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MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 1933. FXATTSIIOT7T3X SEHI -.WEEKLY JOUBITAI FAGS nvi Manky News Items Teddy Harms was over to Weeping Water on Tuesday to see his doctor regarding his health. Otto Schaffer and son, Jiromie and sister were at Lincoln last Eaturday taking stock to exhibit at the state fair. Herman Rauth was threshing his clover on Tuesday of laBt week. John A. Stander was doing the work for him. Otto Scheffer has been having a good hollow tile garage constructed and now has it ready for occupancy by his cars and trucks. Harold Krecklow was doing some plastering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kngelkemeier, and putting the home in the best of condition. Frank Bergman and family were over to Plattsmouth on last Saturday, where they were visiting as well as looking after some business matters for a short time. There was a tango party at the Manley hall on last Saturday night, which was held under the auspices of the ladies of the Altar society of the St. Patrick's Catholic church. Edward Pankonin and wife and George Schaeffer and daughter, Car rie, were over to Lincoln last Monday, where they were looking after some business matters for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Steinkamp, who have been working in Oklahoma, were here for a short time the first of last week and proceded on to Min neapolis, where they had a few days business to look after and returned the latter part of the week to visit with his parents. The Rev. Father Smith, of Omaha, was in Manley last Sunday conduct ing the services at St. Patrick's Cath olic church and was taken home on Monday by Misses Anna Rauth, Mar garet Hayes and Mary Murphey, the young ladies visiting with friends for over night and returning home the following day. ; Theo. Harms and wife, with her two sisters, who have been attending the Century of Progress for the past week, returned home last Friday, coming slightly sooner than expected on account of the illness of Mr. Harms, who has been confined to his home and bed for a number of days following their arrival. He was not feeling well for the entire week. LATE CORN MUCH IMPROVED Late corn is much improved and all corn not previously damaged ser iously made excellent progress dur ing the week ending Tuesday, accord ing to a weather bureau summary of weather and crop conditions. "The moisture and cool weather are bringing the crop out wonder fully," the report says. "The late corn is earing heavily and the more advanced is denting well. This ap plies to the greater part of the crop, but some corn in the extreme south and west was too badly injured to be restored. "Alfalfa, pastures and native grasses are now making excellant pro gress and August sown alfalfa is com ing up to a good stand. Late plantsd feed crops, such as Kaffir corn, are also doing well. Plowing is well ad vanced with the soil in excellent con dition in nearly all sections. "The week was cold and cloudy. At the beginning there were good rains thruout the state, except in the extreme west and southwest. Near the close of the week, especially Sun day and Monday, the drouth in the western portion was broken by heavy rains, while the rest of the state re ceived slow light rains." GAIN SEEN IN EMPLOYMENT New York. An increase of 10.2 percent in employment in July over June was reported by the national industrial conference board in its monthly survey of wages, employ ment and hours of work. This is the largest monthly percentage gain in employment in the thirteen years covered by the board's studies in this field. The July advance was shown to be the fourth successive monthly improvement, to gain over February amounting to 19 percent. Employ ment gained in July in all except one of the twenty-five leading indus tries covered by the survey. "Even more imprssive," the board states, "is the increase of 14.1 percent in man hours worked in July aa com pared with June. Average weekly earnings increased from 18.4 in June to $19-15 in July, an advance of 3.6 percent. ARRIVAL OF LITTLE GIRL Frem Saturdays nr Last evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Lahoda was made very . i u. mrrinl there of a fine little daufhter. All concerned are M aV. AAa latl If dots SJWjr aaa mil fiaess to the ajeasbers of tat ; family. : : . ; ' State Legion naires Elect a Sidney Lavyer McCarthy of Sooth Omaha Post With draws from Race Auxiliary Elects Mrs. Patrick. Kearney, August 30. The Nebras ka department of the American Le gion, in convention here today, unani mously elected Golden P. Kratz. of Sidney as department commander, and unanimously Indorsed Sam Rey nolds of Omaha as its candidate for national commander. Election of Kratz followed with drawal from the race of E. H. Mc Carthy, past commander of the South Omaha Melting Pot post, as the poet poll was about half done. Arising on the floor, McCarthy spoke of Kratz's loyalty to the Legion, and urged a unanimous vote be cast for him. Kratz, 41 years old and an attor ney, has been a constant worker in Legion activities. He is chairman of the committee on by-laws and orga nization, and has several times been a delegate to the national conven tion. He was a member of the state de partment's executive committee in 1927 and 1928 and also served the state organization as judge advocate. The delegates at large to the na tional convention in Chicago include Robert Armstrong, of Auburn, retir ing commander, Harold Fee, of Cam bridge, Commander-elect Kratz and Department Adjutant H. H. Dudley, of Lincoln. Frank Shonka, Jr., of Schuyler, and Arnold Webbert, Kearney, were elected vice commanders. The third candidate, Mrs. Nell Krause, New man Grove, a nurse overseas during the war, was the first woman who had sought office in this state. Rev. Elmer McFadden, of Milligan was elected chaplain. The department executive commit tee this afternoon reappointed Dudley as department adjutant and named Tom Murray of Grand Island as fi nance officer. W. D. McHugh, of Omaha, was selected to head the base ball committee for three years. Armstrong will head a committee to promote the election of members. Others on this committee are Robert Flory, of Albion; Hird Stryker, of Omaha; Verne Taylor, C. C. Frazier. of Aurora; Carroll Orr of Wayne; Dwight Griswold of Gordon; Robert Simmons of Lincoln, and H. H. Dud ley. The Benson request for a post char ter was again turned down after it had been rejected in committee, the fight being taken to the floor of the convention. Grand Island was chosen as the 1934 meeting place. Mrs. Mora Patrick, Alliance, was chosen president of the Auxiliary. Mrs. O. L. Webb, David City, the retiring president, was selected as national committeewoman to succeed Mrs. Lottie Rosencrans, of Platts imouth. Mrs. Sadie Stahl, of Kearney, was named historian. Tuesday's parade was one of the highlights of the convention. WARNING ISSUED BY HODGE George Hodge, federal re-employment director for Nebraska said there "can't be any monkey business about this re-employment thru public works." Too many promises to fur nish labor have been made, Hodge Eaid. The government has adopted Its policy, and the "work must move ahead." He said the chief problem now is to keep labor from getting restless at unavoidable delays in getting work under way, but constant efforts must be made to speed work into ac tion. Hodge said he expected criti cism from road contractors at his dig at them for failure to get onto award ed Jobs more quickly, bat said they apparently did not realize the im portance of getting men back to work rapidly. FOREST LOSS CALCULATED Portland, Ore. -While gentle rains sprinkled on the hot ashes left by the most disastrous forest fire in Oregon within man's memory, timber cruisers entered the blackened area to calcu late the tremendous loss.' Thousands of acres of forest lands were, devastated -by. the blasting fires which whipped over northwestern Oregon for two weeks. L. F. Crone lller, state foreBter, ; said the " loss might amount to as much as 42 mil lion dollars. Between ten and four teen billion feet of yellow fir timber were destroyed, ... , WASTED TO BUT Feed Yards. Telephone Z T T: tt-sw j W II A N T an automobile ' waer has been held li able for hitting a jay walker. And juries don't hesitate to award higher damages than ever before. Why take chances when good insurance costs so little? - Searl S. Davis Groand Floor Bates Bldg. PLATTS1I0UTH Find Blond Tigress Guilty of Murder Given Term of 199 Tears; Compan ion Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair. Chicago, 111., Aug. 30. Mrs. Elea nor Jarman, 29, known to the police as "the blond tigress," and two men on trial with her on charges of mur dering a store owner were found guilty tonight. Mrs. Jarman's co-defendant, George Dale, alias Kennedy, was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Leo Min- neci, 27, and Mrs. Jarman, who is a divorcee, will get prison terms of 199 years each. The three climaxed a career of banditry with the murder of Gustave Hoeh, 71, owner of a haberdashery. The crime occurred on August 4 on the sidewalk in front of Hoeh's store. Mrs. Jarman, the mother of two sons, Laverne, 9, and LeRoy, 11, took the witness stand in her own behalf today and tried to convince the Jury that she was an innocent victim of her two co-defendants, who shot Hoeh without her knowledge. She also tried to protect her co-defend ants by saying the shooting was not the outgrowth of a robbery, but a quarrel over some shirts. World- Herald. WOULD RESTORE MONARCHY Tannenberg, East Prussia. An in timation of President Von Hinden burg's hopes that Germany will be restored to a monarchy after his death was seen by his listeners in his speech here accepting a forest estate adjoin ing his ancestral home at Neudeck. "I am thinking with reverence, fidel ity and gratitude of my kaiser, the king and lord, in this hour, when I am thinking also of my deceased com rades in .arms, and when I proceed to thank you for the gift," the vener able president said. The words were spoken after Von Hindenburg had deposited a wreath in memory of his fallen comrades be fore the Tannenberg monument which commemorates the victory of the former army leader over Russian forces in the World war. VISITING IN THE CITY Mrs. Frank Richardson, of Brad- shaw, Nebraska, is here for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Vin cent and family, the former a brother of Mrs. Richardson. She has Just been released from the hospital at Omaha where she spent some time recovering 'from an operation and will enjoy a short visit here. SHERIFF SYLVESTER RETURNS Sheriff and Mrs. Homer Sylvester and daughters, who have been en joying a week's outing at Bassett and other points in the northern part of the state have returned home. They bad a fine visit at the home of Sher iff Sylvester's parents and viewing the many interesting points in that section of the state. RETURN FROM HONEYMOON Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Woster, who have been on a honeymoon trip to the Black Hills and Wyoming, re turned home Wednesday evening. They have had a very delightful trip through the. mountain country and Mr. Woster will , now resume his duties aa clerk in the office of Coun ty Treasurer John E." Turner! VISITORS IN THE CITY Mr. and Mrs. Fred Card and aon. Carl, with Mrs. Lou Stoddard, moth er of Mrs. Card, arrived here Thurs day for a vial with Mrs. 3- If. Adams and w. F. Gillespie for a short time. They are planning on visiting- with the cipher cf elf frfeads tefay aad. this vej;$, exateticc ts pat. urday for their i$mt Scot Ulua. . Federal Relief Fund to Counties - Hiked $74,552 Cass County to Receive Additional Thousand DoHan Pork Ready for Distribution Soon.: Allotting $74,552 of federal emer gency relief money to forty-four coun ties, the state relief committee closed a busy afternoon late yesterday, ad journing to meet on the call of State Tax Commissioner Smith, chairman. The meeting was held in Lincoln. Douglas county was alloted $35, 000 of which $15,000 is conditional. Red Willow county was given $1,500 conditioned upon filing reports in proper form and complying with all federal regulations. Protest was voiced by Dr. C. P. Fall of Beatrice, member of the committee, against the Douglas allotment, which he said amounted, with others in the past, to nearly half as much as had been given to the entire state. He also protested against spending most of the afternoon on Douglas affairs. The committee voted to give Doug las county an emergency allotment of $10,000 and to give it, in addition, $25,000, conditioned on $10,000 of this being available at once and $15,- 000 to be available after the county furnishes certain statistics asked for by the committee. Douglas had previously been al lotted $18,828, which makes its total to date $53,828. Lancaster county was given an other $7,000, which with $9,900 pre viously alloted, makes a total to date of $16,900. Of the emergency allotments, only three counties appear in the list, with $600 going to Adams, together with an additional $900; $400 to Boyd, with an additional $300, and the $10,000 to Douglas, with an addition al $25,000. How Money Distr3rated Five new counties were granted re lief allowances totaling $2,887 and 38 including the three newed that re ceived emergency allotments, were al lowed additional sums ranging from Douglas county's $25,000 down to $230 for Furnas county and totaling $60,665. Cass county was allowed an additional $1,000. Of the counties -receiving larger additional sums than Cass, the pub lished list shows Cedar, $1,200; Da kota. $2,500; Dodge. $1,200; Doug las. $25,000; Hall. $2,000; Holt. $1, 500; Lancaster, $7,000; Madison, $2,000; Otoe, $1,300 and Red Wil low. $1,500. Six counties. Including Cass, received $1,000 additional and all others the smaller amounts. The total of the money alloted to new counties, the emergency and the additioal distribution was $74,552. Pork Ready Soon The committee received first word of plans for distributing pork from the pigs now being slaughtered for the federal government's hog reduc tion program, Sherrard Ewing, fed eral relief agent in the middlewest, said the pork would be available in October, November and December and would be distributed by county com mittees under state supervision. The counties will have to pay only the cost of transporting the meat from the processing plants. Ewing said the state committee would have to guard against any dis tribution of the meat except to famil ies on the relief rolls. "At a time when we are trying to get business going," he said, "we can not permit free meat to get into com petition with other meat. But we do not want people to go hungry and we felt that during the winter, the addi tional meat supplies would be a help, particularly to families with children in school. The meat will be in addi tion to other federal relief funds now being received." No Action on Teachers The state committee took no action on possible grants to unemployed teachers for work in hard-pressed rural schools or among the Illiterate adults. It also took no action on two requests for cash relief instead of or ders for groceries, fuel and clothing. One came from a delegation of Lin coln unemployed and the other, a tele gram from Hird Stryker, Omaha. The committee's rules,- arranged - under federal direction, permit only orders for necessities a a means of prevent ing unexplained expenditures. '. Another meeting of the state com mittee will be held "in about two weeks when Ewing will be Jn Nebras ka again. At that time be hopes suf ficient figures will bo available to de termine the complete relief load (or tMs state tor the winter. t . i- . v - - i' W . V 11 1 ' Frew Friday's Patjr 1 Mrs. If. 5. UitH9 of Nfhawka. was fori ia tle eouaty 5tn.; . 4H:; SUFFERS FROII HTFECTIOII Word -has .been received, from Raymond Rodrlgues, of Honolulu, telling of the fact that the young man might be unable to be back at his studies at Creighton university for the first semester. Raymond was Injured some time ago In a motor boat race and while be was apparently re covering nicely,, an Infection devel pped in a leg wound and as. a result be has since been under medical at tention. The injury may be such that it will delay his leaving home for the opening of the school year at Creigh ton, but he expects at leaBt to be able to be back in Omaha in time for the beginning of the second semester. Women Unite to Oust Long from Senate Prominent New Orleans Group Fires Opening Volley in Nationwide Fight on Unfitness. New Orleans, Aug. 31. While he rested in his jhome here Thursday night after spectacular appearances in New York and Milwaukee, Senator Huey P. Long learned of a new chal lenge to his political leadership in Louisiana. The challenge came from an origin ally small group of prominent New Orleans women organized several months ago as "the women's com mittee of Louisiana," which Thurs day disclosed plans for a nation-wide organization of women pledged to seek the ouster from the senate of Senator Long and his friend and col league, Senator John H. Overton. "Total Unfitness" "Our campaign is based on charges of total unfitness for office," said Mrs. H. P. Ham mond, head of the committee. "We are going to interest women everwhere, through a definite and distinct organization in each state, in the proposition that the senate cannot close its eyes, as it has done thus far in the Long case, when formal charges of dishonesty, corruption and im morality have been filed against one of its members. This is a national, not a state matter." Senator Long has characterized the group aa "ousted politicians hiding behind the skirts of women." Mrs. Hammond is a sister of Es mond Phelps, one of the publishers of the New York Times-Picayune and Daily States. Overton's election on the Long ticket last year is under senate in vestigation. Long Breaks Silence. The charges of "dishonesty, cor ruption and immorality" were sent to the senate several months ago by a group of Louisiana citizens, head ed by former Governor Parker, but have not yet been acted upon. Long broke his silence for Just a minute to characterize as " a lie" published reports that he had push ed a train conductor into the laps of two nuns as he made for the dining car aboard his train from Mil waukee Wednesday. "Just say for me I don't pay any attention to such lies and neither does anybody else in Louisiana," he said over the telephone from his residence. The story of being pushed by Huey was told in Memphis by Conductor Frank Laws. The two nuns alleged to have been involved in the incident said on their arrival here they "would not discuss it." NAVY CONTRACTS SIGNED UP Washington, Sept. 1. Secretary Swanson signed contracts for thirty seven vessels to be constructed out of the 238 millions allotted the navy from public works funds and congres sional appropriations. He also named the vessels, twenty-one to be con struct in private shipbuilding yards and sixteen in navy yards. Names of cities were assigned to vessels of the cruiser and gunboat classes, names of f jtmous battles and of vessels of ear lier days to aircraft carriers, names of distinguished naval officers and hero ic enlisted men to destroyers and names of inhabitants of the deep to fleet, submarines. Contract tor the vessels were awarded recently and the signature will permit-work to begin immediately. ! LEAVE FOR CHICAGO, From BMwr7 P"y. Last evening Wljljam P. O'ponnell and sons, William and Jack, with Mrs. O'Donnell, m Omaha, pother of W. f .. departed far Chicago- Jfcf J wfN enjoy a few days yj at tht Cfntufy of frogresf exposition n4 taking In. U $aay safety f fcfcrtst ft fttf ffcy ' tltylW ftturn'tia frst ert of tlasmt!Cvffk:'. . -A t : ' " ? " Roils Better Outside NRA, Eastman Whitney Disappointed by Ca-Ordinat-ors Ralin Says Soars will ' bi Shortened at Once Washington, Sept. 1. The nation's rail carriers were adjudged better off Friday by Joseph B. Eastman, federal co-ordinator of transportation, it not brought under the National Recovery Act with its wage and hour fixing codes. In a memorandum to President Roonevelt, the co-ordinator disclosed dimultanvously he had been communi cating informally with railroad ex ecutives to correct what he consider ed unhealthy spots In the railway labor situation. Certain classes of rail employes, he said, now are working longer hours than necessary. Eastman said his memorandum was being transmitted by Mr. Roosevelt to A. F. Whitney, chairman of the Rail way Labor Executives association, along with a communication from the President. Whitney Disappointed At Cleveland, expressing "disap pointment and shock" upon learning the National Industrial Recovery Act is not to be applied to railroads, Mr. Whitney Friday said the association "will take immediate steps to have the railroad working day shortened without a reduction in wages." Whitney said the association will meet "very soon to discuss plans for a movement to obtain a shorter work ing day for railroad men In an effort to Increase employment and purchas ing power." Whitney wrote to Mr. Roosevelt recently urging that the railroads and their employes be put under an NRA code. This was given to East man for answer, along with a memor andum from the Association of Rail way Executives contending that the carriers were not included in the Re sovery act. Sees Code Unwise A recommendation that President Rocievelt employ his discretionary powers to fix the price of oil and its products from the well mouth to the gasoline tank was said to have been decided upon Friday night by the in dustry's planning and co-ordination committee. The committee, members said, ar rived at its decision shortly before the NRA trade code, under which the 112,000.000,000 oil industry will function hereafter, became effective to all practical purposes at midnight. The recommendation is subject to approval by Secretary Ickes, the old administrator, before it goes to Mr. Roosevelt for final approval and calls for price fixing for a test period of not more than 90 days. An Increase already of $5,000,000. 000 in the nation's purchasing power enough to raise retail sales 17 per cent Friday night was ascribed to the recovery program of the Ameri can Federation of Labor. Signs of Progress The monthly survey of business by the federation said "as September opens we can already see clear signs of real progress," adding that "since the speculative rise of business was checked in July, figures are beginning to reveal a solid foundation for busi ness advance." The statement was made as Hugh S. Johnson rested at his hotel for the first time since he began the task of mobilizing industry in the war against depression. The administrat or, however, worked on the speech he will deliver Laboa day at Chicago, the date he has set for the turning point In the re-employment drive. Bee. ADD TO WORK FORCE Long Beach, Calif., Sept. 1. More than 850 workers will be added to the Signal Hill oil fields force under the provisions of the national recov ery act which becomes effective at midnight, W. H. Geis, chairman of the operators committee of the local district announced. VISIT IN MINNESOTA Mr. and Mrs. Donald Born, Ida Kebne and Chas. Waters departed Saturday evening via auto to Minne sota, to spend a week or ten days at the lakes. Relatives received letters saying they arrived O. K. and were enjoying themselves. ' BAGX TO SILENT FILM pollywood.Adbeflof t0 l'pel ey of pantoml!, Charlie Chaplin is going to uf aaothtf picture and it will .bt Valient tlm.4 with Paulette QcMard, tt'ayfrsqt wany of the com. ls'aeaeef.'lrini the leading role. Says BUY MOW! It will certainly pay you to shop here first. Instead of advancing we are actually cutting the prices on most items in stock. Our prices are away below present replace ment costs on a rapidly rising market School opens in a few days. Need we say any more? Colorado May Seek Roosevelt Water Decision State Representatives Discuss Water Controversy at Washington; Effort at Arbitration. Washington. Colorado may ap peal to President Roosevelt in an ef fort to arbitrate the trl-state con troversy between Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska over the waters of the North Platte river. Taul rrosser, Colorado attorney general, and M. C HInderlider, Colorado state engineer. discussed with public works adminis tration officials questions in the con troversy brought to the fore by re cent approval of the Casper-Alcova irrigation-power project in Wyoming. The attitude of Colorado has been htat it is not opposed to Cappcr-Al-cova project but simply desires its rights to waters of the river either be settled by compact between the three states or by decision of the supreme courqt which has original Jurisdiction in interstate controver sies. It was understood that Gover nor Johnson of Colorado is consider ing it possible that President Roose velt might assist in framing a satis-, factory compact between the three states. Prosser and HJnderlider had with them a long brief to present to the public works board on the proposed Caddoa dam on the Arkansas river. The project, estimated to cost ten million dollars, was described in the brief as affording prospective "con trol of the whole river and its trib utaries, affording a perfect flood con trol for eastern Colorado and west ern Kansas" even below Wichita. It was estimated that construction of the dam would take care of all un employed in southeastern Colorado for two years. BOOSTS RIVER TRAFFIC Kansas City, Mo. Missouri river transportation is necessary before the middlewest will know real prosperity. Harry H. Woodring, assistant secre tary of war, said here. The statement was received with enthusiasm, becauss all that remains to be done before river craft ply the muddy waters between Kansas City and St. Louis in commercial traffic is certification of the Missouri as a navi gable stream. Engineers of the war department soon arc to make a final inspection of the lower Missouri. Woodring conferred with army en gineers engaged in extending the river development between Kansas City and Sioux City, Ia. "A navigable Missouri river will be one of the primary steps toward attaining prosperity for this great agricultural district with its mil lions of tons of farm products," he said. "We will have first a 6-foot channel. I believe the 6-foot channel must lead inevitably to a 9-foot chan nel, with the development of a reser voir system." , The former Kansas governor point ed out that to the industry and agri culture of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, cheap water freighting would prove a boon to their enterprise, enlarging their trade areas by hundreds of miles. SHOWS H0 IMPROVEMENT The reports from Joliet, Illinois, state . that Canon Wilbur Scranton Leete, former rector of the St. Luke's Episcopal church, is gradually losing ground n his Illness that has cover ed some duration. The Leete family reside at 800 herman street, hut Cano Leete is at a hospital to he cared tor. i . j. ....