PAGE NEWS ITEMS (Continued from previous page) boys at a party Thursday even ing, after school. Games were played and a lunch was served on the lawn. Mr. and Mrs. George Rost were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Copes. Nevan Ickes. Jr., A S. is station ed at the U. S. Naval Training Center at San Diego, Cal. Artha McClure is spending a few days at Ewing, with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Black. Terry Taylor spent the week end at Norfolk, where he visited his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs. A. D. Palmer and cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Smiley. Melvin Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Robinson, has been promoted to Corporal. He is a mechanic in the army. He has been transferred from Saipan Is land to Tinians. Mrs. Ethel Asher spent from Friday until Sunday night visit ing her sister, Mrs. Cora West ft hlorfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Waited lusher, of Fremont, were Sunday Vcvening visitors at the West hom^. Mr. and Mr§. Otto Matschullat have received the following new address from their son, Cept, Wayne Matschullat, Excess Office, Co. C. A. 1st Platoon, APO No. 21294, care Postmaster, San Fran cisco, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. I. Q. Wood return ed home Saturday from' Elm Creek, where fhey had spent one week visiting their son and wife', Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Wood. Their daughter, Mrs. Dean Richarcls, who had spent several months here at the home of her parents, also went to Elm Creek, where she expects to make her home. Members of the Get- to-Gether Club enjoyed a chicken fry and a slumber party at the Ray Snell home last Thursday night. Thir teen members were present and one guest, Mrs. Elsie Cork. The chicken was Tried in a large open kttUle and the meal was served on the lawn. The evening was spent playing cards. A midnight lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Matschullat have received a letter of recom mendation from Gen. Stilwell for work done on Okinawa by their son, First Sgt. Dale Matschullat. First Sgt. Matschullat is now on Luzon. He recently was at Man ila, where he enjoyed a visit with S. Sgt. Ben Asher. Mrs. M. C. Hightower and Mrs. Wm. B. Kelly, of Los Angeles. Cal., and Mis. Charles Kelly and sons, of Tilden, spent Wednesday night of last week at the Harold Kelly home. Mrs. Hightower is a sister of Mr. Kelly and the other two ladies are sister-in-laws. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Spangler aid family and Mrs. Myrtle Coon and son, Lester, went to Inman Monday night to the home df Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coon, where they celebrated the 15th Wedding An niversaries of Mr. and Mrs. Spang ler and Mr. and Mrs. Coon. . A family dinner for the follow \ ing out of town relatives Was held at the Harold Heiss home last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Smith and Mrs. Earl Babbitt, Miss Maud Bobbitt, Omaha;Mrs. Martin Lick ladder, Auburn; Mrs. Charlotte Brown, Verdon. Relatives from Page were: Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Cullen, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cul len, T. Sgt. Harry Cullen and son. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sor enson, Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Berg strom, Mr. and Mrs. Raymind Heiss and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heiss and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Smith and family were entertain* ,. at several homes during their visit at Page. On Wednesday of last week they Public Sale I will sell the following property at Public Auction at the place 17 miles north and 4 miles west of O'Neill; 14 miles South and 3 miles west of Spencer; or 30 miles north east of Atkinson, on Friday, October 5th COMMENCING AT 1:00 P. M. Lunch Wagon on Grounds 35 Head of Cattle 2 Milk Cows, giving milk now; 19 Yearling Heifers; 8 Year ling Steers; 2 Registered Hereford Bulls; 1 Purebred Cow with calf at side; 1 Purebred 2-year-old Cow with Calf by side, can be registered. 6 Head of Horses 1 Bay Mare, 8 years old; 1 Grey Gelding, 7 years old; 1 Grey Gelding 5 years old; 1 Colt, 2 years old; 1 Grey Mare, smooth mouth; 1 Grey Saddle Mare, good for children, smooth mouth. 55 Head of Shoats, not Vaccinated Farm Machinery, Household Goods, elc. 1 mnderslung Hay Wagon, on rubber; 1 A Hay Stacker; 1 Hay Rake, 12 foot; 1 McCormick-Deering Power Mower; 1 John Deere 6-foot Horse Mower, nearly new; 1 Hay Sweep; 1 ilthy Rack; 1 1929 Farmall Tractor with e*tra set of wheels; 1 li-foot Case Tractor Disc: 1 McK^ormick-Deering Tractor Lister; 1 John Deere Sidehill Pliyv; 1 John Deere 1-now Cultivator; 1 3-Section Harrow; 1 2-Sfction- Harrow; 1 Letz Feed Grinder; 1 Spring Tooth Harrow; 3 Sets Harnt^a; Sbme .Collars; 1 New Wagon- Box; 2 yFagons and Boxes; J._3'Rfiw Go-pig; 1 Saddle; Several Barrel*; Hog Trough; Feed Bunks; Posts, ;Some Wnii; 2 Port able Hog Houses} 2 Water Tanks; 1 4-Horse "FreSho; 1 P HW STEADY PnomoriOH, *ADR *1* J PttooocnON expert, Standard 0*. of Jnd„' >JW, JA, ..... /IOW He's Pfttstocrtnr.;? JpA/EPGY AND ABILITY SPELL ^'b-P’P-O-n-T-U-N-hT-Y UNOEP^fr America^ competitive enterprise. withMrs. Edgar Wood Wednes day afternoon with twelve mem bers present anfcKtwo guests, Mrs Myrta Van Conett and Mrs. Ne von Ickes. The afternoon was spent working for the hostess A covered dish hfneheon was served. MRS GEORGE QUASHNECK On September -24 Mrs. Aden Riggs received \vord that her sister, Mrs. George Quashneck, had passed away that morning in her home at Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Quashneck was the former Miss Clara Kohler. She leaves to mourn her passing her hus band, two daughters, Mrs. Lenore Linke and Mrs. Betty Kightlinger, both of Minneayolis First Lt. Floyd Quashneck in the Air Corps in Liuisiana. and Ralph at home. One granddaughter, Susan Kight linger. Three sisters, Mrs. Addie Rigner, of Chicago; Mrs. Kather ine Riggs, of' Page; Mrs. Inez Bredehoeft, and one brother, Charles Kohler, of Page. She was a graduate of the Kear ney State Tea'chers College and before her marriage taught school for several years. Mrs. Bredehodft left Tuesday morning to attend the funeral services, which were held Wed nesday afternoon at Minneapolis. Bulgarians Cruel to Captives, Is Report LONDON, ENGLAND.—British and American prisoners in Bul garia before that country was granted an armistice were brutally treated at times and some were put to death, St. James Grigg, war secretary, told com mons recently. He said that the number kitted “certainly was be low 10." Ike did not say whether any were Americans. A marriage license was issued by Judge Reimers the 22nd to Eugene E. Donohoe, of O’Neill, and Ma-bel Hamilton, of Atkin son. The 8. 9 and 10:30 Masses in St. Patrick’s Church, Sunday morn ing, September 30, will conform to the new time. these checks won’t buy bonds _ ABOVE CHECKS REPRESENT NATION'S ANNUAL LOSS Horn THESE LIVESTOCK DISEASES / Potatoes Prove Rich Source of Nutrients To save a lot of women from suf fering unnecessary delusions, exten sion specialists in foods and nutri tion. stress the fact that one potato has about the same number of calories as a slice of bread. It is also considered essential to an all around good diet. Although the potato isn’t ac claimed for its vitamin C content, nutritionists deduce that farm fami lies in the north on winter diets lacking citrus fruits, tomatoes and other rich sources of vaitamin C have survived without signs of scurvy largely because they ate so many potatoes. Time is saved and it Is much more conveneint to prepare potatoes with the skins on, for learning to re move a thin peel is a skill that is difficult to acquire. Actually, pota toes cooked with the skins on are far more nutritious, since the food value cannot escape. In flavor and food value, the steamed potato holds first place, the boiled potato comes sec ond, and the baked potato third, as ranked by nutrition experts. _ ✓ * Cold-Frame For the cover of a satisfactory cold-frame, a storm sash will work Just as well as a regular hotbed sash. The frame itself can be con structed of old boards. A few cracks will cause no trouble, if leaves, straw, or soil is banked along the side. A basement window, pref erably on the south side of the house, is an ideal location, with the frame built around it. The heat will then enter from the basement. When the sun is shining on warm spring days, the front edge of the sash should be propped up for ventila tion, otherwise too much heat will be created inside the frame. When it Is warm enough, remove the sash so the small plants become accus tomed to the full sunlight. Seeds of hardy vegetables, such as cabbage, onion, head lettuce, and of hardy annual flowers, such as larkspur, bachelor buttons and calendula, may be planted in boxes in early March and placed in such a frame, using the basement window as a door. When large enough to handle they should be transplanted to pro vide space for stocky growth. These plants will be ready for the garden as soon as the soil can be prepared. Frost-tender plants, such as tomato, pepper, eggplant, zinnia and mari gold, should be seeded in early April and set in the open when danger of frost is past. ^ Hitler ‘Yes Man ’ \ Is Paid Lavishly " j Had Elaborately Furnished Home to Himself. COLOGNE, GERMANY. — Hi* neighbor* all called him a "dirty Nazi" but he had 23 bathrooms in his house. It is a snug little cot tage with a pipe organ, three pianos and a kitchen no bigger than the Astor hotel ballroom. This Nazi big shot was "cooking with gas" as far as party prestige went, but his own modest meals were prepared on an electric stove with a dozen burners. It did nicely for the American battalion head quarters which used the house for a command post. The owner had departed In haste, leaving behind a clutter of {ood things which had com* his way as a reward for his uninhibited col laboration with Adolf Hitler's war program. The four floor rambling brick man sion was built only a few years ago. It bore a studious resemblance to the old castles which stud the Rhine land countryside and even the color of the bricks was chosen carefully to convey the impression of an tiquity. A high brick fence enclosed the building and the landscaped grounds. Inside his little dream bungalow, however, the owner, one of Ger many’s swastiks profiteers, had gone to extreme expense to construct as modern and comfortable an Ivory tower as his war-bom millions of marks could buy. Into it he had channeled the wealth produced by great Rhineland mines and factories busy with war orders. American doughboys have nullified this investment to a considerable ex tent. Only a few random bullets spanged through the windows blit the owner didn’t hang around to keep tab on his mines and factories or this 00-odd room hut by the Rhine. He skipped—but there are many mementos of his passing, including a few hundred thousand mark prop erty mortgages which now look sus piciously like so much waste paper. Yanks Hit Jackpot When Shell Gets Silver Cache MANILA.—A 25th division artil lery battery firing on suspected Jap positions near Rlzal the other day hit the Jackpot with a 105-mm. shell. A veritable geyser of silver spout ed up as the shell exploded. Coins showered down on troops several hundred yards away. The shell had struck a cache of Filipino prewar silver, including some U. S. money. The cash, scooped up into sand bags after Americans captured the area, required two trucks to haul if to the 8th army finance officer who began a hunt for the owners. This was one of several such caches uncovered by advancing Americans, said Capt. Francis Bran nan, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Brannan hesitated to estimate the amount finally raked up, but said it certainly would run into the hundreds of thou sands of dollars. Population in the North Decreased by 3 Million WASHINGTON. — Latest esti mates on wartime population shifts, issued by the census bureau, give this picture of the period 1940-44: South and West increased nearly 4,000,000; North decreased nearly 3,000,000. State-by-state figures were given as between April 1, 1940, and July 1, 1944. The figures represent the changes both in civilian population and military population within con tinental United States. Thus army camps and training centers in the South had a great effect on that region’s population. Because of a large excess of births over deaths, the total continental population increased from 131,669, 275 to an estimated 132,563,271 in the four-year period, despite the sending of between 5 and 6 million men over | seas. Port and Pipe Lover Woman Dies at 102 Years CHICAGO.—Mrs. Catherine Copu los. who drank port wine and smoked a Turkish pipe for 50 years but abandoned the wine In favor of milk three years ago, is dead in Chi cago, two months short of her 103rd birthday. Mrs. Copulos took up wine drink ing and pipe smoking at 50 upon the advice of her husband. Dr. De mosthenes Copulos. Greek neurolo gist, that it was relaxing for the nerves. Three years ago, after her hip was broken in a fall, she gave up wine, but continued to smoke. When 77 years old, Mrs. Copulos visited New York and climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty. At 80 years, against the advice of guards, she took twe tripe the Coney Islqn.d roller coaster ' ■ Window Service Flag Can Designate Veteran WASHINGTON - a' family or or ganisation service flag may now car ry a symbol to designate" an honor- j ably discharged veterah. i i The symbol, based on the satne \ design used on the lapel button- for j a discharged veteran will replace \ the blue star which repregfented a man or »yoman in service. The design will be in tfoidcdior with blue edging to wake- ft stand out on the (lag's white hncfcgrduhd 1 • Vi. . . hr.»A‘ .* Expectant Dad Now Gets News Red Cross Solves Problem Of Getting Tidings to War Prisoners. By BARBARA CALLAHAN Released by Western Newspaper Union. ST. LOUIS. — Any man who has ever experienced the somewhat dubi ous thrill of pacing hospital corri dors during the long, grey hours be fore the birth of his offspring will appreciate the plight of the expect ant father interned in prisoner-of war camps overseas. For a long time, the problem of how to bring the Joyful news to the Interned sol dier in the least possible time was a difficult one for the Red Cross. At first telegrams were sent toi Red Cross chapters to find out whether the expected baby bad been born, but this method brought about great delay in getting the message to the anxious internee and involved much expense and work. Inquiries from expectant fathers In German prison camps to Red Cross finally grew to such formidable proportions that some other means had to be found for getting the Information. 80 the "baby statistics" department was set up. He Gets the News. Now the gratifying Job of sending the long-awaited news of the birth of a son or daughter to the prisoner is accomplished quickly by the American service of the Internation al Red Cross central agency tor prisoners of war at Geneva, Swft xerland. The American section re ceives complete lists of all births di rect from the United States. As soon as an inquiry la received. It can be answered in most cases immediately to the supreme relief of the anxious Internee. Camp leaders, or men of confi dence, who are elected by the pris oners and function with the approval of the German high command as the representative of the prisoners on all matters of camp conduct, report that the inclusion of "Baby Statis tics” in the agency's service has done much to lift the morale of the interned men. Camp leaders agree that prisoners of war adjust much more readily to their plight if they are unworried over affairs at hom$j Not even the most depressed pris oner of war can continue that way long when he learns that he is the father of a "red-headed daugh ter" or a son "with a foot like yours." Although limited supplies and the rigora of prisoner-of-war life make cigar passing and cele . bratlon impossible, leaders report that the new father* strut like peacocks within their confines and boast with enthusiasm over their children whom they have never seen, j Waiting for Triplets. Marghurita Strahler, head of the 1 American service of the internation al agency, says 400 announcement* were handled in 1944 through “baby statistics.” The first set of trip lets to be born to a prisoner of war is awaited anxiously by the work ers In her section, although twins are now taken as a matter of course, she says. Contrary to the usual opin ion regarding wartime births, the girls lead by a wide margin. Al most invariably, the boys are named for their fathers while fancy, roman tic names are given the girls, ac cording to Miss Strahler. Besides performing a needed serv ice to the prisoners. Miss Strahler says the "baby department” serves as a morale-builder for the women In her department. The department' is the same one which must com municate notifications of captyre or. death. So the women who work da^ in arid day oyt at this unpleasant task find a transfer to the baby de partment a delightful relief, For the most part, the women in the American section love their work, Miss Strahler reports. They develop <* matenia) interest In the men in the section of the alpriSf bet upon which they work. Frequent ly. they become genuinely at" tached to certain prisoners whose problems go through their hands, al though they know only their names. One woman, upon learning of the birth of a son to one of the men on her list, startled her coworkers by shouting, "Heavens. I’m a grand mother!” Realty Man Exchange* Lot to Get Cigarette* FORT MYERS, FLA.-A classified ad by a local real estate dealer of fering to swap a lot In a swank resi dential section for 15 cartons of cig arettes brought quick results. Tom Phillips reported that there was a line of customers waiting at his of fice. Mrs. Rebecca Edwards, daugh- , ter of a cafe owner, the first In ling, walked off with, the deed tw the 6* by 100 foot lot‘ ‘ ' ' Phillips remarked:1 "i'Vrgor lots than will power ” '!•' : >1 L-ni ;u ... . I-l*>rr——I Kl." al l : --'-V1' . ' < - -n , Strategic Ledo Road ; ~.i - Cost a Life a Mild WASHINGTON. - For every mile on the f,644-rtiflfc Ledo road ‘ from India to China, there's :a ' grave of ah American soldier. ' ’ Disclosure. OftlW cost of lives of building the route was made by the war doparOjnont In a report that Negro troops .formed 66 per cent of. more than! 13.000 soldiers in the construction forces ■■ i• .t 11*