THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1933..
THE PLATTSUOUTH EVENING J0TONA1
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George Nlckles -was a risitor In
riattsmouth on last Saturday, called
tbere to look after some business
matters for a short time.
' Ray Fredrick of the Farmers Ele
vator company of Murray waa a visi
tor in Murray last Tuesday and was
looking after tome business.
- Dr. Josepli H. Hall of Plattsmouth
was a viritor in Murray for a short
time on last Tuesday and was look
ing after some business matters while
here.
Will Patterson was a vistor in
Weeping .Water on laFt Tuesday
where he was guest of his two bro
thers, David Patterson and Alex J.
Patterson.
Edward and George Graves of
Peru, sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Graves of Murray were visiting them
on last Sunday. All enjoyed the visit
very much.
A. G. Long shelled and delivered
corn to the elevator one day this
week and is pleased with the prices
which he received and to get the
grain off with good weather and
roads.
John II. Farris and Mrs. Sadie
Oldham were having their corn shell
ed on Tuesday afternoon of this wees
the seme being delivered to the Wil
son elevator. With the new crop
coming along and is so excellent they
desire to get the old corn out of the
way. ,
On Monday of this week Charles
Reed threshed for Will G. Cook his
wheat of which there was 37 acres
yielded 808 bushels, which makes an
average of 21 bushel3 and 45 pounds
and which is not so bad for that
number of acres this year, and all
good w heat at that.
Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. M. G.
Churchill and John Fran3 and fam
ily were over to Ashland where they
enjoyed a visit for the ;day with
friends with Mr. and Mrs. Hammand
who is engaged in the barber busi
ness and who worked here for Mr.
Churchill some few- years ago.
On last Sunday C. H. Boedeker and
wife with Mrs. Boedeker's parents,
J. C. Stuart and wife and their son
who have been spending some time
in an outing at Spirit Lake, Iowa,
where they spent the time camping
out and swimming and fishing as well
as boating, as the lake is some eleven
miles long and a number of miles
wide. They enjoyed their outing and
cams, back browned byilii-sun-hut
happy in the excellent " time which
they had.
Mr. and Mrs. Gussie Brubacher and
their little one were guests last Sun
day at the home of the parents of
Mrs. Brubacher, Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Lash of near Auburn, where they
visited for the day and enjoyed the
stay there very much. They report
crops very fine down that way and
much like they are here. The wheat,
however, is very good, making from
SO to 2Z bushels and of a very high
quality. Mr. Lash had an average
of his field3 of 29 bushels per acre
and is well plased with the yield.
Troubles Vanish
When you have, your car checked up
and the causes oi poor periormance
corrected. We will put Its working
parts in perfect harmony, bo they will
operate correctly and with a mini
mum of gas and oil. Bring" it to us
today and your auto - troubles . will
vanish. Our labor charges are right.
r.TunnAY cahagz
A. H. E23SS, Pwpc
June, Doreey and - Era rancaster,
George Tompkins, John Royer, Ger
trude Royer, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lan
caster and Neva, David, Florence and
Raymond.
Entertained on Birthday.
Last Sunday Mrs. Virgil Perry en
tertained a number of relatives and
friends in honor fo the birthday of
Mr. Perry. All enjoyed a delicious
fried chicken dinner with salads, ice
cream and the beautiful birthday
cake. Those present were Dr. and
Mrs. G. H. Gilmore, Mrs. D. J. Pit
man, Mrs. Glenn Perry, Miss Helene
Perry. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis and
Mr. Paul Burgert from Lincoln.
See State Capitol.
Miss Bertha Nickles having some
business matters to look after at
Lincoln, drove over to the big town
last Monday and was accompanied by
her friends Mesdames Dora Crosser,
Wm. Sporer and Fannie Crosser.
While in Lincoln they all went to
the capitol where they were shown
over the building by a guide who
gave a lecture of the history of the
state of Nebraska as well as the
building of the state building and the
designs which appear over the new-structure.
School Building Progressing.
The Murray school building is
making good progress and this week
the new concrete roof was run, that
is the forms for the roof which is a
self supporting device was run and
left in the forms to harden and ripen.
There are but a few days more of
laying of brick and then the masons
will have concluded their task.
The masons have another job wait
ing for them and have been in a
hurray to complete their portion of
the work. The contractors are loosing
no time in getting the structure com
pleted so that with the beginning of
the coming school year the building
may be U3ed, as the using of the other
buildings has been far from satis
factory. Not that all get along but
the buildjngswere no adapted for
school work. However, the school
board, the patrons and the instruct
ors are greatly pleased that the build
ings were available for use for school
during the past school year.
Secures Divorce Decree.
Some months ago Thomas Nelson
filed' a petition for separation from
his wife and which has been pend
ing for some time past. However --a
chort time since Mr. Nelson appear
ed supplying proof as to his alleg
ations and was granted a decree of
full separation and divorce.
Back to the Hospital.
Mrs. Bertha Shrader who was
struck by an auto in South Omaha
nearly a year ago and who has been
in the hoFpital since, until a few
weeks ago when she was taken to
the home of her son, Chester Shrad
er. was compelled to return to the
hospital where another operation was
had and will have to remain in the
institution for some time yet.
Entertain Friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster en
tertained at their home on last Sun
day. July 1C some 33 friends and
relatives. All enjoyed the wonder
ful dinner prepared by the willing
hands of Mrs. Lancaster.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Royer and Ilia, June, Arlen
and Darleea Royer, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Faris and son, Robert, Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Hoschar and daughter,
Mary Ellen, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lan
caster and Margie and Harold. James
Hoschar, Everett, Roy, Crystal, Earl,
You are Assured
Honest Grades and Weights
for Your Grain
at the MURRAY PARSERS ELE
VATOR. See us before you sell I
Comfort Barley Wanted!
A. J. Wcidcxnan
Manager
Fhcne 17 Murray, Neb.
Enjoy Ice Cream Social.
A group of 45 young people en
joyed a most pleasant ice cream party
at the church Friday night, July 14,
given by the members of the Royal
Workers class of the Christian Sun
day school.
Those present to enjoy the pleas
ant occasion were as follows: Dor
othy Yost, Thelma Dill, Katherine
Leyda, Helen Read, Florence Lancas
ter, Harriet Milburn, Hazel Vest,
Maxine Hanni, Imogene Warthan,
Katherine McCullock, Mona B. Til
Bon, Katherine Tilson, Alice Dill,
Florence Shogren, Gwendolyn Han
pen, Gertrude Royer, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. Sila3
Feiry, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Farris and
son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Vearl
Sjmith, Effie Pointer, Joe Richter,
Delbert Jennings, Charles Sporer,
Malvern Read, Carl Park, Johnny
Nottleman, George Tompkins, Gerald
Rhoden, Gomer and Bert Warthan,
Raymond and Dave Lancaster, R. A.
Noell, Richard Brendel, Gene Gru-
ber, C. Lloyd Shubert and two
Triends from Peru.
IF there ever was a
time when a man
should buy clothes,
it is right now.
A few of those fine
$17.25 pure worsted
Suits custom tail
ored if you come
pronto. . . . Based on
12c wool.
LJESCOTT'S
Smugglers are
Rushing Ships to
American Shores
WEATHER STATIONS
ABOLISHED IN STATE
Federal weather observation sta
tions at Hastings, Sidney, Gordon
and Ashland in Nebraska have been
discontinued, in line with the gov
ernment's economy program. The ex
pense of each station was $37.50 an
nually. There remain 19 observation
stations in th9 state, including the
four full time bureaus at Omaha, Lin
coln, Valentine and North Platte.
R. V. Lawrence is the new director
of airport observations at Omaha,
succeeding V. E. Jakl, who has as
sumed a similar position at Kansas
City.
DEPARTING ON VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lillie are de
parting on Tuesday for a short vaca
tion trip to Missouri and Arkansas
for the remainder of the week. They
will spend a chort time in Kansas
City, Missouri, with old time friends
and then pay a .visit to a cousin of
Mr. Lillie, residing at Sedalia. They
will then taotor through the Oiarks
to northern Arkansas where they will
Epend some time.
Coast Guard Reports Rum Syndicates
Playing Boldly for High Stakes
in Advance of Repeal.
Washington. International rum
syndicates operating in Atlantic and
Gulf waters are preparing to "make
a killing" before the eighteenth
amendment is repeal, confidential re
ports received by the coast guard in
dicate. These reports told of expanding
rum fleet activities based upon reviv
ing prosperity and a general letdown
on dry law enforcement on land and
sea.
Efforts to flood the country with
cheap foreign liquor before ratifica
tion of the repeal amendment were
foreseen.
Rum Ships Are Sighted.
Five rum ships were sighted near
New York City.
To meet this new offensive, the
coast guard had a force depleted by
the administration's economy pro
gram. j
Coast guard offocials pointed rue
fully to the figures: Seven destroy
ers, which have been used for sea
patrol duty, discommissioned; 140
smaller vessels laid up, to be sold at
auction; four coast guard bases de
commissioned, and the personnel
slashed to meet these new condi
tions. The destroyers were relied upon to
keep contact with offshore rum fleets.
The 140 smaller vessels consisted of
75-foot boats used for patrol work ten
to twenty miles off short; and 36-
foot picket boats for inshore work
Two Florida Bases Gone.
The four bases decommissioned
were at St. Petersburg, Fla.; Galves
ton, Tex.; Fernandina, Fla., and
Boston. Ferandina formerly was
known as a "notorious rum hole,'
coast guard authorities said.
On top of all these curtailments,
which recently have been effected,
the coast guard was forced to decom
mission several radio stations and
fifteen life saving stations. It was
compelled to consolidate supply de
pots and administrative offices at
several strategic points.
"Depression hit the rum trade a
hard blow, particuarly in the Florida
area," it was explained, "but now
that prosperity is returning the de
mand for hard liquor has picked up
phenominally.
"Neither the coast guard nor the
rum syndicates are able to judge the
situation that will prevail after the
eighteenth amendment is repealed
The syndicates apparently are deter
mined to make hay while the sun
shines, running in as much liquor as
possible during the next few months.
The advent of legalized 3.2 per
cent beer has had little effect on rum
fleet activties, coast guard headquar
ters asserted, but it has virtually
broken up the once-profitable busi
ness of smuggling Canadian beer
into American cities of the Great
Lakes area.
Three Dead
from Locomotive
Blast at Omaha
Charles Utter of Creston and Karl
Zimmerman of Lincoln, Engi
neer and Fireman Die.
LIGHTNING HITS HOSPITAL
Norfolk, Neb. Lightning early
Monday afternoon struck the Luth
eran hospital in this city, knocked
off several feet of the chimney, tore
a hole' in the roof and disabled the
electric lights and telephones in the
building. No one was injured.
The bolt struck while Dr. P. H.
Salter and Dr. E. L. Brush were per
forming an appendix operation on
John Hoffman of Pierce. When the
lightning put electric lights out of
commission, the doctors moved the
operating table near windows to com
plete their work. Before it was fin
ished, electric light service was re
From Wednesday's Dally
As the crack Burlington flyer, the
Ak-Sar-Ben was pulling into the sta
tion at Omaha from the west last
night, the explosion of the locomotive
of the train occurred and in which
three lost their lives and several in
jured.
The engineer and fireman, Charles
E. Utter of Creston and Karl Zim
merman of Lincoln, were killed, as
was James McRea, a station red cap
The two dead men are among the
veterans of the Burlington and are
well known in this city as Mr. Zim
merman was running through here
for several vears on No. 2 of the
Burlington and Mr. Utter has been
here a number of times during the
residence here of his brother, the
late Harry J. Utter.
Due in Omaha from Lincoln at
8:15 p. m., the Ak-Sar-Ben was slow
ing to a stop alongside the station
w hen the blast occurred.
Hurled into the air a hundred
feet, the 10-ton boiler tore through
a section of the concourse connect
ing the Burlington and Union sta
tions and landed on the main line
tracks of the Union Pacific two hun
dred feet away.
The wheel trucks of the engine,
despite the blast's terrific force, re
mained on the tracks and the train
continued to roll until it ran into
tangled portions of. the steel con
course, which had fallen in its path.
Zimmerman's body was hurled
across the network of tracks, landing
close to the first platform of the
Union station. Engineer Utter's body
was found on the platform near the
scene of the blast. Both apparently
were killed instantly.
McRae, who apparently had start
ed along the platform to meet the
train, was badly burned. He died
three hours later at St. Catherine's
hospital.
According to witnesses, the en
gine was about 125 feet west of the
concourse at the time of the explo
sion. It had passed beneath the
Tenth street viaduct, running along
Track No. 5. t .
Silent as' toTCause. ' '
Railroad officials vwere silent on
possible cause of the blast. J. H
Aydelott, general manager of Bur
lington lines west, said the boiler
would be left all night where it had
fallen and Burlington and federal au
thorities would begin an investiga
tion immediately.
The federal officers, he said, would
be boiler inspectors of the service
department of the interstate com
merce commission.
Arthur Olson, master mechanic of
the Omaha fire department, searched
the ruins in an attempt to locate
the steam guages, but was unsuc
cessful.
Tests to determine cause of the
blast probably will take two or three
days to complete, it is estimated.
Railroad men around the station.
hazarding a guess at the possible
causes, said that the engine might
have been runnig low on water and
"coasting in" to th station.
Speculate on Fault.
A single defective flue, they said,
might possibly cause such an acci
dent. A stoppage in the upper water
guage, which would prevent a short
age of water in;the boilers from reg
istering might have caused the crew
to forego "filling up" at the last
stop, some said.
The engine was of S-1A type,
about 15 or 20 years old, railroad
men said. It had been recondition
ed, however, and the firebox was only
about five years old.
A Union Pacific wrecker and crew
were called out to remove debris
from the tracks.
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GC0D LUCK may not al
ways be with you. Don't
take a chance on driving
your car without adequate
protection or your bank
account might suffer.
Insure today and be
sure.
Searl S. Davis
Ground Floor Bates Bldg."
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SURVEY HAIL ST0EM LOSS
Hartington, Neb. Members of the
Cedar county Farmers Union Sunday
were making a survey of the damage
done by a recent hail storm and plan
ning reports to be made at half a
dozen precinct meetings Monday
night. J. P. O'Furey, 'publisher of a
newspaper here, said after a tour of
the storm area that for miles and
miles northeast of Wausa crcp3 and
vegetation were swept clean from the
ground. He estimated that affected
famrers would need 315,000 to sus
tain themselves.
At the meeting individual cases
will be taken up and a report made
later of the needs. Those leading
in the work will attempt to get a
federal loan for seed for short time
maturing forage, on the theory that
the feed for stock will, indirectly sus
tain the farmers htru the winter.
A representative of the St. Louis
office of the Red Cross is in the ter
ritory making a study of the situ
ation and it is assumed immediate
relief will be given by that organ
ization. The farmers hope to get the
seed for planting before July -6,
which is about the latest it may oe
planted in order to have it mature
before cold weather sets in. Oliver
Rbeinhart and A. J. Phoene are Ieaa
ing in the work in this county.
FAMILY JTNXED BY DEATH
Denver. Curiosity over what was
inside a toolhouse at the rear of a
home for defective children here
and a falling window caused the
death of John Yauk, 11, wiping out
the only remaining member of a fam
ily whose history has been marked
by tragedy. Nine years ago John's
father was killed in a coal mine acci
dent near Morley, Colo. The distract
ed mother, with six children on her
hands and no way to supply them,
went into the room where the chil
dren were sleeping, shot and killed
all of them except John and then
turned the gun upon herself.
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The Journal has been informed the
the information given that the post
office at South Bend was to be dis
continued, was in error. The rural
routes that have been operated out
of South Bend have been discontin
ued and the mail handled from Ash
land, but the postoffice at "The
Bend" will continue to operate and
supply the residents of that place as
usual. ""-- -
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INDIANS PLAN SUN DANCE
Fort Washakie, Wyo. Arapahoe
and Shoshone Indians were bringing
to completion their preparations for
the most important event of their
year the annual sun dance. On
July 30 and 31, assembled on
the plains west of Fort Washakie,
the tribesmen, with fasting and danc
ing, will invoke the pleasure of the
sun god upon themselves and their
people for the coming year.
For three days and three nights,
while the women chant prayers and
beat upon the tribal drums, the
braves, naked to the waist, will dance
about the sun dance pol, from which
they believe, the sun god will hear
their supplications. Already the
great pole has been prepared. From
it, with" leather whips, the-young
braves have driven the devils, thus
permitting the sun sod to enter In.
As the dance gora forward tli is
chant will rise monotonously and
unendingly for the three days and
nights:
"You see my heart, you ee my
hands are clean; you see I am will
ing to puffer, to undergo all this,
even to die for my people, that they
may be free from the evil one and
that they may be blessed by the
giver of life and the protector of our
women and children."
from AVcO rn'silay'8 lally
Adam Meising?r and Marshall
Gregg, of Cedar Creek, were in the
city for a short time today attending
to some trading and visiting with
friends. .. . .
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