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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1934.
Ihe IPlattsmouth Journal
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He whistles now a sadder song
lie held his wheat a day too long.
:o:
Every small boy should sell news
papers to help his biography when he
becomes a great man.
:o:
A new picture has been named,
"Here Comts the Groom." It's about
time that guy gets some recognition.
:o:
Why is it, that when a relative
ccmes to town he always calls up to
tell ycu he is thinking about going
to a hotel?
:o:
Next to paying for it, the hard
est part of a vacation is trying to
work on the first and second days
after returning.
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A French physician says babies
manufacture their own vitamins un
til they are 14 months old, after
v. hkh time they generally quiet
down a bit.
New York is no longer dumping
its garbage at sea. The Jersey bather
now has no way of knowing when
the watermelon season has opened
in Manhattan.
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Inmates ot a western penitentiary
are trying to think of a name for a
prison magazine. "Time" would be
the thing, says the Detroit News
helpfully, but that has already been
taken.
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It i3 surprising how many women
enter into matrimony for the same
reason men join the army. From the
very day they enlist, they look for
ward to the time when they can re
tire on alimony.
The hard thing to understand
about children is not why theywant
to tlo co many forbidden things but
how soon hey emi become sweet and
reasonable again after not. being per
mitted to do them.
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Another man who claimed to be a
member of Lincoln's bodyguard in
the Ford theater when he was shot
has died. If members of the body
guard keep turning up at this rate,
historians are going to have to fig
ure out just how John Wilkes Booth
had room to get into the theater.
Will They
it
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' svrkl.ui Ine Grcai Bourn r.tj meruit ' " "
' ft "V. Vsr w3si I
The next thing the Protestant
churches in Germany will have to do,
is to revise the Lord's Prayer to start
with: "Our father which art in Ber
lin." :o:
The result of the recent election
in Missouri indicates that even Mr.
Hitler could learn a thing or two
from Tom Pendergast about rallying
the electors' support.
:o:
Nebraska's corn-husking champion
has a championship to defend this
year, but no corn to practice on.
About the only chance for a Nebras
ka, Kansas or Missouri man this year
is in the water-hauling champion
ship. :o:
The old-fashioned woman who
used to boast about how many glasses
of jelly she could get out of a gal
lon of blackberries has a daughter
who likes to brag about how many
miles she can get out of a gallon
of gas.
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Dr. William Beebe's report of deep
sea fish with headlights observed at
a depth of 2,500 feet indicates that
the undersea 1934 models have every
thing in the way of streamline de
sign that is to be found on top of
the earth.
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The motorist has a right to expect
to find a little beauty by the road
side, says a bulletin of a national
horticultural organization. Weil,
maybe he has, but the chances are
that she'll be in somebody else's
parked car.
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One small bey's mother suggested
that lib birthday celebration take
some other form than the usual
birthday party. He thuoght a min
ute and then said, "Well, we don't
hive to have a party, but it wouldn't
hurt anything."-"
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In the first year of the depression,
3 63 nationally known corporations
did a third less business than in
1029. But at the same time, eighty
three nationally known concerns,
that were prolific advertisers, did
the biggest business of their lives.
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Journal ads bring you news cf
timely bargains. Read them!
Have the Nerve to Try
- - - -- - 1 niriii luijiri
Htmred in Jail Break
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wapr if
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L4f, F TV
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Escaping from the
prison at McAlester
Oklahoma
by sawing
bars, these three women were be
ing hunted in many states. They
are, top to bottom, Clarice Jcnes,
IS, who was serving five years for
robbery; Bessie Catlin. 2:'), serv
ing 20 years for manslaughter.
and Iva Rhodes, 25,
ervm 35
years for murder.
People who live in glass houses
should have a good tan by now.
:o:
So live that if everybody followed
your example the blackmailers would
starve.
:o:
The country is more optimistic.
No one is accusing Franklin D.
Roosevelt of being responsible lor
the drought.
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, . As . betv.ee n sunstroke?.. nL, "heat
exhaustion, we should choose the
latter. A stiff stimulant : is given
the victim of heat exhaustion; at
the earliest opprrtunit7.
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An old-time cowpuncher hasn't
yet recovered from the exhibition of
bareback riding he saw the other
da j a coupe of high-stopping horses
whees riders were pretty girl3 wear
ing shorts.
It Again?
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Railroads Lose
Fight to Delay
Pension Act
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Denies Plea of 150 Railroads
for an Injunction.
The attempt cf 150 railroads of
the United States to prevent the plac
ing into effect cf the new railroad
pension act, met with defeat at Wash
ington on Wednesday when the gov
ernment scored a distinct victory in
their case.
.'ust ice James M. Proctor in Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court de
nied the railroads' petition for a re
straining order against the enforce
ment of the act pending a test of its
constitutionality.
The ruling Avas handed down after
Hammond Chaffitz of the Department
of Justice contended the railroads
had failed to show irreparable in
jury.
A hearing at which the railroads
will endeavor to prove their claim
of unconstitutionality is to be held
in September.
The railroads' petition alleged
congress had violated the commerce
clause of the constitution and also
the Fifth amendment.
S. R. Prince, representing the
Southern railway, tcld the court the
railroads felt they would be irre
parably damaged by anticipated or
ders of the retirement board for ad
vances cf funds to start administra
tion of the law.
Chaffitz contended the court should
consider the statute valid until it
is proved otherwise and charged the
raliroads were trying to suspend the
law.
The pension assessment calls for
2 per cent of the employes' salaries
and 4 per cent of total payrolls to be
contributed by the railroads. The
lav provides for compulsory retire
ment at the age of 65.
ACCESSORY ESCAPES CHAIR
Cooperstov.n. N. Y. Mrs. Eva
Coo, roadhou-.e porprietress, learned
that she alone faces the electric
chair for the murder of her handy
man, Harry Wright. District Attor
ney Grant announced on the fourth
day of her trial that he has agreed
to allow Mrs. Martha Clift, who he
claims is a confessed accessory, to
plead guilty to a charge of second
degree murder.
Mrs. Clift is expected to be the
hief witness for the state in its ef
forts to place Mrs. Coo's name fifth
on the list of women who have been
electrocuted in New York state for
murder. A brunette who frequently
stayed at Mrs. Coo's "Woodbine Inn,"
Mrs. Clift is alleged by the prose
cutor to have signed a statement
June 20 in which she said she drove
an automobile over Wright's body
after Mrs. Coo had hit him on the
head with a mallet.
VISITS IN THE CITY
L. M. Ilauptman, nev,-ly elected
superintendent Of the Alvo schools,
was in the city Thursday to visit at
the office of County Superintendent
Miss Alpha C. Peterson. While here
Mr. Hauptman was a caller at the
Journal to have' Ins name enrolled
as a reader of the semi-weekly for
the ensuing year. Mr. Ilauptman is
a brother of Mrs. G. E. Brubaker of
Murray.
WE THANK YOU
We thank you for the confidence
you have expressed in us; for your
approval of our service in the last
legislature, and your willingness to
co-epcrato with us in the coming ses
i'n, as ycu have indicated by your
veto in tho recent primary. Let us
work together for the best interests
of the public.
GEORGE E. N1CKLES.
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HEB.E FOX FUNERAL
Mr. and Mrs. V. It. Brown of Ot
tumv.a, Iowa, are here for a short
visit with relatives, called to attend
the funeral of the late Mrs. William
Hunter, which was held on Tues
day afternoon.
DRAWS DOWN FINE
In the county court Friday Frank
March and Clyde Thomas were ar
raigned on a charge of having taken
canned good from the plant of the
Norfolk Packing Co. They were
given a fine of $10 and costs.
Further suggestions for the name
of the unnamed prison newspaper,
offered by R. v. R.: For Michigan
City, "The Open Door;" for Hunts
ville, Tex., "Gates Ajar."
AGED LADY POORLY
Mrs. George W. Koldrege, pioneer
Nebraska, is gravely ill at her home,
411 Fortieth street, Omaha, where
for the past ten days her condition
has been critical. Mrs. Holdrege la
the widow of George W. Holdrege,
one of the builders and for many
years general manager of the Bur
lington railroad, they making their
home here in the late seventies and
early eighties.
Project at
Coulee Rivals
Boulder Dam
Labor Progresses on Construction of
Power Development 63 Mil
lion Dollar Project.
Coulee Dam. Tha Crane Coulee
"low dam," a 63 million dollar pro
ject will be second only to Boulder
dam in size when completed. The
crest cf the Coulee dam will rise 183
feet above the low water level of the
Columbia river, which flows west
ward along the northern end of the
Coulee.
The possible uss of the great fifty
mile long Coulee to store water for
reclamation still lies in the future,
however, and the project which the
present administration has under
way is essentially hydro-electric
power development. The dam will
provide for the generation of 700,
000 horsepower.
The "big" contract, as well as var
ious others, have been let. Work is
under way on a thirty-mile construc
tion railroad from Odair, down the
Coulee bed to where it dips to the
Columbia. A dozen competing town
sites sprawl over the- landscarc near
the dam in frontier-metropolis fash
ion. Nearly 3 million cubic feet of earth
have been remove! frcm the hillsides
in excavation for the dam abutments.
On both sidps cf the river, two con
struction cities are rising. Down-
steam piers arc rising for the bridge
that must be built to span the river.
More than 3,500,000 cubic yards of
concrete will be poured for the dam
and power plant.
In the long and bitter' "fight which
led to recognition cf the Grand
Coulee as a feasible project, many
eastern and central Washington pio
neers and leaders played a part. Back
in 1902, a study of the "Big Bend ir
rigation project was started under
another Roosevelt, Theodore, and to
that many point as the first big step
which led to the present dry work.
It received an adverse report, how
ever ,in 1S03.
The fight continued, until on Sept.
27, 1933, President Roosevelt an
nounced the allocation of G3 millions
for the "low dam." The "high dam
which still lies in the future, pro
vides for the building cf a dam 374
feet above low water at a ccst of
175 millions to develop about 2,600,
000 horsepower, which only the com
pleted St. Lawrence waterway de
velopment would exc:ed. It would
also provide water for the reclam
ation of 1,200,000 acres of rich Co
lumbia basin land.
C AUSTEN WINS SENAT0RSHL?
Fred L. Carsten of Avoca, prom
inent farmer and leader in agricul
tural societies in this county, was se
lected as the democratic candidate
for state senate from the second dis
trict. comDrisine Cass. Otoe and
Sarpy counties.
Cleve carried Otoe and Sarpy coun
ties but his majorities were wiped
out by the fine majority that was
rolled up by the residents of Cass
county for their favorite son.
The vote by counties was as fol
lows: Cleve
Carstens
744
1,715
837
Otoc 815
Cass 886
Sarpy 910
2,20
One precinct missing!
3,296
William Bishof, Jr., Nebraska City
was unopposed for the republican
nomination for the senatorship.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
ALL those indebted to Thierolf's
store please call at once and arrange
for immediate payment.
All accounts will be given to our
collection agency in five days for
their vigorous attention.
MRS. PHILIP TIIIEROLF.
CARD OF THANKS
To the friend3 who wrote in my
name for clerk of the district court,
on both the republican and demo
cratic ballots, I wish to extend my
sincerest appreciation of your sup
port. PAUL VANDERVOORT.
August Crop
Report is Worst
in 29 Years
Burlington States That tie Need
Forage Is Desperate Corn
Being Pastured.
Nebraska crop reports ior the first
half of August have no equal in the
twenty-nine years of their issuance
by the Burlington, according to N.
E. Kerns. Desperate need of forage,
doubtful value of pastures for the
fall and continued adverse weather
conditions are a few of the high
lights of the report.
The potato crop for this territory
is practically & failure, the report
states, and the apple crop in south
eastern Nebraska has been damaged
by drouth, with the August crop
gradually increasing. With favorable
weather conditions ,from now on.
the crop will not exceed 35 percent
of normal, it is said.
Pasturing of early corn in many
localities is reported, and many fields
have been salvaged for fodder. "Late
planted corn will be used for ensilage !
and fodder to a great extent. If rain
is receive, it would increase the feed
value and many farmers advise they
are holding un cuttinsr corn. Thi3
tcrritcry is desperately irt need of
forage," says the report.
Hot southerly winds and no mois
ture of any importance, with few cx
certions. is a summarization cf
weather conditions. Soil in most lo
calities is too dry for fall plowing
and seeding. The report:
Omaha Division.
Corn: Condition as compared with
normal year, 19 per cent; percent
age of corn stalks cut for fodder,
percent.
Potatoes: Condition as compared
with normal j-ear, 20 percent.
Fruit: Condition a3 compared with
normal year, 30 percent.
Rainfall: .29 average.
Temperature: 71 to 109 degrees
Lincoln Division.
Corn: Condition as compared with
normal year, 6 percent; percentage
of corn stalks cut for fodder, 23 per
cent.
Potatoes: Condition, as compared
with normal year, 15 percent.
Fruit: Condition as compared with
normal year, 20 percent.
Rainfall .28 average.
Temperature: 73 to 108 degrees
Wymore Division.
Corn: Condition as compared with
normal year, 4 percent; percentage
of eorn stalks cut for fodder, 30 per
cent.
Potatoes: Condition as compared
with normal year, 10 percent.
Fruit: Condition as compared with
normal year, 30 percent.
Rainfall: None.
Average for Entire Territory.
condition of corn as compared
witn normal year, 10 per cent.
Condition of potatoes as compared
witn normal year, 15 percent.
condition of fruit as eomnared
witn normal year, 27 percent.
Percentage of corn cut for fodder.
zd percent.
Rainfall for past 15 days, .19 av
erage.
FRENCH MENACE AMERICANS
Pain. Two young men described
as American college stoudents were
menaced by an angry crowd after
they had hung a Swastika Hitler fia
out their hotel window as a prank.
A shouting throng which quickly
gathered in front of the hotel, facing
the Comedie Francaise in the tour
ist quarter, was finally quieted only
by the intervention of police who or
dered the Swastika emblem with
drawn. The young tourists, whose
names were withheld by authorities.
brought the flag from Berlin, said
members of the hotel staff, and ap
parently displayed it to sec what
would happen.
VISITING IN MISSOURI
Mrs. Julius A. Pitz and daughter,
Pauline, are spending a few day3 at
Sedalia, Missouri, at tho homo of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brinhman and
family, Mrs. Brinkman being a sister
cf Mrs. Pitz. After the visit at the
Brinkman home they are planning
on stopping at Kansas City where
they will be guest3 of Mrs. Emma
Nims, a sister of Mr. Pitz and then
return home.
C0NCILLIATI0N COMMIS
SIONER READY TO ACT
W. L. Invyc-r, attorney, who was
recently anointed by Hon. Thoma3 C.
Mungcr, Judge of the Federal Court
at Lincoln; as Concilliatlon Commis
sioner for Cass county, has qualified
under the act and i3 now ready to
proceed with the duties of her office.
No doubt thi3 act will relievs many
of the farmers from an unfortunate
situation.
Harlan Gorder of North Hatte ar
rived here Friday evening for a short
visit with his mother, Mrs. Etta Gor
der and meeting the old friends.
GREENWOOD
I.-M-M i r-i"i-:-i-:-i"i"H"W'4-
Jacob Witt says everyone Is feeling
fine and very thankful for the fine
of rain which came August 15th, as pre
dieted by a radio station, and says be
is confident there will be more follow,
as has also been predicted.
Business l.i good, avers Pearl A.
Sanborn, who has had to make four
trips to Omaha after additional .sup
plies, particularly twine to be used
in the binding of corn fodder, which
the farmers are now cutting in an
endeavor to accumulate enough feed
to care for their stock during the com
ing winter. Mr. Sanborn sold tlno;
ensilage cutters and all are kept hiy
these days.
The work of repairing the Chris
tian parsonage, which was darna.i:-(i
by fire a fortnight ago, is going rap
idly forward and soon the buildim;
will be completely restored.
Will Attend Merchants' Week
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McDonald wi!i
attend Merchants week in Omaha I be
first three days of this week, Mo-nLiy.
Tuesday and Wednesday and will ;.
so take in the banquet and hail tli.it.
will wind up the activities on Wed
nesday evening. It has been the rr.u-
nee oi iir. aou iurs. iweucnaui to ;it-
tond these Merchants' weel; and th.
attendant festivities.
Sustained a Serious Loss
Bernard Grady, who resides ; nth
east of Greenwood, suffered the Ins;
rf a large barn containing l.r !u h
clc of wheat, together with other feed
stuff and harness. Some other out
buildings were nluo consumed by the
lire, and a large crib (r.cadly new)
would likewise have gone up in ;-:m.k?
had it not been for the Gre n wo d fire
fighting lads who arrived en the scene
juet in the niche of time and pro
tected the crib from the fire. Pimc
the fire department has been answer
ing country calls, they have navel
much property and done much good
work outside of the town, where they
had been wont to wcrk in the past.
Will Held Picnic
The Methodist Bible school has ar
ranged to have a picnic for the entire
Bible school, which is to he held at
Peters' woods on Thursday, August
23rd, when they will have an excel
lent program, interspersed with mu
sic, ganifis ami good things to ear.
The noonday picnic dinner will le
one of the most delightful features of
the occasion. All affiliated with the
Methodist Bible school and the Meth
odist church are cordially invited to
ccmo and enjoy the occasion.
Methodist Brotherhood Busy
The Methodist Brotherhood, which
is composed cf most of the adult mal !
members of the church, who have
banded themselves together to work
for the betterment of the society and
especially for those who are needing
a friend and at this time, after a very
laudable proposition, that of putting
a new roof on the parsonage, which
has not had a new roof for many
a year
The building is situated some
three blocks south and one block
west of the church building, adja
cent to the old church which was
used later for school purposes.
New Banking House Active
The new Credit association, which
is aimed to supercede the bank and
do some things which the banks can
not do, has now been in operation
for a number of weeks and the report
i3 that business is good and gaining
in volume every day, which Is the
object primarily sought, so that they
may expand to be able to take caro
oi the needs of the people. Every
precaution is being used for the safe
guarding of the funds cf the new in
stitution and still permit it to be of
accemmodation to the business hrrm
and others transacting business In
Greenwood.
Attended Rodeo at Sidney
Mrs. M. M. Corrigan, mother of E.
L. McDonald, of Kearney, accompan-
:cd by her son, C. D. Corrigan and
wife and thefr small son, arrived in
Greenwood last week for a visit with
Mr. McDonald and family and togeth
er with the visitor;-,, Mr. and Mrs.
McDonald wero attending the rodeo
at Sidney, Iowa, they Mopping at
Plaitsmouth to look after some busi
ness matters a3 they passed thru.
WILL VISIT IN ILLINOIS
Mr. and Mrs. George Fornoff de
parted today for Crystal Lake, Illi
nois, where they will. visit with rela
tives and irienda i,i that section of
Illinois for a i.hort time. J.lhiJe there
they expect to visit at Woodstock,
Illinois for a short time. While there
uer, a former school aacoclato of Mrs.
ForucfT. The uncle is in a hooPital
n quite serious condition.