Neb. State Historical Society_
The Frontier
VOL. LIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938. No. 21
Mighty Yankees on
Way to Third World’s
Championship Title
The New York Yankees trim
med the Chicago Cubs in the first
game of the World Series will* a
score of 3 to 1. Chicago had
their ace pitcher in the box and he
pitched a very creditable game,
errors behind him spelling de
feat.
In the game this afternoon Dizzy
Dean was on the mound for the
Cubs and pitched a very creditable
game, but a couple of home runs
was his undoing and the Yanks
won again with a score of 6 to 3.
Diz. pitched a swell game until the
eighth inning when Crosseti got
to him for a home run with a run
ner on and made the score 4 to 3
for the Yanks. For five innings
Dizzy had set them down without
a hit, but this spelled defeat. To
add to his humiliation Joe DeMag.
of the Yanks clouted another homer
in the ninth with a mate on board,
which made the score read, Yanks
6, Cubs 3, and that was the way
the game ended. The teams play
again in New York on Saturday
and it looks as if the Yanks would
make it three straght.
Most of the O’Neill fans were
pulling for Chicago but none of
them were nervy enough to put
their money on them to win the
series.
Holt County Native
Dies in Seattle, Wash.
The funeral of Miss Laura Roche,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Roche, who were pioneer
residents of the territory ten miles
northeast of this city, was held
from the Catholic church in this
city this morning, Monsignor J. G.
McNamara officiating and burial in
Calvary cemetery.
Miss Roche died in a hospital at
Seattle, Washington, on Septem
ber 30, of acute hermarrahagc,
after a short illness. She was
about 48 years of age at the time
of her death and was a native of
this county. Miss Roche was an
employee of a bank in Page for
several years and she put in two
years as an employee of the F. E.
R. A. in this city. About four years
ago she went to Alaska and had
been a resident of Alaska and
Canada since that time. Relatives
here have received no particulars
of her death.
Miss Roche was a charming lady
and had a host of friends in this
city and county who will learn
with regret of her death.
Former O’Neill Girl
Weds at Wahoo, Nebr.
Word has been received here of
the marriage of Miss Adel Calvin,
who several years ago, was an em
ployee of the National Reemploy
ment Service and stationed at
O’Neill, to Lientenant Reinhold T.
Schrein of the State Highway Pa
trol. They were married on Tues
day, October 4th, at the Methodist
church in Wahoo, Nebraska, Mrs.
Schrein’s home. The couple will
make their home in Lincoln, and
will live at 415 North twenty-eighth
street.
Educational Notes
Eighty rural districts received
premiums awarded for school ex
hibits. District No. 8, Theresa Ull
rich, teacher, received the largest
amount having seven firsts, one
second and two third prizes. Dis
trict No. Ill, Cleta McNichols, re
ceived the second largest amount.
District No. 72, Eileen Liesge, third
place and District No. 71, Ruth
Isaacson fourth place. Village
and parochial school exhibits are
classified so they do not compete
against rural schools. Atkinson
public school placed first receiving
twenty first, eleven second and
three third premiums upon their
exhibits. St. Boniface Parochial
school received second place and
O’Neill public school third place,
Chambers fourth place.
The next Teachers’ examination
will be given Saturday, November
19, at Stuart, Atkinson, Ewing
and O’Neill.
The first in a series of Holt
county educational conferences will
be held at Stuart, Friday, October
14, 1938.
At this meeting demonstrations
from District No. 158, Grace Kaup
teacher, District No. 70, Mildred
Keyes teacher, and District No.
11, Varnael Stuart teacher. The
principal speaker of the day will
be Prof. V. H. Culp, of Aberdeen,
South Dakota, who will use for
his topics “The Technique of Teach
ing a Rural School” and “Educa
tion the Biggest Job of the Com
munity.” A state patrol officer
will speak on the subject of“Safety”
and musical selections will be
given in both morning and after
noon sessions. This meeting is to
constitute an institute for the
teachers teaching near Stuart.
High School Gridders
Win Another Victory
The O’Neill high school foot ball
team came through the first two
games of the season without being
scored upon. O’Neill defeated Bur
well on the local gridiron last Fri
day with a score of 19 to 0. Three
touchdowns were made by Hunt,
Bill Ryan kicking the extra point in
the third for Hunt. The line held
very well. Some excellent tackles
were made by Leo Valla and Don
Mitchell.
Hugh McKenna was game cap
tain for O’Neill and Leeffes captain
for Burwell. The Burwell boys
were a swell group and showed
fine sportsmanship.
Next rnday we will play Bas
sett on the local gridiron and we
expect another hard game. While
we defeated Basset last season it
was only by a score of'6 to 0. It
was a hard game and the score
could have been either way.
O’Neill Boy Now
Radio Announcer
Clarence Selah, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. Selah, of this city, has ac
cepted a position as announcer for
radio station KJAG located at
Kearney and Grand Island. At
the present time he is located in
Grand Island announcing the local
i programs there.
THE JOLLY STARS CLUB
A group of Ladies in the Star
community met at the home of Mrs.
L. A. Hansen to organize another
Project club, to be known as the
Jolly Stars.
The following officers were elect
ed for the club:
Mrs. F. P. Hunter, President;
Mrs. William Derickson, See-Treas;
Mrs. L. A. Hansen, Leader A; Mrs.
Charles V. Cole, Song Leader.
Plans for the club year were
made. No further business dis
cused and the club adjourned to
meet with Mrs. F. P. Hunter.
Lunch was served by the hostess.
The Weather
Real Indian summer the past
week, with no moisture. Last Sun
day was the hottest day of the
week when the thermometer regis
tered 93 degrees, one of the warm
est October days for several years.
Following is the chart for the
week:
H. L.
Sept. 29 __85 44
Sept. 30 _ 80 48
Oct. 1 _._83 48
Oct. 2 _93 52
Oct. 3 _91 56
Oct. 4 _90 52
Oct. 5 _86 52
Celebrates Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. John Valla were
treated to a surprise party by a
group of their friends last Thurs
day night, it being Mrs. Valla’s
birthday. The friends who were
present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Chudomelka and daughter, Erna,
and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kopecky,
of Inman, and Mr. and Mrs. Lod
Janousek and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Halva. A delicious
lunch was served at midnight and
everyone had a delightful time and
wished Mrs. Valla many more
happy birthdays.
SERVICES AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday school 10:00 C. E. Yant
zi, Supt., Morning worship 11:00.
“Our Belief’’ will be the subject of
the sermon.
Young People’s meeting 6:45.
Evening service 7:30. “Flaming
Witnesses’’
It is good to have the interna
tional affairs settled peaceably, but
permanent peace wil come through
loyalty to the Prince of Peace.
We invite you to worship.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
Holt County Calf
Sale, November 10, 1938
Plans are being made for one of
j the best feeder calf shows and sale
j in this part of the state to be held
j in O’Neill Sale Pavilion on Monday,
| October 10.
The show will be divided into the
14-H classes and the commercial
classes with premiums which were
contributed by the business men of
O’Neill.
Calves will be shown as in
■ dividuals in the 4-H club classes
! but will be shown in lots of one, five
and twenty in the commercial
classes.
jome extensive advertising has
been done in eastern farm journals
and among eastern county agents
' in order to secure both 4-H mem
bers who are in the market for baby
beeves and feeders who are look
ing for larger lots and with favor
able market this'sale should be a
good place to sell feeder calves.
Ranchers an farmers who have
calves to sell are invited to bring
them in for the show or sale in
order the Holt county calves may
be shown at their best to the out
siders who will be present.
Calves entered in the show will
not have to be sold provided the
management is notified when the
entries are made.
Any desiring the complete rules
of the show or additional informa
tion may do so by contacting the
county agent, Lyndle R. Stout or
Jim Rooney of O’Neill.
Suits in District Court
Esther Wright has filed suit in
the disetrict court asking for a de
cree of divorce from Ray Wright.
In her petition she alleges that they
were married on March 25,1932, at
Inman, and that she has always
I lived in Holt county. Two children
i were born to this union, aged 7 and
four years. She alleges that he
deserted her and the children on or
about June 25, 1934, and that said
abandonment still exists and that
she does not know the present
! whereabouts of the defendant. She
asks for a divorce and the care and
custody of the children and for
such other relief as may be just
and equitable.
Dora Elshire has filed suit in dis
i trict court asking for a decree of
divorce from Orville Elshire. In
her petition she alleges that they
were married in O’Neill on October
3, 1925, and that she has been a
resident of this county ever since.
Three children were born of this
union. She alleges that he desert
ed her and family on or about
September 1,1936, and that he has
not provided support for his fam
ily. She asks a divorce and the
care and custody of the children.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Dean of
Middlebranch announce the birth of
a son, Everett Larry, on October 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller of
Walnut announce the birth of a
daughter, Karon Faye on October
third.
Mr. and Mrs. James Donlin an
nounce the birth of a daughter on
September 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hynes an
nounce the birth of a son on Octo
ber 1.
SOUTHWEST BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. James were
out to the ranch from Atkinson
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Young and Sam
my spent the evening Thursday at
the Riley home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baker, Mrs.
Fannie Riley and Mrs. R. Saunders
went to Chambers on Monday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Baker and
John Baker were in the community
Saturday on their way to Ord,
where they now reside.
There are several millions Ger
mans in the U. S. A. How much
of a slice do the “four powers’’ con
template apportioning to Herr
Hitler ?
Miss Tracy, accompanied by one
of her pupils Bernadine Kennedy,
went to Atkinson Thursday even
ing to attend a function in which
the band participated, the former
O’Neill Now H;k An
Aeroplane Factory
With Three Operators
A week ago Sunday about fifteen
cars gathered on the highway south
of O’Neill to watch a test fight
by a model airoplane built by Jim
mie Herre, Albert Rummell and
Jimmie Holsclaw. The plane, how
ever, took a nose dive and ruined
the propellor and the boys spent
the week repairing the damage,
and last Sunday took it out in the
morning and made a successful
flight. The plane remained in the
air the first flight for twenty
eight minutes, the first eighteen
with the motor running and the
last ten gliding down. The plane
| is equipped with a one cylinder one
quarter horse power gas engine
making eighty-five hundred revo
lutions per minute. The w'ing
spread is six feet and the plane is
supposed to remain aloft for thirty
minutes on one ounce of gas.
Judging from the crowd aasemb
led to watch the flight, model airo
| plane building has a lot of enthu
siastic followers in the city and
they will watch with interest the
latest devise which the boys say
they are going to put on the plane.
They intend to equip it with lights
and a small camera, so arranged
| with a small watch that it will
take some pictures from the tir.
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being a member of the band. They
remained over night in Atkinson.
When Charley Bryan last run for
governor it was the predominate
political opinion that he was doom
ed to defeat and it was something
of a surprise when he went under
the wire the victor. Southwest
voters feel kindly toward him be
cause he was the only state official
to do anything for the sand hill
country.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson and Mr.
and Mrs. Miler, all of Boone coun
ty, were up a rtay recently. The
men, accompanied by Tom Baker,
itook in the sale at Atkinson. All
I were guests at the Riley home,
Mrs. Lawson being a neice of Mrs.
Riley. The ladies, with Mrs. Baker
I visited Mrs. Howard Berry, a friend
! of Mrs. Miller.
_
Gov. Cochrane, with obvious re
ference to the pension ideas float
ing around, says expenditures can’t
be increased without increasing
taxes. Not that this is anything
new. It has been said a hundred
times before him. It is a truth
so simple it seems there is no need
of stating it. What the taxpayer
is interested in is cutting down
government expenses by eliminat
ing superlatives, the frills and var
ious functions that are unnecessary.
Perhaps one day we will awaken
from the nightmare of extravagant
spending and return to the old
time policy of earn and save.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
V. C. Wright, Pastor.
Sunday school 10:00 a. m., H. B.
Burch, superintendent.
Public worship 11:00 a. m.
Special music by the choir and ser
mon by the pastor on the subject,
“Jesus and Our Temptation.”
Epworth League devotional meet
ing 6:30 p. m.
Evening worship 7:30 p. m. Song
and praise service and the pastor
will speak on the “The Two Found
ations.”
The Ladies Aid society will meet
at the church Thursday afternoon,
two thirty. The ladies are to bring
flower slips for sale.
A well attended reception was j
given the new pastor and family, j
the new members, and the teachers
Monday evening. The ladies serv-1
ed dinner.
The boys of the Epworth League ;
served a banquet for the leaguers
and invited guests Tuesday even
nig. The evening was spent in
singing and an impromtu debate
which proved very entertaining.
Miss Catherine Hyde, of Chadron,
arrived in the city last Friday
morning and went by bus to Spen
cer that morning where she spent
a couple of days visiting her sister,
Miss Lois, who is a teacher in the
public schools at Spencer. They
drove to this city Saturday and
visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Cronin over Sunday,
when Miss Catherine took the train
for Omaha and Miss Lois returned
to her school work.
War Cloud Passes
Czechs Pay the Bill
The threatened war in Europe
has collapsed. England and France
gave Hitler what he wanted, at the
expense of the Czech nation. The
later is being dismembered and
the settlement made at the con
ference of the four powers, Eng
land, France, Germany and Italy,
last week is not taken very well by
people in many sections of the
world. The people of the Czech
nation say they have been betrayed
by their former friends. To the
outsiders it looks as if Hitler and
Mussolini were the victors in the
conference and they emerged from
it with greater power than they
had before and it will only be a
question of time until England and
France will have to bow to the dic
tators.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
Organized opposition has devel
oped against the proposal for an
amendment to the constitution to
legalize slot machines. The fight
against the slot-machine plan is
backed by a number of newspapers,
churches, uplift clubs, and business
organizations. Linked with it is a
growing sentiment to curb pari
mutual betting at the state fair.
Newspaper blasts have been aimed
chiefly at W. B. Banning and Perry
Reed.
It is expected that the propo
sition to turn the state fair grand
stand bonds into the permanent
school funds as a gilt edge invest
ment will bob up at the next session
of the legislature. Opponents of
the suggestion to buy the grand
stand bonds declare they will seek
to amend the measure to banish
the parimutual from the fair
grounds. The bonds to build the
grandstand were issued several
years ago. Receipts of the grand
stand are pledged to meeting inter
est and principal payments on the
i indebentures. During recent years
it has been hard sledding for the
investors.
Sporadic opposition is noticeable
on the short ballot plan. J. N.
Norton, of Polk, is championing the
adoption of the short ballot. Co
operative banks in the small towns
recently took action to endorse the
amendment to reduce liability on
bank stqck.
Constitutional lawyers who un
dertook to solve the puzzle created
by the conviction of Walt Jut gensen
on an embezzlement charge admit
that they must desist or face in
creased risks of being committed
to asylums.
On advise of attorneys, Nate
Parsons filed for the short term to
serve from election day, November
8 until January 5, when the regu
larly elected lieutenant governor
will assume office. A few days
after the secretary of state placed
Nate’s name on the ballot the can
didate braced Governor Cochran for
an appointment, claiming that the
office was vacant and must be filled
by appointment by the executive.
The governor sidestepped.
J. S. Kroh, of Ogallalla, was
nominated for the short term by
the republican state convention at
Fremont. The secretary of state
has refused to put Kroh’s name on
the ballot, claiming that he neg
lected to file at the primary. The
attorney general dug up the follow
ing statutatory provision:
“When any political party fails
to nominate a candidate for any
office at the primary election, said
place shall thereafter remain un
filled unless by petition as other
wise provided by statute.’’
According to this ruling Kroh
could only file as an independent
or stage a write-in campaign.
In the meantime, Charles J.
Warner, republican candidate for
governor, recently acted as chief
executive while Governor Cochran
was absent. Warner signed re
quisition papers for tV return of
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Morris from
Warren, Minn., to Blair to face
charges of removing mortgaged
property. In order to act as gov
ernor, Warner, who is speaker of
the house, must be occupying the.
post of lieutenant governor. There
fore, there is no vacancy.
The high-powered attorneys in
dulged in heated argument for
several weeks. Now they duck and
I
1 run whenever a reporter asks for
; information. Several bills are be
ing drawn for constitutional amend
ments to clarify the situation. One
; of them provides for a special elect
ion to choose a United States Sen
ator in case of a vacancy. Now the
governor appoints.
The state department of irriga
i tion has received an application
from the Panhandle Public Irriga
tion district, with headquarters at
Alliance, the papers being filed by
Doyle B. Dyer of Hemingford. The
promotion of pump irrigation in all
Box Butte county and in Leonard
; precinct of Dawes county is the
! purpose of the district, and it is
1 proposed to finance the project
| locally and by borrowing federal
I funds. A specific statement is
j made that the district is not to have
power to levy taxes or to issue
general obligation bonds.
State Assistance Director Noel
C. Vandemoer has ruled that names
of persons receiving assistance are
not to be made public, except upon
order of the state board of control.
The ruling was made when atten
tion was called to the distribution
by the Platte County Taxpayer’s
league of folders containing lists
of assistance payments. Such dis
tribution has been stopped since
the county board received a letter
from Director Vandemoer saying:
“The attorney general has advised
us that persons desiring this infor
mation should make written ap
plication to the board of control,
stating reasons why they’ wish this
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lookingIporward
By Franklyn Waltman
Now that the New Deal purge
is over, at least for the present—
with disastrous results for Mr,
Roosevelt's prestige—the country
[can get down to the serious busi
ness of discussing and considering
I the real issues confronting it in
! this year’s campaign. The purge
■ effort, however, merits one more
J word.
There is no intention here to
conduct a post-mortem on the abor
tive efforts of Mr. Roosevelt to
drive out of public life a group of
men, within his own party, who had
the courage and, it might be add
ed, the good sense to oppose him in
regard to certain extreme and un
American proposals.
Light on Roosevelt’s Intentions
Let the New Deal propagandists
explain and defend Mr. Roosevelt’s
jgnomious failure as they may.
But New Deal explanations and
alibis can not hide two conclusions
which logically result from the en
tire purge episode. The first is
that Mr. Roosevelt’s activities re
vealed more clearly than any other
thing he has done his determina
tion to be the supreme ruler of the
United States—to constitute him
self a one-man government. His
actions revealed him as a man who
can not tolerate oposition to his
will. This disclosure is highly im
portant when we come to consider
Mr. Roosvelt and his intentions in
regard to other policies.
The second inescapable conclu
sion which flows from the purge
episode, likewise, is highly impor
tant. It is that the American peo
ple can not be bought with promises
of handouts from the Federal
Treasury once their eyes are open
ed to the intentions of their Presi
dent. In spite of the billions of
dollars which the New Deal has and
which it offered to spend in certain
States, the Roosevelt-endorsed can
didates in the recent primaries suf
fered Crushing, humiliating de
feats.
“Go Home, Santa Claus!
The results of the Democratic
primaries in South Caroline, Mary
land and Georgia—to name only
three States where Mr. Roosevelt
put forth his greatest efforts—fail
ed to sustain the colorful conten
tions of A1 Smith that “no one is
going to shoot Santa Claus” and
of Vice-President Garner that “you
can’t beat four billion dollars.” If
the voters in Maryland, South Car
olina and Georgia did not shoot the
Santa Claus, they, at least, told
him to “go home.”
For Santa Claus certainly was
in evidence in these States during
the days preceding the primary
elections. In Maryland, Senator
Tydings’ opponent opened his
campaign speeches with announce
ments that the United States
Robbers Get Away
With $2,000 Worth of
Goods From Truck
Some time during the early hours
of last Friday morning thieves
looted the truck of the Daily
Tobacco company of this city and
secured aoout $2,000.00 worth of
merchandise, consisting of smoking
tobacco, cigarettes, candy and gum
and escaped without leaving a clue.
The stock was partially covered by
insurance.
At the time of the theft the truck
was parked in front of the home of
John Doily, the manager, on Sixth
street, just south of the City
library and less than half a block
from the busiest street in the city,
Douglas. No one in that neigh
borhood heard any unusual sound
during the night, nor were any
strangers seen in that section of
the city as far as known. One
thing is certain that the thieves
were well acquainted with the
habits of Mr. Daily. They evident
ly knew that he loaded the truck
the night before in order to start
early in the morning to cover his
territory and took advantage of
this information.
Deale in this section have been
warned against purchasing tobacco
from unkn .-.vii dealers who might
offer bargair. prices and it is hoped
that with the assistance of the
dealers a clue might be obtained as
to the identity of the thieves.
Housing Authority would spend
millions of dollars on housing proj
ects in the State. President Roose
velt publicly aproved expensive
bridge projects in that State—
bridges, which it now appears will
not> be built with Federal funds.
In the closing days of the Georgia
contest millions of Federal dol
lars for highways and other proj
ects were allocated to that State.
The people of Maryland and
Georgia, however, were unimpress
ed by these promises of New Deal
spending. Even in the counties of
Maryland where the promised
bridges were to be located and
where the Federal housing was to
be constructed, the voters gave
substantial majorities to the man
marked by Mr. Roosevelt person
ally for defeat.
Turner Catledge, chief political
news writer for the New York
Times and among the keenest and
most objective observers in the
country, after the fiasco of the
Roosevelt purge in Georgia re
ported that “failure of spending in
ducements” was one of the factors
in the crushing defeat of the Presi
dent’s candidate.
Mr. Catledge reported another
observation regarding the Georgia
primary which is contrary to the
New Deal propaganda that al
though Mr. Roosevelt lost in the
purge contests he and his Adminis
tration remain as popular as ever.
New Deal Criticized
Inis New York limes writer as
serted that “reaction against the
New Deal” was a major factor in
the result and added that “from all
of the protestations one heard dur
ing the campaign of love for Presi
dent Roosevelt and the New Deal,
no objective observer could fail to
note a deceided undertone of gen
eral criticism in many quarters.”
“Furthermore,” Mr. Catledge
added, “this criticism was not con
fined to the business interests but
could be noted as well out in the
country, particularly in the cotton
and tobacco producing sections
where low prices and quota restric
tions under the new farm program
were anything but conducive to
good feeling.”
Does anyone really believe that
if Mr. Roosevelt were now' as popu
lar in Maryland and Georgia as he
was in 1936 that his personally
selected and supported candidates
would have been defeated as over
whelmingly as they were? Of
course not. Actually many persons
in those States in voting against
his candidates were expressing
their resentment and hostility
against what he has done and what
has happened since 1936.
The truth of the matter is that
the Roosevelt Administration has
lost the confidence of a great many
persons who voted for the Presi
dent in 1936. They wfere shocked
by his Supreme Court packing bill
and they have become convinced of
the fallacy of the New Deal by the
evidence of the Roosevelt depres
sion.