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The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
PANHANDLE WHEAT
CROP CUT IN HALF
WESTERN NEBRASKA WINTER
WHEAT HARVEST TO START
WITHIN A MONTH
LAND VALUATIONS DRoP
Nebraska Governmental Units, City,
County and State Will Contrt-
butte Approximately 1,00o

Sidney-With the beginning Of the
1892 winter wheat harvest in western
Nebraska less than q month away.
growers in the principal producing
counties OF the Panhandle have re-
ported to county agents that the yield
will be less than half that OF 1881.
These growers blame drouth, strong
March winds, and q generally adverse
winter growing season as main rea-
SONS for the failure Of the fall grain.
They say these weather conditions
have brought about a widespread
switch to spring grain cultivation, and
they predict the passing Of winter
wheat as the major crop in western
Nebraska.
Meanwhile, the spring grain acre
age has been steadily mounting, aid
ed by governmental loans from the
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
These loans put more than $500, 900
into the pockets OF farmers in the
five chief grain counties in the Ne
braska panhandle, Cheyenne, Kimball,
Box Butte, Deuel. and Keith.
Barley, corn, spring wheat and oats
have been replanted in fields where
winter wheat fell victim to natures
pranks. An unprecedented acreage OF
forage grains were sown because of
impending feed shortages.
1T is now quite a. parent that
droUth, wind and untimely freezes
have combined 10 wipe out completely
at least half Of the winter wheat crop
i'll western Ne5. %a1.,a,'' said County
Agent L. d. Wiley OF Cheyenne
county.
Sidney gain r-en surveyed crop
prospects in Cheyenne county, and re-
ported that the spring grain yield will
be more than Goa1.e that OF winter
wheat, provided Weather conditions
are favorable.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
HAMPTON INSTITUTE SUM
MER SESSION ATTRACTS
LARGE NUMBER
Limited To One Session
hY GEORGE a. Knvner

GN1 - 4AF AhaI IGA
Hampton Institute, Va. July
Seven hundred and one teachers
have enrolled in the Summer SEES
sion of Hampton Institute, which
this year has been limited to one
session. This enrolment is prac-
tically the average size for the
last v years. Last year was
a peak year with S01 students
enrolled. Thirty-nine students
are registered in the graduate
school.
Twenty states are represented.
Virginia sending the largest num-
Der of students, with Maryland
second and North Carolina third.
"A large number Of the students
enrolled are teachers who have
completed the two-year normal
course and who are now working
towards a degree in elementary
education. The fact that there
+ twice as many Of these stu
dents on the campus as were here
last year shows that the level of
training Of teachers in colored
schools is rapidly advancing.
The new George P. Phenix
Training School is being used an
a demonstration school under the
direction of Ian Ross, it's princi-
pal. This is the first time q stu
dent teaching course has been Of
fered in the Summer Session.
During this past week three
hundred an dfifty-six ministers
have been present on the campus
as members Of the nineteenth an
nual ministers conference. SEES
sions opened Monday evening and
continue through Friday, with
talks by DR.. billiard, former presi-
dent of the Jeanes and Slater
Funds; Benjamin Brawley, head
Of the English department Of
Howard University; Bishop Fran
els j. Mcconnell; and William
Stuart Nelson, president Of Shaw
University.
AT the business session held on
Thursday, the following officers
elected for the next year:
President, d. H. Hargis, Whining
ton, Del; Honorary vice-Dresi-
dents NEW members Shelton
Hale Bishop, New York City, Ben
jamin Brawley, Washington, ID.
o., William Stuart Nelson, Raj
eigh, N. c., Gold members), vice
presidents NEW members), J. A.
Cotton, Henderson, n. o., r. X.
ID. Garrett, Norfolk, Va; record
ing secretary, j. W. Lemon; exc
cutive secretary, S. Arthur De-
Van, Hampton Institute.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
Land Valuations Show Decrease

LlKI N1-~A-k~LJ LASW ASCECdSC
Lincoln-A a1neIal lowering in
property v~aluat.c-s vas noted in re-
ports submitted by Mcpherson and
Wheeler counties to State Tax Com
missioner w. II. Smith.
The two sandhin counties were in
the vanguard Of those submitting their
valuations to the state board az
equalization.
Mcpherson county reported a per-
sonal property valuation Of $474,293
for 1882 in contrast to $707, 202 for
1881. Lands, including all farm lands
outside of towns, were valued this
year at $1,S35,420, a slight increase
over the $1,S34,9S5 figure Of a year
ago. Town lots on the other hand
were valued at $47,4SO this year, and
we're valued at $4S,21O last year.
The total for these classes OF prop
erty this year was $~2,357,193, as
against S2,59O,397 for 1881.
Valuations on intangible "a" hold
ings, which include all money, were
fixed at S31,O16 this year against $780,
743 in 1881. Glass "B" intangibles,
all other credits, were valued this
year at $751; and we're $39,S04 last
year.
The Wheeler county valuations
were valued this year at $37,0S9 and
were S39,S04 last year.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
Cass County Fruit Crop Grows

MISUNDERSTANDING of Cass
county land to small fruit farming has
been proven by several tests the past
few years, the most notable being that
OF Carl Ohlschlager, who has built up
an extensive strawberry business.
Throughout the season just ended, rs
pickers were given steady employ
ment. William Ferguson is another
small truck farmer whose experience
in the fruit line has been profitable.
Ferguson is setting out additional new
strawberry beds this year and is also
harvesting a fine crop Of blackberries
and raspberries set out a few years
ago. His 1892 strawberry crop netted
him several hundred dollars. With
plenty OF moisture, small fruit prcduc-
ton in Cass county has been the best
in many years.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
es by Representative Joe Grail
Republican Of California.

es by Representative Joe Grail,
Republican Of California.
The bill requires that every con-
tract for or on behalf of the Unit
ed States of the District of Col
umbia for the construction. alter
ration or repair Of any public
building or public work in the
United States or the District of
Columbia contain a provision by
which the contractor agrees that
in the hiring of employees for the
performance of work under a
Government contract or subcon-
tract, no contractor, subcontractor
or other persons setting on behalf
Of such contractor shall discrim-
mate against any citizen Of the
United States by reason of race or
color, if he is qualified and avail
able to perform the work to which
the employment relates.
The intimidation Of any en-
ployee hired for the performance
of work under any Government
contract or subcontract, on &C.
count of race or color, by any con-
tractor or subcontractor engaged
on public works is prohibited.
The penalty for the violation OF
the provision Of the contract pro.
hibiting discrimination on account
of race or color would be the de-
duction from the amount due the
contractor by the Government OF
S. per calendar day for each per-
son so Disseminated against or in.
Inundated.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
WOMAN So COMMITS SUICIDE

Washington (CNS) Mrs. Clara
Broadus, 63, Of the 400 block of
u. Street, Northwest, was found
lying on a cot in the basement Of
her home in an unconscious condi-
ton. Her son-in-law, James r.
Weaver, who discovered her con
dItlon Immediately called for help
from the Emergency Hospital, but
she was dead before she reached
the hospital.
A glass Of what appeared to be
creolin poison was found beside
her and a note addressed to her
daughter Tessa, asked forgiveness
for what she was about to do was
found on the floor near her. Rela-
tives could give no reason for her
desire to end her life.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
WINS NEGRO STAY Of EXECUTION

night of the murder and suicide,
her husband came to her after
supper and told her he had to 60
out for a little while, but would
be back before late. He kissed
her and left the house and she
never saw him alive again.
However according to Ambrose
and Velma Smith, the dead man
was with their aunt as much as
he would be expected to be at
home. They both stated that
they thought nothing unusual as
Jim Watson started down the
road with her aunt, who was
crying and who told him: 81
won't do it. You'll just have to
kill me, that s ALL" What was il
that Jim Watson wanted Mrs
Mcdonald to do that was so dis.
tasteful that she refused, choosing
death insteadf
That question will never be ans.
wered for the two bullets which
Watson fired shortly after he
left his friends did their work
well.
Did Watson ask Mrs. Mcdonald
to give him up so that he could
spend the rest of his life in peace
"
with his wife? No one, knows.
Meanwhile, in widely separated
spots, Watson's in Trinity, Texas
and Mrs. McDonald's in OAK
Park Cemetery, the bodies OF
these two were being consigned al
the same time to the healing arms
of Mother Earth, who can purify
any sin and make us all m size
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
Postal Raise Adds $4,000 To Taxes

Lincoln Nebraska governmental
units, city, county and state, will con
tribute approximately $751; 900 yearly
to the federal governments balancing
fund in the payment of one cent in
creased postage on first class mail,
State Tax Commissioner w. H. Smith
estimates.
The state alone will pay an addi-
tional $1,000 per year for postage,
adding to its already large postal bill
Of approximately $4,000 per year.
Smiths figures are based upon a
showing Of $4S,S19.G3 for postage for
all state activities during the first II
months of the current fiscal year. This
means an expense for postage Of ap-
proximately $4,000 per month for the
state government and state agencies.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
EQUAL LABOR RIGHTS BILL
PROPOSED

Washington, (CNS) An attempt
to prohibit discrimination on ac-
count Of race or color in employ
ment under contract for public
buildings or public works in the
United States was begun Tues
day with the introduction Of a
bill in the House of Representative
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
KEEPING NEGROES OFF
JURY WINS NEW TRIAL
FOE EUEL LEE

Baltimore, Nd. (CNS) - The
Court of Appeals of Maryland
has granted a new trial to Fuel
Lee (Orphan jones', the Eastern
Shore eolored man convicted of
killing Green X. Davis, the Tay-
louisville, farmer, on the ground
that the selection of the jury that
heard his case was marked by
Unconstitutional exclusion of
Negfees."
The court affirmed that the
method Of selecting juries in Bal
timore county for the past TWEEN
ty-six years seems to show an
established practice, combining.
selection 90 white men as effect.
ually as if such a restriction were
precribed by statute"
This decision marks the second
successful attempt of Lee to es-
cape the gallows- Previously
the court of Appeals had upheld
the contention that he could not
get a fair trial on the Eastern
Shore The case was taken to the
Baltimore county court in Town
son, where he was found guilty OF
murder and sentenced to be hang.
ed
The second appeal was based on
the grounds that Negroes had
been excluded from the jury and
therefore had been denied consti.
tutIonal rights, quoting at length
decisions written by the Supreme
Court Of the United States Oh
eases Of similar nature. Chief
Judge Bond wrote that the pro
eedure Of Judge Duncan, of the
baltimore county court. in select
ing his panel of jurors, show
an established practice or system
IN whieh no opening is left fol-
members Of the Negro race to Oh
tain places on juries."
In arriving al its conclusion
the Court Of Appeals referred X
several eases decided BY the Su
prone Court In which II was sale
that the fact that Negroes hac
never been on a panel Of Juror.
yer a long period of time. was ;
prIma faeie ease Of denial b
that equality Of protection
which has been secured by tn,
Constitution and laws of the Uni
ted States"
In continuing It's reasons fol
reversing the lower court. the ap
pellate judges said:
In Baltimore county. as it ap
pears from Judge Dunean's ex
PLANTATION, the judge has merel,
sought about him for good men Il
and, as jurors, in the proper ad
m~inistration Of justice without LET
ting racial considerations enter
INTO his choice. His action. b,
says has been merely that of sci
eetion IN the exercise OF the dis
eretlon intrusted to him.
But il has been strongly ure
ed uPvn this court that the cours,
OF procedure followed and the ae
tual selection made by it through
out all the jury terms Of the las
twenty-six years show an estab
lished practice, or system. il
which no opening is left for mem
bers Of the Negro race to Obtain
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
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The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23
State Has Nine Million in Treasury

STATE Has MIG WITHOUT IN
Lincoln State warrants, issued
during the month of May, totaled ST.
57S,1S0.76, according to the report Of
State Tax and Budget Commissioner
w. H. Smith. The total of warrants
issued for April was 81 ,505, 030.56. For
the IL months Of the fiscal year, nov
ended. the warrants issued total S22,
2~5O,O33.91. Total appropriations, in
GLIDING federal funds and cash funds
total, to date s31,693, 6O5.81. Unex
pended balances now on hand total
50, A ,571.90. In May $755,614 Of roa'
work was paid for by warrant.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23

Thirteen varieties Of beans r be-
ing grown in five western counties Of
Nebraska, giving the state 18th rank
ing place in the union in bean produc-
ton, it was announced at Lincoln. P.
II. Stewart and d. l.. Gross, extension
agronomists, are cooperating with the
farm bureaus and growers in making
crop tests.
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-23

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TWO WIVES IN ONE TOWN,
KILLS ONE AND SELF

Continued from page ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-16
WITS STOICISM is
MARKED ATTRIBUTE
Jackson Suspect ImpaSSive
Personality Type, Says
Prison Captain.

Stole! Impassive! Indifferent to
pleasure or pain!
These terms describe Charles Yer
non Witt, being tried at Lebanon
for the murder of Lafayette A..
Jackson, Standard Grocery owner,
S. G. Potter, captain of the guards
at Kansas state prison, Lansing,
Kan, said while visiting Indian
apolis Friday.
Potter marched Witt to his meals,
guarded him at his work and COM
manded him as a prisoner for three
years. For eighteen years Potter
has been a prison guard.
Sent to the prison for a life term
on first degree murder charge on
Oct. 2, 1927, Witt escaped from the
Kansas prison Dec. 18, 1880.
OutgueSses Guards
Potter disclosed here how Witt
outguessed his guards.
"Witt apparently was a model
prisoner, but when we checked the
roll one night we found that he was
gone" Potter said. when he left
and how, no one knows"
Unf1inchingly and without trace
of emotion, Witt has listened to
witnesses point him out as one of
the alleged murderers, stated Pot
ter, who testified at the trial.
Witt remained unmoved Thursday
as Mrs. Gowan Mills, widow of a
Syracuse Kan.) sheriff, pointed her
finger at him and testified, "Thats
the man who killed my husband"
Chokes on Accusation
Mrs. Mills choked with emotion
as she recalled the details of a
country road shooting of her hus-
band, Sept. 10, 1927. She also was
visitor in Indianapolis Friday.
Witt worked in the Irvine factory
while in prison. Louis E. Hamilton,
now awaiting trial in the Jackson
murder case, was fellow-prisoner
of Witt.
They became pals during the eve
nings, after dusk, on Saturday aft
ernoons, Sundays and holidays, when
all prisoners were allowed to roam
as they pleased in the prison court
yard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-16
BAR TO STUDY
PROPOSALS FOR
REORGANIZATION
Recognition by Law May Be
Sought When Attorneys
Meet at CIaypool.

Proposals for reorganization and
recognition by statute Of the Indi-
ana Bar Association will be high
points of discussion at the mid
winter state bar meeting at the
Claypool today.
Sessions proper will not begin IN
til the afternoon At that time. pro-
poSal will be made that upon the
associations reorganization every
person entitled to practice law in
the state automatically will become
a member.
The proposed law, sponsors say.
would authorize the supreme court
to call upon governors Of the aSso-
citation to deal with all phases OF
admission and discipline, and would
make for more stringent regulation
of the practice o. law.
Another recommendation wil9
provide for the establishment by
law of a permanent board to handle
problems of law reform and juris-
prudence.
The midwinter banquet will be
at $50 in the Riley room, with
Judge Julius Henry Cohen of New
York as principal speaker. His
subject will be Unauthorized
Practice of Law" Officers of the
State Bankers Association will Ds
guests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-16
TWO BOYS MISSING

Two runaway boys are believed
on their way to Florida today, plan
ming to pay expenses by stealing
milk bottles, their friends say.
One boy is an 11-year-old orphan,
Howard Theodore Russell, whose
absence has caused anxiety to off,
Gals of the Indianapolis Orphans
home, 4107 East Washington street,
as Howard is suffering from seri-
Gus heart ailment.
This underground adventurer has
been under care Of physicians at
Riley hospital, and it was feared at
the orphan home that he would
suffer an attack, and that he would
not be cared for properly.
Howard, who is blond, feet tall,
and was wearing brown corduroy
trousers, a black leather coat and
blue waist, vanished with Harry
Henry, IL, Thirty second and ILL
noiS streets, Thursday afternoon.
The orphan had been boarding
with Miss Aileen Martin, 1888 North
Illinois street.
Information may be phoned to the
Orphans home, Irv. 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-16

Following is the explanation of
Ripley'S Believe It Or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
The Town Clock of Jilemnice-
The reason for the curious Strik-
ing arrangement of the old town
clock at Jilemnice (Starkenburg) 4,
Czecho- Slovakia, was to enable
the inhabitants to tell the exact
time at intervals between the
hours at night. This system was
customary with central European
town clocks of an older age.
Quarter past twelve was an
nounced by a stroke of one, fol-
lowed, by twelve strokes. Half past
twelve the booming voice of the
clock was heard twice, followed by
twelve strokes, indicating the
hour. An initial stroke of three
followed by twelve, indicated the
hour to be 12:45. At the hour of
one, the gong struck four to indi-
cate the passage of four quarters
CATER twelve), following with two
single strokes indicative of the
hour. In all the voice of the gong
was heard $40 times within twelve
hours.
Monday: The Tea Kettle That
Has Been Steaming for Fifty
seven years,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-16

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Con-
gresham Oscar Depriest of Illinois,
a Negro, has designated six men
from his district to take the ply
steal and mental examinations for
entrance to West Point. His Office
said today all were Negroes.
The six will take the examina-
lions March / at Fl. Sheridan, Wyo.
They are:
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., Ben
jarnin S. Jones, John G. Bennett,
Francis D'Anglas, William w.
Thomas and Jesse Banks. Davis
and D'AnglaS are designated as ap-
pointees and the others as alter
mates.
Depriest appointed Negroes to
West Point and Annapolis in1medi-
ately after his election to con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-16
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
Ralph Pulse. 2o17 West Michigan street,
Hupmobile sedan. s0-oSs. from in front
of 929 King avenue.
Daniel N. Price. lO41 West Thirty fifth
street. Nash coach. 1880. from Udell and
Clifton streets.
Lucy Bufford. 142 South West street.
Ford sedan. 20-a50. from $50 South Capt.
Charles Pence. 3747 West Morris street,
Ford sedan 58-3l7. from PennSylvania and
st. Clair streets.
,Jerss sveN Street Essex coach 5Sof45. from
Capitol avenue and Market street.
Indiana Electric Corp. 604 Traction Ter
minal building. Buick coupe. 1924. from
Richard Moss. loss West Thirty-third
street. Ford sport coupe, 97-l27. from Illi-
nois and New York streets.
Nathaniel Strange. Dayton. O.. Buick
sedan. 5l7-267. Michigan. from 622 Blake
street.