-" - MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1930. PAGE SIX P1ATT9M0UTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL Getting AH Set for Spring Trade Show List of Firms Will Have Spaces at the Trade Exposition and Fashion Show The committee of the American Legion and the retail section of the Chamber of Commerce which has the conduct of the Merchants Trade Ex position and Style Show, which is to be held on April 23 to 16th in clusive, have progressed so far in their plans that the line up of the special features are now being com pleted. The show will fce on a much larger scale than heretofore, the commit tee states and entertaining talent is being sought in many of the nearby cities that will insure a peppy fea ture to the annual spring festival. The entertainment features will be of the best and it is hoped to have as one of the night features, the well known Sunshine entertainers of Omaha. Special dancing and musi cal turns will be featured on the programs of the spring exposition Chairman Holly of the committee states. The list of the firms of the city who have made thoir reservations of space for booths i.i a3 below, work on the booths being started shortly so that the firms may have ample time to arrange their decorations for the big spring show: The H. H. Soennichsen Co., Black & White Grocery, Weyrich & Had raba, Ladies Toggery, Wescotts' Pons. Knorr Variety Store, Wm. Schmidtman. Pl-tts Water Co., Res tor & Skatek. M. D. Brown, Hinky Dinkv Grocery. Lugsch the Cleaner, lowa-Nebr. Elec. Co.. Red and White Grocery,- Co-Operative Creamery, Fetzer Shoe Co., Phil Thierolf, Fr. Gobelman. Service Chevrolet Co., Bates Book Store, J. W. Crabill, Mc Farland Studio. Jess Warga, Ofe Oil Co.. Christ Furniture Co., Henry Jasper, Florist. SMALL SUM IN LCST SHIP Washington Assistant Postmas ter General Glover, in charge of air mail, announced Thursday that the Western Air Express plane which with its pilot, Maurice Graham, dis appeared en route from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City on Jan. 10, carried 200 registered letters which contain ed only $300 in currency and $1, 700 in securities. Reports have been current that the plane carried about $300,000 in currency and other negotiable se curities and that Graham might have been murdered by bandits and his plane destroyed. Graham tock off trom Las Vegaa. Nv.. ia a blinding snow storm at 10 p. m. on the nigrht of Jan. 10. No trace of either pilot cr plane has been discovered since. Read the Journal Want Ads. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP Mnnnicrnirnt. 'lrculn ton. Ktc. Ue qulrnl by the Apt of Con grrna of A lie 24. 1012. Of THK PLATTPMOfTH JOUTINAL. published dailv and semi-weekly at Plattsmouth. Nebraska for April 1, 1930. State of Nebraska 1 V 89. County of Cass J Before me, a Notary Public, In and for the state ami county aforesaid, personally appeared II. A. Bates, who, having b"t-r lulv sworn according to law. (Impost's and says that he Is the publisher and owner of the Plattsmouth Journal, and that the following Is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a tins .staterm-nt of the ownership, man tKment (and If a dally paper, the cir culation), etc., of the aforesaid publica tion for the' date shown in the above caption, required bv the Act of August 24. 1912. embodied in Section 411, Pos tal Laws and Keulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wlt: 1 That the names and addresses ot the publisher, editor, managing editor and business manasers are: Publisher It. A. Bates. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Kditor XL A. Bates, Plattsmouth, Manastlns: Editor R. A Bates, of Plattsmouth. Nebraska. Business Manager It. A. Bates, of Plattsmouth. Nebraska. 2 That the owner Is: (If the publi cation is owned by an individual his name and address, or if owned by more thun one individual the name and ad tlreps of each, should be fflven below; If the publication is owned by a cor poration the name of the corporation and the names and addresses of the Ktockholdors owninsj or holding one per cent or more of the total amount of stock should be given.) Sole Owner It. A. Bates, Platts mouth. Nebraska. 3 That th known bondholders, mortprafrees, and other security hold ers ownlnp; or holding: 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mort Kapres. or other securities are: None. 4 That the two paragraphs next above, giving? the names of the ow ners, stockholders, and security hold ers. If any. contain not only the list of stockholders and securfty holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also. In cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books or the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary rela tion, the name of the person or corpo ration for whom such trustee Is act- InK. is eiven: also that the said two ParaGraphs contain statements em bracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and con ditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities In a capacity other than that of a bona 6de owner: and that this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or Indirect in said stoek, bonds, or other securities than a stated dv mm. 5 That the average number of cop ies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails nr otherwise, to naia suoscriDers our insr the six months preceding the date hnwn Above is 812. (This information reoulred for dally publications only). Semi-weekly circulation, ibjo. (Signed) 1. A. BATES. Publisher, Sworn to and subscribed before me . . -. m r v. An this BERT mTwalLtKG. (Seal) Notary Futile. Uy eeaunlulOB expires March 13. 131. WOMAN FILES AFFIDAVITS New York Mrs. Charlotte Fiscal Erlanger, who says she waa the com mon law wife ot A. L. Erlanger, late theater magnate. Thursday filed af fidavits in surrogate's court in sup port of her claims for a widow's share in the $75,000,000 Erlanger estate. She set forth in the affidav its that she had lived with Erlanger as his wife since 1920 and the only time that they were separated dur ing that period was seven days dur ing February of last year. She charged that MItchel Erlan ger, a former judge and a brother of the theater man, and a sister had at that time "jointly conspired to spirit him away from me." Income Taxes 2 Million Over High Estimate March Total Is Expected to Pass $550,000,000 Mark; Reduc tions Are Negligible Washington, March 26. A sus tained flood of income taxes pour ing into the treasury swept receipts past the oQeial estimates Wednes day and indicated that the drop from last March, except for the tax cut, will be negligible. With $14,845,000 reported for March 24, the last day accounted for, the month's collections mounted to ?532,64S,000. This was about $?, 000,000 above recent estimates for the full month. The month's total was expected to go to $550,000,000 if not higher. $35,000,000 Drop The drop from last March, up to the 25th, was $34,000,000. Although this may be increased somewhat in the six business days remaining, it was pointed out that much, if not all, of the drop may be accounted for by the $160,000,000 tax reduction. If this is fully reflected in the collections it would result in reduc ing; them by nearly $40,000,000 in this month alone, it was emphasized. Phenomenal business volume and profits enjoyed by corporations dur ing most of 192D were considered by officials the biggest factor in the heavy receipts. So large were these profits that they were believed to have more than offset the 1 per cent cut in the corporation tax rate, and made up part of the probable shrink age in individual Incomes. Reflect Stock Losses Although individuals took heavy losses in the stock market crash, it appeared that substantial offsetting prflots v-ere taken in the first nine months of 1920. A part of the market losses have not been reflected in the tax returns, officials added, because the specula tors hit were "small fry," or ; for other reasons were not considerable taxtayer3. The tax cut, moreover, apparent ly has not reduced revenues to the full extent of the rate decrease, treasury officials said, in line with Secretary Mellon's principle that lower rates tend to bring in more revenue. They hope for additional benefits from this later, as the reduction of the individual and corporate outlay for taxes tends to stimulate business. The income receipts for the treas ury year which began last July were running $134,000,000 ahead of the previous year. The new total was $1,785,000,000. Bee-News. HEART BALM SUIT IS LOST Chicago When in America do as the Russians do. This in effect, was the attitude of a Chicago Jury which Monday decided against twenty-two year old Frances Mroneck's petition for $100,000 worth of heart balm. Miss Mroneck, a Russian, testified that she was left waiting at the church by Emil Meinik, wealthy gar age owner, also a Russian. Later, she said, she learned that Meinik was already married and the father of four children. Even in Russia, she said, it is not the custom to become the wife of a married man. Melnik's lawyer countered by say ing that since both principals in the case were Russians, they should have adhered to the quaint old Russian custom of permitting their parents to arrange their marriages. Even if Meinik did propose marriage, he did so contrary to the traditional rule of his homeland, his counsel- argued. Miss Mroneck admitted she had not consulted her parents, who she said lived in the Black Hills of South Da kota After debating twenty minutes the Jury gave a verdict in favor of the defendant. LEGGE FEARS AN EMBARGO Washington Chairman Legge of the farm board expressed conviction Monday that the export debenture proposed in the senate tariff bill could not be made operative. "It might work for a little while.' he said, "but foreign importing coun tries undoubtedly would put up In surmountable barriers perhaps to the extent of an embargo against American produce on which the de bentures were operative. They al ready have threatened such action in anticipation of an attempt by the United States to 'dump wheat." The chairman recalled the protest of importing countries when France recently announced a bounty approx imating twenty cents a bushel on cer tain grades of French wheat put in export trade. In some instances, he said, the result was tantamount to boycott. The chairman said the board was not opposed to the debenture which the senate bill proposes to make operft atlve on option of the board, but that it did not believe it could be en forced. Give Contracts for $2,000,000 in Highway Work Accept Bids on Thirty-Five Contracts Thursday Others Go Over Until Friday Morning. Expenditure of approximately S2, 000,000 is called for with the award ing Thursday of contracts for high way improvement on thirty-five pro jects. State Engineer Cochran's of fice force by 6 o'clock. Thursday evening had tabulated bids on all but four new surface improvement pro jects and thirty-five gravel mainten ance Jobs. These go over until Fri day morning. One has been deferred. Work on all projects .will begin soon, assuring that in a short time travelers on the D-L-D west from Lin coln will have a' paved surface as far as the Milfordj-Seward turn. The pavement will be extended from Em erald, where the present paving ends. This section was split up into two projects of 3.8 and 6.8 miles each. Both went to the National Construc tion company of Omaha, at a total cost of $312,124.90. The Lincoln highway will be paved from Ames to Schuyler. . The largest single project, both, in size and cost, is the paving of 10.1 miles on ' the Lincoln highway be tween Schuyler and North Bend. This went to Abel Construction company of Lincoln for S'87,151.44. Other big projects are 8.9 miles between Ames and North Bend, the work go ing to Western Asphalt Paving cor poration for $192,644.85; and 7.7 miles of paving near North Platte, the ' American Paving corporation1 winning the contract with a low bid of $190,509.68. Project Held Over. L. G. Crownover of Lincoln, will spread two inches of gravel for 7.9 miles on the highway east from Greeley Center at a cost of $21,- 530.45. Among the projects forced to wait over were two calling for 14.5 miles of paving between Nebraska City and Falls City. Bids had not been tabu lated on them Thursday night. The graveling of 5.9 miles of the Capital highway in Richardson county was deferred. PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS The Plattsmouth Public Library is keeping up its circulation of books month by month. The number of books exchanged in February was 3,592, an increase of 84 books over February 1929. Twelve new borrow ers were gained in February. New children's - books are being ordered and received 'in preparation for the summer reading club'. Thi club includes the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades in school. We hope that all children within these grades will join the reading club this coming summer. The amount of reading re quired from members of the club will not be so much that it will interfer with exercise and outdoor play. There will be many rainy days when all of us will be glad to' have an interest ing book to read, and children as well as adults are benefited by hav ing some plan and purpose in their reading. Three rooms were 100 in the library banner reading contest dur ing the past school quarter. This means that each pupil in the room read three books . from the public library in that time. The teachers of these three successful rooms are Miss Hawksworth, Miss Mortensen and Miss Nolting; A friendly rivalry has . arisen between the rooms, to know which, will be 100 first in the last quarter. The winner in this respect ' will have the banner first when school begins next year. The story hours have been very interesting. On March 7, Miss Hawks- worth, Miss Mortensen and Miss Quimby gave a health playlet. On March 14, Miss James gave a puppet show, The Three Bears, and Goldi locks, while Miss Bly told the story. On March 21, Miss Diehm gave a playlet. Sleeping Beauty, and Miss Bly told the story. An interesting new book recently received by the library is Presidential Years, 1787-1860, by Meade Mln nlzerode. This is a fascinating his tory of the founding of the Repub lic, from the Federal Convention in 1787 to the defeat of Douglas by Abe Lincoln. We have here the whole exciting story of the birth and poli tical growth of these Uniter States, all set against a vivid background of fife and drum,; shouting and high hats, torches, and placards and par ades. TO HOLD GROUP MEETING There will be a group achievement day held by five of the clubs of this part, of the county. Social , Circle, Riverside, Merry . Workers, Home Circle and Sunnyside, at the Chris tian church at. Murray on Thurs day, April 24th. The meeting will be in the afternoon, 2 to 5, and will comprise a team, program and a dis play of the work of the various clubs. All who are interested in club work are invited to be in attendance. SEED POTATOES FOR SALE I have 100 bushels Irish Cobbler seed potatoes for sale. -John W. Sea grave, R. F. D. 1. two miles south of Plattsmouth, Nebr. m24-2tw SEED CORN Good Yellow Dent seed corn for sale. . Picked, before the frost and tested for germination. James Ear- hart, Murray, Nebr. k."h. Schulhoft was among the visitors In Omaha today, going to that city on the early Burlington train to spend a few hours. (Painting -AND ensig Frank Gobelman Rex Peters to Make Race for Commissioner Well Known Resident of Greenwood Files in Third District as Republican A new hat was found in the ring for the race for the republican nom ination for county commissioner in the third district, -when Rex Peters, well known resident of Greenwood filed his name at the office of the county clerk. Mr. Peters is one of the best known young men of the Greenwood com munity and has been a very active figure there for the past few years and is very popular among a large circle of friends in the west Cass county city. Mr. Peters is engaged In the grain business as an elevator manager at the present time and is a man who in his various capacities has gained a wide viewpoint that would make him a very able commissioner. This is the second filing on the republican ticket in the third dis trict as a petition was filed some time ago for Edward Thimgan of Mur dock, but who has not as yet made his acceptance of the filing. JUNIOR C. D. OF A. MEETS From Friday's Dally The members of the Junior Cath olic Daughters of America had a very delightful time last evening fol lowing, the close of school, the young ladies meeting at the Hotel Riley and joining in a hike to the Missouri river bridge where they spent some time enjoying the many points of interest in that -locality. On their return, to. the city, the members of the party repaired to the home of Miss Helen WoolcDtt where they ar ranged and enjoyed tho fine picnic supper that hadbeen prepared for the occasion. The girls also planned the candy sale that they hold on Saturday at the office of the Iowa Nebraska Light & Power Co., as well as turning in the dresses that a number have made for the orphan age of the diocese at Lincoln, the girls having prepared these dresses themselves for the institution. This active and important branch of the C. D. of A. is under the supervision of Mrs. William Woolcott as the councillor. The next meeting will be at the home"6f Miss Mary Ann Hadraba. PRESENT FRENCH SKETCH From Fridays Daily This morning at the convocation hour at the high school the class in advanced French . under the direc tion of their teacher. Miss Estelle Baird, language teacher of the high school, gave a very pleasing French comedy sketch. The offering was "The Surprise of Isadore," a comedy, the young people of the cast giving a very fine presentation, the sketch being given in French. The cast was composed of Robert Livingston, Jeanne Parker, Frank Schackneis, Ira Mumm, Bernice Hogue and Marie Vallery. ' t The production was one that re flected the greatest credit on the members of the cast and also on the splendid training that they have re ceived from their instructor, Miss Baird. POLICE ROUTE PROWLER From Friday's Dairy The grocery stores of the city seem to be quite an attraction for prowlers, as last ' night the night police on their rounds routed a party heard in the rear t of the Black & White store building but who was frightened away by the police, officers Pickrel and Hadraba, as they made the rounds of the alleys in the busi ness section. The party made a fast start on hearing the officers and made his getaway before the officers reach ed that locality. Last week the police scared away a man that was evident ly giving the Red & White store the once over and their timely visita tions no doubt nipped a possible burglary in the bud. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Real estate taxes will be due May first and from that date it will be delinquent and subject to 10 per cent Interest, so all taxpayers are urged to make their payments as soon as possible. JOHN E. TURNER, d&w County Treasurer. SEEK SHORTER HOURS FOR POSTAL WORKERS Washington,- March 28. A 44 hour week for postal employes and higher - salaries -for - postmasters in large cities are provided in bills rec ommended for passage by the house postofflce committee. IPap Western Bureau Men Told Law is Being Violated Attorney General Serves Notice That Commission Agreement Frown ed on by Statute. The Western Bureau, rival in the organized fire insurance company field to the Western Underwriters as sociation, which was recently called to account by Attorney General Sor ensen, came Friday under the rod of condemnation by that official. In a letter sent Ralph Rawlings, its pres ident, at Cleveland, O., Mr. Sorensen says that the bureau, from all evi dence available, has been violating Sections 3425 and 3426, and he calls upon him for an assurance that these violations will cease, under penalty of action being taken against the member companies. Mr. Sorensen cites the law which forbids, among other things, any com bination or agreement between two or more fire companies relating to the amount of commissions paid to agents or the manner of doing busi ness in the state. This law not only Calls for fines of from ?100 to $500, but empowers the state to call the companies and agents in the com bination before the insurance com missioner in a proceeding to cancel their license to do business in the state. The attorney general says in part: "An investigation by this depart ment shows that the companies be longing to your organization by ne gotiation and consultation have agreed on a scale of commissions to be paid to agents, and that you have caused to be printed and circulated among the insurance agencies repre senting the companies of your organ ization a commission schedule head ed "Western Bureau, inc. Commis sion agreement." "The fact that the commissions authorized by this schedule are ap proximately 5 per cent more than the commissions authorized by ether com panies belonging to the Western Bu reau, inc. and that all said companies have joined in a combination and agreement as to said schedule of com mission rates. "I call your attention to the fact that by these acts your companies have violated Section 3425 above quoted, and that unless assurance is received from you of the recision of Siny agrement with reference to com missions and a promise made that there will be no further combination or agreement with reference to com missions, it will be necessary, for this department to cite you to appear be fore the insurance commissioner of Nebraska to show cause why the li censes of the companies belonging to the Western Bureau, inc., should not be canceled and their right to do business In, Nebraska revoked. "We have no desire to interfere with the business of the companies belonging to your organization but we must respectfully insist that the laws of this state be obeyed." RIVERSIDE CLUB MEETS The Riverside club held a very interesting meeting for March at the home of Mrs. Robert Patterson and with a very large number of the ladies in attendance to enjoy the fine program prepared. The subject of the meeting was that of "Curtains," with the leaders, Mrs. Georgia Creamer and Mrs. Major Hall in charge. The leaders had a fine dem onstration and exhibit of the curtains and which was viewed with the greatest of interest. Miss Jessie Bald win, assistant county agent, was a guest at the meeting and which gave added pleasure to all of the members of the party. The April meeting was held at the home of Mrs. A. L. Potts and where the leaders took up the subject of "Closet fixtures and Towels." there being demonstrations of the shoe bags, laundry bags for the closets and a very fine array of the towels shown. Both meetings were featured by very dainty and delicious refresh ments that were very much enjoyed by all of the members of the party. The club is planning to hold their achievement day programs at the Lewiston Community Center on Sat urday April 19th, the occasion being an evening meeting and which will be an outstanding event of the club year. There will be exhibitions of the club work shown, a program pre sented and luncheon given. All friends and those interested in the club work are invited to attend the event. Get acquainted with KUTOL! "The Waterless Cleaner That Lightens Labor Attend Our Factory Demonstration Monday, Mar. 31 to Sat., April 5th Fililng Made for Sheriff on Democrat Ticket George Trunkenboltz, Marshal at Greenwood Enters Race for Democratic Nomination From Saturday's DaTlv The first filing for the democratic nomination for county sheriff was made yesterday afternoon when Geo. Trunkenboltz, city marshal at Green wood and one of the well known law enforcing officers of the county, filed his name with County Clerk George R. Sayles. Mr. Trunkenboltz has been mar shal at Greenwod for a number of years and is well known over the western part of the county. Mr. Trunkenboltz is a member of one of the prominent families of that sec tion and is a native born Cass coun ty resident and where he has spent his lifetime. He is a former service man and since his return from the service to his country has made his home at Greenwood and has served as the law enforcing officer at that place. Mr. Trunkenboltz is well known to a large number here as he has been active in the American Legion affairs of the county and has many friends who will be pleased to learn of his entrance into the race. So far this is the only filing made for the democratic nomination for the sheriff's office. HAD LONG SERVICE While at the court house a repre sentative of the Journal was engaged in discussing the length of service in office of various municipal officers in different parts of the state and in which was brought up the long serv ice that County Commissioner Fred H. Gorder, who is a democrat in pol itics was first elected as mayor of his home town back in 1S95 and in those days it was a real tribute to hims personally that he was selected in that city where the democrats could be counted on your fingers. Mr. Gorder was re-elected in 1896 and in 1S97 and then refused fur ther honors in this line. In 1905 Mr. Gorder was again induced to take the mayorship and which he held until 1919 when he retired and altho nominated several times since has held fast to his refusal to serve in the capacity of city head. DRAWS THIRTY DAYS From Saturday's Dally This morning the hearing on the complaint filed by County Attorney W. G. Kieck against G. C. Hobbs, charging him with having made a no fund check in the amount of $15 and which was cashed by Douglas McCrary, was heard in the county court. The court after hearing the facts in the case imposed a sentence of thirty days in the county jail on the defendant and who was remanded to the custody of Sheriff Bert Reed until the sentence is served. Phone your news to No. 6. I 1 WATERLESS New Ties New Sox Just the little touches that brighten your outfit. Some mighty bright new Spring patterns in ties at 69c, 75c and $1, in cluding the new silk embroidered ties at $1 Fancy Silk Hose, 25 - 50 Visit this Factory Demonstration of KUTOL and yen will see for your self how this efficient Waterless Cleaner dispels grime and dirt with out drudgery or muss. KUTOL re quires no water cr hard rubbing:, yet it performs almost every cleans ing duty. It makes woodwork and floors spotless, cleans enameled and painted surfaces, has no equal for cleaning window shades and even lemoves dirt from wearing apparel. See it work! 5-lb. pail, $1.00 Free Sponges Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title V Phone 324 Plattsmouth DEATH OF MRS. J. Vv. GETZ AT STATE COLLEGE, PENN. Krom Thursday's frany Word was received here today of the death late Monday night at State College, Penn., of Mrs. J. W. Getz, mother of Mrs. George Hutton of this city. Mrs. Hutton has been in the east since early in November, at the old home, caring for the mother who has been in ill health for some time. She is survived by the aged husband, and three children. Mrs. George Hutton of this city, David Getz of Altoona, Penn., and Charley Getz of State College. Penn. She is also survived by three grand children, John Hastings Getz, Virgil Hutton, who is attending school at State College, and Miss Alice Hutton of this city. The funeral was held to day at State College. It is better to have insurance and no fire than to have a fire and no insurance. I write for the Farmers Mutual of Lincoln- "Thee are none better, and rates are reasonable." Eindly see or phene W. T. Richard son, Hynard. Large size maps of Cass county on ale at Journal office, 60o each. are 108 Safe! Interest Semi-An-nually and Tax Free! Farm Loans and Lands Farm lorfgage Investments Searl Davis mv 1