PAGE FOUR PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933. i if i . i i Mm News Little" Mary Creamer, residing on a farm between Alvo and Murdock is staying at the home of Grandfather and Grandmother C. W. Jewell at present. "J. C. Dreamer, of Elmwood, was a visitor in Alvo on last Wednesday afternoon and was looking after some business matters here as well as vis iting with his many friends. Uncle William Yeager, who has been confined to his bed for several weeks, has been showing some im provement of late, as he was able to be up and about the heme, which is much better than having to remain in his bed all the time. Uncle J. H. Welchel. who has been very poorly recently and has been kept to his bed a portion of the time, is at this time reported as being some better and is able to be out again It is hoped by his many friends thai he will continue to improve. Mrs. F. E. Marler, of Oakland, California, who is visiting here at this time at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. W. Jewell, Is enjoying the visit here very much and is also lik ing our country, which she well may, especially at this time of the year. Simon Rehmeier and Soren Pet ersen were over to Omaha last Mon day night, where they went to en- Joy the show at the Ak-Sar-Ben den and they sure had a fine time as the 'management of this enterprise are putting forth every effort to please their visitors and thoroughly adver tise the city of Omaha. Ready for School Opening The full number of the faculty of the Alvo schools have been secured and all is in readiness for the open ing of the school year on Septem ber 4th, about a month hence. The roster of teachers is as follows: Su perintendent Robert A. Quick, Ernest F. Garr, St. Edwards; Lillian Whit more, Wayne; Ruth M. Brehm, Pal myra; Theresa Reynolds, Seward, and Eleanor W. Filley, Diller. Has Two Cars Now Simcn Rehmeier traded his car, which he has been using for some time, in on another new car, a Ford V-8. He has also acquired by pur chase the small car which has been the property of Carl Rosenow, and which he will use for running about when he does not desire to use the new one. Thus he is well supplied with cars.' Visiting in the East Having been kept pretty closely at the store, Ivan Barkhurst concluded he would take a short vacation and see how some portions of the country were getting on and visit some of the relatives and friends whom he had not seen for some time and so a week ago departed for Detroit, at which place some of the relatives re side. On his way, he stopped off to view the Century of Progress exposi tion at Chicago, and was observing how the last hundred years have ad vanced arts and sciences as well as other things along other lines. Ivan has enjoyed the trip very much and the visit with relatives. Country Home Burned On last Saturday night, near the (midnight hour, the home where Her bert Carnes resides, located about five miles northwest of Alvo, was found to be on fire and the flames spread so rapidly that there was no opportunity to save any portion of the household effects. It was with some difficulty that the family were able to make their escape with any portion of their wearing apparel. Word was not received In town until after the structure had been con sumed. It is reported there was some insurance on the house, but none on the household effects. Elmwood Takes Ball Game When the national game of base ball was demonstrated in Alvo last Friday, the visiting team from Elm wood was able to clip the wings of the home town team by a score of 7 to 5. Many witnessed the game and were pleased with the very fine playing which both teams did. Alvo Wins Kittenball Game The kittenball team of Alvo was able to win from the" Murdock team, that came over to try for the honors. The Murdock team proved that it could play the game, but failed to tally enough scores to win over Alvo, and went home defeated, by a 7 to 5 score. The game was very inter esting and a number of fine plays were made. ' Given a Surprise Marathon Miss Francis Anne Edwards, who departed on last Friday evening with a number of other young women Mr the west on an outing, was surprised by some thirty of the young people of Alro and vicinity with a going away pfcrtyrwhicbwaa'a splendid af fair and which was enjoyed by all those who were fortunate enough to be able to be present at the evening's gathering. They played games and enioved themselves as young folks bent on having a good time can. Re freshments of ice cream and cake were served before the time came for departure and all Joined in wishing Miss Francis a most enjoyable trip and outing in the west. Seeing the West A party of five young women, four from here and one from Greenwood left last Friday for the west, mak ing the trip by themselves and head ed for the mountain country, where they expect to have a most enjoyable time, securing some fish, and possibly a buffalo or a grizzly. Members of the party include Thelma Leesley, Green wood, Francis Anne Edwards, Doro- thv Petersen. Muriel Vickers and Bernice Vickers, of Alvo. Visited Shenandoah Sunday A number of the people of Alvo and vicinity were over to the Henry Field town on last Sunday, where they enjoyed the trip and the oppor tunity of seeing one of the snappiest towns in southwestern Iowa. On the return of the visitors, Miss Dorothea Coatman, who has been spending some time there with her sister, Miss Doris, and Edna Schulke, who re mained for a longer outing. Visiting at Sioux City. Last Wednesday P. J. Linch and daughter, Miss Alia, who is spending her vacation at home, departed for Sioux City where they will spend some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Verle Linch who is son of P. J. Linch and a teacher in the schools of the Iowa city. Mr. Linch and daughter were taken to Ashland by Art Dinges to catch the bus for Sioux City on their departure. Americans Make Important Discoveries Pottery from Nine Towns Will Aid in Helping Establish Character of Early Civilizations. Istanbul. Tons of pottery, dating through all the ages of pottery-making man, are part of the "finds" of American excavators as they - close their second , season . of , digging through the nine cities of Troy. The pottery pieces dug up. by the University of Cincinnati's, expedition do literally amount to tons, says Carl Biegen, co-director with William T. Semple of the Trojan expedition. These and other finds which 100 Turkish workmen, supervised by six teen staff members, dug out with hand trowels from the layers of the nine dead cities, are claimed to be of vast importance in helping to estab lish the character of the civilization of each layer. Schliemann and Dorpfeld estab lished the stratification of the nine cities on the basis of architectural evidence. The present American ex pedition, the first since the World War to obtain the Turkish govern ment's permission for excavating the city made famous by Homer, is pro ducing other evidence, such as pot tery, small marble figures, idols, household ware, which they are cor relating with the architectural evi dence of the German excevators, and which will make possible the dating of the successive nine cities. The work this year has been chief ly in the first, fifth, sixth and sev enth strata. In the first stratum, where the expedition has dug down to virgin soil, are remains of a civil ization that dates conjecturally back to 3500 B. C. PADDLE THRU FUSILLADE Omaha. The report of two Omaha men that they were under "heavy fire" last Sunday while floating down the Platte river in a canoe near the national guard range near Ashland, is being investigated by Brig. Gen. Amos Thomas of Omaha. The men, O. D. Denison and C. W. Detrick, said they abandoned their canoe and sought safety on shore. They at tracted the attention of a guard of ficer, who halted the fire so they could get their canoe. But before they could get out of range again, bul lets were whistling over their heads and spouting water around them, they said. Company L of Omaha, commanded by Capt. Alfred Thom- sen, was on the range Sunday, said General Thomas. Mrs. H. F. Hendricks of Omaha, was here over Sunday voting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vera Hendricks and many of the old friends. Interpretation of Wage and Hour Code Agreements Government Gives Explanation of the Various Phases of Proposed National Recovery Code Washington, July 28. The text of the official interpretations of Presi dent Roosevelt's general agreement with employers to raise wages and shorten hours of employes follows: Interpretation of questions that have arisen in paragraph seven. The paragraph and the interpretation fol low in order: (7) Not to reduce the compensation for employment now in excess of the minimum wages hereby areetl. to (notwithstanding- that the hours worked in such employment may be hereby re duced) and to increase the pay for such employment by an equitable re adjustment of all pay schedules. Paragraph 7 means first, that com pensation of employes above the min imum wage group (whether now fix ed by the hour, day, week or other wise) SHALL NOT BE REDUCED, either to compensate the employer for increases that he may be required to make in the minimum wage group in order to comply with the agreement, or to turn this re-employment into a mere share-the-work movement with out a resulting increase of total pur chasing power. This first provision of paragraph 7 i3 a general statement of what shall not be done. The rest of paragraph 7 is a par ticular statement of what SHALL be done, which is that rates of pay for employes above the minimum wage group shall be increased by "equit able adjustments." No hard and fast rule can be laid down for such re adjustments, because the variations in rates of pay and hours of work would make the application of any formula unjust in thousands of cases. We present, however, the following examples of the need for and meth ods of such readjustments: Example 1. Employes now work ing forty hours per week in factories. When hours are reduced to thirty- five, the present rate per hour if in creased one-seventh would provide the same compensation for a normal week's work as before. Example 2. Employes now work ing sixty hours per week in factories. When hours are reduced to thirty- five, a rate per hour if increased one- seventh might be insufficient to pro vide proper compensation. But to in crease the rate by five-sevenths, in order to provide the same compensa tion for thirty-five hours as previous ly earned in sixty, might impose an inequitable burden on the employer. The sixty hour week might have been in effect because of a rush of business, although a forty-hour week might have been normal practice at the same hourly wage. Seasonal or temporary increases in hours now in effect, or recent increases in wages, are proper factors to be taken into consideration in making equitable re adjustments. The policy governing the readjust ment of wages of all employes in what may be termed the higher wage groups requires, not a fixed rule, but "equitable readjustment" in view of long standing differentials in pay schedules, with due regard for the fact that payrolls are being heavily increased, and that employes will re ceive benefits from shorter hours, from the reemployment of other workers, and from stabilized employ ment which may increase their year ly earnings. The foregoing examples indicate the necessity of dealing with this problem of "equitable readjustment" of the higher rates of pay, on the basis of consideration of the varying circumstances and conditions of the thousands of enterprises and employ ments involved. Any attempt to define a national standard would be productive of widespread injustice. The national recovery administra tion will, thru local agencies, observe carefully the manner in which em ployers comply with their agreement to make "equitable readjustments," and will take from time to time and announce from Washington such ac tion as may be necessary to correct clear cases of unfairness and to aid conscientious employers in carrying out in good faith the terms of the agreement. When an employer signs an agree ment and certifies his compliance and also joins in the submission of a code of fair competition before Sept. 1, 1933, his determination of what are "equitable readjustments" should be accepted, at least prior to Sept. 1, as a prima facie compliance with his agreement, pending action by N. R. A. upon the code submitted, or any other action by N. R. A. taken to in sure proper interpretations or appli cations of agreements. This will afford N. R. A. an joppor tunity to survey the general results of the re-employment program and to iron out difficulties and misunder standings over agreements that are of a substantial character." Interpretation of Section 14 (14) It Is agreed that any person who wishes to do his part In the presi dents re-employment drive by signing this agreement, but w.ho asserts that some particular provision hereof, be cause of peculiar circumstances, will creat great and unavoidable hardship, may obtain the benefits hereof bv sign ins this agreement and putting "it into effect and, then, in a petition approved by a representative trade association of his industry, or other- representative organization designated by X. It. A., may apply for a stay of such provision pending, a summary investigation bv N. R. A,, if he agrees in such applica tion to 'abide by the decision of such investigation. Thls agreement is enter ed into pursuant to Section 4 (A) of the National Industrial Recovery Act. and subject to all the terms and conditions required by Sections (A) and 10 (B) of that act. A person who believes that some particular provision in the agreement, because of peculiar circumstances, will create great and unavoidable hardship, should prepare a petition to Direct your evening drive toward the Hi Way Garage and Cafe. ... Excellent parking and turning around facilities. Try. our Curb Ser vice on Ice Cream and Cold Drinks. We also have Regular Gasoline at less than 3rd Price Effi-WAlf 3 Miles South on Hi-Way 75 N. R. A. asking for a stay of this pro vision as to him. He should then sub mit this petition to the trade associa tion of his industry, or if there is none, to the local chamber of com merce or similar representative orga nization designated by N. R. A., for its approval. The written approval of the trade association, or such other organiza tion, will be accepted by N. R. A. as the basis for a temporary stay, with out further investigation, pending de cision by N. R. A. The petition must contain a prom ise to abide by N. R. A.'s decision, so that if N. R. A. decides against the petitioner he MUST give effect to the provision which was stayed from the date of the decision of N. R. A. The petition and approval of the trade association or other organiza tion as prescribed above, should, be forwarded to N. R. . in Washington. and the employer's signed copy of the president's employment agreement should be sent to the district office of the department of commerce. After complying with these requirements, the employer will be entitled to re ceive ana display the niue eagle y delivering his certificate of compli ance to his postoffice. Paragraph 14 is XOT intended to provide for group exceptions, but only to meet cases of individual hardship. Interpretation lib. 3 (Concerning Date of Compliance) It is expected that all employers desiring to co-operate with the presi dent's recovery program will sign the agreements promptly and mail them in. It is recognized, however, that it will be physically impossible in many instances to adjust employment con ditions and to hire the necessary ad ditional personnel in order to comply with the agreement on Aug. 1. For that reason provision has been made for issuing the blue eagle only upon the filing of a certificate of compli ance. It should be possible in most cases to make tn,;necessary adjust ments and file a certificate of com pliance within the'first week of Aug ust, and such action taken as prom ptly as possible, will be regarded as carrying cut the agreement in good faith." The next interpretation covered Section 13, which1 follows: (13) This agreement shall cease up on approval by the president of a code to which the undersitrneil is subject; or, if the N. K. A. so elects, upon submis sion of a code to which the undersisrned is subject and substitution of any of its provisions for any of the terms of this agreement. All employers are expected to sign the agreement, whether codes have been submitted to fhe X. R. A. or not (unless such coaes. have already been approved). But after the president has approved a code, or after the N R. A. has approved of the substitu tion of the provisions of a code for agreements in the trade or industry covered, conformity with that code provisions by an employer will be re garded as compliance with his in dividual agreement. Interpretation cf Section 9 (9) Not to increase the price of any merchandise sold after the date hereof over the price of Julv 1, 19;:3. by more than is necessary l,y actual increases in production. replacement, or invoice costs of merchandise, or by taxes or other costs resulting from action taken pursuant to the agricultural adjust ment act. since July 1, 1933, and in set tine' such " price increases to eive ful weierht to probable increases in sales volume and to refrain from taking profiteering advantage of the consum ing public. Where the July 1, 1933, price was a distress price, the employer signing the agreement mav take his cost price on that date as the base for such increase in selling price as is permitted by paragraph No. 9. Interpretation No. 6 (Concerning Employments Cov ered by the Agreement) The following groups of employ ment are not intended to be covered by the president's re-employment agreement: 1 Professional occupations. 2 Kmployes of federal, state and lo cal governments and other public in stitutions and agencies. 3 Agricultural labor. 4 domestic servants. 5 Persons buying goods and selling them independently or persons selling solely on commission, provided, how ever, that persons regularly employed to sell on commission, witli a base sal ary or guaranteed compensation, come within tho requirements of the agree ment. HERE FROM LINCOLN Mrs. J. P. Falter, long time resi dent of this city, who is now mak ing her home with a daughter at Lin coln, is here to enjoy a visit with the old friends. Mrs. Falter is at the home of her sister, Mrs. P. II. Mei singer and is able to meet a large number of the old friends whom she has known in the many long years of residence here. MURDOCK IBIS Henry A. Tool and wife were visit ing in Omaha one day last week, he beingcalled there to look after some business matters as well. Fred Stock was a visitor in Om aha last week, having . some cattle on the South Omaha stock market that came near topping the market in quality and price. Mr. and Mrs. George Work, of Om aha accompanied hy the kiddies, were visiting here Sunday at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tool, parents of Mrs. Work. Carroll D. Quinton, o Lincoln, a former Cass county sheriff for a num ber of years, was a visitor here for a short time on last Wednesday, meet ing with the friends here. Fred Stock has been somewhat under the weather for some time, but is feeling greatly improved of late and is able to get about and look after the work on the farm. Lawrence Race was a visitor in Plattsmouth for a short time Thurs day of last week, where he was call ed to look, after some business mat ters connected with tie sale of Chev rolet cars and trucLs. Mrs. J. J. . Martm and daughter, Miss Clara, of Cedar Bluffs, were vis iting with the former's sister, Mrs. L. Neitzel and husband here for over the week end, coming Friday and en joying a visit until Sunday. L. Neitzel and G. Bauer were over to University Place on last Thurs day afternoon and evening, where they were meeting with the assembly which was holding its annual ses sion there. A large crowd was in at tendance. The members of the Ladies Aid of the Murdock church were meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J Neitzel on last Thursday, where they were looking after the work of the society and planning for future work in their line, and were very pleas antly entertained by the genial hos tess, Mrs. Xeitzel. Concert August First Remember the band concert which is being given by the Weeping Water band in Murdock on Tuesday evening August 1st. This will be an especially worth while concert and all should be on hand to enjoy it. Enjoyed Lawn Fete A number of the people cf Murdock and especially those interested in the very fascinating game of golf, were over to Ashland, ;where a- Jawn--fete was given on Tuesday by the Ash land Golf club, .which has a. number of members living in Murdock. Among those attending from Murdock were Lacey McDonald and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tool and O. E. Brad ford and wife. All enjoyed the occa sion very much. Chickens Wanted Call Us We want to buy one thousand snriner chickens and five hundred hens bv Friday of thi3 week. Good prices paid. JAMES II. WARREX, Phone 62. Murdock. Enjoyed Swimming rarty A merry party of the young peo pie of Murdock, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Bradford. Miss Blanche Eichoff, Irene Weddell, Mrs. II. A. Tool and a number of others were over to Graham's mill, north of Xebraska City, where a splendid natural swimming nocl exists, and where besides enjoying a fine swim, they were given instruction in life saving and proper swimming strokes by a representative of the American Red Cross from St. Louis. AH en joyed the trip and were greatly bene fitted by the instruction in life sav ing and swimming demonstrated by the Red Cross representative. Fishing at Fremont Mr. and Mrs. Bryan McDonal were snendinc a week at the fishing grounds on tho Platte river and in the adjacent lakes that are numer ous, near Fremont, and where the fishing is fine. On last Monday even ing Mr. and Mrs. Lacey McDonald were over and visited the young peo ple at their camp, as well as enjoying a brief period at fishing. Enjoyed Birthday Passing Russell Gorthey, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Gorthey, cele brated at the country home of his parents on last Saturday, the pass ing of his tenth birthday anniversary, with seme twenty-two of his young friends present and you may be sure they. had a good time with their games and the very fine luncheon that Mrs. Gorthey served the hust ling youngsters. Wins Swiranung Contest Burtcn Arag'ert, formerly of M.ur- dock. where he was born and grew to a sturdy youth, now residing with his parents., in Lincoln, where he is still in school, being but 16 years of age, entered the swimming contest at Council Bluffs last week, conduct ed by the A. A. U., and despite his youth, was able to lower the record that had previously been established, of 1 minute, 27. S seconds, and which was held by a man from Omaha dur ing the past three years, comprising the life of the A. A. U. In the contest this year, Burton was able to cut the time to 1 minute, IS. 6 seconds, winning over all con testants and setting up a new record He stopped off here for a visit with his friends and relatives while en route back to his home in Lincoln and enjoyed his brief stay here very much. Report L Shuler to Head Omaha Loan Branch I. J. Dunn Is Slated for Counsel a Cmaha Charles Smrha Is State Manager. It was reported authoritatively in Washington yesterday that I. Shuler would be manager and I. J. Dunn counsel for the Omaha branch of the Nebraska Home Owners' Loan cor poration. Congressman E. R. Burke support ed Shuler, but had recommended Ralph Coad for the legal post. Dunn is regarded generally as a Bryan man, thereby splitting the patron age between Burke and the gover nor. Shuler, former Omaha realtor, is now county purchasing agent. Charles Smrha of Milligan is the state manager. Salaries for Xebraska were ap proved at Washington yesterday. The salary setup accepted is: State office, Grand Island, man ager (Smrha), $5,000; assistant man ager, $3,250; counsel, $3,600; ap praiser, $2,400; manager's secretary, $1,500; filing clerk, $1,200; two ap plication assistants, $900 each. Omaha and Lincoln (each), dis trict manager, $4,000; counsel, $3,- 000; appraiser, $3,000; two secre taries, $1,260 each; two application assistants, $900 each. Norfolk Same a3 Omaha and Lin coln, except that manager will be paid $3,000 and appraiser $2,500. Scottsbluff, district manager and appraiser (one man), $3,000; coun sel, $2,400; two stenographers, $900 each. ' - " " LOWER FREIGHT RATES Washington. The interstate com merce commission authorized rail roads in Montana to lower freight rates on. lime rock, groceries and general store supplies,, coal and ar senic plant residue. on totems Kiate Reduced to First Farm Mbirtcocco until JULY 12, 2930 Ir you get a long term first mortgage loan from The Federal Land Bank now, the rate will be reduced from 5J2 to AYzco until July 12, 1938 ,. -jSLi Long term amortized first mortgage loans made promptly at low initial costs. actio IPucnno EaoCfiimoimGp WRITE, PHONE OR CALL National Farm Loan Ass'n. D. C Weft, Sec'y-Treas. NEHAWKA, NEBR. PHONE NO. 6 An Oklahoman Wants No More Deep Sea Angling Rep. McCIintic, the "Old Bullhead Surprise on the Ocean. Surpise on the Ocean. Washington. R e p r e sentative James V. McCIintic, Oklahoma dem ocrat, is one fisherman who was glad the fish got away leaving him free to get home safely from his first taste of deep-sea angling. McCIintic tried his baiting hand in Chesapeake Day over the week end, catching a 15-mile ride and two duckins in tow of his catch. As witnesses, he had along A. V. Dalrymple, the prohibition director, Fred W. Johnson, commissioner ot the land office, and several other friends. The fish got free, McCIintic said with a sigh of relief and a glance toward his iine-burned hands, adding with deep feeling: "I'm through with deep-sea fish ing. An oid bullhead and sun perch man, with a reputation for veracity, ought never to have taken it up in the first place." Floating peacefully along the bay, McCIintic hooked his whopper. Its identity has yet to be determined but the fish was believed to be a shark. Here is how McCIintic tells the rest of the story: "You know the way we pull them out back in Oklahoma one jerk and the fish sails over your head into the bushes. I jerked and my own heels, instead of a fish, went over my head. "Before I could get back on my feet, we were under way, speedboat and all, headed for the Atlantic ocean and points east." Twice the fish yanked McCIintic out of the boat to which he clnng with one hand the other holding the fishing rod while companions dragged him back in. McCIintic estimated he owned the fish for fifteen miles mor or less and not counting the zigzags while he put its length at eighteen feet and Darlrymple placed the weight at 700 pounds. After two hours and a half of tow ing and battling, McCIintic got away when the fish broke 'the line. HAS NEW TRUCK The Red & White store of this city, of which C. H. Martin is the owner, has a fine new snappy truck that will be used in their delivery work in the future. The truck is one of the new Ford V-8 type and was prepared for Mr. Martin at the plant of the company at Kansas City. The truck was brought here by Robert Hartford. 4 34