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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 1939.
fhe Plattsmouth Journal
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DEBUNKING THE ARCTIC
The Arctic isn't In darkness for
four months of the year as a mat
ter of fact it's never dark, even in
winter, because of the refraction of
sunlight from below the horizon and
the glitter of moonlight across the
snow. So says the Federal Writers'
Project's new "Guide to Alaska"
which disabuses the reader of many
ether popular misconceptions about
our northern-most possession.
Alaska isn't perpetually cold. As
the citizen of Fairbanks sweltering
in summer heat with the ther
mometer 100 degrees in the shade.
Or the farmer harvesting his bumper
grain crop in the vicinity of Anchor
age. Of the tourist eating Alaskan
raspberries the size of half-dollars.
Eskimos don't live in snow huts, ex
cept on rare occasions when a storm
overtakes them on the trail and
they are obliged to put up temporary
shelters. Iglus are usually made of
earth and wood. And the purchase
of Alaska was by no means an ex
travagance for which no adequate
return has been received, but rather
an investment that has already yield
ed something like 2.430 per cent on
the original investment!
FAEM INCOME UP
LINCOLN, Aug. 31 (UP)
The
LETTER OF 1844 TELLS
WORRIES OVER POLITICS
FAIRMONT, N. Y. .(UP) Back in
1844 people really worried about de
pressions and politics, according to a
95-year-old letter discovered recent
ly. Dr. Edward Whitcomb told his
father, Dr. Soammi Whitcomb, of
Ontario, in the letter that his "Uncle
John" is "continually In trouble
concerning debts, how to dispose of
the store to the best advantage, or
the result oft he election."
"He was quite smart and ni good
spirits election day," the letter read,
"and the day following, as Clay's
(Henry Clay, unsuccessful Whig
party presidential candidate in 1844)
prospects were fair in these parts.
"But on hearing from other parts
of the state, the news was unfavor
able and for two or three days he
was as sick as ever but the prob
ability, of a Whig senate has served
as a balm and he is again doing
well."
Dr. Whitcomb said "the political
defeat in itself is now what we fear,
it is the administration of the auda
cious and belligerent victors."
INDICT GAMBLING FIGURE
CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UP) A fed-
Federal Reserve bank of Kansas City,"" s c,
.1,. Mch mrnmp to (Billy) Skidmore, reputed
Nebraska farmers increased 20 per
cent during the first six months of
1939 over the corresponding period
last year.
"The large increase is due mainly
to large returns from Commodity
CreVlit loans and sales of corn," the
bank said. It pointed out that the
district embracing Nebraska, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colo-
"kingpin"' of Chicago gambling-, for
alleged evasion of $361,272 income
tax interest and penalties from 1933
to 1937.
The indictment charged the money
was due on income which was "un
accounted" in Skidmore's tax filings
for those years and resulted from an
investigation of a huge "butter and
egg'' business, which drew rich cus-
rado, and Wyoming realized an 8 per tomers to a junk yard he operated,
cent gain. . -. . u'n,r. I Federal agents said the customers
An upswing was reported ,in. hog to(j them they were buying butter
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JOSEPH CALLEIA has had a life
of varied highlights since he was
born as Joseph Alexander Caesar
Horstall Vincent Calleia.. Until
Joseph (for show purposes) Cal
leia was cast in the role of Father
Loma in the current RKO Radio
picture, "Full Confession," he
had never played anything but
villains on the screen. He was
born on the Island of Malta with
in the shadows of British naval
guns, and was reared and edu
cated by Jesuits there. While still
In school he organized a har
monica band with himself as star
and made $500 in box office re
ceipts before interest waned. He
made his debut in the American
theatre twenty years ago as a
singer of Scotch ballads, wear
ing, - appropriately, kilties. He
saw the extent of America first
as a chorus boy in a touring com
pany. Between theatrical jobs he
worked as piano salesman, trol
ley car repairman, furnace stoker
for a department store. He co
authored the song hit, "Adelai,"
which still produces royalties.
Calleia was star-impresario of a
concert series at the Town Hall In
New York, which flopped woe
fully. After making a hit in nine
MGM productions as some sort of
menace, he demanded and got his
contract release. He recently
spent two weeks in a monastic
retreat preparing himself for the
current part of a priest in "Full
Confession," which is directed by
John Farrow and also features
Victor" McLaglen, Sally Eilers
. and Barry Fitzgerald.
LOVE FINDS A WAY
marketing as well as smaller gains
in other livestock trading. Hog sales
jumped 64 per cent; calves, 30 per
cent and sheep, 8 per cent.
.Shipments of wheat. It was found,
were 5 per cent above the ten-year
average, although far below July,
1938. Corn dropped to approximate
ly two-thirds of normal in Nebraska
during the first half of the year.
Small banking failures marred an
otherwise cheery outlook in business.
TREASURER NOW OPERATING
LINCOLN, Aug. 31 (UP) Dor
mant approximately eight days be
cause of the death of Treasurer T. W.
Uas. the Nebraska state treasury
regained its stride today. John
Havekost of Hooper, newly-appointed
treasurer, began his first full day in
office this morning after Governor
R. L. Cochran late yesterday ap
proved a $1,000,000 bond. Havekost
immediately began signing, by hand,
3,023 relief checks but looked for
ward to signing others with a sig
nature plate which ha3 yet to arrive.
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
RAISES STATE COSTS
and eggs from elaborate farms where
Skidmore lived as a gentleman farmer.
OMAHA ELECTRIC RATES CUT
OMAHA, Sept. 1 (UP) President
James E. Davidson of Nebraska Pow
er company today announced reduc
tions in electric lights here which he
estimated will save the ccmpany's
65,000 customers in Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs approximately 450,000 per
year. The rates are effective October
1.
The reductions were asked by May
or Butler who had pointed out that
small users especially should be giv
en some consideration. An ordinance
embodying the new rates was intro
duced in the city council this morning.
DRY AFFECTS CORN
LINCOLN, Aug. 31 UP) Cost of
running the Nebraska state govern
mental agencies during the 1937-39
bitnnium amounted to S59.687.094
an increase of $6,155,940 over the
1935-37 period State Tax Commis
sioner W. II. Smith announced today.
Smith pointed out that the in
rrease was almost entirely in state
assistance during 1937-39, assistance
totaling $14,539,041 compared with
$8,616,280 during the previous bien-nium.
PERFORM DELICATE OPERATION
COLUSA. Calif., Aug. 31 (UP)
physicians today declared "entirely
successful" a delicate operation on a
baby boy to replace inside its body
the entire intestinal tract, which
was outside the abdomen cavity at
birth. The case was similar to that
of Marie Rafael, born recently in
Manila, her heart exposed. No oper
ation was possible on the Rafael in
fant and she died six days after
pirth. -
Dockags facliriTes maX Flalia
mouth an Ideal factory site Wel
come and a splendid opportunity
to expand should be an induce
ment to those contemplating a
chanae. In location from the more
fchlckly populated center aittf
t leoa area of iha east. :
LINCOLN, Aug. 31 (UP) Farm
ing areas in Nebraska felt the lack
of moisture during the past week
and much of the early corn, spared
by the previous drouth, is not safe
from frost damage. United States
Weather Observer W. F. Rumbaugh
said today in his weekly crop bulle
tin. The lack' of rain prevented some of
the corn from filling well and late
corn is denting and needs moisture
soon or will not fill well, the report
said.
FIRE AT LOUP CITY
LOUP CITY, Neb. Aug. 31 (UP)
Damage estimated at $500,000 was
caused by a fire in the business dis
trict here today. Starting in an old
rrame building the flames spread to
a lumber company and to two res
taurants. Greatest less was to the
lumber company, which estimated
damage at $40,000. The Western
Public Service company plant was
damaged, causing a shutdown in
electric lights.
WEEHAWKEN. N. J.. Aug. 31
(UP) Love found a way to keep
Adolph Gmefin from jumping 'off ' a
150-foot cliff.
The 36-year-old restaurant man
ager sat yesterday on a rugged pro
montory of the Hudson river for
nearly an hour and threatened to
jump it anybody approached him.
While firemen and policemen
twiddled their thumbs. Charles Bin
der, Union City building inspector,
ordered: "Somebody bring Josephine
Manners."
Sobbing, and wringing her hands,
she drew within a few feet of
Gmelin and said:
"I'll take you back. I'll do any
thing." He walked away from the side of
the cliff toward her. Firemen grab
bed him. Miss Manners fainted. Un
resisting he was taken to the police
station and booked on charges of at
tempted suicide and being a disor
derly person.
On the cliff was found a note in
which he had written to Miss Man
ners: "I loved you more than life itself.
Adolph." '
NAME NEW PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UP) Edward
Seubcrt, president of Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, announced today
that II. W. Pierpont will be president
of the new Standard Oil company of
Nebraska, a new company to be form
ed to replace Standard Oil company
of Nebraska stockholders of the old
company voted Tuesday acceptance of
a Standard Oil of Indiana offer to
buy outstanding .shares at $17.50 a
share.
Change Made
in Occupation
Tax on Trucks
Revise City Ordinances to r Cover
Much of the Trucking: Suspend
Rules, Pass Ordinance.
From Tuesday Daily-'
.With a full house present the city
council last evening staged another
of their long sessions with - much
discussion of many problems of the
city business.
The council passed under suspen
sion of the rules, ordinance No. 742,
a measure that amends the existing
city ordinance affecting the tax rate
for trucks operating into this city
and to bring the ordinance in more
of a balance as to classifications. The
amended ordinance will provide for
an occupation tax of $10 for a one
ton or under truck, for trucks over
one ton a tax of $15. Wholesale
bread trucks and similar lines of
business will be taxed $30 which
is also the rate for retail trucks.
A communication was received
from the King Korn Karnlval com
mittee asking permission to use Main
street from Fourth to Fifth street
from September 18th to 25th inclu
sive, for a platform for the enter
tainment features of the Karnival.
Use of Firth street from Vine to
main and from Main to the alley
south, was also asked for carnival
attractions. On motion of Council
man Finnefrock the permission was
granted. In reply to inquiries Mayor
Lushinsky stated that the commit
tee and the city would see that
proper traffic police were provided
for.
There was some discussion of the
payment of $12.50 to the super
visor of the NYA and which was
explained by Councilman Webb as
being done to permit the continued
employment of a number of boys.
This was not a regular salary but an
?mergency appropriation.
The finance committee then pre
sented a resolution transferring the
sum of $800 from the general fund
to the cemetery fund in order to en
able the cemetery board to complete
the . purchase of thirteen acres of
land for cemetery use. The total
cost of the plot secured will be $3,-375,-
the , remainder raised by the
board through lot sale and pledges.'
The finance committee also pre
sented a resolution making a loan
transfer of $900 from the general
to the street fund for the purchase
of a truck. This amount like that
of the cemetery, is to be repaid to
the general fund as accumulations
made. ,
Judge C L. Graves reported for
the week of August 12th that there
iiad been no arrests.
The streets, alleys and bridges
committee reported favorably on the
request of John Alwin to raise the
sidewalks and curb at his property
on Chicago avenue.
The license committee reported
that the state liquor commission had
revoked the retail beer license ol
Phillip Hoffman.
Chairman Schutz of the fire and
water committee reported that the
committee had received a number of
bids for the purchase of 500 feet
of fire hose and. the committee re
cessed to examine and check the bids.
At the close of the meeting of the
council committee and the firemen's
committee, it was recommended that
the bid of the Anderson Co., Inc., of
Omaha, for $300 feet of hose at $1
per foot, properly equipped with
couplings and at a five per cent dis
count, be accepted and which was
bo ordered.
The tax and property committee
had a very good response on bids for
the sale of tax property and the for
mer Jess residence on South 6th
street, lot 12, block 167, original
town, had three bidders seeking this
residence and the committee voted to
hold two of the bids and report their
findings at the meeting on September
11th. On the bids on lots 5, 6, 7 in
block 13, Townsend's Addition, the
bid of George and Lucy Taylor for
$200 was accepted and the property
to be sold under the terms of the
bid.
"In regard to the Jess property,
Chairman Webb of the tax and prop
erty committee osked that the parties-residing
there vacate by Sept
ember 20th In order that the prop
erty might be turned over to the
successful bidder.
Chairman Finnefrock of the parks
and improvement committee reported
that faucet and water line was
needed in cells in the city Jail as the
water facilities are now confined to
the "bull pen" of the Jail. After
some discussion this matter was laid
over for the present as those in the
jail are not usually locked in cells
unless in extreme cases. The parks
and improvement committee was
also instructed to look into the con
dition of the railing on the east side
of the old Plattsmouth hotel build
ing at Third and Main street and
sec that it was repaired.
Chairman Vroman of the lighting
committee reported that an electro
lier had been broken and that the
party had agreed to pay for the
same, the chairman was authorized
to contact the man in Lincoln as
regarding the payment. The lighting
committee was given further time on
the matter of extension of Btreet
lighting service.
Councilman Vroman brought up
the matter of the city having em
ployed a man as foreman at the rock
quarries where rock for the WPA
proposition of sewer construction on
Chicago avenue, was being secured.
The councilman was of the opinion
that the WPA should pay this labor
cost and not the city who were to
pay the material cost. It was ex
plained that the man secured had
been especially qualified for the work
and was not a WPA worker. The
councilman from the fifth ward was
of the opinion that a foreman could
be secured from the ranks of the
workers. C. E. Markham, in charge
of the general handling of the WPA
projects, stated that if the city wish
ed that a man could be provided
from those already employed altho
perhaps not so trained in the line of
quarry work.
The following bills were ordered
paid by the council:
VV. H. Woolcott. labor truck$
H. E. Chancellor, same
A. F. Kopp, same
Frank Erneal, kerosene
Ofe Oil Co., gas
McCarty Oil Co., gas to trac
tor 21.45
O. L. Itamel, washing sts.
D. L. Ramel, graderman
Harry Oochenonr, st. work
Harry Gochenour, cutting
weeds
; Harry fTftchenour, washing
streets 16.40
George Taylor, street work,
'team ; 30.56
Seorge Taylor, street work..
rJeorge Taylor, washing sts.
Ivan Taylor, street work
Ivan Taylor, washing sts.
Franklin Kief, washing sts.
Franklin Kief. st. work
Hamilton & Baumgart, spark
plugs
Duxbury & Davis, balance
premium bond, chief of po
lice. May 1, 1939 to May 1,
1940 10.00
J. Howard Davis, expense
Lincoln, Hoffman case
Ofe Oil Co., gas and supplies
J. G. Strohus, burying 1 dog
Albert Olson, phone rent, etc.
Bruce Neon Co., one Neon
safety stop sign 54.00
George J. Mayer Co., 50
bicycle tags
Cappell Elect. Co., lamps
Leonard Bashus, mowing
weeds, labor 21.91
Gus Whitely, half month's
wages, supervisor of NYA
tennis project 12.50
Chicago Avenue Project
Ofe Oil Co.. oil and material$ 5.30
McCarty Oil Co., kerosene 5.72
Ira Clinkcnbeard, truck rental 50.80
0. E. Markham, same 42.00
Charles Crawford, same 13.00
Joe Mrasek, sand and gravel 65.52
4.00
1.50
4.00
2.10
20.50
1.58
43.30
18.20
8.00
10.60
11.60
36.68
9.46
8.40
31.20
2.60
6.35
10.56
.60
8.65
6.02
20.09
WINS IOWA TAIL CORN CONTEST
DES MOINES, Aug. 31 (UP) D.
D. Hill of Batavia, Iowa, today hold
the Iowa state fair national tall corn
championship with an entry of 18
feet, 2Vi inches. Hill's stalk, was 2
feet. 4Vi inches taller than last year's
winner, won its owner $100 in cash,
a plow and a gold trophy.
FILES BANKRUPTCY ACTION
LINCOLN. Aug. 31 (UP) Peti
tion under the bankruptcy act was on
file In federal court today by Edward
P. B?.hr, Verdon farmer. He listed
assets of$23.547. Including $20,000
in real estate, and debts of $14,715.
All but $130, due Glen Martin and
the Sinclair Oil company of Fall:
City are secured.
INSICN $1.15
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