Nel :. State Historical Society
VOL. NO. L
PLATTSIvIOUTH, NEERASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1934.
NO. 17
Grocers and
Food Dealers Hold
Meeting Here
From Thursday's Daily
Ratify Selections IJads at Nebraska
City of Code Administration
Committee for Dist. 5.
Last evening there was a very
large representation here of the re
tail and wholesale dealers in groc
eries and foods to ratify the action
of naming a committee on code ad
ministration for district No. 5. com
prising Otoe and Cass counties.
The committee selected composed
II. G. Soennichsen of this city rep
resenting the voluntary chain stores;
Leslie Winters of this city represent
ing the chain stores; Harry Rice of
Nebraska City, the jobbers; R. T.
Schruender of Nebraska City, the in
dependent dealers.
There were a large number from
Nebraska City as well as the smaller
towns here to enjoy the meeting and
to participate in the discussion.
The meeting was presided over by
II. G. Soennichsen. the acting head
of the code committee for the dis
trict. The code as prepared last Decem
ber and made enforcible of the date
of January Cth. applies to cities of
2.500 and over and in the two coun
ties the code will be applicable in
Nebraska City and Plattsmouth, al
tho the smaller towns are desirous
of co-operating through voluntary
action with otlitr stores of the larger
places in hours and other regulations.
The code adjustment committee
takes up matters of violations of code
that are reported to them and then
direct and secure an adjustment if
direc and secure an adjustment if
possible, if not. the matter Is turned
jove rto the state code committee, and
if they fail to get the matter settled
satisfactorily then it is sent to the
national board and final action taken
there.
APPREHEND TRUCK DRIVER
The members of the night police
force have been conducting a dili
gent search for the truck driver that
some weeks ago drove his truck into
one of the electrolier posts on South
Sixth street near the Pearl street
corner. The police were unable to
secure a very clear description of
the man or the truck line that he
was representing but eventually were
able to get a line of the appearance
of the driver.
Wednesday morning in the early
dawn. Officer Roy Stewart spotted a
truck and driver that fitted pretty
well that of the one that had broken
off the post and accordingly he in
terviewed the driver and who ac
knowledged that it had teen his
truck that had broken off the post
and at the time he had given some
one the name of his company, but
they had apparently failed to turn
this into the city authorities.
The truck' was owned by the
Crouch Transfer Co., of St. Josepii.
Missouri, and which carries a lia
bility insurance that will take care
of the damage to the electrolier.
FINDS A READY MARKET
Sam Kackenberg has for the past
feveral years built up quite an in
dustry in the preparing ol walnut
meats which he prepares and sells
to customers in this section of the
state. The reputation of the hulled
and prepared nuts have reached other
localities apparently, as Mr. Hacken
berg has received orders from Ply
mouth, Vermont, the birthplace of
President Coolidge, New York and
Philadelphia. Those who have test
ed out the delicious nuts are con
stant customers in the future.
HOLD COOKING CLASS
Tuesday afternoon, Uie mothers of
the children enrolled in the Health
and Nutrition Center attended the
first of the weekly classes in nutri
tion and "Low Cost" cookery. The
subject for the discussion was
"Cereals."
The class was conducted by Miss
Xordholm who was assisted in the
demonstration by Teresa Libershal,
director of the Center. Miss Iva Carr,
the nurse for the Center also gave a
short talk on some cf the common
contagious diseases of children.
DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT
From Thursday's Daily
This morning Riley AIcFariand,
73, long a picturesque figure on the
streets here, died at the county farm
west of this city of a complication of
maladies from which he suffered for
some time.
Mr. McFarland made his home in
Plattsmouth over a long period ol
years and up until the past two years
was Quite active, but since that time
ill health and failing eyesight mad?
it necessary for hi-; being cared lor
at the farm.
The funeral conducted by the
Streight funeral home will be Friday
at 10 a. m. at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Attendance at
District Meet
Seventy-five Members cl the Piatt:
mouth Aerie in Attendance at
Meetinr at Omaha.
From Thursday's Daily
A motor caravan cf members of
Plattsmouth aerie No. CC5 of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles visited
Omaha la?t evening where a district
meeting was being held and which
was attended by 1,500 cf the mem
b rs of the order from Council Bluffs,
South Omaha, Fremont, Plattsmouth
and Nebraska City.
A class of 250 candidate was
initiated as part of the program of
the evening and the ceremony con
ducted by S. O. Zcehman, Kansas
City, deputy grand president and
grand auditor, H. A. McKinncy, pres
ident of North Omaha aerie and pres
idents of other series in the state.
"The Eagles are for President
Roosevelt 100 per cent and more, if
that's possible." John S. Perry, Kan
sas City, grand secretary of the F.
O. E., told the members. i
"Ninety per cent of the things the
Eagles have besn righting for have
been put forward by the president,"
Perry said. "Affairs have been mov
ing so well on Roosevelt's human
program that the Eagles may not
bother to push an old age pension
bill they've had prepared to intro
duce in congress."
FILES FOR TREASURER
From Thursday's Uaily
This afternoon John
E. Turner,
present county treasurer, filed
jqj.
re-nomination to the office subject to
the wishes of the republican voters
of the county.
Mr. Turner has giver, an admin
istration of the office that should
bring the greatest of satisfaction to
every resident of the county and the
handling cf the affairs has been of
a high standard and the greatest
business efficiency.
During his term in office he has
borne many very heavy responsibil
ities in the past year and a half
when the county funds were to be
safeguarded against possible loss.
Mr. Turner is a gentleman of fine
personality and has carried on the
office in a manner that certainly
should recommend him to the peo
ple of the county regardless of party
affiliation. He has a staff of capable
and efficient assistants and has made
the office of the treasurer a real busi
ness institution where the affairs are
handled with speed and accuracy.
OLD RESIDENT AT REST
With the simple and impressive
Episcopalian funeral service the body !
of John E. Kirkham was laid to rest
Wednesday afternoon at Oak Hill
cemetery beside that or the father
and mother that had long before pre
ceded him in death.
The services were held at the Sat
tler funeral horn where a large num
ber of the eld friends had gather
ed to pay their last tributes of love
and esteem to the kindly and h'ghly
respected gentleman that had so long
made his home in this community.
The service was conducted by
Canon W. J. H. Petter of the St.
Luke's Episcopal church of which
the Kirkham family had been mem
bers for many years.
During the service several of the
old hymns were given on the organ.
The pall bearers were selected from
the members of the I. O. O. F. and
Eagies lodge of which Mr. Kirkham
had been a member over a long per
iod of years.
Death of Long
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Mrs. Joseph Warg-a, Sr., Passed Away
Thursday as the Result of a
Sadden Heart Attack.
The
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death of Mr?
Joseph Warga,
, at
n Oman?, hospital Thur.:-
day came an a great .vhoi-I: not only
to the- members of the family circle ; man
but to the many friends over tbe't.e. :
community where she had made her i
home for so many years.
Mrs. Warga, who had fcr
the past
several years llve-el at Omaha, v. as
injured severely by a fall at her hem1;
in the Nottingham Arms apartments.
a number cf weeks afro, having a
log broken. !
Ths injury was doing well and on j
Wed lies day. Jess F. Warga. a son, cf j
this city, had been at Omaha and!
had the mother examined by a num
ber of physicians as to her condition
with the expectation cf having her
taken Lack to her home in a short
time, the injury having progressed
nicely and the (onditicn of the pa
tient was reported as excellent.
Thursday morning a sudden heart
weakness developed and Mr:;. Warga
passed away before members of the
family could reach her side.
The daughter. Miss Anna Warga,
engaged as cashier at the Roberts
Dairy, a short distance from the hos
pital, was called, but the mother had
! died before she could reach the hos
pital and messages to the family here
did net permit them to arrive at the
hospital while Mi
Warga wa yet
alive.
Lena Hermann was
Mecklenberg, Germany
a native ot
where she
was Lorn May 12, 1SC0. spendin
her childhood there and later was
brought by her family to the United
States, they locating in Ohio and
where she was married at Oak Har
bor, to Joseph Warga. The family
came to Plattsmouth almost half a
century ago and where Mr. Warga
was engaged in the Curlingtcn shops j
for a long period of years. Mrs.
Warga was a lady of charming per
sonality and had made a wide ac
quaintance among the residents of
this community in the years that she
had made this city her heme, devot
ing herself to her home and to the
care of her family. The family circle
w ti- uiurui uj nie ufULii ui nit: iius-
t banu and father several years ago
and since that time Mrs. Warga had
made her home in Omaha with the
daughter, Miss Anna.
There are surviving four children,
William F., Joseph C, and Jess F.
Warga, cf this city and Miss Anna
Warga of Omaha, as well as three
brothers, John Hermann of Denver;
Walter Hermann, residing in Mis
souri and Charles Hermann of Chi
cago. There are also five grand
children, Helen, Ruth, Donald, Ar
thur and Dorothy Warga of this city,
and a large number of nieces and
nephews.
ENTERS TREASURER RACE
The name of H. L. Taplett of this
city was added to the list of those
who will be entered at the August
piimary, he having filed as a candi
date for the office of county treas
ur?r, subject to the action of the dem
ocratic voters at the primaries in
August.
Mr. Taplett is well known in this
city where he was formerly encaced
in business and has for the past two
months been engaged in special aud
iting work at the court house in
checking tax records.
He is an expert auditor and book
keeper and prior to locating in this
city was for a number of terms coun
ty treasurer of Bcnhomme county,
South Dakota.
This is the first democratic filing
for this office and the second in the
race aj County Treasurer John E.
(Turner filed Thursday for the repub
lican nomination.
ASSISTS IN FUNERAL SERVICE
Lyle Horton, local mortician, was
at Nebraska City Wednesday where
he was called to assist in the double
funeral held for John Osborne and
wife, whose tragic death occurred
Monday. The Porter funeral home of
Nebraska Ctiy had charge of the dou
ble funeral.
EREAIIS WHIST
From Friday's Daily
Edward Hadraba, :opuIar high
fcliool rtudeut, last night eurtair.ed
i the fracture ei las I.ii wriet
the
iccult of a u-.il v,'.il : icikr .hating.
The young mar. had b.-ca vi siting at
the home cf a rciat
e and while :e
: hating c:i the
..:r the Frank
t-u'
home wa'3
cone: ; te csuev.aJi:
Cloidt rc:::;deice v.h
ru-laincd the i:.j::ry;
n he f-il
and ;
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found '
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n to the f hi
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Tcdy
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Jadp.
n
Friday' 1'
ilO fL.it cf ti
enjoin the
Iviurdock j
k. rime ::t of I
i
:'- i;ar.k into i
to
a r.-ciivcrship wa:: ov. ;r:j! lev.iay in j
thi district court before Judge D. V.
Llvinri.-ton. The e-.-e hir, attracted!
much attention ovi r tin- .-.ate a.i it in
the firet case involving the question
of enjoinmcnt of the i.Lr.te
nnrnt that has h.cn tried
depart -
courts.
Uoth the state and the hank attor-
j ne-yj have fild r.n -were, which have
I appeared in the Journal in previous
j i"" ti.tr i.. .v.ua, la. -
1 thcr arguments on motions to stiiKe
certain parts of the answers a.3 the
ease was brought to tri!.
The state banking department is
le :v::n ted bv Frar.z 1). Radke and
ryre-n Nyc. of Lincoln, attached to
the legal department cf the board,
while the 32a.nL" of CiurdAck iu r?;i-
resented by C. M. Sidles and John
Skilei, prominent attorneys of Lin
coln. It is expected that the trial of the
case will take all day today and will
consume the greater part of Satur
day. Among those v. ho were here to at
tend the hearing were:- J. L. Cr.r
nickle, A. D. Zaar. George Vogcl. of
South Tend; Matt Thimgr.n, Mr. and
Mrs. Byron McDonald, Haiold Tool,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Tool, Mr. and
Mr2. Bradford ,A!bert and Herman
Zoriott. Albert and William Strieke,
C I. Long, of Murd ck; Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Toll of Wahoo.
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
Mrs. A. F. Nuquie-t. of Osceola, di
rector for Nebraska in General Fed
eration of Clubs. File has been vice
president, president and now director,
six years of devoted service, wis:?
counsel and unaffected, loving com-
MRS. A. F. NUQUIST
panionship in state work. She will
addrees the convention Tuesday eve
ning at the banquet in the -Legion
Hall on "The Present Day Club Wom
an," and on Wednesday will speak
at the morning session on General
Federation affairs. It will be a priv
ilege to know her ar.d hear her coun
sel thruout the convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Becker of Chi
cago, arrived this morning for a visti
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Becker and with o:her relatives and
friends.
P. A. McCrary
hozma over to
District Court!":
O-iy Vv'itrccs at Preliminary Hear
:ng Is Ric hard Edwards, Step
sen Shot in Quarrel.
From Fat iirday'.s DuITy
This morning : A
i - ciiL' igt il in a three
McCrary, who
count iiiforma-
ti'n charg.:!g shoot iuu
with intent!
to kill, ; hooting with intent to
wcu.:d and tarry i.g concealed weap-
cr.r, wan arraigr.cd
in the county
court. j
the Lccrir-.g hy Attorney A. L. Tidd
Mr. II;-Crary was represented at'
whili the state wn.- i e presented by '
County Attcrnty V,. G. Xieck. j
Mr. McCrary had ti;t re-d a plea of'
not gizilty to the chargi.;- and which j
had Juivl the burd.;-:i of the piocf on ,
the etatc. J
Th? o.;!y v.ntncPT that was called ,
en to te--.Tify v. a:, Richard Edward;-, j
step-ron of M'. Crary, who was shot j
by the ciclerdant during the family
Quarre-I. I
The witne?;: ter-iified that on Sat- i
urday evening,
hi:: .ife ar.d 1:
Crary were at
.Inch 17th. that he,
e; mother, Mrs. Mc
tho witness' heme.
Ltcn shortly after S o'clock the de
ndar.t McCrary had come to the
: house and started to cuarrel with
in theiMri. McCrary, growing more angry
as the argument continued and he
i i -1 . . i i j i i' .
i iiau men eaneu iu ciioks me
1 and Mr. Edwards had then started
! to interfere to protect his mother.
. - o. . i u-u.-.
ir.-iaw to can me ponce to tne scene
j ar.d at this McCrary had drawn his
j revolver and commanded Mrs. Ed-
! warde: to stand r-lill, and as she start
ed toward the door he had shot at i
j Mrr. Edwards. With the shooting
j v. itr.es rlatcd that he had advanced
i to pratoct YAz wife pr,d that he had
been shot by the defendant in the
thigh. Witness had struck McCrary
with a poker in an effort
to protect
his wife and mother as the battle
raged in the kitchen. The family had
gone out into the yard where Mc-!
Crary had tried to shoot again but
his revolver wa. empty.
The defendant was not called to
testify in the preliminary hearing
and will give his testimony in the
triesl before the jury in the district
rourt.
Th? l.cr.d in th-? case was set at
J1.500 by Ji-dje A. II. Duxbury and
the defendant was remanded to the
custody of the sheriff until bond is
supplied or the case called for trial
on April ICfh.
rOLLY WORKERS PROJECT CLCB
The Jolly Workers project club met .
at the home of Mrs. Edgar Meisinger
on Tuesday, March 20th. The meet
ing opened with the election of offi
cers for the coming year. Those elect
ed were: Mrs. Wallace Warner and
Mrs.
ers;
Edgar Meisinger, project lead
Mrs. John Hummel, president;
Mrs.
Donald Born, secretary-treas- j
urer; ..Irs. Joitn Alicin, news report
er; Mr. Roy Tschirrcn, social leader.
The lesson was on the preparation
of home made paint cleaner, wall'
paper cleaner and floor wax which
proved to be of great interest. The
meeting was closed with the serving
cf delicious refreshments by the hos-j
testes. Mrs. John Micin and Mrs. Ed
gar Meisinger.
March loth Miss Jessie Baldwin
was with the members at the home of
Mrs. Edgar Meisinger where a cheese
demonstration was held and whic'.i
was of great interest to all.
On March ICth at the home of Mr.
anil Mrs. Fred Tschirren was held a
St. Patrick's party celebration for
a few birthdays which fell on March
17th. The evening was spent in play
ing cards at the close of which de
licious refreshments were served.
REPORTER.
VISITS AT ST. LOUIS
Mrs. Joseph C. Warga departed
Wednrsday evening for St. Louis
where she will pay a vHit to her par
ents. Rev and Mrs. August Lang
horst, who are now well advanced in
years. Rev. Langhorst being 91 years
old and the wife 87. This is the first
visit that Mrs. Warga has had with
the parents for the past several years
and one that they have looked for
ward to with the greatest pleasure.
HERE FROM ARIZONA
rron Saturday's- Dally
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kunsmann, the
latter son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kuns-
nn. arrived today to enjoy a short
sit here with the parents and at
Omaha with a si.-ter and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mr.j. John Carmack. Mr.
Kum-iiiann is now living at El Paso.
Texas, where he is foreman of the
Southern Pacific chop at that place.
II? has been i nilie service of the
f
: railroad company for many years and
j v.a.i formerly in charge of the shops
at Tuscon, Anzema.
The visit of Mr. Kunsmann is to
sc? tiu? mother who has not oeen well
of late and who is confined to her
j bed the greater part of the time by
reason of her illnes - from heart weak
ness. Urge Finding
Means of Employ
ment in County
Federal Re-emplovment Service Seeks
Aaid of Individuals and Finns
to Fight Unemployment.
There are now 1,230 unemployed
men and women registered in Cass
county, Nebraska. With the closing
of the Civil Work'! Administration
on March Cist more than 147 men
and women will be added to the un
employed list. Everyerfort must be
made to find employment for these
worthy people.
The duty of the National Re-employment
Service in Cass county is
to register the unemployed, classify
them and refer them to employers.
We do not hire peopl? or appoint
I them to jobs. We merely refer peo
ple to you for approval or rejection
as you sec fit. Our service is abso
lutely free to employees and employ
ers. "We are asking your co-operation
in our efforts to serve you and the
community. Whether you are a busi
ness man, a farmer, or a housekeeper
call on our service when you need
any additional help. We have all
clashes and types of poople registered
with us. Ey calling on our Service
you will not only be helping your
self but also the men and women
who are looking for work. Call phone
29 or drop a post card to NATIONAL
RE-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, Court
Ifouee, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
CUIZ CHICKEN THIEF
Clarence Miller, who was brought
back to this city from Sioux City,
Iowa, to answer charges of chicken
stealing, has been questioned by
sheriff Homer Sylvester and Deputy
Sheriff Lancaster. The man has ac
knowledged that he had been in
volved in several cases in western
Cass county where several hundred
chickens have been taken in th? last
few months. The sheriff and deputy
have been woiking on the case for
some time and feel W,n pieasod that
they have been able to line up the
party responsible. Miller stated to
the officers that he and two compan-
ions nacl carried on the chicken steal-
ing activities but he was unable to
give the names of the other two men
Jin the party. Chief of Police Condit
of Lincoln assisted the local officers
very much in getting a line up of
the case from that city where Miller
resided.
GIFT NIGHT TO BE RESUMED
At the noonc.ay luncheon of the
Ad Club Wednesday the question of
aift night was discussed and it was
decided to have the first one next
Wednesday, April 4th at S o'clock.
The plan will be the same as before.
Those who have been accumulating
ecupens wiil be able to turn them
in next Wednorday. Ask for these
cnnpons you arc entitled to one for
every 25c cash purpose or for every
25c pnid on account. Be on hand
next Wednesday, April 4th. Music
and announcements over Gamer's
Broadcasting System.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fornoff, resid
ing west of this city on RFD No. 2,
were in the city Wednesday after
noon for a short time and while here
Mrs. Forncff hail their name enroll
ed as readers of the Journal for the
eneuing year.
Senior Class
Play Now Under
Rehearsal
"The Ilcuse B:autifnl,s; by Charming
Pollock Is the Play Chosen by
the Class cf 1S34.
The annual Senior play will b
presented on the evening of Friday,
May 4. The play selected this year
is entitled "The Hons- P.enutiful."
a splendid drama written by ( ban
ning Pollock. This is one of the new
plays and has a wonderful s-tory in
it. Since the class of 193 J has a
wealth of dramatic talent, it was
thought advi.-able to get an outstand
ing play.
The story deals with character
istics easily recognized in Arnriean
life, where greed and di.-honesty are
opposed to unselfishness and service
to others. It is not a melodrama but
i", a gripping picture of the finest
in American life.
The j lay will be directed by Mr.
Figley, and the cast began rehearsals
Monday night. A corp of stage man
agers and property committees will
be appointed in the near future. The
cast is as follows:
Guy Stayton Oliver Taylor
Elbert ( Bert Baxter
James Iloberteon
Archibald Davis Edward Kalina
Jeunifc-r Davis
Mary Anne Ko.-encrans
Hulda Margaret Yelick
Nina Baxter Margaret Taylor
Dr. Brin Bernard Knoflicek
Sam Dreyor Lore nee Khoades
Martha Wiley Lois I'.estor
Richard (Dick) Davis Aged 10,
John Be:;tor (Junior High School)
Afterwards. Taken by May
nard McCieary
Vivian lnga Iteichstadt
THE TURN OF THE YEAR
Up to about 400 years ego the
whole world calculated the begin
ed that the ancient idea of the New
ning of the year from the Vernal
Equinox, the date when th? sun
crosses, the equator on its return to
the north. To us it has always se em
Year beginning with the return of
the sun wa? both more beautiful in
its conception and more practical as
a means of calculation than the arbi
trary midwinter elate of January 1.
The advent of Spring is actually
ar.tl physically the birth of a new
year. From the dead a&hes of the
past new life springs. The naked
iiinbs are clothed again with green.
Mother Earth pushes the new shoots
up from her fertile bo;:om. From a
dull monotone cf sombre grays and
browns the world suddenly takes on
color as the crocuses peer up through
the grass and the dandelion.; burst
into bloom.
Death has given place to life.
What could be more natural than
that the peoples of all time have
made this return c:f Spring the occa
sion of their greatest symbolic fes
tival, the symbolism of the Resurrec
tion? It is no mere accident that the
celebration of Easter should coincide
with Nature's demonstration of life's
eternal renewal.
CONVOCATION PROGRAM
Three numbers were presented on
the high school convocation program
at the high school Wednesday morn
ing. A group of musicians from Elm
wood high school under the direction
of Miss Jean Maloney, was luard in
a mixed quartet number and two
vocal solo? as well as a very enter
taining comedy operetta. The visi
tors included: Frances Caygill. Rulh
Jean McLcncn. Donald Gonzales,
qioyd West and Marjorie ilortcu.
Little Miss Betty Roe Canterbury
was heard i meveral popular hits
with piano accompaniment by E!va
Olsen. These musical numberj were
much enjoyed. An unusual feature
was the chal-talk drawings of Ham
ilton Meisinger, a graduate of the
clazs of 1920.
RETURNS HOI,
John A. Libershal returned Wed
nesday from the Methodist hospital
at Omaha where he has been since
the injury to his right eye a week
ago. Mr. Libershal had to have the
injured eyeball removed in order to
save the right of tha left eye and
which has cleared up nicely, altho it
was badly affected for some days.
