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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1922)
| Government’s Way k of Accounting f . Arouses Dawes Failure to Hear of Postoffice Balance Sheet Brings At tack From Former Budget Director. Chicago. Dec. 21. — <By A p.)_ Bureaucrats are attempting to throt tle "a great reform” in the "sub merging'' of the balance sheet worked out for the Postoffice department by K. C. Furlow of New York, president of the Otis Elevator company, a year ago, In the opinion or Gen. Charles <}. Dawes, former director of the budget. The general expressed his opinion of the "disgraceful and arch aic system of government account ing” yesterday In commenting on the fact that he had heard nothing of the postolflce balance sheet, which he saId had been approved by Will llays. former postmaster general, since last June. , The matter could not be dismissed ns a "great fuss about nothing,” tho general declared In referrieg to a quoted remark attributed to Post master General Hubert Works In spe cial dispatches published here. Tho Chicago Association of Credit Men, which adopted resolutions ask ing the comptroller general, of tho Treasury department, under whose supervision the postofllce accounting is now carried on. to publish the Fur low balance sheet. Is awaiting a reply from Comptroller General McCarL The latter and Postmaster General 0 Work were absolved from blame by Gen. Dawes, who declared subordin ates were responsible for "chucking Into the Vpstepnper basket” the work of Mr. ^urlow and his assist-' ants. Christmas Soims Broadcast Cheer Father Flanagan's Boys and Holy Angles Choir Sing for Bee Concert. It wan a charming program which Father Flanagan’s boys and the Holy Angels choir sang Thursday evening for the Bee radio concert from sta tion WAAW. Christmas carols float ed out over the air bringing glad message to many hundreds over the state. The boys’ voices numbered 24, and they sang an old English "Chrtst mas Carol.” the German lullaby. "Si lent Night.” and "The Three Kings,” a picturesque French refrain. After the boys finished, the choir sang "O Tjittle Town of Bethlehem,’’ and the “First Noel,” and then for ♦ heir finale gave the beautiful "Adeste” with Mrs. P. D. Plnan, con tralto, M. J. Flanagan, tenor and J. A. Wlckert. bass, taking the solo parts > and the whole choir singing the chorus. Miss Winifred Traynor, organist and choir lender at the Church of the Holy Angles, accompanied the carols. Sho has been training the hoys at Father Flanagan's home for the last few weeks. Out ut the home on West Dodge where an excellent radio s^ has been Installed there were eager listeners who reported this morning that the music came through in delightfully clear style. Sparks Many amateurs like to hook up I heir own sets. They buy a lot of apparatus, a panel and other devices, then they solder up all the connec tions anil are surprised and disap pointed when they don’t get the re silts they expect. Try this: Instead of going ahead and hooking up per manently at once, uso some old cop per wire and experiment. Then If you don’t get satisfactory results, you can change your connections without feeling that you have been stun*,. In operating a crystal detector, it often occurs that a sensitive spot usually la lost with the least jar or shaking of the table. To keep a prop er balance, adjust your crystal de tector to the sensitive spot of recep tion. Drop some melted wax from the top of a battery onto the cover ing of the crystal detector. This means that the sensitive spot of the crystal must he covered. The detec tor will then be grease proof and can p not be knocked out of adjustment. Stockholders of Hotels in Wrangle Over Control 1 incoln, Dec. 22.—(Special.)—Stock holders of the Nebraska Building and Investment company had a long wrangle yesterday over the question of who is entitled to take part In the election or a new hoard of directors und finally named a committee to < heck proxies. This committee was Mill at work tonight and will report in the morning. Two factions are fighting for control, one that desires to confirm the receiver's sale to Eu gene Eppley of the lease on the Fon tenelle hotel, Omaha, and ownership of hotel* at Lincoln, Table Rock, Franklin, and Scottsbluff and the oth er to repudiate the entire deal. Near ly a thousand Nebraskans, many of them farmers, hold stock In the com pany. Falls City Man Injured in Automobile Wreck I alls City. N’etv, Dec. 22,—{Special.) —Dave Johndrow Is in the Falls Citf' hospital with his left shoulder broken and possible internal injuries as a result of his car going into ft ditch, when his brakes failed to work while going down a steep hill late at night. He was found unconscious, pinned underneath his car, and did not re gain his senses until 10 hours later. Xmas Pardons in Dublin. Dublin. Dec. 22.—A large number of Irish republicans held prisoner in Mount Joy prison will, it is under stood. be released at Christmas hav ing signed declaration of allegiance to the free state. For the remainder Co holiday parole will be granted. Sailors Save Woman from Fire in Smyrna T'lv.s'. <J ulxdr l^<yuvat^ [ Mrs. Juliet I.ouvar, who has just I returned to America, had been in Smyrna. Asia Minor, for nine months with her husband. On the | night of the fire, which destroyed | the city she was rescue!!' by sailors from the U. S. S. Simpson, with other American refugees, and spent two months in Athens before she could get passage home. Her most trill ing experience was sleeping in a graveyard the night before the Turks captured the city. f— Potato Raisers Plan for Future * _ Midwest Farmers Consider Decreased Acreage and s Better Marketing. Chicago, Dec. 22.—Decreased acreage, better marketing plans, in creased storage facilities and new markets are being considered by mid dle western farmers who lost money raising potatoes this year, according to a summary of the situation in five potato growing states. • Tfce five states, Michigan, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Minne sota, raised approximately 100,000,000 bushels of potatoes this year, hut re ports from most sections indicate the growers lost money. The reason is variously ascribed to overproduction, car shortage and lack of storage facilities. 20,000,000-Bushol Loss. Twelve rnllllon bushels of potatoes remained undug in tlio Red River valley of Minnesota alone, according to O. B. Jacobson, chairman of the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission. He blames the car short age. Nebraska farmers this year In creased their potato acreage from 102,000 to nearly 1X0,000, increased the yield per acre by four bushels, increased their total crop from 8,158, 458 bushels in 1921 to 11,058,310 bushels in 1922—and then found the increased crop was wortli $3,262,103 less than the smaller crop of the previous year. Value This Year $4,080,409. 4 Despite the increase a>f 3,500,000 bushels the crop this year was valued at but $4,080,409. Part of this years big crop will be fed to Nebraska hogs, and some re fnain undug in the fields. The farm price a year ago was 90 cents a bushel, this year, it is 35 cents. North Dakota farmers raised 20, 000,000 bushels tills year, an increase of 9,000.000 since 1921. At Minot a starch factory is planned to turn part o fthe crop into its principal by products. The present personnel of the Brazilian navy (*msists of about 13, 000 officers and men. =WOOD= Missouri'* Best Phone Atlantic 2700 Sunderland Bros. Co. A tested skin treatment If you want a remedy for skin trouble whose value has been provtn by many years of successful use,—if you want a treatment that thousands of doctors and druggists are daily pre scribing because they knorv its bene fkial results, —you will find it in Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap. Why not take the combined advice ol all theca wise medical men, end let Reainol make font akin well ? At all dmgfiita. Resinol Call ATlantic 8321 If at the last minute you . find you have forgotten some thing, call before 9 p. m. Saturday. ess-Nash Com Zffie Cfristmas Store for Sveryfiocty Late Delivery Every purchase made as late as Saturday will be de livered the same night. Last Day Special Prices on Christmas Merchandise Although we have had the greatest volume of Christmas busi ness that the store has ever known, our stocks still assure satis factory selection. In all departments, however, there are certain lines so badly broken that we cannot include them as regular stock—these we reduce to prices that will move them quickly. If you are fortunate in finding reduced merchandise that you need, you may confidently buy knowing that you are obtaining the usual Burgess-Nash value, no matter how low the price. % Gift Furniture V4 0ff A rare piece of furniture or a copy of an old masterpiece will make a gift to be admired and prized for many years to come. Here you have an op portunity to purchase just such a gift for one-fourth the original value. Gifts for the Home In Our Gift Shop at Reduced Prices Candles for the Yuletide Christmas time, as at no other time of the year, people fall back upon old customs and old observ ances. Foremost among these is the beautiful old legend of lighting the Christ Child on His way. * Candles seem synonymous with Christmas; for centuries their bright and cheery sputter have added much to the holiday spirit. We offer you the most complete assortment of Christmas candles west of Chicago. This includes all sizes and kinds of candles from tiny Christmas tree candles to those beautifully decorated for gifts. Great $1.00 Gift Table We have arranged a table of gifts that are both novel and new. Here you will find appropriate gifts for men and women at greatly reduced prices. Among these you will find waste paper baskets, Dresden doll heads, early American colored glass, unique bowls and vases, candlesticks, odd baskets, smokers’ articles and brass candlesticks with Christmas candles. Each, $1.00. Burge»«*N«ih Gift Shop—Fourth Floor Evening Dinner—75c 5:30 to 7:30 We will serve dinner in the Tea Room from Dee. llith to 23d. Menu for Saturday Consomme Princess* Wafers Roast Turkey, Dressing Giblet Gravy Cranberry Sauce * Baked Potato Creamed Onions Hot Rolls > Hot Mince Pi* Coffee Robert Cuscadcn’s Orchestra at the dinner hour. There will be afternoon tea dance. Tea Room—Seventh Floor Downstairs Store Cafeteria will serve from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. Cafeteria—Downstairs Store Fruit Cake : Plum Pudding Both may be purchased in our Tea Room and in our Cafeteria. The plum pudding is in its original mold, so that it may be steamed up to serve hot. Tea Room—Seventh Floor Cafeteria—Downetaire Store Saturday All Toy Books V2 Price Just the gifts the kiddies delight in finding on the tree or in the stocking. Burge«a<Na»h Book Shop—Main Floor All Our Toys Imported and Domestic • Electric Trains Dolls of All Kinds Mechanical Toys Doll Furniture Balls, Games Musical Instruments • At 25* Discount We offer every item in Toy town at one-fourth reduction, which means that you will now ^,be able to buy the toys you had thought you could not afford. Burf«M.Nash Toytown—Downstair* Stole / Two Great Groups of Mens Ties 25c - 65c Many of these have been selling for a much higherJr price—all are greatly reduced. Four-in-hands of ,flbmestic ' or imported silks in a wide variety of colors. This is an opportunity to purchase an assort ment of Christmas gifts. \ Burgest’Naah Men'* Shop—Main Floor » Our Entire Stock of Boxed Handkerchiefs i m I Handkerchiefs are, perhaps, the most com monly given gift, but attractively boxed, as these are, they are unusually welcome. Men’s large size fine linen hand- C#"| kerchiefs. Each .wUC Women’s initial linen handker- ^ Women’s embroidered linen handker- OP chiefs. Each .«OC Women’s linen footing trimmed hand- Cfk kerchiefs. Each. OUC Women’s hand embroidered linen handkerchiefs. Each.Ovv Women's, lawn handkerchiefs. /JC. Box of 3.OOC Boys’ Swiss lawn or silk handker- OP chiefs. 3 for.“3C Children's school handkerchiefs, C white and colors. Each. iJC Men’s fine quality silk handkerchiefs. QP Each. Men’s initialed handkerchiefs. 'TEf Kox of J.. .. / OC Women’s white and colored linen OC handkerchiefs. Each.49C Women’s white or colored Swiss em- QC broidered handkerchiefs. 3 for.. 5/OC Women's Swiss and lawn handker- QC chiefs, colored designs . «/3C Women’s linen han l'cerchiefs. Em-(hn broidered corners. llox of 3. ... »UU Children’s Handkerchiefs Swiss lawn or silk handkerchicfo, ng 2 for. £OC Embroidered handkerchiefs, white OC only. 4 for...!. <£DC Burgese-Naeti Handkerchief Shop—Main Floor i Women’s Felt Slippers A Special purchase enables us to offer these felt slippers at a greatly re duced price. Many colors and styles from which to choose. •\Tot all sizes in every style, but every size included from a to 8.* BurgcM-Nash—Downdaira Stole