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MONDAY, KARCH 5, 1934. PLATTSIIOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTTRKAL PAGE mi Mathers Says Beet Price to be 50 Higher Piocers Tux Wil Assure Nebraska Grcv.-ci3 ?S.57 Ton; Says Sugar Industry Saved. The price Nebraska rarmers will receive for their sugar beets under the term 5 of the bill, that will be recommended by the senate and house committees will be increased almost 50 per cent ov.r what they received in li3C. A. N. Mathers cf Gering, said in Omaha Friday. lie had just returned from Washington, where he spent two weeks representing Nebras ka sugar beet farmers. "The bill as it was informally agreed upon will provide for a prcc c-ssing tax on sugar to be paid back to the beet growers so r.s. to assure them a pi ice of 5G.57 a ton." Mathers said. "During 193C th prise was approximate ly $4.TtO a ton. The increase in price will put several hundred thousand additional dollars in the pockets of Nebraska beet growers." Fight Won. Sugar beet growers of Nebraska, Colorado. California and other states ! v.-m thr-r r- tr r nroqfrvntim nf! the industry threatened in the pro-f visions of the Costian :u;r cuota ' bill, Mathers said. "I am confident the Corti gan bill which threatened to wipe out the susr.ir beet indus try will be modified so that it will be satisfactory to beet grow ers," Mathers said. Wrl:af : Eosti'e. "The beet growers won their fight in the face of the open hostility of Secretary of Agri culture Wallace and the entire Department of Agriculture. They made no secret of the fact that Wallace wanted to see the sugar beet industry ruined. He said the growing of sugar beets had no part in American agricul ture." Mathers said the sugar beet grow ers had asked for a quota of 1,750. 000 tons of sugar, the amount pro duced in 1933, that Wallace favor ed a quota of only 1,100,000 tons with gradual elimination of the in dustry and that President Roosevelt had indicated lie favored a quota of 1,450,000 tens a year. Satisfactory Quota. "I think the bill that will be reported out by the joint com mittees on agriculture of the house and senate, before which we appeared, will recommend ap proximately 1.600,000 tons as the beet sugar quota," Mathers said. "That will be satisf actory, although we refused to approve a quota lower than last year's production." He said figures were submitted to the committee to show that TOO mil lion dollars had been invested in the Cuban sugar industry by ew York bankers and American investors and that the fight on the beet sugar in dustry was to help save that invest ment. HOLDS OUT AGAINST LAW Nelson, Neb. District Judge Rob ert M. Proudfit is standing by his belief that Nebraska's mortgage mor atorium law is unconstitutional. Judge Prcudfit bar- consistently re fused to grant relief under the act for that reason, and this week he ruled against a debtor seeking re lief under the act who sought a new interpretation from the judge as a result cf the recent United States supreme court decision upholding the Minnesota mortgage moratorium law? Judge Proudfit said the high court's decision was not a precedent binding in Nebraska, because of differences between the moratorium laws of Ne braska and Minnesota. He said the Minnesota law gives trial courts dis cretion in deciding whether relief fhall be granted, while in Nebraska the judge must grant relief unless good cause to the contrary is shown. Another difference, he said, was that the Minnesota act expires definitely May 1. 1935, while the Nebraska act may be continued indefinitely by succeeding legislatures. QUIZ A COIJDEMNED SLAYER Albany, N. Y. While a jury was being selected to hear the evidence cf kidnaping against Manney Strewl, New York City police and federal cgents were questioning Leonard Ecarnici, condemned slayer, s Cchoharie to find out if he knew anything about the plot to abduct Lieut. John J. O'Connell last July. Scarnici, considered a "trigger man" for a New York gang, Tues day w3 condemned to die in the elec tric chair next April for the murder of a Rensselaer detective during a bank holdup. Scarnici also was sus pected of being hired to "snatch" the nephew cf Ed ard Dan O'Connell, democratic leaders, who paid 5-10,-CuO for the j-outh's release. INQUIRY INTO 'KICKBACKS' Washington. Grand jury action on an alleged "kickback" Eystem in North Dakota in connection with I'WA and CWA work was requested Ly Secretary Ickes, the public works administrator, in a report to Attor ney General Cummings. The specific finding- of the public works division of investigation was that workers on CWA and PWA projects were assess ed 5 percent of their wages. "We are not charging anybody with anything, but as the result of an investigation we are stating to the attorney eneral that somebody cn behalf cf the overnor has been as sessing workers 5 percent of their wages," Ickes said. The "kickback" system is that whereby workers are lecuired to return part of their wpges. Ickes said inspectors are on the ground to see that the assesrmcnts do not continue, since the public works allctment.T would still be dis-liiTi-etl within the rtate. NO ROOM FOE COHKUxflSTS Milwaukee. In the heart of an alien taking the oath of American citizens!. ip there is no room for any levaitv but to the constitution of the United States, Federal Judge Geiger ruled in a decision which revoked citizenship of Emil Gardos of Cleveland, communist organizer, chemical engineer and editor. Gar Jor. a Hungarian, naturalized in Now York in 192S and once a candi date for congress from a Milwaukee district, by virtue of the decision "be comes an alien admittedly active in : treading communistic propaganda," it was; said by Herman R. Lanclon. chief immigration inspector here. He is now subject to deportation, Lan- don said. If proceedings to expell him are undertaken they will be started in Cleveland, the inspector added. END0RES CHILD LABOR ACT Washington. Secretary Wallace endorsed the child labor amendment and nronounced as "nonsense" the argument it would keen farm boys and girls from doing chores. Wallace i gae his view in a k-tter to Miss Mary Dewson, proponent of th: i.,t;-, and director of the women's division I cf the democratic national commit tee. New York. Elihu Root, former ecretary of state, issued a statement declaring himself "strongly against" the proposed child labor amendment to the constitution. Root, basing his law is a violation of the principal of local self government, said it would 1 i give congress the power to direct the people cf any state in the way they should bring up their children. RULES GOLD HOT REQUIRED Fort Morgan, Coio. District j Judge Taylor ruled inability to ob-1 tain gold, because of the govern-' ment's monopoly of the yellow metal, ' constitutes a defense against pay-! ment of mortgage principal and in- j terest in gold coin. Furthermore, said the judge, makers of the mort gage may not be charged any addi tional amount because of the rise in the value of gold. L. L. Conrad and J. O. Conrad re fused to pay interest on a mortgage note held by Howard Kennedy as trustee, contending the note required payment in gold. Judge Taylor rultd Kennedy must "accept the tendered payment of interest in whatever now remains as legal tender." ER0UTZ RELIEF MEET SET Des Moines. Leaders of the fed-' oral relief administration in eight! midwestern states are to meet at St. Paul Sunday, T. J. Edmunds, region al relief director, announced. The conference will be important. Ed munds said, because relief officials in Washington have delegated it full power to act in determining means of administering relief in the terri tory's drouth-stricken areas. The drouth areas in the region, Ed munds said, include virtually all of North and South Dakota, the south west portion of Kansas and a few counties in Iowa and Nebraska. FLAN GOVERNORS' MEETING Salt Lake City. Governor Elood, chairman of the western governors' conference executive committee, made a telegraphic poll of western gover nors with a view to calling a meet ing here in March to discuss silver, the beet sugar industry and ether matters of common interest. Gover nor Ross of Idaho replied he would be glad to join a conference after March 6, and he suggested Governors Ccmstock of Michigan and Bryan of Nebraska be invited to attend and discuss sugar beets. Corn Loans Bring 20 Millions into the State Expect Additional Month to Raise! ih Tot.Pl to Twen.tv-Five I Killion Dollars. The federal government's corn loan program, once scheduled to end Wednesday night, already has meant a potential 20 million dollars in 45 cent bushel leans to Nebraska farm ers. Railway Commissioner Drake estimated that in the additional month remaining for sealing farm warehouses and obtaining the loans, the total will probably rise to about 25 million dollars. The loans have made possible put ting nearly 20 million dollars of fed eral money into the hands cf farmers in less than three months on an esti mated 4 3 million bu.hels of corn from approximately 32.200 farmers. Bad weather the past few days has reduced the number of appli cations for the warehouse certificates so that the commission has issued certificates on all but about 10 0 of the applications. The certificates are necessary to obtain the loans. The peak in applications was j reached the middle of this month, records showing . o 2 certificates were granted Feb. 15. and in the next suc ceeding days, S23, 7S4 and 7C7 re spectively. The program has moved along steadily since it b-'gan early in De cember, mere than 300 certificates be ing granted daily since the middle of December and more than 500 on 'many days, i SUFFERS Hi JURY Mrs. Harry McCulloch of Murray was injured Wednesday afternoon in j guard, with a machine gun. Sam De a very painful manner as she wasicaro continued to deny he was in ccsctnding a stairway, a step break- voiveu in the holdup but Higgins Faid ing and causing a nail to penetrate several witnesses told him Decaro the fins by part of the leg and inflict- bore a striking resemblance to one ing a nasty wound. Mrs. McCulloch j of the robbers. The other persons was called by some party and in-; held were identified a- De-caro's wife formed that her brother, Deputy Slier ! iff Lancaster had been shot in the bank robber battle here and in her! i nurry io gt i id u:is cuy sr.e fcuu-.-ieu , the accider.i. The- injury was drt-n.-cd j and the patient dcing w-Il but suf- I ferir.g more or less pan1.. VISITS 127 CITY I r o m Friday's 1 ; a : ' y H. J. rIouxy, of Ui-lori, veil known i rt-iuUnt of tiiLit cDiimiiinitv. v.a.3 in : 'T 'i fit t r- r :; city for a short tune touay to look rft'-r some matters-of business . . . ,. and while here was a caller t the ! Journal office. Mr. Mou; who has been a reader cf the Journal for a great many years, while here ad vanced his subscription to iou. FALLS AND BREAKS ARM I Mrs. Louis Ward Egenberger is j suffering from the effects of a broken arm sustained Friday afternoon. Mrs. j Egenberger was working at her office j in the Rekir.s building and slipped j and fell, the result being the facture j of the right arm. IMMUNE FROM ARREST Munich. Pope Pius conferred the title of papal legate on Michael Car dinal von Faulhaber to thwart any move by subordinate nazis to arrest the outspoken clergyman. Diplomatic immunity from arrest is carried by the title. PARIS CAS STRIKE ENDS Paris. Settlement of Paris' CO ay taxi strike was announced and carefree days for jaywalkers came to an end. Beginning at 8 a. m. Satur day, l.",000 taxis of the city will start running again. THE FIRST Hew Styles for 19841 Are yea tired of eld shirt styles? Then our new Elder Shirts will please ycu. . . . Exclusive pat terns and eclcrings. . . . The kind that usually sells at top prices. See them today! - $1.33 - $1.50 DEPORTATION IS PUT OFF Omaha. The fate of a --omance rests with the commissioners of immi gration and naturalization at Wash ington, who will consider the appeal iof James Erca, 2G, cf Omaha, from I an order of deportation. Back of Area's case is the unofficial case of Florence Cristea, 20. Eera's fiancee. Jjt"ra ?iiiereu lIie iaies ai Detroit in 192G. lie had come from Jugoslavia to Canada with a legal pas-pcrt. In Ontario, he says, he met a man who promised to get him a job for 50. The man took Ecra across the river in a boat and dumped him in Detroit. Erca paid his 550 to a smuggler. From Detroit En a drift ed to Omaha, got a job in a restaurant and now owns a cafe. Two yean; ago Erca met Florence. One and her mother live with the mother's brother. Father T. Dirau of the Rumanian Orthodox church lure. Father Blrau objected io the mar riage, an: he feared Erca might be de ported seme day and Finn-nee might have to go with him. II' r own status was vaguely in doubt. She was born in this country, but in 1 U 1 4 her fath er and mother returned to Rumania to live. Florence's father died of war injuries, the girl and her mother re turning here in 19S1. Erca was to have been deported Wednesday, but the commission ' rr-n'-torl n ctnv until nril 1 A liit bewildered by it stay. ill, he hopes he can TIJJITZ E0LDTJIS IIT CUSTODY Kanas City. Po'.iee expressed confidence they held in custody two nirlii'iinf; in tl.i S 'llK itU hnlr1ilTl and flaying of Webster Kemner, Commerce Trust company clerk and messenger. T. J. Higgins, chief of detectives said Charles Taibi, was named as the man who menaced ! Doyle Swofford, Kmner's armed d Joe Martino. SUSOIEES IN OWli DEFENS3 Lcs Angeles. W. S. Summers, former United Ste.tes attorney of Ne braska, took the witness stand in his own be-half to tell a jury in United Plates district court that never did he try to defraud the government in evading payment of income taxes. The To year old defendant explain ed lie fiied no income tax returns in ll'20-CO-Cl, the years the govern- mC'lit prCSeCUtOrS Claim lllS grOSS earnings amounted to $4C,000, be - cause the money he handled in those years was for tru-t funds and not taxable. Attorneys for Summers ask ed for an instru.ted verdict of ac quittal, but the motion was denied. JURY CONDEMNS KIDNAPERS Los Angeles. The first death pen alty verdict under California's anti kidnaping law was returned by a I jury which condemned II. C. Brooks and William Tanner to hang for ab ducting Henry Dodkir. during a tor ture holdup last Dec. 1C. The jury of seven men and live women return ed the verdict after deliberating six hours. Deputy Prosecutor Cooper! had previously demanded the extreme: penalty after Sup rior Judge Fricke ruled the mere compelling of a per son to move from one place on his own property to another constituted kidnaping under the state law. ID DONE WITH MARRIAGES Charlotte, N. C. Aimee Semple McPhcrson, just free of the name McPherson-Hutton, is also thru with marriage, for two reasons, she said. "No more marriage." declared the evangelist on her arrival here. "I do not believe in marriage after divorce, but even if I did I should still say 'Jamais' to the idea cf an other mar riage. Instead of that I shall remain wed to mv work and to the church." RANK SHUNS DEPOSITS Chicago. Asserting it was unable to continue busines-s profitably "un der present conditions." the Edge water Trust and Savings bank an nounced it was accepting no more deposits and requested depositors to come and get their money as soon as possible. FOR SALE Choice "200 acres" near Murdock. Modern buildings, exceptional bar gain, possession; well improved "240 acres" near Manley. RALPH FET TERMAN, Lincoln, Nebr. d&w The journal aims to print all the news and will appreciate your assistance to that end. Call No. 6. Struggle Ahead Over Roosevelt Tariff Request Flea for New Grant of Power to President Will Meet Republi can Opposition. Washington. President Roosevelt asked congress to grant him author ity to put into effect a new tariff policy by which he would endeavor to re-establish America's foreign trade thru reciprocal rate reduction agreements with foreign powers. The executive message and the immediate introduction by democratic leaders of legislation to give him the request ed power brought the first major cleavage between the two parties since Mr. Roosevelt entered the white house and stirred predictions of a long struggle over the historic issue. "From the policy of reciprocal ne gotiation which is in prospect," the president said in his message, "I hope in time that definite gains will re mit to American agriculture and in dustry." The senate was not in session, but even before the bill was introduced in the house, where it must be con sidered first, republican chieftains denounced it as an unprecedented delegation of power and predicted it would provoke such a lengthy debate as to make an early adjournment im possible. Democrats replied that the legislation was in keeping with the party's platform pledge and was nec- , C5sary to cope with w hat other na tions were doing. Jliglit Extend Indefinitely Under the bill introduced, leaders id the agreements might be ex - Mtend,d indefinitely if the parties de- sired. However, the agreements could be terminated at the end of three years, or earlier, upon due notive by the governments wishing to end them. The bill would repeal the repub lican formula, commonly known as the "flexible provision," which gives the tariff commission power to recom mend changes in the tariff of as much as 50 percent up or down .and for the president to proclaim or veto such changes. This power, with the exact 50 per cent limitations, would be transfer red to the president, but the latter could not, as under existing law, gov erning the tariff commission, trans-j fer list. article to or from the free The president told congress if the American government was not in a position to make "fair offers for fair J nmnrMmitlps its trnrlo will ho snner- J ceded." "If it is not in a position at a given moment rapidly to alter the terms on which it is willing to deal with other countries," he said, "it cannot adequately protect its trade against discriminations and against bargains injurious to its interests." Speaker Rainey promised it would be given prompt consideration by the ways and means committee and add ed: "We will get it out in a rea sonable time so we can pass it." Minority Leader McNary of the senate said he was "opposed, and I believe most republican members of the senate are opposed, to the sup pression of the tariff commission and the powers it no wexercises under the flexible provisions of the present tariff law." In response to inquiries at his press conference, the president era- phasized he regarded the tariff pro- posal as an "emergency" proposition. He said he did not know what details the proposed bill contained but so far as he was concerned a three year authorization was all right. Mean while, an indication that democrats from industrial states would not sup port the bill unless It ilmited the life cf the authority was given by Senator Walsh of Mass. "The bestowal of this sweeping power on the president would be un thinkable except as an emergency measure," he said. PAYROLL OF THE RELIEF WORK For the week ending February 22, the disbursing officer, George R. Sayles gives the following figures as to the number that were employed on the various projects and the amounts that they have received for the week. There were sixteen projects in Cass county under the consolidation plan ass explained in the Journal the last week, these employing some 266 per sons at a payroll of $2,524.71. The projects allotted to this city were three and who had 13 6 persons engaged in them for the week and with the amount paid out $1,526.51. The past week the disbursing offi cer had a compensation payroll, two men injured in the CWA receiving $26.45 in the settlement of the claim for their injuries. As Good As Tony? ...:.:::.:.:::-:.:.::.-.;';.. . t x n. r One of the most promising of the season's diamond rookies is Al Cuc cinello, brother of Tony Cuccinello, star second Backer of Brooklyn Dodgers, who dons uniform of New York Giants at opening of Spring training in Miami, Fla. He is an infielder and swings a mean bat. il Sabotage Reports Called Absurd by Demfe Fnnpr Avers Serrptarv TTflS Renorts That Planes Tampered With 'Water in Fuel.' Washington, March 2. Rumors of sabotage of army planes carrying the ! mails reached, the cars of Secretary jDern today, but he pronounced them "fantastic and absurd." The secretary said that as a mat ter of course the rumors might be in quired into, but "I don't take any stock in them." At the White house it was said the "rumors" had not been heard there. The Washington Post will say to morrow that reports of punctured gas tanks, controls being tampered with, and water in gasoline have reached the secretary. Blacklist Charrrsd. Included in the reports also, the paper will say, is one that the com mercial pilots. To per cent of whom are members of the air corps reserve, are being threatened with blacklist ing if they accept positions piloting the army plane.-;. Since the army took over the mails six pilots have been killed, six have been injured and approximately 20 planes have been wrecked. All these accidents occurred the first week of the service. Although there have been several forced down this week, there have been no fatalities. Reticent on Reasons. During the two weeks the air mail has been under its supervision, war department officials have been reti cent to assign reasons for the acci dents. Three days ago the war depart ment ordered the army mail planes to abandon the Washington airport as. headquarters and use Boiling Field, the army reservation. The ex planation was that the gasoline sup ply for army planes is at Boiling Field. The Post will sav that the army air mail base at Richond also lias j been moved to Boiling Field. House Orders Investigation. Meanwhile, a thorough investiga tion of any irregularities in the army's national defen-e expenditures was ordered by the house. The resolution was offered by Chairman McSwain (dem., S. C), of the miltary aGairs committee. He conceded the measure carried "broad and sweeping power," but denied there would be any political motive behind the investigation. Says Army "Well Trained." Representative Fish (rep., N. Y. ), charged "hysterical cancellation" of contracts had been "responsible for the death of six men." Chairman Mead (dem.. N. Y. ). of the house postoffice committee said j prvate operators, had more planes j o , . i i 1 1 t wieii uuen cociipiis man uiu n;e army; that the "army has every bit of radio equipment that private planes have" that "in every instance the army pilots had been trained to fly a radio beam," and that 'in my judg ment, all their equipment is better than that of the private operators." State Journal. SNIDERS HELD FOR MURDER Center, Neb. Tom Snider, 21, and his brother, Rex, SO, were held Fri day without bail for trial in district court cn charges of first degree mur der for the death of Norman L. Roth, 35, in a street shooting at Niobrara Feb. 19. They were bound over after j O a rearing in county court at which they both pleaded not guilty. Th:y had no defense testimony. Iowa Liquor Bill is Passed by Assembly j Gcv. Herring Expected to S.'gn ; State D-spcnsanes Start Saks With in CO cr GO Days. Des Moines, MartU . Yue way was cleared for state sale of haul liquor in Iowa within 30 or r.o days when the general aembiy Thurs day placed final approval on the li quor control bill. Uoth branch'..; adopuj a confer ence committee report settling tlni; differences on the mea.-ure under which the rtatc, with a m- nopoly on retail sales, win ttt up liijuoi ! stores. Governor Herring indicated hr will e:ign the bill promptly. It will become effective upon publication and the formality of en.'olling, rt -quiring about a week. llontii Required. Prcbably a month will b r -quired to place the machinery of the new law in operation and to give Iov.ans legal liquor for the first tui.e since 1'Jlv, when, the old mulct law was repealed. With approval of the lull, Gover nor Herring announced hi. choice cf the three liquor control eominis eioueis to administer the law and di- th estate Mores. i ne appointees, wi-.o reqiur" con- ' formation by the senate, are Dick R. Lane of Davenport, Bernard Manley cf Mason City and Harold M. Cooper cf Marshalltown. Lane is a Republi can and Mai. ley and Cooper are Democrats. The senate prevision permitting hotels, restaurants and clubs to sell wine3 for consumption on the premises was stricken.. Membership Reduced. Membership of the state commis sion was reduced from five to three and salaries 55,0u to ?4,i,00. Instead of rep aling present pro hibition laws, the bill suspend ? t! o. necessary to permit state s.ale and re tains provisions for penalties and enforcement. Individuals holding permits co-ting SI annually, may purchase lor cash only hard liquor at etat e ft ere:; only in the original packages tor consumption off the prtmi.es. Drink- mg in puulic .es will be pro- hibited. Iowa vineyardists will be permit ted to sell wines for consumption off the premises and aiso to manufac ture vine for th ir own use. The measure also: Appropriates 5500.000 for equip ping and stocking siate-ov.nc d .tor's. Allows druggists to sell liquors only on prescription. Fixes a 51,000 penalty, one year imprisonment, or both for bootleg ging. CUT QUOTA CF THE CWA The orders were received here Thursday evening for the cutting of the force of CWA workers in Cass ccur-ty from 2TS to 222 under gen eral ordt-rs providing for the cutlinr of the list in all counties of the ftate. This means the reduction of t!if forces by some fifty-six men over the county, but as Cass, county was not using the full quota allowed them there will be fewer laid off than iho figures would indicate. II. M. Settle, of Lincoln, was in the city Friday, attending to romc legal business in the courts. 8 8 1 s ! i Lest you forget, we say it yet O that ycu will pay COnsid t thai crably more for an Over h ccat next Fall. Now- t ( K O o o I ! 8 8 b See Our West Win ow! Wescott's Since 1370 :