Nebraska Newspapers

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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." A statemen
given out by him said his relations
with all commissioners had beer
pleasant but that h? wished to if
turn to private practice.
Your friends can buy anything
you give them except your photo
graph. McFarlancl Studio.
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Ur.lr A. A. A. Buperrlaion, 1 havs Just uom
rlfcted a 3,000-aile run on the hot salt dssert at
lua Bor-ievllle. Utah, averaging 127.3 miles per
hour breaking 77 Sfael P.ecria without any
tlr.'trcubla. Firestone Urea gave aa almost
unbelievable performance, with temperatures as
hih as lzO degreoa.
last year I male a eiilar -run with a
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aiother auXa whose caticnal aAvertieing fea
tured blowout protection. Yet. I had a bicweut
end txiie a n'-cber of tire changes.
This year I also used Fireator.e Spark
riuf-s anl a TireBtcse Extra Power battery with
year r.e.T All-Hubber Separator. Kct a Spuric
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cf any ilnd.
If evory car owner knew what ry Tireaton
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HONOR CHICAGO CARDINAL
Chicago. 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.
Commodities affected include agri
cultural implements, windmills,
pumps, plumbing supplies, canned
goods, drygcods, fresh fruits and
vegetables, groceries and hardware,!
and I'll major items handled by Om-J
aha jobbing housos.
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PROBES COLLUSION REPORTS
Washington The war department
is making an investigation of alleged
collusion between landlords and non
commissioned officers in tbe regular
army on duty with national guard
units thru which :;ome of the men
were receiving excess payment for
their government-rented living quar
ters. On discovery of irregularities by
the comptroller general's office,
which were brought to the war de
partments attention. Secretary Dern
and General Douglas MacArthur,
chief of staff, ordered all corps area
commanders to make an immediate
investigation of all leases entered
into fcr non-commissioned officers'
quarters.
CREST0N HOARDS RAINFALL
Creston, la. 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.