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PAGE TWO MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1931. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUEffAL the Plat'tsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSHOTJTH, NEBRASKA Entered at rostoffice,' Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN PIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone, 2.G0 per year. Beyond 600 miles, 3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries. $3.60 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. Payroll on Highways is $25,000 a Day Open Weather Benefits 4,5C0 Ne braska Highway Workers on Road Program. Protracted "open weatber," dur ing which highway operations can be pressed forward, is meaning $25, 000 a day additional jingling in pockets of more than 4,500 Nebras kans. With Nebraska's state and federal highway program being pressed for ward at full speed, more than 4,500 workers are drawing a daily payroll of $25,000, State Engineer Lobdell said. Protracted fine fall weather has made it possible for full work crews to be retained and the com bination is pouring the golden stream daily into quarters of the state where it is most needed. Lobdell pointed out, however, that the daily payroll of $25,000 by no means represents the full returns from the highway projects. For every one of the 4,500 men actually enrolled in labor crews, he said at least two other Nebraskans are en gaged in producing materials and in other activities amalogous to the road work. Most of the material used for road construction is produced within the environs of Nebraska, swelling the daily returns from highway activity. In the 4,500 actually engaged on the jobs, about 600 -are jegitf dj under SFERA. The balance are employes- by contracts developing the projects. About 000 tliartnprsjjfcj have been given employment in the huge program. POULTRY 'WAR' TO COUNCIL Omaha. The city council Tuesday heard the story of the long battle that has been waged by Mrs. Stella Moeller in police court to keep her poultry yards at her home, and then promptly referred the case back to police court. Tom Knapp, welfare department inspector, appeared before the coun cilc to tell how he had watched the geese, ducks and chickens up to 2 a. r.i. recently, and commented that the din of quacks and squawks at that hour was "terrific." Knapp declar ed ho sided with the neighbors in their protests against the nuisance. The council, hearing the police judge had on several occasions given Mrs. Lloeller two weeks to get rid of the bird3 without result and the po lice had twice forcibly ejected the fowls from their pens only to learn that Mrs. Mcellcr had returned them, referred the case back to police court. A delegation of neighbor women appeared before the councli to urge that the commissioners take action. "We're tired of it all," said the spokeswoman. CALIFORNIA STRIKE CALLED L.cs Angeles. A strike of the ap proximately 1,200 union employes of the Pacific Electric Railway com pany, which serves and connects Los Angeles and suburban areas, was called by union officials to begin Sat urday at 2 a. m. The company han dles a week day average of mere than 150,000 passengers. Union officials said the railway company had not met the employes' demands or agreed to arbitrate the demands for v.aga increases amount ing to around 30 cents an hour more than the company offered, and for better arrangements of working hours and conditions. EARTH SHOCKS Hi WYOMING Lander, Wyo. Earth shocks dur inga severe snowstorm caused a near panic in Lander and the surrounding valley. Persons ran from business buildings in downtown Lander as the disturbances, which lasted only a few minutes, were felt. Residents here and for a radius of about ten miles reported dishe had b-jeu bulled from cupboards and pictures Jarred frev.u walls. No serious damage was reported. INMATES GOING TO SCHOOL A new phase of the educational program at the penitentiary was opened up Friday as sixty-three pris oners enrolled in the prison high school and "college" courses. The program Is under the super vision of Warden Kavanaugh and C. K. Morse, extension professor at the University of Nebraska. Teachers are supplied from the extension di vision and regular credits are given Inmates who so desire. The school was originated last summer to give prisoners something to "occupy their spare time, since prison labor was abolished under NRA provisions. Efforts are also being made to de velop a music course for the inmates. A conference was held with FERA officials in an effort to determine whether or net it would be possible to augment the prison orchestra into a concert unit, and also offer indi vidual instruction. ESTABLISH BARTER SYSTEM Omaha. Farmers of northwestern Iowa, where corn is plentiful, and those of Nebraska and South Dakota, where drouth virtually destroyed the crop, have organized and are op erating in many towns a barter sys tem whereby livestock from the af flicted regions is either traded for corn or sold outright for feeding purposes. This was the report brought here Thursday by Roy Welch, grain man, who has just completed a tour of the section. .Auction pavilions, he said, have been established at Spirit Lake, Fonda, Spencer, Storm Lake, Amelia, A It a and Sac City. Thd lead in establishing them was taken by pbmmercial clubs, the American Le gion and other civic organizations. At Spencer 21,000 head of live stock have been purchased in six weeks. A like number were taken at Fonda. Spirit Lake disposed of 10, 000 and Storm Lake, one of the last to get into the game, bought 4,000 head of famished Nebraska and Da kota beeves and porkers. ARSON MURDER CONVICTION Chicago. A criminal court3 jury convicted Harry Siegel, 45, an insur ance adjuster, of the "arson" mur der of Joseph Pecori, 17 year old cripple, and fixed his punishment at fourteen years in prison. Siegel's conviction resulted from the round up of a so-called million dollar ring of which Mrs. Bertha Warshovsky, self admitted "grandmother arson queen," was the leader. Mrs. Wars hovsky and Thomas Falone, owner of the butcher shop above which the Pecori youth lived, al3o indicted for the arson death, admitted their part in the alleged plot and testified for the state against Siegel. It was from the living quarters above Falone's butcher shop that the crippled youth leaped when trapped by the flames from a fire which Mrs. Warshovsky testified she set at the direction of Siegel and his partner, whom police say is now a fugitive. GRANGE ASKS GOLD KIKE Hartford, Tonn. President Roose velt was called on by the National Grange to set and maintain "cuch a price for geld as may be necessary" ! to effect a balance between commod ity and inflexible prices. Bringing its nine-day convention to a close, the organization in its resolution retrained from asking for a specific increase in the price of gold, but National Master Taber said "setting of the price of gold under present conditions would mean rais ing it." INCOME TAX INVESTIGATION Ne w York. The New York Am erican says four New Yorkers, well known for different reasons, are the subjects of a new income tax inves tigation opened by the treasury de partment. The paper says they are former Mayer James J. Walker, "Dutch" Schultz, alleged 'racketeer sought by the New York police; John McGill. suspended deputy customs surveyor, and Bruno Hauptmanu. charged with the kidnap-killing of '.lie Lindbergh baby. HDOCK ITEMS A. II. Ward was a business visitor in-Manley and Louisville on Wednes day of last week. Lawrence Race was called to Lin coln last Wednesday to look after some business matters. Business called TV. T. Weddell to Weeping Water last Wednesday, he making the trip in his car. L. Neitzel was called to Weeping Water Wednesday afternoon, where he had some business matters to look after. Sherman Wolfe and son, Donald, of Alvo, were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Craig on Tuesday afternoon. FOR SALE Good registered Short Horn Bull, priced reasonable. An ex cellent individual. W. O. Schewe, Murdock, Nebraska. A new trailer has just been com pleted at the garage of L. Race, which looks just as good or better than if made in a factory. Frank Rosenow shelled and deliv ered corn to the Murdock Farmers elevator on Thursday of last week, which brought a good price. Henry Carsen, better known as "Slats," was looking after some busi ness matters in Omaha last Monday, driving over to the big town in his car. Merle McDonald, one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonald, has been quite ill for several days, but is reported as being better late last week. Harvey Baekemeyer, of Elmwood, was a visitor in Murdock last Wed nesday and was looking after some business matters and visiting with friends. The second six weeks of school having passed, the regular semester examinations were being held last week, with all the students showing marked advance in their gradei over the first six weeks. A. H. Ward, who has been having a severe time with toothache,' has bad the same extracted and when his mouth shall have gotten well, will have some made to order and is hop ing they will work better and with less pain than the natural ones. Postmaster LeRoy B. Gfrrjthey and family wera in. Weeping Watgr;last Sunday where t"hey were enjoying a very fine visit for the day and as well were also enjoying a very fine din ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur II. Jones, the ladies being sisters. While A. H. Ward was taking a truck load of gas and oil to the fill ing fetation on O street south of Elm wood, his friend, M. E. Shattc, went along, stepping at Elmwood, where he had some shopping to look after, and Mr. Ward picked him up on the return trip. Mrs. Charles Marshall, of Minne apolis, a sister of Mrs. Henry Amg wcrt, arrived in Murdock for a visit with the sister and family and after having visited here for a time, de parted for Hastings, where she visit ed for a week with her mother, Mrs. C. Janncn, who resides there. Douglas Tool, who is attending the University of Nebraska, will ar rive heme the middle of the week and spend Thanksgiving day with the par ents as. well as stay the rest of the week. The family of George Work, of Omaha, and also W. P. Meyer, of Sioux City will also be there, making a big family reunion. Attended Funeral in Iowa Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Patterson, who formerly made their homo at Little Sioux, Iowa, received the sad news of the death of a close friend of the fam ily there last week and drove over to the Iowa town on Friday to attend the funeral. They say crops over that way were much better than in this vicinity, although they too suf fered from the drouth. Little Sioux i3 en the main line of the Northwest ern from Omaha to Sioux City, some 35 miles north cf Missouri Valley. Entertained Ladies Aid Mrs. Fred Euell was hostess to the Ladies Aid Society of the Murdock church on last Thursday at an all-day meeting with a covered dish lunch con eerved during the noon hour. All present enjeyed the gathering. Purchases New Radio Ezra Ncben, who lives northwest of town, has purchased a new storage battery operated radio which will keep the family in touch with the outside world and enable them to en joy many interesting programs. FORD TRUCK FOR SALE 1931 model in excellent condition with good box, stock rack. Dual wheels.' Price will be ' reasonable. J. J. TOMAN, d&w Mynard, Nebr. Emergency Loans Made Available to Stock Feeders Drouth Loans Aggregate $21,000, 000 Means Made Possible for Bororwers of Mid-West. Over 365,000 emergency drought loans aggregating $24,000,000 have been made to western and middle western farmers and stockmen since the drought fund appropriated last summer became available. Governor W. I. Myers, Farm Administration, said today. Just over 200,000 of the loans amounting to about $14,000,000 rep resented initial advances, primarily for the purpose of purchasing feed for livestock; and 105,000 supple mental advances have been made ag gregating $10,000,000. Ordinarily such loans are made in monthly ad vances, limited to amounts required per head for the stock to be fed. "With the approach of severe weather conditions over many sec tions where feed is short it is very important for borrowers who need feed and have no other source of credit to make application for emer gency loans early so there will be no delay in acting upon them due to suddenly changing weather condi tions or other unforeseen factors," Governor Myers said. "The funds available for the emergency feed loans are limited," he continued, "and no farmer or stockman should borrow or spend unnecessarily for feed; but where the stockman can anticipate his later needs with rea sonable certainty, he should apply ! early, whether or not the feed Is to be purchased immediately. "In parts of the primary drought areas where winter weather condi tions will prevent transportation of feed, range livestock operators may obtain funds to purchase a reserve feed supply, such advances being se cured by liens on the reserve sup ply and on the stock to be fed," the governor stated. "The monthly ad vances are made on the basis of the borrower's promissory note. Vln . addition to the reserve feed loan," Mr. Myers said, "the borrower may apply for regular monthly al lowances and lipid his extra, two months' feed supply in reserve for emergency purposes .when transpor tation may be cut off. Then, in cases where the monthly allowances are obtained without interruption and tho reserve supply rtained through the winter, th latter will take care of feeding needs in February and March next year under such condi tions advances to the borrower for those months will not be necessary." TURKEY PICKERS RETURNING Sidney Neb.--Forty employes in the Omaha Cold Storage company plant here quit work Wednesday morning in protest of wages paid for turkey picking, but most of them re turned to their jobs in the afternoon to await an NRA investigation of the dispute. John L. Sullivan, :aoor leader, said that altho the workers are get ting the cede rate of 5 cents per bird, they are not earning the mini mum of 25 cents per hour because of inexperience. George Anstey, manager of tho Sidney plant, said he had no author ity to; pay a "higher wage rate and threatened to close the branch and send the birds for dressing to Ster ling, Colo., and Torrington, Wyo., if the strike continued. Anstey said most of the employes were taken off of relief rolls and . were averaging mere than a dollar a day. SHOULD SELECT SEED CORN Urging Nebraska farmers to select their corn for 1935 seeding immed iately, P. II.. Stewart, extension agronomist at . the agricultural col lege, Wednesday pointed toward the possibility of a scarcity of such seed next spring. "While there is considerable old corn left in practically every county, it is moving out rapidly and indi cations are that by spring much of the corn will be fed up so that seed will not be so readily available as now," Stewart aid. "Enough corn can be picked for seed from old corn on hand. If farm ers do not have corn of their own, it is likely there will.be a scarcity of seed when corn planting time ar rives." In his appeal, Stewart pointed out that the government has not pur chased corn for seed purposes in Ne braska and may net do so. "Seed corn, a3 farmers know, cannot be moved satisfactorily from long dis tances and. it i3uecessary to get lo cally adapted seed," Stewart said. "See it before you buy it.' RAID LIQUIDATED BANK Athens, Tex. These bank burg lars didn't believe in signs. They spent several hours burning into the vault of the liquidated Citizens State bank at Larue with an acetylene torch. Both vault and safe were empty. Prominently displayed on the front door was a sign giving no tice the bank had been liquidated. Says Farmers of W est Discrimi nated Against Protest Proposed Legislation to Allow Cheaper Rates to Pacific Coast on Implements. Kansas City Legislation that will be before the next congress proposes to discriminate against farmers of Kansas. Nebraska and other middle western states by allowing railroads to ship farm implements to the Paci fic coast for a lesser freight rate than they charge to ship the same goods to the middle west farm, Carl Cogs well, master of the Kansas State Grange, asserted in addressing the Trans - Missouri - Kansas Shippers' Board meeting here in opposition to the proposal to repeal the long and short haul law. "I have been unable,' Mr. Cogs well said," to justify a conclusion that we could justify at the bar of justice of public opinion the charg ing of a lower rate fcr half-way across the continent than fcr clear across the continent. "In some of my recent discussions and editorials I:i a farm paper, I have attempted to set cut the injus tice that has been done the railroads in some matters cf taxation. I have tried to set out before the agricul tural people of Kansas the injustice to the railroads by cver-rogulation while some other forms cf transpor tation are under-regulated. "I cannot, however, justify the thought that agricultural people in this great middle west area, in an attempt at the- solution of the prob lem, be penalized, as it were, by pay ing a higher rate on a shorter haul than the railroad would collect on the longer haul going in the same direction. Neither caij'l conceive of how' anyone 'tr any gr'ou of people can call it relief to ask a man to do a greater amount of work for a lesser amount cf pay than he is al ready doing. "I v.ould like to give careful con sideration to the position of this great central west rather than giv ing consideration as to how it would help the railroad employees. I am wondering if we would net be adding to that particular group at the ex pense of tho producers of agricul tural products in a way that will dis criminate against them for all time to come, because they do directly or indirectly pay the freight on the greater proportion of this half-way across the continent merchandise, whether it be in the raw material to the plant or in the finished product back to the place of consumption. In other words, if the agricultural pro ducers of the middle west, for in stance, must pay the came rate on their farm implements in the way of steel that the Pacific coast pays for its steel, isn't, that enough without asking them for a further excessive rate?" CITY ATTORNEY RESIGNS Omaha. Seymour Smith, city at torney, announced ho would submit his resignation to the city council at Tuesday's meeting to be effective "at the pleasure of the council not later than Dec. 31." 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The silver jubilee of George Cardinal Mundelcin was cele brated with colorful pageantry and impressive services by dignitaries of the Catholic church from all parts of the world. The jubilee celebra tion began with a majestic religious procession that moved from the rec tory to the Holy Name cathedral. The line of march was kept open by hundreds cf police. The cathedral was decorated lav ishly in the papal colors cf yellow and white. Heading the list of digni taries were Cardinal Hayes cf New York and the most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, papal delegate. Seventeen archbishops, 87 bishops, 10 abbots and S00 priests joined them. RATE REDUCTION EFFECTED Omaha. V.'alter M. Wharton, manager of the chamber of com merce traffic department, Wednesday announced a voluntary reduction by carrier in less-than-carload rates on nine major commodities from Om aha. Council Bluffs, and outstate Ne braska points to points in Kansas. 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Like the drouth-beset crews of old time sailing vessels, the population of Creston was busy storing away in more permanent containers the water collected in every handy receptacle from tbe 2 inch rainialls of the past four days. Tubs, barrels and buckets were at a premium as tha townspeople turned enthusiastically to the busi ness of collecting water to help re lieve the acute shortage in munici pal water supplies. Tho dirty with soot and dust the rainwater was welcomed a a runplcnicnt to th? five-gallon per day mrply now deled out to each of the 10,000 itsideuts.