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PIATTSaiOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1931. PAGE TWO Ihe IPIattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR Etf FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone, 52.50 per year. Beyond 600 miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, $3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. If an emergency now exists, what are they going to call it this winter? :o: Government: An institution that novides droucht relief, with one hand, and builds flood control works with the other. :o: Traveler reports this sign on a Los Angeles street: "Cleaning and Dy ing, Done by Us, Lengthens the Life of Your Garments." :o: Hick towns are little places where a lot of fellows don't feel very good of a morning and don't get much better during the day. :o: they often represent more Intellect ual achievement than those regular ly conferred. So there must be some thing rise that determines eligibil ity to the brain trust. :o: We have heard the term "chiseler" eo variously defined that we now aren't sure whether we could identify a picture of General Johnson from one of Clarence Darrow. For exam pic, here is a recent definition of chiseler that sounds like a fair mix ture of truth and jest: "A chiseler is a man who sells at a price mutual ly agreeable to himself and his cus tcmrr but displeasing to his competi tors." Bible School Sunday, July 23th "Micaiah Speaks the Truth" I Kings, 22:1-14. The rubject of our study is a little known character. Never has been used in the International - lessons'. fri!rjif s lively to le ' confused" with Mica the prophet,' whose book ir the n'xth of the minor prophets. Micaiah left no writings, no family record, but was a man of unusual courage, who would rather go to pris on than not speak the truth, fear ing neither the king nor the people. He reminds us of Elijah, Moses, Na than, John, the Baptist Balack also displayed the same courage before Biieain. Men of such determination are rare; the world of our day has need cf them. God always has a man ready when he needs him. The story that brings Micaiah into prominence is part of Ahab's reign, who had waged two successful wars against Bcuhadad. king of Syria (who by the way war. a drunkard.) (Chap. 20:12-10) by the help of Jehovah, but when God delivered Beuhadad in to Ahab's hand, he spared his life, only to be slain himself by Beuhadad's men.' Three years of peace followed these wars, then in an evil moment Ahab Bought occasion to start another war. In a council with his cabinet, the matter of Ramoth i:i Gilead was brought up. This city, A.ith others, had been captured by Beuhadad's father years before, but Beuhadad prr.ir.5scd to rertore them to Israel (Chap. 20:34) but he did not keep hir; promise." Ahab accordingly re mine!:; his council that nothing had been done sbcut it. At this time, Je hosephat, the king of Judea, called on Ahab in Samaria. Jehoshaphat had made the sad mistake of having his son, Jehorrm marry the daughter cf Ahab and Jezebel, Athol5ah. Now the two fathers-in-law meet and the ques tion of war against Syria is the topic of conversation. This is the way wars have been started in the past and the procedure is the same today. A pact is formed, the two will join forces but Jeho shaphat was a God-fearing man and would not undertake this adventure before he would consult with God. Hero is a lesson from which every one would profit if heeded talk it over with the Lord before going in to a partnership selecting a husband or a wife forming a friendship changing our occupation or remov ing from cue place to another with-j out first, through earnest prayer, ob taining the sanction of our heavenly father. Ahab consents. Four hundred prophets not prophets of Jehovah are brought together they were fed by Ahab hence do what he wishes; It is an ironic commentary on pray ers for rain that the heaviest rainfall is in Hindu India and are darkest sections of Africa. :o: The old cry of a portion of the Democratic national convention in 1924 that "McAdoo will do" evident ly isn't echoed by Mrs. McAdoo. :o: An utterly exhausted creature found clinging to the buttonhole of a local taxpayer and voter last even ing was later identified as a homing congressman. :o: The New Jersey man who was severely fined last week for stabbing a radio crooner has since been sum moned by the judge, we are inform ed, and the fine remitted. :o: Considering how well Shakespeare did with only one damned spot, we fancy he could have- really spread himself if the present vogue of blood red fingernails had occurred in Lady Macbeth's time. :o: It begins to look as if those high prices for raw products we begged for so long might be forthcoming, except that there won't be very many raw products, nor very many people able to pay the market price for them. Lesson Study! By L. Neitzel, Murdock. Neb. all with one accord say to the kings what they want to hear. The unani mous verdict aroused the suspicion of Jehoshaphat; he does not feel that t&at is God's voice. . "Is there not here .ftprcphcfcvcf Jehovah, 'besides, that we may inquire of him?" "Yes," says Ahab, "there is one but I hate him, he only prophesies evil." The man that speaks the truth makes few friends. It is only too sad, that even preachers and teachers are afraid to tell the truth, because they do not want to hurt somebody's feelings. This thing has gone so far that they "dare not" tell the truth any more, hence we have this wishi-washi preaching and teaching, that leaves people just as they are, hence no more conversion. Everybody speaks well of them. Jesus said: "Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you." (Luke 6:26). Here comes our hero, brought out cf prison, he is cautioned by a friend who tells Micaiah that all the proph ets are prophesying victory for the kings and their army; but our hero is adamant. "What Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak." O for men who have convictions and defend them, regardless of consequences! Micaiah had to go back to prison, so did Jeremiah, so did John the Bap tist but with a good conscience, but he sees the day when his prophesy ccmes true. Ahab is killed in battle, bled to death the wild dogs licked hi3 blood when his chariot is washed Ze.lekiar., who emote Micaiah, when he foretold the disastrous outcome of this unjust war, tried to find a hid ir.g place, when the report came that tha war was lor,t, Just as Micaiah had said. Hew much sorrow and trouble could be avoided, if men would listen to God and if men would tell the truth. Court proceedings would be simplified, if witnesses would tell the truth. OTten through fear of repris als or vengeance, men will not tell the truth cn the witness stand. What a bright light shines in the 16th cen tury as Martin Luther stands before the diet at Worms, asked to recant, ho rises to hi3 full height, not fear ing the consequences, and with thun derous voire utters those undying wcrd3: "Here I stand, I can do no other,". God helping me!" And the reformation was born. Peter's cour ageous preaching at Tentecost, when he told , the truth in these words: "Therefore, let all the house of Is rael know asnurantly that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ," the outcome being that the Church of Christ. was bcrn that day, with 3,000 charter members enrolled. See also Paul's sermon to Agrippa, Acts 26. 4-4 fi Cass County rarm 4. 4- RiTrnrm Notea T Copy furnished from Office $ A of County Agent Wainscott r Enroll Now for Project Club Work. 41 Women's clubs, with 750 mem bers, have enrolled for Serie3 III of the "Live at Home" project. The en thusiasm with which the women have Mudied and completed requirements for Series I and II served as an in centive to try a third series. All clubs who take the work this yoar should send their enrollment blanks to the Home Extension Agent on or before August 15. If you have a group interested in tak ing the work (and it only takes 7 women to form a club) the Home Agent will bo glad to meet the group, explain the year's work and help with the organization of the club. Start Corn-Hog Compliance Program. With most of the corn-hog asso ciations down or nearly down to their quotas and many of the contracts signed and on the way to Washing ton, allotment committees and fed eral administrators are laying plans for the first check of compliance with the contracts. Every effort will be made to speed up the second install ment checks on corn and hogs and to get them here early this fall if pos sible. According to present plans in Ne braska, a state conference of district supervisors will be held August 1, 2, and 3 at the agricultural college in Lincoln. A district conference Is scheduled on August 7 or S in each of nine districts of the state. Agri cultural agents, allotment commit' tees and supervisors in charge in counties will attend the district con ferences and then hold county schools to train the men who are to measure the corn acres and count the hogs. It is likely that the first contracts will be checked by Aug ust lo and that the first counties will complete the compliance pro gram by September 10. Problems of measurement of corn fields, counting of hogs, end filling out of the forms are. now being con sidered by the state corn hog admin istration. Seme of the experiences of the wheat compliance jg-ogram will be helpful iH- the one just .ahead, , ? . .. . ; jf f J O J . - ! Every effort will be made to simplify the check up and m&ka it fit in with drouth conditions which pre vail over much of the state. All of the work on the compliance program in the count' will bo done by local people. All the men who do the field work will be given train ing in a county school and chosen according to their ability to measure land, count hogs, fill cut the blanks, and use common sense aiVd good judgment in their work. Can Poultry This Summer. In former years many rarm wom en have found it quite profitable to can the roosters and the hens that have quit laying. Either year old or older birds that are in prime con dition may be canned. Plump, well fed hens, two years old, or r. rooster eight to ten monts old, have a good texture and a better flavor than six months eld chickens. Canned chicken will aid in add ing variety to winter meals and will be especially welcome this winter due to the shortage of fruits and vegetables for canning. 4-H Club Camp. 7G of the 1S5 boyn and girls who enjoyed a four clay period of re creation at Camp Bellevue, were from Cass county. Cass, Otoe, Sarpy and Douglas county 4-H club members, together with the seven agents from tnese counties and four specialists ' from the state cn'ic began arriving at Bellevue early in the afternoon, Sunday, July 22nd and stayed until camp clcsed on Wednesday after. noon. As was to be expected the swim ming hours proved to be great sport for the youngsters. Many beginners learned their first strokes during the four days of camping. Supervised games, hand craft work, stunt night and vespers were other highlights of the camp. Drouth Eflief cn Work for Cash Basis. Cass county farmers who are out or nearly out of feed for livestock and work horses and who have no money with which to buy feed, ara eligible to receive aid through the state emergency relief program. This program is on a work for cash basis. Applications must be made to the county agent, D. D. Wainscott, who :s the emergency relief cduiinietn- tor for Cass county. He will issue, j work requisitions and the faimur I Gool-Alls Hade cf Washable "Nub" Cloth for Boys 3 to 10 White Ducli s for Boys C wescotfs will be assigned to a woik project for which he will be paid the money to buy feed. Worthy farmers elig ible for this aid should take advan tage of the program now while work projects can be made available. WHAT WILL THEY E0 NEXT ? Oman. The weather and beer taverns came before the Omaha city council when Police Commissioner Myers discussed the subject and re marked "the people are doing things they never did before." Partly be cause of the heat, the people of Om aha seem to be in a mood to throw off restraint, Myers commented. "The most remarkable thing is that respectable men and their wives will drive all the way across town to get into some beer tavern and raise the roof all night long," the commis sioner went on, "these are remark able times, of course, as the fact that 500 people are sleeping each night on the lawn at Central high school shows. But as for the beer taverns, people seem to want this sort of re creation to take their minds off the heat. There is no doubt about it, the public temper is not to go home at all costs," he asserted. PLANE CRASHES INTO OCEAN Kehoboth, Del. Allen L. Laur itsen, 40, wealthy building contrac tor of Wilmington and noted marks man, aviator and sportsman, crash el into the ocean in his plane Tues day night and was killed. The plane struck the water with terrific force and was smashed to bits. At tne foot cf Pennsylvania ave., where it fell, the water' is but seven feet deep. Divers ar.d members of the Lewes toast gYifcVa toarched for the hr.cly, which was later washed against a jetty. The skull was frac Uired and the r.eck broken. NO DAY FIXED FOE FLIGHT Rapid City, S. I). Uncertainty .stiii marked plans for the starting j of the tSevons-Kepncr stratosphere IHgbt, is the weather report showed no favorable developments. A bulle tin issued by Maj. William E. Kcp iier, pilot, said there is no promise of satisfactory weather for the take off fo rat least twenty-four hours. Plans to remove the balloon from its crate and attach ropes were post poned because cf moisture in the air. STATE G. A. R. HEAD DIES Omaha. John if. Berger, SO, state commander of the G. A. R. and one of the few Omaha survivors of the Civil war, is dead here. He had been a resident of Xcbmska for fifty-five years. He was father cf Miss Grace Bsrger, Douglas county clerk. Ber ger originally settled in Beatrice, moving to Omaha forty-one years ago. He served thrucut the great conflict in an Illii.iois volunteer regi ment. C0U2T TO TAKE VACATION Clerk of the District Court C. 13. Le.lgway has been notified that there will be a vacation in the district a vacation in court until September 1st, Judge Livingston, who has been holding court almost each day since his ap- i noirtripnt tn thp Pencil. taMiijr a well deserved and much needid rest. In case cf injunction or matters that require action at once, a judge v. ill be supplied by the supreme court. FIRE DAMAGES HOUSE McCook. Neb. Fire did an esti mated ?2,000 damage here Saturday night to the. John Storey home, one of the finest in the city. There had been a fire earlier in the evening at a garage nearby and firemen believe that a spark from this might have kindled the blaze at the Storey home. SAY HEALTH ENDANGERED San Francisco. A warning that the health of hotel dwellers i3 en dangered by closed laundries was made in a plea of the San Francisco Hotel arsnriat'nn that the strike- bound laundries be reopened RvEHIND7e Hollywood Hollywood. Midnight detective work by Carl Brisson has solved the mystery of the barking dog on movie row in Benedict Canyon. But is the Danish actor's face red! Residents of the district long have complained about the howling of aogs on tne es tates of film stars, who kept kennels both as a hobby and r.s a practical safeguard against prowlers. Gloria Swanson's dogs were at one time the chief offenders and she finally 1 was persuaded to get rid cf most of Carl Brisson" them. Harold Lloyd's great danes also came in for their share cf com plaints. Recently, however the peace of the night has been disturbed by only one deep-voiced animal. Neighbors decided that it was Brisson's police dog. Prince, and registered a com plaint with the Beverly Hills au thorities. But when visited, the actor stoutly denied that Trine c was the offender. And eo the situation stood at a deadlock until the ether midnight, when Brisson waked up to hear the loud baying from some nearby point.: He summoned tho police, shewed them that Prince was safely in the house, and then cug;re-tcd a ccout ing expedition. This time the howler was discov ered. It belongs to Sylvia Sidney, BrLssor.'s neighbor ar.;l recent fellow player at the Paramount studio. The actor is that embarrassed to have played informer. The villago wits have bo?:i work ing overtime since the birth of the Crosby twins. Herman IIo.Tman would havo it that Dixij Lee gave Bing "the double Crosby." But I like better the crack cf Bob Ray, local sports writer. "Crooner Crosby," he rr ports, will now be known as Bing-Bing Crosby. Who.1 is local banditry coming to? Inez Courtney, pretty Columbia star let, had her p-'.rimer.t burglarized the other evening r.r.'d the theif took only silken v. hr.t-r.ots. The loot in cluded 23 r.i-htccv. ns. 19 pairs cf pajamas and eight negligees. Well, imagine having that many anyway. Even if he did leave himself wide open, Guy Kibbce is a little nettled. The other day, driving over Cahuen ga pass tow: i d Warner Brothers, the comedian picked up a hitch hiker. They got to talking ar.d Kibbee ad mitted he usually was afraid of giv ing a ride to strangers. The hitch hiker comforted: "You needn't worry, Mr. Kibbee. Those hold-up fellows wouldn't both er an actor. They want cash." Gossip is that Joel McCrea's deal for one picture at R-K-O just fore stalled the company's suit against him, charging breach of contract The tall, young star draws twice as big a weekiy pay check for the new film as he did under his 52-week contract. But Uni versal was ready to give him a long - term agree ment for three Joel JicCcfia. times his R-K-0 salary. So it doesn't look as if Joel and Frances Dee will exactly starve, even if she is off! the screen until the baby is born in September. What two big-time directors are sd alarmed by the current unrest that they have garaged their $10 000 cars and drive to the ctdio In small coupes juc; so as to be in- conspicudus? A local chap r.rmed Sidney Ring makes a lucrative racket out cf buy ing up ancient sheet music and sell ing it to the studios, lie nicked Uni versal for a nice sum by discovering a copy of "If We Knew What the Milkman Knows," from the 1907 Ziegfcld Follies. And now r.Iae West wants to buy his latest discovery a , copy of "Cuddle Up and Cling to life," a 1912 song, with a picture on J the ccver of Mae and her vaudeville partners, the Girard Brothers. "Does an noncrary degree from some remote college make one elig ible to the braia trust?" inquires Wondering. Well, we often laugh at honorary college degrees, but I it V f U T y i 1 Nebraskans 80 and Over to Hold a Celebration Big Program Is Being Planned for Anniversary Party at the State Fair. All native Nebraskans who will bo 80 years old in September are in vited to celebrate their birthday at the 1934 state fair in Lincoln as spec ial guests of the state fair board. The 1934 exposition is dedicated to an observance of the eightieth anniver sary of the creation of the Nebraska territory, and this feature of the program will further the theme about which the fair program will be built. A state-wide search has been start ed for all Nebraskans who were born in the state during the month of September, 1854. They will receive invitations to celebrate their birth day in connection with the state s birthday natty. Sent. 2 to 7, inclu sive. A special program of entertain ment is being planned for all these SO year old Nebraskans who identify themselves to the State Fair office in Lincoln before Aug. 1st. Historical organizations have vol unteered co-operation to the extent of furnishing information and articles of historic value that may be of use in the cctogenerian celebration. "Fours" in History. Present plans call for an historical pageant to be staged at the fair grounds before the grandstand which will depict the growth and develop ment of the state from its territorial origin in 1854 down thru the years to 1934. Coincidental with the history of the state, a number of interesting events have taken place on the fourth year of each decade. First was the Kansas-Nebraska bill introduced by Senator Douglas in 1S54, which cre ated Nebraska territory five times as large as is included with in the state lines today. As far back as 18 3 4, when the first fur trader's post of Fort Wil liam was built in the works of the Laramie? and North Platte rivers, "fours" seem to play an important part in Nebraska's history. Other his torical happenings in 1S5 4 were the coming of Francis Burt, the first ter ritorial governor, to the first town, cf Bellevue; the introduction of the first homestead-bill in congress, 'and j the starting of the regular perman ent survey of Ncbarska into square blocks of land for homesitcs. History records the bravery of Robert Emery, stage coach driver, in saving himself and the lives of his passengers from the Indians on Tues day, Aug. 9, 1864, which was the first year of the great Indian war. It was also in 1864 that congress passed an act permitting Nebraska to become a state "when the people were ready." This did not take place until 18C6 when, in a very hotly contested election, statehood was car ried by a margin of about 100 votes. 'INVISIBLE SMOKE' STUDIED London "Invisible smoke," which can halt airplane engines in mid air and can be huug as a barrage against invaders in the sky, is now the object of experimentations by three European nations, it is report ed in London. Tests of this form of air defense proved successful when a wnole squadron of aircraft was forced to land thru engine failure, the reports said. The defense con sists of "spraying" certain sectiions of the sky with a "smoke" of par ticles of solid substance, wheih re sults in complete and permanent en gine failure when "breathed in" by the gasoline motors cf the planes. A battery of anti-aircraft guns can drench a particular sky area with sufficient "invisible smoke" to leave an impenetrable barrier. Shells can be timed to explode and liberate their cargo of paralyzing vapor at any height required. In the event of war, this method, it is stated, might revo lutionize all accepted tactics. DOUBT FOUL PLAY THEORY Washington. Theories of foul play in connection with the death of Louise Breckinridge, daughter of Col. Henry Breckenridge, were aban doned by investigators. The beauti ful 19 year old daughter of the one time assistant secretary cf war was) found near her home at night, a bul let wound thru her heart. Nearby wr.s the .22 calibre rfie with which she had been target shooting. In vestigation convinced detectives the rifle was discharged when It caught in a fence over which the young Vas sar student was climbing. Cee tho goods you buy. Catalog descriptions are flowsry enough, bet how about the noods when you get them? That newspapers do mac'n for the continued development of civic pat riotism. They help to make the home city a better city in which its citizens can take much pride. They always get behind any con structive plans for bettering the home city. They crystalize public sentiment toward those things that make a city a better place in which to live and make a living. If It were not for the newspaper:-., when things went wrong in a city they would stay wrong and the p o ple would have to suffer in 'silenc e. Newspapers, like any other busi ness, have a definite goal in view, and it i3 always to make the home city a bigger, better, busier ana brighter city. Newspaper men are rapid-fire, go getters. They are always live wire.", who talk straight. They never lose time. If anything worth while is in si.::iit, they don't TRY to get U they just GO GET IT! Newspaper men are alwayn boost ers and do much in assisting tli home city in the "March of Pro gress." Frank E. Gannett, pub!i::ir r of tho Gannett newspapers, ;ays: "In my opin'on, ono of the great est forces in bringing about better business conditions is advertising. For many months the newt-papers of the country have shown increase:-; in advertising Unas T:;i3 is one proof that recovery from the depres sion is well under way. This in crease in advertising sell.-? more mer chandise of every kind. Thr sale of products brings greater production in the factories. This mcum; more employment, larger payrolls and more purchasing power. "Advertising, properly us.cd, will prcmote the sale of any meritorious product. We need stimulation of consumption. We have been suffer ing not so much from over-produc tion, but from a decrease in purchas ing power. We have surpluses be caiif,a various things are not being "An outstanding example cf this is the mlik situation in New York state. Here we- have had a surplus of milk since the depression began. The cows are net producing more' milk, but the people are not drink ing so much milk. If every child in New York state had a yuart of milk a day ar.d every a--- a prnt ot milk a day, we would have no sur plus of mill: in New York. At my suggestion, the New York legislature passed a bill appropriating half a million dollars for a campaign to ad vertise milk. This is a great exper iment which the nation should watch. I am confident this campaign will increase the sale of milk so that tho present surplus will disappear. "I believe that advertising is one of the greatest forces in our lives today. By using the printed page effectively, the thinking and habits of millions of people can be changed. If this were not so, our great busi ness corporations would not bo spending huge sums for advertising. Of course newspapers offer the greatest possibilities in advertising. Nincty;five per cent of tho adult population of the United States de pends upon newspapers for knowl edge and information as to what is going on throughout the worl 1 from day to day. Advertising, at tractive to the eye, carried on with steadfast continuity and intelli gence, will always get results." SECONDARY LOANS DECLINE New York. Secondary loans suf fered a relapse in the bond market, coincident with a sharp decline in stocks, and losses ranged from 1 to arc unci 4 points in the mere active issues. Dealer found some encour agement in the fact that the trading volume did not pick up appreciably on the downturn and that prime is sues generally followed a small frac tional range with a few showing moderate improvement. Transfers to taled 511,509.000 par value, com pared with $11,C02,000 hv.:t Friday. ENJOYS VACATION From Tuesday's Dally r.liss Eleanor O'Blien rlmnrtrH lest evening cn her vacation and riming which time she will .spend several weeks visiting friends at Lochellc, Illinois, also at Chicaro V1, (in ;.. ii.. i .J """c u uie latter citv she will at- tend the Century Progress ex- position.