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J MONDAY. JAinJAPvY 31, 1938. PAGE SIX PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEEXY JOUENAL it i STAQ PATROL MEETS The Stag patrol of the Boy Scouts held their 3Cth meeting Wednesday evening with Gerald Hennings and eight of the nine members present, Ralph Hilt, Jr., being unable to be present. The. early part of the eve ning was spent in the study period and later games and ping-pong served as entertainment. At a suitable hour lunch was served and the gath ering closed with the Scout benedic tion. Those attending were James Mauzy, Jr., patrol leader; Billy Rob ertson, Billy Hula, Don Martin, Lars Larson, Cary Marshall, John Soen nichsen, Gerald Hennings. VISITS FRIENDS HERE Dr. A. A. 3rooXs, pastor of the First Methodist church of Omaha, with his son. Culver, were in the city Wednesday for a short time visit ing with a number of the old friends. Dr. Brooks and son had been at Lin coln to arrange for Culver to enter the University of Nebraska. The Broohs family have just recently moved to Omaha from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. m Plattsncuth, Tues., Wed., Feb. 1-2 Bliss Brand COCOA 2-lb. Can Utah's or Pioneer TOMATOES Can, 10c & iU1 Dozen, $1.15 Domestic Oil SAREMHES 3 fori Del Mcnte COFFEE 2-lb. Can. 4Sr: Lb. SUNniSE COFFEE 3 lbs., 49c; 1-lb. bag NECK BONES. 7 lbs 256 SPARE RIBS or Fresh HOCKS, lb. 126 KRAUT, Eulk, lb 5e I'nncy WNoohhIu BOILING BEEF, 2 lbs 19 C Choice l.rnn It lb HAMBURGER cr Pork Sausage. 2 lbs 23c Irlily (rumiI PORK CHOPS, lb 176 Choice Criilcr Cuts BEEF STEAK, 2 lbs 29 c Trniler SIIM.OIX or SHOKTCl TS MINCED LUNCHEON or Ring Bologna, 2 lbs 236 Selected WHITING FISH, 3 lbs 256 IIeBille.iM, DrcHNed Xuncr's Tender Garden Peas No. G03 Cans Dozen, $1.43 Comet Peeled Apricots (JQ No. 2i cans, 2 fop. . . AVC Kuner's CATSUP 14-oz. Bot., 2 fcr. 25c GRAPEFRUIT, Sweet, Juicy Te.Mi Mitral: Seville Medium size, each 2y26 Per dozen 296 ORANGES, Sunkist Navels .luiry ulllornia Seed lent Med. size, doz 196 Large size, doz. 236 Extra large size, doz 296 APPLES, fancy quality Winesaps, S lbs 256 fiu. Bskt., $1.33 Ealicious, ext. lge., doz.396 E AN ANAS, Tropic Geld, lb.66 Kmiey, r'lrm Vellow-KIpe POTATOES, Idaho Bakers mmrrinl brnde 15-lb. Peck 196 ICO-lb. Eag $1.19 (Weiuiit Net when Packed) HEAD LETTUCE, each 56 Medium Slr.f Solid Head Del Monte or Dole's FIHE APPLE 4 large Slices in 1 f C 15-cz. Can ill! HINKY-DINKY BUTTER OJc l-lb. Carton CASCO, Solids, lb 356 Sunlight Margarine 4Pn 1-lb. Carton 29e 17c 9 inr fylZc Cass County Girl Writes of Life Abroad Miss Jane Boedeker, Studying Muscic at Paris, Writes of Interest ing Journeys. Miss Jane Poedeker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Boedeker, of Murray, who is at Pari3 studying piano at one of the large European conservatories of music, has just en joyed a very delightful tour of sev eral European countries. The mtny friends will be pleased to read the fine description of the various places of interest, as given l:y Miss Boedeker, given below: "It was a day typical of Paris the morning I left for Germany. The sky was over-clouded and produced an effect that is most descriptive of the city itself gray sky, gray build ings, and the gray Seine. While rid ing to the station, I realized just how much Faris has come to mean to me, fcr I was happy in" knowing that I was to return and that this departure was only to be for a short time. "The train voyage to the German border lasted about seven hours. The countryside was almost a reminder of Nebraska now very flat, now rolling and wooded. Picturesque lit tle villages were here and there one nestled in a valley, another on a hillside, and each house in them was individually charming in architec ture. After traveling for about three hours, we came into snow and was I happy to see it! You know native Parisians have never seen what we know as real snow. They've seen it fall, but it melts immediately when it reaches the ground and the beauty of it is entirely lacking. So I was really thrilled to see real snow once again. "Upon reaching the border, offi cials came through the cars and ex amined all passports. Then at Saar brucken, the first city in Germany, I had to declare my money. I had to tell them how much French money I had, after which I was given a slip of green paper. This, I was told, was to be presented to the officials when I left Germany. The German government is very rigid in these matters, and the whole idea is that one can't bring out any more money than one takes into the country. "The next town was St. Ingbert. There I spent two night3 and a day, and it was there I encountered my first difficulties with the German lan guage. I managed, more or less, with the help of a German-English diction ary and the daughter of the family with whom I visited, who spoke a little French. "The first night I heard Adolph Hitler over the radio. The German people appear to have an extraordi nary adoration for the 'Fuhrer,' as he's called. They refer to him as 'ein guter Mann," which means a good man. I was quite astounded at first to hear all the people, even the small children, saying: 'Heil Hitler. This expression is used instead of 'How do you do,' or 'Hello. and there is only one category of people to whom this is not addressed, those being the clergy. "The next part of my trip was through the Saarland and lower Neckar valley. This is a quite moun tainous country and it was particu larly beautiful when I passed through it because of the snow. The moun tains are thickly wooded with pine trees and it was really a thrilling sight each pine with its covering of snow glittering in the sunlight. I passed through Mannheim and Heidelberg, the latter being a mag nificent old town situated on the banks of the N'eckar. It is the home of Germany's oldest university, Ru-perto-Carola University, founded in 13S6. I was particularly taken with Heidelberg and was disappointed that the train didn't stop there long enough for me to do some 'sight seeing.' "It was in Altheim that I spent Christmas week with my relatives. The village itself is a charming old place, typically German in every way. I was told that approximately two hundred fifty of the eleven hundred inhabitants there are farmers. The farmers liiy; in the village and farm the surrounding land, as Is the case most often in Europe. The soil is quite productive in this section, but is very hard to work because there are quantities of small rocks in the surface soil. They raise small grains mostly, lots of hay and just a little corn, (which is used only as fodder. The fields are unusual in appearance because they are divided into small plats. One English-speaking man told me that if a farmer there had 100 acres, he'd have it divided into 200 i different little patches. The farmers. raise practically all their food pro ducts even have their flour made in a mill at the edge of the village. In this way. they are quite independent of others for the necessities of life. "It was quite interesting to be able to celebrate Christmas in the true German fashion. Santa Claus come3 to German children the sixth of December, and on Christmas eve, a figure all in white comes. He is called 'Christkind which is German for Christ Child. Their Christmas frees are like ours except that they are always illuminated by candles. Best of all. during all of-the Christ mas season, they have the most de licious Christmas cookies all shapes and designs that simply meit in your mouth. "After leaving Altheim, I went to Frnnkfurt-am-Main. The famous old town hall, the Romer, is there, and in it the coronation ceremonies for many of the German emperors took place. In one room, the portraits of all the emperors from Charlemagne on down are placed on the walls all around the room. Those of the em perors of the earliest centuries were molded frcm coins, as no portraits of these ancient rulers have been preserved. "The square in front of the Romer is quite picturesque. It is surround ed by old domiciles of 12th and 13th centuries whose exteriors are quite unlike anything I've ever seen. They are, in general, three or four stories high, and each story has five to seven windows. In fact the whole structure itself is not much more than windows. These houses appear to be built onto each other, leaving no space whatsoever between them. "I was interested to find out that dramas are given in this spot every summer. The actors are on the bal cony of the Romer and the audi ences are seated around the square. "Among ether interesting things I saw in Frankfurt were the cathed ral, the exteriors of Goethe's birth house and the house of Rothschild, and of course, the place where they sell the famous frankfurters. "I had always dreamed of taking a voyage along the Rhine, but had never thought my dream would come true. From Mainz to Coblenz is known as the most romantic part of ! the Rhine valley. Between these two cities, on each side of the Rhine, are the ruins of old castles. The famous Mouse Tower and Pfalz are in the middle of the river. Then about half way between Mainz and Coblenz Is the legend rock, the Loreli a jagged mass of rock which rises 4 30 feet above the Rhine. It was especially thrilling to me to see the Lorelei rock because at college I'd studied the song written about it in German class. "At Cologne, I had an hour's wait between trains. I spent the whole hour in the magnificent cathedral there. The fifth largest Gothic ca thedral in the world, it is a com manding structure from the exter ior. The two spires tower into the skies and I walked two blocks in or der to be able to see the top of them. Inside, the windows interested me the most. They were almost like por traits lifelike and rich with their millions of colors. A rich shade of yellow, almost gold, predominated in several of the largest ones. The mass- iveness of thi3 cathedral was almost breath-taking and it was a sight I never shall forget. "For four glorious days I was a guest at the villa of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kutsukian in a suburb of Antwerp. Belgium. Jean Spier, the niece of Mr. and Mrs. Kutsukian, is here in Europe to study violin. She is from Nebraska City and we be came acquainted after I'd been in Paris several weeks. Together with Bill Hart, from Omaha, we made a gay trio of Nebraskans. We spent most of our time eating and going to the movies. New Year's night we were all much thrilled to hear a part of the Rose Bowl game from the U. S., which came in about 8:00 p. m. "I returned to Paris January 2, and am now back in the routine of my piano lesson, harmony study and French classes and my journey i3 just a cherished memory. Sincerely yours, Jane Boedeker." SPOKE ON PHILIPPINES Frank Gradoville, who was a teacher and later held a government position in the Philippine Islands, gave a very interesting talk to the pupils and Sisters at St. John's parochial school Friday afternoon on life in the Philippines, exhibiting a number of the coins and other money in use there. His discussion of the climate, industries, etc., was follow ed closely by all the pupils, and particularly those in the more ad vanced grades whose study of Geo graphy has given them some prior information on these interesting is land possessions. Military Asks Italy to Bore a Tube to Sicily Army Strategists Consider Island Vital Key to Empire Defense Called Boon to Sicily. ROME (UP) A tunnel under the Straits of Messina to insure the safe and rapid transport of troops and material to Sicily in event of war is again being urged by military ex perts. Just like the contemplated tunnels under the Straits of Gilbraltar and the English Channel, the Messina tunnel idea is not a new one. For years engineers have visual ized a tunnel which would join the island with the mainland. Like many super-projects it was put away to collect dust and was forgotten. Creation of the empire has revived talk of the tunnel. It is the mili tary strategists who see it as one of the requisites for the defense of the state. . Sicily, to use the words of Pre mier Benito Mussolini in his Palermo speech, has become the geographical center of the empire. The island as such has become the principal stepning-off place for con tact between the motherland and her possessions. Due to the present Mediterranean lineu and the devel opment of warcraft. Sicily also has hw-nmp the strateeic center for all activity against potential enemies. Sicily Holds Key To Italy In other words Sicily can make or break Italv. it is admitted. Some thing must be done to make it irn, nreernable to attackers. Air and sea bases must be manned and kept sup plied with food and material. Consequently the transport of trnnns. war material and loou to Sicily must not only be speeded up but done with a minimum of risk and loss. Shipments of men and ma terial via overland routes would be exposed to the bombs and projectiles of attacking enemy planes and ships. The only answer to all this, say military experts, is a tunnel. Deep under the floor of the sea. safe from air or shiij bombing, the tunnel would be the channel by which Sicily could withstand any enemy contact with Libya, Pantelleria and the oth er possessions. Shelf of Land Exists The tunnel under consideration would be about 7 miles in length, only 3 of which would be under the open sea. The deepest point of the channel where the tunnel would pass is 310 feet, although the sea-bottom to the left and right of the projected boring, slants down to a depth of more than 975 feet. It is explained that this shelf of land is a continua tion of one of the Apennine ridges from the mainland to Sicily. The tunnel itself would reach a depth of 490 feet, giving it ample protection against the play of the treacherous Messina currents or the shift in the sandy and muddy bot toms which would be overlaid with a thick coat of concrete. The tunnel would extend from Villa San Giovanni in Calabria to Sant Agatha, a suburb of Messina. The project includes both rail and road traffic through the tunnel. New autostrades would be constructed to the tunnel mouths. While the construction of such a tunnel would run into millions, mili tary experts argue that its use in peace time alone would pay for its construction and maintenance. Called Boon To Sicily It is pointed out that the tunney would bring untold gold to Sicily and solve all her economic ills. Sicily, which supports almost 4,000,000 peo ple and has place for double that number, is one of the most fertile spots in the empire. Experts give three reasons why such a tunnel would bring about in dustrial and agricultural rejuven ation to the island. They are: Facilitate the transport of power so necessary in the exploitation of the island. Guarantee steady train traffic be tween northern Italy and the island. The ferry service would be discon tinued and new rolling stock intro duced which would benefit all points south of Rome. Industry would be the chief gainer. Military experts have failed to take into consideration the volcanic origin of the region where the proj ected tunnel is visualized. Some en gineers argue that the slightest tremor or earth movement would be sufficient to destroy such a tunnel. VISITING AT CHICAGO C. A. Johnson, former mayor, with A. W. KonD. are 9n they were called to look after some matters of business for a short time. leaving for that city last evening on the Ak-Sar-Ben over the Burlington. NEED OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING LINCOLN, Jan. 29 (UP) Gov ernor Cochran told the first Nebraska conference on adult education he be lieved educational emphasis in the pa;;t has been concentrated largely on college preparitory work and not enough of vocational training. Assuring the conference of his co operation the governor said he con sidered it "a very practical meeting which should lead to practical results." The conference was attended by representatives of industry, govern ment and school officials for the pur pose of discussing educational re quirements. "We are proud of the educational achievements in Nebraska during the past," Governor Cochran said, "but as we reflect on the educational efforts that have been made, we cannot help but see that perhaps thitse efforts have been centered) to much i;long lines leading to higher education rather than taking care of concrete public needs and of the larger maj ority of young people who do r.ot get to the higher institution:: of learning. OLDEST WOMAN IN ICWA DIES HASTINGS, la., Jan. 2D (UP) Mrs. Nancy J. Hurst. 100, believed to be the oldest woman in Iowa died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jane Benedict here today. She for merly lived at Tabor. Born June 22, 1S31 in Hendricks county. Indiana, Mrs. Hurst, widow of the late Levi Hurst came to this pectToii in 1865. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom are living. They are Fred Hurst of Doni phan, Nebraska. Mrs. Cynthia Ver heck, 81. of Sidney. Iowa and Mrs. Benedict. Her husband died in 1S7G. SAYS HAS FINGERPRINTS LONDON, Jan. 29 (UP) George Bernard Shaw, Irish playright told the London News Chronicle today that he would have been leading a life of crime if he did not have fin gers that left prints. Shaw denied reports circulating for years that hi3 fingers were without whorls and were so smooth that no print could be made of them. "I wonder where it originated,' he said. "I have fingerprints just the same as everybody else or rather nearly the same." TO RAZE ROCKEFELLER HOME CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 29 (UP) The former home of the late John D. Rockefeller will be razed to make way for a parking lot and gasoline Ftation, it was decided today. The Rockefeller mansion was show place of Cleveland's historic Euclid avenue in the 90's. In it were born John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the other Rockefeller children Rockefeller. Sr.. bought the home and lot in 1SGS for $40,000. OMAHA PARK METERS PAY FOR THEMSELVES OMAHA, Jan. 2S (UP) Omaha's first 750 parking meters installed at a cost of $41,978 last May have paid for themselves in full, City Comptroller Charles Stenieka report ed today. There was about $100 left over as an installment on the $13, 9S2 paid for the second batch of 250 meters, he said. NINE GIANTS SIGN NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (UP) Nine New York Giants have signed 1938 contracts with the National League champions. Secretary Eddie Brannick announced today. Pitcher Tom Baker was the latest to come into the fold A relief hurler. Baker worked in 20 games last season. TRY TO FOOL JAPS PEIPING, China, Jan. 29 .UP)- A Japanese spokesman said today that members of the Chinese Eighth Route ( former communist) army were exploding fire crackers to con ceal a Hevere shortage of ammuni tion. RAISE LARGE SUM BOSTON, Jan. 19 (UP) Proceeds from the present's birthday ball in Boston Garden last night probably will totaT $19,000, Postmaster Peter F. Tague. chairman, saiel today. ROOSEVELT FOR PEACE PRIZE OSLO, Norway, Jan. 29 (UP)- The Cuban minister informed the Nobel prize committee today that Cuba intends to nominate President Roosevelt for the peace prize. WARM AT LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 27 (UP) Continued warm weather was forecast today after a 10-year record was equalled yesterday when the temperature reached 82 degrees. BETHANY HIGH SCHOOL COMING ON THURSDAY . Many of the fans have been asking for one of the Lincoln teani3 to play on the local floor. The s-hool has been fortunate in getting a contract with Bethany high school to play basketball at Plattsmouth next Thursday, February 3rd. This game will start promptly at 8:00 o'clock and promises to be over at 9:00 o'clock. The school is arranging for just one game because it being a mid-week game. As a special fea ture between the halves Charles Mapes will make a short talk. Mr. Mapes is now superintendent of schools at Bethany, formerly gradu ating from the Plattsmouth high school in 1908 and was a member of one of the first football teams of the Plattsmouth high school. Many of the old-timers will remember Mr. Mapes as a boy in Plattsmouth at the earlier part of the 19th century. FAILS TO PASS TESTS FREMONT. Neb., Jan. 29 (UP) Robert Brittain, Council Bluffs, was unable to pass the new Nebraska road patrol's "third degree" and was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $20 by Municipal Judge Robert A. Winkelman. State Patrolmen Robinson and Cas well halted Brittain on a Fremont street and ordered him to touch his nose with his forefinger, pick up a key from the pavement and try to walk in a straight line. Brittain, they decided, failed to come up to requirements and he was charged with intoxication, driv ing while under the influence and reckless driving. He admitted the first two charges but denied he was driving recklessly. BETHANY STRONG The Bethany basketball .team is one of the strongest in Lincoln they having won the Greater Lincoln League last year and the Class B state basketball championship for the past two years. They have de feated the Havelock team by a wide margin and the College View team 28 to S. This game will start prompt ly at 8:00 o'clock. There will be no preliminary game but the main game will be one of the feature games of the 193S season. SUFFERS ATTACK John Geiser, an old resident of the city, a familiar figure in the down town district, suffered a severe at tack of acute indigestion Wednes day and which it was first feared would result fatally. He was sitting in one of the local taverns to warm up from the cold, when he suddenly fell from his chair to the floor. Med ical aid was summoned and he was given treatment and was able later to go on to his home. WILL UNDERGO OPERATION From Thursday's Daily C. D. Palmer was taken to the Clarkson hospital in Omaha today, j where he will undergo an operation on Friday. j "Charlie" has been laid up a long time now, and his friends all trust i the operation may prove successful and bring him relief and restoration to health. EN ROUTE TO COLORADO Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chase of Holy- oke, Colorado, are in the city to visit their daughter, Mrs. Hilt Martin and family and as well as at Omaha with the Stuart Chase family. They have been visiting relatives in Iowa and Nebraska and are now on their way back to the west. TEAMS HAVE SCRIMMAGE The Plattsmouth high school bas ketball team was at South Omaha Wednesday afternoon to scrimmage against the Packers. No score was kept of the game and the two teams found a great deal of benefit in the practice. SHOWING IMPROVEMENT From Friday's Dally Miss Lillian Sedlak, clerk in the office of Assistance Director Paul Vandervoort, who has been confined to her home this week, is reported as improving. It is hoped she may soon be able to resume her usual activities. HAVE NEW DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ilolman are the proud parents of a fine baby born on Jauary 25. Walter H. Smith LAWYER Plattsmouth State Sank Building Plattsmouth, Nebraska PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETS The civic planning committee met Wednesday evening to discuss a num ber of the projects that have been suggested for the future in the city and" which includes community cen ter, swimming pool, tree planting and other activities that might tend for the bcautification and welfare of the community. A committee has been appointed to make definite plans and estimates of amounts that might be needed to budget tfor the various proj'-cts. VISITING IN THE CITY Mrs. Alex Schliscke of Los An geles, California, arrived Wednesday to be here with her father, Claude Carter, who is at the St. Joseph hos pital at Omaha, recovering from the effects of a severe injury, and also visiting with the family here. Mrs. Sylvia Clossen and daughter, Alvina, of Hyannis, Nebraska, are also guests at the Carter home for the next few weeks. Mrs. Clossen is a. sister of Mr. Carter. r Rain lacKaranne Wed. 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