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VOL. LXIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1942 NO. 16
SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Boston may remain the Hub,
but according to one gent’s opin
ion, Washington is the Hubdub
if the universe.
Astronomers deal in the bil
Jons as to distances; geologists
talk billions of years. There
is much guess work with both.
(Word comes here from Wash
ington that the venerable Senator
Norris wishes to retire from pub
lic life. That will be agreeable
to a lot of Nebraska republicans.
J. J. J. J.—Judah sold his
brother Joseph for $11.28; and
that sale saved a people. Judas
sold Jesus for $16.96 and that sale
took the lives of two and saved
a world.
That the son of one of the U. S.
senators from Tennesse has been
on the government payroll at
$1,500 a year as a clerk for his
father while the young man was
a full time student in a southern
university emphasizes the need
of the old rallying call this fall,
“Turn the rascals out.”
Cowboy-Publisher McKelvie of
the Nebraska Farmer tells of his
riding achievements. Maybe
Sam will be in line for another
try for the governor’s chair in ’44
and early is getting in trim to
stump the state aboard a saddle
horse, beating a banjo and sing
ing cowboy songs, a la Glenn
Taylor of Idaho.
You can deceive a lot of people
until they “get your number.”
At home among your neighbors
you are known for what you are.
The best recommendation for the
republican candidate for U. S.
senator comes from his home
county, where he was given 1,140
votes as compared to 43 for his
• closest competitor.
Miss Phillips, a former school
teacher and homesteader in
southwest Holt county, accom
panied by her nephew, David
Hazelwood, who have been visit
ing at the Burr Phillips home in
western Swan, left Tuesday for
their home at Cleveland, Ohio,
where Miss Phillips is now teach
ing in the city schools.
The story comes this way of a
bank in a town to the south that
did not have the cash on hand to
pay a certain check in full and
offered a draft for the balance.
The holder of the check wanted
money not paper. A friend
6olved the matter by getting the
cash at a booze establishment.
Maybe that’s where this alleged
prosperity stream is flowing in
stead of into banks to build up
accounts for depositors.
Whether the trick was turned
by Mr. Farley or the democratic
machine of New York took mat
ters into their own hands, an
other great state has shown its
resentment of interference by the
head of the nation in state politics.
But the White House couple just
can’t keep out of politics. Next
month the first lady heads the
spellbinders with a radio broad
cast to raise funds for financing
democrat party activities.
( Mrs. Fanny Riley has a hen
that makes sure her daily con
tribution to the ranch egg pro
duction gets into proper hands.
The hen comes to a door for ad
mittance to the house, hangs on
until some one lets her in. Then
hops to a soft cushion in a rock
ing chair, fluffs the cushion up
about her, settles down quietly
and lays her egg. Various ones
have sought to buy the hen, but
that’s one thing on the ranch not
for sale. Page Mr. Ripley.
Xerxes took an army, navy and
motley mob of 5 millions on an
invasion of Greece. Most of
them were cut down by the Hel
ennic sword. Four later cam
paigns of the Ceasars took the
lives of 50 millions. Between 1347
and 1350, 25 millions Europeans
died of the black death. In the
16th century small pox took 60
jmillions more. Plagues, pesti
lence, slaughter have been going
on ever since, but there are over
a billion of us left on the globe.
Man is a tough customer.
We had a scrap drive lately and
we thought our generosity had
about exploded in turning in
things we had been falling over
fKing David had a ‘‘scrap drive” tc
build a temple, himself tossing
Eli Hershiser Celebrated
80th Birthday Sunday
Friends of Eli Hershiser decid
ed his eightieth birthday Sunday
could not pass without due rec
ognition, so they surprised him
and came with well filled baskets
and spent the day at his home, j
Eli is one of the real old timers
of the county, having been a dep
uty sheriff here under his broth
er, Sheriff Ed Hershiser, nearly
sixty years ago, when the county
was new and not very thickly
settled. But Eli is still going
and does not look his age. With
the exception of a few years spent
with the “crackers” in the south
he has been a resident of the
county since his arrival here, dur
ing the days of Kid Wade and
Doc Middleton.
Vegetables Taking Part
In Drive For Victory
Even the vegetables are taking
part in the drive to smash the
axis nations. John Smith was in
the city Monday and he had in
his possession an Early Ohio po
tato, that grew in the shape of a
V. From the stem down the pota
to branched off on two sides to
make a perfect V for Victory and
it was of fair size. The potato
was dug from John’s potato field.
4-H Boys And Girls
Compete In O’Neill
—
Seventy-five members with par
ents, guests and friends competed
at the annual 4-H club achieve
ment day in O’Neill last Saturday
to determine the entries to rep
resent Holt county at the Nebras
ka State Fair in September. The
day included exhibits of 4-H
work in home economics clubs,
judging and demonstrations in all
projects.
In the morning, members of
livestock clubs were taken to the
O’Neill sale pavilion and the farm
of Hugo Holz, where classes of
livestock were used for a judging
contest. Judging contests were;
held at the O’Neill public school
in cooking, canning, clothing and
girls’ room work along with the
placing of exhibits in these clas
ses. The afternoon was spent giv
ing reasons for the judging and
in a demonstration contest.
Prizes were awarded by the
O’Neill business houses for the!
winners of each activity. Assist- j
ing with the activities and assist-1
ing County Agent Lyndle R.
Stout in making the day success
ful were: Mrs. Ralph Rees, Mrs.!
Edgar Stauffer, Miss Hazel Leo
pold, FSA Home Supervisor, A1
Mathis, vocational agricultural in
structor in O’Neill, and James
Rooney of the O’Neill Production
Credit Association. The following
4-H members received awards:
Demonstrations
Livestock Loss Prevention;
John McNally, Emmet, and An
drew Ramulu, AtkinsOii.
Cooking: Margaret Sauser and
Althea Howard of O’Neill.
Canning: Jennie Beth Mellor
and Margaret Engler of Stuart,
(Continued on Page Five)
in 15,425 tons of gold and 36,000
tons of silver. Others came for
ward with over 25,800 tons of
gold, 51,400 tons or silver, 92,600
tons of brass and 515,000 tons of
iron. According to a Hebrew
scholar I have heard lecture, the
sweet singer of Israel was the
richest man of all time. To the
Hebrew mind, wealth, material
prosperity is the evidence of
divine favor. The largest doc
tors fee for a single prescription,
$28,000, was tendered by Naaman
to Elisha and the fee not accepted.
Heat that had laid like a terres
rial furnace across the land for
many days has been lifted from
sweating brows by an old fashion
ed prarie blow. It has done more
—rolled the tops from hay stacks,
sent particles of earth and bits
of trash swishing through the air,
swept the corners clean around
barns, spread a floating debris in
the stock tanks, kept the plumed
knights of the air within the
shelter of the trees, strained our
strength to stand on our legs
and inspired admiration of the
mighty forces operating in nature.
A dust enshrouded sun rode across
the heavens to a red sunset and
a yellow moon in full orb rose
over the waving tree tops. Night
closes over a cooled earth, stars
appear in the blue vault, katy
dids and the chorus of frogs are
heard out In the moonlight, and
the wind rushes on. “The wind
bloweth where it listeth and thou
hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh
and whither it goeth: so is every
one that is bom of the Spirit.”
SCHOOL BELL WILL
CALL THE KIDLETS
IN ANOTHER WEEK
Pupils attending the O’Neill
Public School this year will be
taught by first-class instructors.
The faculty is again made up of
well prepared, experienced teach
ers. Each has had special train
ing and is very capable in the
field in which he or she is giving
instruction. The personnel is as
follows:
Grades
Kindergarten, Francis Rother
ham.
First Grade, Kathryn Arm
strong.
Second Grade, Loretto Enright.
Third Grade, Hilda Gallagher.
Fourth Grade, Margaret Miller.
Fifth Grade, Maxine Mills.
Sixth Grade, Edna Couch.
Seventh Grade, Helen Weibel.
Eighth Grade, Dorlin Lockmon.
West Ward, Eunice Chudom- \
elka.
High School
Commercial, Mary Albro.
Head Coach, Science and Math
ematics, Howard Dean.
Band and Social Science, Ira
George.
Vocal Music and Normal Train
ing Music, Marjorie Graybill.
History and English, Mary
Keenan.
Vocational Agriculture and As
sistant Coach, Alfred Mathis.
English and Dramatics, Eleanor
Owen.
Home Economics and English,
Emma Rosicky.
Normal Training, Francis Roth
erham.
Superintendent and Mathemat
ics, C. F. Grill.
New members of the faculty
are Kathryn Armstrong, Mary
Albro, Mary Keenan, Eleanor
Owen, Emma Rosicky, and a prin
cipal to be elected.
Miss Armstrong, from Butte,
has had fifteen years experience
teaching in rural and town
schools in Nebraska and South
Dakota.
Miss Albro, from Maywood,
Nebr., has been teaching com
mercial at Elgin for the past four
years. This summer she has been
working in the United States
Treasury at Washington, D. C.
Miss Keenan, from Omaha, has i
specialized in the teaching of j
history and English. She has had
experience teaching in an Omaha
school last year.
Miss Owen, from Wayne, has
special training and an excellent
background for teaching English.
She taught at Bridgeport, Nebr.,
last year and is completing a j
Masters Degree in the field of j
English.
Miss Rosick from Omaha is a
well qualified and an experienced
home economics and English
teacher.
Lawrence Hanna, who had
been selceted to serve as princip
al, has been admitted to the U.
S. armed forces and has enlisted
in order to report for duty in a
short time..
The O’Neill Public Schools will
open on September 7th. All reg
istration for high school classes
(Continued on Page Five)
Three O’Neill Lads Sent
To Industrial School
Vertes Sheets, 11 years old,
Gordon Block, 12 years old, and
Francis E. Strong, 13 years old,
were committed to the Boys’ In
dustrial School for Juvenile De
linquents at Kearney, there to
remain until they have reach
ed the age of twenty-one years,
unless sooner discharged by due
process of law. The hearing was
held Monday in juvenile court
by Judge D. R. Mounts. Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Bergstrom took the
boys to Kearney Tuesday.
These boys were brought be
fore the court a couple of months
ago, informally, after being
caught in some petty pilfering,
given a good lecture by the court,
and they promised to mend their
ways. They went from bad to!
worse, so caught again and learn
ing they participated in numer
ous thieving jobs, they were sent
to the industrial school.
HOLT COUNTY CALF
SHOW AND SALE
IN O'NEILLSEPT 28
The fifth annual stocker-feeder
show and sale to be) sponsored by
the O’Neill Commercial Club will
be held at the O’Neill Livestock
Commission Company pavilion
on Monday, Sept. 28. The show
will continue to serve the pur
pose for which it was originally
organized by advertising Holt
county cattle, encouraging 4-H
club work and improving the
quality of feeder calves produced
in tne county.
The O’Neill Commercial Club
is providing premiums along the
same idea as has been used in re
cent years. This year’s show will
be divided into the 4-H and com
mercial class. Extensive adver
tising will be done in eastern
stock journals in order to secure
a nice group of buyers at the
sale. Present market trends in
dicate that the demand will be
good this fall for good quality
feeders.
The sale will be handled
through the regular sale channels
and will be the first of a series
in cooperation with Bassett. In
addition to the sale of calves en
tered in the show, a commercial
sale will be held as in the past.
The show will be in charge of
James Rooney and Lyndle Stout,
with judges to be obtained from
the Nebraska College of Agricul
ture. Ranchers are invited to
plan to show choice lots of five or
singles, and to have choice lots
of feeder calves on hand for the
commercial sale.
Effective midnight August 31,
passenger trains between O’Neill
and Sioux City on the Burlington
railroad will be discontinued.
Mixed train service lesvir.g
O’Neill on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays will handle pas
sengers, cream and express, ac
cording to information given this
office by the local agent.
H. J. Hammond went to Omaha
today to attend the Army Show.
REPUBLICANS HELD
THEIR CONVENTION
IN O'NEjLLTODAY
The republicans of Holt county
met in convention in the Odd
Fellows hall in thi£ city thii
morning at 11 o’clock. The meet
ing was called to order by D. H.
Cronin, chairman of the county
committee. Nominations were
called for the nomination of a
temporary chairman of the con
vention. On motion D. H. Cron
in was selected as chairman and
Ira H. Moss secretary.
The appointment of committees
were then taken up and J. B. Ful
lerton was named as chairman of
the committee on organization. L.
G. Gillespie was named chairman
of the committee on credentials
and J. D. Cronin was named as
chairman of the committee on
resolutions The convention then
recessed until 1:30.
The convention was called to
order at 2 o’clock. The commit
tee on permanent organization
recommended that the tempor
ary orgaization be made perman
ent.
Chairman Gillespie of the cre
dentials committee reported that
about half of the townships of
the county were represented
and read the names of the dele
gations from the various pre
cincts. Victor Howorth and Ro
maine Sanders were in attend
ance from Swan precinct and the
old reliable republican, Fred
Watson was in from Wyoming.
Chairman Cronin, of the reso
lutions committee, read the re
port of the committee, which was
adopted.
Resolutions
We, the duly elected delegates
of the republican party in Holt
county, Nebraska, in convention
assembled at O’Neill, Nebr., this
27th day of August, A. D., 1942,
with a full realization of the many
serious questions confronting the
state and nation hereby adopt
the following resolutions:
1. Dedicated in heart, mind
and work to God and Country,
we demand in this hour of world
tragedy and strife, that complete
victory be attained over all ene
mies of our Republic and her Al
lies and pledge every resource to
that end. We demand that noth
ing be permitted to divert our
attention from the supreme ob
jective of winning the war.
When America is victorious
and peace is achieved such world
adjustment must be made as will
forever protect and sustain our
American Republic, its represent
ative system of government and
traditional way of life. Con
sistently with these principles
we stand for a carefully consider
ed plan to attain a durable peace.
While this war is being waged
throughout the world to preserve
liberty we demand that the Amer
ican font! cf government be sus
tained and protected at home. We
adhere vigorously to the two
party system. Our Republic can
not be preserved by destroying
it under the guise of an emerg
ency. Constructive, patriotic
criticism of the administration at
(Continued on page eight)
A WEEK OF THEWAR
War Production Chairman Nel
son announced the War Product
ion Board is rerating every pro
ject in the war program to secure
the “maximum impact on the
enemy now.” Combat planes,
particularly bombers, are at the
top of this new list, Mr. Nelson
said.
Chairman Nelson reported the
U. S. is now producing munitions
three and a-half times the rate
in November 1941, the month be
fore Pearl Harbor. July pro
duction, he said, was 16 per cent
above June production, but 7 per
cent short of production forecasts
made at the beginning of July.
“The big job ahead of us now is to
bring our program into balance
and make sure that we use our
materials and facilities as wisely
| as possible,” he said. ‘‘This means
, that we must redouble our efforts
particularly on the low spots, if
we are to make our goals by the
year’s end.”
Air craft production increased
11 per cent in July over June out
put, Mr. Nelson said. Although
combat plane production rose to
6 per cent, it was not up to ex
pectations. He also reported:
overall ordnance production in
July increased 26 per cent over
June output, and was very close
to schedules; production of me
dium tanks was 35 per cent great
er than in the previous month and
considerably ahead of schedules;
light tanks up to 15 per cent also
were ahead of schedules; antiair
craft guns exceeded schedules by
‘‘a wide margin;” merchant ships
were up 6 per cent and “nearly
on schedule for the month; deliv
eries of major naval combat ves
sels were ahead of those in June
and “considerably ahead of fore
casts.”
The War Front
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters
in Australia reported Allied fight
er pilots using new battle tactics
shot down at least 13 Japanese
planes, and probably 15 or more,
out of an enemy fleet of 47 which
attacked Darwin. No Allied
planes were lost. The Navy re
ported the Marines’ hold on at
least three of the Solomon Islands
is now well established. When
700 Japanese counter-attacked on
one of the Islands 670 were killed
and the others were taken prison
ers, Pacific Fleet Commander
Nimetz reported. The Marine
losses were 28 killed and 72
wounded. Admiral Nimtz also
announced a force of Marines
made a successful landing on
Malko Island, killed 80 Japanese,
wrecked various installations and
then withdrew.
U. S. army headquarters Theat
er announce arrival in Britian of
the largest U. S. Convoy of the
war, with much men and material
for the American Air forces
which had already began bombing
by daylight of Nazi occupied
Europe. U. S. Flying fortressess
bombed the Nazi transportation
system at Amions and Abbeville.
In a battle over the North sea,
four flying fortresses shot down
three German fighters and dam
aged nine others, while all the U.
S. Planes returned safely. A U.
S.. Ranger Batallion joined with
Canadian and British forces in a
nine-hour-raid on Dieppe, France.
The Navy reported U. S. submar
ines operating in the Aleutians
and in the Far East sank a cruiser
or destroyer and damaged a des
troyer, sank two cargo ships and
a transport, and damaged another
cargo ship. The torpedoing of
seven more United Nations mer
chantmen by enemy sumbarines
was announced.
Foreign Relations
President Roosevelt and Secre
tary of State Hull sent messages
of solidarity to Brazil as that
country became the first South
American nation to declare war
on Germany; and Italy. The Pres
ident said Wendall Willkie will
tour Europe and the Near East
(Continued from Page Four)
Young People Have Big
Time At Burge Farm
The young people of the Pres
byterian church spent a very
pleasant time at the home of Mr*.
Arthur Burge last Sunday eve- j
ning, where they went for • hay
rack ride, first using a team hitch-!
ed to a hayrack, then the trac
tor; ponies were also available
for horseback riders. All of the
homemade ice cream, cookies and
wafers they could eat was served.
About twenty-five young people
were there and they reported a
fine time, thanks to the Burges.
The party was given in honor of
Mary Alice Goodfellow, who
leaves soon for North Platte to
make her home, and Miss Mar
garet Halva, who leaves Satur
day for Lincoln to take nurses’
training.
Red Cross Is Prepared
To Train Thousands
The American Red Cross is p"e
pared to train thousands of Am
ericans in the art of caring for
and preventing sickness i 1 the
home and the community. Tins
is an important part of our big
Victory program. Why don’t you
take the home nursing course be
ing sponsored by the local chap
ter of the Red Cross? Before tnis
war is over, you may need des
perately to know how to take
better care of your family in case
of disaster or disease. Enroll to
day!
Do you want to know what to
do in common ailments and emer
gencies in your home; how 1o
keep well and safeguard the
health of your family; how to
make an ill person more comfort
able; how to give a bed bath and
change the bed linen; how to take
part in the promotion of good
community health? Then join the
Red Cross home nursing class be
ing given by your local chapter.
Call Mrs. J. P. Brown for details.
Prices Strong At Monday
Sale; Receipts Increased
Buyers from several states in
cluding Iowa, Illinois and Indi
ana, as well as many from east
ern Nebraska created a very
broad demand for all classes of
cattle at the local auction last
Monday. The considerably in
creased receipts of livestock here
met with ready outlet at fully
steady to stronger prices. Gen
erally speaking, the quality of the
olTering was as good or better
ithan in recent weeks. Action
was lively and the market under
tone was firm.
Calf supplies were slightly in
creased and a good steers topped
at $14.10. Load lots of light
weight steer calves of medium to
good quality paid $13.50; bulk
cashed at $12.50 to $13.25. Good
quality heifer calves reached
$13.10 on 430 pounders. The
long end of better supplies ui this
class ranged from $12.00 to
around $13.00 with the bulk sell
ing in the upper brackets.
Lightweight yearlings reached
$12.95 on the best kind. Bulk
of supplies ranged from $11.75 to
$12.75. Heifers in this class top
ped at $12.55; bulk sold from
$11.50 to $12.35. Several loads of
yearlings were sold.
Two-year old steers with weight
were popular and the increased
supplies in this class were quickly
absorbed. One load averaging
1100 pounds paid $12.40. Another
load, scaling 950 pounds brought
$12.35. Many others placed at
$12.00 and above. Plainer grades
sold in the high elevens. Heifers
sold mostly from $10.50 to $11.50.
Cow receipts were heavy. Ex
tra good beef cows reached $11,
paid sparingly. Bulk of the sup
plies of good beef cows cashed
from $9.00 to $10.00 and above.
Medium grades sold in the eights;
canners and cutters from $6.50
to $7.50. Heiferettes made $10.50.
Bulls scaling 1350 pounds sold
at $10.25; others weighing around
100 pounds cashed at $9.80 to
$10.00.
Hog receipts were slightly in
creased over a week ago with
around 350 head on sale. Butch
ers weighing from 200 lbs. to 270
reached $14.25 with an extreme
top of $14.30. Bulk of supplies
sold from $14.00 to $14.15. Sows
topped at $13.70, with several
large bunches selling at that
price. Feeders went as high as
$16.70 on weights up to 85 lbs.
An unusually large supply of
pigs were sold.
Included in the day’s offering
were a band of lambs which paid
$11.60 per hundred. Next auction
will be on Monday, August 31.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gatz spent
Monday and Tuesday in Omaha.
NAVY AND ARMY
OFFERING MANY
OPPORTUNITIES
If you are of military age anf
are interested in the field of avfc
ation, either in the Army or Navy,
of if you have a friend or ref
ative who would be interested
or If you would like to be better
informed as to these branches of
the sciences, you should attend
the meeting at the O’Neill high
school auditorium at 8:30 o'clock
Thursday night, Sept. 3.
This meeting will be conducted
by Army and Navy officers. They
will show movies, and give a
thorough explanation of the re
quirements for enlistment in
these branches of the service.
They will remain overnight and
give mental and physical exam
inations at 8 o’clock a. m., the
following morning.
The purpose of this meeting is
two-fold: First—To acquaint any
and all citizens with their air
corps. Second—To save time and
many miles of travel for anyone
wishing to enlist, as you can get
the same information at this
meeting as you would by going
to Omaha to enlist.
The government wants men 18
to 37 years of age in these
branches of the service. If you
are thinking of enlisting in the
air force, you should by all means
attend this meeting here next
Thursday night.
New careers and opportunities
will be open to many Nebraska
young men after the war is won,
particularly those in the nation’s
air forces, states Lieut. William
E. Johnson of Kansas City, who
is now preparing to come to Ne
braska to participate in an avi
ation personnel procurement cam
paign sponsored jointly by the
Army, the Navy and Civilian Pi
lot Training officials.
Lieut. Johnson, a member of
the Kansas City Naval Aviation
Cadet Selection Board, will head
a group of approximately fifteen
Army, Navy, CPT and civilian
officers who will come to O’Neill
on next Thursday, Sept. 3, for a
meeting to procure young men
between the ages of 18 and 37 in
the nation’s air forces. Oppor
tunities for training, require
ments, etc., will all be explained
at the meeting to De held in the
O’Neill high school auditorium
at 8: 30 p. m.
Those interested in joining the
air forces need not wait a long
time to see if they qualify. Men
tal and physical examinations
will be given the following morn
ing in the auditorium.
Ira George of O’Neill has been
selected as associate selection of
ficer lor this meeting. Assisting
him will be E L Lindherg oi
O’Neill, Roy Bartlett of Stuart,
Kenneth Hunt of Ainsworth, and
Leonard Hales at Brunswick.
Many young men beiwtreti tin=
ages of 18 and 37 may qualify for
a place somewhere in the air for
ces. Those who are not in the 18
to 26 age group to qualify as com
bat pilots may be taken under
the CPT program to serve as in
structors, liaison pilots, or ferry
\ command officers.
^ City Council Going To
Remedy Bike Nuisance
-
For several years bicycles have
cluttered the sidewalks of the
city, especially in front of the
theatre evenings. Mayor Kersen
brock informed us Tuesday that
! the City Council have decided to
build a bicycle rack on the va
cant lots on the corner of Doug
las and Fifth streets, and the
younger generation will be ex
pected to park their bicycles
there, instead of on the sidewalk.
Marriage Licenses
Clayton Ulry of Page and Mrs.
i Irene Kissinger of O’Neill, on
Thursday, August 20.
County Court
Lyle Peterson of O’Neill was
: arrested by Patrolman John T.
Meistrell and charged with driv
ing after operator’s license ex
pired. He appeared in county
court on August 21, 1942, pled
guilty, and was fined $1 and costs
$3.10.
Mrs. Wm. Welch and daugh
. ters, Marie and Mrs. K. P, Hoff
| man and children spent until
Sunday visiting at the home of
1 Mr. and Mrs. James Welch at
Walnut. Mrs. E. J. Vejvoda re
I turned home with them and left
Monday for Bremerton, Wash., to
visit her husband, who is in the
U. S. Army.