MONDAY, OCTOBEB 18, 1937.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUENAL
PAGE FIVE
Fall Job Peak
Tops 1929 Mark
in 13 Counties
Geneva Labor Office Finds Unemploy
ment in United States Up
10 Per Cent.
By WALLACE CARROLL
United Press Staff Correspondent
GENEVA (UP) The wheels of in
dustry are rapidly absorbing the ma
jority of the unemployed in virtu
ally all countries. This was revealed
in the unemployment statistics com
piled by the International Labor Of
fice for the third quarter of 1937.
In 13 countries, there are more
people employed now than there were
in the hey-day era of 1929. Using
the 1929 compilations as a yardstick,
the Union of South Africa has 132.7
per cent; Estonia has 149.4; Den
mark, 136.3; Finland. 115.5; Yugo
slavia, 114.5; Great Britain. 113.2;
Hungary. 107.2; Italy, 106.1; Nor
way, 107.0; Canada. 100.7; Japan.
127. S; Sweden, 119.3; and Latvia,
116. S.
U. S. Gain 10 Per Cent
The United States shows a 10 per
cent gain over 193C with a mark of
97.1. The percentages for ; re
maining countries include: Belgium.
06. S; Poland. 91.1; Prance, 80.7;
The Netherlands, SI. 4; Switzerland,
79.0, and Luxemburg, 7S.2.
In comparison with 193C, the sta
tistics reveal that unemployment de
clined in all countries With the ex
ception of three Denmark, Finland
and Yugoslavia.
In making public the statistics,
officials cf the International Labor
Office cautioned that since the method
of compiling them varies from coun
try to country, they can only be
treated as showing the trends of em
ployment and unemployment and not
as accurate measurements.
Two Quarters Compared
The figures given for the various
countries, as compared with those for
the corresponding quarter of 193C
are as follows:
3rd Quarter
1936 1937
Austria 217.991 17S.081
Australia 57.001 43,010
Belgium 100,833 86.344
Bulgaria 4.997 4.27S
Canada 22,305 18.070
Chile 5.076 2,721
Czechoslovakia. 508. 081 248.127
Danzig 8.5 S 7 2.9 84
Denmark 61,432 76,391
Estonia 476 470
Finland 2,431 2,794
France 458,543 344,521
Germany 1,429,656 748,608
Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland 1,613,940 1.358.C21
Hungary 46.713 43.915
Irish Free State 67.045 Go. 670.
Japan C52.501 310.060
Lavia 1,223 1.146
Netherlands 375.674 312.907
Norvav 23,477 20.045
Poland 284.000 276.781
Rumania 12,923 10.784
Sweden 21.510 9.800
Switzerland 79.2S1 51,892
Yugoslavia 10,501 11,543
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Slayor La Guardia Comparative locatio :
Construction is now under way on a new municipal airport for New
York. Made possibje by a 53,000,000 YPA grant, supplemented fcy
an appropriation of nearly $4,000,000 by the city of New York, tho
new field will be situated on Flushing bay. Queens, and is scheduled
to be completed in 193P- North Beach airport, built in 1C29, i3 the
nucleus cf the new airport which is expected to be the world's largest
and busiest when finished. It will comprise more tnan 400 acre3
and will accommodate both land and seaplanes, serving probably
base for transatlantic service. .
Empire State
Shapes Up as
Political Gage
Democrats Accept New Deal as Issue
in November Vote Court
Issue Is Injected.
By JACK CROUCHER
United Press Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, N. Y. (UP) New York
voters go to the polls in November in
an election to point the trend of the
! political winds in President Koose
ivelt's home state for the first time
i since the last presidential balloting.
The state's thousands of voters
will elect the 1938 assembly, lower
I house of the legislature, and dele
gates to the constitutional conven
tion, created to revise New York's
ponderous constitution.
Democratic and republican state
jand national leaders, fresh from party
I assemblages, have accepted the chal
! lenge of the other to make the New
j Deal a chief issue at the polls.
Court Issue Injected
Republicans were first to inject na
tional issues into the fall political
campaigns. They already have thrust
rIr. Roosevelt's supreme court reor
ganization program forward as their
! major stump topic.
1 Democrats, however, were quick to
acce pt the republican challenge. Post-
master General James A. Farley met
the republican thrust at a demo
cratic rally in Niagara Falls. Farley,
democratic state and national hair
man, told the party pow-wow that
the national and state administra
tions were working in close co-operation
"for the betterment of the peo
ple as a v hole."
Republicans controlled the politi
cally important assembly last year by
a slender margin. They undoubtedly
: would seize upon another assembly
victory as a distinct blow at the New
Deal by the president's own state.
Convention Fight Foremost
The campaign for control of the
constitutional convention promises to
overshadow the assembly fight.
Democrats, who already are pre
dicting they will win a majority of
delegates to the convention, admit
tedly stand little chance of winning
control of the lower house.
Sen. Robert F. Wagner of New
York heads the New Deal slate of
democratic candidates for the con
vention, which faces action on a maze
of subjects, including the drive for
legislation of pari-mutuel betting at
ruce tracks.
With Gov. Herbert H. Lehman al
most certain to retire at the end of
his term, the present campaigns are
the forerunner of the gubernatorial
fighting that is to come next vcar.
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CAUSE AU rAAH LIFE fitfMfc
DONE AJATEI TVrAE.
HAVfc- TO WOR.R.Y
ABOUT !
Billingers Go
on Spiel Tour
of Dixie Fairs
Slain Desperado's Father and Half
Ercther Give Lectures Blame
Put on Warden.
By WALTER LDUSTMANN
United Tress Staff Correspondent
SHELBY, N. C. (UP) A new "Dil
linger band" has arisen this time
to tell the world that crime doesn't
pay and. incidentally, to attempt to
lessen the infamy of the late ace des
perado, John Dillinger.
Johnt Dillinger, Sr.. and Hubcr
Dillinger, John's half-brother aid
ed by a professional barker and a
wax museum of the nation's one-time
underworld great v ho came to a sud
den end are barnstorming the Unit
ed States with their message.
The tiny band is drawing crowds
since it opened its anti-crime crusade
at North Carolina county fairs. From
the Cleveland county fair it goes to
Hickory, N. C, Spartansburg, S. C,
and points south.
Elcme Put On Warden
"John was a good boy, just got
into bad company," th3 elder Dil
linger. 73, baldish. pleasant and in
a well-tailored fall suit, tells his aud
iences. "But he never would have
ended as he did had not a warden
confused a picture of him with that
of a bank robber and issued an order
for his arrest."
Dillinger, Mooresville. Ind.. farm
er, said he was making the tour be
cause he had "nothing else to do."
His story of his son's life in crime
starts with John's 10-year term for
robbery (a confederate, it seems, got
off with two years) when, "sitting at
home listening to the radio, he heard
a fii!sii that John was v. anted for rob
bing a bank."
"Bitter at the world for his long,
unjust prison term, John there and
then determined never to return tc
prison, Dillinger .continued. "He
left home that night and began his
14-months crime wave that terrorized
the nation."
"Had that warden not mistaken
pictures and not jumped to the con
clusions because John was an ex-convict,
his career of crime would never
have been," the old man argued.
Half-Brother Wants to Fly
Hubert Dillinger, 24, who bears a
marked resemblance to his gangster
brother, even to the mustache, and
wants to be an aviator, added a few
words to those of his father and told
what he knew of John.
"I knew John Dillinger person
ally," he begins. "And I can tell
you, as can many others, that any
one v. ho ever knew him liked him.
But, at the same time. I would have
hated to be an enemy of John Dil
linger." Alter enlarging on the case of the
mistaken photograph, the barker
vividly presents a resume of Dillin
ger's crimes and escapades over the
14-month period in 193 4-25.
"He was making fools of the po
lice that's why they had to get rid
of him," he adds.
The Dillinger crime exhibit com
prises wax figures of Al Capone, John
"Red" Hamilton, Dillinger's ace lieu
tenant; Clyde Barrow and Bonnie
Barker (both laid out on marble slab's
dripping blood), "Baby Face" Nel
son, Bruno Richard Ilauptmann and
others.
Beneath each figure is a large pla
card telling what they did and how
the law finally caught them.
Headlining the exhibit cf gangster
celebrities is the figure of John Dil
linger, Jr.. laid cut on a slab in the
Ccok count-, Illinois, jail after G-men
had killed him as he left a Chicago
theater.
Prominent also is the figure of the
"v.-cman in red." Mrs. Anna Sage,
Dillinger's "moll" who presumably
tipped off federal agents that the
gangster would be at the theater that
night.
"She put him cu the spot," the ex
hibit placard tersely reads.
Ami
jr . t,
Plea to Save
Mother Earth
Yins Navajos
Last of Great Chieftains Eallies In
dians to Figtt Erosion Ap
peals to Tribesmen.
By CARL McCLUNG
United Press Staff Correspondent
WINDOW ROCK. Ariz. (UP) The
government has received influential
aid in its program to improve cattle
overstocking and depleted soil con
ditions on the entire 1G. 000, 000 acre
Navajo reservation, with Ch.ee Dodge,
last of the great chieftains, pledging
his support.
Chee, whose influence is expected
to iron out difficulties which have
arisen with Indians who oppose the
federal plau. recited range dangers
threatening his tribe before a group
of Indians and officials who assembled
at Pincon.
Words of the white-thached,
jewel-bedecked mediator who also is
one of the tribe's most successful
stockmen, were regarded by white
emissaries as a classic of reasoning
and oratory. Kis speech strengthen
ed hopes of the government and prob
ably assured eventual success of the
two-unit program.
Long; Roundup Underway
The plan, including a program of
building soil by controlled planting
and grazing, together with a reduc
tion in the million head of animals
owned by the Indians is underway
today. Four hundred of Arizona's
hardest riding cowboys and Navajos
have begun a roundup that will last
until the first snows.
Chee's speech, presented calmly be
fore listeners who largely were head
men from all sections of the great
tribe began:
"Sixty-eight years ago we came
back from Fort Sumner. At that time
we were just a small, band. We also
owned a very small band of stock.
But. up to this day, we are told we
have increased to 50,000. Also, our
stock increased tremendously with
us.
"At that time we had plenty of
grass for our stock, thinking noth
ing about the grass our stork ate,
thinking nothing about the soil the
grass grew from, thinking nothing
about our Mother Earth.
"Years back a person could al
most see the grass sprouting right
after the rains. And after it rained
you could walk on the soil and it
would sound like you were walking
in the snow cracking under your
soles. But now the ground is just
like cement. The only thing a per
son hears cracking are his knee
joints from walking on the hard
ground."
Points to Hardships
Chee said the grass was killed be
cause the stock v.-as permuted to run
over the reservation. He cited the
great hardships brought about by
dust norma, caused "by depletion of
soil.
He urged the Indians aid the gov
ernment in its conservation program,
and, pointing to some of the younger
members of the tribe, he appealed to
the "oldtimers."
"Have pity on these youngsters,
the coming Navajos who will take our
place. They have no place to go.
This is their reservation. If we had
I two or three reservations it would
probably be different.
"If we have increased in CS years
from a handful to 50,000 what will
be the population of the Navajos 30
years hence?"
Then, he cried:
"My people, Mother Earth is slow
ly dying."
EEEF EilLNGS RECORD PRICE
OMAHA. Oct. 15 (UP) Lester
Lutt, 14-year-old Madison county boy
was almost $1500 richer today when
the Hereford calf with which he won
the grand championship of the Ak-Sar-Een
4-II baby beef show sold at
vl'.GO per pound. The animal weigh
ed 920 pounds.
The Paxton Hotel of Omaha was
the successful bidder. The price is
the highest in the history of the
show, with the exception of the open
ing year, 192S when the baby beef
champion brought 52.022 per pound.
Lutt received $1.50 per pound for the
animal with which he won last year's
show. He is the first youngcter to
win twice in the Ak-Sar-Ben show.
The reserve grand champion, also
a Hereford, which was shown by
Donald Collins of Albion, Iowa,
brought 50c per pound. The purchaser
was the FalstaH Brewing company.
Last year the reserve grand cham
pion EOld at C7 cents per pound.
Small factories wtti TTnd wel
come and the opportunity lo ex
pand (through river transporta
tion) in Plattsmoutn.
AV0CA NEWS
Calvin Carsten, in order to facili
tate farming operations, has bought
a Farmall tractor.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jourgesou of
Wamego. Kansas, were visiting the
folks last Sunday and remained for
a few days.
Dr. J. W. Brendel was called to
Nebraska City last Monday tt look
after business matters for a short
time, making the trip in his car.
Nita Frances or" Eeloit. Kansas,
a sister of Mrs. Harry H. iIarquardt,
was visiting for a few days with her
sister at the Marquardt home last
week.
Adolf Maier of near Otoe was
looking after some business matters
1 in Avoca Tuesday afternoon and was
! consulting with Fred Marquardt as
I to the corn crop.
I A new coat of gravel has been
! spread on the streets of Avoca, plac
ing them in excellent shape for the
winter. Three car loads of gravel
were shipped in to e'.o Hie job.
Oscar Zimmerer took advantage of
the bank holiday on Columbus day
and. accompanied by his mother,
went to Omaha, where they enjoyed
a visit with relatives and friends.
Elmer J. Hallslrom and wife and
Louie Carsten, Sr., were in Platts
mcuth last Tuesday (Columbus day),
where Elmer was attending the Cass
County Bankers' convention, includ
ing the banquet in the evening.
Edward Shackley and daughter,
Mullcr, were at Northboro, Iowa,
last Sunday, spending the day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tar
mcnter. Mrs. Farmonter is a daughter
cf Mr. Shackley anO. a sister of M:ss
Mullcr.
Ernest Anderson of Bertrand ar
rived in Avoca last week, coming to
visit with friends and also to look
for employment as there is nothing
to do out that way just now. with
the corn crop burned out. Ernest
v.-as fortunate in securing employ
ment at the farm of W. A. Ost. and
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i is ot'sy neipiug aniti mc umu
crop laised there.
Shelby Voyles and Ed Anderson
and son of Ramsey. Indiana, were
here last Sunday, coming to take
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Voyles back to
Indiana, where they will make their
home with their nephew in the
future. A sale of the Voyles house
hold goods was held during the past
week ar.d the proceeds forwarded to
them in their new home in the east.
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Kokjer, who
have been visiting at a number of
places, including Leigh, where they
attended a church reunion (having
lived there many years ago when
Rev. Kokjer was minister to the
church that was holding the ee'.ebra-
jtion) arrived home last Tuesday.
! During their absence they also visit
led in Lincoln. Crete and Fremont.
Kiddies Visited Farade
Fred Marquardt and wife were at
Nebraska City on Saturday. October
9. closing day of the Apple Festival
at that piace and took with them
Stanley Smith and Merle Hennings.
all of whom were delighted at Leiig
a Lie to see the fine parade as well
as tho line exhibits of apples and
other fruits.
Take Along Their Conveyance
A peculiar condition is said to
e::ist in parts of Iowa, where, with
a Lumi::;r corn crop being ready to
rhuck. many of the farmers do not
have sufficient horses to put buskers
i:: the field, so cannot hire men for
that work, much as they need them.
To overcome this handicap, three en
terprising Nebraskans are said to
have tnkn two trucks, one of them
bearing three wagons ?nd the other
j:x head of horses, and driven to that
portion of our neighboring state in
which the corn yield is especially
heavy. Thus able to provide their
own teams and wagons they lyive
found plenty of work and at a good
rate of pay per bushel.
Fanners in Iowa, as elsewhere,
have cut their horses to a minimum,
and new with corn to be gathered,
find their tractors not so good for
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the sane car is the cii3
that cv.ht to he com
pletely insured.
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IIFFICnsi; I'M) floor
Platts. State Bank Eidg.
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Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
Some Lessons in Letter Writing
By IRVIN S. COBB
yHACKEEAY had the faculty for saying a great deal in a few words.
Under certain circumstances he also could draw a tremendous re
serve force of tact.
Once upon a time a young and ambitious person who was the son
of one of Thackeray's dear friends, wrote a book, or what he fondly
1 UsA (OHrAE,QHMyM
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thought might mate a boo!:. He ashed tHs author of "Vanity Fair" to
pass on its merits. Thackeray took the 'great m:i.-s of closely written
theets. Next day be returned it to the author with this note:
"My dear younr: Friend: I have read your manuscript and I wi.-,h to
tell you, that, differently arranged, the same words which you used
here, have before now constituted literature."
"1 can think of at least two American writers who, under somewhat
Eimilar conditions, likewise had recourse to diplomacy in softening- the
blow for v.-ell-meanir.iT amateurs. Ambrose Bicrce was a.-ked by a young
California to pass judgment upon the hitter's first published work.
After reading it, Bierce summed up his review in the following
lines :
"The main criticism which I would ofTer is that the covers of this
volume are entirely too far apart."
And there is the historic intano of the tlistint-uished dramatist
and producer who received a script from a man who thought he could
write for th i-tarr. With thi conclusion the professional playwright
foUnd himself unable to agree. In returning the offering he accompanied
it with a letter :;s follows:
"My dear hir:v
"1 have rrad Tour plav.
"Oh, my dear Sir!"
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this work, unless tie" are fortunate
one ug
io ov.i. 1-uKkiiig machines.
which many of them do not
; Sam Itoberis. a laborer, killed 1,1 CM
Visited IIciC T.'l ILeiitC TlCT.: -snakes hi re in i: UJy. Roberts was
Koiert High and wife, wl.u t(..n-' v aiking near L' ; home when he sav
crly lived in this vicinity, but who'" !"!- vlUUr 'V h:U a
have been farming near Bertranu . 11,1 1',,'u,d rot t I-'' !1"Kt'- but
for several years, stopped in Avoca -last
Tuesday for a visit while en '.
route home f.om Chicago, wh-.-rc; Jmprovinn our rarm-lo-rnrtrktt
,.
they have been lor tover::! month
They were guests while here of the
Iienry Mascmnn and J. ". KoUjer '
:amilic3. During their sojourn in the;
Windy City. Mr. High v.as employed
fcr several months, comple ting Ills
work last week. i
Celebrated 7Sth Eirthday j
1'. rs. Pauline Witzeko. mot her of;
-Me-suanos Iilarior. I'ittman and Wil- j
iiam CoiiiiLT, !:r-.ved at her 7Mh j
birthday last Sunday and was an;
honored guet at the home of her,
daughter. T.lrs. I'ittman. where there!
were also gathered for the occasion, J
tl-.e Gollner family and Ar.aa Ilalloy, J
who is visiting in Avoca from her i
hem? at Hamlet. i:i the western part 1
of tho F.tr.te. A most pleasant time j
was had by ail. :
Enjcyalile Birthday Tarty
As last Sunday was tho slst birth- ;
day anraversary of B. C. Marquardt,
the occasion was duly celebrated by i
a family dinner. Among those pros-
enr were his brother, Charles. 7S.
ur.d wi:e. another brother. Henry of
Fremont, ago 75. and two sisters,
one residing in Omaha, the other
Mrs. E. C. Fquircs anu husband, of
Talmage, ar.J Ray Marquardt. wife
and son Donald. It was a must
pleasant family gathering and a
good time was had.
Plattsmoutn ofrers a splendid
market for larm produce. Lccal
aealers always pay top prices.
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