Historical Society
Kefcr. Stale
VOL. no. im
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937.
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Plattsmouth
Wins First Match
at Carter Lake
Local Men Take Tennis Honors From
Omaha in First Competition
Rain Stops Match.
Plattsmouth's tennis men took their
first match from the Carter Lake club
or Omaha on the latter's courts Sun
day morning. H-.un prevented the
completion of three matches.
Kay Larson, ace player of this city,
came through in his usual good form
after giving away the first set 1-6.
He won the second and third sets,
C-2, 0-1. His opponent was Fetter
man of Omnha.
Loss of the first set by the Platts
mouth players seemed to be the or
der of the day. Chase took George
Sayles in the first game 7-5. Sayles
came through to defeat his opponent
C-2 and C-l in the next two sets.
Cal Root won from Arthur 6-2 and
S-G after going down, 3-6 in the first
set. Sheldon Giles swamped Koran
with the first two sets. 8-6 and 6-0.
Ed Wescott led his opponent, Ken
deth, C-2 in the first set and 3-1 in
the second. Ralph Mason stood at
the small end of a 6-3 set for the first
game. Doth matches were stepped by
rain.
Sunday's match was the first in
r.hich the auxiliary participated. This
is the first year that women have
been permitted membership in the
club. Although the ladies' team is
weak at this time, promise is being
shown by some of the younger mem
bers of fine development.
Lois Giles lost to Galbreath of
the Carter Lake club, 6-3 and 6-0.
IJaier lost the first set to Hosier, C-2
and Hosier led the second set 4-1
when rain stopped the game.
BAND PROVES HIT
The picnic of the Katholity Sokol
of Omaha, staged at the Sokol park
north of the Platte river, drew a
crowd of several thousand from Om
aha and the nearby points to attend
the Sunday outing.
One of the big hits of the day was
the Plattsmouth band which gave a
concert during the afternoon and
proved a decided entertaining fea
ture, the members of the band under
the direction of Peter Gradoville, pre
senting a fine program. The band
made such an impression that they
were hired for two concerts at Papil
lion during their annual festival.
They will also play at the Holy
Rosary dinner and picnic on August
1st.
There were hundreds of private
picnic parties on the grounds and
stands of refreshments were kept
crowded by the patrons.
In the evening the Avalon orches
tra played for the dance that v.as
participated in by very large crowds.
RETURNS FROM SOUTH
Mrs. D. O. Dwyer returned last
week from her annual pilgrimage to
her home in the south, visiting at
Birmingham, Alabama and Americus,
Ga. She reports that crops were
looking fine in the sections where
she visited and conditions generally
seem very much improved.
To avoid the heat and inconven
ience of highway travel, Mrs. Dwyer
went by train, taking the Missouri
Pacific to Memphis, in order to en
joy the trip thru the Ozarks. The
schedule was such that the trip could
be made during the day and as all
trains carry air conditioned cars it
was made very comfortably.
Whether as a result of people be
coming "train minded" or because of
more spending money, travel by
train has greatly increased and the
Missouri Pacific carried full cars both
to and from Memphis.
DEPART ON VACATION
From Monday's Dally
Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Kline and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lutes, departed
today for a two weeks outing in the
west. They are driving through and
will visit the Yellowstone national
park and other points of interest in
that part of the west.
Subscribe for the Journal.
RECEIVES SAD NEWS
James Rebal departed Sunday night
for Iowa City, Iowa, in response to a
message announcing the death Of
Charles Pechous, G7, a brother-in-law.
Mr. Rebal had been at Iowa City
two weeks ago and at that time Mr.
Pechous "had been in his usual good
health and the announcement of his
death came as a great shock to the
relatives here.
Mr. Pechous is survived by his
widow and one son, George, who re
sides on a farm near Iowa City.
The deceased has been a long time
resident of Iowa City, coming there
when a small child with his parents
and has been one of the leading farm
ers of that section of Iowa.
Chas. Nowacek
Named to State
Assistance Post
Appointed Supervisor of Statistics in
State Assistance Office Today
Succeeds Van Taylor.
LINCOLN, July 12. (UP) Charles
Nowacek, 26, of Plattsmouth was to
day appointed the supervisor of sta
tistics in the state assistance office at
Lincoln, succeeding Van Taylor. The
appointment is effective July 19.
Nowacek, a University of Nebraska
graduate in June, completed a year's
mission in special work as consultant
at "Washington.
In 1935 he conducted a special sur
vey in statistics for the University of
Nebraska.
Mr. Nowacek is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Nowacek of this city and
was just recently married and located
at St. Paul, Minnesota, in this line
of auditing and statistical work. .
CAR RUNS INTO TREE
From Wednesday's Dally
This morning at an early hour.
Albert Kirchoff, 30. a farm hand near
Murray, wrecked his car in the north
part of the city. Kirchoff was com
ing south on Webster boulevard and
had apparently dozed off or lost con
trol of the car and crashed into a
tree. The front of the car was drove
in by the impact of the tree and was
reduced to a mass of wreckage.
The driver of the car was thrown
against the steering wheel with
great force and when Officer J. E.
Lancaster arrived at the scene a few
moments later. Kirkboff was appar
ently suffering a great deal from the
effects of the accident. He was
brought on into the city and treated
at the office of Dr. L. S. Pucelik. It
was thought that he may have sus
tained internal injuries.
Mr. Kirchoff lives at Plainview,
Nebraska, and has been working at
the farm of Walter Engelkemeier, a
relative, west of Murray.
At the time of the accident he had
$320 in money concealed beneath the
seat which later he recalled when be
ing treated at the office of the phy
sician and the money recovered by
the police and restored to him.
HAVE INTERESTING TALK
Tuesday at the.ir weekly luncheon
the members of the Rotary club had
the pleasure of a very fine talk on
international relations given by the
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Adolph M. Moa
Ier, one of the active members of the
local club.
Monsignor Mosler told of his jour
ney to Europe a number of years ago
and his experiences as a Rotarian in
touring over France and Italy as well
as his native Germany. He told of
the meetings and contacts he had
with the members of the organiz
ation in the various European cities
he visited and the courtesies that
had been extended him to make It
more pleasant. This showed the good
that the Rotarian teaching of good
fellowship has done in the promoting
of better understanding.
VISITS DAUGHTER HERE
Mrs. George Burris, who has been
making her home at Redlands, Cali
fornia, is here to visit at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. J. E. Lancaster
and family.
Former Gov.
Weaver Pays
Visit to
City
Father of Missouri River Navigation
Movement Comes to Look Over
the Proposed Dock.
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning Arthur r. Weaver,
former governor of Nebraska, who
may truly be called the father of the
Missouri river navigation movement,
was in Plattsmouth for a short time.
The battler for river navigation
stopped here to look over the work
on the new dock that is being con
structed east of this city, the first to
be started on the river north of the
Kansas line.
Owing to the condition of the road
leading to the triver the trip to the
dock was postponed and the former
governor will return later to look
over the situation.
It was many years ago that Mr.
Weaver started his campaign for the
improvement of the Missouri river
and he has never faltered in his
campaign to see his dream come true.
At national river congresses he urged
the cause of the western river and jSaior, wm ue resumeu iuuy n cam
with the advent of the Roosevelt gov- r conditions permit. The search
ernment in office saw the first steps
taken and now a large part of the
river from Kansas City to north of
Omaha is harnessed and will prove a
great national waterway.
Governor Weaver has frequently
spoken here on the subject of river
navigation and to him as much as any
man can the realization of the ideal
be laid.
ANNIVERSARY OF HAIL STORM
From Tuesday's Dally
This is the anniversary of the great
hail storm of 1883, which swept the
southeast section ot this county. Crops
were ruined and a great deal of live
stock killed.
The morning began with a beauti
ful sunrise and clear skies. About
nine o'clock the sky became greenish
and hail clouds appeared in the
southwest. The hail lasted only about
thirty minutes but in that time strip
ped the section of all vegetation.
Many of the sTones were three inches
in diameter.
Corn had been in tassel and the
prospect for a crop was wonderful.
It was pounded into the ground so
that the fields looked as though they
had been plowed recently. Most ot
the wheat was in the stack.
Trees were stripped of their leaves,
small limbs, and in some places of
their bark. Where hedge rows stop
ped the wind, drills of hail were
formed from four to six inches deep.
Some lasted ten days before melting.
Stones killed pigs and chickens and
some calves were lost. The northern
extremity of the storm was the Jean
school outh of Plattsmouth. In many
places the crops on one side of the
road were completely destroyed while
on the other they were scarcely hurt.
WILL CLOSE LOCAL OFFICE
Rudolph Vogler, of Lincoln, direc
tor of the U. S. employment service
for Nebraska, was here Tuesday aft
ernoon to look over the local office
and the employment situation in the
county.
The Plattsmouth office of the state
and U. S. employment service will be
closed after August 1st it was an
nounced, this being under a plan that
is eliminating a number of the of
fices over the state and among which
are York and Falls City, as well as
Plattsmouth.
The district office will be main
tained at Nebraska City and will be
in charge of Merle Alden, of Wahoo.
Representatives of the district of
fice will visit here once a week to
keep check of the employment In
this county.
HERE FROM LINCOLN
Herbert Sharpnack, E. B. Winner
and Guy Harris of Lincoln, were
here Sunday to spend a few hours.
They are visiting at the Fred Sharp
nack and E. Ptak homes while in
the city. Mr. Herbert Sharpnack is
the father of Fred. They returned
late in the afternoon to the capitol
city.
VISITS IN KANSAS
Mrs. Henry Kaufmann has just re
turned from a motor trip to the west
part of Nebraska and at Atwood,
! Kansas, where she was a guest at the
jhome of her sister and brother-in-law,
(George Smith.
She made the trip with her nephew,
Delmond Smith and wife of Omaha
and had a very pleasant outing. They
found the harvest on and the crops
very good and corn looking excellent.
They also stopped at McCook where
they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Taylor, the latter a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ferdinand JJuda of this
city.
Hope for Lost
Fliers Seems at
Vanishing Point
Navy Planes to Continue to Scan 360,
000 Square Miles of Sea Be
fore They Give Up.
HONOLULU. June 14 (UP) The
great" aerial search of the Pacific
i ocean lor trace oi aiiss Amelia t-ar-jhart
and Fred J. Noonan, her navi-
, an i - J A,1A X V.
yesterday by 60 planes from the car
rier Lexington was cut short by rain
squalls.
Hope the search would prove fruit
ful was at the vanishing point but
the navy fliers, under orders of Ad
miral Oriu G. Murfin, in charge of
the hunt, will scan approximately
3 60,000 square miles before they give
up. Miss Earhart was forced down
July 2, on a 2,500 mile flight from
Lae, New Guinea, to Howland island.
Sixty of the Lexington's 62 planes
joined in the search yesterday fore
noon after poor visibility had held
the pilots on deck through the early
daylight hours. By noon' they had
covered 21,000 square miles without
sighting even a sandspit on which the
lost fliers could have found refuge.
Two planes were held on the big car
rier for emergency purposes.
The big long range bombers and
the lighter fighter class planes were
to have resumed the search in the
afternoon but after 30 had shot off
the broad deck of the Legington the
clouds closed down and it began to
rain. The remainder of the planes
were held aboard and those already
in the air were ordered back.
PROTESTS DROPPING BUS LINE
Protests have been filed with the
state railway commission against the
abandonment of the Lincoln-Union
bus line which had been asked by the
Missouri Pacific railroad, operating
the bus.
The Lincoln chamber of commerce
protested the action of the railroad
and the bus was resumed pending the
hearing in the matter by the commis
sion. The railroad company claimed as
the reason that the operating cost
was far greater than the revenue re
ceived from the bus.
A statement was filed with the com
mission by Fred Seacrest of the State
Journal. He stated that people be
tween Lincoln and Union are com
plaining of lack of mail and other
service. The statement says the Mis
souri Pacific railroad, to save money,
first obtained the commission's per
mission to substitute a motor service
for train service and no one protested.
Then the railroad obtained leave to
substitute a bus to save more money
and this resulted in the company
losing baggage, express and cream
business, and it proposed because of
this loss of business to take off the
bus service, according to the state
ment. TAKE SLOT MACHINE
Monday two men drove up to the
A. O. Ault store at Cedar Creek and
entering the store announced that
they were "federal" men. They look
ed over the store and proceeded to
gather up a slot machine and carried
it to their car, loaded it in, and drove
away. An attempt was made to see
the license of the car but the plate
had been bent so that it was impos
sible to discover the number of the
car or where it might be irom.
Phono news Items lo no. 6
Counnty Shows
Expenditures
Over Receipts
Dpression Makes Inroads on General
Fund Treasurer and County
Judge Have Largest Fees.
Cass county's general fund suffered
a drop of over $4,000 during the
past year. On July 1 of 1936 the
semi-annual statement showed a bal
ance of $10,109.93 on hand. July 1
of this year produced a statement of
only $5,304.93.
The county general fund has suf
fered drastically under the depres
sion. Six years ago the fund showed
a balance on hand of $54,941.21. One
of the biggest draws on the general
fund has been the poor relief fund.
The one-half mill levy made during
the past year was insufficient to take
care of the demand made on the coun
ty. The levy is being raised to one
mill during the next year which, it is
believed, will carry the poor relief
load. Over $12,000 have been paid
out to poor relief since the begin
ning of the depression.
A drop from $a,758.88 as bal
ance on hand July 1, 1936 to $4,
019.48 for July 1, 1937 is found in
the state general fund. District road
fund shows a balance of $16,679.71
July 1 as compared to $19,980.68 a
year ago.
Crushed rock roads account for a
good deal of the expenditure from
the county highway fund. The bal
ance on hand is $7,850.86 as com
pared with $10,224.85 a year ago.
40 Cut in Old Age Assistance
Reserves in the old age assistance
fund have dropped from - $7,525.88
a year ago to $420.71. Over 400 per
sons are now on old age pension in
this county. State appropriations
were cut 40 for the month of July.
Totals for the balance ' on hand
showed $201,537.91 for July 1, 1937
compared to $277,234.98 July 1, 1936.
One of the very few individual funds
3howing a larger balance this year
than last is the county bridge fund
which shows a balance on hand of
$23,163.08 for 1937 as compared to
$22,747.56 for July 1, 1936.
As a whole, the county spent $105,
697.07 more during the past year
than was taken in. Disbursements
amounted to $838,793.91 while col
lections reached a total of $733,
096.84. Fees Furnish Funds
Fees during the past year gave a
total of $20,277.06 addition to the
county fund. $8,995.41 of that
amount came from the county treas
urer's office.
Second in amount of fees collected
stands the office of the county judge.
It is not usually considered a money-
making office, but statistics show
that it takes in approximately $500
per year above maintenance, supplies
and salaries. Since July 1, 1936, the
office has collected $4,290.39 while
the salaries totaled $3,2S0 and sup
plies, approximately $500. The total
collected during the past five years
in fees by the county court was $21.
313.54. School disbursements stand first in
the expenses. $277,691.05 were paid
out for that fund during the past
year, county disbursements ior me
year were $104,824.20. Old age as
sistance cost the county $65,055.46
during the past twelve months and
poor relief $23,500.63 with a list of
unpaid claims on file totaling $2,
480.05. COMMISSIONERS DOINGS
The board of county commission
ers have completed their July session
and taken up a number of matters
of business in addition to the usual
allowance of claims.
The commissioners voted to allow
the graveling and surfacing of four
miles of roadway in Mt. Pleasant pre
cinct. One mill was set for the levy
which will be made in August.
The various county officials made
their quarterly reports of the fees
earned in their offices: County judge.
$814.26; register of deeds, $456
county clerk, $352. sheriff, $148.50;
clerk of the district court, $674.65.
County Superintendent Miss Alpha
C. Peterson reported that $28,988
would be needed for free high school
tuition for the school year 1937-38.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY TODAY
From Tuesday's Daily
Mrs. Clara Kruger of Kansas City,
where she has a number of her chil
dren today celebrated the passing of
her 78th birthday anniversary at a
dinner which was tendered by the
children living in Kansas City. Her
son, Harry L. Kruger of Plattsmouth
and wife with their two daughters,
Thelma and Helen Jane, were pres
ent. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kruger
and two daughters drove to Stella
Monday w here Mr. Kruger is w orking
and drove to Kansas Tuesday and
enjoyed the dinner. E. J. Kruger and
W. H. Kruger of Nehawka and Lyle
Kruger of Union were not able to
get away from their work to attend.
They however sent greetings.
Body
of Man
is Discovered
Near Bridg
es
Unidentified Man Found by Railroad
Workers Under Tree on Iowa
Side of Missouri River.
The badly decomposed body of a
man was discovered Monday after
noon on the Mills county side of the
Missouri river, lying under a tree
midway between the tracks of the
Burlington railroad and the highway
from this city to Glenwood.
It was impossible to determine any
thing as to the identification of the
body as all found on his body was
$1.96 in money, and a case for spec
tacles which also contained a slip of
foodstuffs, apparently a shopping list.
The body had apparently been ly
ing out in the open for at least a
week but was so located that it es
caped the vision of those passing at a
distance."
The remains were clothed in a blue
serge suit and a pair of black shoes
and from the shirt it had been ap
parently of good material and in all
the man must have been well dressed
at the time of his death.
The discovery of the body was re
ported to the authorities at Glen
wood and Coroner Raynor came to
the scene of the discovery and had
the body taken on into Glenwood.
The condition of the body was such
that it offered little clew as to how
it might have come to the spot where
found and the well groomed appear
ance of the body caused the surmise
that possibly it might have been
brought to the scene and left there.
The Mills county officials have the
matter under investigation and will
seek information of any persons who
may be missing in this section of
Iowa and Nebraska.
MARRIAGE BUSINESS GOOD
County Judge A. H. Duxbury had
a very busy week-end in tne marry
ing department of his office with
three couples seeking their life's hap
piness at the hands of the judge.
Saturday Donald LeRoy Weimer
of Greenwood and Miss Stella Mae
Cooper of Weeping Water were mar
ried at the court house. Edith
Jacques and Arthur F. Cooper served
as the witnesses.
Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. Judge
Duxbury officiated at a sunrise ser
vice at his home for Theodore C.
Hicks and Antionette J. Kay, both
of Omaha.
Another of the Sunday marriages
was that of Joseph L. Tribulato and
Alice D. Swanson, both of Omaha.
They were accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. George Casaer, friends of the
young people from Omaha.
EXHIBITION OF "HOBBIES"
Clyde Jackson of the recreational
center is arranging exhibits of "hob
bies" of the local people, shown in
the various show windows in the busi
ness section of the city.
The "hobbies" Include collections
of coins, mounted birds and animals.
wood work, china and plate and many
other articles, the collection of which
has been a pastime of local people.
Some very nice exhibits have been
secured and which has attracted
much attention.
Mr. Jackson expects to have all
of the windows arranged this week
and ready for the Inspection of the
public.
City Council
Hears Protest
on Ordinance
Representatives of Direct Selling Com
panies Speak Against Pro
posed Ordinance.
The city council enjoyed one of
the long and busy sessions Monday
night and w hich was filled w ith many
subjects from the regular monthly
reports of the city officers down to
the protests against passing the
"Greenriver" ordinance regarding
peddlers and vendors, to the matter
of the hours when sale of foaming
lager might be restrained.
City Clerk Albert Olson reported
that in June he had collected $402.01
that had been turned over to the city
treasury.
City Treasurer M. D. Brown report
ed that the city had a balance of
$17,866.67 in the treasury and which
was deposited in the Plattsmouth
State bank.
A communication was received
from the Hugh J. Kearns post of the
American Legion, through Command
er E. G. Ofe, asking that the city
remit as in the past, the occupation
tax on the W. A. Gibbs Amusement
Co., w hich was to show here the week
of July 26-31, under their auspices.
The Legion agreed to supply the ex
tra police to serve at the grounds. On
motion the request was granted.
Mayor Lushinsky reported that the
matter of the water supply and its
condition had been checked over by
a representative of the state health
department, who found that the wa
ter had some manganese in It but
which was perfectly harmless to any
one. The state representative found
that the mains were flushed and the
new Alteration plant would elimin
ate the manganese. The state repre
sentative and the mayor had urged
the large consumers of water to co
operate with the water corporation
and notify Them when they were to
have peak loads so that the water
mains might be flushed when the
least amount of water was being
used.
Police Judge C. L. Graves report
ed for the week of July 1st, one ar
rest, no collections; for the week of
July 8, three arrests and $36.50 in
fines and costs collected.
The Greenriver Ordinance
Chairman Rebal of the judiciary
committee presented a communica
tion from the Plattsmouth Business
Men's Ad club, asking the passing of
an ordinance regulating the peddling
and bill distribution over the city.
The club also asked that the city
council pass an ordinance similar to
that enacted by the city of Green
river, Wyoming. This matter was re
ferred to the Judiciary committee to
report at the next meeting.
There were a number of represent
atives of direct selling companies
present and Mayor Lushinsky invited
them to address the council if they
wished.
Mr. Henderson of the group, op
posed the enactment of the ordinance
as not only unfair but calculated to
prevent men and women making a
living by direct selling. The direct
selling methods had the best results
and in these, most of the large com
panies were co-operating with local
dealers in many cases. He stated two
ladies were engaged in the sales work
here who would be deprived of a
livelihood if the measure passed.
Where passed he stated the ordinance
had not been enforced. The company
that he represented, that of the J. B.
Watklns Co., hired largely men of
45 years or over to represent them.
Mr. Hickson of Nebraska City, rep
resenting the Electrolux company,
also attacked the proposed ordinance
as discriminatory and that its enact
ment was bad for the companies and
the communities as well. Discrim
ination would bring on opposition,
the speaker stated. An ordinance
should be of the greatest value to the
greatest number of people served. He
also touched on the employment
phase of the opposition. '
Mr. O'Brien, representing the Full
er Brush Co., pointed to decisions of
courts on the enactment of these or
dinances, citing that of Belle-Aire.
Maryland and a case from South
Carolina. The Wyoming court had
sustained the Greenriver ordinance.
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