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PAGE FOTJB PLATTSMOUTH SEMJ - WEEKLY JOUBNAL THURSDAY, DECELIIIR 7, 1333 ii UNION TEBSL Sirs. J. R. Tearson c Auburn was a visitor for over t:ie week end at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary B. Allison. Miss Kola Banning was a visitor during the latter part of last week in Omaha, bein a guest cf her cousin, Miss Georgia Pell. See the new d of R. D. Stine, the merchant, who has served you for so many years and know that he is here to save you monej'. Mayor George A. Stites was called to Plattsmouth on last Monday after noon to look after some business mat ters for a short time. Miss Ora Clarke was over to Omaha on last Sunday and a visitor at the Joslyn Memorial where she enjoyed the musical program. Hugh Warder was looking after Borne business matters in Platts mouth cn last Monday, driving over to the county seat in his auto Henry II. Becker was a business visitor in Omaha on Tuesday, making the trip in his truck and bringing back seme goods for the merchants here. Cerbert Daniels, of Biiler, who has been visiting here for nearly two months, as a guest at the home of his uncle, C. F. Harris, left Monday for home. Josenh Dare. James Hamilton and Thomas Hamilton were locking after! some business matters in Nebraska! : City for a short time on last Mon- day afternoon. Mrs. Vina Taylor of Omaha, ac companied by her two sons. William and Vatson. were visiting theirj many friends and relatives in Union on last Sundav. Jesse Domingo of Weeping Waterpollmn vhkh c-me hi EhaPe cf was a business visitor in Union last a nne lot of chickens to fry. Monday, having some business to! Word cor.us from Ponca City, Okla Jook after east of town. He made the! ho:na that oa Thanksgiving day trip in his car. j Punfce and Be:.s Ann Nickles enjoyed Mrs. Laura Wright and her two!'vith lhe maindor cZ the family a daughters entertained at their ecu try home south of Union last Sunday and had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Banning. James C. Roddy and sons, Robert, Frank and Leo, were over to Platts mouth cn last Monday where they were looking after seme business mat ters for a short time. Mrs. A. V.. Propst, of Nebraska City, and her two sons, were visiting; Jus"ltI' for the day last Sunday at the homel!::Bd..c-cntiniuua Earl V'' Kcedy nd " cf Mr. and Mrs!' e! E. Leach, where v'if' an'J AIvo seat JoIin W- Dar" all enjoyed the time very nleasar.tly. jnin antl wifc'' and Plattsmouth sent Harry McCarroll, who is in charge of the Trunkenbolz service station here, is making an excellent man for the place and is serving the patrons in a painstaking and courteous man ner. D. E. Frans was a business visitor in Plattsmouth for a time last Mon day and was accompanied by Fred Clarke, who was also looking after i some business matters at the court house. W. H. Marks of Plattsmouth was a visitor in Union on last Monday morning and was guest of his many friends here. It is nice when the "weather is good for Billie to run down and see his friends. Hallas Panning, who has Dcen with an insurance company in Omaha for some time, has been transferred to a similar position in Lincoln, where he goes to work cn December 15th. Until then he is to have a vacation. A very enjoyable blessing came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Meade on last Thanksgiving day when the stork brought to this happy couple a very fine baby boy. All are doing well and happiness reigns su preme. Clifford Clarke, of Omaha, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clarke, was a brief visitor at their home last Sunday, when he stopped as he was on hi3 way to Kansas City to take an auto imobile down which had been sold to Kansas City parties. Mont Robb and daughter, Miss Au gusta, wer-c guests Thanksgiving day at a very fine dinner which was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fleming W. Robb, at Lincoln. All Strictly Quality Goods Black all rubber Ccnco brand 4-buckIe Overshoes . $2.25 Red a!l rubber Ball brand 4-buckIc Ci ershoes $2.88 "TOOTLE" and "BIG SMITH" . Overalls and Jackets OVERALLS Sizes up lo 42, pair $1.39 JACKETS Sizes up to 44, pair $1.39 Larger Sizes, 10c Extra RHIN&' GREENE Telephone No. 29:f : . . . Union, Nebraska Your Dollar goes further in supplying your table with the very finest Gro ceries and Meats if spent with R. D. STINE Union, Nebraska snjoyed the very fine visit and the dinner which was served. Albert Eaton ha3 been busy point ing up the fissures and cracks in the school house as well as the chimney therecf, putting the building in the best cf condition for the winter, when there is both need to conserve heat and to guard against fires. H. V.". Griffin and the family were enjoying a visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Griffin, of Plattsmouth, and as well assisting in eating a very fine fat goose which was the all-important dish at Fa and Ma's Thanksgiving day table. Following the sumptuous dinners jot i nanKsgiving uay anu yet gums everyone opportunity to recover their i appetite, the ladies cf the Methodist church are figuring on tempting the hungry again with a dinner at the church this coining Thursday. Hon. V. II. Canning who is sched uled to be the nest governor cf Ne braska, was over to Lincoln last Fri day confering with the officials who have in charge the making of corn tnw state, and expects to te - ' - ' 3 receive applications during . i. : . l- luc ,uu"" "-clv- j Rev. W. A. Taylor and wife are ! feeling very thankful for the kindly i gifts which were presented by S. Zl. Ta'lor and Ir. and Mrs. Alda Tay lor, f :e?h meat for the table, and to V. L. Koback and Mr. and Mrs. Ray njvery line goose dinner, and just alter they had their tonsils removed and have been making a very fine recov ery and are at this time attending cchcol again. Thanksgiving oiy brought many from out of town back to see the folks arc! to enjoy with them r, very rheery visit and a fine dinner. Lin coln sent Mr?. Mary Taylor and her . 1 T. " T T T ' . . 1 V - 1 . A c- - i itev. c u. l rcy ana wne, who were guests at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. ;V. H. Porter. Don Farich, the joung man who was ssnt from Elmwood to conduct! the Trunkenbolz filling station here when Claude Lane was sent to Ne hawka, but who has been in the hes- pital nearly ever since, continues in a very critical condition, nr. l'arisn is at present in a cast and will be re quired to remain in this position un til r.n injury to his hips shall have mended, lhe friends of this young man are trusting that his irnprovs ment may be mere rapid than in the past. lcar Fatal Accident This is the stcry of an accident that was not an accident one that vras forestalled by the heroic work of C. II. Whitworth. Had it occurred, it would have resulted in the destruc tion of an automobile and the al- m.cst certain death cf the occupant. A stranger driving a large car was going westward on Highway 24, com ing down the hill through town at a ;pccd of around 4 3 miles an hour, unaware of the approach of a fast northward bound freight train on the Missouri Pacific. Mr. Whitworth sensed the impending danger and rushed into the street in front of the onrr.mir.g car, waving his cap and shouting to the driver to stop. Just as he had gotten within a short dis tance cf the track, still traveling at a lively rate of speed the locomotive cf the freight train thot across the highway. The man turned his wheel to the right and ran paralel with the swiftly moving train, bumping over Threatened Champ r V fix ?'-.x' .- "5:5 3& .1? 'ft- Miss Helen Jacobs, national wom en's tennis champion, who has been fhe recipient of a number of threatening: and obscene letters from an unknown crank, whose ob ject, Miss Jacobs believes, is to throw her off her game. The girl champion, now staying with friends in Boston, turned the letters over to Federal authorities. the ties, switches and tracks until he was able to step the car. After the train had passed he backed out of his rather close quarters and return ed to the highway to continue on his way westward. Had it not been for the prompt and heroic action of Mr. Whitworth, an other death would have undoubtedly occurred at the crossing. We have frequently commented on lhe danger of traveling through town at such high rate of speed, especially when going down the long Main itrect hill, with the hazard of the main line train tracks to encounter at the bottom. Still drivers persist in doing it, and sooner or later there will be other serious accidents at the crossing. irany Visit Plattsmouth Many cf the workmen of Union were in Fiattsmouth last Monday to register for employment and were al o interested in some of the legal matters at the county seat as District ?curt was in session. Even Dozen Attend Some twelve of the members of the Union Woman's club were in Omaha Inst Sunday, where they enjoyed a visit at the Jcslyn Memorial and also enjoyed a very fascinating musical program which was given there. Zjjoyed Pinocle Party Donal! Harris sponsored a very :rjleaEant pinochle party at the home of his parent north of Union on the 7, ; uvay, with some thirty of his friends there for the occasion. A most enjoyable evening was had and a de lightful luncheon served by the moth er cf the young man, Sirs. C. F. Har ris. Improving at Hospital. L. P. Pitch, better known as Eud, who is recovering at the Clark3on hospital where he underwent an oper ation some weeks ago, is reported as risking very ratisfactory progress to wards recovery. He was visited by the wife, P. P. Rihn and wife, Sir. and Sirs. Earl Slerritt, L. G. Todd and wife and many more from Union on last Sunday. SOWS ON SHARES Pure bred spotted Poland-China rows, putting on shares. If interest ed write John Stricklett, Florence Station, Omaha. dG-lmw ANNOUNCE MAEEIAGE Sir. and Sirs. James W. Tilson wish to make announcement of the wedding of their daughter, Sliss Kath leen Celia Tilson to Sir. Robert Hilt Morris, Johnson City, Tennessee, No vember 24, 1933 at the Slethodist parsonage at Plattsmouth, Rev. C. O. Troy joining them in wedlock. This was a great surprise to the many friends of the bride and groom. Sir. and Sirs. Slorris will make their temporary home with the parents of the bride. Sir. and Sirs. James Til eon, of Slurray, Nebraska. NILA COOS IS COMDJG HOKE New Delhi, India. Nila Cram Cook, Iowa girl who recently re nounced her obligations as a follower of the Slahatma Gandhi, plan3 to re turn soon to the United States. Ne gotiations in connection with the trip have been going on between the In dian government authorities here and the United States consul. Sleanwhlle Sliss Cock lodged a complaint with police th3t 4 0,0 00 and jewelry wa3 stolen from her hotel room. c fi" C '. Special Taxes to Die with Repeal as Debt Mounts Liquor Revenue Counted On to Help Balance the Budget Congress Will Set the Kates. Washington. Special taxes die with repeal, liquor taxes come to life. and the treasury is carefully balanc ing revenues thus lost against those gained in deciding what tax rates shall hi recommended for enactment at the coming session of congress. Of ficials noted also, an increase in the public debt to the highest point since war time borrowing carried it to its all time peak, closed their books on the offer to exchange fourth liberty loan bonds for the October issue of Z'z and made ready for the custom ary mid-December financing, involv ing the refunding of more than 700 millions in maturing obligations. At the fame time they held the price of newly mined domestic gold stationary after three increases in as many business days, which carried the quotation 25 cents upward for the week to its highest level since the gold operations began. A special treasury committee headed by Assist ant Secretary Hewes is at work on the tax recommendations. Indications have ben that it is concerned prin cipally with income taxe3 with the primary object of providing an in disputably balanced budget for the fiscal year which ends July 1, 1935. A key piece in the puzzle of federal tinancc-3 which the committee is at tempting to fit together is the amount of revenue from the special taxes that will be lost scon, as compared wiht the income to be derived from legalized liquor. The day's treasury statement show ng how the government's books stood at the end of November's last busi ness day disclosed a jump of $4S3, 353,051 in the gross public debt for the month, carrying it to a total of $23,534,115,771. The peak of the nation's indebtedness was reached soon after the close of the war, when it went to 528, 506, 701, C4S on Aug. 31, 1910. Ii fell to the post war low, j$lG,lS5, 309,000, in 1930. However, in reaching public debt totals, treasury officials prefer to de duct the government's cash on hand, jut as a man who owes 5 dollars and has 1 ins his pocket would figure that his indebtedness was $4. To be de ducted from the Nov. 29 indebtedness total, the treasury had a balance of S1,107,325,C02. On this basis the following debt figures for these dates are reached: March 31, 1917, $1,207,- S27.SS6; Aug. 31. 1919, $25,47S,592; Nov. 30, 1932, ?20,216,2S4,332; Oct. 31, 1933, 522,141,095,423; Nov. 29, 1933, $22,526,789, SC9. SEASON CLOSED ON DTJCKS Duck hunters' guns ceased firing at Sundown Thursday and the flocks of wild fowl winging south to winter feeding grounds will be unmolested the rest of the season. Whether the season will be open GO days again next fall. Game War den O'Cocnell said Friday may de pend on a government survey now being made. After scanning it, and correlating knowledge of Nebraska conditions with those of the nation, O'Connell will make recommendations which the government considers in establishing the seasons. There were more geese on the tablelands west of North Platte than any time in years," O'Connell assert ed. Farmers in one locality declared ducks and geese a nuisance in the grain fields. In eastern counties, however, the fowl were few and wary. Drying ponds and marshes rather than increased hunting, observers say, are to blame largely for the de clination of the ducks. Some confu sion has been found among hunters as to the closing day of the duck sea son. The Nebraska game laws book printed after the legislature set Dec. 31 as the last day but the federal au thorities since lived Nov. 30 and the national law take3 precedence. VIOLENCE ATTENDS STEIKE Philadelphia, DecJ 4. Violence flared again in the strike of taxicab drivers, with five cabs being wrecked and their drivers badly beaten. Slilk bottles and bricks were hurled thru windows cf other cabs. Near Ritten house square, police and a group of men they described as strikers bat tled for ten minutes before six were arrested. Leaders of the Taxicab Drivers' union, acting on advice of Edward F. SlcGrady, assistant secre tary of labor, sought prompt action by the regional labor board so that the case can go before the national labcr board if n decision is reached here. TEAR UP A DEATH MACHINE Denver, Dec. "2. A crew of con victs swarmed into the death cham ber at Colorado prison and disman tled the antiquated "self starting" hanging machine. Warden Best or dered the machine demolished to make room for a lethal gas chamber authorized by the last legislature. The machine consisted of a plat form, a system of weights and ropes and a noose. When the condemned man stepped upon the platform his weight released a trigger which in turn pulled a plug from a tank filled with water. When the water receded to a certain point it pulled another trigger which released a 500 pound weight attached to one end of the rope. Thus the condemned man was jerked into the air. Walter Jones was the last of forty five persons hanged on the machine. He was executed Friday night. 'Roosevelt or Ruin Belief of Rev. Coudilin Says Statement Smith Got Morgan Loan "Misquoted Compli ments 'Fair Play' Editors Detroit, Slich., Dec. 3. Asserting that it is either "Roosevelt or ruin, Rev. Charles E. Coughlin. pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower, in a speech today renewed his defense of the administration's monetary poll cies and reiterated his attack on the administration's foes. He repeated the statement regard ing the controverted Alfred E. Smith J. P. Slorgan incident, referred to in his speech of last Sunday, remarking that he believed his statements were "misquoted to him" and that "no one has said that Sir. Smith obtained lean" cn the occasion of his reputed visit to the office of Sir. Slorgan. Belford in Apologry Almost simultaneously with Father Coughlin's speech of today, Rt.. Rev. SIgr. John L. Iielford, of Brooklyn was stating publicly that he desired "to broadcast a very humble and sin cere apology to all whom I offended' in his remarks regarding Father Coughlin's monetary speech at a New York mass meeting on last Slonday night. "It was uncharitable and I deeply regret it. I am not explaining, ex tenuating or excusing . . . No one has ordered it or suggested it." In his interview early last week SIgr. Pelford had referred to Father Coughlin as "in infernal nuisance' and "a public enemy . . . who makes it his business to cater to the mob ..." "Easkob, Smith Next" Referring to SIgr. Belford's state ment, Father Coughlin remarked that "John Raskob will be next and Al Smith after him." Both Sir. Raskob and Sir. Smith have taken issue with Father Coughlin's utterances. Referring to the Smith statements in his speech todas. Father Coughlin said: "If I disagree with Mr. Smith's financial philosophy, let no man no editor except a liar maintain that do not admire the ex-governor s Christian morality." "Haven't Forgotten Fairplay" He added that the "Tory newspap ers decided to humble me for having played even a small part in this con test for economic emancipation." "I immediately exempt from that category not only the news journals who are favorable to Sir. Roosevelt's financial reforms reforms that are intended to free us from the gold standard but also those decent American publications which, al though they differ in policy from what I have advocated, nevertheless have net forgotten the principles of fairness and of honesty. "Their number is legion. They are lo be congratulated." TEA?. GAS SPLITS UP MOB Nemacclin, Pa., Dec. 4. Tear gas bombs, hurled by police of the Buck eye Coal company dispersed a mob of several hundred miners and their wives, threatening to storm the home of a non-union worker. Estimated by Sline Police Chief Sellers at be tween 300 and 600, the shouting group besieged the house of John Kllngensmith, a mine pumper. Ten company deputies dashed up with clubs and tear gas. They were greeted with a barrage of stones and retaliated with the stinging gas. Au thorities said that twenty-eight were treated after the clash, including several of the deputies. The miners have been demanding election of a committee to negotiate a wage and working agreement contract with the company. Journal Want-Aas get result I DEATH OF FOEMEE EESIDENT W. H. Smother3, a former resident of this city and Pacific Junction, was burled at the Iowa town on Saturday following his death Wednesday night at Omaha. Sir. Smothers was seventy-two years of age and a member of one of the pioneer families of western Slills county, Iowa. Mr. Smothers re sided here some forty years ago and was for a great many years living in the vicinity of Pacific Junction. He was making hi3 home for the past few years with a daughter at Omaha. The passing of Sir. Smother3 will bring much regret among the old time friends in this community. HAS LICENSE REVOKED From Monday's Daily This morning in the county court Ed Erwin of Union was arranged be fore Judge A. II. Duxbury and charged with the offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. lie enteerd a plea of guilty to the charge and was accordingly given a fine of ?25 and the costs of the action. The court also revoked the driver's U'-onsr of the defendant for a period of thirty days. IMPROVE TEUCE SERVICE From Monday's Dally The SIcSIaken Truck line today opened up a new service between thi3 city and Omaha, giving two deliveries each day in the future. 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