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MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1941. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE AVOCA By Journal Field Representative Henry Smith and Phillip Maseman v. ore at Wymore the fore part of last week, going to pick up the house hold goods of Mr. and Mrs. Jordon Kokjer and move them to Kearney, where Mr. Kokjer is to he a member of the Kearney school faculty during the coming year. W. II. Bogaard. former postmaster here, and C. W. Pittman, one of the rural carriers, were at Weeping Wat er last Tuesday forenoon, transact ing business there. I'ncle Louis Carsten was called to Weeping Water on business Tues day. Duane Jourgesen, age 17, son of Henry Jourgesen, who has been em ployed in Omaha, received a promo tion recently and is now drawing an increased salary. Among those from Avoca who were at York last Sunday to call on Frank E. Wood and wife, who are now superintendent and stewardess at the Nebraska I. O. O. F. home were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hennings and children, W. H. Hollenberger and wife. Albert Stoll and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carsten and Louis Carsten. Claude Hollenberger, who is em ployed by the Steekley hybrid seed corn company, was down in the southeastern part of the state post ing signs and distributing advertis ing matter. Fred and Ernest Golliner, sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Golliner, who are members of the Jimmie Joy or chestra, are now in Chicago, where the band is playing an engagement at the Bosmark hotel. Robert Troop, of Omaha, was a guest of his sisters. Mrs. Edwin Ter rell and Mrs. Rachel Everett last Saturday and also attended the Everett family reunion at Union on Sun da y. X. J. Everett of Lincoln, accom panied by his wife, were here for a short time Sunday while en route home from Union, where they had attended the annual reunion of the Everett family. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. F. Ruhge and Miss Bertha Neumeister were in Om aha Sunday. Mr. Ruhge looked af ler business matters for the store and the ladies spent the day visiting with friends. there were about 75 members of the family present. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Terrell enjoyed meeting with the rest of the relatives. Mrs. Rachel Everett had been planning on attending, but illness preventer her as well as her children, Miss Leona and Silas, from doing bo. All who were present report a fine time and a picnic dinner that pro vided an abundance of good things to eat. Saw Some of Old Mexico When we were in Avoca Tuesday it was reported that Bobbie McDon ald and famfly were expected home by the latter part of the trip from their western and southern trip. In going they took the northern route, thence down the west coast o Los Angeles and on southward into our neighboring country of Mexico. It was said they have been having a fine time. Back to Worfc Again Miss Leona Everett, who has been chief operator at the Avoca telephone exchange, was kept from her work at the switchboard for quite some time on account of the extreme illness of her mother, Mrs. Rachel Everett. Xow, with the mother much im proved in health, she has been able to resume her work. During the weeks when Mrs. Everett was very low. Miss Leona and her brother, Silas, were able to care for her by changing off nursing periods. Friends will be glad to note the improvement of Mrs. Everett, also the return to work of Miss Leona, who is a most efficient operator. EAGLE Special Journal Correspondence ! Mrs. Harry WeWst at her home in Lincoln. At that time the names of the directors for the ensuing year will be announced and the program committee will outline their work. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Norris and daughter, Lucille, enjoyed their va cation in Denver. They returned home the latter part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hursh of Grand Island spent Saturday evening and Sunday with Mrs. Hursh's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hursh S.-BRITAIN AGREED ON JAPANESE POLICY LONDON, August 23 (UP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill was re ported in diplomatic quarters today to have given President Roosevelt a Dick Schrader and family moved lnlpdge that if the United States were Held a Canning Bee The members of the Ladies Aid of the Avoca church were very busy last Monday, when they met at the church basement to spend the entire day canning fruit and vegetables as their contribution to the Children's Home in Omaha. Each year it is the custom the organization to set apart v day for this canning bee for the benefit of the home and a large num mer turned out this year and a good amount of canned supplies was pro vided thsi year. School to Open Today The Avoca public schools are open ing today (Monday. Sept. 25. with teachers and pupils on hand ready to tackle the work in earnest and continue through to the end of the year late next spring. The faculty is composed of Claid Wilbur, superintendent; John Pen ny, principal. Miss Bertha TeSelle Miss Madaline Lum and Mrs. John Penny. Everett Family Reunion Members of the Everett family en joyed a reunion at Camp Kill Kare south of Union last Sunday. In all School Opens Sept. 1 GET THIS FINE NEW AND IMPROVED Webster's Dictionary 700 pages, Cloth binding. 10y2x 8x2 inches. Indexed. Over 70 pages of synonyms and antonyms, commerce and law, technical terms of music, common medical words and terms, American slang and foreign words and phrases. THIS BOOK COMPLETE AT SPECIAL PRICE AIvo News Special Journal Correspondence $1 Bates Book Store 4th and Main Phone 265 Plattsmotith. Several Alvo families attended the Stir-Up at Ashland on Tuesday and Wednesday. Homer Cook is mowing weeds on the right-of-way. Pelbert Skinner has been quite ill with heart trouble. He is much im proved at this writing. Roy Coalman is carrying the mail while A. B. Stroemer is away on his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stroemer are 4 visiting Mr. ana -Mrs. Howard isrown and family who live in the western part of the state for a few days. j Mrs. Thurman, who has been liv-j ing m the J. L. Dimmitt nome m town is leaving Alvo soon, as her son Dale Thurman, who taught in the local school for two years, was mar ried Saturday and will go to Com- stock to live and teach. Miss Thur man. her daughter, who resigned from her school here, wil continue her studies at the University of Ne braska this year. Miss Moler was in Alvo calling cn friends and looking after some busi ness over the week end. She came to attend the wedding of Miss Fender and then came on to Alvo. Mr. Kellogg rode his white horse to Ashland Tuesday, where he took part in the Ashland parade at the Stir-Up celebration. Two former Alvo teachersd were united in marriage at the Sharon church Saturday, Miss Fender of near Lincoln and Dale Thurman of Cal laway. A full account of their mar riage appears elsewhere in this copy of the Semi-Weekly Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Althouse and family drove to Homer, where they visited the Will Hoffman family, who moved out there this spring. They also drove into Sioux City, Iowa, not far distant. They returned home last Sunday. Kendall Dimmitt spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the Marion Dim mitt home in Ashland. Allen Edwards of Lincoln visited at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Edwards drive out from Lincoln every day to do the chores for Talbert Edwards while they are away on their trip. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards and Allen went to Ashland Wednesday evening for the Stir-Up. Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Edwards have been away about ten days on a trip. They visited the Frank Ed wards family in Idaho and also vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Barkhurst. They plan to be home in a few days. Mrs. Davis, the local agent for the Rock Island railroad, has been away several days on her vacation. She was planning to visit her children and their families during her vaca tion. Mr. and Mrs. John Schlaphof ac companied some friends from Mur dock to Crete Sunday morning, go ing there to attend a Young Peo ples' Bible conference. Rev. and Mrs. John Hammel ar rived home from Kansas Saturday evening. They had been called away to attend the funeral of Rev. Ham mers brother's wife, who passed away last week. to Lincoln the latter part of last week. Both Mr. and Mrs. Schrader are employed in Lincoln and they will probably find it more convenient living in Lincoln. The Trinity Lutheran Sunday school held an ice cream social in the Eagle firehouse last Saturday evening. Ernie Thomas arrived home Tues day morning. He has been working in the harvest fields near Alliance. Bert Runyan came from Platts mouth last Saturday evening and visited until Sunday with his grand mother, Mrs. Sarah Keil. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scattergood drove to Osceola, Iowa, the latter part of last week for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Scattergood and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scattergood. Their daughters, Fay and Delores, who have been visiting there, re turned home with them. Hubert Stewart, who has spent a number of weeks with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Stewart and Jena Marie, left last Saturday evening for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was accompanied by his nephews, Hugh Warren and Robert Stewart, who have made extended visits here. Thev will be met there by their father, Earl Stewart, of Alexandria, Virginia. Mrs. George Trimble and Merna are iu Palmyra visiting the former's mother, Mrs. Waite and other rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. John Kerelhut and Mr. and Mrs. Vilas Ketelhut of Ne hawka spent Sunday with Rhynard Ketelhut. Mrs. L. W. Piersol spent several days last week with relatives in Lin coln. She returned home Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hite of Weep ing Water spent Sunday with Mrs. Hite's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Wright. The O. S. C. club members and their families enjoyed the annual dub picnic at Antelope park in Lin coln last Sunday evening. Lila and Janice Gerhard spent last week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schwegman. Mrs. L. E. Jones of Falmyra spent last Sunday with her son, Guy Jones and family. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Oberle and sons left the latter part of last week for Venango, where they will visit Mrs. Oberle's mother, Mrs. Pump and family. Mrs. O. E. Underwood entertained the Methodist Ladies church organi zation in the church parlors last Wednesday afternoon. Jill Caddy is isolated from her little friends for the present. She is entertaining an unwelcome guest, the whooping cough. involved in war with Japan as a re sult of Japanese aggression Britain would automatically declare war on Japan. Churchill promised also, it was as serted, that Britain would give the United States the utmost possible assistance. These reports v. ere taken to mean that Britain and the United States had advanced far in co-ordinating their strategic powers in the Pacific for defensive purposes. At the same time informed Brit ish and American sources here said that Japan might have decided not to push its strategic outposts further south. (Diplomatic quarters in London reported yesterday that the United States and Britain had decided that further Japanese expansion south ward must be opposed forcefully, if necessary.) Greenwood Special Journal Correspondence SEVEN BROTHERS IN CCC ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS FIRE PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23 (UP) A five-alarm fire destroyed the J. H. Svkes Lumber Yard in North Phil adelphia today, spread to adjoining plants and homes and caused damage estimated at one million dollars be fore it was brought under control. It was the second 1 million dollar lumber yard fire within four months, having destroyed the Wilson H. Lear Yards in Kensington and threatened the nearby Cramp's Shipbuilding Cor poration. Eoth had housing defense materials valued at approximately $500,000. Eighteen firemen were injured fighting the blaze, which broke out in several parts of the yard simul taneously. Edward Renieri, night watchman, said the fire appeared to have been "touched off", but company officials refused comment on the pos sibility of sabotage. Mrs. Frank Welton came home this week from Lincoln, where she had spent the past two weeks. Mrs. Cassie Coleman is leported as quite ill at this time. She has been poorly for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Keller and children spent Saturday night and Sunday in Omaha with Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lynch. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Omaha are visiting at the Ross Casey home. They are grandparents of Mrs. Casey. Mr. and Mrs. John Mick have gone to Denver, Colorado, to visit rela tives. Mrs. Joe Kyles spent Friday in Alvo with her daughter, Mrs. Wayne Kinney and family. Mrs. Bert Johnson is having some trouble with her leg again and has been sick the last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gerhardt of Oakland. California, visited Mrs. Ger hardt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Leesley, last week. Mrs. Gerhardt was the former Miss Beulah Lees ley. Dorcas will meet at the church on Friday, August 29. Mrs. Elsie Keley and Beulah Lunciford will be hos tesses. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Olson and children left Thursday morning for a trip through Colorado. Miss Marjorie Newkirk spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. Mabel Newkirk. Miss Nettie Clark of Madison spent a few days last week visiting Mrs. Ed Stradley and other friends. Miss Clark was a former teacher in the school here. Mr. and Mrs. Brehm celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last Sunday. They received many nice gifts from friends. Patty Kelly is spending the week with the Mockenhaupt family at Manley. Mr. and Mrs. Urban Kyles of Om aha spent Sunday afternoon and evening with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles. PROVO, Utah (UP) Civilian Conservation Corps authorities here are considering naming the local camp "Christen Camp," after its most enthusiastic and tenacious fam ily of enrolees. Don, Roy, Jess, Paul, Russell and Ernest Christen have kept the family represented in the camp ever since it was organized. Another brother, Grant, enrolled recently. Guerrilla Armies Operating Against German Forces Occupied Countries Show Increasing Opposition to the Rule of Nazi Regime. LONDON, Aug. 23 (UP) An in trepid guerrilla army, whose mem bers know that capture means death, is operating with increasing effective ness throughout mountainous Jugo slavia and Greece and the entire in- Hero of A. E. F. Now 43, Ready if War Comes Lieut. John L. Barkley of Reserves Wears Medal of Honor Oper ates a Dairy Farm. MERRIAM, Kas. UP) John Lewis Barkley, the man called "the out standing hero of the World war" by Major-Gen. James G. Harbord. is a lieutenant in the officers reserve corps and it may be that he will bo called from his farm near here to fight again. Barkley is only 43 he was 19 when Gen. John J. Tershing pinned the Congressional Medal of Honor on his breast in France and he hag kept up with military advances since his service in company K, 4th infantry, 3rd Division. For his exploits in fighting through six of the seven major cam paigns of the A E.F.. Barkley was decorated by almost every Allied country. Besides the Congressional Search Light Club The club met at the home of Mrs. Don Shelton Friday afternoon, Aug ust 15. Mrs. Mary Lanning and Mrs. REVEALS SHORTAGE LINCOLN, Aug. 23 (UP) State Auditor Ray C. Johnson said today a $1,800 shortage had been uncov ered in the accounts of Ralph E. Adams, former Webster county judge and Methodist pastor at Red Cloud. Johnson was advised from Red Cloud by Acting Webster County At torney Clifford H. Phillips that em bezzlement charges had been filed against Adams in district court to day. The shortage, dating from 1934, included about $900 in fees and the balance in money not paid to the county court. Johnson said. Adams' term expired last January. He was a candidate for district judge in the last election. 'COUNT YOUR HOOKS" LINCOLN, Aug. 23 (UP) Fifteen hooks will be the legal limit for Nebraska anglers fishing inland streams after today. The new fish and game law re vision bill, enacted by the last legis lature, goes into effect tomorrow and state game officials have warned fishermen to "count their hooks." The present law had no hook limit. The new law also includes skunks as fur-bearing animals entitled to protection and makes it illegal for anyone to carry a loaded shotgun in an automobile. GAS TAX REFUND IN EFFECT LINCOLN, Aug. 23 (UT) Legal interpretation of the constitutional deadline for the petition referendum kagainst the new state agricultural MANY WOUNDED IN BERLIN Vernon Hir.ebaugh were assisting gasoline tax refund law were still conflicting today, but Secretary of State Frank Marsh announced that the act would go into effect tomorrow. Whether the law is to be retained permanently will be decided by the electorate at the 1942 general election. Marsh announced that the unofficial total signatures on petitions signed by the Nebraska Association of Coun ty Commissioners was 32,901, nearly 3,000 more than enough to force a test vote. hostesses. Only one member was ab sent and two visitors were present, Mrs. Etta Trunkenbolz and Mrs. Bert Muenchau. An interesting afternoon was spent studying "Our Neighbors in Canada and Mexico." After the lesion, a delicious lunch was served by the hostesses. The next meeting v.ill be held at the home of Mrs. Cliff Wright and she is to select her assisting hostesses. The meeting will be held September 19. W. C. T. U. Meeting At the annual August meeting of the W. C. T. U. held Friday after noon, August 15, all the officers were re-elected with the exception of the vice -president. That office was made vacant when Mrs. G. H. Palmer moved away. The staff now is Mrs. Belle Jack, president; Mrs. Harry West, vice president; Mrs. Myrtle Robertson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Jesse Wall, treasurer and Mrs. Clyde West, secretary. FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN YARD A United Press Berlin dispatch, re porting the situation on the eastern front, said parenthetically today: "Berliners in the last two weeks have had their attention drawn to the eastern war by appearance of many wounded soldiers who are convalesc ing. "The soldiers may be observed in the streets and the restaurants in the afternoon hours after attending mov ies and entertainments." 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF VALENTINO DEATH HOLLYWOOD, Aug 23 (UP)- Today is the loth anniversary of the death of Rudolph Valentino and ex tra guards were stationed at his crypt in Hollywood cemetery mausoleum to handle an expected crowd of mourn ers. Hundreds have visiten the crypt ever since he died, and left many flowers. terior of Crete is held by Greek andiMe(ial. he holds the British Di-tin Cretan guerrillas and a lest battalion of British, Australian and New Zea land troops, according to reports reaching London today. The guerrillas, made desperate by knowing they are outlaws under the rules of war, are constantly raiding German communications, cutting rail roads, ambushing small bodies of marching troops and truck columns, sniping at sentries, raiding small gar risons. Along with reports of thier act ivities come increasing evidence of disaffection in other German-conquer ed ard German-occupied countries. It is asserted that tens of thousands of guerrillas are active in Poland. Sabo tage is increasing in Czechoslovakia. In Norway, Holland and Belgium the nazis are meeting with new troubles every day, in addition to their being boycotted by the people at large. The Netherlands official news ag ency reported yesterday that the Ger man anger has most recently been aroused by Dutchmen who slowly and ostentatiously sip orangeade in pub lic, or stand on street corners and eat oranges as a sign of their loyalty to the royal house of orange. Dutch householders are growing red and blue flowers in their gardens as a display of the national, colors. Disaffection in occupied France has become so serious that the Germans have now resorted to mass arrests and occassional executions. ! It was reported yesterday from Bu charest official sources that 200 men had been arrested in Rumania for sabotage. Istanbul heard that many members of the powerful Rumanian national peasant party have been sent to concentration camps for distribut ing a circular denouncing conditions which the Germans have brought to the country. It is reported from Sofia that Bul garia is seething under the surface with opposition to the Germans, that many army officers have been dismiss ed because of their open opposition tz German occupation and that secret societies are springing up daily. All these reports add to occasional reports of conditions in Germany it self, such as one yesterday by the Moscow radio that Dr. Iljalmar Schacht, the German financial wiz ard, had been arrested because of his open disapproval of Hitler's military gambles. Mrs. James Tigner of South Om aha, while about her work, was at tempting to empty a garbage pail, and was carrying the pail to be emptied and does not remember any thing until sometime later when she returned to consciousness. She was found lying in the yard by a neigh bor who called help and a doctor. In the fall she sprained her ankle. No other injuries were sustained, al- The president appointed Mrs. Fred though she was unconscious for a time. Root chairman of the program com mittee, with Mrs. Ed Garhard, Mrs. Perry Colbert and Mrs. E. J. Mor ton assisting Mrs. Harry Wtst had charge cf the program on "Christian Citizenship." She gave a fine sum mary of the many ways we can help cur drattees and our future draftees. The hostess, Mrs. Sarah Keil, very . graciously served ice tea and ice CANADIAN FORCES GET RAIL AID MONTREAL (UP) Members of the Canadian armed forces now travel on the railways at one-third the previous rate. The plan, an agreement between the government and railway companies, provides that cream roll to her guests. Mrs. Emma a man in uniform going on leave or Judkins and Mrs. J. W. Horn were embarkation leave, will travel at one welcome guests. j third the former rate of single fare . The next meeting will be with for return fare. SET OIL CEILING WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UP) Price Control Administrator ieon Henderson today set ceiling prices on Pennsylvania grade crude oils at levels prevailing before a recent 2ic a barrel increase. In announcing the price schedule, he said acceleration of defense ac tivity and civilian industry has stimulated demand for high grade lubiicants "to an abnormal degree. SPUR FOR FRUIT TREES FOUND ELKHART, Ind. (UP) Having trouble with fruit trees? Walter J. Weybright advises steel shavings. When his 17-year-old apricot trees in his back-yard bore blossoms but no fruit, Weybright circled each of the three trees with a shallow trench in which he buried steel shavings. Now his trees are "loaded." APPOINTS COX TO BOARD LINCOLN. Aug. 23 (UP) Gover nor Dwight Griswold today appoint ed Ralph L. Cox. 39, Arapahoe pub lisher, to fill the state board of con trol vacancy created by the death of guished Cross, the French Medaille Militaire. the French Croix de Guerre with three palms, the Bel gian Croix de Guerre, the Belgian War Cross, the Italian War Cross and the Medal de Bravere of Monte negro. Operates Dairy Farm Barkley is a quiet, hard-working dairy farmer who doesn't like to talk about the time he held of!" two German infantry attacks single handed by manning an abandoned German machine gun in a broken down French tank. The two-and-a half hour gun battle between one American and hundreds of Germans allowed the American forces to re form and capture an important ob jective. The Kansas farmer only private to be mentioned in Gen. Pershing s memoirs has kept up with the new kind of warfare since A.E.F. days and thinks the fast-moving army won't be strange to him. He guess ed wrong on the outcome of the French collapse because he believed the French would employ blitzkrieg methods instead of the Germans. The exploit which won Barkley the Congressional Medal caused Gen. Harbord to call him the "outstand ing hero." He had been caught far in advance of his lines with the Ger mans preparing to attack to recover positions they had lost the previous day. Built Gun Nest Unable to get back to his com pany, he crawled to an abandoned French tank, found a German ma chine gun and thousands of rounds of ammunition. He mounted it in the tank turret. The first wave of attackers were caught by surprise and retreated, leaving many dead Barkley won't say how many. For two and a half hours he held off the second attack, at times creeping from his shelter to get water to cool the smoking gun. Once he was knock ed unconscious by a German shell explosion. An official report by Tarkley's of ficers said "Alone, with one ma chine gun. Private Barkley had mow ed down an advancing column. Only a few got back to the cover of the trenches." Later Gen. Fershing. in deco rating Barkley, said that his hold ing off the German attack had al lowed American troops to reform and advance to take the strategic position. Bock in the United States, Bark ley returned to his farm near Hol den. Mo., later worked on the Kan sas City police department and then moved to Kansas. Though he sel dom talks about his exploits and the machine gun incident is not the only W. A. Bruce, Verdigre. Cox, who has been director of the jone for which he was decorated KtatP department of agriculture and ;he once got so mad over war books inspection since last January, will assume his new position September 1. Griswold said he would name a successor to Cox early, next week. The $4.000-a-year state board of control appointment will expire July 1. 1945. Cox, a republican, will serve with another Griswold appointee, G. P. Kratz, Sidney, and Mrs. Maud Nuquist, Osceola, board chairman. PAST AND PRESENT BLEND written by people "who didn't know what they were talking about" that he wrote one himself. It was titled "No Hard Feelings." VETERAN WAR MASCOT DIES HALIFAX, N. S. (UP) The Royal Navy lost a much-loved mem ber of its personnel with the death of Eingo, the big, black dog that had been ship's mascot in more than one encounter with the enemy. Bingo GALLUP, N. M. (UP) A Navajo survived me Domoarument ot a lirit- lothed in moccasins, longln town ana an adventurous At lantic crossing, only to meet his squaw skirt and head shawl and carrying a Subscribe to The Journal nanoose upon her back in Indian ,ueatn in a trartic accident in Halifax. style entered a Gallup drugstore and carefully made her purchase, a modernistic compact. VETERAN CIGAR MAKER DIES LINCOLN, Aug. 23 (UP) Samuel J. Ross, 74, retired cigar maker, died today. He resided in Falls City be fore coming to Lincoln. POSTPONE FIGHT NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (UP) Promotor Mike Jacobs today announc ed that the; Joe Louis-Lou Nova heavy weight title light had been postponed to September 23 and the fight shifted Grounds. from Yankee Stadium to the Folo