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MONDAY. JANUARY 12, 1942 PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE South Will Pay Honor To Confederate Statesman SARASOTA, Fia. (UP) A monu ment of pink Georgia niarblo, sur nionted by a sundial, will be dedicat ed lure Jan. 22 to Judah P. Benjam in, C. S. senator and holder of three successive Confederate cabinet port folios, near the spot where lie fled American chores in 1S65. The United Daughters of the Con federacy will erect the 5-foot marker and Co v. Spessard L. Holland of Florida will officiate at the cere monies honoring the Jewish statesman. Va. It was not publicly revealed until 1SS1 that there had been no am munition to send and that Benjam in accepted dishonor rather than dis courage the entire Confederacy with the knowledge of the lack of sup plies. Backed by Confederacy But Drf'vis knew uie truth and j made him secretary of state in March, 1SG2. He served until Lee's j surrender. j In England, after the Civil War, Notebook Tells Story of Heroic Wake Island Marines Exacted Great Toll From Jap Fleet and Landing Parties Though Outnumbered (own destroyed by bombs). 'T, ir i : .1 1... j i' i.. . o XX a. ill- wanu idiu UJ three four-engined seaplanes. 27 Jap bombers. Shot down two Japs. '"Dec. 16 5:45 p. ni. 41 Jap bombers hit camp two and airdrome. Jap four-motor planes raid. One Jap shot down. "Dec. 17 32 Jap bombers at raid and Volunteer Departments Are State Firemen Urged to Build Departments MORE ABOUT THE COAST GUARD Benjamin was admitted to the bar President Jefferson Davis and ' and ullly fcar of 0ffendLng the Unit members of the Confederate cabinet ; td Statt.s government prevented his separated on May 3. 1S65. near j (.evation to the British bench. His Washington, Ga . and Benjamin con- j volume n "Sale- under the English tinned southward, traveling down the j law is still a standard law school west coast of Florida in a buggy, j text 1)l)ok ))0uk and the authority disguised as a farmer in search of 1 ju jts f;(i(i land on which to settle. j His retirement from the English The Confederacy's former attor-1,. was iU)nol-ed by the first public ney-general. secretary of war andjdhiner over Kiven liy tlle profession later secretary of state found a wel- j for a barrister. Lord Coleridge told come aim temporary reiuge at me;the asse,nMage that a similar honor j Gamble mansion near Bradenton. ' had hi.vn planned, but not carried! out. for btory, one of the 10 great est judges in the history of English jurisprudence. ' Forty years have elapsed," Lord CoK-ridge said. -'and we pay such honor to one more distinguished than Story." Benjamin did in Faris on May C, 1SS4. By SANDOR S. KLEIN WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UP) Time: 5 a. m. Date: December 11. Place: Wake Island. Maj. W. Bayler, U. S. marine corps, made another lead pencil notation in his notebook. It said: "Landing attempt by 12 Jap ships, including light cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, two troop or supply ships. Japan casualties: One light cruiser,! two destroyers, one gunboat, two bombers. 1317 hit Camp 1. Pearle Island, Diesel oil supply, mess hall, and pumps of evaporators, Camp 1. "Dec. IS 11:40 a. m. One Jap high reconnaisance plane (2 engine) (photo?). "Dec. 19 10:30 a. m. Jap bombers hit airport and camp. "Dec. 20 All quiet first day of bad weather. "Total casualties: 28 dead, six j wounded as of Dec. 20 from i 211. i 'Notes: Urged to I ncrease Member ship for Service During War LINCOLN, Neb. Jan. 8 (UP) State Fire Marshal Raymond L. Crosson today urged cities with paid fire departments to increase personnel j"as far as finances permit" and vol lunteer departments to increase ros- Following are the most asked ques tions about the Coast Guard, and the answers: Q How old must I be? A Be tween the ages of 18 and 31 inclus ive. (If under 21 consent of prrents is necessary.) Q Must I be single? A Yes, only unmarried men with no dependents are accepted to the Coast Guard. Q What are the height and weight requirements? A You must be not under 5 feet 6 inches nor over 6 feet 2 inches in height. Weight is based on physical structure. Q Must I prss r. physical examin ation? A Yes, normal physical ex amination is necessary. Q Wh?t cav will I receive? A ters to the full strength permitted j For the first four months you will by law. I receive $21.00 per month. After that I "Vrw fii-P rt(.Mrti,int ir, ct-t I period it will be automatically in- YMF . , . " i creased to $30.00 per month. From is Miong enougn in manpower ana 1 j 1 i this point on your advancement can equipment to handle an unusual sit- be as rapid as your diligence and ap- uation that could occur suddenly and 'plication make it. "() Jap bombers of Donier type, .,vithoilt vvnrnintr attcnorov Q Can I learn a trade A Yes. two engine, twin tail, 1G0 knots. Crosson said in a report t0 the Ne " ( I Attnrk formations nlwava in'i . , - , , -. . . w. . .. -, sKa Anvisnrv tfned i rtinmitt . i i j i i ... . , "- -v... noriunuy lor uio.uer general euu- yards before five and three: 't,m c,r line OI umslon s in close; ..u fjreInen should be thinking j cation. These courses of study con formation. Excellent air discipline. ;into the future," he continued, "to,pif:t of over 100 different professions "(3i Nine sure Jan bombers shot' a,0 .ume.i,. . '. ! and trades, such as Aviation. Radio, .v, cc;ki,. r,., ,,,1. . . .. - i Navigation. Refrigeration mire iiiuic ' ,iiieir aoimv inr tne nir;t unusual "Note: That Japs closed in to i-r.A ,. j.f th,w ftim of line of division inch guns opened up at point blank range." Today Bayler's prosaic words were inscribed in the annals of American jthe Corst Guard makes available to I the personnel of the Service an op- i ' engine patrol (flying) boat. One CL.and serious situations." Fla.. until arrangements were com pleted for him to sail from Sarasota to Rimini, in the Bahamas, off Flor ida's east coast, and then to Cuba and England. Narrowly Missed Capture The inscription en the marker reads: "Near this spot, on June 2H. ISO,". Judah P. Bviijamin. set-ret a ry of the state f the United Confeder acy, set sail for foreign shore." It was near that spot. too. in Sara sota's Civic Center Park, that the statesman narrowly escaped capture by pursuing Federal troops just be fore he boarded his ship. The Btnjaniin monument recalls one of the most colorful careers of a colorful period of American history. Benjamin's parents had been in route from London to New Orleans, but wire forced by the blockade of the Mississippi to stop at the Virgin Islands, now American soil hut then a part o' the British West Indies. Benjamin was born at St. Thomas in IS 11. The family :nc ved to Charleston. S. C. when he was 4. After three years at Yale, the 17-year-old youth went to New Orleans with less than $5 in his pocket and began a fab ulouslegal career. heroism beside the classic command of Col. William Prescott at Bunker Hiil: "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.' Mechan ics. Uas ana uiesei engines. 3iecnan I ieal drawing blue prints, bookkeep j ing. stenography, short hand, phorm iacy. carpentry, in fact about any suh- Putnam's report dealt largely with;8erve9 to facilitate fighting a large ;Thpr are .,. opportunities for men ihe efforts of the Americans to keep ; f onflagration. An accurate catalogue who prove themselves industrious. (light cruiser), TWC DI) (destroy ers), one gunboat." Crosson urged departments to or ganize and train carefully-picked re- The new account of the heroes of what Planes they had ,eft after the of all fire-fighting equipment in theiapt. and eager to learn, to attend D2AFT MUST SE STRICT Vi'ake Island was made public by the! 1Ubl auac-n. jarea also is essential, ne saia. U S navy with a revelation that' By ec- J tll(" '"arines had butj "Success in combatting fire hazards I seven Japanese warships not five as lwo P'anes. anu one oi mose was in aue to saooiage or aireci air aiiav-n previously announced were sunk be Poor condition. Mechanics andiv.ill hinge upon the maintenance of 'fore Wake succumbed after 14 days ground crews relieved the situa-jarmed men with suitable equipment nchtinc I tion somewhat by making at least available in every plant or building It was accompanied bv President one serviceable craft, and perhaps'and Roosevelt's official citation of the( others, out of the wreckage ake marines for "courageous con Eainins Were E By 1S42, when he was only 31, he was considered Louisiana's ablest at torney, with an annual income of jltiO.oeo. Two years later he was Lyme's electe d to the Louisiana Assembly ! church. anu in 1N.. snortiy alter nis election ,i10n to the state senate, he was sent to! the the senate of the United States, the second Jtw so honored. President Franklin Pierce offered i CHICAGO. Jan. S (UP) Draft l boards in midwestern states pre ; pared today for strict reclassifica- tion of men deferred from military j duty on occupational grounds. ! Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Battley, chief of ihe war department liaison division, informed Selective Service occupational officers from 11 states that "liberality in interpret ing the Selective Service Act is defin itely over." j The bombs which dropped at Tearl - Harbor December 7 blasted previous i draft policies to bits." Battley said. i I Reclassification will apply to regis I trains in Class 2A. deferred because ; of essential employment in non-war 1 industries, and to men in Class 2B. j employed in war industries, he said. States represented at the meeting ; included Iowa, Nebraska, and South i Dakota. cuct . . . gallantry and heroism . . . 0CT0GENAEIAN IRKED BY NAVY devotion to duty and splendid con- ,;uct-. CLEVELAND (UP) Gust av C. The citation listed Maj. James P.jVan Duzen has lost a11 respect for S. Devereux, commander of the lstjnaval regulations. defense battalion, U. S. marine corps,! Eighty-two years old, white-hair-and Maj. Paul A. Putnam, command-! ed and "ollow-heeked Van Duzen er of Marine Fighting Squadron 21l!stoniI'ed into the nav' r'"tin of Marine Aircraft Group 21. The new information on the bat tle of Wake mad eclar for th first time the manner in which Wake's S marines managed to take so heavy a I toil of the Japanese attackers. ! Their coolness in withholding fire I bv their small battery of six 5-inch office shortly after the war began and said he would like to serve on a submarine. Chief Petty Officer F. L. Pearson explained that his age was 32 years past the navy's limit. "Doggone it. you think just be cause a man gets old he isn't good for anything." said Van Duzen. "If j guns and 12 3-inch guns was official-jyou dcn-t sjKn nie up I'm going over ly compared by the navy to the feat;t0 Canada and j0in up there." within reasonably short dis- i nee of every possible location Where an incendiary bomb might start a fire." the marshal warned. "To this end the maintenance of trained and dependable fire fighting organizations within every industrial plant and every important building is essential." Other recommendations included: 1. Increase protection of equip ment; conduct daily inspections. 2. Survey emergency vater sup plies. 3. Provide communication for fire calls, and to all members of regu lar volunteer and auxiliary fire or ganizations. 4. Survey and inspect every pub lic building, industry and business establishment, noting fire hazards and construction. many schools for specialists, such as the Capital Radio Engineering Insti tute, Sperry Gyroscope School, and the Aviation school at Pensosola, Florid". All of these subjects are furnished at no cost. Men who stay with the Service for a career and ardently apply themselves, find ex cellent opportunities to advance into higher petty officer end warrant of ficer grades. Q What is the term -of enlist ment! A The enlistment in the reg ular Coast Guard is 3 years. A postal Card will bring any fur ther information desired. Add-ress any communications to Coast Guard Recruiting Office, 317, Post Office Building, Omaha, Nebraska. ANNOUNCES SALE DATES Women Labor Tirelessly In Civil Defense Myriad Jobs Keep Volunteers Going From Dawn-to-Dusk in New War-Time Activity By CORRINjNE HARDESTY NEW YORK (UP) A day in the life of a woman volunteer defense worker is more crowded than a deb utante's social schedule and more hectic than a housewife's blue Mon day. Volunteer defense work, covering anthing Americans may do on the home front in total war, went into high gear with the attack on Pearl ll.rl.or. Most active organizations so far are the American Red Cross, American Women's Voluntary Ser vices, and the Office of Civilian De fense. At the office of the motor division of the AWVS, smartly uniformed Bernice Reedy was on duty at 7 a. m. to answer telephone calls for emergency motor service. In spite, of the confusion of 50 or 60 women "who want to do some thing" milling about, Miss Reedy dispatched a car to take a small child to a throat clinic. No Lunch Hour Here She directed three fur-coated, shrill-voiced women to the registra tion desk and at the same time ar ranged transportation for a troupe of entertainers to Camp Upton. While she ate her lunch off a tray she arranged to have surplus food for a day market picked up and delivered to a social service agency. The motor corps is only one di vision of the AWVS, which is or ganized in 2S states and has 150, 000 workers. In the last two weeks more than 1,000 eager women have registered at its local office. Motor corps volunteers must have ! a driver's license. They take courses in first aid, convoy driving, map Auctioneer W. R. Young is an nouncing his sales for the months of .Tannarv and Fehrnnrv which nc- 4. , , i reading and mechanics and must give cur practically every day and all; . i-l of the men of Bunker Hill. By Duzen had a reason for his standards of modern armament 4700 j preference for submarine duty. He WOMEN'S AUXILIARY MEETS The Women's Auxiliary of the St. parish of the Episcopal met on Thursday at the of Mrs. James F. Begley in Coronado apartments. The attendance was very fine de pite the wintry weather prevailing. Being the first meeting of the new him a scat on the United States Su- ytar there was a great deal of husi-pi-eme Court, bur Benjamin elected ncss to be discussed and many plans to remain in the senate, where ho 'made for the ensuing twelve months felt thut he would he more valuable 0f the church year, to his state and the South. He re- The Auxiliary held its annual signed when Louisiana seceded and eieition of officers and the follow Davis named him his attorney-gen-' ing were named: months after hostilities; made Benjamin secretary! eral. F:s Vuan. h of war. Shouts til'- iU IOok full federate senate investigating committed by the so;-ial hour and the serv ice for his failure to send ammuni- ing of much appreciated refresh lion to troops defending Roanoke, menls by the hostess. of "Judas Ist-ariot" plagued secretary at 1he time he responsibility before a Con- President Mrs. James F. Begley. Vice-President Mrs. F. L. Cum mins. Secretary Mrs. Walter Tlitsch. Treasurer Mrs. Guy Long. The business meeting was follow - V SSJSi- 'IP' n " ,1 -ik&r ' - t 9 H . . j, ..' " P H ir Hp -i V?'! yards a fraction more than two and "explained to the recruiting officer a half miles is as close or closer; that his experience in building the than ' the whites of their eyes" was Cleveland waterworks intake tunnels GOOD OLD AMERICANS to Prescotfs musket men. By holding back their fire the men of Wake literally blew a major por tion of the Japanese attack force tut of the water. Two accounts were made public by the navy of Wake's light. One -sas Bayler's day by day record of the fight by the marine garrison of at the turn of the century would be invaluable. "I can teach 'em how to keep from p-i.Uir(r tho tfTlrti Vllfn ttipv ftive"' he said. "There's no excuse for a man getting the 'bends' if he knows how to avoid them." Van Duzen refused to revet-1 his preventive 'method. j When Vr.n Duzen retired from s.ven-man medical detachment. The;111' '"i ' 'J- - 11 ,, v ,... n S t lie citv engineer said: "Van Duzen ( her was a brief report by Putnam. - , ... ,, . ihas been one of the most dependable Bavler, like Putnam, was a ma-( , , and useful men in my department, line airforce officer, and both ac-, ,., , , He seems to like to work under ter- counts deal chieflv with the action. irific air pressure seems to eat it of the tiny marine air squadron. The; i up. reports were nown irom wane y a; patrol plane. They cover action through Dec. 20 two days before the Wake garrison was overwhelmed. The reports of the marine officers Van Duzen was the hero of rescue work in the disaster here in 1916 when 10 men trapped below the surface of Lake Erie were saved. He was superintendent of the pro- As I sit by my fire on this New Year day, watching the snow fly, I was reading my daily paper, here is what I found. S. P. Deletour, 93, 'rancher deeds $135,000 to charity. Again I say. God bless the good old American. Let us all give him a hand. I have lived on a farm all of my life, lost my father when I was a small boy. am now middle age, went through the world war. But America is full of these good old men just like Mr. Deletour, fine men and we will all give to do our part. Be honest and the world will be with you. I have found this to be true. I am still honest and still smiling. This is my thought for the new year. OLD SUBSCRIBER, revealed mat in tne initial Japanese jelt Later New York borrowed him air attack the bulk of Wake's air:,0 miild the principal water main 1 i"&; tXvt I at?' MILLIONS Or "-M.-A Americans cahhot ' ArvdOTl TO OWMTClI SoE LIVE l AtiTWT HOUSES AND OTHERS a-'' ARE STILL WITHOUT LIGHT Oft RLWNIMS WATER. AIODERM HOUSES WILL BE SOLD FOR LESS THAS2.000.V. IT... - V jMIi fete. t KUi'Ol.t Uit AmRICAM AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBIV LINE TECHNIQUE. Plumbing uajits like the on showm belovw, tor EXAMPLE, WILL BE ASSEMBLED AT THE J''M FACTORY WITH MORE BPASS 1 AKD COPPER. TO PREVOYT RUST. S'JCH LOW COST MODERN MOUSING W!ll erinc BETTER UVING WT KIM THE REACH 0 AMV. M1 H 4 f 2 tjx y. mi ni' 'Z'jn" j ' ; 3. Walter. j 5DRWIN force was lost. The marine planes accounted for a verified total of one Japanese ship, one submarine and five planes, plus another four probably destroyed and others damaged. The navy released this synopsis of Bayler's day-by-day account: "Dec. S 7 a. m. Received word bombing Oahu. General quarters sta tion. "Dec. S 11:5S a. m. 2 4 Jap bombers on a northern course hit air drome in close column of division 'Vs' from 3.000 feet. 100 pound! fragmentation bombs and simultan eous straffing. Casualties 25 dead, seven wounded. Seven airplanes burned, destroyed. "Dec. 9 11:45 a. m. 27 Japs. Bombed hospital. Camp No. 2. Kill ed several patients. Three dead. Got one Jap plane. "Dec. 10 10:45 a. m. 27 Jap bombers. No casualties. "Dec. 115 a. m. Landing at tempt by 12 Jap ships, including light cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, two troop or supply ships. Jap cas ualties: one light cruiser, two de stroyers, one gunboat, two bombers. Note: That Japs closed into 4700 yards before live and three inch guns opened up at point blank range. "Dec. 12 27 Jap planes bombed Peale and Wake from 22,000 feet. No casualties. "Dec. 13 All quiet. "Dec. 14 332 Jap planes hit air drome. Two killed, one plane down under the East river. The recruiting officer said he re gretted the navy eou'dn't, find a use for his special knowledge of under water pressure and the "bends" but regulations were regulations. "I want action." snapped Duzen. "and I mean what I about joining the Canadians." VISITS BROCK LODGE Raymond C. Cook, of this city, deputy grand custodian of the A. F. & A. M. of Nebraska, was at Brock Thursday afternoon and eve ning. Mr. Cook conducted the exam ination of the officers in the after noon and followed by attending a yan '.banquet at 6:30 for the members and dates will be filled within the next few days. The sale list is as follows: January 10 Plattsmouth Sale livrn. January 12 Charles K. '.e Root Plcffs. January 13 Hugh Warden, Union. January 14 Syracuse. January 15 J. E. Kitner, Belle vue. January 16 William Sander, Wa bash. January 17 Plattsmouth Sale Barn. January 19 Glen Vallery, Platts mouth. general sale. January 21 Syracuse. January 26 J. B. Elliott, Alvo. January 28 Syracuse. January 31 Plattsmouth Sale Barn. February 4 Syracuse. February 5 August Oehlerking, Elmwood. February 7 Plattsmouth Sale Earn. February 10 Charlie Bornemeier. February 11 Syracuse. February 12 G. F. Lutz, Papil lion. February 14 Plattsmouth Sale Barn. February 16 Gus Tegemyer, Paul, Nebraska. said AN APPRECIATION The Nebraska Tuberculosis Asso- visiting Masons. One of the rather unusual inci dents was the fact that Winton Gil bert, being installed as worshipful master, had present at the ceremony h.j grandfather and father, both Hatfon takes this opportunity to1 masters of Tres.Ie Board lodge thank The Plattsmouth Journal for the fine assistance given the thirty- . No. Isix 162 of Brock. There were also other members of the family fifth annual Christmas Seal sale, just ! Prnt as members of the order and concluded. We also express our deep appre ciation for the splendid work done in your community by County Super intendent Mrs. Lora Lloyd Kieck, to witness the installing. TO AID RED CROSS February Elmwood. February February Barn. 17 Martin Rietesh, 18 Syracuse. 21 Plattsmouth Sale NETAB CAMPFIRE GIRLS The young girls of high school age who have organized a unit for Plattsmouth, who sponsored the salejaid ,n lne national defense, are to through the rural schools. ThiSjpartic,pate Saturday in a down school program enlists the pupils in lown drive for the American Red the fight to eradicate tuberculosis, CroHS campaign for additional funds I' till U UUCV 11 VU1UA.I jig LtAVKl, The Netab Carfipfire Girls met at the library at 4:00 o'clock yesterday and selected the following officers: President, Donna Lou Richards. Vice-president, Mary Jo Rebal. Secretary, Elva Jean Smock. Treasurer, Joan Bull. Telephone girl, Margaret Faruey. The group played games and sang songs. A letter was received irom the hospital telling how they en joyed scrap books the girls sent them. Donna Lee Rhoden. r- 1 . . oe nours service neiore tney can wear the corps uniform a tidy, two-piece outfit in gray blue gabardine with lots of brass buttons. Air raid and fire wardens, many of whom registered with precinct police and fire chiefs months ago as a lark, found themselves in class rooms, manual and notebook in hand. To a timid woman in a class of 3 5 prospective wardens, who asked "What can you expect in a black out?" Miss May Breen. instructor, answered crisply 'a lot of dark ness." 10.000 Johs Listed She preceeded to outline wardens' duties; helping steer persons to safe places; assisting victims; reporting fires, and organizing neighborhood groups. Most members of the warden classes proceeded immediately to first air classes. These are organized by the Red Cross with some duty to fit every woman's talent. At the Office of Civilian Defense a group of 40 interviewers who vol unteered to help volunteers, strug gled at cataloguing qualifications of 600 workers a day. Tne OCD acts as a clearing house. The idea is to get volunteer workers into one of the 10,000 jobs listed with the OCD. 'I got up at six this morning to get to a class in airplane spotting, before I came here," a weary inter viewer said as she catalogued her last applicant. "I guess I'll end the day by going over to the Red Cross blood bank and give 'em a pint if I have any red corpuscles left!" EMPLOYEES OF BANKERS LIFE GIVEN CASH GIFT makes them realize their responsi bility in our year-round health cam paign. We are also indebted to all those to aid in the war work. The unit was started as a part of the work of the Sunday school class of Mrs. E. H. Wescott, but is now enlarged to take in all girls of this who had charge of the Christmas'age that desire to do what they can Seal sale in their respective com- n the national defense, munities. Without these good The girls will appear with Red friends, we could not tarry on the Crosses to designate their purpose important work of lighting tuber-, and hope to be able to secure ad- culosis in Nebraska. Nebraska Tuberculosis Association. Our stock of legal blanks is most Reasonably priced, too! 4 complete ditional sums to be used in the cause of humanity as shown by the Red Cross. Subscribe to The Journal OMAHA PARTIES MARRIED Friday evening at the home of Judge and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury, Frank T. Hruska and both of Omaha, Ellen Mary Lane, were married. The With their reguiai December sal ary checks which were distributed on Dec. 31, the home office and branch office employe group of tanker Life Insurance company of Nebraska received the payment of a cash gift from the company. These gifts ranged in amounts of from $10 to $100, depending upon the tenure of service of the employe and the amount of his annual salary income. Accompanying each check was a letter from H. S. Wilson, president of the company, in which he dealt with the increasing problem of each individual in the assuming of tax payments and also the very natural marriage lines were read by Judge -urge of everyone to contribute to Duxbury and the ceiemony witness-ithe nation's defense program thru ed by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pugh. Mr. and Mrs. Pugh were married herd 6ix years ago by Judge Duxbury and since then have accompauied other friends here for weddiDgs. Made to order rubber stamps at a price considerably below what you've beea paying. Prompt service. the purchase of defense bonds and stamps. These gifts were distributed among 160 employes. Upon receipt of their gifts the employes addressed a letter, individually signed, to Mr. Wilson expressing appreciation for the gifts. Joseph Kuollicek of Plattsmouth, is the agent in this area.