THURSDAY. FEBR. 19. 1931. PLlI fSWOtTTH PA0E SEVI.Tr Murray Department -naren in tbe Interest of the People of Murray and vrrcmudine Vicinity Especially for the Journal Reader! WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY The Murray State Bank Will be Closed All Day Monday, Febr. 23rd to observe Washington's Birthday! Native grown Red Clover 9eed. cleaned. $10.00. C. M. Chrisweisser. Nehawka. W. G. Boedeker was called to Pluttsmouth on last Monday where he was looking after some business matters for the day. On Tuesday o? this weeS M. G. Churchill was over '-o Murdock wherf he went to paper a couple of rooms for Oscar McDonald of that place. Errl Lancaster was a visitor in Ptattsmouth on last Mond;:y where he was called to look after some business matters for a short time. Charles V. Barrov of the Mutov Comcr. was :i visitor in Omaha on Monday of this week where he M looking after :me business matters. P. A H:ld of the P. A. Hiki Ele vat or rnd Grain company, formerly the Murray Farmers elevator, was reoervir.gr corn from Everett Spang ler R. Keitlehut and son. Vilas, were looking after some business matters in Mtnr:; on last Monday afternoon and were also visiting with many Irlemte here. Earl Lancaster and his fine horses are enjoying a new suit of clothes for the horses (harness) which wrs recently purchased from the Murray Hardware Co. The Ladies Aid of the Christian chuT'-h served lunch at the sale of Kenneth Farris on Tuesday and at the sale of W. E. Milbern on this coming Saturday. .fr.-. G?or;r W. Rhoden who has been feeling not th very heat ttnr- ing the winter is reported as being ; much better at this time and fcelirg very weli. thank you. Mrs. J. A. Davis who hap. been so poorly for sc;me time past and who ; has been kept to her bed during the j past tSRro weeks is reported as being , quire a bit better at itr.s time. Charles M. Read shelled and de livered four thousand bushels of coru the same being taken by the firm of Boedeker and Wehrbein who arvi using it for feeding their catile. Harry Nelson and the family were enjoying a visit on last Snndc.y with relatives who reside near Waverly. they driving over for the day and enjrying both the visit and trip. Joseph Staska and the tamily were visiting with friends in Omaha on last Sunday, they making the trip via their r.uto and enjoying the trip as well as r. good visit while here. P. A. Hi!d and wife were visiting at rhhome of Raymond Hi Id for the d?.y on last Tues'iay, where Mrs. Hild so- at the dr.y. while Mt. Hild was : rndii:s i": s,.V f Kenneth Farris. T. J. Brendel tiraa a visitor in Lin coln on Monday of this week where he we - el to look after some busi ness ma ters for a short time, he driving over to the big town in his ear. Rfrs. Dan Hcsesi who has been pick with the fever for the past two weeks, w?.s reported a being much better on Monday of thii Meek when the fever was broken aril chc b' gain to Biend. N. A. Marrow oi Nebraska Ci:y who was looking after some business jr.r :t Piattsmnuth on last Mon day, stopped lor a short time at th Murray Corntr on his return home last Monday evening. Carl Lang was taken to Omaha on last Monday where he entered the Methodist hosp:tal where be will he treated and observed to appertain just the best thinr to do with the ate -red knee which ha: been troubling tvm for soire finfop Tv-st. Lee Nickles was in Murray on lasf MonWy aftemooa curias tat the lum ber ysfrd rfflre v.'"'1Io Mr. Wesson was ass'wtftijr iv he unlor.trirg of a car cf Mtttnby. the forty yer.r brand of shingles which Oiwu'gn ."i;k!es seiis. a car which w; received by the lum ber yard Monday. Trafford Wurdeinan of Leigh, a nephew of George E. Nickles. wan a guest at their home on last Sunday as were also Mr. Lee Nickles and Miss Etta Kirklcs and where all enjoyed the visit very much. Messrs. Wurle man and George Nickles were looking after aome business matters at Platts nioutlv and other points on last Mn riav afternoon. Murray Busy Corner j Yes. we are busy here at the Murray C mer. and we are here for business. "T k carry the finest Greases. Gas. Oils. Supplies and Accessories. Kemember. v are specially eqnipped for Battery , CL'argir.. The best of Eepair Work ci anv and all makes of automobiles. Tiis ia a COMPLETE Servioe Station r.nd we are here to give you service. ROCK CREEK Service Station f liarles V. Barrows. Proprietor Murray Corner, NeW. Be Do you feel safe when you put your foot on the brake pedal? When ne - cessitv demands that you make a sud- i Hon ctoi-.' "Vnur hrak-PR arp an im- pcrtant nortion of vour car. Have them working right at all times. We place the brakes and all other parts in perfect condition so you can drive with utmost confidence. Do not take any unnecessary risks. Better be safe! MURRAY GAR ACE A. D. BAKKE. Propr. George Nickles, Frank Mrasek and Herman Woh?farth were over to Lin coln on last Friday where they were meeting with the board of public works looking towards the graveling of highway No. 1, and were accom panied by some twenty of the resi dents along the highway a well a commissioners E. B. Chapman anJ Fred H Gorder. Installed New Range. Anticipating the return of Everett Spanglcr and paTty who have been in the west tor the past sixty day where they have missed the very best winter that the middle west ever had. Mr. Spangler had arranged to have a new combination gas and coal range to be install";', in their home and which was tfone by the Murray Hard ware company, and was m readiness when the party returned to Murray after spending the winter in the rig orous climate cf California which has been lauded heretofore for its mild climate but which Nebraska dla- counted here this winter. However, the party enjoyed the visit to the west very much. They were very well pleased to return to one of the very best portions of the best coun try in the world. Cass county. Ne braska. In Hospital at Oman?. Harry Nocll who was thrown from a tractor with which he was working some ago. striking en his head, has since not been in the best condition and was last Saturday taken to the hospital where he is being observed and treated to ascertain rcsardms; whether it shall be required to have him undergo an operation for the restoration of his health. Have Been Very Busy. The Murray garage, winch has , beer, kept on the hussel by the work of the pipeline company, and with the other work which has come to thip institution aire to have a srig: ( recession from the severe grind as a great number of the pipeline peo ple have departed, though some still remain here. Returns From Missouri. J. A. Wilson and the good wife, who formerly resided at Reck Fkiff-: where he was engaged in farming, but who two years ago went to Low ery City. Mo., and fanner there two years. The first year he was drown ed out and the second yer wr.s dried cut. and last week returned to Cass -oumy and will farm on a farm be longing to A. O. Auit of Cedar Cre- k. Ha will farm here thiw sumir?r. He wrs the guest, accompinied by the wife, at the home cf h!3 snn. Font T. Wilson, of Murray for the dav and dinner on last Sunday, where all enjoyed the visit very much. Orient Coal. The Farmers elevator have just re ceiver! car of Orient csa the kin 3 which h;s been r.o popular with the lamer M?.ke Donations. The Murray Chap'er of the Red Cross sent three tons of supplies to Weeping W-'ter Wednesday to htffj) fvH a car wftfeb wail being shipped re te rtroutb ; rrieken area in the south H. G. Todd donated 50 one hundred nound snrks of ground corn. Th- farmer? g.'vc sucks of "nm and ''- tatces while the village people gave flour, corn meal and canned go.-.ds. The three ton truek of Mrase-k s war piled high with supplies. Helseai and Carper gav" the use I of their store building just west of the bank for th '.ssembllng of the supplies and O. a. Davis had charge of storing supplies and loading the ; truck. Frank and Er.rl Frasek gave i the use of their truck and labor ! gratis to the great cause. The offi 'j cers of the local chapter feel very greatful to these parlies who as sisted in getting these supplies to- :geher and to Weeping Water and to those who responded so liberally with their donations. Wealse appreciated the help from ! the telephone company and our oper ator. Mrs. Ella Barker, for putting call over all her lines for the sup plies. rry a Journal Want-Ad. PAINTING I Decorating and Paper Hanging am fully equipped to take care r . . . ot yeaT r?adv to serve M. G.CHURCHILL rray, Nebraska Presbyterian Church Notes. Sabbath school at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11 a. m. ! evening service at 7:30 p. m. (Young people's meeting). Wednesday evenintr uraver meet- I lnS at i .iv. You are cordially Invited to wor ship with us. J. C. STEWART, Pastor. Lincoln Sought Information as to His Ancestry Two Letters That He Wrote to Colomon Lincoln Are Made Public New York. Feb. 12. An attempt by Abraham Lincoln to trace his an cestry vs revealed in two letters to Solomon Lincoln, whose identity is not known, that have just been mad public here by Dr. A. S. W. Roffsen j bach, bibliophile. The letters were wriTten by Lin coln in Washington, in March, 1848, the year in which he. as Representa tive frc;m Ulmoi? in 1'he Thirtieth Congress, made his speech favoring: the nom'naion by the Whigs j Zachary Taylor for President. of Apparently these letters were in stigated by a regit cat from Solomon Lincoln for information that might ! throw light on his own forbears. In the first letter. Lincoln excuses his scant fund of facts with the ex planation that "owing to my father being left an orphan at the age of 6 years, in p v rty and in a new coun try, he became a wholly uneducated j ma:!, which I rattpose is the reason why I know so little of our family I history." Tnis le'ter reads: Your letter to Mr. Hale, in which you uj me the honor of making some kind inquiries concerning me. has been harded me by Mr. Hale, with the request that I should give yet 'the de-sired information. I was born Feb. 12. IS OH. in Hardin County. Ky. My ?r's nam- : Thomas; mv errand father's was Abraham, the 1 srme ea my own. My grandfather i went from Rockinha-n County in Virginia o Kentucky about the year i 17S2. and two years afterward wa-: killed by the induu s. We have a vague tradition that my great-grandfather went from Pennsylvania to Virginia and that he was a Quaker. I Further back than this I have never heard anything. It may do no harm : to say that "Abraham" and "Morde cal" are common names in our fam- ! ily, while the name "Levi," so com- man among the Lincoln's of New . England, I h?.Tt not known in any ! instance amontr us. Owing to rrv friths hping left an , orphan at the age of six years, in poverty and in R ner country, he became a wholly uneducated man. i which I sn-vpose s the reason why I know so little of cur family history. I believe- I car. say nothing more now thai wculd at all interest you. If I you sh?ll he "bie to trace any con nection between yourself and me. or. ; in fact, whether you shall or noi. I should bo pleased to have a line from ycu at any time. Additional infermation was ten dered later that month, when he wrote: Yours of- the twenty-first is rc i ceived. I shall not be able to answer ' your interrogations very fttHy. I i will, however, do the best I can. I j have mentioned that, my grand ; father's name was Abraham. He had. ns I think I vave hearil. four bro ; ther. Tsaac. Jacob, Thomrts and John He h-ul tlire s ns. Morde-ai. Joaiab and Thomas, the last my fa- ther. My une'e Morde- ai had three :son Abr-.e-rr. jaTnM Trrrfc.i r,,rH, Jos,iah ha(, vcr .l daughters , and an un, son Thnmas :Iv fa ther h?s ,,n only chiJd myaeK. of course j This is al, l krow eerudiy on the ,,,hit of nm- it i father's understanding that Abra ham. Monlerai and Thomas are old family names of ours. The reason T did not mention Thomas as a family name in my other letter was because iT if so very eomrton a name as to prove but little, if anything, in the way of identification. Since I wrote you it occurred to me to inquire of Governor McDow ell, who represents the district in Virginia. including Rockingham, whether he knows persons of our name there. He informs he does; though none very intimately except one an olH man liv th rhriarion name of Davjd That ne fc of- OUT ! family I have no doubt. I now ad -' dress him a letter, making such in I nniries iirrrst thimfil-tvc anil when I shall receive an answer I will cnunuiiicate to you anything that may seem pertinent to your object. EA? BUDGET CUT FOE RAIL BODY The Nebraska Traffic leagtie KM directed a resolution to the state leg islature asking that no reduction be made in the appropriation asked by the Nebraska railway commission. The resolution was drafted at a meeting here Thursday at which the f1'" 1 '"StlllgS. GTc commerce of Holdrege. gs. Grand Island, lora. Mc- Cook. Central City. Kearney nd Col- j With a general investigation i camps at Wellton by a flood which scheduled oh the program of the 'followed a cloudburst Friday, were commission, the resolution states j fed by Brother Noah, mayor, city that rate making especially in N'e- marshal and reatauraut man at T.i braku is in what might be called can. east of Wellton. Rain contfmi :ne most critical stage. "ed generally thruout the state. If any of th readers of Mm iauraaJ kdot of any svwtor l tana of Imm in tb. vtciMlty. at wiu Mil mate to tW oflMa, tt wtM as under this Iw!!?. W I"M"I-I"I"MI"I"I"I"1 H-M' INDUSTRIAL NOTES 4- MH ! I-I"IM"M"i-I M-I-I- The following record of industrial activity lists items showing invest ment of capital, employment of labor and business activities and oppor tunities. Information from which the paragraphs are prepared is from tioned, and may be considered gen local papers, usually of towns men erally correct. Harvard Barthelman and Ran dall Barber Shops consolidated short time ago. Plattsmouth Ray V. Bryant es tablishing repair and machine shop en Main street. Harvard Electric incubator in stalled in Highway Hatchery. Bridgeport Work started on new home for Bureau of Irrigation. Lyman A. H. Walker acquired grocery store in dormitory building from J. E. Shaw. Long Pine Library moved into building recently purchased by Fed erated Woman's Club. Red started Cloud C. operations. D. Hatchery Scottsbluff rBluffs Cafe opened for business in newly remodeled building at 1911 Broadway. Bladen Emery L'Heureaux added electrical saw to his shop equipment. S: hibner Zucker Hatcheries oper ating. B r id gepo r t G rand Lor business. Cafe d: opened Tekamah Colson -umed operations. Hatchery re- Wisner - Wear store - Armstrong redecorated. Ready-to- Vrientine Samuel R. McKelvie puri hased old Pat Piper ranch. Tekamah Interior of Puntorium cleaning establishment remodeled and new equipment installed. Bladen W. L Bennett opened new grocery store on Main "streer. Harvard Stop signal installed at street leading into town. Wisner Schwartz Produce Com pany sold to L. C. Schwinck of Stan ton. Beemer Hudson MilLer purchased Emil Grease implement business. Day kin Improvements Ludhorium theatre. made to Howell George W drug store to Joseph H-eun sold his I'.lamt. Pender Carl Busch and Son leas ed Lorensen Filling Station for per iod of tree years and w'ill take pos session March 1st. Red Cloud American Legion dis cuss plans for dedicating airport thi jummer. Ogallala Western Electric Hat cheries leased west side of Fred Peters building on West First street, and installing hatchery with 23,000 egg capacity. Scribner- Elkhorn river bridge east of town reconstructed and open ' ed to traffic. Madison Mid-VVcs' Natural Gas Company to construct, maintain and operate natural gas distributing sys tem in this city. Lyman A. O. Smith and Co of Srottsbluff, reneived $15,134 con tract for grading and rock work or. three-mile stretch of Guernsey bridge and connect with new Guernsey-Dw-yer project now under construction. wganaia ijrienn hww 1 Welsch Filling Station on leased West where Street and erected building he will conduct tire and battery ser vice. Madison be installed New electric fire siren to in this city. Tekamah Improvements made to Lyric theatre. Representatives of various towns met to discuss and form plana for promoting highway from Brady south through Moorefield, Stock ville and Bartlev and on to Kansas. Tekamah Board of Education consider new school buildtng for this place. TOURIST STRANDED BY ARIZONA FLOODS Phoenix Storm clouds still hov ered over water soaked Arizona as measures were taken to feed hund- reds ot motorists, stranded by iarpess- able roads. Three hundTed Motorists, mostly tourists, driven from auto Pfen is Offered for Revision of Anti-Trust Laws David L. Podell, New York Man, Makes Four Definite Propos als for Changes New York. Feb. 11. Out of a deal of vague talk about the revision of the Federal anti-trust laws has come a program that is today attracting much consideration by the New York bar. It emanates from a man known in legal circles here as an authority on laws governing trade combina tions, David L. Podell, one-time sp--cial government counsel in the prose cution of violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Mr. Podell's plan, which has four definite suggestions, is offered par tially as a proposal to alleviate in dustrial depressions by making it pos sible for industry without violating the laws to control production to a greater extent and hold it within the limits of demand. Concerted attempts to control production or prices by agreement at present, Mr. Podell holds is a violation of the law. By setting up governmental agen cies that would be able to keep an eye on large mergers and determine whether they were in the public in terest or not. and which would al low greater scope for cooperation of independent industries through their grouping in trade associations. Mr. Podell visualizes greater integration and control of industry, which, in turn, he believes, would be better able to serve the needs of the public and Specifically his proposals are as fallows: "1. Under exisCfng law there Is no adequate machinery for the gather ing of reliable data or information concerning mergers and consolida tions in industry. I. therefore, favor that all mergers and consolidations above a minimum sp. fied capitali zation be reported to the Govern ment in fullest detafl "2. To guard against indiscrim'n ate and illegal mergers, to aid mcm- bers of the bar in advising clients to make for clarity and certainty in the operation and enforcement &t these fundamental laws, they shouid be amended so that a merger and co"- solidation program may be submitter! to a central governmental agency for its approval or disapproval in ad- Housewives of Plattsmouth have found it is Saving to come in and Select their Own Groceries Apples FIRM REU WINES APS ICY. Bushel Basket J.95 1 pounds fcr Lenten SALMON PINK. quality Fine Tall SARDINES I ONIONS I Red or yellow. ff 5 I Large. 10 lbs.. . A9 DEL MONTE or BOOTH. Oval can. MACKEREL Full Mb., net weight tall cans. KING OSCAR SARDINES Per can SHRIMP WET or DRY Per can TUNA FISH Vn 4 3- 15: SKINNER MACARONI SPAGHETTI. Windmill Salad 1000 ISLE or SAND WICH SPREAD Pint Jars 25 Quart Jar 39 BLUE RIBBON MALT America's Largest Selling Malt . . . vanee, reser'ng in the Garvernment always the right to proceed by in junction to curb abuse or misuse of the merger powers acquire:!, where those powers have been c bused subse quent to the original setup and in khc conduct of the business merger. "3. Let our anti-troat law be amended so as to vest in either the same or existing or newly constituted federal agency the power to approve or disapprove any productiem pla-i or program for trade association ac tivity, having power where the f.nns warrant to permit regulation or cur tailment of production in an ir .lus try: such a board to function entire ly in a'-cord with the requirement? of our anti-trust laws as thus amend ed, and always subject to current re view. "4. Finally, it may be advisable to consider a method of licensing irade association groups, the license to be optional and revocable and to carry with it an immunity from the crim inal and treble damage feature of Che law, provided there is at all times full disclosure of activities to Mn? Government." Mr. Podell concludes hi.; proposal with the assertion tlmt tl surge: tions do not seek te pia"n govern nen1 any runner into rue domain o! ;.r -' vate business." MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY DUE AT SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco Austin F. Marti. I the man without a country and form- j er secretary of Augustina Sardino, Niearaguan rebel, who has traveled : 25.000 miles on the sens seeking a legal residence on land, will trrive here Monday. A political refugee from Nicaragua, Marti has .soi:ght er- try to the United States and other eountrie , but banished try all. Im migration authorities said he prob ably would be kept here until Wash- J ington reviews his case. DECLAEE OVERPRODUCTION 0F METHODIST MINISTERS ! Chicago. 111.. F.b. 1C- rrett ' Bibical Institute vffi begin to cur tail its output of Methodist ministers I next fall. Overproduction, saltl Dr. I Fred C. Eislen. president, i th-j rea- (son. Dr. Eislen said Garrett Ins: will fix a limit on the total en mem, and will rbdtttM the si ;each class. The limit and the meth- Od of Bel etion of new students h: : not been determined Snnkist Navels Small, 2 dcz. 3& Med., doz. Large, doz. . 29 Jumbo, doz . . 3& GBAPE FRUIT Sweei, juicy. Lpt. size Four for 25 All I HEINZ CATSUP can 12 ANUT 10 CiiEESE 10 COFFEE 17 DEL MONTE pack. PORK-BEANS DEL MONTE light meat. LIBBY MILK Vs. 23; l's. 43 or 3 pkgs.. 19 TEA FLOUR HJNKY-DINKY 48-lb. sack $1.19 24-lb. sack 67 1 0-lb. sack 35 5-Ib. sack 19 Guaranteed Passengers are Robbed Aboard Southern Train Into Observation Car and Levy Tribute on Occupants Ewape Under Fire. Atlanta Two bandits broke into ; The observation car of the south bound Crescent Limited, New York, 1 ?Jew Orleans Sruthcrn passenger train, shortly after it left Newman. Ga . late Mondfcy, robbed several paf-- sengers and escaped after stopping rhe train. The Atlanta dispatcher of the At lanta and West Point railway said the Crescent conductor notified him the men apparently had boarded the tram when it stopped at Newman. About foiw miles south ot that place ithey broke the glass in the rear door of the observation car and unlocked ; it. One of the men, a handkerchief tied about his face, entered the car and threatened passengers. Seven or eight persons in the car were forced to hand over their cash, amounting j to between $20 and J100 per per son. As the robber completed his round his confederate on the rear platform 'turned the air on the train's brakes. ! An automobile was waiting on a nearby road and the two men jumped I from the train and ran toward it One of the flagmen followed the bandits firing at them as they ran. laud one answering shot came from trem. No passenger and none of the ::ain crew was hit, but it was not determined whether the flagman's fire took effect. State Journal. BUTLER MAKES ADDRESS South Bend. Ind. Indirect refer- iences to the Mussolini embroglio pop- Pd from Maj. Gen. Smedley Butter's address here before the Knife and Fori; club. "God help the man," he said. "who gets in the way of an aroused public opinion. Tve had an exper ience of that sort." Another was "when public opposi tion if. aroused Al Capone will go b?ck to Italy but I can't talk abou Italy." These were interpolations in his speenh which dealt with his ad ministration cf the Philadelphia "el-an-up" a few years ago. His talk wa heard by an overflow crowd. Prices are com ing DOWN A vkit to yenr HIKKY- DINKT store every day will keep you informed of the changes. MB. GR0FF. Manager. r i j ,i. . .-x' Him -i Potatoes NO. 1 NEBR. RED TRIUMPHS 100-lb. Av. Wt. Bag BANANAS Firm, ripe dozen . . Per..2 Large size bottle 19 BUTTER it : 35 19 Wisconsin Full Cream Ycu'Il like it. Pound 23 HINK Y-DINKY Special. 9 Ibr.. 1.23: Pound-- 25 COFFEE. Vacuum pack. Lb. 35 Campbell's or Van Camp. 4 for 29 TALL CANS Each J.89 15-pound PECK 29 Uncolored Japan or Black Extra fine quality. Per pound 39 KARO SYRUP 5 lb., dark. 37; 10-lb 65 5 lb., light. 39; 10-lb 69 MAZOLA OIL Pints 30 Quarts 57 Gallons 49 Big 3-pound Can