KONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1934
PLATTSJIOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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MURDOCH ITEMS
W. Deickman moved on the Warren
Richards place near South Bend and
will farm next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Jes.i Packemeier were
in Lincoln last Monday, called there
to look after conic business matters
for a shcrt time.
Mrs. Zcla Eackemoicr was a visi
tor in Omaha on lart Thursday, where
the was securing some needed supplies
for her beauty parlor.
Miss Lillian Alldinger, who has
been visiting hero for some time with
friends and relatives, departed for her
home on last Monday.
Martin Blum of near South Bend,
was a visiter in Murdock last Wed
nesday, looking: after some business
in a number cf places.
Two bus loads cf high school stu
dents were ever tc Fremont one day
last week, where they were attending
a baseball tournament.
Miss Loretta Huge was quite ill for
a short time last Friday, but was
feeling much improved again on Mon
day of the following week.
Paul Stock was called to Omaha
one day last week to look after some
business matters for a short time,
making the trip in his auto.
II. M. Patterson and wife were in
Lincoln last Tuesday, where they
were locking after some business and
on their return brought home some
goods for the store here.
A. H. Ward was looking after some
business matters in Elm wood Tuesday
of last week, driving over with the
gas tank car and disposing of a good
sized load of gas and oils.
Messrs and Mesdames A. II. Ward
and O. W. Gillespie were over to Lin
coin last Saturday, where they went
to look after some shopping as well
as to visit with their friends.
W. E. Palmeter, the new produce
man, was called to Union last Sunday,
where he was looking after some mat
ters of business and as well visited
with friends for a short time.
The Rev. E. Carter, of Lincoln, was
a visitor in Murdock last Monday and
while here was a caller on his old
friends. Rev. and Mrs. II. R. Knosp,
who entertained him for supper.
John II. Busk was a visitor in
riattsmouth Saturday of last week,
going to attend the King Korn Kar
nival and to see the school parade,
and Fay they were well repaid for the
trip.
The convention of the Jloyal Neigh
bors of America for Cass and Sarpy
counties, was held in Murdock cn last
Friday as previously announced. A
more detailed account of this meeting
will be given later.
Reuben D. Stine. of Union, was a
visitor in South Bend, together with
his wife and son. George, they being
guests at the home of W. E. Palme
ter and wife, who reside west of that
town and north of Murdock.
William B. Deikman and the fam
ily moved last week to west of South
Bend, where they will farm during
the coming season. The place which
they occupied here will be occupied
by Carl Bcrnemeier and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Neitzel drove to
Havelock last Sunday afternoon to
visit their grandson. Jack Hitchcock,
who is laid up this summer with a
bad heart, but they found him cheer
ful and patient and improving.
A. J. Bauer and wife were over to
Lincoln for a number of days during
the past week, where they were vis-
iorlazy, sleepy
moods . . ,
BALBRIGGANS
Pretty and prac
tical you can be on
the cool nights. Sim
ply add two or three
Munsingwear Bal'
briggan nighties or
pajamas to your
wardrobe and you'll
be chic, cory and
comfortable in any
night-time, loung-ing-time
mood.
They're knit with great care, they're
snug and warm. Charming colors
and properly tailored. They wear
and wear, too. Come in . . . take a
look. We know voull want them.
Ladies Toggery
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iting with relatives, this making the
third straight week that they have
been away from home practically all
of the time.
J. Johansen and wife, who have
been enjoying a visit from two sis
ters of Mr. Johansen for the past
week, who have been here from the
old home in Iowa. They all enjoyed
the visit very much, the sisters re
turning to their home late last week.
Eugene Tool, who is a worker and
a sign painter of much merit, has
just completed the lettering of a fine
score board to be used during the
kittenball tournament and for perma
nent use cn the new lighted grounds
that have been procured. When you
attend the games, look it over and re
member that Eugene did it.
L:st Gasoline Torch
A gasoline lamp or torch v:s lo?t
between the Pawnee shack and the
heme of Alex Jones. Finder please
notify W. II. Tool.
Purchased Summer Fruits
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wife, accompanied by the Rev. II. R.
Knosp, went to Julian last Monday,
where they purchased a quantity of
tears and apples which they brought
home with them. Rev. Kncspe found
an old time friend in Charles P. Burr-ell,
who insisted that Rev. Knospe
and wife remain over night and visit
with them, which they did and the
Messrs Miller and Rosenow returned
home, while Rev. Knospe and wife re
mained until the following day.
laiies Aid Met Wednesday
The Ladies Aid society of the Mur
dock church met on last Wednesday
r.t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merle
Gillespie, where they enjoyed a very
fine afternoon. After the business
session was concluded, they enjoyed
a social hour, which was climaxed
with the serving of a very delicious
luncheon by the genial hostess.
Visiting with Parents
Miss Hilda Schmidt, who is employ
ed in Lincoln and who with the folks
for whom she works spent several
weeks in northern Minnesota, was a
visitor at the home of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. II. R. Schmidt, of Mur
dock, during the past week.
Interfered with Tournament
There was to have been a kitten
ball tournament in Murdock the lat
ter part of last week, with a number
of outside teams scheduled to be here
to play under the new flood lights,
but the rain has caused a postpone
ment of the tournament to a later
date. Watch for announcement of the
time.
Winter in the South
Jack Craig, son of Eddie Craig, who
is a member of the United States navy
and who has been in Atlantic waters,
writes from the U. S. S. Pennsylvania,
which is at Bremmington, R. I., that
the ship will fail from that port on
October 27th, and will be stationed
it the Panama Canal during the
coming winter.
Had Pleasant Trip
Leo Rikli shipped a car load of fat
cattle to Chicago, where they were
disposed of at a good price. Mr. and
Mrs. Rikli made a trip to the Windy
City at the same time to see the ani
mals sold ard while there took in the
Century of Progress for a number of
days. Later they visited with Dr. Ar
thur Rikli, brother of Leo, at Naper
ville, Illinois, where he is located, en
joying a splendid visit there. They ar
rived home early last week.
Preparing a Playlet
The young people of the Callahan
church are busy with the prepara
tion of a playlet which is entitled,
"What Shall It Be?" They are ex
pecting to have it in readiness in the
near future and will present it at the
Callahan church. The young people
of the Murdock church are also work
ing on a play to be presented at a
later date. Miss Elsa Schlcutcr id the
director of the Calliban play.
They Ead Their Sapper
A number of the young people of
Murdock, among whom were Mr. and
Mrs. W. II. Tool, Dr. and Mrs. L. D.
Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Amgwert
and ; number of the teachers of the
Murdock high school went to South
Bend last Tuesday evening for a wein
er roast. None of them being a goo.l
weather prcphct, they got there just
as it began to rain, so going on to
Louisville they had their picnic sup
per in the Sjogren garsge, sharing
the abundance cf supplies which they
had with the hungry garage men, who
invited them to come again and wel
come at any time.
Cass conty farmers produce a
full share cf the foodstuff of the
nation. It Is to your interest andi
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mine in at ineir cusiness 01 pru
duclng be placed on a profiiabte
basis, for then wo will all share
in that prosperity.
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Prince George of England, wearing kilts and a smile, and his fiancee,
Princess Marina of Greece, are pictured at Balmoral castle, Bal
moral, Scotland, upon their arrival to visit George's parents, tha
king and queen of England. The royal couple will be married late
in November.
Save Thousands
of Acres from the
Grasshoppers
Government Spent Two Ltillion Dol
lars in Eighteen States Poor
Season to Scatter Eait.
Washington, Sept. 2S. The saving
of thousands of acres of crops in the
great plains states which escaped the
drouth, from destruction by grass
hoppers is claimed by the Agricultural
department.
Although the drouth ruined much
of the crops protected against grass
hepper invasion, Dr. P. X. Annand,
cf the Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine, who directed the
work, said the campaign freed west
ern fields that escaped serious drouth
injury from an insect pest which, if
uncontrolled, would have reduced fur
ther the value of the 1931 harvest by
many millions cf dollars.
Congress appropriated ?2,00o,000
for war against the hoppers. With
this mo.iey, SO, 000 tons of poison bait
was provided by the government and
spread over infested land by farmers
in eighteen states in time to destroy
the grrsshoppers before they could
take heavy toll from the field.'?.
In general, it was said, crops that
escaped the drouth were not injured
severely by the grasshoppers.
Doctor Annand said it would be
difficult, to imagine a better season
for grasshoppers, and a worse one for
the siiccessful scattering of poison
bait, described as the one effective
method for controlling disastrous
'hopper outbreaks.
He saiJ hoppers this year even
swarmed over ranges at high alti
tudes. These ranges were the sole
hope of ranchers for carrying live
stock through the season in areas
where drouth had ruined pastures in
the lowlands.
Grasshoppers were said to have
hatched in far greater numbers this
season than had been anticipated by
authorities after a turvey last fall.
At the beginning cf the summer only
eight states Idaho, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, South
Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming
were regarded ar. in clanger from the
pest. Eighteen states, however, final
ly were regarded as needing, and re
ceived, federal assistance. These a i
ded were Arizona, California, Colo
rao, Iowa, Kamas, Michigan, Nevada,
Xev,- Mexico, Oregon and Utah.
QUIZZED ABOUT LESDEEEGH
Pcnvcr. Sept. 28. A former Chi
cago man, Tony Venneri, ZZ, was
que.-tioned here about the Lindbergh
kidnaping but officers later express
ed belief he had nothing to do with
the case.
J. C. Newman, department cf jus
tice investigator, was called to the
police headquarters when officers
found a letter in Vcnneri's effec ts, re
ferring to the kidnaping of Charles
A. Lindbergh, Jr.. March 1, 1032.
The letter f:aid: "Ella says hello
and wants to knew if you know who
had the Lindbergh baby. Boy, I was
surprised when I found out."
The letter was signed "Tommy"
and Venneri said it came from Thom
as Kinselle, formerly of Denver, who
was in Minneapolis March 23, 1932,
when the letter was written. Ven
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Chicago when he was living there. He
said the mention of the Lindbergh
case was a "joke" and was made at a
time when all the world was talking
about the abduction.
Newman was reported to have call
ed J. Edgar Hoover, of the Washing
ton division of the department of
justice, by telephone concerning the
cuse but he later said there "appar
ently is nothing to it."
KILLED EM ACCIDENT
Troy Linville was killed near Bur
iington Junction, Mo., Monday, Sep
tember 2 1, 1934, when a south bound
Burlington freight train struck the
tra'tor on which he was riding.
The accident occurred at a blind
crossing, while Mr. Linville was leav
ing a field, where he had been plow
ing, and was on his way to a near
by farm house, where he was to eat
his lunch and refuel his tractor. Evi
dently Mr. Linville did not see the
train approaching and drove the trac
tor directly in the path of the on
coming train, as it was impossible to
;:ee a train but a short distance in
cither direction. Had he seen it in
time, lie would have been able to
jump and probably save his life.
On recovery of the body from the
wreckage, it was found that death had
been practically instantaneous, he
having suffered severe wounds, par
ticularly about his head.
Troy Lester Linville was born near
Beaver City, Nebraska, June S, 1909.
At the time of his death he was 25
years, 3 months and 16 days old. His
early childhood was spent near the
place of his birth. Later, with his
parents, he moved to Avoca, where he
lived until the death of his mother.
At that time he was but seven years
of age. The balance of his life was
spent near Nehawka, until about
three years ago, when he went to Mis
souri, where most of his father's peo
ple reside.
He was married April 23, 1931 to
Miss Verna Reed and has since resid
ed near Burlington Junction, Mo.
Funeral services were held at two
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
Poe farm, where Mr. Linville was
employed, being conducted by Rev.
Paul Calhoun, of Lincoln. Burial wa3
made near Quitman, Mo.
The deceased man is survived by
his widow and two children, Troy
Robert, 2 ycar old, and Delores
Pcarline, six weeks old. There are al
so Lurviving his lather, F. C. Linville,
cf Weeping Water; a sister, Mrs.
Greeley Bcil and brother, Robert Os
car, of Plattsmouth, as well as a half
brother, Fredward. Jr., at home.
Those attending the funeral from
this vicinity were his father and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Linville and
Fredward, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Greeley
Bcil and Forest Greeley; Oscar Lin
ville; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Chriswisser;
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chriswisser; John
Chriswisser; Mrs. Z. W. Shrader; Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Fleischman and Mr.
and Mrs. Lemuel Lane and Howard
Chappell.
The tree belt across the country has
struck a snag in a ruling by the comp
troller general, J. It. MrCarl (who is
a Nebraskan) holding that all except
one million dollars cf the 15 million
dollars allocated for that purpose by
the president, cannot be used for this
project. So-o-o-o, as Ed Wynn would
doubtless express it, the tree belt pro
ponents may new be said to be stumped.
Good Seed
Cora Problem
for Farmer
Should be Heme Grown for Best Re
sults, Agronomist Points Out
Turn to Old Stocks.
Farmers are being urged this week
to take rteps immediately to secure
enough reed for their 1935 corn plant-
j ing needs. It is not considered a ser
ious problem to get enough seed corn,
although small grain seed is lacking.
P. II. Stewart, Lincoln, says the
eeeds stock committee of the depart
ment of agriculture, of which he is
a member, will not buy seed corn, as
sufficient old corn is still available in
practically every Nebraska county to
furnish plenty of good type seed for
next season. Most farmers are get
ting their seed corn now before the
bulk cf the sealed corn is moved out
of the community, and thus playing
safe.
The matter of seed corn varies
from that of small grain in that the
corn used for seed should preferably
be home grown. It cannot be shipped
long distances and yield well, as in
the case of small grains of the proper
ariety. In addition, it does not take
a great deal of corn for planting com
pared to small grains for the usual
acreage.
In Nebraska, the seed stocks com
mittee, represented by Stewart, will
help locate seed for farmers who can
not find it locally. The committee io
now buying seed oats, spring wheat
and barley suitable for teed where
evcr it is available in carload lots.
Farmers and grain men having
these grains available now are con
tacting Stewart at the College of
Agriculture, in Lincoln.
State Pays a
Higher Price for
Its Provisions
Increase on Smoked Meats and Flour
Includes Federal Processing
Taz Eeans are Lower.
Contracts by the state board of con
trol just made upon competitive bids
for groceries, meats, flour, cornmeal
and bran for state institutions for
the coming three months, show a big
increase in nearly every one of twelve
items. All prices are higher than
three months ago, and every item is
higher than one year ago, except
beans, which are now 53.82 per hun
dred weight as compared with $4.25
one year ago and 53.25 three months
ago.
"Salesmen told us," said Mrs. Ben
son, chairman of the board, "that gro
ceries and canned goods are 20 per
cent higher than three months ago in
June. Bacon and ham have taken the
biggest jump in price. We have cut
clown cur purchase of beef and pork
in amount, as we intend to use more
of cur institution slaughtered beef
and pork. We reduced the amount of
processed smoked meat on account of
the processing tax which we have to
pay. In buying flour the processing
tax, which is $1.38 per barrel of two
casks each, is reflected in the price
we pay for that commodity."
Bacon bought by the board is now
Manchukuo Railroad Sale to End Terrorism?
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Ending three years of bickering between the two
countries, transfer of Soviet Russia's half-interest
in the Chines Eastern railway to JIanchukuo at
an estimated price of $50,0C0,C00 has been an
nounced oScially in Tokio. JReyelation cf the sale
A HJ'I to tmnlt
Lee Ellinaker, publisher of the
Philadelphia (Pa.) News, says:
"Before Sir Walter Scott wrote
'The Lady of the Lake,' Loch Katrine
was Just one of a lot of little Scot
tish lakes with no particular claim
on public attention. Yet beginning
in 1810 this lake, which Sott chose
as the locale for this famous novel,
began to achieve a fame which has
increased rather than decreased clown
through the years. Public attention
having been attracted to it and a ro
mantic halo having been woven about
it. Loch Katrine was and is no
longer 'just another lake,' but an out
standing, important mecca for visi
tors from far and near.
"I like to think of the story of Loch
Katrine when I hear the severe crit
ics cf advertising expound their views.
Advertising, the great habit maker
and habit changer, newspaper adver
tising in particular, has created, built
and maintained demand for many
now famous products which, like our
Loch Katrine, were just among the
many similar products until con
structive advertising and sound sale3
plans set them above the crowd.
"Advertising as an esrential factor
in our commercial life can withstand
outside criticism because advertising
in various forms has rendered yoe
man service on behalf of good men
and good causes long before we put
it to work for the building up of con
sumer demand for good products.
Bruce Barton once said that St. Paul
was the first advertising man, because
he 'sold' Christianity to the Athenians
who already had not les:; than twenty-eight
kinds of religion in vogue
before he arrived. My own opinion is
that Joseph, he cf the coat of many
colors, was the first real advertising
man. He 'promoted' or 'advertised'
Egyptian ccrn on that day he placed
the vessel in the bag of his brother,
Benjamin, and then had all his broth
ers 'arrested' before he identified him
self. "Modern advertising in newspapers
means overnight mass action within
a specific zone, whether it be in the
form cf consumer demand for a wor
thy product or public interest or ac
tion on a worthy cause or idea. News
paper advertising is news to the news
paper reader and its power cannot be
ignored."
$12.49 per hundred as compared with
$8.94 one year ago and $8.80 last
June. Ham is now $10.54 compared
with $8.90 one year ago and $7.49
last June. Beef is now $5.S2 compar
ed with $4.42 one year ago and $4.74
last June.
A group of Iowa business men who
came here from Clarinda to get first
hand information on how the King
Korn Karnival operates, marveled at
the fine spirit of co-operation that
prevails. No quibbling or back-step
ping, no criticism of the parts that
fail just a greater determination to
make the rest of the program of even
greater interest. It i3 that spirit that
builds cities yea, even empires. Let
the good work go on.
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comes as a reign of bandit terrorism existed on
the road. This photo shows the wrecked coach of
a train on the Chinese Eastern line which was de
railed Vy riarichurkn b3r.dits near Harbin. Sev
eral Japanese were killed.
Recovery is
Dependent Upon
Gold Standard
Such is Declaration cf the Advisory
Council Made to Federal
Re-erve Beard.
Chicago, Sept. 27. The federal ad
visory counc il to the lederal reserve
board disclosed that it has told the
board "no real recovery" can be made
until the country returns to the gold
standard. The council, in a statement
made public by Walter Lichtenstein,
vice president of the First National
bank of Chicago and secretary to the
council, took a stand against infla
tion, and said, "further monetary ex
perimentation holds out no promise
cf success."
Lichtenstein said the council adopt
ed the statement at a meeting held in
Washington September IS. The coun
cil is a statutory body bcund by the
federal reserve act "to confer with the
federal reserve board on general busi
.ie;.s conditions."
The council's rdvice to the reserve
board was to oppose any .Vhtci.i of a
ccr,.pen:;ating dollar." It expressed
the conviction that a currency of fluc
tuating value will not materially af
fect the general price level nor will it
aJjn.-t the discrepancies between the
prices of different c-ommoditie--. it said
further: "High national incomo can
not be brought about by money ma
nipulation, but only through that in
creased volume of business and em
ployment which will come in the fu
ture, as always in the past. wh n pri
vate capital is again assured that it
can i-ufcly ar.d profitably be put to
v. oi k."
Concerning tlio g' I 1 standard, the
.'.tatericiit said: "No real or ;e-rin$-ncnt
rc-i-overy can bo had, or can be
reasonably hoped for until the coun
try has bce-n placed on a found finan
cial basis, and that such sound basis
necessarily implies a standard gold
dollar of definitely and permanently
fixed geld content, with cither forms
of currency redeemable at all time.
in gold bullion in the amount se
fixed." State Journal.
NOT TO SUPPORT SINCLAIR
New York. Sept. 28. Willia:.i Ran
dolph Hearst will not support I'pton
Sinclair in the California gubernator
ial race.
"Will you support Sinclair?" the
publisher was asked when he return
ed from a tour of Europe.
"Certainly not," Hearst replied.
He attributed the support of Sin
clair partly "to the fact that we are
not calm and conservative people like
the English, but are more like various
European nations, disposed to g
headlong into the support of radical
ism as a cure-all. Personally, I think
it is a kill-all," he added.
Hearst said the world has had fif
teen years of radicalism in Kussi;i,
'and the people are still starving."
"To my mind," he continued, "it i.i
a piece of intolerable impudence for a
set of visionary theorists suddenly to
decide that the American system of
government, which has proved to be
the most successful in the world,
should be abandoned in favrr of the
political experimentations of foreign
nations, which are immea-urabiy
worse off than we are."
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