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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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ISie PSattsmeuth Journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT FLATTS5IOUTH, NEBRASKA
Entered at Postoffice, Platt3niouth. Neb., as second-class mail matter
MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher
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Sometimes we take so much time
deciding which of two flies to swat
that they both get away.
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This country will never get back
to Mother Earth until the people go
back to lower mathematics.
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The nation, says a psycoholcgist,
is going conservative. What a blow
to the philosophy of the new deal!
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In the interesting mayor contest,
Pittsburgh seems to run New York a
close second in the National League.
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A new process for aging whisky
produces the desired result in three
minutes, but of course, if you're in a
hurry, you can always make some
gin.
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It is now believed thatt a board
or commission will soon take over
the administrative functions of the
Twin:-, born to a Rumanian woman NRA, leaving (Jcnerai jonnson nee
were erroneously reported as sex- j to devote more time to the dead cat
tuplets However the guess was pretty
close the differer.ee between G and
A New Jersey man hz.3 invented
paper that stretches. However, rub
ber checks have been in use for years.
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And remember how we used to say
that when the locusts began to buzz
in the evening it was six weeks until
frost?
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As a companion toed for the now
clmcst legendary "Milk From Con
tented Cows" a road house advertises
"Satisfied- Chicken."
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Another gangster has died ol
wounds, "his lips sealed." Just as
dumb in death as he was in life, re
marks the Chicago News.
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Town boys workng iin the coun
try make lots cf mistakes., but when
they get the collars upside down on
the l:oies, everybody feels free to
h.ugh.
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"Sweeping the ocean back has
nothing cn trying to get dry after a
heat wave bath," observes the In
dianapolis News.
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In the so-called Hollywood "mor
als case," it certainly has not yet
been clearly reveahd who was sup
plying the morals.
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A news item about Maryland's
celebration cf her tercentenary re
minds us who was governor back in
those days, just before Ritchie?
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If the nudist movement hadn't
gained many new adherents to its
cause during the last few weeks it
never will amount to anything.
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Why is it that when a married
man answers the telephone with "Oh,
hello, baby," everybody within hear
ing has an expression of "Wonder
who he's talking to?"
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With Dillirgor permanently lo
cated, the world now can turn its
attention to the finding of Admiral
Byrd, whose definite location seems
to be somewhat in question.
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Adjacent scare headlines yester-
it
Thinks Tree
Will Survive the
Severe Drouth
Clay ten Watkins, State Forester
Says Tliey Will Make Comeback
if Rains by Fall.
Advising farmers and householders
to water their trees wherever pos
sible, Clayton Watkins, state for
ester at Lincoln, Thursday assured
them that Nebraska trees in general
are standing the heat and drouth
remarkably well.
Burning of leaves on trees to a
yellowish brown, he said, is not al
ways due to lack of moisture. In
seme cases it may be due to ho:
winds. While this will weaken a tree,
it can grow more foliage just as it
can put out new leaves after a kill
ing frost.
"If they get plenty of water this
fall they should stand the winter
fairly well," he said, "but a cold
winter following a dry fall and sum-
! mer undoubtedly will result in much
winter kill."
day read: "Crime on the Run," and! The extent of damage will net be
"Terror in a Bank." Perhaps care known until next spring, he said.
should be taken, when pursuing' The concensus of expert opinion is
that trees should be watered, parti
cularly when there i3 any doubt
As to the dispute on whether Gen- about their condition. George Vogel
eral Johnson should be called the; of South Bend, Neb., has a success-
crime, not to run it into banks.
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WAITC
Okla. t
is only 4.
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Mrs. Vincent Astor wants a new
deal for the immigrant. Isn't it about
time to give the American a new deal
and let the immigrant do his own
hell-raising at home? .
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branch of the industry.
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Reading cf the search for the baby
who is to be the new dalai lama, we
can't help wondering whether there
is as much grief in judging a dalia
lama contest in Tibet as in judging
a baby contest in the United States.
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Three men have been killed at
eracker-down or the crack-downer
tho Detroit News testifies that the
rule in Michigan is cracker-downcr.
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"We just talked about the weath
er," said Postmaster General Far-
i ley after his visit with Upton Sin-
clnir. Mr. Farley may have talked
about the weather, but we don't be-
l lieve Mr. Sinclair did.
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The additional charges made by!
ful method for use v.-he re water must
be carried or where the "water
lance" is not desired.
Vogel sinks round sewer tiles at
two or three spots around the tree,
IS inches to two feet deep, anel fills
them with water several times a
week. This allows the water to reach
the subsoil as with the water lance.
The tiles can be bought at lumber
and building supply houses for less
than half a dollar.
Vogtl tried surface watering on
Lord Ashley against Dou:r Fairbanks i
ti:e asn, juurner. and ceuar, and lost
;i II three. TTo nsprf tlio H! mPlhnii I'air is a i wJ'Jay u;.n, 111 a.u
Hollywood announces the posses- j school elections in a Kentucky cona
tion of a saxophone eighteen feet;ty. and it is recalled that five were
long. It may prove useful to the na-j killed In similar elections in another
tional guardsmen on duty in the
San Francisco strike as their most
offensive weapon.
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It begins to look as :f those high
prices for raw products we begged
for so long might be forthcoming,
President, congress and most of the
except that there won't be very many j cabinet away on vacation, we would
raw products, nor very many people j feel pretty uneasy were' it not ; for
county of the state last year. Edu
cation evidently is taken seriously ia
Kentucky. -
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With the growing threat of , gen- j cians at . this time of ytar, all cf
oral strikes on every hand and the. v.hom went there to forget politics?;
reminds that Lord Ashley Is one
thesa individuals with so little pride
that they are willing to let the world
knew they can't hold their wives.
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Ramsay MacBcnald is taking his
vacation in Canada this year to for
get politics. Doesn't lie know that
Canada is full of American politi-
Davis Merwin, publisher of the
Bloomington (111.) Pantograph, says:
"Newspaper advertising is poten
tially the outstanding national re
covery factor. Just as the press is
being depended upon through this
crisis for up-to-the-minute public in
formation on the multitude of gov
ernment experiments and local, na
tional and foreign developments in
the new social-political-economic
complex, to that same extent does
it provide the medium par excellence
for the sales promotion vitaliy need
ed to quicken the wheels of industry
and thereby produce payrolls ade
quate to put millions back to work.
"That thi3 peculiar advantage cf
newspaper advertising is being given
constantly greater recognition is
demonstrated by the expenditure of
an increasing proportion of the na
tional advertising dollar in that med
ium. Almost half cf this country's)
i
total 1933 national advertising out
lay of $300,000,000 was used in
newspapers, a proportion greater
than 1931 or 1932 and, for that mat
ter, higher than that cf preceding
years. The policy of 351 leading com
panies was even mere striking in
that they devoted over Gl of their
aggregate national advertising ex
penditure to newspapers. These com
panies alone accounted for approxi
mately two-thirds cf lD3C's total na
tional advertising budget.
"Omitting for the moment anyj
consideration whatsoever of the pres
ent extraordinary interest in news,
the reasons for this preference are
basic and too numerous and ob-ious
to require detailed recital. The nev.s-
REPEATS JOURNEY TO UTAH
Salt Lake City. Andrew Jenson,
who is now assistant historian of
the Latter Day Saints church, trudg
ed across the plains from Iowa to
Salt Lake City behind! an ox team
in 1866. It took biro glxty-two days
to reach the newly' founded city in
Salt Lake valley.
Tuesday, in observance of Pioneer
day, the anniversary of the Mormon's
entrance into this valley July 24
1847, Mr. Jenson made virtually the
same trip utilizing the modern
method of transportation. He flew
here from Omaha, but instead cf
sixty-two days, it took him a mere
seven hours.
State Takes
Hand in Credit
Groups Plan
Will Regulate tlis Latest Addition
to Nebraska Financial System;
86 Associations.
The state banking department has
taken command of the' affairs of co
operative credit associations, latest
development in Nebraska's financial
system, despite the fact that the law
under which they are organized fails
to grant the department specifically
all the powers it might care to have.
Eighty-six of these associations are
now in existence, most of them or
ganized in recent months and about
sixty of them in large groups under
MONDAY, JULY 30, 1934
Summer Brings
Many Accidents,
Survey Discloses
Large Increase in Accid:ntal Death;
Traced to Outdoor Activities
Such as Swimming.
New York, N. Y. Summer, wh
the great outdoors calls and the va
cationist seeks new scenes and f s
as relaxation from tho grind of b.-.s
daily work, is a specially hazards; ;
seacn of the year for fatal acci
dents. While deaths from disa-;-,
as a general thing are more numei
ous in the winter month:-;, the mh:.-me-r
mortality from accidents ;s
about 25 per cent greater than i:i
winter or spring, and 1C per cent
higher than in the fall.
A survey of the mortality statis
tics of the United States Registration
Aiea for the three-year period, 19i':
to 1931, by the Statistical Isur. i
of one of the leading life insurarM .
companies, shows that 2 9 ptr cent
cf the accidental deaths occurred dur
ing the summer months. Tho fa.l
season was next with 25 rcr cu t
cf the fatal accident::-, whip; 1.3 p r
cent was tabulated for both t! e
spring and winter searonr.. July,
with 10.7 per cent, showed tho larg
est proportion of accidental deaths
for any one month.
loor activities r-f the summer, v. hoi--some
and necessary ar. they arc, in
volve distinct seasonal hazard
on ether trees pin oak, ash
walnut and saved them all.
and
Cutting Corn
for Silage
to
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-able
their
to pay the market price for
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A Chicago woman, summerin:
a ccttr.ge in
at
:hole Island, reports
the theft cf $2-1.000 worth of jewelry
from the cottage. If the temperature
were fifteen degrees lower, we- might
e.tir up seme sympathy for a lady
the fact that th? brairr trustis Sti
on the job.
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jT i icus liability into 5fEO.Ulen as
1 : : hxv,et'ncr6 may be held mcr
A largo
manufactures all
gamblin
kinds of crooked;
makes sixty-two!
Genius consists of turning a ser-
i r.t Th. a !
e or less
in contempt. Put Schnozzle Durante
of the movies lias made it his crown-
lory and li Is fortune.
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The best watermelons must be-
Salvage Yalue
j Safe to Fasture Now, According to
Experts Rye Will Make -Good
Pasture.
mate touch with the- popuir.ee- that
it series, and
maximum con hue
does the chronicle of daily affairs
closest to the h:r.rts and po:ketbooks
of its subscribers, it is a heme visi-
the same general administration.
George B. Wilson, in charge of , -lore than oo per eent ot tlie crown
trust companies and building and' ing accidents occur in June, July
loan associations, as well as the co-and August. In commenting uron
operatives, said the department1 these deaths, the survey ?ay:
would specify what types cf invest- j "The death toll from drowning is
ments the association might make,! largely preventable, due it is in
aliho the law does not give specific i many instances to the carelessness or
authorization for this. recklessness of the swimmers. Some
Wilson Las received an infcrmalj of it, however, could be prevented
ruling from the attorney general! bY rnore adequate supervision cf
that share holders in the co-opor- i bathing beaches and water sports i n
general. Drownings at the hundreds
of summer ramps fjr boys and gills
believes this may give pause- to some ; ai'e rare, indeed, because swimming
and beating are supervised and up-
1 recording enjoying? tIvc. ,vin be subject to double
fiacnee. Bearing as itj bi:ilyt like bank t0cknolders. He.
crganizers.
And the department has ruled: to-date methods of resuscitation are
tor in popular demand with every jthat no har.holddr riay bave more j usually at hand when accidents do
money on deposit in a co-operative ' occur."
than ten times the amount of his! Insurance statisticians report that
shares. In case of possible ir.goiv-: other forms of accidents which rt-g-
i Corn which has been damaged by
ithe hot and dry weather during the
j past week or ten days can be sal-
cevices, makes sixty-two, Tr.e best watermelons must bo, .aced to smup pxtfMlt hv cuUine it
different decks of marked cards that j ripened in quiets peaceful-surround- ,-or E;iage E D Keim chair-
virtually defy disclosure and seventy- lnSs. according to an agricultural manof the agronomy department at
three kir.Hs of combinations cf trans-; expert. We recall in our youth that I t -..ji ..no
11 Ani AAA . I . 1 m . . .... .t . . ; - T
vno ir.Kes S'-s.t'uu worm or jeweiry j parent u;ce so cieveriy naced tnat; quite a number of melons were clis-l
member of the family. It therefore
creates an atmosphere for the pre
sentation cf tho sales message that
guarantees responsiveness Deyonaj tucy thhj woud kt.ep liie ioss3 ; ister their maximum mortalities iii
that cf any other veaicle for 6uchjf f.oiii?p- mn iion-ii-.- r.n nnrJthe furaiiif-nimp are: focd noisoninc?.
1L! with small shareholding and large poisonings by venomous animals
i deposits. I including insects and reptiles, air-
to a summer resort, but it's difficult! they can be cut
to achieve the proper indignation at
110 in the shade.
burned.
weighed' turbed in the ripening period by the
or measured with calipers without; sound of their owner's shotgun, chas-detec-tion.
' ing melon thieves out of the patch.
Do You Remamber WSiers . . - ?
' ! .! "' ".- r.-J ! - , 1 t, !.,' ,r m jy tjwyi ' w m j. jm , .
. :--v K.ic fr:tt SJ.caw. toe . C-rm -m rM fU CJ, ..'.--t-T .CH . 'f J: iff 'Vgt'tH -v ,
vv,:, ;mX , v ml
x-H. :-v. t 1 )m
j apparent that it will not grow any
j corn or nubbins for better silage.
For the best results corn should be
cut before the stalks become too dry
and blow away. Farmers in most
cases are expected to use the trench
and pit silos in storing the feed for
fall and winter feeding as a rough
age. ,
a message. It i live end timely;
is a daily habit. It represents flex
ibility in time clement and concen
trated circulation. And, not least,
it is fighting the community's battle?
and spreading the community's gos
pel. In conscqiicneo, it naturally oc
cupies a uuirjue position cf trust.
"Public inform-t:on, education
and understanding :3 tho world's
chief hope for peaceful and con
structive solutlcn cf its tliififulties.
The editorial portion cf the news
paper is the chief instrument for
such education, and correspondingly, j
newspaper advertising space presents!
j Wilson pointed out that in other, Plane and balloon accidents, injuries
I states similar co-eperaives have not! 15 " "other vehicles' (largely l.or.se-
been allowed to receive deposits but ! drawn ) . crushing accidents, injuri. s
only sell shares, and this tlimin-j non-venomous animals, i-tarva-aed
the problem cf protecting the ! tion rn'1 thirst, exessive hca light
ning and other electric shock?, an 1
water transportation accidents. Tho
statisticians point out that with th -possible
exception of electric shocks
not due to lightning, the rVason f r
the predominance cf summertime
deaths is apparent in the case cf each
cf these.
Accidental burns, iniu:ies receive I
depositors.
Tho co-operatives are being form
ed generally in bankless commun
ities, under a 1923 law, largely un
used until this time. C. A. Sorensen.
republican candidate for governor,
has been attorney for cne group. E.
K. riacc-k, state president of tire
bankers association, has protested
the moet effective means of stimu- against permitting the co-operatives in burning buildings, mechaniul
lating trade and maintaining it at ( t0 Co busjne3s j suffocations, inhalation of irrespi:-
the level requisite to normal cm-
I loyment and the higher standard of
Some farmers thxuout the statejHving that is being scuoht."
are pasturing their cornfields, where
the corn failed to come up in a uni
form stand and also did not grow.
There is no closer of poisoning live
stock by pasturing tho corn down,
fannera arc toll in answer to in
quiries reaching the college of agri
culture daily.
Farmers will have a chance of get
ting pasture for their livestock this
fall by planting rye if weather con
ditions get more favorable within
tho next cix weeks, Doctor Keim be
lieve:;. Usually rye planted from
Au.i. 25 to Oct. 1 will lnaks good
fall and spring pasture. Five pecks
per aero is the rate of seeding recom
mended. Winter wheat can also be
sown for pasture, and under favor
able circumstances will produce an
abundance of fall pasture.
M00NEY FAILS 03TCE H0RE
5
3
TERMS TOTAL 5,000 YEARS
Washington1-. Prison sentences
aggregating 5,073 years, two month
and three days and fines amounting
to $772,938.73 were imposed on fed
eral law violations during the Ih.eul
year ending June 30, 1934.
A Etatistical report made by J
Edgar Hoover, investigative director
of the department of justice, uhovuul
that 3,531 convictions were necurcd.
This represented 93.81 percent or
cases brought to trial.
During the year, 92S federal fugi
tives were located and an additional
4,356 fugitives wanted by local au
thorities were apprehended thru the
fingerprint work performed by the
Justice department. Property recov
ered had a value of ? 1,11 6,019.28
and savings resulting to the United
etatcs thru investigative work in war
risk insurance and other cases
amounted to J1S.152.400; ttoltu Uls
ter vehicle to the number of 2,302
were recovered.'
San Francisco. Thomas Mooney,
convicted of bombing the 1916 pre
paredness day parade bore, failed in
a new attempt to bring his case
again beforo the supreme court of
the United States. Judge Shorten
of the circuit court cf appeals de
nied him a certificata of probate
cause for an appeal.
Mooney petitioned the United
States district court recently for a
writ of habeas corpus, contending
E20UTH LIMITS RELIEF CAHNIKG
. able, irratiting or poisonous ga.- s
and street-car accidents are listc 1
as taking the greatest tell cf l::e
I 'ncnln. Jnlv 5 n,-m,th h uu";, ll-v 11 m.cnins. u:. inu
blighted 'prospects for many federal j rint the ftatif,ifiai,s comment:
emergency relief canning centers in "C"?-!l" deaths fiom ir-
Xtbraska, but plans eio still being resp!rab,e irri!ain a:,d P
mail-, tn pst.nhiuh ,),r,,t 11 Kares, including thoso from carbon
he was being detained unlawfully garderr;
as compared with 25 projected sev
eral wcek3 ago.
Counties now slated to have one
or more canning centers are Doug
las, Richardson, Dakota. Wayne,
Madison, Buffalo, Sc-otes Bluff. Mor
rill and Lincoln. If conditions turn
favorable, centers may be set up in
additional counties for the preserva
tion cf vegetables grown in FERA
and that his conviction after tne
bombing had been brought about by
perjury.
Judge St. Sure denied the petition,
advising Mooney's attornyca that the
piopcr means of redress lay thru the
Mate courts, and recommending that
bo inrtltute the habeas corpus pro
ciedli ics there. T.'i'.i eoun.e remains
opi-n t hi. 11 now, with the avenue
poM.slbly f t ill opo:i to tho United
SI at 14 Miiprnne court tribunal in case
of Mtlvi iHt) 111 Unas by the California
supitnu' foil it.
FIRE AT BTROKSBUEG
Htininbuitf. Neb. Fire of un
knowM orlain almost entirely des-tioyt-d
the home, household goods
mid hejonginss of Mrs.' Augusta
Klusiiir Tutoday. The blaze was dis
covered ot 4 u. m. and the fire de-
paitmrnt called. The dwelling was
a w oo Ion structure and the fire Boon
spread beyond control. Loss was es
timated at about $2,300. partially
covered by insurance. This wa.i the
worst fire here for a number ot
years.
Frank S. Henline, in chnrgo cf
the projects, is studying tho possi
bility cf getting surplus fruit from
Colorado for canning in Nebraska.
It would be distributed during the
winter to needy families. There are
still prorpects cf getting quantities
cr surplus apples and ether fruit!
from commercial growers in south-!
eastern Nebraska.
Madison and Dakota county cen
ters are starting operations this!
week.
GOV. ERYAN URGES
NATIONAL ARBORETUM
Lincoln, .July 25. Governor Bry
an, in a statement issued at his of
fice Wednesday, said th3" shelttrbelt
project of which he highly approved,
should include the establishment of a
national aboretum at Nebraska oitv
In such a laving laboratorv. hj fal1- Their relative infroquency dur
monoxide poisoning in garages, oe
cur in the four-month period. De
cember to March; that is. in th;
period when there is the- maximum
use of heating apparatus, and when
windows and garage doors are toj
often kept closed."
Four out of every ten deaths from
gun-shot wounds were found to occur
between October in and the end of
thr year. While the j?titiiies Io n-:
dlscloro what proportion cf the-
deaths art the result of hunting ac
cidents, probably many of them are.
"For seme unknown reason, death:;
by accidental s;abs and cuts are les.;
frequent in the final third of th -
jjear man at any ether time," th-
.........o i. ..iuic occ ur
during July than in any ether one
month.
"Distinct peaks for accidental falls
arc in evidence for the widely scpa-
"-lfU i:unw:s ct January r.ud July.
Fatalities resulting from railroad
travel are more numerous from May
to December than Curing the first
third of the year.
"Automobile fatalities show a
tharp rise begir.nirg with May;
they increase steadily in June. July
and August, and reach their peak
in the late cummer and during tka
J said, many varietties of trees could
be tested and compared to determine
their relative merits for timber pro
duction and other purposes. A half
million dollars would provide tuch
an arboretum of 1.000 acres, he said,
and furnish the information upon
"Sea it before you buy it."
ing the co!d months r-flocts the di
minished uee of motor vehicle?. "
Federal
revenues have mounted
sharply l the last year, but they
yet have far to go to catrh paca
with the f ip-:1i-i t. i. -i
J coutee-t.
could be built.
equal break in the
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