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VOL. NO. XLVm
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1932.
NO. 57
Heaviest Rain
of the Season in
East Nebraska
Over Six Inches Falls in This City
and Brings Overflows of
Creeks and Sewers.
The heaviest rainfall that has oc
curred this season in this community,
swept down Thursday night from the
south and west to bring a total rain
fall of over six inches, the register
showing 6.72.
ine ram first started at 10:30 and
coacinued practically without ceas
ing from that time until 7 this morn
ing. The earlier rain was not of a
heavy nature but later at 2 o'clock
a terrific rainstorm started and which
brought au overflow of the creeks
and sewers in the outlying districts
and which water found its way down
the natural valley in which the busi
ness section is located. Members of
the fire department were given the
work of keeping all the debris pos
sible from washing into the box sew
ers on Sixth street where the greater
part of the flood water poured.
The' flood waters reached their
height at 2:30 and again at 4:30
when the water overflowed the walks
on the east side of Sixth street and
threatened for a time to make en
trance into the various places of
business along the east side of the
street.
The overflow at 4:30 was the one
of the greatest threat as the flood
water from both the north and south
side sewers wer pouring their stream
into Sixth street.
With the terrific rain the water
moved off the easiest and with less
damage than any rain in many years.
The rain was general over this
section and damage inflicted on the
railroad trackage in this section, the
track workers were called out and
labored all night as small washouts
occurred along the lines. A washout
was reported at Pony creek east of
this city near Pacific Junction and a
small one between Oreapolis and
Cullom.
Motorists arriving in this city
from the south report the rain very
heavy as far south a3 Falls City and
with the small streams up and many
out of their banks.
FEEDING MANY CATTLE
The cattle feeding yards In the
south part of the city, now has on
feed G40 head of white faced cattle
which are being prepared for the
market. The yards are in charge of
E. J. Doody, of Norfolk w.ho with
his family have moved here to make
their home. Mr. Doody is an exper
ienced feeder and had charge of
yards at Norfolk prior to coming to
this city.
The feed yards will handle a large
amount of cattle during the year
and in its conduct there will be from
eight to ten men employed to look
after the business of the yard3.
The elevator at the yards which
will soon be erected, will hold a large
amount of feed and also the cattle
will b3 fed the corn wastage from
the packing plant.
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
From Thursday's Dally
Robert M. Walling, the well known
abstractor, who was operated on for
appendicitis on Tuesday afternoon,
i3 reported as showing very good
progress at the Clarkson hospital at
Omaha. Mr. Walling is still feeling
very much tho effects of the oper
ation but it is hoped that in a few
clays he may be well on the way to
recovery. A number of the friend3
have called on him and found the
patient feeling Just as well as the
circumstances would permit.
HAS HAND INJURED
Mrs. Thomas Svoboda suffered a
severe injury Thursday while she
was engaged in canning tomatoes at
the home at 13th and Vino streets,
she burning the left hand very se
verely. Mrs. Svoboda treated the
hand herself and yesterday It was
found that a small infection had set
in on the injured hand that required
the services of a physician. It Is
thought that the hand is not In dan
gerous condition, altho it is very
painful.
RETURN FROM MINNESOTA
Officer Roy Stewart, wife and two
children, with Miss Edith Cook
of Omaha, teacher in the Platts
mouth schols. have returned from a
pleasure trip of two weeks in Minne
sota. They spent a large part of
their time at Rochester, as guests of
Louis Rothmann and also taking in
a large number of the places of in
terest in that section of Minnesota
They had a very fine trip and in go
ing to Rochester left here at 5:30
a. m. and after the stop at Omaha
reached Rochester at 8 o'clock that
evening.
Packing Plant
Now in Rush of
Corn Canning
Track Loads of the Sweet Corn Roll
ing Into the Local Plant Cause
a Rush cf Work.
It is sweet corn time at the can
ning factory of tho Norfolk Pack
ing Co., and if you do not believe it.
a trip to the plant on Lincoln avenue
will convince one. Long lines of
trucks were parked yesterday at the
plant as the corn was delivered at
the unloading platforms.
The workers are becoming more
experienced with the work and
which will permit the speeding up
of the output cf the plant and with
the increasing receipts of the sweet
corn at the factory it will be oper
ating at its fullest capacity.
Last night the receipts of the sweet
corn, late in the afternoon was so
heavy that the entire force of the
packing plant were engaged in work
ing until after midnight to clean up
the available supply of corn that was
on hand.
With the plant operating at night.
large numbers of the residents of
the community motored to the site
of the plant on Lincoln avenue and
watched from the walk3 the process,
of the corn canning as visible
through the opened windows.
Tho plant is a great addition to
the industrial life of the city and in
the future should be one of the best
plants of its kind in the west as the
various lines demanded for canning
become larger crops in this section.
Tho plant has heretofore operated on
pork and bean canning, the material
for which was shipped in, but now
the plant secures its raw material
from the farms of thi3 locality.
WESTMINSTER GUILD MEETS
The Westminster Guild of the
Presbyterian church held a very de
lightful meeting at the Glenn Vel-
lery home on Tuesday evening.
The devotional and study period
were in charge of Gertrude Vallery.
The topic "Foreigners," was very in
teresting an dthe members took ac
tive part in the discussion. After
the study hour a short business
meeting was held, which was pre
sided over by the president. It was
decided that the next meeting will
be in the form of a picnic and swim
ming party at Murray on August 23.
Delicious refreshments of Ice
cream, cake and tea were served by
Miss Vallery, the hostess, to climax
the evening's splendid good time.
ENJOY FINE MEETING
The Queen Esthers of the Meth
odist church had a most delightful
time on Thursday evening at the
country home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Kreager, near Mynard, Mrs. Kreager
being assisted by Mrs. Paul Long.
The devotions of the meeting were
led by Mrs. Glenn Starkey, in a most
impressive manner.
The hostesses had prepared a won
derful fried chicken supper that was
appreciated by the jolly group cf
twenty-five young ladies and who
will long remember the treat that
they received.
OMAHA PEOPLE MARRIED
Wednesday evening at the resi
dence of Rev. C. O. Troy, pastor of
the First Methodist church, occur
red the marriage of Miss Mary Rose
Roberts and Angelo Gilliottl, both of
Omaha. The bridal party following
the wedding returned to Omaha,
where they are to make their home.
Floods Curtail
Mail Service into
Plattsmouth
Missouri Pacific and Burlington Both
Unable to Reach Here with
Mail Trains.
From Saturday's Daily
Plattsmouth was without mail
service Friday until 5 p. m. when a
bus connection with No. 2 over the
Burlington at Pacific Junction
brought one consignment of mail to
this city. The Burlington is work
ing on their tracks between here
and Omaha and on the Lincoln line
and it is possible that a train may
be sent through tonight, but the
only dependable service will be the
bus connection this afternoon.
With the Missouri FaeiSc line out
of commission there has been no
trains over that road since Thursday
night and it is a grave problem to
try and repair the damage to the
tracks in the vicinity of Fort Crook
today so that service may be resumed
The washouts on the Lincoln branch
of the Missouri Pacific in the vicin
ity of Nehawka have been repaired
and trains are now operating on that
line of the railroad.
This morning the Missouri Pacific
bus from the south brought a con
signment of mail from Union into
this city, the first that has arrived
from that direction since the rain
storm of Thursday night.
It will be several days under the
best of conditions before the mail
train service Is anything like normal
into the city and with the prospects
of more rain it does not look so
favorable.
MANY VIEW FLOOD
From Saturday's Dally
Last night hundreds from Omaha
as well a3 thi3 city were visiting the
scene of the Pappio flood in the vi-
cinty of Fort Crook and where it3
greatest damage has been done. The
Missouri Pacific has suffered consid
erable loss in the washing out ot
their tracks in several places and
much of the roadbed has been cut
out and the rails twisted and bent
by the force of the water. The town
of Fort Crook to the west of which
the Pappio usually placidly flows,
is now a great lake and water up in
to the buildings. The farming land
that lies in the Pappio bottom 13 all
a sea cf water from the headwaters
of the stream in Douglas county, to
the mouth north of La Platte and
where the stream empties into the
Missouri river.
Water pouring over the section of
highway No. 75, Just north of the
Fort Crook power plant caused the
traffic to be detoured through the
military reservation and thence onto
the Bellevue road as the water was
interfering with travel also in South
Omaha along Railroad avenue and
the low lying streets.
The loss In Omaha and vicinity
will be very heavy, as hundreds of
omes have been damaged by the
flood.
CONTINUES ABOUT THE SAME
Miss Eula Reed, one of the tal
ented members of the teaching force
of Cass county, has been confined to
her home here for the past two
weeks. Miss Reed has been suffer
ing from the effects of a general ner
vous breakdown and continues about
the same. The many friends have
been hopeful that she might be able
to resume her activities in a short
time, as she has shown some im
provement at times in the last few
weeks.
G. K. HETRICK ILL
From Thursday's Dally
G. K. Hetrick, manager of the
Plattsmouth Produce Co., was con
fined to his home today as he has
not been feeling the best for the
past several days. Mr. Hetrick was
in such condition that it was de
cided that it would be best to have
him examined by a specialist, who
was called here in consultation with
Dr. L. S. Pucelik. It has not been
fully determined the exact nature of
the trouble of Mr. Hetrick.
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RELEASED ON BOND
Gus Whitely, who wa3 arrested
Thursday night near Murray and
charged with a violation of the II
quor law, was released last evening
on bond. The bond "4as fixed in the
sum cf $500 and onlbeing suppli
the defendant was leieased to ap
pear for hearing on August 24th. To
the charge as preferred by the state
the defendant entered a plea of not
guilty.
There was no charge preferred
against the other occupants of the
car of Mr. Whitely.
Nehawka Doctor
Drowns in Weep
ing Water Creek
In Attempting to Answer Call of
Patient Dr. D. E. Hansen Swept
Into Hooded Stream.
From Friday's Daily
Dr. D. E. Hansen, 23. Nehawka
physician, drowned this morning at
:30 in the swollen waters cf the
Weeping Water creek, while an
swering the call of a patient resid
ing south of the creek.
Dr. Hansen had received a mes
sage shortly after 7 a. m., calling
him to the Nels Anderson home, a
short distance south 6T Nehawka and
to reach which it was necessary to
cress the Weeping Water creek. The
;ek, -usually a quiet and placid
stream, was swollen by flood waters
into a raging torrent at the time the
physician received the call.
Dr. Hansen was unable to get his
automobile started and borrowed the
car of Walter J. Wu'nderlich to at
tempt to make the trip, but the wa
ter flowing over the bridge was so
deep that the car could not be used.
In his efforts to respond to the call
of illness and his professional work.
Dr. Hansen then secured a horse to
attempt to make the trip.
The horse on which Mr. Hansen
attempted the trip, had gone onto
the bridge and then lost its footing
and was swept with the rider into
the raging stream. Dr. Hansen at
tempted to swim the horse across the
creek but without success and then
getting away from the horse at
tempted to make the shore himself.
The force of the current carried him
down the stream and this was the
last seen cf him as he was battling
vainly for his life in the waters of
the creek.
There was a crowd of some forty
persons on the bank attracted by the
flood waters, but in the condition of
the stream it was impossible to ren
der any aid as the drowning man
was swept rapidly down the stream.
At the last reports no trace of the
body had been found, altho tho
countryside was Joining in the search
for the unfortunate man.
Dr. Hansen, who was unmarried.
has resided at Nehawka for the past
two years and was one of the most
highly esteemed residents of that
community. His home was at Om
aha where his parents reside. The
father of the unfortunate man pass
ed through this city this morning
en route to the scene of the tragedy.
The body of Dr. Hansen was recov
ered from the Weeping Water creek
this afternoon at 1:30. The body
had lodged 200 yard3 east of the
roadway and where it was located
when the water in the creek com
menced to recede.
The horso escaped fronr the waters
of the stream unhurt.
TO START TRYOUTS
Captain Sam Am of the high
school football team, states that on
Tuesday, August 23rd, there will be
workouts at the athletic park for the
football squad for this year. It is
desired that all students who are
planning to play this year come out
and start the preliminary warming
up for the start of the season.
TO ENJOY OUTING
From Saturday's Dally
This evening Sam Am and John
Eecker, depart for Lake Okoboji,
Iowa, where they will enjoy a week
at the lakes in that locality. They
will'visit tho various points of inter
est in the Iowa lake region and the
anticipating a very pleasant time be
fore they return home.
Sarpy Farmers
Awarded Large
Damage Claim
Verdict Rendered in District Court
of Sarpy County Sustained by
State Supreme Court.
The state supreme court has sus
tained the verdict obtained in the
district court at Papillion by a group
of Sarpy county farmers for the sum
of $25,000 damages.
This suit was filed by Thomas
Gladhill and nineteen other plain
tiffs, against the state of Nebraska
and the state department of public
works, the allegations being that the
land3 of the plaintiffs were flooded
as the result of the work done by
the state department of public works.
Tho plaintiffs claimed to have
been damaged by reason of the con
struction of the bridge on highway
No. 75, south of Fort Crook, which
it was claimed caused the ice to
gorge in tho Pappio creek and in
March, 1929, when the ice melted
the lands of the plaintiffs were dam
aged and they were unable to raise
crop3.
In upholding the district court the
supreme court said that the law that
private property cannot be taken or
damaged, applies likewise to public
authorities as well as private indi
viduals. MANY ATTEND BOUTS
Prom Friday's Daily
One of the places of attraction in
this part of the state last night was
Port Crook, where the boxing
matches of the C. M. T. C. were held
before an audience of several hun
dred. There was almost as many of
the civilians to attend the1 bouts as
the students themselves. The Platts
mouth residents were present In
large number and enjoyed the card
of boxing very much.
Tho fights were well conducted
and some fast and clever boxers
were shown in the array of talent
of the eighteen bouts staged, and
the rivalry of the various companies
added interest to the occasion as they
cheered on their comrades In the
ring.
There were twenty-nine bouts
scheduled for the evening, but tho
rain storm brought an end to the
card and started the flight of the
motorist for home and the students
to their tents and barracks for shel
ter.
Virgil Hutton, of this city, was to
have appeared in the nineteenth
bout, but the rest were postponed un
til a later date, altho William Wet
enkamp appeared on the card last
evening. Both are members of Co.
A.
RETURN FROM OUTING
From Saturday's Dally
Last evening Rev. and Mrs. H. G.
McClusky returned home from their
month's outing in the east and
which has been most enjoyable to
them both. They spent the time
visiting with the relatives along the
route of their trip. They stopped for
a short time at Newark, Ohio, where
Mrs. McClusky has relatives and
then motored on to New York state
where two weeks were spent at the
outing, camp of a brother of Rev.
McClusky. On their return trip they
found rain in the state of Iowa and
drove through this storm for the
greater part of Friday. They were
much surprised on reaching Omaha
and vicinity to see the damage that
the rain had done. They had fine
driving conditions on the entire tfip
and did not have a single puncturo
to mar the pleasure of the trip.
ATTEND STATE FAIR
Nebraskans are urged to set aside
some part of the period beginning
September 3 and ending September
9 aa a time when you will attend
the State Fair. You will feast your
eyes on Nebraska's wonderful Ex
hibits attesting her marvelous ma
terial resources. You will go home
better inspired for work on the farm,
in the store, in the office and in the
home, for you will understand as
never before how the finest people
on eartn are engaged logemer in
Nebraska in the enterprise of de
veloping the soil, live stock and hu
man resources of a great state.
ENJOY VACATION TRIP
Herbert Patterson, Chris Bulin and
Wilbur Hall, three local young men,
are enjoying a Ehort outing at Lake
Okoboji, Iowa, one of the popular re
sorts in this part of the west. The
young men will enjoy the boating,
swimming and fishing of the Iowa
resort for a two week period and
then return to their duties here. Mr.
Hall is engaged with the 15 REX while!
Messers Patterson and Bulin are
with the H. M. Soennichsen Co.
Burlington
Suffers
from
Many Washouts
No Trains Reach This Citv TodaVitlie hotel, having been very success-
Owing to Effects cf Torrential
V W I
Rains on Roadway.
From Saturday's Dally
The Burlington train service into
and out of this city was tied up to
day as the result of the terrific rains
that fell In all parts of eastern Ne
braska and in this territory resulted
in many washouts of track and soft
ened roadbed.
In this immediate vicinity the sec
tion crews were kept busy all night
and today in endeavoring to fix up
the damage created by the storm and
with the handicap of the fact that
tho lowlands wero standing under
several feet of water.
North of tho Burlington station
near the pumphouse, a landslide oc
curred that buried the track under
several feet of dirt for quite a dis
tance and the east bound track was
covered with several carload of dirt
and closing the line of travel. At
Oreapolis the Fcur Mile Creek this
morning was washing out sections
of tho track and' also a bad washout
was reported farther west between
Oreapolis aud Gullom - - .
The high water in Pony Creek be
tween this city and Pacific Junction
wa3 flowing over the tracks and mak
ing the moving of trains impossible
for several hours. .
Along the main line of tho Bur
lington between the local station and
the Missouri river bridge, the water
flowing down from the steep hill
down trom tne steep ntu-
sides leaped over the bluffs with such
force that it carried clear over the
tracks, section men report.
Washouts along the main line and
the South Omaha cutoff of the "Q"
blocked traffic and the swollen Pap
pio held back workers from being
able to repair the damage.
Records at the Burlington station
show that the rainfall last night was
the heaviest In some thirty years.
the previous record being seven
inches, which, however, fell in a I
much shorter time than
inches that fell last night.
the 6.72
UNDERGOES OPERATION
From Friday's Dally
This morning Mrs. Hillard Grass-
man of this city, was operated on at
the St. Catherine's hospital at Om
aha. Mrs. Grassman has not been in
tho best of health for some time and
it was decided that an operation
would be necessary to permit tho
restoration to her former good health.
The patient came through the oper
ation in very good shape and at last
reports was doing as well as possible
under the circumstances.
DE M0LAY ELECTS
Cass Chapter Order of DeMolay at
their meeting on Tuesday evening,
selected as the master councillor,
Ralph Sullivan, one of the active and
earnest members of the order. Suc
ceeding Mr. Sullivan in tho office of
Junior councillor, Marion Taylor was
named. The new master councillor
has been a member of the chapter
for a number of years and was grad
uated from the high school hero in
the class of 1931.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
From Thursday' Daily
Charles K. Bestor of this city was
operated on this morning at the
Immaneul hospital at Omaha, the
operation following an attack of gall
stones which had proven very ser-.
ious. It is hoped that the operation i
will result In Mr. Bestor being re -
lieved of his trouble and being able
to return home in a short time.
Miss Dorothy
Stander Resigns
School Position
Remain at St. Paul Minnesota,
Instead of Taking Up Home
Economics Work.
Miss Dorothy Stander, teacher Ir.Ft
year in the home economics depart
ment of tho public schools, v III not
return here to teach for the coming
year, the board of education having
received her resignation.
Miss Stander has been engaged in
work at the St. Francis hotel in St.
Paul, where fhe has charge of tho
preparation of the menus and other
activities of the food department of
ful in the work and as the offer of
the hotel management was very"
much better than that of the teach
ing position she has decided to re-
main
there.
The students who were taking the
homo economics course under Miss
Stander will regret very much to
learn that she will not return here
the coming year and trust that she
may have all of the success possible
in her new work.
Miss Stander taught last year, re
placing Miss Haley who resigned at
the time of her marriage, and proved
a very able and competent teacher in
all departments of her work.
The board of education ha3 not as
yet elected a successor to tho re
tiring teacher, altho tbey have a
large number cf applicants for tho
position.
SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY
Eugene Chancellor, one of tho
popular young men of the city, was
given a very delightful surprise Fri
day evening at his home, -the occa
sion being his twenty-first birthday.
The members of the Jolly party of
young people spent the time in
dancing and games of all kinds which
served to make tho event one long
to be remembered. The close of the
evening was marked by a wiener
roast that waa very much enjoyed
by tho Jolly group. All Joined in
their best wishes to the guest of
honor as they departed for their
homea Those who attended wero
Helen and Isabelle Dew, Marsellia
Uamsel, Harriett Simons, Dorothy
Campbell, Ruby Sheldon, Vivian
Moore, Mary Ellen Byers, Mary Ina
Chancellor, Fred Todd, John Bauer,
Jr., Everett Newton, Glenn Rhodes,
Harold Vincent, Doris Street, Mere
dith Chancellor, George Hamilton
and Lcs Napier of Norfolk and the
guest of bonor, Eugene Chancellor.
OFFICERS MAKE CAPTURE
OF ALLEGED LIQUOR DEALER
From Fri Jay's Dally
Deputy Sheriff Ray Becker and
Leslie Thimgan, last evening after
an exciting chase, two miles north
of Murray, captured a car driven by
Gus Whitely of this city and In
which Mrs. Whitely and Harry New
man were also riding.
The officer states when the first
attempt to stop the car occurred, the
driver continued on and it was nec
essary for the deputy sheriff to fire
his revolver at the car to force the
driver to stop.
During the pursuit officers state
that bottles were seen to be thrown
from both side3 of the touring car
and which were seen In the lights of
the pursuing car of the deputy, two
pints of liquor being afterwards
picked up by the officers while the
officers this morning made a second
visit to the scene to recover what
might bo left of tho bottles.
Mr. Whitely was held at the coun-
jty Jail in company with Newman to
await charges being filed against
him. It is expected that no chargo
will be preferred again3t the other
occupant3 of the car.
CHARLES BESTOR IMPROVING
unanes rw. uestor, wno was oper-
ated on Wednesday at the Immanucl
hospital at Omaha, is reported as do-
ing very nicely and recovering In
fine shape from his operation which
was for the removal of gall stones.
This is mo3t pleasing news to the
many friends of Charley and they
trust that he may soon be homo and
able to resume his usual activities.