PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1938.
Nebraska
Farmers Get '37
Payments
Federal Farm Payments Aggregate
the Sum of $2,793,000 in Forty
five Counties.
LINCOLN, April 8 (U P) Ne
braska farmers in 45 counties up to
April 1 had received 1937 federal
farm payments aggregating $2,703,
( (, the state agriculture conservation
committee announced todoy.
An additional $1,900,000 has been
certified fo payment bv the same date.
The committee said benefit payments
for acreage adjustments probably
reach $1,uo0.(mki, for the present week.
Nebraska benefit payments for 1937
will be approximately ? 10,000,000.
Kimbal county tops the list with
pij'-ments totaling $247,208. Chase
ccanty was second with $l"S.-i22 and
Platte county third with $131,000.
After the vouchers are certified,
thov will go to the frer.eral accounting
ch'ice for
then to the
T." , ...
oil ice at Kansas City from where!
checks are mailed directly to county
offices.
Payments bv counties to April 1:
Adams, 00.2SO; Antelope, ?30o2-";
Banner, ?-'7.i:4 ; .Boone, S33,o?l;
Boyd, ?3,lKt; Butler, $43,200; Chase
158.422; Clay, $01,245; Colfax, $11.
;.':; Dakota. $0.4.104; Dixon, 888.4.",;
Douglas, ?3f',323; Dundy, S?5o.C87;
Fillmore, 51,152; Frontier, $140,402 ; j
Garden, $00,808;
Hamilton, $50,425;
Ilit.-hcocx. $84.7S4
Gosper,
Hayes
; Holt,
$40,700; j
$110.00.'. ; !
$0.").07;1
Howard. 878,422;
Kearney, $50,450
Knux, $44,514;
Nance. $0:U20;
Phelps. $04,:J4O;
Jefferson, $20,710; i
Kimbal, $-4
!08:
Merrick, 5.:
Perkins. 44,:.'
Platte, 3l:H.0'0
Polk,. 30,2:57; Red Willow,
Saline. $22,07,".; Sauders.
"Sherman. $40, 70S; Thayer.
v.ir.r,
$10,002; j
S5."5. 21 : i
V;.iley, 5.Vo:j; York, $"3.r-Sl; Hook
er. $"...".".7; Thomas, $2,802; Elaine.
$12,." 27; Brown, $13.4S2; Keya Paha.
$10,203; R.sck, $8,000.
EXPAND LENDING POWER
WASHINGTON. April S (UP)
The house today passed and sent to
the White House the bill by Senator
Carter Glass. I)., Va.. expanding the
lending powers of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to make $1.
"('0.000.000 available for loans to
busiiuss and local communities.
Last week the house passed its own i
bill which eliminated the require-;
meat that the interstate commerce ,
commission approve of loans to rail-J
i-oads. I
The senate bill continues the func-
tien of the
ICC
of examining the !
financial structure of railroads and j
approving or disapproving the RFC i
loans
The bill removes present limita- j
lions on the amount RFC may lend
- municipalities, public or private j
corporations or individuals. No limit.
is plared on the maturity date. The j a
current RFC law requires that no I
laans be made to extend beyond
1045. Over the bill the RFC also is
authorized to make loans on char
acter, and relays the
cjuirements.
collateral rc-
WILL CHALLENGE LAW
LINCOLN. April 7 (UP) Consti
tutionality of the new itinerant mer
chant law was challenged in a de
murrer filed in Lancaster county
district court today.
Attorney Herman Ginsberg, repre- ;
seining U. G. P.elz. College View i
trucker, charged with
an itinerant merchant
operat ing
without a
as
li-!
cciise asserted in
his demurrer that
the action is a violation of both the
state and federal constitutions and
an attempt to interfere with inter
state commerce. A hearing will bo
held April 20. before the court, a
jury being waived. Belz, who owns
a truck line between Lincoln and
Denver, fills his truck with vege
tables on the return trip for sale at j
towns along the route to Lincoln. !
His attorney says he has been doing j
this for nine oars.
DISTRIBUTE GAS TAX
LINCOLN.
April 9 (UP) State1
Treasurer Walter H. Jensen today1
distributed $104,410 to the counties;
: :: tbeir share of March gasoline tax'
c :-lle ct ions. j
Counties received $194,140 or SO j
1 er cent of the SGSfi.SlG collected j
l::t month for their road
Ten per j
c iit or SC. 4.7 13
assistance fund,
to importers of
went to the state ;
? 2 0,7 07 in refunds'
the fuel and the;
remainder. ?:'9S,254 to the state
highway department.
Amounts distributed to counties
i
included Cars. $2.07; Nemaha, $1.-'
15; Otoe. S3.2S5 and Richardson.'
5-.P41. j
BRONZE TABLET MARKS
TWICE FAMOUS SPOT
SAVANNAH, Ga. (UP) A bronze
tablet, marking Mulberry Grove plan
tation home of Gen. Nathaneal
Greene and Eli Whitney has been
unveiled on this historic spot where
stirring events of Revolutionary War
days took place.
The tablet points out that Gen
eral Greene was a Revolutionary War
hero and that at Mulberry Grove
plantation Eli Whitney invented the
cotton gin, which revolutionized the
cotton industry in the south.
Gains More
than Offset the
Storm Damage
H.
J. Gramlich of State Agricultural
Faculty Says Moisture Doing
Great Good to Crops.
LINCOLN, April 7 (UP) Gains
iwill more than offset damage to Ne-
'spring storm, Nebraska college
agriculture tacuity memuers agreeu
today.
Professor II. J. Gramlich, chairman
of the department of animal hus-
jbandry said that rain that turns to
j sleet and snow works more hardship
on range cattle than severe cold in
mid-v inter.
In contrast to this immediate in
jury, he believed the moisture is do
ins livestock producers "a world of
00ti" i,otau
se it all soaks
in. stnnu
moisture atinK p;ras3 r.nd
insulin:
(,,. early pasture.
Professor Gramlich
called atten-
t jon
t o a n
ccumulated rainfall de-
J ficiency in the past 7 years, "the sub
jsoil will still be much drier than
j usual unless we get abundant rains
li.
in April and May."
! E. II. Iloppert. extension service
horticulturist has not visited the
southeastern Nebraska fruit section
recently but believed damage is slight
up to the present time.
"Contrary to the opinion of many
people, an ice coating tends to help
rather than injure buds if the tem
perature drops very low by shutting
out extreme cold," he said.
C0L0RAD0 SAND YIELDS
ANCIENT MONSTER BONE
COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. (UP)
A fragment of some large bone,
believed to have been from the skele
ton of some prehistoric animal, was
removed from the city gravel pit and
scientists are seeking other parts of
the skeleton.
The Iragment was found lodged
next to a large rock. A study of the
strata in the bank where it was found
indicated by the straight lines that
the place was once a shore line of
some large body of water and the
monster, part of whose skeleton was
found, had been buried when the
land was dry.
Scientists have
been unable to de
termine whether the bone was from
mastodon or a dinosaur.
Part of the skeleton of a dino
saur was discovered at one time in
the Garden of the Gods and several
years ago bones, said to be part of
the skeleton of a little three-toed
horse, were found in the gravel pit
at Manitou Springs, a suburb of
Colorado Springs.
Scientists had searched this area
for evidence that three-toed horses
had existed here after skeletons of
four-toed horses were discovered. The
little three-toed horses were only two
or three feet tall.
FORM HUMAN WALL
HEN DA YE. Franco-Spanish Fron-
tier. April 7 (UP) The loyalist com-
mand in the Tortosa region has or
dered the formation of a "human
vail" in a final desperate attempt to
hold tl e nationalists back from the
sea. the prisoners captured on the
southern front said today.
Into the north a new stream of
refugees poured across the French
border through the passes of the
snow covered Pyrenees where the le
pion or between 4.000 and 0,000
Spanish troops, many of them suf
fering from wounds was reported to
be lost.
More 1han 700 refuges, including
five of the sfaff of officers crossed into
France this morning at Cerberc.
Thev reported that H.000 wounded i
militiamen were struggling ttirougn
the mountains and were due tomor
row. RECORD BREAKING CROWD
OMAHA. April 0 (UP) A record
breaking crowd of 9,000 persons wit
nessed the Clyde Beatty circus spon
sored by Tangier Temple of the
Shrincrs at the Coliseum last night.
Two thousand persons had to be
seated in the arena after all regular
seats were gone.
Hungary Would
Restrict Jewish
Influence
A Bill Introduced in Parliament That
Would Restrict Jewish Element
in Economic Life.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 8
(UP) A bill empowering the gov
ernment to restrict Jewish influence
in Hungary's economic and scientific
life by 20 per cent was prepared for
submission to parliament today.
As explained by Minister if Justice
Edmund Mikecz, all non-Aryans will
be regarded as Jews :f they adhere
to the Jewish religion or if they re
nounced it after Aug. 1. 1919. Those
becoming Christians before this date
as well as those who fought in the
World War are excluded.
The bill provided numerous clauses
for Jewish lawyers, engineers and
physicians on the basis of 80 per cent
for Avrans to 20 per cent for ron
Aryans. The same features would
nnrdv to the nress. film and theater
f j I t' - 7
1-1 ,
inuusu les.
As to changes in Hungary's ec-
onomic lite, it was understood in:ui
the proposed measure did not in
ncfinite regulations to this effert, but
merely empowered the government to
take whatever action it considerrcd
necessary.
One proposal mentioned in govern
ment charters in this connection pro
vided that within five years measures
must be taken to insure that 80 per
cent of all salaries in Hungary's ec
onomic life must go to Christians.
The bill also provided for revision
of the naturalization laws in effect
since Jul'-. 1014.
Another anti-Jewish measure- was
announced by Minister of Agriculture
Franz Marschall an order forbidding
they slaughter of animals before they
are stunned. The order was tanta
mount to a ban on Kosher slaughter
ing .
RUSH TAX REVISION
WASHINGTON, April 7 (UP)
Rushing toward final action on its
business aid tax revision program the
s nate today eliminated a house pro-
vision form the tax bill for
per gallon increase in liquor
The action would leave the
tax at its present $2.00 per
a J-oL-taxes,
liquor
gallon
level.
The senate swept immediate action
on the $5,331,000,000 revenue bill
from which it already had stricken
the undistributed profits tax.
The vote to eliminate the addition
al 25c levy on liquor was opposed
by Senator Lynn J. Frazier. R.. N. I).
"The tax is reasonable and an
easy way to make a little money,"
Frazier said.
SAY SCHUSCHNIGG NAZI
BERLIN. April 7 (UP) Dr. Ar
thur Seiss-Inejuart, governor of Aus
tria said last night in a speech that
deposed Chancellor Schuschuigg
"never left a doubt that he was a
nazi."
Discussing Schuschnigg's naziism
the Austrian governor said that the
former chancellor "considered Hitler
as the German nation's leader in a
struggle for freedom and honor."
Seiss-Inquart is a close friend of
Schuschuigg of long standing.
Schuschuigg now is in custody and
there have been indications he will
be charged and tried for a serious of
fense perhaps treason.
SIT-DOWN STRIKE ENDS
LINCOLN. April 7 (UP) A six
day sit-down strike of 11 women at
state WPA headeiuarters was ended
today.
The strikers left the building after
WPA officials ordered the headeiuar
ters evacuated at night. The sit
downers previously had been assured
that the .".0 women discharged from
a canning project last Thursday
would be returned to work next
week.
A" conference between strikers and
officials was to be held to iron out
differences ever allowance of make
up time.
HEWTOIT BAKER HIGH
SCHOOL IS PROPOSED
CLEVELAND (UP) School board
i member Alfred A. Bcnesch, associate
; of the late Newton D. Laker, has pro-
I posed that a Cleveland high school
be named after the wartime secre
tary of war.
TAX DRIVE STARTS
OMAHA. April 8 (UP) The drive
to collect $1,500,000 in delinquent
taxes here got underway last night
when Lee Huff Sr.. was elected gen
eral chairman cf the drive. His chief
assistant will be Wilbut Jones.
ST0EM SWEEPS STORE AWAY
JASPER, Ga., April 8 (UP)
Eleven persons, occupants of a store
that was swept away during the
night by raging Taloua creek were
missing today and feared drowned.
The store was located on the banks
of the cree kat Whitestone, a few'
miles north of here.
The cloudburst lashed the area last
night, swelling the small creek into
a torrent. Reported missing were
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Connor and their
six children; Carl Lindsey and two
little girls named Fonder.
Insurance Co.
to Establish a
Housing Plan
Metropolitan to Construct Largest
Apartment Community in
the Country.
NEW YOP.K, April 8 (UP) The
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
outlined plans todav for the corrstruc
ticn of the largest apartment com
munity in the country, a ?:j5,00(,000
- , e , .
, , i poo lo zu.ouu ianunes oi moderate in
comes.
The construction contract already
has been let ad actual work on the
project, which will provide three years
of continuous employment for hun
dreds, was expected to start within
a few weeks. The 12i-acre sight is?
in the southeast section of the Bronx,
across the Harlem river from Man
hattan. Frederick II. Eckcr, chairman of
the insurance company's board of
directors, said the project war. con
ceived following the adoption recently
of amendments to the state insur
ance statutes permitting life insur
ance companies to invest their funds
in housing developments.
He said the development would be
a completely balanced community,
including stores, churches, schools,
parks, playgrounds and opportunities
for recreational and social life, He
said the company was prepared, in
this and future projects to invest
$1,000,000,000 in housing develop
ments. IDENTIFY GROUP LEADER
NEW YORK, Apirl 8 (UP) One
of the seven prisoners held here by
the government in connection with
a German espionage plot was identi
fied today as a group leader of the
Ordr.ungsdienst, the uniformed storm
troops of the German-American bund.
He was Wilhelm Boening, one of
three material witnesses held along
with four persons charged d'rectly
with stealing army and navy secrets
for a foreign power.
James Wheeler-Bill, national sec
retary of the bund, said Boening re
signed from the troopers "some time
ago." However, "Folksecho," liberal
German newspaper published here,
said that Boening had been deposed
r.o later than last Saturday.
Wheeler-Bill confirmed that Boen
ing led 1,150 troopers in a German
day parade in Madison Square Gar
den last Oct. 3.
TROLLY MEN END STRIKE
DETROIT, Mich., April 8 (UP)
Trolley men voted today to end their
T.2-hour strike and to restore service
immediately for Detroit's 800,000
street car riders.
Heeding the pleas of their leaders
whom they shouted down yesterday
as they went on strike they voted
acceptance of an agreement reached
with a conference of street rail direc
tors and union officials early today.
Cheering and shouting, the strikers
poured from their meeting and hur
ried toward the city's six car barns.
Many were dressed in their uniforms
ready to take their cars on the streets
immediately.
STATE AWARDS CONTRACTS
LINCOLN, April 8 (UP) State
Engineer A. C. Tilley today awarded
contracts of the 40 highway projects
subject to approval of the federal
bureau of public roads on most of the
jobs.
He described the bids as "very sat
isfactory" and expected that the total
outlay would be under the estimate
of $825,000. It was the largest let
ting since last June and attracted
j contractors from Kansas, Missouri,
i Minnesota
and Iowa as well as Nc-
braska.
AWAITS ATTORNEY
OMAHA. April S (UP) Lieuten
ant Governor Walter H. Jurgensen
said here today he will not answer
Attorney General Richard C. Hunt
er's charges until his attorney, Rich
ard Stout returns to Lincoln. Stout
is in Washington, D. C. on business,
Jurgensen said.
Nebraska
Fanners to
Poison Hoppers
Allotment From Federal Government
Will Provide Means to Stop in
the Hatching Period.
LINCOLN, April 9 (UP) Nebras
ka farmers will be able to poison
grasshoppers during the early hatch
ing period this year, O. S. Bare, ex
tension service entomologist an
nounced today.
Bare, director of the annual grass
hopper control campaign, said Ne
braska has received a preliminary
allotment from the federal govern
ment of 2,000 tons of bran and saw
dust for immediate delivery. First
shipments are expected to arrive late
next week or early in the following
week.
He pointed out that farmers were
handicapped last year because the
poison bait did not arrive until early
June, too late to be fully effective.
Bare said the cold weather this
week had no effect on the grasshop
per population because the eggs
have not hatched. Hatching is an
ticipated late in April. Bare is con
fined to his home with a heavy cold
received during a two-week tour of
southwest Nebraska where he con
ducted educational meetings.
WHO SUCCEEDS JURGENSEN?
LINCOLN. April 8 (UP) Specu
lation continued at the state capitol
today concerning a possible successor
to Lieutenant Governor Walter H.
Jurgensen whose office has been ruled
vacated in an opinion by the attor
ney general.
Francis V. Robinson, assistant at
torney general who drew up the quo
warranto petition in which the su
preme court was asked to oust Jur
gensen because of his conviction for
embezzlement, said the attorney gen
eral's office was not attempting to
"settle other rjuestions that may
arise."
One question was whether Charles
J. Warner of Waverly. speaker of the
legislature and a candidate for gover
nor automatically would become lieu
tenant governor or whether the
speaker would miss-perform the
duties of the office.
Legal authorities attention is on
how possible vacancy might be filled.
Some said the governor was em
powered to appoint a successor. Oth
ers believed the office must remain
vacated.
In any event the high court will
not he able to rule on the attorney
general's petition for at least five
weeks. Jurgensen is given CO days in
which to file an answer.
LTS HERE
The Recreation Service has had
innumerable requests for ping-pong.
Why? We don't know, but neverthe
less it's here, so come on down and
get in the groove.
The Recreation Center has at its
disposal a regulation size ping-pong
table that is in A-l condition and
just right for good fast games of
ping-pong.
The evening sessions will be held
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Satur
day of each week at 7:30 p. m. and
the the afternoon sessions will be
held on Thursdays and Saturdays
from 4:00 to 6:00 p. m. These eve
ning sessions will be held mostly for
the benefit of the working men and
the business men of Plattsmouth who
like to play the game. These sched
ules are subject to change at any
time.
IMPROVING HOME
The residence of R. W. Knorr on
high school hill is being improved
by the placing of two new dormer
windows in the upper story of the
home. The new windows will
greatly to the appearance of
add
the
the
home and the convenience
members of the family.
of
ENROLL IN CLUB
The program committee of the
Plattsmouth Garden club desires that
the year book have the names of all
members. The dues are 2 5c a year
and any man woman or child is en
titled to join. Leave your dues and
name at the Plattsmouth bakery,
Mrs. Peter Carr being the program
chairman.
CUT PRICES OF MEALS
BARCELONA, Spain, April 8 (UP)
Waitcrs. cooks and restaurant help
ers, in an effort to aid the govern-(read the marriage lines and the cere
ment decided today to abolish luxury jmony was w itnessed by Dr. and Mrs.
meals' at public eating places to 1 Robert Wyatt. of Omaha, who were
serve only two course meals costing ! married here some two weeks ago by
from 15 to :
quotation on
!0 pesetas each. (The
the Spanish peseta is
nominal. The bank of England rate,
is about 6c to the peseta.
SUFFEES A STROKE
Old friends of Arthur H. Sindel
bower, of Omaha, a former resident
here will regret to learn of his ser
ious illness. He suffered a stroke on
Tuesday and since that time has been
at the St. Joseph hospital, Union
Pacific division.
Mr. Shindelbower was a resident
of Plattsmouth for a number of years
and employed in the local Burling
ton shops, later going to Omaha
where he has been employed by the
Union Pacific since June 1923.
Burlington
Would Lop Off
Several Trains
Ask Permission to Route No. 2, Ak-Sar-Ben
and No. 15 Via Council
Bluffs Instead of Here.
LINCOLN, April 7 (UP) The
Burlington railroad today asked the
state railway commission to approve
schedule revisions for several trains,
including the Ak-Sar-I?en and to dis
continue No. 2 from Omaha to Cres
ton via Plattsmouth.
Railroad officials said a saving of
$1,9C3 a month would be effected by
the proposed change and, in the
case of the Omaha-Cre ston line via
Plattsmouth, pointed out that buses
make six round trips daily between
Omaha and Plattsmouth. The com
mission was asked to act on the ap
plication by April 24.
Proposed schedule changes follow:
Train No. 12 ( Ak-Sar-Ben ) east
j bound would leave Lincoln for Om
aha 45 minutes earlier and operate
via Council Bluffs instead of Platts
mouth. Train No. 2. the fast mail east
bound, would leave Lincoln for Om
aha 15 minutes earlier and operate
via council liiuns instead ot nans
mouth. Train No.
bound, would
mouth instead
Train No.
bound, would
5, Ak-Sar-Ben, west
operate via Tlatts-
of Council Bluffs.
15, fast mail, west
operate via Council
Bluffs instead of Plattsmouth.
PRESBYTERIAN FEDERATION
The Presbyterian Federation met
yesterday at the church. The new
officers of the federation were in
stalled by Mrs. McClusky following
the finishing up of last year's busi
ness. The federation gave $25 for the
new Hastings girls elormatory. Mrs.
Virgil Perry is launching a mission
ary group for children from the ages
of S to 12.
Preceding the business session the
new officers were impressively in
stalled by Mrs. H. G. McClusky. The
officers are: Mrs. Roy Knorr, presi
dent; Mrs. Luke Wiles, first vice
nresident: Mrs. Henry Nolting. sec
ond vice-president; Mrs. John Wolff,
third vict-president; Mrs. Herman
Tiekotier, secretary; Mrs. W. A. Rob
ertson, treasurer; Mrs. P. T. Heine
man, missionary chairman; Mrs. L.
O. Minor, secretary of missionary
education; Mrs. Wylie Sigler, secre
tary of stewardship; Mrs. Ray Lar
son, secretary of children's work;
Mrs. Anton
Trilety, secretary of
White Cross.
Mrs. Wiley Sigler
tionals. A splendid
was given by Mrs. P
wjio gave the origin
led the devo
Easter story
. T. He-ineman,
and some leg-
ends of Easter and where some of the
Easter customs come from. Mrs. i
J. R. Reedcr sang an Easter Negro
spiritual. Following that Circle No.
1 had a musical program which con
sisted of a number by the high school
A sextette, a solo by John Jacobs and
a solo by Betty Voboril. Mrs. Fred
Lugsch gave a talk on the control of
cancer.
A delicious lunch was served by
the hostesses of Circle No. 1.
TAKES ENFORCED VACATION
Travelers to Omaha on tlie local
bus Friday were surprised to find
that Clarence Cotner, the operator of
the bus line was not at the wheel as
is the usual custom. Mr. Cotner was
laid up from illness that made neces-
sary his taking an enforced vaca
tion at home and under treatment.
In the absence of Mr. Cotner. Billy
Meisinger handled the bus line and
saw that the passengers were safely
transported.
MARRIED AT CITY HALL
Wednesday afternoon at the office
of Judge C. L. Graves in the city
hall, Miss Margaret E. Martin and
I Mr. Donald A. Julian, both of Om-
- 1 aha. were married. Judge Graves
Judge Graves.
Following the wedding the
bridal
party returned to their homes in
j Omaha.
Legion Meets
Last Evening in
New Club Room
Eack-Stag-e Section in Community
Building Partitioned Off for a
Home-Like Meeting Place.
From Friday lny
More than a score were present at
last night's Legion meeting held at
the club room in Jhe community
building. A circulating gas heater
has been installed in this room, and
I considerable home-like conveniences
' provided.
The members were pleased to have
with them C.arold Holeomb, a past
commander of the post, who is visit
ing here from his home at Kankakee,
Illinois.
Chairman Herbster reported the
Junior baseball situation was work
ing cut very satisfactorily' and a
good team for this year seems as-
sureu.
Lagging membership (now only
55) came in for plenty of caustic
criticism from the department and
district commanders, reminding the
members of the old army tale of tho
general whose letter to an officer of
lov.er rank was far from a master
piece of spelling because he couldn't
spell "lousy" and a few similar
words according to Noah's version.
Commander Ofe asked the Memor
ial day committee to get busy with
its plans for a proper observance of
that occasion.
Report was given on the Boy Scout
Camporee to be held here in June,
also the meeting tonight to discuss
plans for organizing additional Boy
Scout troops here.
Frank Petet was reported still in
serious condition in the Veterans
hospital at Lincoln and is to be sent
to the Arkansas Veterans hospital at
an early date.
Plans are under way to repaint
the drums of the Junior corps and
give the equipment a general over
hauling for the summer season ahead.
Director June Marshall advised one
additional drum, a set of cymbals,
four more bugles and five or six ad
ditional uniforms will be needed to
take care of the increased member
ship in the corps. It is now recruited
up to full marching strength of 32,
and intensive spring training is to
he started at once. A prospective
playing date at Hamburg. Iowa, the
latter part of May is already being
negotiated for.
Boys State Sponsorship
The post voted to pay one-third
of the cost of sponsoring two boys
to attend Boys' State at Lincoln,
June 11-1S. Other civic organiza
tions of the city are expected to
contribute the balance. The boys to
be sent to this laboratory of govern
mental functions, where they will
learn how states, counties and towns
function, not by reading from books,
but by actual practice, must come
from this year's Junior class of the
high school.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting, a buffet luncheon and card
games kept the service men out till
a rather late or early hour.
WELL ATTENDED MEETING
Frnm Saturday's Patly
The meeting to discuss organizing
two or more additional Boy Scout
troops in Plattsmouth held last night
at t lie Community building was at
tended by a score of interested par
ties, including three church pastors.
! Several others w ho had planned to
attend were unable to do so.
E. H. Wescott introduced Scout
Executive B. B. Dawson, who spoke
on the Scouting question and how to
go about setting up new troops. His
address was very interesting and at
its conclusion a general discussion
was engaged in. The functions oT
the sponsoring organization, troop
committee members and Se-outmaster
and assistant were all explained.
It was pointed out that the as-
! scssment
for carrying on the work
here will remain the same with three
or four troops as with the present
single troop, the cabin at Camp
Wheeler being available to all reg
istered Scouts.
Willis V. Elliott, assistant to Mr.
Dawson in the area office and field
man for this part of the state, gave
some details of the Arbor Lodge dis
trict Camporee to be held at Camp
Wheeler early in June.
While no definite steps were taken
to organize troops at this time, sev
eral prospective sponsoring organi
zations will take the matter up and
arrive at an early determination of
whether or not they will sponsor a
troop.
Doughnuts and coffee were served
t after the meeting.
Phone news items to No. C.