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Hebr. Statt F:;tcrical Society mm VOL. NO. LHI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1937. NO. 1 John Janda Dies at Home in Deweese Resident of Plattsmouth for a Great Many Years and Active in the Life of Community. Frcm Thur.ilay's Daily The death of John JanGu, Sr., 74, fcrmer Plattsmouth resident, occur red this morning at 1:30 at his home i:i Dewesse, Nebraska, after a short illness from bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Janda was born in Bohemia and came to the United States when a very young man and located in riattsmouth where the family made their home for many years and where the family was reared, moving twenty-six years ago to Nuckolls county where they have since resided. Mr. Janda was engaged here in shop work for some years and later served as street commissioner of the city under several administrations and proved a most efficient official. After leaving this city Mr. Janda and fam ily engaged in farming and a few years ago Mr. and Mrs. Janda turned over their land interests to the sons and retired to Dewesse where they made their home and enjoyed a deserved rest. Six years ago Janda passed away. A daughter, Frances Hadraba of this city, ceded the parents in death years ago. well Mrs. Mrs. In the past week Wooster, a daughter, Hadraba. a grandson. Mrs. Joseph and Edward of this ' city. have been at Dewesse at the bedside of the aged man. There is surviving three sons and fve daughters. Albert Janda of Law rence; John and George Janda, Dewesse; Mrs. Anna Klavac. Law rence; Mrs. Lillian Mazour, Dewesse; Mrs. Julia Skalka. Hastings; Mrs. Rose Muzik, Dewesse; Mrs. Joseph Wooster, Plattsmouth. There are also two brothers surviving, Cyril Janda and Frank Janda of this city. PREPARE FOR CONTEST Local sport lovers are much, inter ested in the forthcoming golden gloves boxing contests at Omaha on next Monday and Tuesday, Platts mouth being represented in the large list of youthful leather slingers who have enrolled. Elmer Newton, who has had ex perience in the past three years in boxing will be an entry in the wel terweight class at the boxing car nival. Elmer was featured in boxing matches here, meeting many of the boxers at the local transient camp and made a good showing against the camp boxers. Clark Finney of this city will be in the bantam weight class at the Om aha carnival and expects to give a good account of himself in the large class of clever young boxers. Clark did some boxing in the C. M. T. C. the past summer at Fort Crook and is now keeping in condition with local boxers. It is expected that a large group of the local fans will be on hand to see the Plattsmouth boys work out in the ring. INVESTIGATE CONTAGION From FriiiaVs Daily The county board of health was at Alvo last evening to discuss with the school authorities of that place the matter of the scarlet fever epi demic that has visited the Alvo com munity in the last few weeks. It waB found that the authorities had the fituation well in hand and that the number of cases was apparently be ing checked. The board of educa tion has secured a nurse who will make inspections of the children twice a day for any symptoms of the tever. The schools will remain open and It Is hoped that a very short time will clear up the situation. AN APPRECIATION I w ish to take this opportunity to thank County Commissioner Farley and Mr. Herman Wohlfarth for the help they gave me to make the road to my farm house passable before my sale. Also I wish to thank the Lewis ton ladies and neighbors who helped me make the arrangements and those who lend their hand during the sale. I thank you all. John Svagera. BURGLARIZE HOME The Rainey residence in the north- i west part of the city was burglarized ' Wednesday afternoon while members of the family were absent from the house for a few hours. The entrance j to the house was made through the kitchen and the party or parties ap- . parently made quick work of the job, tracks showing that they had gone to a doset of one of the rooms and; where they secured a sum of money from a poeketbook. So far no trace :1" the parties com mitting the crime has been discov ered. Cincinnati Resident Tells of Bis Flood i gress, having a most delightful visit Louis Moorman Writes to Relatives ; with Senator E. R. Burke and Con Here Of Flood Picture Not gressmen H. C. Luckey, C. F. Mc as Dark as Reported. iLuughlin, Karl Stefan, and Harry ' Coffee. Senator Norris was engaged E. H. Schulhof of this city has in some of the important phases of afteniotm l tne dining room of the who have been the Norremcn's main received a letter from a cousin. Louis the relief program and could not be Hotel Piattsmouth following the stays in the present season were ef Moorman. who resides at Cincinnati, reached, while Congressman Binderup iullt.neon. feciive in their shooting last nicht one of the large cities that was badly was ill. The new year in the organization and each accounted for six field damaged in the great floods of the unio river m me past iew weexvs. Mr. Moorman states that while there; has been great damage and many tunity of seeing the leaders of the parts of the city along the river front political life of the nation in session, suffered from the overflow of the One of the most impressive places river, that the conditions as a whole Mr. Schneider visited was the su- are not as black as the press dis- preme court when the body was in patches from that section have indi- session and all but Justice Stone were cated. on the bench. The dignity that is Water is now receding and the evident in the settings and atmos- task of ceaning up the inundated phere of the court is one that im section of the city being started by . presses one deeply, Mr. Schneider the people of the community and re- states. iief agencies. Mr. Moorman resides in the tion of Cincinnati that is located; above the flood section and his home was not menaced by the overflowing waters. He states that sightseers j have made it bad in handling the ; notable senators that they saw on situation as there are thousands , the floor were Senator Borah, Sen gathered to watch the flood and that! ator Carter Glass of Virginia, Sen progress along the traffic blocked j ator A. W. Barkley of Kentucky, one streets is difficult. While it former- of the administration leaders, Sen ly required but ten to fifteen minutes ator Ashurst of Arizona and Senator for him to reach his home from the James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. downtown section, it now takes some two hours owing to the tragic con gestion. Mr. Moorman has high praise for the Red Cross and other relief agen- eies that have responded to the call , DONATION FROM SALES to permit the securing of a WPA al for service and are on the job in j ; lotment for this highway surfacing. caring for those who suffer from. the privations caused by the flood. (mouth sale barn brought a second i donation to the Red Cross. This week PROGRAMS TO EE GIVEN IN j totals were $15.45. SCHOOL SECOND SEMESTER! A pig was donated by W. E. Reyn- j olds of Union. Contributors were: Several of the rooms are planning ; Lloyd Holman. $1; Joe Drisehol, GOc; to give music cr dramatic programsArt Bronimier. 50c; W. Ackley, 50c; during the second semester in the , Joe Drisehol. 50c- II Meisinirer, hand class are receiving some prac- past three years in Czechoslovakia as j wu. "-u uuu i.um m Y,w"',n'bl" u'"" 11 " Plattsmouth grade schools. Atpres-'r.Oc; C. II Nave 50c- Tom Grado-'tical training during the second i a member of the American diplo- ployer in Omaha. One of the resi- j carried sweet peas. Miss Helen Lill ent tenrw nnrf unniu rp work in sr 1 i n. n fn. t., c,... i t10 1 5 r ,,den r hn ve been matic corns and has just enjoyed a ; dents of Murray noticed the truck man and Lorene Copenhaver were . - - - - - ... 1 v" 1 ' ' " - - V , v't v . 1 i i.T, U V L , 1 . k'lUUU, on these and will present them to;$i: nav V.Mies noc- Rn Mrisk parents and patrons at some future , time. Mr. Boggess and Miss Ray are;50c: J. Ferris, 50c planning physical education demon- j Grosshans, 50c; E strations for some time in March. It E. Reynolds. 50c; w ill consist of exhibitions of dances ville, ?2. and floor work coupled with gym nastics. Mr. Knolle and Miss Brand horst are planning a program in April to be put on by the music de-! partment of the Junior High school.! Miss King in the first ward is work - ing on an operetta during the music period, entitled. The Adventures of; Goldie Locks." Mrs. Trout at the! Mercerville school is planning mis-1 cellaneous programs of music and! recitations for the spring time. At Columbian building, Miss Johnson is planning a musical program for the second and third grades. PLAN SCOUT TROOP Mrs. Clark Boggess met with ai committee of Woman's club members representing each of the churches Wednesday afternoon to formulate. In the dog traffic derived from $1 to plans for the organization of a Girl$1.50 for the dogs when delivered at Scout organization. A girl w ill he ; named from each of the churches and the group will receive four or five: weeks of training in order to hold j their tenderfoot rank before the troop is organized. Members of the club on the com - mittee were Mrs. A. E. Stewart. Miss iaiiioa boennicnsen, airs. J. ii. Graves. Miss Wllhelmina Henrich- son, Mrs. Robert Reed. Mrs. Wm.itims to the doc: catcher from th Mi Ileinrich, and Mrs. L. W. Egenberger. H. A. Schneider Returns from Eastern Trip Fresident of State Bankers Associa tion and Committee Visit at the National Capital. II. A. Schneider, president of the Nebraska State Bankers association, who with Carl Ganz. of Alvo and Jo seph Johnson c-f Tecumseh. have been at Washington. D. C, for the past week, rcturne home Thursday night. I The committee, representing the state bankers association, have had i a very busy time in the national cap ital locking alter matters pertaining j to the banking business in 'which their association was interested. They found a very cordial recep tion from the Xebraskans in con- Durin their stay they visited many ot me interesting points oi me national capital and had the oppor- Another of their pleasant exper- sec-liences was the visit to the U. S. s?n ate ana w Here tney nad the oppor- tunity of hearing Senator Norris speaking in favor of one of the ad- ministration measures Their trip to and from Washing ton was made by night and did not permit seeing much of the country through which they passed. j rpnS5 RECEIVES Selling and re-selling at the Platts- 50c; L. Meisinger, 50c: Ray Price,! C. Kent. 50c: K. Koukal. 50c; W. and Tom Grado - Art Bornimier also brought- mer - chandise which was sold and resold. W. Whipple. L. Iske, J. Drisehol, Neal Bryan, a friend, each contributed 15c; LeSter Holman l-.vp ?.)o an,i r - Iske, 40c. Neal Bryan and J. Toman, , Sr. gave GOc each on a dog which was sold. i j EXPOSES "DOGNAPING" RACKET ! . ! j Investigation by Omana parties of : the disappearance of their pet dogs has disclosed a "dognaping" racket j that reached not only over Omaha i but also to this city w here many dogs in the past year and a half hnv been turned over to the dog catcher, The dogs were disposed of to hos - The dogs were disnoserl of to 1ms- j pitals where they were used for ex- j .erimental purposes and the parties the hospitals. ; Stray dogs that were captured here were taken on into Omaha and disposed of at once. The greater part of the dogs from here were those who jhad been captured by the police or!pital in Omaha Thursda3 is get - ; had been sent by their owners to ting along nicely. She is in the em- the dog pound. Several residents i However nave lost pet doe-s in th j past year that may have fallen vi;- tow n. ELECTED TO HONORARY Miss Lois Bestor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bestor, has been elected to Pi Mu Epsilon, honorary mathematical organization. Miss Bes tor was one of twenty who were in vited to become members at a ban- quet in the garden room of Hotel Lincoln early this week. Lois is a junior in the University. An average of 90 per cent in college algebra, trigonometry, analytical geometry, differential and integral calculus was necessary for eligibility in the honor a ry. Chamber of Commerce Has Interesting Meet Matter of Surfacing; Lincoln Avenue Is Discussed by the Members of the Directorate. The Chamber of Commerce direc- tors held their meeting Thursday is just getting under way and it is hoped that by the next m-eting all of the .omrnitu.es wm i,e organized and readv to hit the ball in making 19C7 a real year of progress. One of the matters that was dis- cussed at some length by the member- home game of the season next Tues ship was that of the surfacing ot day evening when they will enter Lincoln avenue, something that has tain the Auburn bulldogs on the local long been urged and which it is court in what should be a good game. hoped may be made possible. The avenue which is one of the main arteries of travel in the city, is also the means of reaching the largest induslriai plants of the com- - munity. the Burlington Refrigerator , Express Co. shops antl t .Express f shops and the Norfolk Packing Co. plant. i These industrial establishments Other of the;bave feJt very nim.h lllfe desirability i of a hard surface on the avenue as eliminating the dust and dirt of the summer season which has been a disagreeable factor to contend with .nderson c by both plants. j Pitts, c While the city finances at this Waterman, g time are such that the financing of Zimmerle, g the city part of the program would q,7V c be difficult, it will be given a thor ough study on the part .of the Cham-I ber of Commerce in the hope that s the necessarv funds might be raised similar to those other road surfacing ; projects thpt have been placed dur-, ii,r bo nicf cnmmw nri fr,ii in this section of the west. RECEIVE PRACTICAL WORK Students of me advanced short , OT lUl ClLl . - .."".- 1 assisrnd to teachers in the school to: take dictation and type letters and ! necessary material. The work is the : equivalent of three hours per week i Within a few weeks a report will i be given upon the students' work by ; the teachers w ith suggestions for im - ! nrovement. The students will then be sent to the business men of Platts - : mouth to assist for a short time each ; i week until the close of the school! (term. Miss Katherine Luke is in - structor. EUSINESS VISITORS HERE j E. R. Teepell, storekeeper for the Western Fruit Express Co. in St. Paul, Minn., is in Plattsmouth on ! business and calling upon friends. Mr. Teepell was a resident of Platts - ' mouth several years ago w hen with dip p.hfx store department. j E. A. Tinklepaugh is another busi - 'ness visitor at the BREX. He is stores visitor nt the BREX. He is stores accountant of the Fruit Growers Ex - press Co., in Alexandria, Va. Roy ' Olson worked under Mr. Tinklepaugh ! while in the east. . . i UNDERGOES APPENDECTOMY M-ss Mata Schackneis, vvlio had an j appendectomy at the Anton Kani hos - . ploy of Robert M. Walling, ab- ctmtnr . The Legion Auxiliary card party has been postponed until after Lent. Platters Lose to North High on Vikine Floor Cmaha Quintet Takes Revenge for Their Recent Defeat on Local Court, Winning' C7-16. T'ri'M Sa t u n'.n y's Daily The Viking quintet of Omaha, smarting under the ul! to 17 defeat that they sustained here two weeks apo at the hands of the Platters, un loaded their v. ares last night on the blue and white boys to win 27 to 1G. The Norsemen started early in the game to foreclose on the contest and had the Blatters badly shaken as the tally at the half was 2?, to 7 for the Omaha crew. Don McCarroll led the team in scoring and seemed to be the only of the locals who could get away for a scoring attack as Wooster and Seitz were well covered by the Norse- men. Jack Clark and Kenneth Brown, goals. In the preliminary contest the North reserves also carried off the honors by trimming the locals by the score of 3C to 10. The Platters will stage their last The box score: Plattsmouth 1"G FT FF TP) 0 0 0 0 j 1 0 ?, 2 j o o o o ! ?, 2 0 8 ! 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 5 G . 4 7 1C FG FT FF TP 6 2 0 14 G 2 1 14 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 i 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 j 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 j 1 G a S o i i Wooster. f . ,'i V McCarroll Falk. g Miller. North Clark, f Brown, f fiivir o RETURNS TO DUTY Joseph F. Hadraba has received a letter from his son, Ted Hadraoa, written on the Luropa ot tne Aorm German Llovd line, two days out of Bremen, Germany, at which port Ted! !was to land and return to his post at Traha, where he is attached to I the American ministry. ! Mr. Hadraba. who has spent the . . ,. t visit home for a lew weeks with his; ; father and sisters and brothers in j ; this city. , On his return to the east Ted stop- ped at Washington and attended the; , inaugural of President RooseveiL, j ; had a seat with the senator's party j j and which permitted him a fine view! ; of the ceremony and to enjoy the ad- dress of the president. j .Mundt. ot Helena, At Kansas, leiaue Mr. Hadraba returned to his dutiesjto the situation at that place as to ' on Monday at the American ministry 'after the vacation and outing. VISITS WITH OLD FRIENDS Fred W. Ebinger, of Plainview, j was nere Friday meeting the many ; 0id tjme friends in this community ' and visiting with the relatives. Mr. ! Ebinger has been at Omaha attend- ; jnE; tije meeting of the Nebraska I iiorHivnro nior's tiaenriatinn. he be- ing a director of the insurance sec tion of the association. tinn ,,f tv ocktinn j jtr. Ebinger was engaged in the! ; hardware business here for several I : years and has a host of friends whoj J were pleased to have the opportunity: Qf a A-sjt wjih. him HERE FROM MURRAY i From Friday's Daily- j Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Davis of Mur - ray were here today for a few hours i to look after some business matters and visiting with their friends. I While here Mr. Davis railed at the Journal office to renew his subscrip - tion to the paper. NEHAWKA MAN WINS TRIP Olaf Lundbcrg of Nehawka has recently won the trip to I'onca City, Okla.. with all expenses paid. The trip is given by Conoco Oil Co. The, vacation is to start February 20 and: last one week. Forty high salesmen! in this division for Conoco products , were chosen, then from those names, j two were drawn to receive the free! trip to the Conoco refineries in Ponca . City. Th drawing banquet given in high salesmen. was made at a Omaha for the Few Changes in Curriculum of City Schools Most of High School Studies Arrang-ed on Yearly Basis A Wider Range of Subjects. The second semester of the public schools has started with little or no change in the curriculum. Most of the high school subjects are arranged; on a yearly basis and only a few j changes are made in order to accom-! mocate those who wish a w ider selec-! tion of subjects. The commercial Lav class, taught by Mr. Devoe changes for Economics the second semester. Other classes that make chancres are: Industrial Geography j for Geography of Nebraska taught by! Miss Jessie halen. Those carrying Civics for the first semester, transfer to Junior Business under Miss Clara Weyrich. and those carrying Junior through the preBSf bv the l adio anJ Business transfer to Community j other avenues is deptin,d to pr.atly Civics. Miss Beighley is offering aenlaree the 0,)portullitit.s ,or Kroup fourth semester or Algebra. Miss ; servk.e ,,v nearlv 1(l0.o(l(, 4-H clubs Staats is offering a course in Amer-'ow ,n existence. ican Literature the second semester, CJub ieaders and members are in place of English Literature. Mr.jagain offfrred incentives in ,his ,.haPe Gerner is giving a course in Tech-;of their w prk throuph lhe ycial pro. nical Grammar and theme writing gs propram whic.h is Fp0nsored by in bis course in Senior English. the Radio Corporation of Anierica and In Junior High school. Mr. Arm- f provides 57,500 in county, state and strong teaches Geography of Nebras- j national prizes for the best reports. ka and a course in health in place of iDetai!s of the program are to be an- Social Science. HELD TO GRAND JTRY ! George H. Jacoby and Frank' March, of Omaha, were arraigned ; From Thursday's Daily Wednesday at Omaha on the charge' Miss Edna Hillman. daughter of of mail robbery and held to the fed-, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hillman of eral grand jury, their bond being jAvoca, and Vernon Jacobson, son of fixed at $2,500 each. j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jacobson. were The two men are charged with united in marriage at the German breaking into the Missouri Tacific j Lutheran church at Avoca l ist eve station at Murray, on the night of jning at G o'clock. Rev. George P. 1 ? January 2S, stealing three sacks of i strasser performed the cere mony. mail containing newspapers and par- ; eel post matter. The loot that was secured was largely packages cough syrup and tooth brushes. j Jacoby, it is claimed, used a truck! ,V.., I. ...I .J 1 , ; . and becoming suspicious he took the license number of the truck and which later sunnlied the clue for the I - ; i arrest of the two men. WRITES FROM ARKANSAS Byron Gobling of this city has re- . . i . the overflow of the Mississippi river, Helena has been the scene of many threatening floods in the past years; and in 1927 v as damaged by the. I great Mississippi valley overflow. Mr. ; Mundt states that the levees are hold- ing well and the residents of eastern Arkansas, warned by the flood of the Ohio valley, are strengthening the levees nlnntr the liver and it is honed will have them readv to resist tne rising waters which will soon be ' poured into the Father of Waters by ilne un,- the Ohio. PR.0VES AID TO OFFICERS A great deal of the credit for the !.. r . V, I.,- r.crr.r ! with breaking into the Murray rail- 'road station and stealing several, ;sacks of mail, belongs to Earl Mrasek ; ! of that rlaee. It was Mr. Mrasek that j noticed the strange truck around the ' business section of Murray and his suspicions aroused he made a notation 'of the license number of the truck and which later led to the diseov - ' ery of the man that had used it and jhis confession. ' A U C ,Ur Service Work is Varied to Need Many Communities Served by Young People's Committee of Boys and Girls Work Reports, j Four-Il clubs are literally s-rvir.g .their own communities in the pro jverbial 1 ,0 1 ways, a cherk of their I last vear's activities by the national j committee on Hoys and Girls Clu'i j Work shows. j Histories of 4-H clubs ei.tered in ithe National Program on Soc ial Pro ; gress last year revealed hundreds 'r I activities whic h could be grouped under such heads as public presen tations, educational promotion, social service, conservation and recreation al improvement. Under these heads 4-H groups co operated with the Ked Cross. Cl.am i hers of Commerce, Farm Hureau, Grange. Farmers Union, American ; Legion. Kiwanis. Rotary ai.d Lion's clubs, and churches, schools and otlur groups. The activties of the youth groups were as varied as the material and spiritual needs of society. Four-11 ! members were found to be ( heel ing i jthe sorrowful, serving the sick, min iistering to the poor and improvident. assisting the unemployed, providing . irv, .,.;,,,. .,.. ,,.,, , i. ,,;,. ships. The widespread dissemination rf these facts now being carried on nounced upon its acceptance by state club leaders. HLLLMAN-JAC0BS0N Miss Hillman was dresstd in white velvet and wore a long veil. She car- of'ried pink roses and sweet peas. Miss Viola Hillman. sister of the bride, acted as maid of honor. She wore a , tl ...... , r- r- ,11 1 " t" ! , 1 , 1 '1 1 ' 1 1 1 , bridesmaids. Miss Hillman wore : peach satin and Miss Copenhaver, vellow satin. Both wore corsages of roses. Howard Jacobson. brother of the groom, acted as best man. Maynard Hillman. brother of the bride, and John Kepler were ushers. I i ii v, , was neiu m ,a use. i .ie .uum, will make their home on a farm six miles north of Syracuse RETURNS FROM CONVENTION Rev. G. A. Pahl returneJ Thurs- denominational convocation for min 'inisters and students in the Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves. Mo. Among the outstanding speakers were Dr. iiunay ot uerauw University in Indiana, Ir. Geo. M. . Gibson of St. Louis, and Dr. Wood ot the federal council. The convocation . , , . . . . 5 noon. j ' i BRINK'S HATCHERY XT AC A rrr TfLflC CTT ! i"" -x.jjj i-uu o From Saturday's Dally Brink's hatchery is finishing its first week of operation today. Nearly 4.000 eggs are in the incubators at ( the present time. Difficulty has ocen experienced in securing as many eggs as are needed. unite wyanaotie. i white rock, Rhode Island red. but! jand white orpington eggs are now i setting. The first hatching w ill be j February 20.