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MONDAY, JULY 29, 1935. THE PLATTSMOUTH EVENING JOURNAL PAGE FIVE M-H- GREENWOOD r A I Mrs. Lulu Ilurlbut and son, Earl, of Louisville were callers In Alvo las",- Titos lay. Harry Leesley is reported quite 111 the first fo last week but is reported better at this time. ' Lloyd Jeffreys and Wayne Landon have purchased new farm wagons during the past week. Mrs. Hazel Miller, Assembly War den of the Rebekah lodge visited Mrs. June Kylcs Friday afternoon. John S. Gribble was called to Lin coln last Wednesday to look after some business matters for a short time. Xorman Peters was spending the week end in Omaha, visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. E. L. James and husband. , Mrs. Marion Dimmitt was taken to the Swedish Lutheran hospital in Omaha recently where she underwent an operation for gall stones. Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert drove to Valparaiso Sunday afternoon to attend the funeral of an old time friend, the late C. P. Johnson. A party was held at the L. C. Mar vin home last Saturday evening at which time the engagement of Keien Marvin to Lee Knolle was announced. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kupke and family of njear Murdock and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jardine of Sioux City, Iowa spent Sunday with Mrs. Wm. Kenwanz, Sr. Marcie Ilise and son, JJillie, were at Shenandoah last Sunday, and say it was very hot there. They noticed that crops were very gDod over that way, as well. W. F. Laughlin was a visitor in Lincoln last Wednesday afternoon, having some business matters to look after there. He made the trip to the capital city in his car. Junior Coleman returned home on Tuesday evening from Underwood, Iowa, where he had been visiting his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Schrestr and son, Harry. Clayton Sanborn of Council Bluffs, Iowa, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. P. A. Sanborn. She accompanied him to Omaha where on Monday she v.a3 looking after business. Mrs. W. E. Newkirlc returned to the L. D. Lee home ..at Murdock on last Tuesday after spending a few days visiting at the home of her son, C. W. Newkirk and family. E. L. McDonald and Pearley Cly mer were at Weeping Water last Wednesday, where they looked af ter some business matters, consulting with County Agent Wainscott. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Headley and son, Jac:c, and Mr. and Mrs. J. "3 Gribble and sons, went to Lincoln Sunday evening where the men at tended the night ball games and the women attended a show. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Allen and fam ily and Mr. Henry Larsen all of Lin coln were dinner guests at the White and Bucknell homes on Sunday. The occasion was to celebrate the birth days of Mr. Allen and Mrs. Eucknell. Dwight Talcott and K. D. Willowby of Lincoln were looking after some insurance business in Elmwood last Tuesday, driving over from Green wood and meeting a .number of the representative citizens of the neigh boring town. Glen Peters and wife were in Om aha last Sunday, where"they visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gumbcl, and when they returned home, provided means for Seek New Endurance Air Record hi ' fx V : Kenneth Hunter Acting a3 technical advisor, Kenneth Hunter, left, former co-holder of the vrsrld endurance fight record, is aiding Ken Kingel,'risht, and his partner, Ellis Friedrich, in their plans for a try at a new ecdur-"- ant? record at ie Mt. Hawley airport at Peoria, IU. . the return of Norman, who was also visiting there. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Leesley and Mr. and Mrs: Elmer Mathis accom panied Dorothy and Vedaa Leesley, Eileene Mathis, Winifred Lambert and Maxine Hurlbut to Camp Brew ster near Omaha where the girls en joyed a few days camping. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles and Mr. and Mrs. James Strahan of Waverly drove to Plattsmouth Friday evening where Mrs. Kyles as district deputy president of this district, and Mrs. Strahan as the installing marshal, in stalled the new officers at that place. Millard Anderson was taken to the University hofjpital fn Omaha the first of last week where he un derwent an operation for appendi citis on Tuesday. At the latest re port he was recovering nicely and would soon be able to be brought home. Rev. W. E. Goings, former pastor of the Greenwood Christian church, has been visiting during the past week at the heme of his friend, Oscar Hall, who formerly resided in Green- Mood, but some time since moved to Ulysses, where he is making his home at this time. Mr. and Mrs. ,W. G. Holt, who spent some two weeks in the Ozark country of Missouri, returned home the fore part of last week, enthusias tic over that part of the "Show Me" state, and willing to admit they had been shown some wonderful sights. They found it plenty hot there, how ever, the same as elsewhere over the middle west these days. Rex Peters reports thesale of three threshing machines last week and had calls for two more. He delivered two of those sold one day and the other one the following day. That -certain ly indicates an improved condition in farming lines with such a demand for equipment. Let the good work go on, and maybe almost before we (know it, we will find prosperity has returned. Auxiliary Entertained. The American Legion Auxiliary was pleasantly entertained on last Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Hoy Comstock and Mrs. Ray McNurlin at the Comstock home. There were ten nieniber3 and one visitor present. During the business session. Mrs. H. R. McXuslin, Mrs. Earl Stradley and Mrs. H. G. Wilkens were appointed as delegates to the state convention of the American Legion Auxiliary to be held at Beatrice on August 25, 26, 27. The rest of the time was spent socially during which time lovely re freshments were served by the host- eses. The next meeting will be Aug ust 21 with Mrs. George Trunken bolz and Mrs. Henry Wilkens as hostesses. Happy Little Cooks Meet. The Happy Little Cooks club met at the home of Margaret Schroeder July 19. All the members were pres ent and three visitors. Winifred Lam bert gave a demonstration of canning beans. The members then judged some cookies which were baked by the girls. Winifred Lambert, Vedah and Dorothy Leesley and Eilene Ma this and Maxine Hurlbut are repre senting the club at Camp Bewster at Omaha. At the close of the after noon lovely refreshments were ser- Ean Into a Farm Wagon Mrs. Marie Bogenrief, while driv ing along the highway had the mis fortune to strike a wagon and hay rack driven by Henry Eikerman, re sulting in considerable damage to the car and the wagon and rack. Luckily, Ken Ringel however, none of the occupants :were injured beyond a good shaking up. Hade Good Average Yield Art Newshal, upon completing the threshing of his 65 acre field of wheat found it had yielded an average of thirty bushels to the acre, although there were some portions that made upwards of 35 bushels per acre, while other portions dropped away down from that figure, making the average yield thirty bushels. That's not a bad figure for a field of that size in any ordinary year, and certainly good for this year, when wheat was damaged by(rain and wind during the time of filling out. Suffered a Heavy Loss Arthur Stewart was playing in ex ceptionally hard luck, the late heavy rain having flooded his truck garden to a depth of,some ten feet, with six or seven feet of water standing on it for a sufficient time to destroy the fine crops he had under cultivation. He estimates his loss 81,1250, which sum had been counted upon to con tribute to their living expenses dur ing the coming winter. And the worst part of the matter is that it is now too late to plant any of the crop again. When a man has worked as hard as Art did and produced what promised to be a splendid yield, it is discouraging to see the fruits of his labors washed away. However, life itself is a gamble, and those who grow crops of any kind are constant ly gambling with weather, markets, and other handicaps that seek to de stroy or reduce their return. Eest the Yellow Jackets The baseball team of Greenwood, one of the up and coming teams of this part of the state, in a game at the local park last Sunday, had as their opponents the Yellow Jackets, a colored team from Lincoln that also had in its lineup some real ball players, The battle was closely con tested, the Greenwood team winning by a score of 6 to 4. It was a mighty hot day, one of those sweltering kind that sap the energy of , ball teams and both sides gave their level best to win, with the locals having the edge on their opponents. As for that, the Greenwood team always gives a good account of itself on the ball diamond. Out Amidst Cooling Breezes George Bucknell, wife and children left Wednesday morning for an out ing in the west, their first stop to be at Burlington, Colorado, where the parents of Mr. Bucknell reside, to gether with a number of other rela tives. After a short visit there, they expected to go on to Colorado Springs, Denver and Longmont, stopping in Estes Park on their way home. They planned to spend some ten days in this cool vacationland, sightseeing and enjoying a respite from the ex tremely hot weather that is gripping this part of the country. It would certainly seem nice to lay down to sleep tonight under a blanket or light spread, such as our good friend George and his family undoubtedly are doing. Had Enjoyable Trip to Denver Mrs. Elsie Peters, who made a trip to Denver recently with her br6ther, Garfield Dunning, after some two weeks there, returned home last week and was accompanied back here by her brother, who made (the trip ex pressly to bring her home, later re turning to his home in the Mile-High city of the west. He left here Wed nesday morning, expecting to make some fast time on the return journey. Mrs. Peters tells of having a fine time while she was away and was much pleased with the considerate attention she received at the hands of her brother. Business Looking Up While in Greenwood the other day we overheard a conversation between a traveling implement salesman and the local representative on whom he was calling that indicated the trend of business is upward. The implement salesman told of selling thirteen bind ers during the past week. This with the tractors, new oars and other things which have been purchased certainly indicate we are not living in a .poverty-stricken land. Business is said to bo on the upgrade and the hope is held out that it will continue to increase. DUCE'S MEN FACE WATER SHORTAGE Mogadiscio, Italian Somaliland July 26. Fascist Italy is confront ed by a serious problem water for her African troopers. Reports are circulating here that Italian author ities have been paying fantastic prices for water from Port Sudan. Steps have been taken to build aqueducts, and artesian wells are be ing sunk. Soldiers are all given a half pint cf wine a week and a small John F. Rolfe, publisher of the Hartford (Conn.) Times, says: "The average community news paper must sell its advertising to the same merchants day after day, year after year. Unless It consistently brought returns your newspaper would disappear from your commun ity. Some reasons why newspaper advertising is profitable to manufac turer, dealer and consumer: Newspaper advertising reduces the cost of living by providing volume of consumption. Newspaper advertising puts lux uries into the necessity class by low ering prices as demand increases. Newspaper advertising levels and stabilizes prices by keeping the mar kets open. Newspaper advertising creates lo cal outlets and service for national and international products. Newspaper advertising builds up local markets that keep expenditures at home. Newspaper advertising gives your home town folks the same weapon for trade that the metropolis offers. Newspaper advertising is read and acted upon as the buying barometer for every community. Newspaper advertising is the most flexible as well as the quickest means of selling. Plans, prices and campaigns can be made or cancelled overnight. Newspaper advertising is reliable, truthful, censored and so tested by every family in the community. Newspaper advertising is the cheapest of all mediums. Newspaper advertising is actually paid for by the non-advertiser whose business and volume is lost to build up his advertising competitor. Newspaper advertising makes sales quickly. Department stores prove this. The yare big users of news paper space. Returns from Aveek-end advertising are known and checked immediately. Unless it paid, there would be no repeat. Some other medium would be substituted." CEREMONY AT PEKOE DAM Pierce, Neb. The new Pierce city dam will be dedicated formally Sun day. The dam, within the city limits, is on the site of the first dam con structed by the late Steve Gilman to operate a flour mill in 18S1. Land surrounding the lake has been named Gilman park and has been taken over by the city for park purposes Construction of the dam was one of the largest FERA projects of its type in Nebraska. Workmen in changing the course of the north fork of the Elkhorn river at this point for the new dam found huge timbers installed fifty-four years ago by Gilman were still in good con dition. Work on the dam started about a year ago and the FERA pro vided most of the labor. The city of pierce and citizens contributed more than $5,000 for materials. The large lake provides boating and fishing facilities for this section of the state and a pier has been con structed out to deep water. Prom inent state and FERA officials have been invited to attend the dedication ceremony: Fishing, swimming and diving contests will follow the cere mony. Boat races also have been ar ranged by Mayor D. J. Malone, chair man of the program committee. SECURITY FOR THE FUTURE One of the outstanding develop ments in life insurance during the past decade or two has been the change in the calibre of the agent. Not so long ago, the life insurance agent was a salesman and nothing more. His business was to sell poli cies as fast as he could. He didn't bother with analyzing the needs of his clients, so that they could obtain the utmost in investment and pro tection. Today the average underwriter has raised his calling to the dignity of a profession. His first step is to inquire into a client's individual status and requirements, and to draw up a comprehensive insurance pro gram accordingly. He know that a program that fits John Jones to a nicety may be fundamentally wrong for Richard Smith who works at the next desk. He realizes that the kind of insurance a man carries is as im portant, and perhaps more important than the amount. As a result the American citizen is better and more soundly insured today than ever before. He gets more for each dollar he spends. And his own future and that of his depend ents is consequently more secure. quantity of brandy to keep them pep ped up. They received a little over a half pound of meat a day, two ounces of sugar and a poun and a half of bread. Journal Want-Ads cost and accomplish much. little DILLENGER GUNMAN CAUGHT Peoria, 111. Police said the gun man who was wounded and later ar rested following a robbery and gun battle in the heart of the business district was identified by Washington authorities as a member of the Dil linger gang. The prisoner was identified as Dick Ray, 52, recently released from tho Michigan City, Ind., penitentiary af ter serving a term for a holdup in Terre Haute, Ind. A telegram from the federal bu reau of investigation at Washing ton, to local police said that aRy formerly was connected with the Maruding gang of the late John Dil linger, he was the only one of the four men who participated in the daylight robbery who was captured. George Backes, payroll guard who was wounded when he attempted to avert the robbery of a payroll being brought to Peoria tavern from the Commercial Merchants' National bank, was near death, physicians said, with '0 to 35 hotgun slugs in his body. EMPLOY 2,000 ON PROJECT Gothenburg, Neb. The 2,000 job goal of the $7,500,000 Platte Valley public works and irrigation district has been achieved prior to the ten tative deadline of Aug. 1, according to Harry Williams, president of the project district. Employment on the huge project already has passed tho 2,000 mark, Williams said. "Every able bodied man in the five county district who really wants work now is able to find it on the Platta Valley project," he said. Re-employment director of the dis trict, comprised of Keith, Lincoln, Dawson, Buffalo and Hall counties are finding difficulty in filling new jobs opened up on the development. The work here is expected to last until December before a complete shutdown is forced by winter weath er. Progress was emphasized by Wil liams' prediction that there will be water in the big reservoir by Christ mas. SEES END IN SEPTEMBER Washington. Standing in the white house office for one of the few times in thirty-two years on capitol hill, Senator Norris (r.. Neb.) fore cast that congress would end its labors sometime after Sept. 1. He had just lunched with Presi dent Roosevelt and said he felt the executive put the utility and tax bills at the top of congressional jobs remaining. Should holding company abolition be defeated, the Nebraskan said the president could carry the issue to the country. As for the rest of his luncheon chat with Mr. Roosevelt, the 74 year old veteran smiled: "We just had a general talk about many things, but about nothing in particular. Some times it is well for friends to talk things over." MILLS PAY NO BILLS Washington. Even if the govern ment should make midget money, 5ou won't be allowed to pay bills with a carload of coins that make 10 to the cent. The treasury said that if authorized by congress the new one mill pieces would be legal tender only to the amount of three cents, while the new half cent piece would be legal to the amount of only ten cents. Journal ads bring you news of timely bargains. Read them! r r TT5) PICTURE FRAMES Silver and Green, Silver and Black and Silver and Ivory Extra Special $1 each Folding Fans, each Japanese Parasols, Desk Lamps, each A Reduction in Price on Table Lamps, Radio Lamps, Bed Lamps and Desk Lamps. Savings that will interest you even on a hot day. Bates Book Stationery Si War Blazing on National Guard Front Adjutant General Paul Denounces Tactics of Opponent as Undignified. War raged Friday within the of ficial ranks of the Nebraska Nation al Guard. It began with a n'.ast of artillery nre rrom Adjutant General Paul directed at Brigadier General Thomas of Omaha commanding of ficer of the COth infantry brigade, with whom he is in competition for the position of commandant of the 35th National Guard division, which includes regiments in Nebraska, Mis souri, Kansas and Arkancas, a post recently left vacant by the retirement of General Charles Martin, lie said Thomas' tactics were neither digni fied nor military. "I've stayed quiet on thi3 thing long enough," General Paul said. "I've tried to handle the whole situ ation in a dignified and military manner but I'm going to talk now. Why, I made Thomas everything he is today. Three years ago I step ped aside and let him have his brigadier general's job." Paul, who has the nomination of the governors of Nebraska, Missouri and Arkansas for the .post, said that under an agreement arrived at by governors of the states comprising the division, he was to receive the appointment. "I have letters from Maj. Gen. George Leach, commander of the na tional guard, and from Maj. Gen. Frank Boles, new head of the 7th corps area, referring to that agree ment and apparently concurring in the belief that the appointment should revert to me," said Paul. "I have consistently remained clear of any statements in regard to the matter. But since General Thomas has employed tactics which are neith er dignified nor military in seeking the post, I feel that in justice to myself, I should describe the true situation." Paul pointed out that his record shows 35 years of military service both here and in France, "exclusive ly with combat units." "General Thomas, I believe," he said, "has 20 years chiefly with the military police." The commander of the Nebraska national guard was bitter in his references to Thomas' tactics. He ac cused the Omahan of securing a recommendation from the governor of Knasas thru an alleged promise that the post of brigadier general in command of the 69th brigade would revert to a Kansan with Thomas ad vancement, thus assuring numerous promotions among Kansas officers of the national guard. Paul, however, said that no such an agreement was feasible, since they will certainly revert to a Ne braskan should it be vacated by Thomas' advancement. Paul said that an endorsement of Thomas' candidacy by the executive committee of Omaha post No. 1, Am erican Legion, was a violation of regulations of the veterans' organ-( ization. "Fred Winter, commander of the Nebraska department of the Amer ican Legion, will demand that the Omaha executive committee retract this endorsement as contrary to le gion regulations," he said. Paul said he was given the en dorsement of Governor Cochran de spite a barrage of pressure in tele- MM-Yeai o JULY 31, AUGUST 1 Sturdy Metal 50 each. .500 G9w Cigarette Humidor 43 Metal Cigarette Holder. . .33 Boys' Airplane Kits . 25 and 35 It W New Fall Tailoring Samples ARE HERE! THEY'RE BEAUTIES JUST RECEIVED Men's All Wool Bathing Trunks Bailt-In Supporter 1.50 WESCOTT'S Since 1879 graph message, telephone conversa tions and personal culls in behalf of Thomas. "I made no request for tho recommendation," said Paul. "Hut Cochran, alter investigating lb: situ ation, believed that in view of com parative experience and tht previous agreement among the various gover nors, I was entitled to the position." Final recommendation for the ap pointment will be made at Omaha by Maj. Gen. Frank Bole;;, to:iniiarnI-r of the Seventh corps area. The recommendation thou i: forward'. I to Maj. Gen. Frank Leach at Wash ington, the appointment made by tin secretary of war, and confirmed by the U. S. senate. TAVOKS ARTIY-NAVY UIII0N Washington. Representative Stef an endorsed consolidation of Uk? army and navy into one national dcfcn.s: department as a mecsure of i:ni urt ant governmental conomy. In an address Ltefan rxpre.sM-d hope congressmen would "brea'i down the over-grown mer.a :o of war lord.i" and assure peace for this country. "Our army and navy," he said, "are among tho biggest buyers and spend ers in our nation. These two brunches of our government are spending about a biilion dollars of your money during the next twelve month j and that won't be enough. "To build up an army and navy to such an extent that both Lrancb.es become competing fortes an 1 gro v beyond reasonable proportion.'-, at the expense of the suffering taxi avers iJ wrong." STAMFORD WOMAN IS KILLED Norton, Kas. Mrs. Mara.hi Jan sen, about 35, was killed outright and Mrs. Katherine T. Spoiing, CO, was injured, probably not seriously, when Mrs. Jansen drove her ear into a Burlington motor train at a grade crossing at tho west edge of Norton Thursday afternoon. Stamford, Neb., is the home of both women. The car was traveling at high speed toward the crossing, according to C. K. Stamey, a farmer also on his way to Norton, and Mrs. Jansen presumably did not see the train in time to avoid the collision, altbo tho swerved her car. Mrs. Spoiing was reported by hospital attendants to be doing well. BOY HIT BY CAE North Platte. Charles M. Boyce son of Mr. and Mrs. T. ('. I'.oyec, was injured while playing in the street near his home. Struck by a car driven by Lester MtCarty, b" wa badly shaken and suffered internal injuries. McCarty was arreted on the complaint of the boy's father and trial has been set for Aug. .'!. - 2 - 3 1 rs An J WASTE BASKETS in Assorted Colo Extra Special Value his Week at G3 each