Rebr. State Historical Society umul c vol. no. im PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1937. NO. 29 R. V. Koupal Explains Bills to Local Ad Club Senators Fred L. Carsten. W. H. Diers and W. F. Haycock Also Guests at Luncheon Wednesday. R. V. "Dick" Koupal of Lincoln, secretary of the Federation of braska Retailers, was a guest speak er at the Ad club luncheon at the Hotel Plattsmouth "Wednesday noon. Mr. Koupal, as one of the most pow erful lobbyists for legislative bills No. 131 and 137, explained the mea sures to the business men of Platts mouth and their affect upon the local stores. As a background to the bills, the speaker explained that the N.R.A. had a number of codes, many of which were found to be beneficial to busi ness. Cut of the codes grew a desire for a permanent application of the things business liked. ' j An organization sprung up in Washington. D. C. called the Amer ican Retail Association. It was look ed upon by congressmen as somewhat of a "super-lobby" of business An investigation into the association re-j vealed startling facts in regard to concessions and rebates being made to retail organizations. As a result the Robinson-Pattntn bill was passed by the U. S. congress making the of fering or receiving of special conces sions illegal. The purpose of this bill is to give the small man an equal chance in business. Nebraska 131 and 137 Nebraska, to supplement this bill, i i has recently passed house number , 131 the fair trades act. This bill provides tnat a manuiaciurer maj contract with a distributor, setting the retail price on a given bra;d of goods-providing the price is Riven I to all retail merchants. The theory behind the bill is that "anything that j sells as a bait is not fair to anyone." A companion act. house number ! 137. is the unfair practices act. The; provisions of this bill make it im possible for a merchant to "play ball" with unregulated goods. Un der 137, the provision is made thatlDale IIanson Thomas Kriskey and' any mercnant buying mercnanaise oi any kind is not permitted to sell that merchandise below cost plus cost of doing business (for which a mini mum of C9c of the cost price is set). As to the enforcement of tbe two state bills, Mr. Koupal stated that j ... most states nave neen aoie to carry ou the enforcement through coin-: mittees. Legally, first and second of lenses are hardled by the county at torney r.nd third offefse niay be taken !a call and made a search of the see to the attorney general for the state. : tion along North Sixth street with Mr. Koupal also mentioned the; out success and then proceeded over Miller-Tydings bill which is now un-j to Eighth street to check up. While der consideration in Washington. ' they v. ere searching alone: Eighth This, if passed, will control the inter-1 street they found a V-S Ford of the' William Henry Warner, more popu state competition which causes diffi-1936 model apparently abandoned , larly known by his host of friend3 in culty under the Nebraska laws. 'and parked along the street. The! Alvo as "Uncle Billie," was born in Senators Speak jPluff had been taken out of the gas Tazwell county, Illinois, May 16, Senator Fred L. Carsten, member tank and a pma11 amount of gas onlS47, coming to Nebraska when a ;,..i iiMo.nm fPnraitne ground looked as though some- this district, was introduced by i I PrMi,nt Prp,l Tlncr-h TT snnliP hrief- ly, expressing his pleasure at being a guest. W. F. Havpork of Callawav. sen- . ,-. j-,- r ntor from the ath district, snoke or the two bills under discussion CCTI. ator Haycock introduced the bills into the legislature. Senator W. II. Diers of Grcsham, representing the 24th district, also is a sponsor to house numbers 131 and 137. Following the talks, a number of questions were asked of the senators, regarding the action that should be taken by Plattsmouth in relation to the bills. Their effect upon the local merchants was also discussed. COUNTY HISTORICAL SO CIETY MEETS SATURDAY Judge Taul Jessen, a pioneer of Nebraska City and president of the Otoe County Historical Society, will address the meeting of the Cass Coun ty Historical Society atthe meeting in the G. A. R. hall in Elmwood Sat urday, May 22 at 1:30 p. m. Mrs. C. F. Payne, State Historical Society Librarian, will speak upon the "Preservation of Historical Records."- A number of subjects of in terest to the society will be discuss ed. A tea is planned following the meeting. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Am announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Marjorie, to Walter C. Speece of Edison, Nebr. Mr. Speece is the coach and mathe matics teacher in the Edison high school. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Speece of York, Nebr. Miss Arn is a graduate of the Plattsmouth high school. She attend- ftl Peru Teachers college and has i Ne-ibeen teaching music and the fifth and sixth grades in the Alvo public j erhonl rinrine- the nnst three vears. i The wedding is to be held at the V. T. Am home early in July. Many Pay Tribute to Emil Hobscheidt at Last Rites St. John's Church Filled to Overflow ing as Residents of Community Gather for last Tributes. The feeling of the community at the untimely death of Emil Michael Hobscheidt was strikingly shown 'Wednesday by the large number that j gathered at the St. John's Catholic ( church to pay their last tributes to his memory. TT.. I r. n ,1 f y- i It i n .1 1 Tnrror X I ICUUO L 1 lili (.HIS LllJ UllU J j filled the church and many stood out- side the church structure as the ser vices were conducted. The impressive requiem mass was celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Agius, pastor of the church, who also paid tribute to the memory nf the vnnnir man that had been ... i. j , . n,. stricken down in the first dawn oi his voung mannood bringin the com. frt Qf the scriptures and tbe cliurcll to the bereaved ones. The music of the mass was sung by the choir of the young people oft John.s fhurch( John cloidtjt as the soloist, who sang "Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling," "O Love j Divine" and "Lead Kindly Light." j The pall bearers were selected from jthe school friends and neighbors who bore the body to the last rest in the Catholic cemetery, they being Ralph Timm. .Tnenh R. Case Arthur Knnn. . Sheldon Smith. i E. ' FINDS IOWA CAR Officers Dave Pickrel and J .Lancaster, the past two evenings have ; been called out several times by re- j . ports of persons prowling around in the north part of the city and among cars parked along the street. j Friday night the officers answered one had drained the car. It w as reg- tnn.n J ! it.- f Tt lsleI tu 1,1 Ilitule ul - earner. Carter Lake, Iowa and the license number 7S-S152. The car was brought on in by the 'officers and stored at the city i J hall !fc IIWIC IUUL Lilt; UVlitl might be found. WILL APPEAL CASE An appeal of the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Frank Harmer, to the state supreme court is being made and the transcript in the case pre pared in the office of the clerk of trie district court. In this case Mr. Harmer was con victed by a Jury in February of break ing and entering and also under the habitual criminal statute of the state. C. E. Walsh, of Omaha, appears as the attorney for the defendant in the action. FEELS MUCH BETTER Mrs. Herman L. Thomas, of Ne braska City, was here Friday to visit with the many old friends and look ing after some business matters. Mr3. Thomas is feeling some better from her prolonged poor health and is! gradually regaining her former good health but is still feeling the effects of the illness and operation. Fraternal Order of Eagles Holds Annual Election t VK vt c.a Txrr.W Fresident W. M. Earclay Gives Report of State Aerie. From Friday's Dally Plattsmouth aerie, Xo. 3C5, Fra- ternul Order of Eagles, held their annual election of ofiieers last eve- ning and had a very interesting and well attended session of the aerie. The officers named for the year were: Worthy President Franklin Kief. Worthy Vice-President O. E. Fin nyfrock. Worthy Chaplain Harry Chand ler. Secretary Edward Gabelman. Treasurer Bernard G. Wurl. Physician Dr. R. P. Westover. Several other officers will be named at a later session of the aerie and all will be installed at the meet ing in June. The members had the pleasure of hearing a very fine report on the re cent meeting of the state aerie held at Columbus, given by William M. Barclay, past grand worthy president, who has been one of the leaders of the state Eagles in attendance at the meeting. Mr. Barclay is one of the outstanding members of the order and known to almost all of the aeries ; over the state and from his contacts 'at the state meeting brought a very fine word picture of the highlights of the sessions. UNCOVER ANCIENT CACHE Wednesday a very interesting I mound was revealed on the rifle range j grounds north of this city when Wil- liam Bishop, Omaha archeologist, searching for- traces of Indian : mounds and caches uncovered a ver- itable storehouse of ancient relics. The articles that were uncovered in the cache are such that Mr. Bishop holiprpe that thev mav he of a race , , ,. 4. . . j iiei e utiuic lutr iiiuiana luai. caw; settlers found and perhaps from the long ago ages when migration came to our continent from Asia. In the articles taken was a pink jade figure and which lends the pos sible Asiatic trr.ee to the finds, also a clay pipe, a handle of a pottery kettle and a bone needle, all of a type apparently earlier than the redmen. t ne nnu inciuuea a wen maue ium bladed flint knife and several arrow . i, . , . . , i nenus wmen are mucu uiuereni noiu, tnose used Dy tne American inuians. . me articles were taKen to omaud and will be looked over by the best known archeologist9 in the central west. CELEBRATES 90TH SUTHDAY young man and has been a Nebraskan for more than seventy years. He lived here before there was any Alvo land also at David City, later resid- i ing in Plattsmouth for a time, and 'then returning to Alvo about thirty years ago. He was well and very favorably known over much of the county and was brother of the late Charles H. Warner. Saturday his niece, Mrs. Ed Hall of Festus, Mo., came and took him to Lincoln where a celebration will be held in hi3 honor at the home of his brother, Frank Warner. All honor to thi3 nonegenarian who has outlived a number of generations. Mr. War ner has never married and has a host of friends who are always wish ing him much health and happiness and in which the Journal joins. FILES DIVORCE ACTION From Thursday's Daily This morning in the office of the clerk of the district court an action was filed in which Hallie V. Mar shall is the plaintiff and Adam Mar shall, the defendant. The action is one for divorce and the cause of ac tion given as cruelty. The petition states the parties were married here on June 30. 1922. The plaintiff asks a restraining order to prevent the j defendant coming on the property of plaintiff and also for the payment of jthe court costs. SELLS STOEE BUILDING From Thursday's Pally This morning Attorney John M. Leyda, representative of John J. Toolev. owner of the double store building on South Sixth street, dis posed of the property to Robert A. Cappell. The price paid for the building was 52,000 and the pur-j Cass Sylvester to Ee Given Ban chaser to pay part of the 1936 taxes j qiiet gpecial Recognition, on the building. This building is located on high- way No. 75 and for the past several months has been vacant. The new owner expects to have the building fixed up in the best of shape and with its location it will make a very desirable place of business. George Lloyd Long Time Cass County Farmer testimonial dinner at the American Came to Cass County in Year 1870 'Legion community build ing in Platts and Kas Made His Home Near ! mouth Thursday evening and hear Murray Since That Time. !the plaudits of home folks. Also, at this time, they are to be awarded George I. Lloyd, who has been a scrolls, commemorating their achieve resident of this city since the first of merit in capturing two New York March, after more than sixty-four ; bank robbers, a few hours after they years of active farm life near Mur-jhad killed a G-man in Topeka and ray, was recalling today many of the , shot their way out of a trap at the incidents of his long life in this com- post office building there, munity. . j The scrolls were prepared by the Mr. Lloyd was a boy of eeven years in ls-0 whjpn ni3 parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd with their fam-: rector of the Federal Bureau of In ily of six children arrived at the j vestigation and Governor R. L. Coch little Iowa settlement east of Platts- ran. mouth and from where they were ! Frominent G-Man Here taken by ferry to the west side of; Effcrts of the BeeN-ews to have the river where the small frontier settlement . i of Plattsmouth was lo- Mr. Lloyd recalls well that they drove their stock along the road to the ferry and he had hitched his horse where the preseV.fr Burlington station is located After a brief stop here the family moved to the community known as;Division tQ fly nere and aUend "Three Groves" out in the commun- j the dinner Chief Agpnt Fletcher of ity where Murray now is located and;the 0maha district FBI, will accom. there they settled and started theipany Mr and occupy a place cultivation of the virgin soil of theiat the speakers table, new state of Nebraska. At that time; Governor Cochran has also prom all corn planting was by hand oPer- isf.d tQ attend .f he caQ possibly get ated planters and covered either by av.ay and iQ cage he finds jt impQS hoe or plow and making a long pro-jsiWef wiU scnd the tate sheriff in ces of the work of planting the staple ; hig stead crop of this section. j Mr. Lloyd recalls the introduction . of kerosene as a means of light and!Korn Klub and is for both men and jthe agitation that manv felt that hp newlv developed fluid micht - - , - mennce and daneerous for 1 - - use and manv housewives contained to use the tallow candles to furnish ; the light for the home. j At the time that Mr. Lloyd cameand John Turner are otner memberB to Cass county in 1S70, the Nebraska I iieram was cue uiaj i-ayci ut nau-are $1 eachf and reservations should mouth and later was followed by thejbe ma(e at once wUh the Ucket con. TT 1 .1 il 1 . . TllA4.n ' Journal and of which the Lloyd fam ily nave ueeii leuucis iui many jeaia. The Lloyd family. David, Joseph,! Stenhen Mrs. JaneTotten John all passed away with the exception of George. VISIT FEWLYWEDS t A number of friends from Louis ville surprised Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cole in their new home near Platts mouth last Friday evening. They presented ' the newlyweds with a card table and the evening was spent in playing pinochle. At a late hour baskets filled with refresh ments were brought in by the guests and a delicious lunch was served. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Hansen and Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heier, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Heier, Mr .and Mrs. Wm. Wendt. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Ragoos, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Salberg and Norma Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Schleifert, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Virtus Hains of Clay Center, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Schoeman and Wilma. SEED CORN STOLEN From Saturday's Daily Sheriff Homer Sylvester was noti fied today of the theft of two bushel of seed corn from the John Adkins farm south of this city. The family had some twelve bushel of the corn saved for seed this year and on visit ing the storage place it was found that someone had made off with a part of the stock. . Plan Banquet in Honor of the Sylvester Boys Sheriff Homer Svlvester and Deputy Acclaimcd from coast to coast, through columns of front page space ; jn both American and foreign lan- ' puage newspapers; twice mentioned : by Winchel in his column of the air; , having the privilege of personally broadcasting from New York the ac j count of their daring feat, and now ; seeing the same spread on the pages ; of various detective and law enforce ' ment magazines feted in New York land Omaha, the Sylvester bovs 'Homer and Cass are to sit down i with a large and representative group of their Cass county friends at a Omaha Bee-News and carry' the sig- natures of John Edgar Hoover, di- 1 Mr. Hoover attend the dinner in per json, brought a telegram from the (chief G-man reiterating his former , declaration that It was a Rrand ;piepe of work i wisn it were possible j ft)r me to accept." Unable to attend, I Mr Hoover desl&nated D. M. Ladd, successor to Melvin Purvis, as special agent in charge of the Chicago Field The banquet is being sponsored by the Plattsmouth Ad club and King ! women. R. . Knorr is general . , o, cnnirman, assisteu oy u. t. uevoe. ... rnr.irman ni nrnrram nrr m 1 1 1 Henry Soenniccsen. chairman of ticket committee, and C. C. Wescott, publicity chairman. H. A. Schneider of the program committee. Tickets i mittee. Success or Failure Cass fullt friends, observing the iuv-Oj7 c tic ii i m w n uiu in v. i v. ters, as their daring capture of Suhey and Power a month ago brought them into national prominence over night, will attend this dinner in a little different spirit than that ex hibited by the throngs of strangers and curious-minded. Many have pondered what might have happened as Homer and Cass went out that April 16 evening in i response to a request from the FBI offiqe in Omaha and how much ac claim would have been paid them. if a mis-slip in their calculations had given the gunmen the advantage of a draw. Instead of live heroes, they would have been unsung victims. A few flowers, condolences to their fam ilies no coast to coast tribute per haps a paragraph in the metropolitan press stating that two country law enforcement officers with more cour age than judgment had "thought" they could cope with vicious city gun men. Such is the fine line of demar cation that determines success or failure among sheriffs and sheriffs' deputies. So in sitting down at this dinner, feelings uppermost in the minds of the friends there gathered will be of pride, mingled with a thankfulness that they did not suffer the fate many predecessors in law enforce ment have. Plattsmouth offers a splendfd market for. farm produce. Local dealers always pay top prices. TRACE TEAM TO LINCOLN From Saturday's Pally A number of the Plattsmouth high school relay team were at Lincoln today where they are to participate in the state high school meet and also to enjoy the contests in which there are several hundred students from all parts of the state parti - cipatlng. Those who made the trip to Lin - coin today were William Carey, War - men Reed, Allan White and Charles Staska, who will participate in thein;nK rneml ers of tlie Farm Bureau relay. Wayne Falk, who participated i board, composed of representatives in the track meet at Ashland has j f,-on, each precinct in the comity. I been suffering from a sprained ankle that will keep him out ol the Lin coln meet. Prepare for Opening of the Flower Show as a rule the rgss are laid in rla- Event Will Ee Held on Saturday anditively small areas. The hoppers ai? Sunday, May 22 and 23 All hatching now and will continue o Ready for Entries. hatch for about three weeks. Letters were sent to the farmers The Fourth Annual Flower Show, jof the county urging them to look sponsored by the Plattsmouth Gar- j for hatching hoppers. I'itch batiks, den club, will be held May 22nd and: fence rows, turn rows, pastures, al 23rd, at the American Legion hall, j falfa fields and weed patches are The new schedules for the 1937 en-jnamed as probable locations of th? tries are now in the hands of the , eggs. The hoppers may be as small printer and will soon be ready fori as match heads. Cards were em los-1 distribution. If you have iris to enter in the flower show, take the best of care of the same until May 22nd, at which time select the best stocks and if possible have the top bud just begin ning fo open. There will be from twenty-five to thirty different classes in which you may enter iris. If you have peonies select the out standing one on which the flower is not entirely open. It might be well to have the flower two-thirds cf three-fourths open at the time you enter it in the flower show. There will be classifications for columbines, daisies. Delphinium, hemerocallis, oriental poppies, paint ed daisies, pansies, roses, tulips, violas, an5r other hardy herbaceour plants, any annual species, and cac tus. The schedule will tell you just where and in what class you are to enter your flowers. Obtain one of the schedules, choose your flowers, then look at the schedule and enter it under the number given in the schedule. In cutting flowers to enter in the flower show, cut them with a sharp knife. Do not cut them with scissors, and make the cut slopinc: to a point. This flower show is open to all flower growers in Cass county, and the committee is very anxious that everybody who grows flowers in their yards or gardens shall cuter some flowers in the flower show. There is no charge or expense in connection jwith the making of your entries in j the nowor show and if you should be a winner there are splendid prizes evening were D. D. Wair.scott, coun offered under each and every class. ty agricultural arent: Miss Jessie The show is open to the public on iaid jn home demonstration acer.t; Saturday, at 3:00 o'clock p. m., andjjohn D. Kaffenbergf r of Plattsmouth. will remain open until 10:00 o'clock j president of the board, and represent- p. m. The flower show will be open to visitors on Sunday up to 9:01 o'clock p. m. ATTEND DIRECTORS MEETING Mrs. Lottie Rosencrans and Paul Vandervoort, director of relief and old age assistance in Cass county were at Beatrice Friday to attend a meeting of the directors of south eastern Nebraska counties. ' There were many interesting talks given by the supervisors of the work over the state and it was decided to i have a permanent organization of the directors perfected, C. R. Cayley of Papillion being named as the pres ident of the organization. JUDGE WILSON HERE Judge W. W. Wilson of Nebraska City was here today to hold a session of the district court and a large number of motions presented to the court and arguments offered for new trials in several of the cases passed on at the recent Jury term. Among the out of town attorneys here for the session were William. at the meeting at Norfolk Thursday F. Matschullat of Lincoln, Guy L. j afternoon. Miss Barbara is president Clements of 'Elmwood and Lloyd B. iof the Ladies' Auxiliaries of the dio- 1 Peterson of Nebraska City. Cass County Declares War on Grasshoppers , Fann 3ureau Board to Purchase Bait j Material Lnmediately Mixing i Begins Kay 17th. i 1 j Cass county has declared war en !tne grasshoppers Wednesday eve- i decided to make larg purchases of bait material immediately. Mixing begins at the Sheldon Mt'c. plant at Nehawka Monday, May 17. Ie'.ivry will begin on the ISih. I). I). Wainscott. agricultural agent of Cass county, announces that the county is seriously ii.fested with eces. Eccs were laid last tail and t i late summer, usually in l.ard grout:. 1 'and in certain locations n the farm. in the letters and every fanner find ing the pest on his farm was urged to order poison bran. Ratio of poison bran suggested is 100 pounds per quarter se' tif n of land. The first application of bait should be given as soon as the hop pers begin to hatch and a second ap plication will be needed in about a week or ten days later. Then if the weather stays cool and ftretches tbe hatching over a three weeks period it may be necessary to use a third application of the poison bait. Government bait will probably be late in getting here and even when it comes there will not be enough to dv all the job. Therefore the farm bu reau is getting the material together now to start mixing. The Cass and Sarpy county farm bureaus l:ac pone together to buy bait material in or der to make as much ah of a saving as possible. Every tffort will be made ! to keep tne cost down to the mini- mum so that farmers can get the bait at a reasonable price. When enough cards from a pre cinct are returned asking for enough poison bait to make a truck 1 ad, the farmers ordering the b;-;i w ill ! - i fied to come to a c. ntn.! pl: i. precinct to get tl.eir l.ait .; truck. If every farmer In the (i iiiity does his part, a very sm-cessf :!l ram paign will be the result and hopper damage to crops will be kept to the minimum. Further information may tie fc-curt-d from the farm bureau of; ice or from the precinct chairman. Th"M attending the ma ting Wednesday ing Eight Mile Grove precinct; Harry Pricker of Greenwood. Salt Creek precinct; Art Roelofsz of Alvo, Tip ton precinct; Lloyd Grady of Green wood. Greenwood pre inct: Mrs. R. A. Kuehn of Murdock. Elmwood p re- cnct: Harrv Farmer of Ashland. j south Bend precinct ; Mrs. G. It. Eve- land of Elmwood. Stove Creek pre cinct; Herbert Ot-hlerking of Elm wood, Weeping Water pic. nut; Ed Steinkamp and Mrs. Henry Smith ot Weeping Water. Center precint; Dan Schoeman of Ivouisville. Louis ville precinct; Parr Voung of Ne hawka, Mount Pleasant precinct; Marion Stone of Nehawka, Nehawka precinct; Mrs. Ray Noi ris of Avoa and Miss Evelyn Woli h of Nehawka. Avoca precinct; Melvin Todd of Union, Liberty precinct: Lawrence Leonard and Mrs. Everett Spansler of Murray, West Rock Bluffs pre- jcinct; Jack Stamp f Plattsmouth East Rock Bluffs precinct; E. II. Spangler of riattsraouth, Platts mouth precinct. Misses Mia and Barbara Gering were guests of the Ladies Auxiliary icese.