. # I >jeb. State Historical Society ^i5; *«» • • ***»•«*-* ***” . .^_ - ■ . • . i \ =—■———— -—-— — - ■ = ~ ■ — -—— LXVI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945 NO. 5 _.___._._______ John Hynes Killed Ei{jht Others Injured In Truck Bus Crash John Hynes, about 55, a farmer living about twenty-two mil^s northwest of this city, was killed and five other persons were in jured, two seriously, when a truck driven* by Milton I. Graham of Bellevue, Kansas, and owned by B. H. Cue, of Columbus, Nebr., hit the Sioux City-O’Neillbus just l a short ways west of Inman Wed I nesday night about 9:40. The truck and bus, traveling in opposite directions collided and a and a trailer pulled by the truck struck the front corner of the bus, near the drivers seat and tore out a large part of the front end of the bus on the left front. Neither vehicle was upset in the (accident. John Hynes was riding in the seat beside the driver and his death was due to broken bones and internal injuries. Mr. Hynes leaves to mourn his passing his wife and three children. Milton I. Graham, the driver of the truck, received minor injuries. Also seriously injured was Wayne Morris driver of the bus who was rushed to a Sioux City hospital and his condition was reported as very serious, as he suffered a broken leg and prob ably internal injuries. Mrs. Kirk land, of Atkinson, about 70, was also seriously injured and her poor this morning. She is said to be in the Stuart hospitol. Eighteen passengers were on the bus, and they were all fortu nate in escaping more serious in juries. Those receiving slight injuries were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biglin of this city, who suffered cuts and bruises; a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Newman, also of this city; Mrs. R. H. Shriner; Mrs. Coburn, of Phoenix and Mrs. Ben Wayman. A coronors jury was sworn in by the coroner, Julius D. Cronin and they met at 1:30 this after noon and were in session until 6 o’clock. The jury is composed of the following: J. A. Mann, H. E. Coyne, C. J. Gatz, C. E. Lund gren, H. W. Tomlinson and F. J. Dishner. Twelve witnesses were heard this, afternoon but the jury did not complete their examin ation of witnesses and they ad journed until next Tuesday, when they will reconvene to hear fur ther witnesses in the case. The driver of the truck is in the county jail, where he was placed Wednesday night at the request of the county attorney. The county attorney says that if necessary he will place some charge ogainst him in order to hold him ntil the jury completes their study* of the case, condition was also reported as SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT ■””T5yTu! malneSaunders Rt. 5, Atkinson Duane Bly has his good index finger of the right hand carefully bandaged. A slammed door took the nail and a piece of the finger. Weeping and wailing for meat and sugar. What we really f need is a bowl of cream and chunk of corn bread 3 inches thick. From the war Manpower com mission officials comes the dis quieting report of a present total unemployment roll of 950,000 and that by early August it “will have climbed to approximately 2,000, 000.’’ _ Knee-sprung, 48 at the belt, sagging ot the shoulders, listless and unshaven—gents are hardly attractive subjects for the nude in art. Maybe that’s why the female figure has a monoply with the artists. Grass growing under the stim ulous of a 24-hour rain and no crops to worry about, Howard Berry and Ray Bly abandon the prairie a day last week to go to O’Neill for the transaction of business at the court house. Involved in plural marriage and with 287 children to their credit, 15 gents out at Salt Lake City have been jailed. Down at Omaha divorce petitions exceed ed marriage license applications by four for a 30-day period. Shakespear has a Roman Ora tor say:: “The evil that men do lives after them.” Much has been said, praisworthy and condemna tion, oif the late president. But it remained for a Northwestern University professor to forecast what a future historian may say of F. D. R. Let the historian say it—not me. >' Every sensible citizen desires to co-operate to the fullest ex tent with the government agen cies and those agencies for the most part are functioning con sciously for the welfare of all. There are instances, however, that indicate some functioning is merely determined to show that he’s the boss. A dictator if abil ity equaled pomposity. Clodhoppers of the grain pro ducing region may wonder what a gentleman from the mesquite bwshes oif New Mexico knows about agriculture. He comes in with a smile of confidence as Mr. Wickard goes out with a smile a»d a knowing wink. Mr. Clark tSke* it seriously while his chief has a cold expression of gloom. ■Hie new chief of the Department mf Labor might well drop eight letters of his elongated name and make it Swell. Madam Perkins feces us with a look off defiance aad no gentleman would do oth erwise than tip his hat and walk •a Assuming the duties of office w the National Defense Leagite at Rio, Brazi^ Commander Amar VM Pexibto is quoted to have said, pro ape all agreed that people 'jfeauld have the liberty to choose [ their leaders; that all men should stand in perfect equality before the law; that all should enjoy, liberty of thought and religious beliefs; that all citizens are en titled to assistance to live with dignity, fret from misery and nted.” Is it unkind to remove the “we,” put in an a ? and have it read “are all agreed”? as applied to us this side of tht Ponama Canal. ■— C—' A medical source is responsible for the statement that in 1941 a few hundred under ten thousand American wives became mothers by artificial means. To improve the breeds, this method was in troduced many years ago in the live stock industry. Is it now to be the salvation or the further sinking of our section of the race? The ancients had a simpler way of attaining to the importance and dignity of a large household. The woman who has not had the transcending privilege of feal Boy Graduates Northwestern University Evanston, 111. June 11, 1945— More than 1450 degrees and dip-, lomas, on increase of 58% over last year, will be awarded at the 87th annual commencement ex-' ercises of Northwestern Univer-! sity on Wednesday, June 13. Methodist Bishop Edwin F. Lee, of Malaysia and the Philip pines will be the speaker. Presi-: dent Franklyn B. Snyder will de-: liver the charge to the graduates and will preside at the exercises. The baccalaureate service will j be held on Tuesday evening, June j 12, with the Rev. Duncan H Browne, rector of St. James Church, of Chicago, as the, speaker. Degrees will be presented to a number of studipts in the Nkvy V-12 and ROTC units on the! campus, and many graduates who are now in the armed forces will be awarded degrees in abssentia. Among the graduates from this state who will receive degrees is Keith E. Vincent, of O'Neill Bachelor of Science, University Senate. Waster Sgt. William Miller Given Bronze Star Medal With the Fifth Army, Italy— Master Sergeant William A. Miller, O’Neill, Nebr., recently was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious services in support ojf combat operations in North Africa and Italy. As chief clerk, Chemical Sec tion, Headquarters Fifth Army, Miller demonstrattd a high de gree of ability in handling the difficult details of administration in that section, stated the award citation. He organized and maintained technical and administrative files necessary to that office which, re sulted in the establishment of ex ceptionally efficeient administra tion. His mother, Mrs. Cothenne Miller, lives in O’Neill. Navy Doctors, Nurses Corpsmen Save Lives U. S. Naval Hospital, Base 8, Cohu, T. H.—Heroic hospital corpsmen have combined with Navy doctors and nurses to save thousands of lives in the Pacific war. One of the trained corpsmen is Jack D. Einkopf, pharmacist’s mate third class, USNR, who has been at this naval hospital for fifteen months. Prior to his trans fer here he was stationed at the naval hospital, Farragut, Idaho. Einkopf attended the Univer sity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Ne braska, and before entering the service in August, 1943, he was employed by Einkopf Drug Store, Chambers, Nebr. His father, W. T Einkopf, makes his home at Chambers, Nebr. Einkopf, like other hospital corpsmen here, has been trained at a Navy hospital corps school, and in addition keeps stride with prepress in his work by attending weekly lectures given by staff medical officers. r or overseas L>uty O’Neill Boy Ready Clarence Edwin France, Jr., 20, aviation ordnanceman second class, USNR, of O’Neill, Nebr., has just completed the course of instruction at the PBM-line main tenance school at the U. S. Naval Air Station Astoria, Oregon. France, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. France, live at O’Neill, will report to the Naval Air Station, Alameda, Cal., where he will become part of a combat air croft service unit ready for duty in a forward area. The school is under the Chief of Naval Air Technical training command whose headquarters are in Chi cago, Hi. it is operated to train men for service and main tenance of the PBM-type of Naval patrol bomber which is doing a vital job all over the Pacific Ocean area. France, who has been in the Navy two and a half years, has seen previous duty at the Naval Air Station, San Oiego, Cal.. Naval Air Station. Norman, Okla.. and the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Farragut, Idaho. He is a gradu ate ocf Seward High School. tions average for school teachers is said to be $1550. When our fathers and mothers were socri ficing to make a going cnneom of Holt county my dad got $200 for a year’s teaching. I favir neither illiteracy nor low pay: far from it. Probably the teaching profession is one of the most thankless of all. A pension pro gram now gives a ray of sunshine in Nebraska. The past two years more than a quarter million school teachers in the U. S. have solved their salary and pension worries by taking other jobs. I Holt County Horses Exported To Greece Fifty fat, slick mares were shipped to Omaha the past week from Holt county by Jack Beri gan, one of O’Neill’s livestock dealers. Representatives of the Greek government were in Oma ha to accept the shipment and to assemble some 300 mares which will be shipped directly to Greece for rehabilitation and recon struction of that war torn country. The acceptance for exportation of these animals by experts for use in foreign reconstruction work is further evidence of the value of another of Holt county’s many products. Nurses Beheaded By Japs Two Years Ago Miss Jennie C. Adams, Nebras ka missionary nurse beheaded by the Japanese two year; ago, was not bitter because ot persecution ^ by the Japanese and “would have helped them if she could nave.” one of three surviving brotheis said Friday. “She would have helped them because that was her life, to help others,” said Leo T. Adams, who operates the Chambers State Bank with his brother, Glenn H. Friday’s announcement by the American Baptist Foreign Mis sion Society that Miss Adams and ten others of the group were be headed on Panay in 1943 was the family’s first news orf how she died. “We were told in March, 1944, that she had been executed, but we were never told how,” Leo Adams said. Miss Adams, about 47 when she was killed, was a native of Page, Nebr. The family, which had op- j erated a bank at Page, moved to Chambers in M)G and established the Chambers State Bank. She trained at Green Gables Hospital at Lincoln, Neb., in 1920, and then took a years training at Cook County Hospital, Chicago. She volunteered for missionary work in the Philippines in 1922. , Before the Pacific war we heard from her regularly,” Leo Adams said. “After she fled from the Japs we heard only once —a letter smuggled out while she was in hiding.” Except for furloughs each four ! years, Miss Adams had spent 20 j years in the Philippines. She was the daughter of the late Edward Adams, Chambers. ; Her mother, Sarah Adams, survives, along with four sisters and three brothers, Leo T. and Glenn H., Chambers, and John M. with the FBI at San Antonio, Texas. The sisters are Mrs. Clair Grimes, Mrs. Leona Gleed and Mrs. Art Walters, all of Cham bers, and Mrs. E. S. Salstrand, Alameda, Cal. The slain missionaries, besides Miss Adams, were: James Covell, Athens, Pa., a professor; Mrs. James H. Covell; Miss Dorothy A. Dowell, Denver, Colo., an evangelist; and Miss Signe A. Erickson of Warren, Pa., a teacher; Dr. and Mrs. Freder ick W. Eyer of New Haven, Conn; the Rev. Francis H. Rose, Nor wich, Conn.; Mrs. Francis H. Rose; the Rev. and Mrs. Earl F. Rounds, Eau Claire, Wis., and their 9-year-old son, Eric. They were betrayed when a Filipino guerrilla officer was tor tured by the Japs into revealing the location of the prisoneds.— Omaha World-Herald. BRIEFLY STATED Pfc. John Brennan arrived Sunday morning from Camp Carson, Col., to spend a short furlougfh here at the home of his mother, Mrs. F. M. Brennan. Mrs. L. M. Morriman left Mon day morning for Sioux City, where she will spend several' days visiting and looking aJter business matters. Mrs. John Protivinsky arrived, home Monday afternoon from Sioux Falls, S. D., where she spent the past month visiting at the home of her daughter and j son-in-law, Mr. ond Mrs. Claude | Johnson and family. __ Mrs. John Melvin and Mrs. Bea Gallagher left Tuesday morning for Omoha, where they will spend o week visiting at the home of j their sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. A Franking and family. Local Girl Wins Honors In Fashion Show Miss Chickie ller, niece of Mrs. S. Downey, of O’Neill, who is majoring in clothing construc tion at the Traphagen School of Fashion, New York, had the honor of winning an Honorable Mention in the group in which she appeared in the school’s an nual spring fashion show, "Accent on Individuality.” The show was one of the closing events of the spring term, and was presented by the Student Council May 21st in the ballroom of the Henry Hudson Hotel. Miss Iler designed and made her own costume, which she plan ned to highlight her individual ity and to fit the specific occasion for which it was intended to be worn. This season the show was unique. The theme was the right clothes on the right girl at the proper time and place. The showing was a super final of the school’s “Fashion Clinic,” and a practical demonstration of the fashion facts of life, stressing the importance of knowing how to dress to avoid overdoing or underdoing a role, type or person ality. Clothes for every hour of the day or evening were applaud ed by a large audience, with fashion authorities acting as judges. Her work will be included in the annual exhibition of student work open to the public June 2 through 9, in the galleries of the school, 1680 Broadway, at 52nd Street, New York City, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. except Saturday when the studios close at 5. Lt. Ickes, Page, Was Active in German Defeat An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England—First Lieuten ant Millard W. Ickes, 25, of Page, Nebr., navigator on a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 96th Bomb Group. Lt. Ickes participated in many high altitude bombing attacks which aided in thei defeat of Ger many, and holds tht Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for “meritorious achievement” dur ing those combat operations. His group has been awarded a Dis tinguished Unit Citation for its bombing of Focke Wulf aircraft plants at Posen, Poland. The group is a unit of the Third Air Division, the division receiving a DUC for its historic England Africa shuttles bombing otf Mess erschmitt aircraft plants at Reg ensburg, Germany, in August 1943. A student before entering the Army Air Forces in February 1943, Lt. Ickes received his wings at San Marcos, Texas, in August 1944. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neven Ickes of Page, and is married to the former Miss Ivy Joanne Otley of Waverly. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our sin cere thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness extended during the illness and following the death of our beloved, mother, and sister, Mrs. Eliza Wilcox.— Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mullen, Mrs. Jessie Shepherd, William Towns end. Last week we received a letter from C. J. Coffey, of Wichita Falls, Texas, enclosing a renewal of his subscription to The Fron tier. Mr. Coffey was raised in this county and for many years was engaged iq business at Spen cer, but has been a resident of Texas for about twenty years. In his letter he said that they were right in the middle of the wheat harvest with a good crop. The estimated average ocf the wheat yield, he says, is 35 bushels per acre, as shown by combine measurement. Staff Sergeant James Higgins arrived home Tuesday, June 5th, from Bushnell General Hospital, Brigham City, Utah, on a sixty day furlough to visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Higgins. Sgt. Higgins recently returned from overseas, where he was in the fighting in Germany for several months. He was wounded in action and was sen to Bushnell General Hospital when he returned to the United States from Germany. He is getting along fine. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Harty and Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Cronin spent last Thursday in Sioux City, vis visiting W. J. Biglin, who is in a hospital there. George Edger Burge Passed Away Early Saturday Morning Residents of this city were shocked last Friday morning when it was learned that Geoorge Ed gar Burge was dead. He passed away at his home in this city at 4:30 last Friday morning, from a heart attock, at the age of 58 years, two months and two days. The funeral was held last Tues day afternoon from the Presby terian Church, Rev. Kenneth Scott officialting and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Ed, as he was known to almost everyone in this city and section of the county, apparently had no indication that the end was near. He had never been bothered with heart trouble, but sufTertd the past ten or twelve years with swelling of one ofl his legs, and in fact had a couple of operations fbr that trouble. He was down town Friday evening and 'was feeling fine. About 4:30 the next morning his housekeeper heard a noise in the room os if some one had fallen and went to investi gate and found Ed lying on the floor. A physician was called, but he had passed away. Georgt E. Burge was born at Ainsworth, Nebr., on April 4, 1887. In 1895 the family moved to this city and since that time O’Neill has been his home. He learned the carpenter trade and was one' of tht best workmen in that line o|f work in the city and many of the outstanding new buildings in the city have bten erected under his supervision and guidance. He was a good craftsman and a splendid gentleman and his pass ing will bo mourned by hundreds of friends thcroughout the county. Since he reached manhood’s es tate he had been active in the civic affairs of the city and county and for the past twenty-nine years he had been a member of the O’Neill Fire Department, joining the organization fn Oc tobtr, 1916. On April 30, 1912, he was united in marriage to Miss Martha Sargent, daughter of one of the pioneer families of the Meek neighborhood, the ceremony be ing performed at Meek. To this union three daughters were bom, all oJ whom were present for the funeral services. The children are: Mrs. D. E. Segar and Mrs. E. T. Verzal, O’Neill; Mrs. Ruth Morrison, Long Beach, Cal., who are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate father. Mrs. Burge precedel her husband in deoth, passing away on Jan uary 4, 1942. He is also survived by two brothers, Walter and Ralph Burge, of Omaha. O’Neill Boy Overseas Receives Promotion With the Sixth Army orf Luzon: —Private J. W. Conorro, husband of Mrs. Teresa Joan Conarro, of O'Neill, Nebr., has recently been promoted to the grade of Tech nician Fifth Grade. Cpl. Conarro, at present is with an armored unit in the Philippines, and has been over 1 seas seven months. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Elja McCullough returntd Saturday from a wtek’s business trip to Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Muler and son, Kentner, of North Platte, were the week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Miller are sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond John son, daughter Dianne and son. Bruce, of Hyannis, Nebr., will arrive this week to attend the Nebraska Stock Growers Associ ation meeting. They will be guests at the home of he** sister and brother-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. I L. A. Burgess. - ■ - Lt. Phillip Yarnall arrived Monday from the bombadier training school at Carlsbad, New Mexico, to spend his furlough here visiting relatives and friends. Lt. Yarnall just finished his train ing as a bombardier and then re j ceived his promotion to Lieuten ant. Miss Agnes Griffin, of Ypsil anti, Mich., and sister, Mrs. Mabel Thompson, of Milan, Mich., were in O’Neill Tuesday on business. They came up from Neligh, where they had spent the past week visiting jfriends and on I business. ■■ ' ■■■■■ Seoman 2-c James Hungerford arrived last Thursday from Great Lakes, 111., to spend his leave here visiting his parents and other relativts ond friends. Mrs. W. H. Fowler and daugh ter, Nancy, of Omaha, came up Monday to be the guests of her sister and brother-in-law, Dr. and i Mrs. L. A. Burgqss for several ; days. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKenna left last Thursday for Colorado i Springs, Col., where they will spend about ten days visiting their son, Lt. Hugh F. McKenna, wh<4 is stationed there. Mrs. M. L. Crandall and son, Alan of Fremont came up Mon day to be guests for several days ! at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess. -.. R. H. Shriner sold a quarter section of Holt county land last Monday. The land was owned by the Travelers Insurance com pany and is located six miles north and one mile east of this city and was sold to David Mc Cage, of Ewing, who will take possessibn of his farm this fall. Miss Mary Harty left Monday afternoon for Chicago, after spending several days here, after news was received of the death of her brother, Lt. Michael E. Harty. She was visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harty. STILL NEED MORE BUYERS ROR HOLT COUNTY TO MAKE OUR QUOTA As Nebraska approaches the half-way mark toward state Sev enth War Loan goals, “The hard est part of the job” is ahead, ac cording to Nebraska War Finance leaders. “Past drivers make it clear," Leon J. Markham, Executive Manager of the War Finance Of fice, said "that the last half is al ways the hardest. “It calls for renewed effort on tht part of every Nebraskan and the same dogged determination to make goals that we have exper ienced in every previous War Loon Drive,” said Mr. Markham. The Treasury Department has disclosed that sea-going hospital facilities will take an increasing part of the money provided by the Seventh War Loan Drive. They cited huge floating hospi ttal ships, costing more than a I half billion dollars that will serve sick and wounded Yanks in the , Pacific, as one more phase of the | of defeating Japan. Meanwhile, Nebraskans con tinued to give encouraging sup port to the War Loan Drive that must finance the war against Ja , pan as well as defray the cost of the vastly increased hospital pro gram that Army and Navy offi cials have announced. As the last month off the drive which extends through June, be I gon, total sales to individuals of | $29,000,000 had been accounted for, or 45 percent of the state’s 65 million dollar individual quota. E. Bond sales had reached $19,100,000 or 44 percent of the 43 ] million dollar E Bond quota. So far in the drive only eight Nebraska counties have accounted ed for half of their individual and E Bond quotas. They are Rich ardson, Hall, Lancaster, Scotts i Bluffs, Buffalo, Adams, Seward and Phelps. Dale Clark, Nebraska War Finance Committee Chairman, i asked Nebraskans to adopt as a state slogan, ‘Keep Buying Bonds Until the Last Boy is Back.” “It is urgent,” the state chairman said, “to keep buying bonds now because it is these extra bonds that will help the state make its | War Loan quotas. “We can take personal satis faction in knowing that the war bonds we buy now are an act of mercy for the men who fought and are fighting for us.” He expressed confidence that Nebraskans are fully capable af doing the big job ahead and that War Loan obligations would be ' met. John Sullivan, who had Deen visiting the home folks for sev eral days, returned Thursday to Grand Island. Seaman 2-c. Dean Oberle ar rived last Thursday from Great Lakes, 111., to spend his leave here visiting at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oberle.