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Kefcr. State Historical Society
VOL. NO. t.ty
PLATTSHOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBR. 16, 1933.
NO. 5
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Assassin Attempts
Life Of The
Mayor Cermack of
Wounded While Franklin D.
Roosevelt Escapes Injury
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Miami, Fla. "1 am sorry I didn't
kill hinu I : want to km all presi
dents.',' Joe Zingara. who shot Mayor
Cermak, made this statement to Dade
county officials after he . attempted
to shoot President-elect Roosevelt on
the latter's arrival from his fishing
trip in southern waters. Zingara.
wro was jostled hy the crowd that
swarmed upon him after he fired five
phots in his attempt to kill the president-elect,
was housed for safety in
the Dade county Jail, twenty-one
floors ahove the street.
Miami, Fla. An attempt to assas
sinate President-elect Roosevelt was
made here by a gunman who fired a
stream of bullets into the Roosevelt
party, seriously wounding Anton Cer
mak, mayor of Chicago, and four oth
er persons.
I'm all right " shouted Mr. Roose
velt immediately after the shooting
as he . wave! hi? arm to show the
crowd he escaped the bullets.
A black, curly haired man of stocky
build who said he was Joe Zingara
of New York City was surrounded by
citizens and police who hurried him
to jail. "I kill presidents; kill all of
ficers," the " would be assassin said.
The assassin fired from a point near
the Roosevelt automobile in Bayfront
park. Cermak was about twenty feet
from Roosevelt.
The president-elect held Mayor
Cermak's head with a circling arm as
his automobile sped to a hospital.
Cermak was shot in the chest. Zin
para's five shots also hit Mrs. Joe
Gill, - of Miami ; "William Sinnott ;
Russell Caldwell, 22; and Miss Mar
garet Kruis, of Newark, N. J.
The. bullet that struck Cermak
pierced his body, coming out his back,
and little hope was held for his life.
Roosevelt Announces Own Safety.
Startled and momentarily stunned
by the firing close to his car, Roose
velt waved to the crowd and shouted
he was unharmed as he was hurried
ly driven away thru the confusion
bearing Cermak to a hospital. The
shooting and screams of th victims
created momentary pandemonium.
Quiet was quickly restored,' however.
Mrs. "W. P. Cross of Miami struck
the shooter's arm as he let go with
a fifth shot and shoved his elbow into
the air. James W. Galloway of this
1 city- and a policeman overpowered
President-Elect
Chicago Seriously
ROOSEVELT
the man and shackled him to a car.
Mr. Roosevelt had just concluded
speaking from his automobile, stand
ing in Bayfront park, and had sat
down when the shooting- opened. The
president-elect, after a visit at the
hospital where Mayor Cermak and
the ether victims were taken, called
off his departure by train for New
York until at least Thursday.
Orderly crowds surrounded the city
police station where the would-be
assassin was taken. The jail was just
across the street from the railway
station where Roosevelt's train had
awaited him.
Bystanders said the prisoner spoke
with a decided foreign accent. Mr.
Roosevelt, at the hospital, went to
the bed of each of the victims before
going to the yacht of Vincent Astor
to spend the night. He will return
to the hospital Thursday morning and
then depart for New York by train.
Made Day of Tragedy.
The shooting turned a day of hap
piness for Roosevelt into one of trag
edy. Only three hours before he had
cruised into port here on the Astor
yacht, tanned and jovial from his
fishing cruise in southern waters.
While deeply moved by the incident
he was unrunieo. He showed no
excitement as his car sped away from
the scene.
Gore said he heard the shooter ex
claim as he was overpowered: "Well,
I got Cermak."
The incident occurred about -9: 45
p. m. xne uooseveit train had been
scheduled to leave at 10 p. m. In
the confusion George Broadnax, se
cret service operative, was erroneous
ly identified as one of those wounded
and his name even was reported to
his superiors in Washington as a
casualty. The man with whom he
was confused was William Sinnott.
Sroaduax was unhurt.
Delay Operating on Cermak.
After arrangements were made to
give him an anaesthetic, plans for
an emergency operation on Mayor
Cermak were abandoned for the time
being.
Mayor Cermak told President-elect
Roosevelt from hi3 hospital bed that
"I am glad it was me instead of you'
wno receivea tne Duiiet or a gun
man. Dr. G. Raap, the physician in
charge of Cermak.. said . '.'the bullet
entered the-right side below the tip
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of the scapula and traveled down
ward toward the middle line and lies
at the anterior margin of the eleventh
dorsal vertebra."
Following the shooting the crowd
yelled, "Kill him; kill him," as the
reports of the shot3 echoed thru the
jammed outdoor arena at Bayfront
park. It was thru this same park
that Herbert Hoover traveled as president-elect
in the early part of 1929
when he came to Miami for a vaca
tion at Belle Isle. As it was then,
thousands of persons were massed
along the route.
David Winchard, a Western Union
messenger boy, gave the following
account of the shooting:
"I was right next to Mr. Roose
velt's car. This man was in the mid
dle of the crowd over to the right
of the president-elect's car. After
Mr. Roosevelt got thru speaking he
sat down in his car. This man start
ed shooting just then. This fellow
that was Going the shooting seemed
to wait until Roosevelt finished. Mr.
Broadnax was hit in the head and
fell to his knees. He was standing
right beside President-elect Roose
velt's car. Mrs. Gill was shot in the
stomach. She was was standing next
to the park benches about fifty feet
awav from the fellow who was doing
the shooting." State Journal.
Large Number
Witness Play
Last Evening
"Protection," Title of Play Presented
Under Auspices cf Anti-Saloon
League of Nebraska.
From Monday's Dally
A very large congregation was
present last evening at the First Pres
byterian cbureb to -witness the -pro
duction cf the play; "Protection,"
sponsored by the Anti-Saloon league
of Nebraska; - The play was present
ed with a cast of local people and
with F. i A. High, president of the
league, serving as the Judge of the
trial court.
The play was one that covered the
protection cf the Illegal liquor traf
fic and the tendency of ictizens to
condone the traffic and who are pa
trons of the traffic.
The cast comprised Raymond Cook
as the clerk of the court, Ralph An
derson as the U. S. marshal, Mrs. J.
E. "Wiles as Mrs. Mary "Wilson, the
plaintiff. Otto Stodola as the son of
the plaintiff, C. C. Wescott as Oliver
Banks, the defendant, Rev. C. O. Troy
as the defendant's attorney, L. S. De
voe as a detective, James Comstock
as a witness, Roy Olson as the sheriff,
J. Howard Davis as the county at
torney, Mrs. William Baird as Mrs.
William Rich, and J. H. Graves as
the editor.
The trial was before a Jury com
posed of James Hall, Mrs. Audrey
Garnett, O C. Hudson, Mrs. Roy
Stine, Jess Perry, Mrs. R. B. Hayes,
C. W. Antnes, Mrs. Vern Am, L. D.
Hiatt, Mrs. Fred Morgan, George
Kaffenberger and Mrs. Leslie Niel.
The trial furnished much enter
tainment as the various activities of
the liauor traffic was shown and at
the close the verdhft of the jury was
for the plaintiff in the case and who
was awarded damages of $25,000.
INQUIRE INTO DEATH
From Tuesday's Dally
Roy O'Hare. father of P. R. O'Hare,
young man killed at Murdock, was
in the city today in company with
H. L. O'Hare, an uncle of the unfor
tunate young man. The two gentle
men motored here from their homes
near Van Wert, Iowa, and spenj. a
few hours here at the office of Sher
iff Homer Sylvester, Inquiring into
the circumstances of the case. P. R.
O'Hare was killed when he fell down
a flight of stairs when apprehended
robbing a store at Murdock..
RECEIVE PLEASANT NEWS
From Tuesday's Daily
The message was received here
this morning announcing the birth of
a fine ten pound daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Leacock, Jr., at Lin
coln. The little one was born at an
early hour today and with the mother
was reported as doing nicely. Mrs.
Leacock was formerly Miss Edith
Yelick, daughter of Mr. - and Mrs.
James Yeliek of this city. . . -
Platts. iovn
Team Wins from
Glenvood Five
Hard Fonght Battle Won by Locals
m the Last Few beconds by
Score of 30 to 29.
From Tuesday m Daily
The Plattsmouth town basketball
squad was at Glenwood last evening,
the first team winning a hard fought
battle 30 to 29 while the second team
lost to the junior team cf Co. I by
the score of 21 to 15.
In the opening game the local
team led by the score of 7 to 5 at the
half time, but suffered from the ef
fective work of Hall, guard of Glen
wood, who rolled up eight points of
his own in the last half of the game.
The final score was 21 to 15. The
tabulated score- of the game was as
follows:
Plattsmonth .
ra FT PF TP
Galloway, f . i. 113 3
Turner, f L 1 2 0 4
Svoboda, c-g 1 1 0 1 2
Hartford, f : 2 0 0 4
Wiles, g 0 0 3 0
HIrz, g 1.0 2 2
6
3
9 15
Glenwood
FG FT PF TP
Martin, f 2 0 3 4
A. Gan, f 0 1.0-1
Flinn, f ' : 1 0 0 2
Engle, c . 0 1 0 1
Evans, c 1 0 0 2
Hall, g :- 2 5 0 .9
Keefer, g . 0 0 10
Otis, g 0 0 10
Hamilton, g 10 0 2
T . 7 5. 21
The second' game .was hotely con
tested by both of the learns and the
Plattsmouth quintet .led. by .Henry
Donat and Knofiicek, rolled up a nice
lead of 14 to lO'-at &e half time and
at the close cf the third period the
Plattsmouth team wa3 leading 22 to
19 over the Iowans. In the last pe
riod Cheney started a scoring attack
that caused the Glenwood team, to
take a 29 to 2S lead as the game
was hanging by seconds. With the
timekeeper about -to announce the
close of the game, Merle McCrary,
Plattsmouth guard shot a beautiful
basket- that was good and the gun
sounded with Plattsmouth having a
30 to 29 advantage.
The box score of the game:
Plattsmontb.
FG FT PF TP
Knofiicek, f 1 4 0 1 8
Galloway, f 2 0 0 4
Hartford, f 0 1 0 1
Donat, c 4 3 0 11
Forbes, g 10 3 2
McCrary, g 2 0 2 4
13 4 6 30
Glenwood
FG FT PF TP
Osterkholm, f 6 0 012
Hatcher, t 1 2 0 4
Boles, c 0 01 0
Hall, c . 10 0 2
Cheney, g 3 11 7
Roberts, g 2 0 14
13 3 3 29
() Two technical fouls on Boles.
ENJOY DINNER PARTY
The home of Deputy Sheriff and
Mrs. Jarvis Lancaster was the scene
of a very pleasant family dinner
party on Sunday, they having as
guests, Mr. and Mrs. John Eppings
and son, Richard of Murdock, and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCulloch and
son, Leroy. After partaking of the
sumptuous dinner arranged by Mrs.
Lancaster the members of the party
spent the remainder of the day in
visiting.
CHIMNEY BURNS OUT
The fire department was called
Sunday morning to the extreme south
part of the city where a -fire was re-
ported at the residence of Max Bow
man, South Sixth street barber. The
chimney was burning out and the
blaze was extinguished without trou
ble and before the firemen reached
the scene of action.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. S. Y. Smith, a former Platts
mouth resident, and who now resides
near Union, has returned home from
the Immanuel hospital after having
spent three weeks there, undergoing
a very serious operation. Her condi
tion Is vary much improved and only
hop that it remains so.
RETURNS TO DUTIES
.Miss Jeanne Tidball, who for the
past week has been kept at. home suf
fering from illness, has so far recov
ered that Ehe was able to return to
her teaching work at Crete Sunday.
Miss Tidball has been suffering from
the effects of an attack of the flu and
which made necessary her abandoning-
her work for the last week. She
i3 now feeling much better and will
take up her work in the high school
at Crete.
Jack Marshall
Dies of Poison at
Billings, Mont.
Son of Councilman Adam Marshall
Found in Union Station at Bill
ings in Dying Condition.
From "Wednesday's Daily
Jack Marshall, 26, a son of Coun
cilman Adam Marshall of this city,
was found on the floor of the men's
room at the Union station at Bill
ings, Montana, Tuesday, in a dying
condition. The young man was hur
ried to the hospital but died shortly
after reaching there.
The young man stated to the de
pot master that he had taken poison
and thdt he had come to Billings on
Sunday from Columbus, Montana.
In the pocket of the coat of the
unfortunate young man was found a
note addressed to the father In this
city, saying:
"I am forced to do this by two
fellows."
The young man has been bere on
frequent visits but has not made his
home here permanently. Mr. . Mar
shall departed 'this morning for the
west where he "will Investigate the
case and inquire tnt any reasoa that
might be for the son ending his life.
ATTEND DIOCESAN MEETING
The 66th annual council of the
diocese of Nebraska, - Episcopal
church, opened their sessions at the
Trinity cathedral at Omaha Tuesday.
The opening session was devoted to
the Woman's Auxiliary of the church
and the program was taken up with
the discussion of this phase of the
church work. The delegates from the
St. Luke's church of this city were
Mrs. R. F. Patterson, Mrs. W. J. H.
Petter and Mrs. James T. Begley.
Miss Barbara Gering and Mrs. Perry
Coffman were also present to repre
sent the Plattsmouth church.
The session today opened the lay
men's conference and which opened
with the celebration of the holy com
munion at 10:30 by Bishop E. V.
Shayler. The representatives from
the St. Luke's church were Canon;
Petter, R. F. Patterson and Judge
James T. Begley. The session will
occupy the greater part of the day.
RECEIVES PLEASANT NEWS
The relatives here have received
the announcement of the birth of a
fine nine pound son to Mr. and Mrs.
John Kalasek at Burwell, Nebraska,
on Tuesday. The little one and
mother are doing nicely and the oc
casion has brought a great deal of
pleasure to the relatives here. Mrs.
Kalasek was formerly of Omaha and
has been at the home of the parents
for the winter. The little son is a
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kal
asek of this city. The many friends
will join in their congratulations to
the happy parents and well wishes
for the future success of the young
man.
BOARD OF CONCILIATION
NAMED IN CASS COUNTY
Carrying out the recommendation
recently made by Governor Bryan,
a board of conciliation to consider
mortgage indebtedness problems has
been named for Cass county. The se
lection was made by the state board
from a list of names recommended
to it. The county board will hold its
first meeting at the court house at
1:30 o'clock Saturday, February 18,
1933, for the purpose of organizing.
Persons desiring to-confer with the
board may do so at any time. -
The members of the county board
are: Roy O. Cole, Mynard; .Wm. Ost,
Nehawka; Paul Gerrard, Weeping
Water; Henry Meierjurgen, Mur
dock; Searl S. Davis, Plattsmontb.
Rotary Club
Host to
is
Their Ladies
Rotary Anns Have Charge of Fine and
Cleverly Arranged Program That
Entertains Jolly Group.
From "Wednesday's Daily
Last evening the Rotary club and
the Rotary Anns enjoyed an eve
ning of the rarest enjoyment at the
large dining room of the Brown cafe,
where the ladies were the guests of
the evening at a dinner party.
Tho dining room had been ar
ranged befitting the St. Valentine
day and the tables were decorated
with the red hearts and streamers
symbolic of the spirit of the occasion.
The decorations had been arranged
by A. L. Brown, cafe owner and the
members of the committee.
The planning of the valentine
party had been in the hands of the
committee of the past presidents,
Searl S. Davis, Fred I. Rea and Wil
liam Baird, who arranged the event,
while the program was in the hands
of the ladles committee composed of
Mrs. William Baird, Mrs. H. G. Mc
Clusky and Mrs. John L Tidball.
The evening was opened by the
formal assembling of the club by
President P. T. Heinemann, who
turned the meeting over to Mr Baird,
committee chairman, who introduced
Sari S. Davis who in his usual clever
manner welcomed the ladies and in
turn placed the program of the eve
ning in the hands of the ladies, Mrs.
Baird, the chairman of her commit
tee presiding.
The ladies had the roll call of
the club ; and this had been very
cleverly prepared by the ladies with
a bouquet of jingles and limericks
aTPlyins"-to ..their1 husbands were
sung as each" of the names were call
ed and produced a great deal of
merriment as tie'Vlltty and fenappy
verses were, given. The. roll call was
arranged by 'Mrs. MeClusky and Mrs.
Tidball and this feature was one of
the most enjoyed of the evening's
stunts.
The musical program of the eve
ning was also one that afforded en
joyment to all of the members of the
Jolly party.
The Rotary quartet, composed of
Frank A. Cloidt, H. G. MeClusky, L.
D. Hiatt and R. W. Knorr, gave two
of their always delightful numbers
as only this talented group are
capable.
A piano duet was given by Mrs.
L. S. Devoe and Mrs. R. W. Knorr
which was an enjoyed part of the
program.
Mrs. Jack Figley, one of the new
comers to the city, was heard in a
vocal number which her beautiful
voice presented artistically, Mrs. De
voe playing the accompaniment.
The clever verses arranged by Mrs.
J. L. Tidball, of the ladies commit
tee were given and added to the en
tertaining features, the offerings be
ing intended as complimentary to the
Rotarians, the hosts of the evening.
Jack Figley of the high school
faculty, was presented in a vocal of
fering that was enjoyed to the ut
most and in which the accompani
ment was played by Mrs. Figley.
George Jeager, one of the musi
cians of the Rotary club, was heard
in two violin numbers and forced to
respond to a third number by the
enthusiastic group. Mr. Jeager had
as his accompanist E. H. Wescott.
MRS. F0RN0FF SOME BETTER
Mr3. George Fornoff has been
qutie ill for the past week but is
now showing some improvement, re
ports from her bedside state. While
she is somewhat better she is un
able to resume her usual activities.
Mrs. Fornoff is suffering from gall
stones and which have proven very
annoying several times in the past.
It is expected that she will probably
have to undergo an operation before
she can experience any measure of
relief from the malady.
From Tuesday's Dally
George Bucknell and Ervin Arm
strong, well known residents of
Greenwood, were in the city for a
short time today attending to some
matters of business at the court
house.
Journal Want-Jiff cost only a
few cents and get real results I
HOLD CARD PARTY
From Wednesday's Dally
The card party and dance given
by the Holy Rosary . parish of this
city, at the Knights of Columbus
hall, was attended by a very pleasing
crowd last evening and where the
members of the party found much
entertainment In the various games.
The largest number of the party en
joyed pinochle and in the contests the
ladies prizes were awarded to Mrs.
Baltz Meieinger, Miss Ruth Rotter
and Miss Mary Holy while the gen
tlemen's prizes were awarded to
Adolph Koubek, Robert E. Sedlak and
Charles Warga. In the bridge games
Father George Agius was the win
ner of men's high score and Mrs.
Emmons Ptak of the ladies. In the
rummy games Miss Frances Krejci
was the winner.
Following the card games the mem
bers of the party adjourned to the
main hall of the building and where
a dance was enjoyed for some time.
The music was furnished by Joseph
M. Sedlak with the accordian and
the party spent the time in dancing
to the well known Bohemian num
bers. Luncheon was Berved by the ladies
to add to the pleasures of the mem
bers of the party at a suitable hour.
Louis A. Janda
Laid to Rest
at Lincoln
Services at St. Patrick's Church at
Havelock Very Largely At
tended by Friends.
The St, Patrick's church at Have
lock -was filled tolts capacity .Mon
day morning by; residents -pit that
communftjtpajr m
to the memory of Louis..-A. jaada.
whose Hftim'e had been.;: spent1. la
Plattsmouth. and Havelocfc .
The requiem mass -of .the CathoIf4s
church was celebrated by. Father Jo--seph
Keany, pastor of the' church,"
the choir assisting in the impressive
mass. During the service two solo
numbers were given, "Face to Face"
and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,"
by Miss Maxlne Malone.
Father Keany paid a tribute to
the departed as a faithful son of the
church of which he was a lifetime
member and the high respect In
which he had been held in the com
munity where he had made his home.
The beautiful flowera and the pres
ence of the friends was a tribute to
the memory of Mr. Janda.
Following the services the body
was borne to Mt. Calvary cemetery
at Lincoln where the last rites were
ceiebrated by Father Keany as the
body was committed to the last rest.
The pall bearers were nephews of
the deceased, John and Theodore
Svoboda and Ernest Janda of Platts
mouth, Kearn and Edward Forgerty
of Lincoln and Henry Wooster of
Reliance, South Dakota.
Those from out of Lincoln and
Havelock to attend the services were:
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Murray, Mr. and
Mrs. William Kriskey. Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Adolphson and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ptacek, Mrs. Helen
Burns, all of Omaha; Miss Kate Wag
ner of Gretna; John Wooster and son.
Henry of Reliance, South Dakota;
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stenner and
dauhgter, Ernestine, of Sedalia. Mis
souri; Tone Janda and son, Ernest,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Janda and
daughter, Ruth, Mrs. Kate Hiber,
Mrs. John Svoboda and sons, John
and Theodore and daughter Dorothy,
Frank Janda, Mr. and Mrs. Julius A.
Pitz, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Janda. Jr.,
all of Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs.
Kearn Forgerty of Aurora, 111. ; James
Janda, Springfield, Ohio.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Robert Hall, member of the senior
class of the Plattsmouth high school.
was taken to Omaha Monday after
noon where he entered the Meth
odist hospital and a few hours later
was operated on for appendicitis. Tho
young man had been bohtered a great
deal by the appendix in the last few
days and it was decided that an oper- .
ation would be necessary. The patient
was in excellent shape and came
through the ordeal In fine shape. He
was reported this morning as feel
ing, as well as possible under the .
circumstances. - ' . -