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JL DAOE FOUB FLATTSZIOUTH SE1H - WEEKLY 70USITAL THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1932. SSSi utjio rj iTEr.is. Mrs. C. L. Greene was a visitor for a number of days at the home of her mother. Mrs. M. E. Duff of Cedar Creek. Edgar Newton and wife of riatts mouth were visiting for the day on last Sundav at the home of her mother. Mrs. Vesta Clarke. Georere Saxton of Omaha, was a visitor in Union for the day last Sun dav and was looking: after the af fairs of the estate property. Claude Lane was called lo Xebras ka City to lcok after some business matters on last Monday, driving over to the Otoe county town in his car, .Tii.Ie-a I.. C. Todd was having: a new roof placed on his property down town, and otherwise placing the property in the best of condi tion. Miss Mary C. Roddy who has been elected as one of the faculty of the Union schools and who is attending school at Peru, was home for the week end. Joseph Green and son. James were working on the highway on last Tuesday with their team, and were getting some of the bad places smoothed over. Tony Sudduth and the family of Weeping Water were visiting in Union and also were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carter Albin where all enjoyed Sunday. Mrs. Fannie Eikenberry and Mrs. James Reynolds were visiting with friends as well as looking after some business at Nebraska City on last Tuesday, they making the trip on the bus. Frank Trotter of Nehawka, was in Union with corn which he was having weighed which he was haul ing from the Murray elevators to the home of Marion Stone who is using the same for feeding tattle. David Meade was a visitor in Lin coln last Tuesday where he was tak ing the final examination for enter ing the navy and on the following day departed for San Diego where he enters the United States Navy. On June 10th. lSGJ R. I). Stine was born in Cass county and has resided here ever since, lie is now sixty-nine years of age.and has made one of the very best citizens and is well pleaded that he is a native Ne braskan. Pat Roddy, who is employed at Beatrice was a visitor at home for Sunday and was guest of his mother and other relatives as well as visit ing with his many friends in Union, returning to his work early Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Porter, Mrs. Joseph Banning and daughter. Miss Xola, were over to Omaha on last Saturday where they were looking after some shopping as well as visit ing with relatives and friends dur ing their stay. By the breaking of an axle on his truck Earl Wolfe with the big truck was thrown into the ditch by the way near the home of C. F. Har ris where he suffered some damage to the truck, but escaped without injury to himself. Both Bible schools put on a very worth while program for Childrens day last Sunday and both well adapt ed to the illustration of the objects for which the children are working and produces a goodly sum for the use on foreign missions. Elmer Pik?, who. was so seriously injured in the auto wreck east of town some time since, is reported as getting along nicely now and while he is not abie to be out again he is progressing with every day and hopes soon to be able to get about. E. B. Chapman, county commis sioner, was in Piattsmouth for the greater portion of the week where he was meeting with the board of county commissioners who were sit ting as a board of equalization and who are having a lot of business in this line. Frank L-. Anderson and family of Union and Grover lloback and fam ily of Nehawka. and Con Watkins and family made a merry party who went down to the Graham Mill where they enjoyed the day picnick ing and there enjoyed their dinner in the open. Herman Anderson of Brule, drove in last Monday, arriving at the home of friends in Union, bringing with The G3ome Store ME conduct our store ourself and eliminate ail possible expense therefore are able to give you more for your money and the best qoods. You do not oay other people's bills, for we sell for cash. We Welcome Your Business El. ED. Ctine . . Union, Nebraska him Mrs. Edwin Fahrlander and two children as well as Doris Frans, who tfn snendin'z the past six months in the wet. They will all visit here for some two weeks. The Rev. It. W. Kuncel took the nine year old son of Mr. Hunter, Kenneth, to Weeping Water where he had the young lad's tonsils re moved and since then the young lad has been getting along nicely. The operation was performed by Dr. Roy Kuncel, fo;i of Rev. Kuncel of Union. Hold School Meeting:. At a meeting of the patrons of the Union school there were heard icports and also some other business was to be looked for among which the election of a director to sueceea W. E. Moore, whose term was expir ing and the selection of Mr. Moore to succeed himself who also remains secretary of the board. They also took care of the budget as well. The meet ing was very harmonious. The fol lowing are the members of the fac ulty for the coming year: Superin tendent. James Marsell, with the fol lowing tadicis. Clarence Huffman, Gertrude Chittenden. Elizabeth Ran kin, Maiy Roddy and Xola Banning. Flas; Bay Observed. Many of the people of Union and especially the business houses were displaying the American Hag in com memorating the making of the flag and the adoption of the same. This a very nice observance and one which should be kept as a perpetual observance by all true Americans. Has Provided a Playground. Miss Agusta Kobb. postmistress of the Union postoffice, having some ground in the rear of the office, has provided the placo with an excellent croquet set and has provided a place where the younger boys can play as well as the girls also, and where the young folks spend many a happy liour. This is a very fine thing which Miss Robb lias done in providing this place for the boys and girls to play. W. C. T. IT. Meets at Garrisons. The local union of the W. C. T. U. met on la.t Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garrison, where a very fine time was had, the program being in charge of Mrs. Wj B. Banning. Mrs. Lois Troop of Piattsmouth, the county president of the organization, who made a very pleasing address, and also Miss Laura Easter who had charge of the Flag Day services. In Service of U. S. Navy. A card from Justin Anderson, who is located at San Diego where he is in the service of the L'nited States Navy, writes the folks here telling of his safe arrival and also sending his civilian clothes, and saying that he will enter training for twelve weeks after that he will be assigned to an ocean ship or at the naval sta tion. CRASH KILLS McCOOK MAN McCook, June 13. Jack Woolard, thirty-eight, of McCook, died Sunday after suffering serious injuries when the automobile he was driving crash ed into a telephone pole near here. He was alone, and the cause of the accident was not known. Woolard had been associated with his father, Jim Woolard, in a tobacco and news business. He was a member of the Elks, Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, and is survived by his parents, three brothers and six sisters. His brother, Harry, is postmaster here, and a sister, Mrs. Alex Speer, of St. Petersburg, Fla., is the wife of an electric company official there. The accident occurred where the new highway paving joins the city and the new turn may have confused Woolard, as many drivers, from force of habit continue to take the old turn, which veers to the south on gravel. AIR MRS. EARNEY'S CASE London. Dramatic details of what took place in the apartment of Mrs. Elvira Delores Barney, young Lon don society woman, when the body of Thcma:; William Scott Stephen was found there on the morning of May 31, were told at a police court hearing into the murder charge against her. Dr. T. Durant, who was called to the bizarre flat atter the prominent young man had been shot, said he found the accused slayer in the grip of hysteria. Mrs. Barney threw herself down beside the body, the physician testified, and repeated ly kissed the dead man. As thi3 story was unfolded Mrs. Barney, beautiful auburn haired daughter of a leading stock broker sobbed unrestraintedly. Charles Wal lace IS.- the ptosecution charged that on May 19, nearly two weeks before the fatal shooting, Mrs. P.arney shot at Stephen "with intent to do him grievous bodily harm." Republican Contests Settled Tentatively Tolbert and Howard, Ignored by President Hoover Are Recognized. Chicago, 111., June 10. Two of the administration recognized factions that handle patronage in the south ern states were rebuffed by the re publican national committee today when they sought its approval as the official delegations. Mississippi and South Carolina, long represented on the republican national committee by the Negro, Peny Howard, and by Joseph W. Tolber. will continue to be so rep resented on the tentative convention roster. In the two southern states Geor gia and Louisiana the administra tion groups were seated. These were headed by James W. Arnold of Ath ens and Ernest Lee Jahncke of New Orleans, the latter assistant secretary of the navy. All of the contests are subject to further action by fhe convention and its credentials committee, which might override the vote of the na tional committee. Ipioied by Hoover. Walter F. Brown, the postmaster general and political adviser for the president, who at the request of Mr. Hoover set up the special patronage committees in the southern states, was understood to have been called before the national committee and questioned concerning the seating of the delegations. Since Brown set up the patronage 1 . -. - . . . I J . . 1, 1 . : . ! CJill I!! II I l"tS, I III" Jll ISI'lcli I liua ucvii ignoring Tolbert and Howard in all appointments involving posts in South Carolina and Mississippi. Both have been the national committee men recognized by the party. Two of the three district contests beTore the committee were with drawn without a hearing. In the third, both contesting delegations were teateJ and each given half a vote. The compromises reached in the first two thf Ninth district of Ten nessee and the Third district of Vir ginia gave seats to C. .11. King and R. R. Church, the latter a Negro, both of Memphis, and Lewis S. Strauss and George Cole Scott, both of Richmond. Likely to Keep Posts. The other district dispute! in the First district of Tennessee, had its roots in the campaign two years ago in which R. P. Carroll Reece was defeated by O. B. Lovette after the president had approved the candi dacy of Reece. Ivette ran as an independent republican. There being no serious contest in sight for the presidential nomination, representation on the national com mittee was the chief thing involved in the outcome of the delegation dis putes. The present national commit teemen, Jahncke from Louisiana, Ar nold from Georgia, Howard from Mis sissippi, and Tolbert from South Carolina, probably will retain their potss. World-Herald. A psychiatrist says the average man retains only one-fifth of what he hears. Except, of course, what he hears from psychiatrists he retains a much higher proportion. That is why psychiatrists should ha very careful and doubtless why they are so careful what they say. Journal Want-Ads get results! Poultry Wanted CASH or TRADE Friday & Saturday Broilers or Springs V2 lbs. and Up is Pound Hens, Heavy Breeds Pound Leghorn Broilers . . 11c Barebacks, lb 210 Leghorn Hens, lb. . ., 70 Cox, per lb 30 We Want Your Eggs Soennichsen's Piattsmouth, Phone 42 WOMEN CAST DRY BALLOTS Seattle. Prohibition was disposed of with airy tranquility here by the biennial convention of the general federation of women's clubs. They again went on record as favoring the eighteenth amendment and the Vol stead act and ordered a telegram sent to Simeon D. Fess, of the repub lican national committee, and John J. Raskob, chairman of the demo cratic national committee, request ing their stand be read before the national conventions. Only 13 of the more than 700 delegates opposed the motion. Hoover Forces to Frame Plank on Prohibition Subcommittee Works Late in Night in Preparation of Platform Wet Leader Displeased. Chicago. Administration forces made a vigorous move toward set tling in their own way the prohibi tion controversy which is plaguing the republican national convention by taking firm control of the sub committee which will draft the plat form planks. Two cabinet members, Ambassador Edge and Senator Hast ings of Delaware, fresh from the cap ital, were chosen on the special com mittee of fifteen which will an nounce the 1932 republican declara tion including the newly finished prohibition resubmission plank. Senator Bingham, of Connecticut, leader of the repeal movement, was dropped from the special subcomniit- tce announced by James R. Garfield of Ohio, chairman of the resolutions committee. At the same time, the word spread that the draft of a re submission plank finally fixed upon by the administration leaders here was conciliatory to prohibitionist demands. President Hoover was con sulted about it. It was a declaration recognizing the principle of resub mission, but insisting that congress first provided a substitute for the eighteenth amendment to propose to the states in regular order. These developments followed events popping like a cluster of fire crackers, including surprise threats from both for a floor fight and a move against the national ticket in No vember. Bingham Is Displeased. Friends of Bingham privately ex pressed opposition over the sudden turn. The frowning repeal advocates went into conference to map out their drive for a finish fight on the floor. As hearings ran far into the night. hope for a report by the special sub committee on the platform before early morning diminished. It was 11 p. m before hearings on platform appeals in public session were concluded. The committee then went into executive session. Secre taries Mills of New York and Hyde of Missouri, representing conflict ing views on prohibition, were the two cabinet members put on the spec ial platform building committee. Am bassador Edge, New Jersey's repre sentative, is a close friend of the president. Wet leaders said only four of the fifteen members of the resolutions committee considered to be wets were put on the special com mittee. Before the specially selected Bub committee could go to work on the platform, all members of the resolu tions committee voiced their views to it. The subject centered on prohi bition. The result was an airing of wet and dry views before the whole committee in executive session. Senator Bingham, denied a place on the subcommittee, called a con ference of the repeal advocates to meet with him early in the morn ing to draft a minority plank in the event their cause is lost in the com mittee. State Journal. MEANS FACES TERM TODAY Washington Gaston B. Means, convicted of stealing $104,000 from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean in a plan to return the kidnaped Lind bergh baby, will be sentenced Wed nesday by Justice James M. Proctor of the District of Columbia supreme court. One of Means counsel, T. Morri3 Wampler, waived his right to defer sentence for four days after conviction. The former department of justice agent was found guilty on Monday night. Wampler said he would carry the case to the court of appears and move that Means be released on bail pending a final ver dict. If you own an electric refrigerator, you can easily freeze mint leaves into your ice cubes, if there were any -object in doing so. Winter Wheat One-Third Less than Last Year Largest Loss of Wheat in Southwest and Panhandle Other Crops Look Favorable. Nebraska winter wheat is fore cast at 18,250,000 bu. or less than one third of last year's production, says the State and Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics. The con dition of winter wheat is 51; spring wheat, 80; oats, 7S; bar ley, 80 and hay, 7S. Present moisture supply is favorable except in some of the western counties. U. S. winter wheat production is 410,- 669,000 bu. against 787,465,000 bu. last year. The world wheat situ ation indicates reduced supplies. Winter wheat is estimated at 18, 250,000 bu. as compared with 57,- 431,000 bu. last year and the 1927- 31 average of C3.297.000 bu., or about 32 of the 1931 crop and 29 of the average. The abandon ment is heavier than expected, allow ance being made for this in the low ndition of 51 The heaviest abandonment occur red in southwestern Nebraska with a m'li loss and a bi'c loss in me Panhandle counties. East central Nebraska lost 49 of the wheat and southeastern Nebraska 32 while the other districts ranged around 25 loss. Although recent rains have im proved the condition in the eastern half of the state, the thin stands and the Hessian fly will hold the yield to a low figure. Part of the western counties are still short of moisture and the wheat is already seriously injured from drouth and other ad verse conditions. Corn was planted somewhat later than usual, but is about as early in one part of the state as another. Much replanting was necessary. The corn acreage promises to be a record this year. Oats are rated at 78. Dry weath er had threatened part of the crop but the recent rains have caused marked improvement. The condition of barley is S0 and a record acre age was planted. The crop is mak ing splendid progress except in coun ties that are short of moisture. The condition of spring wheat is 80. Some of the spring wheat was in jured by high winds and dry weath er. The condition of rye is 71 and the forecast, 2, CSS, 000 bu. against 2,997,000 bu. last year. Stands are poor and many of them unpromis ing. The condition of alfalfa is 77; all tame hay, 78 and wild hay, 78. Stands of old alfalfa were thinned out by drouth last year. Dry weather also cut the crop short in some sections. Wild hay is very promising in northern Nebraska, par ticularly in the sand hills. Pasture is rated at 81. The condition of fruit crops is as follows: apples, 61; peaches, 52; pears, 41 and cherries, 61. In general, fruit crpos withstood the late frosts and freezing temperatures better than expected. A heavy June drop of apples is expected due to the heavy crop last year, dry weather, diseases and - injury from late frosts which lowered the vitality of -trees. The general outlook for crops, ex cept winter wheat is good. Some western counties are in need of mois ture. Northeastern and north cen tral counties which were drouth stricken last year have very favor able prospects for all crops except rye. The heavy abandonment of win ter wheat will result in record acre ages for corn and barley. The soil is not in the best of con dition due to the fact that the frost did not penetrate very deeply last season, the snow covering prevent ing this. A3 a result, it is packed and much of the heavy moisture sup ply was lost. Oats, winter wheat, barley und alfalfa gave considerable evidence of this lifeless condition of the soil, a condition which was be coming critical before the .recent rains. Estimates of crops for the U. S. are as follows: winter wheat condition, 64.7 and the forecast, 410,669,000 bu. against 787,465,000 bu. last year and the 5-year average o f620,999, 000 bu; rye, 38,734,000 bu. against 32,746,000 bu. last year and the 5 yr. average of 40,494,000 bu. The world wheat situation indicates re duced supplies. The condition of all hay is 77.4' alfalfa, S3.5; ap ples. 58.5; peaches, 51.7; pears, 57.6 and cherries, 67.9. See It before- you Buy it." The hnmn store offers vou this great est of all shopping advantage and their prices are at bedrock, too. Read their ads in the Daily and Semi-Weekly journal. CJe Herat Voor IPosiStiry AND WIS.L PAY THE FOLLOWING TOP MARKET PRICES Heavy Springs, per lb 1S0 Leghorn Springs, per lb 120 Heavy Hens, per lb. . . 90 Leghorn Hens, per lb 60 Roosters, per lb 30 Bring your Cream where you get a good week-around S market and not just on Saturdays. You'll find us cj always paying every cent for it the market will allow. C FHattGcaoutEa PirGtsce Formerly Farmers Co-Op. Creamery 8 Lower Wain Street Piattsmouth, Keb. V KILLED ON WAY TO LINCOLN Brookfield, Mo. C. Ii. Bates of Ashland, K, died in a hospital late Sunday from injuries suffered in a ino'or car accident east of F.rook- :lu. Bates and his son, Donald, who also was injured, weiv driving to Lincoln, Nth., to visit an ill rela tive, Edward Bates, 2510 Q st. Don ald Bates said he believed he fell a sleep at the wheel of their motor car. ir.c machine was rieniousneu. The man killed was of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Bates, 2510 Q street, Lincoln, who were notified of the accident Sunday afternoon and later of the death of their son. He was a native of Nebraska, be ing born at Beatrice and euucateu at Crete high school and Doane col lege. He was a certified public ac countant and after graduation at Doane wdent to Charleston, Y. Va., where he lived until a few years ago. The body was taken to West Virginia. Besides his parents he is survived by his wife; a son, Donald; two daughters, Jean and Nancy, and a brother, II. W., Canon City, Colo., who is visiting here. Dr. Bates is seriously ill. WOUNDED HOLDUP MAN DIES Omaha. Failing to gain strength after receiving ' abdominal wounds here Friday night in "a gun fight with two detectives, Edgar Hatcher, nineteen, negro and novice holdup man, died early Sunday at a local hospital. William "Tapa" Birch, negro de tective wounded in the exchange of shots with Hatcher and Albert Lee, twenty-three, Omhaa negro, was greatly improved Sunday night. Lee, wounded slightly in the affray, is scheduled to be airagined in police court Monday on a robbery charge. Lee, who has confessed fifteen re cent holdups here, told police fol lowing his capture that Hatcher was a chance acquaintance whom he had met shortly before the pair went to the Coryell filling station at 30th and Parker streets, where the shoot ing occurred. Birch and his partner, Detective LeRoy Jones, had been planted across the street from the station in anticipation of a repetition of sev eral recent holdups at the place. ADOPTS A FIVE DAY WEEK New York. Following the exam ple of several other large corpor ations, the Standard Oil company of New Jersey announced the adoption of a five day week for all salaried employes and wage earners and a general rearrangement of working schedules for the purpose of afford ing employment to the largest pos sible number. The new program will become effective July 1. Under the new schedul?, which will affect 43,- 000 workers, salaried employes, in cluding executives and others of the management, will accept pay reduc tions of one-elevent,h of present com pensations, the readjustment to affect the entire personnel except those re ceiving salaries of $100 a month or less. Journal Want-Ads cost oniy a few cents and get real results I Give Dad a Shirt You want to give him something . . . He can always use a shirt. And now is the time to buy it at a bargain! Our annual shirt sale is now on . . . and you can buy Choice Shirts at GSc, G5c, 95c recoccccoeocacgcsecsococasa BONUS PARADE AT OMAHA Omaha. Plan.? were going for ward here Sunday night for mobil ization of a parade of ex-service men Monday night to lend emphasi.s to the demands of local veterans for an immediate cath bonus. John P. Itidgeway, a leader in the paiade movement and past depart ment senior commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars, estimated that sev eral thousands would take part ii the march. He called the meeting which resulted in the decision to stage a peaceful demonstration on downtown streets. The purpose of the parade. Ridge way said, "will be to give the indi vidual answer;; of ex-service men in Omaha to the question of whether they want the bonus." While parade leaders were perfect ing their plans, Lloyd Brown, com mander of Wildcat post. Disabled American Veterans, said a s?cond contingent of thirty-five men have been accepted for a march to Wash ington to join bonus demonstrators there. He faid this group would probably leave here Tuesday or Wed nesday. MORROW HOME AGAIN QUIET Englewood, N. J,: The place left vacant in the Dwight Morrow l ouse hold by the suicide of Violet Sl arpe already has been filled, it was learn ed Monday night, and both family and servants have again picked up the daily routine interrupted by the latest tragic touch to the Lindbergh kidnaping. Mrs. Dwight Morrow, her son, Dwight, Jr., and her youngest daughter, Constance, were finishing the packing of their luggage for a European voyage to join Miss Eliza beth Morrow, the eldest daughter, who arrived in England last Wed nesday. Persons close to the family described the death of Mis Sharps "most unfortunate," but supported the police statements that she never had bee;i questioned without a mem ber of the household being present. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh, who have been staying at the Morrow es tate, probably soon will visit the Moirow summer home at North Haven, Me. Mrs. Lindbergh appears, a friend said, in surprisingly good spirits and has been passing much of her spare time in a study of mu sic. SOUGHT TO POSE AS HERO Garner, la. The desire of Gus Schram of Hayfield to appear a hero m the eyes of his neighbors resulted in the death of a six year old boy and Sch ram's sentence to the Fort Madison penitentiary for a twenty year term on an arson charge. Schram confessed he set fire to tho home of Mr. and Mrs. August II. Brockman. because of jealousy over the fact his former housekeeper had gone to the Brockman home to work. Leo Brockman was burned to death as he hid in a closet when the fire broke out. According to County At torney Meyer Schram said ho set fire to the house because he thought if he helped rescue members of the family the housekeeper might re turn to is employ. pJlti&zctJL If