THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1938.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTJBNAX
PAGE FIVE
Seek to Smooth
Out Differences
with Child Bride
Jo:ias S. Greene, 56, Seeks to Have
In-laws Aid in Reconciliation
With 14-Year-01d Bride.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 (UP)
CO year old Jonas S. Greene enter
tained his 49 year old father-in-law
today, urging im to straighten thing?,
out for him with his 14 year old bride.
Police had taken Greene's bride
Velma, from him and were threaten
ing to disolve his marriage if her
parents did not. Greene immediately
cent $125 to Velma's father, Edgar
Eobinson. an Illinois farmer, and
urged him to take the first airplane
for Los Angeles.
Much less precipitous and much
more judicious than "them young-uns"
Greene arrived leisurely by train last
night, and, shaking hands with his
son-in-law, clutching his corn cob pipe
in his free ' hand, allowed : "Sorry to
hear yer having trouble, Jonas."
Greene took Robinson to police
headquarters where the father as
sured juvenile authorities that he and
his wife had approved of the mar
riage and that if Velma was willing,
they would prefer that she continued
Doing Greene's wife. Authorities did
not make known at once what they
would do, and, pending their decision
Greene took his father-in-law to his
cuile in the Biltmore hctcl. Velma
was being held at Juvenile hall.
Robinson told reporters he was "sor
ry Jonas has gotten enter such a
stir in all the goin's-on," and said
he would "stay in town a spell until
things get a little more peaceable
'tween the young-uns." 1
"I came here to get my daughter,"
he said. "If she wants ter go home
with me, she can. I dont know what
she wants ter do and won't know
until I see her which I'll do as soon
as I can. But whether she goes home
or stays along with Jonas is up to
her."
He was informed his daughter had
tcld police Greene had given him $500
as a guarantee of her well-being.
"Tain't true," he said. "All he give
me was a five dollar bill fer two days
work I missed in the fuss of the wed
din'." (
Greene is a propertied , citizen of
Vickliffe, Ky. Police found a black
jack in his possession and charged
him with illegal possession of deadly
wea'pon.' He pleaded guilty and is
free on $500 bond pending a probation
hearing Dec. 7. He married Velma
at her parents' home near Tallu!a:
III., a year ago. The marriage was
never consummated, the girl told
authorities. She said, "I neve want
to see that old man again'
FINE POOL ROOM OPERATORS
OMAHA, Nov. 22 (UP) The last
cf 16 pool room operators charged
with violating an injunction prohibit
ing acceptance of bets cn-horse races
pleaded guiltv and were fined $100
each by District Judge John A Rinc
here today. Three of the 16 were
dismissed, two fined $1,000 each and
the others $109.
Those fined today were Tony Miloni
Fred Barnes, Jr.. and Linor Abrah
anison. Judge Rir:e next will hear the case
of 1G others against whom injunc
tions are sought and who are hailed
before him after the original injunc
tions had been issued. ' As a result of
the anti-book making activities began
by Attorney General Richard C.
Hunter, bcokmaking has practically
ceased in Omaha. Aside from a few
hand books it is virtually impossible
to make a bet sportsmen said.
MORE LINE MILEAGE
LINCOLN, Nov. 13 (UP) Word
of a ?G32,090 RE A allotment for con
struction of project 3 ana i of the
eastern Nebraska public power dis
trict was received today by Secretary
George W. Kline in a wire from Sen
ator Gecrge W. Norris' office at Wash
ington. The allocation will finance erection
cf 3-11.5 miles of rurtil electric iincr
in eastern sections of Otoe, Nemaha
end Cass counties, (projCwi 3) and
223 mile3 in Richardson and eastsrr
Pawnee counties (Prcject 4).
Robert Van Pelt, en attorney foi
the district said 720 miles of line
have been constructed and an ad
ditional 39 miles are under construc
tion. MANY DIE IN GALES
LONDON. Nov. 23 (UP) At least
six persons have bean .killed and
many injured in the worst gales of
the season, which swept the British
Ic'.es yesterday and today. Casual
ties were mostly frcm tailing ma
chinery and signs.
NEW POSTAGE RATE ON BOOKS
By proclamation or the president
a new postage rate on books has be
come effective. The new rate Is lc
per pound or fraction thereof, re
gardless of distance, and is a very
great reduction from the previous
rate. For example, under the old
rate the cost of mailing a . book
weighing approximately two pounds
from Plattsmouth to Chicago was
14c. Under the new rate the cost
would be 3c.
The new rate will be in effect be
tween the dates of Nov. 1, 1938 and
June 30, 1939, both dates inclusive,
subject to further extension after
that date upon action by congress.
Under postal laws and regulations
a book is defined as a cloth or paper
bound volume having 24 or more
pages, of which at least 22 are print
ed, and shall not contain ruled or
blank 'pages intended for records or
memoranda purposes, and' should not
contain advertising matter other
than incidental announcements of
books.
It is hoped that the new rate on
books will result in s. substantial re
duction in the prices of books to the
ultimate consumer, thus making
them more readily . available to a
larger number of our people. While
the lower rate will benefit readers
generally, it will be especially ad
vantageous to the many millions of
American people who live in rural
sections remote from both libraries
and book stores.
HUNT VICTIMS OF SLIDE
CASTRIES, St. Luci?. British West
Indies. Nov. 23 (UP) Rescue work
ers searched the debris in Poison
Ravine, nine miles from here today
for the bodies of victims of a moun
tain slide which buried a village and
killed at least 150 persons.
The workers feared new land slides
since heavy rains in the last three
weeks have loosened the mountain
sides. The large slid? occurred Mon
dayiight. The rescuers immediately
recovered 50 bodies but a new slide
reburied the dead and many of those
who were trying to extricate bodies.
ENGLISH LEADERS AT PARIS
LONDON, Nov. 23 (UP) Frime
Minister Chamberlain and Foreign
Secretary Viscount Halifax accom
panied by their wives left for Paris
today where they met with French
government officials to discuss press
ing European problems affecting both
nations. '
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ery, lowest prices. All sizes at the
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Qt-cSNAPSHOT CUIL
THANKSGIVING DAY
Thanksgiving snaps such as this are easy with any camera. You can tell
the whole story of Thanksgiving Day In pictures.
TpHANKSGIVING Day dinner ot-1 put on. Snap the guests as they ar
fers one of the year's best oppor
tunities for a series of story-telling
pictures. These pictures can be
taken easily, with any kind of cam
era, and they will occupy a proud
place in your snapshot album.
Most of the pictures will be Indoor
snapshots, and these are easy nowa
days. All the equipment you need
is two or three large photo bulbs
and some Inexpensive cardboard re
Sectors. Screw the photo bulbs into
bridge lamps, attach an extension
cord so the lamps can be moved
about easily, load your camera with
i fast panchromatic film of the super
type and you are all ready to Are
away.
Don't limit the pictures to the din
ner Itself. There 'is much more to
shoot. Start early. Get a picture of
Mother with her basket, bringing in
the Thanksgiving groceries or one
of the store delivery boy bringing
them la. Show the mixing of the
Thaoksjivinj cake and after it is
baked, take a picture as the icinz ii
Norse Voyage
to New World
Seems Proved
More 11th Century Relics in On
. tario Added to Evidence
Sold to Museum.
SAULT, STE. MARIE, Ont. (UP)
New evidence that Norse adven
turers discovered the North Ameri
can continent centuries before Chris
topher Columbus crossed the ocean
has been found in Northwestern On
tario, J. W. Curran, Sault publisher,
said in a story in his newspaper, the
Daily Star.
Curran was one of a group of three
investigators who investigated the
discovery of three Norse weapons
dating back to the 11th century near
Beardmore, in Northwestern Ontario,
in 1931, and he said he was prepared
to report that relics were actually
found there.
Relics Sold to Museum
The Norse weapons were round by
James E. Dodd, Port Arthur railway
worker and amateur prospector,
while he was searching for gold. He
sold them to the Royal Ontario Mu
seum in 1935. Since then it has been
proved that the relic; are genuine
11th cer-tury Norse weapons, but the
assertion that they were found in
Ontario has been disputed.
Curran declares that other relics
have been found and that important
evidence that Norse sailors were the
first white men to set foqt on North
America will be made public soon.
"There is no question in my mind
but that he (Dodd) found the Norse
relics where he says he did," Curran
wrote.
More Discoveries Made
"There are Important facts, to be
revealed in due time, which will
heighten very greatly the interest in
the episode and widen its signifi
cance. The evidence concerning these
now is being gathered with care.
More than the museum's three pieces
have been unearthed."
Curran, who is a supporter of the
theory that the "white Indians" liv
ing in the James Bay area of North
Canada are descendants of Norse sail
ors, said the evidence he refers to
may prove that the Norse adven
turers traveling via James Bay route,
came to Ontario 400 years before
Columbus crossed the Atlantic.
While Dodd's story that he found
the relics at Beardmore is under in
vestigation, the spot where he says
he found them will be protected by
a temporary wooden structure.
Daily Journal. 15c per week.
rive. Catch a snapshot of the turkey
as It is taken steaming from the
oven, nested in golden-brown pota
toes. These preparations make re
markably interesting pictures so
don't miss a detail!
At dinner, you will be pretty busy
with tood but it's easy to take a
few moments out now and then for
a snapshot, Keep the camera at
hand, and arrange your lights so
they can be placed quickly and
snapped on. You'll want a picture of
the whole table, with everyone
seated, Just before dinner begins.
Then there- are individual shots
Billy admiring the turkey Ann
busy with an enormous "drumstick"
Uncle John cracking nuts.
You can easily see what a splendid
story there is to tell and there will
be many more picture chances than
those listed here. Better start mak
ing your plans, and let the family
help make up a list ot "must" snap,
shots. It will be fun tor them as well
as you. -
John van Gajlder.
PAJAMAS FOR DOGS
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (UP) Pa
jamas for dogs were the latest de
velopment of the fashion shows to
day. Lucky, a small terrier led by
Miss Jean Harrington, won the hon
ors at the review Of 12 debutantes
and their dogs. His pajamas were
blue and grey and ho also wore two
pairs fo rubbers which fashion de
crees for stylish dog? cn rainy days.
Most of the dogs modeled street
clothes.
Transportation
Congress Makes
Recommendat'ns
Would Relieve Carriers of Undistri
buted Profits Tax ; Also Abolish,
Government Barges.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UP) A
transportation conference considering
a rehabilitation program for railroads
recessed today after demanding that
the federal government sell its barge
lines to eliminate "7, 1-84 competi
tion" with railroads and truckers.
The conference, held under the
auspices of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, will meet again
before congress convenes to complete
its partially formed piogram. It re
ferred to subcommittees consideration
of revision of the rate making rule
and federal aid to distressed rail
roads. Attending the two-day conference
were representatives of shippers, in
vestors and of all forms of trans
portation. President J. J.' Pelley of the Asso
ciation of American Railroads attack
ed government operation of barge
lines and asserted that cheaper move
mentof midwestern grain and manu
factured products on the Mississippi
and Missouri had "Seriously affect
ed" many major railroads. He named
the Illinois Central, Southern, Mis
souri Pacific, Mobile & Ohio, Louis
ville & Nashville, and Gulf, Mobile
and Northern railroads.
The partial progrpiii recommend
ed by the conference includes:
1. Repeal of land-icrant statutes.
2. Relief of expense to railroads,
in excess of net deficit benefits to
them, for elimination of railroad
grade crossings and for reconstruc
tion of railroad bridges in connec
tion with navigation or flood control
projects.
3. Relief of carriers as well as
other business from undistributed
profits tar.
4. Disposal of federal barge lines
to private parties.
5. Avoidance of restrictive meas
ures such as train-length limit, excess-crew
laws, six-hour days, etc.
6. Amendment of railway labor act
to include public members in odd
numbers on adjustment boards so as
to insure disposition of each case in
the first instance, to authorize federal
court review of adjustment board de
cisions at the Instance of the rail
roads as now allowed employees, and
to place a limit upon the time with
in which claims can he presented.
7. Legislation for repealing the
present consolidation requirements
as to a comprehensive plan, balanced
systems, maintenance of all possible
competition and preservation of exist
ing trade channels.
8. Legislation to permit a carrier
and its stockholders and creditors to
secure approval by the interstate
commerce commission of an agreed
plan of reorganization which, when
so approved, may be made promptly
effective against small minority in
terests by a bankruptcy court, with
out the appointment of a trustee.
TO SIGN UP DEAN
CHICAGO. Nov. 22 (UP) Owner
Phil K. Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs
raid today that when player con
tracts for 1939 are sent out he will
offer pitcher Dizzy Dean substan
tialy the same salary he received
last year roughly 120,000.
Dean signed for approximately
$20,000 last season after he was
purchased from the St. Louis Car
dinals for 1185,000 cash and three
players.
Wrigley said Dean was "very satis
factory during the past season once
he was able to get in there and
work."
ASK AID OF PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, Nov. 2 -J (UP) Direc
tors of the Chicago , livestock ex
change appealed to Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace to use his iufluence
with President Roosevelt and Secre
tary of Labor Perkins to end a strike
which today caused complete cess
ation of trading ou the world's larg
est livestock market. - '
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Pall Descends
on Cleveland, the
Smokiest City
Annual Deposit of Soot Is
Pounds Per Capita Clean
ing Bill Large.
100
CLEVELAND, O. (UP) Fifty
thousand tons of soot float in the
atmosphere of this city of a million
100 pounds for each inhabitant
and the annual bill for the smoke
Is an estimated $10,000,000, a sur
vey shows.
Thus does Cleveland take, with a
shade of shame, the "distinction" of
being the smokiest city in America.
But WilHam D. Guion, building com
missioner, and the Works Progress
Administration are planning a thor
ough smoke-abatement program to
give back the title to Pittsburgh.
The WPA, under direction of C.
John Pendergast, combustion engi
neer, and Arthur E. Hutchinson, city
smoke expert, took u look at the
soot-filled atmosphere recently, con
ducted a survey and came up with
these figures:
Dry cleaning of soot stained
clothes alone costs $750,000 a year.
Extra bundles of laundry or ex
tra large washes attributable to
smoke cost $1,500,000 a year.
Extra cleaning of curtains and
draperies takes another $400,000 a
year from the collective family bud
get. And, to make matters worse, the
soot obscures the sun, nullifying
ultra-violet rays.
The $30,000 seven-month study in
cluded 3,516 observation of the
density of smoke from chimneys of
the city's 60,000 power and heating
plants. The smoke situation report
edly has grown steadily worse in the
last 10 years.
Nearly half of the observations re
vealed violations of the city smoke
ordinance, which at one time was
enforced by a smoke commissioner
who was perched in a high' office
building with binoculars and a watch
to study and time the smoke output
of industrial plants, schools, build
ings and other soot-producers.
In effect, the WPA reported, the
ordinance virtually has been ignored
in the last 10 years.
One of the dirtiest sections of the
city in September, produced 87.15 tons
of grime in insoluble solids such as
carbon, fly ash and ferrous oxide, it
was reported.
One surprising result of the sur
vey was that the district adjacent to
the Cuyahoga Valley and its steel
mills produced only 33.94 tons of
soot ih September as compared with
the 34.31 tons in a district compris
ing mostly apartment buildings.
Officials concluded that small fac
tories and apartment houses violate
the smoke ordinance more seriously
than big plants which employ tech
nical experts to make sure that fuel
is used efficiently, becauso exces
sively dense smoke results from in
complete combustion.
With these reports before him,
Guion already has launched a $240,
903 WPA project to find out what
makes smoke dense by inspecting all
heating, power and incinerator units
in the city.
When figures are available to show
the number of boiler3, size of stacks,
whether furnaces are stoked by hand
or automatically and what kind of
fuels are used throughout the city,
Guion plans:
To form a smoke-abatement' asso
ciation to enlist voluntary co-operation.
To launch an educational cam
paign to urge all smoke ordinance
violators to comply with thr law
and to show fuel useij the bert wijs
to avoid smoke.
To "streamline" present smoke
abatement legislation according to
needs dictated by the surveys' find
ings, give the city more definite po
lice power over ivolators and set up
a smoke abatement division of 10 to
15 officers instead of the three now
working.
HOLD AMERICAN CITIZEN
BERLIN, Nov. 18 (UP) Morris
Greentree, 49, an American Jew. born
at San Luis Obispo, Calif., and resi
dent of Germany since 1911, has been
in custody since last week, it was
learned today..
lie was arrested last week during
the ahti-semitic rioting. The American
consulate has been attempting to effect
his release since Monday.
Greentree was urrested in the build
ing of the firm by whom he was em
ployed. His sister, a german citizen,
asked Raymond H. Geist, acting con
sul general, to intervene.
Representations were made to the
police who promised to release Green
tree, but constant pressure bo far has
been ineffective.
CZECHS ESTABLISH GARRISONS
PRAGUE. Nov. 23 (UP) Military
garrisons have been established
along the Ruthenia frontier to pre- j
vent foreign oanas or terrorists irum
crossing the borders, the Ruthenian
minister told the press in an inter
view here today. He said terrorists
attempted to frighten the population
by destroying railroads and bridges
and were trying to create the im
pression that the accidents were per
petrated by the native population.
Scott Expects
Technocracy's
Rise in Decade
Leader of Theory Holds That United ;
States Soon Will Need
Scientific Plan
AKRON. O. (UP) Rule by sci
ence with hard labor, child labor,
and aged labor eliminated 13 the
goal of technocracy, and this goal
will be achieved within 10 years, be
lieves Howard Scott, leader of the
theory.
"Our following in Ohio has in
creased 1,000 per cent in the last
year, and in Canada, where Amer
ican plans for recovery seldom are
accepted, the plan has spread even
more rapidly," Scott said. "We be
lieve that in 10 years the country
will need scientific government so
badly that the people will be forced
to turn to technocracy."
Under the plan, only men between
the ages of 25 and 45 would work,
and these but four hours a day, four
days a week.
Labor to Disappear
"But there will be an abundance
of everything for everybody," the
technocrat leader said, "We foresee
a machine age greatly improved, and
no need for anyone really to labor to
produce the necessities or indeed the
luxuries of life."
Technocracy accepts members from
any walk of life "except those who
are members of political parties,"
Scott said.
Scott has been an exponent of
the plan ever since 1919 when a
group of engineers began an energy
survey of North Amciica.
"I got into the organization be
cause I was disgusted with the
stupidity and graft of the World
war," he said.
Under technocracy, while the ma
chine age would be improved greatly,
it would not take from man his
chance to work.
. Four Day, 16 Hour Week
"Man will begin his working life
at 25, will work a four-hour day four
days a week," Scott said, "for this
he will receive his share of the goods
produced by the nation's machinery
and our surveys indicate that each
man's share will amount to what
we now consider wes 1th."
At 45, a man's contract as a citi
zen would be ended, und he would
retire, enjoying his leisure time
still receiving an abundance.
"There will be a huge construc
tion job ahead of us when we come
to power," the engineer said. "It is
that which will give the improved
mechanized world plenty to do. The
present price system will vanish,
and the political regime wiU go. The
medium of distribution will be
changed radically."
Scott has been the leader of tech
nocracy clnce 1933.
MAKES GOOD RECORD
LINCOLN. Nov. 22 (UP) The Ne
barska highway safety patrol on its
first anniversary today reported the
si'ving of S4 lives fer the first ten
months of 1938 compared with the
same period last year.
Captain R. F. Weller raid there
were 1S8 fatalities during this period
as against 272 a year ago. The traf
fic toll reduction amounted to 30.9
per cent. Based on an 11-month com
parison beginning December 1, the
decline aggregated 20.4 per cent. Ar
rests numbered 2,69$ during the
year and fines totaled $26,124. Some
7,824 violation cards were issuecLto
drivers and 27 stolen cars were re
covered. FIREMEN GET TO KNOW
HABITUAL BED SMOKER
PITTSBURG, Cal. (UP) The first
time Herman Pynaman, 50, went to
sleep in a hotel with n lighted cig
arette and caused firemen to make
a hurried run to save him, they went
to considerable trouble to do their
full duty.
However, when he did the same
thiug a couple of weeks later, thc-y
took the affair morj nonchalantly.
They poured a pitcher of water on
the bed, opened the window to let
the smoke out. and departed with
out even awakening him.
IEnfant Plan
of 1791 Reality
in Capital Now
Magnificent Mall 'Gives Impressive
Vista to Washington War
Delayed Planning.
WASHINGTON (UP) Major
Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791 plan
ned a magnificent Mill across the
heart of Washington as the cardinal
feature in his landscape program for
the Federal City, and his once in-
J credible dream has first been realized
in recent weeks.
Autr.mn sightseers al the capltol
have been stirred by the splendid
clear vista of broad lawn parkway
stretching without interruption from
the heroic equestrian statue of Gen
eral Grant to the tall bare shaft of
the Washington Monument, but few
have known that this rare scene was
born nearly a century and a half
ago when the noted Frenchman de
livered his "Grand Plan" to George
Washington.
L'Enfant, enamored of the Ver
sailles Gardens, had conceived as a
central figure of his pl:n a broad cen
tral parked "axis" running from the
Capitol to a projected Washington
equestrian monument. Great spaces
and limitless vistas were character
istic cf hi3 program, uhlch was ac
cepted by the nation':' founder, but
soon lost to view in the swiftly chang
ing tity. Paragraph II provided for
"A Grand Avenue, 400 feet In
breadth, and about a mile in length,
bordered with gardens, ending In
slope from the houses on each side."
War Delayed Planning
Many buildings obtruded upon the
great Mall "axis" whn Pierre L'En
fant's plan after long neglect was
resurrected by the McMillan commis
sion in 1900. Despite the early 20th
century effort to revive the original
scheme, many pieces of structural
"junk" known aa "temporary build
ings" were Imposed upon the Mall
during the World war. It is only
this fall that the last of these save
one, not directly in the line of vis
ion, has been removed. Meanwhile
the entire Mall area has been bor
dered by magnificent parallel ave
nues, planted with gi;tss, and deliv
ered to the public for posterity ver
dict. iu. in these snappy fall days, visitors
on the stately western porches and
marble stairways of the Capitol are
enchanted by the magnificent spec
tacle Btretching away to the Wash
ington Monument, the Lincoln Mem
orial, and in the haze beyond the
blue-rimmed Virginia hills.
There is a sense r4 power releas
ed in the spectacle, confirmed by the
continual ra-a-tat-tut of the rivet
hammers on the steel frame of the
nearby Mellon Art Gallery now un
der construction. Oft to the south
west, the guides point out, are the
buildings of the agricultural depart-ur-nt
largest office structures in
the entire world. Dorderlng the Mall
at the Capitol end is ;iie sun-furbished
glass top of the Bo ankal Gardens.
General Meade, of Gettysburg fame.
ha3 barely escaped isolation in a
small grove toward Pennsylvania
Avenue.
The Mall is paralleled by avenues
and criss-crossed by c ;ty streets, and
to a distant spectator the automo
bile traffic makes an ever-moving
"grid" which givc-s life to the pano
ramic parkway.
The entire western vicinity of the
Capitol has changed iiuodibly in the
last few years. GoiK' are long rows
cf small brick houses, gone are book
shops on Pennsylvania Avenue once
frequented by ongr3incn, gone Is
a newer location in Chinatown. New
and modern are the huge filling-stations,
the parking lets; the "big
ger and better" Pennsylvania Ave
nue with its colosxal mile of marble
and granite building? which "old
timers" here have scarcely learned
to identify.
Yet there is a notable inconsis
tency In the stene; the bronzed God
doss of Liberty ou the Capitol Dome
still looks eastward to Anacostia
instead of toward thf vast and im
posing architectural array of modern
Washington.
WIN TRIP AWARD
LINCOLN. Nov. 22 ( UP) Twenty-eight
Nebraska 4-H club members
today were awarded a trip to Chi
cago for the national club congress
by the Northwestern and Rock Is
land railroads. State Club Leader
L. I. Frisble said the two railroads
have granted educational trips to
Chicago for several years to out
standing 4-H club members in coun
ties along their linc3. The Rock Is
land list included Mildred Schlap
hof of Cass county; Josephine Con
radt of Pawnee county and Naomi
Nemechek of Richardsou county.