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MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1939. PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL TThe Plattsmouth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY: AT PLATTSHOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postoffice. PlatUmouth, Neb., aa econd-cl mail mattar flSeven Killed in Iowa Result Auto Accidents MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A TEAR IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers Wring in Second Postal Zone, 12.60 per year. Beyond COO miles, $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, 13.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advane. Fonr Killed Near Laporte ; Marshall" town Man Killed When Fell Under Gravel Truck. S0UTHBEND Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fidler drove to Omaha Monday. Mrs. Homer Carnicle is quite ill at her home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Merril Nannon vis ited his mother Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Roeber called at the B. O. Mooney home Sunday evening. Mrs. F. J. Knceht was a Sunday guest at the home of her parents in Xchawka. Mrs. Mollie Neuman and grandson, Jimmie, spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. V. D. Livers. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Livers of Ashland were guests at the . D. Livers home Friday. Blanche Hill of Lincoln ia visit ing Mrs. Cora Campbell and Russel this week. Her daughter brought her down. Amelia Hergenrader of Omaha nunc Thursday to visit at the Win. Blum home. She returned Friday night. A brooder stove at' the Albert Blum home exploded Monday night, Lurning the brooder house and 300 baby chix. Mrs. Jess Fidler entertained sev eral small children in honor of her little daughter, Elaine, on her se'j 6nd birthday. Yvonne N'clson returned home on Sunday from a visit with her aunt in Ashland. Rose Aline is spending this week there. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Ganz and fam ily of Lincoln called at Oscar Dill's Sunday evening. Bobbie stayed to spend his vacation here. Mr. i'id Mrs. B. O. Mooney and sons returned Saturday afternoon from Missouri, where they were call ed to the bedside of Mr. Mooney's father, who was seriously ill. He' is' some better at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Haswell and daughter Artis drove to Ithaca last Sunday. They were dinner guests there of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Frahm. Richard returned home after spend ing a month with his aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Campbell entertained at dinner Sunday in honor of their son Kenneth, who was confirmed at the Lutheran church. Those present were the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. David Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Art Reike. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Freston of Elm wood and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rail and family. ALVO Sir. and Mrs. Ellis Micklc motor cd to Nebraska City Sunday to get some cherries. Archie Miller and family and Mr, and Mrs. Lyle Miller and son were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. Ilardnock Sunday. Fred Rehmeier went to Weeping Water, where he will spend a few days with Lyman Rehmeier, son o Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rehmeier. Spending Vacation Here Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cheever and children of Lincoln, who are now enjoying a vacation, are spending portion of the time with Mrs. Cheev er's mother, Mrs. Mabel "Winn. Mrs Winn went to Lincoln Thursday and brought the folks home with her. Measles About Over To thp knowledge of the writer no new cases of measles have been reported. A large number of the school children were vctims of the disease, but even though many -were very ill only one or two suffered any complications from the malady, and all are completely recovered and en joying normal health again. Entertains Lodge Mrs. Frank Cook very pleasantly entertained the ladies of the Royal Neighbor chapter at her home last Thursday afternoon. After the busness meeting, the ladies enjoyed a social hour and very delicious lunch served by the hostess. Harvest is Getting Underway The harvest of small grain in this vicinity is now getting underway. A few are cutting oats, while others are getting their combines in condi tion to take care of the wheat just as soon as it will do. Farmers think the . small grain yield will be the smallest for several years, due to lack of moisture. Grasshoppers are doing consider able damage to the small grain. Home from Rochester Mr. and Mrs. W. J. O'Brien re turned Wedncsdaj' from Rochester, Minn., where Mrs. O'Brien under went an operation. She is still un der the doctor and a nurse's care, but her friends arc happy to see her home again. Birthday Party Mrs. Hmncr Carnicle entertained on Wednesday afternoon, honoring Mrs. Bernard Dill on her birthday. Those present were Mrs. J. D. Fid ler, Mrs. Ed Copsey. Mrs. V. D. Liv ers, Mrs. Oscar Dill. Miss Grace Christensen and Mrs. Dill, the honor guest. A delicious luncheon was served. To be Honored at Shower Miss Josephine Stewart is to be honored by a group of friends at a miscellaneous shower in the near fu t u re. Miss Stewart is to be united marriage to Mr. Hoffman, son Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hoffman Ashland on Wednesday, July 5th in of of To Give Play at Eagle A group of ladies from the Moth ers' and Daughters' Council club are giving the play "So Is Your Aunt Annie." which they presented at the guest day meeting of the club here. at the Methodist church in Eagle this coming Friday evening. Mrs. John Fischer invited the ladies to give the play., The Eagle ludics arc trying to raise money by giving an entertainment. Those from here who are taking part are Mesdames Winn. Earl Ben nett. Garhart, Reike and Paul Coat man. We can rurnlsn yoa wrm hud- ber Stamps mad to order at a price considerably below that you have been paying. Prompt service If you need stamps, see us. W THINK for a moment about your insurance pro tection. Your policies are vital to . your business. They mean security if they are written right. They mean disaster if written wrong. Gearl 5. Davis Platu. State Bank Bldg. 8 Leader Entertains Club Members Arthur Roelofsz, who is the leader ond instructor of the boys' rope club, entertained the boys at his home Wednesday evening. The members enjoyed a' social hour before having their rope lesson. After the meeting Arthur Berved the boys home made ice cream and cookies. This was the third meeting for the club members. The ; next meeting will be with Kendall Dimmitt on June 30. Large Group at Reunion A large number from this com munity attended the annual Cook family reunion, which was held last Sunday at the heme of Mrs. Mina Cook near Platteiriouth. . The list of those from here who were present includes Mr. and Mtb. Oris Cook and Wendell, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cook arid sons, Mrl and Mrs. Clyde Johnson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Kitzel, -Mr. and Mrs. Denny Hinebaugh, and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Borne meier and daught er. Mr. , and Mrs. Dick Elliott and sons and Albert WeicheU. ... LAPORTE CITY, la., June 24 (UP) Four persons were killed and two others were injured critically last night in an automobile accident two miles south of Laporte City. The dead: Geraldine Wade, 21, Cedar Rapids; Elaine Barger, 20, Cedar Rapids; Rollin Blough, 47, Laporte City, and Floyd Bencoster, 28, Laporte City. Samples of Benscoter's blood were taken to Waverly today to determine whether he was intoxicated at the time of the accident. The injured .'Margaret Wood, Car roll, who is suffering from a possible skull fracture, given slight chance to live; Imogene Wade, 19, Cedar Rap ids, sister of Geraldine, skull frac ture, condition extremely critical; and August Yeamans, 37, Laporte City, cuts and bruises about the face and tongue. Minor bruises and shock were suffered by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walden, Laporte City. Nation's Leaders Gathering in New York for 29th Boy Scout Conclave and Great World's Fair Rally MARSH ALLTOWN, la., June 24 (UP) Raymond Ellis, 27, Marshall town, was killed late yesterday when he fell under a gravel truck driven by Bob Bousan. The accident oc curred at a quarry. HUMBOLDT, la., June 24 (UP) Miss Esther Oppcndahl, 21, Ottosen, cafe waitress, was killed late yester day when the automobile she was driving overturned two miles north of Ottosen. She was dead when a nearby farmer reached the car. ALGONA, la., June 24 (UP) Helen Meier, twelve-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meier, Burt, was crushed todeath beneath an automobile yesterday. She was rid ing with her father. IOWA FAMILY TRAGEDY CEDAR RAPIDS, la., June 23 (UP) Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hoover, both about seventy were found shot to death in their home at Lisbon to day. A few hours before, their bodies were found, their son-in-law, Harry Achey, 50, Mechanicsville, was found sitting in a truck with a self-inflicted bullet wound in the head. Achey was brought to Cedar Rapids hospital where his condition was re ported fair. Authorities said the gu with which Achey shot himself, thirty-eight caliber revolver, was the one which killed the Hoovers. Two granddaughters of the Hoov ers, Mary and Barbara Boyd, 12 and 10 years respectively, were in an up stairs room at the time of the shoot ing. They said they heard an argu ment down stairs and two sounds which sounded like shots and then saw their uncle, (Achey) leave the house and get into his truck. The girls did not investigate further and went back to sleep. .A 1 !?' " ' ' I I - l v m... - .;;if i ' mfwmmm V V V .'-c V; mm -W-J "V'-V' J- -ll. J I ll.ll.ll?SfWt,r.MJJ' - ninm JlMM.fcWllllll "v .- """ji . ?! : i Av I if i , f -1 y Top. Ift to righti Crovor A. Wholen, J. Edgor Hoover Alfred E. Smith. Middle, left to rightt Walter W. Head John R. Molt. Jamel E. Weft. Bottom left to right: Owen J. Roberts Daniel Carter Beard Theodore Rooievelt. q. What promites to be the largest rally of Scouts ever held cnywhere in the world will take place during Boy Scout Day at the New York World's Fair on June 29. The exercises will be combined with the 29th Annual Meeting of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, on June 28-29. First day sessions, Juno 28, of the national meeting will be at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where Alfred E. Smith, former Governor of New York State, and Dr. John R. Mott, President of the World's Alliance of the Y.M.C.A. are to speak at the luncheon and dinner sessions respectively. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will address the mass gatherinj of 75,000 Scouts scheduled for the Court of Peace at the Fair on Thursday afternoon June 29, and at the same place Owen J. Roberts, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of th United States, is to officiate at a ceremony when 500 cr..mora 21-year-old Scouts or former Scouts accept the specific obligations of voting citizenship. 1 Grover A. Whalen, President of the World's Fair Corporation end F'iorello H. LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City, will welcome the National Council at luncheon in the Fair's Casino of Nations just prior to the Scout Day ceremonies. Walter W. Head of St. Louis, Mo., President of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, will occupy the chair at all sessions. Both Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-President of the National Council, and Drnicl Carter Beard, National Scout Commissioner, are to take part in the sessions. Dr. James E. West, Chief Scout Executive nnd Editor of "Boys' Life," will make public the Movement's annual report for 1933. showing excellent prcrr?ss in all nc!ds and a 12.4' gain in membership. The Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York, host Council, is ccmolctinc extensive clans to receive and entertain tha delegates. DEATH TOIL OF VETERANS GANNETT ATTACKS PROGRAM WASHINGTON, June 2 (UP) Frank Gcnnctt, publisher of a chain of newspapers and chairman of the national committee to uphold consti tutional government, charged today that President Roosevelt's proposed $3,860,000 lending program was an attempt to purchase an election. In daily claims to all members of con gress urging defeat of the propoeal, is a confession of failure." "It opens the gates to dictatorship," hesaid. "It evades budgetary control t keeps business stalled and confi dence in the future destroyed. ' This proposal is a moot flagrant approach to the purchase of election "I fear this proposed expansion of the new Jeal will end with private enterprise undermined beyond recov cry. Then financial disaster ar.d col ectivism will follow." THUMB STAPLED TO CALF'S EAR TULARE, Cal. (UP) Mike Bezera. helping earmark calves, suffered the painful experience of having a heavy trcl staple driven through his thumb and through the ear of a calf on the other side of a fence. Efforts to remove the staple were tutile, and it was necessary to cut a small piece from the calf's ear fo that Bezera ct-uld be taken to a doctor's office. 4. ;..i..T....I..I,!..I,t..;,I,H. f Thomas Walling Company v Abstracts of Title - Plattemoutb Phpne.324 "While the nation was paying tri bute to its soldier heroes on Mem orial Day, May "30, 113 American veterans of all wars joined the ranks of their fallen comrades. J!The passing ears and the cold conclusions of statistics have shown the Veterans' Administration that Memorial Day like any other day of 1939 took approximately these lives: World War veterans . " 88 Spanish-American "War 15 Civil War 9 Indian wars ' . 1 Included in the Civil war total are five Union soldiers and four Con federates. The Confederate number is an estimate of the War Department. There are no survivors of the Mex ican or Revolutionary wars or the War of 1812. On Memorial Day last year, for mer service men were dying at a rate of 83 a day. Nothing special has happened to increase the rate the men are just getting older. The average age of the World War veteran Is forty-six, and there were 4,073,176 alive as the bugles began to blow for tributes on Memorial Day. Incidentally, about ten times as many of the veterans have died since the armistice as fell in the bloodiest war of history. The Civil War soldiers average ninety-five years old. Where there used to be 2,200,000 of them, only 1,000 remain. The typical Spanish-American vet eran Is sixty-four, ana mere ai 216,000 living. Two thousand five hundred guntoters of the Indian Avars arc alive, averaging seventy-nine years old. BENNYS TO ADOPT CHILD RESCUED FROM CAVE-IN WAUKEGAN, 111., June 23 (UP Jack Benny, radio and screen comedian, said today that he and his wife, Mary Livingstone, would adopt another child from a Manhattan, N. Y., foundling home next week. They adopted their first hild.jadded to his perii. Joan. 5, at the same home when she was four months old. "We have been so vtry happy with her," Benny said, "that we were tempted to ask for another girl but either a boy or girl will do fine.' Waukegan is Denny's home town He came here with his troupe to at tend the premiere of his latest mov Ing picture Sunday night. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 23 (UP) Howard Jackson, 38, was res cued by police and firemen early to day after he had been buried be neath tons of dirt for 10 hours. Gas leaking, from a cracked, main had BLOW UP ON TRAM HEARINGS LINCOLN, June 23 (UP) John L. Lehman, valuation engineer, and Omaha's chief witness in its fight to reduce tram fares, threw a bombshell into a state railway commission hear ing today and refused to testify fur ther on grounds that he was ross examined as a criminal instead of a professional witness. The commission continued the hearing until next Monday to allow Sevmnur Smith, citv attorney, to confei with Omaha authorities further procedure. on BUFFALO TWINS BORN MILE OF PENNIES SOUGHT EAST LIVERPOOL, O. (UP) The Columbiana county brass band has launched a campaign to raise "a mile of pennies" for uniforms and equip ment. Individuals will be asked to contribute 16 pennies, equivalent to one foot. Organizations will be asked to contribute by the yard. SAN FRANCISCO (UP) The Gul den Gate Park of this city has its first pair of buffalo twins. They were about a yard long and two feet high, and they tipped the scales at 60 pounds. DEATH PREMONITION TRUE AKRON, O. (UP) "Get two cas kets ready," said Paul Drinker, 85, when his wife, Sarah,. 82, died. They had lived together for 62 years. Fif teen hours later, the old man also died. NAGGING BACKACHE 3EBOE a. '.'U Rl'Tf ni 'Lit , M-j, !, with ' Its hurry and ent headache, dizziness, getting rjp woaern lire ?Il.u, " .i.ht. .oiKm. nnfflness under the eSwiefc'nr Vft p:bVdde7-di JHE REASON DOAJTS cause th trouble. . . . in 8nch case. m.i5 A-m . After colds, few and similar ins lt jg oetter to Tfct a way we mj, there is an increase of bodr impurities rej on a med- Aik year mmghborl the kidneys must filter from the blood. lcine that has If the kidneys are oTertaxed and fail won worid.wide approval than on to remove excess acid and other harm- eomethiD; less favorably known. Use fut waste, there is poisoning of tne Doan, pm$. They have been winnlnj whole system. new friends for more than forty years. Symptoms of disturbed kidney f one- Be sure to .set Doant. Bold at au i,v Wa .rrin Kppkjirh. nersist draff b to res. Avw uia iv AtoO ' - ! , He was buried 18 feet below the surface late yesterday while working with his father, a sewer contractor. They were tapping a sewer to install a line to a nearby house when tim ber of a shaft in which they were working collapsed. As the dirt closed in, Jackson's father, who was near the surface, jumped to safety and iropped a length of pipe down the shaft. By twisting and turning it he managed to get it near enough so that his son could grasp it. Then the dirt burled the son, leav ing only a small crevice in the dirt and broken timber over the spot where he lay. Firemen ran a rubber tube through the pipe and pumped oxygen through it. Police, WPA workers and. sewer department em ployes cleared Jackson's face in six hours but were delayed in freeing him because of earth slides. Gretna Wins Legion Baseball Contest Here i rrilliant Playing Characterizes Game Until 6th Inning When Locals Falter Much Argument. The Gretna American Legion team proved victors over the local juniors at Athletic park Friday afternoon by the score of 6 to 1, in a game that up to the sixth inning was a fine ex hibition of ball playing on the part of both teams. The contest was a great pitching duel between Ed Smith, local hurler. and Schay of Gretna, Smith allowing but two hits up to the sixth and Schay giving down but one for the game and that to his opponent. Smith. The locals hit several hard and long drives to the Gretna outfield which was working at top speed and robbed Phillips and Parriott of what looked good for a ride for the ball. In the fourth inning York made a spectacular catch in the right garden h?ck of the initial sack and through the game Joe Phillips at short show ed class in his work. Joe York at first also tolled well and earnestly with twelve outs to his credit. The sixth saw Nefsky for Gretna safe at first on a single and when Lutz allowed the peg from home to get away he was safe at Becond and able to pilfer third and scored on the out of Ellinger. second to first. Gretna opuied in the seventh with hitting attack and several local errors to ice up the contest. The visitors got away with some well placed bunts that the runners beat them out for hits while two errors at third and a bobble at first enabled the scoring list to extend to five. The Platters came back to bat in the last of the seventh to try and win back a game well in the fire, but without any luck. Ed Smith hit safe to right and was sacrificed to second by Allbee. Smith then proceeded to journey over to the third sack on a balk and was called safe, bringing forth from the visitors a vigorous protest and holding tip the game, but Ed stood pat and the umpire's deci sion as safe was good. Noble was out on a fly to center -and on which Smith came home and was called safe,' Again the well known cry of rage arose and the visitors swarmed onto the. .diamond , to berate and de nounce .Umpire Wall but finally the dark clouds rolled waay and tho 3core, the lone tally of the Platters, was safe. The box score of the game was as follows: Plattsmonth (1) AB II It l'O mith, 3b . 3 Allbee, If 2 Noble, rf 3 Phillips, 8s 3 Parrioft, 3b 2 Martin, 2b 2 Jones, c 2 Chovanec, cf 2 York, lb 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 12 2 0 0 6 3 1 3 0 0 K 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 21 1 21 15 Gretna (5) FEATHER LESS CHICKEN WEARS COTTON "SHIRT" CHERRY VALLEY, O. (UP) Babe, a little White Rock chicken pet of Mrs. George Davis, never has grown any feathers but 4he 'chick 13 comfortable in a cotton shirt Mrs. Davis made. "Babe hasn't a feather," Mrs. Davis said. "The other chickens usjd to peck him, so I made the shirts from old stockings." The shirt also protects Babe from the blistering rays of the summer sun. Mrs. Davis cut holes in 'the stock- ngs to allow his wings and legs to lip through and made a drawstring so the shirt would fit snugly about the neck. ab n ii ro a e Ellenger, If 4 0 0 2 0 0 Clark, lb 4 0 1 7 0 0 Vierregger, cf 4 0 0 4 0 0 Frady, c 3 1 1 5 2 0 Schay, p 2 0 1 0 10 Margold, 2b 3 10 110 Lorcnz, 3b 31 1 1 1 0 Olderog, ss 3 10 111 Nefskey, rf 2 2 1 0 0 0 28 6 5 21 6 1 Subscribe For the Journal. rscosccccoQco5cocoeoccooo Taxi Cloth I Shirts & Pants A Dandy Work Uniform $1.3S -and $2, -65 Caps to Match Sun and Tub. Proof 25C and 50c colt's 3 Where Quality Counts For Qiisuiraios on mm CALL OR SEE BMasaaBssBBBHMB,1 a aa a a w m INSURANCE- ANO BONDS -PrlONS" 16 Dlattsmoutm All spent a most pleasant day. i