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Heir. State Historical Society 70L. NO. LVn PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1941. NO. 69 Every Day is Just that Much Nearer to Goal Whole Trainloads of Material and Machinery Arriving at Big Bomber Plant TO FINISH JOB ON TIME Orderly but Speedy Action on Every Hand as Construction Work Advances to Last Stages Visualize if you can a busy "bee hive in which hundreds of lees are at work in orderly but speedy manner brinin in and storing tip honev and you will have a miniature mind picture of what is inj on these days at the big Fun (.'rook bomber assembly, plant which the LT. S. Govern ment is building and equipping for the Glenn L. Martin company, of Baltimore. Maryland. So rapidly and so orderly has the work been going forward dur ing these past few weeks since our last viit to the plant on August -?5. that superintendents, foremen and workmen are now ''counting the days" until the gigantic build ing that covers more than six square blocks of nrea will not only be complete but fully equip ped and ready to turn over to Mr. Martin and his thousands of employees on schedule time. And that schedule time calls for de livery by October 26 live short weeks in which to perform what to tin's writer seems humanly im possible. But the boys sav it can and will be done. Viewing This Busy Beehive Tuesday's tour of the plant and grounds by Mrs. R. A. Bates, Jour nal publisher, Elmer Webb of the fence and Mrs. Webb, personally con ducted by Captain G. Y. Fleming, chief of guards was a most revealing, one. presenting the work in a far different light than on former visits, when dirt moving comprised more than half of the activity. Xow the grading is practically complete ana tne display or man power stands out in bold relief as! compared to the machine era of con struction. The big assembly plant is now completely roofed. Glazing is still in progress with thousands of window panes yet to be set. As prev iously reported, all outside windows are of blue glass, providing a non glare diffused light throughout the interior of the assembly room. For artificial liht both on the assembly floor and in the ground floor work- r..i.ip oo-r. r.nnrn f., nnri " uiiiu-uir-i.'iaiii ii n. uuai ins uuu-i 1 drods of florescent fixtures are be ing installed, each to carry four florescent tubes. Window panes be tween the main building and the enclosed loading and unloading docks! are of clear glass, but the outer j walls of these enclosed areas, like thos-.e of the main building all have bine glass. Steel for these shed-like additions along the north and south sides of the building has been erect ed but these roofs are not yet placed. The unloading and loading platforms at car door levels are complete, but trackage has not been laid as yet. 13 Million Wood Blocks Work of placing the cross-grain creosoted wood block flooring is now underway with about half of the main assembly floor now covered and the job just being started in the basement. These blocks are two inches thick. 3x4 inches in size, with beveled corners and are laid on the smooth finish concrete floors after a coat of creosote binder has been applied, in much the same manner and with equal or greater speed than the most skillful paving brick setters are able to perform. 1 ff or nrn inni 11 n rr Cnntftln Fleming over the number of blocks' it will take to cover both floors and the loading and unloading docks, we figured it roughly on our return, and find well over fifteen million would be required for all, but since some portions, including the large within-the-plant office quarters and rossibly the cafeteria (located in the northwest and southeast corners of the ground floor) are to be fin ished in polished marble effect, the number will probably be in the neighborhood of thirteen million. They lay to a smooth surface, but will be sanded to smooth-as-marble finish. Concrete Blown into Place Rome exterior portions of the main building are still in process of con struction, being concrete sections above windows, and it was most in teresting to watch these being blown into place. The concrete from the blowers looks much like the spray from paint guns and rapidly takes home on South 7th street when the form about' the heavy closely-woven I mayor was notified of their presence mesh of metal lath especially demand at once hastened home. Here he signed for that work and builds up j found the men displaying the coats until walls of any desired thickness: to several ladies present, the mayor 1 are acquired. . Temporary first aid quarters will soon give way first aid rooms- to two -one on permanent each floor level. No Casualties Although there have been minor accidents of various kinds, it is re markable considering the speed and power exhibited in this construction job that to date not a single llfe .t'ned into Chicago avenue and raced has been lost. Safety First signs ;south 3n ,heir car a,ons No" 75' appear throughout the plant andtlle niayor in Prsui- The car of the even to the outer gates, where the Pdlers, thought to bear an Indiana workers are admonished to "drive e. was able to keep ahead of carefullV Koing home from work.jthe mayor and south of Louie Naeve's This lack of fatalities is remarkable 'P,ace one of the aTt? fired at Mr" nnd a tribute to the men who are- supervising the job. " Thousands of gallons of paint are!1"" rV ci 4 t m V bein, consumed as winters work ch fff feverishly to get their part of the job done. Except for window frames and the steel doors leading from the main building to the loading and unloading docks, which are painted a blueish-gray, the interior finish is white to provide the greatest pos sible visibility. Trainload of Machinery No plant in the nation will be better equipped to turn out planes th. this new Vartin B-2ft assembly! Plant. Carload after carload of ma-ichulTh" Rev. J. T. Sawyer, pastor of chinery has already been unloadedthe presided and the and trucked into the plant, because of delay in completing the tracks loading into the plant. Trains are still entering the grounds over the11". "s r,a"n "" ""'"""lished before winter sets in. south Fort Crook gate side track. L00k" J'r" "" U" Mn IUSKy an 1,on j Many farmers are having diffi but in the near future will be ableiYork" Avith E" H" Wescott as aceom'cUj in obtaining suitable wheat to snot their maM cars of matPrinl 1 panist' gave thm? bers dun,!for seeding. Farmers who have sur- spot tneir many cars ot material trackage adjoining the enclosed 3ing and unloading docks, unless on loading and unloading there is further delay in getting! the balance of the steel for the rail-! road overpass. The delay in geUing steel 5s j now- holding up construction of the! camouflage paint shop to the west F 4 V, -., V.I nlnnt t f t n ! basement of which is nearly exca vated. Getting back to the equipment, there are unopened crates contain ing machines big and little, that would fill Plattsmouth's Main street frt ccpnuil flnnr Vipip'ht f mm thA V!nr- ------- .-,-' v v-" - - - and more coming daily. Muling ma - where she has been visiting her fits and scores of others designed toi , . father. Floyd T. Mitchell. Miss plav some part in the rapid assembly!,. of planes when work at the plant ;oi lexas navmg unusuany pienxuui gets under way. . i this week, was also held the meet- , . . ,. 'rams, unusual for this generally dry cr The Martin company is sending) . inK 0f the Women s Auxiliary of the . . . , , . . 'climate. In fact the rain had madellls "l lllc "Ulllrl s ' some six hundred key men into the .t diff, u harvesting: i group. In the election of officers on plant within the next two weeks to. Amarl0. in New Mexico, iTues Mrs. Robert Ogden of Hart- hand e the placing of the machines ; floQds ,ington, wns named as the president and "tool up the plant ready tor- streams" Mrs" - C" Hudson of Platts- product.on to start promptly after it- ! mouth as the WCretary-treasurer of is turned over about nve weeKS x- rr.i. r mi vi overflowing. Amarillo is the largest hence. The starting force will be; . " . . , . ieity m the panhandle and stock between six and seven thousand men . . . . , . country of Texas and where many and this number will be gradually , , . , . , . , . . v x , i of the cattle are shipped into the increased to about 1(,000 peak un-' . . . . , ,. , . . ' . i Fort Worth and Kansas City mar- less the trip-hammer factory, now. projeciea, out not aenniteiy assureu is approved, in which event the peak force will reach 21,000 men by early spring or summer 7,000 to each shift. Mr. Martin was out from Balti- I more last week and went through the plant, expressing himself as very well pleased with the progress made!Iand was formerly Miss Irene Gib- and advising that it would be full steam ahead to get into production as soon as the building and equip ment is turned over. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE If widening visualization now permits, look forward to next spring. and its growing vegetation. Gone is.vited. Mrs. Margaret Brendel, secre (Continued on Page 8) Itary. ' ltw s23d Mayor Routs Group of Fur Coat Peddlers Salesmen Visit Lillie Home and Find Themselves Arrested Make Escane in Car. From Wednesday's Eany Mayor Arnold Lillie this morning stopped the activities of a crew of men selling fur coats by arresting them and later the men escaped from the city in their car. The men had visited the Lillie informing them that they could not peddle their wares here and that they were under arrest. Mayor Lillie ordered the men to load their grips and follow him to the city hall to have their actions further investigated. As the mayor started out in his car he signaled ithc men to follow him, instead they ! drove on south on 7th street and 'Lilhe, he states. The pursuit con- jtinued until the strangers' car turn ed into Murray and west through ...1 HT Till.-. - 11.- Sheriff Mrasek and Officer Guy Long started out to seek the strangers after notifying the state highway patrol of the car and with requests that they be detained. JOIN IN UNION SERVICE A group of Piattsmouth men were at Union Sunday evening where they in union services of the j churches, held at the Methodist furnished the music. The Masonic male quartet, com- ; ' , iui swums. ruimv uu m.c !the evening:' "StiH" StiH with Tbee""plus of desirable seed wheat should i "" SPirit' Tru,h Divine" and find a ready market for it in their ("Remember Xow Thy Creator." Mr" CIo,dt gave "M-v Tark" as a jsolo. Mr. Cook "Holy City." and Mr. York, "A Child of the King. Mr. Weseott grave as an mstru- t 1 0 II . The benediction was Rev. H. G. McClueky. offered by RETURNS FROM TEXAS Miss Wilda Mitchell, secretary of .the Cass county local board, return- , - , , . . , rei I o f T- fiviTiin rr T i-Am r irtir nlincl Tit , . ,iwo wftks visit ai ainuriuu, icxas. i". . BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Harley K. Thursland, Weeping Water, announce the birth of a daughter Sunday at St. Eliz abeth hospital, Lincoln. Mrs. Thurs- son. AUXILIARY MEMBERS NOTE The Auxiliary of Pleasant Ridge (Horning) cemetery will meet Fri - day, September 26 at 2 p. m. at the Mynard Community Hall. Ail ladies interested in this cemetery in - MYNAED COMMUNITY CLUB MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT The Mynard Community club will begin the fall meetings Friday eve ning, September 2C, at eight o'clock at the Mynard community hall. The program will be a musical review of the "Gay Nineties," con sisting of solos, quartets, community singing and tap dancing numbers. Raymond C. Cook will be master of ceremonies. The public is cordially invited to attend these meetings. d&w Investigators Hold Gilmour Death Accident Insurance Company Views Death as Accident and Result of a Fall While Starting Hunting The death of Robert Gilmour, 20. at his farm home here on Septem ber 17th. was accidental, insurance investigators have reported after a probe of the case. The investigators decided the posi tion of the wound was such that it could not have been self-inflicted asd was apparently caused when he trip ped and fell on the gun while descending some steps at the home. At the time of the death the wound was reported to have been self-inflicted but the closer invest igation of the matter apparently has changed the decision. At the time 'of the tragdy n n,0,iTe f 0Uld be I for the act and the theory of self-destruction was never accepted jby the members of the family. There was no inquest held in the case at the time of the shooting. WHEAT SEEDING DATES Wheat seeding da4.f; just an nounced by the College of Agricul ture to avoid damage from the Hes js5an fly orfi Fi,day Septeinlfcr 2Gt:i lor the north hair oi i ass county ;and Septeniber 27th for the other ihalf of the county. It is recommend- ed that farmers try to plant as near these dates as possible, in order that the wheat may become well estab- own neighborhood. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday, Sept. 28th The church will celebrate the mis sion festival with services by visit ing pastors. At 10:30 a. m. Rev. Paul Mocssner. Gretna, will preach in English, and at 2:30 in the after noon in German. Services Sunday evening at 7:45 by Rev. Warren Churchill, Bennington, in English. All are invited to these services. w&d WOMEirS AUXILIARY ELECTS At the meeting of the Nebraska 'osteopathic asoeiatien in Lincoln the group. Mrs. Hudson has been a very ac tive figure in the women's organiz ation since its inception and her election is a fine recognition of her services as she has been a valued as sistant to Dr. O. C. Hudson, who has served in a similar capacity on the Osteopathic association. STANDER APPEALS CASE From "Wednesday's PtltJ Henry Stander appealed to the state supreme court today from a Cass county district court dismissal of his srrit against Mary D. Pankonin and her son, Charles. Stander contended Mrs. Pankonin ; transferred property to her son to (prevent o court judgment involving a second mortgage on Cass county ; property owned by Mrs. Pankonin's (husband, Henry. Phone printing oriers to ItO. b. Rev, Lowson is Assigned to Wymore Charge Piattsmouth Church Will Receive Rev. L. W. Bratt from the Friend Charge. The Methodist conference for Ne braska closed Sunday with the ap pointment of the pastors to the var ious charges over the state. In the changes made Rev. L. "V. Bratt, of Friend, comes to the Piattsmouth church while Rev. J. C. Lowson is sent to the Wymore church. During his service here Rev. Low son has won for himself the highest respect and admiration of the people of the community and his fine fam ily have served in the socirl life of the city. In his pastoral work he has made the church stronger in membership and placed it on a fine basis in every way. His forceful and eloquent discourses from the pulpit have wen him a wide reputation and jing to have been burglarized and a. his new charge can rest assured they,car and a number of other articles will have one of the strong men of the church in their charge. Rev. Bratt. who will take over the local charge, has been five years at the Friend church where he has been active not only in the work of the church but in the community as well. He has the background of an extensive educational foundation, giving him a very liberal view. Rev. Bratt is married and they have two sons who are active in Toy Scout work. WINNERS IN BICYCLE RACE Twenty-two boys entered the bicycle race on Main street Satur day afternoon, and each of the twenty-two won a prize. The prizes ran all the way from 75c to twenty five cents. Hillard Grassman was in charge of' the race, and Carl Schnei der, William Schmidtmann, Jr., E. W. Burdic and Mr. Grassman were the judges. There were eight races. Winners were: Race 1 Elmo Gochenour . 1st; "Corky" Tincher 2nd; Richard Sher- man 3rd. T . ."I a . . 1 g 1 . TTnw I Gochenour 2nd; Leon McCarty 3rd. j Race 3 Charles Lewis 1st; Don-; aid Byers 2nd: Lyle Lewis 3rd. I Race 4 Vernon Galland 1st; Bernard Dow 2nd; Ted Smith 3rd. Race T Paul Myers 1st; Bill Gochenour 2nd: Dwisht Attebury 3rcj Race C, Robert Sheldon 1st: Rob - ert Krejci 2nd; Vernon Gochenour 3rd jisterling Ingwerson. Race 7 Robert Rummel 1st: Jim! Farmer's Club, 3rd prize, Noble 2nd. Race S Willard Simon 1st; May- nard Rice 2nd. VISIT AT FORT RILEY A party of Piattsmouth people, Mr. and Mrs. George Kaffenberger and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waters, were at i Three-Gaited Horses 1st prize, T, , $2, Glen Vallery; 2nd prize $1, M. E. Fort Riley, Kansas, the past wee:conn for a short visit with Chrrles Kaf- fenberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kaffenbererer. as well as Vireil Frish ..,., t,.. i,.J also! at the army post. The present army post has been greatly improved since the World war days when it and Camp Funston were large training centers for the western troops. The quarters are excellent and every facility offered for the comfort of the men. They found the Cass county boys at the post in good spirits and liking the army life very much. BOY TO PETERSONS An eight-pound son wes born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peterson at the home of Mrs. Peterson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Richter. The baby was born Sunday morning at 12:35, and it has been named Robert David. iThe infant is the first grandchild for 'Mr. and Mrs. William Richter, and it is also a great grandson of Mrs. Minnie Richter of Piattsmouth. Mrs. Peterson was the former Ruth Rich - ter. The baby's father, who joined the navy some time ago, is now on sea duty. ACCEPTS SCHOOL POST Miss Lois Giles, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Giles, left Sunday for Detroit, Michigan, where 'she has accepted a studeDt assistant- ship at the Merrill-Palmer school. BONDS FIND NEW HOMES The Korn Kliib invested in three shiny new National Defense bonds a few weeks ago that are now in new hands. The new owners didn't steal them, but have acquired a perfectly good title to same and are now a j hundred dollars better off financially than they were a week ago. They are Ralph A. Packerd, Om aha; Mrs. Josephine Bline, LaFlatte end Mrs. Rick Lindsey, Piattsmouth. G-K Garage is Broken into Last Night 1939 Mercury Sedan Stolen, Prop erty of Joe Kaplen of Omaha Takes Tires and Gas. From Tuesday's Daily The O. K. Garage on Washington ! avenue, occupied by the C. A. Ruse (Motor Co.. was discovered this morn- taken from the garage. The robbery occurred sometime between 11:30 Monday night and 1:30 this morn ing when some employes arrived at the garage with cars only to find the large doors on the north side open leading into the car storage department. A checkup was made and it was discovered that a 1939 Mercury sedan was missing as well as four tires. two cans of oil, two hot heaters. water The parties to make sure of their getaway filled up the car with thir teen gallons of gasoline from the service pump and had apparently made a clear getaway before the em ployes discovered the loss. Sheriff Joe Mrasek and Deputy Sheriff Emery Doody were notified and were busy today in getting in touch with neighboring localities where the car might have been seen. FARMERS DAY PARADE The awards made at the Farmers day parade here on last Thursday hnvp hppn fninnlptpH The decisions of the prizes were made by Ross Mc Nish, Omaha, Fred Erunner. Fna dilla. and Bud Whitney of Council Bluffs, as follows: Farmers Parade All decorated floats. $3 each. i "Merry Workers," 1st prize 'Mrs. Topliff. $3, $3. $2, j "Pinochle (. luD. Jnci prize, Frank Topliff. Horse Draft Team Elwood Snodgrass; -1st prize, nd prize. $3, 12. $3, Bennett Team. Mule Team One entry. Charles Martin. Five-Gaited Horses 1st prize, $2, James Schafer; 2nd prize, $1, Glenn Terryberry. Est Dressed Man Rider 1st prize, $2, Garold Keil; 2nd prize, $1, Dick Iske. Best Dressed Lady Rider 1st (Prize, ?2, Mrs. lieorge baxton; zna ! prize. 1. Mrs. Franklin Wehrbein. i Best Dressed Boy Rider, under 12 1st prize. $1, Billy uehrbein; 2nd prize, 50c, Don Iske. Clowns 1st prize, SI, visiting po liceman; 2nd prize, 50c, Ed Thomp son. Lady Clown. 1st prize, $1, Mrs. Kage. The live wire committee for the Farmers day of which Fred Wehr bein was general chairman and Art Hild the parade head, had more prizes but lacked entries. The parade had no class for pure bred horses but the committee and the public are grateful to Elbert Wiles displaying his fine Belgians to add to the carnival. Also William A. Galloway is to be commended for his part in making the p; rade a real success. The committee in charge of the parade wish to thank one and all j who took part and made this year's (carnival such a great success. It is eked that those who have not turned in numbers that were used on their floats do so at the Conis shining parlor. BIRTH A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ilarcld Herman, Weeping Water, at the St. Mary's hospital at Nebraska City, Thursday, September 18. Mrs. Herman was formerly Lorene Hanna. Committee is Named to Carry Farm Program Evan H. Armstrong of Greenwood Is N aired Chairman, Martin Blum, South Bend. Vice Chairman From Tuesday's party Th delegates of the A. CP. met this morning at the office of the county agricultural agency at Weep ing Water to select the officers for the year in looking after the suc cess of the agricultural conservation program in this county. The following officers were named by the delegates: Chairman Evan II. Armstrong, Greenwood. Vice-chairman Martin Blum, South Bend. First Alternate 'Alfred Gansemer, Murray. Second Alternate C. L. Wiles, Piattsmouth. There was a very large group pres- ?nt and the greatest interest shown jin the proceedings, and the discus- jsion for the program this year that will have much to do defense. with national FUNERAL OF ROBERT GILMOUR The Sat tier funeral home at Fourth and Vine streets was filled to its capacity Saturday afternoon, when last rites were conducted at 1:30 for the late Robert Bruce Gil- niour POn of County Commissioner and Mrs. Sam Gilmour. Many friends and relatives of the family came from distant points to attend the services at the home and at Horning ceme tery, where he was laid to rest. Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated, and the Masonic quartet, composed of Frank A. Cloidt. Roy W. Knorr, I Raymond C. Cook and Dr. McClusky, sang two hymns: "Rock of Ages" and "Jesus Savior Pilot Me." Miss Estelle Baird was the accompanist. Pallbearers comprised cousins and a close friend of Robert: Richard and Towner Livingston, Jack and Robert Vallery, Clarence Cuthrell. Piatts mouth; Ralph Majors, Omaha. Out-of-town relatives and friends who were here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Beard, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Heyn and daughter, Mary Marjorie, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Majors, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Majors, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Majors, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Humble, Miss Margaret Moore, Lin coln; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hild and daughter, LaVonne, Council Fluffs, Iowa: Mrs. William Fraser. Mitchell, S. D. ; Mr. and Mrs. Roy McGregor, North Tlatte; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kafka, Omaha. RESUMES SCHOOL WORK Miss Rachel Robertson departed Sunday morning for Lincoln to erter on her work at the University of Ne braska. Miss Robertson returned home the last of the week from a summer out ing spent in the Hawaiian Islands, a guest of her brother and sister-in-law. Ensign and Mrs. James Mcintosh Robertscn, who were married there in June with Miss Rachel as the bridesmaid for the ceremony. She has enjoyed very much visit ing the various points of interest in and nesr Honolulu and the many social events that has mrrked the life of the naval set of the island city. The voyage home was very pleas ant with ideal weather each day of the long journey from the isljrd to San Francisco where she landed. SERGEANT SOLOMON HERE Sunday morning Staff Sergeant Tom Solomon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Solomon, arrived home for a jshort visit and vacation from his duties with the. air force of the United States. Sergeant Solomon is serving. with the 347th School Squad at Brooks Field, Texas, cne of the large training centers in the army air corps. This Piattsmouth young man has been very successful in his work in 'the air service, taking his first train- icg in California and advancing very : rapidly in the service, and since at 'the Texas field has been given the promotion to staff sergeant.