KOSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1933.
PXATTSKOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOITRHAI
Ako News
Sandy Andrews of Shenandoah has
accepted a position picking corn for
James II. Foreman.
Ray Clarke and family are now
occupying the property of B. Golding
end Mr. Clarke is picking corn for
Elmer Eennett.
Sissy cf the farmers in this vicin
ity are getting along nicely with the
job of corn shucking and a few have
finished up the work.
John Banning and wife were guests
rf friends in Union last Sunday, driv
ing over in their car to visit at the
tome of Joseph Banning and wife.
. Simon Rehmeier and family were
in Lincoln last Thursday, where Mr.
Rehmeier was locking after seme
business and the ethers were visiting
with friends.
Earuch Golding, .cf Plattsmouth,
who is the owner cf property in Alvo,
was a visiter here last Thursday and
v; as locking after his interests as well
as calling on his friends.
Misc Evelyn Heston, of Lincoln, a
schoolmate of the Misses Barkhurst,
was a visitor in Alvo over the week
end and was a guest of Misses Velma
and Evelyn Barkhurst and the girls
enjoyed their visit together a great
deal.
James E. Gruber, of Murray, who
Jia3 the job of delivering the Sunday
"World-Herald over the county, was a
visitor in Alvo last Thursday, No
vember 2nd, and was making collec
tions for the paper it being the first
cf the month.
Messrs. and Mesdames Arthur Din
ges and A. B. Stromer drove over to
Clarlnda, Iowa, where they visited for
a day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Farris. Mesdames Dinges and
Farris are sisters. They net only en
joyed their visit at the Farris home,
but a fine trip as well.
Celebrated Hallowe'en
The fun loving element of Alvo
nnd vicinity sure had a time on last
Monday evening, when they celebrat
ed the passing of Halowe'en, an occa
sion when, in the minds of some, you
are allowed to do almost anything.
They had the main street arranged
something like the farm sale, so that
every bit of paraphernalia was in
view. They used soap cn the windows
as well, causing the merchants to
have to wash their windows whether
they wanted to or not.
Buildings Eeing Painted
The buildings at the home of Earl
Eennett, whirh is owned by Joseph
Fcrcir.an, have just been given a
thorough painting, with the single ex
ception of the tail of the windmill.
However, it is in excellent condition
and wss found not to fceed painting
at this time. Henry Rasmussen did
the work and it is an excellent job.
Elsie L. Witrtr's Funeral
Mrs. Elsie L. "Wiggs, who ha3 lived
the greater part of her life in and
about Alvo, being born here, but re
siding for a short time in Lincoln.
was taken suddenly ill while visiting
with friends in Omaha last Tuesday,
and passed away shortly after mid
night "Wednesday morning. She had
made her heme here with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stout.
-irs. u iggs had been in poor
health for some time and suffered an
attack of cerebral hemmorhage which
was the cause of her death.
The funeral was held here, from
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mr.s. Stout and was conducted by the
Rev. R. J. McKenzie. Interment was
in the Alvo cemetery.
She leavei to mourn her parsing
tr.e pr.rcr.ts. Mr. and Mrs. Stout, and
three sisters. Mesdames Arthur Kly-
ver, Elmer Kiyver and Mabel Wynn
residing in this vicinity, as well as
a brother. Charles Stout, who is
a resident of Canada and was unable
to come for the funeral.
BEEE TAX SAID TOO HIGH
Hct Springs. Va. The National
Investment Bankers association con
vention v.a3 informed that too high
bocr taxes already are causing loss
rf revenue to the nation and that
potential taxc? on other liquor may
be so high as to strengthen the boot
legging Industry. The convention
approved the report of Charles B.
Engle of the tax committee, saying,
"There i3 very real danger that state
r.nd local Imposts may negative the
results sought by making bootleg
ging still profitable."
Engle, in a press conference, said
r. 5 cent glass of beer would produce
mere revenue than was now bsing ob
tained. The present higher tax, he
rcid, is voiding two objectives of the
bcrr laws to end bootlegging and
to add to government revenues.
Fountain Pens and Pencils of every
r'esrripticn for school at the Bates
Bock Store. The store thnt tries to
have just what you want.
T Cass County Farm J
Bureau Notes T
4 Copy furnished from Office
of County Agent Wainscott
4-H Finish Up.
Ninety per cent of the seventy 4-H
club carrying cummer projects have
completed their work and filed thlT
final reports. Making out and nnng
of final reports help to clinch the les
sons learned in 4-II work. Cass Coun
ty 4-H'ers went over the top in en-
rollnient? and from all indications,
will have a high per cent of com
pletions.
Homemakers' Radio Fro-
Many interesting subjects are list
ed for discussion during tie Home
makers' broadcast period for Novem
ber. These programs are heard over
KFAB at 9:30 on Monday, Wednes
day and Friday of each week. Follow
ing is the program for the month o"
November:
Nov. 1, Mary-Ellen Brown, The
Radio Program for the Month; Nov
3, N. W. Gaines, This is Thanksgiv
ing Month: Nov. 6. Leona Davis, The
Family in the Present Situation; Nov.
8, Dorothy Dorman, Unadilla, Nebr.,
Nebraska's New 4-H Club Song; Nov.
10, Don "Whelan, Honey in the Holi
day Cocking; Nov. 13, Florence At
wood, The Fall Recipes; Nov. 15,
Wm. Loeffel, Fresh Pork and Sau
sage; Nov. 17, Genevieve Woodman,
What if They had Quit?; Nov. 20,
Lsona Davis, Thanksgiving is Com
ing; Nov. 22, Mary-Ellen Brown,
From the Current Publications; Nov.
24, Mrs. N. W. Gaines. The Nebraska
Song-a-Month; Nov. 27, Florence At
wood, Christmas Fruit Cakes; Nov.
29. Mary-Ellen Brown, Let Us Be
Thankful.
Advance Corn-Hcg Program.
Educational programs on the Corn
Hog plan will be under way within
a few weeks. Statistics show the av
erage acreage for the years 1930,
1931, 1932 for Cass county to be ap
proximately 163,235 acres. A 20 per
cent reduction for the county v.ill
mean a reduction of 32,000 acres for
1934.
Farmers who sign contracts to re
duce corn acreage next year will have
some leeway in adjusting their con-1
tracted acres to the Eize of fields they
have on their farms. W. II. Brokaw,
director of the Nebraska agricultural
extension service learned. The mini
mum reduction requested under the
corn-hog plan will be 20 per cent or
the average acreage on the farm dur
ing the three years ending in 1932.
The maximum reduction allowed will
be 30 per cent.
By making arrangements with the
county corn allotment committee, a
farmer can take a field out of produc
tion if the acres range between the
20 and 20 per cent of his base acre
age, rather than have a small piece
of ground to handle in some incon
venient manner. Benefit payments
under this agreement would be paid
on the number of acres in the field,
not upon the 20 per cent only.
Definite statements have been made
that the benefit payments on corn will
be 30 cents per bushel on the aver
age production during the base per
iod of the land taken out of corn.
This CO cents is to be divided into
two installments, 20 cents paid upon
signing th contract and the other
ten cents, less cost of administration
of the corn plan, about August 1,
1934.
Benefit payments on hogs will be
?5.00 per head for 75 per cent of the
average production of a farm during
the two years, 1931 and 1932. This
payment v.ill be divided into three
installments, S2 upon signing the
contract, $1 about September 1, 1934
and the other $2 February 1, 1935.
It is assumed that the cost of ad
ministering the hog part of the pro
gram wiil come out of the last $2 in
stallment, altho no definite word has
come from Washington on that point.
IITVESTIGATE NAZI'S WORK
New York. A fderal grand jury
opened its inquiry into the status and
activities of Heinz Spanknoebel, re
puted r.azi propagandist chief who
disappeared last week, with informa
tion that he was Etill in the United
States but preparing to flee to Ger
many. Dr. Ignatz T. Griebl, presi
dent of the League of Friends of New
Germany, brought to U. S. Attorney
Medalie a letter from Spanknoebel
dated Sunday, in which Spanknoebel
said, "I am going to leave the United
States somewhere." An order for the
arrest of the missing nazi on a charge
of acting as an official representative
cf the German government without
diplomatic rcccgnition thru the state
department, was issued Friday by
Medalie. Griebl, surgeon in tha U. S.
army reserve corps, was one of sev
eral prominent German Amsricans to
go before the federal grand jury.
Cash to be Paid
in Work Relief,
Board Decides
Douglas County Gets $47,003 of
$130,890 Allotments for 61
Counties of State.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1. Nebraska's
state relief committee today approved
the policy of paying some cash on
work relief projects instead of orders
for fuel, food or clothing and allotted
$130, 990 of federal funds to 61 coun
ties for November needs.
Previously the state committee had
refused to authorize any cash relief.
Today's action approved the money
payments only on work relief projects
to be individually authorized in the
future by the state committee.
Hay Eeplpxe Food Orders.
Omaha, which had asked the cash
work relief for part of the Dodge
street improvement wcrk, did not ob
tain sanction for its plans today.
W. II. Smith, chairman of the state
committee, explained, however, that
Omaha leaders interested in the work
relief plan can submit a specific plan
and on approval cZ the Douglas coun
ty committee, it may be submitted to
the state committee. The state com
mittee's next meeting was fixed for
November 16 at 1 p. m.
Smith said the cash for work re
lief v.ill be a replacement of orders
on the usual relief program.
"If a man was getting a $5 gro
cery order, he could do 55 of work
and get the money in cash and buy
his own groceries."
Whether payment for work done
on relief projects will be entirely in
cash cr part carh and part orders v.ill
be determined in each individual pro
ject. Smith said.
Payment Delay Seen.
The chairman forecast some dif
ficulties with the plan because men
cannot be paid immediately upon do
ing work. He estimated a week's
time would be the quickest cash could
be returned to men employed on work
relief jobs, as their claims must move
through the county relief committee,
state relief offices and then checks
go out. He said such payments, how
ever, would be expedited. World
Herald. yan Scores
Law Makers
Some Morel
Lark Eobfcery rt Humboldt Brings!
Out Governor in Defense of
Sheriff Endrss.
Governor Bryan regrets another
bank robbery in Nebraska, this time
at Humboldt, as lie considers it "an
other evidence of the lack of wisdom
on the part of the legislature and a
lobby to prevent having thirty or
more men, without additional cost
to the state, to arrerrt highwaymen."
On a previous occasion he-had said
he might have to call a special session
cf the legislature to remedy the leg
islature's oversight in not passing his
bill consolidating state department
deputies who are now armed and
clothed with partial police power,
and in cutting the appropriation for
.'the state sheriff from 575,000 to
$50,000 for a two year period. Now
the governor says he is no nearer a
decision on the special session than
he was before, and cites the fact that
it is the same legislature which turn
ed down his consolidated police force.
Governor Bryan defended State
Sheriff Endres from attacks alleg
ing inefficiency.
"That is purely political," said
Bryan, "and an insult. The principal
thing in selecting a ponce force is
their integrity and uprightness, and
also experience in law enforcement.
Endres possesses all these Qualities.
A lobby was here all last winter to
mislead the legislature, the same
forces that tried to get possession of
the state sheriff's office. I had to
dismiss some state officers for the
good of the service."
Complaints about Omaha being
"wide open" the governor said had
not come to him. "So far as know
they are not true," he F.aid. "I be
lieve the selection cf new officers lo
cally has been entirely successful in
taking care of police affairs there."
"About fifteen deputy game war
dens who are armed and hava police
power," eaid Bryan, "may have to
hide behind a pheasant or gopher to
nrevent fleeing highwaymen from
taking them for full powered police
men." This was his parting comment on
the recent robbery and failure of the
legislature to consolidate game war
dens with the state sheriff force.
No better town In which to re-
J side than Plattsmouth.
MBS. WILSON SELLING OUT
Washington. Gait & Bros., 131
year old jewelry firm of which Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson is sole owner, will
start a "going out of business" sale,
a depression liquidation. Gone are
the days when Gaits frequently hand
led as high as 5200,000 worth of
jewelry across the counter to regular
customers who weren't required to
sign receipts. No longer do Washing
ton hosts give parties to fifty or seventy-five
guests with a 520 Gait gift
as souvenir for each. Incomes from
great estates aren't going into glit
tering diamonds to be worn at the
next ball or reception.
So complete has been the stoppage
of thisform of trade, on which Gait's
has flourished since before the war
of 1812, that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
widow of the World war president,
"wants to liquidate her investment,"
William II. Wright, her store man
ager, says.
No compromise will she make with
latter day "commercialism." If some
buyer would agree to operate the
store as ethically as it always has
bren operated, and according to the
seme policies that made it famous,
Wright said, "a very advantageous
"buy" might be made, but under no
conditions would it be sold to any
one who might market low grade
merchandise under the Gait name.
Hememfcer the Bates Eook Store
have their usual high grade line of
schocl supplies, at no advance in
prices at this tine. Buy where Qual
ity counts.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the Department of Roads and
Irrigation in the State House at Lin
coln, Nebraska, on November 10.
19C3, until 9:00 o'clock a. m., and at
that time publicly opened and read,
for Paving. One Viaduct, Three
Bridges and incidental work on the
Plattsmouth-Omaha National Recov
ery Highway Project No. NRH-13S-D
Federal Aid Road.
The approximate quantities are:
32.150 Cu. Yds. Excavation
1S.600 Cu. Yds. Top Soil or
Sand Clay Blanket
275 Cu. Yds. Miles Hauling
Top Scil or Sand Clay
Blanket
Course JIaterial
124, ISO Cu. Yds. Fills, measured
in embankment
1G.01S Sq. Ydsl Concrete Pave
ment ' '
" ' 240 Cu.-YcT'.'C6ncrete for
Paving (Approaches
16.300 Lbs. Reinforcing Steel for
Paving Approaches
30 Cu. Yds. Class "A" Con
crete for Bex Culverts
and Headwalls
3.CG0 Lbs. Reinforcing Steel
fcr Box Culverts
and Headwalls
CS Lin. Ft. 24" Culvert
Pipe
52 Lin. Ft. 30" Culvert
Pipe
152 Lin. Ft. 3G" Culvert
Pipe ,
Bridge at Sta. 121
1 16' Span. Concrete
Slab Bridge
Bridge at Sta. 122
1 12' Span. Concrete
Slab Bridge
Viaduct at Sta. 131
1 Multiple Span Deck
Steel Girder Viaduct,
2 SO feet long
Bridge at Sta. 133
5 16' Spans. Concrete
Slab Bridge
The attention of bidders is directed
to the special provisions covering sub
letting or assigning the contract and
to the use of domestic materials.
The minimum wages paid to all
skilled labor employed on this con
tract shall be sixty (60) cents per
hour.
The minimum wage paid to all un
skilled labor employed on this con
tract shall be forty (40) cents per
hour.
The attention of bidders is also di
rected to the fact that George Hodge,
State Director of Reemployment, Lin
coln, Nebraska, will exercise general
supervision over the preparation of
employment lists for this work.
Plans and specifications for the
wrrk may be seen and information
secured at the ofTicc of the County
Clerk at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, cr
at the office cf the Department of
Roads and Irrigation at Lincoln, Ne
braska. The successful bidder will be re
quired to furnish bond in an amount
equal to 100 of his contract.
As an evidence of good faith in
submitting a proposal for this work
cr for any portion thereof as provided
in the bidding blank, the bidder shall
file, with his proposal, a certified
check made payable to the Depart
ment of Reads and Irrigation and in
an amount net less than the total
amount, determined from the follow
ing list, for any group of items or
collection 'of groups of items for
which the bid is submitted.
Pavement items. Three Thous
and Five Hundred (3,500) Dol
lars: '
Bridge Items, Three Hundred
Fifty (350) Dollars;
Viaduct. One ...Thousand (1,
000) Dollars.
The right is reserved to waive all
technicalities and reject any or all
bids.
DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
AND IRRIGATION
R. L. COCHRAN,
State Engineer.
GEO. R. SAYLES,
County Clerk,
Cass County.
352 Miles of
Gravel Spread,
86 of Paving
$4,250,200 of Federal Funds and
$590,217 of State Obligated
Since August.
Lincoln, Nov. 1. State and federal
funds obligated in Nebraska for high
way work rolled toward the $5,0C0,-
000 mark Wednesday as engineers re
viewed a month which saw the obli
gating of $1. 845,780.
The state entered the road game
during October on nearly a $1,000,
000 scale, doing part of it3 own work
and part of the emergency federal
program. With the work thus in
itiated and contracts awarded or to
be signed by the end of this week, an
Associated Press survey showed
$362,679 of state and fl, 483, 101 of
federal funds were obligated in Octo
ber. This brought the total federal
funds obligated under the emergency
program since Aug. 1 to $4, 250, 200
o ftne ?7,sou,ouu auotiea to rsv
braska. The state also obligated it
self for $590,217 of work.
10 Miles of Paving.
The October program included let
ting of contracts for 48.2 miles of
gravel, $20,798 of bridges and $36,
7SS of maintenance gravel by the
state. Contracts were let for 23.8
miels of grading, 15.2 miles of gravel,
10.7 miles of paving and $97,859 of
bridges on the federal program and
arrangements for the state to do 197
miles cf grading and 16 miles of
gravel on the federal program.
The state also is doing for itself
'z.o nines oi gravei, ouuuing euuui
$8,000 of bridges and doing nearly
$40,000 of maintenance work. Con
tracts have been awarded or will be
signed by the end of this week for
$210,722 of gravel work on the state's
program on revised bids obtained by
Governor Bryan from contractors on
which he claimed a saving of more
than $40,000.
352 Miles of Gravel.
The road program thus actually as
sured since Aug. 1 in Nebraska in
cludes 2S3.6 miles of grading and
small structures, 352.9 mile3 of
gravel, 86 miles of paving, 23.1 miles
of bituminous mat or oiled sand sur
facing and numerous bridge and
maintenance gravel projects.
Work on which contracts were
awarded and not previously announc
ed follows:
Lodgepole-Eig Springs Deuel coun
ty, bridges. Midstate Construction
Co.. Hastings, $20,798.
Beatrice-Crete, Saline county,
maintenance gravel, Yant Construc
tion Co., Omaha, $2,688.
Grand-Island Aurora, Hamilton
county, maintenance gravel, Home
Hav.ke, Gibbon, $1,185.
Venango-Elsie, Perkins county,
maintenance gravel. Knecht Con
struction Co., Omaha, $11,083.
Minden-Red Cloud. Franklin coun
ty, maintenance gravel. Arthur Ein
ung, Nebraska City, $5,779.
Arapahoe-Stamford, Furnas coun
ty, maintenance gravel. V. M. Had
don Dredging Co., Vallej-, $6,591.
Syracuse-Cook, Otoe and Johnson
counties, maintenance gravel, Knecht
Construction Co., Omaha, $9,460.
STJBPLUS OF DOCTORS SEEN
Rochester, Minn. A continued
surplus in the ratio of physicians to
'the general public thru 1950 was pre
dicted in a symposium report by the
commission of medical education of
the Association of American Medical
Colleges which opened its annual con
vention. Methods of curtailing the increase
were discussed and the conclusion
pointed toward raising the standards
of medical education and diverting
graduates toward other fields, such
at public health, where a medical
education would be of value.
WILL GIVE COFFEE
A circle of the Q. Z. society will
give a coffee at the Fellowship room
in the church on Thursday, Novem
ber 9th. Mr. Philip Hirz.
n6-lsw. Id
WOULD you be able
to replace your home
i( fire ruined it? Have
you really enough fire
insurance to cover its
value as well as all
the contents?
Searl S. Davis
New Location 2nd Floor
Plaits. State Bank Eldg.
PLATTSH0UTH
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SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA
Mrs. Dangar Reichstadt of this
city has been suffering for the past
few days from an attack of pneu
monia and has been under medical
care, but is now showing improve
ment. The condition of the patient
is as well as could be expected under
the circumstances and it i3 hoped
that in a few days he may be able
to show definite improvement and
be on the highway to recovery.
Ford Gives
His Answer to
1,500 Strikers
Eecognzies Collective Bargaining
NBA Compliance Indicated ; Ee
pcrts Required by Nov. 7.
Edgewatcr, N. J. Recognizing
their right to bargain collectively
thru representatives of their own
choosing, but declining to commit it
self definitely to establishment of
minimum wage scales, the Ford Mo
tor company replied to the demands
of 1,500 strikers at the Edgewater
assembly plant. The reply was re
ceived by N. S. Brown, plant super
intendent, who had forwarded the'
demands to the company's headquar
ters at Detroit after a conference with
strikers and NRA officials last week.
The company rtates that it hopes
it will be able not only to meet the
demand for a $5 minimum daily wage
"it conditions permit" but to restore
the minimum of $7 which prevailed
before 1932. The strikers' demand
for a 35-hour week is implicitly de
nied with the company's statement
that "if the law prohibits men from
working more than 35 hours a v.cek.
wages for 35 hours will be paid
When the law permits men to workilf ftlt now. it trust Justify it-elf
40 hours a week, wages for 40 hours ! in these tinus if it is going to Fur
will be naid and the comnanv will vive." Forrert Spaulding. librarian of
maintain as far as business conditions
permit its five-day week of eight
hours a day."
NBA Compliance Seen.
Detroit. Tacit compliance by the
Tord Motor company with the provi
sions of the NRA automcTLile code
was understood in well informed cir
cles to be an established fact. Re
peated assertions by the Ford com
pany that it was complying with all
phases of the code save the actual
signing of the trade agreement were
backed up again by information that
the reports on wages and hours at
the Ford factories, required by thei'" being forced to seek support by
national automobile chamber of com- j donations and other sources. "I say
merce under the code, wouW be placed j tht tPe or library or organ-
in the mails this week. The reports ji" it as a part of a county system cr
are required to be in Washington not!
later than Nov. 7.
"See It before you Buy it
Sill; Frocks
Styles
We're ready with a dramatic cfTer of
Fall's most authentic nc7 styles . .
and we are new featuring a thrilling
collection cf the lovely new Silk
Liessos. Included are Satins and
Crepes, faille and tergaline, with
the new channense and meteor silk
creations. Never were the styles
mere individual cr ;
becrming to your
figure. Yen must
see them to really
appreciate them.
$13
Ruby Red
Bittersweet
Grape Color
Havana Brown
Seaglade Green
75 y, x:mm
LADIES TOSGEDY
THE SHOP OF PERSONAL SERVICE
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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IF your boy needs an Overcoat
IF he is not younger than 5
IF he is not over 1 6 and
IF you have
$4.95 to $7.50
You'll Miss It
If--
You don't trot in here
and trot out of here
with One of these Rare
Bargains
Smile wath the Hooey Bird
ELECT KISS LE0NABD
The Nebraska Library a.-t;ociatio;i
which ha3 been holding its meetings
at Lincoln, closed Thursday afur
r.ocn with the election of officers.
ML-p Vera Leonard and Mis Gladys
Pirie of Wymore v. ere cK-cttd as t he
vice presidents of the a.wniation for
the ensuing year. Miss Marguriete
NeiLit of Hastings was named as the
president of the association.
Miss Leonard ha.s been active in
the work of the local library ovr a
lor.g period cf yeans and ha been
assistant to Miss Olive Jones, th
largest serving lib.vrian in the stale.
"The public library mu.-t make it-
De:- Moines, told the convention at
a dinner at the University club
Thursday evening.
Libraries are Just entering tho af
ter depression period when the tre
mendous circulation of d predion
timts is beginning to wane, he i;aid.
"Wc must carry on ar.d give the b'.-st
service that has ever been givtn ltli
the temporary readjustments that
are necessary. We mu.-t economize
to the best of our ability to continue
services with reduced fund.-:." he fbI.-
He expressed a frar for the email
public library in the small town that
branch of a library." he advised.
For lumber rawing see L. D. Iliatt.
"Easket Factory." tf-sw
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the Restful
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