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Hehr. State Histories! Society mn VOL. NO. XLVIH PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1932. NO. 24 City has Need of Better Trans- portat'n Service From 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. No Train or Bus Service Between Om aha and This City. While this city has ample service from Plattsmouth north to Omaha during the day, the fact exists that few appreciate that there is no way by either bus or train of coming from Omaha to this city from eleven o'clock in ihe forenoon io five in the afternoon. Prior to the last few months there has been service at least on tne railroads, the Burlington operating a train that reached here at 2:07 p. m. and one at 4:25, while the Missouri Pacific had a southbound train that arrived here at 2:35. These have all been taken cff and no adequate means of service has been arranged. It is hoped that in the future a bus service connection may be made at 12:30 at Oreapolis with the "Schuyler" on the Burling ton, but at this time there is none. This leaves the person who does not have a private automobile up against the proposition that if they cannot complete their business in Omaha by 11 a. m. that they will have to remain until 5 p. m. before they can find means of reaching home. The service to the north is excel lent both in bus and train but the hours named above provide a long period without service from the north. DECIDE FOR DEFENDANT The last Jury . case of the April term of the district court tvasdis posed of Saturday, afternoon and. the jury was excused for the balance of the term and allowed to go to their homes. . " . The last case heard was that of E. II. Luikart, Receiver, vs. Henry Meierjurgen, an action in which the plaintiff sought to collect a note held by a defunct bank at Millard. The defendant offered testimony to show that he had received no consider ation for the signing of the note, that it had been made as an accom modation note and that at the time he had been assured that payment would not be asked by the bank. The jury decided that Mr. Meierjurgen was not liable for the ncrce and ac cordingly found in his favor and against the plaintff bank' receiver. PLATTSMOUTH WINS In the first game of the season the Plattsmouth town team defeated the; Omaha Cardinals at Riverview park by the score of 3 to 2. It was a very close and interest ing game throughout. The Omaha team scored in the first and third while Plattsmouth did not score un til the first half of the seventh. Connors opened the seventh in ning for Plattsmouth with a pare bingle over second, Kenneth Foisall advanced him to second on a beau tiful hit right over third base line. Reeves, playing third for Platts mouth, proved the hero of the day, smashing a home run, scoring Poisall and Connors. This ended the scor ing and left Plattsmouth the victor. Plattsmouth looks very good this year and should prove a very fast team. PULLS OUT 150-POUND TROUT From Monday's Pally The Omaha papers Sunday relate that a five-pound trout was pulled out of one of the small streams near Long Pine, Nebraska. Thi3 is noth ing, as several days ago a 150-pound Trout was pulled out of the sandpits near this city. In this case, here, how ever it was Henry Trout, who was fishing at the pits and was caught in the shifting sands along the sides of the pit and was being rapidly en gulfed in the sand which was flowing like water when he was rescued by Anton Hasson. The sand is very deep and when one is caught in them, It is even worse than being in water, as the sand pulls and drags the vic tim down into its depths. With the assistance of Mr. Hasson, Mr. Trout was able to reach one of the floats in the pit and to get. out of his plight. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Carl Mathieson of Storm Lake, Iowa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rice, Sr., of this city was operated on Saturday morning at the Methodist hospital at Sioux City. Mrs. Mathieson has been suf fering from appendicitis and to give her any relief it wa3 decided that the operation would be necessary At the last reports the patient was resting very nicely and it is hoped will soon be on the highway to com plete recovery. Students in Tri-State Declam atory Contest Greth Garnett and William Weten- kamp Secure Second Place in Tarkio Contest. Several of the Plattsmouth high school students, winners at the dis trict declamatory contest, were at Tarkio, Missouri, Saturday where they participated in the Invitation contest staged by the Tarkio col lege. The meet was participated in by high schools of the states of Iowa, Missouri. Kansas and Nebraska, with a very large number being in attendance at the event. The local contestants showed up excellently in the various classes of the event, Greth Garnett winning second place ia the dramatic section and William Wetenkamp the sec ond place in the oratorical. Both of the local contestants received much praise for their excellent work and their showing in the large field of entries was most pleasing. In the athletic features of the meet, Clarence Forbes of the local school scored third place in the 100- yard dash, a fast record being set by the contestants from the several high schools participating. Robert Foster Patterson, principal of the high school and former Tar kio graduate, took the party of con testants to the Missouri city to en joy the various events. HAVE TRYING EXPERIENCE From Monday's Daily The nocturnal habit3 of a num ber of the local youth proved a life saver to two other Plattsmouth young men in Omaha last night or rather early this morning. The two young men had been visitors in the great city, viewing Sixteenth street, the theatres as well a3 the enjoyment of the dance, one of the young men be ing one of our best known musicians, while the other is engaged in labor ing at the county building. They Utile noted the passing of the time in the pleasures of the evening. The sentinel of time struck twelve and the last means of return to Platts mouth vanished with the departure of the Missouri Pacific train for the south. As the night was dying in the arms of the onrushing day, a party of Plattsmouth autoists en route home from their outing, espied two solitary figures along south Thirteenth street, the duo doing the old thumb act . Fortunately the driver of the car recognized the two hitch hikers and they were taken on board and brought home. Many a good girl has walked home, but the young men would not care for this experiment and will carry their Big Ben with them on the next flash in the big town. FINED FOR INTOXICATION Monday afternoon in the county court Clarence Blessie, Joe Dworak and Ben Slapnick, of Omaha, were arraigned in the court of Judge A. H. Duxbury to face a charge of intoxi cation. The complaint against J. K. Sweeney was withdrawn, there be ing no evidence that he had been under the influence of liquor. The testimony of several witnesses was taken as to the trio being under the influence of liquor and engaged in fighting along highway No. 75, north of this city. After hearing the evidence offered in the case, Judge Duxbury gave the trio a fine of 1 10 and costs each for their offense and they were remanded to the custody of Sheriff Thimgan until the amount of the fine and costs might be settled. Official Vote of Cass County is Completed Little Changs Shown in the Final Results Over the First Check of Vote. The completion of the official count of the vote cast in Cass coun ty at the recent primary election was made Monday by I. J. Hall and W. L. Propst. the board of canvass ers. The results fail to show any great change from the figures tirs announced. The complete vote of the county is as follows: Democratic NATIONAL TICKET For President William 11. Murray 305 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,260 John N. Garner 554 Smith For Vies President James Pearson 1,507 Hitchcock Delegates at Large J. J. Thomas 969 T. S. Allen 1,079 I. J. Dunn 842 Geo. W. O'Malley 745 Keith Neville 1.031 Dan V. Stephens 784 Richard L. Metcalfe 1.184 Webb Rice 549 Earl M. Marvin 1,421 W. H. Thompson 1,053 Alternates at Large Thos. W. Lanigan 766 Chas. Graff 760 Harry Miller 878 Effie M. Byers 696 Odessa Carter Jensen - 752 D. O. Dwyer 1,398 T. A. Willmore 796 Mary Ann Vinckel 705 Catherine F. McGerr 787 Fred G. Hawxby 990 Ernest G. Kroger " 839 Delegates First Dist. E. E. Placek 696 Clarence L. Clark 941 J. B. Douglas .' 1,012 John J. Ledwlth 711 Alternates First Dist William G. Utterback 1,205 Anna K. Fall 973 Nellie M. Chaney 950 National Committeeman Arthur F. Mullen 1,706 National Committeewoman Evelyn A. Ryan 1,531 STATE TICKET For Governor James Franklin Christie 42 Charles W. Bryan 1,503 William Ritchie, Jr. 442 George Walter Olsen 1C4 Lieutenant Governor R. E. Watzke 119 C. F. Beushausen 140 Walter H. Jurgensen 587 Henry F. Schepman 380 Bennie Nelson 121 W. F. Porter 506 Secretary of State Harry R. Swanson 687 Fred C. Ayres 413 R. O. Chambers 251 L. A. Larson 490 Auditor of Public Accounts II. A. Blomquist 288 J. W. McKissick 244 O. H. Olson 360 William B. Price 411 Horace M. Davis 460 Commissioner of Public Lands and Bldgs. N. J. Ludi 232 John Thomssen 261 Frank M. Lemon 555 Harry P. Conklin 454 Chas. Mousel 239 State Treasurer Charles Smrha 260 Octave LeBlanc 60 P. B. Wood worth 242 George E. Hall 721 Albert P. Fitzsimmons 306 Lee R. Walker 223 Attorney General Fred W. Anheuser 362 Paul Manhart 335 Walter R. Raecke 410 Paul F. Good 706 Railway Commissioner Harry K. Easton 134 E. A. Walrath 173 Phil H. Kohl 94 K. C. Knudsen 219 Irl D. Tolen 177 Floyd L. Bollen 279 W. B. Eastham 183 T. O. Merchant 79 John H. Hutchings 302 CONGRESSIONAL TICKET Congressman 1st Dist. John H. Morehead 1,919 LEGISLATIVE TICKET Senator 2nd Dist. J. A. Capwell 1,220 W. B. Banning 830 Representative 6th Dist. Geo. E. Nickles 1,683 COUNTY TICKET Co. Commissioner 1st Dist. T. W. Vallery 167 Wm. F. Nolte 139 Julius A. PitZ 394 Martin L. Lohnes 275 County Sheriff J. E. Lancaster 488 H. Sylvester 576 W. H. Porter 480 Earl M. Jardine 490 Young 7 County Surveyor Robert D. Fitch, Jr. 1,710 Republican NATIONAL,' TICKET For President Joseph Irwin France 767 Hoover 229 Norris . . 12 Coolidge ' 5 For Vice Piesident Curtis 121 Delegates at Large Clarence A. Davis 1,406 Sam R. McKelvie J 1,469 Adam McMullen -i l,46fi Arthur J. Weaver i 1,3S3 Mark W. Woods J 1,40 6 Robert Smith 1,363 Bertha Clark Hughes 1,390 Alternates at Large Bernice K. Tillett ' 1,185 Lulah T. Andrews 1,224 Ralph S. Finley 1,210 Annie V. Arndt ' 1,1 8S Marlean C. Fetters J 1,183 E. Leonore Welch 1,207 Delegates First Dist. Fen ton B. Fleming: 1,430 C. Frank Reavis : 1,570 Alternates First Dist. Mary C. Burgess : 1,375 J. Hyde Sweet 1,483 National Committeeman Charles A. McCIoud 1,582 National Committeewoman Agnes E. Lord 722 Viola J. Cameron S61 STATE TICKET For Governor Murray F. Rickard" 91 266 483 203 840 159 278 409 Geo. A. Williams Dwight Griswold Frank Myers Kenneth, S. Wherry Robert G. Ross ' Lieutenant Governor James O. Martin Alfred E. Reeves i Theodore W. Metcalfe 1.25S Secretary of State J. C. Lee 197 Frank Marsh 1,144 Ralph M. Waxham 91 William W. Hughes 481 Auditor of Public Accounts H. L. Babcock 223 George M. Marsh . 982 A. B. Hoagland 350 Kurtz Frantz . 330 Commissioner of Public Lands aau21dg-.. Gus Swanson 411 John M. McAllister : 197 Dan Swanson 1,003 William C. Grubbs 94 George W. Kline 194 State Treasurer L. R. Johnson 484 T. W. Bass 980 Fred E. Ericson 436 Attorney General C. A. Sorensen 1,743 Railway Commissioner Ralph C. Lawrence 81 Orville A. Andrews 360 John II. Miller 166 Harry A. Foster 164 George C. Porter 171 George L. Jackson 214 Cyrus B. Wall 119 H. E. Glatfelter 9 James Alfred Little 79 Lloyd Dort 204 Henry F. Keiser 98 CONGRESSIONAL TICKET Congressman 1st Dist. Marcus L. Poteet S29 Minnie Grinstead Himes 538 Homer Earl 513 LEGISLATIVE TICKET Senator 2nd Dist. Troy L. Davis 1,288 Charles Swan 822 Representative 6th Dist. Joe Rudolph 387 William H. Bornemeier 471 Willard Clapp 724 Louis F. Dunakk 472 COUNTY TICKET Co. Commissioner 1st Dist. George L. Farley 563 Chas. C. Barnard 22b County Sheriff Elmer G. Thackrey 146 Rex Young , 1,287 Pat Reed 199 Floyd M. Cole 180 Ed W. Thimgan 495 Alley R. Dowler 56 County Surveyor Fulton Harris 1,111 Eldon E. Hull 908 Non-Political Chief Justice Supreme Court Chas. B. Morearty 580 Margaret J. Cams 858 Charles A. Goss 867 Harry O. Palmer 1,597 District Judge 2nd Dist. Daniel W. Livingston 1.282 James T. Begley 3,070 County Judge M. S. Briggs 1,768 II. Duxbury 2,649 FOR RENT The H. A. Lightbody property, 906 3rd Ave., Plattsmouth. Also some household goods for sale; name ly, duofold, tables, chairs, beds, steel crib, electric washer, portable bath tub, oil stove, heaters, porch swing. cider mill, grindstone, fruit jars. kitchen utensils, garden tools, etc. Call at the house. a21-2tw Journal Want-Ads get results 1 Senior Class Perfects Plans for Graduation Committees and Details for the Last Days of Class in High School Being Completed. With graduation day in the near future, the senior class of Platts mouth high school is completing its plans for the commencement season Arrangements have been made for the activities which have come to be a traditional part of commence ment time. The officers of the class are: Helen Schulz, president; Ed ward Egenberger, vice-president; Eloanor Swatek, treasurer, and Mr. Ilarojd Jordan, sponsor. The invitations to the graduation exercises have been selected and or dered and the measurements for the caps and gowns are being completed at this time. In both cases, a finan cial saving over last year has been made. Practice has already begun on the senior play, "The Charm School," a clever three-act comedy, to be pre sented on the evening of May 20. The cast was announced a short time ago. The play is being directed by Miss Florence Miller. The first major event of impor tance will be the Junior-Senior ban quet which will be held on the even ing of May 7 at the American Le gion building. The banquet will be served by the Catholic Daughters of America. The committees of the Jun- iro class have their work well on the way to completion. Miss Stander of the home economics department has been of invaluable assistance to the committees in planning for the banquet. The cltss has also been able to take advantage of some sub stantial economies without . sacrifle ins in the least, the color and pleas ure of this event. The baccalaureate service will be held on Sunday evening. May 22 at the Presbyterian church. Following the custom of rotation among the local pastors of several years stand ing. Rev. H. G. McClusky will de liver the sermon this year and will arrange for the music- Rev. O. G. Wichmann, Rev. C. O. Troy and Rev. W. J. Potter and their congregations will be asked to unite in the service. The commencement exercises this year will be held on Thursday even ing. May 26th, instead of on Friday as in years past. This will make it possible to conclude many details on Friday without the last minute rush to prepare for the graduation pro gram. Dr. Sealock, president of Om aha Municipal University will de liver the address. The class consists of fifty-five who expect to receive diplomas. A committee is arranging a program of music. The annual senior sneak day is a secret known only to the members of the class and will occur "sometime during the next five weeks," destin ation unhnown. The annual "Honor Convocation" program will be announced later. At this time, school awards of the year are reviewed and Citizenship Certificates presented as well as the National Honor Society honors, com mercial certificates and athletic honors. The committees of the class are as follows: Commencement. Program Madge Garnett (Chair man), Doris Peterson, John Becker, Mr. Patterson. Announcement s June Kiel (Chairman), Mildred Carlburg, Elea nor Olson, Louis Knoflicek, Mr. Jor dan. Caps and Gowns Estella Park- ening (Chairman), Ann Zitka, Mary Ellen Byers, Aulton Rolland. Gift to the School Helen Schulz (Chairman), Antoinette Koubek, Harold Seay, Marie Holcomb. Senior Class Flay. Selection Eleanor Swatek (Chair man), Grace Pilney, James Nowacek, Helen Price, Glen Rhodes, Miss Mill er. Productio n Clarence Forbes, (Chairman), Miss Miller, Walter Eledge, Henry Donat, David Robin son, Mott Frady. Sneak Day. Transportation Ed Egenberger, (Chairman) Keith Snyder, Gwendo lyn Hansen. Places Henry Donat (Chairman) Thelma Pittman, Edward Wehrbein, Mr. Patterson. The Journal will appreciate your phoning in news items. Call No. 6. Thanks I HAVE MANY APPLICANTS The board of education of this city is being swamped with the num- ber of applications for positions in' the teaching force of the city. The applications range from the position j of superintendent down to the low-. est grades in the school system. The ' . . ,. , ,, . ,'Piomincnt Resident oi Murray and applications come from all parts of . . , " -"i"iicJ the state and from many of the larger schools. Several of the appli cants have made personal calls here on the members of the board. Charles Chris wisser Dies in Auto Wreck Car of D. 0. Dwyer Overturned Near Weeping Water Chnswisser Pinned Under Car. From Tuesday's Daily Monday evening about 7:45 while Attorney D. O. Dwyer of this city was returning home from Lincoln' in company with Jefferson Cross of Union, and Charles Chriswisser of Nehawka, his car was wrecked three miles east of Weeping Water and Mr. Chriswisser fatally injured. The party was traveling at a good rate of speed when the rear right wheel casing caught a piece of wood. apparently a small stake which pene trated through the casing to the tube and caused the puncture of the tire, causing the car to swing. The driver, unable to control it, as the car drove into a large pile ot loose gravel, was overturned and rolled into a ditch alonf the road way. As the car wa3 rolling over, Mr. Chriswisser and Mr. Cross apparent ly were thrown out of the car, and Mr. Chri&wisser caught by the heavy Nash car as it came to a stop. The weight 'of the car-on the cheat of Mr. ' Chriswisser was such as to crush the chest and to cause inter- j na'l injuries from which he failed to recover. ' As soon as the car was stopped in its mad plunge Mr. Dwyer and Mr. Cross, neither of whom were danger- ously injured, attempted to rescue ' J ' 1 Mr. Chriswisser from his position' under the car but without success. Members of the E. H. Norria family, near whose farm the accident oc curred, came out and assisted in get ting the injured man out from under the car. Dr. J. W. Brendel of Avoca was; , , j ailed to the scene of the accident uu ai mn i.uci.. v-u.n " able to recognize the physician as well as the fellow members of the auto party, but shortly afterwards passeu away irom tue enecis ui me injuries. Mr. Dwyer was badly bruised on the back and shoulders and one leg was also bruised up a freat deal, while Mr. Cross suffered similar in juries, but none of which are thought serious. The car was badly damaged, the top being torn and smashed as well as the body of the car mashed in a . air. uwyer was Diougni on io mis; city by Mr. Norris and today was able to be at his office and engaged in his legal work as usual. LEADS IN P. E. 0. WORK The Missouri state convention of the P. E. O. sisterhood is now in ses sion at St. Joseph. One of the lead ing figures at the meeting is a for mer Plattsmouth lady. Mrs. Haliie' Atwood Newell, of St. Louis. Mrs. 'club had an unusual treat afforded Newell is at this time the second' them at their weekly luncheon on vice-president of the supreme chap-J Tuesday at the Majestic, when Dr. ter of the sisterhood and has had a E. L. MacQuidy of Omaha was their long and brilliant record in her work in the society. Mrs. Newell was on the state board his talk covered much of his profes of Illinois for four years and was sional work and the ills that beset organizer for the Missouri state chap-J mankind from a physical standpoint, ter for two years. She has more(The eminent Omaha physician cov chapter organizations to her credlt(ered very thoroughly the effects of than has any other P. E. O. She many of the maladies and gave a has personally organized forty-one( thorough discussion of the prob chapters and has been responsible lems of a physician. The address for two others. She has organized was one that all appreciated and will the first chapter in five states and long very pleasantly remember. The organized the first chapter off the meeting was under the leadership of mainland of America, at Honolulu.1 Rev. H. G. McClusky. Mrs. Newell has a great many; friends in this city who will learn J Special Mother day mottoes can with pleasure of the splendid worke found jn a large variety of de that she has been able to carry on 8ignS at the Bates Book & Gift shop, for this great sisterhood. j Call and look them over. Don C. Rhoden, Old Time Resi dent, Passes On Vicinity for Many Years Ac tive in Public Life. From Wednesday's Daily Last evening at 6 o'clock at the family home at Murray occurred the death cf Don C. Rhoden, 71, long time resident of that community and for many years one of the best known residents of eastern Cass county. Mr. Rhoden was horn in Schuyler county, Missouri, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Z. Rhoden, had been settlers in an early day. The family came west to Nebraska in 1865 and here the deceased was reared to ma."?iood. T T LI l.'.it 2 ' I lle ",s meunie " iaimiiiK and for several years conducted a livery business at Murray and was a man universally respected and es DON C. RHODEN teemed. He had taken a great deal . I A. I . 1 . . . i vi niieic-si in ine wiioirs oi toe cuiu (munity in which he was a resident and was very active in the democratic circles of the county for a great many years. Mr. Rhoden was married. in this rountv to Miss Annie Troon, also a . . . , .... , member of one of l.e old time fam ilies of the county, she surviving hl3 passing as well as the two sons. Alex and Kelly Rhoden, both resid ing in the vicinity of Murray. Two brothers, George Rhoden of Murray and T. J. Rhoden of Waukceney, Knasas, & well as a sister, Mrs. Dane Morrow, also survive hi3 passing, The funera of Rhf)(len w,u j be heid on Friday afternoon at 2 'ock from the ,ate home at Mur. Intermpnt bein at the Oak .j, cemetery n thi3 city RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS D. A. Young, one of the pioneer .residents of the community, is now iable to be up and around after an illness of several days duration and which caused a great deal of appre hension for several days. Mr. Young was afflicted with a slight stroke and iwnicn rei which required a number of days to cIear uPf but ne is now doing Very j nicely and able to be around as , usual. It is hoped that he may con tinue to improve until he is entirely over the effects of the stroke and to resume hi3 usua 1 activities. Mr. Young is now making his home in this city with his daughter, Mrs. ,Guy C. White and family. HEAR EMINENT PHYSICIAN The members of the local Rotary speaker. Dr. MacQuidy is one of the best known specialists in Omaha and VrW ' Cr I