THUESrAY, MARCH S, 1834.
PIATTSMOUTH SIX! - WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE SEVEN
Supreme Court
Defers Action on
Tax Statute
Gccd, Teal E27 EtlLiqucnt Levy Act
Haini E.-hcok; Te Foil Says
Brake on Costs.
Lincoln. March 5. A 1933 Ne
braska legislative act Monday was
called bcth a defense for taxpayers
and a means cf bankrupting many
school districts and counties, as at- !
torney: debated it3 constitutionality I
before the supreme court. The case j
was taken under advisement.
Tre law provides delinquent taxes i
should be used first for obligations j
incurred the y;ar closed, and any sur- ;
plus into a bond sinking fund, after !
which they can be placed in general
funds. !
County Attorney Henry Deal, Om- .
aha, brought the test case in behalf
cf Douglas county commissioner? to
compel County Treasurer Otto J. Bau
man to turn over to the gur.eral fund
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some 19C2 delinquent taxes, j
The law was attached as unco:!-;
stitutional on grounds it amended '
other statues without mentioning;
them, and it is ambiguous and un- '
workable because cf no method for
determining how money put into th-r;
bond Einkirg fund shall to dirtrib-:
uted.
"This law. if upheld, will I
plunge some corn tie 7 and r-chr-r.l
districts into bankruptcy." At
torney General Paul F. Good ,
said. It allows governmental j
units to incur debts but c'reem't
permit them to pay them."
Calling Nebraska's tax machinery,
"about the- most absurd and anti-1,
queued," Good said the difficulty is j
taxes are levied in August for the ;
fiscal year beginning the preceding '
January but are not wholly collect- j
ed until the following year. I
L. J. Te Peel. Creightoei univer- j
sity law dean, defended the law by !
claiming the fiscal year for which :
taxes are levied is not the year in j
which the levy is made by the year i
following, and said with the interpre- j
tation would act merely as a brake on
excessive spending.
Judge E. E. C.jod interrupted the
attorneys several times to question j
them about county government and j
drew an admission at one time the- ;
only real question was w hether the j
legislature had done properly what it !
intended to do in limiting govern
mental officers.
STOSED WHEAT mUTIISHES
Chicago. United States wheat
visible s-upply figures received sharp
scrutiny in variv'us quarters, total
rupphes having been reduced to but
littl- above 100 million bushels. The
oh'icial statement showed that aggie
gate domestic stocks cf wheat in
sight had been curtailed 2,f75,000
bushels in the past week, an amount
more than had generally been expect
d. making the total supply lC0.G-i0.-000
bu-hels against 143.G7fi.000
bushels a year ago. This means that
if there is a reduction cf S million
bushels more, the visible supply will
lie .lowr. to 'he lowest point since
Kepler.. her, lDfhS. At
nrerent, the
visible is th: smallest since July,
1929, when it was down to 92,707,
000 bu-he-ls.
New Playground Eden for Gotham Children
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With the start of construction on the seven-biock plaj-ground in New York's lower East Side bv CWA
workers, the death rate amr.nS East Side children is due for a big drop. Street baseball and Ean Kiver
aathing has ta,cen an appalling tell of young lives every summer in that congested area The new olav
Errounc. the site of which originally was intended for a model housing scheme, will provide facilities for
very type o: juver.ue sport. 1 ne p ans call for taseball diamonds, wadmg pools with spray showers c-r-l
:ourts ana the riundrea end cne other modes of diversion beloved of the youn? and r 't'-v It ri -U
provide a resting place tar mothers in the day and floodlighted -t night, a recrc&ticn spot fox sdu"-
KLTXEN BROTHERS JAILED
Dedham, Mais. The Millen bro
thers, Irving, 19, and Murton, 24,
alleged killers of two Needham po
1 :emen, a Lynn theater employe and
a Fitchburg store clerk, arrived at
Dedham jail from New York under
.-.rang guard. Hardly fifteen minutes
after the youths left a train, they
passed thru the doors of the jail amid
the hoots and cries of derision from
a crowd cf more than 2,000 persons.
Uninformed of the brothers' arrival,
Murton's 19 year old bride. Norma
Brighton Millen, and Abraham Fa
irer. 2 4, alleged accomplice of the
youths in their career of crime, were
within the jail.
Ft. Mcpherson
Cemetery is
Under Repair
Hu-tary 2u:ie;i PIac2 Is Bcirg Re
nestled: Co-tnins Grewss cf
1.119. 5G2 TTrfcuoTO.
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ax wo-1
March 4. Two sets of
improvements are being constructed j
ne:er her? at the Fort McPherson
Military cemetery, the only one of
if. kir.d in this part of the country.
Ahmt l.lfO feet ci enclosing wall
I- being crc?tcd at a cost of So. 290
-:;;! another wall bisecting the ceme
tery is being removed. Repairs and
v modeling at the superintendent's!
V da; will con ?1.040. j
Tb? cemetery is the burial place
for 1.119 of the nation's honored
e'.erch Amevs.g them 5C2 are unknown
eclJeers. Their bodies were brought
1 ere trom many old forts throughout
the vest. Side by side lie the re-!
mains of Indian fighters and vet-er- j
ans cf the civil war, Philippine in- j
eurro -lion and the world war. i
Founded in 1SC2. Fort McPherson!
originally was built of cottonwood
legs and manned for protection j
against the Iumans. The garrison
was withdrawn in IS SO.
Nov.- the grounds are a beautiful
expanse of 2J1i acres, with tall cot
ton woods casting shadows on the
white ctonc markers.
COIPLAINS OF LAI! OH BUI
Washington. The continental
congress of workers and farmers
heard at its opening convention ses
.lion . .a report of a, fomruittt.. point
ing to "serious defects" in the Wag
ner labo ibill. The committee on cor
respondencs and action, while prais
ing the theory on which the bill was
drawn, believed the national labor
board was not the body which should
serve as arbitrators. Saying that the
Wagner bill provides for a board of
even, with two employers, two labor
representatives and three "so-called
public representatives," the commit
tee declared the board would be
"automatically loaded against organ
ized labor" because the three public-representative-
"usually vote with
the employers."
The committee also obje-cted to the
president having the power to name
the board members on the ground
that "the president can,' appoint so
'alled union men who really do not
bave the confidence cf labor and are
not the best '-quipped to serve the
cause cf labor."
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PRISONER IN GERMAN JAIL
New York. Harry Diamant, a
New Yorker who was imprisoned in
Germany on a charge of spreading
remarks derogatory to the Hitler gov
ernment, returned on a liner with
Mrs. Diamant and their son. He was
sentenced to two years, but was re
leased after four months following
negotiations by American authorities.
"I was living in the village of
Hemsdorf Unter Kynast, in Silesia,"
he i elated. "I had many friends who
joined the nazis, and I watched the
development of the movement from
the beginning. When Hitler came
into power, I wrote an article which
I hoped to have published in New
York, and in it I did frankly criti
cize the Hitler government. Someone
evidently informed the mayor of the
village, for my house was searched
and the manuscript was found. The
worst thing I said in it was that
'the present German government is
not entitled to the confidence of the
president of the United States.' I was
in jail for two months before my
trial, and on Aiig. 22 I was sentenced
to two years. I was not allowed to
communicate with n:y friends until
about a month before my release.
"My friends in New York got in
touch with th? state department. Am
erican authorities in Berlin success
fully negotiated for my release, and I
was let out cf prison after serving
four months of my term. I was given
three weeks to settle my affairs and
leave Germany."
NEW YORK FEARS FLOODS
New York. Rapid melting of re
cent snowfalls brought a threat cf
flood as a bright sun dispelled the fog
that slowed shipping and grounded
air traffic in the east during the
night. With the temperature in the
upper 5C's, suburban cellars were
flooded, upstate and New England
highways became rivers, and pedes
trians waded ankle-deep thru slush
and mud in many sections. Upstate,
hundreds cf families packed their be
longings and prepared to quit their
homes if flood waters continue to
rise.
United Brethren in Christ.
Rev. Otto Engebretson
NEHAWKA CHURCH
Pible church school 10 a. m.
Evening worship service 7:30.
This is "Neighbori Day" in our serv
ices. Let us show the neighborly
spirit as we did in days cf old. We
will make an offering of food and
clothing for our needy neighbors at
these services, also a cash offering for
foreign missionaries.
Prayer and praise meeting Wednes
day evening.
Peoples Popular Eibie class V.'ed
r.eeday evening.
The Woman's Society meets with
Mrs. KI aureus.
OTTERDEIX CHURCH
Eibie church school 10 a. m.
Morning worship service at 11. Re
member our offering for our neigh
bors, also missionary offering.
Prayer and praise meteing Wednes
day evening.
Y. P. S. C. E. meets at Harold
Philpofs on Friday evening, March
9 th.
The Woman's Society will have an
ail day session at the E. Iioedeker
home on Thursday. March 15th.
Ccme. Ering your dinner and stay
all day.
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DILLUiGEE ESCAPE 13
AIT INDIANA
SCANDAL '
The escape of Dilling.r ive-s In- j
diar.a an unforgettable ::ca::eiai. The j
ei: c umstances are such that although j
the drTOLt re.pcnsibiii: y h; cn eoun- j
ty officials the whole political struc- j
ture of the- state is suspect. If that I
structure is taken apart the txplan-j
ation may be found. j
Diilinger s return to the state, af
ter the Arizona police caught him and
other gangsters, wa:
mething
triumph, but not, it would seem, of
the law. There was more of the
homecoming of a popular boy, and
the misguided state's attorney allow
ed himself to be photographed with
his arm affectionately o:i the shoul
ders of the killer. The scene was
shocking to the proprieties the law
and crime iu:t pals together. In
much that is maudlin and vicious in j
the administration cf criminal law
this episode made an impression all
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us ov.ii, a noiauiT- a i. ie t':.if:, i.
j The probability of collision
i IHIlinger's escape is too large to
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be
dismissed. Other explanations must
deal with more f sehh mindeclness and!
imbecility than arc expected even
Indiana politics. Diilinger in
late
September was the outside criminal
j who managed the escape of 10 con
j victs frcn: the penitentiary at Mich
igan city. J iiat va.j a political scan
dal which is still raw. In
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Diilinger was arreted in
as a tank roni er. i r.ree c:
Lets be had relen- 1 from the Indiana ;
prison took
him uu
of the
iff.
Lima i
jail and leil
led the sh
The gang then h.er,an to raid the
country. Banks in Racine, Chicago
ST! East Chicago w "re , robbed, two
poii'f-t neen were sllSc?ind seven oth
er banks raided in Ohio and Indiana
may have been vic.ims of these crim
inals. Three murders are directly
traceable to the In-Liana prison break,
a disgraceful recoex; which are Ari
zona police were thought to have end- j
ed. These shrewd and quick-shooting
eers got the gan:
who had
broken from prison? and police traps.
Diilinger has put an inciell bit
stain upon the administration of
criminal law in the state. Explan
ations will not tr.kc it away. Chi
cago Tribune.
LAGUAZDIA A BUSY MAYOR
New York. Like Caliph Haroun
Al Raschid, Mayor LaGuardia is find
ing out by personal investigation
what is going on turnout the city.
Municipal employes, from the host
lers who tend tl:e police horses to
the commissioners in their suites of
offices, never know when the mayor
may walk in. say "as you were," and
look around. Citizens with com
plaints ranging from lost dogs to lost
homes walk into the city hall and
never can tell w'.. :n the mayor may
appear to "see v. iiat this ie all about
myself." Pe'.etv:ar.s and motorists
have spied i.im in his automobile tak
ing roundabout ways to the office in
order to inspect various quarters of
the city. One cold Cay h? rode the
subway to see if tbe cars were warm
enough.. On aneuleei he popped into
a courtroom and distui bed the sleep
cf attendants b demanding why
thry wc re not in uniform. On three
or four occasions he has sat in a'
magistrate's chair "and passed judg-j
ment cn slot mac "nine case. i
He complimented a traffic police
man for efficiency in bawling out the !
mayor's chauffeur for violatng aj
minor traffic rule while the mayor)
sat in the back seat unnoticed. II? j
called for a polic2 radio car to take j
him to work one morning "to test
the efficiency and speed of the police
cytcm."
COSTES SHOWS SUSPPJSE
Copenhagen. Denmark. Dieu
donne Costes, the famous French
flier, arrived here, thoroly astonish-
ea ai woric-w ice anxiety over uis i
safety. Encountering fog after leav- j
ing France, Costss had landed at
Munster .Germany, to await favor-j Wireless reports indicated the Black
able weather, and because he was Eagle wa3 leaking at the stern, but
not on an official cr public mirsiou. would be able to continue to New
he did not report his presence there. ! York.
1 ! Anniversary
Dinner of Roose-
I velt as President
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R I rresiaent ana Uacmct liemDers u:s-;
cuss Achievements and Mis
haps cf First Year.
principals of
I the Roosevelt
administration rat '
i down to an anniversary dinner Sun-;
i day night, to chat over the tricks (I
Js : taken and the plays lost since thei
g j first hand of the new deal was dealt !l
i(ne year ago. Gathered m a hotel
Si dining room for the celebration were
President Roosevelt, tlia twelve mem- i
hers cf his cabinet, the vice presi-;
'kiit, the speaker of the house and a '
half dozen others who on March 4,
1923, started out to advance Mr. j
Roosevelt's aim and hopes. During
the afternoon the president worked
in the white house on an address in
which he was expected to tell th? fu
ture cf one of his major plays, the
NRA. The address will be made at
a mass meeting cf NRA code author
ities Monday.
Later in the day the president, ac
companied by Mrs. Roosevelt, motor-
ed to the Washington cathedral to
attend the evensong service by the
great choir.
The anniversary dinner, like many
ether acts of the new administration,
was something of a departure from
custom. The president previously had
explained lie would be unable to find
time to attend separate dinners by
cach of the cabinet members. Secre
tary Rcper conceived the idea cf the
cf the Ft ring" of cabinet dinners, but
celebration to mark one year in
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ilso
were the wives of the cabinet mem
bfrs. Mrs. Roosevelt, leer daughter,
Anna Dall. the president's three sec
retaries and a efw others close to the
Tho cabinet that sat down with
the president was the same with one
! exception as that sworn in after his
j inauguration a year ago. Illness had
j removed one member, William H.
iWoo'.lin. Henry Mortrenthau. jr., was
Lima, O-j Installed as his successor In the of
f the con- r, , r. r i.
MUSING
I . sat by my window one beau
tiful day
As the wind was gently v.hi;
," p?ring a melodious lay.
And the branches of the ever
greens were swaying in the
breeze.
-As the landscape glistened in
the sun-kissed trees.
Occasionally a pigeon moved
through the air across
The withered grass, silent as
the herbaceous moss.
And perched herself upon the
roof of a barn.
Where her fledglings were se
cure from danger and
harm.
It was unusually quiet save the
splash of an oar.
Or an aeroplane swerved and
began to soar.
And swoop down upon the fly
ing field.
Unloading its passengers behind
a shield.
My thoughts ran riot and to
stem the tide.
Time rushed in upon me and
opened wide
A great ocean of industry with
its intricate array
Of machinery so elaborate that
I paused to say.
The streams of commerce have
all dried up.
And nothing seems to fill the
empty cup.
Once filled to overflowing when
the water was fine,
But it's brackish now, and
tastes like brine.
With a sense of pride I was im
pelled to stay.
Until the leaves wither and the
fields turn gray.
And the walls of dishonesty
come tumbling down.
And the rulers of iniquity lose
their crown.
Then there shall be a change
complete.
And the nations can scuttle their
navy and fleet.
And put them into some com
mercial use.
Instead of engines of destruc
tion and disgraceful abuse.
J. R. T.
EEITISII FEEIGHTEH
Halifax, K. E. The 3,413 ton
British freighter Concordia sank af
ter a collision with the American
steamship Black Eagle forty miles'
southeast of Sable inland, but all i
Eixiy members of the crew were j
caved. The accident occurred in a
dense fog. The stricken craft left!
Halifax a day ago for GlaEgow. Her j
cargo included 400 head cf cattle.i
Poultry Prices
Friday, Saturday, Mar. 9-10
Heavy Hens, all sizes, lb lie
Leghorn Hens, per lb Bt
Stags, per lb Sc
Springs, smooth legs, lb 10(t
Capons, 7 lbs. cr over, lb 14c
We Always Pay Trade Price in Cash for Eggs
Ilake This Ycur Ore-Step Karket fcr Produce
Yen Can Always Depend cn Tcp Prices
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"Our Service Satisfies"
FARM SALES INCREASING
From report of sales made in Cass
county, Nebraska by Ralph Fetter
man of Lincoln, the past month:
The ileyer farm of ICO acres, two
miles north of Greenwood, to A. II.
Olson of Greenwood, consideration
$15,000.
The unimproved quarter of tbe
Geo. I. Foreman estate near Alvo, to
Guy Welsh, consideration $70 per
acre.
The improved "lib acres" of the
Geo. P. Foreman estate, near Alvo,
to J. H. Krabill, consideration 80
per acre.
The improved "SO acres" of Geo.
P. Foreman estate near Alvo, to Fred
V.'arner, consideration $S0 per acre.
HEAES OF DEATH
From Tuesii.-iy's Daily
Mrs. W. H. Raincy today received
a message from Denver, Colorado, an
nouncing th" death at that city of
Mrs. Li. R. Parriott, a sister-in-law
of Mrs. Rainey. The deceased lady
will be brought back to Nebraska
and the funeral service held at the
old home at Peru. Mrs. Parriott was
the wife of a former sheriff of
Nemaha county, the family making
their home at Denver in recent years.
VISIT OVER WEEK END
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Patttrson cf
St. Edwards. Nebraska, were here for
a week end visit'at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas mT Patterson, and
the family also had the pleasure of
having with tbem Mrs. J. M. Patter
son of Wheeling, West Virginia, who
wr.-- called her-? by the dsath of her
aunt, Mrs. E. H. Ileitzhausen and is
spending a few days with the rela
tives in this city.
PURCHASE RESIDENCE
The sale of the Albert Cotnc r resi
dence on North Sth street, has been
completed and the residence will be
occupied by L. C. Horschar and fam
ily who are moving here from Mur
ray to reside in the future. The home
is a very pleasant one and will make
Mr. and Mrs. Horschar a fine and
comfortable residence.
There are off-the-face models, tiara hats, rolled
brims and classic brims in this Easter showing of mw
spring hats There are straws, silk and straw, felts and
stitched straw and fabric models, every one designed to
wear with Spring prints, Spring suits, coats and every
thing casual and gay.
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PURCHASES FAEM LAED
The sale of 1'40 acres of' land in
the vicinity of Murdoch announc
ed by M. M. Eloom. local n al estat.
man today, this land was owned by
Ar.ieurt Wendt, one of the leading
lei ad owners in that part of ihe coun
ty. The land sold lor 1L'j an acre
Mr. Ulooni states, and which is an
cxcell.nt price following the long era
of low farm values. Tbe pur.hasr
was Ihr.ry Schocniann. a tanner re
siding in the vicinity of Fort Crook.
worjnuo oit contest
The Journal has received many In
quiries as to tre results of the "A"
contest which was sponsor?d by tbe
Business Men's Ad club. The entries
were turned into the hands of the
judges following th - close on Wed
nesday. February 2tth and they are
now checking them. It is hoped to
have an announcement in a few days.
SERIOUSLY ILL
Cm. S. Upton. S5 years of age, pio
neer of Liberty precinct, is seriously
ill at the home in Union, reports re
ceived here state. Mr. Upton has been
one cf the rao4 prominent and active
leaders in Cass county in the long
rc-iJ'-nce here. He has resided near
Union .since 1S65, altho in recent
years he has retired from the farm
and lived in Union.
HOVE TO NEW LOCATION
Mr. S"frTf?!-f5T-5vri ie. who Im.b
been located on a farm south of thi-s
city, are now moved to a residence
cn cn? cf the Wehrhein farms we-t
cf this city. Mr. Ferric has a large
amount cf livestock and which made
necessary securing a place o: consid
erable acreage. He will b" cng:irred
in farming land in Sarpy county but
which has no residence facilities.
AN APPRECIATION
I wish to acknowledge the receipt
of many words of commendation from
my friends and the general public
on the discharge of my official duti's
and I also wish to thank tbe institu-
itions and groups that have presented
; me with awards. Jarvis Lancaster,
Deputy Sheriff.
If CORRECT
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TOGGERY
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