O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1914
LXIV
NO. 37
Members of O’Neill PC A
Celebrate Anniversary
The members of the O’Neill Pro
duction Credit Association held
their tenth anniversary annual
meeting at the O’Neill high school
auditorium in O’Neill on Wednes
day, Januaiy 12.
The 150 members, their families
and guests who were present
heard Secretary-Treasurer James
W. Rooney report that the asso
ciation had made 2,474 loans to
taling $4,909,891 since the organi
zation of the association in 1934.
Members have accumulated $30,
270 in the association’s capital
stock, 25% of its paid-in capital.
All voting stock is owned by the
members. Reserves of $57,350
have been built up since the a -
sociation’s organization.
Six of the original incorporators
of the association were present at
the meeting. They were: J. B.
Ableidinger of Spencer, A. U. Dix
of Butte, Richard F. Lehmann of
Ericson, J. A. Beck of Atkinson,
Harry Ressel of Chambers anu D
C. Shaffer of O’Neill.
Fourteen of the twenty-throe
ten-year members were present:
They were: E. J. Revell of Star,
J E. VanCleve of Stuart, M B. j
Higgins, O. A. Hammerberg, J.
B. Fullerton and Stanley Fuller
ton of Atkinson, John Dankert of
Chambers, S. E. Dexter of Amelia,
Ralph Ernst and Arthur Papstein
of Spencer, A. U. Dix of Butte,
Ray Siders, Wm. Babutzke and
D. C. Schaffer of O’Neill.
A birthday cake was cut for the
incorporators and the ten-year
members present. Entertainment
was furnished by the O’Neill High
School Band and a saxaphone
quartet and a trumpet trio was
rendered. The Home Ec. Club
served an anniversary dinner.
D. C. Schaffer, president of the
association’s board of directors,
told of the progress that has been
made. He spoke of the general
lowering of interest rates in the
territory served by the associa
tion. Commenting on the strong
financial position of the organiza
tion, he said that the association
would be able to serve agriculture
in the trying period of readjust
ment that will face us after the
war.
Harry Henatsch, neldman of the
Production Credit Corporation of
\ Omaha, spoke on the subject of
Dependable Credit. O. N. Young,
of the Federal Intermediate Cred
it Eank, discussed interest rates
and money conditions.
Captain Don Stout, of Camp
Iron Mountain, Calif., told the
group about army rations, cloth
ing, and army life. His talk was
enjoyed by everyone present.
Ott Oberg of Ericson was re
elected to the board of directors.
Other officers of the association
are: C. F. Clark of Burwell, Otto
Krupicka of Spencer, Ray Siders
and D. C. Schaffer of O’Neill.
Orders For Trees Are
Being Taken Now
A total of 4,200 Clarke-McNary
seedlings have been ordered by
Holt county farmers and ranchers
through the county agent’s office
in O’Neill. Orders for seedlings
will be taken for some time yet
but people wanting trees should
place their orders as soon as pos
sible since supplies of certain var
ieties may be exhausted before
planting time. More than 63,000
have already been ordered in
Nebraska for spring planting.
The Clarke-McNary list in
cludes 17 varieties of broadleaf
and evergreens. In the past these
seedlings have been very popular
in this county and the survival
has been excellent. These seed
lings range from one to two feet
in height.
Hospital Notes
Terry Gallagher, of Inman, was
admitted on Thursday.
J. B. Ryan was admitted on
) Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong, of
Page, a son, born Monday.
Patrick Shea was dismissed on
Sunday. ___
The Weather
High Low
January 14-33 10
January 15 _49 22
January 16 _48 18
January 17_-48 20
January 18 _52 22
January 19_55 28
January 27_28 28
Mrs. John Melvin received a
letter from Mrs. Walt Stein of
California, formerly a resident of
O’Neill, saying that her son Ro
maine, who is a sergeant in the
United States Marine Corps, had
met Lieut. John Robert Gallagher
of the Marine Corps somewhere
overseas on December 24. They
spent the afternoon talking about
the good old days when they lived
in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Streeter
entertained at a dinner party Sun
day honoring Yoeman 2-c and
Mis. Clyde McKenzie, who left
Sunday night for Pensacola, Flor
ida. after spending the past two
weeks visiting their parents and
other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Fanny Gallagher returned
from Sioux City last Wednesday
after spending the past few weeks
visiting her daughter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ryan.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wilson
spent Sunday in Page visiting his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilson.
Lions Club Held Fine
Meeting Last Week
The O'Neill Lions Club held
their regular meeting at the Gol
den hotel Wednesday night of last
week with twenty members pres
ent. They voted to buy one of the
trophies for the basketball tourna
ment to be held here soon. They
will also sponsor a double-header
basketball game before December
1 for the benefit of the Infantile
Paralysis Fund. The Ainsworth
Air Base team will play the
O’Neill Alumni and also the Lions
Club will play the Commercial
Club iei two exciting games. The
dates will be announced later.
The club is planning many ac
tivities this year. ‘
The next meeting will be on
Wednesday night, January 26, at
7:30, and the ladies are invited.
An informal dinner-dance will be
a special feature of the meeting.
Lion Club members are permit
ted to invite some of their special
friends to this meeting. The hon
or students of St. Mary’s Acad
emy and O’Neill High School will
be special guests at the next meet
ing. The club meets on the sec
ond and fourth Wednesday of
each month.
Poultry Culling School
Was Well Attended
Eighty interested persons in
cluding the Vocational Agricul
tural Class from the O’Neill High
school attended the poultry cull
ing school in O’Neill last Monday.
The meeting conducted by |
County Agent Lyndle Stout, co
operating with Ralph Leidv of the
O’Neill Hatchery, was held to
encourage a January culling cam
paign to conserve feed and fit in
the national goals for 1944.
Mr. Leidy pointed out the fact
that it was better from a feed and
profit standpoint to have 100 hens
which would produce S1.00 labor
income each in a year than a
flock of 1,000 which would yield
only 10c in labor income. Those
present were encouraged to cull
their flocks to allow 3 to 4 square
feet of floor space for each bird
and to carry out a feeding pro
gram to get the maximum pro
duction from the existing facili- j
ties.
in inis manner me wai ruuu
administration hopes to obtain 200
million pounds of dressed poultry
from the sale of 50 million hens
before February 1st of this year
and still increase egg production
by 2% on no more feed) than was
used last year.
To rheet the serious shortage |
of protein in poulti'y rations it i
was brought out that five gallons
of skim milk daily with home
grown grains will furnish an ad- j
equate laying ration for 100 laying
hens.
An interesting demonstration |
and discussion was held on the j
points to consider in culling hens..
A discussion on sanitation and dis
ease prevention was held along
with the exhibit of practical poul
try equipment.
Two new publications are now
available at the county agent’s |
office in O’Neill. They are the j
“Poultry Manuel’’ Extension Cir- j
cular 1400 and “Practical Poultry
Eauipment” Extension Circular
1441. These will be furnished
free upon request.
An Historic Statement
"Squandering the people's
money, even in wartime, is no
proof of patriotism!"
A member of President Roose
velt’s Cabinet must be credited
with this ringing declaration. It
merits being characterized as the
outstanding statement-of-the-year
for 1943. It should be set in black
face type standing on the editor
ial page of every newspaper in
the U. S. A. “for the duration.”
America’s patriotic millions of
taxpayers may recall that this
striking sentence appeared in a
letter from Secretary of Com
merce Jesse Jones to Chairman
Carter Glass of the Senate Ap
propriations Committee, accom
panying Mr. Jones’ detailed
answer to Vice-President Wal
lace’s charge of Reconstruction
Finance delays in handling strate
gic imports under directives from
the Board of Economic Warfare.
In his letter Mr. Jones referred
to Mr. Wallace’s attack charging
obstructionist tactics as “a tirade
filled with malice, inuendo, half
truths and no truths at all.” He
further charged that “BEW has
frantically sent at great expense
many ‘missions’ composed of in
experienced men to all parts of
the world” and insisted that “RFC
believes that a maximum of pro
duction can be obtained in a
minimum of time and at a min
imum of expense without resort
ing to methods bordering on the
hysterical.’
“As for the charge which Mr.
Wallace appears to regard as a
major issue, that I have attempt
ed to safeguard the taxpayers’
money, I must plead guilty,” Sec
retary Jones confessed. Then fol
lows the historic sentence quoted
above, with this sensible sugges
tion from a Texas democrat who
is apparently not a New Dealer at
heart: .
“Our efforts in the foreign field
should be concentrated on war
procurement needs and not on
postwar ideologies.”
L. C. Jonas made a business
trip to Norfolk Monday.
Former O’Neill Boy Is
Commissioned A Lieut.
Lt. Walter R. Griffith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Griffith,
formerly of the Meek neighbor
hood but now living at Kearney,
graduated at the Pampa, Texas,
Air Field on January 7. and re
ceived his wings as a pilot. After
his graduation he got a ten day
leave and visited his parents at
Kearney and relatives at North
Platte, after which he will report
for duty at Dodge City, Kansas,
where he will be stationed.
Walter has many relatives and
friends in O’Neill and Holt county
who extend congratulations and
wish him success in his new work.
Bond Drive For $100,000
To Start Next Tuesday
F. N. Cronin has been named
chairman for the city of O’Neill
in the Fourth War Loan drive,
which will start in this city next
Tuesday morning. Officially the
drive opened last Tuesday, but in
O’Neill it was decided to open the
drive on Tuesday, January 25.
, Chairman Cronin named the
following O’Neill citizens on the
solicitation committee for the
three wards of O’Neill: James W.
Rooney, Rev. Kenneth J. Scott,
W. T. Spelts, P. B. Harty, Melvin
Ruzicka, R. G. Shelhamer, Gus
DeBacker and James Corkle. The
quota for O’Neill in the present
drive is $99,469 and the committee
expects to put the city over the
top before the end of the week, if
at all possible. So when the mem
bers of the committee call on you
be ready to purchase all that you
can of the bonds and help to keep
O’Neill at the top of the list in
bond purchasing in the county.
Charles E. Hubby Dies
At Bellingham, Wash.
Holt county relatives received
word last Friday of the death that
morning at his home in Belling
ham, Wash., of Charles E. Hubby,
formerly a resident of this county,
living in the Meek neighborhood,
who moved to Washington thirty
nine years ago, where he had since
made his home. He is survived
by his wife, formerly Katie Hoy
er, also of this county, three sis
ters and one brother. The rela
tives are: Frank Hubby; Maude
Hoyer of Bellingham. Wash.: Mrs.
N. P. Bradstreet of Butte, Nebr.,
and Mrs. Steve Hicks of O’Neill.
Tri-State Peace Officers
Will Meet Here Sunday
There will be a Tri-State Peace
Officers Meeting Sunday, Janu
ary 23, 1944, at the Court House
in O’Neill. Nebraska, at 10 o’clock
A. M. Bring whatever Peace
Officers you wish.
Please notify the undersigned
as to how many are coming so ar
rangements can be made for
meals.
PETER W. DUFFY,
Sheriff Holt County.
Gunner’s Mate 3-c Sammy Re
gan left for Washington, D. C.,
after spending his leave visiting
his mother, Mrs. Patrick Ragen
and other relatives and friends
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Kirk, of Ft.
Randall, S. D., and daughter, Pat,
came over from Spencer to visit
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Green.
Miss Irma Brown entertained
the Sewing Club at her home on
Wednesday. Sixteen members
were present. A delicious lunch
was served and a good time was
had by all.
Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell, who had
spent the past several months in
Chicago, and son Hugh came up
from Omaha to spend the week
end here visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Cavan
augh received word from their
son, Pvt. Maurice Cavanaugh, that
he had arrived safely in New
Guinea.
The Brown-McDonald em
ployees had a dinner party Wed
nesday evening, honoring Miss
Vera Aim who goes to New York
City Monday to report for active
duty ini the Waves.
; 7o the People
ci tv,'- Ccmmurv’ty
THINK IT OVER
How about (loins a little cold
turkey thinking after von lay
n • this newspaper tonight?
You’ve got a good job. The
chances are there is someone
your neighbors, are praying it
ends soon and those fighting boys
of yours will come home safely.
But will you be ready for
whatever happens when peace
comes? Will you have some
thing laid away? We’re all hop
ing there’ll be jobs aplenty, jobs
which mean making something
for somebody’s happiness and
not for somebody's sorrow.
That’s where your War Bonds
come into the nicture. Sure,
Americans own billions of dol
lars of War Bonds now; and be
fore this 4th War Loan ends
they will have put away billions
more. But how about you?
You're the one that counts. The
bigger the pile of War Bonds
you have when peace comes, the
bigger chance you’ll have to slip
right into the post-war world
you’re dreaming about tonight.
So “Let’s All Back the Attack.”
may be away
at war.
W III U 3 l t II U
sometime. Your whole family,
This war
must end
THE EDITOR.
Miss Margaret Stanton
Died Last Sunday Noon
Miss Margaret Stanton, daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Stanton, pioneer residents
of Holt county, died at the home
of her sister, Mrs. J. P. Ryan at
Bonesteel, S. D., last Sunday af
ternoon at 12:05 o’clock. Biglin’s
ambulance went over after the
body and it was brought to this
city that afternoon and the fu
neral was held from the Catholic
church in O’Neill Tuesday morn
ing, Monsignor McNamara offi
ciating, and burial in Calvary
cemetery.
Miss Stanton was born on the
old home place north of O’Neill
on March 22, 1885, and was 58
years, nine months and 22 days
old at the time oi'< her death. She
lived on the farm and in this city
until after the death of her par
ents, when she went to Bonesteel,
S. D., and for the past 19% years
she had made her home with her
sister, Mrs. Ryan and family. Muss
Stanton had been an invalid all
her life. She is survived by three
sisters and three brothers. They
are: Patrick Stanton of Butte,
Mont.; Martin Stanton of Holly
wood, Calif.; Anthony Stanton of
O’Neill, Mrs. Tom Donlin of
O’Neill. Mrs. J. P. Ryan of Bone
steel, S. D.; Mrs. R. J. Rohde of
Spencer.
Give Farewell Party For
Member Of Church
Last Monday evening a farewell
social for John Myers was held
in the Presbyterian church base
ment. Mr. Myers has been a faith
ful servant in the church for a
number of years, having served
in the capacity of an elder, trus
tee and custodian. Mr. Myers left
to go to Hastings, where he is to
work in a defense plant.
The evening was spent playing
games, singing and partaking of
some refreshments. A little gift
was given to Mr. Myers as a
token of the churches’ appreci
ation of his faithful service.
Mrs. Bartjey Brennan and con
returned Monday from Sioux City
where she had taken her son for
medical treatment.
Cpl. Merle Hicks. Cadet Ed
McManus and Bob Yantzi went
to Sioux City Sunday to visit
Ross Harris, who is in a hospital.
Helen Hagensick left for Den
ver, Col., Monday, after spending
the last three weeks visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hag
ensick.
Mrs. Ed Donaldson and Mrs.
Rollis Newton, of Casper, Wyo.,
came Sunday to visit Mrs. R. R.
Morrison, who has been ill.
BONDS OVER AMERICA * * *
Near Biloxi, on the
Gulf of Mexico, stands
the last residence of
Jefferson Davis and the
house where the con
federate president com
pleted his memoirs.
Beauvoir now is a
home for Confederate
KM »l
Confederate Home
Keep On
Backing Che Attack
With War Bends
Defeated men may live
in peace and honor un
der the Stars and Stripes,
but under the crooked
! cross of Naziism there
is only ignominy, perse
cution, death for those
who will not bend the
knee.
Jerrold Dusatko’s Father
Passes On At 85 Years
Jerrold Dusatko returned last
Saturday from Brainerd, Nebr.,
where he had been in attendance
at the funeral of his father, John
Dusatko, who passed away at his
home in Brainerd the forepart
of the week.
Mr. Dusatko was 85 years of
age and had been a resident of
Butler county for 68 years, being,
at the time of his death one of tlie
oldest settlers in the county. lie
leaves to mourn his passing four
sons and three daughters, all of
whom were present at the fu
neral exercises.
Good Sale At Local Sale
Barn Last Monday
The O’Neill Livestock Commis
j sinn Company reports another
good sale last Monday and fully
up to their expectations, and pri
1 ees were fully steady with the
exception of cows, with quite a
lot of them showing up at the
sale, with prices showing a down
ward trend and from $9.00 to
$10.00 per 100 lbs. Cutter cows
Isold from $7.00 to $8.00 per 100
j lbs. A few heiferettes showed up
land the prices were fully steady
on those kinds, which sold from
$10 50 to $11.50.
Not enough steers showed up
to test the market, but good qual
ity calves were in demand and a
lot more could have been sold if
they had been on hand, and pri
ces ranged from $11.95 to $12.70.
Very few heifer calves came in,
and there were buyers for them,
and they were ready to pay from
$10.50 to $11.25, but the calves
were not on hand.
In the hog alley there were
plenty of hogs and the buyers
seemed to be willing to take them
from $12.45 to $12 55, on weight
from 210. to 300 lbs. Very few
pigs showed up and the heavier
class of pigs weighing from 100
to 140 lbs. went at $11.00 to $11.50.
Very few light pigs showed up
and sold at from $8.50 to $9.50
per 100 lbs.
Next sale will be held Monday,
January 24. with a nice run of
j cattle and hogs expected.
Shortage Of Oats
And Barley Seed
R. C Kinch, state seed analyst
of the Department of Agriculture
and Inspection, said today that
with winter wheat in such a poor
condition, the demand for oats
and barley for seeding purposes
is expected to far exceed the
available supply. He urged that
all farmers expecting to purchase
seed oats and barley this spring
do so at once, and all farmers and
elevator operators with supplies
of these two crops, to have tests
made to determine whether the
grain is suitable for seed.
Mr. Kinch indicated that word
! had been received from the Office
of Price Administration to the ef
| feet that oats and barley which
i had been cleaned, tested, labeled,
and sold for seeding purposes was
1 exempt from the maximum price
ceiling regulations that apply to
these grains.
The improved varieties of oats,
such as Tama, Boone, Cedar, Vic
land, Marion, Trojan and Otoe
should be obtained if at all pos
sible. Spartan is the leading va
riety of barley, and supplies of it
may be found throughout the en
tire state. Germination tests on
barley during the past two months
have shown that about 25% of the
Spartan and other two-rowed va
rieties have germinated less than
85% and have been damaged to
the extent that they could not
be considered suitable for seed
ing purposes.
St. Mary’s Basketball
Schedule For 1944
Jan. 21—O’Neill here
Jan. 24—Inman — here
Jan. 28—Lynch here
Feb. 2, 3, 4—Holt County Tour
ment.
Feb. 7—Stuart here
Feb. 11—Chambers — there
Feb. 16—Newport - here
Feb. 18—O’Neill __
Feb- 21—Page here
Feb. 23-25— Dist. Tournament.
Feb. 27 —Spalding, here, Sun
day p. m.
Paul E. Wyant, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Wvant of this city, who
has been critieallv ill with spinal
meningitis at the Station Hospital
at Camp Joseph T. Robinson. Ar
kansas, is somewhat improved, ac
cording to word received by his
parents the forepart of the week.
Mrs. Robert Miles left Tuesday
for Los Angeles, Calif., to visit
relatives and friends. From there
she will go to Camp Abbott, Ore.,
to visit her husband, Cpl. Robert
Miles, who is stationed there.
Yeoman 2-c Clyde McKenzie.
Jr., and Mrs. McKenzie have re
turned to Pensacola, Fla., where
he is stationed, after spending the
past two weeks here visiting rel
, atives and friends.
Miss Grace Campbell, of Chi
cago arrived Saturday for a visit
at the home of her brother and
family Mr. and Mrs. Edward
I Campbell and with old friends
here. . ,
Cpl Merle Hicks returned to
Salt Lake City, after spending his
furlough here visiting his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hicks and
other relative and friends.
O’Neill Boy Graduates
From Gunnery School
Cpl. Merrill C. Hicks, son of
C. S. Hicks of O’Neill, was
graduated last week from the
Army Air Forces Flexible Gun
nery School at Laredo Army Air
Field, Laredo, Texas, a member of
the AAF Training Command. He
is now qualified to take his place
as a member of the bomber com
bat crew.
Along wtih his diploma, he re
' ceived a pair of Aerial Gunner’s
silver wings and a promotion in
grade at brief graduation exer
cises held there.
He was prepared for his place
in America’s stepped-up air of
fensive by a comprehensive six
weeks course in every phase of
aerial gunnery warfare. Besides
learning to fire every type weap
on from camera guns to the dead
ly caliber .50 Brownings, he stud
ied turret manipulation, aircraft
identification, stripping and reas
sembling of machine guns while
blindfolded. He climaxed the
course by air firing on towed
targets.
Township Officers Select
Members Library Board
Grattan township electors met
at the Library for the annual
township meeting last Tuesday,
the meeting being fairly well at
tended. Levies for the coming year
were made the same as those of
last year.
At the close of the meeting the
township officers had a meeting
and selected three new members
of the library board. The new
members selected were: Ira
George, Miss Elja McCullough
and Mrs. P. B. Harty. The three
new members of the board suc
ceeded Mrs. F. J. Dishner, Miss
Anna Donohoe and James Kelly,
who have been members of the
board for several years, but on
account of the press of their per
sonal affairs have been obliged to
retire. The members of the town
ship board are very grateful to
retiring members of the board for
the manner in which they have
attended to their duties on the
board during their incumbency.
Civilian Food Supply Is
Equal To 1935-39 Period
The civilian food supply for the
twelve months beginning October
1, 1943, will be about equal to the
amount consumed in the average
year of the pre-war period, 1935
to 1939—and there will be fewer
civilians to eat it. The civilian
population has declined as our
armed forces have expanded.
The shares allocated to U. S.
civilians vary for different com
modities depending upon the ade
quacy of the supplies and the vol
ume of military and other needs.
Altogether, civilians are getting
about 75 per cent of the total food
supply. Considering the period
1935-i939 as 100, per capita civil
ian food consumption this year is
estimated at at 103 compared with
record breaking “feasting” at an
index level of 108 in 1942 and 111
in 1941.
1 ne iact mai American lanucis
are providing immense quantities
of food for war needs and still
furnishing civilians about as much
as before the war is due, of course,
to the tremendous increase in
farm production since the war,
started. Total food production this
year is exceeding the 1935-1939
average by 32 per cent.
In brief, U. S. civilians will
have about as much to eat next
year as before the war and our
soldiers, sailors and marines will
continue to be the best fed armed
forces in history.
Below is a table showing the
estimated civilian per capita con
sumption of selected food from
October 1, 1943, to September 30,
1944, as compared to the average
consumption for other years:
Per Capita Per Capita
Consumption Allocation
1935-39 1942 10-l-’43
Average 9-30-’44
Total meats 126.4 134.5 132.4
Butter 16.8 15.7 12.7
Other fats, oils 32.1 39.9 31.8
Fresh milk 273.8 302.8 340.8
Eggs 37.5 40.1 40.7
Can. vegtbls. 32.1 43 0 40.5
(fiscal yr.) |
The Catholic Daughters of
America held a social meeting at
the Golden Hotel Tuesday even
ing, with lunch in the blue room.
Mrs. Melvin won high score and
Mrs. R. E. Armbruster won low.
Mrs. Augusta McPharlin was
chairman and her cohostesses I
were Mrs. McDonough. Mrs. Don
lin, Mrs. Hoffman, lyirs. Rohde and
Mrs. Vince Suchy. I
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Holcomb of
Chambers were in the city trans
acting business the fore part of
the week and called at this office
to add their name to our big list
of Frontier readers over in the
Chambers community.
Mrs. Homer Mullen entertained
the Martez Club at a 7 o’clock
dinner at the M and M cafe Tues
day night. Contract was played
and Mrs. W. J. Froelich and Mrs.
Ed Campbell won high scores.
Edward Donlin of Fort Ran
dall, S. D., came to O’Neill on
business Monday and while here
visited his sister, Mrs. Tom Green.
Cadet Edward McManus left
Wednesday for Shepperd Field,
Texas, after spening a thirty day
furlough visiting the home folks.
Women’s Division NWF
Active In Campaign
The Women’s Division of the
Nebraska War Finance Commit
tee has accepted the task of rais
ing $14,500,000 in the Fourth War
Loan starting Tuesday, according
to Mrs. Rabert H. Thorpe of Oma
ha, state women’s chairman.
In accepting this quota, thous
ands of Nebraska women working
; under the direction of 93 county
war finance committees will en
deavor to raise enough money
' chiefly through the sale of series
! “E,” “F" and “G” Bonds to com
i pletely outfit the 94,000 Nebraska
men who have entered the vari
j ous armed services.
“It costs approximately $150 to
completely clothe one soldier,”
said Mrs. Thorpe. “We have brok
en down this quota by counties
according to the number of men
from a county who have entered
the services.
“This quota is not an additional
quota but is a part of the regular
county quota set by the State War
Finance Committee for the fourth
war loan.
we xeei uiai uie moiners,
wives, sisters, daughters and
sweethearts of the men in service
will want to take part in helping
the women’s division of the War
Finance Committee by actively
working as sales solicitors in
this campaign and by purchasing
bunds themselves to the limit of
their ability.
“This war cannot be won ex
cept by spending a vast sum of
money for clothing and other ne
cessities for our fighting men. I
am pleading with every woman
of Nebraska to sacrifice in time
and effort and money so that
these boys of ours will be prop
erly ajothed and fed and equipped
to win the victory we all de
sire,” said Mrs. Thorpe.
Reports on the women’s phase
of the fourth war loan will be
made by county women chairmen
directly to the state office in Om
aha and will then be forwarded
to the national headquarters in
Washington.
“Co-operation and hard work
will put Nebraska over the top,”
said Mrs. Thorpe. “Nebraska
women have never failed in their
patriotic duty and I am sure that
the women of Nebraska will lend
the fullest measure of their co-op
eration in the Fourth War Loan.”
St. Mary’s Cardinals
Win One Lose One
The St. Mary’s Cardinals bas
ketball team traveled to Inman
last Frnday where they suffered
thir fourth straight setback by
the score of 32-21. It was a very
good game and not nearly as one
sided as the s£ore indicates. The
Cardinals seemed to have a hard
time getting used to the small floor
and of course the boys from In
man are always hot on their home
floor. Wilson and Campbell led
the loosers with five each, while
Appleby was the leading scorer
of the evening collecting thirteen
points.
A ne \_uruiiiai9 wrm tw
ing Sunday where they played
the Shamrocks from Spalding
Academy. This was a very good
game, and, although at first the
Cardinals were off due to the
small floor, but by the third quar
ter they had the situation well
in hand and won there fifth game
of the season with a score of 32-26.
Grady was the individual star of
the afternoon, playing a great
floor game and also collecting
nineteen points, while Jack Wray
led Spalding with sixteen points
to his credit.
The Cardinals next game is
Friday night in the O’Neill audi
torium where they have a game
with the Eagles of the O’Neill
High school. This should be a
very rood game between the two
O'Neill schools and let us all at
tend and cheer the boys on the
road to victory and let the best
team win. „ ,
Monday night the Cardinals
have another home game with
Inman High. The Cardinals are
really out to win these games so
let us be there.
OPA REMINDERS
Gasoline: Coupons No. 9 in new
A book is valid for three gallons •
each through January 21. B2 and
C2 sunplemental ration coupons
good for five gallons each. Out
standing B and C coupons bear
ing words “mileage ration and
B1 and Cl coupons remain good
for two gallons each. “TT” cou
pons and one-gallon bulk coupons
are invalid for delivery after Jan
uary 1. New strip T coupons be
came valid January 1 and has a
gallonage value of five gallons.
All coupons must be endorsed im
mediately upon receipt.
Tire Inspections: For C book
holders, must be completed by
February 28, 1944 For B book
holders, also by February 28. For
A book holders. March 31.
War Ration Book 4: Late regis
trants for War Ration Book 4
must present War Ration Book 3
at the time of registration.
Hugh Birmingham. L. D. Put
nam and Dewey Schaffer left
Sundav for Denver, Col., to at
tend the annual stock show held
there.
Mrs. John Pruss left Wednes
day for Boulder, Col., where she
will visit Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Hoehne for a few weeks.