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VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 47.__O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. MARCH 27. 1952. PRICE: 7 CENTS.
Highway Group
Favors 1c Tax
Penney a Gallon on
Gas Urgent for
Road Needs
Seventy-five men were guests
of the Spencer Commercial club
at the banquet and annual meet
ing of the Nebraska Highway
281 association Friday evening.
Delegations were present from
Red Cloud, O’Neill, Spencer,
Butte, Bristow and Lynch. The
storm prevented the attendance
of delegations from a number of
other towns.
Present from O’Neill were: Sen
ator Frank Nelson, Judge D. R.
Mounts, Mayor J. E. Davis, J. D.
Cronin, Edward M. Gallagher, J.
Leo Moore, Earl J. Rodman, H.
J. Lohaus, J. B. Grady, P. B.
Harty, Norbert Uhl, Axel Borg
and James W. Rooney.
Officers elected were: Earl W.
Carpenter, of Red Cloud, presi
dent; J. D. Cronin, of O’Neill,
vice-president; Earl J. Rodman,
of O’iNeill, secretary-treasurer.
Elected as directors from this
area were John Krotter and C.
H. Fisher, of Spencer; D. B. Ray
mer and Clem Dophiede, of
Butte; L. W. Gibson and Lester
Pearson, of Bristow; John Walt
ers and M. F. Gribble, of Cham
bers; Art Apserod and John W.
Nichols, of Bartlett; Judge D. R.
Mounts and Axel Borg, of O’
Neill.
Resolutions adopted were:
(1) That highway 281 be com
pleted and hard surfaced from
ONeill to the South Dakota state
line; that it is a main traffic
outlet for mail, freight and pas
sengers from South Dakota and
points north, and, if not improv
ed traffic will move east through
South Dakota and avoid Nebras
ka;
(2) That US highway 281 be
hard surfaced and completed a
cross Nebraska; that it is an in
ternational highway, about 1,800
miles long in the United States,
I, 435 miles is hard surfaced; ov
er half of the unsurfaced portion
of said highway is in Nebraska.
(3) Since the national Highway
281 association, at the national
meeting in Waynoka, Okla., sug
gested that finances be raised
through the sale of $3 member
ships, $1 of which is to go to the
national association and the bal
ance to the state association; bg
it resolved that the Nebraska as
sociation secure its finances
through this method.
President Carpenter introduced
State engineer Harold Aitken.
Mr. Aitxen said tnat there are
1,500 mnes of concrete paving,
3.000 nines of bituminous sur
facing, and 5,o00 miles of roads
suriaceu with gravel, sand and
dirt in Nebraska. Half of the last
5.000 miles needs rebuilding and
the estimated cost of tnis work is
$100,ouu,00u. Requests to the state
hignway department during Jan- *
uary and February of 19o2, lor
repair or construction of 1,725
mUes of roads, was estimated to
cost $46,000,u0Q. IN me million is !
available in Nebraska for the re
pair and construction of roads
during 1952.
Mr. Aitken said that if the
people of Nebraska wanted roads
that they must furnish the mon
ey to build them. Mr. Aitken
said that $21,000,o00 in federal
funds is available to Nebraska
for matching purposes in build
ing roads. He said that Nebras
ka had not had sufficient funds
for this purpose for the past
three or lour years. He said that
an extra one cent of gasoline tax
would bring $4,000,000 in funds,
but that under the present laws
all of this money was not avail
able to the highway department.
A portion of it goes to the coun
ties, cities and villages for road
purposes.
Mr. Aitken had a series of
slides which dealt with the high
way system in Nebraska, types
of roads, repair and mainten
ance,, amount of money needed
and available, amount of money
spent in neighboring states and
number of miles in the neighbor
ing states. Mr. Aitken said that
it would be his policy to build
roads where the engineering is
most feasible and to serve the
most traffic.
In response to a direct ques
tion, Mr. Aitken said that if
highway 281 is to be completed
it must be built on a direct route
and to modern engineering speci
fications. A vote was taken as to
sentiment in favor of an extra
cent of gasoline tax for road
purposes ,and only three persons
voted against this method.
Murder Reward
Roosted $500
The Holt county board of su
pervisors Wednesday decided to
post a $500 reward for the per
son contributing the information
needed to identify th« slayer of
O’Neill’s Police Chief Chet Calk
ins.
On March 7—the day of the
murder—Mayor J. E. Davis said
the city would reward the in
formant with $500.
The county’s offer boosts the
total to $1,000. A number of in
dividuals have privately said
they would contribute to the
fund if an informant delivers the
vital information.
MAN. 77. DIES
ATKINSON—Conrad Clinton,
77, died late Tuesday, March 25,
at Atkinson Memorial hospital.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Friday.
Mrs. Slaight and daughter
. . . tragedy.
MRS. SLAIGHT, 44,
ACCIDENT VICTIM
O’Neill Farm Woman Dies
in Lynch Hospital
from Gunshot Wounds
Mrs. Emmett Slaight, 44, O’
Neill farm woman, died about
6:30 a.m., Friday, March 21, in
Sacred Heart hospital, Lynch,
from accidental gunshot wounds.
The accident occurred at the
Slaight home, 16 miles north
east of O’Neill, about 6:30 o’clock
the night before.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday, March 26, at St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church with Very
rtev. Timoiny U’ouihvan, church
pastor, uiiiciating. Huriai was in
^aivary cemetery.
Paiioeaiers were State Sen.
Frank weison, F. N. Cronin,
iiarry Lansworth, James Mcmii
i.y, John scomitz, John Pinker
man, Ralph Pinkerman and Al
oert Carson.
Agnes Merna Hughes Slaight.
daughter of Hughes William
Hughes and the late Christina
Wagner nugnes, was horn
September 17, 1907, at Ran
dolph.
She came to Holt county in
it)x,t from iianuoipn.
bne was umieu in marriage
Peoruary io, ism, to Lmmeit
a rancis biaignt at U iNeui. io
..us union were born two chil
dren, a aaugnter, Gloria, and a
oon, Goraon a rancis.
ourvivors include: Widower;
uaugnter — bister Agnes iviarie
lUiona biaignt;, oi Denver,
Colo.; son — Gordon trancis, at
name; lamer—n. W. nugnes, of
Bioomiieiu; brothers — Clifford
f JacK ) nugnes, oi Dorsey; irv
W. nughes, oi Kanaolpn; naipn
ing fnuu ) nugnes, oi augene,
Ure.; Lnswortn v. rete ) nugiies,
oi Kioomiieiu; sisters—Mrs. Car
rie Kuaa, or husk, wyo.; Mrs.
mllian nraach, oi JSlortn Plane;
Mis. Kicnaid (.nehna; Grilfitn,
oi Miami, Pla.
She was preceded in death
by her mother and two sisters,
nulh and Alice.
All of the survivors were pres
ent at the funeral except her
brothers, Irving and nnswortn.
and her brotner-m-iaw, Kichard
Griffith. i
a rosary was offered Monday
evening at Biglin Brothers fu
neral home.
Among out-of-town relatives
attending the large funeral were:
Mrs. Lyuia Chingway and Ber
nice, of Walthiil; Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Kay nansen, oi Bioomlieia;
Mrs. Millie btigiii, of Lusk, Wyo.;
and Mrs. bue Buchanan and Kog
er, of Kandolph.
Burial Delayed
Due to Blizzard
ATKINSON—Funeral services
were conducted Saturday, March
25, for Edwin Keeb, 71, who died
Wednesday afternoon, March 19,
in Atkinson memorial hospital
The rites were held in St. Jo
seph’s Catholic church, but the
committment at the cemetery
was delayed for several hours be
cause of inclement weather.
Survivors include: Widow —
Agnes; daughters — Mrs. John
Babl, of O’Neill; Mrs. Joe Pon
gratz, of Emmet; Mrs. Ed Cava
naugh, of Chambers; six grand
children; brother—Joseph.
The late Mr. Heeb was born
December 3, 1880, and was a life
long resident of Holt county.
Ranger Visits—
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Van
Cleave, of Baker, Ore., arrived
Monday for a visit with the Har
ry Kestenholtz family at Inman,
the Don Bursell family near
bpencer, and M; is Tillie Kesten
holtz at O’NeilJ. They were to
have departed Wednesday. Mr.
Van Cleave is a forest ranger.
Gels Promoted—
Word has been received by
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sum
mers that their son, Dale L.
Summers, has been promoted to
corporal. Corporal Summers has
been in North Korea with the
first marine division for the past
year.
I
QUIET PRIMARY
ELECTION SEEN
Taft, ‘Ike’ Names Not
on Nebraska GOP
Ballot
(See editorial on page 2)
Based on primary election tab
ulations of other years, tne April
1 primary election next Tuesday
is expected to be a quiet aifair.
The big names in both repub
lican and democrat parties are
conspicuous by their absence.
The Holt county—and Nebras
ka—republicans, who have gone
all-out for Ohio Sen. Robert A.
Taft in other years, wiH not find
his name on the ballot. To vot
for the Ohioan tney will be
obliged to use a sharp pencil.
Same for Gen. Dwight Eisen
hower, who has established some
sort of history with write-in suc
cess in other state primaries this
month.
Nebraskans can endorse Gen.
Douglas MacArthur by voting
for Mary Kenny, a Lincoln
housewife who is an avowed
MacArthur supporter. Only
other name in the presidential
slot on the GOP ballot will be
the perennial Harold E. Slas
sen. former governor of Min
nesota.
Democrats are in a similar
predicament. The titular head
of the demo party, Pres. Harry
S. Truman, is not entered in the
Nebraska primary. They have a
choice between Tennessee’s Estes
Kefauver and Oklahoma’s Rob
ert S. Kerr, who a fortnight ago
included O’Neill on his nation
wide stumping tour.
Chief race drawing interest in
tthese parts is the bid of Gov.
Val Peterson to unseat the vet
eran Sen. Hugh Butler, a matter
for the republicans to settle.
Holt countyans are watching
the weather and road conditions,
which probably will be import
ant factors in the unusually
early primary. April 1 (all
fool’s day) happens to be the ear
liest possible date a primary can
be conducted in Nebraska.
County Clerk Ruth Hoffman
said there is only one change
in voting places in the county
this year. In Wyoming town
ship the election board will be
sealed in the village of Amelia
instead of in a rural school.
O’Neill voting places are as
follows: First ward ana Grattan
township — Holt county court
house basement; Second — A.
Marcellus garage; Third — city
hall.
Here’s how the ballots will
read:
SAMPLE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY BALLOT
NATIONAL iiCKET
For president (vote tor one):
Harold E. btassen, Mary E. Ken
ny.
For delegates at large to na
tional convention (vote for ten):
Roy Sheaff, Dean Kratz, John B.
Quinn, Charles S. Reed, Ernest
M. Johnson, Paul S. Kruger,
George J. Thomas, John P. Mc
Knight, Einar Viren, Richard D.
Marvel, Terry Carpenter, Arthur
J. Weaver. Bernard R. Stone,
Charles J. Warner, Julius D.
Cronin, Harry S. Byrne, Herbert
J. Hughes, Chris J. Abbott, Hal
Lainson, J. O. Peck, J. LeRoy
Welsh, Ted W. Medcalfe, Hugh
Brown, Orin Cunningham, Char
les Thone, Leonard L. Larson, L.
E Ray, Adam McMullen, Barbara
Kratz, Farley Young, William
Swanson, Clifford Thoene.
For alternate delegates at large
to national convention (vote for
ten): Virginia Reiler, John S.
bamson, Kermit Wagner, William
Lynch, Neola Johnson, Frank
E. Landis, Ladd J. Hubka,
Chauncey E. Barney, H. J. Amen,
Pat Minier, Jonn it. Higgins, A.
ihurman Hinds, James t . Hard
ing.
For delegates to national con
(Continued on page 5)
No Opposition
on Muny Ballot
There’s one interesting feature
of the O’Neill city and school
election this year: No opposition.
O’Neill citizens will march to
‘iie polls to elect a mayor, city
clerk, city treasurer, police mag
istrate, three counci lmen, and
two members of the board of ed
ucation. The municipal posts are
for two-year terms; the school
jobs for three-year terms.
J. E. Davis, incumbent, is un
opposed for city clerk; John C.
Watson is the lone candidate for
city treasurer, picking up where
he left off before he was recall
ed by the army in October, 1950.
L. M. Merriman, who was ap
pointed to the council a year ago
to fill a vacancy, is the lone
candidate for the First ward city
council post; Joe Stutz, for Sec
ond; Emmett Crabb. for Third.
H. L. Lindberg and Mrs. Lor
etta Ilynes are petition candi
dates for the board of education.
If elected they will succeed Dr.
H. L. Bennett and Miss Anna O’
Donnell, veteran board members
who did not seek reelection.
Nurse Returns to
Old Stand — Hurt
Mis. Frank Dineen, wife of
O’Neill’s Highway Patrolman
Frank Dineen, Saturday was
ty hospital, Omaha, instead of
back at her old stand at Coun
reportmg lor uuty as mgnt su
pervisor, trie post she held un
til she was married last tall,
sue reported as a patient.
Mrs. Dineen, gjsiung m Om
aha, was a patient on the wurd
which she headed for several
years.
tme had been struck by a
skiuuing car near 4uth and
Dodge streets, and suiiered on
ly oruises.
Mrs. Dineen requested an
Omaua World-Heraid reporter
to keep the incident Out of
the paper, lie uiu. it appeared
Oi't tue front page!
G. V. MOTT, 74,
EXPIRES AT PAGE
Rites Held Wednesday for
Half-Century Holt
Resident
PAGE — Funeral services for
Garrett V. Mott, 74, who died
Saturday evening, March 22, at
his home in Page, were conduct
ed Wednesday, March 26, at the
Riverside Free Methodist church
at Ewing with the pastor, Rev.
F. A. Hand, officiating, assisted
by Rev. George Francis, of Page.
Burial was made in the Ewing
cemetery.
Garrett Voorhus Mott, the son
of John and Alletta Mott, was
born February 5, 1879, at Coffee
ville, Mo.
, At the age of 22 he came to
Nebraska and settled on a ranch
near Redbird with his brother,
Everett.
In September, 1913, he was
united in marriage to Mrs. Vas
tina Mott. To this union was born
one son.
Mr. Mott was preceded in death
by his mother, his father, his
brother, Everett, his sister, Ella,
and his former wife.
On September 3, 1947, he was
united in marri. ee to Maria
| Belle Culver at Flandreau, S.D.
! they came to make their home
east of Ewing where they lived
one year. They then moved to
Page where he was residing at
me time of his death.
Survivors include: Widow; son
—Grant, of Ewing; two stepsons
—Ernest, of Orchard, and Clif
.oiu, of Sioux City; five grand
children; five great - grandchil
dren; niece—Mrs. Chester Mar
shall, of Union Star, iVlo.
rie became afiinated with the
Free Metnodisi church in 1916.
/v bnef funeral rite was held
at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
<jrant Mott farm, east of Ewing,
idollowed by the i;iies at uie
ciiurch.
SARAH NORTON, 89,
STUART, SUCCUMBS
Mrs. Sarah Norton, 89, died on
Saturday, March 22, at the home
of her son, Ace Norton, east of
Stuart. Her husband, George
Norton, died about 12 years ago.
They had nine children, all of
whom survive except one eon,
Harvey Norton, who lost his life
in France in World War I.
It was for him at that time
that the American Legion post
in Stuart was named, the Harvey
Norton Legion post
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs. Sadie Kaiser, of Rollins,
Wyo.; Mrs. Jack Lesline, of Jef
ferson City, S.D., and Mrs. Mar
tha Alhouse, of Stuart; sons —
James, of Sargent Bluffs, la.;
George and Qumx, of Colorado;
Ace and Sam, of Stuart; sister—
ida Fowler, of Sargent.
A brother, Sam McCartney, of
Stuart, died about tnree weeks
ago.
Mrs. Norton was the grand
mother of Herbert Kaiser, of O’
Neill, and great-grandmother of
Esther and Ivan Kaiser.
The lunerai services will be
held this aiternoon (.Thursday)
in Stuart.
Returns from
3-Weeks' Trip—
Mrs. Geoige Head returned
Tuesday from a 21-day visit with
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. John Harkin Noll and
son, John narkin inoII, jr., who
was born February 28. The Noils
live at Madison, Wise., where Mr.
in oil attends the university. En
route home, sne viaiieu ner son
and his wile, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Head and cmldren, of Mmneapo
lis, Minn. Mrs. Head was there
when the buzzard struck.
Marooned al Laurel —
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graham,
Mrs. John Donohoe and daugh
ter, Dorothy, Mrs. Merle Hickey
and Miss Berneice Kirwin went
to Sioux City on Friday. On
their way home Saturday, the
storm became so bad they had to
remain at Laurel. There were
so many people stranded there
that the hotels were full. They
were fortunate in getting rooms
in a private home. They mad^ it
home Sunday evening.
BROTHER, SISTER
DIE SAME DAY
Emogene Baker Bower, 78,
Burial at Chambers;
To Holt in 1883
CHAMBERS— Mrs. Emogene
Baker Bower, 78, died at 9:45
i a.m., Saturday, March 22, at her
home in Chambers. She had been
til about three years.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March
2j, at the iviethodist church in
Chambers. Rev. L. R. llansberry
oifici»ited and Biglin Brothers
were in charge of burial in the
Chambers cemetery.
Pallbearers were A. B. Hub
bard, ti. W. Hubbard, Ray Line
hart, Walter Richards, J. W.
Walters and George Thompson.
Mrs. Bower’s brother, Harry
Hubbard, died almost simultan
eously at Rushville. Death of the
brother was learned when a tel
ephone message was being deliv
ered telling Mrs. Bower’s
death.
The late Mrs, Bower was
born November 29, 1873, at
Mead, a daughter of Eugene
Hubbard and Betsy Waiker
Hubbard. She came to Holt
county in 1883.
On April 4, 1889, she married
Lee baAer. 'limy became the
parents of tiiree sons and one
daughter. Mr. Baker died Sep
tember 5, 1929. Two sons, Ralph
and George Hess, preceded her
in death.
On January 28, 1931, she mar
ried Francis A. Bower.
Survivors include: Son — J.
Craig Baker, of Lincoln; daugh
ter—Gladys Oxford, of Cham
bers; grandsons—Eugene Bauer,
of Chambers, and Li. John Lee
Baker, of Las Vegas, Nev., an air
force pilot; brother—Sam iiub
oard, of Chadron.
CONCERT POSTPONED
The concert of choral music at
O’Neill public school, originally
scheduled for Sunday, March 23,
has been postponed until Monday,
March 31, 8 p.m.
ocouts Plan
Fund Kickoff
Last week at the Town House
in O’Neill a districtwide finance
dinner was held with the follow
ing present:
Judge D. R. Mounts, of O’Neill,
noldson, of O’Neill, district fi
district chairman; Verne Rey
nance chairman; L. D. Putnam,
of O’Neill, finance chairman; L.
Storjohann, of Atkinson, finance
chairman; Judge H. Allen, of
Bassett, finance chairman; Joe
Brewster, of Stuart, finance
chairman; Dick Jones, of Spen
cer, finance chairman; M. B.
Huffman, of E w . finance
chairman; Alton Braddock. of
Page, finance chairman; E. R.
Mueller, of Stuart, assistant
scout executive, Covered Wagon
Council; R. F. Miller, field ex
ecutive, norlh-centrai district.
The evening program was op
e n e d by Chairman Mounts.
Scouts Fetrow, Kaiser and Put
nam, of O’Neill, led the group in
the Scout oath. This was follow
ed by a few words by Eagle
Scout Fetrow on his part in the
state scouting report to Governor
Peterson at Lincoln February 8-9.
Scout Kaiser made a short talk
on Camp Wilderness at Johns
town.
The remaining portion of the
meeting had to do with a discus
sion of the methods and pro
cedures of conducting a finance
campaign for the Scouts and the
breaking down of the district’s
objective into community ob
jectives. This discussion brought
out many questions, answers and
ideas that for some time have a
roused some doubt.
Friday, May y, is to be the day
of the district wide kickoff in
all communities .
Spring Is Here—
‘Voice’ Says So
George Hammond, radio an
nouncer for the “Voice of The
Frontier,” Wednesday pro
claimed that spring has finally
arrived—as far as he is con
cerned.
He told listeners:
‘‘Spring is here. Anyway, all
the snow which fell last week
end rapidly is disappearing.
“Mention of spring reminds
me of a little ditty that the
boys and girls in the Royal Air
Force used to recite during
World War II. ft’s not very fun
ny. It goes like this
Spring is sprung;
Boids are on the wing.
How absoid!
Winks are on the boid!”
Hammond paused for a few
j seconds to encourage chuckles.
One faithful listener promptly
' phoned and asked: “Just how
' corny can you . . . (censored)
' • • •
Calkins Murder
Leads Fizzle
Machinery Sale
Here Saturday
The Lloyd Collins farm ma
chinery and implement sale,
scheduled for Saturday, March
29, starting at 12:30 pin., heads
The Frontier’s sale calendar.
Mr. Collins, head of the Holt
County Implements firm, will
offer 26 near-new and used trac
tors and a big lineup of new and
used combines, elevators, mow
ers, discs, plows, cultivators, and
miscellaneous equipment.
"Everything goes,” Mr. Collins
said, in describing the forthcom
ing auction. The auctioneers will
be Cols. Ed Thorin and Wally
O’Connell, both of O’Neill; the
clerk, O’Neill National bank.
A 640-acre Rock county ranch,
south of Bassett, and a complete
line of ranch equipment will be
offered at auction on Tuesday,
April 6. The Thorin-Reynoldson
auction seryice, of O’Neill, will
be in charge. Owners are Clinton
and byvina Shermer. (For de
tails consult advertisement on
page 6.)
SPRING STORM
STRIKES REGION
Heavy Snowfall East of
Here; Communications
Are Snarled
A man-sized snowstorm and
wind bore down on north cen
tral and northeastern Nebraska
late Friday and all day Saturday
Only element lacking to mnk"
it a fat chapter for the history
books was cold.
About three inches of snow fell
at O’Neill but Neligh, Plainview
and Norfolk reported upwards of
six inches.
The heavy, wet snow was
driven by a high wind. The mer
cury never got below 10 degrees
—a welcome situation for the
stockmen.
Busses into O’Neill late Friday
from Norfolk and Grand Island
were annulled The bus from
Grand Island weathered the
storm at Greeley. Mainline North
Western trains were running up
to seven hours late. The Burling
ton held an eastbound train at
the O’Neill terminal on Saturday
until the storm subsided. U.S.
highway 275 was blocked east of
Neligh and U.S- highway 20 was
closed east of Plainview until
Sunday morning. They were
opened for one-way traffic. Sun
day morning the job of digging
out was begun.
Weather summary:
Hi Lo
March 19 . SO 20
March 20_„40 29
March 21. 30 20
March 22-21 12
March 23 _ 29 9
March 24_ 32 10
March 25 _33 22
approximately five inches of
snow ieil March 21 and 22.
C of C Bringing
Circus to Town
Fuller Bros, indoor circus will
present two performances Satur
day—the first at 2 p.m., the sec
ond at 3 p.m.—at the O’Neill pub
lic school auditorium- The show
is being brought to O’Neill by the
Chamber of Commerce.
There will be no admission
charged.
A Chamber spokesman said all
persons throughout the O’Neill
region, including the nearby
towns, are invited—young and
old.
Legion. Auxiliary Members
Hold Party —
ATKINSON—Members of the
American Legion, Farley-Tushla
post, auxiliary members and
their guests held a party Sunday
evening in the Legion hall to
celebrate the Legion’s 3d birth
day anniversary. A large birth
day cake decorated with the Le
gion emblem and 3 candles help
ed to make the occasion a more
festive one.
Speaker for the evening was
District Commander Robert
Swanson, an attorney from Stan
ton. Mr. Swanson was a little
doubtful at noon of the possibil
ity of his coming but roads were
cleared in time to allow him to
arrive on time
DISASTER SHARE $315
Kbit county’s share in Amer
ican Red Cross fund drive in
crease has been fixed at $315.
The ARC needs an extra five mil
lion dollars to aid and rehabilitate
2,800 persons in the seven-state
area hit last week by devastating
tornadoes.
But Search Pressed
for Slayer of
Police Chief
Another solid week of inten
sive investigation has failed to
grod uce any new leads in the
het Calkins murder mystery.
Authorities have followed
through on numerous interroga
tions and two men were held in
Omaha for questioning. Late
Wednesday night Capt. Harold
Smith, head of the criminal in
vestigation bureau of the Ne
braska safety patrol, had only
this to, say:
"We're working hard lo
crack this case. We have lots of
asaiafance iron: brother offi
cers. But there is nothing to
report."
Police Chief Calkins was mur
dered during the early morning
hours on March 7. His bullet-rid
dled body was found in his
cruiser car on Everett street, lit
tle more than 300 feet from the
heart of the O’Neill business dis
trict
iuesaay me searcn ior me
slayer turned to Omaha where
police were holding a 23-year-old
man who admitted owning a .32
calibre automatic pistol. It was a
.32 which killed Chic^ Calkins.
Omaha Detective Capt. Harry
Green quizzed the man, whom
he did not identify. The prisoner
cave his address as Kearney, but
Kansas authorities were inter
ested in him in connection with
a stolen musical instrument that
had been reported taken at
Wichita.
The prisoner said he was in
Oklahoma on March 7. He said
his pistol was at his home in
Kearney.
One office- late ' Wednesday
told The Frontier they were
“quite satisfied” the 23-year-old
man in question had nothing to
do with the slaying.
Omaha authorities Wednes
day also fired test bullets from
a .32-calibre revolver found in
a light green automobile which
had been parked for two or
three days on an Omaha street
It was subsequently learned
the weapon was owned by a
58-year-old man. He was not
held for further questioning.
Colored handbills were widely
circulated giving the public a
glimpse of the much-publicized
suitcase. Several witnesses said
they saw Chief Calkins talking
with a man about 5 feet 10 inch
es in height, dark hair, light top
coat, while the trunk lid on a
late-model car was raised. A
suitcase had been reported stolen
earlier in the evening from a
parked car and Chief Calkins
was inspecting the case.
It is blue with white trim and
bears the initials “D.D."
Holt Sheriff Leo S. Tomjaek
said Wednesday that the search
for the assassin is being pressed
here while exhaustive Dallistu
checks and study of criminal
records goes on.
The clothes of Chief Calkins
were forwarded to the FBI lab
oratory for study.
O’Neill, St. Mary’.
Page Dominate Team
(See photo layout page 4)
O’Neill high with three play
ers and St. Mary’s academy and
Page with two each dominate
The Frontier’s 1952 all - Holt
county prep basketball team an
nounced this week.
All coaches, superintendents
and athletic officials helped with
the selections by balloting.
The first eight includes:
DON GODEL, O’Neill high,
senior, who averaged over 17
points per game and led the field
in balloting.
RONALD PARK, Page.
BERNARD MOHR, St. Marv’s.
DON BECKER, St. Mary’s.
BOB SORENSEN, Page.
GARY BUCKMASTER, O’Neill
high.
DAVEY EBY, O’Neill high.
BOB KNAPP, Ewing.
Barely edged out of the first
eight were Chace, Atkinson high;
Harold Nielsen, Inman, and Go
kie, St. Joseph’s hall.
Honorable mention goes to the
following:
Don Calkins, O’Neill; Judge,
St. Joe; Adams, Chambers; Good,
Ewing; Coats, Stuart; Young;
Chambers; Leist, Page; Bill Zem
pel, Page; Wayne Donohoe, St
Mary’s; Jerry Wanser, St. Mary’s.
BEGIN TRIP
ATKINSON—Mrs. A. G. Mil
ler and her daughter, Mercedes,
left Thursday for Chicago, Ili,
New Orleans, La., and other
points of interest along the way.
They expect to be gone for sev
eral weeks.
Frontier for planting!
