliest on record, which was in 1901. FAMILY REUNION Sunday. August :!). at the home of Mr. Frank Reese of Wabash, the children and their families gathered for a reunion. It has been several years since they were able to all be at home at the same time. The children are: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reese and children. Richard and Velda Ruth of Omaha: Mr. and Mrs. Diller Utl and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pruessing. both of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Underwood Eagle; Mr. and Mrs. John Cardwell and sons Lloyd Vernon and Donald Dean of Willis, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Reese of Seward; and Miss Dorothy at home and her friend, Mr. Karl Miller of Wabash. Miss Mildred McMullen of Utica, and Mr. David Middleton of Seward, brother of Mrs. Lewis Reese, accom panied them. There were twenty-one present. This reunion was planned by Mr. K ese and Dorothy and was a sur prise to them, as it happened to he Mr. Cardwell's birthday and was un known to them until Mr. ("ardwell and family arrived Saturday evening. Games were played in the after noon and a general good time was enjoyed by all. The children departed for their homes in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Cardwell ined until Monday aft ernoon and then returned to their home in Kansas. Kim wood Leader Echo. DOING VERY NICELY J. H. McMaken has just returned from Wymore where he and Mis. McMaken were called by the illness of their daughter, Mrs. Sherman Taylor, Mrs. McMaken having been there for some little time while Mr. McMaken was at Wymore for the last part of tin- week nnd returned bom- Wednesday. He reports that Mrs. Taylor is doing very nicely now and seems well on the highway to recovery from her illness which seems to be a general breakdown but is" thought will soon be better. FINDS CONDITION SERIOUS From Thiirdav's Ially Mrs. Adelaide Boynton and son. Leo, returned this morning from a trip of several days to their old home at Hartington, Nebraska. They re port the condition of the country as very serious as far as crops are con cerned, the small corn which was checked by the drouth is being cut for the purposes of fodder. There is always darker ahead I FIRE, THEFT COLLISION PROPERTY DAMAGE LIA&ILI T Y Insure ajCainst financial loss A. H. & R. M. Duxbury Dependable Insurance DEATH OF FRANK BALLANCE The announcement has been re ceived here of the death of Frank Ballance. veteran railroad man, well known here, which occurred at the home in Benton Harbor. Mich igan. The deceased was a brother of the late William Ballance of this city and has been a frequent visitor in this city in the years that the Bal lance family made their home here. Of the six brothers and one sister that formed the Ballance family, there are now but two of the brothers living, Sam and George Ballance of Lincoln, both of whom have been at Benton Harbor for the funeral ser vices. The many old time friends here will regret very much to learn of the passing of Mr. Ballance. While a resident of Nebraska Mr. Ballance made bis home for the greater part of the time a; McCook and where he was engaged in the train service of the Burlington un til the engineers and firemen strike of lss ;,ik1 since which time he mov ed to the east to make his home. Hunting Scrip on Sale; Books Bring $2.50 Coupons for 1931 Pheasant Season Repay Landowners at Rate of Fifty Cents per Bird Hunters' scrip, to be Issued to sportsmen for the 1931 pheasant season, was placed on sale at the office of the game commission Wed nesday afternoon. The first book of five coupons was sold within five minutes after they arrived from the printers. The book containing cou pons Nos. 1 to 5 has been reserved for Chet Ager. one of the sponsors of the scrip plan of reimbursing far mers for pheasants shot on their land. Each book of five coupons costs $2.50 and one hunter may buy as many as he wishes, so long as the number t birds he kills in one day r mains within the legal limit. The front of t'.ie book contains his name, address, hunting and auto license numbers for identification at farms on which he wants to hunt. Before entering the field the sportsman leaves the book with the farmer. Returning from the hunt he signs and tears out one coupon for each bird he has killed. The farmer then fills out a tag on the back of the book which shows the birds have been taken legally in an "open" county. The tag may be used to transport the birds into closed terri tory and does away with the need to travel some distance, often several miles, to secure a shipping tag from one of the authorized tagging sta tions. Of course, use of scrip is not com pulsory. If hunters can find farmers wiio won't of hunting pons but it shooter to charge for the privilege they may keep the cou will be necessary for the 6ecure other shipping tags. The scrip plan was sportsmen who desired sate landowners for the hunting. Recognizing flcvlsed by to com pen -privilege of that game doesn't belong to owners of land on which it may be round, there is, nevertheless, an opinion that game birds cause a slight loss to crops. This is regarded as one way to re pay the farmer. When the coupons have been signed by the hunter they are then redeemable at 50 cents each, either by the game eonfmlsion or with merchants or banks. lr a Hunter doesn't use all his coupons he may turn them in to the commisison for redemption. The books at the game days. After printer they County clerks will be on sale only commission for a few more come from the will be distributed to to sell. The clerks will not receive a commission. HOOVER TO MAKE ADDRESS Washington President Hoover will go to Yorktown, Va.. on Oct. 10 to deliver an addres as part of the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the sur render of Lord Cornwallis. It will be the first speaking engagement, ex cept for one or two short radio talks, the president has had since he dedi cated the Lincoln tomb at Springfield. 111.. June 17. In announcing that he would deliver the Yorktown address the president made public h procla mation recommending that the day be fittingly observed in universities, schools and other suitable places, to the end "that patriotic lessons may be drawn from the spirit of cour age and self sacrifice which animated our forefathers." Mr. Hoover also called upon the country to hold appropriate religious ceremonies in the churches of the country on Sunday, Oct. 18. DR0THER OF DEMPSEY DIES IN HOLLYWOOD Hollywood, Cal.. Sept. 3. Barney Dempsey. 50. brother of Jack Demp sey, once world's heavyweight box ing champion, died of asthma Thurs day at Hollywood hospital, where he was taken Wednesday night. Barney, as he was known to box ing people, operated the Manhattan gymnasium here and had recently returned here from Reno. Nev., where he aided the former title hold er in staging the Paulino Uzcudun Max Baer battle July 4. When and where did you ever buy 500 sheets of typewriter paper for 65c? This is the price of a good paper, we have a cheaper one still, 500 sheets for 50c of you want it. Bates Book and Stationery Store. May Ask Double Fund for Work on Upper River War Depaitment Is Said to Consider $4,000,000 To Aid Jobless Hocver Interested. Washington, Sept. 3. A request for an (increased appropriation to extend federal development of the upper Missouri river and bring near er the realization of the great in land waterways system, will be made by the war department in its regular budget, it was indicated today. Final approval of an increased fund, however, will depend to a great extent on the Hoover admin ist rat ion program for assisting the unemploy ment plans include emergency re lief for Nebraska and Iowa, it is tairly certain that the river fund would be put through. Up to Congress. At any rate, reliable sources in the war department said the increase would be included in the budget which is for the next fiscal year, and which will be acted on by the Decem ber congress. In past years, the department has spent an average of about two mil lion dollars a year on the upper Mis souri development. It is not known how much more will be asked. From indications of the depart ment that work could be greatly in tensified with the larger appropria tion, it is safe to assume that it would be double the two million dol lars and perhaps more. The attitude of army engineers in the past has been that the lower Missouri, from the Mississippi to Kansas City, should be completely de veloped ffi navigation before a ma jor undei taking on the upper Mis souri toward Omaha and Sioux City. but they are said to be ready now if the funds are provided. Hoover Is Interested, Work on the lower Missouri, speeded by yearly expenditures of about Id million dollars, has pro gressed rapidly but engineers said that rain was sorely needed to help in the channel operations. In view of the Hoover adminis tiation's anxiety to reduce unemploy ment in the next year, the enlarged effort on the upper Missouri is be lieved here to be more likely than it has been for the past several years. With the agricultural problem, the administration is anxious to enter as much public works relief as possible where farmers might be enlisted in government work. The opper Mis souri project, however, must rest with congress. C. OF C. TACKLES JOB PROBLEM Washington, Sept. 3. The unem ployment problem was tacked Thurs day by representatives of American industry through a committee of the Cuited States Chamber of Commerce. The committee, headed by Henry I. Harriman of Boston, met at the chamber headquarters here to draft a report on the basis of many months of investigation. Meanwhile, the chamber's first president. Harry A. Wheeler. Chi cago banker, was organizing a com mittee under President Hoover's un employment relief organization, to find means of increasing employ ment. The relief organization announced a nation-wide back-to-school move ment to be carried on by the churches . Director Fred C. Crox ton said Protestant, 'atholic and Jewish churches had pledged their co-operation. A survey undertaken by the com mittee of 1.000 cities has indicated that most of them are prepared to handle their own relief problems dur ing the coining winter. COMMANDER OF VETERANS Kansas City Darold de Coe. Sac ramento attorney, was nominated by the Yeterans of Foreign Wars at the! national encampment to succeed Paul j Wolman. Baltimore, as commander in chief. Altho further nominations for; all offices will be in order Friday prior to the elections, choice of De Coe is regarded as a foregone con clusion. De Coe has been active in politics since 1923. He also has been interested in veterans' affairs since his discharge from World war ser vice. Other nominations were: Admiral Robert E. Coontz. IT. S. X.. retired, senior vice commander; James Ed ward Van Zaudt. Aitoona, Pa., jun- , - A mm lor vice commanuer; nouen o. Handy. Kansas city, quartermaster general; George A. Henderson. New ark, and Ray McAdams, Fort Wayne, Ind.. judge advocate general; Dr. Julian D. Lucas, Boston, and Dr. Harvey W. Snyder. Denver, surgeon general; Rev. Claude E. Ireland, Minneapolis, national chaplain. DULL FARM PRICE OUTLOOK Washington Price pessimism was strongly reflected in the agriculture department's monthly review of the farm situation. The review said that with regard to the principal cash, crops, wheat, cotton, tobacco and potatoes, the chief concern seemed to be over the probable size of the surplus for sale. None of these crops is of record proportion, the department said, with potatoes a little below the average yield, "but the present state or the market gives farmers very little as surance." The report said prices of cattle and hogs, altho low, were stiu high enough to allow some margin for feeding. The effects of the July heat wave were said to be evident in a reduce doutput of oats, barley and hay. altho there was said to be ample feed in the country as a whole despite some scarcity in portions of the west and northwest. Advertise regularly persistently for that's the way to get results. Soennichsen's Feature Items for Wednesday, Sept. 9 Curtains Marquisette panels and with two-inch fringe. TWO for hemrrud two tone 69e Sheets 8 I x89 Bleached, heavy quality 83e Each 72x99 Bleached, heavy quality 79c Each Pillow Tubing 42-in. Width 19e Yard Tweed The new Fall Fabric 19c -Yard Boys Sweaters Slip-over style. Ideal for school wear. Rayon and cotton in mixed colors. Real value. 49c Each Men's Overalls and Jackets 220 denim. A full cut triple sewed union made garment. You can t beat it at 98c Pair JURY INVESTIGATES LOTTERY TICKET SALE Omaha Assistant United Slates District Attorney A. C. Epperson Thursday announced that a federal grand jury in session here is inves tigating to determine if there is cause to return an inuictme.it against C. M. Gerheart of Kansas City, Mo., for sale in Omaha of lottery tickets last spring. WOMAN IS FREED OF A CHARGE OF MURDER Amelia. Va. Mrs. Jeston Allen Jones, accused of murder and with conspiring with a negro farm hand to kill her husband. J. Will Jones, was acquitted by a jury In circuit court here. The jury deliberated thirty-three mnutes. DEATH OF JOHN FIGHT From Saturday a T"ally The death of John Fight. 86. one of the few remaining civil war vet erans, passed away this afternoon at 2:20 at the family home on P'-arl street, death coming after a severe illness of the past several weeks. A more extended obituary will ap pear later in the Journal. City Home Five rooms, on one floor; breakfast nook; fire place; built-in book cases; laundry room; rurnace room; garage; pergola; two lots. This is an up-to-date home and very attrac tive; must be sold. SEE Exclusive Agent Searl S. Davis Farm Loans and Lands