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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1937.
PAGE SIX
Ho!ct-Up Story
Leads to Car of
Bank Bandits
J. E. Lancaster, Watching; fcr Des
peradoes, Answers "Red Light"
Cell to Find Wanted Men
J. H Lancaster hnisiud a three
1. oir.- . att'.i Friday night with a
lalT!ins "Hold-lV call.
City Patrolman La;iasier had the
first hint of the possibility of the
approach of the bandits yesterday
lncini:!; at eleven o'clock. A rr.dfo
program was intercepts" lor a call
for Cr rl Rutherford. Lancaster v.-as
immediately alert as he had worked
with KiU'tKi i'crd. highway patrolman,
in thi.i e.i:l of the state.
Later another police call warned
all patrol curs to be on the lookout
for a black coupe. The call told of
the shootinir in' the post office in
TooH'.a alter the Inderal
formed a trap. Lancaster phoned
Sheriff Sylvester and suggested it
would be a good idea to watch high
way No. 75 as it was the main road
leading north from Topeka.
At noon the Sylvester brothers and
HERE FROM DAKOTA
Mrs. Winnie Keller, owner and
editor of the Tripp county (South
Dakota) Journal, and C. B. Briggs
and family, who 13 with the Jour
nal, drove Friday to Omaha. Mrs.
Keller is visiting an uncle at Belle
vue and looking alter business in
Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Briggs
and the children Beverly, Gecrge and
Cay are visitors for the week-end
with Mr. Briggs parents. Mr. and
Mrs. M. S. Brigg3, in this city.
W. A. Robertson
Senior W arden of
Knights Templar
Annual Conclave at Broken Bow Ad
vances Clarance 0. Dawson of
Blair to Commander.
Bashful Bandits Who Shot G-Man in Kansas
Hit,
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The annual conclave of ;he Knights
men had Templar at urouen i;ow r i may nam
their officers, advancing the present
list to the higher ranks in the state
com mandery.
William A. Robertson of this city,
who fo rthep ast year has served as
grand junior warden, was advanced
Lama .ter drove to Omaha on another j to the position of grand senior war-
investigation and returned at 6 : :50. ;den of the grand commandery.
The sheriff and deputy 'drove on to! The other officers chosen were Oar
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thr Murray corner to keep a sharp
eye on passing cars for by that time
the report had arrived that the men
wire driving a grey Chevrolet bear
ing th Kansas license 04-43.
Lancaster came downtown and sat
in his car across from the hotel to
be in readiness for any emergency.
At the end of three hours of vigil
the red light called the patrolman
to the hotel. A report of a holdup
of a grey car at the under-pass at
the east end of Main street awaitpd.
Lancaster immediately decided the
hold-up was by two men in the grey
car and rushed to the site. There he
found the grey car parked, bearing
the wanted license plate, headlights
on, and a blood-stained overcoat in
the back seat. Baffled, he thought
the men had escaped in another car
r.ii'l had moved the bandit's car out
of the underpass to attempt pursuit
when three very excited girls, Peggy,
Annice, and Ellen Winters, arrived on
the scene to tell what had happened.
The "IIold-lp" report probably
came from a Lincoln car which was
at the S'.'ene of the capture and mis
interpreted the Sylvesters' actions.
ence O. Dawson. Blair, commander;
Andrew Cosh. Grand Island, deputy
grand commander; William T. Al
brecht, Lincoln, grand generalissimo;
Arthur J. Penney, Fairbury, grand
captain general; Mr. Robertson, sen
ior warden; Fred B. Dale, Omaha,
grand junior warden; Malvern Holm,
Omaha, grand inspector general;
Jesse D. Whitmore. Valley, treasurer;
Lewis E. Smith, Omaha, recorder;
Clarence O. Wilson, Hastings, grand
standard bearer; Fred C. Maloney,
Auburn, grand sword bearer; Theo
dore J. .Kerr, North Platte, grand
warder.
The commandory selected Fremont
as the place for the 193S conclave
of the order.
SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT
Mrs. II. M. Wilcox, who has not
been in the best of health for the
past winter, is now fo much improved
that she is able to be up and around
some and it is hoped will soon be able
to resume her usual activities. Mrs.
Baltz Meislnger has been looking
after her care.
Cnley Brand
Tossiatoes
No. 2y2 Can
ass
I-lattsmouth, Tues., Wed., April 20-21
Rncer Broken Segment
I7o. 2
Cans..
. 3 for 21c
Van Camp's
Tomato Juice
50-cz. Can, 21?t
Tall 23- fnr
CUBE STEAK (Veal), choice, tender, lb 256
NECK BONES, lean, meaty 6 lbs., 256
OXTAILS, lean, meaty, lb St
PORK HOCKS cr PIGTAILS, fresh, lb 10
HAMBURGER, ceiected Beef cuts 2 lbs., 25c
MINCED LUNCHEON or Ring Bologna 2 lbs., 29
S Itc;-l '.lntiliti.
KRAUT, fancy, crisp Wisconsin bulk, lb 5
WHITING Fish, Headless .3 lbs., 25
Sunlight
Margarine
3 1-lb.
i Cartons. dS
BUTTER
Kinky
Dinky, lb.
CASCO m
Solids, lb.23
Sunrise Brand
COFFEE
3 lbs., 55
Lb.
19c
Campbell's
Tomato
Soup
4 Cans 2?C
Santa Clara
PRUNES
0-100 size
4 lbs.
25c
Maytime
Fancy Cut
BEETS
3 affgc
ASPARAGUS, fresh, tender, 1-lb. bundle lOt
RADISHES, fresh, full red Texas, large bunch ... 20
LETTUCE, fresh, crisp Arizona Iceberg, head. . . .v. .66
CELERY, well bleached. Extra large stalk lOci
Tcmlcr 'nllforiiln t'lu:!- I l.slr.
ORANGES, sweet, juicy, 216fs, doz., 390; 288's. .33c
( j; ! 1 f r;i I;i S'liiHit s?r?M-is n-. vln.
SEED POTATOES, selected stock, 100-lb. bag. .$3.15
(irnulB" Hf' IM-rr "rlle:- ulllt-rM or Knrly Olilo'.
lias vtel'sht et nt time iH-klnic.
TOMATOES, fresh, firm red ripe Mexican, lb 190
or RINSO
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SCORES PAROLING OF CONVICTS
Captured in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, after escaping from trap and shooting a G-man and a bystander in
Topeka, Kansas, Robert Suhay (left) and Alfred Power (alias Gerald Lewis) are shown in this soundphoto
coyly avoiding the camera as they relax in temporary lodging in the Cass County jail. The bashful despera
tes are said to be the bandits who held uu the Katonah, N. Y.. bank recently.
OPERETTAS PRESENTED
From Kriilay's laily
Two operettas were given by the
children of the second and third
grades of the Plattsmouth schools
yesterday. "Little Red Riding Hood"
was a worthy attraction at the Colum
bian building yesterday afternoon.
Miss Birdie Mae Johnson is the
teacher.
At Central building last evening
the students of Misses Helen Farley
and Selma Diehm presented "Belling
the Cat" and "Fairies are Really
Truly." Costumes and lighting ef
fects made the production especially
effective.
AGED LADY INJURED
Passing of a
Nebraska Pioneer
at Alyo Tuesday
William Heier Has Been a Resident
of Vicinity of Murdock and
Alvo for Half Century.
Tuesday at his late home at Alvo
William Heier, 73, passed away after
an illntss of about a year. He and
wife had just had their home nicely
fixed up, moving into it late last fall,
as they had made their home west of
Murdock for near half a century and
on retiring they selected Alvo as a
residence for their declining years.
William F. Heier was born July 9,' Grandma Barker, age 93, Louis
1S63 in Minde'n, Germany, and camejville's oldest citizen, was taken to
with his parents to America at the; the Methodist hospital in Omaha last
age of fourteen, locating in St. Louis, ' Saturday to recover from a broken
Mo., where they resided for only one; femur bone in her left leg caused by
year,
tling
he grew to manhood and on October . Omaha, where the bone was set. She
20, 18S was united in marriage. j will be confined to the hospital for
They continued to make Cass coun-' pome time to allow the fracture to
ty their home, and became members heal. Grandma Barker's many friends
of the Evangelical church, joining here are extending best wishes tor
the church known as Callahan from;nen speedy recovery. Louisville
a small stream flowing in tnat neign-1 Courier.
borhood. In this belief and that
church they remained faithful com
municants during his life, the wife
stiU holding membership there.
Mr. Heier in his passing is mourn
ed by the wife of near fifty years,
for they would have celebrated their
golden wedding October 20th this
year. The children are Arthur A.
Heier, of Lancaster county, just
northwest of Eagle; Mrs
Hickman and Minnie Huff,
then coming to Nebraska, set-a fall to the kitchen lloor of her son's
in Cass county in 1S7S. Here; home. A. It. Slander took her to
Harry Wright
Wins High Honors
at Oberlin College
A REAL CATCH
From Friday's lJam
"Bill" Nelson of the Journal staff
is telling quite a fish tale today but
he is able to substantiate his story
with four fine bass measuring 17,
13?4. 10 Vs. and 11 inches. The big
fellow weighed three and a half
Manic j pounds. Bill left after work yester
both of; day afternoon for Louisville and re-
I.incoln; William H. Heier of Green-1 turned about seven-thirty with his
wood; Ervin, Greenwood; Walter catch.
Heier of Manley; Emil of Louisville;
Mrs. Ellen Reinke of Ashland; Har
vey of Alvo; and Raymond and
Everett of Murdock. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sherwood of
The funeral seryices were conduct-j Nebraska City were callers in Platts
ed at the late home in Alvo at one j mouth Thursday afternoon. Mr. and
o'clock, Thursday, April 15 and at Mrs. Sherwood have a silver fox farm
the Callahan church near Murdock at! near the city. Mr. Sherwood has re
2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. F. C. Jcently returned from the Imme.nuel
Weber1, pastor of the church. Inter-' hospital where he spent two months
ment was made at the beautiful ( last winter.
churchyard near the church of which I .
he Mas a member. I Phone news Items to No. G
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa ; Receives
Coveted Post at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Mr. William Harry Wright of
Plattsmouth, Neb., was one of the 28
seniors at Oberlin college, Oberlin,
Ohio, who was elected to membership
in Phi Beta Kappa, it was announced
V.'ednesday by President Ernest Hatch
Wilkins.
The list comprised the highest
eight of the senior class. Nineteen
men were in the group which came
from nine different states from Ne
braska to Massachusetts; and China
and Japan. In the group of 3 6 Phi
Beta Kappa members which also in
cludes the four seniors who were
given keys last year and the four
juniors this year, the students ma
joring in chemistry lead the field
with seven. Economics majors were
second with five. He is a physics
major.
In addition to the scholastic honor
of the Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Wright
was awarded a teaching fellowship
and scholarship in the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, for advanced
study in physics for the year 1937-
3S, a much coveted honor and which
has long been the ambition of Mr.
Wright. lie will leave for Cambridge
to take up his work in September.
Mr. Wright is a son of Rev. and
Mr3. V. C. AVright of this city and is
a graduate o: tne cuts or r.uj oi me
Lyons, Nebraska, high school.
CALLERS HERE
Nabbed Thugs Who Shot G-Man
From Saturday's Dally
Commenting on the Plattsmouth
bandit capture at his office in Wash
ington today, J. Edgar Hoover, chief
of G-men, scored the parole system
cf releasing dangerous convicts to
prey upon the public.
Hoover declared every G-man shot
down in recent months was killed'
by a gun in the hands of a paroled ;
convict, who,' upon being granted
1 is liberty again turned to a life of
crime. ,
Crippled Child
ren of County
are Given Aid
State Child Welfare Bureau Provides
Care for Five Crippled Chil
. dren in This County.
Plattsmouth
Students Have
High Standing ;
Three Plattsmouth Co-Eds at Uni
versity of Nebraska Among the
High Ranking Students.
The Plattsmouth high school is
supplying three of the ten highest
ranking students of the University of
Nebraska and who will be in the
group honored at the convocation on
Tuesday, April 20.
These students are Madge Garnett,
senior at the university, Lois Bcs
tor and Lois Giles, junior and sopho
more at the school.
The recognition is based on the
scholastic standing of the students
and it is a fine tribute to the work
of the students and one that is a real
honor to their earlier school and to
the teachers and parents who have!
made the foundation for their higher
education.
The Plattsmouth high school grad
uated all three of the students and
According to a statement released
today by Harry J. Becker, acting di
rector of the State Child Welfare Bu
reau, the Crippled Children's Division
of the bureau has given care to five
children in Cass county. In addition
I to this number that are receiving
care, five are 'receiving services or
are awaiting plans for further care. A
; total of 1,081 crippled children have
eceived services or care under the
State Crippled Children's program
since March, 1936.
The Crippled Children's Services
administred by the State Child Wel
fare Bureau is made possible through
a joint state ahd federal plan, using
funds appropriated by the state and
federal governments for Social Se
curity. The funds are used for the
treatment of cripple children needing
the services of a specialist. The child
who receives services under this pro
gram must be under sixteen years of
age and must be one whose parents
are financially unable to provide
necessary medical treatment. Chil
dren are referred to the State Child
Welfare Bureau's Crippled Children
Division by the family physician and
the county assistance director.
"The splendid success of Nebras
ka's Crippled Children program," ac
cording to Mr. Becker, "is due to the
fine cooperation extended by phy
sicians, interested grouns. and wel-
the teachers are very pleased to learn ifare officialg In the local COmmun-
iua k iiicii uaoi 11 u ill 111 uao &i.auuv ; . . .
possible the success of the students.
Miss Garnett has just recently been
elected to the Phi Beta Kappa, one
of the honorary societies of the uni
versity, one of the highest recogni
tions given to the senior class members.
GOLF CLUB ORGANIZES
INVESTITURE SERVICES
From Friday's Dally
Frank Ilorsak was elected presi
dent of the Plattsmouth Golf club at
the meeting in the office of Dr. R. P.
Westover last evening. Roy Olson
was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
Membership fees were reduced to
$10 for men. This membership en
titles the wives and minors in the
The official announcement of the
forthcoming investiture services for
the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Adolph M. I
Mosler and the Rt. Rev. Monsignor j family to free use of the course.
George Agius. was made Thursday : Single men who are members are en
from Lincoln. i to ta,fe a ladr friend on the
The investiture of Monsignor Mo3-urse. A rate of $5 has been given
ler will be on Sunday, April 25th, jfor single women and for boys under
the ceremony taking place at his par-:21-
ish ch.urch, the Holy Rosary, withi Er. R. P. Weatover and J. W.
the Rt. Rev. Louis B. Kucera, bishop Holmes were named on the member
of Lincoln officiating. A banquet will : io committee for the rorth side of
be held in the evening at 6 o'clock Main street; E. A. Wurl and Roy
at ie American Legion building. jKnorr for the district south of Main;
The investiture services for Mon-'and Frank Horsak and Roy Olson for
signor George Agius will be held on the shops.
Sunday, May 9th at his parish church, i
St. John's and later the banquet will
be held. Bishop Kucera will officiate.
Cfub and Soc??l news are being
featured in the Journal.
PAUSE
EES
ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE
GIVEN GYM EXHIBIT
5 H 't& i
Sheriff Homer Sylvester of Cass County, Nebraska, and his brother.
Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester, are shown in this soundphoto after run
ning to earth Robert Suhay, and Alfred Power. The desperadoes, said to
be the Katonah, N. Y., bank bandits, were caught in Plattsmouth after
blasting their way out of a trap in Topeka, Kansas, and shooting a G-man
and a bystander. "
From Saturday's Daily
Enthusiastic applause was given to
the junior high school gymnastic ex
hibit in the high school gymnasium
last evening. A number of the boys
of the seventh and eighth grades are
doing outstanding work on the horse,
parallel bars, and mats. Leroy Bashus
gave an excellent demonstration of
physique. Others who were very good
were Charles Mason, James Yelick,
Robert Davis, and James Dooley.
Clark Bogged trained the boys.
Miss Jeanne Ray gave a demonstra
tion of dances and marches from the
eighth grade girls class. Seventh
grade girls played a quarter of bas
ketball.
A number of the old Turner hall
members were present. They are anx
ious to see the gymnastic sports re
turn.
U0 looted
I have just made arrangements to
Itiy WOOL for one of the largest
handlers of wool in the middle West.
This firm is not brokers or com
riission men, but DEAL DIRECT
with the Textile Mills. So I believe I
can offer you seme attractive prices.
The Wool Market
is very gocd right now and due to
the strikes in the different factories,
I believe this is a good time to sell.
You can bring it in, or call me or
send a card and I will come and see
what we can offer you. If you need
sacks or twine, we can furnish them.
A. R. CASE & CO.
Phone 268-J, Plattsmouth"
Wednesday Specials
Gold Dust, large size, each 170
Catsup, Golden Glo, 14-oz. bottle lOp
Shurfine Gelatine, all flavors, 4 for ... . 190
Campbell's Tomato Juice, 12-oz. tin, 2 - 150
Shurfine Orange Juice, large No. 2 cart . 150
Tastewell Salad Dressing, full quart. .250
Dill Pickles, full quart 150
Shurfine Cake Flour, each . 230
Hunt's Whole Apricots, No. 2l2 can. . .190
Shurfine Tomato Soup, 2 cans for 150
Prunes, medium size, 2 lbs 190
Calumet Baking Powder, 1-lb. can. .
Mustard, Golden Glo, full quart. . . .
Cracked Rice, 5 lbs
Lighthouse Cleanser, 3 for
Barmettler's Bite o' Biscuit Crackers,
2 lbs. for
Meat Department
WHERE QUALITY PREVAILS
0
21c
120
250
100
290
;ef Small
Corn Fed Shoulder
Per lb. x
res
Cudahy Gem
Sugar Cured
1U
Fresh Pork Liver 1
Fresh Calf Hearts ......
Fresh Pork Brains gtJ
Smoked Pork Hocks J
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