1 MONDAY, JULY 25, 1932. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE Peiicanents. $2.59. Zcla Ostblom. Mit:-. Hilda Schmidt ha3 accepted a position in Lincoln, Koinjr over last v.iik to take up her work. Miss Janttte TufXaniara of Fair moat is spending the week with her aunt, Mrs. llillespie and family. Lyle Hcrton and wife were over to Omaha on last Thursday, where they were lo king after some business for the day. Owen Admire was look ins after i me business matters at Wahoo on last Thursday, driving over in the evening. Eii-ne Au!;. of Plattsmouth, was a visitor in rdurdork last Thursday :;!'ter.;oon. visiting for the time with Lis aunt, Mrs. Oscar McDonald. Ma.-ur (J-Jorgs Melvin. who spent the past wek with his grandmother Mr-lvin ::t I.incedn, came home Sun tiny, his parents going after him. Wm. Ktmunds. formerly a citizen of Mi'.rdoc!;. was a business visiter in town last Thursday, looking after srm- matters at the Dank of Mur do- k. Maxino Miller had her tonsils re move. . they having been giving this yi inig lady some -trouble for some time. The operation was performed at Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Verner Perry and daughur, Edyth. of Dig Springs, spent Saturday and Sunday visiting her sister , and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Until. The Frank Green family drove to I-h.ecln fun day afternoon to visit Lis tousim:. Y::. end Mrs. Flr.ier Jac i :!:-t'!i.. Miss Marguerite remained for a week's visit. County Commissioner Fred 11. Har der cf Weeping Water was looking after some business matters for the county in the vicinity of Murdock on last Thursday. L. A. Gordon and wife, of Omaha, were spending rrcme time in Murdock. and were guests while here at the he m cf the mother of Mrs. Conic n. Mrs. George Utt. Mary Katharine TdcIIugh and Lela M.Crery, who have been having a three weeks vacation from their du ties r.t the University Hospital, re turn d to Omaha Wednesday. Mrs. Laurence Kace and children took Iter sister, Mrs. Mable Falk home to Auburn Friday afternoon, return ing Monday with her two little niecC3 who will make a few days" visit. Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Kncspe were called to Lincoln on last Thursday, where they were looking after some chiirt !i work as well as visiting with friends and transacting some busi ness matters. Frank Melvin lias been cut to the home ef Mr. an! Mrs. Orvilie Noell, where he was doing some carpenter work, included among which was the plating cf the roofs on the cribs and granarks in good condition on the buildings of the Rager e-state. Henry A. Tool and Lacey McDon ald were over to Ashland, where they took a flight at golf after the day's woik last Thursday. They were over and r aitpicipated in the contest last Sunday in which a number of the Plattsmouth golfers took part. The Weeping Water "band have ar ranged to give a concert at Murdock in Tuesday evening. August 2nd, at which time ell lovers of music are in vited to 1 in attendance. This is in edditien to the regular band concerts whieh are 'riven on Saturday nights. Fred Deickman, Sr., and Oscar E. McDonald were over to Omaha on l;:. t Monday, where they visited with their friend. Charles Ilaertel. at the li' .-I ital for a short time, looked af ter v,:.a: other business and on their return stepped at Plattsmouth to look after : me business as well. Ph hies were very much in evi dence for the girls who are taking Aacat;;, :s and those at home. A pic nic was planned Saturday by Ruth Dorncmeie r, Doris Richardsou, Mary McHugh. Alice, Ruth and Mary Belle Kuehn, Hilda Schlaphoff and Doretta Si-hlaphcff, the time being spent in 'amcs, swimming and eating. Mr. and Mrs. IV. O. Gillespie were gue:;ts on last Thursday afternoon at Wccpir.g Water, where they went to tnjoy the evening and the band con ceit which that hustling city puts on every Thursday evening for the pleas nio of all who may come end extends an invitation to all to come and en joy the niu:-:ic and sociability. remanents, 2.50. Zola Ostblcm. Will Operate at Hurray Miss Zola Ostblcm, who ha3 been engaged in beauty shop work here for some time, has arranged to oper ate in Murray on Friday or each week !:nd will be located there at the Town send barber shop. Miss Ostblom is a very capable artist in this line of work and has demonstrated her spec ial ability in all beauty work. The people or Murray are fortunate in 1 thus getting so clever an artist to do their work. Installing Water to Houses Herman 11. Schmidt, who recently built two very line and commodious dwellings in Murdock, and which are occupied by John P. Pickwell and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Horton, has been installing a water pressure system for the buildings, thus mak ing them modern in every respect even to the matter cf sewerage, as he has constructed a cess pool for the buildings. Getting Along: at Hospital Uncle Charles Ilaertel, who has not been in 'the best of health for seme time past, went to the Clark son hospital in Omaha come time ago, where he has been receiving treat ment and when he shall have be in built up in health it is expected that he will th?n have to undergo an op i oration for the continued benefit of his health. Ju-U now ho is reported as feeling much better from the treat ment, however. Will Ariiv? from Chicago Mr. J. J. Arnold, brother-in-law of Lov.is Xeitzel. will arrive from his home in Chicago this week for a visit and will when he returns be accom panied by his wile, who is a sister of Mrs. Xeiizel, and has been visiting her for so mo time. They will, how ever, visit here for some time with relatives before returning to their home in Chicago. Eears Nephew was Killed There appeared in the state press. an account cf the accident in whirh John W. Thompson, 4S, who is a nephew of Herman Schmidt, and Li companion, Thomas Snyder, C'3. both of Ayr, who, while on their way to Blue Hill ran into some l:oe gravel, which caused them to skid and the car deflecting plunged into a bank with iuch fcrce that they were both killed instantly and the car wre k"d. Mr. Then.pjon was thr hr.sb.nnd of! Lulu Schmidt, daughter of Parriey Sjhmidt. who is a brother of Herman R. Schmidt cf this p!a:e. Th' aieiiient occurred on Monday of las; .v ok and th- funeral and bur ial cf the unfortunate man was held 0:1 Thursday afternoon. Mr. Schmidt leaves of his immediate family be sides the wii'e. four grown children, three (laughters and one son. Mis. Herman K. Schmidt ami daughters visittd'there some six weeks since and fcuml ail well and happy. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt have the sympathy of their host of friends here in the loss cf their nephew. Pleasant Surprise Several cf Mrs. John Gustin's friends went out to the country heme of the Cusiins and surprised her on Tuesday afternoon. It was known that she was working on a Treasure Quilt cf some thousand pbces, and the qnilters felt like this would be an opportunity to ply the needle. Al though it was a hot afternoon, the big airy heme and the delicious re freshments served by Mrs. Anne Cm tin made it a most pleasant after noon. Mrs. Gustin's daughter. Mar guerite, and eon, cf South Carolina, were also there for the occasion. HA3 CARRIE NATION ROLE Madison, Wis. Mrs. G. J. Kop pke, Madison, told the Dane county W. C. T. U. how she broke up a local "beer joint" with a DiLIe in one band and an American jlag in the other. With these "weapons" the little gray haired woman said she went to the place as soon as :-he learned it was operating and told The habitue-, that it v. an cither "tho t'ospel or ,r- law" for them. "Who:: I got inside the first tiling I did was to make them pledge al legiance to the flag, and their I made them get down on their knees and priTy," siie said. "It didn't work right away. I had to conduct a daily prayer meeting there for several weeks, but finally my efforts were rewarded and I had tho pleasure of seeing them pack up and get out." URGES BELIEF MOVEMENTS Atlantic City. Predicting severe stress this winter and that the Job less would number 13 millions, the American Federation of Labor call ed upon recognized relief agencies to start their campaigns immediate ly. The federation's executive coun cil at its final session also urged that cities and Etates prepare to ap propriate funds for relief and dele gated President Green to draft a plan cf unemployment insurance which will be demanded of industry. On the basis of reports before it the council predicted distress would be I particularly acute in New York, i Philadelphia. Detroit. Chicago, St. ! Louis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Den 'ver, Los Angeles and in isolated min ing communities. Murdock Girl Wriies of Trip Thru the W esi Hiss HilJegard Saurcgr.rtner Tells of Thrills of I-Iotintaia Trails of California. Miss Ilildegard Daumgarlner who is spending two weeks of her vaca tion in Yosemito paik, California, with her brother. Doctor Conrad and wife, and Doetor Lee and wife writes the following to her parents, Mr. and .Mrs. Conrad Daumgartncr: "Am having a wonderful time. In fact I don't think I have ever enjoy ed anything more. Con and Dr. Lee went up into the mountains to lish and won't be back till tomorrow night. All day yesterday we were up in the mountains. We were go ing to stay up there last night, but Mrs. Leo got sick and we had to take her to a lower altitude. Here it is above tl.OOO, that's about 4 times higher than you are at home. Yes terday we drove through snow banks and streams of icy cold water. We were 10,003 feet above .eca level. Sometimes we were way above t lie timber line, then we drove through Tioj::i pass, we had to wait till the patrol ar came up to take us down. Well wo drove on a narrow shelf 4.000 to T..000 feet above the canyon. I didn't give two cents for my life till we got clown. At another pass the rangers let you through every other hour. That pass was only four miles long but there- wore plenty of jumping off places I'. 000 to COO'J feet straight ciov n a granite (Jiff. Wo faw the tailest mouuiain in V. . S. There '..ere cieer and bear aif along the roml and big pine trees 25 feet in dianu tor and 250 feet high. It nukes one realize what a small part of the world one really is. In Yo.-emite Va I kjy v. e r; v water falls that were so beautiful I jurt can't begin to des cribe them. 1 he highest comes down i'.jOO feet. There is only one higher in the world. It is in Africa.. The lodges in these mountains look like those chateau?, one often sees them. Dr. Lee says the Canadian Rockies are not as beautiful as these High Sierras. "We are staying at Tioga Idge now. It overlooks a beautiful lake. The food is very good and lire people are son congenial. Right in back of our cabin a b autiful icy clear stream comes rushing down the side of the mountain. Margie and I took our shoes off and h t it splash over our feet. All of these. places have every convenience and service you could wih for. ami they are perhaps 50-CO mile from a railroad.. Conrad and Margie often say that they wish you were with us. "It is cold tonight and the fire feels good. It rained a little this aft ernoon nr.d mowed on the tops of the niountair,".. We lave a grand view of them from the porch of the Lodge. "Will be in Los Angeles again next Monday. Got your letter and my warm sweater and boots. Cer tainly have used them all of the time the last few days. Hope you are en joying yourselves. "Lots of love, "HILDFGARDF." AIRMAN DIES IN A SWING Shenandoah, la. Raymond Funk, twenty-six, grandson of Fred Metz, founder of the Mctr. Brewery in Om aha, was found dead strangled in the tangled rope:-, cf a child's swing on a farm near here late Wednes day night. Dr. Ralph Lovelady. a coroner at Sidney. Ia., said he had apparently run into the swing in the dark. As the coroner reconstructs events, tho board flew upward, rtiuck Funk on tho horn!, knocking l:i;n unconscious. He fell into the ropes, which be came tangled in a half-hitch about his neck, and strangled to death withcrjt regaining consciousness. There was a slight bruise on his head. Dr. Love-lady said. He will not call an incjeu: t. Funk was an airplane pilot and had been in five plane accidents, lie was a member cf the Caterpillar club, once having been forced to "nail out" of a plane while in llight. Dr. Lovelady Thursday r.igned a cer tificate cf accidental strangulation. CUT GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS Albany. N. Y. The elimination of certain functions of government was suggested by Governor Roosevelt in the interests cf reducing state ex penses. The governor's remarks were addressed to a group cf 100 persons representing chambers of commerce, automobile dubs and banks at the .'irs.t of a rc-rios of conferences lor discussion cf state budget require ments and unemployment relief. Railroads Show Up Land Assess ments as Unfair Contend That Assessed Values are Sixty -thres Percent of Sales Values. Railroads in Nebraska which arc now assessed on a total valuation of $2D2,S41,S39 appeared beforo the state board of equalization Thurs day. No plea was made for a reduc tion but the railroad officials have given the board to understand that they expect the board to grant them at lea; :t the same proportionate re duction in assessed values that may be granted to other classes of prop erty. The market value of railroad stocks and bonds, used by the state board as a factor in determining values, are now at the bottom. John W. Wcir.garten, chief conn- scl cf the Durlington road present ed to the board a supplemental joint showing rrepr.red under the direc tion of F. S. Pollard, tax commis sioner of the Durlington. The show ing is a compilation of fti'.S transfers of lands, taken from county records, excluding deeds for a consideration of ?1, love and affection and fami'y transactions, for the n ar ending March 31. 1332, filed in seventy four counties. The statement covers several years, but for the year 1'JoO-l the tabulation shows that the percentage of n:-res?.ed values of land is 03.10 percent. The transactions involved transfer of 2S',G3 acres for a con sideration of $3,44Ga,725. The dee Is show the average price per acre to be $S3.03. From 1923 t- 1US0-1 the as-ses.-ment per acre i an god from 521. 57 to $20. SI. The state board has other figures showing a.-scsjed values cf lands to be S5 percent cf rales values. Assistant Attorney General La- Master, sitting with the board, takes tho position that deeds cannot of necessity show the true facts or d's close trades ami .forced sales, and therefore sales values thus obtained as no criterion of the actual value of lands. The board adjourned until 10 o'clock Friday when it v. ill hear cor porations having franchises that were valued for taxation last year at a total of 54.802.440. The Ne braska Power compftny and the Northwestern Dell Telephone com pany were each arse".-c d on a fran ch.ire valuation of ?1, 000, 000 last year. Tho Iowa-Nehra;-ka Likht it- Power company was assessed at $750,000. CONTRACT HAY EE REVOKED Fa lis City. Neb. The rtate de partment of public work Friday an nounced it would cancel a contract to the Einung Construction company of Nebraska City unless work is start ed by Monday on the graveling of a detour road south of here. Fred Klcitrch and M. D. Jones of the department were here and made the announcement. Work has not started on the pro ject altho the contract called for starting work by July 12 and having the job completed by July 20. Mayor George S. Lyon and Roy M. Myers, president of the chamber of com merce, sent telegrams to Governor Bryan protesting the delay and Bryan promised that the work would be speeded up. State Engineer Cochran said that if it is necessary to cancel the con tract for graveling the detour near Fails City, the state may do the work. HOPPERS INVADING CITIES Sioux Falls, S. D. Three South Dakota cities were invaded by grass hoppers Wednesday night, thousands of the insects descending on Sioux Falls, Mitchell and Yankton, appar ently attracted by the lights of the downtown districts. Sidewalks were covered with the hoppers, killed by flying pgainst buildings and plate glass windows. Yankton appealed Lo have the heaviest visitation, re porting the insects flew in almost a solid mas3 against some building3. Prof. II. C. Sevcrin, head of the zoology-entomologist department at the state college at Brookings, S D., ad vanced the theory that the hoppers were driven from the country by the intense heat of the past week. ROE BANK, BEAT CASHIER Scottsburg, Ind. Robert Blunt, cashier, was beaten severely late Friday by gunmen who robbed tho Scott. County State bank of $4,000. The thrreo men who held up the bank were driven away by a fourth who waited in an automobile. Phone the news to Wo. 6. RED JOHNSON SAILS AWAY New York. The Daily News says that Henry "Red" Johnson, who fig ured in the Lindbergh kidnaping in vestigation, sailed secretly for Oslo, Norway, and that an unidentified girl kissed him goodbye. It was Johnson's friendship with Miss Betty Gow, the Lindbergh baby's nurse, that drew him into the kidnaping investigation. He was absolved of any implication in the case. Norfolk, Va. Dean II. Pob.nn Poaccck one of the three Norfolk intermdians in the Lindbergh kid naping investigation, sailed for Havre. Federal Col lection of Taxes Skids Down Decrease Totals Kore than 370 Mil lions i:i Last Fiscal Year, Eaclirrj June GO. Washington. A decrease or 9370.4D9.71l in taxes collected by the government in the 1932 fiscal year ending last June 20, was shown in a statemnt issued by the internal revenue bureau. The largest drop was contributed by income taxes. They fell 9M)3,3S3,7r. as compared with the previous year. The tobacco tax decreased $45,GD7.SS4 and the stamp taxes were $1S. 042,310 loss than a year ago. The individual income tax collec tions declined from $833,047. 70S in 1D31 to $ 127. 190. 5S1 in the 1932 year. Corporation taxes, whieh were 91.CG,n02,;e.?) in 1931. produced only $;29.5iJC.113 in 1932. Estate texes dropped ?G5C,013 to $47,422,- U 1 O . Tho tobacco ta::, which was the la. r-t form of taxation to feel effects of tho bt; iness slump, proc'ueed S39S.57S.tjlS during 1C32 as compar ed with 9444,270,502 tho previous year. The chief drop was produced by cigarets which declined 941.3S2, 107 to 9317, 533. 0S0. The only ar ticle in the tobacco bracket which showed an increase for the fiscal year v. as cigaret papers which produced ?1, 700, 502 in taxes, gaining 925S. G7G. Under the documentary stamp bracket, bonds of indebtedness, cap ital rtoik issues, etc.. decreased 95. 51S.43 to 9D.19S.139 while the tax oh capital stock sales or transfers dropped 97.S23.S12 to 917.G9G.129. The miscellaneous bracket decreased 91.00G373 to S1.S47.076. Admissions to theaters produced f 920.25S less in taxes in 1922 than the previous year, bringing in a total of 91.S3S.G05. Club dues fell off 92.273.13G to 99. 204, 5S7. Playing cards also showed a sharp decrease in June with only 1.C43.031 packs being tax paid, against 4.297.7G9 packs in the same month last year. State Journal. IIARSETING ACT SUPPORTED Kansas City. The hearing of the Shannon committee on government competition with private business was termed a "political farce" in a statement defending the agricultural marketing act issued by a group of farm leaders hero. Among the sign ers were R. W. Brown, president of tlie Missouri farm bureau federation; C. D. Bellows and S. T. Simpson or the Producers' Marketing association of South St. Joseph, Mo.; W. W. Fuqua, secretary of the Producers' Livestock association. East St. Louis, III., and numerous Kansas City offi cials cf various co-operatives. Numerous witnesses appearing here before the house committee headed by Representative Shannon of Missouri have objected to govern ment aid to co-operatives which com pete with privately owned market ing concerns and have assailed the federal farm hoard and tha agricul tural marketing act. "The Shannon healing has all the earmarks of a political scheme that can have no other purpose than to confuse the public and hamstring the farmer," the statement of the co-cperative leaders said. rOUCEIIAN FATALLY SHOT Chicago Harold Koenecke police man in the village ofDolton, Chicago suburb, was fatally shot Friday night by oie of two men he sousnt to question regarding a stolon car. The men fled into nearby woods after tho shooting and a hastily organ ized posse started a search for them. Koenecke halted the automobile and ordered the men to drive to police headquarters. He followed on hisj not iir-cviL-v Kmlilojilv nno of tho! men fired, Ftriking the officer above the heart. The assailant's car over turned as they Epeeded away and the men Heel into the woods. Journal Want-Ads get results! WEDNESDAY, July 27 Ask for Your Tickets Here IS Something Fast Cclcr Prc-shrunk Plain White or ' Fancy Coat Style Sizes 14 to 17 jl &B 2 for S2oS i Positively not cold at this July 27th. Limit of 4 to a WESCOTTS Murder ef Lapidus Again to be Probed Attorney General Has the Aid ol Federal Special Agent, A. C. Anderson. Attorney General Sorjn.-.en is to be aided by the United Slates bu reau of prohibition in a renewal cf an effoit to solve the murder of Harry I.apidus of Omaha, who was killed shortly before Christina. last year. A. C. Anderson of Kansas City, rpecial ayent of the bureau of pro hibition, department of justice, has been assigned by Dvvight K. Avis, chief of fcpeeial agents, on the basis of ins vuc lions from Washington, ta assist the attorney general of Ne braska in solving the Lapidus mur der. Anderson helped indict 100 citi zens of Omaha on liquor charges, and has the distinction of having been shot by "Pretty Hoy" Floyd of Oklahoma when the latter shot three men at Kansas City and escaped. An derson is reported to be anxious to meet "Pretty Uoy" to settle old scores. "The assignment of Anderson to this effice," said Attorney General Soreuscn, "is the result of our re quest to the attorney general of the United States, on tho ground that the murder was committed lo put out of the way a citizen who had Interfered with the liquor racket and violations of federal liquor laws. The United States cannot ordinarily help states solve murders, but where a murder was a part of a conspiracy OuMaiaidng GET SOME OF THESE SPLENDID BARGAINS Values Plus os Wednesday Ask for Free Gift Coupons FFEE Eig Buy Coffee in 1-Ib. cans put up by Paxto.n d Gallagher Cc, or E. B Miller's "Real Good" Srand These are 9 outstanding values at, per pound iiwC FiCi-iEe Values Quart jars Dili Pickles 15c Swest or Sweet Mixed, quart jare 25c Thirst gucsicfcers Ginger Ale or Lime Rickey, 24oz. bottles 15c Welch's full pint Grape Juice, each 25c Soap Special 10 bars Big 4 Naptha Soap 25c Fruit Jai' RwbSsers While or Red. Two-!ipped, S dozen for 25c Comte. Soap Deal 2 larno t2-oz. bars of Crystal White Soap FRCE or , with each 3 h?rs of Palm Oliva Soap CtL DESSERT Rcyal Gelatin, quick setting, pure fruil flavor. .3 for 25c Kre-Mel Decert, 4 flavors, each 5c Ee A. WU.R1 Plattrmouth, Nebraska to Get Excited About:: i price except on Wednesday, customer. See our window! to violate federal laws, ic has an in terest. " "I v.i.h hiia liKk." raid Stat 2 Sheriff Kndivs when informed that Attorney C moral Sorenscn is nKain to probe the Lapidus murder. An derson call?l Wednesday when En tires was out, he raid. FIRE AE0AP.D GAIIING I0AT San Pedro, Cal. The Johanna Smith, gambling barfrti anchored about twelve miles eff the Cua.-l. ap parently was lea; nine; Thursday ni.:;ht, following v.i.at appeared t-i be an explosion aboard the vessel. Siior' obierbcrs .vlth cl:t :. .-aid the Large : eemcd to have burned almost to the water's olgs in twenty mi nut?". Wireless reports from four cutters to the coast guard base hero : i'd th destruction by lire cf the barge v-i certain, but it was believed all aboard the craft I. ad been raved. The cutters wirelessed tho llr.mes verj so intense they could not approach it closely, and that tho hull was expect ed to sink at any iiicra?nt. Tho crew of the barge, including croupiers, numbered about fifty. Altho score. of pleasure set hers vi:dt the cralt nightly, tho fire broke cut at rucli an early hour it was believed the number of visitors was small. GAI.IE ENDS DI THAGEDY Washburn. Wis. A ten year old boy fatally shot hi brot her,- eight, while playing "cops and robbers' with rifles while their parents v.-era away from home. Uernard P.cdnar ske, son of Mr. and Mr.-. I'rank I!td narske, fell dead after his brother Florian shot while chasing him thru the houe and yard. The boys paid the bullet u:-od was given them by a neighbor boy. They had ransacked the houre to find two rilios. Values! fj j