JIOOAY. EECEMBEB 11. 1933
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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
DOCK ITEMS
Mrs. L. M. Davis, of Plattsmouth,
where she is a nurse at the Nebraska
Masonic Home, was a visitor for a
short time with friends in Murdock
on last Wednesday.
Lacey McDonald, the rural mail
carrier, and his family were guests
for the day and at a delightful din
ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V.
Bryan McDonald on last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hall, of Wav
erly and Mr. and Mrs. Burwlch and
family, cf Ashland visited last Sun
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Art Heier and Mother Bergquist.
west of Alvo.
A. II. Ward was a visitor in Elm-a-ood
as well as at Louisville on last
Wednesday, where he was looking af
ter some business matters by supply
ing some gas and oils to his custo
mers at both places.
Harold W. Tool and family were
guests for the day last Sunday at the
home cf County Commissioner and
Mrs. Fred II. Gorder, of Weeping
Water. They and their host and hos
tess all enjoyed a very pleasant day
and a very fine dinner.
The family cf Frank Buell, which
also includes Master Neal McCrorey,
were guests for the day at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Gorthey. A
very fine dinner was served and as
the folks all came from New York
state, there was a vein common to all
of them, which aided in their enjoy
ment of the day.
John Eppings, John II. Buck and
Carl Buck were in Plattsmouth Tues
day of last week, called there to at
tend to some business matters as well
as attending a case which was being
heard in the district court in which
Lawrence Ernhart had brought suit
against Roy Steinkamp for alleged
libel. As the case was prolonged in
to the evening, the boys did not re
main for the decision.
Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Lee were pleas
ed when Mrs. Lee's mother, Mrs. W.
E. Newkirk, wife of the late W. E.
Newkirk, and her daughter, Mrs.
Minnie Kimberly, of Los Angeles, who
both have been staying at Green
wood since the funeral of the late
W. E. Newkirk. arrived in Murdock
for a visit of a number of days with
their daughter and sister, Mrs. Dr.
L. D. Lee.
Hustling with the Work
Frank A. Melvin, with his crew of
workers who are putting the streets
of the village of Murdock in excel
lent condition, have been having in
terference, caused by the recent rains,
but were at it again the latter part
of the week as good weather return
ed. ,
Play to be Eepeated
The Junior class play, "Lookin
Lcvely," which was recently present
ed before a large audience, made a
great hit with everyone, which led
to a request that it be repeated, and
accordingly arrangements hare been
made to give the play again on De
cember 14th, at the Murdock school
building. This will be your oppor
tunity, if you didn't see it before, to
take in this fine show.
Dcing Their Part
Adopting the mctto of the NRA,
the Ladies Aid of the Murdock church
have arranged for a dinner at the
town hall, where they will feed as
many of the multitude as will appear.
The ladies are trying to "Do Their
Part" in the financing of the church,
and it has been our observation
that they always do it.
Murdock vs. Murdock
That is what the scoreboard show-
ed, for when the High school basket
ball team was wanting someone to
buck up against, a team was hastily
called together, composed of citizens
of the vicinity, some of whom were
former high school stars, and the
town team was victorious over the
school team by a score of 27 to 20.
Some of those who had not play
ed for a long time were plenty sore
the next day as a result of the stren
uous exercise, but the soreness soon
wore off and they are ready for an
other session on the court, feeling
the better for their limbering up.
Beth teani3 were to go over to try
out the east end and the center of
the county on Friday, but we did not
learn the results.
And the Thief Got Away
A report comes from near Elmwood
that a certain farmer found a thief
purloining his chickens even at the
low price they are now bringing and
with some of the neighbors rounded
up the thief. On deciding to bring
him to town, he asked if he might
net drive his car, and when given
permission started out, followed by
those who had effected his capture.
The rocd3 being both muddy and
full of ruts, the thief managed to ne
gotiate them, hut those following; got
Cflovcc Gecel
I desire to buy some Bed Clover Seed.
Bring or send in your sample to the
elevator and get the very best price !
unlock Grain Go.
Henry Carsten, Manager
out of the track and stuck in the
mud, whereupon the man who had
been caught in the act of stealing the
chickens kept right on going and it
is thought he is still going.
All Want to Know
The young lady wants to know if
she is too tall for her weight, or too
light for her height, and if she i?
of just the right build so that het
health and good looks may be per
fect and meet with the approval of
all her friends. Likewise with the
young man, who wants to be in per
fect physical trim, so he may play
football, baseball and basketball to
perfection. Parents also want to
know if the baby cr child, he it boy
or girl, is of the correct weight for
their age and height, to determine if
food of the right caloric value for
growing bodies is being provided.
In order to satisfy this yearning
for such knowledge there is a move
on foct to secure the proper scales
for the Murdock schools and the la
dies of the Four Square Extension
club are arranging to hold a food sale
at the store of Henry Amgwert, the
proceeds of which will go into a fund
fcr the purchase of such weighing
equipment. They will be there to
serve you Saturday, September 16.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huff, the
latter a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Heier, of Murdock, enter
tained at their home on Thanksgiv
ing day, the following: Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Heier and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Heier, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Heier and daughter, Evelyn and Clar
ence Charles Heier, of Alvo; Ray
mond Heier and Miss Goldie Kleyver,
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Reinke and
family, of South Bend. At a late
hour in the afternoon, they all de
parted for their homes, wishing for
many more such happy Thanksgiving
days 3s this.
A fine turkey dinner, with all the
trimmings, was done full justice by
the guests, Mrs. Huff being highly
ccmplimenteil on the excellence of
the meal she had prepared.
Did Hot Attend Dance
An item appearing in the Murdock
department last week, telling of a
number of young folks attending a
dance, as reported by one of the
party, seems to be in error, as the
young folks did net attend the dance,
but were enly 'visiting with friends
In Weeping Water and attended a
picture show at the Liberty theatre.
Ecyal Neighbors Elect Officers
At their meeting on December 3,
the Royal Neighbors of America
elected the following officers for the
ccming term:
Mrs. Mary Epping, oracle; Alice
Tccl, vice oracle; Emma Davis, past
oracle; Dorothy Mills, chancellor;
Mrs. J. Buck, manager; lone Wed
dell, marshal; Mrs. W. J. B. McDon
ald, pianist; Mrs. O. E. Bradford,
inner sentinel; Mrs. John Kruger,
outer sentinel.
JURY HANDED CLICK CASE
Kansas City. The third jury to
hear the death sentence demanded for
an accused kidnaper of Mary Me
Elroy, daughter of H. F. McElroy, the
city manager, began deliberating the
case of Clarence Click, 27, said by
the defense to be the victim of an
other woman's guiles. Walter McGee
is under sentence to hang and his bro
ther, George, was given a life term
upon their conviction at previous
trials.
Mis3 McElroy was seized at her
home last May 27, chained to the
basement wall of a house near Shaw
nee, Kas., and released twenty-nine
hours later after the payment of $20,
000 ransom.
"I don't want this thing to occur
again In Kansas City," said M. W.
O'Hern, prosecutor. "The only way
to stop it is the death penalty." Miss
Lillian Knight, defense attorney, di
rected criticism at Lucille Cates, for
mer wife of McGee, with whom Click
admitted living at the kidnap cot-
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SUES ON LIFE POLICY
Chicago. Mrs. Frances Schild
hauer, widow of Edwin O. Schild
hauer, Austin high school bandmas
ter, whose slaying a year ago still
remains unsolved, started suit to col
lect $3,t)00 of his life insurance under
a double indemnity clau&e of one ot
tus policies.
Brokaw will
Hasten Corn
Hog Benefits
Forty Million Dollars for Nebraska
Fanners; Plans State Setup;
Committee to Meet.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 7. A quick
campaign to give Nebraska farmers
their 40-million-dollar share undei
the federal corn-hoe program was
planned here today by W. H. Brokaw,
the Etate administrator.
He conferred with his aide3 at the
Nebraska agricultural college and,
pending further instructions from
Washington, outlined an organization
similar to the one which has just put
over the seven-million-dollar wheat
reduction program.
"I hope the wheat campaign will
be cleaned up this week," he said,
"and we can turn then to the corn-
hog program. The wheat checks
aren't all here, of course, but the
contracts should all be in Washington
within a few days."
Aid for Northeast Nebraska.
He didn't have final figures but
said the latest estimate for Nebraska's
wheat share was two million dollars
less than the nine million dollars pos
sible maximum.
The same county committees and
agents probably will be employed in
the corn program as in the wheat
campaign, Brokaw said, although
certain changes will be made to meet
individual preferences and differences
in the wheat and torn crop areas.
Northeastern Nebraska, slighted in
the wheat program, will have a prom
inent part in the corn-hog.
A meeting probably will be called
in a few days of the Nebraska corn-
hog committee named yesterday at
Washington.
Nebraska Committee.
Brokaw is chairman of thi3 group
and other members are Herman
Hanke, Ithaca, a farmer and member
of the Farmers union and farm bu
reau; Henry Bock. David City, farm
er and legislator; John A. Robertson,
Joy, farmer and former legislator.
If the corn-hog campaign works
out like the wheat, however, the com
mittee will act only in an advisory
capacity, leaving the actual task to
Brokaw, who i3 the college extension
director, and to extension specialists
aotincr as district sunervlsors. to
county committees and to counfy'cx-
tension agents.
To Nebraska or Illinois, Brokaw
pointed out, will go the honor of be
ing second to Iowa in the amount of
corn-hog money received. The two
state3 usually divide second and
third places on corn and hog produc
tion. Nebraska's maximum benefits
are approximately 40 million dollars
but the amount actually received de
pends on the accuracy of crop reports
and on the alacrity with which the
farmers sign contracts.
Plans State ileeting.
A month of preparation will be
followed by the actual signing of the
contracts.
Instead of calling district meet
ings to instruct the county agents
and special agents, Brokaw plans now
to call one state-wide meeting in
Lincoln thi3 month. Probably it will
last several days. County commit
tee members may also attend.
Then district meetings will follow
and certainly county meetings.
The state probably will be divided
in 10 districts.
By March 1 Brokaw hope3 to have
contracts all signed. World-Herald.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS ELECT
Omaha. Oliver A. Flick of Omaha,
was elected grand high priest of the
grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
at the sixty-seventh annual conven
tion of the order here Wednesday.
Mr. Flick, deputy grand high priest
for the past year, succeeds Earl Barn
ette, Holdrege, as high priest.
Other officers are: Theodore J.
Brammann, Omaha, deputy grand
high priest; LeRoy Parks, Grand Is
land, grand king; William T. Pouch
cr, Tekamah, grand scribe; Carl R.
Griesen, North Platte, grand lecturer;
Nile O. Walther, Fremont, grand
captain of the host; Clarence O. Daw
son, Blair, grand principal sojourner;
Edwin D. Crites, Chadron, ' grand
royal arch captain; Nathaniel A. S.
McLean, grand master third veil;
John R. Donley, Omaha, grand mas
ter second veil; Thomas J. Aron,
Crete, grand master first veil; Benja
min F. Pittman, Chadron, grand
treasurer; Lewis E. Smith, Omaha,
grand secretary; Rev. Luther M
Kuhns, Omaha, grand chaplain; Lu
ther B. Hoyt. Omaha, grand sentinel
COTTONWOOD LUMBER
Save on your lumber costs. Cotton
wood lumber for all uses L. D.
Hiatt, "Basket Factory." tf-sw
Romance Ended
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Corliss Palmer Brewster, one of:
America's foremost beauties, who'
seeks divorce from Eugene Brew-j
Bter, once a millionaire publisher,
at Los Angeles. They were married
in 1926 when Corliss was at the
height of her fame. Brewster (in
eet) ia now trying to recoup his lost
fortunes by writing.
Wiiber Pair is
Bound and Rob
bed of $775
Held Up in Kome by Three Men
Who Were Apparently Familiar
With the Sun onri dings.
Wilber, Neb. Three men between
20 and SO years of age entered the
home of Frank Rohla about 11:30
Thursday night and robbed Rohla of
$700 and a Mr. Stevens of 75 after
binding them with stove pipe v. ire.
One of the men brandished a .3S
calibre automatic when Rohla an
swered the door and commanded the
men to put np their hands. The
money was taken from the pockets of
Rohla and Stevens and the men left,
driving off in' a big car, Rohla and
and Stevens told Chief of Police
Bartos.
Stevens freed himself and untied
Rohla's feet and the latter ran up
town with his hands tied to find the
niglit watchman. He ran into Watch
man J. L. Knapp who untied Rohla's
hands and called Chief Bartos.
Bartos believed the men had either
been in the Rohla home or knew
Rohla well enough to know that he
caried large sums of money on his
person. Stevens and Rohla had never
seen the men before. Thye furnished
partial description. Stevens said he
could identify one of the trio but
not the others. Bartos notified Lin
coln police and officers in surorund
ing towns.
CAN'T SELL HARD LIQUOR
Omaha. Hard liquor purveyors
will continue under the ban of the
federal government in Nebraska, for
the present at least, Collector O'Mal
ley, of internal revenue, indicated
here. O'Malley said he was not
cognizant of any provision which
would enable bootleggers to purchase
stamp3 to retail hard liquor in Ne
braska, as was done when 3.2 beer
became legal in many states but not
in Nebraska.
Inquiries had been made at tho
revenue bureau here by persons who
believed they could escape federal
porsecution by securing a federal dis
tiller's license, placing a $1.10 rev
enue stamp on each gallon manufac
tured, and passing their product
along to Nebraska retailers, who
could purchase a stamp for $25 per
year which would bar federal prose
cution under the internal revenue
laws.
O'Malley pointed out that even if
such a thing were possible, those in
dulging in manufacture and sale of
whiskies would still be amenable to
state laws. Federal statutes abso
lutely prohibit the shipping of legal
liquors into dry states.
BUYS NEW YORK POST
New York. J. David Stern, pub
lisher of the Philadelphia Record, an
nounced he had purchased the New
York Evening Post. Mr. Stern said he
bought outright all the common etock
held by the Curtis-Martin Publishing
company in the Post. Mr. Stern said
that a block of the prfeerred non
voting stock cf the newspaper would
continue to be held by Curtis-Martin.
Norris to Push
Missouri Plans in
New Congress
Heartened by Support of Project
from Roosevelt Equal of
Tennessee Valley Plan
Washington, Dec. 6. Enactment
by the Seventy-third congress of leg
islation authorizing a gigantic Mis
souri river development under direc
tion of the reclamation bureau ap
peared probable today folclwing di
rect White house information that
President Roosevelt favors such a
project. Senator Norri3, of Nebras
ka, announced that he will urge that
the bureau control the development.
The president was said to feel now
may be the time to establish such a
proposal, and he indicated he will re
vise his previously announced bill to
replace the entire development under
the reclamation bureau rather than
to provide for the creation of a Mis
souri river authority based upon the
model offered by the Tennessee valley
authority.
This new proposal of Norris has
not been placed before the president
as yet, hence the executive's attitude
is unknown.- but his favor for it ia
regarded as likely in view of his feel
ings, as revealed in a pres3 confer
ence today, that the Missouri valley
covers too large an area to be gov
erned by a single valley authority.
Gives His Reasons
"One reason that I feel the Mis
souri development should be under
the reclamation bureau is that it Is
far more an irrigation project than
the Tennessee valley development,"
said Norris.
"Of course, it has numerous other
phases, but there would be a tre
mendous irrigation development that
logically should be under the juris
diction of the reclamation bureau.
"Another reason is that it would
avoid the necessity of further ex
pense and the creation of a new com
mission. There i3 no reason for this
additional expenditure when the pres
ent setup of the reclamation bureau
is thoroughly adaquate to handle it,
with some expansion of personnel, of
course.
"As the president Xs said to feel the
area would be unwieldy for a single
commission, lending further point to
the need for placing the development
under the bureau."
Under Norris' new plan, Secretary
Ickes would be charged with chief
responsibility fcr the development. It
was pointed out that Ickes' position
a3 public works administrator would
fit in neatly with the new plan, since
funds for the development would
probably come from the works ad
ministration. Ickes said today that he had heard
from Norris with regard to the pro
ject, but had not had time to go into
it fully. Neither he nor Norris would
comment on the nature of their com
munication. Wcrld-Herald.
ASX FUNDS F0H FACTORIES
Washington. Uncle Sam will be
asked next week to open his money
bags to finance a system of state own
ed factories, mines and mills in North
Dakota. Envoys of the non-partisan
league and Governor Langer plan to
come to the capital to lay before Pres
ident Roosevelt and the public works
administration a long discussed plan
recently revived by the lcaguc'3 or
ganizer, A. C. Townley, state owner
ship of certain industrial establish
ments. Townley claim3 to have the signa
tures cf thousands of residents in
support of hi3 proposal to ask the
government to finance his plan. These
signatures, attached to resolutions
setting forth the plan, have been filed
in the local offices of North Dakota
renators and representatives. They
will be shown the president and pub
lic works officials.
The non-partisan league proposes
to relieve distress by building fac
tories and mills to convert into fin
ishec: products the raw materials the
state produces.
FRENCH CABINET IS SAVED
Paris. The cabinet cf Premier
Chautcmps, threatened with over
throw, gained temporary safety Dy
pacifying cocialista who agreed to ab
stain from voting cn the proposal to
cut the ealare3 of government em
ployes. ThU3 Chautemp3 was confi
dent of a Email majority in the cru
cial test in the chamber, but fears
were expressed of senate dissatisfac
tion with the emasculated budget
which the cabinet is attempting to
balance. Georges Bonnet, minister of
finance, renewed a warning that the
franc is endangered by the country's
vanishing confidence but shouted a
denial that France "will abandon
gold."
A Great Day
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A feature of Princeton University's celohrttrrVi.of ,f?3 frrea?i ffrothalt
season in recent years was this huge Lon'.'.re, lfa2;r: in ttv Nassau Hall
quadrangle, where a parnde and speeches extoileJ the Ti?er jrrid.tr
for completing the season unbeaten ar:d unt:cd. A greet r.?.rt of the
Tiger's satisfaction came through the defeat cf Yals fcr th hrst tj:r.e
eince VJ-S.
Find Stolen
Bonds of Bank
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in Nebraska
Loot from Robberies of Ten Years
Ago Found Buried in Yard
at Kansas City.
Kansas City. Investigators an
nounced that some of the api roxi-
mately $10,000 in registered liberty
bonds unearthed by accident in a
yard here, v. ere stolen in Kansas and
Nebraska bank robberies in 1923. A
study of them disclosed they formed
part of the loots of the following
bank holdups: Citizens' State bank.
Tobias, N&b., Jan. 20. 1023; State
Rank of Gilcad, Neb.. Feb." 6. 1923;
Morrowville, Kas., Feb. 7, 1923; Car
bondale, Ka., State bank, March 20,
1923; Dover, Kas., State bank, March
22, 1923; and the Farmers' State
bank, Circleville, Kas.. June 1C, 1923.
Authorities recalled that loot from
some of the sam? hoIdup3 had been
found in the possession of Solly
Weissraar.n. Kansas City gangster
Joe "Wagner and Charles "Big Fitz"
Fitzgerald. WeiFsmann was slain by
a merchant here in 1930. Wagne;
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
in 1925 for holding up the Cottage
Grove State bank at Dt-s Moines.
Records here fail to show that Fitz
gerald was ever arrested. Some of the
bonds were registered thru the I'.anl
of Wallac?, Mo., but federal reserve
bank reports do not contain any in
formation of a robbery there.
The bonds were buried in twe
jars. One jar was unearthed by Ed
ward C. Pierce in the yard of hi:
home while clearing out seme under
brush. Government agents then were
summoned and found the other jr.
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try a Journal Want-Ad.
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How the Eastern Shore of Maryland feels about Governor Atrrt S.
Kitchie a action m calling out troops to arrest lynch luspecta in indicated
by the interpretation of NRA borne by autos throughout the district,
w-here there is a growing movement to oust the Governor. Meanwh:!.
the freed suspect, three of. whom are hown, await Grand Jury action.
Lett to. right, Irving Adkins, .Williaaa WcQuy and WiUiiaa Tojrcpwa.
for Old Nassau
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IKE WALIQI'.S :iAY SECEDE
ColuiuLur, N b. A ;rc;,. ;. ct,at
the NeLi a -ku. hatk .'-.;to: l
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iznticn at.d tl:a:r;. t.r iiur.ie o.' tl;e
ttte uev.-io:i v.i;i b- tomi.;T.'i by
a tpttial co.ivt.i'.ion Crar.d I-!-m1
cn Ju.n. 23.
Dtciiicn to tu!l t. iiv atioa tJ
coiisUtr tiio i u.i'O.-l wa.; rca hcu at
u cciifennc; o ditctois of li e Nc
LrL.jku I.ac Lv.e Wtuutiday. In
atendance v. .rc W. L'. BcCztr, L:u-
voln. rrt.-i.k lit ; (.'. L. LJlt kcy. t u1j:.i-bu.-,
ar.d W. I,. Davii, Lin-ohi. v;ce
piViiJtiit--; Mildred M. Sia.n. Alkiu
ic:. tcretary-tre arrr ; Frank J.
Drady, Atkl:;?cr.. h'juotary ;ri-iiii M ;
and Diit-ctorj Raun. CV.U!:ibtn;
M. C. SeudJer. Central City; Arthur
iicla.viii, Fremont; Edwin l-(.rt.
Omaha i.nd Howard L. liars. Hast
ings. HETCALFE IS RECOHIIEIIDED
Omaha. A rpidal c;--?-tca irora
Washington c;uotL- Arthur Mulkn a
saying he had rcccranunded Richard
L. Metcalfe of Omaha. ,tp h uI the
Nfcbrc.Fl:a tmirgrnty council author
ized by I'rcsident Kcoxvelt to o-Di-dinate
all federal tnierKtncy activ
tits in the state.
The di-spatch r,uoie-3 Mullen as iay
iug: "I hav2 reccnimcu'.!j'I Metcalfe
md have been assured he will b ap
pointed "
Metcalfe is row state NIIV chair
man, a position he ast timed wr?n
Keith Neville of North Platte, r"
iigned the post. The cnierc-ncy pot
ion will a salaried on?.
When told Wednesday nlht that
he was slated to head th council.
VIetcr.lfe expressed Mirpri.-e. H pa'
:ie would await further advk-es "Be
."ore formulating any pl.ins of rt
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kinds of Job Printing ct the Jour
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