PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1937.
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Strange New Malady Holds
Threat to "Future of Race
Factitis Is Sending Man in Mad Pursuit
After What Nobody Should Know
. T XL fS- fHiWff
Ey MAURICE MERRYFIELD,
International Illustrated Xeivs
Feature Writer
NEW YORK Did you ever toss
en your pillow in anguish in the
middle of the night because- you
couldn't remember -who was presi
dent of the United States when Sit
ting Dull captured Yick.-.burg?
Possibly it was your inability to
retail where and. why President Jef
lVison crossed the Delav are or was
it the Kappahanock (by the way, i3
that the way it's sp-'.ljd?) that
est you a good night's sleep.
Do. that as it may, the fact re
mains that one of the curses of this
modern civilization is factitis. This
malady may not be known by its
scientific name. It is very common,
l "v.eer. e::t remely ccr.tagious, and
practically incurable. Factitis ex
plains the condition of these afflict
ed with a tortured desire to find out
Loses First Round
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Drlff. Gen. II. II. Ccnhardt
Attorneys for Brig. Gen. Henry II.
Denhardt, seeking to get change
of venue of his murder trial at
Newcastle, Ky., received a set
back when the judge ruled against
it. Derihardt, former lieutenant
governor cf Kentucky, is seen on
way to court where he is being
;tri;d cn chaiges of slaying Mrs.
CV'crnaGarr Taylor, LsGranse,
" Ky., widows'
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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA
Neb., as second-cla?? mail matter
wiiy blondes don't prefer gntlem'en.
why Hitler doesn't grow a mustache,
v hy there's only one Mae West in
:hort, these stricken souls are those
whose chief ambition would be to
become a walking encyclopedia.
Radio Much at Pault
Feveral factors have contributed
to the alarming spread of favtitis.
Much of the trouble has been caused
by radio. Mere than one cerebellum
has been set whirling by the blithe
query of some broadcaster, who, safe
at a distance poses sonic neat little
jccnuadrum such as "When was
Stonehenge built?" Yen may not
even know what this is, co, to save
you chasing alter another academic
vill-o-the-wisp, it i3 a pile of anti
quated brick over England way . . .
oncl the date of its origin isn't even
known.
Radio has even systematized
guessing contests and spread the
r ourge of factitis by vox populi
programs. One listens in vain to
hear one of these volunteer infor
r.iition bureaus ever come through
with a correct answer. As a result,
yc suffering listener i3 set oil on a
ad chr.se t: find out such helpful
h'.ts of knowledge as who is was
t'.ivicicrl ilaul into four paris, and
what city v.ts ravaged by floods
v. liiie Nero r.h.yed 'his saxophone.
Ee ar o of Hone work !
There was a tirio when the worst
txr.cnuio li: '.'creel by the r.verago
it:z. :i w:-.3 when he cr she passed
i stvire window which contained a
.-,'r.:"j jar cf beans in which connoc
ti; :i the one who gr.cnsrd most close
ly to tfco number therein won a mop,
t a free haircut, or some salt pork.
Lr.t new ono can't even go to a
I'lnty without mcin host popping
:: wit a a list cf dizzy Questions
! which befuddle r.:cre than they
f.n.'us?. I'ublishors have even come
out with entire books cn the who,
whrt, where and w'y of the uni
vcrs It. :s bad enough when the off
spring gets ti.-ed wrestling with the
ban cwork and brirrg3 that cussed
'l,:t:brj enuasiou cr rhetoric prob
lem around for parental aid. '
Ah in e! This existence has become
a
tl
maniacal pursuit ct facts, biu.
e fact i::, this is more than enough
so
th
we'll close with the fact that
is is THE END!
Cass county Has no Bended In
debtedness, as, like the state, we
have paid cash for our h-ard sur
faced roads and other Improve
ments as we went.
From Thursday's Dally
Eirthday Party
Corbin Davis and Carter Minor
shared honors at a birthday party at
the home of Mr. and Mis. L. O.
Minor Tuesday evening. The dessert
table was centered by birthday cakes
with candles. Mr. and Mrs. Searl
Davis and Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Pollock
were also guests.
Garden Club
Members of the Plattsmouth Gar
den club displayed a group of Texas
wild flowers and a bouquet of tulips,
lily-of-the-vaht y, and violets which
were blooming in Plattsmouth. A
plant exchange was also held. Chair
men were named from each ward for
a membership drive at the meeting at
Iiotel Plattsmouth last evening.
Dr. Pool of the University of Ne
braska is to be a speaker at the May
meeting of the club. The club will
meet for a dinner preceding the pro
gram. Dinner Honors Newly weds
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Taylor, assisted
by Mrs. A. P. Seybert, entertained at
a dinner and shower honoring Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Kintzel Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. Kintzel "were married in
Omaha, Ilarch 27. Mrs. Kintzel was
formeryy Miss Delta Taylor. She at
tended the Plattsmouth high school
and has been working in Omaha
during the past few years. She
is the daughter -of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Taylor. Mr. Kintzel is employed in
the Armour Packing company. The
couple will make their home ct C003
So. ISth st.
Twenty-five relatives attended the
dinner Sunday.
Presbyterian Federation
Mrs. E. II. Becker was hostess to
circle one. Mrs. John Sattler and
Mrs. George Sayles were assistants.
Mrs. Elmer Sundstrom led the de
votional period. A reading was given
by Miss Wilma Swatek. The lad its
voted to use the penny-a-day method
of raising money this year. Twenty
attended the circle meeting.
Circle 2 met at the home of Mrs.
Howard Fullerton. Mrs. Carl Ofe was
assistant. Plans were made for the
entertainment of the federation dur
ing April. Circle 2 will also use the
penny-a-day this year.
Mrs. E. C. Giles was hostess to
circle 3 at her home. Miss Olive Gass,
Mrs. Lillie Ileiivuckle and Mrs,., Phillip
iiirz assisted. Mrs. L. ,D. Hiatt led
the missionary study. Mrs. Stephen
Wiles had charge of devotionals. A
vocal solo was given by Miss Eleanor
Giles.
Mrs. George l.ushinsky was chosen j
as secretary to Circle 1 at the meet
ing at the horns fo Mrs. Paul Wohl
farth yesterday. Mrs. John Palacek
led devutionals and the missionary
program. "Penny-a-day" was adopt
ed as the policy for the year.
Circle 5 met with Mrs. Luke Wiles.
Mrs. Paul Ambrose assisted. Mrs.
Ralph Wehrbein was elected as the
new missionary chairman. The new
year books were distributed.
From Ft id ay's Daily
Delta Deck
Mrs. Tom Walling entertained the
Delta Dc k card e'lub Thursday eve-,
ning. High score went to Mrs. Frank
Gobelman; se;rml to Miss Margaret
Scotten; and third to Miss Laura
Mcisinger.
Pinochle Ciub
Miss Marie Horn entertained the
pinochle club at her home last eve
ning. Mrs. Lorene Urish won high
score and Mrs. Edgar Newton, sec
ond. St. Paul's Ladies Meet
A social meeting of the ladies of
the Ft. Paul's church was held
Thursday afternoon at the church.
Rev. G. A. I'ahl played a piano solo.
Wilbur Claus also offered a piano
solo number. Mrs. Mike Kaffenber
gcr and Mrs. Oito Pitz sang a duet.
Mrs. Charles Htrron and Mrs. Wm.
Puis were hostesses.
Lr.dios Auxiliary
Mr3. Frank Cummins entertained
the ladies auxiliary of the St. Luke's
church at her home Thursday after
noon. Announcement was made of
the church meeting to be held in
Omaha May 7th. The national edu
cation secretary i3 to be a speaker.
Father George Tyner and Mrs. Tyner
of Omaha were guests at the meet
ing. Birthday Party
Mrs. Fred Lugsch and Miss llulda
Spahni entertained at a party honor
ing their mother's birthday Thurs
day afternoon. Mrs. Elizabeth Spahni
was presented with a number of
gift3 and bouquets of flowers and the
party at her home. A birthday cake
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was served with the refreshments.
76th Eirthday
Miss Olive Jones, beloved librarian
of this city, is celebrating her seventy-sixth
birthday today. She was
surprised with a huge birthday cake
and bouquet of .lowers. Miss Jones
has been librarian in the Platts
mouth library for over fifty years.
The beautifully decorated cake is
a gift of Miss Anna Peoples and the
b'.iKi'jet of carnations expressed
birthday greetings from Miss Verna
Leonard, librarian, Mrs. Adam Kaf
fenberger, Mis VlViaii Hoenshell,
and Miss Anna Peoples.
From Saturday's Daily
Guests from Shelton
Mr. and Mrs. Ludwick Hallas and
daughters, Mary and Ellen, arrived
last evening for a visit with Mrs.
Hallass' mother. Mrs. Ethel Mc
Carty, and with Mr. Dallas' mother,
Mrs. Joe Dallas. Mr. Ilalias is a
banker at Shelton, Nebraska.
Attend Fraternity Dance
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Mo'.ak attended
the Xi Psi Phi fraternity dance at
the Omaha Athletic club last eve
ning. Dr. Molak affiliated with the
fraternity while a student at the
Creighton Dental school.
Spring Party for
Standard Eearers
Standard Hearers of the Omaha
district were guests at a spring party
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Shover in Omaha Friday evening. A
G:.",0 dinner was served. Mrs. Shover,
who is a past national secretary,
gUve a short talk explaining the
value of following a plan and of
making out reports sent out by the
heads of departments.
Mbis Magaret Sceck, a missionary
from central China, was the main
speaker of the evening. She wore a
dark red Chinese dress of the modern
vogue. In her talk she told of a day
in the life of a Chinese girl. She also
showed articles used by the Chinese
girls and explained their use. Miss
Seeck was the private secretary of
the wife cf Chang-Hi-CheckN during
the past year. She gave some in
teresting information about the re
cent situation there.
Later in the; evening the girls
played games and Chinese prizes were
given. As a concluding event for the
evening, Mr. Shover dressed in a
Malay costume and told fortunes.
The members . of the Plattsmouth
group who attended were Maymie
Schwennekcr, Ruth Ann Hatt, Clara
Senf, Kathryn Barkus, Helen Hall,
Dorothy Clock. Mrs. Pete Carr and
F. L. Barkus drove cars.
During the afternoon Mrs. Seeck
spoke before the district meeting of
the women. Mrs. O. E. Pearson pre
sided. Mrs. V. C. Wright and Mrs.
R. B. Hayes attended the women's
meeting.
Phone news items to No. 6.
Washington Waif
VoeW nchf? r:v.r.l.
Wabash News
Paul Rueter was passing his 10th
birthday anniversary during the past
week and wai receiving the congrat
ulations of his : .any friends.
Parker Otte was in Weeping
Water last Wednesday, joining bis
friend Eugene Colbert there and to
gether they made a business trip to
I iattsmouth.
H. II. Gerbeiir.g and wife were
pleased hear from their daughter,
J. D.. new Mrs. Emil Bauers, who
has not been in the best of health,
but who advises them she i3 now
getting . along very nicely. -
The Ladies Aid society of Wabash,
which is a very active organization
and much interested in the better
ment of conditions generally, met at
the home of cno of their members.
Mr3. Hansen, last Vednesday. All
enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon,
climaxed with refreshments.
Elevator Changes Hands
E. F. Marshall, of Weeping Wat
er has acquired the Wabash eleva
tor, formerly owned by the Farm
ers Elevator company, and will oper
ate the business in the luture. This
business has always been a good as
itt to the town, paying top prices
for grain. Mr. Frank Marshall will
look after the business, being
experienced in this line and well
known to a large number of the
farmers in this part of the county.
Complete Track Work
The crew of workmen who have
been going over the Missouri Pacific
tracks in this vicinity, have com
pleted their work and are being sent
olscwhere, some one place and some
another, to continue their labors.
In the shift, Guy Hinds has been
sent to Springfield to work, while
john Card well, John West and Paul
Hansen -have been sent to Walton,
where there is a geed deal of track
work te be done.
Preuarine for Corn Planting
Farmers of this vicinity have all!
completed sowing their oats and
ether small grain, also the work of
straightening up their fences, etc.,
and are now turning their attention
to the preparation of corn ground,
ro it will be in readiness for plant
ing early in May. The weather has
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been fine for the preparation of the
land, and all are looking hopefully
to the future confident of continuing
moisture this year and a satisfactory
cop. It takes a lot of adversity to
discourage Nebraska farmers and
tl.ey generally come back smiling
willing to stake their time and seed
on the raising of a good crop. The
failures of the past few years are
lorgotten and the future well that
lies ahead of us.
CLAIMS TO BE A SEAMAN
For the first time in its history
the supreme court was called on
Thursday to pass on the question of
whether a piledriver worker employ
ed on Missouri river improvement
contracts is a seaman or just a plain
worker. Carl Y. Belk, so employed
by the Massman Construction com
pany, was permanently crippled and
badly maimed when hi3 shoe caught
in moving machinery. He brought
suit for $30,000 damages in a law
action under the federal employers
liability act. Trie company defend
ed on the ground that recovery was
limited to the amount the state work
men's compensation law gave him.
Eelk's action is based on the con
tention that he is not under the com
pensation law because his employ
ment gave him the status of a sea
man and the right to sue at law for
damages. His attorney said the pile
driver was a vessel operating under
its own power, and the district court
erred in not submitting to a jury the
question of fact.
Defendant's attorneys contended
that as the piledriver was being used
used to build a dike, the latter be
ing a land structure attached to the
land of Nebraska, it was not a ves
sel and Belk not a seaman. The test
is the use to which the piledriver
was put, and if not being used in
transportation it is hot such a vessel
as the maritime laws contemplate.
That it was used on navigable waters
does not make its operation a mari
time enterprise.
RETURNS FROM MISSOURI
From Saturday's Dally
Mrs. Henry Born returned early
this morning from Savannah, Mo.,
where she had been all week staying
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Minnie
Christcffersen who is at Savannah
taking treatments. She is getting
along as well as can be expected.
MEW WOMAN
THANKS TO PURSAKG
Pursangcontains, in properly
proportions, sucu. proven
n organic coDDer and iron.
tjlijjilw
Quickly stimulates appetite and aids
nature in building rich, red blood
even in cases of simple anemia. hen
this happens, energy and strength
usually return. You feel like new.
Get Pursang from your druggist.
Man Given the
Blame for Dust
and Flood in U. S,
Indicted by Raymond J. Pool fcr the
Upset of Natural Balance and
Great Damage.
Dust storms and Hoods are only na
ture's revenge upon man for his in
terference with her ways. Prof. Ray
mond J. Pool, chairman of the Uni
versity of Nebraska botany depart
ment, told members of the interpro
fessional institute at their meeting
Saturday night at Lincoln.
"Mother nature is not a nudi.-t by
chance," said Dr. Pool. "If Kit to
her own ways, she will clothe herself
in a smock of forest trees or at
least in a skirt of prairie grasses. But
for thousands of years man has been
running away with her clothes so
persistently that she has had the
greatest difficulty to preserve hi r
modesty."
The subjec t of Dr. Pool's talk was
"Water, Water, Water." In it be
discussed the course of nature in un
distributed areas and cited instance
after instance in which thru lack of
foresight and adequate knowledge
man disturbed that course, denuding
the hills to bring on floods and the
prairies to give ri.rj ti dust storms.
Referring to the Republican river
valley flocd cf the rummer of 1935.
the botanist expressed disconcert
ment at the fact that, in spite of
"sincerity cf purpose and vigorous
activity" of those investigating it to
find a mean3 of forestalling a repeti
tion, scant attention is being paid to
the fact that the 1035 flood "really
began many years ago when man be
came an active party to the crippling
and ruination'of the prairie" on the
river's watershed.
"I, myself, 25 years ago saw the
progress of those changes in the
prairie balance which contributed
significantly to the setup which led
to the disaster," he testified. "The
prairie sod had been severely dis
turbed by breaking, overgrazing and
fire, until there were then huge field.;
of fallow land. Even in the prairie
areas that had not yet been plowed
the plant population w;.s so reduced
in density and virility that wmer and
wind had free access to th'; surface
roil over great expanses. The land
was essentially bare."
HERE FOR FUNERAL
A number of the old friends and
neighbors of. the W. E. Rosencrans
family were here Friday to attend
the services at the Horton funeral
home for Mr. Rosencrans.
Among those here were Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Gamble of Omaha; Mr.
and Mrs. Herman L. Thomas, Nebras
ka City; Mrs. A. C. Davis and Mrs.
Kelly of Falli City; Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Hughes and daughter, Omaha;
Charles C. Parmele and Mr. and Mrs.
Pollock Parmele, Lincoln; Mr. and
Mrs. William Racusen, Omaha; B. I.
Clements, Elmwood.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
, Gordon McNiel, of Omaha, was ar
laigned Friday afternoon on the
charge of grand larceny, arising from
the theft of iron from the stone
crusher of Ole Olson at Weeping
Water. To the charge the defendant
made a plea of ;iot guilty and was
held for the preliminary hearing set
for May 3rd. The bond wa3 ret at
$1,000 and in failure to supply the
same he was remanded to the cus
tody of the sheriff.
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
James Short, son of Mr. and Mrs.
San ford Short of this city, is at t!i
Clarkson hospital at Omaha, in very
serious condition. .
He was taken to the hospital Fri
day and on arrival there it was
found that his appendix had rup
tured and made his ca"e very ser
ious as perotonitis had developed.
The yourg boy has been given a blood
transfusion in hope of keeping up
hi:- strength.
To Cet Rid of Acid
Ond Poisonous Waste
Your kidneys help to keep yon. well
by constantly filtering waste matter
from the bljoft. If your kidneys get
functionally dne-do-ed and (ail to
remove excess impurities, there may t
poisoning of the bol cyalem aod
tody-wide distress.
Iurr."ir.g, tcanty or too frequent uri
nation may le a warning of aome kidney
or bladder disturbance.
You may aufter nagging backache,
persistent hoadache. attacks of d:zz:nesa.
getting up nights, swelling, purlinesa
under the eyea leel weak, nervous, all
played out.
' In such cases It Is better to re'.y on
medicine that his won country-vida
aTlaim than on something less favor
ably known. Use Doan't Pi'.U. A multi
tude of grateful peoDle rtcommccd
Doan't. Alk four neiohborl