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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
3
A collage of humorous observations touches oil rains in Oklahoma City spoiled hats and public officials alleged graft while farmers may seek relief from damaged crops. Witty asides on tariffs, roads, fashion, and social trends frame a light cultural critique.
It is said Fox spent sixty hours deciding to surrender his theatrical properties for 18 million dollars. He recognized a bargain-hour price versus a jazz hour price after years of public dealings.
A collage of wry statements and observations on language, fame, politics, and culture. The satirical notes touch on savants, gangsters, lobbies, murder trials, fashion, wealth, inventions, and Prohibition era foibles, reflecting social attitudes and humor of the period.
The public grows tired of jazz blues and crooning melodies so they turn to Amos and Andy, the famous blackface team, for evenings entertainment.
The speaker argues that good news like payroll growth and factory expansion is outweighed by cruelty and deception in claims about labor conditions, saying reporting often misleads about workers’ realities.
The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected John J. Parker as Associate Justice by ten to six. The vote signals major political trouble for President Hoover as opposition from conservatives and Negro and union labor critics grows. The piece notes Holmes age and warns of future Supreme Court appointments amid a conservative-leaning, unsettled court.
Washington advances a supplemental estimate of 28 693 540 for public buildings to enable Treasury contracts under a 215 million authorization and begin initial work. Cincinnati reports 2 percent freight car demand rise for three months due to construction material coal and commodities transport. Alfred P Sloan notes improvement in the auto industry for mid April. Detroit Dodge reports March contracts at 40 177 700, up from February and March 1929. American shipyards to enter a full time program with 225 million shipbuilding funding within a year, as Postmaster General Brown addresses the Merchant Marine conference.
The Supreme Court in a recent ruling held jury trial is a privilege of the accused not a fixed frame of government. Defendants may waive and accept a trial by eleven jurors or by a judge in major crimes, though the court favors maintaining jury trials as preferable. The decision, in a case involving three Oklahoma men convicted of conspiring to bribe a prohibition agent, upholds a lower court ruling and signals liberal, common sense reform for contemporary justice.
In Cass county Nebraska a hearing is set in the county court room at Plattsmouth at 10:00 a m on a May Sunday 1930 to consider the application of George E Dovey and J A Capwell trustees of the estate of David G Babbington deceased for an order allowing investment of estate funds. The interested parties are notified to appear and show cause why such an order should not be entered.
In Cass County Nebraska a petition for administration of the estate of John Karvanek, deceased, claims no will exists and requests administration. A hearing is set for May 23, 1930, with possible admission of the estate to Frank A. Cloidt or another suitable person if not contested by May 22, 1930 at 9:00 a.m.
Opinion notes that tapping a typewriter to music does not improve consistency and suggests difficulty in pulling a coherent editorial when a band passes by. The remark hints at distractions affecting work in a newsroom.
Martha A. Wiles petitions to prove and allow the last will of John H. Wiles deceased. The court orders probate and grants administration to J. F. Wiles as Executor with a May 9 1930 hearing at 9 a m. notice to interested parties via Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks.
Bank of Murdock seeks Letters of Administration for the estate of Sarah Thimgan deceased with Carl D. Ganz named as Administrator de bonis non The hearing is set for May 23, 1930 at 9 a m in the County Court Publication in Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks prior to the hearing notice to all interested parties
Legal notices detail Nellie V. Estelle filing for absolute divorce and child custody against Jack Estelle with a June 9 1930 answer deadline. Additional Cass County suits seek quiet title and partition in Nehawka and Plattsmouth, with May and June 1930 response deadlines and court orders.
A 29 year old Harvard Medical School fourth year student in Boston recently died by his own hand. He was regarded as one of the school's brightest and was performing research at a hospital during his final semester. The note suggests he saw himself as failing despite notable achievements.
In Cass county Nebraska the estate of Conrad Heisel deceased and the estate of George R Reynolds deceased are set for final settlement. Administrators Frank A Cloidt and George Heisel seek final settlement and discharge with notice to all interested parties. The hearing is scheduled for May 6 1930 at 9 a.m. and notices will run in the Plattsmouth Journal for three weeks prior.
In Cass county Nebraska the County Court sits in Plattsmouth to hear claims against the estate of Valentine Gobelman on May 16 1930 and August 18 1930 at 10 a m to adjust and allow claims The period to present claims ends three months from May 16 1930 and debts must be paid within one year from that date Witness date April 18 1930 with the County Court seal
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