MAKES REPORT
RELIEF GIVEE
Committee Show* Hov
Drought-’Hopper Aret.
Was Supplied
Lincoln, Neb.— (UP)— Details i
the system whereby Nebraska fes
and cared for nearly 5,000 member,
of 958 destitute families, victims os
the plague of grasshoppers and th<
merciless drought which gripped
north Nebraska during last sum
mer, were made public Friday.
The full reports of the activities
of the drought relief committee
were contained in a pamphlet issued
by W. H. Smith, chairman of the
relief committee.
When the work was begun, Smith
reports, 612 families, of 2,988 mem
bers, were reported in need of re
lief. This was in October, 1931. By
December, when the last survey of
needs was made, the number had
increased to 958 families, of 4,689
members.
Severe snow storms and extreme
cold increased this number during
the late winter and heavy ship
ments of livestock feed were re
quired to carry essential farm ani
mals through the winter months.
Total value of supplies contrib
uted or purchased and delivered to
drought suffering families in the
stricken northeast and north cen
tral sections of the state Ls esti
mated at *510,600. Of this sum
*425.500 was represented in food,
livestock feed and clothing sent
into the area. The remaining $85,
100 was the estimated value of free
freight service, given by the rail
roads.
In addition to the contrioutions
of food, feed and clothing, con
tributions of $17,398.87 in cash were
received by the committee. This
sum was spent to purchase gro
ceries, livestock feed and other sup
plies, needed to meet emergencies.
Contributions to the drought com
mittee came from all quarters of
the state and from every level of
society. Merchants and manufac
turers, school children, farmers and
laborers did their bit.
A total of 851 consignments were
handled by the committee during
the winter and early spring. The
consignments, by counties, were as
follows: Antelope county, 81;
Boyd county, 189; Brown county,
88: Cedar county, 99: Holt county,
109: Keva Paha county, 13; Knox
county, 299; Pierce county, 31; Rock
county, 7; Thurston county, 15.
TRUCK OWNER LOSER
HIS ATTACK ON LAW
Lincoln, Neb.—(Special)— Henry
Ogram, operator of a trucking com
pany with headquarters at Fremont,
has been denied a rehearing in su
preme court in the case where he
questioned the constitutionality of
the law which permits truck owners
operating for commercial purposes
to be sued in any county traversed
by them. Tire suit was an out
growth of an accident near York
in which Ardyce I. Schwarting sus
tained permanent injuries of a dis
tressing nature when a car driven
by her father collided with one of
Agram’s trucks. The Lancaster
county district court awnrded her
$15,000 damages. Ogram claimed
that the law was unconstitutional
because It singled out common car
riers while hundreds of business
firms and utility companies oper
ate trucks undistlnguishable from
common carriers that are Just as
liable to Inflict Injuries upon other
users of the highways, and that the
latter can be sued only in the coun
ty of residence. The court ruled
that the law is not Improper or op
pressive since it applies to all In a
certain class and that the legisla
ture doubtless made the law be
cause buses and trucks make as
continuous use of the highways for
their private profit as If they had
built them and that they were
rightfully placed in a class other
than motor vehicles engaged in
hauling the property of their own
ers.
FAMILY DESERTER BACK,
GOES TO NEW HOME
Omaha. Neb.— —An Omaha
newspaper says Dave D. Rhode,
former Janitor of the Thurman, la.,
consolidated school, who was* suc
ceeded at his post by his wife aft
er he had eloped with the school
principal, has returned to his wife
and five children and now resides
with them on a Nebraska farm.
The school principal. Miss Helen
Gardner, was killed in a fall down
a flight of stairs in a Scotts Bluff,
Neb., hotel, where she and Rhode
had registered as man and wife,
last September 9.
L. L. Nichols, president of the
Thurman school board, advised the
newspaper that Rhode recently re
turned to Thurman, loaded his
household furnishings, his wife and
the four youngest children onto a
truck and left, presumably for a
farm near Hemingford, Neb.
HOMER AGAIN HAS
A RESIDENT PASTOR
Homer, Neb.—(Special)—Homer
again has a resident pastor, Rev,
George E. Moeler of Minneapolis,
who was installed local pastor of
the English Lutheran church here.
There has been no resident pastor
here for several months. Rev. Ralph
Clem of Dakota City fills the Meth
odist pulpit, and Rev. Father
Griese of Winnebago, the Catholic
poet.
COUNTY PAYS BOUNTY
ON 1,516 CROW HEADS
Center, Neb.—(Special)— A total
of 1,516 crow’s heads were presented
to the county clerk's office for boun
ty here during the last two weeks
in May. Bounty was paid by the
county at the rate of 10 cents per
head. The champion “hunters” were
Frank Peed, Sr., of Verdel, who
brought in 112 in one week and
Mary Goodteaeher, of Niobrara,
who brought in 106 in the same
length of time. At the same seven
days, bounty was paid on 52 coyote
Ecalps at the rate of $2.00 per
SCANDAL CASE
HAD QUICK END
Omaha Society Cheated
Out of Hearing Some
Racy Evidence
Omaha, Neb. — (UP'— Mrs. Flor
ence Hoagland, quiet motherly wid
ow of W. W. Hoagland, millionaire
lumberman, Monday won the first
court clash of Omaha’s ‘ battle of
the widows.”
The suit brought against her late
husband's estate, In which Mrs. Mar
garet Shotwell, titian-haireU widow,
sought $50,000 allegedly promised har
bate court.
by Hoagland, was dismissed In pro
' Special Master Louis J. Te Poel
dismissed the cult after only one
witness, a handwriting expert, had
testified. He asserted he did so be
cause no proof had been offered
that Hoagland ever received from
Mrs. Shotwell anything worth $50,
000.
The action was a disappointment
to the large, fashionably-dressed
crowd which attended the hearing.
It h2d been expected that both wid
ows would testify regarding their
relations with Hoagland, and Mrs.
Shotwell had intimated she would
Introduce in evidence more than 50
letters from him. As It was, she did
not even appear.
Mrs. Hoagland, however, was there
her three children around her, but j
she was not called to the stand.
Mrs. Hoagland has filed suit
against Mrs. Shotwell for $100,000,
alleging the younger widow alien
ated her late husband’s affections.
PIONEER TEACHER HACK
TO VISIT OLD FRIENDS
Wayne, Neb. — (Special) — Miss
Charlotte White, whose legal address
Ls Wayne, has returned fox a few |
weeks to renew old acquaintances.
Miss White was bom in Pittsburg.
Pa., on November 11, 1845. In 18C2
she began teaching in rural schools
of Pennsylvania and Ohio. In 1369
with her parents she moved to Iowa
Qlty, la., and resumed her school
work. In 1886 she moved to Wayne
where her parents homesteaded.
While in Iowa she taught at West
Branch, and became acquainted with
President Hoover’s parents, and
knew the president as an infant
President Hoover’s teacher Molly
Brown a cousin of Miss White.
Carren who has been a guest at
the White House several times, is
After moving to Wayne she en
gaged in teaching in rural and city
schools until 1891 when she attend
ed the Nebraska Normal college at
Wayne and graduated in 1893. Tire
following year she was elected coun
tv superintendent of schools in
Wayne coanty, holding the office
until 1900, when she gave up her
career to rear four nieces who were
left homeless by the death of their
parents. She educated the four girls
three of whom are now married
and divides her time between them
which takes her to the states of
Washington, Texas, South Dakota
and Nebraska.
CONTEMPT OF SUPREME
COURT NOT SUSTAIND
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) —The
application of attorneys fox the
Flanmigan brothers who recently
were tried In courts in tha north
eastern part of the state for vio
lation of the state banking laws,
asking that Judge R. R. Dickson
i of O’Neill show cause why he should
not be held guilty of contempt, has
boen turned down by the supreme
court.
The application charged that
Judge Dickson had attempted to
prejudice the minds of Jurors In the
district court of Holt county by mak
ing public copies of his correspon
dence with Judge Goss of the su
premo court in regard to assign
ment of another Judge to hear the
Flannlgan cases. It claimed that
Judge Dickson’s letter was worded
in such manner that it would pre
judice the supreme Judges against
the defendant Flannigans when
their appeals should be heard in
that tribunal. This, it was claimed
constituted impeding justice.
It was also alleged that Judge
Dickson privately advised J. C. Flan
nigan, before the case came to trial,
that he should plead guilty because
the trial would resul* a volumin
ous record that the supreme court
would not read in its entirely. Th«
application points to this as a re
flection upon the court’s Impartial
ity.
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES
IIIS ROAI) WORK PLANS
Lincoln, Neb. — (Special) —Gov
ernor Bryan has announced in de
tail his plans for road work cost
ing approximately $1,700,000, con
tracts for which are to be let June
30. Part of the work is to be done
with federal, while $1,0C3.950 will
come from the state funds. The
projects include:
36.6 miles paving between Colum
bus and Clarks
4.2 miles paving between Jackson
and Willis.
I. 5 miles paving in Cuming coun
ty through West Point
20 miles oil gravel between O’Neil
and Atkinson.
10 miles oil gravel north of Ne
ligh.
12 miles oil gravel south of Ame
lia.
9 mies of gravel between Fre
mont and Arlington.
16 4 miles gravel east and south
of Chambers.
II. 1 miles gravel between Pendai
and Walthill.
1 mile gravel. Thurston spur.
11 miles grading south of Pilger
BULL SNAKE WAS
HEN NEST ROBBED
Lyons, Neb. — (Special) — The
thief which was taking eggs out of a
nest from under a sitting hen in
the chicken house at the Clarence
Christensen farm was found to be a
bull snakt. Miss Thcora Christensen
found the snake with an egg in its
mouth when she went to gather
eggs. She got a garden rake and af
ter an exciting battle killed it.
The number of chickens in Iowa
has nearly doubled in the last 30
years.
I WHAT’S IN FASHIONS?
New York—The inveterate week-ender is finding that fashion is just
made for her this spring. Those old questions “How many clothes will I
need?” and “Will I have to take more than one bag?” are answered by
“Very few separate costumes and everything will go in one case.”
There are so many costumes that
Can be made to serve more than one
purpose. And so many that need
little packing space because of their
light fabrics.
Three-Piece Suits
One of the most useful spring
weekend costumes we’ve seen is a
three-piece suit of sheer tweed . . .
jacket, skirt and matching topcoat.
(We’ve had it illustrated.)
It's a fine travel costume, es
pecially if you’re motoring, but
equally useful after you arrive at
your destination. The suit alone can
serve several purposes, depending on
its accessories. It can be used as a
spectator sports costume worn with
a tailored blouse or knit sweater.
It can even be made dressy enough
for church by wearing a more for
mal blouse and adding a silk or fur
scarf.
The topcoat then serves as a coat
to wear over the extra daytime or
sports dress you’ve put in your suit
case.
Knitted Dress
Incidentally, that extra daytime
or sports dress might well be a
bright colored knitted one. That
will do for spectator sports, for
house wear, or even fcr golf, if
you’ve tucked your golf shoes into
your bag.
Another good, practical weekend
costume is the short sleeved dress
with its own matching jacket . . .
a jacket-dress. It may be of heavy
sheer crepe in plain color or of
printed crepe. It packs into very
little space.
If the jacket is tailored looking
Politics in Novgorod
From Collier’s
In their effort to create a new
world the Russians are learning
something important about human
nature as well as about industrial
enterprise.
Recently the Nizhni Novgorod
motor factory was closed soon after
it had been opened. The com
munist party found that the local
union had so interfered with the
management that no one had
clearly * defined responsibility.
And so the authorities decided to
remove the labor leaders and to put
an end to such disastrous inter
ference with work. They were look
ing for production, not conversa
tion.
American factories, German fac
tories. British factories could have
told the Russians what to expect.
Two men cannot simultaneously
drive a motor car, and certainly
an undirected mob cannot manage
a factory efficency.
Like the Russians, we. too, are
finding difficulty in making our
cherished thories square with stub
born acts. We shall improve our
situation as we amend our prin
ciples to meet the facts. For prin
ciple which doesn’t work is a poor
refuge in time of need.
LADY IS OIL WRONG
Boston — Dr. Garry B. Schnele
examined a pet chow which, its
owner said, would not eat. He pre
scribed cod liver oil. The lady left
A SUGGESTION.
Male mannequins have just ar
rived
In dear old London, now;
Ajtjinst aesthetic background pure.
They promenade and bow.
Sole purpose of this male parade
Is this: To e’en disclose
lo every type of man. how he
Looks in his underclothes.
But belter far were this display,
Of worth beyond dispute.
To show each type how ho appears,
Arrayed in bathing suit.
—Sam Page.
and the dress soft in line, you can
do all these things with it; wear it
with the jacket for church or lunch
ing in public or just going about
. . . and without the jacket for
lunch at home, for informal after
noon bridge or even for dinner, if
dinner is just a pleasant, simple
home affair.
Still another useful type of jacket
costume is of lower calf length in a
deep pastel shade or beige. With
the jacket it’s suitable for afternoon
affairs. Without it, it becomes a
semi-formal dinner dress.
Sports custumes become spec
tator or active, too, just by putting
on or taking off a jacket and chang
ing shoes. The dress may be sleeve
less and the jacket short or long
sleeved.
For Evening
Even your evening ciotnes, n you
have to take them, can be two
things in one. Because so many
dresses have their own jackets or
capelets that can be worn infor
mally or left off formally.
And a black chiffon cut low in
back but with covered shoulders
can smartly appear at any affair
formal or informal.
Even your hats are practical, for
there are many crushable fabric
turbans and pliable straws that can
be folded, helping to make the pack
ing problem easier.
What’s Your Sports Color?
Have you sent yet for the bulletin
giving actual samples of smart
summer sports colors and telling
how to combine them in the cos
tume. Clip the coupon.
with the chow. Several days later
she returned, claiming the dog still
refused to eat. Puzzled, the doctor
asked, “Are you sure, madam, you
followed directions?" “Of course,”
the lady replied, “I rubbed great
quantities of the oil on him every
day, but it did no good.” Being a
doctor is no cinch, Dr. Schnele
maintains_
World's Champ.
Prom Pele Mele. Paris.
Branns always strikes me as an
indolent sort of chap.”
“Indolent! Why, that fellow is so
lazy he always runs his car over a
bump to knock the ashes off his cig
aret."
Saving Expenses.
Prom Tit Bits.
A dentist received a summons
from a patient who wished an ex
traction made in her own home.
"There will be no occasion for
you to bring your gas apparatus,”
she wrote. "We have it laid in t»ur
house.”
Too Cute for Words.
Prom Tit-Bits.
A doctor was diagnosing the com
plaint of a woman.
•'You’ve got acute appendicitis,’1
he said at last.
The girl sat up indignantly.
“Say, don’t get fresh,” she said.
"I want to be examined, not ad
mired.”
State Control of
Radio Advocated
Minneapolis, Minn. — (AP) —
Describing commercially controlled
radio stations as a "threat against
free speech in America” J. Elmer
Morgan of Washington, D. C., sec
retary of the National Education
association in an address Thursday
advised establishment of breadcast
ing stations under state control.
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The number of farms in Louis
: lana increased 19.2 per cent in the
| past decade.
Your
Children
By Olive Roberts Barton
<t>iq32 BY NEA SERVICE INC.
C HILDREN WHO WON’T GO TO
BED, AND WON’T GET UP—
"Can't get him up, can’t get
him up, cant get him up in the
morning.”
I believe that some inventor
could make billions if he found a
device for getting the youngsters
out of bed in time for school,
without mother calling six times
from the bottom of the stairs.
Youth sleeps deeply and hard
and won’t let go. The biggest bug
bear of almost any mothers life is
this monring business. The next
biggest is the evening business,
getting the children bed-minded
and bed-started and finally to
sleep.
Wouldn’t it be a grand world if
Eddie and Laura would answer
brightly in the morning, "Yes,
Mother! Good morning, “Yes,
and bounce right out and get their
baths and come down and eat a
hearty breakfast and “walk” se
dately off to school, not run, tying
their shoes as they go.
Almost every mother would live
ten years longer I am sure, and
she wouldn’t be reading face-lift
ing ads or the names of hair-dyes.
In certain parts of the country
and in small hamlets where people
go to bed shortly after sundown
(oh, yes, they do, just loads of
them) the children really are up
as bright as birds at six o’clock. I
know for I have been and seen.
They do ever so many chores, too
—just as they did in Lincoln's day
—before the school bus gathers
them up. They are healthy, good
natured and rosy.
Regular Rising Is a Habit
So something must be wrong
with the sleepy heads who can’t
crawl out at eight.
For one thing, rising at a cer
tain hour is a habit. Rise at eight
regularly and you won’t be able to
get up at seven or stay in bed un
til nine. Make it nine, or seven, or
five and the same thing will hap
pen, provided your body has been
really rested.
On this latter fact depends the
whole affair. The body has to have
enough sleep to replace the brok
en down tissues of the day. With
children it is not only necessary to
make up the waste tissue of the
body but just a little more each
night to 'firry on growth. Every
muscle anu bone has to grow, and
during sleep nature carries on
this work.
To stop this process before it is
finished means delay in growth
and interference with health. I
am a great believer in the idea of
natural waking or waking with
very little stimulous.
So what is to be done? This!
Get the children settled and to bed
early. And if possible to go your
selves. parents, as soon as you rea
sonably can. Children need moral
support in giving up the joys of
the day—and they won’t relax and
go to sleep if they think their par
ents will be up for hours longer
having a joyous time without
them.
All medium children need about
nine hours sleep. Little children
10 to 12. Mothers can tell be
cause some children rest more
easily and quickly than others.
We all live nervous lives these
days, children too. Their nerves
need a chance to rest thoroughly
and they cannot do so if jerked
out of bed before they have had
their quota of sleep hours.
The answer is an early bedtime,
and a quiet house after that.
Hoover Boards.
From Pathfinder.
Farm.
Interoceanic Canal.
Law Observance.
Negro Memorial.
San Francisco Bridge.
Co-ordination of Veterans’ Ser
vices.
Yellowstone Park Boundary.
Child Health.
Illiteracy.
Public Domain.
Iceland’s- Anniversary.
Social Trends.
California Water.
Haiti.
Shipping.
Unemployment Statistics.
Alaska Highway.
Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary,
Battle of Monongahela.
Home Building and Ownership.
Negro Housing.
Chicago World’s Fair.
Drought.
Emergency Unemployment.
Power.
Tariff.
Veteran Preference.
Unemployment Relief.
Abandoned Army Posts.
Reconstruction Finance.
Education.
Anti-Hoarding.
Personnel Administration.
Timber Conservation.
No, Indeed.
From Tit-Bits.
A woman and a lot of small chil
dren got on a street car.
"Excuse me, madam, ’ ventured
the conductor, "but are these all
yours, or is it a picnic?”
•‘Sir.’’ the woman snapped, "those
are all mine—and it’s no picnic.'
The Right Time.
From Answers.
Worldly Mother: He is old but
Immensely rich. I hope, my dear,
you didn't tell him that you did not
love him.
Modern Daughter: Oh, no. I
thought I’d wait until after we werv
married.__
Such a Sight.
From Michigan Motor News.
First Chorus Girl: Did you ever
have a pair of garters that would
really hold up jcur stockings?
Second Girl: No, dearie; but I
have a pair that held up motoj
traffic for three blocks today.
MAKE WAR ON
GAS ‘LEGGERS’
AH Nebraska Officers Are
Warned It Is Their Duty
to Arrest Offenders
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — State
sheriffs, county sheriffs, chiefs of
police and village marshals nre
charged with the duty to appre
hend and arrest all persons who i
bring gasoline into the state il
legally, in the opinion of Attorney
General C. A. Sorensen.
Penalties for illegal importation
or “bootlegging” of gasoline, apply
not only to those who import or
cause to be imported gasoline with
out regard for state regulations but
apply as well to any person using
such gasoline, the attorney general
ruled.
The attorney general gave his
opinion with regard to laws regulat
ing impoitation of gasoline in Ne
braska, in response to Inquiries
from Carl E. Peterson, county at
torney of Hayes Center.
Sorensen concluded his opinion
with the statement:
| “Thousands of gallons of boot
leg gasoline are being brought into
the state, I solicit your earnest co
operation in the enforcement cf the
gasoline tax law.”
“It is the duty of the state sher
iff, the county sheriffs, chiefs of
police and village marshals, to ap
prehend 8nd arrest all persons who
bring gasoline into the state illeg
ally. It is just as important to ar
rest and prosecute gasoline boot-,
leggers as bootleggers of intoxi
cating liquor,” Sorensen declared.
MORE DIPTHERIA AND
SMALLPOX IN STATE'
Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — Slight
increases in the number of cases
of diptheria and smallpox are
shown in the May morbidity sum
mary for Nebraska, just issued by
D. P. H. Bartholomew, director of '
public health.
Dii^heria showed an increase of *
from 22 to 55 cases and smallpox,
from 48 to 58 cases. Chickenpox
dorpped off in May to 123 cases,
as compared with 165 cases in Aprils
Scarlet fever dropped from 126 to
75.
As compared to last year, the to
tal number of cases of chickenpox
to date this year was 737; for 1931,
1,739. There have been 618 cases
of scarlet fever so far this year
as compared with 1,010 last year.
Smallpox cases so far this year to*
tal 219 as compared with 1,106 last
year.
Morbidity statistics of counties
included:
Chickenpox, Adams 5 cases, Buf
falo 4, Dodge 6 and Douglas 69;
Platte 16; Diptheria, Douglas 43 anti
Red Willow 1; Measles, Adams 1,
Dodge 1, Douglas 6; Scarlet fever.
Adams 1, Dodge 1, Douglas 37 and
Red Willow 1; Smallpox, Douglas
22; Red Willow 1 and York 3; Tu
berculosis, Adams 5; Douglas 1 and
York 1.
NEBRASKA’S HEALTH
CONDITIONS ARE GOOD*
Lincoln, Neb. — Nebraska health
conditions at the advent of the
summer season were described by
Dr. P. H. Bartholmew, state health
director, as unusually good.
The general spring falling off in
the number of communicable and,
contagious diseases continued in a
marked fashion, he said.
Whereas there were 327 cases c£
chicken pox in the state a year
ago, there are now only 123. Dip
theria showed an increase of 55
cases now as against 26 a year ago,
but there were only 12 cases of
measles in comparison with 49 last
year at this time. Also a year ago
there were 198 cases of scarlet fev
er and 233 of smallpox while the
last report showed only 75 cases of
the first disease and 58 of the 6eo
ond.
MASKELL, NEB., BANKER
WAS NEARLY DROWNED
Newcastle, Neb. — (Special) —
Arthur Jergesen, young Maskell,
Neb., banker, narrowly escaped
death in the Missouri river Tues
day while swimming with C. Lloyd
Hanson, Maskell school teacher.
Jergesen swam out too far and
the swift current carried him so
far he was unable to force his way
back, became exhausted in the
struggle and almost gave up when
young Hanson saw him and went
to his rescue. As Hanson received
him he went under, but was dragged
toward shore.
Elmer Wyant, high school sen
ior, on the bank, threw’ out a pole
as they neared shore. Hanson
weakened, reached for the pole with
one hand, missed and both went
under. As they came up the second
time Hanson grabbed the pole, Jer
gesen held on to Hanson and bott#
were pulled up the bank.
NEBRASKAN INVENTS
CUT WORM POISONER )
Battle Creek, Neb.—Ed Tillotson
bi Battle Creek has completed a *.
homemade machine for distributing
bran on corn rows to poison cut
worms. The total cost of the ma
chine was less than $5. He says a
field can be treated for about 10
cents an acre.
MUNICIPAL PLANT
CUTS LIGHT RATES
Fremont, Neb —>. Special)— An
nouncement of a cut in municipal
light rates was made by the board
of public works, with approval oi
the city council. Reductions afiect
all classes of patrons, including
business houses, churches and fill
ing stations, but the largest reduc
tions are for residences. A total
saving of $25,030 to patrons of the
plant'will be affected, it is claimed.
. ■ ' ■ -»♦ — ■ —
Cambridge, Mass.— (UP) —The -
ancient sport of “bowling cn the
green” recently was revived at
Harvard college.