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t, W Ne!- $.,. tt-. . , ty 7 70L. NO. LVn PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1941. NO. 85 J s i $ t Discuss Scrap Iron and Machin ery Situation Number Attend Meeting at Weeping, Water to Discuss Conservation of Material for Defense. j The following members of the Cass county US DA defense board met in Weeping Water Friday, November 14th to discuss the farm machinery repair and scrap iron situation in Cass county: Evan H. Armstrong, chairman; Willard Waldo, secretary; Leonard Hanks, H. A. Millen, Carl Ganz, Charles Ward, and Charles Jochim. The following implement dealers also attended the meeting: Vincent Adams and-C. J. Nestlebush, International Harvester Co.. of Om aha: Geo. Stites of Union; John B. Klliott of Alvo; Granville Heebner of Nehawka, and John J. Lutz of? Weeping Water. It was pointed out that steel, used extensively in the production of agri cultural machinery, also enters into the production of all defense ma- terial. Steel mills are working at about 100 per cent capacity, but de mands for steel for defense purposes have made it necessary for the Office j of Production Management to cur-, tail the consumption of steel in ... r. ,, . . f every civilian neia. r.very ion uii"" miuti luuu uui-u inci ..in,, intr. niviiinn nw makes ! hearing of the motion for a new it necessary to produce fewer guns, tanks or ships. Agriculture must carry its share of the load by cutting its steel con sumption in 1941-42. New farm ma- chinery will be produced in smaller vn nmo Tkcro tv ill n en ne less . fence wire, steel fence posts, nails and other iron and steel materials available for farm use. Substitutes must be used whenever possible. Machines that would be discarded In normal times must be used, in 1942 and must be maintained at maximum operating efficiency if we are to reach our production goals. In the spring of next year defense production will probably overload the railroads, truck lines, express companies and the parcel post sys tem. Farmers must expect serious delays, disappointments and losses if they delay repair and recondition ing of their machinery and take chance on having machines break down during the busy seasons of planting, cultivating or harvesting . ,,i,f firm mnrViinprv and ! Renair your iarm matiiiueiy 'iu i ti1 o-nvcrnmPTit is uipment now. The goernment is eo, taking steps to provide as much steel and other metal as may be needed for all necessary repairs for farm machinery in 1942. To be sure of a supply of necessary repair parts, manufacturers need to know how much will be required. The only way to be sure of repair parts is to order them immediately. Failure to make repairs now may mean a crop loss- later. We sug gest you do these things at once: Check over your old machinery ryAar- n of osc-r v linrts fmni vonr . , " If narts cannot be obtained notify your county U.S.D.A. defense board. The farm machinery repair effort j is necessary to meet the steel short age situation. At the same time every bit of scrap iron and steel on the farms of this county is needed for national defense. The scrap iron campaign is being operated throueh your loal imple ment dealer as they are in a position to sort this material and prepare it so that it can be used without further sorting when it reaches the steel mills. The prices of scrap iron have been set by the Office of Trice Ad ministration and fcr this county our best availbale information is that scrap should bring about thirty-one cents minimum price per hundred weight. The government does not want farmers to sell machinery that may be useful for repairs. We suggest that if you are keeping old machinery for spare parts, you strip these parts and store them, and sell the rest of the metal for scrap. ' If you have questions on this cam naign. get in touch with any mem ber of the county US DA board or with the Farm Bureau office. PROGRAM AND PLATE SUPPER At Eight Mile Grove school, Dist. 25, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 8 p. m. Every one invited. Frances Bierl. teacher. a20-ltw RALLIES FROM OPERATION Mrs. Tony Klimm, of south of the city, was taken to the Immanuel hospital at Omaha Sunday, having been in failing health for some time. She was operated on Monday, com ing out of the operation very well. Mr. Klimm was at the hospital dur- ing the operation and reports the j patient as rallying very well from tli e effects. This will be very pleas- ant news to the many friends over 'this section of Cues county where Mrs. Klimm has been quite active in club work. Delbert Hobbs Found Guilty of Manslaughter 'so characteristic of these two organ- Local Youth Held by Jciy for Death lizations was enjoyed until the home of H. 0. Hanson, Louisville Jew- ; going hour for the visitors. eler Recommend Leniency From Wfdnfsflay's ran The long awaited verdict in the case of the State of Nebraska vs.1 .Delbert Hobbs, 22, charged with man- slaughter, was opened this morning. me couvvmug ui me uibinci rr i a J J : 9 me jmy lem.neu a e.u.u 1,1 guilty with a recommendation ofp leniency for the defendant. The de- j fendant under agreement will remain ; f n A i .r V i Itnnd nut 1 1 ! f t hi- i ll trial, expected in the next few days, i If the motion is overruled the sen- 1 terce of the court will be imposed. The defendant was charged speci fically with causing the death of lttu!,"'S UL11 "'i.. jH. O. Hanson. Louisville jeweler. at,Eical Kett0rether. Joe Zastera led i .ou is v i ii e on me uisui ui juiy ijui when the car he was driving and i that of Charles Nelson in which Han- j son was riding, collided. j In addition to Hanson, Charles j Nelson, of Louisville. Rosalind Bre-1 mer of Nebraska City and William Hindman of Plattsmouth were kill ed in the accident. The penalty for manslaughtef is one to ten yeais. LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA Frnni Tuesday's Datty Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Taylor and El- ; mer Taylor of this city, departed Monday for the west coast where they have many relatives and old time friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Taylor are planning on spending the winter on the coast with their chil- dren and will make their headnuar- 1 ters with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reed at Burbank, where so many former Plattsmouth residents are located. Mr. Elmer Taylor will visit with his son. Earl, at Glendale, California, as well as James Warren at San Fran- Cisco and the other old friends. It is expected he will be gone a few weeks. S0IL CONSERVATION MEET The Cass Soil Conservation IS- trict will hold a meeting at 1:30,. n. ill. on Dremhpr ?, 1941 nt Ween- j. -n- All farmers in the county are Surged to attend the meeting regard-i less of whether their land is in cluded in the district. Several items j lof itnerest to all will be discussed. Nominations for supervisors will i be accepted for two members of the board whose terms expire on or near January 1, 1942. Program arrangements are not as yet completed but will be announced later. CHICKEN PIE SUPPER, BAZAAR Ladies' Aid of U. B. church at Mynard, Thursday, Dec. 4, chicken pie supper and brzaar. Menu and price will appear later. ltw&d THANKSGIVING DINNER A Turkey Dinner will be served lamny siyie at ine .Murray enns- in the st- Catherine's hospital, Ora tian church on Thursday, Novem-jaha Mrs. Rose Bookmeyer was re- xi .TliUliKAM AND PLATE SUPPER At Ple-asant Ridge or "Becker" j school on Tuesday. November 25 at IS O'clock. Everyone Welcome. DORIS WALL, Teacher. You'll find a fine line of greeting' cards at the Bates Book Store for; Thanksgiving and other occasions, at Bates Book Store. i Louisville Lions Guests of Rotary Club .Intercity Meeting at Hotel Platts mouth Erings Together Group of Community Leaders Tuesday evening at the Hotel Plattsmouth the local Rotary club ;were hosts to the Louisville Lions i club, service organization of our neighboring city, this being one of the intercity meetings sponsored jeach year by the Rotary. J There was a fine representation of i the members of both groups at the j dinner party and to enjoy the pro gram that followed. Throughout the evening the spirit of good fellowship, j The introduction and the presen- jtation of the guests was made by l. s. Devoe, local superintendent of n-.t Artw - . . . , VJ . . t. . . . - - ' J l - - v . Troop was the program chairman and cres5ded The officers of the Louisville Lions comprised Andy Lunteigen, Jr., presi- i ! dent ; Richard Livingston, secretary ; L Wright, treasurer; M. Corum lion tanw; A. K. Frolich, .. The group singing was a very nleasant feature of the evening, . . n.n,.t nr)irlcr )ho iMfl(,r while Roy S. Olson, new member of the school faculty, served as the ac companist. The old and familiar o f,.;t.,1 moor, f lo mil. i i t i ui i j ii vi nuaiio j i in- the Lions songs. The address of welcome to the Lions was extended by Richard Spangler, vice-president of the Ro tary club and responded to by Andy Lunteigen, of the Louisville visi tors. The men were treated to a very fine surprise in the visit of the mixed double octette of the Flattsmouth high school, giving two numbers, "Salvation" and "Oh Susanna." David Fowler directing the young people. The members of the group were at- ! tired in their red robes that made a very colorful picture while their well trained voices gave fine expres sion to the numbers. The double oc tette comprised: Juanita Sigler, Ger itrude Cloidt, Dorothea Duxbury, Wilma Nolte, Maxine Graves. Rachel I ' nr,.ir.,i,nn sfn--.-.t p;n Toin ?yivePter. Chris Zimmerman, Russell Nielsen. Conley Galloway, Lavern iRice. Robert Cole. Kenneth White, George Jacobs. The address of the evening was given by Rev. Paul Iverson, who has just recently returned from South America where he had been a teach- er for the Presbyterian board of fcr jeign missions at the Collegio Amer icano at Bogata and Barranquilla, I 1 , - . . . 1 . f . . 1 . . t .1! . J . . . Observations the speaker told of the ! intensive campaign that is being! made in all of the Latin American countries by the axis powers against the influence of the United States and the democracies of the world. The 'diplomatic moves and the activities jof the foreign igonts are found in all j countries as competition for the com jmercial supremacy in the southern i Americas is very keen. Germany with jits bid for South American products I in exchange for manufactured goods of the Nazis has made a great ad vance up to the present time. The United States has in their "good neighbor policy" made gains in the former strong axis influences, but there are thousands of the Nazi workers scattered in all countries. BACK HOME AGAIN From Tnesdar'a Tan After spending practically a week , teased yesterday evening and brought to her Plattsmouth home by Mrs. jWilliam Kriskey, an old friend. Mrs. j Bookmeyer underwent a facial oper-j ation. and. although rhe is still auite I weak from the effects, she is said to 'he relieved tn n p-renf cTtont EIRTH RONHOVDE Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander (Mary Ellen Williams), Eagle, Nov. 11, a girl. ENLISTS IN NAVY William E. Rosencrar.s, II, is one of the latest recruits for the United States navy in this section of Ne braska, taking his exr ruination and departing Mondi.y nigl.t for Chicago where he enters the Great Lakes naval training station. Dill has been planning on enter ing the navy for sorfle time, being one of the first to secure the book- .let. "Life in the U. S. Navy" at the I Journal and then studying the var-! ' i jious advantages that n youth can! jfind in the training on shipboard. j j He was here Saturday fcr a visit j I with the relatives in this rity and; (Monday left from his home at South! Bend for Omaha to leave last eve-1 ,ning via tne uurimp'on lor me Straining station. Cass County Young People in Citizen Contest Bill Robertson of This City, Kather ine McGrew, Louisville. George Olive, Weeping Water. Representing district No. 12 in the Young Citizenship contest this week at Omaha will be Bill Robert son of this city. Katherine McGrew of Louisville, George Olive of Weep ing Water and Rosemary Gass of Seward. J Each Young Citizen was selected J by a committee from the L'niversityj of Nebraska under the direction of ; Dr. A. A. Reed, former head of the j extension denartment cf the univer- sitv. Selections are made on the i !u: cal health rnd citizenship. From each high school in the counties which participated students were en tered in the preliminary tests. The tests at the state meet in Omaha are Wednesday and Thurs- dar and will be held ufider the direc tion of the university committee. thejJonn c- Miller, vice-president of theithe iast rites were Mrs. John Turner contest being sponsored by the Araer- association as acting manager, withan(1 Mrs. Gertrude Riggs of Erew iean Legion and the World-Herald. Jo? Hinrichs as the assistant man- ster, Nebraska; A. B. Slagle of Scotts The two days will be filled with ;ager. bluff. Nebraska; Pearl Dugay, Omaha, entertainments and additional exam-j Mr. Pitzer is well known to many j Previous to the service at the inations. both physical and mental, ! friends here through personal ae-jchurch. a short prayer service was eiven bv Phvskians and educators, jquaintanee and business connections. , conducted at the Sattler funeral From the group of fifty-two there will be ten to receive medals forjpost he has so ably filled. It wasjments their ratin 'Gene' Mayfield Honored on His 81st Birthday One of the Nestors of Kebraska Jour nalism Reaches Rine Age One Tine Located Here. Eugene O. Mayfield, who was printer, reporter, editor and publish- er in thee allow days of Nebraska journalism, celebrated his eighty - first hirthdnv rerentlv bv rerallins some cf the gatfaier experiences of h ' a n o neno nor 1 ? f 1 1 1 j V? ctrcct ctnrV he said, was the Eddie Cudahy kid naping by Pat Crowe, which he cov ered from beginning to end for the ! Omaha World-Herald. Mr. Mayfield be the toughest in the state. It ten also broke up the MrCarty counter-1 tatively included, Omaha Benson, feiting gang at Bellevue. Neb. He I Omaha South. Omaha Tech, Creigh also aided in solving several mur-iton Prep. Northeast of Lincoln and ders. When Mr Mnvfield wps 15 he wr,3 "bound out" to learn the print ing tr.-de at Louisville, Neb. The jfi.rst year he received $50, the nest year his pay w.. raised to $4 a week. In 1SS3 he established the Louisville Observer, at times published a num ber of other weekly newspapers in Nebraska. In 1890 he went to work for the late Gilbert M. Hitchcock, World-IIerald founder, and. despite frequent absence from the news- ! paper, he spent 3S years in its ser jvice. In 1917 he became a member of the state board of control, but I three years later returned to the I World-Herald as Sunday editor "and feature writer. Later he became ! superintendent of the World-Herald editorial reference room and library, jings of St. Paul's church in Omaha, a position from which he retired in a special service for members of the 1931. He is the author of "The!church being held. Rev. Merton Eackbone of Nebraska." published in 1916. and recently completed the manuscript for another b o o "Gentling of the West." Publishers Auxiliary. Mr. Mayfield was editor and pub lisher of the News-Herald here back tin 190S-09. W. H. Pitzer Retires as Head of B & L Ass'n Prominent Attorney and Financier Quits Post with Nebraska City Company. William II. Pitzer, who for more than forty years has been identified with the building and loan business in the state of Nebraska, requested Tuesday that he be permitted leave from the beard of directors of the Federal Savings and Loan Associa tion of Nebraska City, and retire as president and manager of the insti tution. Mr. Pitzer was the guiding hand in the affairs of the Nebraska City Building & Loan association for many J years and under his influence and j business ability the institution has 'grown and expanded until it became a part of the Federal Savings & Loan association of Nebraska City, which has expanded into a million and a half dollar institution. The retirement of the veteran head of the institution came after the Topeka Federal Home Loan bank re quested that, because of the size of the institution, a full time manager be employed to devote his entire en ergies to the building and loan work. Mr. Pitzer in making the announce ment of his desire to retire to the board of directors of the company, explained that it would be impos sible for him to divorce himself from his law practice, and other interests that include insurance, real estate. jabstracting at this time. In the past year the entire burden of the law business and the building and loan business has devolved on Mr. Pitzer when hi3 son. Marshall Pitzer, who has been his assistant, was called into the military service. The board of directors regretfully . ; accepted the resignation and named j'ho will regret to see him leave the,horile, who was in charge of arrange - nere many years ago mat air. nur ; first made his start in the legal; profession and all through the years .it Nebraska Citv he has been closelv!to u iqh fh oo- f en x-uor-c associated with the local people. 22 F.0YS REPORT TOR BAS KET! ALL AT HIGH SCHOOL j to James I. Fitch September IS. i 1901. To this union one daughter By BERNARD ULRICH was born. Her parents, Thomas and Last night 22 boys reported to La Vina Slagle, one sister and five Coach Hoffman for basketball in-j brothers preceded her in death. Be cluding three lettermen, John Slat-'sides her husband and daughter, insky, Ralph Hilt and Lars Larson, j Mrs. Anna Eel Becker, she is sur Wendell Bratt. a boy who hasjvived by one sister, Mrs. Ida Good, j moved here from Friend, is also a redjMurray, Nebr.; two brothers, H. L ! hot Prospect. Other boys that show- ;Slagle, Yankton, S. D. and A. B ed UP we!1 were Laverne Rice, up i tm ne second team. Bill Gayer and i ' 3iarsnau, nue ciierimg coie, a, i freshman who played for the eighth grade last year also looked good. Coach Hoffman has arranged for an attractive schedule which might ' Shenandoah. Glenwood, Auburn and.ness, for the flowers and words of Nebraska City as weli up the confer - ence sch-idule. j loved one. Also for cards, flowers and The boys who reported: Ralph; other kind acts during her illness. Hilt, John Slatinsky, Dean Ander- Their kindness will always be cher son, Charles Wolever, Harry Goch-Jshed in our memory. J. I. Fitch, enour, tiarian Hennings, uaverne Rice. Ray Evers, Cary Marshall, Leo Allen, Milton Allen, Lars Larson, Eldon Vroman, Bill Gayer, Ray Sim- ons, Dwight Atteberry. Junior Boul- den. Sterling Cole, Don Dooley, Ed j Gradoville, Joe Gradoville and Bob, Brookhouser. ATTEND OMAHA MEETING Tuesday evening a number of local j Methodists were attending the meet iRice, pastor of the Metropolitan! ;Methodist church of Detroit, largest 'Methodist church in the United !States, was the speaker. The men attending from here were Judge A. H. Duxbury, E. H. Wes- cott, William F. Evers, Milo W. jPrice, William L. Heinrich. EXPECTED HOME THIS WEEK H. L. Gayer, who underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis at the Veterans hospital some three weeks ago, is expected home by the end of this week. Friends will be pleased to know that he is getting along very well. At the November Legion meeting, the thirty or more who were pres ent joined in signing a letter to "Cap" and he has had numerous callers together with copies of the Journal to keep him informed happenings at home. on Eva Belle Fitch Laid to Rest Wednesday Pioneer Lady Who Died at the Age of 60 Years Buried at Lewiston Many Attend Rites. Funeral services were conducted at the Lewiston church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the late Mrs. James I. Fitch, whose death occurred at her daughter's home in this city Sunday afternoon Rev. Neil Stewart, pastor of the Presby terian church at Murray, officiated. With Mrs. Ray Frans at the or gan, the Union quartet, composed of Mrs. Ora Guerra. Mrs. Nettie Mougey, Ray Frans and Philip Rihn, sang three of the old sacred hymns: "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Son Soul." of Interment took place in the Lew-1 converted into defense products, iston cemetery, and the pallbearers ;Trash is cash these days. Mrs. Frank were nephews of the deceased: EdjHorsak, chairman of consumer prod Lewis. Union; Lloyd Lewis. Murray; ucts, urged women to budget care- j Wayne Lewis, Plattsmouth; Herbert ' Campbell. Cedar Creek: Robert Fitch. Jr., Grand Island: Eugene Fitch, Ne hawka. Among the large group of out-of-town friends and relatives here for Obituary Belle Fitch, born April Eva issi and decarted this life Novem - .. . 7 months and 7 days. She was born in Lewiston. Liberty precinct. Eva Belle Slagle was united in marriage! Slagle, Scottsbluff. Nebr; besides a number of nieces and nephews. She was united with tne l.nited liretnren j church and lived a Christian life strong in the her belief and faith ; in her Savior. CARD OF THANKS We wish to sincerely express to the friends and neighbors our deep f . , , . s .1 appreciation for the acts of klnd - . sympathy at the time of death of our . mr. ana Mrs. J. r. iiecKer. HORSES RUN AWAY Some excitement was created' at the farm occupied by Ben Speck Saturday afternoon, while Mr. Speck iwas engaged in elevating his corn. One of the horses being used be came frightened and ran into a tree with the result that the harness was .badly torn but the horse and Mr. Speck escaped injury. J FOUND Four young heifers taken up at j the Don Eorn farm. Owner please call 3420 Plattsmouth. ltw&d j WILL HIEE Men to load rock at Nehawka at 60c an hour. Apply at Pickens Quarry, Nehawka. ltd&w Woman's Club Alert to Nation's Defense Needs Moves to Aid in the National De fense Work in This Crisis Discuss Many Phases. From Tuesday' DaTi The Plattsmouth Woman's club at their regulr.r meeting last evening at Hotel Plattsmouth proved that their organization is rlwcyc ready to meet emergencies. Very shortly after the national defense committees were set up, the Genera! Federation of Women's clubs named correspond ing committees; Nebraska was hon ored by having Mrs. C. W. Hevner of Franklin, named ps chairman of agriculture. The Plattsmouth Wom an's club have name! chairmen to correspond exactly with the national defense committee chairmen. Each of the following ladies told what her department was doing for defense in last evening's program: Mrs. Lowell S. Devoe, club presi dent, is chairman of organization, and she gave a message from Mrs. John Whitehurst, president of the GFWC about the need for women to get behind the defense program. Mrs. H. L. Gayer, chairman of agriculture, stressed the need of farm products, especially meat, dried eggs and milk i to help England. Mrs. George Brink- low, chairman of conservation of de fense products, said we should save paper of any kind and boxes as there jwill be a market for these soon; even jold razor blades and tin cans can be fully and save because food costs are mounting while salaries remain sta tionary. Mrs. E. C. Giles, chairman of housing, reported favorably on Flattsmemth's recent house canvass. Mrs. E. H. Eernhardt. chairman of industry, said "that because of short age of manpower women did much work in our own Norfolk Packing plant the past year and proved very apt. Mrs. Fred Lugsch, chairman of nursing, stressed the need of Red Cross workers of all kinds. Red jCross teaches first aid to one billion people every year and also give home nursing and advance nurses training. Mrs. Milo Price, chairman ;c stamps and bonds, explained the I denomination of stamps and bonds ana l0ia now ana nere mey may oe Purchased. Mrs. William Heinrich. - i. chairman of registration, announced that registration of our club women will take place soon after Christmas. Mrs. Frank Gobelman, chairman of patriotic education, urged that every individual promote American ism in every way possible. Mrs. Roy Magill, president of the Holdrege Woman's club and field worker for Camp Fire, was a guest of the Woman's club. She gave a short talk on the Camp Fire pro gram, explaining that our youth is our first line of defense. For the musical entertainment the i" UU1U' Sluuul ls uaeuB Mus Any Bonds Today," the only song owned by the United States govern ment, "America I Love You," and "God Bless America." The girls who composed the octette were Jean Col- llino Tnrt, TinA T M, 1 rlm,Inn lino, ,uai iiruc uiuria I'll, v la uuiiic i J T' . IT T-l 111- T. mi !-,. 1U)1Ub o"r-K, merest ami insky, Mary K. Gorder, Betty Lou Smith, Marjorie Devoe. Elizabeth Davis was the accompanist. The hostesses last evening were: Mesdames George Brinklow, II. L. Gayer, J. G. McMaken, J. A. Cap well, A. II. Duxbury. ANNOUNCE IIRTH OF SON Plattsmouth friends of Mr. and !Mrs. Clark Eoggess will be pleased jto learn that a boy was born to them on November 11. Mr. and Mrs. jP.ogges3 are now residents of Colum ibia. Missouri. This is their second j child; the first was a girl, whom .they named Patricia Ann. They have named their son Thomas Clark. Mr. Boggegt was coach at the Platts mouth high school four or five years ago. PROGRAM AND PXATE SUPPER Program and piaie supper will be given at Horning school, Dist. No. 2 Thursday, Nov. 20 at 8 p. m. Every one welcome. Nellie Carlson, teach er, ltd&w TT