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PAGS SIX PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1941. Chamber of Commerce Has Fine Meeting Discuss New Highway, Federal Grant for Schools and the Defense Health Problem. The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors Thursday noon at the Hotel Plattsmouth was large ly devoted to informal discussions of a nuiftber of important matters. George Dobson, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and II. A. Schneider, local good roads booster, told of the opening of the new sur faced highway. No. 2 connecting be tween Lincoln and Seward. This had attracted many of the leading good road boosters of the east part of the state. Superintendent T,. S. Devoe dis cussed the matter of grants from the federal government for use in the expanding of the schools to care for the increasing influx of new people to the community. Dr. Kling, in charge of the public health service in the defense area of Cass and Sarpy counties, gave a very fine talk covering the importance of the service which was supplemented by Miss Henderson, the health nurse for riattsmouth and Bellevue. They told of the fine opportunities that were afforded for the prevention of the spread of disease through the immunization of the children of school age. He told of the success in many of the sections of the coun try and particularly in the eastern cities where vaccination and inocu lations have made better health con ditions. OMAHA PARTIES WEDDED Wednesday evening at the Dux bury home was celebrated the wed ding of Dale K. Fimple and Halite J. Cunningham, of Omaha. Judge Dux bury read the marriage lines. The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Eerry. who were married here on October 6th by Judge Duxbury. Mr. Fimple and Miss Cunningham were the witnesses for the Berry nuptials. Wednesday afternoon at the court house Sol P. Lincoln and Tillye Sek erman, of Omaha were married with Judge Duxbury officiating. Henry T. Woster and Alice Jayne Grosshans of the staff of the county treasurer's office served as the witnesses, .,, ., WILL ENJOY OUTING Carl Chriswisser, Dean Snyder and George Ferry are among the lovers of pheasant hunting who are now enjoying the excellent shooting out in the state. Mr. Chriswisser was expecting to be met at Grand Island by Bob Fitch for a few days shooting. Loren Otto of this city is also en joying the shooting near Sioux City witli a party of friends from the staff of the Fort Crook bomber plant. PARENTS OF SON From Saturday's Pan Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Barbee are the parents of a boy, born this morning at the St. Francis hospital, Grand Island. Thei nfant is the fifth grandchild for Mrs. Ralph Petet of this city. The child is the first for the Earbees. Mrs. Barbee was for merly Elaine King. IS YOUR Property Insured? Against Loss by FIRE WINTER FIRES ARE MORE NUMEROUS AND MORE DAN GEROUS. INSURE TODAY ! CALL OR SEE INSURANCE and; BONDS' XJzt Plattsaaouth Snn Bather Petite Anne Shirley basks under the California sun between lm engagements. The HEO Radio star has just completed a strong dramatic role in William Pleterle'g production, "All That Money Can Buy," and a lighter role in "Un expected Uncle" in which she is co-featured with James Craig and Charles Coburn. Death of One of Founders of Cudahy Company Edward A. Cudahy, Sr., Dies at Chi cago from Heart Attack Long Resident of Omaha. CHICAGO, Oct. 18 (UP) Edward A. Cudahv, Sr., founder of the Cud ahy Packing1 company and the last of the old-time packers who built the huge present-day packing plants, died today at his home from a heart at tack. He was 81. When Cudahy still was at Omaha where the Armour-Cudahy company started by takinjr over Sir Thomas Lipton's South Omaha plant, his son, Edward, Jr., then aged five, was kid naped from the family home. Cudahy paid a $25,000 ransom and the boy was released unharmed. " The main plant of the Cudahy was the one at South Omaha. Offices of the company are located in Chicago, the center of the live stock and meat packing industry, but no packing plant has been established here. The explanation for lack of a Cud ahy plant in the heart of the indus try, according to old time market men, is that the Cudahy and Armour in terests reached a gentlemen's agree ment when the Cudahys bought out Armour at Omaha. The agreement was that Cudahy would not set up a plant in the Chi cago stock yards for 40 years. Cudahy was a member of the board of directors of the Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago and of the Chicago and Great Western railroad. An active Philanthropist, his out standing gift was the Memorial Li brary to Loyola University of Chi cago in Chicago in 1930 in honor of his wife. Funeral services have not been ar ranged. HOW TRUE (From Hyde Sweet's Kick Kolumn) . . . Why do through roads run smack dab down the middle of little towns whose governing dads put up sign posts reading (ha, ha!) "Speed Limit, 20 Miles: This Street is Pa trolled!" gaaooaoeooeoaoeoeooeoeooees A O Don't Hoard on Clothing BUT Buy What You Really Need NOW while the rnivincr is crnorlf j B 0 . Tomorrow you may have X to take what you can get not what you want! WESCOTT'S 'Where Quality Counts' Air and Sea Search On for Submarine Naval Forces Seek Craft That Tor pedoed the United States Destroyer Friday. WASHINGTON', Oct. 18 (UP) The U. S. navy today was engaged in a gigantic air and sea hunt for the submarine which torpedoed and damaged the new 1,630-ton destroyer Kearny while it was on patrol 350 miles southwest of Iceland. While miltiary secrecy surrounded the operations to avenge the first American warship casualty in the current war, the navy awaited a further report from the Kearny to clear up details of the encounter. The crippled destroyer was limping to an undisclosed port, perhaps in Iceland. There was only a terse announce ment from the navy yesterday that the ship had been torpedoed and damaged, apparently without casual ties among her 13 officers and 177 men. How the injuries were suffer ed, their extent, whether the de stroyer attempted to sink the U-boat with her battery of five-inch guns and depth charges, and other per tinent details were rtill a deep mys tery of the sea. Officials were confident, however, that Lieut. Comdr. A. L. Danis. 42- year-old skipper of the injured de stroyer, would forward all details of the episode as quickly as possible. They assumed that he had ordered the radio silenced until he could reach port safely to prevent a pos sible second attack. Observers believed, however, that the navy, smarting under the epi sode, was doing everything possible to capture or destroy the unknown submarine, presumably German, un der President Roosevelt's recent edict to "shoot on sight" any axis maraud ers entering our defensive areas. Mr. Roosevelt said in Hyde Park, N. Y., that the Kearny was clearly within the American defense zone when the torpedoing occurred and that the navy is under regular or ders to hunt down marauders. But he withheld further comment pend ing a complete report from the navy. The attack brought a cry for quick revenge in congress. Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Fla., demanded "two sinkings for each assault" and houBe leaders associated the Incident with Adolf Hitler's attempt to create new tension in the Far East so that the United States may not concentrate its naval forces in either ocean. But Sen. Gerald P. Nye, R., N. D., and other non-interventionists said the president's "shoot" orders had Invited such attacks. The navy's Atlantic fleet, under command of Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, has been maintaining a wide spread patrol of the northern waters Lfor many months. This has been supplemented by long-range patrol bombers, operating out of Newfound land and other bases. COW HAS TRIPLETS W. R. Young:, the auctioneer, re ports an unusual birth record from the farm of Elmer Jacobson, near Fort Crook. Mr. Jacobson has a seven year old Guernsey cow at his farm that has lonpr been a fine milker. The cow has just given birth to triplets, three fine heifer calves. It is not un usual to find calf triplets but for three heifers is really unusual. LEAVING FOR WEST COAST From Thursday" Dally Mrs. H. A. Schneider is leaving Friday morning for the west coast and will enjoy a visit with old friends who are making their home in that section of the country. She will visit with Mrs. Kate Minor and daughter. Mrs. Madeline Fields, old friends of many years standing. IN GREENWOOD YESTERDAY From Saturday's Dally Miss Lotus Nichols, Mrs. Fred Drucker and Al Etheridge were at Greenwood yesterday, and the latter two were guests of Mrs. Marsha Hise, who is Mr. Etheridge's daugh ter. Miss Nichols is a visitor employ ed out of the local assistance office From Thureday'B DaHy D. C. Huffman of the Louisville Courier and Rev. H. L. Dickerson of the Methodist church, were here to day to look after some matters of business. I-M-M-M-I-H-I- M'M-M- Jtm I. Thomas Walling Company Abstracts of Title Phone 324" Plattamoutn .n M..M .I..M. J 1 1 1 -I 'M I WOULD ORGANIZE WORKERS DETROIT, Oct. 18 (UP) The United Automobile Workers (CIO) today was embarked on a drive to or ployees of the automotive, aircraft and parts companies. It's first test will come within thirty days of a collective bargain ing election ordered by the national labor relations board among 350 of fice workers of the Chrysler Corpor ation's Marysville, Michigan plant. "We do not anticipate any resist ance in this campaign," said R. J. Thomas, president of the UAWJ-CIO. RELATIVE OF GOVERNOR Nels H. Smith, governor of Wyo ming, vas in Omaha Wednesday re turning from a hunting trip to South Dakota with Governor Dwight Gris wold and Arthur Storz, where they had a fine hunt and secured a full bag of game. The visit was of in terest to one of the local families, as Governor Smith is a second cousin of Mrs. Andy Robinson of this city. HERE FROM DENVER Orville Hursh of Denver, was a visitor in company with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hursh of Eagle, at the Clifford Cooper home, Tuesday. The Colorado visitor brought with him from the west forty bushels of apples to distribute to the friends in the old home, re membering the Cooper family with two bushels of the fruit. Orville for merly lived at Eagle. CADETS PROMOTED The University of Nebraska mili tary department this week an nounced promotion of the following students to the probational grade of cadet, 2d lieutenant: Infantry Ronald F. Rebal, Plattsmouth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rebal; Steph en Wiles, Plattsmouth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wiles; Russell Van Every, Weeping 'Water. LOCAL BOYS ON TARKI0 TEAM Joe York, end and Ralph Stava center of the Taikio college team, have proven very outstanding mem bers of the squad this year and were at Crete Friday when the Owls play ed the Doane college team to lose 20 to C. The pictures of the two college players appeared in the World-Herald on Friday. CALLED BY ILLNESS Fi om Friday's DaTTy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews de parted this afternoon for Missouri Valley, Iowa, where they were called by the illness of Monroe Andrews, a brother of Mr. Andrews. The fam ily for a great many years resided east of this city in Mills county. VISITORS IN THE CITY From Saturday's Dally- August Pautsch. one of the well known residents of the Louisville community and William J. Rau of the Manley bank, were in the city today for a few hours. While here they were very pleasant callers at the Journal, Mr. Pautsch renewing his subscription for the ensuing year. GONE SmCE THURSDAY From Satwrday'B PIl Dr. L. S. Pucelik. Dr. W. V. Ryan and their wives left early Thursday morning for Spencer, Nebraska, where the doctors planned to shoot pheasants. In Spencer they will be guests of Dr. Pycelik's father, and they expect to return to this city tomorrow evening. VISIT AT CREIGHT0N Henry Horn, Miss Helen Horn, Phyllis Speck and Floyd Becker, form a family group that has been spending the week at Creighton with the relatives and friends. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH Wednesday, October 22 The ladies' aid society will meet at the church parlors on Wednes day afternoon. Hostesses: Mrs. Jake Kraeger and Mrs. Verner Friedrich. All are cordially invited to attend. DEPARTS FOR WEST Bernard Jackson departed Thurs day morning for California where he expects to locate for the future. He made the trip by auto and will visit along the way to the west. HUNTING TEE PHEASANTS Fred Lugsch, ihe local dry clean er and W. R. Holly of the H. M. Soennichsen Co., ' are among the Plattsmouth hunters who are visit ing in the Creighton vicinity in search of the elusive pheasant. J WABASH By Journal Field Representative Win. Reuter was shelling corn at the Orville Gerbeling and George Spangler homes during the past week. Howard Pool has been gathering his crop of hybrid seed corn, which la of fine quality and is making al- most GO bushels to the acre. American Red Cross workers were meeting last Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Munford and were busily engaged in sewing and knitting supplies. Alt'red Walters has been assigned to a special training unit at Fort Riley, Kansas. He has been enjoy ing a fifteen day furlough, spending much of the time here with his par ents. Edgar Huston, who is stationed at Camp Robinson, near Little Rock, Ark., has secured a fifteen day fur lough and been visiting friends and relatives near Wabash and Weep ing Water. Clarence Ohm has been doing seme papering and interior decorat ing at the home of Will Reuter. and while he was thus engaged, Mrs. Ohm was a guest at the home of her broth er, Lester Bosworth. Ralph Door tried out his new corn picker last week and the first day was able to gather twelve loads or about 450 bushels with only himself and his son doing the work. The corn is of a good variety and in prime condition. Shelling Corn for Storage Having need for crib room for the oncoming corn crop, Orville Gerbe ling and George Spangler have had the old crop shelled and stored in a metal grain bin and will bide their time about selling the same. CAPTURE ESCAPED CONVICT DES MOINES, Oct. 18 (UP) Ed Taylor, 35, automobile salesman and popular Iowa semi-pro baseball play er since 1937, admitted today that he is Clarence Higginbotham, con victed Alabama murderer who es caped in 1936. He was captured last midnight in a rooming house at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, where he fled after his picture appeared in the current issue of a detective story magazine. Known as "Alabama's laughing killer," Higginbotham was sentenced to 45 years in 1934 for the fatal shooting of William Lambert, 22, in a "lovers' lane" near Birmingham, Alabama. Higginbotham. ,as Taylor, was married in East St. Louis. 111., short ly after his escape, but with him last night was Mildred Goodman, 30, Des Moines waitress who formerly lived at Sioux Rapids. FIND GOOD HUNTING A party of hunters comprising well known residents of near this city have returned from a very suc cessful pheasant hunting trip in the vicinity of Plainview. In the party were Claud Mayabb, Henry F. Nolt ing, Earl Becker, Lester Meisinger, John Rummel and Adam Stoehr of this city. They report the game as plentiful altho the birds have plenty of coverage this year. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Harley Burdick, who has been at the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minne sota, for the pastweek arrived home early today. He was brought home by his brother-in-law, John Sattler, Jr., and Joe Warga who drove up Friday to secure him. Mr. Burdick seems to be suffering from a spinal weakness that will be treated here at home. LEGION AUXILIARY CONVENTION The Cass county convention of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held at Nehawka on Tuesday, Oc tober 21st at 12:30 o'clock. A cov ered dish luncheon will be served to the group and all members are urged to attend the convention. Mrs. Verna Pollard is the Cass county chairman of the Auxiliary. build won You may never have an other year when you can borrow ninety per cent of lie cost of your home! We are in the Defense rea and that is why you can borrow so much now! E. J. RICHEY LUMBER. CO A I, I'HOXE 128 PLATTSMOUTH, N'EBR. THE CRISIS The wind is always busy, and whence it cometh no one knows. It clothes the earth like a garment and fills the gorges when it snows. If war and pestilence continue to hold control o'er our land, May we seek Divine guidance to re- i ceive a helping hand. Where next will the guilty leaders, lead their duped warriors along? iIn th va,leys here food grows in ilUUIlUUIlC ililU 111J3 vwill ody and song. Eut now the shrill voice of the Stuker and shriek of the deadly bomb. When the gestapo has spoken, with vengeance, the conquered knows no calm. " Wild animals have broken from their cages, And life is insecure, while courage and terror rages, Where once peace was enjoyed by the people, in bonds of friendly grace. As the river flows through once popu lated vastness, the enemy bad gers a race. Will the hell of terror and carnage never cease to blaze? Not until those animals have been subdued and an end to this wr.r craze Has been changed to truth and right eousness, to love instead of hate. There will then be room for all na tions to live in peace and affi liate. The pirates that try to rule the waves Have reached a danger point that is very grave. To lovers of freedom minus those who care to lag Desires to see on our ships waving the American flag. The "Neutrality Act" should never have been passed. But now as it stands will never last. Until the storm is over and gone to the wind. And the president will be asking for a rescind. May our ships carry the emblem of freedom Over the seven seas, where Hitler's freedom Is to conquer this planet and rule by force Then the other planets will fall in line of course. J. R. Tremble. JOINS FAMILY PARTY The home of Robert H. Patton, railroad veteran and former coun cilman, in the south part of the city is the scene of a very pleasant fam ily gathering over the week-end, all but one of the children being here. Ward Patton, of Chicago, arrived this morning to join the group. Others from out of the city here are Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Patton of Den ver and Pvt. Louis Patton, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, who is en joying his first visit home since his induction. VISITS IN THE WEST From Saturday's Dally Rev. L. W. Pratt, of the First Methodist church, returned home last evening from a very pleasant visit in the southwest part of the state with his relatives. He attended a district meeting of the church at Columbus the first of the week, going from there to Arapahoe where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bratt and his sister reside. The group en joyed a motor trip Thursday to the Colorado state line and incidentally Rev. Bratt had the opportunity of a little pheasant hunting. HUNTING PARTY LEAVES From Thursday's Daily This morning at a very early hour a hunting pr.rty comprising William F. Evers, superintendent of the Ma sonic Home, Raymond C. Cook, prom inent state Mason and Roy O. and Sherman Cole, departed on a hunt ing trip. The party will hunt some fifty miles north of Grand Island on the farm of a friend where pheasants are reported as plentiful. BUILDING SITE FOR SALE Good building location on Main street, Plattsmouth, including party wall rights. For particulars see Mrs. R. A. Bates, owner. w ACCIDENTS do not threaten like rain they flash like lightning. You never know when one may strike you! In sure with this Agency today. Searl S. Davis OFFICES I 2ND FLOOR Platu. State Bank Bldfl. Consider Air Mail Pick Up Service Falls City, Auburn and Nebraska City May Be Pickup Stations on K. C.-Omaha Route. OMAHA, Oct. 16 (UP) The Mid- Continent Airlines was reported to day considering an air mail pick-up service, expected to link several Ne braska and Iowa towns to the nation al air mail system. The air line, which represents the north-south route through Omaha, has filed applications with the civil aeronautics board to institute nick- up service along its main route be tween Tulsa and the twin cities. The plan entails use of low fly ing airplanes, which pick up the mail without s:ot.ping. It was sr. id, however, defense priorities would prevent immediate operation of the system. The Nebraska towns of Falls City. Auburn and Nebraska City would be included in the Kansas City to Omaha route; Lincoln, Beatrice, Fairbury and Clay Center on another Kansas City to Omaha flight. DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT From Filday's Dally Mrs. Nora O'Brien, 83, widow of the late David O'Brien, for many years a resident of this community. died last evening at Salix, Iowa, where in recent years she has made her home with a daughter. The O'Brien family resided in Plattsmouth for a number of years later moving to a farm south of this city where they resided and farmed for some eighteen years. Later they moved to the vicinity of Plainview to reside. With the advancing years Mrs. O'Brien moved to Salix to make her home. 4While here she was a member of the St. John's church .and also ac tive in the Woodmen Circle in which she still retains her membership. There is surviving her passing two children, the daughter, Mrs. Mar garet Chioine, of Salix and David O'Erien. Jr. of Chillicothe, Missouri. The funeral mass will be cele brated at Salix on Saturday morning and the body brought here for inter ment beside the husband and chil dren in the Catholic cemetery. The funeral party is expected to reach this city near the noon hour. MISSION DRAWS MANY The mission at the St. John's church is now drawing to a close with record-breaking congregations to hear the message of the church and the appeal to the members for a renewal of their interest in the teachings of the faith. The missionary has brought in spiring messages and with special lectures each evening, one being to the married people of the parish and one to the young and unmarried be longing to the church. The mission closes on Sunday eve ning with the prospect of being one of the most inspiring held in the local church. AN APPRECIATION I wish to extend to all those who remembered me with cards, calls and flowers, my many thanks. These re membrances helped make my stay at the hospital much more pleasant. John Blotzer, Jr. i '- Frowning to SEE! The faces of many attractive and intelligent women are marred by faulty eyesight. As they read, or play cards, or look at anyone, they uncon sciously furrow their fore heads in an effort to see better. Work and read easily; save yourself from unnecessary frowns and fatigue. Have your eyesight examined per iodically corrected when ' necessary. CREDIT EXTENDED Dr. Leonard Fitch OPTOMETRIST Batrs BalldtoK, 112 North Stfc St. Phone 41 - Plattsmouth