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MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1935. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO 1 i IS l Ihe iPiatfsmQuth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice. Plattsmouth, Neb., ea second-class mall matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAB IN FIEST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living In Second Postal Zone, $2.50 per year. Beyond 600 miles ?3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, 53 50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. Shippers Orga nize lo Fight Rate Increase Refusal of I. C. C. to Hike Kates on Grain Products and Potatoes a Victory for Nebraska The ten day stay Issued by the state railway commission on the ap plication of the railroads to apply on intrastate shipments the same rates that became effective Thursday on interstate shipments of certain com modities is to be taken advantage of by objectors to study the schedules iti the hope of being able to stave oft Increases on various commodities, al though Commissioner Dollen says j hit if tne state commission does not ; J opt these schedules fixed by the interstate commerce commission, the railroads would secure such order from the federal body on the ground that the difference in rates sets up a discriminatory condition. This ha3 been done before where the state corn Mission and the interstate commerce commission did not agree on the reas onableness of rates, and measures the influence of the federal government on state rates. Grand Island i3 particularly con cerned with the proposed increases on horses and mules, for the reason that it in the state's greatest sales market for those animals. Commis sioner Drake, however, thinks that the new setup i3 advantageous to that city in some respects because the in creases do not apply in most cases to items which move at a class rate for a distance of less than 220 miles. This enables Grand Island to ship almost any place in the state ot the lower rate while Omaha and Lincoln, for in- ttance, would be at a disadvantage in shipping to western Nebraska. Increases were part of a general review by the I. C. C. of all freight rates. Although granting these in creases, the I. C. C. gave an important victory to Nebraska by refusing in creases on grain and grain products, hay. livestock, potatoes and other major Nebraska products. Shippers in the Tuesday meeting were successful in obtaining a stipu lation that railroad companies shall absorb the proposed increases in twitching charges sought by the South Omaha Terminal Railway com pany. These proposed charges spe cifically were rejected in the decision of the interstate commerce commis sion. MRS. WYNEX00P TO APPEAL Washington. Mrs. Alice W. Wyne kocp, the 03 year old Chicago phy sician convicted of slaying her daughter-in-law, Rhcta, in November, 19.T3. was said to be preparing to n:k the supreme court to set aside her conviction and sentence to twenty-five years imprisonment. The appeal, it was said, would con tend Mrs. Wynekocp was deprived of her constitutional rights when the trial court admitted the last of three statements made by the defendant to the authorities. Thl3 was alleged to have related that Mr. Wynekocp found Rheta com plaining of pair.3 in her bide, that after rhe had administered chloro form to ea?c- the pain rhe found the girl had died and that she then took her son's revolver and ;,hot Rhet "to case the situation best for all." 8 I ti mm .oasis with Prudential Snsu once Company s 8 4 V V VU41 IVUl J UU money at as good a rate K S and terms as can be had! N THE b Piizer Agencies t 115 South Eth Strcot b Nebr. Gty, Nebr. Wabash News Mi33 Beulah Dean, who is making her home at Weeping Water, spent a few days at the home erf her sister, Mrs. Noel Golden, last week. Guy Hinds was a visitor in Mur dock last Saturday, where he was called to look after some business matters for a short time, and also visited with his many friends there. Uncle II. P. Hinds was over near Avoca, where he was spending a few days with his daughter, Mrs. Ray Norris and family. Guy took his father over and then returned to look after some business here. L. It. Stanley, Wabash merchant, has been having a time with boils, and even after he thought he had them all cured, they returned and it now appears that he must have the patience of the Biblical character, Job. He is getting along better now and has hopes that he will soon be entirely over the malady. Herman Schweppe and Herman II. Luctchens, who reside north of town on the highway, were in Plattsmouth one day last week, where they were looking after some business matters. They wero accompanied by Henry Minke, formerly a resident here, but who now resides on the town lines rocd on the farm of John Stroy. Chose Wabash as Home Lester Reasoner, who was Missouri Pacific agent at Wabash for some time, but of late has been working extra and wa3 stationed at Burr for a considerable period of time, was re cently "bumped" by a man older in the service of the company, and with his family has returned to Wabash to reside. They will make their home here until such time as Mr. Reasoner may secure a steady position again. Improving: His Driveway Fred W. Towle, who has a drive way leading into his farm that is so situated as to receive drainage water from about the house and barnyard, causing it to be soft and soggy In wet weather, is taking steps to correct this condition, by securing crushed rock from the quarries on the land of W. T. Richards and is making a fine driieway that he hcpc3 will be pass able in all kinds of weather and make a good, permanent driveway. CHEMICALS START CANCERS New York. Discovery of chem icals which start cancers gave phy sicians hope that they could pene trate the mysteries of the disease by studying it from its inception. Heretofore cancer rarely could be studied until long past the unicellular state, but now a malignant growth can be started on a laboratory mouse by painting it with only one-hundredth grain of dibenzpyrene. Dibenzanthraccne, another of the chemicals, is so powerful laboratory workers burn everything which comes in contact with it. Experimental animate are carefully incinerated af ter study. The third chemical is menthyl-chloranthrene. All are hy drocarbons 'which were discovered by lr. J. W. Cook of London. Their reactions were described at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cencer Research at the Cornell university medical col lege, la New York. MAIL FRAUD TOLL IS BIG Washington. Twenty years of criminal catching has convinced K. P. Alrich. the chief postal Inspector, that the real public enemy is not the man who shoots and kill3 and robs but the man who writes and mails and robs. He said the persons more inimical to the safety of the nation "are the men of education and social prestige who are familiar with big business, who organize companies under high sounding names and using the mails to filch millions of dollars from the unsuspecting public where the other so-called public enemy gets but hun dreds." "For every one the gangster shoots down, these smooth criminals, who get but little newspaper notice, leave a train of ruiued men and worn on, broken hearts, deaths and sui cides," he added. Continue War fare on the Dust Storms in West Plan to Extend Barriers from Kansas Thru Five Plains States in Order to Check Menace. Soil erosion experts from five plains states recommended at Garden City, Kansas, Wednesday that the Kansas dust barrier program be extended across the entire breeding ground of dust storms. While the experts concluded their conferences with M. L. Wilson, assist ant secretary of agriculture, on a tour of the dust area, the soil con tinued on the blow. A long time antidust storm pro gram in the five-state area adopted by the soil experts included deter mination of the best crop methods and resodding of land susceptible to blowing with suitable grass crops. See Temporary Solution. The dust barrier program explain ed to representatives of Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Kansas is built around a plan of deep listing of farm lands. Listing is the plowing of soil by a lister, which leaves alternate ridges and ditches. These man-made, miniature earth wrinkles are made to run cross- wise to the direction of prevailing winds. The theory is that the blow ing particles of soil, which cut across fields under strong winds and cause other fields to blow, wrop into the listed furrows. Thus the soil blowing is checked. By listing millions of acre3 ero sion experts hope to provide a tem porary solution to the problem." Wil son expressed belief a permanent cure must include a vegetative cover ing for much of the now barren area. Little Land Ruined. Comparative little permanent dam age in the southwest was reported. In Kansas where there are about eight million acres subject to blow ing, only 350 thousand acres was described as permanently damaged. II. II. Finnell, director of soil ero sion experiments at Dalhart, Tex., said only a negligible portion of the three and one-third million acres of blown or potentially blowing land in the lone star state panhandle had been permanently injured. ' "Most of thi3 Is thin soii which never should have been farmed," he added. Lincoln Man Speaks. At Kansas City, G. E. Farrell, AAA directory, said "emergency crops are the thing now, of course, in com batting conditions resulting from dust storms and drouth." He men tioned kafir corn, sorghum and corn. Co-ordination of the shelterbelt program with the soil erosion pro gram was discused with Wilson by Paul II. Roberts, Lincoln, Neb., di rector of the tree planting plan. He said planting of trees on farms west of the shelterbelt area was a prob ability. Such plantings would be cared for by the farmers. This, with proper tillage methods, could mini mize effects of dust storms, Roberts said. DENY NEBRASKAN FARM IN ALASKA i Beatrice, April 17. Roy Daggett, Liberty, is disappointed. He wanted to be a .member of the colony the federal government will send to set tle the fertile Matanuska valley in Alaska, but Uncle Sam said no. Daggett took up the matter with Congressman Henry C. Luckcy, but was informed that only families from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mich igan will be selected. The colonization plan is a phase of the FERA program. The first con tingent of 400 single men and 300 selected families will lave Seattle next Saturday. C0ZAD SPONSORS FIELD DAY Cozaa, April 17. Cozad's annual rural field day. offering competition; in academic subjects, dramatics, mu-j sic and sports to school pupils of this; area, will be held May 3, sponsors announced Wednesday. Parents of the competing rural pupils will be guests during the one-day meet, i Picnic dinners are to be furnished, at noon at the city park. The Cozadj high school band will present a noon-j hour concert, and the school students j here are furnishing a part of the, refreshments? fre of charge. A va riety of track and field events are slated during the afternoon. KIDNAP SUSPECT DIES Tampa, Fla. A. L. Teacoc::. 45, former Hillsborough county deputy sheriff, charged with kadnaping Robert M. Cargell, St. Petersburg at torney. March 19, died unexpectedly: t his home here. 17ATCH Y0U0 KIDNEYS! Be Sure They Properly Cleanse the Blood YOUR kidneys are constantly fil tering impurities from the blood stream. But kidneys get function ally disturbed lag in their work fail to remove the poisonous body wastes. Then you may suffer nagging backache, attacks of dizziness, burning, scanty or too frequent urination, getting up at night, swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic pains; feel "all worn out." Don't delay! For the quicker you get rid of these poisons, the better your chances ct good health. Use Doan's Pins. P"in'a are for the kidneys only. They tend to pro mote normal functioning of the kidneys: should help them pass off the irritating poisons. Doan's are recommended by users the country over. Get them from any druggist. DOAH'S PILLS Feeder Cattle Fewer by 42 on April 1st Decrease General in Corn TSert States Although Corn Prices Lower Many Placed on Market. Cattlo on feed in Nebraska April 1 totaled only 42 per cent of the number at the corresponding period cf last year, the state and federal de partment of agriculture statistics re ports. A. E. Anderson, chief statistician, said feeding operations in Nebraska this year are among the lowest for the entire cornbelt group. The entire section, he said, showed a decrease in operations of only 36 per cent. "Cattlo feeding operations have shown no material improvement in Nebraska since January 1," the re port said. "Kansas shows the number on feed on April 1 to be 35 per cent of a year ago, and South Dakota es timated its operations at only 40 per cent. "The decline in corn prices has not encouraged an increase in feeding op cicitions. Nebraska's corn supply is short, but scais corn, hay and forage still are available to those who can meet the present prices." The report estimated the decrease in the eleven cornbelt states a3 about equivalent for half a million head. pointing out that the number of cat tle on feed on April 1 is the smallest for that date in many years. The de crease in the eleven state areas was general, only two states showing in creases. "Shipments cf stocker and feeder cattle inspeetedt stock yards mar kets in the corri belt states for the period January to March inclusive," the report said, "were about 15 per cent larger than for the correspond ing period of 1934. Apparently, how ever, the bulk of these cattle were for stocker purposes and not for imme diate feeding." " OMAHA LAND BANK CLEARED Washington. rTho long delayed summary of an investigation conduct ed last summer into the operation of the Omaha federal land bank was given to a group of Iowa congress men by the Farm Credit administra tion. The report held that most of the complaints against the bank were not justified. The report said two special investi gators spent more than two months in the bank and in the field last summer, and as a result a number of changes were made in both organ ization and personnel of the bank. The report said a number of sug gestions were made for improving ac counting practices of the bank, but that there was no evidence of dishon esty or misapplication of funds. The report acknowledged that when the bank faced a flood of ap plications after passage of the 1033 emergency farm mortgage there were inexcusable delays, even recognizing the tremendous increase in applica tions, and expressed the belief changes in a number of the key posi tions and reorganization of some de partments resulted in the work being handled more expeditiously. The investigation, the report con tinued, failed to indicate any wilful or knowing discrimination by officers of the bank in amount for which loans were approved. It attributed variations to the rapid increase in the number of appraisers and said the failure of the bank to have a well defined policy as to what constituted emergencies resulted in confusion of the order in which cases were handled. Wall Paper, Paint, Glass r it m r rv ti. uubbuiiiHii MANLEY NEWS John HolkofT, of Ashland, was look ing after some business matters in Manley Tuesday of last week, as well a3 visiting with his friends here. Walter Mockenhaupt ana wire were in Omaha last Monday, where they were guests of friends and were also looking after some business matters for a short time. The Rev. Father Harte departed! early last week for Nebraska City, going there to assist with the holding of Forty Hours Devotions in the Cath olic church at that place. George Meier jurgen, of Omaha, was looking after some business in Man Icy on Tuesday of last week, as well ss renewing acquaintance with his many friends in this vicinity. John P. Mockenhaupt was a visitor in Manley for a few doy3 last week. John had been visiting at Platts mouth and came to Manley for a few days, after which he went to Omaha to look after some business matters. Father Harte and George Rau were callers in Plattsmouth last Monday, having some business to look after there and were also visiting with their many friends in the county scot. They were getting some shrubs and trees from Commissioner J. A. Pitz for planting here. Andrew Schliefert shelled and dis posed of the remainder of his corn last week and after delivering the same to the elevator, was hauling the cobs to his home here in Manley. He was taking care of the cobs, as thero will not be any more until af ter this year's crop is matured. Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer and their littlo one, of Ashland, were vis iting with Oscar end Robsrt McDon ald on Tuesday c last week, having come via Murdock, where they pick ed up Mrs. McDonald, who accom panied them here lor the afternoon. All returned to Murdock in the early evening. Harold Krecklcv.' who v.S3 drawn for Jury service at the April term of district court, has been driving ever mornings and back in the evening, when possible and on last Tuesday was accompanied Ly hio friend, C. E. Mockenhaupt, who visited during the day in Plattsmcuth and returned in the evening with Ilarcld. New Karagsr at Pcd nail The Manley pool hall and recrea tion parlor has a new manager in the person of Julius Strohfcr, who ha3 been making Lis heme at Plattsmouth for some time, Lut came here last week to take ever the management of the pocl hall. Hitchhiked Their Way Home Misses Helen Norton, Margaret Bergman and Lorcne Dall, who are all student3 at the Tcru Normal col lege, not having been homo for two weeks, thought it would be a lark to thumb their way heme Ly the hitch- i w t t fete ,vj 3 M0$a ;i msr;i Victim of Prison Cruelty Xs- a i - if- A',:"$ ill Woodrow Wilson Shropshire, negro convict, in wheel chair, testified at Charlotte, N. C, court to prison cruelty which cost him his feet. T. S. Brown and Henry Little, inset, left to right, are among the officials in the prison probe who have been accused of assault with torture. hiking route and accordingly started out and were here in a few hours, having gained a broader experience cf this modern mode of travel. Herman Dall took them back to school Monday morning in his car. Was in Hospital Fy Kestard, of Atchison, Kansas, who has been visiting for a few days with his iriend3 and brother-in-law, vas in the hospital at Atchison for treatment a number of days recently and has been feeling much improved since leaving the institution. Mrs. Mary Heeney Poorly Mrs. Mary Heeney, who has been hi poor health for some time and lias been receiving treatment at St. Joseph hczpital in Omaha, still con tinues very poorly, although she has been showing some improvement of late. Getting Along Nicely Joe Wolpert, with the carpenters z:nd other workmen who are building the house on Joe's farm east cf Man ley, are making good progress. They now have the building up and en closed. The plastering job is under way and Jce expects to have the house completed and ready for oc cupancy in a thort time. "Free 'List Suszoniisfi ; ; , Wo PROFITS OM UAR MATER i ALS EUERygts&y COJSCRIPTED 1 111 - ---I' in T FZRA SUPERVISOR RESIGNS Denver. Maj. E. O. Draught, supervising the FERA in live western stations, announced "My resignation a3 representative in theRocky moun tain region of the FERA has been accepted, effective April 17." Draught had been overseeing relief Eince last summer in Colorado, Wyoming. New Mexico, Nebraska and Kansas. Ili3 message was sent to Maj. Ralph Ecird, assistant Colorado ad ministrator, from Draught at Santa Fe, N. M. Baird caid Draught gave no explanation of his reason for re signing. Major Draught recently was on vacation and Mrs. Alice Clem ents became acting regional field representative in his absence. Washington. Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator, said he had recoivefl and accepted the resig nation of E. O. Draught. No suc cessor has been named. Mrs. Viola Long and Mrs. Glenn Keaston of South Dand, were in the city Friday afternoon and while In the city Mrs. Long was a pleasant caller at the Journal to renew her subscription to the semiweckly edi tion of the paper. 'Sea It before you Duy K." ilttif F;uu,fT ?;niiie. t--- Oft-! bftMtt: rijte (nerval in ,1, -rrrrT iii'r -- i ii Mi l: it U H n SI I