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MONDAY, OCTOEER 13, 1941. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOTJEKAL PAQE FTVE Ex-Service Men Must Register Upon Discharge With Termination of Service, Men Required to Register, as May Be Subject to Service. Enlisted men wlio -were in the reg istration ago brackets on October 16, 1940, or July 1, 1941, and who have not already registered under the Se lective Training and Service Act must register when discharged from the military establishment. Briga dier General Guy X. Henninger, state director of Selective Service. Although members of the regular military establishment are relieved from registration as long as they are in service. General Henninger said, they must register when they are re leased from the armed forces. While the majority of such ex service men xrobably are not liable for induction as selectees, the gen eral pointed out that there are pome men who are discharged from the regular army after completing one year of training and who. conse quently, are liable for induction un der the Selective Service law. The Selective Training and Service Act of 194 0. as amended, General Hen ninger declared, relieves from lia bility for peacetime training and ser vice under the act only those regu lars who have satisfactorily served as an officer or enlisted man for at least three consecutive years in the regular army. navy, marine corps or coast guard, or any enlisted man honorably discharged from the regu lar army or the coast guard within six months prior to the completion of his regular three-year period of enlistment. Those one-year ex-service regu lars who are liable for further mili tary training may enlist in the na tional guard of the states in which they will live or join the Enlisted Reserve Corps, the general said. SELL PRIZE BEEF OMAHA, Oct. 10 (UP) The grand champion Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H club baby beef owned by Leland Herman of Wayne, Nebraska today sold for $1.05 a pound to George Brandeis of Omaha. The Hereford, second consecutive miner for Herman, weighed 920. His grand champion last year brought $1 a pound. The reserve champion, a 1,020 Here ford exhibited by Wayne Gosch of Ida Grove, Iowa, was purchased by the Union Stockyards Co., Omaha, for 41 cents a pound. Calls for Sup port of Legion Foreign Policy National Commander Believes Real istic Policy to Preserve the United States. Latin America Rebuffs Nazis in New Moves Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Cuba Crack Down Ecua dor Bans Publication. i r: 1 i . 1 Field of Pilots in to Women of the Nation Opei Must Learn Net to Weep or Pout, However If They Are to Serve Nation in .the Air. CHICAGO, Oct. 10 (UP) The young woman whose grandmother couldn't even vote until she won the suffrage battle can help fill the na tion's need for capable airplane pilots if she just learns ''not to pout and weep and be over emotional." One hundred flying instructors from all parts of the United States advis ed would-be woman aviators in ef fect today; Weep no more, my lady, and you may take your place among the ,"), (HID pilots the nation needs. The instructors, mostly male, pre sented an "unbiased appraisal" of woman livers in a survey conducted by the magazine, Flying and Popular Aviation. Majority expressions of opinion included: Women flyers are capable, conser vative, cautious and more eager to loim than men. Women are better adopted than men to ''fly by feel" because their kinaesthetic muscle sense is more acute. The two worst features of women, as related to flying, are their tend ancy to crv when criticized and their lack of ability to act in an emergency. Women require more instruction than men because of less early train ing in coordination and fewer natural aptitudes. The instructors, although asserting that " the just another woman driv er" prejudice does not exist in avia tion, voted 70 per cent against travel ing on an airline employing woman pilots. The instructors also decided that "outdoor" girls f.v better than the "indoor" type but that girls who fly are "average feminine young ladies" rather than tomboys. Summarizing the survey, veteran Flight Instructor James R. Hoyt wrote : "Woman pilots should be encourag ed to flv, not only for the example they set but for their va!ue in na tional defense when extra pilots may spell the difference between victory and defeat. "We need pilots desperately in this period of national emergency and women pilots can be used Tor special jobs . . . ferrying planes to air dromes, flying cargo planes and am bulance ships. "Endowed by nature with patience in teaching, ; woman makes a na tural instructor, a better instructor, perhaps, than a man." FARGO. N. 1).. Oct. 10 (IT) Lynn U. Stambauph. new national commander of the Americr.n Legion, called for universal support of the Legion's "realistic" foreign policy today and urged that "if fighting is necessary to defend the United States, we will be prepared to do that fight- ting outside of our own territory. In a homecoming address last night, Stambaugh said the "first es sential" in defeating Hitler "and what h? stands for" is unity of pur pose in America. To that end. he said, the Legionnaires at their Mil waukee convention last month ex horted "all Americans to unite in support of our government." "They reasoned." he said, "that they would rather err on the side of security than be caught unpre pared. With Hitler bent on world conquest, they resolved that he con stituted a threat to the United States, and that, for the sake of our own security, it is up to us to be stronger than Germany." Stambaugh's address, his first since he was broadcast by the NBC blue network. Repeal of the neutrality act and removal of geographical limits on troop movements were among the Legion's recommendations designed to "turn back any enemy before our home and families are imperiled," Stambaugh said. He said the Legion's traditional opposition to Communism was un changed but added that it would be inconsistent to "pray as ' we do for the defeat of Hitler, and at the same time impede the efforts of the na tion engaged in combat with him." By LAWRENCE S. HAAS United Press Latin American Editor The belief expressed in some quarters at the time Germany in vaded Russia that the so-called Nazi "crusade" against Communism would rally support throughout Latin Am erica to the cause of Adolf Hitler seems to have little justification now.' At no time since the German war of nerves and war of weapons began have South American government agencies shown such a determined spirit to combat totalitarian and particularly Nazi propaganda as in the period following the march of Hitler's armies into the Soviet. The Bolivian government ousted Fritz Wendler, the German minister, following revelation of a "putsch" in Bolivia, involving Major Elias Felmonte, Bolivian military attache in Berlin, military officials and civilians and German residents in Bolivia. Several pro-axis publications were susperded. Later the Chilean government turned its eye upon the activities of its extremely large German popula tion, arrested four Germans and in stituted a sweeping investigation of an organization in the province of "Landesgruppe." Meanwhile mem bers of the Chamber of Deputies sought legislation that would out law all totalitarian propaganda and anti-Chilean activities. Ecuador Bans Publication Ecuador banned publication of a weekly, La Voz Obrera (The Voice of Labor), a pro-Nazi-Fascist publica tion for printing an article "injur- iious to President Roosevelt." ! In Peru, the senate considered a Why are new recruits in the U. S. Navy calhd "bouts"? All new recruits must wear regu lation canvass leggings during their training period. These mark them as new men. They must wear these "boots" during the entire period of their apprenticeship. Mistakes made early in a new recruit . period of training are some times excused be cause of this distinguished murk. .4rc ? ports co)npctitio)is held while a U. S. Naval ship is off loud? Yes, some form of intra-mural com petition is always in pr"gicss. Box ing, wrestling and basketball rank among the favorite shipboard compet itive sports. What is the most thrilling j,-,h in the U. S. Nary?? Men who join the United States Navy for excitement generally select duty on destroyers. Do battleships in the l': i!cd States Navy hare Chajdains? Yes, the Chaplain is the chief mor ale officer and official social worker for the ship. He is in charge of the ship's weekly paper, the ship's libr ary (every ship has a ' large, fully equipped library), and practically all entertainment. How many books docs tie overage U. S. battleship contain? About 8,-r00 volumes, generally, and the supply is continually leplenished Every quarter the Bureau of Navi gation sends the ship about forty new volumes. Have Hcilors in Uncle Sam's Navy tuany social activities Yes, but most of their group en tertainment takes place en shore. This consists of dances, chiefly, which are run by the men themselves and are in halls hired for the occasions. Often, however, boat parties are held for the benefit of orphans and under-priv ileged children, and frequently smok- ( er.; and entertainment are held on shipboard. Plane Experts Explore the Field of Synthetics Substitutes Can Replace Wing- Fab rics and Parachute Silk Bomb Designs Advanced Defense Work Reduces State Unemployment Unemployment at Lowest Figure in the Eight Years of Nebraska State Employment Service. DAYTON, O. (UP) Extensive re- LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. II (UP) search work in 1940 by laboratory j A mounting demand for workers on experts r t Wright Field hr.s result- J defense projects and in other indus ed in numerous advancements in . try has dropped unemployment in Ne- the development of aeronautical equipment to bolster the air wing of the intensified national defense pro gram. Experts have directed r1 special effort toward development of synthe- braska to its lowest level in the eight year history of the Nebraska state employment service. John A Coover, employment ser vice chief, revealed today that "ex cellent opportunites" still existed for tic or substitute materials to replace j workers in highly-skilled elassificu those that might be procured only j tions. In at least 100 defense Class- WINS RIGHT TO OIL LAND LINCOLN, Oct. 10 (UP) The state supreme court today affirmed a Richardson county district court de cision, ruling that full title and all mineral rights on a 40-acre tract of former school land in Richardson county belonged to Mrs. Grace G. Reapis. The ruling automatically invalidat ed an oil and gas lease given by the state on the same land to thePawnce Royalty Company Mr. Reavis gave the Pawnee company a similar lease. Although a constitutional amend ment prohibited the state from deed ing away mineral lights on school land, the court maintained that the amendment was not adopted until Mrs. Reavis already had been given a deed to the 40 acres. lloiv can one officer be distinguished front another in the United States Nxvy? Any U. S. Naval officer can be rec ognized by the decorations on his arm if he wears "blues" or by his should er decorations if he is in '"whites". The ensign wears a haif-inch stripe or a bar of gold lace. The junior grade lieutenant wears the same with a quarter-inch stripe above it. Two half-inch stripes or bars mark the Lieutenant and the same decoration is found on the sleeves or shoulder of the lieutenant-commander with an ad ditional quarter-inch stripe between the other two. Commanders wear three half-inch stripes or bars and captains wear four. aye at Navy is Is there any jnrticnlar which a sailor in the U. S. retj aired to retire? No. A sailor in Uncle Sam's Navy can continue to reerlist as long as he can pass the physical examination. CIVILIAN DEFENSE MEETINGS LINCOLN, Oct. 8 (UP) Governor Dwight Griswold today announced a series of twelve meetings in Ne braska cities to discuss preliminary organization plans for civilian de fense activities. He said Executive Vice-Chairman Wade R. Martin of the Nebraska advisory defense committee and Col onel Edward L. Wilbur, director of the Seventh Civilian Defense area, would visit each of the cities from October 20 to 24 to explain the or ganization work. Meeting sites, district and coun ties, include: Region 12: 1 Lincoln. October 20 Seward, Lancaster, Otoe. Region 13: Johnson. Nemaha, Pawnee and Richardson. elected commander, was proposal to investigate anti-demo cratic and anti-Peruvian activities, and the chamber of deputies adopt ed a resolution declaring adherence to the Roosevelt-Churchill declar ations aiid proposed that all the Am erican governments be invited to form a united front to defend demo cracy. The government took action in closing a semi-monthly Spanish Falangist periodical and a ;pro-Fas-cist weekly.- r .. Colombian -authorities- uncovered. a movement to tine up noTif ommis-. sioned "off icers in units stationed in the Bogota area, and arrested several persons suspected of participating in a subversive plot. Cuba ordered the closing of Ger man and Italian consulates, a step which brought prompt retaliation from Berlin and Rome in an order for Cuban consular officials to de part from Germany, Italy and occu pied territories. Argentine Takes Steps What was probably most signifi cant, however, was the progress of official anti-totalitarian moves in Argentina.- where Acting resident Ra mon S. Castillo repeatedly has af firmed his country's neutrality. The Argentine government has taken cognizrnce of Nazi activities as a result of the energetic and per sistent work of the congressional committee to investigate anti-Argentine activities, headed by Raul Da monte Taborda. The committee seiz ure of three German embassy mail pouches at the Cordoba airport, con taining a radio transmitter, brought Paron Edmund von Thermann, the German ambassador into frank con flict with the foreign ministry. His protest was rejected by Dr. Enrique Ruiz Guinazu, the foreign minister, who cited the provision of the Hague convention, forbidding raoio trans mission on neutral territory by a belligerent. The congressional committee delved' so deeply into propaganda activities, that the foreign office re Quested the German embassy to sus pend all its propaganda, and as a token of its neutral stand, directed a similar communication to the Brit ish embassy. Both consented to com ply with the request. Nazi "Blacklist" Found The committee then discovered that S3 packages, brought to Buenos Aires last June by a Japanese steam er, lay in the customs house consign ed to von Thermann and marked "for personal ur,e." They held propaganda matter, and in one package was a 60 page book containing a list of names of residents of Argentina unfriendly to the Nazi regime, with a warning note that they be watched and their activities controlled. Von Thermann aain protested against efforts of the congressional committee to summon Gottfried San stede, the embassy's press attache to give testimony involving his al leged dissemination of "intensive anti-demojratic and anti-Argentine propaganda." Sanstedc refused to ac cept service of the committee's sum mons, claiming diplomatic immunity, but the committee asserted that he was an employe of an Argentine ship ping firm (recently blacklisted by the United States) and r.s such was on the official social security pension rolls. The National Council of Educa tion ordered suspension or teaching in the German language in a private school, the "Goethe Schule'' located in a Buenos Aires suburb, and can celled the licenses of 1 Of teachers. Fort Robinson Welcoms Return of the 35th Governor Dwight Griswold of Ne braska Among- the Honored Guests at Gala Event. with difficulty during wartime. fications, j This project, along with many j aVaiiable jolliers, has transformed the air corps ; field into one of the nation's foremost i defense laboratories. A report on the Erst 11 months of 1940 showed that: Synthetic fabrics of certain types have been tested and approved as substitutes for parachute silk and for use in corded tires. Certain cot- jton materials have been developed ;as substitutes for linen webbing used in parachute harness. A synthetic fabric is being de veloped as a substitute for present surir.ee covering. Bomb Designs Advanced Developments in bombing equip ment have resulted In advanced de- jsigns of these four items: Racks to carry and release quan 'tities of fragmentation or other small size bombs from Horn :ra men t air planes in which the original in stallation provided only for use of de molition bombs. Continued development of auto matic releasing mechanisms, includes improvement iu intervalometers that control spacing of successive bombs released in train. Improvement in bomb shackle de signs that provide for carrying in creased tomb sizes by means of ac cessory units in which weight and manufacturing difficulties have been reduted. Increased simplification of bomb ratk and control mechanism design, through which larger sections of the bomb rack and control assemblies be come contractor-furnished and are Balster Loses Chance for a Commutation Various metal alloys have been LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Oct. 10 (UP) With Gov. Dwight Griswold of Ne braska as an honored guest, the popu-jtypes particularly suited to the air lation of this army-conscious town jPlane model today opened its hearts and homes to the men of the 35th division. j investigated to determine suitability Private homes were used to ac-jfor aircraft structures and parts, commodate friends and relatives of j "which include magnesium, beryllium, the Camp Robinson soldiers who j Painless steel, and various alum came bv rail and auto to help the inum and steel compositions. 35th celebrate its return from ex-1 Suitable paints for camouflage . .i! ! Vi i V i iinn iu'A(l n n i, rl a l irr-itf tensive maneuvers in a giant marui ''Lifer" from TJtica. Nebraska, Who Murdered His Brother 17 Years Ago Must Wait. gras. Gov. Payne Ratner of Kansas, Brigadier Gen. Frederick E. Uhl of ithe sevent'a corps area at Omaha; and la representative of Lt. Gen. Ben Lear LINCOLN, Oct. 11 (UP) Georce ;of the So'-olld army jined Griswold Ealster's hopes for a Defense job fad-ihl the homecoming party, ed temporarily todav as the state par-! EiSllt thousand of the 35th's finest don board faded to act on his com ;troons, several hundred army mothers riding in jeeps, and the distmguisn- RILEY HEADS BANKERS OMAHA, Oct. 10 (UP) A. O. Riley, Hastings, today was elected president of the Nebraska Bankers' Association and John D. Stocser, Ne braska City, was chosen president of the executive council. Riley, who is vice-president of the Hastings National Bank, succeeds Carl D. Ganz. Alvo. Stocker, cashier of the Otoe County National Bam:, replaces William N. Mitten, Fremont. Phone printing orders to No. Z. mutation plea. The board announced it had defer red action on the clemency appeal of the 43-year-old "lifer" from Utica, Neb., who murdered his brother, Ed ward, 17 years ago. Boaid memlrrs said no action would be taken until they had given the case "further con sideration." Ealster's plea for a reduction of his life sentence was suported by Warden Neil Olson and Prison Chap lain James Maxwell. His mother also testified in his behalf. Harvey Porter, 01. Davis City. Ia.. was granted commutatiin . He was sentenced to 20 years from Buffalo county for attempted hank robbery at Amherst on June , The board granted clemency to three Omaha men Thomas Reese, 23, Frank Stanlev, 32, and Walter Wade. 33 who were sentenced to 3-10 years in 193a for stealing- a safe from the Omaha theater. Stanley and Reese were given paroles and Wade's sen tence was cemmuted. Leslie F. Hall, 55, former banker from Lynch, Neb., will be released after completing- six years of his 5-10 year term. Hall's forgeries led to the collapse of the Lynch Credit associa tion in 1938. Glen Ayres, 2'J, Nebraska City, was paroled from the men's reformatory alter serving 10 months of his 1-2 year burglary sentenca from Otoe county. Ray Brown, 41, Rapid City, S. D.. serving 10 years for burglary in Keya Paha county, and Gus llalm borg, 3G, Lusk.'Wyo., serving four years from Sheridan county for break ing and entering, were released to federal authorities. ed guests paraded in ti e southwest's A 20-foot high speed wind tun nel is being constructed to provide aerodynamic data. Experimental wings and com pleted airplanes have been built to determine the relative effectiveness of plywood, stainless steel, mag nesium alloy and other construction products. Use of flash, bombs in night photo graphy and of color photography to biggest celebration for the army. The jdetect camouflage have developed to parade stretched for three miles be- ! unprecedented stages. hind the governors leading the pro- New and improved oxygen breath- he said, no workers are in the entire nation. The employment service's active file has dropped to 43,000 woikers. This does not mean, however, that there are that many Nebraskans unemploy ed, Coover explained. "Some of those now listed on the active file are employed, but are seek ing other and better jobs," he said. "Another factor is that the classifica tion in which there is the greatest need for workers requires skilled men. lie also reported a definite need for cooks, waitresses and domestic work ers. Because of constantly changing con ditions, he said it was possible to estimate the number of persons act ually unemployed in the state at this time. Although Nebraska does not have extensive defense industry, Coover pointed out that added opportunities for employment should be icreated by the "food for defense" program. He pointed out that employers were making greater use of employment service facilities since the supply of qualified workers has decreased. . Hir ing qualifications, particularly with respect to age and physical require ments, have been relaxed, he said. "Upgrading of workers within in dustry is being practiced to some ex tent, including the hiring of partially skilled workers who can be taught further on the job," Coover declared. Improved employment conditions also were reflected m a report by Director R. T. M alone of the division of placement and unemployment in suranc?, who revealed that unemploy ment insurance benefits paid to Ne braskans during the first nine months of 1041 were $400,000 less than a year ago while employment service placements during the same period rose 2C per cent. The employment service so far this year has placed 31,303, compared with 33,SK8 during all of 1940. September placements were 4,775 or 42 per cent above the 1940 September figure of 1 ) - 0,.)0 I . Coover noted "some decrease" in migration of workers over the state and said he believed it was the result of expected employment opportunities within Nebraska. He said the em ployment service had asked workers not to migrate "uselessly" in search of jobs without having a previous re ferral or job order. its the drum crack cession. The American Legion and bugle corps joined troops in the march. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the AEF during the World war. a Nebraska native, wrote Gov. Homer M. Adkins of Arkansas that the celebration was "splendid evi dence of the people of Arkansas in the sacrifices the soldiers are mak ing to prepare themselves for the defense of this nation." Another message from Mayor Fio rello II. LaGnardia of New York, di rector of civilian defense, praiseo the spirit of the nation's soldiers who "will do whatever job the na tional future" requires in the "same i spirit that made our civil and mili tary history so glorious ..." A giant .street dance for privates and non-commissioned officers winds up the mardi gras. Several thou sand girls registered with the civil ian military council as partners of the soldiers. Shortly after the homecoming party, the first section of the "5th division soldiers left for their homes in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri ID-day leaves. ing apparatus has been developed SCRAP IB ON AND STEEL UNDUE PRIORITIES CONTROL and criteria huve been established for f nrrmr f 11 n rt i mi i i nf air- , ' WASHINGTON. Oct. fl (UD l Jit lit. Jll tTiMil f VtiUlUh. v.,,iun hr.vo w, ,'m-t.inne,i tn Priorit ics Dim tor Donald M. Nelson, ... , , ., ei.(.i-inF tn avert a situation that provide speedier worn iy grouiiu."" 0 crews. Included are mobile field re pair units to handle major repairs. small machine shop trailers for minor repairs, work shelters for crews, maintenance tool stands for mechan ics, jacks to hoist ships for tire re pairs and portable steel mats to facilitate the laying of runways on soggy field. BUMPER CROPS FOR LARDER Oct. 11 (UP) in shut down or curtail steel mill operations, signed an order placing all iron and steel scrap under priorities control. This action was taken after a number of steel mills reported that they had less than a week's supply of scrap, which is an important in gredient in making new steel. One of the most drastic provi sions in the new order provides that the priority director may issue speci fic directions to any person as to destination or amount of WASHINGTON T-n ,i the source. Strap lo ue ueineivu i;i h.v4uai- j anyone. on Out stock of legal blanks is mcst complete. Reasonably priced, too! Subscribe to The Journal PARKERS REPAY LOANS LINCOLN, Oct. 9 (UP) Nebras ka farmers on Sept. 27 had repaid 1,280 Commodity Credit corporation loans on 1.127,000 bushels of corn, the University of Nebraska agricul tural extension service reported to day. 000 ed today that American farmers are harvesting bumper crops to fill the nation's larder and to feed the democ racies resisting aggression. In a crop board report, based on October 1 conditions, the department said a new all-time record hijrh jield This phase of the order was de signed to relieve serious day-to-day shortages. In addition to requiring the ac ceptance and preferential treatment of defense orders, the scrap order l 4.4 ..l r l j.- . ,.e: -we aim iuuii ia,m , uuucuon , , provjdeB that producers, nearly equal to the 1937 record wereL ,ers and brolters and consumers About 14,225 loans on 12,042, bushels are outstanding. virtually assured But a large reserve which can be drawn from normal granary, it said, the record crops will assure Amerjcan housewives adequate supplies with enough left over to more than meet the administration's pledge to feed 10 million Britons this winter. The board said that unseasonably dry late summer and fall wheat in the east and excessive rainfall in western Great Plains states failed to make a dent in total national pro duction and that an increase of 2 per must make monthly reports to the priorities division. Beginning No vember 15, producers will be re quired to send to the priorities divi- jsion complete information on scrap inventories, production ana saies, brokers will have to report on in ventories, purchase and sales; and consumers will indicate inventories, production, receipts and consumption of scrap metal. Chromium Plate rubber stamps at. cent in aggregate yield during Sept lowest prices at Journal Office. J ember is indicated. We're selling a lot o! rubber stamps these days and the reason is the low prices. Get your stamps at the Jour nal office.