MONDAY, NOV. 18, 1925.
PAGE SIX
PIATTSMOUTH SEMI . WEEKLY JOURNAL
American Legion BIdg.
PLATTSMOUTH
Wednesday, Nov. 20
Jack Russell
AND HIS BAND
Gents, 45 Ladies, 35
Daiice Every Wednesday Night
RECEIVE PLEASANT NEWS
The lumbers of the John S. Vnl-Ic-ry
family have received the pleas
ant r.ews of the birth on Thursday
at Vcyne, Nebraska, of a fine eight
:md a half pound Hon to Mr. and Mrs.
IHirr A. Davis. Mrs. Davis was form
erly -flits Mary Ellen Vallery of this
Jty, v. hose liiany friends will join
In their well wishes for the little son
:ir. Davis is county attorney of
Wayne county and member of one of
the pioneer families of that section.
VISIT AT WESTON
Dr. and Mrs. Frank M. Molak and
Miss Virginia Samek, who have been
visiting at Weston, Nebraska, with
relatives and friends, have returned
home. This is the old home of Dr.
Molak and the members of the family
of Miss Samek.
PLATE SUPPER AND PROGRAM
A program and plate supper will
be given Friday night at 8 o'clock,
Nov. 22 at the Stone school, Dist. 77.
Everyone welcome.
NELLIE CARLSON,
nlS-ltd-ltw , Teacher.
VERY HAPPY EVENT
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lewis
f ast of Murray on Hallowe'en morn
inK. Oct. 31. a 10'i pound baby girl.
Tlu mother was formerly Miss Esther
Godwin of Plattsmouth.
VAN CAMP'S
Pork & Beans,
Tomato Soup
or Hominy
S;3 6 for
Ad
Tick Tock
Peaches
Sliced
29c
Broadcast
Country Gentleman
CORN
No. 2 can
3 for
No. 212 can
2 for
25c
NECK BONES, lb S$
?CRK HOCKS, lb 15
OX TAILS, 2 lbs 15c
STEAKS, Round or Sirloin, lb .22$
HAMBURGER, 2 lbs 25$
FORK LIVER, 2 lbs 25$
FRANKFURTS, lb 15$
CHILI CON CARNE (Viking tube), lb 23$
BACON SQUARES, cello wrap, lb 25$
OYSTERS, solid pack, pint 25$
HERRING, 1935 Shipment
Milkers, 9-lb. keg $1.05
Mixed, 9-lb. keg 93
KRAUT, Wisconsin bulk, lb 5$
CRANBERRIES, large red Wis., 14b- cello bag 19$
ORANGES, 216 size, doz., 33$; 344 size, doz 15$
GRAPEFRUIT, large Texas Marsh Seedless, 6 for. .25$
APPLES, fancy Red Idaho Jonathans, 6 lbs 25$
YAMS, Louisiana Porto Ricans, 6 lbs 23
CELERY, extra large, well bleached stalk 10$
CARROTS, fresh green top California, bunch 15$
Sunrise
COFFEE
Gem
Pancake
Flour
4-lb. Bag I C
Mb.
15c
Casco Creamery
BUTTER
Mb. QCf
Caiton l Uw
White King
SOAP Pke. -
33
W. K. TOILET Free or
Perfume with 5 bars Lddi,
Bel Monte
SIFIFEIE
1 Lb. Can
Grape
Nuts
iff .. -. 17c
RECEIVES HIGH HONOR
Miss Mia Gering was unanimously
elected president of the Mignon
Shayler Chapter of the Daughters of
the King last week at the regular
meeting. This society is a group of
ladies of the Episcopal Diocese of
Nebraska who care for the Bishop's
Vestments and hl3 needs with refer
ence to his special office and its
duties. Meetings are held periodical
ly in different towns in the Diocese.
STATION KOIL IS SOLD
Radio station KOIL was sold Wed
nesday by Moca-Motor Oil company
of Council Bluffs to Central States
Broadcasting company, a subsidiary
of Union Holding company of Lin
coln. The price wasn't announced.
Mona-Motor company built the sta
tion ten years ago. Central States
company has been operating it for
some time, under a lease.
ARRIVAL OF LITTLE SON
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock
there came to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Groff, in the west part of
the city, a fine eight and three-quarter
pound son and heir. This has
brought a great deal of happiness to
the members of the family circle. The
little one is a grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Hall of this city.
UNDERGOING TREATMENT
Joseph Solomon of this city is at
the Nicholas Senn hospital at Omaha
where he is undergoing treatment.
Mr. Solomon was injured a week ago
on river work and has to nave
several operations since that time.
He will be at the hospital for some
time, it is thought.
Miss Geraldine Ekhoff and Miss
Betty Hill, of Syracuse, are week end
guests here of Miss Lois Bestor and
Miss Anna Margaret McCarty. The
ladies are all students of Nebraska U.
Vho Journal Is equipped to han
dle your Job printing order on
short notloe at reasonable prices.
for Tuesday, Wednesday, Nov. 19-20
Quaker
Oats
25c
Large
Pkg
17c
Thompson
Seedless
RAISINS
2-lb. ba-, OA
15 ; 4-lb. UC
Sunlight
Margarine
Carton 16c
OTOE CHIEF
.$t-79
FLOUR, 48 lbs
CORN MEAL White
or Yellow, 5-lb. bag
18c
Harmon Lost Job
for Cleaning Up
Prison, He Says
Prisoners Sawed Bars While Guards
Stood Near, Says Discharged
Penitentiary Warden.
N. T. Harmon, ousted warden of
Nebraska penitentiary, was discharg
ed because of his activities in "clean
ing up" the institution he told the
press Friday. He denied rumors that
bad feeling existed toward him
I among inmates or the prison, ana
'declared his dismissal could be laid
directly to "disgruntled guards who
Mere discharged for infraction of
penitentiary rules."
Harmon was ousted by the state
board of control with the statement
that it was "for the best Interests of
of the state. The board refused to
amplify the statement or give sped
fie reasons for the dismissal, liar
raon said.
"Better feeling existed in the peni
tentiary when I was dismissed than in
years," Harmon declared. "During
my term as warden, there had been
no violence, not a guard had been
struck, and conditions generally were
better than in many years."
Cleaned Up, Dismissed.
Haromn said vice was rampant in
the penitentiary when he became war
den, liquor and dope traffic abound
ed, and infractions of penitentiary
rules were general.
"I went to work and cleaned up
the situation," Harmon said. Prison
ers had assumed a domineering atti
tude when Harmon became head of
the Institution, he Bald. Guards were
forced to submit to the desire of in
mates. He found prison laundry em
ployes charging guards and inmates
for laundry work, contrary to prison
rules.
"Guards and prisoners were forced
to pay to hare their washing done,"
Harmon said. "If they refused, their
shirts came back torn or burned.
These men were not supposed to get
any money for the work. They were
inmates of the penitentiary. I Im
mediately stopped the practice."
Harmon admitted there was some
dissatisfaction mong the prisoners,
but asserted, "This is true 'in every
prison. You can't get away from It.
Sure, there was some booing and some
hissing, but we had no attempts at
violence, and no guards were struck.
Even during the excellent adminis
tration of Warden Fenton we had
outbreaks and violence. That is some
thing that is likely to happen in the
best managed institutions.
"I camo out here to straighten
things out and I did it."
Board Not Eack of Hira.
The ousted warden charged the
state board of control with failure to
stand behind him "until the Job was
finished." Ho said former wardens
had received the unwavering support
of the board and the governor when
they cleaned up the prison, but he
was given less than a year's time to
produce.
"That request for my resignation
came like a bombshell," he said. "I
had no idea there was anything like
that in the air. I refused to resign
and told them I had no apologies to
offer. The penitentiary was In fine
shape. Then they discharged me. I
think I should have had some warn
ing of what was coming, or the board
should have asked me to correct any
situation displeasing them." With
out using names. Harmon told of spe
cific reasons for dismissal of peni
tentiary guards, dismissals which led
to his discharge, he said.
When I became warden I found
many guards were drinking, some of
them on duty. I warned one of them,
but later had to discharge him be
cause he was gone for days and I dis
covered he was drunk. He went to
the board about it."
Says Guards Negligsnt.
Harmon said a short time later he
discharged two guards for leaving
their posts of duty without excuse.
Two others were dismissed for sym
pathizing with them.
"I had to let two more men go
during fair week." Harmon said,
"when I found two prisoners sawing
bars almost directly under their
noses. The Inmates were supposed to
bo washing windows. I will not say
there was any connivance with the
prisoners, but the guards should have
been watching the men."
FEAR SMALLPOX SIEGE
Grand Island. Following disclos
ure that two students had contracted
smallpox within the last week, . City
Physician Woodin Thursday ordered
that all students at the Grand Island
Euslness college be vaccinated against
the disease. Work of vaccinating all
students at the Jefferson and Lincoln
grade schools started on Thursday
morning. It will be completed by
Friday.
Wednes. Special
BOYS'
Cossack Jackets
Zipper or Button
Blue - Tan - Wine
Ages 8 to 16
$.55
WESCOTT'S
Since 1879
FALLS CITY TAKES
ITS FOURTH CBOWN
Falls City. Neb. A spectacular
catch of Halfback Gist's pass by
Elan:, star end, on fourth down with
less than two minutes of the game re
maining, gave Fall3 City a 13 to 7
triumph over Tecumseli on a muddy
field here Friday afternoon.
The victory brought Coach "Jug"
Brown's elevtn its fourth consecu
tive Southeastern Nebraska confer
ence championship. Falls City scored
first in the opening quarter when
Halfback Smith swept end for 11
yards and a touchdown, at the end
of a 51 yard march. The point con
version failod. Tecumseh moved out
In front in the second quarter when
Johnson circled end for a touchdown
and then passed to Tetersen for the
point.
The Gist to Elara touchdown pass
came arter a &7-yard drive tnru xne
mud. Smith hit the line for the point.
Falls City outdowned Tecumseh 12
to 5.
PLACED UPON PROBATION
Miami, Okla. Ted Baxter, "three
penny millionaire," pleaded guilty to
the violation of the postal laws, was
sentenced to five years in prison and
released on probation by Federal
Judge E. Kennamer. "Rou've been
imposing on business men and letting
your imagination get away from
you," Judge Kennamer warned Bax
ter. "You'll have to stop that."
The middle aged war veteran, with
assets of three worn pennies and an
impressive air, posed as head of the
"Baxton Oil company," rented an en
tire floor of a Tulsa bank building,
arranged for construction of a "mil
lion dollar" tank car factory, sale
of $500,000 factory bonds, a railway
spur to the "plant," bought an $8.
000 home, and employed servants.
Not a cent changed hands. State and
county officers eaU ho had broken
no state law. But postal inspectors
alleged he had violated federal stat
utes by using the mails to offer for
sale securities ho did not own.
N0RRIS REMAINS QUESTION
Los Angeles. Senator Norris re
mained a political question-mark, re
fusing to confirm reports he would
not be a candidate for re-eloction
next year. lie said his decision wouia
not be made until election time, next
year.
"I did not say at Salt Lake City
that I would not be a candidate for
re-election. I am on vacation, and I
want a reBt. I am not discussing it,"
he said.
"He was deeply amused when we
showed him reports that congress
man Coffee had said the president
felt the democrats of Nebraska should
not permit Senator Norris to retire,"
Mrs. Clara Norris Rakestraw, his sis
ter, said.
L C. C. TO PROBE RAILROAD
Washington. The Interstate com
merce commission ordered investiga
tion into management of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road company, which has borrowed
$14,470,000 from government agen
cies. Application of the railroad, now
In bankruptcy, for another 15,000,
000 RFC loan was denied by the
commission Oct. 22.
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford listed Aug. 31 loans and bills
payable of 125,703.226, of which
$16,275,000 was , outstanding bank
loans.
SLAYER PUT ON PROBATION
Chicago. Mrs. Edith Cahill. 48.
charged with murder in the death of
Anthony Marra, who said he was her
lover, was permitted to plead guilty
to manslaughter and Judge David in
criminal court placed her on proba
tion for one year.
Mrs. Cahill admitted she threw a
mixture of lye and other acids in
Marra's face as he lay in bed in her
apartment on Aug. 31. Marra died
from the effects of the concoction.
Phono the news to Ifo. .
Stock Show is
Profitable to 4-H
Club Members
Cass County Young Men Eeceive Neat
Sum for Stock Brought to the
Ak-Sar-Ben Show.
Cass county has benefitted finan
rfniiv tn a ronsiderable extent mis
year through Ak-Sar-Ben's activities
in Omaha, a study of the records of
the Ak-Sar-Ben Live Stock Show, and
of this year's pari-mutuel race meet
reveals.
The total amount of Ak-Sar-Ben
cash benefits to counties in Nebraska
and Iowa reached a new high this
year, and is expected to run consid
erably higher In the future, accord
ing to W. II. Schellberg and George
Brandeis, co-chairmen of Ak-Sar-Ben's
Live Stock Show and horse
races.
Resumption of the races is credited
with averting abandonment of the
Ak-Sar-Ben Live Stock Show, which
poured housands of dollars into the
pockets of 4-H club boys and girls of
the state. Revenues from racing will
permit Ak-Sar-Ben officials to look
forward with confidence, and they are
already talking of reviving the great
breed classes of their live stock show
as soon as finances permit.
This eounty has already received
$200, to be used for premiums at the
county fair, or for 4-H club work, as
the first "dividend" from Ak-Sar-Ben's
1935 race meet. A final dis
tribution for the year is expected to
bring at least $50 more, and much
larger payments are expected to be
made next year, now that the expense
of setting up the state racing com
mission has been disposed of.
The "county resource exhibit'
sponsored by this county's farm bu
reau received ?bo.oo expense money
from Ak-Sar-Ben's show this month
The biggest benefits to individual
Nebraskans, of course, came from the
auction of 4-H baby beeves, sponsor
ed by the Omaha Junior Chamber of
Commerce. The grand champion 4-H
baby beef of the show brought $1.50
per pound, which is a record high
price for the nation this year. Every
one of the 262 calves that went thru
the auction ring at Ak-Sar-Ben re
ceived a premium over the price
it
would have received on the open
market, thus bringing joy into the
hearts of every one of the youngsters
who help make Ak-Sar-Ben the
world's largest 4-H baby beef show.
Here la what this county's repre
sentatives received from the sale at
Ak-Sar-Ben this year:
4-H Club Total Es. Above
Member Price Mkt. Val
Domingo, Eugene $130.7C $19.02
Domingo, Eugene 86.60
Domingo, Harold 133.00
Manners, Raymond- 100.88
Rehmeier, Frances 118.19
Rehmeler, Vincent 122.03
Rikli, Warren 140.45
Rlkll, Vernon 104.25
Schlaphoff, Erwin 108.42
Schlaphoff. Erwin 97.65
14.74
19.00
15.52
17.84
18.4
29.93
16.68
16. 68
14.74
SAY HARMON CASE CLOSED
The Nebraska board of control an
nounced the removal Monday of Nate
Harmon as warden and his replace
ment by Joseph O'Grady is "a closed
incident in so far as it is concerned."
Walter E. Hager, chairman of the
board, made the announcement. He
said the board had no further state
ment to make and declined to en
large upon tho formal announcement
of Harmon's removal which asserted
the change was "made in the beat
Interests of the Institution and the
state." Hager refused to deny or con
firm rumors of favoritism with pris
oners that have been advanced as the
cause of Harmon's removal.
PEACE OFFICERS MEET
Aurora, Neb. At the booster meet
ing of sheriffs held here, thirty sher
iffs and officers were present from the
thirteen counties which organized In
the eastern and central parts of Ne
braska to discuss problems confront
ing law enforcing officials. Dinner
was served by the SYA cafe after the
meeting.
ENTRY OF SUGAR
Washington. The AAA reported
that a total of 4,364,813 snori ions
of raw value sugar wunoui nnai
polarization entered the United States
for consumption during the first ten
months of this year from Cuba, the
Philippines. Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and Hawaii.
EXPECTS FOURTH SET TWINS
Chicago. Mrs. Cora Hausen cele
brated her forty-third Dirtnaay in
the county hospital. Dr. August F.
Daro, staff obstetrician, told her she
could expect to give birth to a set of
twins her fourtn set. sne aireaay is
the mother of an even dozen children,
seven boys and five girls.
pinnininiiiM
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Plattsmouth's Leading
Cash Store
Morton's Salt, Iodized, tube 8C
Campbell's Tomato Juice, 52-oz. tin . 25
Dandy Catsup, 14-oz. bottle, 2 for. .25$
Syrup, No. 10 (Gallon) cans 550
Soap Chips, 5 lbs 350
Crisco, 3-lb. tin 630
Smoked Salt, 10-lb. tin 890
Pink Salmon, 1-lb. tall, 2 for 250
Miller's Corn Flakes, lge. size, 2 for . 190
Softer
easier on your hands
English Walnuts, med. budded, lb. . . 190
Marshmallows, lb 150
Mustard, quart jar 120
Fresh Cucumber Pickles, full quart . 230
Potatoes, home grown, 15-lb. peck. .210
Pumpkin, Happyvale, 3 large cans . . 250
Peaberry Coffee, per lb 190
Onions, per market basket 250
Carrots, 3 lbs. for 100
MEAT DEPARTMENT
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Fresh Pork Hocks, lb 15c g
White Ribbon Shortening, lb. 15c jg
Pork Snouts or Tails, 2 lbs. ..... 35c s
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INDICTED IN BABY CASE
t. Louis. The "Gift of God"
baby wrangle, in which a society ma
tron and an unwed servant girl each
claimed motherhood of the same
child, led to indictment of Wilfred
Jones, an attorney, for alleged per
jury.
The lndlctment was based on testi
mony of Jones at. a habeas corpus
hearing in the St. Louis court of ap
peals in which Anna Ware, the ser
vant girl, sought to recover posses
sion of a baby boy 6he asserted was
taken from her by Jones and given
to Mrs. Nellie Tipton Muench.
Jones testified he obtained the
child for other clients in Memphis,
who never were located. Following
his testimony. Special Commissioner
Limbaugh declared the lawyer had
committed perjury and recommended
a grand Jury investigate.
'Mrs. Muench, 44, announced the'
birth of a baby son Aug. 18 as a
'Gift from God in my time of dis-1
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tfess." At that time she faced kld-(
nap charges of which she was subse
quently acquitted. Miss Ware's baby
v.-as born Aug. 17.
KING GEORGE ON WAY BACK
Paris. Homeward bound after a
dozen years in exile, King George II
of Greece reached Paris to be cheer
ed by throngs of his countrymen.
Heavy police squadrons kept the
Greeks' enthusiasm under control at
the station, where the monocled mon
arch was welcomed by a representa
tlve of President Lebrun.
I0N'T let your efforts
towards fire preven
tion be confined to just
"Fire Prevention" Week.
Guard against Fire every
day of the years but be
sure also to carry ade
quate insurance.
Searl G. Davis
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LIMERICK IS IN ALCATEAZ
Washington. The department of
Jastice announced that Tom Limerick,
mldwestern bandit and bank robber,
had been transferred from Leaven
worth penitentiary to Alcatraz prison
in San Francisco harbor. He is serv
ing a life sentence. Limerick, the
department said, was sentenced in
Sioux Falls, S. D., for robbing a na
tional bank with firearms and taking
persons as hostages. He began his
sentence in Leavenworth May 31 and
was transferred to Alcatraz, Oct. 26.
TRAP SHOOT
Sunday, November 24th, geese and
ducks. At the E. F. Stava farm, half
mile east and half mile south of 4
corners. n!8-2tw-2td
Winter driving is danger
ous. If you drive a
car, you need full insur
ance protection!
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Collision
Property Damage
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