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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1942)
SOUTHWESTERN BREEZES_ By Romaine Saunders A good combination: An open Bind and mouth shut — A lot of confusion over fabri cating rubber. Have expected some jocular gent to suggest it can be extracted from the rub ber necks. W News and gossip disscimin ators at the nation’s capitol say Mr. Roosevelt would regard the election of a republican governor in New York a ‘national calam ity.” Maybe the country has been misinformed respecting the president’s wishes as to “adjourn ment of politics.” Refreshing showers the past week and warm days have com bined to array the southwest in unsurpassed verdure. Trees in full foilage of shimmering green, grass knee high and the deep blue iris bloom dotting the prai rie. Victory gardens and berry beds are coming into service. Seed buyers are in the commun ity contracting the blue grass seed. Soon ranchers will plan for getting an immense hay yield into the stacks. So many of the youth of the country are on military and naval service that the superanuated old duffers willl have to take their places in the hay meadows. You may not have a trunk full of bonds or other accumulated treasure but the stars and the moonlit heaven are yours, the birds and the flowers, the glow and fragrance of early dawn, the slanting lines of the rain and the smell of wet earth, the gleam of sunlight in shimmering tree top and the rolling waves of the prairie grass spread in endless J miles across the land, the ming ™ led gold and purple tint flashed out of the sky at the close of day; the warm contact in the hand clasp of old friends, daily association with mankind and the heart throbs of loving service and little courtesies in the home —these are yours, and no taxes stand against it all. Respecting man’s relation to man th<ye is sounded from the smoking summit of old Mt. Sinai ► THOU SHALT NOT— KiU Sustain adulterous relations Steal Speak falsely Covet. Much of the world has flouted these basic principles of human relationship to launch a carnival of destruction, and only because of the noble souls that acknowl edge allegiance to heaven’s pre cepts is the divine hand stayed from the consuming wrath of an offended God. Butchery, des truction, suffering—and the hat red, race againqst race, people raging at people, man against man. The remedy? Read again the precepts from Sinai. Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, Alex ander, Caesa.r Charlmange, Na poleon—all tried the idea of world government, and this dream still lingers in the ambit ion’s breast. Diversity of tongues, % racial insstincts, national and tribal traditions, differences in life habits, mental outlook, re ligious concepts— an impossible job of amalgamating it all under one government head. The schol arly and devout Paul declared to the learned men of Athens that their “Unknown God” “hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitations.” Nations, small and great, get along pretty well until an inter national brigand raises his sinis ter head and while the span al lotted for men to manage the old earth “the bounds of their habitations” will continue to be marked by national lines. “Right eousness exalted a nation,” not the ambitions of the leaders of nations. Man, in all ages, has sown vanity only to reap despair. Candidates for county office are neither numerous nor active. Announcements have been made of only a few filings, some of them repeat. I think the most disappointed candidate at a fall election in the county was when Ed Butler was defeated for re election as county clerk. Mr. Butler had served a term, made a good official and felt he was entitled to another term. But the populist rising tide and feel ing then frothing and brewing against poor one-eyed and crip pled Barrett Scott defeated But ler. For the remainder of hi* term he was broken and heart sore and could talk of little else but his defeat to those who came in on business at the clerk’s office. As I recall, Bill Bethea of Ewing was elected that fall on th populist ticket, returning in later years to the republican fold from which he came. That was a period of political turmoil and frenzied clammor in Holt county, the fate of the nation hanging in the balance when the clans gathered in from the prai rie in one of those memorable populist conventions. Livestock Market Active This Week Another good run of livestock for this season of the year met with active demand and fully steady to strong prices at the regular weekly livstock auction held here last Monday. The quality of the offering, generally, was medium to good. There were plenty of buyers on hand, and the day’s supplies were quickly absorbed and the undertone looked firm thruout. The best loadlots of steer calves, scaling 445 pounds, sold at $13.60. The bulk of this class sold mostly from $12.50 to $13.50, with a scattered few reaching well up toward $14.00. Heifer calves were scarce and prices paid looked about steady with a week ago. Yearlings were in fairly good supply and the long end brought from $11.00 to $12.00. Common grades dipped into the high tens. The best yearling heifers offered here brot $11.00 and better with the lightweights claiming the upper bracket prices. Cows with calf at side were in demand and sold at good prices. Likewise, good milch cows met with broad demands. Fleshy beef cows paid as high as $10.20 on the good kind. Bulk of this class sold from $9.25 to $10.00. Commoner grades placed at $8.50 and up. Bulls were definitely stronger in price with a price ceiling of $10.50 on 1500 pound ers. The bulk of this offering sold at $10.00 and above. Hog supplies were heavy with around 400 head for sale here. Butchers cashed at $13.60 to $13.70. Handy weight sows sold mostly from $13.25 to $13.50 with a few reaching higher. Gilts reached $14.30. Feeder pigs sold upwards to $16.10. Many little pigs were sold by the head at fancy prices. Next auction Monday, May 8. Attend Family Reunion At Rapid City, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clauson drove to Rapid City, S. D., on Saturday to attend a family re union of the Clauson family, at the home of Harry’s mother, Mrs. Walter Clauson. It was the first time the family had been together in twenty-three years. Among those pressent wr,e Mrs. Harry Campbell and Mrs. Claude Morton, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Ralph Chapman of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Floyd Derby of Rapid City, S. D, and brother, Ted Klinetobe. Mr. and Mrs. Clauson also vis ited Mrs. Clauson’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mr. H. F. Plank of Spearfish, S. D. Red Cross First Aid Class Is Graduated Dr. L. A. Carter reports that he has just completed the course of instruction of another class in the American Red Cross first aid. He says that sufficient applica tions have been received for an other class, which will begin work at 8 p. m. June 8 in the court house annex. Dr. W. F. Finley will be the instructor. NOTICE. The Holt County Board of Equalization will meet at their office in the court house at O’Neill, Nebr., on Tuesday, June 9, 1942 and will be in session not less than three days nor more than twenty days. All com plaints on valuations or assess ments must be made during this time. JOHN C. GALLAGHER, County Clerk Jack Carney is spending the week in South Sioux City, Nebr., | visiting friends. O’Neill Native Son Invents Machine Gun The daily press the first of the week caried the following special! from Los Angeles, California: “A 27-year-old former O’Neill, j Nebraska, resident, who as a boy fashioned a machine gun that fired rubbr bands, will leave to morrow for Springfield, Mass., and Washington, D. C., where he’ll dmonstrate his newest machine gun, the grown-up type. “It’s a sub machine gun that will fire 500 or more .45 caliber bullets a rttinute and its designer is William D. Hammond. “Hammond, who demonstrated his weapon yesterday, said the war department was definitely interested in it. “These are noteworthy features of the gun, as outlined by Ham moiltl: It is revolutionary in its simplicity, having fewer parts than any gun of its kind ever manufactured; is it cheap, accur ate, light in weight; materials in its make-up are available and “most any machine shop in the country could turn ’em out.’ “The weapon weighs 6*6 lbs., or 3*6 pounds less than the next haviest gun of this type. Its recoil, says Hammond, is com paratively negligible. "Hammond came to California in 1934 to attend the University of Southern California.’’ William is the son of Mr. and \ Mrs. W. J. Hammond and was) born and grew to manhood in this city. After finishing High School he went to California and graduated from the University of Southern California. He ’has al ways been an inventive genius and from all reports it sems that he finally has something that will bring him both fame and fortune. His many O’Neill friends tender sincere and hearty congratu lations. R. A. F. Air Force Blasts Cologne, Germany Twelve hundred fifty R. A. F. planes dropped tons of bombs on principal objectives in Germany j and occupied France Saturday night. The main objective was' Cologne, a city of nearly 800,000 people. The majority of the1 planes were four motored bomb-1 ers which carried up to eight tons of bombs. The raid lasted ninety minutes, which means about ten ton of bombs were dropped a minute. Cologne, one of the most heavily fortified cities in Germany, was given every thing the British had. Fires could be seen as far away as 150 miles and the smoke asscended to a height of 15,000 feet. The Ger mans agree that considerable damage was done, and the Brit ish declare that the town was almost leveled. It is interesting to note the Germans claim they shot down only 37 planes, while the British say they lost 44, or about 5% of all planes participat ing in the raid. It was a year ago at this time that the Germans were bombing England nightly. It remains to be seen if the Germans can take it as well as they can dish it out. Britian fear a retaliation raid in the near future, although they don’t believe it will be on the scale of their raid on Germany, which was the heaviest air raid in the history of aerial warfare. God Bless the British? Keep ’Em Flying and Bombing. The Weather H L May 28_90 54 May 29_84 65 May 30_93 56 May 31_06 52 June 1_69 56 June 2_74 59 June 3_80 64 June 4 _90 66 Precipitation for the week was 1.15 inches. Marriage Licenses John Emmet Carr, O’Neill, and Miss Mary Clare Waldman, Amelia, on May 28. Merle August Hansen, Chamb ers and Miss Flossie La Vern Young, both of Chambers, on June 1st. Otto L. Kreyith, Verdel. Nebr., and Miss Vlasta Foreman, Walnut Nebr., on June 1st. Mrs. Francis Murphy enter tained her bridge club Friday evening at her home. Prizes were won by Mrs. Jack Vincent, Mrs. R. H. Parker and Mrs. James Walling. Michael A. Englehaupt Michael A. Englehaupt died at his home northwest of Chambers last Saturday after an illness of about one year, of Dropsy, at the age of 79 years, eleven months and seventeen days. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian church, Rev. Schabaker of Cham bers officiating and bural n Pros pect Hill Cemetery. Deceased was bom at Melli chasted, Bavaria, Germany, on June 13, 1862. When he was a young man he came to this coun try and for a time lived at Ful ton, Illinois. He remained there for a few years and then came to this county in the spring of 1881, which had been his home ever since. On November 27, 1884, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Molly Van Cleve, the ceremony being performed in this city. Thirteen children were born of this union, of whom nine survive their father, Mrs. Englehaupt passing away in June 1940. The children are: Newton J., Lawrence, Kansas; Mike R., Crook, Colo.; William A. Santa Clara, Cal.; Mrs. Barbara Van Cleve, Unity, Oregon; Mrs. Alice Bowring, Doty, Wash.; Mrs. Olive Bartlett, Windell, Idaho. Mrs. Violet Stewart, Petersburg, Nebr.; Thomas F., Chambers; Arthur C., O’Neill. He is also survived by his second wife, to whom he was united in marriage on December 3, 1940. He is also survived by two brothers and one sister. Mr. Englehaupt was one of the real old timers of the county. For many years he lived in this city and was employed by the late F. C. Gatz as a butcher, but he tired of city life and moved to the farm which has been his life time work. He had been a resi dent of the place upon which he died for a good many years and was a successful farmer and ranchman. Holt Co. Oversubscribes U. S. O. Campaign Following is a statement of the USO campaign in Holt county. The quota for the county was $500.00 and, as the statement be low shows, it was overscribed. The list of contributors was so long and the contributions so uni versal that it was deemed unnec essary to publish a list of individ ual donations. The local chair men in each vicinity have a list of contributors. Collectons: Emmet_$ 16.25 Inman_20.00 Page_35.00 Chambers_35.00 Ewing_ 45.00 Stuart_70.00 Atkinson __131.71 O’Neill, City_176.20 Paddock-Scott Ladies _ 19.00 Dorsey Ladies Aid_10.00 Alfred Drayton, calf sold at auction_16.50 Total Collection _$584.66 Less Expense: F. H. Holsclaw, distributing advertising over county....$ 7.50 John Brennan, distributing advertising in O’Neill _ 1.00 Postage and Telephone_ 2.10 Total Expense-$10.60 Total mailed to Walter J. Cum mings, National Treasurer USO, New York City, $574.06. The above amount was mailed on May 29„ 1942, and officially closed the USO campaign in Holt count. The closing date of the drive throughout the nation has been set for July 4, 1942, so it will be seen that Holt county has again promptly done its share in the war effort. As chairman of the Holt county drive I wish to thank all who contributed and aided in the cam paign throughout the county. My special thanks go to the local chairmen: Guy Cole, Emmet; Earl Watson, Inman; C. A. Town sen, J,r. Page; Clair Grimes, Chambers; Lyle Dierks, Ewing; Mrs. F. P. Ulrich, Stuart; Ralph Kelley, Atkinson; Rev. V. C. Wright, O’Neill, Ladies of Pad dock and Scott Townships; Dor sey Ladies Aid, and Alfred Dray ton, O’Neill. EDWARD M. GALLAGHER, Chairman. Holt County USO Campaign. EDUCATIONAL NOTES The next State Teachers Exam ination will be given at the Pub lic School building in O’Neill on Saturday, June 6, 1942. Eljah McCullough, County Superintendent. Kay Fenderson Will Take Civilian Defense Course The chairman of the Holt county Defense Committee has announced that Mr. Kay D. Fenderson, operations superin tendent of the Northeastern Di vision of the Consumer’s Public Power district, has consented to take the Civilian Defense course sponsored by the state depart ment of the American Legion, and to be held in Lincoln in mid-June. All phases of civilian defense are to be included in the course, including courses in fire fighting and fire defense, gas defense and care and use of gas masks, pro tection of property and build ings, first aid, and many other related phases of civilian de fense for war. Mr. Fenderson will spend sev eral days taking this course, and upon his return will conduct classes for the instruction of per sonnel from all the towns and sections of the county. Mr. L. C. Walling, manager of this di vision of the power district, has given him a leave of absence to take the course. He will re ceive no compensation, but is spending his time and doing the work as a patriotic gesture, for which he should have the thanks of the county. BRIEFLY STATED The Presbyterian Ladies are having a rummage sale on Sat urday, June 13. Watch for fur ther notice. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Godek are newcomers to O’Neill from their former home in Omaha. Mr. Godek is in partnership in the Sunset Lodge. Mrs. Godek was the former Clare Martin of this city and is a well known bowler, rating fiffth highest among the Omaha women bowlers. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dowd and family and Miss Nadine McNally came Saturday from Schuyler to spend the day. Mr. and Mrs. Dowd visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence O’Malley and Nadine visited with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tomlinson. Frank J. Harnish, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Harnish, student at Wayne College has been in itiated into Alpha Psi Omega, national honorary dramatic fra ternity. Students who have a sin cere interest in the best type of drama, who have shown rcogniz ed ability in the field of drama, and have a certain high scholastic rating are eligible for member ship. Frank J. Harnish is the grandson of Mrs. J. C. Harnish. Fritz Welch of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station is home on a ten-day furlough and is visiting his mother, Mrs. William Welch. Ralph Porter left Sunday for Tyndall Field, Florida, after spending a ten day furlough vis iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter. Bonnie Morton entertained eight of her girl friends at a party Friday afternoon at her home. Various games were played and a delicious lunch was served. Mrs. Loren Nelson left Friday for Columbus, Ohio, to visit her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Porterfield and son, Charles, visited Mr. and Mrs. Bart Brennan Saturday and Sun day. Miss Ann Belzer returned to work at the M&M cafe Tuesday, after having been ill for the past ten days. The Blue Dotters had a sur prise dinner Monday evening at the home of Miss Veva Aim in honor of her birthday. Miss Jean Biglin left Tuesday for Chicago, Illinois, where she will spend her two weeks vaca tion vising the Misses Nadine and Mary Katherine Coyne. County Court Glen Jungbluth of Chambers was arrested on June 1st by Patrolman Meietrel, charged with cjriving while under the in fluence of alcoholic liquor, to which he pled guilty and was fined $15.00 and costs of $3.10. His operators license was sus pended for ssix month. Waldman-Carr Miss Mary Clare Waldman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Waldman of Amelia, and Private Emmett Carr of Camp Roberts, 1 Calif., son of Mrs. John Carr of O’Neill, were married at 7:30 o’clock on Friday morning, May 29th, at St. John’s Catholic church at Deloit, Nebraska. The Rev. Father Byersdorfer per | formed the single-ring ceremony. The bride was very attractive ly attired in a green military suit with yellow accessories. She is a graduate of Atkinson high school with the class of 1930, and for the past several years has been a very successful teacher in the Holt county | schools. She just finished a term of teaching in the Ewing 1 grade school. The groom, who wore his soldier’s uniform, is a graduate of Loyola high school of Chicago, Illinois, and until recently, when inducted into the U. S. Army, has been engaged in ranching and cattle-raising. The couple were attended by the groom’s niece, Miss Dorothy Ann Jordon, and the bride’s cousin, Lawrence Hanna. A wedding breakfast was served at the M. & M. Cafe to the bridal party and immediate relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Carr left Sunday noon for California, where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Leo Marcellus, and family at Los Angeles, and he will return to Camp Roberts. MRS. HAROLD HULL OF NIOBRARA PASSED AWAY Erma Mae Block was born on May 10, 1917 at Walnut, Nebr., and passed away at her home at the age of 25 years and ten days. Erma grew to womanhood in the Walnut community. She at tended and was confirmed in the Walnut Lutheran church at the age of 12 years. She attended high school for two years at Verdigre, Nebr. Due to her mother’s poor health, she helped at home, and was unable to fin ish her schooling. Erma was united in marriage to Harold J. Hull, Febr., 20, 1935.' To this union three children1 were born: Larry Dean, age 5; Rosalene Marie, age 3; Harold James, infant, who preceded his mother in ddath by tWo weeks. She leaves to mour£: her hus-' j band, two children; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Block of Walnut, Nebr., and three broth ers, Arthur Albert of Walnut, Arnold Theodore of Velasco, Tex., Ray Dean at home, also a host of other relatives and friends. In the spring of 1940, the family moved to Verdigre, and while located there Erma attend ed and took interest in the church and Sunday school, conducting a Sunday school class. After she moved to her new home near Niobrara, she became active in Bethany Lutheran church, and also taught in the Sunday school. Erma was loved by everyone who knew her. She was a very loving and affectionate wife and mother. God bless her memory among us. Funeral services were held at Verdigre. Burial was in the Grimiton cemetery, about 17 miles southwest of Verdigre. Inman Boy Has Been Awarded A Commission Gerald L. Sobotka, of Inman, about ten days ago received a commission from the President as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserves. He took the oath of office Monday, May 25th, at Lincoln, immediately after receiving a degree with distinction from the University of Nebraska College of Business Administration. Lieut, and Mrs. Sobotka arriv ed here Tuesday of last week for a short visit before he leaves for duty with the Army Air Corp. Eagle Creek Club A 4-H Club was organized at Stony Butte school house, Dis trict 84 Monday evening, June 4. The officers are: President, Edward Hynes; Vice president, John O’Neill; Secretary, Francis ! Rohde; News reporter, Maxine ! Mitchell. Leader, Mrs. Arthur O’Neill, Assistant leader, Mrs. Walter Sires. The name of the Club is Eagle Creek Club. The meeting ad journed to meet June 14 at the* home of Walter Sires. Japs Launch Two Attacks On Alaska The Navy announced Wednes day night that the Japanese had made a second attack on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, six hours after four bombers and fifteen fighter* had made the initial attack. No serious damage was inflict ed and causilities were few. The attack—apparently a re prisal for the American bombing of Tokio and other Japanese centers on April 19, occurred at 6:00 a. m., Alaska time, or 11:00 a. m., our time. The attack had been expected and the station ’ was prepared. Army and Navy forces have been in a state of alert throughout the Canal Zone since noon Tues day with all local leaves and passes cancelled. . In San Francisco the western defense command and the Fourth Army asked the public to watch for any possible appearance of Japanese wearing army uniforms "and to assume that such individ uals might be "fifth columnists." All Japanese who are members of the United States Army have been removed from the western defense command and Fourth Army, except three on the post at Fort Ord, California, who are on special assignments. The strength of Dutch Harbor is a military secret but it is known that considerable activity has been centered there for more than a year. Situated some 2,500 nautical miles above Tokio and Yokohoma the base is of great stragetic im portance to the United States. States. That the Japanese would make efforts to get it had been a foregone conclusion. There was no information on whether defending forces des troyed any of the enemy planes. The fact that 15 fighter planes participated in the raid strongly indicated, in the opinion of the experts, that a carrier was used, although the bombers, if they were of large size, might have come from enemy land bases. Strategists emphasized that distances from Dutch Harbor to other stragetic centers are im portant. The base is 2,500 miles from Yokohama, 1,700 miles from Puget Sound and more than 2,500 miles from San Francisco. The aerial attack on Dutch Harbor was the first on American soil since the Philippines fell, and the first time in history that North America proper had been attacked from the air. Holt County Assessing 1 Reported Neary Closed The assessment of Holt coun ty property has been very nearly completed. There remain only a few schedules to be tabulated and corrected. With the thirty-six precincts now completed, assessors have found more personal property than for the past several years. The thirty-six precincts now tabulated show a raise of over one and a half million dollars over 1941. More hogs and more cattle have contributed largely to this raise. Tabulations on cities and villages will be com pleted this week. The next fifteen days will give taxpayers and assessors a chance to meet, equalize and adjust dif ferences. A deputy from the state tax commissioner’s office now is in this county, making a check on property assessments. Some prosecutions for tax evas ion can be expected. Any tax payer who has failed to make his proper return to the assessor should do so at once. The Holt county board of equalization will meet June 9, and be in session not less than three days. WALTER G. SIRE, County Assessor. ‘Sighted Sub, Sank Same* Donald Francis Mason, 28, of Rochester, Minn., nephew of H_ F. Gilday of this city, aviation machinests mate first class, U. S. Navy, blasted a submarine with depth bomb s and laconi cally reported to his base, “sight ed sub, sank same.” Mr. Mason, who has been in the Navy for the past 5 years, was rewarded with an officer’s commission, and the distinguished flying cross. Mason’s squadron had convoy ed Prime Minister Winston Churchill a part of the way dur ing his history making trip to the United States in December. Every flier in the squadron was presented with a wrist watch by I Queen Elizabeth of England.