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. I-* 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 (Continued on page (5) 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.