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    Holt Men Captured;
Admit Bold Robberies
(Continued from page 1)
Contois Motor Co., Clearwater.
Meanwhile, loot was being re
stored to its rightful owners.
Some of it was recovered from
the attic of the Hines residence
in Inman late Tuesday night and
from a haystack.
Cash had been spent but other
property was returned to the
additional loot was recovered
Emmet State Bank. Most of the
merchandise was being returned
to its rightful owners.
Antelope County Attorney
Ralph S. Kryger is charging the
trio with breaking apd entering
at Oakdale and Clearwater.
What Holt, Boyd and Brown
county officials and federal au
thorities will do was not dear
late Wednesday. It is possible
that charges will be combined
and if sentenced their sentences
may run concurrently.
However, it is expected that if
the federal authorities decide to
prosecute, their charges will take
precedence over state charges.
Holt County Attorney William
W. Griffin said that he would not
know for “a day or two” what
procedure will be adopted.
'Voice* Gets Scoop
on Confessions—
The Wednesday morning
“Voice of The Frontier" radio
program (9:45 a m., WJAG. 790
kc) scored a first-class scoop with
the first story on the confessions I
of the Roberts Brothers & Hines,
Holt’s trio of ambitious robbers
whose fortunes this week took a
turn for the worse.
Included with the release of
the story via the air was a tape
recorded interview with Clear
water’s Night Watchman Darrell
Hoffman.
When The Frontier’s special
events crew looked up Marshall
Hoffman, the man who had al
most single-handed captured the
now-illustrious trio, he had no idea
how colorful his captives were.
“Well, ^’11 be darned," exclaim- [
ed Hoffman.
“I’ll tell you 1 was mighty
scared when I went after the first
two. I knew I was outnumbered.
But it was easy. There was no
resistance at all. I walked ’em
over to the jug and locked them !
up. Then I went for help to bring
in the third man (waiting in the
car).
“I really expected him to get
away on me. I figured hfe’d be
heavily armed. But he wasn’t.
“Nothing to it, the way things
worked out," he added.
Prisoners Questioned
F requently—
The three youthful Holt coun
ty robbers, probably henceforth
known as Roberts Brothers &
j lines, were questioned frequent
ly by law enforcement officials
in singles and in pairs.
But. £>gt. Jack Knudsen had
the formula and the trio kept
mum until Knudsen, a veteran in
police work, brought them a
round.
Knudsen's father is an investi
gator with the Omaha police de
partment and his brotner heads
me criminal investigation bureau
iur the safety patrol in western
Nebraska.
Sergeant Knudsen appraised
the trio as “certainly not profes
sional."
To illustrate he said he punch
ed the Dankert Service Station
safe a*. Chamhbers with relative
ease in order to get Mr. Dank
I ert’s money for him.
Roberts Brothers &t Hines ap
j parently didn’t realize that they
were so close to cracking the safe
j and had abandoned the idea.
No Preferences Shown
in Kind of Loot—
The three Holt robbers, who
were caught in the act at Clear
water early last Saturday, ap
parently had no particular likes
or dislikes.
Their loot varied.
Items found in their possession
at Clearwater (having been stol
en earlier in the evening at Oak
dale) included neckties, roasters,
electric motors, fishing rods, elec
tric heaters, saws, assorted car
pentry tools, electric irons,
knives, shoes, Mix-Masters, ri
fles, gas torch, tishing cord, am
munition.
George Pongratz,
Wife Wed 45 Years
RIVERSIDE — Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Kramer attended the
45th wedding anniversary din
ner Sunday in honor of Mrs.
Kramer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Pongratz, at the home
of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Givens.
Others present included; Mr.
and Mrs. Herold Givens and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pontgratz
and son, Dwaine, of Emmet, and
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Troshynski
and son, of Page.
One son of Mr. and Mrs. Pon
gratz, Bernard Pongratz, was un
able to be present because of
illness in the family.
George Holcomb,
Amelia, Succumbs
AMELIA — George W. Hol
comb, resident of Amelia for the
past 15 years, passed away Thurs
day, February 22, at the age of
81 years. He had ranched in this
community since 1904.
Mr. Holcomb had been ill with
the flu recently, but was thought
to be on the road to recovery.
He took ill again during Sunday
night and was taken to the Stu
art hospital on Monday, Febru
ary 19, and passed away the fol
lowing Thursday.
Funeral services were held
Friday in the Seger funeral home,
after which the body was taken
to Clio, la., for burial.
Surviving is a sister, Mrs.
Mae Estes, of Clio, la.
Mr. Holcomb was a member of
the Odd Fellows.
O'Neill Photo Co. Named
In Two Suits For $45.000—
Two suits asking a total of
$45,000 damages from the O’Neill
Photo Co. have been filed in dis
trict court in Lancaster county.
Mrs. Winifred Matthews in a
filing claimed she suffered injur
ies in the collapse of a tempor
ary bleacher at St. Mary’s acad
emy in O’Neill on April 23, 1950.
According to Mrs. Matthews,
the bleachers were erected by
the photography firm of Sumner
and Esther Downey to take pic
tures at an alumni reunion. She
charges the structure was “negli
gently put together.”
Mrs Matthews is asking $25,000
damages. Her husband, Bernard
Matthews, in a separate suit is
asking $20,000 for the “loss of
services of his wife" and the "loss
of concortium."
Hearings will be held in Lan- ‘
caster county unless the matter
is settled outside of court.
Mark Anniversaries—
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Krause and daughters, Nancy
and Peggy drove to Albion to
celebrate the birthday anniver
saries of Nancy, Mr. Krause and
his father, M B. Krause, of Al
bion.
NOTICE
The P-TA is having a pie so
cial, dance and card game at the
O’Neill high school band room
on Friday, March 2, at 8 p.m.
Every lady is to bring a pie
which will be auctioned.
The public is invited to attend.
Trio Lighthearted
After Confessions—
(Continued from page 1)
navy in World War II, spent 2 V2
years in the Pacific, saw some
action.
He was separated from the na
, vy as a seaman first-class. After
I the war he worked as a farm
hand near O’Neill and was a
| truck driver—that is, until this
nocturnal marauding developed
into a habit. Gene is 6 feet 1 inch
tall, weighs 191 pounds.
His kid brother was the
least talkative of the three.
Like Gene, he had attended
school at Ewing and O'Neill
but never graduated from high
school. His occupation, at least
until this unholy alliance was
formed, was that of truck
driver. He hauled lots of hay.
Both Brothers were born at
Osmond.
Gene has his right leg in a
cast. He broke his leg recently
while roller skating at Atkinson.
Hines is a happy-go-lucky guy,
I’d say. Nothing much bothers
him. He was bom northeast of
O’Neill—14 miles north of Page
to be exact. His home now is in
the village of Inman.
Lots of people know Hines. He
went to school in O’Neill six
years, at Pilger two years, one
year at Wayne, one year at Stan
ton and several years at Creigh
ton, where he graduated in 1948.
Hines worked for several pow
er crews. In fact, he was to have
been on the job Saturday morn
ing—the morning he woundup
in the Antelope county jail.
John H. McCarville, The Fron
tier’s photographer, was with
me. John was anxious to make
their picture. But pillowcases
and the sheriff’s wife prevented
that.
It so happens that Antelope
County Sheriff Harry Livingston,
who had agreed to let us make
pictures, was suddenly called out
on another deal. Mrs. Livingston,
left in charge of the prisoners
with a telephone at her side and
the cell keys in her hands, pre
ferred that we await Harry’s re
turn.
Harry, the sheriff, wasn't
back by 2 a.m. Wednesday so
McCarville packed his camera
and we returned to O'Neill.
We’d had a good visit. But
there was no remorse in that cell
block, unless it was drowned out
by the rain that was turning to
snow.
And I doubted that.
CHURCH NOTES
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN
(Atkinson)
Rev. R. W. Olson pastor
Thursday, March 1: Fourth
midweek Lenten service, 7:45
p. m.
Sunday, March 4: Sunday
school, 10 a. m.; divine worship,
11:15 a. m.
Tuesday, March 6: Senior choir
practice, 8 p. m.
Thursday, March 8: Fifth mid
week Lenten service, 7:45 p. m.
Visitors are always welcome.
CHRIST LUTHERAN
(O'Neill)
Rev. R. W. Olson, Pastor
Saturday, March 3: Junior choir
practice, 2 p. m; confirmation in
struction, 2 p. m. and 3p. m.
Sunday, March 4. Divine wor
ship, 9:30 a. m.; Sunday school,
10:30 a. m.
Wednesday, March 7: Fifth
midweek Lenten service, 7:45
p. m.
visitors are always welcome.
(Other Church Notes on page 20)
SOUTH OF STUART NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rhodes vis
itel Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eiver
ingham at Newport Sunday eve
ning, February 25.
Mrs. Gertrude Kaup spent Sun
day, February 25, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Mur
phy, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Barnes
and family spent several days
recently at the home of Mrs. Ed
Slaymaker.
Geo. Shald sawed lumber for
Fred Tasler Saturday and Mon
day. February 24 and 26.
Mr. and (Mrs. John Kramer,
Larry and Johnnie and Miss June
Siebert, of Atkinson, were Sun
day, February 25, dinner guests
of Mr and Mrs. Sylvester Kram
er and children.
Deloris Batonhorst went to
Valentine Monday morning, Feb
ruary 26, where she will nurse
in the Valentine hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tasler at
tended the funeral of Ed Slay
maker in Atkinson Sunday, Feb
ruary 25.
Jim Batonhorst, of LoujvCity,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bat
onhorst.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Galligan,
of Atkinson, spent Sunday, Feb
ruary 25, at the hqme of her jfer
ents, Mr and Mrs. A. M. Baton
horst.
Cards Fall Apart
Against Spalding
The St. Mary’s academy Card
inals got off to a professional
start against the visiting Spald
ing academy quint on the O’Neill
floor Thursday night, but fell a
part at the seams in the third
quarter.
Spalding won, 56-46. St. Mary’s
jumped to an 18-5 first quarter
lead and held a 31-27 halftime
advantage.
In a prelim, the St. Mary’s un
derlings lost a 28-30 thriller.
Boxscore of main event:
ST. M. (46) fg ft pfpts
Becker, t . 5 5 3 15
DeBacker, f 2 0 5 4
Uhl, f 5 1 3 11
Mohr, c .4159
Krysl, c 0 0 0 0
Donohoe, D., g ... 0 0 2 0
Wanser, g .... 10 3 2
Donohoe, W., g _ 0 0 10#
Carney, g .. 13 5 5
Totals .1 ...18 10 27 46
SPALD. AC. (56) fg ft pfpts
Calvin, f _. 3 4 3 10
McCarthy, f 0 0 0 0
Snodgrass, f . 7 9 3 23
Flanigan, c . 0 0 10
Cleary, c _ 0 0 4 0
Murphy, g _ 5 5 4 15
Mailander, g .- 15 0 7
Sullivan, g . 0 0 0 0
Brown, g . 0 0 0 0
Totals _J6 15 56
Lions Knocked Out
Early in Tourney
The O’Neill Lions basketball
team was bumped, 60-37, by Ban
croft in the first round of the
Norfolk AAU basketball tourney.
The game was played Sunday.
BANCROFT (60) fg ft pi pts
Koehn, f 8 2 2 18
Repschlager, i 5 0 4 10
Wagner, c 5 0 2 10
York, g 12 14
Bahe, g 0 2 3 2
C. Repschlager, i 4 0 18
Borgmann, t . _ 0 1 2 1
Lutjen, g 0 10 1
Frey, g ... 3 0 0 6
Totals _ 26 8 15 60
O’NEILL (37) fg ft pf pts
Leach, f .. 10 3 2
Matthews, f . . 5 4 1 14
Mossman, c . 3 15 7
Carlson, g _ 2 13 5
Damkroger, g ._ 13 3 5
Miles, f _O' 0 2 0
Taylor, c 2 0 0 4
Volberding, g ... 0 0 10
Totals . 14 9 18 37
Officials: Brower and Mefford,
of Randolph.
Eagles Win and
Lose During Week
—
Coach Howard Dean’s O’Neill
high school Eagles split a pair of
engagements during the past
week.
The O’Neill high Eagles de
feated the Inman Tigers, 48-36, in
a rather listless but interesting
game that was fairly close most
of the way. O’Neill led 12-7 at
the first quarter, 21-19 at the
half, 33-29 at the end of the
j third.
Inman was ahead four points
for a few minutes during the
third period, but lost Hartigan
and Sobotka -via the foul route.
The Inman-O'Neill game was
play.d Friday night on the O’
iNeill floor.
On Tuesday night at Albion,
the Eagles bowed to the Cardin
als, 43-31 Albion led all the way.
Inman Tigers
Close Regular Season—
INMAN—Inman Tigers closed
their regular season of 15 sched
uled games last Friday at O’Neill.
The Tigers wor 13 and lost two
during the season. Inman averag
ed over 54 points per game.
Their opponents hit 37. Hartigan
and Stevens have led the Tigers
by scoring 385 and 263 points.
Inman will start class “D”
tourney play at Brunswick this
week.
Game score for the season
were:
Inman 54, St. Mary’s 38.
Inman 61, Brunswick 32.
Inman 41, Clearwater 43.
Inman 70, Page 38.
Inman 54, Orchard 22.
Inman 46, St. Mary's 44.
Inman 50, Ewing 38.
Inman 46, Chambers 31.
Inman 44, Orchard 42.
Inman 41, Osmond 35.
Inman 50, Page 32.
Inman 76, Chambers 41.
Inman 64. Ewing 39.
Inman 81, Brunswick 40.
Inman 36, O’Neill 48.
RIVERSIDE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weich
man were Thursday supper guest;
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Weichman.
D. H. Miergard, of Omaha, La
verne Wedige, of Norfolk, anc
Mr. and Mrs. James Kaup anc
family, also of Norfolk, w e r.e
weekend guests at the Joe Kaup
nome.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weichmar
were host and hostess to the
pitch club Sunday evening. Pri
ces were won by Alton Hoffman
and George Shald, high, and Mrs,
Laurence Hamik and Laurence
i Hamik, low’. A lunch was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Schaaf,
and family, of Columbus, visited
Wednesday, February 11, at the
home of Mrs. Schaaf’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kaup.
Mrs. Joe Kunz and daughter,
Joan and Mrs. Joe Kaup called
at the Stub Kunz home Friday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Thilo Poesseck
er and family attended a fare
well party for Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win Rentscheler and family Leo
and Mary, Sunday evening, Feb
ruary 18. Others present includ
ed, Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Hitch
cock, Mr. and Mrs. Geo Hitch
cock, Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Berry
and son Willis, Mrs. Lottie Kei
del and son David, Mr. and Mrss
George Keidel, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Wadsworth and family, Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Cotton and Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Marcellus. Prizes were
won by Mrs. D. B. Marcellus and
Carroll Marcellus low, and Geo.
Keidel and Mrs. George Hitch
cock, high. A lunch was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Engler
and son, John, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Mlinar and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Johnson visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Beck
Friday evening. The men went
to O’Neill to meet Marvel Jean
Johnson and Helen Engler, who
were enroute home from Omaha
on the bus. The girls spent the
weekend with their respective
parents.
Mrs. Marion Davis was a guest
from Wednesday until Saturday,
February 21 to 24, at the home
of her sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Weber, at Bassett.
Sunday dinner guests at the
Edwin Engler home were Mrs.
Engler’s brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. John Simons, and
her neice and nephew, Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Strom, all of Valen
tine, and Mr. and Mrs. Englers
daughters and their families, Mr.
and Mrs. John Schmit and son,
(Melvin, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Straka and daughters, Janette
and Jeanne, of Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Davis and
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Davis visit
ed Sunday, February 11, at the
Ed C. Slaymaker home in At
kinson and the James Nighten
gale farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kunz and
family visited Sunday at the
Charles Winkler home.
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U of N Chancellor
Will Speak Here
(Continued from page 1)
in 1916 and 1917, respectively.
He received his doctor of philoso
pny degree from the University
of Chicago in 1925. He is recipi
ent of five honorary degrees:
Doctors of science, from Regis
college, Denver, 1936; James
Milliken university, Decatur, 111.,
1946; the University of Florida,
1950; Doane college, Crete, 1950,
and doctor of humanities, Uni
versity of Denver, 1944.
Doctor Gustavson began his
teaching career at Colorado ag
ricultural college. Ft. Collins,
where he served from 1917 to
1920 with ranks of instructor,
assistant professor, and associ
ate professor. From 1920 until
1943 he was a member of the
chemistry staff at the Univer
sity of Denver, becoming head
of the department in 1937.
In 1942 he became dean of the
graduate school at the University
,ox Colorado, and served as presi
dent of the university from
is54 to 1945 when he accepted
the vice-presidency and deanship
trom tne University of Chicago.
As a boichemist, Doctor Gus
tavson’s principal research has I
dealt with the glands for in- j
ternal secretion and sex hor
mones. His work in the field has
been recognized both in the U.S.
and abroad. In 1930, he was a
delegate to the International
Congress for Glandular Research
in cohdon.
During World War II he serv
ed in a liason capacity between
the Argonne national laboratory
at the University of Chicago and
the war department. It was at the
Argonne laboratory where sci
entists discovered the atomic
bomb feasible. Later, he served
as a member of the board of gov
ernors for the Argonne labora
tory.
Also during the war, Doctor
Gustavson was director of a war
department project to test the ef
fects of high altitude flights on
aviators.
He is a former member of the
U.S. National Commission on
uNfiStJ, the educational, scien
tific and cultural organization of
the United Nations. He was a
member of the U.S. delegation to
the UNESCO conference in Mex
ico City in 1947.
Doctor Gustavson is a member
of the educational and research
committee of the national coun
cil of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, and a
member of the national board,
Society for Crippled Children.
He is a member of the Amer
ican Chemical society, the Soci
ety for the Study of Experiment
al Medicine and Biology, an as
sociate member of the American
Medical society, the American
f ederation of Biochemists, and a
Swedish professional society,
Svensk Kemist Samfundet, and
tor many years was a member of
! the American Association of Uni-^
j versity Professors.
In 1947 he was decorated by
the Swedish government for
his work in the fields of sci
ence and education. He is a
member of the Phi Lambda
Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta
Kappa, and Tau Beta Pi.
Mrs. Gustavson is the former
Edna Marie Carlson, of Omaha,
they have a daughter, Mrs. R. J.
(Charlotte) Wheeler, of Summit,
N. J., and a son, Russell G., a
student at the University of Ne
braska college of medicine, Om
aha. V
NORTH OF STUART [
The laymen of the Cleveland
Presbyterian church met for
their monthly meeting on Thurs
day evening, February 22, at the
Laurence Lofquest home.
Joe Timmerman, of Sutton,
visited at the James Deming
home Tuesday afternoon. He was
on his way home to Sutton from
Burke, S. D. where he had at
tended the funeral of a cousin.
The Timmermans moved to Sut
ton last fall. / 1
Elmer Allyn was a business I
caller in O’Neill on Wednesday, V
February 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith •>
and family attended a family
dinner Sunday, February 25, at f
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert V
Fullerton in Atkinson. Others M
present were Mr. and Mrs. O. J. V
Fullerton and sons, of Neligh; I
Mr. and Mrs. George Fullerton 1
and family and Mn and Mrs. A
Harold Fullerton, of Amelia, and B
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Seger ■
and family, pf Atkinson. The I
occasion was a farewell dinner B
for Leroy Fullerton, who is to be I
inducted into the army soon. Le- ■
roy is a son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. fl
Fullerton, of Neligh, and is the ■
eldest grandchild of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Fullerton. The O. J. f u4 ,
lerton family lived in Stuart sev
eral years ago.
Linford Sweet has been doing
some additional electric wiring
for Lex Forsythe the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fullerton ,
spent Thursday, February 22, at
the Merrill Smith home. Mr. Ful- ■
lerton helped Merrill work on I
the cattle shed he is building. B
Carpenters are working at the ■
rom Berry farm building a shed. B
ling, February 23. 0
Mr. and Mrs. James Deming V
ivere in O’Neill to attend the m
Hereford sale February 17. 0
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— O'NEILL —
Thursday. March 1
Starring Ann Sothern, Zachary
Scott and Gigi Perreau
SHADOW ON THE WALL
With Nancy Davis, Kristine
Miller, John Mclntire. M-G-M’s
daring, different, dramatic dra
in:’!
A dm. 42c plus tax 8c. Total 50.
Children 10c. plus tax 2c. Tot. 12c
Friday and Saturday
March 2-3
Big Double Bill
Judy Canova and Allen Mowbray
in
SCATTERBRAIN
A full hour of fun and laughs.
—also—
Roy Rogers and Trigger in
TRIGGER. JR.
In Trueolor
Also Dale Evans with Pat Bra
dy, Gordon Jones and Grant
Withers, Peter Miles, George
Cleveland, Foy Willing and the
Riders of the Purple Sage.
A dm. 42c plus tax 8c. Total 50.
Children 10c. plus tax 2c. Tot. 12c
Matinee Saturday 2:30.
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday
March 4-5-8
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Starring Doris Day, Gordon
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Children 10c, plus tax 2c. Tot. 12c
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