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Nefcr. Stale Historical Society vol. no. Lin PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1937. NO. 90 Council Has a Busy Session Monday Night Rescind Action on Adopting Firemen's Insurance Lift Ban on Liquor Store Opening Christmas. The city council had a very busy evening Monday with the accumu lating of three weeks business to take tare of and which involved many dif ferent angles of the city affairs. The meeting being the first of the month, there was the regular reports of the various officers of the city to be heard. City Treasurer M. D. Brown reported that there was $19,S39.51 in the treasury and Mayor Tushinsky took the occasion to thank the treasurer for the fine report, City Clerk Albert Olson reported that he had a poor month with only $7.50 being collected. Chief of Police Llb ershal reported five arrests and fines and costs of $45.80, while Police Judge Graves reported for the week of November 25, two arrests and fines and costs of $23. 3S and for the week of December 21 one arrest and fines and costs of $25. Asks Ordinance Revision A communication was received from the Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph company asking that the "Green River" ordinance be arranged so that they might conduct their busi ness solicitation among the residents of the community, stating that eighty-five per cent of their business was secured in this manner. Iturged that local business interests be given consideration in the measure. City Attorney Davis was of the opinion that the changing of the ordinance to benefit any particular group would make the measure un-. constitutional. Councilman Comstock called at tention to the fact that the pro ponents of the ordinance had urged its passage in the identical language of the Wyoming ordinance aside from the name of the town. On motion of Councilman Webb, the communication was referred to the Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club to take up with the telephone company and try and arrive at some understanding and report the same to the council. The council also received a com munication from the Recreational Center council in which it was asked that the city aid in the support of this community enterprise. It was decided to assist in having water placed in the building for use of the employees and those who are using the building for recreational pur poses. Mayor Lushlnsky In reading the city bills urged that the coal used at the city hall for the furnace be of a cheaper grade and will notify those who order the coal to look after this. The report of Fire Chief Dr. O. Sandln was received and showed three fires since the last report. Mayor Lushinsky took the occasion to com pliment the firemen on their excel lent work in holding the flre3 down to very small losses. Amend Liquor Ordinance There was presented an amendment to ordinance No. 713, changing the regulations of the liquor stores. Un der the original ordinance the stores were closed for package sales all day on Sunday, Christmas and Memorial day. The amendment would permit the stores to remain open on Christ mas and Memorial daj. The motion was offered to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on its second and third readings for final passage. On this motion. Webb, Hall, Tippena, Rebal, Comstock, Schutz and Vro man voted aye and Puis and Brittain no. Councilman Schutz was of the opinion that the opening on the holi days should be the same as beer tav erns, from noon on. Councilman Brittain was opposed to the change stating anyone could secure all they wanted the day before. On the final passage of the amend ment to the ordinance, Webb, Hall, Tippens, Rebal, Schutz and Vroman voted aye and Puis. Comstock and Brittain, no. Councilman Tippens reported that the road work was well closed up and that only small jobs of street maintaining looked after. He also reported that the Missouri Pacific (Continued on Page 4) FILES COMPENSATION SUIT A petition for compensation has been filed in the office of the clerk of the district court in which Adolph J. Koubek is the plaintiff and the j Burlington Refrigerator Express Co. is the defendant. The petition al leges that on October 7, 1935, the plaintiff was Injured in his left arm and shoulder while in the employ of the defendant company. The in jury then was a fifty per cent dis ability has increased to a 100 per cent disability at this time, the peti tion sets forth. Compensation is ask ed for 112 and a half weeks at $14 per week and also $313 for medical care. W. C. T. U. Has 'Peace' Program at Wiles Home Fine Program Presented with the Discussion of Problems of the Present Day of Unrest. The W. C. T. U. held a very fine meeting at the home of Mrs. J. E. Wiles on Monday afternoon and In which "Peace" was the topic of the gathering and many interesting facts brought forth as to the need of na tional defense and peace. Miss Elizabeth Spangler had the devotions of the meeting. Mrs. George L. Farley was the program chairman and had arranged a very interesting series of talks by the ladies. Mrs. Otto A. Keck gave a fine talk on the American Legion universal service bill for national defense, pre pared and adopted at the national convention held in New York in September. There were forty-one planks dealing with the national de fense and bringing out the serious necessity of congress to appropriate $1,000,000,000 for the national de- I f ense. Mrs. E. W. Thimgan talked on "The Demand for a Referendum on War Declaration," which is being strongly agitated in congress at this time. Mrs. D. S. Sumner discussed "Call 1 to the 13th Conference on the Cause! and Cure of War." I Mrs. V. T. Arn gave the resolution J on peace adopted by the World W. C. ' T. U. at their session this year. The afternoon was closed by the serving of refreshments by the hos tess. HAVEL0CK SHOPS TO CLOSE For the first time in history the Havelock manufacturing and repair shops of the Burlington will close down entirely Dec. 18, C. E. Melker, superintendent of motive power, said Monday. The shutdown, which will put approximately 375 men out of work, is for an indefinite period, but Melker said that the Burlington hopes to start a new program the first of 1938. with a full crew again on the job. Reason for the closing Dec. 18, Melker declared, is that the present production and repair program will be completed on that date and that there is no appropriation for a new program. Whether or not the shops will reopen the first of the year, ac cording to the superintendent, hinges directly on the I. C. C.'s action on the railroads requested increase In freight rates. Ralph Budd, president of the Burlington, intimated as much in a statement made in Lincoln re cently. Melker said that only enough men will be retained at the shops to keep machinery and equipment shipshape and In running order. "We'll be closed down tight," he said. TRUCKS HAVE SMASHUP Saturday night near the Chris Tschlrren place west of this city on the Louisville road, a truck load of horses belonging to the Cordell Brothers of Malvern, Iowa, and an mpty truck driven by Edward Baum- gart. sideswiped. The trucks were damaged quite a great deal and the load of horses es caped from the truck and scattered along the highway until rounded up by their owners and later taken on to Malvern. Deputy Sheriff Cass Sylvester was called to the scene to make an Inves tigation of the case. Former Platts mouth Lady is a Hotel Executive Mrs. Anne Rokahr of Phoenix. Ariz. Enters Second Year as Head of Large Southwest Hotel. Plattsmouth people will be interest ed in the following- article taken from a Phoenix, Arizona, paper and which tells of the remarkable success of Mrs. Anne Rokahr, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hiber of this cit", and where she spent her girlhood: Outstanding- among- business women in the Southwest and pioneering in a field which until recently was j thought to be exclusively man's do- j main is Mrs. Herbert (Anne) Rokahr I iun : : i I I nnu la utiiuung me seconu year as; j assistant manager of one of the j I Southwest's largest hotels. Member I of a prominent pioneer family living j in Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Rokahr carr.e i with her husband to Phoenix in the winter of 1928, and yielding to the lure of the desert country, decided to make their permanent home. Taking- a position as private secre tary to the manager of Hotel West ward Ho, Mrs. Rokahr continued in that capacity several years, assuming new and greater responsibilities with each new season. In the fall of 192G Fred B. Humphreys became manager and recognized the need of a woman executive in a modern hotel, offered the position of assistant manager to Mrs. Rokahr. Possessed of an advanc ed business educational training- in Nebraska, experienced in legal office and the first-hand knowledge she had acquired of the hotel business, along with her natural aptitude to meet the general public and win friends, her appointment has been a decided suc cess. A noteworthy ability to remem ber names, faces and incidents, so that few old quests are unknown to ilrs. Rokahr, adds to her value to the or ganization. "Hotels more and more are recog nizing the value of women executives particularly in the public relations work," according to Mr. Humphreys, "however their duties must be of greater magnitude and their exper- ience more diversified than merely to act as hostesses. This winter, while part of Mrs. Rokahr's duties will be to direct social activities, she will de pend a great deal upon a junior hostess. Mr. Humphreys states that "many hotel men have shown an interest and are watching the experiment we are finding so successful. I am sure there will be few large hotels in this nation in the years to come that will be with out a woman executive on their staff. Too little attention has been given to the woman's angle on what a modern hotel should provide, particularly ro with the increasing number of women traveling. Only a woman can antici pate and adminier to their com forts." HOLD FAMILY DINNER Sunday the members of the Grado ville family held a most delightful family dinner party at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Todd southeast of Murray. The home was very handsomely arranged with the Christmas decor ations whose bright coloring added much to the charm of the scene and made a very appropriate setting for the dinner party. The event was in honor of Frank Gradovllle, who has just returned from seven years spent in the Philip pines, and all of the family save Dr. C. M. Gradogille and family of Knox ville, Iowa and Tom H. Gradoville of Burlington, Iowa, and family, were present. All the families came with well laden baskets that served to make a fine dinner that all appreciated. Following the dinner the time was spent la visiting and with a supper served In the evening. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gradoville. the parents, Frank Gradovllle, Mr. and Mrs. Tim othy Kahoutek, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward H. Gradovllle and family, of this city, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence West phalia, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ptacek and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Blotzer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Bourne and Mr. and Mrs. Todd and family of the Murray community. f REVEAL WEDDING DATE Friends here have received the an nouncement of the approaching mar riage of Miss Ruth Huneke, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Huneke, of! Burlington. Iowa, to Roland Willey, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Willey. The wedding will take place at. the First Methodist church at Bur lington on Friday evening, Decem ber 31, at 7:30. The announcement of the approach ing wedding was made at a dinntr party at which Mr. and Mrs. Huneke presided, at their home on Thanks ginivg day. Places were appointed for eleven guests. Plane Down in Sleet;4 Santa in the Hospital j . - Silver Wings" Noses Over in Forced landing: Near Concordia, Kan sas, This Forenoon. S A LIN A, Dec. 15 (Special Dis patch) Still upset from his air plane accident. Santa Claus was making plans as he lay on his hospital cot here this afternoon on how he could pick up his broken schedule by the end of this week. ' Tell those Platts mouth kiddies I'll get there somehow Saturday afternoon," he said, continuing: 'This is the worst accident I've been in since the big explosion in No. 2 toy factory in the summer of 1907. that kept me off duty al most ten days. Then my help ers carried on with but little lost time, but now I've simply got to get out of here and be on my way." En route to Sallna, Kansas, this morning in "Silver Wings." Santa Claus sustained severe-injuries when sleet gathered on the wings, causing a forced landing. As the plane came down in a wheat field, it nosed over, injuring both Santa Claus and the pilot. The accident occurred near Concordia and both the occupants were rushed to a hospital at Salina. Injuries to Santa, while not ser ious, are very inconveniencing. Doc tors advise two of his ribs were cracked, his left forearm broken and severe scratches that will disfigure his face, with a particularly deep gash over his eye. As the ambulance from Concordia braska A. F. & A. M. served as the j organjZation passed a resolution con came upon the scene Santa was hold- installing officer, assisted by Henry iemning the use of the story of the 1 r f-r ttin I-vvs.I-j-m r wm nwirl ns;n.l niv ilia u i KJ tK: LL itrit ul ill tuu L7lvlllg back and forth beside the wrecked plane, far from his usual jovial mood. "I never wanted to give up the reindeer team," he said, "but the plane was placed at our disposal , , ... . A T , . and I thought I could cover more territory in this manner than any other way. Now, I will have to dis- appoint a lot of boys and girls at - , , points south of here whom I intend- ed to see today and tomorrow." Still restless on his arrival at the hospital, he made inquiries about the r,co 1 ;i ..T-ii i " J v u u u i j I' . o dliu I ua. Ill v. , . . out of here and on my way again in a day or two at the most," he said. "but no more airplanes for me." Hospital attendants did not hold out such bright promises, however, and say he will have to remain there at least for several days and even then if travel is to be resumed, it must be in some sort of a hospital car, with a nurse in constant attend- ance. "It was a bad wreck," said the chief surgeon at Salina hospital, "and Santa can sure thank his lucky stars that he was not more seriously injured. We'll do the best we can to get him fixed up and on his way by Thursday night or Friday." HAVE A FINS SALE The sale of the property of the Herman Ross estate was held on Sat urday at the farm between Union and Murray, a very large number be ing present to participate in the bidding. Rex Young, well known auction eer, was In charge of the sale and had excellent success In the handling of the livestock and machinery that was offered. One team of horses brought $300 and the top cow offered at the sale was $76. There were bidders present from five counties In this part of the state. Joe Altschaffl Seeking Cut in His Sentence Sentenced From Cass County for Shooting with Intent to Kill Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Siemoneit. . LINCOLN. Dec. 13 (IT) Mike i Hadvab, 3G. whose drunken and j reckless driving caused the death of i Samuel A. Dlllars at 24th and U streets in Omaha December 22, 1935, j will be given a hearing by the state (pardon board January 12. Hadvab, sentenced to three years I for the crime, is one of 19 peniten tiary and reformatory prisoners who will be heard at the regular Jan uary meeting. excessive drinking, incidentally ed in at least five other cases .set for hearing in January. John Cl iss- 22-year-old Hurt county youth sentenced to three years for attempt- jed assault on a 10-year-old girl, de : nied in his application that he was , guilty but admitted he had been 'drinking heavily on the night he was accused of committing the crime. I Three Filipino boys sat in a car ;at Scottsbluff two summers ago drink j ing wine. Before the evening was I over they had broken into a farm j house. Two of them. Leon Baleri, 24. jand Stanley Gapusan. 25, will appear J before the board seeking parole. They received 1-10 year sentences. Others who blamed drink for their crimes were Steve Richardson, break ing and entering at Bayard; Chris Merkel. Douglas county, grand lar ceny, and Corry Mayhugh, who stole a car at Shubert. An ungovernable temper, not drink.. was held responsible for the crime of Joe Altschaffl or Plattsmouth, serv ing a 39-year sentence for shooting with intent to kill. A German immigrant farmhand, he shot at his employer, Fritz Siemone.it, and Mrs. Siemoneit while they were in bed on June 21, 192S, for no ap parent reason. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 19 and 20 years, the terms to rn consecutivelv. ROYAL ARCH MASONS INSTALL Nebraska Chapter No. 3, Royal! Arch Masons held their installation of officers at the lodge rooms on Monday evening. William A. Robert son, past high priest of Nebraska chapter and grand master of the Ne - aj mai owui unu iva;iuuuu "V n t in (T OC T" n t-e ho I l 11 "f IO r n r ! 'C. Cook as chaplain. The officers installed were as fol- lows: High Priest Robert Painter. in.? Charles L. Carlson. Scribe J. A. Capwell. Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt. Secretary W. F. Evers. Captain of the Host John E. Turner. Principal Sojourner F. L. Barkus. RoyftlP Arch Captain Leonard r?orn Master Third Graves. I Master Second Vail Clyde H. Vail Ivan Deles Dernier, Master First Vail Lyle L. Horton. I Sentry L. L. McCarty. j Following the installation the ' members of the chapter enjoyed a I very pleasant luncheon. j NOTICE the former patients of the . T. P. Livingston who have Will late Dr : received statements of their account. i please call at the Water Office at j once. L. O. MINOR, i dl5-6td-ltw Administrator. STRAYED AT MY PLACE Heifer, weighing about COO lbs. Owner may have same by paying for this ad and feed bill. J. P. Peterson, two miles east of Murray, Nebr. dl3-2tw PROGRAM AND PLATE SUPPER Program and plate supper at the Falrvlew school, Dist. No. 9, Friday, Dec. 17. Rosemary Cloidt. teacher. dl3-2tw-4td LOCATES AT OMAHA Harold Stewart, formerly an em ployee at the Schwartz Auto Parts store, has accepted a position at a theater in Omaha. DEPART FOR SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jahrig and daughter, Miss Fern, departed Satur day for a visit in the south which will take them over a great deal of (territory. They traveled to Chicago Jand from where they departed for .Louisville, Kentucky and while there they expect to make a trip to the Mammouth cave of Kentucky, one of the wonder spots of that section. They will then go to New Orleans for a sightseeing trip and then on to Jacksonville. St. Augustine and Miami, Florida tor visits before re turning home. They expect to be home by Christ mas. Phillip Cook Dies at Home J--.f s11r at 1 1 OFJOIK Oldest of the Living Members the Cook Family, Pioneers of Cass County. of Frm Monday's Daily The death of Phillip Cook, 85, eld est of the living members of the Cook family, pioneers of Cass county, oc curred Sunday morning as Norfolk, Nebraska where he has made his home for a great many years. Mr. Cook was born in t? ass county on December S, 1S52 and made his home here during his boyhood days, one of a large family of sons and daughrers of one of the earliest fam ilies to settle in this section of Cass county. Mr. Cook is survived by a family of five sons, three daughters, For rest, living in California, Adam, Yancy, Nebraska, George. Hadar, Ne braska, Mrs. Bell Wenke, Mrs. Min nie Wenke, John Cook, Mrs. Etta Mattson. all of Norfolk. There are thirty grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildreu. There is surviving three brothers and one sister, Joseph and Charles Cook of this city, John of Beaver City and Mu. Caroline Cole of this city. The funeral services will be held on Wednesday at Norfolk, with the interment there. CONDEMN RADIO PROGRAM The Fontenelle chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion met Tuesday evening at the i iheme of Mrs. E. H. Wescott and in whIch lhe members of this patriotic Garden of Eden in the Bergen radio program Sunday. The ladies enjoyed a very delight ful C:30 three course dinner and which was very much enjoyed. The home was very attractively arranged with the bright colored Christmas decorations that added a lovely touch to the scene. Mrs. F. R. Gobelman was the lead er of the meeting. Mrs. Otto Keck gave a most inter esting contribution to the program on three lessons on the flag, which was followed with the greatest inter est. Mrs. L. O. Minor talked on "The D. A. R. in the State of Vermont" a very fine tribute to the work of the organization in that state. Miss Caroline Baird talked on the birthday and work of Frances Park house Keyes, one of the leaders of the D. A. R. in the nation. Mrs. Gobelman had several inter esting subjects to make up her part of the program, "Utah and the Work of the D. A. R.," that was most in teresting and also the report of the president, general on her European trip to the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She had the pleasure of being presented to the British rulers while in London. Mrs. Gobelman also discussed the life and work of Dr. Ephriam Mac Dowell of Kentucky, who performed the first abdominal operation on re cord and Jong before this surgery was attempted by the European special ists. REMAINS ABOUT THE SAME The condition of William Wool cott, Jr., who is at the St. Catherine hospital at Omaha, remains about the same. He Is under constant care but his condition has been about the same as when he was taken to the hospital. Platters Start Season by Win fromPappio I Final Score of 31 to 24 After Last Quarter Rally of the Papil lion Quintet. From Wednesday's Daily The Plattsmouth high eagesters ushered in the 1937-3S season last night on the local court with an im pressive victory over the Papillicm quinet by a score of 31 to 24. Captain Ray Wooster, Joy Miller and Bob Hayes led a team that looks to be on the way to a very success ful season. Wooster piled up a total of twelve points with five field goals and two free throws, Hayes also found the hooa consistently with i tni ee fielt Koals and two gift shots j for eight total points. Miller was outstanding in his fighting spirit and breaking up opponents passes and also accounting for five points. Ron ald Rebal had two field goals to his credit and also showed ably in the defensive section of the game as did Warren Reed. For the visitors it was Classen and Gehringer that led their attack, Classen, center and captain was the high point man of the evening, sink ing seven field goals and one frea toss for a total of fifteen points. The Platters started the scoring early in the contest and were never headed, maintaining a wide margin of 31 to 13 at the end of the third quarter. The Pappio five proceeded to stage a last quarter rally that brought them much nearer to a pos sible victory as they scored consist ently as the local reserves battled In this part of the game. The first string Platters were recalled in the last of the final stanza to check the vlsi- tors which they did most effectively. The omission of the center jump after goal was the first witnessed by the local fans and met with approval as a faster and more interesting game, altho more exacting on the players as It speeded the action. The Plattsmouth boys' basket eyes were much better than Papillion as they sank twelve field goals and seven free throws to the foes eleven field goals and two free tosses. Papillion was out in front on fouls, committing nineteen to twelve. The box score: Plattsmouth FG FT Wooster. f 5 2 Jacobs, f 0 0 Hayes, f 3 2 Rebal, c 2 0 Miller, g 1 3 Reed, g 0 0 Smith, f 0 0 PF O 1 1 1 TP 12 0 8 4 S 0 o McCarty, c 10 12 Wall, g 0 0 0 0 York, c 0 0 0 0 12 7 12 FG FT PF 31 TP o 0 0 15 1 o 2 0 Papillion Boxman. f 10 1 Umatun, f 0 0 3 Daup, f 10 1 Dietz, f 0 0 1 Classen, c 7 13 Hauschild, g 0 14 Maniford. g 10 4 Gehringer, g 10 1 Jordan, g 0 0 1 11 2 19 24 Referee Keefer, Glenwood; Time keeper, Don Armstrong, Plattsmouth; Scorer, Bill Armstrong. Plattsmouth. Reserves Win Victory The blue and white reserves won the curtain raiser from the stubborn Papillion subs by the score of 8 to 6. Wall distinguished himself in the encounter for the time he was in the game, playing aggressively on both the offense and defense. Joe York and Ed Smith did the scoring for the Platters. After a very successful evening the local fans can look forward to some real battles thi3 winter. J MISS FRIED RICH HOME Miss Amelia M. Friedrlch, who has been at the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minnesota, for some time, has return ed home to this city. She is feeling much benefited by her stay at Roches ter and will continue her treatments under Dr. Schrock, at Omaha. Just before her return Miss Fried rich visited with Ray Keilley. a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Horn of this city. Mr. Keilley underwent a very serious operation last Wed nesday and has rallied very nicely. His condition Is thought fine by the attending physlcianB.