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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal (Newspaper) - March 31, 1940, Lincoln, NebraskaInternational news service associated press United press no. Am. Newspaper Alliance circulation lit in the i United states from 87, he to 110,000 1�?Topolatioti. Founded in 1867lincoln, Nebraska sunday March 31, 1910 ten cents 4 youths Hurt legs broken still fights 27th.vand0rn Pace Woods jr., Phil Simpson victims Jack Grainger girl also Hurt. Four Young people were injured in a two car collision Early sunday morning at the intersection of 27th and Van Dorn. Moat seriously Hurt were f Pace Woods jr., 18. Son of or. And m s. F. Pace Wooda 3000 so. 27th, and Phil Simpson 22. Son of or. And mrs. J. Philip Simpson 8020 so. 24th. Woods was Riding in a car driven by Jack Grainger. 16. When it collided with Simpson s car. Grainger the Aon of or. And mrs. J. John Grainger 2929 Van Dorn buffered a knee injury. Luetta e. Lund about 20, of 8517 Washington who was with Simpson suffered a head Cut and sprained ankle. Or. O. V. Calhoun who examined Woods said the youth was in a state of Quot Shock a but that his general condition was Good. It was believed Woods May have suffered a fractured hip. Simpson received a fractured Law and a broken hip. A rays were being taken to determine if there were other injuries. Grainger said he was driving East on Van Dorn at about 30 to 85 Miles an hour. Simpson was go ing South on 27th. Grainger was unable to say if Simpson stopped at the intersection Stop sign. Simpson was unable to talk because of his jaw injury. The victims were All taken to j Lincoln general Hospital. The Accident occurred at 12 35 a. M. And a crowd of from 400 to 500 persons had gathered at the Busy intersection within a few j minutes some said they had heard the crash from As far As 15 blocks away. Grainger sear turned completely Over faced the opposite direction and knocked off a Light Post on the Northeast Corner of the intersection. The Quot whole right front end was caved in and the right front w Heel w As nearly broken off. The Simpson car was smag bed in completely on the left Side. Flying Glass Cut miss Lundus forehead. The machine apparently had ricocheted off the approaching Grainger Auto for it stopped nearly 50 feet East of the intersection in Van Dorn. Police find out whether the Simpson car had stopped before going on the arterial nor the approximate speeds of the two machines. Brain operation Success Hospital patient Dies after six Story leap. Flint Mich. Ins. A patient who battled with an orderly altho he broke both his legs and suffered other injuries in a leap from the sixth floor of hurly Hospital died saturday in the Hospital emergency Ward. The patient Herman Behlen 46. Of Flint had been tied to his bed Western Section find lost girl in pig lot posse had searched 48 hours for 3 year old child. Preeds 111. Three and one half year old Helen Louise Chenoweth mysteriously missing nearly 48 hours was found asleep saturday in a pig lot Only a Quad j j ter mile from her farm Home near j j Here. Deputy sheriff Floyd Morse do a i covered the child on the farm of Wisconsin gives first test for report Turkey will let allies thru Dardanelles briton warns neutrals since he was brought to the inst Johnstown already fighting Richard Martin adjoining that of tuition with head injuries on thursday. He freed himself this morning and walked into the Hall where Mason Wrather an orderly tried to Stop him. Behlen struck Wrather in the the Chenoweth while searchers combed the Countryside. As Many As 200 men had sought the girl since she disappeared from her Home Early thursday Pittsburgh. Up. Flood a evening w Hile her Mother was vis High water Pittsburgh in path of Crest. Nebraska. Illinois voting week later May add further proof. Iting a neighbor. A Creek near the Chenow eth farm was dragged and abandoned face breaking his nose and then ters swept toward Pittsburgh sat ran to a window and leaped out i urday night As Western Pennsyl Landing on a sidewalk. The orderly j Vania streams spilled out of their raced from the building to the 1 Banks following thaw and heavy j mines in the area were explored Side of Behlen who attempted to Rains. Johnstown already was sheriff b. E. Cook of Fulton renew the Battle but was subdued fighting against High Waters. Its i county had sifted theories of kid Small River reached 15 feet and Naping and murder. P�1mpi it info my Liitt or flip continued upward. A Crest was the child a father is a factory us Mallimo m huh in Ducj t d k the 17 foot level Mechanic at Canton. Treasury agents investigate a two percent Washington. Up. An investigation of the Indiana Quot two percent club by Treasury agents is nearing completion internal Revenue commissioner Guy t. Helvering disclosed saturday night. Helvering confirmed reports that the investigation was being Johnston n police and firemen visited the lower sections and warned residents to move. The weather turned cold and rain changed to Snow holding some Hope that real danger May be averted. Meanwhile the Pittsburgh w Eather Bureau announced Pitts 3 die in Oil explosion others seriously injured in Illinois blast. Centralia 111. Up. Three men w Ere dead and four other per Burgh Rivers would hit flood stage j sons seriously injured saturday sunday noon. J night As the result of Oil lankan Auto plunged into the Yough explosion Here heart of the Lake made after a Touse Confer a to Ghent River at Dawson pa., and Centralia Salem Oil Field of South ence with president Roosevelt. As mrs. Pearl Keffer 41, drowned Era Illinois he left the White House he met j her husband two sons and a Federal Security administrator Friend were saved. Paul v. Mcnutt. J the Central and Western coun Mcnutt a friends have charged j ties of Pennsylvania bore the that the investigation was being Brunt of the High Waters. At made in an Effort to Quot smear him Johnstown spa and red Cross and damage his chances for the trucks were standing by. The democratic presidential Nomina trucks plan to evacuate families Tion. I police announced that Many the club derived its name from High avs around Johnstown Are the alleged collection of two per j flooded and dangerous cent of the salaries of Indiana California has second flood in month. The dead w Ere John Smith. About 20, of Russell a amps. D. E. Devan of Tulsa. Okl., and Charles Underwood 54, Centra a. They were injured during a fire following explosion of the tank w hich resulted from a minor explosion at a burning Oil Well about 20 feet away. One theory expressed was that the fire started in the House while Oil w orders were swabbing the w Ell and that Gas entered the House exploding when it. Reached the flames. Also injured were state employees for political uses. The weather. San Francisco. Up. Flood Waters Tore thru Northern califor George Butnick and David Hardin Nebraska partly Cloudy with a Nia Vauera for the second time in of Hominy Oil and Carle by few scattered showers slightly a month saturday. A Bette of Centra a. Cooler in East portion sunday j swollen by week Long Rains the monday partly Cloudy. Sacramento Napa russian and if Iii 111 i Milf a f1 ill to Iowa partly Cloudy sunday and san Lorenzo Rivers and their Tribu us a of cml in flu Kulli i monday cooler sunday. Tary streams broke thru their _ South Dakota partly Cloudy batiks in Many Points and pushed j recommends life term sunday and monday cooler in dangerously near the tops of levees j East and South Central portions in others threatening a repetition a for Lee z. Williams. Sunday. Kansas fair sunday increasing cloudiness monday continued mild. Of the $15,000,000 floods of earlier j Fairfield la. Of. After 33-in the month. 1 hours deliberation a District a h. Fletcher government court jury saturday found Lee z. Meteorologist at Sacramento Williams 33, of Ottumwa guilty n us warned that a flood of major pro of first degree murder and rec Outlook for the week. Portions was developing rapidly commended a sentence of life in Northern great Plains consid in the Sacramento River and along prison ment. Era ble cloudiness temperatures the Feather and american Rivers s Williams was charged with the above Normal followed by show which empty into the Sacramento fatal shooting of Elmon b. Hart a ers Middle of week fair with sea Quot the flood follows rainfall of Al 33, Stockport la., farm hand in Honable temperatures end of week most record intensity Quot Fletcher quarrel at a tavern near Here said. Quot the situation will be sex March 1. Tremley critical and the flood stage Lincoln temperate aes. Of irl to get Well after trip of 15,000 Miles. Boston. Ins i. Mary Louise Sheffer will be Well again. That was the verdict of doctors at la hey clinic saturday who successfully performed a delicate operation to Rev in inter cranial pressure caused by an excess spinal fluid. The 10 year old girl who travelled 15,000 Miles from Sydney Australia for the operation was subject to periods of coma w hich lasted mor than two hours at a time or. And mrs. Howard Sheffer parents of the girl and a nurse accompanied her on the trip. Mary Louise must remain in Boston for several weeks. Asks cancer clinics. Washington. Ins. Estate Ash rant of cancer clinics in every state was proposed saturday by u. A surgeon general Thomas Parran. Inaugurating the annual a a cancer control Campaign Harrar reported Only 17 states have instituted organised efforts to bomb amp to this disease. 12 30 . Sat >48 1 30 p a. .75 1 30 .,. .46 2 30 , .78 2 30 . 47 3 30 .79 3 30 ., .43 4 30 . .79 4 30 . .43 5 30 . .16 5 30 . .43 6 30 . .72 6 30 a a. .43 7 30 . ,. 63 7 30 . .46 8 30 62 8 3 1 . .52 9 30 . A a 9 30 a a. 58 10 30 . .53 10.30 a a. 64 11 30 . .51 11 30 a. A. 6� 12 30 . Sun. 49 12 30 . 73 highest temperature a it ear ago. 59 mrs. Mabel Murdy of Ottumwa will be exceeded generally with and testifying at the of Williams said Dit ional Rains.,�?T trial in behalf the quarrel be it still was raining steadily in Gan when Harter insisted on the Northern part of the state dancing with her w Hen Williams when Fletcher made his forecast wanted to take her Home and the u. A weather Bureau said j county attorney George Van a new storm we hich struck the Nostrand asked for the life pen state saturday afternoon would ally year ago. 59 bring rain thru the night. There attorneys for Williams were lowest temperature a year Auto 29. Sun a was Prospect of Clearing weather Given two w weeks for filing to Rise 4 18 s. Sunset . High gunday however tons for a new trial. Eat temperature. T9 degrees lowest Tern it a Uwe Vei. _ Pesature 41 degrees mean temperature. State director of Public works 1 Frank Clark ordered levee patrols 00111 111 ii Tow a akiqmpk1 tip be humidity 84, i2 3o�?Tp. Re dry Hibib 73. On a 24 hour basis along the Sac Hushu Iii i to Kurt tech wet bum 84. Relative humidity 2� 30 a Ramento and Feather Rivers. He is f humidity 24. Prevailing direction of wind. Sued a broadcast asking any per two Georgia deputies Are South Southeast highest velocity 26 Miles son observing a danger spot in the. T j j ass Sacramento Valley levee system to among the indicted degree Days. 5.527 height of barometer sound an immediate alarm. Atlanta a. Up county at 6 30 by m 29 7i inches. A a ratio most of the levees Stan were policemen were out rounding up for last 24 hours Trace precipitation to.,. Jan. I. 3.6# inches Normal since Jan. A weak and some of them still were ten Kun flux klansmen including 2 85 inches. Broken from the effect of the flood two Deputy sheriffs indicted for temp Kratt res elsewhere. Waters of Early March. A series of 18 floggings in the u. S. Highway 99. Main route to City suburbs in the past to o years. Oregon was closed by slides. The warrants were signed by us lesser highways also were blocked Perior court judge Hugh m. Dor and traffic moved slowly. Sey and Bonds set at $5.000 and trains ran three to eight hours $10,000 each depending on the behind schedule proceeding Cau charges which included Kidnap piously Over rails swept by slides Ping and assault to murder and washouts. Southern Pacific j the two Deputy sheriffs were had three slides and washouts on bid Burdette and Herb Edison. I its Northern California line. J they Are still on the Force altho the Napa River drove 250 Lam j Given indefinite leaves of absence 1 Ilies from their Homes As it spread March 22 when it became evident Over lowlands and Over 14 blocks that the grand jury was in Eam 62 48 a Ai within the City of Napa. The san lest about doing something to end 56 45 .04 Lorenzo River roared ban full into the reign of terror. Santa Cruz. City w orders and vol the flogged men told the grand a is in i ureters began sandbagging the jury night riders accused them of 8i 23a levees to save the business Section blasphemy and antisocial offences. Washington. Up. First test of third term and Dewey Vandenberg political strength comes next we Eek in Wisconsin s april 2 presidential preferential primary. Vice president John n. Garner is entered there against president Roosevelt. District attorney Thomas e. Dewey and senator Arthur h. Vandenberg re a Mich will contest the Republican primary. The Wisconsin vote will be followed one week later by primaries in Illinois and Nebraska. The president and vice president also Are opposed in Illinois. But Dewey has the Republican Field to himself. Representative Hamilton fish a n. A withdrew explaining he had no time for an Illinois Campaign. Mayor Fiorello h. La Guardia of new York was put in the Republican primary but announced he was not a candidate and that the republicans were not going anywhere in this Campaign anyway. Illinois has 58 votes in each National convention. The primary is not binding. Nebraska not binding. Dewey and Vandenberg again Are opposed in Nebraska for 14 delegates. The primary is not binding. Or. Roosevelt is entered alone in Nebraska a democratic primary. Wisconsin s primary will be binding or. The 24 delegates the state will Send to each National convention. The Dewey Vandenberg contest is for simple determination of the question whether delegates pledged to one or the other shall be sent to the Republican National convention. In the democratic primary the voters will be permitted to express a preference Between or. Roosevelt and the vice president in addition to voting for delegates pledged to one or the other of those two men. The preference expression merely is a popularity contest. But the election of a pledged Delegate is a real political asset when voting to is comes in the convention. The democratic primary is further complicated by the presence of two Roosevelt slates. Garner is represented by one. The possibility that the presence of two Roosevelt slates on the ballot As against one for Garner May split the new Deal vote and increase the Delegate strength of the vice president in Wisconsin is one which third Wermers have been considering with some apprehension. hints impatience at Small nations Schwartz backs f. D. R., Curley swings to Farley. Washington. Up. Senator Schwartz id Wyo declared saturday he favored a third term for president Roosevelt. Schwartz previously silent on see politics. Page 4-a, col. 1. Summer weather in state Albany Atlanta Boston n. York h. 1. P. 41 31 .89, Mem Phi �8 58 .47 Milwaukee 60 40 .10 Bismarck h i. P. 73 5ftf .86 57 39 i 45 25 Dallas j it paso Gal on Jack Ville Miami 57 43 .13 d. Molne 77 43u put Tab Rob 5148 1.28 Duluth 40 27s. Washing. 67 50 .09 pm. Cd to 8 i 44. So 50 mils St r. 51 29i. 80 47 okla. City 81 46. 77sioux City 73 42 to �4 .20>it. Louie 75 501. 82 74denver 71 37. N Orleans 74 61 1,16 Helena 59 41?. S Antonio 90 55phoenix 85 52. Chicago �9 48quot St la City 45 47. Cincinnati 56 62 .65 l Angele 72 55. Cleveland 48 43 .22 Portland o 62 48. Detroit 54 44 san Diego �9 57. G. Rapid 60 348 franc o 56 56 3.44 or. Bag 58 35 1. 40 Seattle 65 47f -01 Spokane Canadian.  36 .28. A Montreal 41 18. Toronto 341 a. Winnipeg Indiana. Calgary Edmonton Minnedosa Mercury reaches High 70�?Ts, skies partly Cloudy. The Mercury climbed to summer. Levels in Nebraska saturday and the forecast indicated continued mild weather and partly Cloudy skies would prevail Over the week end. Temperatures at 5 p. M. Included Omaha 76, Lincoln 79, grand Island 75, North Platte 73, big Springs 74, Sidney 70 and Cheyenne wyo., 60. Skies were partly Cloudy. High Here w As 79, and the Low 41. The mean of 60 was 16 above Normal. Hit a strict neutrality giving advantage to aggressor London. Up. Pugnacious Winston Churchill Britain s first lord of the admiralty coupled a new warning of intensification of the War saturday night with the significant hint that Britain scarcely could be expected in the future a to take As a matter of course interpretations of neutrality which give All advantages to the the belligerent speech broadcast to America and elsewhere recalled the first lords declaration of Jan. 20 in we hich he called on Europe a anxious neutrals to join the allies in a United action to bring the War against Germany to a speedy end. It followed closely too upon continuing demands from various quarters in great Britain for a More vigorous prosecution of the War and the disclosure that the Allied a vies Are determined to tighten their stranglehold on Germany by Way laying scandinavian Ore ships and by greater activity in the Pacific against shipments of raw materials from Mexico to Vladivostok from where they can find their Way to Germany. Time a a fickle ally. Some quarters saw a distinct relation Between Churchill s assertion that a time has been on our Side but it is a changeable ally with the Treasury s annual statement showing a deficit of �1.816.-873,000 about $7,267.392.000 against revenues of �1.049,188,000 about $4,196.852,000� a despite a 35 percent income tax and other heavy levies. The 1940-1941 War budget to be announced april ,23 is expected to run around �1,250,000.000 about 5 billion dollars. New and higher taxes Are anticipated. Churchill a assertion that a there is no need for Russia to be drawn into this struggle unless she wishes it so and that a we have no quarrel with the italian or japanese Peoples reiterated the British wish to confine the War to a Hitler and the nazi German a it is no part of our policy to seek War with Russia a he said. Nazis ready to asserting a fall is quiet on the Western front and today also thus far nothing has happened on the sea or in the air a he went on Quot but More than a million German soldiers including nearly All their Active divisions and armoured divisions Are drawn up ready to strike at an hour s notice All along the frontiers of Luxembourg Holland and Belgium. A at any moment those Neutral countries May be subjected to an Avalanche of steel and fire and the decision rests in the hands of a haunted morbid being who to their eternal shame the German people in their bewilderment have worshipped As a god. A that is the situation in Europe tonight. A and can anyone wonder that we Are determined to bring such a hideous state of alarm and menace to an end As soon As May be for once and for All a Churchill asserted that 200 Neutral ships had been destroyed and nearly 1,000 Neutral seamen a a slaughtered in hitlers frantic in see Churchill. Page 2-a, col. 2. Phone company on Lookout for april 1 pranks Chicago i ins. Monday la april fools Day and the Telephone company sent out warnings saturday night just in Case a flock of people As usual get urgent requests to Call a emr. Fox or a emr. Barkers or any of the old gag names. Also to help protect the in a tended victims of practical joke Aten the operator will break in ask a Are you calling a the zoo but dog Pound c morgue a if that does t tip a person off its his own fault. Move would permit Blonek sea blockade e Resolution to committee asks Council place Kelly is re elected. Kearney neb. Up. Nebraska Young democrats club sought a louder voice in party affairs especially in patronage matters As they closed their annual convention Here saturday after a three Way caucus fight for National committeeman held up the final session More than an hour. Pat Heaton Sidney former state president and a supporter of senator Edward r. Burke was elected committeeman unanimously after Tom Eason of Schuyler and j. L. Webster of St. Paul withdrew after a Long caucus Battle which saw blasted the Hopes of some convention leaders for election of a new blood to party offices. Only contested election on the floor was for National committee woman won by mrs. Hilton Murphy of North Platte wife of gov. L. Cochrane a Campaign manager. Miss Mildred Lewis Lincoln. Withdrew after 26 of an eligible 32 delegates votes had been cast for or. Murphy. Elected unanimously As a result of the caucus were Lloyd Kelly of grand Island president for another two years Francis d. Lee. Of Stuart vice president Joe Ginsburg of Lincoln Secretary mrs. Ray median of Albion treasurer Webster National convention Delegate. Valentine was selected for the 1941 convention. A place in party councils w As asked in a Resolution to the state Central committee asking representation on that body. The Resolution did no to mention patronage but members of the resolutions committee said that was one of the main reasons for the action. The convention also endorsed the state Central committees action in refusing to endorse any one but democrats for appointments an outgrowth of the recent Fremont postmaster fight and changed the Constitution to require the president appoint a publicity manager executive Secretary both a salaried within 30 Days. District election results first. E. Timothy Falls City chairman third Francis Hanson Decatur chairman Paul Eagleton. Decatur Secretary fifth Al Shada Lexington chairman. Timothy and Shada will appoint secretaries. The second and fourth districts will elect at conventions later. Bucharest see chatter of Anglo French \ Artory in Cul t ing off Oil. Bucharest. Up Turkey was represented in usually Well informed Balkan diplomatic quarters saturday night As having agreed to permit passage of Brit a ish and French warships thru the a Dardanelles to choke off Germany a Supply line from Russia in the Black sea. The newspaper be moment regarded As close to the French Ein Bassy Here reported moreover that Turkey had agreed to place her naval bases at Trebizond Samsun and sin Ope at the allies disposal for use As contraband control bases. Official circles in London professed no knowledge of the proposed agreement with Turkey. It was said however that if it is True it will be a Strong boost to the Allied diplomatic offensive in the Balkans and an important Aid to tightening the Allied blockade of Germany informants Here reported the turkish decision was re ached at a British French turkish military conference a few Days ago at a Lepo altho such action is contrary to the Monteux convention of 1936 to w hich Turkey w As a party. Could get around formality. That convention stipulated that the Dardanelles would be closed warships of belligerent nations a except w Hen they were serving under league of nations mandate or helping a victim of aggression under a Mutual assistance pact concluded within the framework of the league to which Turkey j was a party. A Way for Turkey to get around this however was explained by Deputy Petko Stainoff of the foreign affairs committee of the bulgarian chamber of deputies who told the Sofia newspaper Slovon that Turkey would a let herself be forced to fail to prevent British i warships from crossing the strategic Dardanelle As a Black sea nation Bulgaria see Turkey Page 2-a, col. 4. In today s paper Section a main new want and. Section by sport. Market. Section cd society clubs. Section do editorials feature Heaters radio. Comics three Section. Special writers. John Bentley. A a Cyl Sherman. Or. William Brady. Ely Culbertson. Barney Oldfield. Mark Sullivan. Kathleen Norris. Mary Gordon Bruce n Ico 11features. Churches. Crossword Puzzle editorial. Gallup poll. Mere mention. Novel. Of Black radio program. Heaters. Weather for the week. Helen and Warren. The arts. Fraternal. Wedding anniversaries. The world thl week. Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 3 b 2 b 5-0 9-a 7 d 5 d 6-c 5-d 8 d 11-c 5-d 4-0 5-a 4-a. 6-d 1 d 8-d 7-d 12-a 7-c 10-c 12-c 5-d 8 a 1. First cables were placed 75 feet up. 2. Wrestling Inch thick steel cables is no picnic. 3. The mighty Crane is starting to take up the Slack. 4. The big giant looking like a big Bertha is half Down. 5. Nothing but the base remains. Staff photos. Here the cameraman a Story in sequence of the razing of a 102 foot at eel reinforced Concrete amok est amp cd at 4th. And. J Street Friday afternoon. The smokestack was originally part of the elevator of the Central granaries c o m p a n a owned by Alex Berger and f. B. Levering which burned years ago the ground is owned by in Burlington i and the Cochrane construction company recently made a leave so that it could add to the facilities of the Asphalt mixing Plant to the West. Clearing of the stack was a requirement of the lease. Friday morning Burlington men using the facilities of the City s Aerial ladder truck managed to Circle the stack 75 feet up with Inch thick steel cables. Then in the afternoon one of the Burlington a big wrecking units was pushed onto the lot braced Well with Block and the Cable attached. The actual razing of the stack came almost As anticlimax to the Long preparation. The Struc Ture was first seen to crumble near the base a Little dust arising. Then the Long Structure fell like a huge tree no dust no noise no cracking until it hit the ground. Members in Good standing of the a sidewalks superintendents club a and a goodly representation was present agreed that the demolition of the stack represented a very accurate piece of engineering the defiant whistle toot of the Crane operator As he set his gear in motion had hardly died away before the stack started to crumble a number of the onlookers had freely predicted that blasting would be great was the thereof

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