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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1932
Page
4
Greenwood residents host and visit relatives in Lincoln Omaha and Louisville. Local dances, showers, confirmations and church society meetings fill weekends with family gatherings, transport to Ashland Plattsmouth and Eagle, and plans for drainage work and drainage ditch completion.
Alvo Hardware and Implement sells Twine and repair services. It promotes the largest stock of repairs outside Lincoln and Omaha in the area.
The Greenwood merchants group invites all residents to Thursday evening free film shows. The event aims to provide entertainment and community gathering with ongoing weekly screenings.
Florence Beighley, a Plattsmouth schools instructor retained for the coming year, left last Monday for a westward journey. She will travel to St Paul before heading to Tacoma Portland Berkeley San Francisco and Los Angeles. After a month at summer school she will return home via Denver visiting friends along the way.
Conflicting reactions emerge on the Republican banter as the Women's National Committee for Law Enforcement calls the prohibition plank not a dry victory, while Alonzo E. Wilson of the American Business Men's Prohibition Foundation calls it a dry win. Mrs. Henry W. Peabody rejects a separate women’s prohibition party but warns further action if Democrats fail to satisfy.
Journal advertisements boast Plattsmouth as the place for practical shopping values equal to the best radio and mail order bargains.
A summary of Manley social visits and local events includes A B Hill at home with family, Grover Rhoden visiting from Lincoln, Gade family visiting Falischman, Nellie Auerswald improving from illness, Bergman and Dall in Plattsmouth on business, Steinkamp and Pautsch in Plattsmouth for matters, Joyful trucking work by Howard Johnson and son, Pautsch buying tires from Krecklow garage, Harms shopping in Omaha, Gruber adding a Model A Ford coach, Tax Payers league meeting at the school house to discuss taxes, Rauth visiting Omaha with friends for shopping, Manley beating Waverly 7 to 3 in C S L league baseball, church meeting electing Herman J. Rauth as moderator, and Father Harte planning a Black Hills auto trip with Father Marcellus Agius.
A girl named Deloris Wheeler received a deep ankle wound when pitchfork tines nearly pierced her ankle at home. She endures significant pain and is under medical care for the injury.
A group of young girls from Manley and nearby towns hiked to Louisville with their lunches. They camped, prepared supper, fished, and returned home by auto driven by Rudy Bergmann. Participants included Catherine Earhardt Florence Earhardt Rena Dall Margaret Dall Rosemary Earhardt and Margaret Bergmann.
A group of twenty two young parishioners from David City surprised their former pastor, Rev. Father Harte, during a trip to Manley. They brought baskets of food and spent a fine time visiting with him during the outing.
Businessmen in Plattsmouth urge readers to follow Journal ads for bar gains and cost-saving offers as a marker that the money in circulation will drive better business conditions in the coming year.
Byron Clark of Omaha and Dr George E Condra of the University of Nebraska spoke at the McCook founding anniversary in Nebraska The event revived early eighties dress and featured a railroad day parade with historic equipment Wagons replaced trucks and plainsmen rode in Calico clad women joined the parade Officials counted about four thousand visitors in town and Clark urged seeing how ancestors settled Nebraska to restore democracy.
The 12th Legion district, including Plattsmouth, trails in member totals due to Lincoln and Nebraska City missing quotas while other towns meet or exceed goals. A July 1 membership push offers free veterans rights booklets with Aug distribution to entrants. Plattsmouth post surpassed its quota after an earlier drive.
New York leader Blue Cockade Inc invites Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler head a liberal prohibition repeal party. Butler, in Chicago as a Republican delegate, was asked after the convention’s mixed stance on repeal. Membership requires pledging to vote only for candidates who commit to repealing the eighteenth amendment.
Advertisers can place want ads at low rates to reach buyers quickly. The notice emphasizes affordable pricing and reliable results for local listings.
Fremont 220 De Molays held their tenth annual state conclave with reports and open forums. Principal speakers were Lloyd Haven and Rev E L Baker of Fremont. Friday schedules include memorial service and talks by Tinley Combs of Omaha and Clarence Nelson of Fremont. Saturday features parade officer elections site vote and resolutions.
Senate stock market inquiry hears charges that millions from Continental Shares Inc. of Cleveland were diverted to Eaton personal ventures. Testimony from David Stock and George L. Gagle cites Eaton's Canada holding company Foreign Utilities. Chairman Norbeck notes possible tax evasion aims. Eaton denied. Daley calls statements false and argues offenses belong in court. Fox Film and Fox Theatre cases delayed by illness.
Gaston B. Means faces a District of Columbia jury on Monday over charges stemming from the Lindbergh baby case. Justice Proctor ruled on defense and prosecution motions and reserved several instructions for upcoming decision, with a directed verdict on the $4,000 embezzlement count rejected.
The Journal invites readers to phone in brief news items. Call No. 6 to share community happenings, tips, or notices for possible publication.
The Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce approved attending the Ak-Sar-Ben show with a large Cass County contingent. A caravan of about one hundred cars is planned to travel to the event in Omaha, with possible dates July 11 or 25 and transportation arranged for noncar owners.
Lincoln June 16 Attorney General C A Sorensen Republican candidate for re election blasted the Republican national convention for adopting the majority liquor plank He warned it could cost Nebraska 50 000 votes and spell defeat for the national administration next November He called the plank a joker and said drys would be disgusted while wets would not be fooled.
Democrats in Chicago shape a repeal plank under the 1832 platform to submit an amendment for state control of liquor, advocating immediate submission to state conventions. The plan aims to end the Eighteenth Amendment by restoring state authority while temperance remains a goal.
In a federal court in Wilmington Delaware Judge Jeynes H Wilkerson named ancillary receivers for Celotex. Attorneys said Celotex assets totaled about 1 million dollars though working capital was impaired by basin conditions. Hob F Young and Colin C Bell of Chicago were named ancillary receivers to work with the Wilmington receivers. B G Dahlberg serves as Celotex president.
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