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FAQE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBNAL MONDAY, JULY 10, 1939. Ihe IPlattsmoiith Journal PUBLISHED SElfJ-WEXKLY AT PLATTSHOUTH, NEBBASXA KaUred at Poitofflce, PlatUmouth, Neb., as econd-ela' mail matter MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher BUBSCBIPTIOIf PWCE $2.00 A YEAE IN JTBST POSTAL ZONE Bubecrlbera living in Second Postal Zone, $2.60 per year. Beyond COO milei, 13.00 per year. Rate to Canada and foreign countries, S3. 50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly in advance. S0UTHBEND Eleanor Neilsen and Glenn "Weaver-drove to Fairbury Sunday. Tuesday night this vicinity rc rcived a heavy rain. Several inches fell. James Christensen of Kansas was a dinner guest Monday at the Wm. Blum home. The Friendly Circle club will hold thiir July meeting on July 13th at the Fisheries. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peters and sons of Omaha spent the Fourth at Albert Blum's. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Livers and family spent the Fourth visiting friends in Seward. William Blum had the misfor tune to cut his foot on a rusty can end is under a doctor's care. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ronnau and family and Ed Wellensieck, drove to Syracuse to spend the Fourth with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Petersen and family of Lincoln were Fourth of July vis itors at the home of Mrs. Petersen's father, Mr. Everett. Mra.BrarteJie Hill returned to her home in Lincoln, ..Wednesday after spending two weeks with Mrs. Cora Campbell and Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hoffman and family of Lincoln and Norman John - st-n.were Sunday afternoon, and sup per guests at the Wm. Blum home. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fidler were din ner guests at the Jason Streight home the Fourth. In the evening the group enjoyed a picnic supper at the lake. Mrs. F. J. Knecht drove to Ne hawka Sunday to help her father, John Wunderlich, celebrate his 74th birthday. She found him feeling very veil. Friday evening callers at the W. J. O'Brien home were Mr. and ' Mrs. Robert Long, Mrs. George Voget arid Mr. and Mrs. Jason Streight, Carol and Jerry. Ed Cops?y's had as their guest the 1 ourth, Mr. Francis Battles, a cousin of Mr. Copsey, from California. They drove to Omaha in the evening to visit relatives. Fourth of July visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kline were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kline and Mrs. John Beaty. They al so called on other friends while in town. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dolinsky of Om aha were Sunday afternoon and sup-i per guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Vogcl. Mrs. Critichfield went to Oma- ! ha to spend a month with her daugh ter, Mrs. Dohnsky. Friday evening callers at William Blum's were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Plum and Allen. Oscar Dill and Bob Cans. Afternoon callers were George Vogel. Mrs. V. D. Livers and child ren and Mrs. Cora Campbell. Fourth of July visitors with Mrs. Kitrell were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kit lell, Mr. and Mrs. John Kitrell. Vir gil Kitrell and family, all of Lin coln, and Mr. and Mrs. George Thim fan and family. Bill Kitrell of Lin coln is' spending a week with his 4 grandmother. YEAR ROUND S1T0W SHOVELER From Friday Drir A year round snow shoveler is Walter Cwlertnia, who was pictured a t his job In last evening's World Herald. The picture was taken in the sharp freezer of the Swift pack-i ing plant, where the temperature was 12 below zero, after ice was scraped from the thermometer. Cwlertnia and hundreds of other workers in the packing and cold etorage plants hate to leave their jobs when the day's work is done. The young man is a brother cf Mrs. TbomasLInhart who resides at 1301 Vine streot in this city. . 33 CONGRESS PAYS HONOR TO FRANCES WILLARD February 1G and 17 were red letter days in the senate and house of our national government. On Thursday the 16th, Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York paid tribute to Frances Willard in an address, "Manifold Facts of Frances Willard's Mind." The same day in the house, Represen tative Noah M. Mason, a former edu cation administrator, in Illinois de livered a speech which was later sent to every teacher in his district. On the 19th of Februar3', Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas introduced a resolution for a postage stamp to honor Frances Willard's centennary And gave an address on her life and character. In the house, the speaker introduced Mrs. Caroline O'Day to be jiven ten minutes to speak in honor of Miss Willard. As he banged ' the gavel an almost unheard of thing happened rail members took their seats and listened attentively to th fitting eulogy of Frances Willard. Inspired by Mrs. O'Day's words. Rep rcsentative Ralph E. Church of Evanston spoke spontaneously from lines on the statue of Frances Wil lard in the Hall of Fame, the only statue of a woman found there. Rep resentative John Murdock of Ariz ona added his word of praise for wom en who followed Miss Willard's lead and wrote prohibition and suffrage into the" early constitution of his state. The final commemoration was on Sunday, February 19 when the Dis trict of Columbia held memorial ser vices at the statue in the capitol building. Representative Ulysses S. 3uyer of Kansas gave the address concluding that were she living to day she would not be discouraged knowing reforms do not die. These iddresses were entered into the Con gressional Record and copies cent to every W. C- T. Union. Others have and are paying tribute. The D. A. R. in. their forty-eighth continental congress held in Wash ington April 17-21, gave proper re cognition to Frances Willard as one of their charter members. Two leaf lets in her honor were printed and given free from literature table. The front page of the official pro gram carried a picture of the oil por trait presented to Northwestern Uni versity by the Alpha Phi Internation al fraternity and tributes were paid by speakers on the program. But tribute has not been confined to our United States. On February 19, Dr. Robert Hereod of Lausanne. Switzerland addressed an audience of J, 000 gathered at the old university Sorbcnnc in Paris. Thi3 university has a great history beginning in 1256 and now has more than 30.000 students of whom about one-fourth are from other coutrics. Frances Wil lard during two years of travel and study when quite a ycung woman, was a student here and had not been forgotten. May we, as members of the local community, spend a few hours in her memory on Tuesday afternoon, July 11 in the Fellowship room of the Presbyterian church. Come and bring a companion. HERE FROM WASHINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. Hranac and daughter. Rose Mary of Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Wash ington. D. C, arrived in Plattsmouth the Fourth of July to spend .the re mainder of the week visiting with Mrs. Hranac's father. Vaclav Beloh lavy and her sisters, Mrs. John Zato pek and Mrs. Leonard Davey. The Washington party will leave this city Saturday for Geneva, Nebraska where they will visit with Mr. Hranac's mother, Mrs. Mary Hranac before returning to their home. Rubber Stamps at rowasi prices at the Journal Office. POCKET AND WRIST WATCHES M.00 to 3.95 F ALARM CLOCKS $1.00 to 2.9S LOOK FOR ggQS ON THE DIAL LocaL L. & B. Offers Security to Investors Has Fine Record of Dividends Paid, Pins Insurance Protection of F. S, & L. Corporation The Plattsmouth Loan & Building Association is running the first, of a series of ads to be published in the Journal, inviting investment in both installment and paid-up shares. The association offers investors the safeguard of insurance by the Fed eral Savings & Loan Insurance Cor poration each individual account being fully insured up to $5,000 against loss. While dividends must be based on earnings and cannot be guaranteed as to amount, the fine record main tained by the local association and it3 reserve earnings indicate there will be no falling off in the dividend rote. This week they have distrib uted dividends of 4 on Paid Up shares and 5 on Investment shares cne of the highest dividend rates being paid anywhere on insured in vestments. At no time in the past fifteen years, when some institutions of this kind were cutting down their dividend rate to stockholders or even net paying any, has the local associa tion failed to distribute this great a dividend rate. Safety and 4 and 5 per cent in t?rcst are rather unusual in these days of cheap money, but the Platts mouth Lean & Building Association has been able to do it and lay by a reserve fund as well, and there is every indication they will continue to do so. They are accepting installment share investors (the group to whom CX interest has just been distribut e!) at $1 per month and up, and paid up share investors (the group that has' drawn 4 interest) on payments of 550 and up, and should not have to advertise long or loud to attract the attention of the in venting public, who like nothing bitter than the safety guaranteed by the Federal Savings & Loan Insur ance Corporation and a high rate of interest on their investment. Whether you buy installment or Piiid-up stock, the Plattsmouth Loan & Building Association will welcome your account. The money they re ceive from stockholders is loaned on first mortgage home loans In this in-mediate locality. TRANSIENT HELL FOR THREAT TO FR. FLANAGAN PASADENA, California, July 7 (UP) A youthful transient, twenty-threc-year bid Arthur Dean Swift, to day was held in. city jail on a federal warrant accusing him of sending1 a threatening letter to Rev. Edward J. Flanagan, founder of the famous Boy's Town, Nebraska community. The youth is to be taken before U. S. Commissioner David B. Head with in the next few days for a hearing prior to his removal to Nebraska to face prosecution. Federal agents captured Swift in a Pasadena rooming1 house where he had been livinjr for the past ten days since his arrival here from Ne braska. In his letter to the priest Swift said "Wire me ?230 immediate ly or I'll return there and commit a murder." Swift said he had stayed at Boy's Town for ten days last month and left following a quarrel. BOXER SEEKS COUNCIL POST PHILADELPHIA. July 7 (UP) Tommy Loughran, former world light-heavyweight boxing champion today began an intensive campaign for election to the Philadelphia' city council under the republican ban ner. Loughron, who fought approxi mately 170 times in his lS-year ring career, last year aided the success ful campaign of Gov. Arthur II. James. Ho was mentioned for the state athletic commission until Matt Raymond, his boxing protege, was found to bo wearing sash weights at a New York weiirhinr-in ceremonv. Loughran, however, was exonerated in the incident. He won the light-heavyweight championship from Mike McTigue at Madison Square Garden In 1927 and retired as champion two years later. BITTER FIGHT OVER ROAD NORTH PLATTE. July 8 (UP) Western Nebraska tourists related to day that strife between sponsors of the Lincoln highway and U. S. No. 6 between Omaha and Denver ap parently had broken out into the bit terest fight in years. It was said tourist groups in Oma ha led by the American Automobile Association generally are trying to route travelers over No. 6 to Denver. WATCH RIVER DRIFT The St. Louis Socony which con voyed the four large barges of gaso line from Kansas City to Omaha while passing this city late Thursday were maintaining a close watch on the river which was high. Members of the crew with telescopes watched up the river for the appearance of drift logs that might become an ele ment of danger to the propellers of the high powered craft. The water soaked logs rise and disappear In the river and it was the duty of the watchers to detect them before they might strike the boat and cause pos sible damage. The St. Louis was equipped with a very powerful spot light that lit up the river and along the banks for a long distance ahead of the barges and the convoy. Ferris-Trively Families Enjoy a Fine Vacation Plattsmouth People Spend Greatei Part of Time Visiting: in South Dakota With Friends. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ferris and son, Marvin, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Trively and daughter, Virginia, have just returned from a vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. En route they stopped at Colome, South Dakota, where they visited with Silas Jacks, a brother of Mrs. Trively. From there, the party drove through the fantastic Bad Lands, and on to the scenic splendor of the Black Hills. The visitors located at Rapid City. They then drove to Memo to visit the CCC camp which is located there. They visited with several Platts mouth young men. Junior Sell, "Punt" and '"Tink" Wiles. . The group saw the Stage Barn caverns, a spectacular crystal cave with many rooms, miniature lakes, stalactites and stalagmites. One of the most interesting places visited was the Adams Memorial Museum in the historic city of Dead- wood. There many relics of "Wild Bill" Hickock, "Calamity Jane," "Deadwood Dick" Clark and '"Poker Alice" were to be seen. They also law the Ilomestake gold mine at Lead. From there they drove to Custer State Park where they saw the beau tlful Sylvan Lake, then to Rush more National Memorial Park where the four faces are carved by Bor glum on the mountainside, and on to Wind Cave National Park. From the town of Hot Springs the Plattsmouth people started homeward through the national forest and the sand hills of Nebraska. RETURN FROM OUTING Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Vroman and their children, Betty and Eugene, Jr., returned Thursday from a very pleasant outing in the Black Hills country of South Dakota. They had the pleasure while there of seeing the unveiling and dedication of the Mount Rushmore memorial, a great national monument to the nation and on which appears the heads of Wash ington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theo dore Roosevelt. There were 15,000 it the ceremonies and the auto travel very difficult but the Flattsmouth group were able to enjoy the full celebration. The Hills arc being very extensively visited this year by the tourists from Iowa and Minnesota as well as many from Nebraska. This part of the west gives one a wide range of natural beauty that makes a real vacation and outing. The Vroman family returned well rested and feeling that they had enjoyed a real outing. On their return they met J Joe Phillips two hits and A. Chov at North Platte, Mr. and Mrs. Frank tnec, one -single. Kaiasek, Jr., and Westley Kratoch ville, who were on their way to the Pacific coast. ' CARS WRECK NEAR UNION Wednesday afternoon a car crash occurred just cast of Union at the Intersection of highways 75 and 34, shortly after 2 o'clock. Dale Mc Crary, of Fort Madison, Iowa, was coming north and had started to make a turn west to Union when the car of N. C. Rogers, of Omaha, a DcSota. came from the north and the two crashed at the intersection. The DcSota car was damaged a great deal but fortunately none of the oc cupants was injured In the crash. Deputy Sheriff Emory Doody was call ed to the scene to investigate the mat ter. HERE FROM THE WEST Martin L. Ruby of McCook is in the city for a short time, to look after some matters of business and also to visit with the relatives and friends in this section. He is the father of Thomas Ruby and. Mrs. Dewey Reed of this city. Mrs. Joseph Segarl Dies in Iowa Tuesday Former Miss Mary Vodicka Passes Away at Home in Buffalo Cen- . ter, Iowa, July 4. The Fourth of July holiday cli maxed with a severe blow to the members of the Cyril Jandtf family when news was received here of the death of Mrs. Joseph Segarl on that day at her home In Buffalo Center, Iowa where she has resided for a number of years. Mrs. Segarl had been in the best of health until two weeks ago when she suffered a stroke and since that time she had been bedfast, steadily growing weaker un til death came to her relief. The deceased was formerly Miss Mary Vodicka, better known in this city by that name, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Vodicka. She was born in Czechoslovakia and in the laiier nineteenth century she, ac companied by her parents and broth ers, emigrated to the United States. For a number of years the Vodicka family made Plattsmouth their place of residence, and while here lived on the property now occupied by the Julius Kaiasek family. Mr. Vodicka had been an employee of the local Burlington shops for a long period of time, he being employed in the paint shop. Several years ago the Vodicka fam ily moved to Chicago and this is where Miss Mary Vodicka was united in marriage to Mr. Joseph Segarl. Her father had passed away in Chi cago and a few years later her moth er passed away at the home of her daughter, the Segaiis living in Buf falo Center at that time. Mrs. Segarl was very well known In this city because of her frequent visits here where she formerly lived and accumulated a large number of friends. She has a large number of relatives who reside In this city and vicinity. A month ago she was able to be present at the golden wedding anniversary of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Janda which oc curred on Saturday, May 27, and j her death comes as a severe blow in this city. There is left to raourn her passing, the husband; two sons, Charles of Buffalo Center, Iowa, and James, Ma son City, Iowa; two daughters, Jose phine of Mason 'City, and Frances, who resides at home in Buffalo Cen ter, Iowa. Two brothers, Leo and Anton Vodicka of Chicago, Illinois, also mourn her passing. The de ceased was a niece of Mrs. Cyril Janda of this city. Funeral services will be held on Friday morning at the Catholic church, of which she has been a de vout communicant, in Buffalo Center, The interment will be made in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Janda and Cyril Janda of Omaha motored to Buffalo Center today to attend the services of Mrs. Segarl, cousin of Thomas and Cyril Janda. DROP GAME AT OMAHA From Sntiirdav'n DiiTt.t The C. Y. O. lost a 2-1 bail game to the Omaha Red Tops In a twilight game yesterday. The game started out in a scoreless tie, but the Red Tops broke the Ice in the 4th with two runs, scored as a result of errors by Jones"and Venduska. In the fifth the C. Y. O.- came back for one run. Jones reached first on an error and idvanced to second on a passed ball. From there he scored on a single by A. Chovanec. This ended the scor ing, and the game ended 2-1. For Plattsmouth O'Donnell crot one hit. The lineup and batting order was is follows: V. Chovanec, 3rd base; "Chuck" Ault, 1st base; Joe Phillips, short-stop; Jack O'Donnell, left field; Bob Hayes, second base; Henry Ven duska. pitching; G. Parriot, center field: Jim Jones, catching: A. Chov- inec, right field. DIES AT OMAHA Waldo Wade Gorman. 29. 2311 Sahler street, Omaha, well known in this city was found dead Friday at Dmaha where he had apparently been fishing near the Missouri river. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Gor man and during the time of the resi dency of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jame3 II. Short, had been a fre quent visitor in this city. He was cm ployed in the stereotype department of the World-Herald for the past sev eral years. Hig widow, Carolyn with one son, William Wade; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Gorman; one brother, Le Roy J. Gorman; sister, Mrs. Henry Lane, of Portland, Oregon, survive 'lis passing. t Phone Printing orders to No. 6 Children By Judge Copyright 1939 Voluntary Appearance "I hear our new county judge is introducing some revolutionary methods in his juvenile court. Bet ter look Into it," the editor of the newspaper instructed his reporter. Soon the reporter was standing in Ihe little conference room. "Judge," he wanted to know, "is is true that for the past year and a half you have had youngsters who commit minor oflenses voluntarily appear before your court instead of having an ar resting officer bring them in?" "Yes," the judge explained. "Be fore our administration the system of. having youngsters brought in be came quite expensive to the county. A few unscrupulous arresting offi cers would -bring children to the county seat for the most trivial acts iu order to collect mileage and ar resting fees. Confinement of the youngsters in the county jail until such time as their cases could be heard also ran into considerable cuoney. We began to instruct arresting of ficers to notify youths who commit minor misdeeds to appear voluntarily at a regular session held two after noons each week and also to inform parents that these children are ex rected to be there of their own free will." "How many don't show up?" the reporter queried. "Only four boys have failed to appear. Of these, two were found hiding; one, under, a bed; the other in an outbuilding behind his home. Both were trembling with fear, for they had often been threatened with commitment to the reform school. where, they had been told, there was a wnipping-machine. a cat-o'-nine- lails on a revolving wheel which an attendant manipulated with a big c.ank. "The other two boys were mcm- Lers of a gang of five who had been perpetrating petty offences for some months. Three of the five compled villi the officers orders and were so ehagrim-d at their companions' fail ure to appear that we designated the appearing members to pursue the non-appearing ones. RETURN FROM PLEASANT TRIP Mrs. M. B. Allen and son, Glenn, have returned from a very pleasant motor tour which has taken them through a larpe part of Missouri, 11 linois and Iowa. They left here for Kansas City, Missouri, where they joined their son and brother, Ralph H. Allen and wife ar.d who took them on the tour of many interesting plac es. They left Kansas City ar.d drove south to the' Lake of the Ozarks, one of the popular resorts of the west, near this place the Ralph Aliens hav ing a fine fruit farm that thev visit ed. The tour through the Ozark coun try was one that they all enjoyed and took in a great many very interesting places. They then drove north to Hanniball, Mir-vouri, crossing the Mississippi river on the 'Mark Twain' bridge, one of the largest over the river, to Quincy, Illinois and then to Urbana, Illinois, where Mrs. Ralph Allen has relatives. They returned west by way of Burlington, Iowa and thence west on highway 31 to Platts mouth. It was a trip that Icok them over 51 different highways. LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA From TliursiTayB ralTj-- i This morning Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hesse and son, Harlcy, of Beuna Park, California, departed for their home on the west coast. They have been here for the past two weeks, called by the fatal Hlncs3 of the father of Mrs. Hesse, John Ledgway. While here they had an opportunity of meeting many of the old friends and to whom their visit was a most pleasant treat. HERE FROM WEEPING WATER From Friday's Daily Attorney C. E. Tefff andvson, Ward, with C. H. Gibson, long time resident of Weeping Water, were here today to spend a few hours at tending to some matters of business. Mr. and Mra. Merritt Patton, who have been visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Patton and attending their golden weddingdeparted Fri day afternoon for their home at Den ver. i Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title Phone 324 - Plattsmouth , Crossroads Ernest L Reeker ' 'They had no difficulty in locat ing the defaulters, but the making of an arrest was a different matter. A merchant, spying the resulting fight, called the police, who, when thty attempted to take the whole Cf.ng into custody, were met with this protest, perhaps rightly so: 'You can't arrest us. We're taking these kids before the kids' court, where they belong." "Though doubting that the court would authorize one offender to bring iu another, the police left the young sters to their fight and returned to question the Judge, only to learn to their amazement that the three had told the truth. While they were still gaping in astonisnmeni, me oatK door of the little court room opened, pnd the embyro G-men dragged in their quarry." Three years later the same news paper reporter walked into that con ference room where eight or nine boys were waiting their'turn. "Arc all these boys making vol untary appearances?" he asked. "Yes." the judge replied. "That system may be all right," the reporter conceded, "but it's mighty poor politics." "Poor politics or good." the judge returned, "frc don't play politics in Juvenile court. The welfare of these unfortunate and undeprivileged children is far more important than the. defeat or election of a public oflicial." Only four boys out of the several hundred who have been cited have felled to appear voluntarily during the past 15 years. Our juvenile court methods, experimental in the begin ning, seem to have succeeded far be yond our first fearful hopes. r (Watch for another of these in teresting stories in each Monday is sue of the Semi-ekly Journal. WABASH NEWS Marion Barden of "Lincoln was a v.et.k end guest at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Barden. Lester T. Bosworth, Frank Wilson and John Wood were at Syracuse on the Fourth, enjoying the celebration that was held there. Miss Mildred Stanley and sister, Mrs. Fred Patzel, visited over the Fourth at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Stanley. L. R. Stanley was in Lincoln Wed noday. bringing back goods to re plenish his stock at the store, which had become somewhat depleted over t lie holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schmidt and family, including their daughter, Miss Geraldine, who operates a beauty parlor at Murdock, spent the Fourth at Syracuse where a celebra tion was held. Miss Wood, the rural mail carrier observed that at places along her route corn was not standing up a3 it should, due to the wind and a bit jf hail that accompanied the storm on the night of July 4th. Mrs. Henry H. Gerbolinir wan en joying a visit with her daughter, v ho makes her home in Lincoln. When the daughter cannot find time o come and visit the mother, the mother goes and visits with the daughter. Fickle Fads of Fancy For quite some time Chink check ers, as they are called, held undis puted sway in Wabash as- a means of entertainment. Now the ring of horseshoes are running them a very lively race lor popularity. The boys are really enjoying this new sport under the cedar trees across from the store. Help Them Clean the Blood of Harmful Body Waste Your Wdneva art, constantly fiitrin m.tur from th. blood RWrnfEut not act aa Nature Intended Tail tim. nora Irajmritiea that, it rruinrd. may r.fern. A??' d l0?L?i PP atreofth. kr? .,Mkid,n'y " W-ddar MI jew Irlaada lor mora ibtnuZtr vZSZ -They kav. a .tUm id. tiS! country OTgr. Aik your aoattorf -