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PLATTSMOTJTH SEH-WEEKLY JOTTBWAL
MONDAY. NOV. 24. 190
Alvo News
Mrs. Art Dinges was visiting with
friends In Lincoln and Havelock on
Monday of last week, she having two
si -iters living there.
Charles F. Rosenow was guest at
the home of Mr. an.) Mrs. John W.
Banning on lasi Saturday night
where all enjoyed en excellent sup
per and a genial visit.
Martin Nickel shelled and deliver
ed new corn to the Hehrneyer eleva
tor on last Wednesday ge'.tint; in jus;
ahead pi the rain which came soak
ing the country and reads.
Attorney C. D. Ganz was a visitor
in Plattsmcuth on last Wednesday
morning attending the calling of the
d cked in the district court and set
ting the cases for hearing.
On Tuesday of last week Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Dinges were over to
Palmyra where they went to look
atter some business and also to visit
with relatives, Mr. Dinges parents re
siding there.
Simon C. Boyles and wife were
over to Lincoln on last "Wednesday
afternoon where they were visitiug
with relatives and friends and where
Mr. Boyles was looking after some
business matters.
Dick Elliott completed the picking
of his corn and is now assisting with
the gathering of that of Lis father.
He was assisted in the harvesting of
the cereal by W. H. Warner who :s
also helping with that of John El
liott, the father.
Mrs. C. H. Kirkpatrick w;:s enter
taining the members o? tne Alvo j
Heading club on last Thursday, when
all enjoyed the meeting very much
and as well the extra fine program
which was presented, and the very
fine luncheon which was served by
the genial hostess.
A. D. Zaar of South Bend was a
visitor in Alvo on last Wednesday
looking after some business matters
for a short time and reports the good
wife who has been very critically ill
for some time as being some better
but still has to go to Omaha to see
the doctor daily. The many friends
of this excellent woman will be pleas
ed to know that she is improving.
Simon Rehmeyer iind the family
who were visiting for a time in Iowa
returned home a week ago, and were
pleaded very much with their trip
having ; good time and found the
roads good and the weather fine.
However Mrs. Rehmeyer was taken
with tonsilitis, which has been both
ering her quite a deal. Mrs. Vera
Lancaster is caring for the patient
While the boys. Frank and Fred, are
staying with their aunt, Mrs. Frank
Taylor, until Mrs. Rehmeyer shall
have recovered.
LOCAL NEWSIRight of State
Over Out - of
From Thursday's Dally
William Starkjohn was a visitor
in Omaha tcday for a few hours, :o
ing to that city on the early Burl
ington train.
Judge A. H. Duxbury and Pat Reed
were at Union today where they were
called to look after some business
matters and visiting with friends.
From Friday's Datly
Carl Ganz, the Alvo banker and
attorney was in the city for a short
time today looking after some mat
ters in the county court.
Fred Kuestemeyer of Elmwcod
was a visitor here today for a short
time looking after some matters of
business at the court house.
State Trucks
WOULD HASTEN USE OF
$125,000,000 ROAD FUND
Washington, Nov. 20
will be asked to make the
Congi 'ess
Iowan Challenges the Ruling
Taxing Non-Resident Trucks
for Licenses,
of
The supreme court heard argu
ments Thursday on the right of the
state department of public works to
require owners of trucks licensed in
other states and using Nebraska high
ways to take out licenses in Nebras
ka. The action was brought in Lan
caster county by Peter S. Peterson
of Underwood, Iowa, who unsusccess-
mil
lion-dollar allotted for federal aid
in road construction in 1932 avail
able immediately on enactment of
the agriculture department's supply
bill.
Secretary Hyde and the budget bu
reau will join in the recommenda
tion.
If agreed to the road funds for the
fiscal year 1932 would be available
prbably befre Moarch 1 rather than
on July 1, the beginning of tup 19Sf
fiscal year.
sttrvrnov r W I.ivineston of Ne
i iL2 ta fn ornfi i fully fought in the lower court to
few hmirs nttendins to some milt- BJU1"
a
ters in the district court in which he
was engaged.
B. L Clements, one of the old time
residents of Elmwood, in company
with his son. Attorney Guy L. Clem
ents, was In the city attending to
some matters at the county court.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Quinton of
Lincoln and Mrs. J. M. Palmer of
Nehawka were in the city for a short
time today to attend to some mat
ters in the county court in which thee
were interested.
Henrv Knabe. one of the prom
inent residents of the vicinity of Ne-
hawka, was in the city today for a j
few hours in company with his sen,
Henry, and while in the city Mr.
Knabe was a very pleasant caller at
the Journal.
Led Boynton, who has been at Hot
Springs', Arkansas, for seme time
taking treatment at the hospital
there has returned home. Mr. Boyn
ton is feeling some better but Btill
far from well and will have to un
dergo further treatment.
the state from arresting him t
because he refused to take out a Ne- 1
braska license in addition to the one
he has from his own state. The case j
is a test one, and Iowa truckers are i
principally interested because they
haul a great deal of livestock to Oma
ha. The statute under which the state
department act is challenged as un
constitutional because it levies a lax
upon interstate commerce; that the
state cannot exact an excise tax for
the use of its highways, and that as
an occupation tax it is unconstitu
tional. The state has never had a
I reciprocal truck law.
It was argued on Peterson's behalf
jthat duplicate taxation of trucks
constitutes an unjustified burden up
Icn the business, and that the act iu
! question results in discrimination be-
cause Nebraska trucks taking stock
to Sioux City or to St. Joseph or
Kansas City are not required to take
out licenses in Iowa or Missouri. It
was also contended tnat tne evidence
does not show that Nebraska roads
Beef Brings
$1.50 a Pound
on the Hoof
Drifts Block
Roads and Rails;
Wires are Cut
Compare Snowfall With Storm of
1888; Stalled Motorists
Seek Shelter
Championship
City Show
Pork
Animals at Kansas
Sold at Auction
at 21 Cents
j Kansas City. Mo., Nov. 21. Beef
sold at $1.50 a pound here tci .
pork at 21 cents and mutton at $1.20
j all on he hoof.
; Auctioning of championship ani
mals at the American lioyal live
stock show brought rich profits to
owners and destined
steaks
(Vurn tur.lav'j r&11v
Mrs. Marion Tucker
was a visitor in tne cuy roaay ior a
few hours, attending to some matters
at the court honse.
Mrs. M. K. Manspeaker, of Omaha,
former resident here, is spending a
short time in the city as a guest of
Bfra. Martha Peterson and other old
friends.
Henry Hopp and brother, Fritz
Hop? with little son, Herbert, were
here today from Louisville and while
in the city called at the Journal of
fice where Mr. Henry Hopp renewed
his subscription to the Journal.
fancy
and chops for holiday tables.
The grand champion fat steer
i black Aberdeen Agnus owned by VY.
E. Scripps, Orion., Mich., brought
I 1,200 when its eight hundred
I pounds circled the aucticn ring. The
'steer, Edgar Quality, was sold to a
Kansas City, Kans., meat packing
i company.
A Hereford, Beau Randolph, which
: won the grand championship of Jun
ior divisions for lrus Sauder of Sa-
are overburdened by trucks from oth-
r states entering its environs, andibetha. Kans.. broueht SI a nound.
of Nehaw.ia tty.Qt tVio root r,n rnnw rf thp ftfiilpral Tho irrri iwl fbnmninn utIIii r n
aid to state highways is to provide : Southdown nurtured by Oklahoma
that they may be opened to interstate agricultural and mechanical college,
commerce. Stillwater, brought $63 with its 150
Assistant Attorney General New- pounds. The junior grand champion
kirk defended the law as a legitimate jowned by Margaret McColm of Em
exercise of the state's police power, pora, Kans.. topped this bid, bringing
CEDAR CREEK PROJECT CLUB
Hand Getting' Along Nicely.
Uncle Henry S. Ough who receiv
ed an injury on his hand some three
weeks since and which caused ,the
gentleman quite a bit of grief on.acr
cot: in .ut. the. pain autithe inconven
ience, which it put him to in doing
his work, is getting along nicely now
and is almost well again. However,
at times it causes some pain.
Eold Bible Study at Hall.
A doctor from Havelock was in
Alvo on last Saturday where he held
a meeting at the Stewart hall dis
cussing portions of the Bible which
he feared was not understood by the
average person. But is looks like the
language of "the scriptures are so
plain that the wayfaring man though
a fool might not err therein."
Two Days Vacation.
There will be no school on Thurs
day and Friday of this week on ac
count of Thanksgiving coming on
Thursday and also Friday will be
thrown in as well, thus giving the
kiddies as well as the teachers a va
cation and allowing the teachers a"
opportunity
giving with
to pro spend
their folks r
the Thanks
nd friends.
Entertained At Dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Car! Rosenow en
tertalned at a six o'clock dinner at
their home in Alvo one day last week
and had as their Kue?ts for the oc
casion, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Skin
ner, and sure all enjoyed the very
fine dinner which was served by
Mrs. Rosenow who is an accomplish
ed cook.
The Cedar Creek Project club met
at the home of Mrs. Robert Stivers,
lasr Tuesday afternoon, Nov. ISth
where an interesting and profitable
meeting was enjoyed.
We had "Ironing Day Problems"
as the topic, which was presented
by one of our project leaders, Mrs.
Lloyd SchneidelL During the les
sor:, she demonstrated different kinds
of irons and ironing boards: also
how different articles may be ironed
in ah easier way, and how a shirt
and other articles should properly
be folded. The ladies all felt that
-hey were much benefited by the
lesson.
We are sorry to report that our
other leadtr, Mrs. Raymond Lohnes.
was unavoidably detained at home
because of the severe colds that her
two youngsters had contracted. Sev
eral other members were also obsent.
The visitors for the afternoon were
Miss Irma Stivers and Mrs. George
Stoehr.
Our next meeting will be held on
Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 2nd, at the
home of Mrs. Aupust Kaffenberger.
Mrs. Victor Stoehr. News reporter.
and said that the registration feesii,-0 e pound.
are but a small part of the expense of The grand champion
building and maintaining roads. He.tht- junior swine division
said the law places no burden upon
interstate commerce, that the tax is
levied in all fairness on those who
use the highways and that payment
of the fee is all the burden put on
interstate commerce.
I $1,20
mt J 1 . 1 I -
narrow oi
was worth
$21 a hundred to Kenneth Doak, its
Gallatin, Mo., grower. Roland Fil
ing, Manhattan, Kans., obtained $15
a hundred for his reserve junior
champion. World-Herald.
State Asks
Escheat of $100,-
000 Estate
Rollie W. Ley of Wayne One
the Beneficiaries of Will of
Steve Nichols
of
Poll Lists are
Gone and Nye
is:lndignant
Senatqr Says J)ifiijpe&rance in Ten
nessee Most Jpamnable Un-.
able to Prove Fraud
HUCKINS' APPEAL IS HEARD
Hold Lxcellent Meetings.
The local Women's Christian Tem
perance Union of Alvo, held a very
plasrnt and profitable meeting or.
Tuesday of lost week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Coatman. A
very worthwhile program was had.
and the ladles enjoyed the gathering
at the home of their genial friend.
A very fine luncheon was served.
Improving Their Equipment.
John,. Skinner and Roy Coatman
who are rustlers when it comes to
trucking and they find that some
times their capacity for handling the
business if taxed, and in order to
keep fit. they are building a new
g.srage lor their two large trucks
where they will he enclosed and also
have during the winter when the
weather is cold n hented place that
tho motors may be warm when they
desire to 6 tart early which they have
to do. and this will enable even when
the weather is cold, to give the very
best service which is always their
aim.
Dcs Moines The question of
whether George E. Huckins of Cedar
Rapids, convicted of obtaining money
under false pretenses, received a fair
district court trial was argued Thurs
day. Attorneys for Huckins, appeal
ing from his sentence of seven years
imprisonment, contended that preju
dice and technical errors in admissi
bility ui eviueiice uau resunea in an an(j q
uiiju:-;l veraici. i ne siaie aeniawno
errors anrt asked affirmations of the
convictions.
Huckins and his father, Elmer S.
Huckins of Hancock, Wis., were
found guiKy in connection with a
gigantic business enterprise which
for a while paid 26 and 52 per cent
dividends. They are alleged to have
represented fraudulently that they
sold defective cigars in wholesale
lots. The supreme court took ti e
case under advisement after hearing
arguments by Neill Garrett, assis:
ant attorney trenehal. and R. S. Mil-
ner and Walter J. Harnsrrover nf f- ! O.
dar Rapids. Huckins' attorneys in
support of the writtne briefs.
LEGION WILL START
EMPLOYMENT
SYSTEM
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 20. Am
erican Legion department comman
ders and adjutants at the close yes
terday Of their annual three-day ses
sion recommended that the legion
organize an employment system iu
every state.
An offer from the department of
Penniiplvans to 4cct a trophy tc
h- le.on depart n-ea' 'h.v tec-
plishsd the most In solvjnj; :fc un
employment problem was accepted.
AL J0LSON RETURNS TO
STAGE IN MUSICAL SHOW
New York, Nov. 20. Al Jolson,
who led the parade of staf?e stars in
to the talkies, is coming back to the
stage as the star of a new musierl
show. Erlanger Productions, Inc., an
nounced Thursday. The comedian
has not played in musical comedy oo
the road since 1927.
FRIEND CALLS "SISSY"
THEN GOES TO HOSPITAL
Springfield, 111., Nov. 20. Even
his best friend can't call Thomas
Dougherty, 46, miner, a "sissy." In
proof of this, Dougherty Thursduv
shot and wounded Thomas J. Connor.
51, with whom he has worked and
been friendly for many years.
See the Mooieman Man.
W. P. Wright, the Mooremsn Miu
eral man is hustling on the job. Re
member to phouc- hits for your stock
'seeds. He will be "Johnnie en the
'tpot at yrur place to supply vour
jaeed :.n this line. n6-4tw
The attorney general's department
having succeeded in obtaining the
escheat of the $100,000 John O'Con
nor estate iu Adams county. Is now
asking that the will of Steve Nichols
be set aside in Wayne county, on
the goruud of incompetency of the
maker, and that his estatp, estimated
at $100,000, escheat to the state for
lack of heirs.
Assistant Attorney General L. Ross
Newkirk will go to Wayne Saturday
to argue a motion of this nature fil
ed in the county court by County
Attorney C. H. Hendrickson. The
motion asks that the will which has
been probated be reopened for the
filing of a petition asking for escheat,
of the estate to the state. Steve
Nicholas, who died leaving a will,
was eighty-eight years of age.
Rollie W. Ley, banker or Wayne,
formerly member of the state bank
guaranty fund commission, is one of
three men named in the will tore
ceive the greater portion of the es
tate. Herman Lundberg, banker in
the same institution with Mr. Ley,
S. Roberts are the other two
are to share and share alike af
ter one farm for George Fox of
Wayne is taken out of the estate,
and small sums for three churches
and one lodge and a larger sum for
Dr. T. T. Jones, an osteopath who
attended Nichols during his last ill
ness. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
church, the First Baptist church and
the Presbyterian church, all of
Wayne, are to receive $1,000 each
under the will, which was made and
signed by Niched s maraed July 0,
Wayne lodge No. 118, I. O.
is to receive $1,000, Samuel
$500 and Dr. T. T. Jones
George Fox is bequeathed
the north holt of the southwest quar
ter of section 14, township 25, north
of range 4. east, in Wayne county.
The balance of the estate, real and
personal, is to go to Mr. Ley, Mr.
Roberts and Mr. Lundberg. Mr. Ley
is named as executor.
Memphis Senator Nye. of the
senate campaign funds committee.
Friday night characterized "disap
pearance" of the .Shelby county dem
ocratic primary poll lists as "most
damnable." The committee reopen
ed its Tennessee investigation with
a brief hearing. Dr. Neumon Tay
lor, chairman of the county primary
board, told Senator, Nye, most of the
August primary poll lists and ballots
were destroyed because officials here
did not know he would want them.
Nye said the law requires their pre
servation. "The disappearance of those poll
lists and ballots is the most damn
able thing." Senator Nye said. "I
Bay such things without malice to
the community, but you have a sit
uation here comparable to that in
Philadelphia."
Senator Nye said th:it unless some
unforeseen event occurs the Tennes
see investigation is closed. He pre
pared to leave late in the night for
Washington. He said hearings will
be held there next week into the
Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Dela
ware elections.
The committee held hearings here
and at Nashville last October and an
nnunwd it found nothing to disqual
ify the Tennessee senators, Cordell
Hull and W. E. Brock, elected for the
long and short terms, respectively.
We expected to prove there was
fraud here with those poll lists and
ballots," Senator Nye said. "Now
they are gone, we can prove noth-
'ug, I am afraid." State Journal.
Western abraaka was paralysed
Thursday afternoon by the w or I
blizzard in years.
Motor highways were blocked,
transcontinental rails were Unpass
able at points, wire communications
were broken and air mail service re
main, d inoperative for the second
day, due to a storm that has r?ged
for two days, leaving the entire west
ern hnlf of the state burled under
many inches of drifting snow.
The precipitation abated Thurs
day afternoon after extending ;;; far
east as Grand Island.
Moisture Welcome
The only comfort in the storm was
the knowledge that the moisture
snow in the west and rain In the
east was a great benefit to winter
wheat.
Several inches of rain have fallen
in this part of the state in the past
two days.
At 6 p. m. Thursday the tenipera
'ure was 3S. At Grand Island during
he Afternoon it descended to 30. at
farther west prevailing marks were
25.
Worst Since 1888
At Sidney, where a dozen autos
Irene St filed on blockaded highv,".y3
and their drivers forced to take re
fuse in farmhouses, oldtimers said
the blizzard was the most severe
since 1888.
Snowdrifts as high as (SM eave:;
f houses brought all business to an
end in some western towns.
Ellsworth residents said the ctorm
was the most crippling In 17 ye:.: .
In that locality automobile traffic
has been totally suspended and rail
roads are running on belated sched
ules. The Union Pacific main line at
Hugo, Colo., was buried under 20
feet of snow. One thousand head
of cattle were reported te have per
ished in that area.
Towns Isolated
Many towns In northeast Nebras
ka are completely isolated from the
outside world due to crippled wire
service.
A dispatch from Norfolk Thursday
night said that 14 construction crews
are working all night throughout
that section to repair damage d4 ne
to communications by the storm.
From Norfolk to Long Pine, three
Utefcea of snow stands on the ground,
and is heavier from there west.
From Norfolk to the Rosebud re
gion of South Dakota c snowstorm
was in progress Thursday night.
All wires arc down in that section.
Snow blanketed the territory of
Sargent, Burwell, Ord and Ravenna
from one to four inches, the Burl
ington railroad office here reported.
Additional Burlington reports said
that there was a light snow Thurs
day afternoon at Hastings. Central
Nebraska snow was melting rapidly.
The Lincoln Telephone Co. re
ceived reports from Valentine say
ing that a strong wind was whipping
snow in higli banks. Trains through
that sector of the state were reported
one to three hours late.
BEAT FRANCHISE BY 26 VOTES
Lincoln, N'o". 21. Bv a margin
of 2G votes, the Western Public Ser
vice Co., Broken Bow, lost Its at
tempt .o obtain a 10-year franchise
in that city, the Nebraska supreme
court ruled rr'day.
Tne election was held Feb. 14.
Prior to that time the company had
op rated iu Broken Bow for 25 years
under B franchise. The election w:is
caih d after the city council I d re
fused to allow a rer.ewali
The mail vote, around which
much cf the subsequent court fight
centered, gave the opimnenu; a mar
gin of 26 voies. This, the il court
held, vulidly defeated the i: mt"
Greeley Farmer
Taken as Fourth
in Moore's Gai
Sheriff Says Carl Rose Com esse.. Rob
h?iy cf Kansas Brtk: Bro
thers in Pease.
issue, and this
court affirmed.
decision the supreme
YTiile Fletcher Moore, dying of
jwovnds suffered in ei i:!:;t.l iiattj.j
!-f'cr killing Detective Sergeant Fred
' .' uger Monday, grimly rein, il u,
lis police his rtcry aj. Covenant 0'
J pital at Omaha Wednesday, another
Inl'eged member tit the bank fobbi t
fttfg which Moore is said to
headed in Kansas a month aco
Icapteead ne.ir Ciuelcy, Neh., and is
said to have confessed.
The latest capture is that of Ca I
Rose, 21, member of a fanner family
four miles northeast of Greeley In
cluded in the post-e which sought him
jwere two of his own brothers,
i Confession Monday night of Ches
ter Gore, . corup-inion of Moore at the
time of Kruger's shooting, led H. M
IjSllxS, Burns detective, to Greeley
! Wednesday, where he furnished
Washington The federal govern- Sheriff Frank Moron with Rose's de
men Monday was openly holding the cription. Moran anil Ellis drove to
line it secretly had maneuvered the Rose farm, but Rose, .apparently
acainst sagging wheat prices last i seeing the auto approaching and uav
week in a brand new grain stabil- ing a premonition he was sough . fled
ization campaign. Chairman Legge without being seen bv the officers.
Brothers in Posse.
rm Board
Openly Dealing
in Market
G:
vernnient Agencies Join in Battle
Against Sagging Wheat Prices ;
Buying on Big Scale.
of the farm board and George S. Mil
nor, general manager of the grain
stabilization corporation, joined in
the announcement of this second ef
fort to dam the florid of wheat price
depression with government re
sources. A year ago, at a cost esti
mated at around $75,000,000, the
corporation penned up 60,000,000
bushels of grain which it still has
on its hands.
The new stabilization move which
became evident in Chicago last Sat
urday when enormous quantities of
December wheat disappeared regu
larly at 73 cents a bushel, was un
officially reported late Monday to
have absorbed another 20,000,000
bushels.
Altho the tremendous buying in
evidence Saturday was not repeated
Monday, the wheat market Kave an
impressive display of strength. Mr.
Legge said it was the farm beard's
desire to keep grain prices from go
ing to pieces rather than to create
an arbitrary advance in price. While
the stabilization corporation will buy
in both the cash and futures mar
ket whenever and wherever it be
lieves necessary, he fa id, no attempt
will be made to "peg" prices or to
coiner the market.
Chairman Legge said the new sta
bilization campaign was undertaken
with a view to maintaining domestic
prices above the world prices which
he characterized as unreasonably
low. Alflio he predicted a negligible
export trade for the United States
for many months in the face of large
domestic stocks, he said conditions
particularly since wheat was be
ing so extensively used as a livestock
feed did not warrant prices in this
country going as low as the present
world level. State Journal.
Moran Immediately organized a
' posse, In which John and Edwin
iRcse, brothers of Carl, joined. Police
Chief Jesse McMInimin, County Clerh
D. W. Haley and County Judge Jesse
L. Scott were other members. The
! posse divided into two groups, and
jthe three last named found Carl Rose
with a companion in an auto on the
'outskirts cf Greeley. Rose was un
i armed, and surrendered without re
sistance. Under questioning. Sheriff Moran
,said, Carl Rose confessed tiiking part
with Moore, Gore and Robert Titus
in the robbery October 9 of a bank
at Hiawatha. RGse told the officers,
according to Sheriff Moran, th:it he
(received $500 a his share of the
$3,800 loot of the bank.
I Two weeks ago, relatives of Rose
j told Moran, they were surprised
jwlien he returned fiom an unex
plained absence with a new auto and
i apparently plenty of money. Pre
viously, they added, he always had
I been short of funds. He gave no ex
planation of his sudden prosperity,
however.
Gold Holdings
Show Increase
in October
WARNINGS ARE PROTESTED
France and United States Control
Sixty Per Cent of Gold in
World Circulation
EXCITEMENT IN WHEAT PIT
GENERAL SUMMER ALL QUITS
AS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF
1930.
F.,
Barley
$2,000
SENATOR SM00T EMPHATIC
Washington The tariff act which
hears his name Thursday cost Sen
ator Smoot a watch crystal. Driving
home an argument tha.t without the
4 2 cent wheat tariff the farm board
would have been helpless to keep
American wheat above the world
price level, the veteran finance com
mittee chairman pounded bis desk.
Unfortunately he used his left first,
on which he wore a wrist watch.
The crystal splintered.
"I'll get another," Smoot said,
barely pausing in his declaration
that the tariff is helping the wheat
farmer.
FOR SALE
1 e's for tale, at the Pfcs GrrJ-
6on Jane, four Spotted Poland China
Boars. John Rodtiy. ' n20-4tw
Washington. D. (J., Nov. 20. The
army today said good-by to "did per
schedule," a soldier who believed in
Betting things done and in the appli
cation of that belief rose to high rank
in America's military forces.
Yielding to the mandate of a
schedule not of his own making, but
as rigidly inflexible as those he en
forced on officers and men in 40 years
of army life. General Charles P.
Summerall reached the end of his
tour of duty as chief of staff.
On the fourth of next March he
will be 64 years old, the automatic
retirement age. In the meanwhile
he will be "on leave."
HUSKERS
SET GOOD
RECORD
IN 17 DAYS
Blair, Nov. 18. A corn husking
story comes from L. P. Peterson of
the Rose Hill neighborhood north
west of Blair.
For 17 days, hie son, Howard
Peterson, and Elmer Monson husked
corn on the Peterson farm, and in
that time they have put 3,4du- bush
els in the cribs, or an ararage of lOi)
bushels per day apiece.
Most of the corn in Washington
county is alxeadv It the cries. Ta
yield vajrij. but ;Jjy sehis. fg
makia from 2 n buels per
acre.
Chicago A Say of trading, de
cribed by veteran observers as with
out precedent in their memories, kept
the Chicago wheat pit in a state of
xcitement Saturday. Altho buying
and selling orders amounting to mil
lions of dollars had been executed
during the session, the lluctuation
of December wheat was held to one
quarter cent, most of it going at 73
cents even. December wheat at
W innipeg, meanwhile, was selling ;it
as low as ;S cents, one of the low si
levels, according to traders here, that
it ever has sold in CanaSta.
Altho confirmation h. lacking
from official sources, local newspapers
said the rumor prc-sisted that the
grain stablizalion corportition had
contracted for sale of 50.000,000
bushels of wheat on long term credit
to Italian buyers. If this were true,
the Tribune said, it would be the
second largest sale in American
grain annals, ranking only below
the 100.000.000 bushels sold by Jul
ius Barnes after the war to European
buyers at over $2 a bushel.
Washington A protest against
warnings issued by the civil Barrlce
commission against civil service em
ployees participating In political
j management and campaigns was
j made to President Hoover Wednes
day by Representative Smith, repub
lican, Idaho.
Smith told the chief executive he
planned to seek congressional action
to prevent the use of any funds by
the civil service commission for pub
lishing circulars warning govern
ment employees against political
activity.
After his conference at the white
house, the Idahoan said h told Mr.
Hoover the civii service commission
j "had no right to deprive govern
!ment employees of interest in poli
tics, because the policy Is contrary
to the rights guaranteed American
citizens under the constitution."
The Idahoan said it was consid
ered "right for cabinet officers and
heads of bureau to go out and make
political speeches and par! pipate In
other political activities, but the lit
tle fellows, under the present com
mission policy, evidently are pot to
express themselves."
OIL MEN TALK PROBLEMS
Chicago A plan for operating
large groups of oil wells as units un
der central direction as a means of
increasing efficiency in the oil busi
ness was one of the important mat
ters which the American petroleum
institute convention prepared to con
sider Monday. Already In practice in
some sections, the plan would leave
in the hands of central groups such
decisions as when new wells should
be drilled and the amount to be pro
duced from present wells. Its advo
cates would extend the plan to the
whole industry.
A proposal for a voluntary cut In
oil production was placed before the
convention at opening sessions and
was given impetus by an offer from
the Royal Dutch Shell company to
decrease its imports from Venezuela
GUARD AMERICAN PROPERTY
Havana American property in
Cuba put under special police guard
Sunday night after the government
announced discovery of an alleged
communist plot to tone the United
States to intervene in Cubo by de
stroying American-owned buildings.
The authorities said they believed
the American embassy might be the
first object of such attack, and for
that reason placed a large
guard them. Ambassador Guggen
heim expressed confidence that Presi
dent Machoda had the situation in
hand. The number of troops in Ha
vana has been reduced as the recent
tension died down.
The tension produced by the es
tablishment of martial law last week
appeared to be diminishing and it
was predicted that military control
might be lifted by Wednesday.
PIONEER YORK COUNTY
SETTLER IS STRICKEN
SAYS
York Alexander Anderson, seven
ty-five, pioneer of York county, died
Monday evening following a heart
attack. His wife found him sitting
in the bern:wher he had gone to get
kindling Born at Westergotiaa, Aifs-
jborgland, Sweden, he came to York
county in 1S7J., and settled near
Thayer. In 1907 the family moved
te Ywrk fc SfS ?hair
boras Ke i aur fired by his wife
and four daughters.
BUSINESS SITUATION
IS A "PANIC OF PLENTY"
New York. Nov. 20. The present
business situation is a "panic of plen
ty," Martin W. Littleton, prominent
New York attorney, said tonight at
the annual dinner of the Chamber of
Commerce of the state of New York.
Caution, courage and ::ommon
sense must be the foundation for
economic revival, he said.
Washington Gold holdings by the
United States climbed to $4.5.o,00i.
000 during October with that month's
increasing bringing the total acquisi
tion for the year to $1 40.o0o.OdU.
The federal reserve hoard in its
monthly review cf business and fi
nancial conditions, however, ex
plained that the total holdings of
this country still were $150,000,000
under the peak holdings reached in
May. 1927.
The United States and France, the
beard said, controlled approximately
60 per cent of the world's supply of
gold .their holdings being the largest
held by any two countries since the
world war.
Japan and South American coun
tries, however. lost gold, the latter
exporting I 3 ,000,000 during the
months of l'J' 0. The board reviewed
'gold movements oi" the world and
j showed hOV the gold stock of this
'country in. leased from 1321' to tt&T
I From May. 1927, to June. 19J,. jt
i-aid, this country lost $580,0.'0,00u
of gold largely as the renu!t of a
lower level of money rates than in
other parts of the world.
Trend Is Reversed.
The rise in money rateti that stori
ed in 1928 reversed the movement
and by OctoHsr, 1?29. this country
had gained $ I'SO.opo.'JuO . in KOfcL
mesi oi it from Cunada, Engl:nd,
Germany and Argentina due to f oi -jeigners
participating In tb e stock
(market trading and a decline io vot
iume and prices of raw m irh';!s ex
ported. The stock market slump
J again started an outward movement
:of gold last October causing a de
crease of $100,000,000 in th" mone
: tarv gold stock of this country.
The board said Prance had ben
the principal taker of gold since l!J27
when the value of the franc was stab-
police (ilizod. Until the spring of 1929. the
Bank of Prance utilized lis foreign
balances to build up its gold reserves
but since that time has taken no di
rect part in the importation of gol.
Th gold movements into France have
continued with little interruption,
the imports being arranged by com
mercial banks.
France Hoards Gold,
During this period, the Hank cf
France, while not directly importing
geld, has added about $550,000 000
to its reserves. The board said tb-
movement or gold from Canada to the
United States was reversed tills y
with the importation of about $20
000. OOu from the United States" in
the midyear. More recently. It said
there have been additional smaller
imports by Canada- in ae.cordane,.
wnn me usual movement at this
oi me year. Slate Journal.
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