MONDAY, JULY 12, 1937.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI -WEEKLY JOTTENAL
PAGE THEEE
New Buildings
Change Scene
at West Point
$5,000,000 Construction Will Give
Academy Needed Space Com
pleted by End of 1938.
By CHARLES ROYAL
United Press Staff Correspondent
WEST POINT, N. Y., July 9. (UP)
The U. S. Military Academy is un
dergoing a "face-lifting" operation,
completion of which will change the
entire physical appearance of the fa
mous institution.
A new cadet barracks, a new aca
demic building, an addition to the
gymnasium, a cadet armory, ord
nance and engineering laboratories
and junior officers' quarters are be
ing erected in a $5,000,000 construc
tion project. The buildings will be
completed by the end of 1938.
Five hundred cadets will be ac
commodated in the new barracks,
which will form a right angle with
its south w ing running parallel with
the south wing of North Cadet Bar
racks and its north wing running
parallel with the gymnasium. Each
wing will consist of a basement and
seven floors. Estimated cost of erec
tion is $1,089,400.
Gothic Type Preserved
The exterior of the building will
be faced with granite rubble ma
sonry with limestone trim, and its
Gothic architecture will coincide with
that of the North Barracks.
The new academic building will be
erected between the East Academic
building and the library, on a site
formerly occupied by tennis courts.
The structure will form an angle,
one leg of which will be the east
wing, six floors high., and the other
a one-floor parallel to the East Aca
demic building.
Also of Gothic architecture, the
exterior will be faced with cut stone
ashlar trimmed vith limestone.
A modern natural and experimen
tal philosophy laboratory will be es
tablished in the west wing, which
will be isolated from the east wing to
eliminate vibration.
Estimated cost of the building is
$741,600. "
New Gym Also
The new gymnasium addition will
form a letter T, with a west wing
directly iu the -rear ef the present
structure. It will be situated between
the natatorium and the auditorium
The addition, cost of which is esti
mated at $980,000, will be framed
with structural steel, fireproofed with
concrete.
Sixty families will be accommo
dated in junior officers' quarters be
ing erected in the north end of the
post.
There will be twenty sets of double
quarters, five three-family houses
and five five-family houses. The
homes will be two stories high. Each
of the quarters will have a basement,
storage space, combination living and
dining rooms, kitchen, front halL
three bedrooms, two baths and a
maid's room. Sun poches will be built
on each of the double-quarters.
The houses will be of brick sup
ported with structural cinder blocks
and so arranged that families will
have private entrances. They are ex
pected to be finished by Nov. 17.
A cold storage plant has been com
pleted, and additional water-distribution
facilities consisting of two
5,000,000-gallon steel water tanks
with electrically driven centrifugal
pumps were completed Jan. 18, 1937.
Plans and specifications for the
Ordnance and Engineering Labor
atories, which will cost $203,000,
have not been completed. Plans for a
new target range, a quartermaster
garage, and a freight receiving ware
house also are being completed.
GOOD WEATHER IS BAD
FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Milwaukee (UP) A study by pro
bation officers revealed that when the
Weather is bad children are. good
John J. Kenney, chief probation of
ficer of the juvenile court, said that
juvenile delinquency increased 25 per
cent in the first five months of 1937
over the same period of 193G.
In 1936, Kenney said, snowdiifts
and zero weather kept children in
doors, but in 1937 the winter was so
mild that the youths were outdoors
much of the time and more of them
got into trouble.
Kenney said there always is an in
verse relationship between the weath
er and child delinquency.
Virgin
ia town
Levies No Tax
Bedford, Va. (UP) This Virginia
town of 4,000 population, which re
cently celebrated its 80th birthday,
has established a widespread reputa
tion as a city without taxes.
Since early in 1935, citizens of
Bedford have paid no local tax as
sessments whatever. Civic leaders at
tribute this to sustained pood civic
management.
Under the present budget, the
municipallyowned lght and water
plants pay the cost of government,
and in adition permit regular con
tributions toward retirement of the
city's bonds, an obligation that has
been cut almost in half during the
past seven years.
Bedford's operating expenses have
shown no increase during the past
ten years. The city is governed by
a mayor and eight councilmen elected
from among the citizens, most of
whom are woolen mill or tin can fac
tory workers. A city manager works
directly under the mayor
Despite the fact that its citizens
pay no taxes, Bedford has modern
schools, paving, excellent water and
sewage systems, well lighted streets
and mlore than adequate fire pro
tection. Its present mayor is Jesse Ward
Gillaspie, who was born in Bedford
county and 36 years ago established
the first canning factory in Virginia.
A successful private business career
and the loss of an arm when he was
only 11 years old have not dulled his
active interest in civic affairs.
TERRIERS GET CREDIT
IN WAR ON COYOTES
Denver (UP) W. E. Riter, Col
orado District Agent of the U. S.
Biological Survey, credits wirehair
ed teriers, common pets of urban
dwellers, with playing an important
role in the extermination of the
dreaded coyote in the west.
The diminutive terrieers supple
ment the work of the hunters by
fearlessly going into the small open
ings of the dens and bringing out
one by one litter of coyote pups in
side the dens.
The trail hounds which are used
by the hunters to pick up the scent
of the predatory animals and locate
the dens are too large to get through
openings. The work of the terriers
saves much time for the hunters, who
previously spent hours of time dig
ging into the dens.
Robert P. Mc Farland, at .Grand
Junction, Col., is credited by Riter
with devising the plan and training
the terriers to do the work.
GOOD MEMORY RESTORES
$1,062 IN LOST PURSE
GOUVERNEUR, N. Y. (UP)
Howard Hickey and Boris Shappick
parked their truck in front of a local
restaurant, stretched their cramped
muscles and sighed with relief.
Thev had 3ust completed a trip
from Jersey City, N. J., where they
delivered a truckload of cattle.
"Yes. sir," Hickey said, turning
to his partner, "that was Bome trip.
'nw T fjnnose the boss wants his
money."
Hickey felt in his shirt pocket for
the wallet containing $1,0 62 sell
ine- nrire of the cattle. The wallet
wasn't there.
Within a few minutes Hickey and
Shappick mentally retraced the en
tire trip from Jersey City. They re
called only one place where the wal
let might have been lost. That was
in Lyons Falls, N. Y., when Hickey
leaned from the truck to study a sign
post.
After notifying their employer, tht
men hurried back to Lyons Falls
They drove immediately to the sign
post. Lying in the road, dusty and
dirty and wrinkled by countless car
tires that had nassed over it. was
the wallet. The $1,062 in bills was
all there. T
Security Board
Fights Errors
Washington (UP) Commercir.1
and industrial employers throughout
the country have been cautioned by
the Social Security board to get the
right number when listing employes
on the information reports.
Under Treasury regulations, Le
Roy Modges, director of the bureau
of Federal old-age benefits, explained,
employers must list employe account
numbers on their information reports.
Postoffices are asking that if an em
ploye has failed to report his social
security number, the employer should
file an application form with suf
ficient supporting information to es
tablish the employe's identity beyond
reasonable doubt.
There is always the possibility of
mistakes, Hodges pointed out, if em
ployers merely submit lists of names
to postoffices, to check against files
in the hope of immediately finding
out what account numbers had been
assigned. Without sufficient informa
tion to identify the employe in ques
tion, the wrong number may be ob
tained and the resulting' mistakes
will prove costly to the entire pro
gram, Hodges said.
Hodges urged all employes who
have not yet reported their social se
curity account numbers to their em
ployers to do so promptly. This ap
plies also to those who have worked
for more than one employer since
Jan. 1, 1937, even though the period
of their employment may have been
one day or less.
Account numbers were issued to
workers through the facilities of
more than 45,000 postoffices which
were utilized in the assignment of
account numbers until June 30. Start
ing July 1, and thereafter, applica
tion forms for account numbers are
obtained at the local postoffice, and
at regional and field offices of the
board. However, the assigning: of ac
count numbers will be made by the
board through field offices, Hodges
explained.
JUNKED PLANES GO TO
HOSPITAL IN NEW FORMS
CHALLENGE REPUBLICANS
WASHINGTON, July 10. (UP)
Democratic members of the federal
tax investigation committee chal
lenged the republicans to prove the
statement that the members of the
Roosevelt family and Henry Morgen
thau, secretary of the treasury, had
availed themselves of tax-exempt
loopholes.
The democratic committeemen said
they were ready to examine the tax
returns if the republican members
proposed an investigation.
Representative Fish, (R) of New
York yesterday proposed an investi
gation into the taxes of Mrs. Roose
velt, Henry Morgenthau, James and
Elliott Roosevelt, and Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt Boettiger; Harry L. Hop
kins, WPA administrator; John L.
Lewis, head of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization and Bernard
Smith, big contributor to the demo
cratic campaign fund.
See the gooes you tmy. Catalog
descriptions are alluring enough,
but how about the goods when
you get them?
San Francisco (UP) A definite
and permanent market exists for
smashed and worn-feut airplanes, ac
cording to August Kern, professional
bracemaker for the medical depart
ment of the University of California.
In the same way that there is a
market for worn-out automobiles and
for the scrap iron of ocean liners and
freighters, the material coming from
airplanes that have outlived their
usefulness it of the highest value in
the art of bracemakinfr. Kern ex
plained.
The fine metal and tubing from
discarded airplanes, he has found
within the past few years, constitutes
the best available for the manufac
ture of fracture-setting apparatus,
overhead pulleys, rods and other ap
pliances necessary in every hospital.
Often these vary according to each
pattent and must be specially made,
Jut the greatest problem has been to
find a proper material that was suf
ficiently light and at the same time
strong.
Kern, a graduate of the University
of Heidelberg, for a number of years
has specialized exclusively in the
manufacture of hospital braces, sur
eical appliances and casts. Old air
plane material, he said, has solved
one of his most difficult problems.
FACE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
KANSAS CITY. July 10. (UP)
Four young men, who police said con
fessed to beating to death an un
known man when he cursed them
will be charged with manslaughter.
The victim of the affair died of a
broken neck.
Finish Rich, 20, interrupted po
lice questioning to boast of his prow-
ness as a tighter, as he and Joe Ho-
ran. 20, were fined last winter for
assaulting s. referee at a fight.
John R. Grand, 27, and Billy Mc
Coy, 18, are the others held in the
case.
CHILD SHOWS GAINS
OMAHA, Neb., July 10. (UP)
Thomas J. Andrews, six-week-old
baby, of Nebraska City, whose tiny
skull was fractured Tuesday evening,
was reported to be gaining at the
University hospital today. The oper
ation was apparently successful, the
doctors .stated. Fortunately the frac
ture was close to the center of the
head. Had it been slightly forward
to one side, greater danger would
have prevailed.
Plattsmouth Is the tseaT large
town shopping center for all Cass
county people. Values here are
the equal of those found anywhsro
read the ads for bargain news.
CASS COUNTY
Treasurers Semi-annual Statement
From January 1, 1937, to June 30, 1937, Inclusive
Balance Transferred Transferred Transferred Disburse- Balance
January 1, from other Receipts to Co. Gen. toother FEES an June 30,
1937 Funds Fund Funds ments 1937
State General Fund
State Capitol Fund
State Redemption Fund
State School Land Lease
State Bee Tax Fund
State Highway Supervision (Motor Fund)
State Highway Maintenance (Motor Fund) .
State Drivers' License Fund
State Aid Bridge Fund
County General Fund
County Bridge Fund
Soldier Relief Fund
Mothers' Pension Fund
Labor Tax Fund
County Poor Relief Fund
District Road Fund
First Commissioner's Road P"und
Second Commissioner's Road Fund
Third Commissioner's Road Fund
First Commissioner's Drag Fund
Second Commissioner's Drag Fund
Third Commissioner's Drag Fund
District School Fund
District School Bond Fund
Inheritance Tax Fund
Individual Redemptions Fund
Teachers' School Fund (State Apportionment)
County Farm Collections
Interest on County Deposits
County Highway Fund
Free High School Tuition Fund
County Drag (Motor Fund)
Motor Vehicle Refunds
Cities ant Villages Bonds and Interest Fund
Special Improvement Taxes
Precinct Gravel Funds
Louisville Precinct Bond Fund
Louisville Precinct Gravel Fund
Stove Creek Precinct Gravel Fund
Greenwood Precinct Gravel Fund
"Weeping Water Precinct Gravel Fund
Center Precinct Gravel Fund
Avoca Precinct Gravel Fund
South Bend Precinct Gravel Fund
Eimwood Precinct Gravel Fund
Eight Mile Grove Precinct Gravel Fund
Tipton Precinct Gravel Fund
City xf Plattsmouth Fund
City of Weeping Water Fund
Village of Louisville Fund
Village of South Bend Fund
Village of Greenwood Fund
Village of Avoca Fund
Village of Union Fund
Village of Murdock Fund
Village of Murray Fund
Village of Eagle Fund
Village of Alvo Fund
Village of Eimwood Fund
Village of Nehawka Fund
Intangible Tax Fund
County Fees Motor Fund
Taxes Paid Under Protest
Advertising Account
Fees Earned
Miscellaneous Collections ,
County Fees from Tax Sales and Ind. Redemptions-
Interest Account
Gasoline Tax from State
State Old Age Pensions
Fines and Licenses
Dependent Children's Fund
Old Age Assistance Fund
Blind Assistance Fund
County Administration Assistance Fund
County Drivers' License Fund
TOTALS $206, 518.69
4,031.08
16.09
5.18
2.51
31.65
65.92
771.23
6.00
1,570.73
11.853.60
15,221.60
1,273.82
3,248.77
1,467.48
18.2S4.32
1,044.46
2,357.23
979.30
2,754.35
1.309.13
3,149.83
59.59S. 74
21,466.34
3,874.63
18,731.50
220.97
1.27
.03
11.730.37
4,398.51
1.21
5.95
10.12
960.16
3,657.06
1,806.85
1.896.76
2,637.20
5,449.75
6,716.55
7,657.94
9,169.68
2,606.76
15.370.50
21.17
5.48
178.11
1,540.09 3S.09
1,370.40 3.25
1,118.95
1,891.23
1.275.01 789.98
541.85
2.333.56 657.85
4,238.90 3.39
279.50 1,004.00
2,009.05 15.51
3,222.49 2,705.63
1,317.07 117.77
2.635.79 207.93
168.72 .04
299.40 15.61
678.92 8.79
303.75 13.79
309.74 3.86
99.00 .51
834.99 49.94
189.10 .18
503.97 120.61
3.187.02 7.82
7.48
I
464.181
1,646.07
497.00
979.18
1,297.76
S.06
7.60
4.446.74
.17
29,575.12 $
12.34
6.00
11.70
606.87
7.100.56
53.00
4,497.30
29,816.98
10,038.59
338.62
2,015.49
1,399.00
14,484.14
13.413.76
79,927.11
9,503.84
1,110.13
5.C87.8S
2,178.21
64.69
556.27
13,521.03
16,567.99
240.98
20.548.88
2,623.19
2,506.59
64.69
556.27
24,961.73
3,160.95
1,944.26
86.54
1,168.21
456.32
1,316.90
441.43
281.69
1,243.44
27S.82
1,848.43
1,767.71
763.50
259.45
122.97
98.00
16,096.10
15.95
1,185.36
21,839.63
2,248.45
641.45
6,593.22
37,415.86
612.06
1,573.79
128.50
98.00
4,446.74
'5.50
1,372.24
7,882.60
2.59
945.29
2,178.21
60.64
16,567.99
2,623.19
2,512.07
$ S4,550.23$396,954.98$ 5,241.20
770. 9S
259.45
16,096.10
15.95
1.185.36
21,839.63
497.00
53.00
$ 29,100.00
20.00
5.00
42.95
654.48
7.657.56
46.75
3,948.07
47,391.12
6.25S.S3
500.00
1,862.50
16.G68.S6
10,475.16
1,432.30
1,814.25
696.29
4,745.92
6.75S. 74
6,157.15
88,982.86
' 11,091.25
164.84
5,687.88
11,394.27
27,045.00
240.98
9ft r,4fi SRI
707.69
.35
.01
.06
.30
704.90
236.85
S.1G
48.16
36.88
191.55
317.67
806.40
95. 4S
135.45
70.20
26,723.08
3,043.38
1,051.65
1,000.00
1,275.80
500.00
300.00
1,100.00
390.00
2,175.00
1,200.00
464.18
$ 74.862.29
- 3,650.00
7,643.57
38,292.91
612.00
1,054.10
.83
.07
17.14
14.27
.07
21.78
.34
678.94
83.33
55.51
2.40
28.78
13.37
31.93
11.76
7.40
30.65
7.93
48.23
44.23
4,019. 4S
9.35
.17
8.45
.13
IS. 31
214.23
12.25
2,119.96
5.304.93
23.163.08
1,105.49
51.37
16,679.71
1.419.01
2.439.74
2,920.21
3.458.18
1,266.94
4.650.62
58.903.68
22,390.21
7.850.S6
5.032.61
.87
$401,935.76;$
178.11
1.577.35
1,373.58
1,118.95
1,891.23
2.047.85
541.85
2.906.94
4.242.22
1.261.72
2.024.22
3,487.83
1,469.08
3,680.82
252.90
454.44
1,130.66
326.71
243.27
73.80
997.72
70.17
249.78
1.717.82
.97
194.32
641.45
571.17
420.71
512.09
4.446.7411201.537.91
I
Summary of All Collections and Disbursements
Disbursem'ts Receipts
City Foreclosure, 1935 and Prior Taxes $ 1,591.32
Taxes Collected for Year 1928 51.18
1929 166.35
1930 295.48
1931 1,327.49
1932 1,269.74
1933 3,838.63
1934 6.197.44
1935 7,939.38
1936 221,137.92
State Drivers' Licenses 53.00
State Apportionment (Teachers Fund) 2,178.21
County Drivers' Licenses 128.50
State School Land Lease 6.00
Inheritance Tax 1,110.13
Motor Vehicle Collections 24,775.85
Miscellaneous Collections 16,096.10
County Farm Collections 64.69
Fines and Licenses Collections 641.45
State Gasoline Tax Collections 21,839.63
Interest on County Deposits 556.27
Individual Redemptions 5,687.88
Protest Taxes 122.97
County Fees from Redemptions and Tax Sales 15.95
Special Improvement Taxes 2,353.82
Cities and Villages Bonds and Interest 20,546.88
State Aid Bridge Collections 4,497.30
Dependent Children Collections j.- 6,593.22
Old Age Assistance Collections - 37,415.86
Blind Assistance Collections 612.06
Poor Relief from State and Federal Sources 6,270.4 9
Administration Assistance 1,573.79
Total Collections Jan. 1, 1937 to June 30, 1937 $396,954.98
Balance on Hand January 1, 1937 206,518.69
GRAND TOTAL $603,473.67
State Disbursements $ 41,133.79
State Bee Tax Disbursements 42.95
State Aid Bridge Disbursements 3,948.07
County Disbursements 99,486.53
School Disbursements 127,119.11
Precinct Gravel Disbursements 70.20
Old Age Assistance Disbursements 38,292.91
County Administration 1,054.10
Cities and Villages, Bonds and Interest 20,546.88
Blind Assistance Disbursements 612.00
County Poor Relief Disbursements 16,668.86
Inheritance Tax (Appraisers' Fees) 164.84
Auto Refunds ' 240.98
Redemptions 5,687.88
Protest Taxes 464.18
Cities and Villages Disbursements 38,758.91
Dependent Children Disbursements. 7,643.57
Total Disbursements, Jan. 1, 1937 to June 30, 1937 $401,935.76
BALANCE CASH ON HAND, June 30, 1937-- $201,537.91
(5) Overdrawn.
Outstanding Registered Warrants
Outstanding Registered Warrants NONE
List of Unpaid Claims on File
in the Office of County Clerk
General Fund . $3,242.63
Poor Relief Fund 5,422.84
Road Fund 40.00
Drag Fund 186.13
Commissioner District No. 1 17.86
Commissioner District No. 3 22.00
County Highway Fund 209.09
To: JOHN E. TURNER. County Treasurer
of Cass County, Nebraska:
I. Geo. R. Sayles. County Clerk of Cass Coun
ty, Nebraska, do hereby certify in accordance with
the provisions of Section 26-1002 of the 1935 Laws
of Nebraska, that the above is a true and correct
statement of unpaid claims on file in the office of
the County Clerk of said Cass County, Nebraska,
as of June 15, 1937.
Witness my hand and Seal of my office this
15th day of June, 1937, at Plattsmouth, Cass
County, Nebraska.
GEO. R. SAYLES,
County Clerk, Cass County,
(Seal) Nebraska.
Fees from County Officers
from Jan. 1, 1937 to June 30, 1937
Clerk of District Court $ 1,644.65
County Judge 2.115.64
County Clerk 467.10
County Sheriff 364.20
Register of Deeds 993.00
County Treasurer 4.722.14
Total Fees Collected $10,306.73
Certificate of Treasurer
I, John E. Turner, Treasurer of Cass County,
Nebraska, hereby certify that the above statement
shows the amounts collected and disbursed in the
various funds from January 1, 1937, to June 30.
1937, inclusive, and the balance on hand at the
close of business June 30. 1937, and furthermore
that the foregoing is correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
JOHN E. TURNER.
County Treasurer, Caea County;
' Nebraska.