MONDAY, JTTNE 15, 1936.
PLATTSMOTJTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Varrants Out
Accusing 27 of
Terrorist Plots
Charge Conspiracies Aimed at Pair
Standing in Way of Black Le
gion Political Drive.
Detroit. Warrants charging: 27
men with Back Legion conspiracies
to murder a newspaper editor and a
suburban mayor who stood in the
path of the terrorists drive for poli
tical dominance were Issued.
Fifteen of the men, including seV'
eral "higher ups" in the Black Le
ffion, were named In the warrants
and the other 12 were sought on
"John Doe" warrants. Several of
those named already were held on
murder, kidnap, or arson charges,
and detectives were swiftly rounding
up the others.
Prosecutor McCrea charged 12 of
the men named entered a "blood
pact" to kill Arthur L. Kingsley,
editor of a community newspaper,
and that the other three plotted to
slay William W. Voisine, mayor of
Ecorse. Neither plot succeeded, altho
Volslne's home was bombed, and both
he and Kingsley were hunted by
picked Black Legion gunmen, the
prosecutor said.
Arthur F. Lupp, state commander
G. 0. P. Delegates Bid Farewell to Convention City
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Following: the nominations of Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas
presidential candidates, respectively, delegates and visitors leave
time. Inset shows Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the republican
as a setting, President Roosevelt
included Mrs. Roosevelt and Jesse
view of the crowd is shown in the
of the Black Legion, was charged
with giving the order which sent the
"death squad" after Kingsley, whose
newspaper helped defeat N. Ray
Markland for re-election of mayor of
Highland Park in 1934.
Markland, who was recently sus
pended by McCrea as an assistant
prosecutor, also was named, as was
Leslie J. Black, president of the Wol
verine republican league and a sus
pended common pleas court clerk.
The warrants were issued after
Dayton Dean, "trigger man" in the
terrorists' execution of Charles A
Poole, made a new statement relat
ing that a squad of Black Legion
members signed in blood a pact "to
rub out" Kingsley.
AFTER ALLEY PROWLERS
The night police have had a great
deal of trouble from persons prowl
ing the alleys in the business section
of the city at night. Some of these
are on foot and others drive through
the alleys with cars and trucks at all
hours of the night.
The alleys are not made for a
general thoroughfare and the action
of parties prowling around them at
night, is liable to result in trouble,
as the alleys are checked several
times during the night for parties
that might be trying to break into
some of the stores and too great a
chance cannot be taken with stran
gers when found in these places.
at San Jacinto
is shown in the foreground of
Jones, as he addressed a huge
background.
OLD SETTLERS AT PALMYRA
Palmyra, Neb. Hundreds of peo
ple gathered here Thursday for the
49th anual picnic of the Otoe county
old settlers association. Gov. Coch
ran spoke in the afternoon recount
ing briefly the history of this region,
and contrasting the Nebraska of to
day with the early territory. He re
counted some of his own boyhood ex
periences, and told many anecdotes
of pioneers, told how they laughed
their troubles away, and paid tribute
to the women who worked side by
side with the men in developing the
new country.
"Who hasn't heard," he said, "of
the man who loaded a barrel into his
wagon to go to the river, ten miles
away, for water? When a stranger
asked him why he didn't dig a well
Instead, he said it was just as far to
water In one direction as the other.
Then there was the Sunday service
at a Custer county homestead where
settlers traveled for miles, camping
out on the way, to sing a few old
hymns and hear a gospel sermon.
For two hours the preacher exhorted
them to beware of evil associations
of the roller skating rink and there
wasn't a roller skate within 200
miles."
Rock surfacing or farm-to-mar-ket
roads this winter will be of
benefit to every resident and 'and
owner in Cass county.
a nd Col. Frank Knox of Chicago, as the G. 0. P. presidential and vice
the republican national convention hall at Cleveland for the last
n ational committee, waving farewell as the convention closes.
More Social
Workers Needed
to Merit Relief
Federal Funds Are Eeing Held Up
Pending Action by State
Committee.
The full list of changes in Nebras
ka's "social security" program re
quested by the federal social security
board was revealed by State Assis
tance Director Tolen.
Tolen said he had not been offi
cially notified that the state's quar
terly allotment from the federal gov
ernment, amounting to nearly $700,
000 being held up until the changes
are made but said "it begins to look
that way."
Tolen said he and Federal Field
Representative and State NERA Ad
ministrator Witte had discussed the
suggested modifications and that he
had presented them to the state as
sistance committee. They are:
That a competent case supervisor,
with training and experience in so
cial welfare work, be appointed.
That the counties be grouped into
districts for efficient administration.
That a competent field supervisor,
also with training and experience in
social welfare work, be appointed for
each of the districts.
That an auditor for each district
be appointed to examine the records
of the county assistance committee.
That! the dependent children's
program, now under the jurisdiction
of the child welfare department, be
turned over to the case supervisor.
That the state assistance commit
tee take steps eventually toward ob
taining more competent personnel
among county workers.
Tolen said the state assistance
committee authorized him to reorgan
ize his administration but took no
action on the sixth recommendation
relative to the employment of
county workers.
Tolen said he was receiving appli
cations for the post of case supervisor
but that he had not yet found a
suitable applicant. The requirements
are, he said, that the applicant
possess both experience and training
in social work and that he have some
first-hand knowledge of Nebraska
conditions.
A WEEK SEES 22 DEATHS
Twenty-two persons were killed, 4
disabled and 312 were injured in 428
accidents in Nebraska during the
week ending May 31, the weekly re
port of the Nebraska Press associa
tion and the state superintendent's
office disclosed. The report said 11
persons were killed, 1 disabled and
125 hurt in 113 motor vehicle acci
dents during that period. Four
deaths were caused by drowning. The
tabulation:
Cause
Number Injured Deaths
Motor vehicle -113 125
Other public 143 70
Agriculture 85 55
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Industry 39 25
Home 48 37
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AK-SAR-BEN PROPERTY
IS HELD TAX FREE
Ak-Sar-Ben property in Omaha, as
sessed in 1930 at $268,000 and dur
ing that same year exempted by the
Douglas county board of taxation,
will remain tax free under an opin
ion given by the attorney general to
State Tax Commissioner Smith.
Assistant General Vail in answer
ing, hold3 the association to be a
non-profit organization and that its
property is devoted mainly to agri
cultural purposes, similar in purpose
to the agricultural societies and the
state fair. Agricultural purposes
dominate, he finds, and it is not
necessary to discuss whether the
property is used for charitable or
educational purposes.
Considering whether or not the
property is used or owned for finan
cial profit ty either the owner or
user, because racing meets are held
each year, he finds that this is not a
"commercial use." He finds that
races or trials of speed are not a
necessary use, yet a proper incident
to the promotion of agricultural ac
tivities and cites the acts of the legis
lature to show that law makers con
sider the use of income from races
to be applied in support of the orga
nization, lie holds that the use of
the property for holding races is but
an incidental use of the property and
not its dominant use, and the county
assessor was correct in granting ex
emption of the association's property
from taxation.
PICK UP INTOXICATED MAN
From Saturday's Daily:
Arthur Vilianeal, a resident of the
transient camp north of this city,
was a resident of the city jail again
this morning as the result of being
picked up last night by Officers Pick
rell and Stewart.
Earlier in the day Vilianeal had
been taken up by Chief of Police Lib
ershal as he was apparently suffering
from illness of which he is a victim,
being turned over to the camp officers
for medical care. The sick man how
ever seemed to have rallied and came
on back to the city to become well
lit up last night and earn himself a
sojourn in the city prison.
This morning Judge C. L. Graves
had the prisoner before him and gave
the Mexican guest ten days in the
city jail on bread and milk, a favor
ite diet of the court. The man ap
parently does not have his natural
ization papers and the matter of his
deporation may be taken up with the
federal authorities.
LUTHERAN PASTORS MEET
Columbus, Neb. Lutheran pastors
of the northern Nebraska district of
the Missouri synod, comprising north
ern Nebraska and Wyoming, met for
their annual two days conference at
St. John's church, 15 miles north
west of Columbus. Registration
showed 85 of the 105 pastors in the
district in attendance.
Rev. W. C. Rehwaldt of Norfolk
was re-elected conference chairman
Other conference officers: Rev. A. H.
Grosse of Cedar Bluffs, assistant
chairman; Rev. M. Gerike of Casper,
Wyo., secretary: Rev. C. Hellmann
of Beemer, assistant secretary; Rev
S. G. Lobeck of Scribner, A. H. Grosse
and P. Weinhold of Snyder, program
committee. Rev. M. E. Mayer of Nor
folk, district president; Rev. P. Rohl
finge of Omaha and Rev. W. Brueg-
gemann of Fremont, spoke.
USED ARTIFICIAL FEVER
Chicago. Artificial fever was ad
vocated by three Colorado physicians
as a cure for St. Vitus dance. Thir
teen cases of the nervous malady were
given such treatment at the Univer
sity of Colorado medical school hos
pital, with complete recovery in each
case, they reported In the Journal of
the American Medical Association.
The experiments were performed by
Dr. Clarke H. Barnacle, Dr. Jack R.
Ewalt and Dr. Franklin G. Ebaugh.
The trio said they placed the pa
tients in an air conditioned cabinet
for daily two and a half hour sessions
at 105 to 106 degrees fahrenheit. All
cases were either "moderate" un
able to speak coherently or feed or
dress themselves or "severe" to
tally incapacitated. Whereas the dis
ease usually requires six to ten weeks
to run its course, the doctors said
the artificial fever produced cures on
an average of nine days. No recur
rence was noted.
DEPART TOR CHICAGO
From Saturday's Dally:
Mrs. Robert Hill and children de
parted this morning for Chicago
where they will Join Mr. Hill, who
has been there for some time. The
family will make their home in the
future in Chicago and the many old
time friends regret very much to see
them leave the old home where they
have resided since their marriage.
Jones of RFC
Escapes from a
Blazing Plane
Helps Pull Daring Pilots Out of Fire
in Cabin; 3 Other Passengers
Also Uninjured.
Dallas, June 12. Jesse Jones, Re
construction Finance Corp. chairman,
and three other passengers were
saved from a fiery death Friday by
two daring pilots who raced a flam-
ing monoplane to earth while fire
raged in their compartment.
Ed Heffley, Houston, Tex., the
pilot, was seriously burned about the
face and arms. Co-Pilot Eugene
Schacher, Houston, was less seriously
injured. Jones helped pull them to
safety.
Jones gave them full credit for
saving his life and the lives of his
fellow passengers, former Governor
and Mrs. W. P. Hobby and Joe
Toomey, Jones' secretary, all of Hous
ton.
All escaped injury except Hobby,
who was cut slightly over the right
eye.
Dive at High Speed.
The blazing monoplane, with the
pilot and co-pilot grimly facing the
flames, dived at a rate estimated by
Heffley at 275 miles an hour. The
plane landed in a field on C. Edwards'
farm near Ferris, 20 miles south of
Dallas.
Jones and his fellow passengers
tore open the door of the pilots' com
partment and dragged Heffley and
Schacher to safety. A few moments
later the plane was destroyed by the
blaze.
Schacher said he and Heffley smell
ed a gasoline leak, cut off the motor
and began a gradual descent. A
moment later, he said, there was a
backfire and a flash of flame.
Put Into Dive.
As fire began to eat at the single
motored ship, Heffley put it into a
dive.
"Pilot Heffley told me to go back
and tell the passengers what had
happened," Schacher said.
"I told them to fasten their safety
belts, that the plane was on fire and
that he Avould land in a hurry. They
did not show any alarm, but quietly
did as I told them."
Jones said Schacher then rejoined
Heffley in the pilots' compartment,
tightly closing the door to the pas
senger cabin.
His shirt spattered with blood,
Jones helped attendants wheel the in
jured men to an emergency operating
room. He insisted he was not hurt,
but continually held his hand to his
breastbone.
Jones was en route home after
speaking at the dedication of the
statue of Robert E. Lee here in con
nection with the centennial celebra
tion. 400 JOBS DAUGHTERS MEET
Grand Island. Banquets, a recep
tion, and a dance attracted almost
400 persons here Thursday night as
the Nebraska Order of Job's Daugh
ters prepared to open its fifteenth an
nual good-will session Friday.
Three hundred girls attended the
junior banquet in a down town hotel.
Mrs. Hazel Haythorn of Ogallala,
grand guardian, and Elmer Engel
horn of Alliance, were guests of
honor. At another hotel 75 persons
attended a grand council banquet.
Among the program speakers will
be: Millicent Loper, past supreme
guardian: Nan Martin, supreme sec
retary; Velva Schlorff, supreme first
messenger; Laura Nicholson, worthy
grand matron of the Eastern Star in
Nebraska; Lewis Macdonald, worthy!
grand patron of the Eastern Star In
Nebraska: Lewis Macdonald, worthy
grand patron of the Eastern Star in
Nebraska; Ruby Coggins, associate
grand matron of the Nebraska O. E.
S.; and Gertrude Laughlin, grand
chaplain of the O. E. S. in Nebraska.
Improvement of fariYi-to-market
roads will help everyone In Cass
county.
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Wabash News
Paul Murfin was assisting with the
work of putting up the hay crop at
the home of Noel Golden, and they
sure made the hay roll.
Miss Myrtle Woods, the Wabash
rural mail carrier, is taking her
vacation at this time and Guy Hinds,
the substitute carrier, is looking al
ter delivery of the mail.
Miss Teresa Colbert wont to Lin
coln last werk to cnte rtlie Univer
sity of Nebraska summer school for
teachers, as she expects to teach
during the coming school year.
Fred Grant and family of near Ne
hawka visited last Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Ilardaway. Mr. Grant and Mr?.
Hardaway are brother and sister.
H. II. Gerbeling had the misfor
tune to lose one of his valuable
horses during the past week, the
loss interfering greatly with his reg
ular farm work, as the corn is now
ready for cultivation.
Redecorating Hone
John C. Browne, manager of the
elevator, who makes his home in
Wabash, residing in his own prop
erty here, has been having the place
improved by painting, varnishing
and papering the interior. He ha3
been assisted with the work by his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mr3. A. D. Stromer. The place is
now in excellent condition and pre
sents a greatly improved appearance
as a result of their hard work.
Old Building to Go
The old building which is owned
by L. R. Stander, Wabash merchant,
and stands across the road eouth
from the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Richards, is to be torn down and
the lumber taken to the farm of L.
R. Stanley, where it will be used in
the construction of a hog house.
This building was erected nearly
fifty years ago and was first used for
a meat market by a man named
Smith who conducted a business
there for a time. Later it fell into
possession of Joe Lorenz and was last
used by Al Lorenz for a residenco,
but ha3 been vacant for some time.
Ladies Aid Meets
The Ladies Aid of the Wabash
church met last Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. H. H. Gerbeling, and
a fine program was enjoyed, followed
by a most delicious luncheon of ice
cream and cake, together with other
delicacies. The ice cream was made
by Mr. Gerbeling, who is an expert
in that line.
Opens New Stone Quarry
Warren T. Richards, who has re
sided in Wabash for many years,
step3 out and becomes a stone mer
chant with the opening of a quarry
on his lands east of town. He has a
force of eight men busily engaged in
removing the stone, which he has
scld to Omaha parties, and which is
being trucked to Omaha by John
Woods with his trucks.
With river work under way, the
demand for stone is very heavy, and
anyone having good stone on their
land can make a nice bit of money
from he same.
and water. Prices very reasonable.
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