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i PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY. JANUARY 20, 1941. Spring Styles May Reflect the Coronado Era Ihe Plaftsmooth Journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Fostoffice, Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class nail matter Life of the Down and Outer in City of London Graphic Picture of the East Side Residents of Historic City During War Times. Making Motors for Air Defense i ' rr i pttti C r - - iP MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION FRICE $2.00 A YEAR IN FIRST P03TAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal Zone. $2.50 per year. Beyond 600 miles. $3.00 per year. Rate to Canada anl foreign countries, $3.50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly In advance. G-Men Prowl for Notorious Public Enemy r-i h,t --- tt7;i i'n TWrnit Iranrh Pank Holdup Detroit Underworld Figure. P.y ALLEN C. DIBBLE WASHINGTON (UP) G-men throughout the nation are "on rrov.l" for Charle3 Monazym. tne 28- year-old hoodlum sought in connec tion with the $64,740 robbery of a Detroit branch bank. The official record of the bank robber is "the object of an extensive ' ''J1,1' '' . V , . . . v . ' rc:r, Joan Bellinger, Robert investigation." Thi3 mean3 that he :iabary is high on the list of public enemies j" 'ML,S" 'Tritt. Grade 4 Richard Col sought by the federal bureau of In- n-'nr--. Raymond Hild. Donald Perry, vfti-votirm iKenneth Kehroedrr. Leonard Taylor, G-men say that Monazym has been Identified positively as a participant in the holdup of the Oakland and Woortlawn branch of the Detroit bank on May 1, 1936. He was Indict- 23, 193 5 . The branch bank, located near the Chrysler automobile plant, had an unusually large amount of cash on ... . ,, , , , ,, hand to meet payroll checks of work- ers. Machine Gun Carried Four men, all carrying side-arms, entered the bank and a fifth remain ed outside in the get-away car. One man identified as Monazym, carried a machine gun. The robbers commanded 40 pa trons and six employes in the bank at the time of the holdup to lie on the floor. One of the robbers punc- tuated the command with a shot Into the brink fixtures. ' . i The bank's' funds - were- seooped into a White, 'cotton sack aid the robbers ran to their waiting auto mobile. Investigation led to the iden tiPcation of John Carl Conley and Rudolph "Dutch" Brant as com panions of Monazym in the holdup. Brant was apprehended in De troit at the home of an underworld character upon whom he had called to solicit aid in filling out a parole report. Brant was on parole from the Michigan state prison, where he had served 11 years of a 15-30 year sentence for second degree mur der. Detroit Underwcrld Figure Conley was arre3tcd on July 29, 1936. by Detroit police, and the search then was centered upon Monazym, who was widely known pmong Detroit underworld char acters. FliI sources described Monazym as 5 feet, 94 inches tall, of medium slender builf1, weighing 128 pounds; blak hair; brown eyes; dark com plexion, and of Syrian descent. Born in rottsville. Pa., Monazym moved with his parents to Detroit in 1915. The FBI said that he has been known to associate with criminals since early manhood. He served a sentence in the Mis souri state prison for grand larceny. Subsequently, he vac arrested 11 times on minor charges by Detroit police. In August, 1932, he was' committed to the stata prison at I Jackson, Mich., to serve from three to 10 years for larceny. Dec. 24, 1934. He escaped The FBI warned that Monazym i rcpor with ted to be armed at all time3 j !8 caliber automatic. TRIPLE MURDER AND SUICIDE ORTONVILLE, Minn., Jan. 17 (UP) Four persons were found dead today in their burning home and authorities said they appeared j to be the victims of a triple murder ' and suicide. I When firemen extinguished the flamc3 in the home of Harm Julius, 1 they found Julius, EC, hanging from ; ft rafter in the basement. Hi3 wife, I her mother, and a niece, Jenny Sleep er, 24, were found dead in their beds with deep gashes in their head3, and officers said they appeared to have been t;truck with an ax or some other sharp instrument. Authorities jpied France cost a man $",0 in Lon paid Julius last, week had an attorney idon. The defendant was found guilty draw a v i'! for him but they knew .of violating defense regulations, by of no rruon why fc Ebould 'till the other members of his family. ' SCHOOL NOTES "streets of London in the background The following pupils have beenast enders who never had much oe- ir.rither absent nor tardy during the p nnmmiwr' i CENTRAL BLDO Mif Korbrl. Kdgt. Jimmy El--r1srr. Piobcrt Mason. John Meisinger, Kmr.rth MHs'nscr. Jerome Shel- lonhp'-ger. Helen Colyer. Barbara! Hrnnlngs. Lois Hughson. Jean Schu- . w. ri'Me June snideu, uetty Ann Sutton. Phlrley Glaze. Miss Martens. Grade 1 James Hart. Alle Maddox. Ml?s Oakes. Grade 2 Evelyn Al-l-n. Totty Jean Hoviand, Howard ITerrirgton. ! Edward Young, Mary Katherine Al ii on Waniln Txiii Ponv Mnrv Tllpn Mnry. Ellen Reed. 1 i Mrs. Ci'mmins, Grade 5 Margaret , Frnev. Jeanette Harris, Margaret iHrlneman. Lrmise Phillips, Pattv j Miss Prohaska, Grade 5 Billy fnrk, ' Donna Cotner, John Eledge, Edna Forbes. Billy Falk, Dayle grazier, Frank Gaines, Lois Johnson, James McMahan, Robert Meisinger, arfl Renner Phyllls Snodgrass, Anna Sehubeck. Norma Jean War then, Richard Meisinger. Miss Nolting, Grade C- Kenneth Adkins. Beuford Clinkenbeard, Wal ter Kimberling. Larry Thimgan, Don ald Wood. Glenna Alchin, Virgie Alice Clark, Claudine Frazier, Shir ley Spangler. Miss Muenster, Grade 6 Eobby Gentry, Jean Lloyd. Ruth Ann Nel son. Hermina Reichstadt, Clara Belle Rhodcn, Minerva Royer. Janet Tie kotter. Kenneth Tiekotter, Robert iTritsch. Donna Winters. Helen Yard- ley. COLUMBIAN BLDO. Mi Korbel. Kdgt- Gary Graves, Lyle Wcatherby. Mrs. Traudt. Grades 1 and 2 Tvnr Pomberg. Gfrry Le Hilt. Joann Henry, Richard Kalasek, Ruth Ann ITobbs, Lucy Ann Meisinger. Miss Brazda, Grades 2 and 3 Mary Patterson, George Cassity, Roy Patterson. Billy Linder. Miss Iverson, Grade 4 Carlyne MeiEinger, Leila Mae Clark. WINTERSTEEN Miss Bauer None. Msis Horn, Grades 3 and 4 Ron ald Warthen, Cecil Wood, Doris Knox. FIRST WARD Miss Hughes. Grades 1, 2 and 3 Marlene Albin, Marilyn Bourck, Ralph Ryan. Lois Schroeder. Lulu Yard ley, Delbert Albin, Carl Ore, Jr., Len Ray Shellenbarger. MERCERVILLE Miss Lorraine Da II. Grades 1 to 6 Marvin Ferris, Dickie Ferris, Ed ward Baumgart, Eunice Baumgart, Dwight lies. HEEALDRY TO GO ON DE STROYERS TRADED BRITAIN LONDON (UP) American de stroyers which figured in the trans fer to the British navy will receive the distinctive badges carried by most British ships. Designers of the College of Arms, Britain's 4 SO - year - old governing bedy on heraldry, are planning the I emblem which earn destroyer will j bear. Known as a "badge," a bronze j plaiue about one foot In diameter is p'oeed in p prominent place on the quarterdeck of British warships iOthcrs. ranrlnrr from n t fixed jn n " ' I sirs, whalers and other boats belong- ir.g to the ship. MnrG the former American rle- 'trovers have been named for town3 i jand cities common to both Britain! land the United States, it is likely that their badges will be based on ithc arma cf the British city, acom iparied by some indication or their American origin. This indication may take the form cf a stars and stripes motif or one or two stars Incorporated In the de- sign. Where the American city has arms or a corporate seal, this prob - ably will be taken into account by the Heralds' artists. LETTER IN WARTI1IE COSTLY LONDON, Eng. (UP) A love let- iter to his fiancee in German-occu (attempting to send Eire. By HARRY FLORY AND EDWARD W. BEATTIE. JR. NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UP) This Is the story of London's down-and-outers. It is the story of a Cockney-born "Greek Chorus" that tramps the of the tragedy set in motion by Mar shal Hermann Gocring's bombers. It is the story of the bombed-out ;fore war came and who haven't any-j thine now except the stubborn will to-live that is bred in the slums of Limehouse, of Stepney and of Poplar. If percentages mean much, the down-and-outers aren't a big frag ment of Britain's 45,000,000 popu lation. Their numbers aren't. Just a few thousand among the millions. As long as the down-and-outers are only a few thousand they are no more important than a few thou sand germs in a healthy person's blood-stream. There are two hours of the day when you can see the down-and-outers on the move in London. One hour to see- them is the grey, damp fog of the morning 8 o'clock. At that hour they are shuffling up from the shelter to the streets and winding down through the smashed streets of the east end to the river Thames. You can hear them, too, as the muffled swish of their worn boots goes over the cobbled pavements. You can hear the hack-hack-hack of the shelter cough. It is ,not a nice sound. But it is the only voice of the down-and-outers so far. A racking voice that warns of congest ed lungs, bad air. Infections and pos sibly worse to come before the long w inter shall end. When Londoners hear that hack-hack-hack their worry over epidemics comes out of the dark corners of their minds where they have hidden it away, trying to forget about it. The down-and-outers go down to the Thames in the morning -to wash in the river. They do that because they haven't any homes and there isn't any place to wash in the shel ters , , . .. Some of the lucky ones have a friend near by who hasn't been bomb ed out. The lucky ones go to their friend3 places and wash there. The second hour to see the down-and-outers is 3 o'clock in the evening as darkness starts to close in and they queue up for another night in the shelter. The down-and-outers don't complain about this. Com munist agitators have tried to work among them but they haven't made much headway. Possibly that's be cause the down-and-outers and Lon doners and British to the core. You've probably read about one big shelter where three or four thou sand of these people spend 16 hours out of each 24. This shelter is some thing of a sight in London, like the Bowery used to be in New York or West Madison street in Chicago. Visiting journalists ask to see it and send home descriptions and impres sions. This shelter is a big freight derot, all heavy stonework and cobbled Coons something built in London in the massive days of the Soames For syte era. Mrch of the building still is U3cd for freight. But the vast, damp gloom of the ground floor ia now a "shelter." It's safe. That's about all that you 'ion unit 4?nn 14- 1 i a a i ,,aj " "-"i:;n u s irue imi wumn tne limitations of the some- ,timcs stifling British red-tape efforts jat ,mPrments "o under way. i.iih row v.orKiTf-n are busy in stalling three-tierC( hunks at one end. They are spared a foot or so apart. They also are putting run- n'ns "vater aml' eventually, they may get arourd to better toilets than (he buckets now provided. You can smell this shelter when you get close to it in the blackout of the night. That is, you literally i au 1 ne Ieua air comes out 'U'e doorway "ke stale air comes up the subway griH3 ,! New York- nut 'the subway exhaust is fresh beside that of the warehouse shelter, If you go down into the shelter you can see the sleeping thousands. Some of them sleep in the big white washed bays, two or three feet off the floor where freight used to be Filed. But many are on the cobble stone floor. Inside the shelter there is another odor that of strong disinfectant the letter viajthat clings to the walls, the heavy j wooden platforms and the dust. -4i fi 'VHf-l 5 Appearances to the contrary, these pictures of Allison air plane engines In production are in reverse sequence. At right, a motor being readied for its first test run. Above, the same motor in the "tear down" department for inspection after the run, as required by the Army Air Corps for all aviation engines. INDIANAPOLIS Production methods of the automobile industry are receiving their first test In turn ing out non-automotive defense products at the Allison plant here where General Motors Is building liquid-cooled airplane engines at a current rate of 350 a month. Designed for use by the Army Air Crp3 and the British govern ment, these engines, the first of their kind ever manufactured in this country, are built to hair-line specifications. Each part Is sub jected to rigid tests and checks be fore assembly, and the completed engine is given an eight-hour test run during which it 13 brought up to fall power. Then it is completely torn 4own, inspected fcr wear and imperfections, reassembled, given a final acceptance run and packed in Three times drenched In a day the shelter is disinfectant in the morning when the down-and-outers leave, in the afternoon before they come in and about midnight when they are sleeping. There's a canteen in the shelter, run by the Salvation Army. It runs all night, selling tea and cakes, ham or sausage rolls, cold meat pies for a penny or two. Some people bring their own teapot3 and cups. Pome 1 are families, mother, father, children and dog. Many are without families. . - Between eight in the morning and three in the afternoon when the lines start to form at the "shelter doors .these people wanted the streets. They 'get simple meals at communal feed jing centers. Or if they have money they buy the east end equivalent of American hamburgers and hot dogs "fiph and chins." Most, of these down-and-outers have no jobs. Some of their jobs were bombed out of existence in the great attacks and fires which swept the east end docks and warehouses in ; September. But many of them lost their jobs before that. London's great dorks lost much of their useful j nrss the day that German Panzer j.livisions swept into Abbeville on the j French channel roast. From the day the Germans installed themselves on the channel the Port of London lost half or more of its shipping value. Seme of those people had no jobs before the war. They were on the dole. There are many reasons for the plight of London's down-and-outers. One is the failure of the authorities to appreciate the necessity for deep shelters before the war started. That is, many deep shelters with sleeping px'commodations. sanitary conven iences. Heating and ventilation, borne (day that will he remedied. Meantime, it should be remember- (cd that these conditions probably are ,0., Des Moincr. Omaha. Minneapolis I the worst to be found in London. :ami iow-a City. The association's at jTliey are an exception. Many more torneys said lower rates were neces j thousands of people spend their sarv to enable them to compete with I nights in decent, adequate shelters (or in their own home shelters. Not many use the brick and con j crete street shelters of which so much was hoped for before the war i Bombs smash Ihpm ton pasilv. It doesn't take a direct hit. The blast Help your teeth shine ll!:e the stars ... use Calox Tooth Powder Many of Hollywood's out the natural lustre Calox too. Pure, wholesome, pleasant-tasting, approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau. Five tested ingredients, blended according to the formula of a foremost dental authority, make Calox an economical tooth powder that can't harm tooth enameL Get Calox today at your drug store. Five sizes, from 10(J to $1.25. Copi. 1939 McKesson 4 Robbias, Inc. I frii i r It y . Mi fi 1 1 r.iii i .Ml t Mr-.. .w .-ij?c ViSv ".i. - r r . .m - a moisture-proof transparent wrap per for shipment. Currently employed in the 1.U00, 000 square f3et of buildings; occu pied, by the Alison plant are 7,200 men. Another 1,750 men are mak ing Allison engine parts at the of air from a near miss caves in thir walls and brings the 8-inch or 10-inth concrete roof slab down on the occupants, if any. DRAFTEES TO NATIONAL GUARD LINCOLN, .Jan. 1G (UP) Nebras ka's conscription quota will be 2,062 men in February, Guy Henn'inger announced today. The new conscription, he said, will go to the Nebraska National Guard, increasing the guard to war-time strength. Following induction at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Chey enne, Wyoming, and Omaha, the draftees will be sent to Camp Rob inson, Arkansas for one year. Henninger said it was estimated there were 500 available volunteers in the state, leaving more than 1,500 men to be conscripted. The February quota will bring to 2.447 the number of Nebraska men called under the draft law. Only 122 men were called in November and 263 in January. Nebraska's total draft registration exceeded 143,000. The February conscriptees will in crease Nebraska's national guard strength to between 4,905 men. As signments for the new draftees in clude 1.14S to the 124th infantry, r."i2 to the 10th medical regiment and 3G2 to the 110th quartermaster regiment. Nebraska's February quota was nearly one-fourth of the total of 9.0D8 men to be celled from the Sev enth Corp3 nine-state area. . - i ASK L0WTS CAR RATES WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UP) The Tctroleum Bail Shirpers asso- eiation today asked the interstate commerce commission to reduce the rates on multiple car shipments to eight terminal points Kansas City, st. Loui3, Chicago, Jefferson City, shippers lining pipelines and water transportation. One proposal offered by the as sociation was a reduced rate for ship ments of 5,000 barrels or 25 cars. A reduction of 20 per cent was sug- gestcd. brightest stars use Calox to help bring of their teeth and you can rely on ' i j t 4 i7 4- r ., .- k , . i W-.r. 'Nfl . 7T t's . $ " ' v 'f 1 3 IK' as f 7 -i" 1 4 iv rfl ' . i 3l -Ji Cadillac Division in Detroit. A year ago the Allison plant occupied 90, 000 square feet of floor space and employed 900 men. By next Fall further additions to the plant will have been completed and new --"lipment installed. Employment Ser vice Places Many in Jobs in 1940 ! Miss Edith Solomon Reports That 509 Persons Were Employed with 221 in Private Placement. Edith D. Solomon of the Nebraska State Employment Service office re ports that 509 placements were made by her office in 1940. Of this total 221 were private placements, on which increased emphasis is being placed. At the close of 1940. 4Sf persons were actively seeking employment, while during the year 395 new appli cations for jobs were made. The riattsmouth office serves Cass coun !y. Last year the 20 Nebraska State Employment Service offices made 33, 90S job placements, over half of them in private jobs. In 1940, pri vate placements outnumbered public placements for the first time. Cur tailment of PWA projects and near completion of the big power and irri gation projects has resulted in a drop in public placements. The in crease in private placements, how ever, offsets that reduction. kinase, ro.on.on ur8.'S ' 3 to inquire at the employment service office before leaving the state in sraivh of defense project jobs. "Other! states constantly asK us to piinniue this warning, informing us that such migratory labor is being handled In ,a manner that will assure placement if they will only follow the proper procedure," she said. "Pbrne tnnbn? orders to No. 6 . - Exposition in Southwest Inspires Colorful Designing Fuseum Ecsen.rtli Conducted. j EL PASO, Tex. (UP) The United I States Coronado Ex position Conimis- i jsion is credited with supplying jinitiatlve for a woman's fashion de jSign that promises to catch the famy of the Fonthwrst. j The lingo government-hacked show, ! v. hi- h last fall complete'.! a tour over j four southwest staUs in presenting r.n historical pngeaut of Spanish ex iPloration, so influem-od a 2S-year-o!d J Phoenix. Ariz., school teacher that !she turned a hobby into what may become a business. Last June at the opening presen ilation of the Coronn.do .how in Albf jquerric. N. M., Miss Carmen L-.U'i-json, music teacher in a Phoenix .junior high school with a flare for designing, was an interested rpec t?.tor. The colorful cost -mes, au thentic in detail to the dross worn by Spanish ladies and Con quistad ores 400 years ago. inspired her. JTnreum Refer:h Ccndrctcd After becoming interested Mi;-s Larison was commissioned by Arizona officials. She spent four months in research in museums after her ap pointment to do a group of prints for the Coronado celebration. Dozens of designs were discarded before she found a swre-ssfnl one. Her research revealed that the Spaniards brought tho first parrots to the southwest on their explor ation treks, and to the simple In dians the colorful birds were fascin ating. With the red r.r.d yellow eolors of Coronado's shield s'ie blended a par rot green and turquoise blue (tur quoise were traded by the Indians for the Spaniard's parrots) into her prints, thus following the Coronado theme as set down in history. Miss Larison was intrigued by modern styling possibilities of the 400-year-old costumes worn by par ticipants in the Coronado celebra tions. "As I watched the show the de signs on the blankets of the horses suggested idas, the hats of the 1540 period 1 suggested off the face hots for dinner wear, and even the men's coats suggested trotter length coats for sports wear," she said. When her print was complete she attempted to interest New York firms in her designs, and late in November the first public showing of her Cor onado prints was held in El Paso. They were acclaimed by eastern buy ers who saw "sneak previews" of spring and summer fashions designed by her. Fashion . experts predict that the Arizona school teacher thousands of miles from the world's style centers may dictate milady's warm-weather sportswear styles from coast to coast next year. IOWA-YALE GAME BRIGHT IOWA CITY, la.. Jan. 17 (UP) The possibility of an Iowa-Yale foot ball game in 1943 or 1944 was re vealed here late yesterday by B. C. Schroeder, University of Iowa ath letic director. The naming of Emerson Nelson. former Iowa grid f.tar, as Yale foot- ball coach enhances the chances for an Iowa-Yale series," Sc hroeder said. "Negotiations, however, hnvo Inst : )Cgnn j ochrocclr a,so (Un.;e(1 a rnmo,. tliat ; Iowa v.0,jl(, , , . , , !r..rni., ..i!mni r,.., , t. ed ,0,va f(,r a RamCj ,)nt (he Hawk eyes aren't, interested in playing the P.rms in the near future." he said. Hoy One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of FAT Lost Her Prominent Hips Lost Her Double Chin Lost Iler Sluggishness Gained a More Shapely Figure and the Increase in Physical Vigor and Yivariousness Which So Often Comes With Excess Fat Reduction. Thousands of women are getting fat and losing their appeal just be cause they do not know what to do. Why not be smart do what thousands of women have done to pet off pounds o unwanted fat. Take a half teaspoonful of Kruschen in a glass of hot water first thing every morning t gently activate liver, bowels and kidneys cut down your caloric intake eat wisely and Batisfyingly there need never be a hungry moment! Keep this plan up for 30 days. Then weigh yourself and see if you haven't lost pounds of ugly fat. Just see if this doesn't prove to be the surprise of your life and make you feel like shouting the good news te ather fat people. And best of all a jar of Kraschen that will last you for 4 weeks costs but little. If not joyfully satisfied money back. I 1 I