INCREASE IN SMI TTY
WHEAT ALARMS EXTEttre
Geneva, Neb.. ' - » UP;- Tin
steady Increase in the percentage
of smutty wheat marketed each year
has resulted in agricultural author
ities regarding the situation ser
iously, according to Loe W. Thomp
son. county agent. Since 1922, the
percentage at the Omaha Grain Ex
change has increased continuousl'
and rapidly.
In checking this ever growing
evil, Thompson suggests a strenu
ous campaign. The trouble can be
ccnomically and easily prevented, he
said, it the growers will only take
care and time treating the seed.
Copper carbonate will prevent the
disease and is easily administered
at a cast of three to five cents a
bushel.
VETS’ HOSPITAL
NEEDS STATED
Proximity of Utilities May
Be Deciding Factor, Di
rector Declares
Lincoln, Neb., - ... (UP)
Nothlng definite has yet been done
toward establishing a veteran's hos
pital in Nebraska, a letter to the
United Press from Frank T. Hines
Maid. Hines is director of the vet
eran's bureau at Washington.
Requirements for the hospital site,
however, were outlined by Hines, In
the following statement:
"The general requirements for a
hospital site in Nebraska include an
area 100 to 200 acres, depending on
the topography and suitability of
the ground for building purposes.
"All general utilities, Including
gas, electricity, water, sewag, dis
posal, etc., are, of course, desirable,
and it is preferable that the site
be within a reasonable distant*
Irom a city or town, but this re
quirement is not essential provided
freight and passenger transporta
tion facilities are available.”
It recently was reported that the
hospital would also serve the states
bordering Nebraska. Hines indicated
that veterans from other states
would be sent to the hospital only
in case the capacity exceeded the
demand in this state. In this re
spect the letter said:
"The hospital will be essentially
for veterans of Nebraska. The de
gree to which other states may be
served will depend upon the extent
to which this hospital is used by
patients from Nebraska.”
EVEN DEPUTY SHERIFFS
AUTO NOT THIEF PROOF
Fremont, Feb., ... (UP)-'
Even a deputy sheriff's .ar Is not
safe from auto thieves here, as was
demonstrated a few days ago wnen
a car belonging to Russel Anderson
was taken from in front of the
courthouse. Believing his car to be
safe, Anderson had never locked it,
but he will change his ways, he
said.
DROUGHT HARMS CORN
IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., I (UP)—Ne
braska's chance for a record break
ing corn crop has been lessened by
continued dry weather, it was
learned from A. E. Anaerson, rea*
oral statistician. With the exception
of the extreme western portion, the
entire state is badly in need of rain.
From 15 to 20 per cent, of the to
tal crop is suffering, Anderson
said.
In central and north central Ne
braska the situation is said to be ex
ceptionally bad. The district has had
little moisture for more than a
month. About 50 per cent, of the
crop there has burned. It was said.
NAYS CRASH RUINED FILM
HOPES, SUES FOR $50,420
Lyons. Neb., _ _ (Special)—
Doris Kennard. former resident of
Lyons, now of Los Angeles, is suing
Harry Thornburg and the Illinois
Electric company for $50,420 for In
juries suffered in an automobile ac
cident on the west coast March 3
She alleges that her film aspira
tions were ruined as a result of the
accident, in which she suffered scars
on her forehead. She was riding in
an auto driven by Roscoe Jenkins,
when a car driven by Thornburg
and belonging to the electric com
pany crashed into it. The girl, who
is attractive, declared she had re
ceived offers from many movmr
picture producers but now cannot
accept them because of the scars
on her forehead. Ciliion E. Sale, one
of her companions on the ride, is
suing the same defendant for $102,
123. He was taken into court on a
ftrctcher and. it is said, may be
paralyzed for life.
OMAHA WOMAN ATTFMPTS
THIRD TIME TO KILL SELF
Omaha, Neb., <UP>— For
the third time in a few months. Mrs
Antoinette Clifton attempted self
destruction here Tuesday. Prompt
medical attention saved her life af
ter she had taken a small quantity
of poison. Disappearance of her
daughtrr. Mrs. Margaret Wondra, 22
years old. led to the attempts. On
each occasion, Mrs. Wondra was
found living with her husband.
BEATRICE "Y” BUILDING
REMODELED FOR $30,000
Beatrice, Neb., <UP> —
Remodeling work on the Y. M. C.
A. building here virtually has been
completed, and the building is said
to be one of the finest in the
country In cities of equal size
About $30,000 has been spent on
remodeling. The completely
equipped gymnasium is large enough
to stage indoor track meets and the
•trimming pool has a balcony with
• •eating capaaiiy of 300.
TWO NABBED ON
BOOZE CHARGE
Former Enforcement Offi
cer and Bootleg Queen
Held at Lincoln
Lincoln. Neb., <UP)
fiarl Hannings and Louise Vinci*
querra, wanted at M'Cook and
Benkelman on liquor charges were
arrested this afteroon by Sheriff Q.
R. Hanson of Holdredge. Word to
this effect was received by State
Sheriff Condit. The sheriff searched
the car for liquor and found none
but discovered a gun under the seat
and decided to hold the pair.
Hanning is a farmer policeman
and law enforcement agent of Lin
coln and Mrs. Vinciquerra used to
call herself queen of Omaha bootleg
gers.
TRANSMISSION LINE IN
KEARNEY COUNTY O. K.’D
Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—The
state railway commission authorized
the Western Public Service com
pany. of Scottsbluff Wednesday to
construct a transmission line in
Kearney county.
DISABLED VETERANS GATHER
AT LINCOLN FOR CONVENTION
Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—
Delegates to the annual convention
of the disabled veterans of the
World war were arriving here Wed
nesday. The convention opened
Wednesday night. More than 300
men were expected to attend the
meetings, which will be continued
Thursday and Friday.
FRATERNITY BOYS DEFY
LINCOLN ZONING LAWS
Lincoln, Neb., ~ (UP)—
There's a zoning ordinance In Lin
coln against fraternity houses In
the residential district. The boys
of Alpha Sigma Phi were willing
to give it a try. So they moved
into the exclusive district under
cover of darkness.
Wednesday legal proceedings were
started by the city to force the
"fiat” from the large house it has
leased.
The house was rented to the
chapter Tuesday, the legal petition
said. The city planned immediate
action but the fraternity represent
atives sensed there would be trouble
so they performed the moving oper
ation in the middle of the nrgns.
"Possession is nine points of the
law,” said one.
NEBRASKA SOCIALISTS
PUT UP STATE TICKET
Omaha, Neb., * (UP)—A
state ticket was put in the field
by socialists meeting here last
night. Neal Nye, of Pender, was
nominated for governor; Sam Lern
er. of Omaha, lieutenant governor
and Mrs. Eva Travis, of Omaha,
secretary of state.
The nominations came after a
speech by Norman Thomas of Now’
York, the party’s candidate for
president. The meeting endorsed
Thomas and elected the following
presidential electors, whose names
v.ill go on the Nebraska ballot:
John Leidy. of Plattsmouth; Harold
Hester, of Red Cloud, and Warren
Campbell, Dr. Harold Gifford. Mrs.
Eva Travis, L. Wltken and Max
Selicow, of Omaha.
To re-establish the partv in Ne
braka a mass convention of 500 per
sons must act. Plans were made
for circulating of petitions to se
cure the necessary number of sig
natures to place the party nom- *
inees before the secretary of state
lOV.'A COOL MINER CAN’T
STAND NEBRASKA HEAT
Nebraska City, Neb..
(UP)—The harvest field is a poor
place for a coal miner, according
to Morris Hallev, 40 years old, for
mer coal miner, who worked for a
few’ days in the harvest fields near
here. Halley became ill and started
back to Iowa. He was overcome
and spent the night on the Ne
braska City courthouse lawn, toe
weak to get assistance.
Halley told Sheriff Ryder that he
was born in West Virginia, brought
up os a miner and that his life had
been mostly spent under ground.
Sudden change in occupation, es
pecially in the harvest weather of
Nebraska, has affected his health
and he will be sent to a hospital in
Iowa.
IMIVAIW.HI WAK Vr.TKKANS
IIKAR NAXTONAL t.Y.ADEP
Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—M
W. Rice, national commander of the
Disabled War Veterans, was the
principal speaker on the program
of the annual convention of the vet
•rans that opened its second day
here today.
The convention started last n'.ghl
with a formal welcome and a re
oly. Commitees were appointed tc
report tonight. More than 300 vet
'rans were attending the meeting
\TKINSON. NEB.. PIONEER
WOMAN ANSWERS CALI
Atkinson. Neb., _ . (Special)
—Mrs. Lucien Enbody. 69 years
old, one of Holt county's earliest
pioneer women, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Heu
ton, here. Fifty years ago she came
to the county with her husband
settling on a homestead six miles
east of Atkinson.
NORFOLK PAIR HELD
ON STATUTORY CHARGL
Madison, Neb., • (Special)
—Mrs. Ella Shinkus, operator of a
Norfolk rooming house, and Charles
Berry. 40 years old. also of Norfolk
have been lodged in the county Jail
here, and bound over to the district
court, after entering pleas of not
guilty to a statutory charge. They
were arrested in a rooming house
at Norfolk. Mrs. Shinkus recently
filed a petition in district court,
asking for a divorce from her hus
band. Robert Shinkus. well km wi
farm* uear Battle Creek.
GUARANTEE FUND BODY
MAY GIVE MORE PUBLICITI
Lincoln, Neb.,__ (UP)—
The Nebraska Guarantee Fond com
mission meeting in executive session
here today, discussed publicity pro
cedure but took no action toward
changing the methods now employed
for placing commission activities be
fore the public.
The discussion was in connec
tion witn a general reworking of
rules of the commission. After the
meeting this morning it was pre
dicted the rule changes adopted will
be inconsequential.
The commission was scheduled to
elect officers late today. There ap
peared no question but that the
present officers will be chosen at
no change in salary.
DEATH FOLLOWS
DRINKING BOUT
Authorities Investigating
Tragedy Near Crofton,
Neb., Tuesday
Crofton, Neb., i . (Special)
—Joe Heilman, 45 years old, a
former farmer of Herrick town
ship was found dead In the road 14
miles northeast of Crofton.
Leonard Habiver and Heilman h*d
gone to Wedmore Island to visit
Nick Wedmore and it is alleged a
drinking party took place during
which Habiver and Heilman got in
to an argument and Heilman start
ed to walk home.
Habiver followed in the car and
while going up the hill leaving the
island he saw Heilmans body in
the road and it is supposed on ac
count of his condition was unable
to turn out so he tried to straddle
the body and dragged It some feet
causing Injuries which later caused
his death.
Habiver then deserted the car,
which was found near the body,
Tuesday morning, by A1 Eggers and
Louis Habiver. A Crofton physician
was called and ordered the men to
take Heilman’s body to the sheriff’s
office at Yankton where an inquest
was held.
Heilman leaves, besides his wife
and children, a number of other rel
atives in and around Crofton. Fun
eral services were held at the Im
manuel Conception church at
Beaver Creek at 9 o’clock this morn
ing.
NORFOLK FI R FARM
HAS CAPITAL OF $100,000
Lincoln, Neb.. (Special*
—The Norfolk Fur farm with a capi
tal stock of $100,000 has secured ap
proval of the secretary of state to
its articles of incorporation. It Is
owned by Frank Warner and Robert
E. and Hazel Drescoll. The com
pany is enclosing a quarter section
of iand in Madison county, upon
which it proposes to raise muskrats
for their furs. This animal forms
the bulk of the million dollar raw
fur trade yearly in Nebraska, and
its fur is bringing excellent prices.
The proposition has been thoroughly
investigated, and Is believed to pre
sent an opportunty for monv making
on a highly profitable scale. The
last legislature gave permission for
the formation of such companies,
and the success of this initial en
terprise on a large scale is expected
to be followed by similar farms in
favored localities.
NEBRASKA AUTOS ARE
CONSUMING MORE GASOLINE
Lincoln, Neb., .1 . . (Special)
—Nebraska owners of automobiles
are consuming more gasoline all the
time. Total collections for June were
booked to $306,000 today by the re
ceipt of checks for accounts overdue.
This is $46,000 more than was col
lected for the same month a year
aeo. Th'* fund now containing $460.
000. All unpaid road contracts the
work on which was done during the
winter have ueen paid, and the mon
ey is piling up, less maintenance
costs, to take care of about a million
dollars worth of new construction
contracts, which involve consider
able mileage in Pierce ar.d Madison
counties.
NEBRASKA ADVENTISTS
OPEN ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Lincoln. Neb.. _ (UP) —
The Nebraska conference of Sev
enth day adventists opened their
50th annual camp meeting here last
night with nearly 2,000 people at
tending.
S. G. Haughey of Grand Island,
presided at the opening session. In
cluded in the speakers were the fol
lowing group from the Washington
headquarters in the world's general
conference of Adventists: Rev. G.
W. Wells, Rev. J. T. Boettcher, Prof.
H. T. Elliott, and W. T. Burgan. Rev.
J. E. Saunders, a missionary from
India also was a speaker.
BOX Bl'TTE COUNTY TO
ADVERTISE IN EAST
Alliance, Neb., (UP)—
3ox Butte county win be widely ad
vertised in eastern newspapers this
fall, according to Secretary Jordan
of the Chamber of Commerce. Jor
dan recently made an airplane trip
over the county taking pictures at
large ranches of threshing opera
tions, crops, and exceptional live
stock.
The pictures are to be used in
publicity matter sent out from the
Chamber of Commerce showing the
quality and quantity of agricultural
products of this county.
WAYNE TO PURCHASE
OIL BURNING ENGINE
Wayne, Neb., —Wayne’s
city council is asking bids on a new
oil burning generating engine for
the power plant here, the cost being
estimated at $54,360. The plant now
has two engines and they are Jus*,
sufficient to carry the load. The
new engine is needed for emergency
use and also to cut the cost of pro
duction.
The council made an additional
reduction in light rate for those who
pay bills before the 10th of each
month
Cracks (Jp Trans-Ocean Plane
Charles A. Levine, the playboy of aviation
(inset), caused the hearts of spectatori to skip
several beats when he landed his famous Bel
uuca monoplane Columbia in a fence at Cur
ftiwitoil
tis* Field with disastrous effects for both. The
above picture shows the wreckage, from which
the millionaire junk dealer emerged without
a scratch.
MivitmU
Rescued From Atlantic’s Clutches
Captain I'rank 1. Courtney, inset, and his
three companions, were forced down in mid
Atlantic while flying from the Azores to New
foundland, and were picked up after a long
(Internationa)
search by the S. S. Minnewaska. Their giant
seaplane was drifting helplessly and but for
their being in the steamship paths they wouli
have been lost.
Newsreel)
Engine Ride Thrills Amelia
*™~ ' ■1 ~~ ~ ..
\melia Earhart—“Lady Lindy"—got a thrill out of donning
iveralls and riding with the engineer of the Pennsylvania train
vhich bore her to New York from Pittsburgh. The trans
Atlantic aviatrix showed she could hardle a throttle as well as
i pilot’s “stick."
New Health Officer
Dr. Shirley Wynne, deputy in
the office of Health Commis«
sioner Louis 1. Harris of New
York City, who will take over
his chief s post on August 4.
Dr. Wynne has had long exper
ience in municipal health protn
lems.
(International Newrreel)
The Old “Mauler” in a New Role
Famous Rfder Passes
Mrs. Rosalie de la Mar Tou
saint Witcher, the 1'irst woman
circus bareback rider, who was
found dead in the house near
Batavia, N. Y., in which she
had lived the life of a recluse
for twenty-live years. In her
old age she earned her living
by telling fortunes and culti
vating a meagre garden.
Here is Jack Dempsey, alongside Graham McNamee, at the
Tunney-Heeney championship fight, somewhat bewildered, ap
parently, at playing the roje of spectator at a ring classic. It
was the first time he ever attended a heavyweight champion
ship battle as a mere customer. Dempsey picked Tunney to
win over ‘‘the old rock from down under ”
(IntarnaUMal N*viral)