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vol. 'o. ivn PLATTSMOUTH, NEBBASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1941. NO. 75 Vaccination of School Children Very Important Only 20 Per Cent Now Protected from Smallpox and Diphtheria According to Survey Since the establishment of the Cass-Sarpy Health Unit, a survey has been conducted throughout these two heart-of-the-defense-zone' coun ties, the result of which shows con clusively that our children of school and pre-school age are far from ade quately protected from smallpox and diphtheria. The figures presented to the Jour nal by Dr. L. E. Kline;, director, show that for the area as a whole only 20 per cent of the school child ren are protected from these diseases. Anions the pre-school children, the little tots under five years of age, where protection is needed most, the situation is even more alarming with only f per cent or one out of twenty vaccinated. This past year there were only l:ve children of a total of 1,00 re ported vaccinated to guard against smallpox and diphtheria. The record in Plattsmouth school svstem shows but 11G out of 770 leported (lS ) have ever been im munized for diphtheria and only 126 (10 have been vaccinated for smallpox. Among the rre-sehool children here in Plattsmouth, only 2 out of 37 reported (less than 5) Lave been protected against these two serious diseases. For Cass county (outside of Platts mouth) the record is better here in town. Of 547 school child ren reported, 121 (22) have been immunized against diphtheria, and 15S (2S) have been vaccinated to guard against smallpox. Among the preschool children, 9 out of 56 reported (16) have been immti- group vaccinations. The one thing needed to make this program a complete success is the support of civic groups and parents a general willingness to co-operate in every way. To this end. Dr. Kling suggests that organizations discuss the pro gram and pass a resolution in sup port of the program. The Cass-Sarpy unit will be glad to furnish a speak er at public and club meetings to ex plain the program. cbther things that organizations may do include inter esting every family in the commun ity in the vaccination program; orga nizing a transportation committee to get children to the appointed place, rnd (if your school board does not have funds to pay" for those children who cannot afford the $1.00) help ing find ways to raise this money in the interest of complete community protection. Recreation for Sailors is Most Diversified Movies, Dances, Sports and Even De velopment of Hobbies Available to Great Lakes Trainees Legion Backing Navy Day Drive for Enlistments Plan to Recruit an Entire Company on October 27 Will be Sworn In at State Capitol. Section Two Pages 7 to 10 Inclusive Room and the Army and Navy Lounge. Lake Forest also provides entertainment for the men through the Defense Recreation Center and various organizations. vaccinated. Sarpy county percentages run a little higher than Ca,ss. Of 480 school children reported, 131 (27) have been immunized and 13 8 (2S) have been vaccinated. In the pre school group, 4 of 67 reported have been both immunized and vaccinated (approximately 6). This past year. 22 Sarpy county children were immunized and 20 vac cinated, compared to 5 immunized and ( IT, vaccinated in Cass county, includ ing Plattsmouth city. These figures show conclusively that we have become careless be ciiiise there has been little smallpox or diphtheria in our community in the past few years. As a result of this lethergy the entire area is in grave danger of an epidemic. Hundreds of families will be coming into the area to work in the bomber assembly plant and it will take only one case of diphtheria or smaiipox to start an epidemic spreading through the community like a prairie fire over a dried field. Protection is Available The State Health Department and the Cass-Sarpy Health Unit in co operation with local doctors have worked out a plan to make protec tion available to every child in the two counties. Under this plan every child will have the opportunity to be protected from (a) Fir.allpox, (b) diphtheria, and (3) tetanus (lock jaw) at a total cost of $1.00, and in the case of families who cannot af ford to pay the J 1.00 charge for each child, they may pay part and Lave the difference made up by the school board or some cither civic or ganization. "No child will be denied this protection because his family cannot afford to pay the dollar," de clared Dr. Kling. Of course this charge of $1.00 does not begin to represent the complete j cost of vaccination against these three diseases. If you were to have this done for your child in your doc tor's office. $1.00 would not cover the cost of the vaccine, and your family doctor could not afford to do this for less than $5.00. Under this plan the State Health Department will furnish the vaccine, the local health unit will furnish the necessary supplies to set up a clinic at the school and will also furnish a nurse to help the doctor. The doc tors of Cass and Sarpy counties have agreed to come to the school and do Navy Day is October 27. The American Legion in Nebraska is doing something about it and the Nebraska Department has pledged itself to recruit a minimum of one company of no less than 140 men, all the members of whom will be sworn in at a suitable ceremony to be held in Lincoln on Navy Day. - The slogan of the drive is at least than: one recruit per post for the Navy or Naval Reserve. The en masse swearing-in ceremony of these men will be an impressive affair. Governor Griswold will be present and take part, and it is expected that many prominent state Legionnaires will al so attend. Arrangements are being made to broadcast this ceremony over several Nebraska radio stations. The Navy Club recently organized among Plattsmouth Legion members is out to assist in every way possible in attaining this goal, and in co operation with the Journal has ar ranged to place marked copies of this week's Journal containing the regu lar Navy advertisement and other informative matter about life in the navy in the hands of all registrants from the Plattsmouth area who have not been given a deferred classifica tion and are likely to be called into service in the next few months. "We are particularly anxious to have these men know of the training opportunities the Navy offers," said County Judge A. H. Duxoury, a member of the Plattsmouth post's Navy c lub. "We hope every one of i these youths will ask the Journal by mail or -a personal call, for one of the free booklets about 'Life in the Navy. We also hope parents will in vestigate these advantages and feel free about letting their sons join up for the term of the emergency.." Besides these older registrants. youths from 17 to 21 can also join the Navy with the consent of their GREAT LAKES, 111., Oct. 14 It's not all work and no play for Jack, the sailor, at the U. S. Naval Train ing Station at Great Lakes. With a recreation program estab lished by experienced and qualified people, his 'free time" is made en joyable and useful. Once every two weeks there is a dance to which some 300 girls from Chicago, Waukegan, Kenosha and other nearby places are convoyed by special Navy buses. Following the dance they are returned to their homes in the same manner. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights current movies are shown without cost. A small service charge admits the sailor to the roller skating rink on Tuesday and Thurs day evenings. Every month a 'Happy Hour' is presented which features the Great Lakes orchestra and talented entertainers from among the ranks of the men. Singers, dancers and comedians are numerous among the men who wear the Navy uniform. All men have access to the base ball diamond, the football field, bowl ing alleys, the gymnasium and the swimming pools. Instructions in swimming are given by competent in structors to those who desire them. Baseball tournaments result in large turnouts, both as to participants and spectators, with members of the win ning team receiving gold baseballs. Group competition is also held in other events. It is planned to inaugu rate a touch football league to pro vide athletic participation for the men during the fall months. The hostess house provides men with a place to receive their moth ers, fathers or sweethearts. They may have dates on the Station every Sat urday and Sunday afternoon and evening. Families are encouraged to visit their sons and relatives on weekends. In this same building is a photog raphy shop, soda fountain, restaurant, canteen, reading room and a maga zine and newspaper stand. All mer chandise is sold at reasonable rates Local Man's Nephew Killed in Plane Crash Omahan Killed in Bomber Crash at Texas Airport Texan Also Dead, Others Injured. First Lieut. Robert Reichstadt, former University of Nebraska stu dent and a nephew of Herman Reich stadt of Plattsmouth, died Saturday when the four-motored B-17 army bomber in which he was co-pilot crashed into a building and caught fire as huge Duncan field near San Antonio, Tex. The pilot of the plane. First Lieut. Maurice A. Morgan, was also killed and 16 other army men were injured. Herman Reichstadt was in Omaha yesterday, being with the members of the bereaved family at their home on 96th and Pacific streets. Funeral arrangements are to be made pending the arrival of the body into Omaha. Some of the members of the Reich stadt family from Plattsmouth plan to attend the last rites this week. The plane, unable to get into the air in a takeoff attempt, skittered 1,500 feet along a runway before plowing into a corner of the field's transportation building. The collapsing roof crashed into a room which 25 officers had left 12 minutes before after . a conference. The plane burned three hours. Reichstadt, a native of Omaha, was married last July to Bth How- ley, former Nebraska sweetheart, who represented Nebraska at last year's Rose Bowl game. He was affiliated with Sigma Nu on the Nebraska campus and was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Emil Reichstadt or Omaha. In Lincoln Reichstadt was known to his friends as "Dutch." He was a para chute and technical supply officer at the Albuquerque, N. M. base, hav Eight Thousand at Martin Plant within a Year Bomber Plant Officials Expect 800 to Be Employed at the New Plant by January. 1. LINCOLN, Oct.. 14 (UP) Eight hundred men will be needed at the Glenn L. Martin assembly plant near Omaha by Jan. 1 and 8,000 will be employed by October, 1942, John A. Coover, chief of the Nebraska State Employment Service, revealed today. Following: a conference with Martin personnel officials in Baltimore, Md., Coover revealed a tentative schedule of labor needs for the plant and an nounced that the Nebraska employ ment service would select workers. Coover said many Nebraskans had been writing- the Martin company directly for jobs and that others had been going to Omaha in search for work. "We want to emphasize that work ers should not go to Omaha in search of bomber plant jobs," he said. "Per sons who feel themselves qualified or who are seeking jobs can get the in formation about the wrorkers needed by calling at their nearest local of fice of the State Employment Ser vice." He announced this initial list of types of workers to be furnished the bomber plant through the employment service; Tool makers, pattern mak ers, tool grinders, all-around machin ists, tool designers, millwrights or maintenance men, and machine oper ators, including drill press, turret lathe, milling machine and screw ma chine operators. VISITS WITH SOX Edward Kohrell of this city had a very pleasant time over the week end holiday at the local BREX shops. He left here Friday evening and ar rived at St. Louis and then to Jef ferson Barracks, well known army post and depot where his son. Glen Kohrell, is stationed. Glen is a mem ber of the military police detach ment at the post and had the op portunity of showing the father over the post as well as in the city of St. Louis. It was a visit that Mr. Koh rell will long pleasantly remember and including the opportunity of learning more of the life at the army posts. He reports that Glen has gained in weight and likes his as signment very much. FAMILY GATHERING A very happy occasion occurred Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Wetenkamp, Jr. A fam ily gathering of Wetenkamps was held. A delicious dinner was served at the noon hour by Mrs. Weten kamp, Jr. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Wetenkamp, Sr. and Mary Katherine, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Carneal, Thomas, William and Mar tha Frances, host and hostess Mr. and Mrs. William W. Wetenkamp, Jr. Jo Anne, Marlene and William Grant WINS PRIZE Ralph Wever of this city had a white New Zealand doe rabbit as one of the entries in the Ak-Sar-Ben show at Omaha the past week. Mr. Wever was in Omaha Saturday when the judging was held and found that his entry had won third prize in the show. Cass County Group to Enter Service Oct. 24 Local Board Prepares the List of Those Who Will Enter Service of Their Country. The following is a list of the reg istrants who will be called on Octo ber 24th, 1941: 9G3 Garrett William Westfall, Alvo. Howard Henry Vogt. Elm wood. Ellis Nolen Phillips, Platts mouth. Robert West Wunderlich, Ne hawka. Ernest Malvin Harold. Platts mouth. Ernest Madison Gruber, Man ley. Oscar Delbert Nord, Platts mouth. John Robert Twiss. Louisville. Donald Leesley, Plattsmouth. John Althauser Clymer, Syra cuse, Nebr. S10 Roy Thomas Wade, Weeping Water. 81 G Floyd Eugene Thompson. St. Paul, Minn. S4o George Allen, Plattsmouth. 892 Stewart Quinton Gochenour, Plattsmouth. Lewis John Hostetter, Murray. Kenneth Leroy Hostetter, Murray. 955 Norris Dean Hennings, Platts mouth. 319 Joseph Morgan Darveau, now living in Plattsmouth, Ne braska is to be inducted for the Box Butte county local board in Alliance, Nebraska. S99 S-464 S-528 S-5G0 S-5TG S-5T7 TG3 777 791 936 940 VISITS AT DENVER Mrs. William Baird is enjoying a visit in Denver, as guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Cecil and familv. and ious forms of Navy personnel relief. For those who gain relaxation in reading, there is a library where all types of books are available. Night classes in shorthand and Spanish are held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights for those desiring I to further their education. Those who seek amusement and entertainment outside of the Train ing Station find much of it already planned for them by their superior officers. Once every two weeks there is a trip to a major league baseball game in Chicago during the baseball the proceeds are used for var-!in graduated from Kelly Field and i served at Randolph and March fields. En Route to Albuquerque Those injured in the crash includ ed 12 army men aboard the craft en route to its Albuquerque base on a navigation training flight and four civilian employes at Duncan Field, one of the army's biggest re pair depots. The civilians suffered burns while fighting the fire which followed the crash. One passenger had not been ac counted for hours after the accident. Attendants at Duncan and Kelly Field, army fling school just across a road, rushed to the scene and pull- ff ' ' ' n M Ik I i 1 -J I KpnsnTi Tn addition to thp frame it includes a dinner, a trip through the,ed the Pagers clear Rosen wald Museum of Science and home T4tre eue ! spot. Others were which first r.id on the Industry, and a party in the even-'5,',ut' . , ii-ield nospstai, men rubueu imu m is anaiigeu vy iue lui- 1 arents. Youths desiring to enter this Legion-sponsored company should get their applications in now and go to either the Omaha recruiting station or the Nebraska City sub-station to have enlistment papers prepared andj undergo physical examination. After being accepted, such youths will be sent home to await time of reporting at the Lincoln recruiting station on Monday morning, October 27. After enlistment ceremonies that afternoon the entire group will likely be sent in a body to the Great Lakes Train ing Station. The best way for any young man who reads this and would like to en list in the Legion sponsored company that will be publicly sworn in at Lincoln October 27 by Lieut. Comdr. Peifer, USN, is to contact the Radio Editor of this paper by filling out the coupon found in the Navy ad and either bringing or sending it to the Journal office. The Legion and this newspaper would be pleased to see a group of Plattsmouth and Cass county boys enrolled in this special Legion-sponsored company. The time is short, so send in the coupon at once. Subscribe to The Journal cago service clubs. Special buses arej used for transportation and a veryi small charge is made for the entire j event. On every other Saturday Kenosha organizations are hosts to the Navy men at a dance in their city which they sponsor and plan, without coBt to the men who are serving their country in these days of national emergency. Representatives from these clubs drive them to and from the dance in their private cars. In Waukegan the YMCA and church groups always extend a hear ty welcome to service men at any time and frequently give parties and dances for their benefit. Many times men from the Ninth Naval District receive invitations for dinner at the private homes of the citizens of Waukegan. Navy men will have the opportun ity this year to see some of the home games of Northwestern University, at Evanston, 111., and to be enter tained throughout the rest of the day and evening. Organizations in Waukegan which have provided constant entertainment for the Navy include the YMCA, the National Catholic Community Service Center, the Lutheran Service Center, the Temple Army and Navy Club city to the base hospital at Fort Sam Houston, about 15 miles away. Mili tary police cleared traffic lanes thru San Antonio for the ambulances. MANY ATTEND COMMUNION Snnday morning the members of Monsignor M. A. Shine council of the Knights of Columbus attended the early mass at the Holy Rosary church in the west part of the city, in a body. In honor of Columbus day the members received communion in a body. . The mass and the communion was given by Father J. R. Sinkula, the pastor of the church, also chaplain of the council. Following the services the mem bers were breakfasted at the club rooms of the church, the ladies of the Holy Rosary Altar society having prepared and served a most delicious breakfast that was thoroughly en joyed. 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