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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE MONDAY, MAY 16, 1938. School to Close with Picnic School will close Friday with picnic- dinner in the park. Everyone) is cordially invited to bring their! dinner and join the crowd for a j basket dinner in the park. Bring dishes, silverware, etc.. in addition to your food. Mesdames Rehmeier, Bornemeier i kkx x- r c me in vuai uuu diuiw that dinner will be served at noon. To Repair Church Basement The Ladies Aid Society are having the basement walls repaired by the building of new wallboard walls out away from the old unsightly plaster vails that were cracked and dis colored so badly. This will greatly improve the appearance of the room and do away with the necessity of using curtains to hide the old wall, us has been done for some time. The ladies are also cleaning the basement. To Organize 4-H Clubs Monday evening at the M. E. church Miss Jessie Baldwin and Mr. J. M. Quackenbush of Weeping "Wat er are organizing 4-H clubs in this community. It is hoped that several will participate in club work. Corn Planting; Not Progressing Corn planting in this community lias not progressed as farmers had hoped. Rainy, cold weather has kept the farmers from the fields most of the time. Returns Home Mrs. Orville Pueh'er and baby re turnee! home from the Bryan Memor ial hospital Tuesday evening. Supt. Buehler drove to Lincoln after school and brought his family home. Mrs. Iiuehler's mother, of Liberty, is as sisting Mrs. Buehler a lew days. Club Enjoys luncheon Members of the Reading club en joyed a covered dish luncheon at the home of Mrs. Charles Edwards on Thursday. This was the second luncheon this spring for the ladies and they enjoyed a most delicious meal. Later in the afternoon they enjoyed a very entertaining pro gram. 111 During Fast Week Iinycj Elliott and Lloyd - Mickle were both 'confined to their beds be cause of illness last week. Both had the flu and were threatened with pneumonia. They are greatly im proved at this writing and expect to j The crowd's cheers turned to cat be able to return to school the first! calls and boos as Mussolini made his of the week. reference to overseas speeches. Entertains S. 0. S. Members Mrs. Joe Vickers entertained thej f O. S. Garden club members at her home Tuesday afternoon. Several v. ere absent. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Dimmitt. Mrs. Frank Taylor had charge of the business meeting. Mis. Taylor, being chairman of the committee in charge of the flower' show led a discussion on the flower ' show, which is to be held on Friday J afternoon May 2(. at the church! basement. j The S. O. S. members cordially invite everyone to exhibit potted j charges of "political activity" in con plants, bouquets or just anything ' r.ection with WPA workers in Ten that would make a fine exhibit for j nsylvania had been substantiated in a flower show. certain instances but they were "for The club has held two other such i the major part untrue." exhibits, which proved to be a great I In a telegram to Chairman John and it is hoped that old man ! success weather will treat us kindly, so that j the iris, peonies, etc., will be in: bloom. TO MAKE TEST LINCOLN. May 1:5 (UP) Selec tion of eight Nebraska farms for the 1!'"S major hybrid corn tests was announced today by the agronomy de-; Pennsylvania WPA project workcers, partment of the Nebraska college of . have made thorough investigations agriculture. j of specific cases as you citeJ The tests, most comprehensive to to r,y representative. In those cases be conducted in the state, will be con- vhcre the charpe3 have been found ducted on the following farms: truc disciplinary action has been tak- Miles Kelly. Verdon; Henry Boden,jen- Crete: F. J. Hild. Plattsmcuth; liar- vc Shaffer. North Bend; W. J. I.iudburg, Polk; K. F. Kiggenbach, Wisner: E. K. Ar.derron. Wausa and Wilbert Sundermau, Madison. Next fall "farmers will be invited t') attend meetings at those farms where they will inspect the relative v.ilue of each corn hybrid or variety. MUST KEEP CLOTHES ON KAXSAS CITY. Mo.. Mav 13 IT) -The night club dancers." who have i done their best to work without i hampcring clothes, will have to keep i ; little on in the future. That is j included in the new orders by thej state li'juoi inspectors and police. Your courtesy in phoning news to No. 6 is appreciated. SAYS CLAIM BASELESS BERLIN. May 14 (UP) An Am erican protest against a decree au thorizing the "utilization" of prop erty of Jews, foreign as well as Ger man, was '"completely baseless," the official news agency asserted today. It was the first time the agency has referred to the American protest, made May 9. The protest asserted that the decree was a violation of the United States-German treaty of friendship of 1923. "This claim is completely base less," the agency said. "In the article of the treaty in question Germany and the United States assured each other they would put each other's citizens on the same basis in pursuit of industry and trade as those of the country in question. According . to the (German) decree foreign Jews are not treated worse than domestic Jews." The agency rejected the argument that the American-German treaty for bids different treatment for different groups of citizens because of race. Mussolini Says the World Needs Armed Peace i Addresses 800.000 Cheering Italians and Scores Democracies for Their Opposition. i GENOA. May 14 (UP) Premier! in 'he AAA program. F.enito Mussolini told S70.000 wildly! "The regulations mean that farm cheering Italians todav that if the'trs must keep their wheat acreage democracies wanted to wage a war of ideas against dictatorships, the totalitarian states would close them selves into one bloc. His hearers, massed in Victory Square where he spoke from the thrusting gray prow of a model war- ship, thought that he referred to the ' on the crop harvested in 193St al United States when he said: j 'hough policies will be sold this sum- "The aims of our program are i rner. Premiums varying from 310 clear. We want peace, with everv-! one. Nazi Germany also wants peace. But this peace must be an armed peace. "We must .e prepared to defend this peace, especially when speeches such as those across the ocean are delivered. If the democracies want to make doctrinal war then total itarian states will cloe themselves into one bloc." It was recalled that Secretary of State Cordell Hull in a statement at Washington Thursday it was not a speech said that the United States would continue its policy of non recognition of Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. eports Some YPA Political Activity in East Harry L. Hopkins Finds Some Work ers in Pennsylvania Active But Reports Mostly Untrue. WASHINGTON, May II (UP) Works Progress Administrator Har ry L. Hopkins indicated todav that B. Kelly of the Philadelphia dem-i ocratic city committee, who charged the state democratic faction, con trolled by Sen. Joseph K. GufTev and Chairman John L. Lewis of the Com mittee for Industrial Organiation, with allegedly coercing WPA workers, he said : "In regards to your charges of pol itical activity in connection with j Hopkins did not cite the cases nor j did he specifically admit that coercion , of WPA workers had occurred. The i investigation to wh;ch he referred was requested cf President P.oosevelt by : Kelly. "For the major part i' find the specific instances v0u have cited are i untrue," he said. Ho added that many j j perscr.s claiming to have been dropped i from WPA rolls as a political rc- Fnsal "Wcre dropped because tl Wcrc inefficient or for other reas havin nothing to do wilh their they ons pol- itics. We can furnlsli you w'in Rub ber Stamps made to order at a price considerably bslow that you have been paying. Prompt service. If you need stamps, see us. Crop Insurance is Not a 'Get Rich' Scheme Nebraska Crop Insurance Supervisor Speaks Before Farmers Meet ing at Holdrgee. HOLDREGE, Neb.. May 13 (UP) Leroy K. Smith, Nebraska wheat farmer and regional crop insurance supervisor told a state meeting of farmers here today that the federal crop insurance program is not "a get rich quick scheme." "Crop in surance is a plan for distributing crop losses over a period of years so that the farmer need not take the jolt of a poor crop all at once," he said. "It offers farmers some protection against unavoidable losses which may wipe out a farmer in a single year. It offers them a means of keeping an interest in at least part of their pro duction until such time as it is need ed." j Farmers, grain men, bankers, land lords and tenants attended the meet ing which was held to launch the program in Nebraska. Other details of the crop insurance plan were ex plained by John Norton and E. L. Cawy. representatives of the federal crop insurance corporation. Smith asserted that the crop in surance regulations do not mean that in order to obtain insurance t every w heat farmer must participate reasonably within their allotments; otherwise one program would be .nullifying the other." Insurance applications are accept ed, however, only on farms where soil conservation practices are followed. Wheat insurance may be obtained to nusnei on low risK wneai lanu up to 2 to 3 bushels on high risk land will be paid in wheat or its cash equivalent. Officials said If wheat insurance proces successful the plan probably will be extended to corn and other crops. TJNIQ.TJE ADVERTISING STUNT At Louisville, the Chamber of Commerce is planning on sending an air mail letter to similar organiza tions in all of the other nine Louis villes in the United States. The let ters will be sent in the special ad vertising envelope that Editor D. C. Huffman has prepared for use in con nection with the direct flight from that point Thursday. May 3 9 the plane making Louisville its next and final stop en route back to Lincoln from this city. The envelopes there call attention to Louisville industries. At Nebras ka City the envelopes contain a pic ture of the remodeled Otoe county courthouse as the oldest Nebraska building still in use and represent that town as being the "bright spot in the white spot." The Plattsmouth envelopes, pre pared by the Journal and now being offered for sale at the Bates Book Store at 2c each or 3 for a nickel, recite the fact that "This air mail letter comes to you from the One and Only PLATTSMOUTH in the entire world" and is the first and probably the only direct t flight cancellation anyone will ever receive, since Platts mouth is so near to and ably served by the Omaha airport, without need for feeder line service. The story is further told of how from pioneer overland train and Missouri river steamboat days. Plattsmouth has kept pace with advancing transporta tion cycles and today, located at the cross roads of America on the King of Trails and Harding high ways, is served by three bus lines and two main line railroads . . . and leads the vanguard of all Nebraska cities by having dock and harbor facilities ready for the forthcoming return of Missouri river transporta tion. "DUST BOWL LISTER" TESTED MOLINE. 111. (UP) A machine known as a damming lister, de veloped to aid "dust bow!" faimers in their battle against wind erosion of top soil, is being tested here. It deeply furrows tt field and at inter vals scoops up a quantity of soil and deposits it in the trench to form a dam. 'BOX CF GOLD" IS BRASS CLEYELAND (IT)-Max Arno vitz, fruit store operator, paid 5340 to confidence men for a "box of gold" which he later discovered con tained only brass. The men said the bon was worth ?4 000. Subscribe for the Journal. FILES "NO CONTEST" LINCOLN, May 14 (UP) John A. Lawler, Hastings attorney and democratic candidate for attorney general in 1928 today entered a plea of no contest to a charjre of mis appropriating funds and was sen tenced to one year in jail by Federal Judg-e T C. Munjrcr. He was riven a month's leave, agreeing: to surrender to the United States marshal on or before June 13. He furnished $1,000 bail bond. The Hastings lawyer was indicted for allegedly mis-appropriating funds while guardian for John A. Utecht. incompetent World War veteran. On motion of government counsel 8 counts of the 12 count indictment were dismissed. Paul F. Good Lincoln attorney, ap peared in Lawler's behalf. Good said conversion of the $100 was charged in two counts and false guardianship reports to the veterans bureau in others. Fred Ilawxby, assistant U. S. district attorney stated a total of $10,347 was involved, but Good as serted declines in market values and other factors had decreased the am ount considerably below that sum. He said settlement had been made in full. Harvester King to W ed His Nurse Soon j Harold F. McCormick and Miss Adah Wilson to Marry in Los Angeles It Is Announced. CHICAGO. May 11 (UP) Harold F. McCormick, (it!, multimillionaire harvester king, and his nurse, Miss Adah Wilson, will be married in Los Angeles within a few weeks, his sec retary announced today. Miss Wilson, for several years con fidante and nurse to the late Jean Harlow, film star, has been attending McCormick in the Good Samaritan hospital, Los Angeles, where he is recovering from a heart attack. He is chairman of the board of the International Harvester Company. He has been divorced twice. His first wife, divorced in 1921. was the late Edith Rockefeller McCormick. His second wife was the opera singer, Mme. Ganna Walska. They were div orced in 1931. The marriage will b? Miss Wilson's first. She is 3i. McCormick's secretary, Mrs. Lil lian Martin, said plans for the cere mony had not been completed. She ?aid McCormick is nearly recovered and that the wedding will take place when he is dismissed, probably with in the next two weeks. "They have been friends for sev eral years," Mrs. Martin said. "Mr. McCormick went to Los Angeles ir the winter for the purpose of the Cal ifornia climate. He and Miss Wilsor met again, renewing an old friend ship, which grew into a devotion. "They were about to be married when Mr. McCormick's present ill ness came on. Their plans were post poned and they await his complete recovery to carry them out." ERIDES DISCOVER WAY , AND CONNECTICUT PAYS HARTFORD. Conn. (UP) The la bor department revealed today that the state has been helping young brides furnish their apartments and nothing can be done about it. Because the law prohibits many departments employing married wom en, the brides withheld news of their husband-taking until after the mar riage. Then, instead of quitting, they announced the event. Automatically, they were dis charged and immediately applied for unemployment compensation for 13 weeks. And, they got it. HELEN WINS MATCH LONDON, May 14 (UP) Mrs. Helen Wills Moody won the North London hard court tennis champion ship today by defeating Mrs. Yvonne Law of London 6-2, 7-5. Mrs. Law showed unexpected re sistance when sho carried the 7-time Wimbledon champion to extra games in the second set. In reaching the finals Mrs. Mood' had lost only 8 games in vanquishing 4 opponents. De Soto Qldsmobile 'PLYMOUTH' SALES AND SEE VICE Body & Fender Work Wrecker Service Used Cars at Lowest Prices R. V. Bryant Motor Go. Guy (Shorty) Lon, Salesman Labor Trouble in Bulge is Felt Over Michigan Plants Affected Total 37 During Six Week Period, Causing Hard ship for Thousands. DETROIT (UP) Labor trouble affected at least 37 Michigan j lants during the past six weeks, a survey shows, causing hardship for thou sands of persons and threatening privation to additional thousands. The number of workers directly involved in the various controversies was small in comparison to the num ber of persons indirectly affected. For example, 2,7 00 street car oper ators and platform men in Detroit staged a 33-hour trolley strike, forc ing 500,0 00 factory and office-bound workers to "thumb" rides or drive their own automobiles into congest ed areas to their jobs. List of Plants Affected A survey by United Press reveal ed the following plants have been involved in labor trouble during the past six weeks: Consumers Power Co., Saginaw. Detroit Street Railway. Bohn Aluminum and Brass Co., (eight plants'). Detroit. River Raisin Paper Co., Monroe. Michigan Steel Casting, Detroit. Detroit Molding Corp. Gar Wood Industries, (two plants), Detroit. P.riggs Manufacturing Co. Moving Van strike, Detroit. Federal Screw Corp., Detroit. Saginaw, Mich., Furniture Co. Ann Arbor Press, Ann Arbor. General Motors Corp., (three plants). Flint. Swedish Crucible Steel Co.. De troit. American Brass Co.. Detroit. Hulet Top and Body Co.. Detroit. Chrysler Corp.. Plymouth division. Detroit. Kelsey Hayes "Wheel Co.. Detroit. Budd Manufacturing Co., (two plants), Detroit. A. G. Redmond Co., Flint. Most serious of the difficulties were the Consumers Power company jand the Detroit Street Railway 'strikes. The power strike was called (April 1 by the Utility Workers Or ganizing committee, a C.I.O. unit, j Employes seized power plants and sub-stations in the Saginaw Valley. It was the third time within a year such a strike had been started. With the power supply for two thirds of lower Michigan threatened. Gov. Frank Murphy cut short a Flor ida vacation to return to Michigan and start peace negotiations. There were no power failures during the strike but 900 cities and towns were at the mercy of the strikers. The trouble was arbitrated through Mur phy's intercession. Two thousand workers were affected by the seizure. The street car strike in Detroit started over a seniority issue between street car and bus unions. For near ly two days not a street car left a car barn. Thousands of Detroit work ers unable to find accommodations on buses not affected by the strike were forced to hitch-hike to offices and plants. The strike involved 2,700 members fo the street car union. Workers Become Stockholders One of the most unusual strike settlements was completed between Gar Wood Industries, Inc., and the United Automobile Workers union. The company announced it would pay a 20 per cent annual dividend to its employes, making them stockholders in the firm. A new type of labor trouble oc curred at Flint when the Buick anu two Fisher Body plants were closed after the U.A.W. started a "dues drive," attempting to picket the Fish er plants and collect back union dues as unpaid members passed through the gates. The Buick plant was forced to close through lack of bodies when General Motors Corpor ation stopped operations at its two Fisher plants. Union officials agreed to stop the "dues drives" and after two days the plants were re-opened. A majority of the labor contro versies, ranging from sit-down and "slow down" strikes to lockouts, in volved only a small number of work ers. Many were settled with'n a day or two. May 15th IS OFFICIAL STRAW El AT DAY . ( and this is the official STRAW HAT Store in Plattsmouth. C . ( Many new styles await you all priced S within the range you Js can afford to pay. - WESCOTT'S 1 Since 1879 S DECLINES INVITATION OF COLORADO GOVERNOR. TRINIDAD. Colo.. May 13 (UP) Fred W. Winsor, Trinidad editor, in vitriolic terms today emphatically declined to kiss the foot of the gover nor of Colorado. Winsor yesterday took editorial exception to jokes that Gov. Teller Amnions had related at a stag ban quet last Saturday night. "The governor shocked a good many of our citizens by resorting to telling cf vile stories ..." yes terday's indignant opinion in the Trinidad Chronicle News read. The governor replied that he was sorry "if any woman in pants got into the banquet" and that "Winsor can kiss my foot." The editor sent his refusal in a formal letter to the governor that said, in part : "Your invitation to kiss your foot received, and my reply is if your feet are no cleaner than your tongue. Mr. Governor, I would be exposing myself to physical as well as moral leprosy by such indulgence." The governor said his foot kissing invitation to Editor Winsor still stood. Many View Total Eclipse of the Moon Plattsmouth Residents Who Lose j Sleep Enjoy a Fine View of Shadowed Moon. From Saturday's ra!!v The residents of the city who were up late or those who arose for the occasion, had the privilege of r fine view of the total eclipse of the moon early this morning. The eclipse began at 1:44 a. m. when the rim of the earth's shadow began closing over the moon's sur face, starting at the left side. At half eclipse, the upper section of the moon was in a deep red shadow. At totality at 2:18 when the earth passed between the sun and the moon, the entire surface loomed dully inside the rim. which remained intact because of the blending of the sun's rays. A FAMILY OF EAGLES At the meeting of the state aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Grand Island. Plattsmouth aerie was given special recognition by the fact that its membership there is a father and four sons. This group comprises William Kief and his sons. Franklin, Arthur, Louis and August, one of whom, Arthur, has served as the grand worthy president of Nebraska, and another. Franklin, is now worthy president of the local aerie. COUNTY COURT NOTES The motion for a rehearing in the case of Merle Long vs. Herman Folken, filed on Tuesday, was dis missed today. Settlement was made by the plaintiff of the amount of judgment. Petition for the probate of the last will and testament of Fred H. Gorder, was filed Wednesday afternoon. The will designates Minerva Gorder widow and Helen M. Gorder, daugh ter, as executrix. OLD SILVER COINS PLOWED UP BELGRADE (UP) Nikola Karan, a peasant, when ploughing his field near Slavonski Erod, found six ars full of old silver coins, dating from the 14th and l.'th centuries. A The seeds of Penny Cress have blown into Nebras ka with the dust storms of the past years. . As a result, pastures should be watched and this ob noxious weed cut at once. Milk and Cream having this flavor are worthless ! Piessc Watch Your Pasture HIGHEST PRIfE PAIH FOR CKEAM, Elit?S ami POI LTK1! PLATTSr.'OUTH CREAMERY Lcwsr Main St. Phone 94 Plan Drive to Aid Junior Drum Corps Effort to Give Financial Support to a Very Worth While Com munity Project. The American Legion Junior drum and bugle corps is in need of some financial support and to that end a committee of the American Legion and King Korn Klub are arranging to stage two money raising events to secure mu eh needed funds. The fust of these will be a tag day, held on Saturday, May 21st and at which time the city will be can vassed and all who can are asked to contribute what sums they may wish. This will be under the supervision cf Mrs. Otto Keck and the canvass be made by the Junior American Legion Auxiliary, a group of some twenty three girls. The tag day will be con tinued from morning on through the evening anu win leature a nigni parade by the drum corps. -The bake sale will be under the direction of Mrs. E. A. Webb, Legion Auxiliary president, and all of the ladies of the community will be so licited to aid in the sale, the pro ceeds being for the community drum and bugle corps. The drum and bugle corps have very generously responded to every request to participate in the civic ac tivities and their hard work and co operation has helped put over many community events. In Korn Klub fall festivals the drum corps is constantly on the job to help boost Plattsmouth. Any aid to the organization will ccr tainlv be well bestowed. DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT Mrs. Anna Mao Wooley, 77. a resident here for a number of years, occurred on Wednesday at an Omaha hospital where she has been for a shi,rt time. Mrs. "Wooley is an old resident of Nebraska and Omaha, coming to South Omaha in 1SSG with her husband. T. T. Maxwell, an early day reaT estate man of Omaha, v. ho preceded her in death in 1I05. She later was married to J. N. Wooley, at Van Burcn, Arkansas, and where sho resided for a number of years. At different times she has made her home in Plattsmouth and three years ago moved to Omaha where she has since resided, making her home at the Wellington hotel. Mrs. Wooley is survived by a daughter, who resides at Omaha and a son of Van Buren, Arkansas. CATHOLIC POPULATION UP NEW YORK, May 13 (UP) A Catholic population of 21,451,400, an increase of 492,320 for last year, for the United States Hawaiian Is lands and Alaska was reported in the official Catholic directory annual, released ' .day. The clergy totals 32, 6 OS, an .ncrease of 1,019 serving 1S.42S churches and missions and 4, 219 institutions. NOW OPERATING GARAGE Hamilton Mark of this city is now located at Fort Crook, where he has charge of a garage adjoining high way No. 75 near the Twin Gables. Mr:" Mark has the garaee in full operation and has been able to look after the needs of his patrons and friends. AIRMAIL WEEK Mmrj n nr across A Dramatic Serial THIS WEEK ONLY Monday thru Friday 10:I3 P.M. A thrilling, romantic love story ... kept alive by Air Mail. Hear it from OMAHA 1260 Kc LINCOLN 121C Kc AIRMAIL WEEK A POP1 POPS99 IffilL