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TV. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - EZLY JOURNAI PAGE FIVE i Strides Made in Combating Child hood Diseases Insurance Company Figures Indicate Eig Drop in the Number, of Childhood Fatalities- New York Great strides have In en made during the past quarter of a century in reducing the mor tality from the four principal com municable diseases of childhood measles, scarlet fever, -whooping; cough and diphtheria. Reflecting this trend in the general population, the combined death rate from these leur diseases among children 1 to 1 years insured in the industrial department of a leading life insur ance company, has declined from 144.6 por lOO.OOo in 11)11-1915 to 27.7 in 1H31-1?33 a drop of SI per cent. 'This fact takes on added moan ir.g." statisticians of the . insurance company explain, 'hen we note that the corresponding decline in mortal ity at these ages from all other causes (embir.ed was only 53 per Ciint. We also find that among these insured children the four diseases combined accounted for 2 o out of every luo deaths in tha first quin quennium, but caused only 12 deaths c ut of every luo in the recent five year period." The statisticians further report that the mortality improvement has continued into 10 3G. In the first nine months of this year the com bined death rate from those four principal communicable diseases of childhood among Metropolitan Indus trial policyholders reached a new low record with a drop of about 3S rcr cent from the rate in the corre sponding period of 1933. Each of the four diseases has sep arately experienced a downward t:?nd during the 25-year period. The statisticians record the i-c-r cent de cline in mcrtaliy among children as follows: Scarlet fever. 72 5: "Whoop ing cough. 73.2: Measles, 76.7 and Diphtheria, S7.6 per cent. "The particularly favorable ex perience for diphtheria unquestion ably reflects the fact that more is known. about this disease than rbout the other childhood infections;," ac cording to the statisticians. "The causative organism of dipntheria was isolated many years a-'o. A test for susceptibility has been developed, and preventative and therapeutic measures have been applied on a large scale The results attained i ear witners to the extraordinary effectiveness of these measures. l":iiortunateIy. t.e specific weap ons which served as the spearhead f.;r the attack of diphtheria have not Icon available for the other com municable diseases of childhood. Nevertheless, measles. M-arlet fever and whooping cough have recorded large declines. "Although notable gains in con trolling the mortality from the prin cipal communicable diseases of child hood have been achieved, a problem of considerable magnitude still con fronts the public health movement. There is a definite challenge in ihe iact that as recently as IPC 4 these fear diseases were responsible for m;re than L'l.t'OO deaths in the United Stales. It is a chastening Hough! that thousands of deaths co lid have been prevented if exist ing knowledge of methods of pre entic:i and treatment had been more generally applied." Plattsmcuth offers a splendid market fop farm produce. Local dealers always pay top prices. noes CCUPLED WITH Honest Weights, Fair Grades and Tests nnke us tho logical place to bring ycur Farm Produce during 1S37. FOR THIS WEEK END WE ARE FAYING Hens, over 5 lbs. . . . 15c Hens, under 5 lbs. . . 13p Leghorn Hens ICp 'You are welcome to have our Weights . . . Grades . . . Tests checked t any time. Find out fcr yourself atout our service that is proving: so rlearing and bringing; us nev patrons daily. W'c never skin anyone but can give yea top prices fcr ycur hide. mm BfliRY Conveniently Located at Corner of 5th and Main, Plattsmouth I op mm r Nehawka D. C. West was called to Omaha on Mond.iy of this week to look after sonic business matters. Tommy Mason was over to Platts mouth on Tuesday afternoon of this week, delivering a load of wood. Don I'hilpot who was off work for the past week from the Farmers Oil Co. was able to return again last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stone and sou, Westley were ill with flu for the past v eel;, but are feeling better at this time. Earl May and wife of Otis, Colo rado write to .airs. Y . u. 1 roop, sis ter of Mrs. May. saying the mercury was CO below zero. W. A. Ost from southwest of Ne hawka was a visitor in I'lattsmouth matters! looking after some business on Monday of this week. Walter Wunderlich and wife were visiting for the day last Sunday with friends iu Omaha and Walter says the snow there was awful, but plenty of men to clear it away. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. August of near Flmvood were in Nehawka advertis ing a sale, also visiting ol the parents of Mrs. it the home ugut Mr and Mrs. Carl Westley Stone A letter a few days: ! geles tells from Stuart Rough who ago departed tor io: U i v ' 1 ij .Vii arrival and is An of his safe enjoying the visit to such an extent that he could only find time to write a card, saying, 1 will write in detail 1 1 later. Rol.crt James of south of Nehawka j v. ;.: over to Union lat Mondav meet - . i ing with the committee to settle up i tLe affairs of the late Union State' biik. The building was recently dis posed of to C. F. Harris of Union. A. G. Cisney. Frank Linder and W. C. Troop were over to the saie at Syracuse last Wednesday where at the sale they made purchase of a Jload of cattle which the next day ! they took them to Omaha and sold i them on the open market at a good ; advance over their purchase price. : Mr. Marius Neilson and Robert ; McDonald were over to Manley most j of last week visiting with Mrs. Mc-1 Donald who is also daughter of Mrs. INeilson and the little daughter of ; Mr. and Mrs. McDonald returned to; j Nehawka the latter portion of last j week, reporting the mother and lit i tit daughter as doing very nicely. j Hears Aunt Had Lied. j Mrs. Charles Sv.anson who was sis Iter of Mrs. C. Steiteus of Lorton. i passed a way at her home la.Lt Fri Jday wiih the funeral on Sunday. She j v. as t)S years of ago. Mr. and Mrs. 'Albert Anderson and son. Mr. and I Mit. J. H. Stef;eus and daughter. to attend the fun-jV ; . axiue were over leral. Removed Snow Jlonday. With the subsiding of the severe cold snap, directed by the city, a ce w of workers with two trucks re- . , , , . j i::uvvu e:it -iiL.vv iie.'::i iiif mi trf is i and have them spick and span for the traffic which was waiting to ccme to town to do their trading. Lnother i incident, a number of tarmers to the amount of six many with nearly nev. cirs and others who prided them selves they had the very best car, were not abl? to get their cars going and v. ere under obligation to a farm hand who had an old Chevrolet, step pe d on the r.tarter and away he went, getting supplies for all six of the farmers. Welcomed New Daughter. I Mi-3. Lyle Kruger received an in- vi'ation from their daughter, Mrs. .Harry Luchldz. who make their home ! a few miles east of Avoca, and hast i cuing over was in time to welcome a granddaughter, which was "born last Saturday. The little one and mother are doing very nicely. Mrs. Kruger stayed to care for the granddaughter and her mother, Mrs. Bucholdz. L0AUS TO EE0UTK FARMERS Washington. Representative Clif ford R. I-Iopy. republican, of Garden City, Kas.. introduced u bill to appro priate $50,000,000 for loans to farm ers fcr crop production during 1037. The last congress passed a seed loan bill, but President Roosevelt vetoed it. "This unfortunate veto," Hope said, "caused a great deal of distress in the drouth area. Altho loans were made from relief lunds, regulations were much more severe than provided i:i the legislation." Hope said a $20 0 !:r.it on loans was not raised to ?400 "until too lute to do any good." Hope's bill would authorize the farm credit administration to make crop production loans to farmers urable to finance themselves else where. The loans wculd be a first I'cn em c-ops to be produced. Daily Journal, 15c per week. New German Exhibit Shows 'Red' Horrors Eleven Points Stressed hy the Nazitj,? reople has cufi'ered more from Government for its Hatred of Bolshevism. Berlin, Jan. 10 An anti-Bolshevik exhibition has been opened in Berlin under the title of "Bolshevism Un masked. " It consists of a large numler of exhibits which are described by the allegation that "Bolshevism is the enemy of any culture and thuo the adversary of the National-Socialist vorld philosophy and conception of j state." Elecen reasons for the Nazis' hatred; cf Bolshevism are given by the news organization as follows: The Bolshevist campaign against God and religion. "Svstematical deterioration fif youth by their education, which irings into contempt a.i numan auu cultural obligations. Heaviest Lacor. "The so-called liberation o: women ''n, 'le heaviest physical labor. "I'l.serunulous exnloitation and svirwition of the working classes 'The fact that eve; six j I p"oy l have l,ecu deported to labor jcmps in bineria. v. rongs of the past, and remembering "The Soviet Cheka. which from thejthem to uke heed for the futUrc. i revolution on began annihilating all ' Soviet enemies. "The frivolous lie bv which Bol- r :c l,llt lu lul,,vsa 1,11 luc " . i:i- . I,.. : , 1 . - 1 ......n -1- : - . . : . : . , . . .... , , , 1 -7 l-ai me- iu out ici uumu Jicxs uciuuc easjnter than ever beiore. Organize xull-tall. i.-e.:ue-vii. on." an e. 1 '- wonu ior lue p.:; pose o. oruuauirs, the rli of the population iu oth- e- countries in order to uiiutiim..- . ninor.ai communities aim to pi eaou i -i ... upioa: auu iauiuei. I "Their attempt to create disorders i ir all raw-material countries of the v. crld. "The fact that the Soviet hirmy hr-ts sworn to fight for a world revolu tion with the final aim to disturb peace and peaceful development, if necessary, by force of arms and to plunge the world into a chaos cf blood and horror. "Last but not least. tly fact that this terrible Bolshevism has been Invented by Jews and is being car ried on and managed by them." PE2rCS $675,855 IU 193S Gh.dvs J. Shamp state director ie national youth administration,; announced that $C75.iS3.1 was J Yank-. e inginuity was the explan - spent during lDG by the NYA.arion for a novel craft that was no - hich P1'oviuVl'- employment lor 1 0,- 000 young people who participated iay morning. A floating squat ter's i ft mihes have moved into the Tech ir the student aid program and the cabin, with the head of the family, j wood rroject in Atlanta. Similarly, work projec ts activities for out ofjv ho were a soldier's coat, running new apartments will be opened early school youths. jthe machine by aid of clap-boards onli-i the year in Montgomery, Alabama. Earnings of the students enabled j crooked poles for oars, while thejM'ami. Florida, and Cleveland. And them to continue their education and j nld ter. families supe rintended cook- by the end of 19C7. the housing divi- the money earned by the out o , youths assisted tnem in making a nv - irg at work from which they could I GTive experience that would help: ' them secure positions in private ia- j dustry. j In tire i high schools participat ing in the program the students were paid a maximum of $C monthly. All 1 2.1 of Nelirpskfi s ftillf fc: ntirl uni versities were active in the program v ith undergraduates being paid an average of ?la per month and grad - uate students an average of $20. Tho out of rchool youths, who were employed on work projects, earned f-om approximately $K: to $18.50 per month the rate depending upon tbe population of the largest muni cipality in the county. C:IAHA BUDGET S2.462.910 Omaha. The city council Tuesday a-loptod a 19;:T budget of S2.4C2.910. a total of ?::G9,CS3 over expenditures in If! "6. The increase, commision ors raid, is based on an es-timated boost in city revenues thru increased and new occupation taxes. A new oc cupation tax ordinance is to come up for passage next week. The new ordinance will contain provisions for an increase in utility and subway taxes, and new taxes on railroads, packing houses, stock yards, insurance companies, and fill ing stations and parking lots ising more than 1G fet of curb space for drivewavs. DICLIKE III FLU CASES CLkago. The board of health re ported a decline in the number of in fluenza cases here. The improvement was attributed to the advent of cold, dry weather after a protracted period of rain and unseasonable warmth. Thirty-one deaths from pneumonia and tl'c "ilu" were recorded over the v. cek end. BITS OF HISi DRY I The following editorltl was writ- i ten by J. Sterling Morton while he J was editor of The News at Nebraska City. It appeared in lbaa: 'Reminiscences "Nebraska the chosen home of usurpation of peoples' rights, than a;v other territory, except Kansas, that ever was organized by the Am-. Washington. Rosebushes and ericau Government. ilruiulry tubs, dark rooms and current "Bellevue and south of the Platte, I event forums, sand piles and rent ool at the last election, contained five-hoct ions; these are some of the prob eghts of the entire population of this lPms that pile down upon managers territory, and yet, these two sections j of federal housing projects. The of country were given a lesser rep - reseatation, than wholly unpopulated districts composing other portions of tne territory. uouge. iun, anuj vVfLshington counties oast, altogether, j 7? votes, and these IS votes sent; njne nml)crs to the Legislature. j j ynevue alone, cast S3 votes, and was Uiinwui tin venresentation :it all , v, hile Oloc county polled almost three times as many votes as the three ' .. . f, . J It- T- counties oi ootigs, uui l una v adu - j iri,-lon together, and was allowed a! j rrprocrntat ion of one less than those j counties. i -The above items we put before tI the Squatters of Nebraska at this 't me. to show them how once their j rights were usurped, and thai too, i by a so-called we blush to own it v- " ' " j And y.e wish tliem to rt.mcmher the "The time has arrived for this peo-' p!e to know that the wire-workers j employed by the Nebraska Ferry! t - . i Company, the Oflicial Speculators, - . - j ti, ir.Mmv r.nnk r. t Omatm j City, are infesting almost every county, endeavoring to crawl into the. , good grace s cf all voters ; pre tend ir. g to be verv patriotic men. and ex- i pressing hopes that justice and just nen ,,,a at lat ruic jn tnjs thus , fhrmiSWVerued territorv. There - i w' " fore, Scmatters, Beware. Select fore, Scmatters, Beware. Select men' The rent is sot by tho cost of oper i Trom among yourselves men whom; a: ion and maintenance, plus enough i you Know true men good men. ; to make the interest and amortization jMtn that aie not for sale. Send no charges on the loan made by the fed I mere ncn-residents to represent your ! eral government. As a result, three I rights and interests. Trust not in r-om apartments rent for as little as ; the Major Thompsons, the McNeal , $ 1 C.40 a month with extra fo: j Lathams and Kemptous of Iowa, for hat. water and lights. A Qualifiea- your political salvation; for old men, t ion is that the person renting the i grown venerable in rascality, and apartment must be living under lower J young men who are for sale, are bet-j than standard conditions and must tor fitted, the one for the irniteu-'be earning not more than five times i tiary. and the other for the auction ; the total expense of the apartment. block, than for receiving the votes! And. i-.bo, there must be a vacancy. i-.id pie.' confidence of f r.n intelligent peo- i i Id. I'lattsmouth May: ' i Nebraska Her ofi(i IS CO: "Western ( emigrativeness and t L td passing down the river yester - i-hoopjvrr anVirs. an unconscionable num - !per of flaxen haired juveniles turn- j bled about in jolly confusion, and the family dog sat in a skiff towed ! a!ongi-ic!e, watching progress with c:nine serenity. The institution was bound Dixie-ward." Nebraska Democrat, Omaha City, January 8, 1S5C: "Traders' Poinl Ferry "Tiie subscribed having leased of j Clarke & Co.. the old Council Bluff Terry at Trader's I'oint, Pottawot tamie County, Iowa. Having built a new and substantial boat, is now pre pared to cross all who come. Persons vjeiting Nebraska will find this one of tbe best Ferries on the River. True. I have no Steam Ferry Boat, but I have strong arm power, which will propell a boat across the river at this narrow point without any dinger or blow up. quick enough to satisfy the fastest of this fast age and country. "Rates of Ferriage: 1 wagon, two horses or cattle $1.25 ! Horse and buggy 1.00 .50 Horse and rider Footman .15 "Twenty-five percent added to the above rates during high water. "DANIEL NORTON." Omaha Daily Herald, February 1ft. 1S75: f "The Herald Dollar Subscription Li?t. "For the benefit of grasshopper suf ferers is now open. "Every citizen should contribute at loast this small amount to purchase food for these destitute people. "As often as fifty signatures are oMaiccd the lidt will be published and the funds turned over to the treasurer of the Aid Society." Plattsmouth is the (deal large town shopping center for all Cass county people. Values here are the equal of those found anywhere read the ads for bargain news. Managers of Federal Apart ments are Busy Government Expects Soon to Be Land lord to Several Thousand Apartment Dwellers. . rosebushes have to do v. ith sand piles. ! , The federal housing projects are meant for workers who have low wages. And workers with low wage? usually have children. Children must play. If they don't have a place to play s.nd some supervision, they dig j up rosebushes and shrubbery and 1 o Se the housing manat ement must Sometimes a j supply the supervision. I ...... . , X 1 iran must !;e InreU tor tnat woik His pay is less than the damage would be. The apartments are equipped with , community laundries in the base- ; ments. When two women set out to v ash their dirty linen at the same time in the same tubs the whole 'neighborhood may get splashed. Such ular assignments of hours arc worked c'.:t for each family. It saves timei a.d arguments and. maybe, a bit of s. ranching. With a community hall in which the tennants are free to gather. words have to be used about some aro protests ' i),!- c.,-,.tin.r,.. :fi cm left wing groups. And th: so call ft r repMes from the management. An outgrowth frequently are forums for the di.-ov.sj--ion of current events. And j vhen cam i '.iis are organ iz'.J, the ! ir.anar r lias to take up the problem 'of ! establishing dark rooms. But all of the dwellers in the hous- ing project are interested in seeing that oven-one else pavs the rent be- cause if anyone fails to pay. that in- ceases the cost of operation and 'pushes up the rent for everybody else. j Before long, the federal government ! expects to be landlord to thousands jof apartment dwellers. Already 1.04 lsio - i of the PWA exnects 50 federai- lv built developments in Co cities to j be'housing 25,000 families. That sounds like a lot of housing. But the public works administration figures there are 8, COO, 000 slum duelling families in the country. Which means that a lot more housing could be done. And congress is likely to hear more of the matter soon. In its first housing program, the public works administration tried co operating with private enterprise. It loaned money to corporations, re quiring tlicm to build according to certain high standarcis and to limit their profits so the rent would stay down. The result was seven limited dividend developments, which PWA officials say are working beautifully, ecep:. that if they operate to show any profit at all they can not get l-t-nts within reach of slum dwellers. They hit families a little below mid dle C in the income scale but it takes a real bargain to ring the ball for a slum income. PWA officials say that is why they went into a $120,000,000 program of straight fed eral b u i 1 d i n fit . That sum is all spent or obligated now. LJ Now, you can get a beby pow der that will keep your bsb7 SAFER against germs end rkia infections. It's Menr.en Anti septic Powdsr. Your doctor will tell you that whenever ycu buy a baby powder it rarely ought to be Mennen. Because Menken is mere then just a c'usting powder it's r.ntiseptic! Andit costs r.o more! So. mother, buy a tin cf this "esfety povclcr" frcm your drust, today. --;i? ! ' GIPSIES VISIT FARM HOME j David City. Frank Flaxel, who i lives A 'z miles west of Bclwood, and ! Sheriff McChunek, are interested in the whereabouts of three car loads j of gypsies who visited PTaxcl Tues ; day- Flaxel said two carloads remained in front of his farmhouse while the occupants of a third, two women and a man, came to his kitchen door and : guined entrance. lie finally succeed j ed in getting rid of them and the i caravan headed east. I Later in the day, Mrs. Flaxel ask-j ltd for some money. Flaxel said he j ! found his billfold but $22 which had! I o.'en mere v. as nnssiug. lie sum 1 . , f . TT I .1 1. . i billfold was on his person while the gypsb-s were in the house. Security Pro gram May Pay W ay as It Goes Predictions Made of E.evamping cf tLe Lav to Prevent Accumu lation of Huge Fund. Washington. Predictions that the social security law. eventually will be revamped to prevent possible ac cumulation of a huge $47,000,000. 000 reserve fund by were heard at the car-it ol. as budget minded con. lessmen received President Roose - velt's annual message on federal fi nances. Authoritative sources said that after adequate reserves have been S'ored up to meet old age pension payments the security program may approach a "ray as you go" basis. Ttu-y not?d that ?540.000,000 was s-:-t aside in the budget for the old age reserve account. Ihis, however., .1 . oes not represent actual casn nut rovcrr.ment obligations deposited in the a'-count. Collections under the act will go into ?ne treasury s general funds. Fear has been expressed i:; some luartcrs that this procedure would r suit in the piling up of a public! debt equal to the total amount of! government obligations in the r;-servc- account and encourage extravagance. By permitting the reserve account to rise only to the level needed to cover all disbursements, it was said, this possibility will be eliminated. Officials said there is little possi-j bility that any change will be madei fcr a year or so. because the $540.- OOO.O'jO set aside fcr the next fiscal period will not be a sufficient re serve. DEATH TAKES CAHEIE BEA2TS Lexington. Neb. Mrs. Carrie A. Beans, 75, wife of J. M. Beans, for mer state legislator, died of heart disease at the farm home northwest of Lexington Saturday. Born in Deposit. N. Y., she came J to Lexington in 18S3. Funeral scr-j vices will be held Monday at thej Christian church with burial in thei Grace cemetery, northeast of here. Surviving are a husband, a daugh- tt r. Mrs. Edna Oidfather of Lincoln;! fjur sons, Floyd Stedman of Ogallala.J Lester Stedman and Chester Beans of i t Lexington, and Yandell S. Beans of Hiawatha, Kas. MAYOR LUSinNSSY ILL Mavor George Lushinsky is con fined to his home as the result of an j attack of the flu, he having been feci- ; ir.g the effects of the malady the past j week, and which since Saturday has Lad him bedfast. Today it Tomorrow it may be Costly Indeed Today you can learn the facts con cerning; funeral service easily and without cost; in tinje of need, an unfortunate decision might be a costly source of information. In stead of guessing, why not KNOW? js tr'-A I M a .SATTLER FUNERAL ROME i -.-ji r:- U j-,r.2 p A11HIC A I l:i.HI lil.IK.. IM. TTMOl 1 11 4,000 Square Feet of Maple Floor and more than lOu pair of Finest Fibre Holler Ball Bearing Skate:;. TWO SESSIONS NIGHTLY 7:45 to 10 9:- to 12 Saturday-Sunday Afternoons n:Ti in: Thursday Night . Friday NightSp Sunday Night M(.HT Novelty ilaft ill A'tT.:' t i:I!5 (iran:l Miinh Monday Night Bargain Night Free Admission Skating.-. 25 C ! II 1 W?A EELIEF E0LLS C Washington. A st. tal'uhition comparing V tc by statt I'A woik-it- iiet eniMoynit nt lor nee : 1 - !)( o showed a oi;t of lOC.wio PC! en from WBA rolls in t'.i" s ' period. Stati. tics included: States Dre. 12 day ik-c. r. 2 1 4 7',si 27.17.". 3 2..".S7 jlowa : Missouri L i Nebraska South Dakota 2 r,. !;:. 71. .".71 25.S41 23.S3S 3P.COM CAUSES INJU2Y : yraruse. Neb. Lli!-Avort':i Wil. a hi-:-ijurie-s : of : cuse w :is rccavcring m from serious i pUal Monday suffered in Standing in a .n un Usual tec r lit. ew motor ti i;t k. !: t : ! a cl broom to th" ground and jumped Aii. The S.ro.-.m.ni' h - iH-'ratcl his body in the pelvic regi-m f.-ur or live inches. nviDE dat5o:; deai,-zp.y : Dawy.oii, .m d. i r. - wav.fr.-.:; ' "a:i- , t ry. conti ining 24 parishes, hi.: l-e. ii ; divided into two deaneries. I ward II a gar., dean at I a w W. Fd m. will d. Tal.l Juiiall. : pi e sine ovei Auburn. Dure':: ;cm. Falls CiT l' 1:. Daw Pvnbi r. Shub:rt. Rul-J. P.aiem A rug), and Su Jury s. man. r. STATE INCREASES CHILD AID GRATIS Lincoln. Jan. 11. The state as sistance committee announced Mon day a 10 per cent ir crease- in de pendent children allotment; for Jan uary, February and March to n.'-i-t increased demands civaied by the v. inter v eatl.c r. SENT TO REFORMATORY Fails City. Ne b. Robert :tai:d. r ferd of Stella pleaded guilt- to steal ing chickens from his in in h bur. Ray I'.rigg, and was seniem c-il by Dif?ri'-t Judge Virgil Falloon to a y-. ar in the state reformatory. IP re YEARS of experience have given this agency kuov.- r: ledge of how to ha::dic l all insurance matters tl large or small. InsurRr.ee t. training; gained frona long M service in the businers is at your disposal. !ij Searl S. Davis ifKICKSi 2M I'tlltllt Plaits Stale Bank Cldg. Costs Nothing 4V ST. C AVE. 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