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MONDAY, JTTNE 29, 1938. PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL Ihe IPlattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone, $2.50 per year. Beyond COO miles, 3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, 53.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly-in advance. Alvo News The Alvo business people did not have free movies last Saturday night. Mrs. Humphrey spent .Thursday with her granddaughter, Mrs. Carl Foreman and family. Mrs. James Foreman is spending part of the week with her sons, James and Clayton, of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Swanson and Rosaline of near Waverly were Mon day afternoon callers at the Thomas Stout home. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Cook attend ed the banquet at the Bryan Memor ial hospital given in honor of the anniversary of that hospital. Mr. and Mrs. George Frisbee spent Sunday at the John Fischer home near Eagle. Orlea returned home with his grandparents for a few days' visit. Mrs. Thomas Stout, who has been quite ill for some time, is feeling much better. Mrs. Stout is able to come to the table for her meals and sits up most of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klyver, of Lincoln; Mrs. Herbert Willis and Mrs. Ivan Rainer, of Waverly, and Mrs. Elmer Klyver spent Sunday at the Thomas Stout home. The voters of the Alvo school district voted a budget of $10,500 to take care of the financial expen ditures for the next school year. School is scheduled to open Septem ber 7th. Mrs. Humphrey, of Mt. Ayr, Iowa. came Wedr.esdaj for a visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Kinney and other relatives. The families are having a family reunion at Antelope park Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stout will celebrate their COth wedding anni versary the 15th of July. Mr. and Mrs. Stout are among the eldest peo ple of the community. Both have lived long and active lives. Mr. Stout still does much for men of the com munity when they have sick ani mals. A large number of relatives from this community attended the Rose now and Kuehn picnic and annual reunion at Ijoatricc Sunday. Some of those attending from here were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rosenow, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rosenow, Charles Rose now and several members of the Kay Clark family. Taken to Rochester William Kitzel accompanied by Shorty Fifer, left Wednesday for Rochester, Minn., where they took George Kitzel to the Mayo Brothers' clinic for an examination. The family have hopes that some thing can be done for George, who has been suffering the past two years from tumor of the brain. Mrs. George Fifer and son Dal las and Mrs. Elmer Klyver were out Tuesday getting contributions to be used to help defray the cost of med ical aid for George. Spending Summer at Farm Seven year old Herbert Cheever, of Lincoln, is spending his vacation at the farm. Herbert expects to spend the summer with his grandmother, Mrs. Mabel Winn, and great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stout. Bible Institute in Progress Bible school opened Monday morn ing. School is in session from 8:30 o'clock until 11 o'clock each morn ing. Ray Meyers has charge of the Jun iors; Miss Marie Stroemer the older primary and Mrs. L. M. Hauptman the small primary folks. Each family ha3 been asked to contribute 2 5 cents to help toward expenses. Twenty dollars were also received from four organizations. Cob House Catches on Fire The cob house on the J. L. Dim mitt property whore Edgar Edwards and family reside caught on fire Monday of last week when some small boys attempted to burn some trash nearby. However, Mrs. Ed wards discovered the fire almost im mediately and began to carry water to put it out. The fire department was summon ed and the fire was extinguished be- fore any great amount of damage was done. Entertained S. 0. S. The members of the S. O.-S. club met with Mrs. Lou Herman Tuesday afternoon for their regular meeting. Eleven members were present and only four bouquets were exhibited, while at .the meeting before at the home of Mrs. Charles Edwards, only eight members were present and seven bouquets were exhibited. That is what the dry hot weather is doing to the flower gardens. At the meeting at Mrs. Edwards Mrs. Glenn Dimmitt won first prize on her bouquet and Mrs. Charles Ed wards second. At Mrs. Herman's, Mrs. A. B. Stroemer won first and Mrs. Glenn Dimmitt, second. Child Becomes Lost One of the three-year-old twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rueter wandered away during the picture Bhow in Greenwood on last Thursday night and became lost. The child was found when her cries were heard in the back yard at a residence three blocks from the show grounds. She was soon return ed to her parents. Dr. Spooner Speaks Dr. Spooner, the district superin tendent, visited at the local church during the Sunday morning Sunday school and delivered the Sunday morning sermon. Quite a large size crowd was in attendance. Move Into New Home Carl Johnson and family recently moved into their nice new home. The Johnson home is very con venient and the family is very com fortably settled. Even though they were very comfortable while living in the garage, they are indeed very happy to be permanently settled again. Installs Eiectric Fly Killer l-.arl Bennett and son have in stalled an electric fly killer. This piece of equipment is fitted with wires through which enough electric current passes to kill flies when they come in contact with it. New Faculty Member Selected Jce Larson, of Wayne, has been selected by the Board of Education as the new faculty member in the upper six grades tor tne coming school year. Mr. Larson will coach athletics and teach science. A full faculty force for the com ing year has now been secured. WILL GIVE "AIR PARTY' -Irs. J. B. Archer of the Archer Travel Service, Omaha, Nebraska is entertaining a group of twenty guests in two separate flights at an "air party" next Sunday, June 28th at 6:30 p. m. Miss Christine Soennichsen and Miss Marie Kaufmann, representa tives of Archer Travel Service, are invited to attend. A Boeing 247-1) twin motored ten passenger plane operated by. two pilots will bo. used Accompanied by an official stewardess for a thirty minute flight over Omaha and vicinity, these passengers will experience a real flight that will en able them to realize fully what a trip in a modern airplane is like. Mrs. Archer has just completed her eighteenth ocean crossing but is hoping to make her next European trip on the Von liindenburg which makes the crossing from Lakchurst, N. J., to Germany in 4 8 hours. She i3 also an air enthusiast and to show her friends the pleasure and comfort of travel in this rapidly growing mode of transportation, sho is giving this courtesy flight. An other group will bo entertained July 5th in the same manner. SHOWER BRINGS RELIEF The shower that visited this sec tion Friday evening brought much relief to the residents of the com munity who had withstood a temper ature of 107 as well as a dust visitation for the day. The shower brought a fall in the temperature and served to freshen up vegetation and lay the dust that had been prevail ing through the day. Red Cross to Give Swimming Instructions Will be Held at Merritt Beach at Plattsmouth; Also South Bend and Louisville in July. The Red Cross is to sponsor a series of swimming Instructions at several places in Cass county during July, this being the third year this has been carried on, and which has proven very successful. The series will open at the Mer ritt beach at Plattsmouth on July 6, and will continue to the evening of July 13; South Bend, July 14 to 17 and at the Louisville lakes, July IS to 27,. and which will include the water carnival and pageant at Louisville Sunday, July 26. The firm of D. H. Merritt & Sons have been very fine in regard to these courses of swimming instruc tions as for three years . now they have placed their beach at the dis-. posal of the Red Cross for the local lessons. James Taylor, of La Platte, is the manager of the beach and will assist in looking after the con duct of the week's training. The instructor of the course will be D. J. Chesneau, of Omaha, who was here two years ago to handle the first of the series of lessons for the youngsters and who is rated as one of the best qualified instructors in the employ of the Red Cross in this section of the country. His thorough training and rigid requirements to qualify for either Junior or Senior Life Saving awards were pleasing to the committee. There has been a great deal of improvement at the park since last year s course was provided there, the parking space being doubled, bath houses enlarged and much equipment added .including water trapeze, floats and diving board that will add to the interest of the swimmers, espec ially those who are more advanced. Blanks will be available at the office of W. G. Kieck, Red Cross chairman, or Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans, on next Wednesday, which are to be signed by the parents before permits will be issued to the children for the swimming lessons. It is hoped that all will co-operate with the commit tee in this matter. The conveyances that will be pro vided will be only for children who have no other way of reaching the park, and it is hoped that parents having cars will look after getting their own children and any others they can take to and from the park. The program and schedule will be printed later as to the hours of the various classes. CELEERATES BIRTHDAY The eighth birthday anniversary of Leslie Niel, Jr., was observed Thursday by a very happy gathering of the children c the neighborhood who came in to see that the occasion was very fittingly celebrated. The children enjoyed a peanut hunt as well as a peanut race and other games that served to make the time pass most pleasantly. In honor of the anniversary the guest of honor received a large num ber of handsome and attractive gifts a3 remembrances from the little friends. At an appropriate hour a fine birthday luncheon was served that featured the handsome birthday cake and iis candles and was much appre ciated by all of the party. Those attending were Ray Larson, Jr., Ruth Wocst, George Smetana, Millie Lohncs, Leon McCarty, Robert Grassman, Bobbie Puis, Betty May Barkus, Norman and Donald Perry, Bobby Hackenberg of Omaha and the guest of honor, Leslie Niel. Mrs. Niel was assisted by Mrs.- II. B. Perry and Mr3. Elmer Lohnes in the games and serving. WHEAT HARVEST IS ON The farms over all sections of this part of Nebraska are tiusy places at this time as the wheat harvest is now in full blast and the golden grain is now being shocked while the weather is favorable to the harvest. Those who are familiar with the crop conditions over Cass county state that the wheat this year is very good and the conservative esti mates place the yield at from 25 to 30 bushel3 per acre, while many of the fields will show much higher yields. The oats arc not as good as the wheat this year and the yield will not be near as heavy. NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS Second installment of personal taxes are delinquent July 1, 1036. JOHN E. TURNER, j23-25-27-30 County Treasurer. SECURE ADDITIONAL WALKS From Friday's Dally This morning the half block of sidewalk from Main street to the alley ou the west side of Sixth street was assured of being put in through the WPA when the property owners were also secured to agree to the mat ter. This will give an excellent block cf walk from Main to Pearl street on both sides of South Sixth street and will replace many of the old brick walks and others in bad shape with the new and up to date concrete walks. The work cn the half block east of the Plattsmouth hotel is now be ing carried on and will be completed in a lev days. and give a fine walk here instead of the old walk that has been there since the building of the hotel many years ago. The only section in the new side walk district that has not been sign ed up is that half block north of Main cSreet on the west side from ithe alley to Vine street. This work is being done by the WPA with the residents in the dis trict paying the material cost for the walks. Popular Young People are Joined in Wedlock Hiss Elinore Hennings and Mr. Mar ion Barnard Married at Pres byterian Manse. The marriage of two of the popular young people of this section of Cass county took place on Wednesday aft ernoon in a simple ceremony held at the Presbyterian manse in this city, when Miss Elinore Hennings, daugh ter of Mr. and- Mrs. C. H. Hennings was married to Mr. Marion Barnard, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnard of this city. The attendants of the young peo ple were Mi:?s Odeita Hennings, sister of the bride as bridesmaid and Mr Raymond Kellisou, as best man. The marriage was witnessed by Mr and Mrs. C. H. I Jennings, parents of the bride, Lnvern and Fay Hennings, brother and sister of the 1-ri le, Mrs John Barnard,- mother of thv groom and Mrs. William Rome, grand mother of the groom. After the .wedding ceremony the bridal party were entertained at a dinner party at the Hennings home v.-he re a delightful repast had been prepared for them. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard will make their home near Louisville where Mr. Barnard is engaged on the farm of II. II. Ragoss near that place. Last evening the newlyweds were given a very delightful dancing party in honor of the wedding at the Benak platform north of this city and where a large group of the young people of the community gathered to shower them with their well wishes and to enjoy the evening in dancing to the music of the Benak orchestra. Re freshments added to the pleasures of the occasion. MAKES BEAUTY SPOT The Hollyhock, one of the old time hardy flowers, is certainly one of the most showy and in many places over tho city they are adding their bright colors to make many unsightly spots real places of charm and beauty. Their very strong coloring and re sistance to heat and dryness makes them very hardy and attractive. Down in the main section of the city several years ago, Mrs. Coryell, then living in ;the Journal building, planted some of these hollyhocks on the east side in the parking and to day they have spread over that sec tion in fine shape. Miss Mary Peter son, bookkeeper at the Richey Lum ber Co., secured some of the seed and proceeded to plant them along the south of tha lumber yard on Pearl street. These flowers are now bloom ing and arc a, real sight. Phone the news to Wo. C. For the 4t!i Pclo Shirts . 35 Dress Straws $1 Tub Pants $1.50 Bathing Trunks. .$1.45 Tub Ties 25 Popeye Hats, each. . 1Q WESCOTT'S Personalized Tailoring Crop Prospect Declines Over Midwest Areas Pastures in Bad Shape, but Corn is Not Yet Much Hurt by Drouth Critical in Dakotas. Prospects for spring grains and hay crops declined during the first half of June according to a state ment by the federal crop reporting board. Pastures have also been ad versely affected by the dry weather. Crops are in critical condition in western North and South Dakota and in eastern Montana. In northeastern Wyoming, crops have had only par tial relief. Prospects for the oat and hay crops have been declining rather rapidly in the Ohio valley area, and dry con ditions prevail in most of the whole area stretching from Central New York and southeastern Nebraska' southward to central Georgia and the Rio Grande. Corn, although threatened in some areas, does net appear to have suf fered seriously as yet, and prospects for most field . crops have probably improved in the far northwest (where rainfall was heavy during May) and in parts of other states (chiefly Wisconsin, Michigan, north ern Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska) where rainfall has been adequate during June. So far, however, im provement in these areas has not off set the decline in crop prospects in the drouth areas. Since June 1, the condition of pas tures has declined sharply in the northern part of the great plains area and in another area extending from western Tennessee to northern New York. There has been some im provement in the western part of the lake region and in the west. Pastures are still materially better than in 1031, the year of the great drouth, but are about as low as they were at this season in the other out standing drouth years, 1933 and 1911. Movement Launched to Further Insure Safety Conditions in Modern Aviation Enactment of Uniform State Regulation to Help Eliminate Accidents Proposed by Flyers' Association s ; SSLJi?Si Ey CHARLES GRENHAM, International Illustrated Neivs Feature Writer New York Formation of the Pri vate Flyers' association to promote aviation safety marks a further step toward elimination of air accidents, goal which has been the objective of commercial airlines for years. The increasing number of private flyers has made it imperative that regulations and safety devices be encouraged which will cut down the number of unnecessary accidents. Government census figures for the three years of 1932, 1933 and 1934 listed from 6. to 70 per cent of fatal accidents from "pleasure flying" as being avoidable. Investigation re vealed that this number were due to carelessness on the part of the pilot. One of the regulations urged by the new PFA is the grounding of all obsolete or mechanically imperfect planes. Many so-called "crates" arc being flown today which are far from safe. It is the aim of the orga niiation to form state committees which will push state legislation and local enforcement designed to cut down the number of air acci dents. ' E5 tJ i" Ji"" Rules Michigan Youth and beauty won for Miss Ar dis Manney of Nortbport, Mich., 17-year-old Uni versity of Chi cago student, the title of queen of the National Cherry festival at Traverse City. CLAIMS WPA COERCION Los Angeles. Culbert L. Ol&on, chairman of the democratic central committee, said he had been reliably informed WPA workers were being coerced into buying nominator tickets ! to hear President Roosevelt's accept ance speech. In a telegram to the president, Olson said he had been told that individuals entrusted with the sale of the tickets were "express ly or impliedly threatening to have Old-type plane Modern airliner ' Edgar Gorrell, new aviation "czar," is expected to aid in the proposed safety campaign. Commercial Flying Superior One of the novel features of their program is the "Death Holiday com mittee," so designated because its objective will be o eliminate avia tion fatalities to the gratest pos sible extent. This committee will be financed with funds raised by solici tation among air enthusiasts. At the, same time, the commercial lines are progressing in their safety campaign to a .point where travel by air is now a comparatively safe method. United Air Lines this month passed a significant milepost in avia tion when planes of the company completed 100,000,000 miles of fly ing in more than ten years opera tion. It was the first line in the world to accumulate that much mile age. United'8 first mile was flown in a 200 h. p. single-engined mail plane in contrast to the three-mile-a- minute twin-engined passenger-cargo planes of 1,150 h. p. now being flown. Europe Lags in Aviation ! Among the achievements of com JYA Youth and beauty I - . , ' it tm I X 1 (D 7 l "?r-W. .Cherry Show 4 . i v i WPA workers discharged if they fall to purchase a definite number of tickets whether able to do so or not." He expressed hope "such methods" would not interfere with voluntary contributions to the party's campaign fund nor lose the support of any part of "your great following in Califor nia," adding he regarded it "highly important these actions be pubicly disapproved and ordered discon tinued." Edgar Gorrell r?-! it M& mercial airlines In' recent "years are such .developments as coast-to-coast air. service, long distance flying of passengers and cargo on regular schedules, multi-motored transport planes capable of a speed of more than three miles a minute, two-way radiotelephone communication be tween the planes and the ground and instrument-radio landing equip ment. Despite the 'publicity accorded air lines in England and on the conti nent, European commercial flying is far in the rear of aviation in tho United States. Although weather conditions in this country are more changeable, varied and severe, and distances which must be traversed are much greater, commercial air lines 'are operating with far more regularity and efficiency here than abroad Aviation authorities, especially in England, have been urging addition al . government subsidy to build up a private commercial aviation fleet of importance. The value of such a move is apparent when it is consider ed that this is the source of many inventions and developments invalu able to a national air amada. f . ? i ''' 5 r; ST-. ' I -5 J 1 5 ' i