Bebr. Stat Historical Society ill VOL. NO. LIII PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1937. NO. 2 Jury Term of , District Court opened I ay Judge John W. Yeager of Omaha Here to Take Up Criminal Cases on Locket for Judge Kieck. Fv.rn Monday's I mily 9 The jury term of the district court, postponed since November, this, morning was opened with Judge . John . W. Yea per of Omaha, presiding. Judge? Kieck. former count;,' attor-' ney. was disqualified to sit on the criminal cases that are to be heard' I; ni! lie exchanged benches with Judge; Yeager. : The first case called for trial was that of the State of Nebraska vs.; Kdgar I?oy:itt r. on a charge of mali- cious destruction of property, he be-j ing charged by the state with the! destruction of a plate glass window! i:i one of the business buildings at Murray. The offense that Mr. Poyn-j ter is charged with occurred June 7. 1930. the value of the window de-! stroyed being fixed at $3 9. ! Th.e building was owned by Earl Kane-aster. George Nickles and W. G. Eoedeker. The members of the jury reporting today for service were Adam Schafer, Nehawka: W. C. Farmer. Ashland; Joe p. (Justin. Murdock; Elmer Ben nett. Alvo: Fred Rehnieier, Weeping; Water: William Sheehan. Jr., Man ley; Marion J. Stone. Nehawka; R. K. Koekler. Weeping Water; Clarence Pucknell. Klmwood; Earl Wolf. Henry Pearly, Union; H. A. Kuehn. Klmwood; Melvin Sturm. Nehawka; Ralph Creamer. Murdock; Charles Stoehr. Thomas J. Walling, John L. Hild. K. U Wiles. W. II. Puis. Ru dolph Sodlak. Court Reporter Glen "Woodbury ac companied Judge Kieck to Omaha and Mrs. Woodbury served as court re porter for Judge Yeager. The case was concluded at 11: CO this morning w hen J. Howard Davis, attorney for the defense entered the motion with the court that the case be taken from the jury and the ver dict directed for the defendant. Pryr.ter. Judsre Yeager heard the arguments' of Mr. Davis and County Attorney J. A. Capwell and sustained the mo . tion of Mr. Davis and dismissed the oomph' hit ccainst Poyr.ter and who vrs a-ccrdingly released from the -referred. GYPSIES LEAVE CITY ., , t The last of the gypsy tribe that quartered in a vacant building on South Sixth street, several weeks, has 1-ft the city, lho greater ran ot tne tribe left for more congenial climes a u e-ek ago. but the "royal family.' the king and his wife and children re maim d behind to await the repair of their car. they traveling in the m (lorn stvle rather than the ancient horse draw n wagons that were the trie t and the people restored to their j One machine in the shop is cam mark of the w andering gypsies for homes. There is also the possibility j pietely assembled. Workers are now many years. The tribe is to be united in 1 v, more south where the weather is mild ai.d they oan enjoy their no- madie life in the open to their heart's content. The departure of the tribe has bv,ught a great deal of relief to Chief of Police Libershal. who for several week:; past has been forced to make many trips to the camp on complaints of the residents of the vicinity. RETURN FROM FUNERAL John E. Schutz, accompanied by his sister. Mrs. A. F. Braun, of Om aha, returned Monday from St. Paul, Minnesota, where they were attend ing the funeral of their sister. Mrs. Charles Guetschoff. On the way to St. Paul the party left by train Wed nesday evening and were caught in hei'vy snow drifts in Iowa, the train being snowbound, causing nine and a half hours delay in reaching St.; Paul. On the return they had three and a half hours delay due to the; snow in Iowa. There was not a great, deal of snow in St. Paul but very heavy in Iowa. The funeral of Mrs. Guetschoff was held on Friday at St Paul, the ser vices being delayed to permit the sister and brother, Mrs. Braun and Mr. Schutz to reach St. Paul. Phone news items to No. 6. BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS The Orville Quillhurst depart ment store at Kim wood v. as sold to Henry Amgwert, manager of the Murdock Mercantile company of Murdock last week, who secured as his manager and associate. Ted Hall., They have conducted the business ' ' for the past week. Mr. Amgwert add ' ed considerable stock. On Monday ! evening of this week Mr. Amgwert removed his added goods and sold the original store and business to Ted Hall and wife. Mr. a,l Mrs. Hall are now in charge. John Woods, who lias been in the employ of the business has been retained as assistant. W eston Young Man Suffers a Serious Injury Clifford Samek. 20. Brother of Mrs J. A. Capwell and Mrs. Chris Ql .vi,. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Buiin and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Capwell were at Wa hoo. Nebraska, Sunday where they spent several hours with Clifford Samek, 20. a brother cf Mrs. Capwell and Mrs. Bulin. Mr. Samek was injured Saturday near Weston, his home, when the car that he was driving collided head-on with one driven by H. H. Henning sen. of Omaha. The injured young man was taken ; to the hospital at Wahoo and where he is in critical condition. He suf fered a skull fracture, while Hen ningsen suffered head cuts and a knee injury. Del Hapgood. C5, a transient, riding with Henningsen suffered a nose fracture and several severe face cuts. The sisters found Mr. Samek do ing very well and the attending phy sicians were hopeful that unless com plications set in that he had a fair chance of recovery from the injuries. APPRECIATE RED CROSS WORK The ceived erican ter. Jr following letter has been re by Cass County chapter. Am Red Cross from Wm. M. Bax .. manager, midwestern area. St. Louis Mo.: "This w ill acknow ledge, with sin- ; cere appreciation, receipt of your ' chanter's remittance in the amount ; of 51.567. 02 representing contribu-1 tions for relief work in the Ohio and Mississippi flood area. "Congratulations on the splendid half of the Red Cross flood relief fum Yfu pcople have rpSponrtt.d with unusual generosity and their support is inspiring and heartening - ""l'v- i cross. "The needs continue to grow. Red Cross is furnishing immediate emer- gency relief for refugees, including j food. shelter. clothing. bedding. . nursmq; and medical care which must continue for many week?! until the water has receded from the entire dis-! that additional towns may ie evacuated resulting in an increase in me uumiier 01 reiugees. ' "I r ic or'itifvincr tn l-nnu- f li -i t r ri n tributious are still coming in to the charter, and I assure you in the light of the above circumstances, every pos sible contribution is needed." Since the amount mentioned in this letter went in. the amount has increased over $2,152.77. Because of the great pressure of work upon the St. Louis office, it has been impossible to acknowledge all remittances promptly, but will be made as soon as possible. GRADUATED FROM U. OF K Miss Lucille Thornton, daughter of D. R. Thornton of riattsrcouth, re ceived her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky at the semester. Miss Thornton has been very active on the campus and has broadcasted university news over the radio for some time. She is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma social sorority; Phi Beta, honorary musical sorority; Microphone Play ers; Strollers; and was military sponsor for Company B. She also ap neared in the Guisrnal nlavs Thornton has visited in Plattsmouth with hpr father bpvpmI timoQ Sheii"""b wlc il.wwo ui lue buuy makes her home Lexington, Ky. with her aunt in i Daily Journal, 15c per week. Doody Begins Manufacturing in Plattsmouth All-in-One Tractcr Sweep and Hay- stacker Being Built Here In vented bv F. C. Doodv. A young manufacturing plant is being started in Plattsmouth that may develop into a thriving ir.dus-: try. K. J. Doody has opened the' All-Iu-0:ie Manufacturing company, in the west room of the OK garage. ; He is building a tractor sweep and j haystacker whi' h fits the McCormit k , Doeiir.g 20 Farmall. J Sweeps of various kinds have been I invented which may be attached to a ; tractor but this is the iirst sweep: I and stacker combination invented; i which can be attached to the tractor. I F. C. Doody. brother of E. J.I Doody, is credited w ith the inven-'. tion. In 1931. while E. J. Doody was! farming in the Black Kills of South! Dakota, he raised a good deal of hay. j He told his brother, who was a car-: penter. that he needed a stacker; which could be attached to his trac- j tor. F. C. Doody said. "1 believe l! could build a stacker like that," and! did.- ! The machine was patented in 1933; but only a few w ere built as experi- ; Hu nts. Last fall. K. J. Doody de cided to commercialize the invention and started building the stackers in 0mahU Mr. Doodv had his home in j Plattsmouth and also operated the' feed yards here so found it difficult to do both things well. A week ago: he establirhed his place of business in the enrage building and is now busy cutting parts for and assembling 36 machines which will be on the market soon. Iron parts are made in ; Omaha but other materials are pur-i biased in Plattsmouth. I Two men can easily sweep and stack forty tons of hay per day with j i the tractor sweep and havstacker. It! I , jean be used to either stack the hay i in the field or load it in wagons and; ! trucks. It can also be used to load : i corn fodder or any other roughage that has to be lifted in a wagon or truck. i j A shovel attachment is sold with i ; the machine w hich can be used to load ear-corn, fertilizer, dirt, sand.i gravel, or any other bulk material.' Thc maximum lift is tw enty feet, iand has an automatic- stop and brake. iThe load can be stopped and dumped' I from anv heisht. The load aiso can; !be rried at hay-height w hile mov-! j ing forward or backward, and lifted, j dumped or let down either while in : j n,t jon or stopped. ' Gae man oan attach it to a tractor in thirty minutes or remove it in fifteen minutes. Undoubtedly the new machine will fiml prp.llaritv in the hav Pe(.tions Gf . , i-""-"e UP bay is restricted to a tew days. busy cutting the wooden parts for! the 36 additional machines which i will he ready for sale by the time hay harvesting begins. ' Perhaps while Plattsmouth boost ers were viewing cities with small manufacturing plants with envy, one of these industries has been started quietly in their midst. DEPARTS FOR THE WEST Mrs. B. A. Rosencrans departed Monday night for the west coast, go ing to Med ford, Oregon, where she will join Mr. Rosencrans and their son, rhillip, who are located in that city. 1 Mrs. Rosencrans with her daugh ter, Miss Mary Anne, were dinner guests of friend3 at Omaha Mondav j evening. j Mrs. Rosencrans who was born and I reared in this city has a very large i circle of friends who regret to see jher and the members of the family ; circle remove from the community j where they have been very prominent and active in the social life. Mrs. Rosencrans has been engaged Miss!at the Pease Style shop for the past year and has made man' friends I omon(r tha vo4---kT-o -v f V. 1 The departure ot Mrs. Rosencrans leaves but her mother, Mrs. Phillip Thie-rolf and- the daughter, Mary Anne, of the family remaining here. CELEERATE ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wasley en joyed a very pleasant observance of their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary the last of the week and in which number of friends joined. It was at Juneau, Wisconsin. February 5. 1902 that Miss Mamie Fribert and W. W. Wasley were unit ed in marriage. They moved to Ne braska in l!u7 and in 1913 moved to Plattsmouth where they have since resided. They have one son, Russell W. Wasley. who is a member of the fac ulty of the high school at Superior, Montana. Directed Verdict for John Pointer This Afternoon Lack of Evidence to Tie Defendant to Charge of Forgery Results in Decision of Judge Yeager. From Wednesday's Daily This afternoon at 2 o'clock. Judge John W. Yeager sustain ed the motion of defense attor ney W. A. Robertson. thr.t the case be dismissed and the de fendant released. The court held that the state had failed to prove the issues in the case and that the identification of the defend ant as the party passing the forged paper had been question ed by state's witnesses. The jury panel was called in this morning to resume their work and with the first case to be called that of the State of Nebraska vs. John H. Pointer, the defendant being charged with forgery of a check for ?C. 00. v,,-,vi -i.-oc c-nc,i iicro r. t iha f:ica theatre on July 17, 1936. The check was 6igned by the name'. E Welshimer. gas, spe- of John Davis and was made payable j cial police to Hugh Reed and which indorse- Platts. Water Corp.. fire hy- ment was on the back of the check. ; dran , J , . John Tidball. fuel It was cashed and after the price of Bates Rook gtore BUppUes two theatre tickets was taken out the.E A Wurl. material change of $5.50 was paid the bearer ! Albert Olson, stamps of the check by the cashier of the theatre. Several specimens of the hand writing of the defendant was offered by County Attorney J. A. Capwell and identified by Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester as being written by the defendant Pointer. The state had called Mr. Shane of Cmaha. handwriting expert but whc John Boetel, bury dog was unable to reach the court for the 'Ivan Taylor, street work with team morning session. TavlOTi wprk ,vith team N. S. Westerlund. proprietor of theIvan Taj.lor street wprk theatre, was called to the stand and;j0hn Kubicka. street work thought that the defendant was the Cass County Motor Co., re o !i,n t,ori nncu.,1 t h p rhpfk at' pairs on truck i.iaii iiiui 1 ' - - ' - - the theatre, but under cross-examination of W. A. Robertson, defense counsel, was not certain of the iden tification or w hether it had been Rob ert Lee Whitfield or Pointer. Whitfield, who plead guilty to a forgery charge which had taken place at the alleged forgery of Pointer, was brought here from the state reform atory where he is serving a one to three year term on this charge, be ing present in court. OPENING OF LENT From Wednesday's Daily Today marks the opening of the preparation for Easter, known as Lent among the Christian churches, a forty clay periou ueiure me cuiu- i memoration of the resurrection on i Easter Sunday. j The day was marked with morn ling services at the St. John's and Holy Rosary Catholic churches ana the St. Luke's Episcopal church. The St. Taul's Evangelical church is holding an evening service. At the St. John's and Holy Rosary churches the imposition of the ashes of Lent was a part of the service with the masses of the day. The St. Luke's church observed the day with the appropriate peniten tial services to mark the period of denial and observance that marks the Lenten period. All churches of the city will ob serve the Lenten season with special services. Plattsmouth Is the Ideal large town shopping center for all Cass county people. Values here are the equal of those found anywhsre read the ads for bargain news. City Council Discusses WPA Projects Monday Flan Aid for Lincoln Avenue facing and Hear Discussion Handling of City Trucks. Sur of The city council last evening en gaged in a lengthy session in hear ing the regular monthly reports of the various officials and an extended discussion of public works and how they are operated. The- chief of police disclosed that January had been free from arrests but that $10 had been secured from a past due fine. Police Judge Graves in reporting for the week ending February 4th, showed one arrest and fines and costs of $1. City Clerk Albert Olson for the : first month of the year had collected the sum of S459.G9 and which had been turned over to the city treas urv. City Treasurer Brown showed the, sum of $l.r..C.jS.lS as the balance in i the city treasury and which amount is deposited at the Plattsmouth State bank. The which erties. L. W. Egenberger agency handles the city icntal prop gave a repoi t show ing that $19.30 in rents had been secured and turned over to the city. The finance committee of the coun cil recommended that the general fund be drawn on for $4 0u to be diverted to the gasoline tax fund to be used on public works expenses. The following bills were ordered paid : J. H. McMaken. sand $ E. J. Richey, fuel E. J. Richey. material 11 o 95 6.40 ; Turner Battery Co., charge battery for truck - Turner Battery Co.. electric service. WPA truck 4.25 ! 1.02 96 nt 29.10 i.s: 2.45 COO .40 5.65 5.00 F. G. Fricke & Co.. supplies police ; Kroehler Hardware. repairs. : jail D. W. Hamrak. repairs. type- ! writer Standard Oil Co.. supplies Iowa-Nebr., Light & Power i Co.. lights, city hall and gas Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power i Co., street lights 12.00 19.20 20. SO 25.20 10 i .82 j n m An; Giles Oil Co.. gas and oil W. A. Swatek. supplies Journal, supplies ;J. H. McMaken. sand Jacobs Cafe, meals to prison- ; ers IFire Dept.. flashlights, etc Expense, trip to League Muni 7.44 I 14 20 11.25 1-2- ' i cipalities meeting at Lin coln, city attorney and two councilmen Discuss Truck Repair. The item of $107.82 for the re - pair of the old trucks owned by the! city, was the cause of some discus-1 sion as to the cost of maintaining j these trucks which had been pur- chased during the Sixth street pav - ing r.rt hnH nmven a verv costly proposition. Councilman Schutz felt i j that parties that had charge of the trucks should be more careful in handling them, that those who had I charge and supervision of the work ' needs, not knowing them?" and so ion Wintersteen hill should see thatlthey set about to discover the needs the trucks were properly cared for and kept from running without oil and causing damage to them. .-i t. nf tiiP v.euuciiuiaii miui vun aiou opinion that these large bills were forced bv negligence which caused; the city to pay out large binS- Mayor Lushinsky stated that the city was, not satisfied with the supervision of j the work or the handling of the equipment and material. Council man Schutz favored having the mat ter taken up with government WPA officials to try and secure some bet ter results in handling the work and at less cost to the city. Councilman Johnson thought that a check should be made of the work as he had been told by one of the workers that the truck were still in bad shape. Chairman Puis of the judiciary Continued on Page Fivo SPECIAL SOCIAL SECURITY ! FORMS ARE NOT NEEDED Salesmen of printed forms who have been posing as representatives of the social security board have been misrepresenting themselves in order to se ure orders from Omaha employ- j ers. Earl II. Hill, district manager for 'Auburn Bulldogs Not Dangerous After Nebraska for the social security; Opening Quarter of Game board, said Monday. j Tuesday Night. '"The government doesn t require any particular forms for keeping re cords," Mr. Hill said. "Report forms, the only ones required, are furnished by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. We don't have any representatives selling forms." Red Cross Has Received Very Fine Response ! Organization Has Establihed Concen tration Centers and Aiding the Needy of Flood Area. Reports at the end of last week show a total of $16,755,000 given for flood relief fund. The eleven states of the midwest have sent $5,127,000 to Red Cross headquarters. S7S con centration centers have been estab lished, 305 field hospitals, 1.700 nurses employed, and 5 20 experienced disaster relief workers are on duty. Wm. Baxter, manager of the mid western area says "assistance given to flood sufferers is based on need and not loss. Disaster relief presents two phases. First an emergency to meet actual needs of the sufferers, rescue, j food, clothing, shelter and medical icare. The second need is rehabilita tion. Every family affected by the i disaster and w ithout resources to re- j establish itself unaided will, in so far !as possible, be given sufficient help I so that supplemented by its own ef- fort, it may become self-supporting. i The distribution is based on need, not I, Falfe a free toss. The score at the less. I , c , , . . . . j'hal? time was 1 to 8 for Flatts- "The relief fund is contributed; "The relief fund is contributed j i , . . - by the American people to meet these j actual needs and not to assume place' of insurance and replace losses. All I help given disaster sufferers is an outright gift from the American peo-, pie through the Red Cross without; any obligation. "' ; Efforts of public agencies are di-i - J rected primarily to general problems (ro;of sanitation, the repair of public j property, including streets, sewers, 24 6.95 ! lighting and water systems, etc. The .60 i responsibility assumed by the Red Cross for rehabilitation includes the i i provision of such services as may be I necessary to maintain health, wel- fare of the families of the flood suf ferers and to assist them in the re- storation of their homes. Plattsmouth's Red Cross contribu- j tion is $717 i made since 75. Additional donations the last printing are, j American Legion, $10; D. M. Babbitt. $5; Mary Propst, $2; Russell Stander, j Fritz Fricke. George I Veronica Fornoff, and iTritseh, each $1; and Eledge, 40c. W. Fornoff, Mrs. Ed H. Mrs. Roy E. i ;W0MEN'S DAY OF PRAYER FOR MISSIONS In the Congo State, Africa, when asked for tne women i '" " ithe women of the w orld on the Day 1 , , or JTayer, they saia: 'How can we pray for women we do not know, w hom we do not under- j stand, whose customs are cnnereni ! from ours? Ho can we pray for their sand interests of women from thirty different countries, representing them I in pageant form; and after seeing ihem in their different aspects oi - - j dress and custom, they prayed with some degree of understanding ana a 'gre-at degree of interest. This giving to others by way of prayer was in-; deed a gift of power to the world and. ot glory to uoa. In our city, the day of prayer willibraska City junior highs won from be observed by an interdenomination- the Plattsmouth juniors by the score al meeting held at the Presbyterian of 26 to 22. The locals made a strong church beginning promptly at 2:30 bid for victory in the last part of the o'clock Friday. ; game but the Oteans had acquired a ! good lead in the earlier pa-t of the EIGHT MILE GROVE struggle. Mason and Yelick led the LUTHERAN CHURCH! 10:30 a. m. English services. Of fering for Red Cross and United i Lutheran flood relief offering. Platters Close Home Stand by 32 to 17 Win i It was curtains for th" 1&36-3. basketball season on the Pla'tsmouth couit Tuesday night and tl; young men w'ho play the game for Coach Boggess. dropped the curtain on a 32 to 17 win over the Auburn Bull dogs. Aside from the first moments of the opening quarter the visitors were not a dangerous threat and the local ! defense had Jimmy Grant, ace bas ket eer of the visitors well Mocked. j The visitors also were charged with some twenty fouls. Smith, Au burn guard, retiring in the opening half of the game while several of the others hovered at the three foul mark. Plattsmouth acquired nine fouls during the evening from Rel- j eree Keefer of Glenwood. , In the opening stanza of the game the visitors showed some real fight that caused the friends to anticipate a hard contested game. Hutton of ! Auburn looped the first basket, but ; Wooster came right back to knot up the score. Grant drove through for a side shot that was good and again i Wooster with an under basket toss ;had the score tied. McCarroIl and Grant each won a free toss. With a few seconds left McCarroIl heaved the ball that cut the loop as the whistle sounded and the Platters led , 7 to 5. The second quarter was decidedly blue and white. Grant with a field goal and Meyers w ith a free toss mak ing the only Auburn scores. "Huck" j was the hot shot for the locals in this quarter, securing- two field goals and a free toss, while Wooster and 1 mouth. The third frame brought the Plat- iters farther in the lead. Wooster se curing two field goals and Seitz one. while Wooster, Miller and Rebal, who replaced Seitz, secured a free toss, j Johnson for the visitors made good a field goal and Doiel of the visitors a free toss. 24 to 11 was the count at the whistle. In the last quarter of the game i the Platter reserves w ere rushed in and the veterans with the exception of Wooster were taken out after a nice performance of basketball. Ben : McCarty. substituting at center proved the star performer for the Platters in this stanza of the battle, i having one field goal and a free toss. ; Wooster made two of the gift shots good and Seitz and Wall both oon- : nected with one of the gifts. Arm strong connected with two field goals for Auburn and Struck also added up a ringer. The final was 32 to 17. The Auburn team brought a num ber of rooters with them to enjoy : t he game. The box score of the contest: Plattsmouth 0 FT I'F TP 4 3-5 2 11 . 0 1-10 1 - 0 1-111 3 3-S 0 9 1 1-3 0 1 1-2 1 3 0 0-110 0 1-2 1 1 i a 10 12-20 9 o2 rr, ft it tp 1 0-0 0 2 1 0-3 3 2 0 0-0 4 0 . 2 0-0 0 4 2 1-2 3 5 . 1 0-0 3 2 0 1-2 3 1 . 0 1-2 1 1 . 0 0-0 10 . 0 0-0 2 0 7 3-9 20 17 nary game the Ne- Wooster. f Wall, f Seitz. f Rebal, McCarroIl. ; Xi( rarty, c i r : 1 1 ,.wiuei, g Miller. Hayes. Falk, ; (c) Auburn ; l"n- 11 c' Smit f' Armst'r0ng. 1 , Grant, c btuck, c . uoiei, B Lleweneni g i i w- yicm Patters w ith seven points each. . Simpson was he high scorer for Ne braska City with ten points. On Friday the Platters will jour ney to Malvern, Iowa, to play.