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MONDAY, SEPT. 26. 1932.
FAOZ TWO
Alvo Wevs
Mrs. Grovc3 wa3 a dinner guest of
the Earl Bennet family Sunday.
The Reading club enjoyed a dinner
served by Mrs. John Murtey on last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dickerson, of
Lincoln were visitors at the Godbey
home Thursday.
Mrs Ctas. Roelofsz was hostess to
the Mother and Daughter council club
c?i Thursday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coalman and
son, Billy, and Mr. and Mrs. George
1'risbee were Weeping Water visitors
Wednesday.
Arthur Skinner and Wm. Timblin
and family were Weeping Water visi
tors Thursday, going over to attend
the county fair.
Carl D. Ganz was a visitor in Wa
Lash and also in the vicinity of Man
ley on last Thursday, where he was
called to look after some business
matters.
A. B. Stromer and wife were over
to Lincoln last Wednesday afternoon.
where they were visiting with friends
and as well were looking after some
lusiness matters.
The W. C. T. U. convention was
held at Louisville Wednesday. The
Arthur Roelofcz and Wm. Timblin
cars took several of the Alvo members
ever to attend the all-day session.
E. L. Nelson was looking after
rome business matters in Lincoln on
last Thursday, driving over to the
capital city to purchase goods and
Lrlnglng the load home with him.
Joseph Vickers wa3 a visitor In
Omaha on Wednesday of last week,
r.oi withstanding the fact that it was
laining, and was pleased that he had
rone for the following day the road
was obstructed for a time.
2.1iss Delia Sutton, who has been
at the hospital for treatment and
who suffered a fracture of her arm
some time since, has returned to her
home in Alvo and Is getting along
fairly well at this time, being able
to be out and about.
Mr. and Mr3. John Sutton, who are
at Lincoln continue very poorly, al
though slightly Improved over their
condition a week ago. and the many
friends are hoping that they may
soon be able to return home well
again. They have rooms near the
office of their physician, so they .'can
receivehe.bct.fare nd treatment. -
Bead Blocked Thursday
On last Thursday the highway lead
ing from Alvo to Ashland was block
ed during the greater portion of the
day, a tractor and a wagon with a
hay loader on being stretched across
the read so as to prevent the passage
of vehicles. A number of the people
of Alvo visited the scene and found
everything quiet, but still the ob
struction was there. A poor place to
obstruct the road for there are many
other ways that one could get to
market, through Greenwood and a
mile either side of this road as well
33 via Louisville or even across the
bridge at Plattsmouth.
Preparing to Open Cafe
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jewell, former
ly cf Elmwood. and from where Mr.
Jewell ha3 sold household supplies,
driving an auto about the country,
have come to Alvo to engage in the
cafe businers and are busy getting the
Thomas building in readiness for oc
cupancy. The building is in bad
shape and will need a good deal of
repaira and cleaning before they can
get in and operating. However, they
are hustling to get the place in con
dition so that they can open their
cafe.
Visiting1 Friends Ecre
Mrs. Alma Stone, of Los Angeles
arocmranied by her son Randall and
nephew are visiting here for the
presort and are planning on remain
ing for some time, being guests at the
home of Mrs. C. R. Jourdan and oth
er friends and relatives and also will
visit with friends at Palmyra as well.
Alvo Gets New Pastor
In the distribution of the ministers
for this district, the Alvo Methodist
church was assigned a new pastor,
the Rev. T. W. McKcnzie. who is ex
pected here at once, so a3 to get set
tled and go ahead with the work. I
With the pastor and 'membership
working in unison a great deal of
good can be accomplished. The Bible
school, with it3 mere than 200 mem
bers, has exercised a good influence
on the community.
?elhcdist Bible School at Alvo
The ruble school of the Methodist
church at Alvo is one of the very
cctive features of the life of the com
munity. With their 205 members in
a town of no more than that In popu
lation it 13 plain to be seen that the
greatest interest is taken in the work
r.r.t alone by townspeople but .over a
wide territory adjacent to Alvo.
The adult department as well as
the Intermediates, meet at the church
building, but the primary department,
which numbers 60, meets at the hall
over the Barkhurst & Sons store.
Mrs. Audrey Stromer is superinten
dent of the main school and a woman
intensely interested in Bible school
work. There are a number of adult
classes. The Women's Senior class con
sists of eight members and is taught
by Mrs. Susie Roelofsz. The Men's
class is taught by Daniel Reuter and
has a large enrollment. Then there is
the Young Peoples' class which Is
taught by Mrs. Charles Edwards, as
well a3 a boys' class, taught by Mrs.
Martin Nickles, making in all in this
department a large number of classes
and also a department In which there
Is much interect displayed. Miss Stro
mer is superintendent of the Primary
department, which meets at the hall
King of Bombers
Being Sought by
Chicago Police
James Belcastro Suspect in Supposed
Attempt on Life of Judge
Tuesday Night.
Chicago. James Belcastro, called
by police "king of the bombers," was
sought Thursday night as a suspect
Jin the attempted bombing of the
home of Judge John P. McGoorty
Tuesday night. At the same time,
authorities disclosed that an eye wit
ness to the bombing had furnished
a description of one of the terrorists?
The identity of the witness was close
ly guarded to prevent intimidation,
but authorities sain he lived less
than a block from the McGoorty
home.
Lee Wilbur Koeppen, a pedestrian
who stepped on the bomb when it ex
ploded on the sidewalk in front of
the judge's home, lay near death. His
eye3 were blown out by the explo
sion, his right foot mangled, and his
face disfigured. Koeppen's compan
ion at the time the bomb exploded,
Mr3. Ada Moyer, also was in a criti
cal condition.
Belcastro's arrest was ordered af
ter police recalled that Judgo Mc
Goorty more than two years ago sen
etnesd his two companions in an al
leged "bomb trust" to prison and
later refused to recommend paroles.
Belastre was freed thru lack of evi
dence. His co-defendants were Mike
Casselli and Stevo Ficke, convicted
of manufacturing and transportating
bombs. Police also sought Jo
seph Haddad, given a short sentence
a year ago on a charge of carrying a
weapon.
The unnamed witness, police said.
gave information which indicated
clearly that Judge McGoorty was in
tended victim of a well organized
plot. The person told authorities that
he had seen three men for several
nighta lurking near the McGoorty
home. On the night of the bombing,
the witness said, he was walkin
near the judge's house when lie saw
an automobile slow up in front of
it and speed away past him after
someone had hurled the explosive,
Eight other suspects were still held
for questioning Thursday night.
State Journal.
GERMANY ITEM IN REFUSAL
Berlin. While the German army
was trying to demonstrate in man
euvers that national defenses were
Inadequate under the Versailles
treaty, it was indicated officially that
Germany would not reply in writ
ing to an appeal to continue in the
proceedings of the' world disarma
ment conference. She recently noti
fied Arthur Henderson, chairman of
the conference, that her demand for
equality in armaments must be rec
ognized before she could participate
further. Mr. Hendarson then made
a .vrittcn appeal for Germany to re
consider and participate. Foreign
Minister Von Ncurath, who went to
Geneva Thursday, will explain the
German position in person instead,
and it was said that suggestions of
a compromise were unfounded. It
wT.s emphasized that Germany was
fully conscious of her move, and that
the government intended to await
developments and shape its course
accordingly.
DONATION TO BOY SCOUTS
New York. Largely thru the gen
erosity of Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff, the
Boy Scouts of America acquired a
tract of 480 acres near Morristown,
N. J., to be developed into an in
ternational reservation for the scouts
and their leaders. Mrs. Schiff donat
ed $250,000 to the project in mem
ory of her son, Mortimer L. SchihT,
who was president of the Boy Scouts
when he died in June, 1931. It will
be named in his honor and many of
his ideas on scouting will be carried
out oa Its completion.
New Tax Col
lections Show a
Neat Increase
Prospects Are That Deficit Since July
Will Be iieduced. Auto
Sales Increase.
Washington, Sept. 21. New taxes
imposed by the billion dollar rev
enue law took a Jump which boost
ed August collections to $79,940,310,
an increaso of S18.253.S43. over July
and of $11,546,170 over August,
1931.
The monthly report of the inter
nal revenue bureau, issued today.
showed the new taxes were increas
ing so fast that prospects were they
would cut down the S395.78S.278 def
icit piled up 6ince July 1.
The gasoline tax alone in August
brought in $S.044,S57, as compared
with the 1 53S.461 reported for July.
The tax on checks amounted to $3,
34G.251 against $1,094,287 last
month.
The gasoline tax and many of the
others gaining reflected, treasury of
ficials said, the steady exhaustion of
tax-free stock?, accumulated before
the new law went into effect. Be
sides, slow collection on some of the
taxes has retarded early receipts and
officials believe many have not yet
reached their normal volume.
Auto Sales Increase.
New taxes apparently did not cut
August automobile sale3 as the taxes
on them and motorcycles amounted
to SS86.653. They were $47,629 the
previous month. Motor trucks re
turned 1101,342 compared with $3.-
331 reported in July. Automobile
parts and accessories returned $224,-
241 in place of July's $42,452.
The tax on radio3 increased from
$22,848 in July to $76,445 in Au
gust, while the tax on camera3 and
lenses, which in July totaled $452
brought in $10,663. andy and chew
ing guni taxe3 accounted for 1176,-
762 of the total collections, while
in July they returned only $52,342
and soft drinks brought In $337,402
compared with $S9,569 last month.
The electrical energy tax return
ed $967,612 compared with $32,196,
and the tax on tires nad tube3
brought in $1,587,732 against July's
$96,037. Tho increased tax on is
sues of Ptockd and bonds brought. in
$1,509,445 and that on transfers of
capital stock, etc., returned $2,021,
795. The former was an increaso of
16 thousand dollars over July and
the latter an increase of 688 thou
sand dollars, due chiefly to increased
stock market trading.
Malt Revenue TJp.
Lubricating oils returned $822,-
775 against $60,395 last month and
brewers' wort, malt and grape con
centrates brought in $365,217 com
pared with $221,359. The toilet
gocds tax Jumped from $68,860 in
July to $439,784 in August. That
on furs increased from $12,132 to
$243,412 and jewelry brought in
$81,692 compared with $19,231.
The new taxes on telegraph, tele
phone and radio messages returned
$105,425 in August as compared with
$13,512 in July while the tax on
pipe lines brought in $252,178 in
stead of $41,843. Safe deposit taxes
brought in $180,464 a3 compared
with $45,848 the previous month,
while admission tax returned $1,-
322,695 as compared with $197,072
Mechanical refrigerators, matches.
and sporting goods showed propor
tionate gains.
Income Revenue Down.
For the two months of the fiscal
year, July and August, covered by
the bureau's report, the total of
taxes collected amounted to $141,
G26.778 as compared with $142,-
563,398 in the same period last year.
The lesser total this year was caus
ed by a decrease of $12,482,790 in
July from the same month of last
year.
While the new taxes moved up
ward income taxes continued down,
bringing in $15, OSS, 057. This wa3 a
drop of $1,600,000 for tho month
and of $10,150,000 from last Aug
ust. Tobacco taxes Increased $1,100,
000 to $35,501,707 as compared with
August, 1931. Miscellaneous taxes
dropped 188 thousand dollars to $1,
100,208, as compared with July, and
299 thousand dollars as compared
with August last year. World-Her
aid.
GRAND ISLAND ROBBERIES
Grand Island. Four robberies, a
residence, an outlying grocery and
two garages, netted thieves several
hundred dollars in cash, jewelry and
clothing. At the grocery store oper
ated by Alex and John Fuss, 95 in
cash, several cartons of cigarets and
some candy were taken.' Other loot
included jewelry and clothing.
Officers believed the grocery rob
bery was committed by comeone fa
miliar with the store.
JAPAN SENDS PLANE HERE
Samushiro, Japan. A good will
plane sponsored by the newspaper
Hochi Shimbun took off this morn
ing for Nome, Alaska, en route to
San Francisco. The takeoff was at
5:35 a. m.
Announcing its purpose was to
increase good will between Japan
and the United States, the news
paper Hochi Shimbun recently retain
ed a crew of three men for the flight
to San Francisco by stages. They
are Eiichiro Baba, pilot; Kimoyosht
Homma, navigator, and Tomoyoshhi
Ishta, radio operator. The schedule
calls for stops at. Nome and Fair
banks in Alaska, but emergency sup
plies were laid down at Nerauro,
Paramushiro, White Horse and Hazle
ton, Canada, and Seattle. The plane
has ono 350 horsepower motor.
Say Smith to
Voice Support
of Roosevelt
Reports Aver Backing Will Be Giv
en in His Tuesday Night
Radio Speech.
New York, Sept. Z2. rormer Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith will announce
his support of Governor Franklin
D. Roosevelt's presidential candidacy
next Tuesday night. The announce
ment will bo broadcast in a radio
speech, it was learned tonight from
a source close to the headquarters
of the Roosevelt campaign commit
tee. His declaration of support will
include the candidacy of Speaker
John N. Garner for the vice-presi
dency.
Notwithstanding the obvious au
thenticity of the disclosure. Smith
supporters continued to deny that
the 1928 democratic candidate at
kit had climbed' aboard tho Roose
velt band wagon.'
But that such a plan ahd been
contemplated by Smith since ho be
came an editor a few weeks ago was
an open secret to many observers of
political tides. It will afford the new
editor an opportunity to score what
used to be known as a "scoop" on the
newspapers and rival magazines, and
thereby win for Smith his spurs in
the new field. n UM
Smith," penJing79h!8ifttented -sur
prise announcement Is-continuing in
the "nothin-to-sayV attitude which
he adopted when he quit the conven
tion before Roosevelt made his ac
ceptance speech.
Highway Pick
eting Begun Near
Greenwood
Farmers Out Thursday Afternoon
But Cease Activity at Night ;
Reported Active Today.
From Friday's Daily
The Farmers Holiday movement
with its incidental plan of highway
picketing, developed in the west part
of Cass county Thursday when a
number of farmers were reported on
the highway near Greenwood, pick
eting the roadway.
The pickets were stopping trucks
of farm produce headed into Omaha
or Lincoln and urging the drivers of
the trucks to return home and keep
their products off the market until
better prices could be secured for
them.
The nlcketinK was reported to
Sheriff Ed W. Thimgan, who with
Deputy Sheriff Becker drove out to
the scene of tho blockade, but when
they arrived there the picketing had
ceased and the traffic was passing as
usual on the highway.
The men denied that they had
made any attempt to stop the travel
of the trucks beyond the conversa
tion that they had with the truck
drivers.
A report was received here this
morning that picketing was again
being resumed on the highway and
the sheriff drove out to look Into the
matter and to see that the highway
was kept open for travel.
FIREMEN SAVE HOUSE
Wymore, Neb. Fire broke cut In
the Jake Dav3on home after the fam
ily had retired and when the flames
were discovered had gained consider
able headway. The family escaped
from the house without harm. It
was thought the blaze started in an
overstuffed chair. Firemen were able
to save the house.
Plattsmcuth stores offer every
shopping edvant&narof the larger
city, plus a personal contact be
tween buyer r.r.d seller that means
far more than the "opportunity of
choo&lnp from an extra shade or
two of pink."
Change Has
Come to New
York City Hall
i
New Order of Things Since Mayor
"Jimmy" Walker Left and
McKee Stepped In.
New York. Times have changed
uwsun.j -
j . waiKor sent nis resiKiiauuii iu
the city clerk and departed
from
i i .. .... 4 a1aia rtn I
ciy mm. muuM.,
centration on business nave iouow
ed in tho wake of wisecracks anu in
dulgent administrating. Joseph V.
McKcc, who succeeded Walker in
the mayor's chair, made the change
more emphatic by definitely sending
several hundred expensive automo
biles maintained Ly the city for the
use of officials, their wives, cousins,
uncles and nephews ot their garages.
They will be sold and hereafter city
cars will be used only for city busi
ness.
The automobile reform war? only
one of many changes that McKee has
effected in his two weeks in office.
So intent has he been on changing
the course of things that tha reform
drive has spread beyond tho con-
fines of city hall to the police depart-
rnent and to federal offices. Satuf-
day began a sweeping federal drive
on the "smoke dives" cf the Bowery
and other lower tact side neighbor-
hoods, these places, selling denatured
alcohol and other poteencus liquor
"to the bowery bur;" at everything"!
from 5 cents to 15 cents a "shot,"
claim a tremendous toll of l!ve3 an-
nually. Fifty prohibition agents, who
dressed in the tatterei rag; of dere-
licts, had been circulating In the
slums for a week, fcrretinr; cut the
smoke joints, raided thirty-two with -
in two hours.
The limousine fleet was well e-tab-
lished at city hall when McKee step-
ped In. There va3 an $18,000 car
for Mayor Walker's ure. There was
a limousine each for his secretary,
his budget uiicclor, iu3 commission-
er of city planning, his deputy com-
mlssioner of city planning, and his
bill drafting commissioner. All these
are to be sold. Mayor HcKce doesn't
ride in a limouine. H: u;as the sub -
way. State Journal.. . ,
SIOUX CITY KTJRBER SOLVED .
Sioux City, IS. i'ciiee anaouncea
Wednesday that confessions obtain-
ed from Harry Bottorff and Jerry
Brooks have cleared up the murder!
of Willard Callicott. night watch-
man aniie Sioux City Seed company,
the $2,200 safe robbery at the O. J.
Moore company aiid nearly a dozen
other safe robberies in thia vicinity.
Bottorff is now serving a fifteen
year term in tho Nebraska penlten-
tiary. His confession implicated
Brooks, who was arrested recently
in South Dakota and returned here.
Three other men, Harvey Pangborn,
twenty-six; Floyd Neal, twenty-four,
and Walter Trlzllia, twenty-eight,
are also in custdoy i:i connection
with the crimes and another man
is being sought. Callicott was slain
Julv 16. when he found the robbers
in the company's plant.
No application ha.3 been made to
the governor's ofTIce fcr the extra-
dition of Harry Bottorff, Fremont
prisoner carving fifteen year3 for rob- New York congressional races. Can
bery, to permit him to go to Sioux didates for statewide offices will be
City to testify in regard to the mur-
der. The governor did not indicate
m - 1
that he would favor releasing the
prisoner to go to Iowa to testify or
to be sentenced there for any crime
he might have- committed in Iowa.
CITY OmCIAIS PACE SUIT
Taylorvllle, 111. Coincident with
a coal compnr:y'3 . announcement of
an intention to rc:une mining oper
ations which were halted three weeks
ago by strikers, cult for damages were
started over two bcmbing3 which au
thorities raid were cauccd by the
strike. layer Wilkinson and City
Clerk Jores wcro tamed defendants
in th3 tu.tz, filSu fcy Frank Reed,
president of th Taylorvllle Breeze,
and Thcodors Burr, owner of a bullu-
ing which h-uscrt Union Mine Work
ers of America . headquarters. The
suits charged tho city w-as respon
sible for the drJT.ajrcs because of al
leged fallurs 13 furnish police pro
tection.
Reed charged in this cult that Jl,-
000 damage wa3 caused by a bomb
exploded In the newspaper plant.
Durr'a.Eult recks to collect $1,500.
W. C. Argurt, eupcrintendent of the
Midland mines of the Peabody Coal
company, announced Mine No. 9 at
Langleyvilla would be opened Friday.
Springfleid, 111. Adjutant General
Black, crdered p. machine gun troop
from Springfield Into the Taylorvllle
area a3 an additional precaution j
against violenco between opposing
croups of miners there.
GRISWOID ESCAPES INJURY
Scottsbluff, Neb. Dwight Gris
wold, Gordon, republican candidate
for governor and his party narrow
ly escaped serious Injury Thursday
when a rear tire on thei campaign
car blew out while descending a steep
hill, between Sutherland and Pax
ton. The large machine was nearly
precipitated over a high enbank
ment. Harry Johnston, manager of
the tour was driving.
In his speeches in tho western
counties of the state Griswold urged
irrigation development and declared
that that section of the state ha3 a
right to demand proper ercognition
from the state as regards irrigation
Griswold and Lloyd Dort, candi
date for railway commissioner spoke
at a night meeting here.
Long Regime of
LaFollettes is
Brought to End
Senator Blaine Is the Second of In
dependent Republicans Forced
to Take Defeat.
The long dominant LaFollette fac
tion in Wisconsin suffered It3 most
serious setback in Tuesday's repub
lk-an primary. Both Governor La
Folletts and Senator Blaine were da
featcd for rcnomlnation. ltepubli-
can voters, In choosing former Gov
ernor Kohler as their gubernatorial
nominee, administered the first de
feat to a LaFollette in forty years
Late returns Wednesday showed the
governor trailing by about 100,000
votes
ulaine, the second independent re
publican senator to meet defeat in
this year'3 primaries, was 20,000
1 votes behind the young conservative
jcandidatef or the senatorial nomin
ation, John B. Chappie. Smith W
Brookhart was beaten in the Iowa
primary last spring.
The LaFollette group got about
jan even break in the state's ten con
gressional contests, incomplete re-
turns indicated that three conserva-
tives and three progressives had been
I chosen, with chances for an even di
vision among the other four contests
J National interest centered on the
Wisconsin primary, because of the
conflict between the "regular" .and
a 1 olieue tactions, out politicians
were watching returns from primaries
m tme uay in aiassacauseus ana
New lork.
Massachusetts republicans chose
Lieutenant Governor Youngman as
their candidate for governor, while
the democrats gave their nomination
without a contest to Governor Ely
Youngman had a lead of about 30,
000 over Frank A. Goodwin with re
turns almost complete. Caspar Ba
eon, president of the state senate
won the republican nomination foi
lieutenant governor from Chester I.
Campbell, a member of the gover
nor's council, by about 70,000 votes
place on the state ticket was close.
The democratic battle for second
hut as the tabulation neared com-
pletlon, John C. Swift of Milford had
a lead of more than a thousand votes
over former Lieutenant Governor
Edward Barry of Boston. Incum
bonts were victorious in all congres
sional races,
Prohibition figured In many of the
selcted later by conventions. Five
upstate incumbents, all republican
supporters of prohibition, were re
Will She Be Next Mrs. Chaplin?
7 H - . ' Wl'A
Because he stayed up all night so as to be on hand to bid "bon voyaee"
Ut Paulette Goddard above), who was leaving Hollywood for New York,
nd kissed her a fond farewell as she entered the plane that bore her
iray. Dame Rumor hath it that Charlie Chaplin (inset) takes more than
at .'nenrlly interest in the platinum blonde actress. In fact, it is whi
prrd rne may be the next Mrs. Chaplin. Miss Goddard was formerly
warned to Ldgu James, New York clubman, and U a former Zierfeld
- : Follies beauty, . - ,
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Attend Corn Festival, Oct. 5
to 8, Plattsmouth
nominated, while three republican
opponents of the liquor laws were
also victorious. The closest batnr,
between Representative Gale II.
Stalker, prohibition supporter, and
V. Sterling Cole, resubmissionist, in
the Thirty-seventh district, was fi
nally won by Stalker with a margin
of 132 votes. State Journal.
Berlin. Reichswehr troops "de
fending" Berlin with the arms allow
ed by the Versailles treaty broke and
fell back before an invasion from the
east and the "enemy" swept thru to
the capital. This was the final stage
of the reichswehr maneuvers. It was
Intended to demonstrate the truth of
Germany's contention that her de
fenses against possible invasion from
the Polish side are inadequate. Tres
ident Von Hindenburg. cheered by
the troops, drove up from Berlin very
early in the morning to watch the
maneuvers and give his professional
verdict. He waited until the mock
battle was over, but the customary
parade and review were omitted for
reasons of economy.
Regarding this as an opportune
t'me for their action, the Bavarian
Veterans league presented a petition
to the minister of the Interior ask
ing that he authorize a plebiscite in
which the people might vote' on the
question of rebuilding the German
army on a basi3 of compulsory mili
tary service.
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