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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1941)
MONDAY, ATJGTJ: 1941. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTTBJTAI PAGE TTYE Elmwood By Journal Field Representative A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stege on August 2nd. Joe Parriott shelled and delivered his last year corn crop to the Elm food elevator. George Sutherland, an old time Elmwoodite, has been renewing ac quaintances here the past week. Young Jackie Frishee has been un der the doctor's care with "ear trouble." but is much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Penterman took a few days off and visited at Seward the latter part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gustin and Ralph Gerbeling of Lincoln enjoyed our picnic celebration Friday night. Miss Myrtle Ward was a Weeping Water business visitor last Friday. She was accompanied by Mrs. Doug las. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. West and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mendenhall took a short trip to St. Charles, Mo., this last week end. Miss Deloris Kuntz. daughter of Albert Kuntz, who is employed in Lincoln, was here Sunday for a visit with her father. Joe Kuntz was shelling and mar keting his 1940 corn crop, thus get ting the (ribs cleaned out and ready for the in 41 yield. Mrs. Fuller, who was formerly our merchant's wife in Elmwood. has re cently married a Californian. ghe had been making her home in Cali fornia the last few years. A group of boys and girls dressed as Indians and gang busters were en gaged in playing lav.- and order games on the streets Tuesday after noon, using wooden guns. Henry H. Mollens. who formerly conducted a shoe shop here, came over from Eagle to attend the Gold en Jubilee celebration and renew ac quaintance with old friends. Josiah M. Meiers and George r.ngcnrief boarded the noon train Tuesday for Eagle to attend the pic nic and celebration there. They re turned home on the late train that night. Ludwig Pornemeier was in Lincoln last Sunday, where he visited friends j-ind enjoyed the mass band concert at Pioneer park, with a number of prominent bands joining in playing ! for a farmers' picnic. An Elmwood man told us that the third Golden Jubilee celebration last week had good weather, a good order ly crowd, a good attendance and in fact as he put it "was the best cele bration ever held here." Rev. and Mrs. Lind left Monday morning for Burlington. Iowa, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Gus Anderson. They expect to bring their daughter, Cor rine. home. She has been spending her summer vacation at the Ander son home. A daughter was born at St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City to Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Shalley. who reside a short distance northeast of Elmwood. Both mother and daughter are get- ting along very nicely. The folks re turned home last week and Mrs Berna Olson, mother of Mrs. Shalley is caring for the mother and child. Getting Ready for School With a crew of WPA workers en gaged in work at the Elmwood pub lic schools for a number of months, the building is in the best, of condi tion for the opening of the regular term this coming month. Emil Rose now will continue as caretaker and a fine group of teachers will be on hand to uphold the reputation of the Elmwood schools for thorough edu cational methods. Fairview Has Picnic In accordance with the annual custom, the Fairview school neigh borhood held their annual picnic last Friday. A good crowd was present iind a fine time was had. A similar gathering for the Cot tage Grove community is to be held in the near future. To Play at Korn Earnival The Elmwood band, repaying the drum corps visit here last week at the Golden Jubilee celebration, will I'hty at Plattsmouth during the Korn Karnival. Sept. 17 to 20. Just what day the local group will be there is not yet known, but they will pro vide Korn Karnival attendants with plenty of good music. By the way, the band was recent ly given an extensive write-up in the Omaha World-Herald as being one of the old established musical organiza tions in the state. Third Annual Golden Jubilee Elmwood's third successive year of celebrating by holding a Golden Jubilee (so named due to the fact that the nrst time it was held mark ed the fiftieth anniversary of the town's eiistance) took place Thurs- day and Friday and was a complete success in every way. There were plenty of eating stands and conces sions and all did a good business, with the celebrants continuing well past the midnight hour. Mayor Ed Earnest was gven a tip that beer was being served by some of the concession stands, and as Elm wood is a closed town so far as the liquor traffic is concerned, he took prompt steps to round up the law violators and confiscate their stocks, dumping same into a ditch. All in all, this year's celebration may be said to have been the best of the three held so far. Moved House to Farm Herman Fleischman who recently acquired the house on what is known as the Reuter estate property, has moved it to the Fleischman farm to be transformed into an additional farm building. With two tractors the i moving was carried out quite rapidly, only about an hour being required to cover the distance of some two miles. Compared to the old method of roll ers, block and tackle, where whole days were required to cover a few blocks, this was just another example of the speed of modern day methods. Spent Sunday in St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. West and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mendenhall. who live east of Elmwood. went to St. Louis last Sunday to visit with rela tives who are employed in the air plane factories there. Among them !are Skyles Miller, Roy Rosenow and Kenneth West. The trip was made by car, and af ter a good part of the night on the road, they arrived in St. Louis early in the morning, spent the day visit ing and attending two major league baseball games. Needless to say their visit was a very welcome one. They returned home on Monday, covering a total of 1.044 miles. They found the airplane industry there booming with the buildings occupying more ground than the en tire city of Elmwood. with thous ands of workers. Tells of Early Trip to Plattsmouth j When ye reporter called on B. 1. i of wheat to Plattsmouth in which he received a scar that he still carries. Then a lad of six. he went along Clements this past week we found lotions and can be the spirit through him in a mood to talk of other days. !which our people extend democracy, and he told us about the time his (Americans should provide more ade father and the hired man took a load qUate educational opportunities. Out with the men and was riding atop the jif real training in the practice of wheat sac ks. j democracy is to take place. Patriot- In those days there were no jism may best be taught through ac bridges and all streams had to be'tivity vital to youth. Youth learns forded, which was considerable of(the democratic way of life by living a task at times. When they came tOjthat life at school, at home, and in a small stream several miles west of j the community. Patriotic services, Plattsmouth there had been rock i including the pledge of allegiance to hauled and dumped into the creek to provide a more firm crossing. Also, there was quite a steep grade lead ing to the point of crossing and with the brakes not working, the two span of mule that were being driven by the hired man while B. I. and his lather were asleep on the wheat I sacks, were unable to hold the wagon t-acK very well ana tney uescencieu the hill at a rapid stride, striking the rocks in the creek bed with a great deal of force. As a result the lad was thrown from the wagon, his head being wedged between two rocks, wnere lie stuck last until re moved. When they got him out of the mud. water and rocks, it was found that he had a severe cut in his back of his head, from which he still carries a scar and bump. A fire was built and the lad's clothes dried, while the wound was dressed. They continued on to Plattsmouth and delivered the wheat, but did not get home until nearly morning the next day. Mr. Clements says there were nu merous ponds and lakes along the way in those days, but they are all dried up now. STAND OFF ROAD WORKERS ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9 (UP) A 67-year-old widow and a .12-guage shot gun today stood as an imposing ob stacle against completion of a WPA road-widening project to permit pass age of mechanized army equipment to Jefferson Barracks. The war department ordered theiv.orship God as one pleases and civil road v .. ' ned. but Mrs. Lena Bender, 07. sli'e property adjoins the road, protested. Fortified with a 1907 sur veyor's 1 la t. she declared tint the roadway w;s iO feet wide while WPA surveyors have staked out a 60-foot jAmericanism is not onlj- the enjoy roadbed without paying for theiment of these liberties but the pro land, j motion and appreciation of their WPA workers scraped off 18 inches j real value. American citizens owe it of Mrs. Bender's lawn before she I to America to preserve the democracy appeared with blood in her eye, arm ed with a shotgun. Her son-in-law, carrying a .22 rifle, joined her in patroiing the SCO-foot frontage. Workers discretely withdrew to an other job out of range cf Mrs. Bender's gun. Phone printing orders to No. 6. WHAT IS 1009t AMERICANISM! This essay was submitted in an Americanism essay contest conducted by the American Le gion Auxiliary for senior girls whose mothers were members of the Auxiliary. Margie Ruth Pol lard's essay played third in the state contest. By MARGIE RUTH POLLARD 100 Americanism is that dy namic force that possesses one when the flag goes by and we realize its red is just a little redder because of the blood shed to protect it, its white a bit purer white because of !the mothers of men who gave that blood and its stars brighter on the field of blue because they represent the states of the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Americanism calls for an under standing of the great problems which a democracy such as ours must face, subversive activities, corruption in government, conservation f natural resources, and illiteracy. The American citizen who has lost his nerve is the most dangerous enemy to out democracy. He con-! siders himself a good American but the light of his faith has already gone out. He gives lip service to democracy while his soul is filled with doubt and denial. All Amer icans must be armed against sub versive activities and must help that most dangerous enemy regain his nerve and think for himself. 100 Americans exercise the right to vote and to choose the people who can best keep America indivisible. iThey have a privilege that citizens jof no other country possess. Those I "certain inalienable rights. life, jliberty and pursuit of happiness" can land should be preserved. I American citizens must shoulder ; their own responsibilities, do some- thing constructive with the things ! (America has given them, and help to j conserve her natural resources. The ivery life of America depends upon jher resources being used to the best j advantage. Conservation of fuel, .soil and water, food preservation, j development of products from what ;we grow in America all are the citizen's responsibility. Education is the chief defense of 0f every 100 Americans of adult age. .7 are still illiterate. Schools must jbecome centers of democratic living the flag and the singing of our na tional anthem should be a part of every youth or adult organization. If we insist, upon these things, "lip loyalty" will be replaced with the .kind of patriotirm that comes from the heart. It is our testimony to the nation that we heiieve in our government and will fight to main tain it against enemies within or without. Our firm stand for 100 Americanism will convert many aliens into 1007f Americans. American citizenship gives every ' American the right to enjoy the lib- . 'erty, equality, happiness and the ucmocraey umi , . , . . . . . .. . . . -. . 1 . f .1 ,- lit gives them the right to think for j themselves and pursue their own life, religion and work unhampered. I America is a nation with a living standard limited only by man's de sires and creative ability. All peo ple have the desire for happiness but not. all ideals of happiness are the same. That each individual may jbe able to strive to attain his kind of happiness is an American priv ilege. The essence of a real civiliz jation is the retention and growth of jthe liberties of the individual. In no ,01 her country is the individual more 1 secure in his personal liberty than in the United States. People in all 'nnrts of the world arp striving- to at - j t:t in the privileges that most Amer icans take for granted. National lib jerty goes to American independence. ! freedom from oppression, and the right to share in the government. Religious liberty gives the right to liberties keep the citizen free from interference by the government with one's private conduct. Freedom un der law for every individual is one ;of the finest gifts from God to man. which they enjoy. 100 Americanism is this na tion's strength and the world's hope. jit is the belief in America, her ideals, and the determination to "stand up" jfer America rEt. last and always. ;T;-!er says. "My duty to my country lis to love it. to support its consti tution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag and to defend it against all enemies." As patterned for us in the Declaration of Independence "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" to be 100 Americans. Julian Pounds Timm's in Game Friday Evening A. Shrewsberry, Lockw Hit for Circuit Hula Lacks Proper Support on Mound. By ROBERT COOK Last night Timm's Tavern liter ally kicked away a game to Julian who handed Timm's a 10-6 defeat. Nine local errors aided Julian as they failed to live up to advance notices i of being a powerful organization. Carl Hula chucked for Timm's, giv ing eight hits and two strikeouts. Chick Eads hurled for the visitors, allowed ten hits, and fanned two. Cooper and Lockwood led Julian at bat with two blows apiece. Joe Noble paced Timm's with two hits. Julian cut loose in the first. Cooper and A. Shrewsberry walked. Scholl popped to O'Donnell, and Cooper rambled to the unguarded C sack. Cooper scored on Hayes' wild relay to O'Donnell on an attempted double steal. LockwooJ's grounder went through Hayes, and A. Shrewsberry scored, Lockwood moving to second. J. Eads Texas Leaguer fell for a two bagger in short left, scoring Lockwood. Timm's tied it up in their half of the innir.g. Smith tingled to left- center. Hayes tripled to right bring- ing in Smith. Johnson muffed O'Don nell's roller, and Hayes romped in. O'Donnell taking second on a wild pitch. Noble singled to short field, and O'Donnell scored when the ball rolled on through A. Shrewsberry. Julian regained the lead in the third. A. Shrewsberry smashed a home run to deep right. Scholl was safe on Smith's bobble and forced at second by R. Shrewsberry. Lock- wood beat out a roller along the first 'base line. Hula fielding the ball: and R. Shrewsberry scored as Carl threw badly to third. Julian continued to roll in the fourth. Bell singled to center and C. Eads walked. Johnson lined to Evans, and Pell moved to third. Hayes muffed D. Shrewsbury's boun der. Bell scoring. Cooper bingled to left plating C. Eads. Timm's gave Julian a scare in the fourth. Hula bunted and was safe at second on C. Eads' wild throw. Noble singled on a crazy hop to short, driving Hula to third and stole second. Ault singled to left driving in Hula, and Noble also breezed in as A. Shrewsberry temporarily fumbled the apple. Things continued to go haywire as D. Shrewsberry took A. Shrewsbury's h.te throw (if your tongue's dry from pronouncing these ioinarnps. drink Buuweiser) and lined the ball over Johnson s head letting Ault go o third. Jackson singled to short field scoring Ault. Julian left Timm's behind in the fifth. Scholl was s;ife on Smith's error. R. Shrewsberry made first when Noble dropped his high A Lockwood bounced to Tim.m who threw to the seats letting Scholl in. Eads popped to Ev;;ns, R. Shrews berry scoring after the catch. Julian tallied for the last lime in the seventh as Lockwood lined a four ply swat past Petet. Postscript Would some miscel laneous culprit return Jack O'Don nell's shoes. His feet get cold with- out them. Box score: Julian Cooper. If -A. Shrewsb'y Scholl. ss R. Shrews'by AB R 1 H 2 1 0 0 o 1 1 0 1 0 ro 1 1 Sf lb Lockwood, cf J. Eads. Sb 1 1 o 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 Bell, rf 1 - - Eads, p Johnson, 2b D. Shrewsb'y, c 32 10 8 21 10 5 Timm's Tavern AB 3 R 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 ro 1 2 5 2 0 1 4 0 A 0 Smith, ?.b Hayes, 2 b O'Donnell, c Petet. If Hula, i) Noble, sf Ault, lb Jackson, rf Evans, cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Timm, ss 29 6 10 21 Score by innings: Julian S02 220 Timm's Tavern 300 S00 110 x 6 Merchants! We can supply you sales slips at a lower price than you have been paying. Frompt service di rect from one of the largest concerns in the business. We will appreciate phone calls news items from our readers. of Senate Finance Committee Seeks Larger Revenue Chairman George Sees Increase $3,500,000,000 Thru Lower ing; Tax Exemption. of WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UP) Chairman Walter George, D., Ga., of the senate finance committee pre dicted today that the estimated yield of the new defense tax bill could be increased to at least $3,500,000, 000 by lowering income tax exemp tions and raising surtax rates. These were two of the proposals of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. and Assistant Secre- Uary John L. Sullivan in testifying before the commLtee vesterdav. Mor genthau said that if all treasury recommendations were adopted, they would provide a yield of $800,000. 000 to $1,000,000,000. raising the bill's yield to over $4,000,000,000. Sullivan estimated that the bill as passed by the house would raise $3,236,700,000. It would have yield ed slightly more than $3,500,000, 000 had the house not eliminated a provision recommended by the ways and means committee, to require hus bands and wives to file joint income tax returns. In this connection. George thought his committee would "let the issue rest for this year in view of the decisive vote in the house." He sug gested, however that all married ! taxpayers should be given the priv- jilege of dividing family income and j filing separate returns on each half, , which those of the eisrht community property states have. The treasurv would lose money by such a plan, but George said it could be made up by increasing sur tax rates which begin at five per cent in the house bill to a point nearer the 11 per rejit recommended by the treasury. George said he was inclined to go along with the treasury's r quest for surtaxes beginning at 11 per cent. He believed the finance com mittee would "look with favor" on President Roosevelt's suggestion that income taxes be levied on single per sons making more than $750 and married persons making more than 1,500. Present exemptions are $800 and $2,000. Morgenthau promised, at the re - "SUPER-SAFE" By DR. JAS. K. HUNT du Pont de Nemours & Co. LAMINATED safety glass now commonly used for automobile windows and windshields is said to have resulted from a laboratory accident. It was nearly forty years ago that a French chemist. Pro-' fessor Benedictus, dropped a flask which had contained a solution of nitrocellulose, a material made from cotton linters and used in making quick-drying finishes. The solvent had evaporated from the solution, however, leaving a film of nitrocellulose inside the flask. The flask broke into many pieces when it struck the floor, but, much to the chemist's surprise, the fragments did not scatter. Instead, they were held together by the tightly-adhering film. The secret of making glass safe had been discovered. While the above accident took place in 1903, it was not until around 1916 that safety glass came into use, made by sandwiching a thin sheet of nitrocellulose plastic between two pieces of plate glass. The glass can, of course, be broken, but it sticks so tightly to the plas tic interlayer that the broken bits do not scatter. This laminated safety glass un questionably was responsible for a tremendous advance in safe driv ing, because it reduced injuries due to flying fragments of glass. It was by no means perfect, however. For one thing, sunlight caused the in terlayer to turn yellow and become unsightly. Worse, the nitrocellulose rlastic on aging became brittle, particularly at low temperature.!. There was also a tendency for the plastic to separate from the glass; in other words, the sandwich some times came apart. This meant that if one had a crash, particularly on a cold winter day. the safety glass might fly into splinters like ordi nary glass. t V ' it f y 111 wff i?j 4 quest of Sen. Harry R. Byrd, I)., Va., to submit additional suggestions Monday and how to raise $1,000,000, 000 more should the committee de cide to attempt to write a f 5.000,- COO, 000 bill. It looks as if the committee is will ing to do anything within reason that is asked by the treasury," George said. Sullivan condemned a house pro vision for a $5 use tax on automo biles. Pointing out that it would mean nothing to a man who owned a $5,000 town car, but would be a heavy burden to one who drove a $20 jalopy. He estimated it would require 3.S00 additional tax col lectors to collect the levy. MUCH SLEEPING SICKNESS LINCOLN, August 9 (UP) En cephalitis, commonly known as sleep ing sickness, has caused at least two deaths in Nebraska recently, State Health Director A. L. Miller reported today. Miller said the disease "undoubted ly" had been responsible for other deaths as yet unreported to his de partment. There are 15 known case? of the disease in the state now and may be at least that many more, he reveal d. MYNAKD COMMUNITY CLUB PICNIC, TUESDAY, AUG. 12 The Mynard Community club is arranging to hold the annual club picnic on Tuesday, August 12th at the Wetenkamp grove, west of My- nard That thig win be one Df the gala days in this part of the county is guaranteed by the announcement. The dinners served by the Mynard ladies are known far and wide for their excellence and abundance. YOUNG PEOPLE MARRIED From Friday's Dally This morning at the parsonage of the First Methodist church was held uhe wedding ceremony for Dorance Earl Hoss. of Missouri Valley, Iowa nnrl M.irsrnret Evelyn Jackson, of Omaha. The marriage lines were read by Rev. J. C. Lowson, the pastor of the church. Miss Neoma Woods, who has been making her home at St. Joseph. Mis snuri. for the greater nart of the time since her graduation in 1939 is here for a visit with the relatives , and friends. SAFETY GLASS Because of its great flexibility, "Butacite" polyvinyl acetal plastic now used as the interlayer in laminated safety glass can be rolled up and shipped like a bolt of cloth. It was then found that cellulose acetate, a half brother of nitro cellulose, made a better interlayer. Acetate interlayers showed little or no discoloration on aging, but the tendency to brittleness at low tem peratures remained. The latest advance in safety glass manufacture resulted from the development of a wholly new type of plastic interlayer, of which "Butacite" polyvinyl acetal is an example. When properly cemented between two pieces of plate glass, "Butacite" adheres tightly, and does not turn yellow, even on long aging. In addition, "Butacite" is not only extremely strong, tough and elastic in warm weather, but, un like the interlayers previously used, retains a high degree of strength, toughness and elasticity even when the thermometer drops to zero or below. For this reason the poly vinyl acetal plastics make possible the safest safety glass ever made. In a preview at the Franklin In stitute in Philadelphia, a 9-ounce steel ball was dropped from a height of 28 feet onto a sheet ol this new "super-safe" safety glass The glass was, of course, cracked by this ball traveling 42 feet a sec ond at the time of impact, but i did not shatter, and guests seated nearby were in no danger. The auto riding public is now assured oi the utmost in Eafety af far as injuries from y& glass are concc ted. Anderson is Expert as Crop Statistician Head of the State-Federal Bureau at Lincoln Has Splendid Results in Crop Reports. LINCOLN. Aup 0 (IT) The man whose name long has been the author ity for Nebraska crop reports has 110 ouija board nor does he gaze at the constellations. With A. E. Anderson, crop report ing is every bit as scientific and ex acting as figuring the batting average of a major leaguer only more so. His official title is state-federal crop statistician, but his duties by far ex ceed those of the averag figure w rang er. He must combine statistical data with technical information, then an ticipate crop developments and draw conclusions in a slate where crop news is "big news." Guesswork and offhand speculation have no place in Anderson's routine. He's determined to have the facts long sheets of them before he vM release a report for public consump tion. His weekly crop report, prepared in cooperation with the University of Nebraska agricultural extension ser- ice, the LT. S. weather bureau and the state agricultural department, is the product of long- hours of diligx-nt tudy. From nearly every county in the state Anderson receives current report on crop conditions before he starts his tig job. These reports, showing changes in conditions of various crops along with the moisture and labor situations (and a score of other de tails), r.re crop emporium in the fed eral building here the following Mon- y. Armed with his stack cf facts, An dersen prepares p composite report from which he draws accurate con clusions regarding the state's general crop situation. Then he compares the current week's report with the pre vious week's to determine the degree of improvement or deterioration in in dividual crops. It's all mechanical and methodical until the general conclusions. In these, Andersen combines 27 years of experience as a crop expe rt with gen eral knowledge of Nebraska farming. He's often been accused of bcinp 'too pessimistic" but the record shows he's seldom wrong. During the drouth years, Anderson was one of the stae's unhappiest men because his fverv report reflected the misfortune of another thousand farmers. But so far this year he's been smil ing. Except for winter wheat, which suffered from winterkill, Anderson considers 1141 Nebraska's best crop year since the long drouth siege be gan in 1934. In 1914 Anderson left the state ag ricultural college to become Nebras ka's federal crop statistician. He re calls 1914, 1915, 191;. 1917 and 19J7 as "banner Years. He really knows when farming conditions arc normal because he owns a limi-acre farm in Pawnee county. Andersen figures ho could use more office help because of constantly in creasing statistical work 11 is present force consists of three fulltime federal clerks, three fulltime suite clerks, thiee parttime federal clerks and two assistant statisticians. Limited funds prevent Anderson from keeping an assistant out in the stcte studying crop conditions the year around. Whenever possible, how ever, he sends someone out for eye witness data. The weekly report is only part of Anderson's job. Last year alone he prepared loo separate reports. These included surveys of feeder livestock, estimates on crop acreage and yield and his annual state agricultural cen sus. STJNOWA NEWS Our group met at the library Tues day. August r. We made slides of Indian symbols to be used in a magic lantern at our next council fire. Dr. West over gave us a first aid leson. We learned the location of ihe pressure points. We chose bud dies and practiced vith each other. CAROL LOU BERNHARDT. Acting Scribe. 0WAKIPTA CA5IP FIRE MEETING The Owakipta Camp Fire Girls met at the library Thursday, Aug ust 7 at 2 o'clock. We made booklets for our blue prints of leaves we hed made the week before. All were present ercept Ffcyllh Tatnzler. PHYLLIS KEHNE. Scribe.