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MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1941. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE ,1 I 1 Alvo News Special Journal Correspondence Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook were in Weeping Water Friday for Memor ial day services. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mickle of Avoca spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. William Mickle. Mr. and Mrs. William Mickle drove to Weeping Water Friday for the Memorial day service and to decorate the craves of relatives. Mrs. Verle Rosenow and little j son. Alvo this week visiting relatives. She is a former teacher in the Alvo schools. Marion Dimmitt and family of . Ashland spent Sunday evenin . .r.. Glenn Dimmitt home. They also called at the Lafe Mullen home ear lier, during the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dickerson of Lincoln, former Alvo people, have announced the engagement and ap proaching marriage of their daugh ter, Nadine. She is a granddaugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles God by of this place. Miss Florence Taylor, who is a teacher in the McCook schools, is here for a few weeks' vacation with relatives and friends. They arrived last Saturday. Free Shows The business people of Alvo are continuing with the popular free moving picture shows during the summer. They have already given two, with good attendance. Church Ladies Meet Twenty-one church ladies met at the church basement Wednesday af ternoon for their regular June meet ing. Hostesses were Mesdames Archie Miller, Ruth Taylor. John Sehlap hoff and Wayne Kinney. The ladies voted to have a stand at the picnic in July. Hostesses served delicious ice cream, coffee and wafers. Mrs. Velde, the president, report ed on the convention. There was no other program. Former Superintendent Here Ed Jacobson of New Jersey arrived in Omaha the last of the week for a few days' visit here with friend3 and relatives. He came via airplane and Mrs. Jacobson. who had been here for several days, joined her husband in Omaha. They attended the Wesleyan col lege graduation and alumni dinner. They also plan to attend the Alvo alumni banquet, as Mr. Jacobson is a former superintendent of the Alvo school. Then they will attend the graduation and alumni get-together at the University of Nebraska, after which they will go to Genoa, where Mr. Jacobson has relatives. Attend Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Rehmeier and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hansen and Mr. and Mrs. Crisler attended the wedding of Miss Frances Rehmeier niece of Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Reh meier, held at one of the churches in Weeping Water Sunday after noon. About 400 guests were pres ent at this impressive ceremony among them Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Frisbie of Lincoln. Mrs. Frisbie is state 4-H club leader. Frances has been in Alvo numer ous times to give talks on the 4-H club work, in which she was much interested. Her husband is Otto Detmer, a teacher in the schools at Filley. Alumni Banquet- Ninety-one attended the alumni banquet last Thursday evening, and tn joyed a most pleasant time renew ing school day acquaintances and reminiscing of "the times when " Mrs. Frank Hemke had charge of the kitchen, Mrs. Lee Coatman of the tables. Mrs. Carl Ganz of arranging the program and Mrs. Coatman and Carl Ganz had charge of the initia tion. Tables were beautifully decorated; with garden flowers and palms. Mrs. Roger Williams made clever little nut cups with palm tree decorations that added much to the effectiveness of the occasion. The final prepara tion of the food was in charge of the mothers and the tempting viands were served by high school girls. Mr. L. M. Hauptman of Lincoln gave a talk on the subject of "Sweet Teas of Democracy," and Mr. Taylor of the University of Nebraska show ed pictures of Alaska and its indus tries. All were very interesting. " Mrs. Ellis Mickle was elected to the office of president, Dick Borne- meier was named vice president and! Sherell Fife treasurer. . The banquet was in charge of Mrs. Carl Rosenow, the president, and much credit is "ue her for the success of the occasion. WABASH By Journal Field Representative Henry Schleuter has just finished taking the school census of Wabash and vicinity. William Sanden was shelling and delivering corn to the Wabash ele vator last week. Prices are up now, and many are cleaning up their sur plus corn from last year. Robert Barden, who was recently called into service, reported to Fort venwortn, ana m writing worn training and camp life generally. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hansen and the twins as well as another daugh- I . 0 Ti:.,! . .. . o J ltM ul Bui ouuua, i. l. e T- ... .. . if. til nit iiuiue ul xvi a pctituis, ivii. and Mrs. Carl Hansen near Wabash. John West and Ray Walter have accepted employment with the pipe line company that is laying a gas line in the vicinity of Blair. They have to drive to and from their work. Charles McKinstry and family are visiting in the Ozark country, where the parents of Charles reside. They looked forward to a very pleasurable trip, which, no doubt they are en joying. Sherman Hardaway, manager of the Wabash store and postoffice, has just completed a sign reading: "Post Office, Wabash, Nebraska." So, from now on, there will be no mistaking of the location. Here from Illinois Miss Maxine Lake, who is an ac countant in Peoria, 111., accompanied by her friend and erstwhile school chum. Miss Agnes Rough, have been guests at the home of Mrs. A. E. Lake, aunt of Miss Maxine. Fine Strawberry Crop A number of young people of this vicinity, who are now out of school, have been called to Weeping Water to assist in the gathering of the strawberry crop at Riverside Gar dens, where there are a large num ber of berries to be picked. There is an especially fine crop of berries around Wabash this year, as more and more people in the last few years have been putting a part of their land to berry patches. Sig fried Jensen is one who has an es pecially large acreage to the grow ing of strawberries. According to Queensbury One of our good feminine citizens who went to school in the years gone by, tells of how not alone the boys used to fight, but often the girls as well would resort to cuffs to settle any differences that might arise. She recalled how two young ladies of that day, who are now straight laced matrons, fought because one of them wore white stockings instead of the predominating color, black. FOUR MILE BABY IEEF CLUB Last Thursday evening the Four Mile Baby Beef club met at the home of Kenneth Petereit. The meeting was called to order by our president Gene Nolting. The roll was called and all of the mem bers were present. The business problems of the club members were discussed throughout the meeting. The meeting was adjourned after all of the problems had been dis cussed and then delicious refresh ments were served by Mrs. Otto Petereit. The next meeting will be held at the home of Richard Rummel. PETER HALMES, Club Reporter. VISIT IN CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duda and children are expected home the com ing week from a trip to California, leaving here a week ago. They have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Duda and family and other relatives and old friends in the Los Angeles area. LEWISTON STITCHERS The Lewiston Stitchers met at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Scott on May 29. The lesson on cooking proved very interesting. The next meeting will be held at the Lewiston Community Center on Thursday, June 12. Mary Katherine and Martina Sporer will be hostesses. All members urged to attend. LITTLE BOY HOME Warren Cass Sylvester, 3, who remained in the St. Catherine's hos pital from Saturday, May 31 to June jipations at Omaha yesterday after 4. was brought to his home in Platts- ir.ocn. A foot ailment was the cause 'mouth. The small boy underwent ?n appendectomy and is still bed- jfast, although improving. Greenwood Special Journal Correspondence Billy Casey is spending a week in Lincoln with his aunt, Mrs. Grant. Miss Leona Hraban of Ashland spent Tuesday afternoon with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Keller spent Friday at Alvo with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keller. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holka went to Ceresco Saturday afternoon and re turned home Sunday. Mrs. Mercer moved into the prop erty vacated by Mrs. Tweeten, which she recently purchased. Mrs. Everett Jardine, of Alliance, spent last week end with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurlbut. The Deal-a-Deck club met Thurs day at the home of Mrs. Roy Com stock. A delicious lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Parrin and daughter, Alice, of Alliance, spent! Thursday afternoon and night at the Joe Kyles home. Orpha Addeman was taken to an Omaha hospital Monday, suffering from an acute attack of appendicitis. Her condition is reported as very satisfactory. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Kyles and children and Cedric Kyles, who have spent the past two weeks at the Joe Kyles home, left for their home in California on Sunday. BIRTHDAYS AT MASONIC HOME On Saturday, May Slst occurred the birthday anniversaries of two of the residents of the Nebraska Ma sonic Home, one of whom, Sam Ear rett, is an old resident of the Home and known to a large number of the local people, the other James Thomas, who is a more recent arrival at the Home and who shares the apartments of Mr. Barrett. Mr. Thomas was born May 31, 1SS2 at Columbus. Georgia, coming to Nebraska thirty-nine years ago and settled in Omaha. He was en gaged for ten years as a stove sales man and later spent twenty years in the work of salesman for a rubber company. He received a radio and a great many other very much appre ciated presents. Mr. Barrett, or "Sam," as he is known to the friends, was passing his 84th birthday anniversary. He is a western product, born May 31, 1857 on a farm near Thurman, Iowa. He moved to Ulysses. Butler coun ty, Nebraska, April 9, 1875. His parents settled in the Blue river valley six miles northwest of Ulysses. fist-;where Sam remained with his parents and carried on the farm work until after the death of the father when the mother sold the farm and with the eldest daughter, Mrs. Kisiah Thailkill. moved to Surprise. Mr. Barrett then took up work as a rail road maintenance of way man, serv ing for seventeen years. He came to the Home on January 19, 193S. He also received many very much enjoyed gifts in honor of the birth day. HEAVY RAINS IN WEST The section west of this city was visited by a very heavy rain on Fri day afternoon, the heaviest that has fallen in that part of the county. The Eight Mile creek was overflowed into the lowlands and the water run ning several feet deep over the roads in the low places. One of the motor ists crossing the road found the flood waters running in the doors of the car. FINED FOR SPEEDING Friday evening Arnold Moore. Eartlesville, Oklahoma, was arraign ed in the court of Justice Charles L. Graves, on the charge of reckless driving. The man was arrested by Patrolman Harvey Nash of the state highway patrol. He made a plea of guilty to the charge and was fined $10 and costs for the offense. TO PLAY AT WEEPING WATER The Rhythm Aces, local dance band, will play at Weeping Water next Thursday evening. The band has an additional, member in Don Cotuer, music supervisor at Essex, Icwa, who will play with the local group. New uniforms will also be worn by members of the orchestra for the first time at the dance. REJECTED FOR SERVICE Eugene Ault of this city, one of the four called into service under the selective service draft, Friday, was rejected in the physical e'xani- cf the rejection. j Subscribe to The Journal MANLEY By Journal Field Representative For Sale, 1828 Chevrolet Good condition. Antone Auserwald, Manley, Nebraska. j9-2t m dp Visited at Homer and Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rauth and Mrs. Walter Mockenhaupt and her daughter, Anna Marie, were visitors at Homer and Hubbard a number of days last week. While there they were guests at a dinner at which an nouncement was made of the forth coming wedding of Miss Mary A. Tighe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tighe, and Felix Dorsey. The event was to take place yesterday (Sunday, June ) at Homer, and the young couple will make their home on a farm near the home of the bride's parents. The bride is a niece of Mrs. John C. Rauth. To Make Home in California Fred Bramer, erstwhile Louisville young man, arrived in Louisville a few days ago from Burbank, Calif., where he and his brother, Louis, have been employed, and visited at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bramer. While here, he was married to Miss Edith Vogler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Vogler last Sunday at the parlors of the Lutheran church on the town line road. The young people will make their home in Cali fornia. Position with Airplane Plant Harvey Bergman, who has been employed in a grocery store in south ern California, has accepted a posi tion in an airplane factory and has been sent to a school of instruction in the manufacture of planes. This word was brought by one of the Brammer boys, who has been room ing with Harvey and will be good news to his family and friends. Attended Ak-Sar-Ben Races John Crane, Station Agent Mr. Frank, William Otte and son Happy Otte and Walter Brockhage made np a merry crowd which attended the races in Omaha last week, enjoying the day very much, and also report ed that they had fifteen cents more when they returned than when they went. To Spend Month in West Friday evening .of last week. Mr and Mrs. Theo Harms, with the Misses Evelyn and Leatha Peters of Talmage, sisters of Mrs. Harms, de parted for California, with the auto of Mr. Harms, where they will drive and will expect to visit at Los An geles for some three weeks to a month. The Harms boy3, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harms, are making their home in the southwest, and this will give all an opportunity to enjoy a very good visit. While they are away. leddy, Jr. will look after the busi ness at the store here. Seek Parking Places for the Trailer Homes Chamber of Commerce Interested in Finding Places Where Better Type May Be Parked. The Chamber of Commerce is in terested in locating suitable parking places for the better types of trailer nomes that are brought by new comers to the city for residences. The trailer owners are desirous cf securing lots where they may have access to electricity, water and other needed facilities and comforts. Property owners having lots that might be suitable for use for trailers are urged to get in touch with the Chamber of Commerce through the secretary, E. H. Wtscott. PLEADS NOT GUILTY BEATRICE, Neb., June C (UP)- Elmer Pribyl, Barneston farmer pleaded not guilty before Gage Coun ty District Judge Cloyde E1. Ellis yesterday to Bhooting his wife with intent to kill, maim and wound. His trial was set for the October term of district court. Pribyl was released under $2,300 bond. Mrs. Pribyl was not injured seriously. CALLED TO SERVICE David W. Webb, Jr., of Louisville, student at the University of Nebras ka and second lieutenant of Engi neers in the ROTC at Lincoln has been called into service. Lieuten ant Webb is to report at Fort Bel voir, Virginia, for duty. Ambassador Grew Denounces Talk of Appeasement Attempts to Promote a Negotiated Peace Brings a Reply from Tokyo Representative TOKYO, June 7 (UP) United States Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew, in a letter to American ap peasers in Tokyo, ha? denounced at tempts to promote peace and has as serted that "we are already in the war even though we are not actually fight- in:," it was made known today. Grew said Germany had plotted and started five wars in 75 years, that waging war was one of its fundament al concepts of life, that Adolf Hitler repeatedly had threatened the western hemisphere and that the American people favored United States entering the war if necessary to prevent a German victory. The letter coincided so perfectly with President Roosevelt's denuncia tion of false peace reports that the question was asked immediately in diplomatic quarters whether it had been inspired, or at least its present publication had been inspired, by Washington. To diplomats, Grew's letter, which' served implicitly to answer any Jap anese talk of a negotiated peace, rank ed in importance with the historic speech which he made at a luncheon here Oct. 19, 1939, informing Japan that the United States strongly re sented Japan's policy towrad China. Additional importance was attached to it because Grew is regarded as one of the ablest cf diplomatists. The occasion for the letter, osten sibly, was a circular sent to Americ ans in Tokyo by a group of Christian workers, seeking signatures to a cab legram to John T. Flynn, chairman of a "Keep America Out of War" con gress at Washington. The cablegram expressed opposition to American en - trance in the war and urged that Am- j erica promote a "conference for a just peace and an equitable world order." This circular was made pub lic June 1. Grev, it was made known, replied to the circular in a letter to "certain Americans in Tokyo." He said a Gallup poll showed that 68 per cent of American families with men of fighting age favored Americ an etry into the war provided that it appeared certain there wa3 no other way of defeating Germany, and that 85 per cent of American people be lieved that the United States would enter the war. "Those you will admit, are substan tial percentages of public opinion," Grew wrote. "I am glad to note that in your re commendation that our country should promote a conference for a just peace and an equitable world order you do not recommend the moment at which such action should be taken. In other words, I assume you would not wish the United States to promote such a conference until the time comes when such a conference could be held with some hope of success in achieving a just peace and an equitable world order." From all the evidence available, he said, the futility of calling a con ference at present was mathematically certain. He said that the German empire as now constituted "is not satisfied with a just peace and an equitable world order, and that preparation for and waging war is one of her funda mental concepts of life. . "I hold no brief for the Versailles treaty nor for the shortsighted way in which the statesmen of Europe dealt with Germany after the last war," he continued. But my point is that Germany throughout history has not been satisfied with any kind cf peace, however favorable to her in terest." Asserting that the r.azis had made promise after promise without keep ing any of them, and that Hitler re peatedly had threatened the western hemisphere and the United States after he had dominated Europe, Grew said that in the present circumstances a just negotiated peace was impos' sible. AUTHORIZED TO TRUCK LINCOLN, June 7 (UP) The state railway commission today au thorized Andrew Schaeffer, Omaha, to truck petroleum products for the Mid-States Refining company of Falls City from Omaha to refineries in seven additional Nebraska coun ties. Schaeffer previously was per mitted to haul petroleum only from S'l.'en'or to Omaha. Nebraska railroads objected, charg ing they did not prove the permit was a public necessity and that adop tion of such a policy would be dis astrous to the railroads. THREE NAVY FLIERS DIE SAN DIEGO, California, June 7 (UP) Focr flying conditions were believed to day to have caused the crash Thursday of two navy airplanes at high altitude during routine man euvers over San Clemente Island. The crash killed three fliers and injured a fourth. Ensign Jack Egan, 25, Seattle, the survivor, was recovering from burns suffered when he parachuted into the ocean with his clothing aflame. The dead were Ensign Thomas Tepuni, 27, ! San Francisc, radioman; Paul Bur roughs, 20, Albron, Iowa and radio man Otto Wilkenning, 2o, of Nebras ka. Flood Damage is Reported Over Most of State Saunders County One of the Main Sections to Suffer from the Effects of Rains. By United Press Flood damage was reported at scattered Nebraska points again to day as the mercury hovered in the fifties and sixties and the weather bureau predicted more rainfall dur ing the week-end. The major flood damage area was in Saunders county in the east, where heavy rains sent creeks out of their banks, inundating farm lowlands near Sand, Wahoo and Cottonwood creeks. More than 2Vz inches of rain were reported unofficially at Brain ard. Rains north and east of Mc Cook sent Medicine, Red Willow and Coon creeks on another ram page in the southwest, flooding land near Indianola for the second time this week. Weather bureau reports showed .73 of an inch of rain fell at Falls City, .52 at Omaha, .19 at Auburn, .09 at Bridgeport and .01 at Valen- tine. The forecast promised cloudy skies, showers and rising temper atures in the west tomorrow. Cooler in the east and showers in the ex treme west were predicted for to night. It was windy and cloudy this morning at Omaha where the tem perature stood'at 59. Western skies were overcast. The temperature dropped to 44 at Sidney last night after reaching 81 at Fremont yesterday. LAUNCH SEA FORTRESS CAMDEN, N. J., June 7 (UP) The third sea fortress to join the navy within two months, the 35,000 ton battleship, U. S. S. South Dakota, was launched today in a brief cere mony at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yards. One minute after the dreadnaught slipped into the waters of the Dela ware river 500 workmen, with Sec retary of the Navy Frank Knox of ficiating, began laying the keel of the 10,000-ton cruiser Santa Fe. The ceremonr was brief so work on the navy's two-ocean navy would not be interrupted. The general pub ic was barred. PROTEST WHEAT LOAN PRICE LINCOLN. June 7 (UP) Gover nor Dwight Griswold today protested to the federal department of agri culture for establishing the loan price of wheat three-fourths of a cent lower at Omaha than at Kansas City. "This appears to be an unwarrant ed discrimination against Nebraska farmers and customers of our Nebras ka markets and I respectfully peti tion you to establish the loan price at Omaha on the same basis as that at Kansas City," Griswcld wrote Agriculture Secretary Claude R. Wickard. U. S. Senator Hugh A. Butler made a similar protest yesterday. WILL AID ERITISH WIVES LONDON, June 7 (UP) Post war laws may grant British wives sufficient income to make them in dependent. Home Security Minister Herbert Morrison predicted today. "What women did in the last war was child's play compared to what they are doing now," he said. "At the end of this war women are' go ing to be a handful to manage." CAPTURE WANTED SLAYER SPOKANE. Wash., June 7 (UP) Spokane police announced today they had captured Alfred Wells, sought as the slayer of three persons in the desert near San Bernardino, California last month. Wells shot and killed his brother, Jean Wells; and Miss Rose Destree, 17, on May 8. Gen. Weygand Makes Plain No Nazi Support French Africa Not to Participate Militarily Against Brit ish Forces. NEW YORK, June 7 (UP) Gen. Maxime Weygand, French Colonial commander in chief, has frustrated any plans which the Vichy govern ment may have had for military col laboration with German or Italy, and has made it plain that French Africa would not follow Vichy into any mil itary venture against Great Britain or the United States, according to pri vate alvices which reached New York today. Weygand has insisted, it was said, that France refuse to give Germany big stocks of motor trucks, gasoline, airplane motors, anti-aircraft guns and munitions in the French colonies, which Germany needs badly in its Mediterranean campaign because of the difficulty of sending big quantities of material from Germany. According to the same advices, Ad miral William D. Leahy, United States ambassador to France, has vig orously rejected an accusation by Vice Premier Admiral Jean Francois Dar lan that he maintained contact with French political leaders who are out of favor with the Vichy regime. It was said further that the Vichy government, at the insistence of Ger many, had decided on a complete plan of action to recapture the French African colonies held by Free France forces and that it awaits cn the com pletion of troop dispositions to give the crder for the campaign to start. The advices implied, though they did not say definitely, that Weygand was agreeable to the colonial cam paign. They said it was unknown whether Weygand would direct the campaign but that in any event he would be asked to approve the final plan of operations. However, the col onial program was agreed on by Vichy government leaders meeting at Paris in consultation with German repres entatives, on May 23, recording to the advices. Weygand's defi to the Vichy government was not given until june 4, it was said. On June 4, according to the advices, vVeygand announced his stand at two secret cabinet meetings. BLASTS SELF WITH DYNAMITE HIBBING, Minn., June 7 (UP) Authorities said today that Valentine Moka, 57, had blasted himself "to bits" with dynamite because of an argument with his wife. Sheriff's deputies said Moka sat ox a stick of dynamite and lighted th fuse after threatening a neigh bor farmer whom he believed "too friendly" with his wife. Officials said the neighbor, Frank Sterle, 60, war- shot in the hand when he tried ti seize a revolver that Moka bran d:rhed. After the shooting Moka returned to his home and too his life, they Y U. CHRISTMAS CARD DELAYED KENDALLVILLE, Ind., June 7 (UP) The temperature was ap proaching SO degrees when D. D. Roberts tore open an envelope to find a Christmas card. The card, mailed at Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 18, 1940, was misaddressed to "Kendallville, In dia." It was routed to Bombay, India where the mistake was discovered and then resent here, a 169-day jour ney in all. WINDOW BREAILER LEAVES TOO MUCH FOR NEW PANE TROY, N. Y. (UP) Mrs. N. A. Engler would like to find the person who broke the window on her front porch storm door. Mrs. Engler does not want to have the person pay for the damage. She wants to return some money. A few weeks after the window was broken Mrs. Engler found a note and 25 cents at her doorstep. The note said the money was for the damage. Since then two othtr quarters were left at the doorstep. New glass cost only 29 cents. INDEPENDENCE HALL REPAIRED PHILADELPHIA ( UP Workmen have started a -42.E00 WPA restor ation project on old Independence Hall the nation's birthplace where the Declaration of Independence was signed. We're selling a let of rubber stamps these days and the Teascn is the low prices. Get your stamps at the Jour nal office.