CABBAGE CROP
WAS GOOD ONE
Nebraska Farmer Demon
strates Corn Not All
He Can Grow
Benkelman, Neb.—(UP)—Sauer
kraut for an army could have been
made from the crop of 180 tons of
cabbage grown on the farm of
George N. Pringle, near here, this
year.
Pringle proved to surrounding
farmers that possibilities of west
ern Nebraska soil are being over
looked when he planted nine acres
to cabbage this year. His bank
books show a profit of $4,500 from
the crop, or an average Income from
each acre of $500.
Other reports of minor crop pro
ductions in the state during the last
season include that of Carl Smith,
Scottsbluff county farmer, who
planted 14 acres to beans after a
sugar beet crop had failed. Smith
showed receipts of $102.60 an acre,
and a clear profit of51 $15 an acre
after the cost of production had
been subtracted.
Various reports of profitable pro
duction of clover, alfalfa and blue
grass seed have been made.
CITE OFFICERS FOR
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)~Two police
officers, who killed robbers in gun
battles within the last month were
recommended for the police distin
guished service medal by the cita
tion committee Friday.
The officers are Detective Ray
Btrong, who was with Sgt. Fritz
Kruger when Kruger was shot and
killed by Fletcher Moore and Detec
tive Tony Francl. Moore died from
bullet wounds from the guns of
Strong and Kruger.
Francl killed Russell Smith, Ne
gro yeggman. who was robbing the
Union Outfitting company here.
Capt. Robert Munch, who captured
Clifford Lawson, Smith's partner,
also was cited for his work.
A dozen officers who helped cap
ture Chester Gore, Moore's part
ner at Fort Omaha, received com
mendations.
OBERT MAN SERIOUSLY
HURT IN AUTO SPILL
Obert, Neb. —(Special)— Ludwig
Nedergaard, cashier of the Farm
ers State bank here, was a victim
of an unusual accident. He was re
turning from a business call in the
country when his auto dropped into
a rut and turned over. He was
painfully cut about the face and
otherwise bruised. He was taken
to the hospital at Hartlngton, |
where several stitches were taken.
FARMERS DONATE WORK
IN GRAVELING ROAD
Hartington, Neb.—(Special)—The
farmers in the Bow Valley church
community have Just finished a
one-mile graveling project. The
farmers donate a certain amount of
work and the county pays for a ob -
tain portion of the expense. Frai
Thoene, owner of a gravel pit, do
nated the gravel for the project.
Scores of men and their teams
worker on the job several days.
About a year ago these farmers
completed a similar project. The
Hartington Chamber of Commerce
presented the gravtlers with cigars
after the completion of the work.
HARTINGTON DOCTOR
HURT IN ALTO CRASH
Hartington, Neb.—(Special)—At
torney B. Ready and his son, Dr. F.
L. Ready, miraculously escaped
death in an auto collision southeast
of this city. Dr. Ready had been
on a professional call to the coun
try and his father had accompanied
him for an auto ride. On the re
turn the car collided with an auto
parked on the road. The parked
car was owned by Conrad Hefner
of Coleridge, and the lights had
gone out. He was trying to repair
them when the crash happened.
The Ready car turned over and
both occupants suffered minor cufs
and bruises.
ISSUES STATE WARRANTS
FOR $2,145,045.73
Lincoln. Neb.—(UP) — Warrants
calling for payment of $2,145,045.73
from the state treasury were issued
by the state auditor’s office during
November. The sum was accounted
for in 11,925 state warrants.
Of the amount. $647,287 came
from the general fund for support
of the various branches of the state
government. There was paid out
$111,635 from the capitol fund; $34,
771 from the fish and game fund.
$872,700 from the gasoline tax fund
for road work, $256,648 from the
federal aid road fund and $5,214
from the motor vehicle registration
land. From the university cash fund,
$89,082 was paid out and $23,378 was
paid from the federal university
fund.
From the state hail fund, derived
from premiums paid by holders of
policies, there was paid $8,975 on ad
justed losses for the year.
VERTEBRAE DISLOCATED
Wlnside, Neb.—(Special)— Wil
liam Brune, Jr., 12 years old. son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Brune, suf
fered several dislocated vertebrae
at the base of his skull, one of
which was cracked, while playing
football, Monday afternoon. He
was taken to a Norfolk hospital
Monday night where he was put In
a cast.
WANTS COMMITTEE TO
MAKE HEALTH SURVEY
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP)—Formation
of an especially designated commit
tee or commission, to conduct a
study and survey of the entire
health question, is recommended as
the most important action that can
be taken in the interest of Nebraska
public health, in the report of Dr.
31. P. Bartholomew, director of the
public health bureau.
The report recommends a specific
educational program, established
within the bureau, for the purpose
of supplying accurate information
on health matters.
FIRE DAMAGES SEVERAL
CARS AND GARAGE
Crofton, Neb. — (Special) — A
new truck and several autos and
the building occupied by the C. M.
Bankett garage were badly damaged
by lire of unknown origin, Friday.
Carey Mitchel, garage mechanic,
sustained bad burns on the hands
and face.
HARD TO TRACE
HIS KIDNAPER
Fremont, Neb., Forced to
Drive Stranger to Albert,
Lea, Minn.
Fremont, Neb. — (Special) —Ef
fort to trace the kidnaper who com
pelled Paul Looschen to drive with
him to Albert Lea, Minn., will be
difficult and probably unsuccessful,
according to Sheriff W. A. Johnson,
owing to the fact that Looschen
failed to report the matter until he
returned to Fremont.
Looschen, who is a land appraiser
for a bank, said that his kidnaper
got in the car just outside of the
Fremont city limits, on highway No.
30, and rode with him to Elk Eity.
When Looschen told the man that
was as far as he was going, the
stranger told Looschen to drive on
until he got orders to stop. Looschen
kept going. *
When they reached Albert Lea,
the man got out and told Looschen
to hurry home. Then he relieved
Looschen of $21 and disappeared.
Looschen drove back to Fremont,
without stopping except for gasoline.
CONSUMERS WARNED
ABOUT STORAGE EGGS
Lincoln, Neb. — Nebraska egg
consumers were urged Saturday by
O. V. McCracken, head of the pure
food department of the state, to
guard against the substitution of
cold storage for fresh eggs in mak
ing purchases.
Investigation over the state, he
said, revealed that numerous groc
ers were marketing cold storage
eggs in that manner.
“Fresh eggs are scarce this time
of the year, and should sell for more
than cold storage eggs. Good storage
eggs, however, are a wholesome food
and contrary to the opinion of many
they have not been in storage for
more than one year,” McCracken
stated, explaining the Nebraska
laws forbid the holding of eggs long
er than 12 months.
Purchasers he said, should insist
that they know whether they are
i buying a fresh egg or a cold storage
egg.
Mr. McCracken called attention to
the candling law that compels the
inspection of eggs the year around
with the exception of January, Feb
ruary, March and April. Household
ers also should carefully scrutinize
advertisements and should not be
misled by statements that “top qual
ity eggs” are always “fresh country
eggs.” _
NEW PRIEST FOR
MENOMINE PARISH
Crofton, Neb. — (Special) —Rev.
Father Francis Werthman, of Oma
ha, has bctn assigned to succeed
Rev. Father H. J. Buerger at Meno
mine, Neb. He was transferred from
Beemer, Neb
WIDOW HELD FOR
POISONING HUSBAND
Plattsmouth, Neb. — — Mrs.
Inez L. Weaver. 27 years old, was
arrested here Sunday on a warrant
charging her with first degree mur
der in the death of her husband,
George, 30 years old, at Ills home
Tuesday. Doctors reported that 15
grains of a poison had been found
in the dead man's stomach.
Mrs. Weaver pleaded not guilty.
She was taken to Omaha for safe
keeping. She refused to discuss the
case.
County officials said they had
traced two purchases of poison to
Mrs. Weaver, the first made Mon
day, the day her husband was
stricken at his work in the railroad
yards here, and the second the next
morning.
HARTINGTON MAN DIES,
WOUND SELF-INFLICTED
Hartlngton, Neb.—Wounded by
slugs from a shotgun which pene
trated his stomach, Louis Dickes,
28 years old, laborer, died in a hos
pital here Sunday. The Cedar coun
ty sheriff, after an investigation,
said that Dickes died of self-in
flicied wounds.
When Viola Dickes, 8 years old,
returned to her home, she found
her uncle lying in a pool of blood
which was flowing from a wound
in his stomach.
Neighbors of the Dickes family
took the man to a hospital, where
he died an hour later.
Dickes is survived by his parents,
widow, five brothers and a sister.
WAIIOO BANKERS TO
BE TRIED SECOND TIME
Seward, Neb. — (UP) — W. H.
Kirchman and J. M. Ohslund, for
mer Wahoo bankers, tried recently
here on charges growing out of the
closing of their banks in Saunders
county, will again be tried in Sew
ard county. The juries in both cases
were dismissed at the previous trial
when they were unable to reach a
verdict.
Judge H. D. Landis has set the
time for the second Kirchman trial
for January 25, while Ohslund is
scheduled to come before the court
again February 2
FARM BUREAU GETS
OFFICE IN COURT IlCUtfe
Fremont, Neb. — (Special) —Jus
tice court at the court house will
be done away with and the space
given to it will be taken by the
Dodge county farm bureau, tor its
agent and stenographer, after Jan
uary 20, according to Alfred Softley,
president. Applicants for the office
of farm bureau agent are numerous,
but the committee has narrowed the
list to three by a process of elimin
ation. It is expected to announce
the appointment of an agent this
week.
THIEF TOOK THEIR $20#
WORTH OF CHRISTMAS
Omaha, Neb—(UP)—It took Mr.
and Mrs. Frank J. Brady of Atkin
son, Neb., all Thursday morning
to do their Christmas shopping, but
it took a thief only a few minutes
to steal the $200 worth of gifts from
their car, parked in front of the
Live Stock Exchange early Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. Brady is former president of
the Izaak Walton league.
BAN COASTING
CITY STREETS
Omaha Police Commission
er Hopes to Prevent
Fatal Accidents
Omaha, Neb.—(UP)— There will
be no coasting on the streets or
sidewalks of the city of Omaha, Po
lice Commissioner Westergard de
clared Thursday, the first “coast
ing day” of the season, in an effort
to prevent fatal accidents.
Mr. Westergard will offer for
adoption to the city council Mon
day an ordinance making coasting
illegal. He will also make the sug
gestion that slides be constructed for
coasting in the city parks.
For several years “coasting zones”
have been placed throughout the
city with policemen on duty as “traf
fic” officers. Despite precaution,
there has been an average of five
deaths and 15 accidents from coast
ing collisions.
FARMER CO-OP
HAS BIG YEAR
Orleans, Neb.—(UP)— December
audits of the books of the Farmers
Equity Co-operative creamery here
reveal the organization has experi
enced its best year in 1930. The
creamery is among the largest of
its kind in the world.
The audit shows the plant turned
out 5,491,903 pounds of butter dur
ing the year and made a net profit
of $44,258 for its stockholders, a
majority of whom are farmers.
The output of the plant this year
was 500,000 pounds greater than for
last year, while general production
in the United States showed a 19
per cent decrease. Profits of the
concern were $7,000 greater than
last year, despite unfavorable mar
ket and price conditions.
During the 13 years of its exist
ence, the company has made a net
profit of $414,000. There are 30,000
stockholders in the company. A
large branch is operated at Denver
and a new $40,000 plant is now be
ing completed at Crawford.
TO CONTINUE DRILLING
ON OIL PROSPECT
Holdrege, Neb—(UP)—Drilling in
the August Bergman test oil well
will continue throughout the win
ter until one of three things is
reached—oil, gas or granite.
Announcement that the drilling
would be continued was made when
the drillers reached the contract
depth of 3,750 feet. The test is now
in lime, and the hole is bottomed
with a six and five eighths casing.
WALTON LEAGUE HONORS
ITS PAST PRESIDENTS
Lincoln, Neb. — iUP>— Two past
presidents of the Nebraska division,
Izaak Walton league, will be pre
sented with medals for ‘distin
guished service,” Nebraska directors
of the league have announced.
Prank Brady, of Atkinson, who
was president of the state organiza
tion for four years, and Dr. S. P.
Cresap, Nebraska City, immediate
past president, are the two desig
nated to be honored.
Presentation ceremonies for Brady
were held Wednesday night at a
dinner for sportsmen of southeast
ern Nebraska. Presentation services 1
for Cresap also were held but the
medal will be sent to him in Florida,
where he is now residing.
EXPLAINS OPPOSIT'ON
TO BANKER’S PARDON
Lincoln, Neb.—Attorney General
C. A. Sorensen explaining why he
declined to concur with other mem
bers of the state pardon board in
ordering the parole of Charles L.
Beebe, 60 years old, former Wake
field banker, from a one to 20-year
term for forgery after Beebe had
served about a year of his inde
terminate sentence, said, “I do not
believe that Beebe served sufficient
time for his crime to have his pun
ishment stand out as a lesson to
other bankers who may see fit to
break the law.
‘‘It doesn’t seem quite right to me
that the attorney general's depart
ment should be out one day seeking
the conviction of a dishonest bank
er and sitting the next day as a
member of the parole board voting
to release a defaulter who has
served only a short term for rob
bing the people who trusted him.”
FALL CAUSES DEATH
OMAHA BUSINESS MAN
Omaha, Neb.—William Reese, 69
years old, senior member of the firm
of Reese and Reepe, operators of a
neckwear establishment in the old
M. E. Smith building, died at St.
Catherine hospital after falling eight
stories down an elevator shaft in
the building Wednesday shortly aft
er 6 p. m. Death came at 7:56 p. m.
His skull was fractured, his left
arm and leg broken.
TILDEN MAN FACES
CHICKEN THEFT CHARGE
Tildcn, Neb.—Kenneth Moon, of
Tilden, was arrested by Marshal Roy
Ashburn, of Tilden, on a complaint
issued by County Attorney Hadley
Kelsey. It charged that Moon stoD
20 chickens from the Farmers Poul
try company of Tilden, valued at
$15.
The chickens were stolen Decem
ber 7. Moon pleaded not guilty,
waived preliminary hearing, ar.d
was bcund over to the district
court.
SLEEP WALKER
BADLY INJURED
Has Both Bones in Leg
Fractured, But Didn’t
Know It
Norfolk. Neb. — (Special) —
Charles Chapman, of Hoskins, about
35 years old, sustained a fracture
of both bones in one of his legs
early Tuesday morning while he was
asleep and he didn’t waken for more
than half an hour afterward.
This is the story that was told
to a surgeon who took X-ray pho
tographs of the injured leg in Nor
folk Tuesday.
Chapman is known to be a sleep
walker, so it is said. Sometime early
Tuesday he jumped out of bed and
walked around for a short time and
then got back into bed, still asleep.
More than half an hour later he
was wakened by a pain in one of
his legs. Later examination revealed
that both bones were cracked. The
only explanation is that the mis
hap occurred when he struck the
floor upon jumping out of bed.
TWO LIFE-TERMERS
GIVEN COMMUTATIONS
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Com
mutations of sentence were granted
two men, serving life terms in the
state prison for murder, and to a
youth, serving a seven year sen
tence for manslaughter, the state
board of pardons announces.
William C. Ryderman, convicted in
Cherry county on charges of mur
dering Mrs. John Helan, a neigh
bor woman, and Mrs. Layport and
then destroying their bodies by
burning the Helan home, and Harry
Stout, who pleaded guilty to charges
of murdering his wife on a train
in Lancaster county, were the two
life-termers receiving commuta
tions. Each of the two was granted
commutation of sentence to 30
years.
Lewis Deniscn, Buffalo county
youth, was granted a commutation,
effective December 23, 1931, of the
seven years sentence given him in
Buffalo county on a charge of man
slaughter growing out of the death
of John Shada, an Assyrian, killed
during a fight between a group of
Buffalo county boys and a number
of Assyrians, August 28. 1927. He
was sentenced Febraury 6, 1929>.
UNEMPLOYMENT NOT
SO BADLY AGGRAVATED
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Brisk
holiday business and preparations
for the coming of winter, were cred
ited by the U. S. department of
labor as the most valuable factors
in lessening the unemployment ten
sion in the state during the last few
Weeks.
In spite of the reduction of work
ing forces in some of the main in
dustrial plants of the state, clearing
snow-blocked highways, and pre
winter preparations have given tem
porary employment to great num
bers of men.
Sugar plants, meat packing plants
and flour mills have shown little
letup in activities and consequently
little unemplayment, the survey
states.
UNION LABOR ARRANGES
BIG BOOSTER MEETING
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, has been in
vited to speak at a labor union
meet January 21, in the Omaha au
ditorium. Senator George W. Nor
ris and John J. Manning, head of
the federation's Union Label league,
also have been invited to speak.
The meeting is primarily to be an
“antidepression” gesture. The pub
lic will be invited.
“This socalled business depres
sion,’’ said James Cosgrove, mem
ber of the committee on arrange
ments, “appears to be psychological.
There is more money available in
the United States at present than
at any previous time. The Labor
Label league is preparing a cam
paign seeking tc dispell the depres
sion bugaboo, the high spot of
which will be the gigantic January
21 mass meeting.”
TO MARK FIRST EAST
END OF U. P. RAILROAD
Omaha, Neb. —(UP)— The exafct
eastern end of the first Union Pa
cific track, laid in 1865, is now
about 15 feet under the rippling
surface of Carter lake, and on the
Iowa side, it was discovered Wed
nesday by the members of the
committee which proposes to mark
all historical spots around Omaha.
The Chamber of Commerce, with
the co-operation of the Union Pa
cific and the Omaha park commis
sion, hope to manufacture an “is
land” in the lake in an effort to
mark the location.
The Union Pacific track was laid
at this spot, now at the bottom of
the lake, because it was the closest
approach to Council Bluff ferry
line, over which the tremendous
caravans of western immigrants and
pionc-ers were to flow.
The changing of the river chan
nel left the historical spot on the
Iowa side as Abraham Lincoln sug
gested it be.
EIGHT CHILDREN FROM
ONE HOME IN SCHOOL
Greeley, Neb. — (Special) — Nine
pupils attend rural school district
No. 23 near here. Eight of these are
the children of Mr. and Mrs. Antone
Racicky.
CLOTHING THIEVES LOOT
STORE AT HOOPER, NED.
Fremont, Neb. —(Special)— Loot
consisting of overcoats and suits,
valued at about $1,000. was stolen
from the John Moller clothing
store at Hooper, Wednesday morn
ing. A car parked a block from the
store was used, it is believed, to
haul away the goods Officers were
!*d to teiieve that the same thieves
perpetrated the robbery at Plain
view as a new overcoat bearing the
stamp of the J. C. Penney stores
was found in the
thieves.
GIVING WIFE THE CHECK
HELD AS BAD PRACTICV
Omaha, Neb—The man whu
turns his entire pay check over tc
his wife is inviting domestic diffi
culty, according to District Court
Judge Herbert Rhoades. Judgr
Rhoades made his observation on
the part of wage earners Tuesday
as he heard the case of Robert M
Dickson of Omaha, who is seeking
a divorce from Lillian A. Dickson,
now of Webb City, Mo. Dickson tes
tified that he turned over to his
wife his entire pay check.
In answer to the court's query as
to whether his wife returned to him
funds enough for carfare and the
like, Dickson replied that she did
not. He also testified that his wife
burned him with an iron, scratched
him, and threatened more trouble
if he neglected giving her his check
CHAINED WIFE
TO FENCE POST
Rancher Near Wheatland.
Neb., Given Term in
Jail for His Act
Lyman, Neb.—(Special)—William
Seals, 33 years old, living on the A.
L. Hoffman ranch, 24 miles north
of Wheatland, quarreled with his
wife for several weeks and then
chained her to a fence post, be
cause she sent her three children to
a ranch two miles distant, when she
began to fear violence.
But the woman got loose and
walked two miles, barefooted to the
ranch where her children were. The
rancher’s wife phoned the sheriff
who found Mrs. Seals with the chain
padlocked around her arms.
Seals was given a six months jail
sentence and fined $100.
ARE FURTHER IMPLICATED
IN HUBBARD ROBBERY
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special; — Three
men now serving time in the federal
prison at Leavenworth have been
further implicated in the robbery
of the State bank of Hubbard last
summer, State Sheriff Condit has
announced, when a gun that was
found in their possession at the
time of their arrest in Kansas City
was identified by a Hubbard banker.
The men, Frank Pellisier, Ray Saw
yer and Julius Craft, had liberty
bonds amounting to $8,300 when
they were arrested, as well as the
gun and an acetylene torch which
has been identified as one stolen
from a Hubbard store.
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY FARMERS’ UNION
Homer, Neb.—(Special)—At the
annual meeting of the Dakota coun
ty Farmers’ union officers were
elected as follows: President, Beck
Nelson of Homer; vice president,
Leo Monahan of South Sioux City;
secretary-treasurer, Elmer Blessing
of Dakota City; legislative commit
teeman, Louis Jeppesen, of Homer;
delegate to state convention, Chris
Paulsen, of Dakota City; alternate.
Ira Z. Thorn, of Emerson; directors,
Harry Jensen, of Homer, and Otto
Dahms, of Emerson.
Speakers included: Fred Haage,
field man from Grand Island, and
George Larson, president of Nor
; folk, Superior and Auror creameries.
STOLEN CHICKEN SALES
§915 IN FEW WEEKS
Fremont, Neb.—(Special)—A sen
tence of seven years in the peni
tentiary for stealing chickens, was
given Paul Wright, 28 years old, of
Florence, by Judge Landis at Wa
hoo Tuesday. Humphrey Shockney
also of Florence, was sentenced to
four years in the same charge.
Wright and Shockney admitted they
had sold $915 worth of stolen chick
ens since October.
FREMONT FIREMEN BUSY
AT TOY MENDING
Fremont, Neb. — (Special) — Fre
mont city firemen are spending the
week repairing broken toys for dis
tribution to homes that Santa Claus
might forget. The firemen’s room at
the city hall has been transformed
into a toy shop.
GOVERNOR-ELECT TO
REAPPOINT NEGRO JANITOR
Lincoln, Neb.—(UP) — Gov.-elect
Charles W. Bryan has signified his
intention of making William Wood,
negro janitor and caretaker at the
executive mansion, his first ap
pointee when he becomes governor
of the state.
Wood, for the last 24 years the
custodian of the furnace and the
lawn at the governor’s mansion be- 1
came apprehensive over the results 1
of the election a few days ago and ;
(called the future governor, by I
phone.
"Boss, I wants to see yo' about 1
somethin,”’ Wood told Bryan with
a worried note in his voice.
The conference ended there. Bry
an told Wood that if he wanted to
quit his job he could see him after
taking office.
Wood was first appointed care
taker of the executive mansion by
Governor Sheldon in 1907. He has
served in that position despite po
litical turnovers ever since. Bryan
is the first governor to return to
the mansion as Wood's boss after
intervening governors.
PLEADS GUILTY TO
THEFT OF CHICKENS
Wahoo, Neb.—Paul Wright and
Humphrey Shockley of Omaha
pleaded guilty here Monday to five
charges of chicken theft, involving
about $200 worth of poultry. Sen
tence will be imposed Tuesday by
Judge H. D. Landis. Victims of the
thefts included William Eggers, A.
W. Christensen, J. W. Danley,
George Scott and Mrs. Johanna
Hamilton, all in the eastern part of
••under.* cm in Hr.
FALL FATAL TO
OMAHA WOMAN
Widow of Former District
Judge Dies Week After
Accident
Omaha. Neb.—(UP)—Funeral ser
vices are to be held Saturday at
Waterloo, Neb., for MMrs. Mahon
Noyes Sutton, 61 years old, widow
of the late District Judge A. L.
Sutton, who died at Methodist hos
pital here from injuries sustained
when she fell through an open win
dow of her apartment 40 feet to
the ground, a week ago.
Mrs. Sutton died without regain
ing consciousness and the cause of
the accident remains a mystery.
The case was pronounced acci
dental death by Coroner Stein wen -
der who said there would be no in
quest.
Because of her health, physicians
had insisted she keep a window
open at all times.
Mrs. Sutton was a daughter of
State Senator Isaac Noyes of Wa
terloo. Her husband at one time
was an unsuccessful candidate for
governor.
BAD CHECK ARTISTS
BEING HELD FOR TRIAL
Alliance, Neb.—(UP)—Joseph, Tu
chek, 20 years old, and Melvin
Blome, are held in the county jail
here pending trial, sometime in
February, on charges of forging
checks.
The two were bound over to the
district court for trial after an ar
raignment here. Bond was set at
$700 each, and on failure to make
bond, the two were remanded to the
jail.
Tuchek, county officers said, com
pleted a 30-day sentence in the
county jail recently for writing no
fund checks. It was charged by
County Attorney Penrose Pomig
that the pair forged three checks
ranging in amount from $5 to $10.
ANOTHER NATURAL GAS
LINE INTO NEBRASKA
Plattsmouth, Neb.—The United
Gas Service company, which se
cured a franchise from the city
council here last summer to oper
ate a natural gas line in Platts
mouth, has informed the city offi
cials that their contractors expect
to have their lines in the state
within the next two weeks. Wheth
er or not the United Service com
pany will pipe gas her to compete
with th lowa-Nebraska Power com
pany which is now serving Piatts
mouth with natural gas, cannot be
learned from representatives.
The city council granted two nat
ural gas franchises, one to the com
pany now selling gas here and the
other to the United Gas Service
company.
OMAHA DOCTOR SLUGGED
AND ROBBED IN HOME
Omaha, Neb.—Two youthful ban
dits Thursday evening invaded the
home of Dr. Louis N. Semernoff,
slugging the physician with the butt
of a pistol when he resisted them,
and robbing him of $23, he told
police.
During the struggle the pistol was
discharged, the doctor told officers.
He said be believed that rhe shot
struck one of his assailants in the
leg, as the man limped badly when
he fled, and no trace could be found
of the bullet.
A diamond ring which was torn
off the doctor’s finger during the
struggle was later found on the
floor.
OMAHA BANK CLERK
HELD FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Omaha, Neb.—Among the 110 in
dictments presented by the federal
grand jury, which has been in ses
sion since Tuesday, December 2, and
which made its findings Thursday,
was one charging Fred Kahl. Jr.,
former bookkeeper of the Omaha
National bank, with misapplication
of about $900 of the bank’s funds
and with making false entries.
According to A. C. Epperson, as
sistant United States attorney,
young Kahl made a practice of
forging checks with signatures of
persons whose last names began
with letters between BU and CUM,
the portion of the banks bocks
which he handled.
By making false entries for the
general bookkeeper’s inspection, it
is charged that Kahl kept his de
falcations unknown until he became
ill. His substitute then reported he
was unable to make the books bal
ance. He is free on bond.
DROP PROSECUTION AS
CHECKS ARE MADE GOOD
Hoskins, Neb.—(Special* — Julius
Selle, formerly of Hoskins, brought
back to Wayne from Wisconsin, was
freed on motion of County Attor
ney Hendrickson at a preliminary
hearing before County Judge Cher
ry. Selle had been returned to
Wayne on a check charge brought
by Charles Schell :nberg, president
of the Farmers Union Co-Operative
association at Winside. Two checks
totaling $230 were issued by Selie,
Schellenberg charged. Selle had
signed them under the title of the
Hoskins Light and Fower company.
Both were refused by the Hoskins
State bank.
THIEVES VISIT ALLEN,
NEB. MEAT MARKET
Aden, Neb.—(Special)—The R. E.
Snyder meat market and grocery
store was broken into Saturday
night and about $50 in money and
merchandise taken.
MEMORIAL BUILDING
TO OPEN NEXT FALL
Omaha, Neb. — (UP) — Formal
opening of the Joslyn Memorial
building, which will contain many
valuable works of art, is planned
fo- next fall with elaborate cere
monies, Mrs. Sarah Joslyn announ
ces.
The art memorial was planned by
Mrs. Joslyn in honor of her hus
band. the late George H. Joslyn,
founder of the Western Newspaper
Union. The building Itself is prac
tically completed. Artists and sculp
tors now are engaged in finishing
the interior.