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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1924)
Central Names 45 Contestants Students to Go to Interecho]-: astic Meeting in Lincoln. _ i All contestants to represent the Omaha Central High school in the Nebraska Interscholastic contest to be held in Lincoln, May 10, have been named. The mathematics department will send the greatest number of repre sentatives to Lincoln. They are: Algebra II: Charles Gillies, Frank R. Truesdell, Thomas Gannett, Georgene Rasmussen; Algebra ill: Dorothy Deakin, Rex Carden, Ken neth Shirk; Geometry II: Claude Mason, Marion Cosmey, Billie Math ews, Clyde Miller: Solid Geometry: Jack Adams, John Byron, Richard Hayden, John Platner; Trigonometry: Jacob Kosowski, Albert Bartos, Irene Searson, Wendell Shultz. History, Latin and English depart ments send nine contestants each. Latin and English students announc ed (his week are: Latin: Jane Leeper, Ituth Pilling, James Mason, Frames Elliott, Wilma McFarland, Mary Race, Eleanor Brown, Helene .Hend erson and Carol Ray; English:'Neva Heflin, Gertrude Marsh, Maxine Boord. Olive Williams, Lester J,apl dns, Gladys Reynolds. Kenneth Ab bott, Charlotte Root. Leollne Clarke. French representatives are Ken neth Abbott, Anna Jonisrh and Helene Henderson. Spelling con testants are Olive Williams. Leonora Perlmutter. and Harry Goldman. Lester Lapldtls and Willoughby Con ner will represent the physics depart nient. Liberty—Low -Long, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan 1-ong. died. Mr. Long is editor of the Liberty .loin nal. iff III lilt I 11 11 Ilf • i III il • • I ■ III • 11II ••••■r "I Ngiif mi ii 11 ii 11111111 ti 111 • 111 11111111 • •• iiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiif ///y/»f linnrHortc jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ■III li 111 I ■ I I I IIII • I 11 III I 11 III I I I I 11 DllV. m J g gg gg J (%# ^••lllll II III 11 I 11 I I III I I I I I I I I I I I | | 11 It OMAHA LINCOLN MINNEAPOLIS NEW YORK Starting Thursday Morning in Haas Brothers “Gray Sho^” Fourth Floor A Marvelous Sale of 420 STOUT DRESSES j Valu es Bevjond Comparison—Ike Newest, Smartest Silk Dresses {or tko Summer Se ason Dresses that should be sold at Double and Treble this Price your Choice Thursday To see these Dresses is to want them. Every one of the dozens of styles have been especially de signed to render to the wearer those highly desired slenderiz ing lines. Sizes Sid-Moysette 42 to 56 „ . _ ... Pigeon-ette Plenty of If you requ‘V la.r«V,ze Dfre8*' and,' Fruelle ,, “ you want to share in the moat wonderful .. . 0... the extreme value event of the season, be here Thurs- \OVelty Silk large sizes day. There are Dresses for every occa- Knits sion. All those new summery shades are generously The importance of this sale to the stout wo induded in this sale as well as Navy, Black "?e" f th" community will be keenly appre ciated and we are anticipating the most en and Brown. It will pay you to come many thusiastic buying ever enacted in the Gray miles to secure one of these Dresses. Shop. Every Lar^e Woman Will Welcome Vhe News of This Gi*eaV SALE OF STOUT COATS 150 CoaVs in sizes 42 Vo 56, Secured in Our GrcaVesV Purchase of Vhe Year, and Offered Thursday aV ~ n . Every Coat ETX Cn ”f «<r» ff!1 silk length and hnei width. Of equal importance to the Dress Sale is this unusual sale of Stout Coats. Our buyers were most fortunate in consummating this great pur chase and Thursday we ask you to share our good fortune. » , . Twills Blocked Chinchillas Downy Wools Eustrosa Velvetone Sports Fabrics Hela Cloth Truvenette V * Coats of extreme gracefulness, We always believe in conservative Coats that give to the stout figure advertising and are most exacting those slenderizing lines so much de- in our claims of values, but for these sired. Every favored color is here. coats we stake our reputation that Let nothing prevent you from shar- they are easily the most remarkable ing in this sale. values Omaha has seen this season. a Cnme DirecV Vo Vhe Gray Sho]p —EourVh Floor —and Come Early Ha as Brothers “GRAY SHOP” Brown Block Fourth Floor 16th and Douglas Ml f»l»Mm»l»tf tMIIM MtlMMIII Iff |lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllill!lllllllllllllllllll!IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!llllllllllllllll|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIII|llll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|llllll!llllllllllllllll'|lllll!liii,lliilllllllllllll ♦ **M0i • I I MIIIMMSHItllMI MQM lllh> till Mill • " 11 • • I Ml I l| ■ M Ml 11M M III • • • M 11 MIUI111 M 1*1 MIMMI III Ml II11 Mil I Foul Plav Seen in Death of Net Near Lexington Inquest (her Body of Man Found on I nion Pacific Bight of \& aT Post poned. Ht 1 niterftal SfrtW. Kearney. Neh.. May fi Inquest into the death of .Tames TV. Drum mond, ax service man of Philadelphia, which was to have been held tonight, was postponed until tomorrow after noon. Drummond was pirked up along the Union Taeific right of way near Dexlngton, Neb., by the crew of a passing freight train and taken to Kearney where he died without re gaining consciousness. Death was due to a fractured skull and broken jawbone. Aetlng Coroner Bowers, In charge of the inquest, declared tonight that all Indications pointed to foul play. Drummond's clothes were not torn, and there were no bruises on the body such as would have been caused had he met death by falling from a train. A penny was all the money that was found in his clothing. Discharge papers In Drummond's pocket showed that he had served in both the army and the navy. Aljutant DIeghan, department of Pennsylvania, requested that the body he sent to Philadelphia. Authorities at Omaha have been asked to he on the lookout for a man said to he traveling in company with Drummond. This man is reported to have Inquired as to Drummond's whereabouts, describing him and de claring that he lost track of Drum tnond somewhere tills side of Chey enne. JURY IN TRIAL OF LANGLEY CHOSEN Covington, Ky., May 6.—Selection of a jury in the trial of Congressman John TV. J.angley of Kentucky and four other defendants, chnrged by In dictment with conspiracy to defraud the United States government in con nection with a liquor transaction In 1921, was completed in federal cour! here late today. Mr*. Nye, Iowa Poet. Attends Pen Woman's League Meeting Shenandoah, la. May 6—Mrs. Jean: Palmer Nye, an Iowa poet and writ er. who Is visiting her son. John Nye, at Washington, D. C., recently at tended the annual breakfast of the Pen .Women's league of which she is a member. Edwin Markham, the j poet, and Fannie Hurst, fietion writ er, were the chief speaker*. A re . ception was h*ld- at the Whit* House j with Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the preeldent, as hoste*a. 1.600 Delegates Attend Sunday School Meeting, Marshalltown, la.. May S —The 59th 1 annual convention of the Iowa state ‘’unday school council convened here I today, wtth 3.SOP delegatee regtetered. Dr, Hugh S. Magi)!, Chicago, who was to have made fhe principal address tva* unable to he present. COUNTY CATTLE MORE HEALTHY Cooperative tuberculin tests of dairy Itertle in Douglaa county by federal, state and county representa tives, show a decided decrease of re actors in herds that were tested two years ago, according to County Agent K. a. Maxwell. "We starteil lids tubercular erad ication work on March 3 of tills year and have examined 11,450 rattle in ..003 herds. There were 398 trai tors, nr 3.4 per cent, as against 3.8 pet cent during the tests two years ago. Of the herd* affected I hi* season there weie 14.4 per cent as compared with 24.7 per cent two year* ago.” Of the reactors discovered during the last two months, about. 73 per rlnt were of herds not tested two years ago. TWO MEN GIVEN TEN YEARS EACH Kdwaril liivfvel and Marvin Harp, both Oklahomans, were sentenced to 10 years in the Iowa state reforma tory when they entered a plea of guilty to charges of breaking and en tering a dwelling in Council duffs district court Tuesday afternoon. Sentence was pronounced by Judge J. S. Dewell. Marvel and Harp were arrested sev eral days ago in Oakland, la., for alleged thefts of chickens in that vi cinity and were brought to Council Bluffs for tidal due to an adjourn ment of diatrict court at Atoca. WOLFE HEAD OF C. B. H. S. ALUMNI The following officer* of the Council Bluffs High {School Alumni sssocia tion w'ere elected at a meeting held thin week in the public library President, Kenneth Wolfe; vice presi dent. Ann DeWitt; treasurer. Stuart Short; secretary, Dorothy Murphy, and sergeant at-arms, Millard Bryant I>ute for th© annual alumni recep tion and dance in honur of graduating seniors wan act aa June ti. The re ception will he held in the Masonic temple. TENTH SMALLPOX CASE REPORTED Tenth cane of email pox was re | ported to the city health department I Tuesday morning Kugene Jtfdfleld. son of Mr. and Mr a. f\ M. Kedfield, North Twen ty-ninth atreet, is afflicted. The bov attend.* the kindergarten | of Miller Park school. Only lower j grade children of that school will he \ vaccinated, according to Health Com j mlssioner A. S. Pinto. Palzig Contract Accepted. The contract of Monroe Pltzlg of Dea Moinea. recently appointed pav ing inapector. with the city of Coun 011 Bluffa waa accepted by the city council after considerable discussion over rate* of payment per square yard of inspection. Pa*zig will be j paid at a rate of 7 rent* per square j yard for paving* inspection and 4 I cents per square yard for curbing in- ! epe« tion. It was also decided that should the paving fail to hold tip after inspec tion by Patzig the contractor should be held at fault ra?her than »he in «perfr»r. Edward Dohenv’s y Son Before Grand Jury }{ Minutes Testimony Held Seeret—Wit ness Holds Self in Readi ness to Reappear in Oil Hearing. WashlnEton, May fi.— Edward T.. Dohenv. ,ir.. counted upon as a prin cipal witness for the government in the nil prosecutions, made a fleeting appearance today before the federal grand jury her* investigating crim inal charges growing out of the sen ate oil inquiry. Summoned from I.os Angeles for questioning about the delivery by him of 1100,000 in cash to Albert B. Fall here on November 30, 1321, the son of the California oil magnate, who subsequently obtained leas* from Fall for naval reserve No. 1. was in the grand jury room just eight min utes. What occurred In that brief time naturally i* a closely guarded acorct. I'pon leaving 1 he, Jury room, Doheny rejoined hi* eowieel, Frank J. Ifogati, who agreed I lift t he would return at Hi© call of the ape* ial gov* ernment counsel In the oil caaea At lee Pomerene and Owen J Roberta. Later Mr. ifngan had a conference with government counsel, but no an nouncement wan made. SODIUM NITRATE TARIFF RAISED Washington, May 8—An inrreas, in th» tariff rate «n sodium nltrata trom 3 rents a pound to 4 12 rent' a pound ,vas proclaimed tonight hv President Conlidge, acting under the flexible provision of the FVirdney MoCumher tariff act. The increase, amounting to So per cent, was the maximum permitted, tinder the law and had been unani mously recommended by the tariff commission after an investigation re sulting from an application filed by the American Nitrogen Product* com pany of Seattle, Wash. The commis sion in conducting Its Investigation made a field study in the United States and in the principal competing country, Norway .end also in Ger many. Public hearings also were held. Thompson -Ee l Jen .9 1 Peter Pan Suits all $-195 styles x m We recommend them to mother* of rollicking youngsters because these are suits that are Wa&hable, Sturdy and Likeable Thp fabric is a sturdy suiting which will not fade, the trimmings of real Irish linen. Peter Pan, middy, and French middy (the little pants i button to a middv-style blouse) styles. SECOND FLOOR During the Month of May . . Only $950 Down Puts This Ironer in Your Home Balance in 24 Easy Payments This Thor Ironer irons sheets, dresses, children’s clothes, and even ruffled garments quickly, easily and better than can Hfc done by hand. THE AVERAGE FAMILY WASHING CAN BE IRONED AT A COST OF ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF CENTS FOR ELECTRIC CURRENT. This new Automatic Ironer is a revelation! All it takes is a touch of the finger. 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