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M’KELVIE MUM ABOUT FUTURE Declines to Talk About Resignation from Farm Board Lincoln, Neb. —<UP)—Declining tc comment on what bis plans may be in the future, S. R. MeKelvie, “grain member’’ of the federal farm board, arrived home Friday from Chicago. When asked whether he had a statement concerning the reports that he may resign from the farm board the first of June, MeKelvie said he had nothing to say. He in vited reporters to see him at his office Saturday morning if they wished to discuss anything with him. MeKelvie took the position on the farm board with the understanding it ts said, that he would be at lib erty to quit June 1, if he so desired There have been rumors that he might resign to be a republican candidate for United States sen ator from Nebraska but he merely answers these reports by saying he is out of politics while a member of the farm board. In a statement that was released from his office Thursday, MeKelvie flayed Senator George W. Norris for the “dishonest use’’ of parties in again seeking the republican nom ination for United States senator. CHARGE PAIR WITH DISARMING AN OFFICER Grand Island, Neb.—(UP)—Two persons, who gave their names as Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Murphy, of Omaha, are being held here on charges that they are the persons who, February 12, escaped from Of ficer George Brayton after holding the officer up at the point of a gun and taking his gun from him. The officer has identified positive ly the woman, police said, while he has partially identified the man. The woman, who gave her first name as Ruth, has been charged with as sault upon the officer by leveling a gun at him. The man has been charged with resisting arrest. The two were arrested after they were released from the county Jail following their posting bonds on an appeal of a conviction on liquor charges. FEAR LOWER GRAIN RATE WILL COME TOO LATE Lincoln, Neb—Hope for substant ial relief In the form of lower grain rates, which has been held by Ne braska faiTners since examiners for the Interstate commerce commission filed their preimlnary report sev eral months ago. Is rapidly dwindl ing as the wheat harvest approaches. Recommendations were contained In the examln* rs’ report which if tarried out in the final order of the Interstate commerce commission would mean a gain of a million or million and a half dollars to Ne braska farmers money which has heretofore been taken off the mar ket price to pay the cast of trans porting wheat to market. This report of the examiners was the culmination of more than five years’ Investigation launched, when Congress in 1925 passed the Hoch Smith resolution. The purpose oi thqt resolution was to determine whether agriculture was suffering because of an unequal system of transportation rates, and If so to work out and establish a new sys tem of computing rates w'hich would be more advantageous to the farm ing industry. When the examiners made their preliminary report, farmers were confident that the final order of the interstate commission could be drawn and put in operation before the present harvest got under way. Unless the rate making body is sues its order within another two weeks it is feared that there will not be sufficient time to put the new rates Into effect before the har vest is under way in the greater part of the wheat producing area. Nebraska farmers are particular ly interested by reason of the fact private of the 17th infantry at Fort that rates on °rain shipments from Nebraska are among the highest applying to any or the wheat pro ducing states FORT ( ROOK SOLDIER DIES FROM ACCIDENT WOUND Fort Crook, Neb.— —A charge from an automatic rifle, which struck him while he was scoring targets on a rifle range here re cently. Friday caused the death of Henry L. Smith, 23 years old, n Crook. Smith, a native of Harrisburg, Ark. was struck by a bullet which apparently riccocheted into the pit below the target after striking some metal on the target frame. Eigh teen men were on the firing line at the time, and army authorities do not knew who fired the fatal shot. Aboard of inquiry will Investigate the shooting, post authorities an nounced. Smith was transferred here rrom Fort Des Moines, Ia„ six months ago. NEW METHODIST CHURCH TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY Imperial. Neb. - (UP) — All day dedicatory services will be held here Sunday for the new Methodist Episcopal church, recently complet ed. SLEEPING SICKNESS CAUSE OF NORFOLK MAN’S DEATH Norfolk. Neb. —(UP)— Sleeping sickness caused the death of William Mcxley, an automobile accessory merchant, a coroner's Jury an nounced. Moxley died Thursday. RECEIVE TIP ON SLAYER Omaha Neb. — (UP) — The chase for the slcyer of Gene Livingston, alcohol and gambling gang leader received fresh impetus this week when police received several fresh tips, Chief of Police Psaunowski announces. Steve Maloney, former chief cf detectives, was the recipient of these tips. A man, who Maloney said he had befriended while on the police force, telephoned him that he knew the names of the slayers and knew where the gun which ended Liv ingston's career could be found. QUESTIONED ABOUT FUND HE IS TRYING TO RAISE Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—J. P. Lowe, Lincoln man who la endeavoring to raise funds to erect a "girl's na tional mission home” here, was tak en before Secretary E. M. Pollard of the department of public welfare to day by Captain of Detectives An derson to give an explanation of his project. Lowe said his plan was to erect ' a home where girls of all ages and occupations could live while away from home. He had in mind par ticularly students and business girls After establishing a home here, he would expand the organization to erect a similar institution in every state in the union. His subscription "force” consists of three young women. Wednesday they turned in reports showing that their subscriptions during the day amounted to 90 cents. Complaint* against the project reached Captain Anderson from the community chest, he said, so he took Lowe to Pollard’s office. Secre tary Pollard explained there is no law to prevent the raising of funds for such an institution, nor is there anything to prevent its operation under the present statutes. MAKES PRIMARY ELECTION CALL Liovernor or (Nebraska Is sues Proclamation Settinr August 12, as Date Lincoln, Neb. —(UP)— Governor Arthur J. Weaver issued a procla mation Thursday announcing that a primary election has been called for August 52, 1930 in the state of Nebraska. The nominees to be named are: A candidate for United States sen ator by each political party; one candidate for congressman for each of the six congressional districts in the state; efich political party to name one candidate for the state of fices of governor, lieutenant gov ernor, secretary of state, auditor, commissioner of public lands and buildings, slate treasurer, railway commissioner, state senator from each of the S3 state senatorial dis tricts, state representatives from each of the 100 state representative districts. On the non-political slate, there are to be nominated two candidates from each < f the three odd-num bered supreme court districts for Judge of the supreme court; two candidates for state superintendent; two candidates for the board of re gents of the state university in dis tricts No. 1 and No. 2. Candidates are to be nominated also for the various county offices to be filled at the general election in November. WAYNE CASE IN SUPREME COURT Echo of Land Price Boom Heard in Argument at Lincoln Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The su preme court heard arguments in the case from Wayne county where a farm was sold by Stephen Auker to satisfy a deficiency Judgment se cured In a foreclosure suit against Richard Ritze. Auker had sold land to Ritze dur ing a boom period and the bottom had fallen out of the market, leav ing some of the accounts unsettled. At the time of the sale to collect the Judgment, the title to the prop erty rested in Ritze’s children who contend that the sale was invalid, that the land belonged to them, and since they were in possession the court had no right to take the property without a trial by jury. This is the second time the case has been before the supreme court. OFFER REWARD FOR ARREST WRONGDOERS Morrill, Neb.—(Special)—A cash reward of $100 has been offered by the school board of District No. 47. Sioux county, for the apprehension of persons who broke into the school building, tore a large flag from the wall, tramped it on the floor, took records and papers from the desks of two teachers and took papers and books from desks and strewed them about the building. Ink and paste bottles were emptied on the floor and window boxes were emp ties over the rooms. The state and county fair exhibits on which pu pils had been working were de stroyed. Obscene language was writ ten on the blackboard. OMAHA STOCK EXCHANGE TO OPEN FRIDAY Omaha, Neb.— (UP)—Trading on the Omaha Stock exchange which opens tomorrow will be limited to one hour a day for the pre' .-r.t, President F C. Bell announces. The exchange will be housed at Omaha Grain Exchange building. Trading hour will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a. n>. Forty one stocks will be listed. Charter members of the exchange will exceed 25. NEBRASKA TOWN TO HAVE DAYLIGHT TIME Scottsbluff, Neb. —(UP)— Clocks will be set ahead one hour in Scotts bluff at midnight Friday as day light saving time becomes effective under provisions of a resolution passed by the city council this week The daylight time will remain effec tive until midnight of the first Sun. day in September. Under this new plan, the time will be the same as central standard time. Instead of the s&m: as mountain standard time. INDIAN GIRLS STOOL PIGEONS Claim Federal Agents Em ployed Them to Trap Reservation ’Leggers Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— Municip. Judge George Holmes ordered ai investigation Monday, into a story of two Indian girls from the Omaha reservation at Walthill, who were arraigned before him on intoxica tion charges The girls, Bessie Others, 22 years old, and Betty Ann McCauley, 20 years old, declared they tasted their first liquor while acting as under cover agents for Indian agents who are trying to oust bootleggers from the reservation. The girls testified before a feder al grand Jury here last week and their testimony is said to have re sulted in secret indictments of sev eral alleged sellers of liquor to In dians. "It is a dastardly system that would make debauchees of these In dian girls,” Judge Holmes declared “It Is a contemptible, un-American practice." , The girls protested that they had never tasted liquor before their em ployment. They were picked up by policemen while on a party given them, they said, by white men whom they had met at federal building after they had testified. Judge Holmes turned them over to federal authorities and asked U. S. Marshal Cronin to investigate their stories. BIG STILL CAPTURED NEAR WALTHILL, NEB Walthill, Neb. — On complaint filed by County Attorney C. R Boughn, before Judge C. J. Mul laney, a search warrant was given to Constable U G. Austing, author izing search of the farm occupied by George A. Simpson, southeast ol . Walthill. Simpson was captured but at least two other men escaped in the timber and couldnot be traced The officers confiscated the largest still ever found in this part of the state, equipped with a com plete pressure burner, filters and all accessories. It was necessary to get the largest truck in town to transport the equipment from the farm. In addition, there were 10 barrels of mash, 600 pounds of sugar, 60 pounds of yeast, and a large quantity of bottles and containers The still had been set up in a tim bered canyon, where water was se cured from a spring. While it was thought that Simpson was not fi nancially able to own this elaborate equipment and ctock, he insisted it was his outfit and assumed full re sponsibility. CHARGES EXTRAVAGANCE IN OMAHA CITY AFFAIRS Omaha, Neb.— (UP)—Fire Com missioner Roy N. Towl, only non member of the city hall slate to be elected in city elections last month, threw the city council meeting into a turmoil Monday when he hinted that he may uncover vast extrava gances in expenditure of money for fire equipment. Towl asked that two men he had appointed to thoroughly investigate the fire department be placed per manently on the payroll. This was denied for the third time, only Commissioner Hopkins voting with Towl. Towl said his preliminary Investi gations had disclosed that his pred ecessors in office were paying re tail prices for gasoline, tires and other equipment which he plans to buy at wholesale. These purchases, he charged, were made to please friends of the city hall adminis tration. Towl said he may bring the fire department books into council chamber and make them public. “Then there'll be an explosion,” he said. “Bring them on,” said Mayor Metcalfe, “I like explosions.” FORMER SUBURB OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TO REINCORPORATE Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Residents of East Omaha, la., recently divorced from Council B’uffs, voted Monday, 171 to 124, to reincorporate the town under the name of Carter Lake, la. Included in the new town is the Carter Lake club, inhabited by sev eral hundred persons who make their living in Omaha. GIVES $2,000 FOR MEMORIAL TO I1IS SON Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— John A Both, Omaha, has donated $2,000 to Doane college at Crete as a me morial to his son, John Bath, Jr., who was drowned May 8 while can oeing on the Blue river near Crete. Young Bath was a freshman at the college. NAME REGENTS FOR MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITY Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—The follow ing persons were named regents of Municipal university by the board of education here Monday night. James E. Davidson, Edgar A. Baird Alvin E. Johnson, Wilson T. Gra ham. Paul T. Martin, Dr. W. L Shearwr, Mrs Harlan C. Fetters and F. T. B. Martin. The city will take over Omaha university and operate it as a municipal school this fall. IIARTINGTON TO IMPROVE STREETS AT EARLY DATE Harrington, Neb.— (Special) —At a meeting of the city council an or dinance was submitted and passed to improve the streets of the busi ness district with an application oi asphaltic oi) mtoed v.ith the gravel This preparation will give the ,'3wm streets In the business district sur faces that will be next to paved st eots. The ordinances have been p.:b ished and If there is no objec ti n on the part of property owner* h.d 3 will called for and work c tmmeneed after 20 day* hav« elapsed < LARGE -I’M TO DEPOSITORS OF CLOSED BANKS Lincoln, Neb.—(UP>—The sum of $647,783 05, the largest amount ever yet paid in one month, was paid as dividends to depositors of failed state banks during May. The new “step-up" plan for reimbursing de positor;;, enacted by the special ses sion of the legislature, was put into effect for the first time. Under it, depositors in 27 state banks who had previously received little or nothing, were paid a uniform amount of 8 per cent, amounting to $403,787.73. Regular dividends totaling $295,657.74 also were paid depositors in 11 other banks. PLAN HEARING RAIL CHANGES Commissioner to Be at Wayne to Look Into Omaha Road Proposal Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—Notice. are being sent to all the towns in terested that Commissioner Randall will be at Wayne, Thursday, and at 10 o’clock will begin a hearing on the application of the Minneapolis and Omaha railway company to make a number of changes in the class of service, changes in train schedules nd elimination of certain trains in that territory. Nearly all of these affect Sioux City service, and the company tells the commis sion that if permitted to make the changes asked for will be able to save $80,000 a year. The service af fected includes trains between Nor folk and Sioux City, Omaha to Sioux City, Wynot to Sioux City, Bloomfield to Wayne, and Crofton to Wayne. On Friday the commission will hear at its offices in Lincoln an application of the Union Pacific railroad company to eliminate the Sioux City rate as maximum rate on shipments to certain points in northeastern Nebraska. On Tuesday, June 3, Commis sioner Randall will be at Albion to hear the application of the Union Pacific to change the class of ser vice on the Albion branch out of Columbus from train to gas-elec tric service. WOMAN MADE DESPERATE ATTEMPT ON OWN LIFE Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— Alienists are examining Mrs. J. H. Piepgras, 47 years old, who Saturday night fought desperately with six police men who succeeded in foiling her attempt to kill herself after she had tossed lysol into her husband’s face, badly burning him. Final chapter of the thrilling drama was enacted on the sloping porch of the Piepgras home. After Piepgras had fled from the place, Mrs. Piepgras barricaded the doors and turned on six gas jets. Police battered down the cellar door upon arrival and shut off the gas in the basement. They then broke down a door leading to the first floor. As they entered Mrs. Piepgras ran upstairs, threw open a window and started to jump. Officer Butts barely had time to batter down the bedroom door and grasp her as she was about to leap. The woman carried a heavy ham mer with which she attempted to strike Butts on the head. Patrol Driver Marchant procured a ladder and scampered to the roof just in time to save Butts from being brained after half a dozen hammer blows had missed their mark. The Piepgras' were divorced last year but became reconciled a month ago. When he returned home Sat urday Piepgras said his wife com plained that a neighbor woman had telephoned and upbraided her for not going through another mar riage ceremony following the rec onciliation. She brooded over this and finally grabbed the lysol and threw it in his face. FATE OF OLD NEBRASKA COLLEGE AT STAKE Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— Board of trustees will meet Tuesday night to consider fate of Bellevue college, lo cated at Bellevue, south of here. The college, recently reopened through efforts of Dr. A. B. Mar shall and business men of Bellevue has been able to muster but 16 stu dents and owes about $3,200 in sal aries, it was said. The board of Christian education of the Presbyterian church holds several mortgages on the school, a denominational one, and amount of these mortgages is said to be great er than present valuation of the property. The Omaha-Bellevue airport cor poration has made the board an offer for building and grounds which may be accepted although it dees not cover full amount of bond- , ed indebtedness. CAUSES SELF DESTRUCTION Geneva, Neb.—(UP)—Worry over financial matters is blamed for the death of Miles Ohler, 30 years old, of near Fairmont, whose body was found on the Turkey creek bridge near Milligan Sunday. Near the body was found Ohler’* car, partially destroyed by fire. It was believed he set fire to the ma chine and then sent a shotgun charge into his head. The car and body were found by Mike Kubicek and the shotgun was found in the stream beneath the bridge. A coroner's jury decided Ohler took his own life. WATCHING GAS VOTE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS MONDAl Omaha Neb.—(UP)—Upon the re mit of the natural gas election in Council Bluffs Monday will depend ( wether or not Omaha will again vote on the gas issue this fall. Should Omaha’s sister city decisive ly defeat natural gas proposals no vote will be taken here for at leas' a year, it was learned. On the other hand, if naturr jas carries acrors the river its ad "ocatcs here will press for an im mediate clccticn. Omaha rejected the ptpedin gas by a 4 to 1 vote in IMS. 1 I MUST PAY FOR YOUTH’S LABOR Nebraska Supreme Court Holds Pierce County Farmer for $875 Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)—The su preme court affirmed a decision ol a jury in the Pierce county district court in which Harry Koehler was awarded $875 to pay for the work he did for an uncle. Henry Fleming, with whom he lived from the time he was 13 years old until he was 21. Fleming claimed that he had treated the boy as one of the fam ity, sending him to school, furnish ing his clothes and letting him use a car and said he owed the boy nothing since he acted in the place of a parent. It was held by the court that evi dence proved the boy was taken from school when he was 16 years old and worked as a hired hand, getting only board, room and the other appurtenances of such a job, and that Fleming had talked to Koehler’s guardian, indicating that he felt obliged to pay for the work. NEW BONDS ISSUED BY NEBRAKSA TOWNS Lincoln, Neb.— (Special)—Accord ing to a report issued bp Bond Ex aminer Ralph C. Lawrence, a total of $1,658,900 bonds were approved and registered in the state auditor's office in May of this year. Many of these were refunding bonds which represent a decrease in interest to municipalties. The Norfolk schoool district issued $225,000 and Fremont issued $100,000 4V* per cent refund ing bonds; Winnebago school dis trict issued $20,000 5 per cent re funding bonds in place of outstand ing bonds which bore interest at a higher rate. The list of payment of bonds was headed by North Bend, with $24,000, Norfolk being second with $11,000 of bonds paid. The list includes; Allen school district, $4, 000; Belgrade school district, $2,000; Ewing school district, $3,000; Fre mont, $1,000; Fremont school dis trict, $7,000; Fort Calhoun, $2,000; Hooper, $500; Humphrey, $1,000; Niobrara school district, $1,000; North Bend, $24,000; North Logan drainage district in Dixon and Ce dar counties, $2,000; Norfolk, $11, 000; Page school district, $1,000: Plainview, $2,200; Scribner school district, $3,000; Snyder, $3,000; Tild en school district, $7,000; Washing ton county rural schools, $1,000; Wausa, $800; Wausa school district, $1,000; Wayne, $1,000; Winnebago school district, $4,000. DEFEAT BOND ISSUE FOR FAIRBURY AIRPORT Fairbury, Neb.—(UP)—By a ma jority vote of 81, the proposition to issue bonds for a municipal airport was defeated at a special election here Tuesday. The Junior Chamber of Commerce and other civic organ izations had sponsored the proposed bond issue. --♦ ♦-— BURNED WHILE USING GASOLINE TO CLEAN CLOTHES Kearney, Neb.— (UP)—Mrs. Clara Grassmeyer and . her 10-year-old daughter, Bobette, are in a hospital here recovering from burns suffered in a gasoline fire. The two were burned late Tues day w'hen gasoline which Mrs. Grassmeyer was using for cleaning purposes, ignited. Hospital attend ants reported their condition as fa! Wednesday. PIONEER WOMAN DIES IN ALTO ACCIDENT O'Neill, Neb—(UP)—When the car in which she was riding over turned on a sharp turn near here Wednesday night, Mrs. R. T. Mor rison, of Hickman, 72 years old, a Lancaster county pioneer, was killed. Porter Beck, of Panama, was driving and was accompanied, be sides Mrs. Morrison, by his wife and Mr. Morrison. Mr. Morison is in a hospital here, having sustained injuries, the na ture of which has not been deter mined. While Mrs. Beck sustained cuts and bruises. FIREWORKS DISPLAY DESPITE CITY ORDINANCE Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Omaha is to have a fireworks display on the Fourth of July despite the ban placed on explosives last year by city council. But the display will be held at Ak-Sar-Ben race track, which is just outside the city lim its. It will be staged by the Fon tenelle Celebration association which in former years shot off a bril liant pyrotechnic display annually at Fontcnelle park. Police Commissioner Westergard, who as head of the fire department was father of the anti-fire crack er ordinance, has given orders to his men to squelch any attempt to sell the forbidden goods inside the city. EDISON TESTS TAKEN BY 3J NEBRASKA BOYS Lincoln, Neb. — '(UP) — What an Edison is supposed to know puz zled 32 Nebraska high school boys who took the Edison scholarship ex amination, Tuesday. LINCOLN MAN HEADS MASONIC GRAND LODGE Cmaha, Neb.—(UP)—Orville A Andrews, of Lincoln, Thursday be came grand master of Nebraska Masonic grand lodge. He succeeds Ira C. Freet of York, who held the position last year. John R. Tapster of North Band became deputy grand master. J. Dean Ringer, postmas ter cf Omaha, grand senior ward en, Edwin B. Johnston of Grand Is’and, grand junior warden and Lewis E. Smith of Omaha, will con [ tlnue as grand secretary. ANOTHER COUNTY SEAT EIGHT IN THE MAKING Curtis, Neb. — (UP) — Pointing outh that it would mean a saving in costs to taxpayers, those campaign ing for the removal of the Frontier county seat from Stockville to Cur tis have requested the county com missioners to put the matter ‘to vote at the August 12 primaries. B.v holding the county seat elec tion in connection with the regulai primary balloting instead of stag ing a special election, it is contend ed, the same officers who count the regular ballots can enumerate the votes on the county seat proposal. Citizens of both Curtis and Stock ville are fighting for the possession of the county seat and are seeking to enlist the support of friend* in their respective camps. It is ex pected that the decision, when reached will rest with a very nai row margin of voters. LENIENCY FOR AGENT OPPOSED Undercover Worker Not'' Faces 30 Days in the County Jail Nebraska City, Neb. — (UP) — Opposition to the granting of a commutation of sentence tc Frank Biggs, state under-cover agent who was sentenced to 30 days jail on conviction of giving a drink to one of his victims, is growing in Nebras ka City. Two county officials and one for mer district judge have declared their intention of appearing before the pardon board June 10 when Biggs presents his plea for commct tation. Biggs was arrestea nere alter Koy Bryant convicted of selling liquor on evidence supplied by the agent. He entered a complaint, charging that Biggs had given Bryant a drink and had taken a drink himself from the bottle used as evidence. Governor Arthur Weaver granted the agent a respite until he can ap pear before the pardon board to pre sent his case. The county officers who are to oppose the efforts of Biggs to se cure commutation are County At torney H. Heinke and County Judge J. M. Dierks. The former district judge is Paul Jessen, now a Nebras ka City attorney, who insisted the charge of giving away liquor be filed against Biggs. FAVOR BONDING FOR ROAD WORK Lincoln, Neb.—(UP>—Paver of tire issuance of county bonds to raise funds for future road construction was voiced by members of the Ne braska Good Roads association at a meeting here Tuesday night. It was proposed to submit the plan to the convention of the as sociation in Grand Island in Oc tober. Direct levy, increased auto registration fees, and state bond is sues were other plans discussed but not favored. State Engineer Roy Cochran told the association that the state is blackward in road improvement largely because the federal aid for 6.500 miles of graveling has besn expended. Future federal aid ap propriations, Federal Engineer Shoe maker explained, must go for pav ing. GOOD GUESSER WINS THRESHING MACHINE Stuart, Neb.—(Specal)—A thresh ing machine was won by Augupt Kaiser of Stuart for making the nearest guess as to the number of grain of wheat in a stack. Kaiser had subscribed early in the year to a thresherman’s magazinfe which conducted the contest. MARRIED BEFORE HE WENT TO REFORMATORY Columbus, Neb.—(Special)— Just before he left for the state reforma tory for men at Lincoln to serve a two-year term for hog stealing, Everett Kretz of Genoa and Miss Clara Smolinski of Genoa were mar ried by County Judge Gibbon at the courthouse. DODGE COUNTY BOY TOPS OMAHA CATTLE MARKET Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — Will H. Pfeiffer, youthful Dodge county feeder, topped the fat cattle market here Tuesday when he disposed of 19 head of finished Herefords aver aging 1,392 pounds at $13.50 per cwt It was the first time in more than a month that cattle__have sold this high on the Omaha market. HESSIAN FLY DAMAGE LESS THAN THOUGH! Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Damage to southeastern Nebraska winter wheat from the Hessian fly is not as bad as at first described, ac cording to a statement by A. E Anderson, agricultural statistician Conditions, he said, are much im proved and although the crop may not be so large as in former years damage will not be caused entirely by the fly. The second brood of the insect will be hatching in a short time. Anderson says, and it is impossible it this time to tell how far reaching its effects will be. PRISON TERMS FOR ENTICING GIRLS AWAY Friend, Neb.—(Special)— Charged with child stealing and kidnaping. Charles Cash, 24 years old, ano John Fisher, 25. both of White Cloud, Kan., were gven sentence:: of seven years of hard labor on each count by Judge Proudfit in dis trict court. The sentences will run concurrently. The men were arrested by Chief of Police Reed of Denver, nine days after they induced Cetia Honer, 14 ywaxa old. and Mae Shut la, 1«, to nm *ff wit* them