IIONDAY. JULY IS, 1932.
FLATTSIIOUTH SEB3-WEEKLY JOTJBHAX
PAGE FIVE
MURDOCH ITEMS
August Huge and family visited in
Lincoln Thursday.
Il.r.ry Tcwlci, cf near Douglas, was
in town Thursday.
on
Lisle llortrm drove to Lincoln
rusir.ess Thursday.
The Al lioirhnai family of Elgin.
Illinois, are visiting here with rela
tives. Henry KIcmme and Fred Klemme
l.-:vp i . mpIeTed their threshing, the
v-.'ik Leing done by Alvin Borne
1. ( it r.
Junior u-.d Marcus Tool, rens of
Itr. r.:ii Mrs. H. V. Tool, went to
r. :-,vr Thursday to visit Mr. and
T-irs. liji Armstrong.
Wh:h L. Xcitztl was over to Cedar
i:!.:ffs frr the wife and her sister,
rr-ri-s ICurke was locking after the
business at the hardware store.
iltri- rt Bjrnenieirr h:
completed
state for payment which was refused
and since has asked that he be given
the privilege of beginning suit for the
payment. This failing, he has brought
suit and is trusting to the courts to
allow the suit to stand. In other
states, and also in some federal cases,
recent decisions have upheld the right
of Individuals to sue the state and
attempt to collect what they believe
is justly due them, and using these
decisions as a basis for his suit, he ex
poets to push the. matter to a conclusion.
Celebrated Fifth Birthday
Little Larry Lee, sen of Dr. and
Mrs. L. D. Lee celebrated the passing
of his fifth birthday anniversary one
day last week, July 12th, and was as
sisted in the celebration by his grand
parents. Judge and Mrs. V. E. Xcw-kirk.
the t!:rt .-hir.g of both his wheat ar.d
r.-n rr.d s pl-ased thr.t this portion
ft the- farm tac!:s are out of the
.Mr. aM Mrs. Elmer Jacobsen. of
L:::cci'::i were Sunday visitors with the
II' nry Jacobs-en family. Berdine ac-
. ::::ar.ied them heme for a few
wet-lis.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan McDonald
trv Sunday visitors at Piattsmouth
v. 'th Sheriff and Mrs. Ed Thimgan.
Fred (-order of Weeping Water was
in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Mt Hugh, Mary Katherine and
EIv. in returned Tuesday from Falls!
Enjoyed Pleasant Afternoon
Mrss Viola Everett was hostess on
last Thursday afternoon at a gath-
i ning rf a number of her friends at
the Murdoch hotel, where they spent
tbe afternoon in visiting and also in
quilting a quilt for Miss Viola. A de
lightful luncheon was served and all
declared Miss Viola a royal entertainer.
City and Hiawatha. Kansas, after
s-P'-r.ding the w?ek end and the Fourth
villi relatives ar.d friends.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ward drove out
to LVa:rh-e Sunday to spend the day
and get then' sons Wayland and Rus-s-fll.
who had spent some two weeks
visiting at the Keedy heme.
Henry A. Tool was a visitor in
Linc-clu la;t Thursday, called there to
h'-.h after some business matters in
connection with the Bank of Murdock.
He drove over to the big town in his
car.
Fred Stock.; Sr.. was a visitor in
Omaha last week, where he was look
ing over the live stock market ar.d
rbstrving shipments and prices as he
has for,." very fine cattle in his feed
1 :s whi h he wishes to ship soon.
-:;s Inez buck lias been enjoying
r v:it lor some time at the home of
l.r frie?jds and the friend of her
brother. Otto Buck, at York. Miss I
Myrtle McCIare and where the young!
f - Ikr, have enjoyed a very pleasant j
lortnight.
Miss Eulah Schliefert of Manley
entertained several of her friends at a
I l ie party near her home Thursday,
the members from Murdoch being
Mary Katherine McHugh. Edna Zoz,
lone Wcidell. Blanch Eichoff and
P.-jris Richardson.
The Frank Melvin family were Lin-
Charge Cabinet
Members Neglect
Official Duties
Senators Object to Partisan Activ
ities of Secretaries Hurley,
Mills and Hyde.
Washington, July IS. Secretaries
Mills, Hurley and Ilyds were char-
actrizod in the senate Friday by Sen
ator Robinson, democratic leader, as
"the Throe musketeers of the Hoover
administration." He charged them
with neglecting their official duties
to make partisan political speeches.
Replying to recent speeches by
these cabinet officers, Robinson said
they were making every possible ef
fort to direredit the democratic plat
form and the democratic candidates.
"They scoff at the proposal of
the great nominee of the demo
cratic party for president that
the American people be given a
new deal." said Robinson.
"These three musketeers in
sist on playing the game with
marked caids. Plainly there is
a widespread demand for a
change in the political policies
of our government.
"They go forth by day and
niaht to partisan meetings of
state republican conventions
and deliver bitter partisan ad
dresses, causing them to be in
serted in the Congressional re
cord and attempting, while neg
lecting their official duties, to
influence the judgment of the
electors.
"I would think, with a deficit
of $2,900,000,000 and a new
tax bill to be administered, that
Secretary Mills would have
enough to do to stay at his post
of public duty and discharge
his official responsibiities with
out abandoning and neglecting
his duties to participate in a
partisan political campaign.
"Of course, the Department
of Agriculture is just as well
off with its head, Secretary
Hyde, absent from his post as if
he v. ere present in the capital."
The political flareup was set off
by a request by Senator Hastings
(R. ), Delaware, for unanimous con
sent to print in the Record the Hur
ley speech made at Columbus. Ohio,
Thursday night.
Senator Borah (R.), Idaho, who
recently announced he woujd not
"Cozy Comers.'' support tne republican pronioition
O i Thursdav, Julv 14th the Cozy . plank, opened witii a declaration mat
;' Corners met at the home of Wilma j he didn't intend to object to that
I Panska for their regular business request, but that it cost "thousands
imeetinst. i dollars 10 print me speecnes pui
The meeting was called to order into the Record and he intended to
bv our president. We discussed our object to all in tne future
JTJEY FOREMAN THREATENED
Completes RegTaveling
Jchn Woods and the help which he
has had have completed the regravel
ing of the road to the church north
and a portion of that to the east a
mile as well as the road running east
from town and has used approximate
ly 24 cars on the work. They had 23.
! but as a few of them were large cars.
it made the required amount of grav
el for the 24 cars and some in excess.
This will place these roads in good
condition for the coming winter, as
they will get well broken in by that
time.
Enjoyed Very Nice Visit
Mias Dorothy Goerthy, who has
been visiting for the past two weeks
i at Hampton, where she was a guest
at the home of Gayle McDonald, re
turned home last Saturday, Mr. Me
j Donald and the family driving in
i their car and also visiting for over
!the week end at Murdock with rela
tives and friends.
new lesson, arranging a dressing cen
ter. We sl-c planned to have a
swimming party July 17th at the
South Band sandpits.
Miss Jesrio Baldwin, our extension
agent, visited our club and after
wards gave us a picture show of girl
projects.
After the show we were served a
dainty luncheon by our hostess.
The next mec-tinsr is to be at the
e-'i on -Mrs. J. l blotnower, wto l;as . , TN ... , .
Dome oi iwruuiv ana' ejiijvtiilt-.ei -u
1 c- n si 1: for seme-time, but is slow- , . . .
August 4. News Reporter,
ly ir.:p:'-. ir.g. Little George Melvin re-
mained to spend a week visiting his
G rend mot he r Melvin.
Andy Zoz marketed his cattle last
k !nd received for them $8.75 and
c.'In visiters Sunday, where they call-
Mrs. J. P
v.
HOWARD RECORDS HISTORY
Washington. Representative Eel-
i.- the- top of the market that day was gar Howard cf Xebrask?, who once
?'-.5. he felt that he must have ! was secretary to William Jennings
made- a success in his feeding as theBryan, pulled from his pocket a lit
er .s from his feed lot scored near j tie msmorandum he had made for
thf trp of the market for the day. hs grandson. It iecounted that just
MarJn S. riaar. who has been so 'after 4 p. m.. on July 1. this year.
some time, is at this time;Howaru went to Speaker Garner he
J" r;y
r.!tnh improved and is able to do his had made several such trips that day
f of tht- woik where there is not 'at the request cf Arthur Mullen,
much g.-ttin about en one's feet.! floor manager for Franklin D. Roose-
Senator Reed (R. ), Pennsylvania,
said a page in the Record costs $5S to
print, and he suggested that "we
make an agreement now that no
political speeches be put into the Re
cord." Unless something of this sort is
done, he added, "the Congressional
Record will simply bulge with poli
tical speeches."
Senators Bingham (R.), Connecti
cut); Couzcr.s, (R.), Michigan and
ethers joined in the dispute that fol
lowed, but Hurley's speech was al
lowed to go into the Record. Omaha
Bee-Xev. s.
BONUS LOAN EELL PASSES
t
Mnu
he hi
is f-cli
that velt in the democratic convention
Chicago, and was toid:
:
fr
g well pleased
een improving in his health, la
W. F. Schliefert and son. Elmer, cf i "You may quote me to Mullen as
were visiting in Murdock paying: 'No American citizen is Dig
enough to decline a call to serve his
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1:
riu,
Thuri-day, coming to see their
L. Xeitzel, but found he had, country and his party.
x-' 7 to Cedar Bluffs to bring the wife j This was Gamer's actual accept-l-'m?.
sl.t- wiih another sister visit- "re cf the vice presidential nomin
:mt here from the- east, Mrs. J. J. Ar- ation .still to be made hy the conven
r.'lrl. having been visiting with Mrs. jtion. At that time the presidential
J. J. Martin for the past week. Uncle nomination of Roosevelt was still
7. i.f...wrr i-i r. e-nrp their de- iseveral hou's a way. The memoran-
1 . i. t i r
partus and was desirious of gettingjauni wer.L on. jcn i cuiu cai.-n
the cook Lack home. (the situation at Chicago and told him
Mullen believed Garner would be
nominated practically without oppos
ition for the vice presidency, if only
I he would indicate his acceptance,
i there was a happy smile covering his
ifP " Mnrlcst Howard had kent that
memorandum quietly in his pocket
until Mullen out in Omaha told the
story.
Getting Along Nicely
Gc ra.d Kuehn. son of Mr. and Mrs.
:il Kuehn, has been troubled with
-l tonsils and cn last Monday was
f r te Lincoln with the parents,
iie he had the troublesome tonsils
l curved. He has since been getting
: r;g nuely and with the parents
v. it- over again cn Thursday to see
tl'- doc-tors who pronounced him as
making good progress towards re-
c very.
GARNER FOR NO CEREMONY
Washington. Speaker Garner has
decided on the most economical
method possible to receive the formal
of his nomination for
Washington. The house passed a
senate bill to reduce the interest
rates on all bonus loans to veterans
to S 1-2 percent. It now goes back
to the senate which cut the interest
from 41-2 to 3 percent. The meas
ure which also permits 200,000 vet
erans "JTreviously excluded from bor
rowing to obtain money, was passed
without a record vote.
The loans affected are those au
thorized in a bill passed over a pres
idential veto permitting the veter
ans to borrow up to 50 percent of
the certificates. Under the present
law veterans whose certificates are
less than two years old are unable?
to borrow. The measure eliminates
t h ayt restriction". Representative
Bacharach author of the original
measure, brought it up under a sus
pension of the rules. Bacharach said
it would cost the government about
100 millions.
Jacksonville, Fla. A. F. Gorman,
foreman of the Duval county grand
jury which recently indicted two
prison camp officers for the "sweat
box" death of Arthur Maillefert,
young New Jersey convict, received
a threat of death thru the mails.
The crudely lettered note told Gor
man "there are ways" of dealing
with people who "don't mind their
own business" and warned if he per
sisted in the investigation of prison
camp condition he would "go out,
but not by the chain."
Young Maillefert was strangled
to death in the sweat box at Sun
beam prison camp near here, a chain
about his neck and his feet in stocks.
The letter, printed with a pencil,
was postmarked from Starke, Fla.,
near Raiford where the prison farm
is located and was signed "You
know who."
President Gives
Notice America
Not Intimidated
Will Refused to Be Influenced in Its
Stand on War Debts by Eu
ropean Combinations.
Washington. Emphatic notice
that the United States will refuse
to be influenced in its stand upon
war debts by any combination of Eu
ropean nations, open or implied, was
given by President Hoover. The
chief executive, in a letter to Chair
man Borah of the senate foreign re
lations committee, asserted that this
nation was entirely divorced from
any of the swiftly developing inter
I'uropean agreements, and would not
be bound by them.
"While I do not assume it to be
the purpose of any of these agree
ments to effect a combined action
of our debtors," the president said.
"if it shall be so interpreted then I
do not propose that the American
people shall be pressed into any line
of action or that our policies shall
be in any way influenced by such a
combination either open or implied
Secretary Stimson had made known
the national stand time and again.
But this was the chief executive s
first personal answer to reports
from various European capitals that
when the reparations agreemnt was
reached at Lausanne. American
spokesmen had given hope that ac
tion upon war debts owed this coun
try would follow.
The so-called gentlemen's agree
ment at Lausanne provides that re
ductions in German reparations are
not to be made effective unless the
Lnitcd btates revises its debt agree
ments with European powers. "I
wish to make it absolutely clear,
however," Mr. Hoover said, "that the
United States has not been consulted
regarding any of the agreements re
ported by the press to have been
concluded recently at Lausanne and
that of course it is not a party to,
nor in any way committed to any
such agreements."
The president's letter to Borah
spoke of "recent agreements in Eu
rope." He made no direct reference
to any agreement other than those
reached at Lausanne. It was assum
ed in official quarters that he was
not aiming at the new Franco-Brit
ish pact when he spoke.
A swift round of conferences in
the capital preceded announcement
at the white house of the letter to
Borah. The Idaho senator called
early upon Secretary Etimson at the
state department. Immediately upon
his departure, Stimson crossed the
street to the chief executive's office
for the first three conferences be
held at the executive mansion dur
ing the day. State Journal.
BRAZIL ARMISTICE LOOMS
SAHS ON TREASURE HUNT
Xew Yoik. Oi? in cearch of J4,
000,000 in sunken treasure, Capt.
Harry L. Bowdoin of Whitestone, N.
Y., embarked in the S. S. Salver for
a spot approximately nixty-five miles
off Cape Henry, where the S. S.
Merida sank in 210 feet of water in
1311.
Believed to have had aboard $4.
000,000 in gold as well as the famous
rubies and other crown jewels of the
ill fated Empress Maximillian of
Mexico, the Merida heretofore has
Seeks to Secure His Own
Matt Thimgan, who was the origi-1 notification
l ater of the road marker, the Covered the vice-presidency. It will cost two
Wagon, which is used all over Xe- 3 cent postage stamps and will take j defied the efforts of treasure seekers
braska. and which the state adopted ' place within a few days. Senator j using ordinary apparatus. Captain
:nd refused to pay him for, hasBarkley, temporary chairman of the j Bowdoin. however, is taking along
breught suit against the State of Xe- democratic national convention, will I equipment never yet used. It in-
1'iaska for pay for the same in the notify the Texan by letter. Garner eludes a diving tank for observation.
turn of sixty thousand dollars. Fol-.will reply in kind and the letter will
lowing the adoption cf the marker by be niade public. There will be no
the state, Mr. Thimgan applied to the 'ceremony.
which he believes will enable the
divers to locate their detnite goal
before going down to work.
Rio De Janeiro. Peace negotia
tions with the revolutionaries who
seized control of the state of Sao
Paulo were reported to have been
successful. The news reaching Rio
de Janeiro was that the federal in
terveners (governors) of the states
of Matto Grosso and Minas Geraes
had conferred with the "constitu
tionalist" rebals of Sao Paulo and
had brought them into accord once
more with the federal government
headed by Provisional President Var
gas. Xewspaperc asserted previously
that the federal commander in the
field. Goes Monticro, had been in
structed to try to persuade the rebels
to yield peacefully before opening
up with his guns. Airplane pilots
also flew over rebel concentrations
m Sao Paulo dropping pamphlets in
which the "constitutionalists" were
invited to lay down their arms.
Business will improve only as
we contribute to its improvement
by exercising our purchasing
power.
Spring Pig
Crop is One
Fifth Smaller
Fall Production Also Said to Be
Likely to Show a Decrease
in Corn Belt.
The spring pig crop is 19.4 per
cent smaller in Xebraska and 7 per
cent smaller for the country as a
whole, according to the results of the
June pig survey released by the state
and federal division of agricultural
statistics. A reduction of 15 percent
for Xebraska and an increase of 1.2
percent for the United States is in
dicated in cows bred for fall far
rowing. Xebraska's spring pig crop
amounted to approximately 4,7 S5,
000 head this year as compared to
5,938.000 head in 1931 and 4.782.
000 in 1930. The number of cows
farrowing was 890,000 and the aver
age number of pigs saved per litter
5.3. Sows farrowing in the spring
of 1931 numbered 1.0GS.000 and the
average number of pigs saved per lit
ter was 5.C. The reduction in the
number of pigs saved per litte this
spring is attributed mainly to lack
of interest and proper care occasion
ed by the extremely discouraging
prices prevailing during farrowing
time. Losses caused by the late
spring freezes were responsible for
a small part of this reduction.
The survey indicates that about
24 9,000 sows will be bred for fall
farrowing this year as compared to
293,000 last year. If about the aver-
One of the Terrible Trio Caged
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Bert Storey, one of the thre-e notorious Storey brothers, is shown in at
North Baltimore, Ohio, hospital following his recent capture, durinjr
which he was wounded. Manley, the second brother was taken unhurt at
Van Buren, but the third brother, James, is still at large, with entire
police staffs of the Middle West seeking him. The trio recently started
a reign of terror in Ohio, which in two day3 included the Blayirg of
Marshal Jay N. Davis (inset), four kidncpings. a hold-up and shooting.
age number of pigs are saved per
litter, the Xebraska fall pig crop will
be materially reduced.
The spring pig crop tor the corn
belt is 10.3 percent tmaller than a
year ago. the number of pigs saved
being estimated at 39.7S3.000 as
compared to 44,337,000 last spring
and 40,477.000 in the spring of 1930.
The number of sows farrowing was
C.l percent smaller, the average
number of pigs saved per litter be
ing 5.S this spring as compared to
6 last spring. The survey indicated
that the corn belt will breed 3,079,-
,000 .'ov.-r, for fall farrowing this year
jar. compared to 3.091.000 last fall or
a l eduction of .4 percent.
The United States spring pig crop
amounted to approximately CO. 093,
000 head this year as compared to
.'.",,51,000 a year ago, or a reduction
of 7 percent. The average number
cf f igs saved per litter in the United
States was 5.S as compared to C last
spring. The survey indicates that
4.4SS.O00 sows will be bred in the
United State:; for fall farrowing as
compared to 4,435.000 last fall or an
increase of 1.2 percent.
Can Athletes Stand the Strain?
Bv HARDIN BURNLEY
HLL the
EXHAUSTA
COMPET(T(OAJ
OF THB TfSV
OUT SVSTTEM
HLIR.T THE US.
ATHLETE'
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WHO LACKS THE
srAMJMA To DO HiS
3Esr AFTER. A
LQMG SEI2ES
OF QUALlFyiAJC?
TRIALS
v :-- W ' fe- J
irss like VEAJZKE.
eastmam. beard. Ere, will
FACE SUCH Tough opposition
(Al THE SI2UELLir3G SBIZIES OF
TRIALS "THAT THEY MAV BE
SUMMED OUT IM QUALIFYING!
C IV3-. Kin-.; Ic.iturcs Svnd.eatc. inc., Ciaat Dru'jin nlits rcsrrvcJ.
YOU can't get through an
Olympic year without a
flock of arguments. Some
times the bone of contention is
some athlete's eligibility. Some
times it is something else. Fre
quently it is a training system.
This year the A-l argument so
far centres around the latter sub
ject. The boys think they are like
ly to burn themselves out before
international competition begins.
Frank Wyckoff, California's
grreat sprinter, is authority for the
statement that a long siege of qual
ifying trials will have a detrimental
effect on some American athletes.
Wyckoff referred particularly to
the predicament of Bob Kicse!, who
has beaten Frankie in Frankie's
own specialty.
The crux of the matter is that
Kiesel, after pushing himself to the
front among Uncle Sam's sprinters,
took a look at the long siege of try
outs ahead and dropped out of com
petition. At the time of his deci
sion to stay on the sidelines, he was
being ranked by many experts the
number one Bprint man of the
United States. Naturally there
were grumblings.
Wyckoff sprang to his defense.
"The tryuuts are just too much for
a frail athlete to weather. A man
may be the best runner in the world
anci yet not have the stamina to do
a dozen times what he could do su
perlatively ence."
Of course this is still nn op?n
question. Iany old-time stars scoff
at the idea that the amount of train
ing now required could dull the
comootiiive cc!r?.
Did VenzUeV. bu.-y ar.d highly suc
cessful indoor bzlzj?. Lurn him ov:t?
He hasn't shown to such greet ad
vantage this Syrian' or early fciira-mer.
What will Eastman's form be af
ter they get through putting him
through the paces of the trials?
And what about Percy Beard?
What about Pen Hallowell?
There probably is no universal
rule about it. Some men thrive on
competition. That is evident in
baseball. A Lefty Grove can go
in and pitch every other day with
out losing his form. A Dazzy
Vance, with much more powerful
physique, must be allowed four or
five full days of rest between ap
pearances. And it's rather difficult to train
an Olympic team with one rule ap
plying to one athlete and another
rule applying to another. Per
haps, after all. the gain in morale
iT.dcr the present system more than
ofTsets the occasional loss of indivi
dual brilliance under the suggested
innovation.
Ccvjrru.it. ldil. KiAf future yaui. In.