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VtZZ TWO PLATTdOUTH SSn C7EEKJ LY JOUBHAI MONDAY, SEPT. 12. 1932. Ftlanley Nevs Items Mrs. "W. J. Rau was visiting with friends in Omaha on Wednesday of last week. Albert Griff is has been assisting at the Auerswald blacksmith shop for the past few, days. - Andrew Schllefert and the family were attending the state fair Wed nesday of last week. John Crane was a visitor in Omaha for over the week end last week. where he was a guest of some of his friends. Fred Falischman and the family were enjoying last Wednesday at the state fair, they drivlnc over to the big town in their car. Miss Laurine Dall is attending school at Omaha, returning home for the week ends and is liking the school work there very well. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rau were en Joying the state fair on last Monday (Labor day), it being a holiday and so they closed the bank and enjoyed a vacation. Mrs. Henry Osborne was spending the latter portion of last week at the home of her mother at Verdon, making the trip via the Missouri Pa cific train. Misses Irene and Dorothy Reister and Miss Margaret Bergman and Vir tus Hawes are all attending school at Louisville, they mostly driving to and from school. Miss Anna Earhardt. who is at tending school in Omaha, was a visi tor at the home of her mother, Mrs. Catherine Earhardt, for over the week end last Sunday. William Dunn, formerly of Weep ing Water, but now making his home in Omaha, wa3 a visitor in Manley on laet Wednesday, where he was look ing after some business matters. Louis Krecklow, Jr., who has been spending the past summer at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. August Krecklow, departed early last week for his home at Milwaukee, going via bus. George Dickson and wife, who have been spending the past two weeks at the home of the mother of Mrs. Dick son, in Utah, returned home last week and report having had a very fine trip and visit. Mrs. Theo. Harms, who has been so seriously ill, and who is still far from well, is reported as showing good improvement the past few days This wilt be pleasing news to the large number of friends of the fam ily. Paul Fleming and Wni. Rohrdanz are both suffering from the loss of a considerable portion of their flock of chickens, Mr. Rohrdanz having lost pome fifty as a result of a night visit to his chicken coops last Monday night. Rudy Bergmann and the kiddles were over to Plattsmouth last week where they all enjoyed attending the circus which was exhibiting there. Mr. Bergman n also looked after some business matters at the court house, while he was there. Henry Osborne was a visitor in Om aha on last Wednesday, where he went to meet and visit with his broth er, J. H. Osborne, who has been spending some time recently In Om aha, and who wa3 leaving that day for his home at Los Angeles. Miss Rose Knabe, who has been employed as housekeeper for Father Patrick Harte, local Catholic priest, departed last week to accept a posi tion as teacher in the schools at Falls City. There had been a cutting of the force of teachers there as elsewhere, and the position had pone to an older teacher, but she In turn was taken ill and Miss Rose was called to her place again. The position of house keeper has been supplied by a woman from Rulo. School Opened Monday School opened last Monday and all are back at their studies again, well pleased that vacation is over. One rew teacher has been employed a Miss Hogue from near Nehawka. Home for a Bay and Away Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hill, who have been touring the north and west, es Mr. Hill covered his territory, arrived home last Wednesday from a few weeks In South and North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, spending some time at all the principal interesting points and enjoying fishing and a general good time. They started out again Thursday, this time heading youth and will spend two weeks see ing Kansas. Oklahoma. Texas and Louisiana, returning via Arkansas and the scenic portions of Missouri on the line of the Ozarks. The European debt situation is very complex. One 'faction thinks we should cancel the debts now, while another insists that Europe should be forced to owe us a while longer. Stock Market Falls as Cotton Does Noeedive Trading Is the Second Largest Vol nine Recorded in a Period of Almost two Years. New York. Cotton tumbled la a bale, one of the sharpest declines of the year, on appearance of the gov ernment's crop estimate, which was some 500,000 bales larger than trad ers had anticipated. This was ablow to the stock market, where bulls were finding rather rough going anyhow, and prices were churning about in feverish trading. Final prices dis closed a long list of losses of $1 to 1 4 a share in prominent Issues. which wiped out most of Wednes day's advance. Other markets, however, were not seriously unsettled by the action of cotton and shares. Bonds closed barely changed, in the aggregate. Wheat lost about a cent a bushel at Chicago, but changes in most staples were relatively unimportant. The action of cotton was the re verse of the upswing a month ago. when the government's estimate of the crop placed it about 1,000,000 bales below what traders were ex pecting, sending prices up about 5 bale. The reaction reduced prices to approximately the levels of Aug. 24. At the day's final prices, fu tures were some $3 a bale under the peak prices reached nearly two weeks ago, but were still f 13 to $14 a bale above the low levels in the summer. Trading in stocks reached the sec ond largest volume in nearly two years. Tne turnover was i,svz,vv shares. Selling flurries swept thru the market from time to time even in the early trading, but bulls con tinued strenuously to fight the de cline, bidding up a wide assortment of rails, food shares and industrial specialties. At one time, there were many temporary gains of f 1 to $2 a share. U. S. Steel again came within a few cents of its 1932 high of $56.62. but then fell back to close at ?48.87, off S3.62 from Wednesday's final price, its sharpest recession in sev eral days. The day's news contain ed a number of favorable items, how ever. General Motors reported sales to consumers in the United States in August of 37,230 units, an increase of 4,381 units over July, altbo July is usually the best month. New York Central, Pennsylvania, and oth er railroads reported moderate in creases in the movement of freight for last week. State Journal. R0BBER VICTIM DIES OF WOUND AT LINCOLN Lincoln, Sept. 9. M. F. Marshall, 35. a epeical patrolman wno was shot early Wednesday and staggered to the governor's mansion for aid. died Friday morning in a hospital here. - Thomas Hall, 20, said by officers to have confessed the shooting after he had been stopped for questioning. is in jail. Hall, an ex -convict, also confessed the robbery of a drug store and said he feared the officer would connect him with the crime. He told police he was en route on his bicycle to rob a hotel when Mar shall stopped him. Mrs. Eva F. Marshall, widow of the patrolman, Friday was presented with a $100 check by the Lincoln Police Relief association. Marshall was not a member of the association. but regular policemen voted the gift. The family is financially destitute. There are three children. County Attorney Max G. Towle, after filing the first degree murder charge, said he will try Hall in dis trict court in October. Hall pleaded not guilty when ar raigned before Municipal Judge John L. Polk Friday afternoon. His pre liminary hearing was set for Sept 16. No bond was set. GREEK PREMIER SUPPORTED Athena. Premier Eleutherios Venizelos, who has been in and out of office numerous times during the last dozen years, weathered another political storm by surrendering the premiership for a few hours. In re sponse to a demand by the royalist party that he be removed from of fice, he presented his resignation to President Zaimis. The president re fused to accept it, and thereupon M. Venizelos announced that things would go their normal course until the parliamentary elections Sept. 26. The attack on the premier was made by P. E. Tsaldaris, royalist leader, who accused him of working with a military group in his pre election activities. On Tuesday M. Tsal(iari3 asked the president to ap point a premier who would insure uninfluenced voting. MILK STRTTTF. AVERTED Toledo. A promised truce in price cutting tactics by major Toledo re tail milk distributors served to avert a threatened "strike" among several thousand northwestern Ohio and southern Michigan farmers who have become angered at dwindling milk receipts. Meeting with representa tlves of twelve large dairies in the Toledo district, the executive com mittee of the Northwestern Ohio Sales company threshed out the mat ter and decided to withhold for the time being any concerted attempt to shut oil the farm milk supply. State Fair Shows Deficit of $50,000 Winners Paid Only 25 Per Cent of Value of the Purses- Give NotW for Balance. Lincoln, Sept. 9. Nebraska's 1932 state fair closed Friday with a deficit expected to exceed $50,000. The show went on" Friday de spite the deficit, but for a time it looked a3 if the entertainers would balk because they had not been paid. Horsemen demanded payment of purses and the board voted to pay 25 per cent of the prize money to au wno naa -won iuu or more ana $25 to all who had won between $25 ana Performers refused at first to ac- cept this arrangement, and a prom ise of notes at 6 per cent interest for remaining sums due, but a per sonal appeal by Perry Reed of Hen derson, president of the board, won them over and races were staged a3 scheduled. Automobile racers balked at the same proposal but in the end staged their race. Vaudevillo entertainers and the musical revue company also co-oper ated to put on the full program. The board will meet Saturday to ascertain the size of the deficit. George Jackson, secretary, said he expected it to exceed $50,000. 'Considering conditions, we did not go as heavily in debt as many state fairs," he said. "I understand the Iowa fair had a $75,000 deficit but met bills with state treasury funds. aflu fit t a trflonim flnnmn.'111 riations were cut this biennura. -Also, we are not permitted to borrow money." Tiit. board was paying off small debts and furnishing premium win- nera enough to get their stock back to farms. The 25 per cent cash pay- ment plan also applied to premium I winners and other creditors. Paid attendance figures showed a drop of about 40 per cent from last deck and police believed it possible ports indicate that the Lytton corn year, which was below the previous the woman swam ashore instead of mission's report will be mere favor- year. Thomas Wake of Seward, treasurer, said grandstand receipts had fallen even more heavily. He estimated the drop in grand stand receipts would be between ?5.000 and $10,000. The board is obligated to pay about $26,000 annually to holders I of grandstand bonds. Last year none wa3 paid. This year all grandstand receipts were turned over to the bond holding company but Treasurer I Wake estimated the total would only be $7,000. Jackson said there could be no i juestion about going ahead with plans for the fair next year despite I the deficit. 1 he Table Rock high school band I won the state high school grand defeated Humboldt, Class B cham- pion. Omaha Bee-News. FUNERAL OF JOHN WTNI? The funeral fn tlio latp John Wvnn was held Friday afternoon from the - - w " " ' I Sattler funeral home at Fourth and Vine streets. A large number of tho olrl timo fripnda wr nrAsmt to share with the family tho sorrow that his sudden death has occasion- ed. The services were in charge of Rev. York of Omaha, a minister of tne Holiness cnurcn. several or tne old hymns were giverf by the ladles quartet of the local church. . i RETURN TO PLAIN VIEW From Saturday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. Adam Frederich, of Plalnview, who have been visiting for the past two weeks in this com munity with . the relatives and friends, departed this morning for their home in the north portion of the state. They have been guests here at the Louis Born home in this city and also enjoyed a part of their stay visiting at Cedar Creek witSTThe relatives and friends. Plattsmouth is still the "whit est soot" on tho Government's in dustrial map-ono of few email towns In the middle west to locate new industriee during depression. championship Friday morning. ltea!d Mrs. Marcus. "Then she became Paper Says Bern Threatened Life of Actress Wife Meanwhile Producer Linked to Worn- an Who May Have Ended Own Life Friday Los Angeles, Sept. 9. The Exam er says it has learned from various sources close to Jean Harlow, film actress, whose husband. Paul Bern, shot himself to death Sunday, that the "comedy" to which he referred in his suicide note was his own out burst in which he had threatened to kill Miss Harlow if she persisted in asking him to accompany her to her mother's home. This dramatic episode, the news paper said, occurred Sunday night, a few hours before Bern, left alone in the canyon home he gave the plati- In urn blonde actress as a wedding present, put a bullet through his head. Miss Harlow, the Examiner 6aid fled In terror to the home of her mother, Mrs. Marino Bello. John Carmichael, a butler, testi fied at the inquest that Miss Har low and Bern, whose suicide motive has not officially been found, parted on the best of terms Sunday night after Bern toid hi3 wlfe he wag -too tired" to go to dinner at Mrs. Bello's ..Eut from other sources," the news paper Bald, "it was declared that Bern flew into a rage at Miss Harlow and I screamed 'Get out and let me alone. If you don't, I'll kill you.' ' Miss Harlow, a tragic figure in black, spoke, a last pathetic good-bye to her dead husband as authorities investigated the disappearance from a tacramento river ooat oi a woman they believed to be Dorothy Millette, a former actress known as Mrs. Paul Bern. Sister Grief Stricken Mrs. William Marcus, a sister of Bern, collapsed in grief outside the chapel and was half carried to her seat among the mourners, who in- eluded many of the film celebrities of Hollywood. While Conrad Nagel. film actor, of- fered a eulogy at the funeral, author- ities investigated the possibility that Miss Millette, identified as a former common law wife of Bern, may have ended her life by leaping from the river steamer, Delta' King, as it was enroute' from ; San -"Francisco to Sac ramento. ' Luggage and women's apparel be- Heved to have belonged to the titian haired woman who purchased a ticket in the name of Dorothy Millette was found in a stateroom. Boatmen said it was possible she left the steamer without beine noticed. Later a bath- hng suit bag was found on the boat endinir her life t.j r A score of policemen prevented nearly 300 persons from entering the funeral chapel. Only notables of the film world and a few close personal friends ,'were allowed Inside. Near Miss Harlow stood Henry Bern, broth- er of the producer who killed himself for a reason not yet officially decided, it was revealed by the autopsy that Bern, although not suffering from disease, lacked a physical develop ment which physicians said produced melancholia. Only a few hours before the pri- vate funeral for Bern, his sister, Mrs. Marcus, said Bern fell in love with Miss Millette about twenty years ago. "He was never married to her, but he lived with her for several years, seriously ill and was admitted to a sanitarium." State-Journal. ASKS STAND OF ROOSEVELT INCW I OTK. UOvernor UOOSeveu was asked in a letter by Walter W Waters, commander of the bonus ex I .... ...mm petlitlonary lorces, to state nis posi- tion on the bonus question. Waters told the democratic presidential nom i. ... . inee tliat on a recent trip to tne mia- dlewest ne naa round "extreme con fusion existing in the minds of thou- U4 tm men rtS J: velfs position. A great majority of them, Waters added; are under the impression Roosevelt favors immedi ate cash payment, "and I feel thct, in fairness to them, you should with out delay state clearly your stand on this particular question." SCHOOL BELL RINGS VAINLY Chandlerville, O. The Chander- viile school bell tolled its September summons, but when lagging scholars miRwerofl its rail thov learned that I nothlner less than the sovereign now- er of the Ohio sunreme court could open the school doors. Possession of tho county superintendent's office be was the root of the trouble, with the disnutinnr nrincinala t D. Rln and Charle3 Westoottgvfmly attempt- in v tn nntf ah k . lwill. STUDENTS WILL PAY COLLEGE WITH CHOPS Flagstaff, Ariz., Sept. 7. A busn el of potatoes, a bale of hay, a crate of eggs, a bag of oatsi anything that is food for man or beast will be acceptable at the Northern Ariz ona State Teachers college this fall in lieu of cash for board and room and books for farmers' son and daughters. Dr. Gray Gammage, president of the school, announced the barter Wednesday. Japanese Plan to Sign Manchu Pact by Sept. 15 Treaty of One Sentence to Contain Terms of Recognition Test Is Practically Agreed Upon Tokyo. A Foreign Office epokes man said today that a treaty estab lishing Japan's de Jure recognition of Manchukuo wiil b3 signed at Changchun before Sept. 15, follow ing consideration of the text by the Privy Council in Tokyo and the Em peror's approval. Gen. Nobuyo?hi Muto will sign the treaty at Chang chun for Japan. The General took a draft of the text with him when he left Tokyo and now has agreed with Manchukuo on practically the final text. A few days before the signature, copies of the treaty wi!l b3 cent to Washington, London, Paris and oth er capitals, while the original docu ment will be published and become effective immediately on tha signa ture. It is not decided whether c copy will be filed with the League. Filing at Geneva is not necessary since it is not necessary to inform the world at large. The treaty i3 a simple document consisting of a single sen tence in Japanese and Manchurian, but the English translation may be three or four paragraphs. j 1De spokesman su.iu; ijvcii iu i i a . un w , greatest enemy of Japan win not De able to interpret the treaty as in any way establishing a Japanese pro tectorate over Manchuria." It is indicated, however, that Ja pan will be responsible for ' Man chukuo's protection cstCrnally 1 as well as for the maintenance of order internally. The document ha3 no commercial aspects, since theee are covered by previous apaneEe-Manchurlan agree- ments, which Manchukuo recognizes, There may be a subsidiary rgreement later covering certain technical as pects of the defensive alllar.ee. The spokesman eaid that latest re- able to apan than was previously ex pected He said that MancuuKuo s nnances are Improving. The revenue from March to June being 18,000,000 yuan. The budget of the fiscal year beginning in July calls for a revenue of 70,000,000 yuan and an expendi- ture of 87.000,000 yuan. Deficits will presumably be covered by Japanese loans. I A FIVE-COURSE DIN NEE FH03I WHEAT This is what happened in Berk shire county chapter American Red Cross, Pittefleld, Mass., when a wheat demonstration dinner was served to 150 persons, including officials of welfare and relief .organizations. . . i mayor of the c'ty r.nd welfare board. The menu presented five methods of wheat preparation ca food. There was tervcd a ' coup. a. wheat meat- loaf with tomato caurco, wheat frit ters, wheat blueberry muffins and wheat coffee. Chapter Chairman Merle D. Graves ca!J the dinner was arranged that the guest3 might pass this knowledge along and put it to practical use. Dr. Brown cf Obcrlin College, who addressed .the guests, told how 1,500 cared far and weir nourished, and that with a email grinding plant and a little education in how to use tne wheat thcra should be none to suf fer the pangi of hunger. Thi3 haa grown out of the dis tribution of rcvernment - owned wheat. Mere Yf.y3 than one to U3e our re30urcc3. Let . us all put our heads to work. MRS. K'CORMICE'S WILL ' FiLED FOR PROBATE '' ?f I I Chicoco. Sett. " 7. The will of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, I disposing cf an 'estate estimated to worth not more than 110.000,000 was admitted to' probate Wednesday. An attorney presented the written eonsent cf tha heirs to probating the A Chip Off m, v.- y? " - yi:- isji 'ft '' ; When Mickey Walker is outside the ring, his one delight is playing with his son and heir, Jimmy, with whom he is shown here. Mickey 6toutly maintains that the youngster can lick anything his weight in the world. The "Toy Bulldog" is training at Summit, N. J., for his bout with Max Schmeling, former world's champion, on September 19th, at Long Inlaid " City. Part of the proceeds will go to charity. Mayor McKee Seizes the New York Limelight Tammany May Be Compelled to Drop Walker for Him Delay Pick ins Their Candidate. New York, Sept. 7. New York's new mayor, Joseph V. McKee, tooki" ,usut ut"' the limelight today with a slashing attack' on the municipal budget. while (he decision on whether James J. Walker will run for re-election was delayed again. Thejhoard qf elections agreed with the city clerk "that a "vacancy' ex ists in. the office of. mayor, and form ally ordered 'an election to be held November 8. ' But- whether" Walker, who resign ed last week, will be given an oppor tunity to have the "people decide the case" at that time is still unde termined. John P. Curry, Tammny chief, in dicated he and the four other demo cratic leaders of the city may delay picking their candidate for more than a month. Flynn Hay Push Him, The Post , said there were reports that Edward J. Flynn, Bronx lead er and Governor Roosevelt's secretary of state, would advance McKee as a candidate. The Sun said that a "tide of sen timent against renominating Walker" has risen to "menacing proportions" and that one of the organization leaders "is ready ot desert him (Wal- ker) rather than make good on a bad promise." Floating Culinary Academy 1 I ' fe ' II 1 .7: -l rv Jt j ru -2s ffA If your wife comes back from, that European vacation this year and amazes you with her culinary skill, you'll know that she hasn't spent all her time during the ocean crossing gazing soulf ully at the tossing waters of the Atlantic. The newest innovation n some of the palatial liners is a school of cookery, wherein milady is instructed in the mysteries of concocting those tasty French dishes. Here is a group of lady passengers os the S. S. Franco receiving a lesson in the kitchen of the liner f e$ the Old Block . 1 " - 5?. - 4' v. 'Tc x.- -A, ' V -IMS'.:- ' i'? ' . ''s 'it'. The World-Telegram said "Tam many leaders appear greatly alarm ed by the praise evoked by the activ ities of Mayor McKee and Li leap into the limelight, which they fear might prevent their turning him down for the nomination." After reducing hi3 own salary from 4 0 thousand dollars to 25 thou sand dollars a year, and ordering the salaries of appointed commissioners slashed from 15 thousand dollars to 12 thousand dollars, McKee said he . ,.. ciaxicu. "We are starting cn the big fel lows first," he said, "and wo are go ing to carry it right down through the Iit." IIe indicated, however. taere jj-ouldhaL.no, .salary ruts .or f those earning less thtfpMrt) thousand. dollars a year. - Today he turned his attention to the fleet of expensive automobiles used by city officials. He ordered a luxurious car which Walker had used placed in storage and asked that other employment be found for the two chauffeurs assigned to the may or's office. "I have an automobile and a chauffeur of my own," he explain ed. Then he told how he uses his own car to reach a subway station and rides underground to city hall. "The subway is faster," he added. Then he called for records of city owned automobiles and said it was likely the big fleet would be consid erably reduced. World-Herald. Plattsmouth stores offer every shopping advantage of the larger city, plus a personal contact be tween buyer and seller that means far more than the "opportunity of choosing frcm an extra shade or two of pink." 0fL "4 ,4 f rf - AV- c ' t ; r