Nebr. State Historical Society
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TOL. NO. L
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1935.
NO. 102
I M'
Cass County
Representative
to Washington
George E. Nickles, Chairman House
Finance Committee to Confer
on Belief Measures.
George E. Nickles, stale represen
tative from Cass county, was in the
tity Saturday evening and Sunday
in company with Mrs. Nickles to
visit at the home of Lee and Miss
Etta Nickles.
Mr. Nickles departed for Wash
ington. D. C, last evening in com
pany with other members of the com
mittee from Nebraska that will dis
cuss the state's relief problem with
Federal Administrator Harry Hop
kins. The group that will represent the
state at Washington comprises John
S. Callan, of Odell, chairman of the
senate finance committee; George
E. Nickles, chairman of the house
finance committee; Frank D. Throop.
publisher of the Lincoln Star and
chairman of the NERA committee
and Rowland Haynes, state director
of the NERA.
Messrs. Callan and Nickles held a
conference with Governor Cochran
Saturday morning relative to the de
mands made on the state for relief
and the plans that should be present
ed at the Washington conference.
The federal administrator of the
NERA has notified the state that
unless Nebraska, beginning March
1st, provides at least four million a
year to match the federal relief
funds, that the state will cease re
ceiving the federal aid.
Five Major Points.
The Nebraska delegation will seek
definite information to clear up the
1. Whether present relief expen
following points:
ditures by Nebraska counties, of be
tween two and two and one-half mil
lion dollars a year, would be credit
ed as an offset against the required
four millions.
2. Whether the cost of caring for
unemployables, which will be turn
ed over entirely to local commun
ities, will be considered an offset.
3. Whether money used by cities,
counties or other public agencies to
buy materials for FERA work pro
jects will be credited as an offset.
4. What part the state will be
required to take in the administra
tion, of relief, in the new setup.
5. Whether various pensions paid
Ly the state and local communities,
including old age pensions, will be
considered a part of the four million
dollar requirement.
How Much for Jackpot?
In other words, the Nebraskans,
particularly the legislative finance
chairmen, want to find out exactly
how much money, not now provided
for, will have to be put into the re
lief Jackpot. They want that state
ment in black and white, so that It
can Le presented to the legislature.
Time for introductions of bills
v 1!1 have passed before the delega
tion returns, but the finance com
mittees, or the governor, will still
have the right to introduce any ne
cessary revenue bills. The governor
said he would not include any extra
ordinary relief funds in his regular
budget message to be introduced at
a joint session Monday, but that
stops would be taken later to pro
vide the necessary amount. He still
has hopes that, in view of the drouth
situation in Nebraska, the federal
demands will be somewhat modified.
86,000 Over 65.
The governor also revealed that
he had an inquiry from Senator Cos
tigan of Colorado, of the senate fi
nance committee, as 1o .be number
of persons in Nebraska over the age
of C5. and the number below 65 who
are now listed as unemployables.
The governor, in reply, quoted the
1930 census figures that Nebraska
had 8 6 thousand citizens over 65.
FERA figures show that, of the pres
ent relief load in Nebraska, approx
imately 12 thousand are considered
unable to work.
Those figures are to be used in
connection with social security legis
lation now pending in Washington.
Governor Cochran indicated the Ne
braska delegation, while in the cap
ital, also might discuss pending old
age pension and unemployment in
surance legislation, because those
matters are closely allied to the gen
eral relief setup in this state.
BEING IN WANTED MEN
Sheriff Sylvester and Deputy Sher
iff Walling Saturday evening return
ed from Omaha the three men wanted
in a truck hi-Jacking case south of
Murray. The three men gave the
names of John Kwitkowski, Frank
Kurtz and Ed Staben, their homes
as Omaha. There was reported a
fourth party and also another car
at the scene of the hi-jacking but so
far they have not been located by the
authorities.
Death Comes to
Mrs. C. W. Forbes
This Morning
Die3 at Nicholas Senn Hospital at
Omaha After Illness of Several
Days From Meningitis.
From Monday's Dally
This morning at 9:30 at the Nich
olas Senn hospital at Omaha, oc
curred the death of Mrs. C. W. Forbes
of this city, who since Thursday had
Deen in very critical condition as
tbe result of an attack of meningitis.
Mrs. Forbes was first taken ill on
last Tuesday night with an attack
of gall stones from which she had
been a sufferer for some time, but
Wednesday her condition was more
critical and the complications of the
meningitis brought her unconscious
ness and she was taken on to the
hospital. Saturday morning she had
shown some slight improvement but
grow worse late Saturday and Sun
day was in very critical condition.
Edna Tutt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Tutt. pioneer residents
of Plattsmouth, was born in this city
fifty-six years ago and spent her life
time here where she was universally
respected and esteemed by all who
had the pleasure of her acquaintance.
She was married here to Clarence!
W. Forbes, a member of one of thej
old families here, a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Forbes. In this
community has been spent the many
years of their wedded life and where
the family has been reared to man
hood and womanhood.
There is surviving, the husband,
thre daughters, Mrs. Roy Benedict,
Mrs. Ray Aylard, Mrs. Glen Niel;
four sons, George, Charles, Clarence,
Jr., and Jack as well as one sister,
Mrs. Virginia Frady, all of this city
and one brother, Ed S. Tutt, of Mur
ray. In the sorrow that has come to
them the family will receive the
deepest sympathy of the host of
friends in the community, but which
is slight in the great loss that has
come to darken their home.
The body was brought here to the
Horton funeral home to await ar
rangements for the funeral services
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Saturday was the tenth birthday
anniversary of Donald Martin, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Martin and in
honor of the occasion the young
school friends were invited in to en
Joy the event with him. The mem
bers of the party enjoyed a dinner
party at the Martin heme which was
featured by the birthday cake and
the usual settings. The quests then
spent some time in visiting and later
were entertained at the Ritz theatre
at a party to enjoy the fine program
that had been arranged.
Those attending the event were
Donald Busch. Billy Knorr, Billy
II,ula, Billy Robertson, Cary Marshall,
Junior Devoe, Dennis Scott, Robert
Mrasek, Buddy Bates. Ralph Hilt,
Dick Livingston, James Mauzy, Jr.,
and the guest of honor, Donald Mar
tin. UNDERGOES OPERATION
From Tuesday's Daily
Last evening Stephen, oldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis of
this city, was operated on at the
Methodist hospital at Omaha for ap
pendicitis. The young man was not
feeling well for several days and his
case suddenly grew acute and made
necessary taking the patient to the
hospital where an operation was per
formed at once. The patient came
through the operation in fine shape
and it is expected that in a short
time he may be able to return home
and resume his school work. The
many friends will join in wishing
Steve- a speedy recovery and back
with them.
Tells of Loss
of Farm Home
at South Bend
Jess Fiddler Family Have Close Call
When Home Bums in Sub Zero
Weather Last Week.
! From Tuesday's Pahy
M. E. Bushneli, assessor of South
Ben-1 precinct, with Martin Wilson,
precinct road overseer, were in the
city today to look after some busi
ness at the court house and while
here Mr. Bushneli called at the Jour
nal to renew his subscription.
Mr. Bushneli states that his daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Fiddler, lost their heme at South
Bend by fire on January 20th in the
midst of the sub zero weather that
gripped this part of the west.
The family had retired early on
Sunday night and were aroused from
their slumbers v. hen Mrs. Fiddler
felt plastering dropping on her bed
and sprang up to discover that the
upper floor of the house was a roar
ing furnace and that the flames were
commencing to break through to the
first floor of the house.
Mrs. Fiddler, clad in only what
garments she could grab ran out to
give the alarm to the residents of the
peaceful little village and who hast
ened to the scene of the fire to lend
their efforts in saving what they
might. The neighbors and Mr. Fid
dler were able to get a part of the
furniture from the first floor of the
house but all of their furnishings on
the second floor were swept away in
the blaze.
As a result of the exposure Mrs.
Fiddler almost froze her feet and her
ears were badly frost bitten as the
result of the dash into the twenty
degree weather of the night of the
fire.
MANY ENJOY CARD PARTY
From Tuesday's Daily
Last evening the card party given
by the American Legion Auxiliary
drew a large number to the Legion
hall in the Bekins building where for
several hours the members of the
party spent the time in cards.
In the contract bridge Dr. W. V.
Ryan was winner of the first gen
tlemen's prize, L. S. Devoe, second
and in the ladies Mrs. W. V. Ryan
was the first place winner and Mrs.
George Jeager, second.
The auction bridge prizes were
won by Herman Reichstadt and D. H.
Reichstadt, first and second men's
and Mrs. D. H. Reichstadt and Mrs.
Phillip Hlrz. first and second win
ners. In the pinochle games Mrs. Merritt
Kerr was the winner of first place,
while Clyde Jackson was the high
score man and James Farnham, sec
ond.
James Nowacek was awarded the
prize in the cribbage games.
Refreshments were served by the
ladies at the close of the evening.
GET TICKETS NOW
Judge A. H. Duxbury, in charge
of the ticket sale for the National
Flower Show to be held at Omaha
the latter part of March and first of
April, is urging all persons who de
sire tickets to get busy with their
orders at once. There is a quota of
100 assigned to this city at 40c each
If purchased before February 1st,
otherwise they will be 65c up to the
time of the show and $1 at the door
when the show is opened.
There are seventy-one tickets now
ordered and those who wish to se
cure the bargain tickets should call
No. 29 at once and ask for the
"Flower Girl" to get in on the few
remaining tickets.
HAS SERIOUS OPERATION
The many friends of Miss Violet
Dodge will regret to learn that she
is at the Lord Lister hospital at
Omaha where she was operated on
Saturday, January 19th. Miss Dodge
has suffered from a ruptured gan
grene appendix and which has made
her condition quite serious and she
is still at the hospital under constant
care. Miss Dodge is a former Platts
mouth lady and has in recent years
made her home in Omaha where she
resides with her father, George Dodge
and a brother. Dr. Roy N. Dodge.
DRAWS DOWN FINE
From Tuesday's Daily
This morning in the district court
Ray Alexander, colored man, who
was arrested Saturday at Omaha lor
the hi-Jacking of a truck near Mar
ray, was arraigned before Judge II.
D. Landis of Seward.
The prisoner made a plea of cuilty
to the charge and on his admission
was given a fine of $100 and costs
and in failure to supply the amount
was remanded to the custody of Sher
iff Homer Sylvester until the amount
of the fine and costs is Et-rved in
the jail.
Telephone
Service Shows
Advancement
Despite Necessary Curtailments in
l ast Years Quality of Service
Shous Improvement.
In spite of the economies forced
on the company by the depression
through which we have just passed,
the quality of service lhe Lincoln
Telephone &. Telegraph Co., has giv
en the public ha3 not declined cn
the contrary it has improved appre
ciably. To satisfy the user today
telephone service must Lave speed,
accuracy and reliability, states It.
M. Misner. They find on comparing
1929 with the present that all three
of these have been considerably in
creased in spite of the fact that
every effort has been made to reduce
the cost of furnishing the service.
In ppeed it is found that the "speed
of answer" on local calls has been
improved and the average time re
quired to complete a toll call has de
creased from 90 seconds to 72 sec
onds, an improvement of 20. With
regard to accuracy the improvement
has been about -25, aO that today
a subscribed has less than one chance
in 100 of suffering from an oper
ating error. The factor of reliability
has been steadily improving in 1929
they completed 94.1 of the calls
placed, while today they are com
pleting 95.
Many factors enter into these im
provements, but they may be classed
under three heads improved equip
ment, improved maintenance and op
erating methods, and improved per
sonnel. ENJOYS VISIT HERE
Mrs. J. H. Herold, who lias been
enjoying a short visit here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tidd, re
turned Monday afternoon to Peru
where she is visiting at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. K. V. Larson, for
merly Miss Mina Herold. Mrs. Her
old while here was able to visit a
number of the old time friends and
enjoyed very much the stay here.
The Herold family have been making
their home in Minneapolis for the
past several years but recently moved
to Lincoln, their former home, and
where Mr. Herold is now engaged
with the firm of Rudge & Guenzel,
with whom he was associated some
twenty-five years ago. They enjoy
very much getting back to the old
home state and where they have such
a large number of friends here and
at Lincoln.
FILES YEARLY REPORT
The yearly report of the office of
register of deeds has been filed with
the state auditor at Lincoln by Miss
Lillian White, register. The report
is as follows:
Farm Mortgages.
Filed 426 $2,072,011.65
Released 407 $2,226,073.24
Town and City Property.
Filed 171 $217,971.80
Released 156 $234,512.43
Totals
Total filed 597
$2,289,983.45
$2,460,585.67
Total released 563
PASSES 83RD YEAR
Henry Mauzy, one of the old time
residents of this city, on Friday last
observed the passing of his eighty
third birthday at the home of his
daughter, ' Mrs. T. J. Todd, at Kear
ney, where he and Mrs. Mauzy are
spending the winter.- :Mr. Mauzy is
in excellent health and the old
friendB are pleased that he has been
able to enjoy this pleasant anniversary.
Pasture Improve
ment Meetings to
be Held Soon
Contest Will Be Featured to Create
Interest in This Important
Farm Activity.
Methods, ways and means of Im
proving severely damaged pastures
due to the 1934 drouth will be dis
cussed at two meetings to be held for
Cass county farmers, says D. D.
Wainscott, county agent. The meet
ing places will be the Mynard Com
munity building, 1:30 p. ra. Thurs
day, Febr. 7, and the Murdock school
house, 7:30 p. m.. Febr. 7. Mr. Ar
thur Peterson, a representative of
the Argonomy Department of the Col
lie ge of Agriculture, will lead the
j discussion on what is possible in pas
: ture improvement for 1935. He will
j also explain the state wide pasture
improvement contest sponsored by the
College of Agriculture, the Nebraska
I Crop C rowers Association and the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
This contest is designed to point
the way to new improvement of pas
tures and to popularize the best man
' agement methods. Due to the severe
damage to our pastures, the high
price of pasture mixtures and meth
ods of re-seeding, farmers will need
to spend more time in figuring out
what they can do with their pas
tures this year than ever before,
j Cash prizes of $50, $30. $15, $10
j and $5 will be awarded to the five
high individuals in each division.
The thre divisions are, temporary
pasture division consisting of ten
acres to be used for temporary pas
tures such as rye, sudan, small grain
and others; the second division will
be improvement of old pastures; and
the third division will be new pas
tures. These two meetings will be the
only ones held i-toe coairty on -pasture
improvement and those inter
ested are urged to attend one of these
meetings.
DIES AT LINCOLN
The message has been received
here by Mrs. Martha Petersen of the
death of a lifetime friend and old
neighbor, Mrs. George Ballance, who
passed away late Monday at her
home.
Mrs. Ballance was a resident here
over a long period of years, being
formerly Miss Lizzie Buttery of this
city and was married here to George
Ballance, the family making their
home here while Mr. Ballance was
engaged in business, they later go
ing to Lincoln and where they have
since made their home. The deceased
lady was a sister-in-law of the late
William Ballance and has been a
frequent visitor here at the Ballance
home and with Mrs. Petersen in re
cent years.
Services will be held Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock at Lincoln and
the body will be brought to Platts
mouth for burial in the family plot
at Oak Hill cemetery. The funeral
party is expected to reach here be
tween 12 (noon) and 12:30 p. m.
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
The announcement has been re
ceived here of the death on Sunday,
January 27th at Alhambra, Califor
nia, of Ed M. Hanson, former Platts
mouth resident. Mr. Hanson will be
recalled by the older residents of the
city as he made his home here and
was engaged in working for his cou
sin, the late J. C. Petersen, Sr., in
his meat market here.
Mr. Hanson was alBO engaged for
a great many years with the Wilson
Packing Co., and was an expert in
this line of work.
He was a brother of Mrs. Sena
Swanson of Alhambra, California,
and Robert Hanson of Nebraska City
as well as a cousin of L. H. Petersen
of this city.
The burial was held in the late
home in California.
DEATH OF BABE
From Monday DJly
The death of the two months old
babe of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Long, re
siding west of Mynard, occurred this
morning. The body was brought to
the Sattler funeral home here to
await the arrangements for the fun
eral services.
TEACHERS SUFFER ILLNESS
The teaching force of the city
schools are suffering from the loss of
several of the teachero sf the school
for a few days as the result of ill
ness. In the junior high. Miss Helene
Perry, who has not been in the best
of health is unable to carry on her
work, while in the grades Miss Eve
lyn May and Miss Edith Farley are
also suffering from the prevailing
malady of colds that has made their
teaching impossible for a short time.
Death of Long
Time Resident of
Cass County
Mrs. George S. Smith x asses Away
at Family Home South of This
City Tuesday Evening.
Tuesday evening at 9:30 at the
family home south of this city oc
curred the death of Mrs. George S.
Smith, a resident of Nebraska for the
past fifty years. The death followed
an illness of some five days, the
patient having suffered two strokes
during this time and the last bring
ing relief from her suffering.
Delia Young, daughter of Alfred
and Elizabeth Young, was born in
Germany, August 30, 1857, and
when three months old was brought
by her parents to the United States
where the family located. She was
the youngest of a family of eight
children and as far as known is the
last of her immediate family.
The family located in Iowa and
where the younger years of the de
ceased were spent in and near
Prairie City, Iowa, she later making
her home at Chariton, Iowa, for many
year3 until coming to Nebraska to
make her home. She came to Platts
mouth in the year 1884 and spent
several years.
..-On October 18, 1891, she was
united in marriage to - George S.
Smith, a member of one of the pio
neer families of Cass county, they
locating on the homestead in Rock
Bluffs precinct and where the re
mainder of the life of the departed
lady has been spent. To Mr. and
Mrs. Smith there were born five chil
dren, four sous and one daughter,
three of the sons dying in infancy.
There is surviving, the husband and
one daughter, Mrs. W. J. Dailey of
Omaha, and the son, Earl H. Smith,
who resides at the home south of
this city.
The body was brought to this city
to the Sattler funeral home and
where the last rites will be held on
Thursday afternoon, January 31st,
at 2 o'clock. The burial will be at
the Young cemetery south of this
city and near the old home of the
departed.
In their loss the members of the
family will have the deepest sym
pathy of the many friends in this
portion of Cas3 county.
FUNERAL OF MRS. FORBES
From Wednesday's Dally
The funeral services for Mrs. C.
W. Forbes was held this afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Horton funeral
home at Seventh and Vine streets.
The services were private and only
the immediate family were in attend
ance at the service.
Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, was in
charge of the service and in his re
marks brought from the words of the
Holy Writ comfort to the members
of the family circle who have so sud
denly been deprived of the love and
care of the wife and mother.
During the services two of the old
and loved songs were given by Mrs.
Hal Garnett and Frank A. Cloidt.
"The Old Rugged Cross" and "In
the Garden." Mrs. O. C. Hudson be
ing the accompanist.
The interment was at Oak Hill
cemetery west of this city where a
number of the old friends had gath
ered to pay their last tributes of re
spect to the memory of this well
loved lady.
SUFFERS FROM ILLNESS
Charles Vondran, one of the old
residents of the city, has been con
fined to his home for the past few
day as the result of an attack of the
flu. The patient is progressing nice
ly, however, and it is hoper will soon
be over the effects of the malady.
Platters Ym
from Nebr. City
in Fast Battle
Locals Tie Season Record by Winning
28 to 27 From the Visit
ing Otoean Team.
The patrons at the basketball
game Tuesday evening between Ne
braska City and the Platters will
have something to cheriiDh in the old
book of "Games I Have Seen," for
it was a real battle from the start
to the hectic moments when the final
whistle was drowned in the roar cl
the crowd and the battle of the play
ers, struggling on altho the blue and
white had won the game by the one
point margin.
With the opening of the game It
was clear to the tans that the Plat
ters were far different from the team
that had lost at Nebraska City two
weeks ago, as they stepped right into
the struggle and from the beginning
started to make plenty of trouble
for the invaders. Nebraska City
opened with a field goal by A. Berth
old to be matched with a fine shot
by Wooster and from then on the
battle raged. Joe Case also hung up
a fieid boal and free throws by Wooh
ter and a field goal and toss by Hen
drix brought the score to 8 to 5 for
Plattsmouth at the close of th
period.
In the second stanza, Chapin. for
ward of the Otoeans grew hot and
made the going hard for the Platters
in attempting to check his rally that
netted five field goals with one by
Richter. Cotner led the Plattsmouth
attack with two field goals, Walden,
substitute guard also hanging up one
for the Platters. At the half time
Nebraska City had gained a 17 to
15 margin in the game.
It was in the third quarter of tbe
battle that the Platters forged to the
lead that they were able to hold un
til the close of the gruelling battle.
Cotner was responsible for the lead
with four field goals while Hendrix
and Wooster also added one for good
measure on the bewildered Otoeans,
whose only sueessful tosser in this
period was A. Berthold, who how
ever a few moments later was retired
on fouls. The score at the end of the
third period was 28 to 22 for the blu
clad warriors cf Coach Rothert. This
period also caused the wrath of
Referee Davis to be aroused by the
demonstrations of the crowd, award
ing a penalty to Nebraska City but
which they failed to make good.
In the closing period was the tense
moments when the Platters playing
a defensive game practically through
out, battled to hold their margia
against the assaults of the Otoeans.
Chapin took two from the lead to
bring it to 28 to 24, then Richter
with another field goal drew it down
to 28 to 2C and W. Berthold in a
free throw brought the contest to
28 to 27. The great defensive work
of the Platters held the visitors and
in the terrific din the final Avhlstle
wr.s sounded, a few seconds later
Chapin being able to secure a basket
but the contest had already been
won and lost.
The box r-ccre of the game was
as follows:
Plattsmouth
FG FT PF TP
Hula, f 0 0 o 0
Wooster. f 2 2 16
Cotner. c C 0 4 12
Hendrix. g 2 2 2 6
Case, g 10 12
Wall, g 0 0 0 0
Walden, g 10 12
12 4 12 28
Nebraska City
FO FT I'F T!"
McCullom, f 10 0 2
Chapin, f C 1 113
Richter. f 2 0 0 4
A. Berthold. c 3 0 4 6
W. Berthold. c 0 10 1
Souders. g 0 10 1
King, g 0 0 10
12 3 6 27
HERE FROM LINCOLN
Sinday Mr. and Mrs. Harry D.
Royal accompanied by Mrs. B. 1
Wiles and daughter, Mrs. Ethelyn
Mullis, were in the city for a few
hours visit with relatives and old
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Royal were
guests of Judge Charles U. Graves,
fathtr of Mrs. Royal and Mrs. Wiles
r.rid daughter visited at tbe home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Schneider.