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MONDAY. JANUARY. 10..19S8. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE THREE Gathering at Alvo Opposed to Compulsion Largely Attended Jleeting But Lack ing the Fire and Excitement at Murray Tuesday. Another of the county meetings sponsored by the committee that is opposing the compulsory features of the suggested farm bills in congress, was held at Alvo Wednesday after noon. As at the other meetings, Carl Tefft, of Avoca, the county republi can chairman presided and Marvin Carr of Eagle, democratic chairman, served as secretary. The meeting occupied some three hours in debate and discussion and the speakers comprised the same that had been heard at the Murray meet ing on the previous day. The matter was climaxed by the motion that stated "We are opposed to a farm bill carrying some compul sory features to insure its success" which was offered and carried by a two to one vote of the members of the group, 162 voting for the motion and 73 against. The farmers, however, were largely in favor of a farm bill and only a very small number were opposed to any farm measure. The opposition to the suggested clauses in the house farm bill was led by Mr. Tefft, D. O. Dwyer. Searl S. Davis, and Troy L. Davis. They were leaders of the committee that pre sented the brunt of the battle for the opposition to the compulsory fea tures of the proposed law. In sup ort of some measure of compulsion was heard William Metzger, young Cedar Creek farmer. Parr Young of Nehawka. Alfred Gansemer of Mur ray and Senator W. B. Banning of Union. Resolution Adopted After the vote a group of 50 to 73 farmers climbed up the platform to sign a resolution opposing and protesting "any attempt to compel crop allotments or to levy a process ing tax." Resolutions of the farmers and land owners of Cass county, Nebras ka: Whereas: The farmers of the Unit ed States have always been inde pent, patriotic, and liberty loving; and Whereas: It is evident from a study of the soil conservation district bill as drawn in Washington and intro duced in the unicameral legislature that an attempt was made to invade the time honored freedom of the farmers of Nebraska; and. Whereas: The congress of the Unit ed States has passed bills that give the secretary of agriculture compul sory and dictatorial powers over the farmers of the United States and in fringe upon their rights in the own ership and management of their farms, and said bills are even now being considered by a senate and house conference committee; and Whereas: It appears that certain so-called farm leaders who claim to represent the will of the farmers be fore the congress are urging com pulsory control, and are not repre senting the sentiments of a large ma jority of farmers of the middlewest; therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the farmers and landowners of Cass county; that 1. We are opposed to, and pro test emphatically against any legis lation, state or national, that at tempts to compel crop allotments, or to levy processing taxes, or to dic tate the management of our farming business: and 2. We have not delegated to any person or agency the right to think or speak for us, and we believe our representatives in the congress have been misinformed and mislead by those socalled farm leaders; and 3. We are opposed to the creation of a scarcity in the United States and then resort to importation of corn, wheat, pork, beef and other farm commodities, and believe that the welfare of America requires the Am erican market for the American farmer: and, 4. We believe the solution of the farm problem confronting America with millions unemployed, hungry, and starving- is not to limit the pro duction of food, but to find a way to give purchasing power and a decent standard of living to these unfor tunate American citizens; and to de velop additional markets and uses for farm commodities: and 5. We are in favor of conserving the soil, our natural resources, and the wild life of America, and that such program should be developed, the American way, not by coercion but by education and demonstration; and 6. That copies of this resolution as adopted be mailed at once to the Nebraska senators and represent atives, to the secretary of agricul ture, to the senate and house confer ence committee on the agricultural adjustment act of. 1937, and to the governor of the state of Nebraska. f" Thomas Walling Company J 5- Abstracts of Title 4 J. Phone 324 - Plattsmouth J. WPA AND STATES CLASH WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UP) Administration and the state oper ated unemployment services under Social Security program appeared headed today for a showdown on who should care for the unemployed. Acting WPA administrator Aubrey Williams has ruled that all persons on relief rolls must give up their WPA work if they are eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. That they must take the benefits "regardless of the amount of money." In some cases workerss will have to give up jobs at o2 to53 a month for benefits which are as low as So a week. K. Gordon Wagenet, director o'f the bureau of unemployment compensa tion of the social security board has "suggested" that all state unemploy ment compensation directors confer with WPA state director over the ruling. But social security officials have no control over the states oper ated agencies. Relief officials r.id they had ro alternative but to cut those eligible for unemployment ben efits off their rolls because it was questionable whether they were act ually jobless when they were work ing on WPA projects. F0STP0NE HIGHWAY PROJECTS LINCOLN, Jan. C (UP) Gover nor Cochran today instructed State Engineer A. C. Tilley to- defer sub mission of all state highway projects to the federal roads bureau until con gress takes final action on President Roosevelt's appeal for a reduction in state highway grants. The governor's action followed re ceipt of a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, directing atten tion to the president's message deliv ered to the special session of congress in November, in which he recom mended cutting federal aid in half. "Although no action has been taken since that time," Cochran said, "the president desires that congress be afforded fur.ther opportunity to consider the reduction before the states submit their projects. ' "Plans for proceeding construction are usually submitted to the bureau of public roads on January 1 for final authorization by congress, fol lowing apportionment cf the funds to separate states. If the president's recommendation is carried out by congress Nebraska will lose ?4. 0000, 000 in highway Tunds during the 1939 fiscal year, Tilley said. BANDITS STRIKE CHICAGO CHICAGO, Jar.. 6 (UP) Police today sought two bandits who in vaded a loan company office, locked 15 employes in a vault, and escaped with $1,500 after asking a passerby to call police. Posing as business men, the bandit gained admittance to the company's loop office. They drew guns and herded employes into the vault. They robbed the cashier's office and left. In a hall outside the office they gave a man $2 to "go down to the corner and tell a policeman there is trouble up here." In the vault L. L. Janis. company vice president, called police on a telephone concealed for such an emergency. Officers opened the vault while Janis shouted instructions to them through a speaking tube. APPORTION SCHOOL FUNDS LINCOLN, Jan. 8 (UP; The January semi-arnual apportionment of state school funds to school dis tricts amounted t $157,884.79 Charles W. Tavlor, state superintend ent of public instructions announced today. The two principal sources of rev enue were bond interest, S212.002.22 and school land leases 8215.231. Liq uor license receipts yielded 4,521, itinerant merchant license fees, 82, 475 and school land interest $23,101. The remainder came from miscellan eous sources. STADIUM TO SEAT 450,000 BERLIN (UP) Within rive years Germany probably will have the larg est stadium in the world, with a cap acity of 405,000 people. It will be the Deutches Stadium at Nuremberg, for which Hitler laid the cornerstone during the recent Nazi conference. A HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR DEAD ANIMALS Dependable Service Reverse All Calls to 'JOHNNYS FARMERS RENDERING SERVICE Market 1080 Omaha Try My Tankage It's Sure to Please Reasonably Priced Japanese Attack in Internationa! Settlement Clash of French Police and Japs Fol lows Beating of Russian Volun teer Tense Situation. By EDWARD W. EEATTIE United Press Staff Corerspondent SHANGHAI, Jan. S (UP) French and Japanese soldiers faced each other at the bayonet point on the boundary of the French concession today in what was perhaps the most dangerous incident since the'' Jap anese began their vigorous bid for domination of Shanghai. This incident, symptomatic of the explosive atmosphere in China's com mercial capital, occurred while in ternational settlement authorities were protesting the beating of four British policemen by Japanese sol diers c:n the boundary of the inter national area. It was the beating of a Russian member of the French concession vol unteer corps that caused today's clash, which for a few minutes bade to become a pitched fight. A Japanese soldier on the French concession boundary crossed to .the French side of the avenue of the two republics to beat a Chinese wom an who was drawing water at a pump. The Russian volunteer intervened, trying to protect the woman. The Japanese grabbed at the Russian's rifle. The two men grappled and the Russian tried to draw his pistol. Fifteen Japense soldiers with bay oneted rifles crossed into French ter ritory to aid their man. They knock ed down the Russian, and tried to drag him across to the Chinese dis trict of Nantao where they are in domination. The Russian managed to get out his revolver, and one of the Japanese ( presumably an officer) drew a sword. Just then the Russian blew his police whistle and other volun teers came running to the rescue. Japanese officers who had been standing by intervened then and call ed their men back to the Chinese side of the avenue. There the Jap anese mounted two machine guns, facing the French side, as more and more volunteers arrived, armed with rifles and ready for a battle. Soon three French armored cars, with blunt machine gun muzzles pointing from them, were facing the Japanese. French officers arrlvec' and through interpreters the French and Japanese began negotiating. It. was a tense little group for a few min utes. At first the Japanese demand ed that the Russian be handed over to them and that he apologize for what they did not specify. In the end the French and Japanese officers shook hands and it appeared as if the incident had a peaceful curtain. It was understood, however, that actually the incident was settled by the Japanese consulate general. A French consular officer called there on the run during the negotiations between the two officers, and appar ently the Japanese consular officials sent word to the "front." Afterward the French concession police announced that the incident was regarded as a "small affair, due to a misunderstanding," and that it had been settled on the spot by the officers. This was the second recent inci dent at the French boundary. The first was precipitated when Japanese troops, without proper passes, tried to force their way into the French concession, t During this incident the Shanghai municipal council, administrative body of the international concession, was protesting to Japanese author ities against the beating of British policemen by Japanese soldiers on the western boundary of the settle ment. Also the council formally noti fied the British consulate general of the incident. The British had done nothing at this time, as the attacks were regarded as so serious that the government at London was asked to take charge. As in the case of the Russian vol unteer. British policemen were pro testing the occasion of one of the two attacks on them against the beating by Japanese soldiers of Chinese civil ians. There was a third incident yesterday, when Japanese soldiers WELL DRILLING Modem Equipment with a Depth Capacity of 800 Feet Pump and Windmill Repair For Information, Sec, Call or Write Wiesneth Plumbing & Heating Telephone 50 Louisville. Neb. crossed the railroad tracks which mark the western limits cf the inter national area. The British ordered them to go back and the Japanese did so. NO DROUTH NEAR v WASHINGTON, Jan. C (UP) America's farmers need not worry about another serious drought until 1975, in the opinion of Dr. C. G. Abbott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Testifying before a house appro priations sub-committee on budget requests of the Smithsonian, Dr. Ab bott based his prediction on his life long study of the effect of sun spots on weather. "We are, I believe, cn the very verge of recovery from the drought on the last 4C years' period," Abbott said. "We have no expectation of another one of such consequence un til 1975, although following the 23 year period there will be a minor one during the decade 1950-CO." Abbott said that the nation is "just now passing through the end of a drought period vhich began about J930" which was associated with a lowered level in the great lakes, which, in turn, was associated with sun spot cycles of 4 6 years. ASK LARGER PENSION KEARNEY, Neb., Jan. C (UP) A petition has been prepared for cir culation throughout the state de manding that an amendment to the constitution providing for an old age pension of not less than $30 per month be submitted to the voters in next fall's election. The amendment also provides med ical care not to exceed S75 per year and funeral benefits of $150 payable at death. All residents of the state for five continuous years who have reached the age of 65 and whose in come is less than $360 per year would be eligible for the increased old age pension provided he or she is not an inmate of a state institution. Own ership of real estate would not bar collections of the pension. PANHANDLE SHERIFF BARS TRAPPINGS FOR DEPUTIES AMARILLO, Tex. (UP) Here in the heart of the Texas Panhandle, the center of the ranch country. Sheriff Bill Adams won't permit his deputies to wear cowboy hats, boots or to display big six-shooters. "There is no need for such trap pings." says the sheriff. The sheriff is far more interested in his record system, reputedly best in the state. He completes records of all cases from the time of arrest until filial disposition. His office also cooperates with the federal bureau of investigation, exchanging informa tion and fingerprints. WILL ABANDON TRACKAGE WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UP) Abandonment of 5S miles of branch line railroad in Iowa by trustees of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad, was authorized today by the interstate commerce commis sion. The line, extending from Turkey River Junction to West Union, had been operated at a loss for several years. HITLER TO VISIT ITALY ROME. Jan. 7 (UP) Adolf Hitler will visit Italy "next spring" in re turn for Premier Mussolini's visit to Germany last fall, it was announced officially today. Although no date for the visit was given, reliable re ports said that it would be April 21, the date that Rome was founded. SWANS0N FOR ASSESSOR OMAHA, Jan. 6 (UP) Leo VN. Swanson, state land commissioner, late yesterday became the second person to file as candidate for the office' of Douglas county assessor. "Economy" will be the keynote of Ms platform, Mr. Swanson stated. CHEAP goods, like cheap castings, never give real security, or satisfaction. Don't be tempted to save a few cents on your In surance Policies by sacri ficing sound protection or prompt, reliable service! Searl S. Davis OFFICES: 2ND FLOOR Platts. State Bank BIdg. V Auto Industry to Take Back Many Thousands Next Week Is Expected to See 60, 000 at Detroit Back on Their Jobs in Plants. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 8 (UP) More than GO.OOO employees of auto mobile plants will return to their jobs next week, officials of two major man ufacturers disclosed today and there were indications that the figure would be increased to 100,000 within a few weeks. Approximately 53,000 persons who were working in the various divisions of Chrysler Corporation just before the plants were closed on December 23 will return to their jobs next Tues day, corporation officials announced. At the Hudson Motor Car Company where a new low priced car will go into production 0-000 men will be em ployed before the end of next week. Many of the 35,000 workers at Ford Motor Company's River Rouge plant laid off before Christmas will be rehired "as soon as business con ditions permit'' according to Harry Bennett head of the Ford personnel department. The return of 55,000 Chrysler workers officials explained it will not affect the 20,000 men laid off during November and December. The op erations will include a 24 hour week with the hours increasing as business conditions improve officials said. General Motors Corporation which announced the layoff of 30,000 work ers for January 1 has not indicated whether any of these workers will be recalled to their jobs in the near future. At the time of the announce ment William S. Knudsen said he hoped those laid off would be called back before spring. Since last Oct ober GO, 000 General Motors' workers have lost their jobs due to heavy in ventories and a falling off of the used car market. GREEN DEMANDS ACTION WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UP) President William Green of the Am erican Federation of Labor today demanded action "prompt, imme diate and effective" by congress to meet the current business recession. Green presented his demand to the senate unemployment after Rob ert E. Wood, of Sears, Roebuck, criticized a tax on business and Sec retary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and Assistant Attorney General Rob ert II. Jackson. Wood said his con cern was reducing prices an average of 12 per cent in a drive to gain business and had entered the mar kets to build up inventories. Wood proposed that the large cor porations be allowed a 20 per cent exemption from the undistributed profits taxes. He said that rural purchasing pow er had held up during the reces sion, decreasing only 1.3 per cent In December 1937 compared to Decem ber 1936. Urban buying extent was down 5 per cent in December. Green asked the following legis lative action: 1. Shortening of the hours of work through maximum hour regulation in industrial employment. 2. Maintenance of existing wage standards. 3. Continuation of the public works program on an extended scale and establishment of administration of public works on a permanent basis. 4. Extension of the public low- rent housing and slum clearance pro gram -by additional appropriations of funds and suspension of require ments for local contributions. 5. Further stimulation of home construction by private enterprise through remission of local taxes. 6. Revision and broadening of the social security program to provide a nation wide system of unemployment compensation. 7. Reorganization of the work re lief program on an extended scale. Cass county has no bonded in debtedness, as, like the state, we have paid cash for our hard sur faced roads and other improve ments as we went. Yes! Just ONE DOLLAR buys One of These Fine Dress Shirts in our year-end sale! Full Cut Fast Color SEE OUR EAST .WINDOW! WESCOTT'S Since 1879 MILLERS LEAD SMITHS AT PENN STATE COLLEGE STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (UP) One doesn't keep up with the Joneses at Pennsylvania State College; one tries to keep up with the Millers. A count of the recently-issued student directory shows that there are 27 Jones in school, C2 Smiths (counting one Smyth), and an over whelming well, more, anyway total of 04 Millers. Other popular names run thus: Wilson, 28; Hoffman, Johnson, Wil liams, 23 each; Myers, 20; Taylor and Brown, 18 each. COIN IS FRENCH SOU AND ENGLISH HA'PENNY GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (UP) A copper coin dated 1937 which bears a French notation on one side and an English notation on the other has been unearthed by Robert II. Saunders in his yard. The coin is about the size of a half dollar. On one side it states in French that it was issued by the prover.ee of Southern Canada and is worth one sou. The other side states in English that the coin is worth a '"ha'penny English." DRIVER STRANGELY MISSES . FIERY DEATH IN CRASH MOUNT PLEASANT. Tex. (UP) Otis Bowden, Mount Pleasant, was knocked unconscious and pinned be neath his car when it plunged off the highway near here. A passerby found him four hours later and discovered that the car had caught on fire beneath the hood and burned to within a few inches of where Bowden was pinned. Bowden suffered only from bruises and ex posure. YOUTH TURNS DETECTIVE TO RETURN LOST $750 ROCHESTER, N. Y. (UP) Fred erick Kimball, 21. is honest and in dustrious. On his way to work he found an envelope containing 1150 in cash, $500 in bonds and three bank books. One of the bank books bore the name of Mary Kendall, but no address. After inquiring, the youth found out where the owner worked and promptly returned the envelope and its contents. FISHERMAN GETS SURPRISE, SNARES 4-FOOT ALLIGATOR YOUNGSTOWN, O (UP) Wide eyed with astonishment, Ralph G. Stewart and P. D. Coler, snared an 8-year-old, four-foot alligator in a stream near here. The reptile, they learned, had es caped about a month ago from a gold fish pond at the nearby home of Dr. Armin Elsaesser. who the hell is the man in the moon HUMAN TORCH TAKES FIRE TO FIRE STATION YOUNGSTOWN O. (UP) Frank Wehr took his Ire to the fire station. His clothing aflame when he was sprayed by and exploding gasoline can he dashed for the nearby station, screaming. A fireman tackled him at the en trance and beat out the flames. Wehr suffered second-degree burns. CANADIAN MINING BOOMS EDMONTON, Alta. (UP) Devel opment in the northern mining areas of Canada in the bleak tundra country is taking another step forward. Work has started on a $1,000,000 power project near Goldfields, which will provide electric energy and lights for plants operating in the North west Territories. PERFUMES OWE DEBT TO COAL NEW YORK (UP) A lump of coal indirectly produces perfumes, antiseptics and medicinals, and dyes of all colors, acording to the Ameri can Chemical Society. LAND, FARM and RANCH BARGAINS FOR SALE 1934 Chev. Std. Coach. Excellent cond. Harold Llllie. Tele 129-J. ltw FOR SALE 35 head horses, one-half coming 3 year old. The rest are well broke. Otto Schafer, Nehawka, Nebr. j3-4tw ' FOR SALE OR RENT 20 acres Improved, nortn edge of Plattsmouth, Nebr. Bond & Mort gage Corp., Omaha. tfd&w Daily Papers Top 41 Million in Circulation Ayer Reports 221 Fewer Published Than Year Ago Number of Newspapers Decline. PHILADELPHIA (UP) Net paid circulation of daily newspapers pub lished in the United States was esti mated at 41,400.000 by the editors of the 193S edition of N. W. Ayer & Son's Directory of Newspapers and Periodicals, which was published to day. Of this total, 25,800,000 represent ed evening papers and 15,000,000 morning papers, according to the di rectory. While the number of newspapers declined in 1937 by 221 from the previous year's total, there was an increase of 91 in the number of periodicals published in the United States. There were 12 8 monthly periodicals listed for the first time, but this increase was partly offset by decreases in other classifications, di rectory editors said. The directory, now in its 70th I year, listed 2,084 daily English lan guage newspapers, a decrease of 23 from the previous year; 10,629 week lies, a decrease of 176; and 359 semi weeklies, a decrease of IS. There were listed, however, 15 more daily papers with Sunday edi tions, an increase of 11 in the num ber of foreign-language daily papers, and three more tri-weekly papers. The directory, for the first time, classified daily papers according to the morning and evening fields, and listed 1,605 evening papers, 454 morning, and 25 all-day. In the directory were listed 20, 6S3 publications in the United States, Canada, Newfoundland, Bermuda and the West Indies. Also in the directory are a map and description of each state's geo graphy, population agriculture and forests, and a brief summary of in formation on each county, city and town listed. WHITE HOUSE CUSTODIAN DIES WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 (UP) Henry Nesbit. White House custod ian for the past five years, died at midnight last night at his home. Nesbit and his wife came to the White House upon the 1933 inaugu jation of President Roosevelt. Mrs. Nesbit is housekeeper at the man sion. Nesbit has been ill for some time. He was 72 and a native of Ireland. PROTEST TRAIN CHANGE LINCOLN, Jan. 7 (UP) Because of a protest from the Lincoln Cham ber of Commerce, the state railway commission today ordered a hearing on the Burlington railroad's appli cation for permission to substitute tri-weekly service for its present daily mixed freight and passenger train between Nebraska City and Lin coln. The hearing will be held Jan uary 20 at 2 p. m. LIBRARY HELPS MOTHERS FOND DU LAC. Wis. (UP) New born babies receive the special atten tion of the public library here. As soon as mother and father announce the arrival the library sends mother a list of books on infant care. For WE URGE THAT YOU Use the dependable services of this established local Insurance Agency. We represent the old est and largest Insurance Com panies in America and write every kind of good insurance! Insure What You Have Today CALL OR SEE Phone- 16 Plattsmouth INSURANCE-