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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936.
NO. 48
Wind and Dust
Storm Sweep the
Missouri Valley
Slight Rainfall in Wake or Storm
That Drives Temperature Down
Small Damage Here.
Sweeping from the dust laden
plains of the Dakotas a storm driven
by a wind that reached as high as 85
miles an hour in many places, swept
down on the Missouri valley late Sun
day afternoon, breaking the two week
period of temperatures that have
ranged from 100 to 114.
The storm was first noticed as the
brown colored clouds with their
white caps of wind rose in the north
shortly before 6:30 and in a few
moments the storm broke over the
city when the wind driving at 70
miles an hour brought a deluge of
dust over an area some forty miles
wide along the Missouri river.
In a few seconds after the storm
broke the air was filled with dust
that was so thick that operators of
autos were forced to turn on their
lights in order to drive through the
growing storm and which made travel
very difficult as those on the high
ways and streets sought shelter.
The first rainfall in many weeks
followed the dust in a few moments
and brought a falling temperature
that was a great relief to the resi
dents who have suffered the past two
weeks from the intense heat. The
drop was from 104 to 66 in a very few
minutes and bringing with it a rain
fall of .14.
There was more or less damage to
trees in all part of the city as the
result of the high wind, limbs being
strewn over the roadways and in a
number of cases trees were broken
completely off by the force of the
wind.
The lowa-Nebraska Light &. Power
company had their line on west Oak
street blown down when cne of the
poles was broken and high tension
line made a brilliant electric dem
onstration before it was shut off and
repaired.
Travelers on the highway were
finding it difficult to drive as the
wind was at its height and the driv
ers found difficulty in keeping their
cars on the highway but no serious
accidents from the wind were re
ported. Several parts of the city report
windows blown in and damaged and
In the business section one of the
small upper windows of the Hotel
Plattsmouth barber shop was brown
in.
The storm was especially severe on
the Missouri river where the wind
reached a great velocity and the dust
laden air was filled with all kinds of
debris. The high wind brought up
the waves on the river and gave a
big scare to those who happened to
be out on the stream at the time.
William and John Grebe, fishermen,
were out on the river near the Iowa
side north of the Burlington bridge
when the storm first appeared and
started to row back to the Nebraska
short. The wind was such that it
almost tore the oars from their hands
and made rowing an impossibility
and they had to trust to the current
to carry them over. The boat was
finally driven high on. the bank near
the Grover Eledge place by the force
of the wind .They suffered having
a large eighteen foot boat with motor
swept over onto a bar and turned
over but without damaging the craft
to a great extent.
A pile driving machine of the A. W.
Farney Co., used on the river work
east of this city on the Iowa side, was
sunk during the storm and this morn
ing the fleet of the company and the
workmen were busy in getting the
driver back into service.
The wind tore out a twenty foot
section of the roof of the former
blacksmith shop of the Burlington
which is now occupied by the Bur
lington Refrigerator Express Co., as a
storehouse. The unroofing took out
sections on both the east and west
side of the building.
VISITS IN CITY
From Tuei day's Daily:
Attorney H. D. Nolan, of Ashland,
was in the city today to look after
some matters of business at the court
house where he was interested in the
trial of a case In the district court.
JUDGE BEESON BACK HOME
From Monday's Daily:
This noon Allen J. Beeson, a resi
dent of this city for many years, ar
rived for a short visit here with the
old friends and neighbors "back
home," where the boyhood and young
manhood of the genial attorney was
spent. Judge Beeson served here for
some eighteen years on the county
court bench and was one of the most
popular and highly esteemed officials
of the county over the long period
of years until he laid aside the office.
He has made his home for the past
several years at Long Beach, Call
fornia, and reports the members of
the family as doing very nicely there,
Charge Murray
Men vith Forgery
of Several Checks
Names of Prominent Farmers of Mur
ray Community to Checks
Circulated Here.
From Monday's Daily:
This morning in the county court
was arraigned Robert Lee Whitfield
and John H. Pointer, residents of
Murray, faced a forgery charge
as the result of several checks that
they have circulated in this city.
In the case of both of the defend
ants they are charged with passing
checks made out as payable to "Hugh
B. Reed," in both cases being for
$6 and with the name of John Davis,
well known Murray farmer as the
giver of the check.
The checks were passed here at
local business places and in the
course of time Avere returned to Mur
ray for payment at the bank there
when it was discovered that they
were forgeries. The checks were
marked as payment for threshing
work and which led to their-being
cashed readily by the business houses
where they were presented.
Whitfield was here Saturday to
testify in the case of the State vs.
Berger and as he was on the witness
stand for the state in the case, par
ties on whom the bad checks had been
passed, visited the court room and
identified him as one of the men pass
ing the checks.
The two defendants entered a plea
of not guilty to the charge and their
preliminary hearing was set for Sat
urday, July 25th, bond being set in
the sum of $500 each and in failure
to supply this they were remanded to
the custody of Sheriff Sylvester.
CAE GOES IN CHEEK
Late Sunday afternoon a party of
young men from the CCC camp at
Weeping Water were crowded from
the roadway on south Chicago ave
nue and their car crashed into the
shallow dry creek on the east side of
the avenue.
The car with the CCC members
was driven by ErneBt Schanz, who
had purchased the car on Saturday
and being unable to secure the neces
sary license was driving it without
the proper license.
The car was attempting to pass an
other car going in the same direction
when another car came from the op
posite direction and with tho result
that Mr. Schanz drove his car up en
to the shoulder of the roadway and
it crashed on through the barrier
into the creek several feet below. The
members of the party were shaken
up and some suffered cuts but pot
enough to be serious. All were able
to return to Weeping Water later In
the evening.
HAVE FAMILY PARTY
The home of Mr. and Mrs. V. T.
Arn was the scene of a very delight
ful family dinner party on Sunday
when the family entertained to
honor Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sands of
Santa Ana, California, the latter a
sister of Mrs. Arn, and Justin Ander
son of Union, a nephew. Mr. Ander
son is home on a furlough from the
navy and the occasion was made the
opportunity of the happy gathering.
A fine dinner was enjoyed by all of
the party and the rest of the day
spent visiting. Those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Sands, Mr. and Mrs.
Prank Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Anderson and daughter, Barbara, of
Union, Justin Anderson, Albert Krea
ger, Miss Mildred Sell, and Mr. and
Mrs. V. T. Arn and family.
Soap Box Derby
Draws Big Crowd
Sunday Afternoon
Kenneth Wohlfarth, 12, Is Winner as
City Champion Over James
Torbert, Runnerup.
Sunday afternoon the city soap box
derby which was sponsored locally
by the Cass County Motor company
and the Journal, was held on. North
Fourth street and drew out some two
hundred of the fans to see the array
of home made racers spinning down
the steep incline from near the
Herold apartment to the finish line at
the court house.
There were a great many entries
and which represented a great deal
of work on the part of the youngsters
who had been spending the past ten
days in getting ready for the event.
Several of the races were close and
created excitement among the fans
and especially the young friends of
the contestants. In the run off of
class A James Torbert was the win
ner when his opponent, James Kozak,
lost a wheel of his racer as he was
going into the last half block of the
race and they were running close.
Kenneth Wohlfarth was the winner
for the class B event from Walter
Bryant in a close race.
The final event was the city cham
pionship race and in which Wohl
farth was the winner and received
the silver loving cup as a trophy and
a chance to compete in the state
derby at Omaha next Sunday. The
loving cup was presented by Judge
A. H. Duxbury, who with Mayor
George Lushinsky served as the
Judges of the event. The timers
were Carl Schneider and James Now
acek, while the starters were Clement
Woster and Merle McCrary.
INVESTIGATE BOBBERIES
An organized gang of robbers
seems to be working in the rural
districts of Cass and Otoe counties
according to reports reaching the of
fice of Sheriff Homer Sylvester.
Saturday the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Hennings was looted and in
the same neighborhood the home of
Rev. and Mrs. A. Lentz, of the Eight
Mile Grove Lutheran church was also
ransacked, the family being away
from home at the time, but just what
was taken has not been fully deter
mined. The home of.Adam Ileil in the same
locality was also visited while the
members of the family were away
from the house and when they re
turned they found that their place
had been given a thorough frisking.
AnotLer of the residents of that
section reports that, they were visit
ed by two strangers the latter part
of the week but in this case the lady
of the house had jost returned and
after asking a few questions the
strangers were on their way.
Sheriff Carl Ryder of Otoe county
reports that in his county there has
been several of these farm robberies
and it looks as though an oganized
gang was making the practice of
preying on the farm homes while the
residents are busy in the threshing
season in the exchange of work.
VISIT RELATIVES HERE
From Monday's Daily:
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rummel of
Burbank, California, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hall, of Holdrege, Ne
braska, arrived in the city last even
ing for a visit here at the William
Rummel home and with the other
relatives and friends over the county.
Mrs. Hall and Mr. Rummel are daugh
ter and son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Rummel. Robert Rummel of Colum
bus, Nebraska, was also here Sunday
t Join the family party.
VISITS WITH RELATIVES HERE
Theodore Schroeder, of San Fran
Cisco, where he is engaged in the op
eration of a large wall paper com
pany, was here over Sunday and Mon
day as a guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Emmons Ptak, the former a
brother-in-law. Mr. Schroeder is en
route to New York City to look over
lines at the manufacturers for his fall
and winter lines. His son is now In
the east, making the trip by plane
from San Francisco to the eastern
markets.
A REAL OPTIMIST
One day the past week while the
sun was beating down at 107 degrees
in the shade and the drouth well into
its second month, one of the resi
dents of the nearby community, came
into one of the local service stations
and after shopping around a bit or
dered a pair of mud chains. This
order was a real shock to the per
spiring attendant and he was hardly
able to recover from the shock to se
cure the chains, the first that had
been sold since the heavy snows of
last winter and early spring. The
purchaser was evidently a believer
that all was not lost and rainy days
might, come again.
Gasoline Explo
sion Causes Very
Severe Burns
Robert Hutchison, 15, Severly Burned
When Gas Ignites While
Filling Engine.
From Tuesday's Daily
Robert Hutchison, IC, youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hutchison
of Rock Bluffs was taken this morn
ing to the University hospital at
Omaha, suffering very severe burns
as the result of an explosion of gaso
line Monday.
The young man was engaged in
doing some work and operating a
gasoline engine and while the engine
was running he started to fill the
tank for the engine and in a few sec
onds the gasoline was ignited and in
the succeeding explosion the burning
fluid was splashed over the young
man and with the result that he was
very badly burned.
The burns extended over one leg,
his arms and the main part of the
body and were a very-tevere type and
which caused the most intense suf
fering. He was given treatment by
Dr. R. P. Westover and this morning
was sent to the University hospital
at Omaha where he will be given
treatment and have every possible
facility for care in his very serious
condition.
DEATH OF JAMES CONN
James Conn, 44, residing southeast
of Murray, died Sunday morning at
II o'clock as the result of a heart
attack, he having not felt well in the
extreme heat, but was not thought
to be in serious condition and was
able to be up and around until Sun
day.
Mr. Conn has been a resident of
this community for a great many
years and for several years wras en
gaged here in work in the shops, re
turning some six years ago to the i
farm of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Mc-
Natt near old Kenosha, where he has
since been engaged in farming.
He is survived by the widow and
two sons, Alfred, 18 and Harlan, 8, as
well as the aged mother. Another
son died last April from a heart at
tack while attending a dance at one
of the neighbors.
HAS LUCKY ESCAPE
Oscar Melander, who resides at
Manley, had a very lucky escape with
his car during the storm Sunday aft
ernoon. He had left the car parked
between two trees when the full force
of the wind came up and made it im
possible to get the car out of the
danger spot. One of the trees was
blown down in front of the car and
the other just at the rear of the car,
missing the car by inches and had
one of these struck the car it would
have damaged it a great deal, but as
luck was with the owner only a few
scratches were sustained.
MARRIED AT LINCOLN
The marriage of Miss Buelah Dean,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean
of Nehawka, to Edward Hansen of
Creighton, son of Mrs. E. Hansen of
Creighton, took place in Lincoln July
12 at the St. Faul M. E. church. Rev.
Walter Aitken officiated. The bride
wore blue chiffon with white acces
sories. Attendants ewre Mr. and Mrs.
Noel Golden, brother-in-law and sis
ter of the bride. Mrs. Golden wore a
yellow lace ensemble and a yellow
picture hat. The couple is living in
Lincoln.
Storm Brings
Work for Tele
phone Gangs
Many Lines Affected by High Wind
of Late Sunday and Makes Re
pair Work Necessary.
The storm of Sunday afternoon has
caused a great deal of expense and
the use of much labor to the Lincoln
Telephone & Telegraph Co., who have
maintained in fine shape however, the
service to their patrons, altho it has
made necessary long hours of work
on the part of the repair gangs.
When the full force of the wind
had ceased late Sunday afternoon
there were but six of the farm lines
in good operating condition and it
was necessary to have the linemen
out to check these up and place them
back in shape.
In the city proper limbs of trees
which strewed the streets also served
to cause some damage to lines and
some poles were shattered by the
force of the wind but as the line had
largely been rebuilt in recent years
it resisted the force of the wind in
good shape.
The Louisville lead of the tele
phone company was out from after
the storm struck until 10 Sunday
night when the hard work of the re
pair gang brought it back in shape.
The sudden and severe storms is
what brings out the fighting spirit of
the lineman on the telephone system
when they spring into action to keep
the service going to the patrons of
the company regardless. i
DISTRICT COURT SESSION
From Tuesday's Daily.
District Judge Daniel W. Living
ston was in the city today to hear
several matters in his court and in
cluding the case of August Ossenkop
et al, vs. Francis Orshek, et al, an
application for an injunction. The
plaintiffs seek to restrain the defend
ants from removing gravel from a
pit near South Betfd to which they
claim to have a lease as well as using
a road claimed to have been built by
the plaintiffs as a private driveway.
The case was heard and the parties
given further time to extended their
pleadings.
VISIT AT MURDOCK
Visitors at the Mills home at Mur-
dock were Mr. and Mrs. Keown of
Peoria, 111. They were on their way
home after spending a month at Colo
rado Springs, Colo. Mrs. Keown is a
niece of Mr. George Mills.
Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Gestring and Mrs. Charles Fran
cis of Grand Island, Mr. and Mrs. Ges
tring returning from a trip to Flint,
Mich., where they purchased a trailer
fully equipped for traveling. They
plan to make an extended trip into
the Rocky mountains. They reported
extreme heat and dry weather in the
states they went through.
VISITS RELATIVES HERE
Joseph L. Mahoney, of Miami,
Florida, is in the city to enjoy a
short visit at the home of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Frank Brinkman and
son, Charles, as well as the many old
time friends. Mr. Mahoney while a
resident here was employed by the
Burlington in their railroad shops.
After his marriage to Miss Hilda
Brinkman of this city, the family
moved to the south and have been re
siding in Florida for the past several
years.
IS RELEASED
In the county, court Monday after
noon Ernest Shipley was arraigned
on a charge of assault and battery
and to the charge entered a plea of
not guilty and the hearing set for
Saturday, August 1st. The defend
ant was released and allowed to re
turn to his home south of this city
until the hearing.
COMPLETES SUMMER WORK
Miss Margaret Iverson, teacher In
the local schools, who has been spend
ing some time at the summer school
of the University of Nebraska, has
returned home. Miss Iverson has
been taking special work at Lincoln
In her line of educational training,
HEAT CHECKS MEETING
The Rotary club had a very short
and snappy session Tuesday noon at
the Moffitt cafe on the occasion of
their weekly luncheon. The program
of the day was in charge of Searl S.
Davis who announced that the events
were to be short and snappy. Elmer
Sundstrom, who had been the editor
of "The Wheel," for the meeting had
prepared the club paper in Swedish
and after the chairman had attempt
ed to read the various articles the
author was called upon to translate
the paper into English. This furnish
ed the only feature of the meeting
aside from the 6ongs which were led
by Dr. R. P. Westover.
Local Eagles
Pay Visit to
District Meet
Large Groups from Outetate Meet at
South Omaha Aerie to Witness
Initiation of Class.
Tuesday evening was a very gala
occasion for the members of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles in this section
of the state when they gathered as
guests of the South Omaha aerie to
witness the conferring of the iniatory
work on a class of some thirty-five,
ten of these being from outstate
aeries.
There were some twenty-four from
Plattsmouth present, headed by W.
M. Barclay, past state president, S.
O. Zachman, of Kansas City, auditor
of the grand aerie and W. H. Wool
cott, local president. The attendance
from other cities was very pleasing,
Grand Island 8, Nebraska City 11;
Columbus 15; York 20; Lincoln 12;
Beatrice 5; North Omaha 58; Coun
cil Bluffs 42.
The initiatory work was in charge
of the Fremont drll team which won
first place in class B at thel ast
grand aerie and which is to contest
this year in class A at the grand
aerie.
The South Omaha aerie had pre
pared a fine time for the members
and a danty lunch was served at the
close to add to the festivities of the
occasion. The next district meeting
will be at Lincoln in September.
HAS STARTLING EXPERIENCE
From Wednesday's Dally
At a very early hour this morning
as the first flush of dawn came in
the eastern sky, announcing another
red hot day, C. L. Wiles, residing just
westof the Missouri Pacific overpass
on the Louisville road, was aroused
by a knocking on the front door of
the home. Mr. Wiles came to the door
to find a young man clad only In his
shirt and shorts and who inquired as
to his whereabouts and how far he
was from Louisville.
The young man stated that he had
been "taken for a ride" by a party
of friends and that they had pro
ceeded to gang him and take his
clotes, driving away with the clothes
and turning him loose on the high
way. He had wandered around for
some time before locating the Wiles
home.
Mr. Wiles rustled a pair of overalls
and started the young man out on his
way. He had suffered severe scratches
in getting through the underbrush in
the dark seeing help.
ATTENDS GUARD CAMP
Mason Wall, local young man, is
attending the national guard camp
at Ashland this year, enlisting some
weeks ago in the Nebraska City com
pany of the 134th infantry. This is
Mason's first experience In a mili
tary career and he Is enjoying very
much the drilling and strenuous life
of training days at Camp Ashland
where there are some 2,000 troops of
the national guard in training.
RETURN FROM OUTING
From Wedneday's Dally
Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Hendichsen and daughter, Miss WI1
helmina, returned home from a trip
to western Nebraska, Colorado and
Kansas. They visited at Grant, Ne
braska, Denver, Colorado, Stockton,
Kansas and Columbus, Nebraska.
While in Colorado they enjoyed a fine
drive through the mountains and
Estes Park.
Plattsmouth
to Hold Parade
of Pulchritude
"Miss Plattsmouth" to Be Selected to
Represent City at State Pair at
Lincoln in September.
The King Korn Klub is sponsor (
ing the contest that is to select from
the large number of handsome and
attractive young women of the city
and nearby community, "Miss Platts
mouth," to represent this city at the
state fair at Lincoln the first week
in September.
These young ladies, ranging in
years from fourteen to twenty-three.
are to be entered into the contest
which will bring the selection of
Miss Plattsmouth" at the Cass the
atre at 8 o'clock on the night of Aug
ust 4th, when the entries are to be
presented for consideration of the
judges and who will select the young
lady that is to be "Miss Plattsmouth"
who will enjoy a free trip to Lincoln
and all expenses in the state con
test to be sponsored by the Nebraska
State fair.
The Judges are to be from out of
thfe oity and the entries will be
known to them only by number, the
points to be Judged being face, figure,
personality and poise. The contest
ants will appear in ordinary dress.
The contestants are to be sponsored
by local business houses and profes
sional people of the community who
will select their entries from those
who will be announced or may enter
choices of their own in the contest.
With the occasion of the selection
of "Miss Plattsmouth" on the night
of August 4t, there will also be held
preceding the selection, a review of
the litte girls of more tender years,
who will also be judged for "Miss
Plattsmouth Junior," but who wfll
nor be in competition at the state
fair.
The winner of the state honors will
be "Miss Nebraska" and will be
awarded a trip to the national con
test at Atlantic City, New Jersey,
where "Miss America" will be named.
GIVEN FAREWELL RECEPTION
The membership of the Christian
church gave a very pleasant farewell
reception in the basement of the
church on Monday evening, in honor
of Rev. It. F. Allen and his good
wife, who have been in charge of
the pastoral work for the past six
months. Rev. and Mrs. Allen de
parted Tuesday for a new field, hav
ing accepted the charge in North
English, Iowa, church of some three
hundred members, in a thriving and
prosperous community.
The local church has prospered un
der the supervision of Rev. Allen,
having shown a decided gain in mem
bership, and the advancement in all
departments of the church. Under
his supervision the basement was
completed and the church is now in
a position to go forward with the
work. Brother Allen has made a host
of friends in this community who Join
the members in wishing them success
in their new field of work.
The evening was spent in visiting,
and the discussion of the future work.
At the appointed hour, the ladles of
the church served a delicious lunch
eon. With best wishes for the pastor
and wife, all departed for their re
spective homes.
YOUNG PEOPLE WATmrra
Tuesday afternoon at the parson
age of the St. Paul's Evangelical
church, occurred the marriage of
Miss Helen Christine Kruse, of Nick
erson and Mr. Norris Oliver Larson,
of Fremont. The marriage vows were
read by the Rev. G. A. Pahl, pastor
of the church. The bridal party later
returned to their home at Fremont.
RETURN FROM OUTING
Mrs. V. V. Leonard and daughter.
Miss Verna, returned home Tuesday
evening from their outing in the west
where they were visiting at the Yel
lowstone and other sections of the
scenic portion or the mountain
states. They were accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Worley, the
former a grandson of Mrs. Leonard,
who are now visiting in the west.