THURSDAY, SEPT: 1, 1932.
nLTTIOUTII WEEKLY JOUWIAL
PAGE FIVE
Arrests Made
in Slaying Case
at Pierce, Nebr.
Four Held in Connection With Shoot
ing of Paul Lowrey, Long
Pine Athletic Coach.
iierce, Aug. 30. A Milwaukee
man and woman and two Nebraskans
Monday were held by officers in con
nection wun tne slaying of Paul
.uowery, zb-year-old Long l'ine
(Xeb.) high school athletic coach,
and the wounding of Sheriff Ed
Schwartz 13 miles northeast of here
Monday mornin
Deputy Sheriff Fred Benton said
the four gave their names as Wil
liam Oliver Flanery and wife, Helen,
both of Milwaukee, and Frank Huff-
smith and Ben Bertsol. both of Nor
folk. The Milwaukee couple had a
large sedan in which officers said
they found about 100 gallons of li
quor.
Benton Tuesday night said a mur
der charge probably would be filed
against Flanery and an accomplice
charge probably will be filed against
Mrs. Flanery and a charge of carry
ing concealed weapons against Mar
vin Brestol of Xorfolk.
The officer said he found a shot
gun in the room which he was told
Flanery occupied at the Jack Hix
son farm hoirie Monday night. He
said the gun had been fired several
hours earlier.
Lowery was killed on the high
way near the Hixson place about
3: CO a. m. when someone opened
fire from the side of the road on a
car in which he was riding with
Sheriff Schwartz, who was wounded.
The deputy sheriff said an inves
tigation of the shooting led officers
to believe Flanery had opened fire.
thinking his car containing about
100 gallons of liquor was being hi
jacked when Sheriff Schwartz and
Lowery starred to tow it to town
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DISCOUNTS NORMAN VISIT
New York. Speculation over the
visit here of Montagu Norman, gov
ernor of the Bank of England, reach
ed a fever heat on two continents.
but drew from the leading banking
authorities the description of being
much ado about nothing. Reports
were circulated stating the governor
of the English bank had held a con
ference with George L. Harrison, gov-
rnor of the federal reserve bank of
Xew Yoik, and other leading Amer-
can bankers on war debts, the ob
taining of a huge American loan by
the Bank of kngland, an internation
al campaign to advance commodity
prices, a possible return by England
to the gold standard, and other sub
jects of far reaching importance.
Governor Harri.son said emphat
ically the English hanker had come
to Xew York solely for the purpose
After conferring with an attor- &f Paying an informal visit, and had
ney, Flanery told officers he had been
running liquor into Xebraska. and
the deputy sheriff asserted Huff
smith and Bertsol told him they had
been buying liquor from Flanery and
retailing it in Xebraska.
County Attorney E. I). Beech ad
vanced the theory that Lowery and
Schwartz were shot by liquor run
ners who believed" they were being
robbed. r
B-ech said the sheriff, who was
wounded only slightly, and his com
panion were attempting to tow the
large car into town when they were
Ehot from ambush.
Lowery was a graduate of the
"Wayne State Teachers college and
was athletic coach of the Long Pine
high school. His friend, Allen Sted
ry, also a Wayne alumnus, is a teach-
r in Valentine high school.
Lowry had been a frequent visi
tor at the Steury home and was wide
ly known in this section of the state.
He had frequently officiated at foot
ball and basketball games in north
Xebraska.
II. It. Huffsmith, listed as the own
er of one of the cars seized when the
driver was found to be armed, is a
traveling salesman who lives at Xor
folk. Xo one could be found at his
home Tuesday morning. Omaha
Bee-News.
MELLON PREDICTS UPTURN
Washington. The view that the
present "upswing in the American se
curities and commodity markets is
sound and will be sustained was ex
pressed on behalf of Andrew W. Mel
lon in quarters familiar with the
former treasury secretary's outlook.
The ambassado to Great Britain de
clined to be quoted himself, but he
was represented in informed quar
ters as believing existing market con
ditions to be a natural turn upward
from sub-normal levels.
Mr. Mellon wa3 active in the cap
ital thruout the day, conferring with
President Hoover, state department
officials and close friends and asso
ciates. He said he probably would
sail from Xew York on "Wednesday
for his London post. Mellon's views
on the national business situation
were represented generally as follows
from a source which has spoken for
him often before:
The rise in both commodity and
security prices is natural and can be
viewed as a corrective movement.
Commodity prices could not have con
tinued at their recent low levels be
cause they were below the cost of
production. The same reason would
apply to the securities market.
FOR SALE
Young gilts will farrow in about
one week. Tele. 6 5 3-J.
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Phone tho news to No. 6.
done so at Governor Harrison's re
quest. Covernor Harrison emphati
cally stated that the question of war
debts had not been discussed during
this visit, and that the question of
a loan had not been mentioned.
r.lcAdoo is Ahoad
as an Aspirant
for Senate Seat
THOMAS HAS FARM PROJECT
Sioux City. Funding of outstand
ing: agricultural debta at the level of
interest paid on government bonds
was urged by Norman Thomas, so
cialist candidate for president. De
voting his address almost wholly to
Leads Democrats in California Pri-1 agriculture, Thomas urged govern-
mary Senator Shortridge Jment operation of the farm machin
Is Trailuur. ery industry and creation of a non
profit making federal marketing
William G. McAdoo, former secre- agency to market farm products.
tary of the treasury bidding for a I The troubles of the farm are sim
return to Washington, assumed an ilar thruout the country, said Thorn
early lead ITuesday night for the las, adding that htey differ only in
democratic senatorial nomination in degree. "The estimated farm income
California's primary. Senator Sam- for this year is less than half of
uel M. Shortridge, administration what it was as recently as 1927," he
.
supporter seeking republican renom-lsaid. "It is significant that the esti
ination, trailed other contestants. I mated salary and wave ' roll of the
In South Carolina Ejllison D. I United States for this year is only
Smith, running for his fifth term as lover half of what it was in 1929
democratic senator, led three oppon- I All producers are in pretty much the
ents, but faced the prospect of a I same fix."
runoff with Cole L. Blease, former
senator, who was his nearest rival.
McAdoo had expressed himself as
not adverse to a prohibition refer
endum; Shortridge stood by the re
publican national resubmission
plank. Smith held to the democratic
repeal plank, while Blease warned
against any change in prohibition
laws until "the white voters" of his
state had voiced their views in a
referendum.
Count in California.
&an irancisco. returns irom feisj Cleveland, Ohio. Emergency gov-
precincta out of 10,531, for the dem-ernment control of industry was pro-
ocraiic nomination tor senator; wc- Iposed today in a political-economic
Adoo 11,693. Warden 3,947, Shuler platform adopted by the executives
3.0o2. Abbott 528, McCarthy. 408, of 2 railroad brotherhoods with the
rl&l&222 I nnccihilitr rf on rrrrt f rnm n nnitoH
Returns from 7S precincts give baule front of organized labor.
lur lutf repuuiican btuaiuriai nomm- ,.In co-operation with all other in
ation: Crali 8,297, Shortridge 7.608. 1 e;i h
o.i, iUuu o.v... ations Df workers." the railroad labor
wortn L',5S7
The Rev.
Federal Rule
of Industry for
Period Favored
'Wage Cutting Host Stop," Leaders
of Twenty-one Rail Bro
therhoods Assert.
Mills and Mel
lon Pay Visit to
Wall Street
"Personal Calls" Is Eeply to Excited
Questions Visit Causes
Much Comment.
WILL DEMAND CASH BONUS
Washington. A . generous two-
thirds of the voting strength of the
American Legion's national conven
tion is shown by headquarters re
cords to be pledged for cash payment
of the soldiers' bonus. CI the thirty-
five states and territorial organiza
tions which have instructed their
delegates to vote for cash- payment
at the Portland. Ore., convention
next month twenty-one reversed posi
tions taken last year.
As the majority rule will govern,
headquarters officials regard it cer
tain that the national meeting be
ginning Sept. 12 will change its stand
of a year ago opposing a cash pay
ment. This action was taken at De
troit after President Hoover person
ally appealed to the delegates to do
so. Calculated on the basis of 1931
voting strength at the national con
vention, 1,063 of the 1,415 vote total
favor cash payment. Only three de
partments have gone on record
against it. Departments of Florida,
Nebraska and South Carolina opposed
immediate payment.
VISITS AT CRETE
From Wednesday's Pally
Miss Olive Gass returned last night
from Crete, Nebr., where she has
been visitin? with her cousin. Miss
M. Luella Carter, a teacher at Doane
College.
Miss Gass also visited at Lincoln
with Miss Mary Jackson, a former
teacher in the Plattsmouth high
school.
Ccptcnbcr Hern
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Robert P. Shuler, Los
Angeles dry, is sure of a place on
he ballot in November. He' is seek
ing the senatorial nomination on the
democratic, republican and prohibi
tion tickets. On the prohibition
party ticket he has no opposition
Under California law a candidate
may seek various party nominations
Los Angeles. R R. Pitts, district
attorney, with seven candidates op
posing him for re-election, held a
majority of the votes on incomplete
semiofficial returns from 510 out of
3,537 precincts in Los Angeles coun
ty. The tally for Fitts was 12,388.
his nearest opponent,. Mark Jones,
polling 3,365. .
Smith in South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C. Senator E. D
Smith set the pace for his three op
executives said, "we propose before
the- election in November to put on
record every aspirant to public of
fice either for or against a labor pros
perity program."
Taking the view that present re
duced wage levels cause reduced
consumption, which in turn forces
reduced production, the program
adopted by the railway labor execu
tives' association calls for a federal
"mobilization" of industry to halt
the vicious circle.
The "labor prosperity program"
was summarized by the executives as
follows:
'Wage cutting must stop. Compe
tition in wage cutting and price cut
ting is simply competitive suicide.
Adequate wages, adequate prices and
adequate employment must be r ex
ponents in the race for the demo- rlureu
Our national resources and na
tional credit should be mobilized and
FIVE COUNTIES ORGANIZE
cratic nomination as United States
senator, but on the face of returns
available Tuesday night, he will be employed as they would be in a time
required to contest with his onetime P war for tne PurPose of co-ordin
colleague. Close L. -Blease, on a run- atin and compelling th euse of the
off primary iwo weeks hence. Un- industrial facilities of the nation for
official jretufns from) 1,112 of the the employment of all those capable
state's 1.446 precincts gave the vote f self-support
in Tuesday's primary: Smith 73,626, 1 "Adequate compensation thus in
Blease 56,710. Ashton H. Williams, sured to the workers will provide
of Florence, who stressed prohibition ne purchasing power necessary to
repeal. 34,052. Leon W. Harris, of support the agricultural and indus
Anderson who emphasized economic (trial production of the nation
issues but announced his advocacy "We are opposed to any perma-
of the Dresent drv laws. 27.978. Smith nent socialization of business or
took the lead as early returns were property. But to meet the dangerous
tabulated, and gradually increased faileure of the managers of private
his margin, but was never in strik- industry to maintain their opera
ing distance of a majority of the tions and to exchange their prod-
votes tabulated. Under South Caro-lucts through voluntary co-operative
lina law, a second primary between I methods, we believe that an emer
the two high men is provided in the gency governmental control is now
event no candidate obtains a major-las essential to the national welfare
ity. State Journal. las it would be in a time of war."
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In addition to adopting the gov
ernmental control policy, the associ
ation decided to oppose all further
Auburn, Neb. Delegates from consolidations of railroads "until ad-
taxpayers leagues in five southeast- ditional legislation is passed by con-
ern Nebraska counties formed a Dis- gress protecting the public and the
trict Taxpayers association here Mon- employees against increase of unem-
day and adopted resolutions in pre- ployment, property losses and the
paration for the state meeting at destruction of community interests
Grand Island next month.
luester oi AuDurn, cnairman LlOTTORS FOUND ON A YACHT
oi tne iemana county league, was
named permanent president of tne Chicasro. The 180 foot yacht
asociation; James Stewart of Paw- owned by Kenneth Smith, president
nee city, vice president; ana A. A. Qf a manufacturing company, was
Misegadis of Talmage, secretary. searched Monday night in the Chi
The counties represented are Paw- Cago harbor by United States cus-
nee, Richardson, Nemaha, Otoe and toms agents and yielded 2S0 bottles
Lancaster. Resolutions proposed by of assorted liquors, the agents re-
a committee headed by Paul Weaver ported. No arrests were made. The
of Falls City made the following luxurious vessel, the Kenkora II, con-
proposals: Isidered to be one of the lareest on
Supporting the national income It hp. taken, returned Sunriav from a
tax law. I ,, . . . , .
To assess all nronertv In NehraB- v.nauwn tru.w uu mo -
ka as provided by the Btate consti- thoritles said, was the usual proced-
tution. ure. 2Anthony Czarnecki. collector
To increase the volume of money n, ,itnma cnM th van hnttipa of
to establish commodity prices on the . . ' , . ,
To repeal the intangible tax law. ky wer found in an electric refriger
Criticizing the supreme court for ator. seized tnd taken to the federal
exempting fraternal property from L,,:).., th ni,.,i in
To consolidate county offices, to a vault- Wig?1 ureen, Lnitea
give the county governments more States district attorney, visited the
independence and to place an execu- federal building, heard details of
tive with a board of directors in a a .-
missioners. I making a comment. Smith was not
To readjust salaries of public off i- at home and could not be reached
ciais in accora wun tne aDUity or H.j8 attorney, however, promised
tflvno v A To tn rev I
few csnts and net rsal results I appear Tuesday.
New York, Aug. 30. Both Ogden
L. Mills, secretary of the treasury,
and Andrew W. Mellon, his prede
cessor, were Wall street visitors to
day, a coincidence which caused ex
cited conjecture in financial quar
ters, although both men explained
their visits were of a personal na
ture.
Mr. Mellon, who will sail tomor
row to resume his duties as am
bassador to the Court of St. James,
was interviewed while leaving the
National City bank. He spent an
hour with Gordon Rentschler, pres
ident of National City, and Floyd
Blair, vice-president, who was an
aide to Mellon when he was secre
tary of the treasury.
"No Significance."
When Questioned about his call
at the National City, Mr. Mellon,
who appeared to be in fine spirits,
laughed and said: "I don't think
have any notes coming due," but
then added: "There is not a thing
significant about my visit down
town. It has been purely of a per
sonal nature."
Associates of Mr. Mellon have re
ported that he has taken a more
optimistic view of the economic situ
ation this summer, but he declined
to discuss his views.
Causes Much Comment.
The appearance of both Mellon
and Mills caused considerable com
ment, inasmuch as it followed so
closely the visit to New York over
the week-end of Montagu Norman,
governor of the Bank of England,
who was the guest of George L. Har
rison, governor of the New York
Federal Reserve bank. Mr. Norman
had left for Bar Harbor, Me., and
Harrison for a brief trip west, be
fore Mills and Mellon arrived, how
ever, i
Mills said he had not Eeen Mellon
in New York.
The treasury secretary added,
however, that he had called briefly
at the Federal Reserve bank.
World-Herald.
Teacher Confesses Killing Wife
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Hubert C. Mocr, Robinson, 111., high school teacher, and his
wife, whose slaying he confessed Sunday. Moor had previously main
tained that robbers killed his wife. Mrs. Moor was found shot to
death August 14. For two weeks Moor maintained that robbers had
accosted himself and his wife and that they slugged him and killed
Mrs. Moor.
Norman's U. S.
Visit Brings
Many Rumors
Discussion of Debts Problems D3nied
by Harrison Just an In
formal Visit.
ASKS $3,070,000 DAMAGES
New York. A suit for $3, 070, 000
damages was filed in supremecourt
here against the Curtiss-Wright cor
poration and others by Elmer II.
Holmes, investment broker, and the
Holmes Airport, inc., on the allega
tion that malicious statements to
bankers, investors and newspapers
damaged the Holmes airport, situ
ated near the Curtiss-Wright prop
erties on Long Island.
The defendants are the Curtiss-
Wright corporation; its subsidiaries;
New York Air Terminals, inc.; New
York Airways, inc.; Pan-American
Airways, inc., and Richard F. Hoyt,
a members fo Hayden and Stone
company, investment bankers inter
ested in the Curtiss-Wright corpor
ation. Holmes demanded 51,000,000
damages for himself and f2,070,T;0Cl
damages for Holmes Airport, inc.
Watch fop announcement of the
Kinq Korn Chapeau club and be
readv to take out a charter mem
bership. It'll be the greatest boost
er organization ever perfected in
Plattsmouth.
New York, Aug. 29. Speculation
over the visit here of Montagu Nor
man, governor of the Bank of Eng
land, reached a fever heat today on
two continents, but drew from lead
ing banking authorities the descrip
tion of being much ado about noth
ing. Reports were circulated stating
the governor of the English bank
had held a conference with George
L. Harrison, governor of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, and oth
er leading American, bankers, on. war
debts, the obtaining of a huge Am
erican loan by the Bank of England,
pji international campaign to ad
vance commodity prices, a possible
return by England to the gold stand
ard, and other subjects of far-reaching
importance.
Governor Harrison today said em
phatically that the English banker
had come to New York solely for
the purpose of paying an Informal
visit and had done so at Governor
Harrison's request.
Governor Harrison emphatically
stated that the question of war debts
had not been discussed during this
visit, and that the question of a
loan had not been mentioned.
Bankers stated, however, that the
Norman visit had unquestionably
helped to provide a better mutual
understanding of the financial prob
lems faced by England and the Unit
ed States. The informal visits be
tween leadin
cipal world
proved helpful In the pasl, it was
stated, and frequently had prevent
ed the banks from working at broad
differences.
"No Mystery in Visit.
Washington, Aug. 29. Secretary
Mills said today he had been inform
ed by Governor Harrison of the fed
eral reserve bank of New York that
Montagu Norman, head of the Bank
of England, v as in the United States
for the sole purpose of vacationing.
"I don't see any mystery about his
visit." Mills said.
Questioned as to whether the Eng
lish financier might be here to dis
cuss the foreign debt situation. Mills
said he presumed if Norman was go
ing to talk about them "he would
have done It." World-Herald.
VALEE AND WIFE TROUBLED
; executives of the prin
banking systems had
New York. Hyman Bushel, at
torney who Eaid he represented both
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Vallee, announced
the couple had experienced matri
monial difficulties, but that their
differences had not reached the point
of divorce plans. . Bubhel said his
statement was made because "there
have been such a lot of rumors about
it we decided it would be best to say
just how things stand."
The singer and the former Fay
Webb, musical comedy actress, were
married July 6, 1931.
"They haven't been hitting it off
well for some time," Bushel said.
"But I can say definitely there is no
ether man or woman in the case."
JAIL FOUR DEMONSTRATORS
Boston. Four persons were ar
rested when police broke up a dem
onstration by more than fifty alleged
radicate in front of city hall. The
demonstrators had sought food,
work and a dole for the unemployed
from Mayor Curley.
A committee of three from the
group had ben received by Mayor
Curley. After hearing their" de
mands he questioned their citizen
ship, and upon learning they were
not citizens ordered hem from the
city hall. When the crowd was in
formed of Mayor Curley's action they
began a demonstration of. shouting
and Jeerings which resulted in po
lice action.
Where Coal War Rages in Illinois
ii w J ;? mi fe iteMi
Here is a scene from Illinois' coal war front, showing
picket lines of striking miners who invaded Franklin
County from other parts of the State in an attempt to
close the mines operating under the new $5 daily wage
contract. 'An army, estimated at 15,000 strong, com-
pesed of strikers and sympathizers has. placed the
affected-county in practically a state of siege. The
first brush between miners and deputies several of
the strikers were wounded.' Photo above was made at
Kincaid, where the $5 scale is in operation. .
