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PAGE FOUR PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1940. New Highways Push Canadian Frontier Back Timber and Farm Lands in , katchewan Are Opened Federal Aid Granted. Sas- By EDWIN E. DOWELL REGINA, Sask. (UP) The prov ince of Saskatchewan is slowly ex tending its northern frontier by the construction of new roads. Terri tories of timberland and muskeg, once accessible to plane and horse only, now are open or soon will be open to the motor car and truck. The northern road development has been brought about largely as a result of the settling of thousands of farmers in new lands on the border of the province's northern frontier. Ten years of suffering drouth forced most of the farmers to seek new soil in the north. With their settlement in the timbeiiands came demands for and the building of new roads Most notable example is the new road, previously but a trail, no.v stretching 120 miles northwest tt Regina to He a la Crosse, large fish ing lake on which is located a Northern mission. Feeder Road Finished At a cost of only $22,000, the provincial government completed this road and now a motorist can travel from the highways of the south direct to He a la Crosse in the northern fastness. A good earth highway of 33 miles from Meadow Lake to Grean Lake provided the link between the new road and the southern provin cial highway network. Farther to the east, with federal funds, Saskatchewan is building a new standard highway that will con nect the Lac la Ronge territory with Prince Albert National Park. Part ly completed, this road has about 50 miles jet to be built, which, it is estimated, will be finished in 1940. The Lac la Ronge highway will open a great new playground for tourists. Lac la Ronge is one of the most picturesque lakes of Northern Saskatchewan, with thousands of islets dotting its surface and possess ing miles of fine beach. Park Area Created The lake and surrounding terri tory have been set aside by the prov incial government as a provincial park and intentions are to develop it as a tourist attraction and center. With this in mind, the govern ment has decreed that no timbering be done along the new site, that patrols shall check the tourists to re duce fire hazards. Special camp sites are to be built along the highway for tourist use. Under survey is a new northern road to link Nipawin, a railhead in northeastern Saskatchewan, with Flin Flon, noted mining town that sits on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan boundary- To date, Flin Flon a pros perous community, has had no high way outlet to the outside. Without a connecting link, Flin Flon mo torists have been able to drive their cars along on the few odd miles of roadway that exist in the immediate vicinity of the town. Federal Aid Granted They even attempted to interest oil and motor companies into fi nancing a road to the outside, with the promise of buying large quan tities of their products. This, how ever, failed. Now the federal and provincial governments are joining hands to get a road built between Nipawin and Flin Flon, Man. Though it is still too far north for a road to join it with the soulh, the vigorous mining town of Gold f.clds in the northwest corner of Sas-" Vatchewan, also desires a road, it asks that highway to link mining properties that rim the shore of Lake Athabasca, on which the town is lo cated, be constructed. Beside these outstanding examples of new northern Canada road de velopment, much minor road work has been completed in the newly and sparsely-settled districts that stretch pcross the province from Alberta to Manitoba and which have been settled in recent years. These have been built to meet the needs of the settlers, who have been encour aged to pay their taxes and old re lief bills by working them out in roa.2 construction. PAPER HANGER ONE-ARMED SAN JOSE, Cal. (UP) Faul Car dinal, one-armed paper hanger, ovar comes his apparent handicap by de claring he can hang 640 yards of wall paper in a working day. He was for merly a well known circus trapeze artist but lost one arm nine years ago. Subscribe for the Journal. Al Smith Heard in Attack on New Deal Policies Says Underlying Theory Is That to Change Present Form of the U. S. Government. NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UP) Al fred E. Smith turned his sixty-sixth birthday anniversary interview today into a bitter attack on President Roosevelt and his administration dur ing which he labeled some New Deal policies as Communist-inspired, con demned third term movements, and applauded the ability of Vice-Presi dent John N. Garner. A cigar in his teeth, Smith greet ed newsmen with the usual woras that his health was fine, but before many moments had passed he was deeply immersed in politics some thing he has not done in a birthday interview in years. Smith said he would not formally indorse any candidate. "I don't know what position I will take until I see a platform," he said; "I am not interested in candidates; I am inter ested in platforms." lie expressed unalterable opposi tion to the president's policies. "If the 1940 platform comes out in favor of the New Deal it is time to get the walking shoes on again," he said. "The underlying theory of the New Deal is to change the present form of government." DAILY COST OF WAR PARIS, Dec. SO (UP) Best avail able estimates today were that the war is costing Europe around $150, 000,000 daily above ordinary bud getary expenditures. The estimates, originating in French sources and subject to a de gree of speculation in regard to Ger man ?nd Russian expenditures, were li.it ed as follows: Great Britain $33,000,000. France, $22,500,000. Germany, $45,000,000. Russia, $22,500,000. Finland and small neutral nations which have mobilized for self de fense are estimated to be spending a total of $30,000,000 d:.ily. In this connection, official British soirees said yesterday that Britain was spending $10,000,000 a day for war munitions alone. The French parliament has acted on a budget CLi!:cg for expenditure of $1,773,- OOf.000 or about doujle the civil budget of last year. CORN ALLOTMENT CUT WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UP) The agriculture adjustment adminis tration today announced a 1940 Ne braska corn acreage allotment of 5, 905,316 acres compared with 6,876, 354 last year. The administration announced al lotments calling for an average re duction of 12 per cent in the twelve corn belt states. The allotments for 599 counties total 36,638,000 acres Last year allotments totalling 256,000 acres were made in 586 coun- t'eS. I Walt Disney's Gift to the World: "PINOCCHIO" inmMM If f ' w-1 M y Hiri H Ivwi i: Mwfw ill W- J - J - :-T"Vv WJt-- Sri a i ' m "m. ' ...... Walt Disney Production After two years of intensive effort by himself and his huge staff, Walt Disney, the genius who brought full feature length phantasy to the screen with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" as last season s outstanding motion picture innovation, now follows with another major pro duction, "Pinocchio.in all the charm of Multiplane Technicolor. Here is Walt himself with figurines of the principal characters which he has developed, from the famous childhood classic, with an eye to charming all adult minds as well. He holds Pinocchio; and, ranged, left to right, areThe Fox (J. Worthington Foulfellow), The Cat (Gideon), Gepetto the woodcarver, Stromboli the puppeteer, Cicero the Kitten, and The Cricket (Jimmy Cricket) who shares all of Pinocchio's marvelous adventures. The picture will be internationally released by RKO Radio after January 1, OFFER MRS. ROOSEVELT POST DENVER, Dec. 30 (UP) The Denver unit of the American News paper Guild assured Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today of "election by acclamation" to the organization's presidency if she chose to run. The. local chapter recommended last night that she be a candidate for the post held since the guild's in ception by Columnist Heywood Broun, who died last week. Mrs. Roosevelt joined the guild shortly after she contracted to write a daily column "My Day." Dick Henry, president of the Denver unit, said he had informed Mrs. Roosevelt by telegram of his chapter's action. The telegram: "The Denver Guild has nominated you for the presidency of the Amer ican Newspaper Guild. No member but yourself can replace the late Heywood Eroun. As the outstanding woman journalist in the United States we believe we can assure you of election by acclamation." Guild units will submit nomina tions to the organization's headquar ters, which will border the general election. The guild is affiliated with the CIO. GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN NEBRASKA $111,746,622 OMAHA. Dec. 30 (UP) The fed eral government spent $111,746,622 in Nebraska during the 1939 fiscal year ending June 30, Richard L. Metcalfe, state director of govern ment reports, said today. The figure compared with $89,117, 454 expended during the 193S fiscal year. Of the 1939 total loans amounted to $40,306,193 and grants-in-aid and other expenditures to $71,440,429. In addition the Federal Housing Admin istration insured $5,553,837 worth of house improvement notes and mortgages in the state. DEFENDS FARM PROGRAM LINCOLN, Dec. 30 (UP) Fred S. Wallace, chairman of the Nebraska Agricultural Conservation committee. defended the federal farm program last night and urged business men to attempt to learn "the truth" when they hear it criticized. Addressing Lancaster county AAA committeemen and business men Wal lace described the farm program as a "democratic effort to fit production to demand in order to save the soil and permit farmers to make their fair share of the national income." SETTLE TAX CLAIM WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UP) Th3 government has settled for skghtly less than half its face value a $7 07,000 tax claim against Thomas Pondergast, former Kansas City poli tical boss now in Leavenworth peni tenciary for income tax evasion, it was reported reliably today. The settlement' was said to call for payment of $350,000 by Pendergast, including penalties and was based on his ability to pay. Details were handled by the U. S. district attor- 41,-inev's office at Kansas City and were submitted to the treasury for ap- nr rival, if -araa cairl Highways Claim Toll of 275 Lives During Past Year Increase of 53 Reported Over Last Year by State the Highway Patrol Department LINCOLN, Dac. 30 (UP) Death riding the highways of Nebraska iu 1939 took the lives of 275 victims as its annual toll for an increase of fifty-three over last year, Captain R. T. Schrein reported tod:v. 1 1 193S Nebraska reduced its traf- fic fatalities 100 from the preceding year. Schrein recalled that twenty-six lives were lost in the sinking of the submarine, Squalus, twenty-four oa the wreck' of the train, City of San Francisco, and three in the crash of the airship, the Cavalier, a total of fifty-three. "Somewhere along Nebraska's highways during 1939 were strewn broken and mangled bodies of fifty three victims whose lives had been spared during 193S. "At this time last year Nebraska justly boasted of having saved 100 lives. Today we must regretfully ac knowledge permitting fifty-three more persons to die on our highways because of carelessness, negligence, and discourtesy. If the tragedies re called above were to be enacted again, not only Nebraska, but the nation would be horrified. Yet we in Nebraska have not been preceptibly shocked by our 24 per cent increase in highway killings. Five of our" ninety-three counties have accounted for 38 per cent of our highway deaths. Certainly the problem fp.ccs Nebraska squarely." FIGHT CLOSING OF PWA OFFICE OMAHA, Dec. 30 (UP) The Chamber of Commerce . and Mayor Dan Eutler today sought support of Senator Edward R. Burke, Governor R. L. Cochran, and Representative Charles McLaughlin in their protest to President Roosevelt's order closing the -regional PWA office here. The chamber wired the chief execu tive that "the order will create enor mous difficulty and expense for local and federal officials and. for contrac tors working on 220 projects not yet completed in this region.". The re moval order, the chamber added, "creates hardships for most of the 145 PWA employees here who will be dismissed. CANNOT FIX EXACT COST LINCOLN, Dec. 30 (UP) Two former directors of the state agricul ture and inspection department testi fied in district court yesterday that they could not determine the exact cost of oil inspection by the state during their tenures. D. F. Felton, now state WPA ad ministrator, and W. B. Banning pre sented the testimony when called by ninety-three oil companies seek ing to enjoin the state from using $50,000 which they claim are ex cess inspection fees for a state ad vertising commission. PINOCHLE SCORES LISTED From Friday's Daily The Jacobs Cafe, Jack Reno, and Mrs. Frank Konfrst served as hosts ! cluu uuoieaa lu iue luiuji gueoia jiiw .ent at last evening 8 pinochle session at the Recreation Center. Five tables of pinochle players competed for the awards. With a score of 5490 Mrs. Frank Konfrst won for the second consecu- jtive time. The highest score of the evening was that of Joseph Kvapil's ;5800 which won him the award in i the men's division. The following jis the contestants and their results; Dale Jackson 5470: Fd Stewart 15350; Perry I. Graves 5350; Maymie j Mendenhall 5330; Florence Rhoades 5230; Frank Kalasek '5140; Lee Phillips 5000; Donald Cotner 4920; Phyllis Robbins 4870; Jack High field 4S50; Frank Kvapil 4680; How ard Taylor 4660; Floyd McCarty 4590; Mrs. Jack Reno 4550; James Clark 4530; Jack Reno 4470; Harry Plybon 4310; George W. Olson 5050. Others present who did not play for awards were Dan Jackson, Joe Phillips, Robert Gradoville, Erie Price, Elmer Sundstrom, and Clyde Jackson. MINORS RETURN HOME from Thursday's Dally This morning Mr. and Mrs. Lynn O. Minor and two children, Eleanor and Carter, departed for their home at Kankakee, Illinois, after a holi day visit here. The visit of this popular family has been very much enjoyed by the large circle of friends in the community where for so many years the Minors were very active. They have been visiting at the T. H. Pollock and Virgil Perry homes, en joying the Christmas day at the Perry country home. During their stay here the members of the family were able to meet many of the old time associates in the social and civic circles of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Minor entertained on Tuesday evening at one of the most charmingly arranged dinner parties of the holiday season for their many friends at the Hotel Platts mouth. DIES IN WASHINGTON From Friday's Dally A message was received here last evening of the death at Tacoma, Washington, of Mrs. Freda Ploeger, a former resident of this county, who has for the past several months made her home on the west coast. Mrs. Ploegef had resided near Ne hawka with her daughter, Mrs. Julius Engelkemeier, until in the late summer when she had gone to the Pacific coast. She had been with her children in Washington since that time. The body is being shipped to this city and is expected here Monday morning, the funeral details here be ing handled by the Sattler funeral home. POSTOFFICE SHOWS INCREASE Raymond J. Larson, acting post master, after a check of the holiday business at the office was very much pleased to find that the 1939 volume of business was fifteen per cent larger than that of 1938. While the volume of business was larger it was very efficiently handled and as the result was dispatched without delay or confusion. One item that was missing from the business this year was that of money order gifts mailed to relatives or friends in Europe by patrons of the local office. The war situation has disrupted and made difficult the handling of this service to the war ring countries and especially to Ger many and Czechoslovakia. NOTICE OF HEARING In the County Court of Cass Coun ty. Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of Peter Meisinger, deceased. Estate No. 3175: To all persons interested in said estate: You are hereby notified that there has been filed in this Court the peti tion of Baltz P. Meisinger and others alleging that John P. Meisinger, Ad ministrator with the will annexed of said estate is now deceased, and pray ing for the appointment of Edgar Meisinger, as Administrator de bonis non with the will aunexed of all of the said estate not already adminis tered upon, and that a hearing will be had upon said petition before this Court on the 26th day of January, 1940, at the hour of ten o'clock a. m. in the County Court room in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Dated this 27th day of December, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) jl-3w County Judge. ri i i j i t Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title -I Phone 324 - Plattsmouth 4- 4- i..ii..:..i..i..:..i..M..i.M.i.M-fr NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Casa Coun ty, Nebraska. To the creditors of the estate of Guenther, deceased. No. 3447" Take notice that the time limited for the filing and presentation of claims against said estate is April 29, 1940; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in Platts- mouth on May 3, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m., for the purpose of examining, ! hearing, allowing and adjusting all claims or objections duly filed. Dated December 29, 1939. A.. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) jl-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of Charles Lloyd Wortman, de ceased. No. 3454: Take notice that a petition has been filed praying for administration of said estate and appointment of Grace W. Van Ausdln as Adminis tratrix; that said petition has been set for hearing before said Court on the 26th day of January, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated December 28, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) jl-3w County Judge. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To the creditors of the estate of Mary Yaeger, deceased. No. 3446: Take notice that the time limited for the filing and presentation of claims against said estate is April 22, 1940; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in Plattsmouth on April 26, 1940 at ten o'clock a. m. for the purpose of examining, hearing, allowing and adjusting all claims or objections duly filed. Dated December 23, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) d25-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF PROBATE In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of John P. Meisinger, deceas ed. No. 3454: Take notice that a petition has been filed for the probate of an in strument purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, and for the appointment of Edgar F. Meisinger, Lester W. Meisinger, Vic tor P. Meisinger and Verner A. Mei singer as Executors thereof: that said petition has been set for hearing neiore saia Court on the 19th day or January, 1940, at 10 o'clock a. m. Dated December IS, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) d25-3w County Judge, K. L,. MAHLIX NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of an order of sale issued by the Clerk of the Dis trict Court of Cass County, Ne braska, on a decree of foreclosure wherein The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company is plaintiff and Paul Applegate, et al are defend ants, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the south front door of the Court House in the City of Plattsmouth. in said County and State, on the 29th day of January, 1940, at 10 o'clock a. m., to satisfy the judgment and costs in said action, the following described lands and tenements, to-wit: The West half (W) of the Southwest quarter (SWi) of Section 27, in Township 10, North, Range 13, East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Cass County, Nebraska. Dated this 26th day of December, 1939. JOE MRASEK, d28-5w Sheriff. NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE In the District Court of Cass County, Nebraska Gustav Bornemeier, Plaintiff vs. Guy L. Clements, Trustee, et al, Defendants Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of a decree of the Dis trict Court of Cass County, Nebraska, entered in the above entitled cause on the 15th day of December, 1939, and an order of sale entered, by said Court on the 19 th day of December, 1939, the undersigned Referee will on the 27th day of January, 1940, at 2:00 p. m. on the front door of the Murdock Co-Operative Credit As sociation, Murdock, Nebraska, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, that is to say, 10 on the day of sale and balance upon con firmation of sale by the Court and delivery of Referee's Deed, the fol lowing described real estate, to-wit: East Half of the Northwest Quarter and the Northeast Quar ter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 11, N. Range 10, East of the 6th P. M in Cass County, Nebraska, said lands being subject only to a lease thereon for the farming year from March 1, 19 40, to March 1, 19 41, to Martin Borne meier on the following terms: Two-fiftts of all small grain and on6-half of all corn, delivered to market, purchaser to receive 1940 rent. Said sale will be held open for one hour; an abstract showing mer chantable title will be furnished. Dated this 1 9 th day of December. 1939. J. A. CAPWELL, Referee. CARL D. GANZ, Attorney. d21-5w Subscribe for the Journal. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Casa Coun ty, Nebraska. To the creditors of the estate of Sidney S. Gooding, deceased. No. 3442: Take notice that the time limited for, the flnS an Presentation of claims against said estate is April 15, 1940; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in I Plattsmouth on April 19, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. for the purpose of examining, hearing, allowing and adjusting all claims or objections duly filed. Dated December 12. 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl8-3w County Judge. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To the creditors of the estate of Nellie Gorder, deceased. No. 3438: Take notice that the time limited for the filing and presentation of claims against said estate is April 15, 1940; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in Plattsmouth on April 19, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. for the purpose of examining, hearing, allowing and adjusting all claims or objections duly filed. Dated December 11, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl8-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To all persons interested in the estate of Henry J. Knabe, deceased. No. 3450: Take notice that a petition has been filed praying for administra tion of said estate and appointment of Edward J. Knabe as Administra tor and Florence L. Knabe as Ad ministratrix; that said petition has been set for hearing before said Court on the 12th day of January, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated December 13, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dlS-3w County Judge. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. To the creditors of the' estate of Jesse E. Kleiser, deceased. No. 3443: Take notice that the time limited for the filing and presentation of claims against said estate is April 15th, 1940; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in Plattsmouth on April 19th, 1940 at ten o'clock a. m. for the purpose of examining, hearing, allowing and ad justing all claims or objections duly filed. Dated December 15th, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl8-3w County Judge. NOTICE OF PROBATE In the County Court of Cass Coun ty. Nebrask". To all persons interested in the estate of Lydia Price Williams, also known as Lydia A. Williams, and also as Lidia A. Williams, deceased. No. 3452: Take notice that a petition has been filed for the probate of an in strument purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, and for the appointment of Mr. J. V. Stradley as Executor thereof; that said petition has been set for hear ing before said Court on the 12th day of January, 1940, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated December 15, 1939. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl8-3w County Judge. NOTICE of Hearing on Petition for Determination of Heirship In the County Court of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. Estate of Louisa Knabe, deceased. Estate No. 3449. The State of Nebraska: To all Ber- sons interested in said estate, credi tors and heirs take notice, that Ed ward J. Knabe and Florence L. Knabe have filed their petition al leging that Louisa Knabe died in testate on or about October in 1932, being a resident and inhabi tant of Cass county and died siezed of the following described real es tate to-wit: The north half (N) of the northwest quarter (NW4) of Section twenty-four (24), Town ship ten (10), North, Range twelve (12), East of the 6th P. M. in Cass county, Nebraska leaving as her sole and onlv heirs at law the following named persons, ij-wii : Henry J. Knabe, widower Edward J. Knabe, son, and Flor ence L. Knabe, daughter, all of lawful age; That the interest of the petitioners in the above described real pKtatP are children, and praying for a de termination of the time of th ripnth of said Louisa Knabe and of her heirs, the degree of kinship and the right of descent of the real property belonging to the said decea the State of Nebraska. It is. ordered that the same ctanrl for hearing on the 12th d.nv f January, 1940, before the County Court of Cass County in thP fm,vf house at Plattsmouth. Nehru aim a the hour of ten o'clock a. m ' tuDat,enduat PIa"smouth, Nebraska, h18 13th day of December, A. D. X 9 tS 7 A. II, DUXBURY. Seal) d!8-3w County Judge. Phone Printing orders to No. a 1 U- 1 IN . jj u.nowara uavis fc l Attornev at I