The Frontier
VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 48. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1948. PRICE 7 CENTS.
Mrs. Robert A. Taft . . . she brought to O'Neill her per
sonal "Bob Taft-for-President" campaign. At right is Mrs. E.
M. Gallagher.—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
Mrs. Taft Echoes
Bob's Platform
By a Staff Writer
The indefatigable Martha Bowers Taft, wife of the Repub
lican senator from Ohio—Robert A. Taft—who aspires to be
the next president, Tuesday paid O’Neill a business visit.
Her business was to push her personal "Bob Taft - for -
President" campaign by echoing Senator Taft's already an
nounced platform, and to blast the New Deal.
She found time to be sociable, too, lunching with 75 new- j
found friends in the American Legion club and chatting ami- j
ably before and after her talk to a public gathering of 150 per- j
ions in the Legion auditorium.
Martha’s appearance here in behalf of her husband’s can
didaey for the presidency was the only north-central Nebraska
stop in a whirlwind barnstorming tour of the state which she
and her husband began Monday and will conclude today
(Thursday). They entered the state from the west. Senator
Taft carried his campaign eastward along the Platte river val
ley and poinls soulh, while Mrs. Taft made a swing north from
Alliance to Hyannis, Broken Bow, O’Neill, Wayne and Norfolk, j
The couple spent Mond y night together in Grand Island and
Wednesday nig1"'- they were reunited in Fremont.
Becomingly clad in a navy blue suil, a navy blue straw
hat with a sprig of qr >en feathers on top, Mrs. Taft arrived
in O'Neill from Grand Island at about 11:40 a. m.
Presenting the appe-rance of a down-to-earth midwestern
tr. Mrs. Taft prefaced her talk by admitting she was "not a ’
profound student” of political affairs. However, she vigorous
ly boosted Husband Bob’s stock by helping clarify the senator’s
agricultural price support program and glossing over some of
his other political views.
She said her husband felt that:
, There should be a farm price support program that
would enable farmers to arrive at an economic level that would
compare favorably with other people in the land.
2. The government should further soil building practices
with bigger payments.
3. The farm cooperative system should be sufficiently de
veloped so that no one can take advantage of the individual
fai mer, specifying that they should be “bonafide cooperatives
in their being exempt from taxation.”
4. Rural electrification should be taken to every farm.
5. There should be a strong world court of justice where
countries could submit their difficulties.
8. The American people should know the truth and not
be bound by secret agreements.
7. The U. S. should develop "the most technically trained
force in the world ’ as an instrument of peace.
Mrs. Taft told her audi
ence she felt "very much at
home in Nebraska as she
was a midwesterner a t
heart." She laughingly said
that nearby Minnesota,
where she was born, "is not
very far East."
The would-be first lady told
her audience, composed large
ly of Republican wellwishers
from O’Neill, Emmet, Atkin
son, Stuart and Ainsworth,
that “Nebraska is really tops
as a GOP state ... it has 2
of the top Republican senators
and a wonderful delegation in
the House of Representatives.”
She said that it was impossi
ble to tour the state—and na
tion — together and that she
and her husband frequently
went different ways- She said
her husband “believes in the
women can do in poli
tics.”
Mrs. Taft said that the
“American farmers were the
first people to rise up in re
bellion against the New Deal
by going Republican in a big
way.
“Farmers,” she felt, “consid
ered freedom equally impor
tant with prosperity and that
farmers want freedom from
controls in order to work out
their own destiny with as lit
tle government interference as
possible.”
Martha said that the Ne
braskans would laugh at what
they called a farm in Ohio.
“It consists of 60 acres and is
15 miles from a city. When
we settled there, we had 1 ba
by, another on its way, no wa
ter and no electricity.”
, Mrs. Taft explained that her
husband’s critics called him a
provincial midwesterner. “I
deny that he is provincial, but
I'm proud that he is midwest
ern!”
She outlined Mr. Taft’s ex
periences in the Philippines,
(Continued on page 5.)
TIGERS WIN
4-TEAM MEET
Neligh Places 2d, Inman
Ranks 3d in Ewing
Invitational
EWING—At an invitational
quadrangular track meet held
at Ewing Friday, Ewing came
out on top with 66 points. Ne
ligh placed second with 40
points, while Inman earned
25V2, and O’Neill 12Vs.
Frist places were awarded
as follows:
Track Events
High hurdles—Joel Scofield,
Neligh and Lampert, Ewing,
(tie); time, 9.6.
100-yard dash—Montgomery,
Ewing, 11.5.
Mile run—Cloyd, Ewing, 5:
18.7.
Low hurdles—Lampert, Ew
ing, 13.5.
440-yard dash—Montgomery,
Ewing, 58.1.
880-yard dash — Joel Sco
field, Neligh. 2:20.
220-yard dash—Montgomery,
Ewing, 26.3.
880-yard relay — Ewing, 1:
43.4.
Field Events
Shotput—Mossman, Inman,
j 34 feet, 8 inches.
Broad jump — Martin Sco
field. Neligh, 18 feet, 3 inches. ,
Discus throw—Sanders, Ew
' ing, 98 feet, 9 inches.
Pole vault — Mossman, In- j
man, 9 feet, 5 inches.
High jump — Mossman, In- j
man, 5 feet, 8 inches.
Ewing plans to enter 3
events at the Sand Hill relays
which will be held at Bassett,
April 13, the 1 and 2 mile re
lays and the high jump.
STATE PRIMARY
IN SPOTLIGHT
Nation Eyes Republican
Preference in Next
Week’s Primaries
Nebraska voters will hold
the nation’s spotlight next
Tuesday in the April 13 pri
mary election. The national
interest lies in the state’s pref
erence for the Republican
nomination for president.
The strong showing of for
mer Governor Harold Slas
sen. of Minnesota, in Wis
consin's primary election
Tuesday is expected to at
tach more importance to Ne
braska's preferential elec
tion. •
Nebraska GOP voters will
harve a choice of 7 presidential
aspirants: Thomas E. Dewey,
Douglas MacArthur, Joseph W.
Martin, jr., Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft, Arthur H.
Vanderberg and Earl Warren.
Most other races on the Re
publican ballot are proving of
only mild interest in Holt
county GOP circles, except, of
course, in the matter of coun
ty supervisors. In the Fourth
district 4 are seeking the nom
ination: Frank Mlarnik, Earl
C. Billings, Ewald Spahn and
Frank Cronk. Two are seek
ing the nomination in the
Sixth: George E. Collins and
Walter K. Smith.
Lacking a race at the
pres dential level, the Dem
ocratic ballot is equally un
interesting at the national
and state levels.
On the county ballot, how
ever, 2 are seeking the Second
district supervisory nomina
tion, Howard Oberle and
George D. Hansen; 3 are seek
ing the Fourth district nomi
nation: W. E. Wulf, Emmett E
Wright and Joseph P. Kaczor.
The nonpolitical ballot pre
sents a 3-way race for the Un
icameral nomination. The 2
high candidates will battle it
out in the general election.
The 3 primary candidates are:
Frank Nelson, of O’Neill; Fred
J. Jungman, of Atkinson, and
Arthur J. Runnels, of Stuart.
Voters will be confronted
with a proposal to make a
levy for the improvement of
mail roads. For the official
publication of the sample non
political ballot, turn to page 6
for the official publication of
the sample Republican and
Democratic ballots, turn to
pages 2 and 3, respectively.
County Clerk Ruth Hoffman
announced Tuesday that bal
loting in O’Neill’s Second ward
in next Tuesday’s primary elec
tion will be conducted at the
A. Marcellus garage, 2 doors
south of the postoffice. First
ward and Grattan township
balloting, as usual, will be
lone at the Holt county court
house, and Third ward ballot
ing will be done at the city
lall — the usual Third ward
voting place.
GOSPEL MISSION
IS 18-YEARS-OLI)
PAGE—The Gospel Mission
church at Page celebrated its
18th birthday anniversary last
Thursday, April 1. In com
memoration of the church’s
founding, an all-day meeting
was held, including a basket
dinner at noon in the parson
age and an evening service.
SIDELIGHTS
on Mart ha s Visit
Mrs. Robert A. Taft is 58
year-old. She ^ confesses to a
“dumpy figure.” She was pre
sented with a carnation cor
sage by Mrs. E. M. Gallagher,
who headed the O’Neill recep
tion.
* * *
The Tafts have 4 sons, 2
of whom are residing on the
family farm in Ohio. Mr.
and Mrs. Taft were married
in 1914. Martha Bowers had
intended to be a French
teacher, taught 1 month,
and decided to abandon the
career in favor of marriage.
* * *
The American Legion club
and auditorium were bedeck
ed with Taft-for-P resident
banners and saturated with
Taft literature. The theme of
the advertising: “Bob Taft
has never: Lost his level head,
; his fighting heart, nor an elec
! tion.” Mrs. Taft confided to
her listeners: “I must be truth
! ful because Bob taught me to
I be. In 1932 Bob was defeated
| for a seat in the Ohio state
legislature.” He has sought
j election 9 times, won 8.
* * *
f Mr. Taft made his way into
the senate at a time when
there were only 16 Republican
senators in the upper house.
“Bob is a fighter,” she declared.
“He has spoken out on all con
troversial issues and was a
leader in speaking out against
New Deal legislation."
A * *
Mrs. Taft told Mrs. Galla
gher that the Legion club
and the luncheon provided
by the Legion auxiliary was
"the finest setting yet" along
the barnstorming tour. Mrs.
Taft enlered the galley
where the meal was prepar
ed and where women were
working.
* * *
Upon her departure, Mrs.
Taft sent Mrs. Gallagher a
lavender orchid as an appreci
ation. Besides Mrs. Gallagher,
others on the re.eption com
mittee were: Mrs Frank J.
Brady and Ralp1 J. Kelly,
both of Atkinson- Mrs. W. J
Froelich, of ON*J* and Jo
-seph Brewster, of Tsluart. Be
sides Mr. Cole, others on the
general arrangements commit
tee were: Mrs. Gallagher, Mrs.
Cole, Mrs. Ira H. Moss, Wil
liam W. Griffin and Mr. Gal
lagher. Mr. Moss is the O’
Neill area head of the Taft
for-President movement.
Chambers Man in
Crash; Iowa Woman
Goes to Hospital
CHAMBERS — A highway
accident involving a Chambers
man occurred last Thursday
night at Cherokee, la. Richard
Jarman, driving a truck load
ed with baled hay, was travel
ing east when an automobile
driven by a woman drove in
front of the loaded truck.
The woman driver was in
jured and taken to a nearby
hospital. Jarman was unin
jured.
The car was badly damaged
and the truck was damaged tc
the extent of $100 or $150.
Gallaghers Move Here—
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Galla
eher and son, Michael, and
daughter, Kathleen, arrived
Saturday. They will make
their home with Mr. Galla
gher’s mother, Mrs. R. E. Gal
lagher.
SELECT NATIONAL CHAMP ... A group
of weekly newspapermen gathered in O’Neill
Sunday to select the 3 top entries in the Na
tional Editorial Association’s annual newspa
per contest. Non-daily newspapers from all
over the U. S. were judged for “best use of
photographic material.” The winners will
not be announced until the NEA’s annual
convention, which will be held this year at
Pinehurst, N. C. The group met at Slut's
cafe in West O’Neill. In the nhoto left-to
rikht are: E. C. Leggett and Edward Apking,
both of the Ord Quiz; Carroll W. Stewart, of
The Frontier; G. E. Miles, of the Holt County
Independent (O’Neill); Fred R. Zimmer and
Glenn E. Bunnell, both of the Cedar County
News at Hartington. Zimmer is chairman of
the NEA picture contest. John H. McCarville,
the Frontier’s staff photographer who snap
ped this picture, was also a judge.
City Balloting Light Here;
Atkinson Contests Hot
Elect a New Mayor, 2
School Board Members,
1 Councilman
Special To The frontier
ATKINSON— Activity was
greater here than any other
town in Holt county Tuesday
as voters elected a new mayor,
1 new councilman, and 2 new
board of education members.
They reelected 2 councilmen
and returned 4 others to city
posts. A t ta 1 of about 475
voles were cast.
Dr. W. J. Douglas, endors
ed by both the Citizens' and
People's parly, was accorded
455 voles and thus became
the city's "new" mayor. Ac
tually he is a veteran may
or. but this time he succeeds
Frank J. Brady, who was
not a candidate.
Fred R. Mack, People’s par
ty candidate, defeated H. J.
O’Connor, Citizens’ party, 135
74, in the Third ward council
contest. R. O. Jarvis, People’s
party, bested Arthur Humpal,
Citizens’ party, 132-44, in the
First ward, and C, C. Raymer
was reelected in the Second
ward without a contest.
Two People's party candi
dates won in the board of
education triangular race to
fill 2 positions. Albert Lem
mer polled 370 votes; Frank
Brady, 331. The Citizens'
entry was Leo F. Seger with
230.
Others reelected were: I. R.
Dickerson, city treasurer, 4b.,
votes; H. A. Snyder, city clerk,
471; Newell Pock, police mag
istrate, 435.
DUST STORM
LEAVES LAYER
A dust storm that compared*
with the worst during thex
bleak dust bowl days of the
1930’s visited north-Nebraska
Saturday, leaving a layer of
sand and dust in most build
ings that were not adequately
weather-proofed.
The storm gathered mo
mentum about noon and the
wind was high until sun
down. Some observers es
timated the velocity of the
gusts at about 60 miles per
hour.
Pedestrians in the business
district found the biting sand
and dust disagreeable. Motor
ists reported that in the open
country vehicles were difficult
to control because of the wind
and poor visibility, which was
reduced at times to a quarter
of a mile.
It was the second consecu
tive freakish weekend. The
week before a sleet storm
wrecked communication lines
and held up traffic in eastern
and centeral Nebraska.
On Tuesday evening the
O'Neill region was visited
by its first full-fledged Spring
shower. Precipitation during
the shower and during the
remainder of the night to
taled .57-inches.
NEWCOMERS IN
BID AT EWING
Lone Incumbent Seeks
Reelection; Tie
for School Posts
Special to The Frontier
EWING — Whether it was
calculated or accidental, new
comers in the town of Ewing
i rather dominated things Tues
day in the town and school
election.
Only 1 incumbent was re
turned to his post out of 3
town council and 2 board of
education vacancies.
E. L. Welke, who polled the
most votes in the uninterest
ing election, collected 85 votes
and was returned to the town
council for another 3-year
term. He • was, incidentally,
the only incumbent reelected.
Newcomers on the council arc:
M. B. Huffman, who recently
came from Elgin to join the
Farmers State bank here, re
ceived 67 votes, and Art Ru
roede, feed store operator,
gathered 54.
Three newcomers in town
also ran’ in the council chase.
They were: Waldo Davis,
druggist, 4«); Rev. C. Donald
Vogel, minister, 47, and Wil
liam Spence, railroad agent,
42.
A tie developed in the
board of education balloting
between Rev. Vogel and
Lyle Mitchell, a gas slit ion
operator, both having 64
votes following a canvass j
and a recount.
A way to break the dead- i
lock will be determined today I
(Thursday). The other school
post went to M. B. Huffman
with 71 votes. George Adrian }
trailed with 30 votes The
'school posts are 2-year terms.
3 Write-In Candidates
Sweep Board
Special To thl frontier
CHAMBERS— Three write
in candidates swept the slate
in the village election here
Tuesday. Ed Thorin, Kenneth
Werner and Walter Brown
were the successful candidates
for village board posts for 2
year terms.
They succeed Everett
Wintermole, W. D. Rennin
ger and F. M. Porter, whose
names were on the ballot.
A total of 78 votes were cast
and the write-in campaign
proceeded quietly.
E. F. Porter was reelected
police magistrate.
FARM SIGNING
DATE EXTENDED
The deadline for signing
1948 farm plans with the Holt
county Production - Manage
ment Administration has been
extended to include April 15.
it was announced this week
by Harry E. Ressel, of O’Neill,
chairman of the Holt county
PMA.
“This is an extension of 15
days,” Ressel explained, “ow
ing to adverse weather condi
tions prevailing during the
past 30 days.”
JOHN LEVI, 74,
DIES AT LYNCH
LYNCH—John Levi, 74, of
Lynch, died March 29 at his
home following an illness of
several months. Services were
held March 31 at the Metho
dist church in Lynch.
Survivors include: the wid
ow; son — Lloyd, of Lindy;
daughters—Mabel, of Ft. Ran
dall, 5. D.; Helen and Dorothy,
of Monowi, and Vera, of
Lynch.
Firemen Respond to 1
Alarms During Week
O'Neill volunteer firemen
responded to 4 fi"e alarms
du’intr the pert 7 davs.
Early last Thursday a trash
fire in the rear of Bowen’s j
Ben F"anklin step sprea 1 to
a warehouse where some dam- I
age was done before the blaze I
was extinguished.
On Friday afternoon' a de- !
fectiw chimney at the Randle- j
man Cleaners, on South Fourth
street, damaged the attic. No
d-’”~age was done to the con
tents of the building.
A grass fire at the O’Neill
airport resulted in an alarm
Tuesday morning. No damage
was done. At 6 p. m. on Tues
day the firemen were sum
moned to the Claude Neal res
idence where a fire had origi
nated in the kitchen. Damage
was slight.
\
Cronin Tops McEIhaney
in Only Contest;
Coyne New Mayor
The vote Tuesday in O’- ’
Neill's biennial municipal elec
tion was light. And except for
a little activity around the
voting places one would hard
ly have known there was an
election in progress.
Because there was only 1
name on the board of edu
t ation ballot and there were
2 posts to be voted on, a
mild write-in campaign de
veloped.
F. N. Cronin, president of
the O'Neill National bank, be
came a member of the board
of education via the write-in
| route, collecting 204 votes. Ted
McEIhaney, district court re
porter, was second-high with
179. A host of other write-in
candidates received a smatter
ing of “playful” votes.
TABLE ON ONLY RACE
The boxscore of the only
contest in O’Neill’s munici
pal election Tuesday follows:
For Board of Education
(2-Year Term)
Wards— 12 3 —Tot.
F. N. Cronin 76 80 48—204
Ted M’Elhaney 70 35 74—170
Total vote cast 374
Ira H. Moss, incumbent sec
retary of the board, was the
only name appearing on the
ballot. He was reelected vir
tually without opposition.
Tuesday’s election machin
ery produced a new mayor—
one whose name found its
way onto the ballot by virtue
of a “draft” exercised at a
businessmen’s caucus 3 weeks
ago.
H. E. Coyne, veteran hard
ware dealer, succeeds F. J.
iMstmer, who was not a can
didate for reelection after
serving 1 term.
Others whose candidacies
were blessed at the business
men’s caucus and were unop
posed on the ballot were: James
Corkle (incumbent), First ward
councilman; Merle Hickey (in
cumbent), Second ward council
man; James W. itooney, (in
cumbent), Third ward coun
cilman; O. D. French (incum
bent), city clerk; John Watson,
city treasurer; H. W. Tomlin
son (incumbent) police magis
trate.
E. C. Quinn, whose term as
city treasurer expired, was not
a candidate.
Walter Smith, Stuart
Mayor, Loser
STUART — Walter Smith,
Stuart mayor, was a loser in
ruesday’s election here. Frank
Ulrich, who was appointed 2
months ago to fill a vacancy,
and Joseph Brewster, were re
elected.
Ulrich, Brewster and Smith
were candidates for 2-year
terms on the council. while
Carl Bernt and James C. Flan
agan were candidates for 1
year terms, Flanagan winning
by 6 votes. Flanagan is the
new members on the board,
.ailing Smith’s vacancy.
There were 4 candidates for
board of education posts with
Donald Krotter and Dale Hen
ierson finishing high. Dwaine
Lockman and Ora Y a r g e s
were defeated.
Only 149 votes were cast—
a mild session for Stuart.
Page Voters Named
2 New School Chiefs
PAGE— Otto Terrill and C.
E. Walker were elected to the
Page board of education Tues
day. Both are new members.
Meanwhile, 3 new members
were elected to the village
board. There are: Peter Nis
sen and Jercme Allen, for 2
year terms, and Dr. E. J. Bild,
for a 1-year term to fill a va
cancy. A. G. Braddoek was
reelected to the board.
Retiring village board mem
’ er a re I. O. Wood and A. L.
Door.
Interest was lagging in the
i lection and only 91 votes
were cast.
Election Only a
Formality at Inman
INMAN— Tuesday’s village
and school election was a bare
formality here.
F. E. Keyes and I. L. Wat
son were reelected to their
posts on the village board for
2-year terms, and Harry Mc
Graw and H. R. Tompkins
were reelected to district 30
school board posts for 3-year
terms.
Return from East—
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Watson returned late Tuesday
from a 3-weeks’ visit in Chi
cago, 111., and Boston, Mass.