Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1942)
elT' Sta' Ertoricd Society DEFENSE e r RTTV IfbilE tW. STATES J, f SAVING VOL. KO. LVin PLATTSMOUTH, NEEEASXA, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1942 NO. 42 Mi BUY itrrKf jT y rrrt Sheriff Uncovers Cache of Tracer Bullets W est of City "Estimated 5.C00 Sounds of Am-jLa11 munition Buried in a Fifty Gallon Steel Earrel Near "Hog Eanch" Sheiiff Joe M-asek, while out driv - ing Wednesday night, northwest of j this city along the road near the old "hog ranch.,' uncovered a cache of tracer bullets, that Lad been buried! along- the roadside. j The bullets, estimated at some j T..000 rounds, were in a fifty gallon : steel barrel and buried in the sandy soil. There had been a sack placed on top of the bullets and then tar i paper over that and the whole eov ored by sand. In the barrel wtre six ammunition belts all loaded with the bullets and ready for service. It is thought that the bullets had been placed there probably a month ago as they were not corroded by i the element?. t The s-heriff n-irt Tfcnmv Qh,riff ; Dooilr loaded the ammunition in ; their cars and brought it on to this I c ity after the scene of the find had . ben visited by army officers. The finding of the cache raises l r.:any questions as to the pos.-ibil-j the Coral sra battle, (he early part ities of the case, whether they j f ay. The thrilling story of the might have been ; to!en from some i "Lexington," veteran sea craft of the government agency and buried byrn::v'- bombed and set afire in the the party taking them or mav have I battle in the far east, will long be bef'ti planted for possible use in some fifth column movement. Tl.f matter is being investigated by the army officials at Omaha in an eifort to trace the possible source cf the tracer bullets that might reveal how they came to be ! in this lonely spot along the Platte 1 river. Enters U. S. Service Word 'has been received by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Buttery .that their youngest son. Josenh A. Rtitterv. is now a member of the armed forces of !f:re t,lat hrot.ght down manv of the 3 havin- "in.i invading planes in the battles over the United States, havin ducted into the army at Fort Mac- Artb.ir Cuitf tno . . ly to visit the parents before in- duction and he expects in a short j time to be assigned to some definite organization for service. Mr. and Mrs Butterv contributed in the first world war the two old-'- er sons. Ehvood and Ernest and their i vounst is now in the present great ! struggle i l Re turns from Hospital Edward Ofe. who ha3 been at the I Vt-retans hosnital at Lincoln fo-1 the pat week, is returnin?- home today and feeling much improved.) Mr. Ofe has suffered from a throat infection for some time that has been very annoying and made nec- esary his hospitalization. The treatment has been most beneficial in the case and Mr. ofe returns home m neti improved. NOTICE. METHODIST CHOIE The junior choir' will meet Fri - day evening at 8 p. m., and the I senior choir at S:30 p. hearsal. m. for re - TSJepr" CrrV ft nT Aft W ! i A"er ,arj BALTIMORE. June IS (UP) The final peace terms of this war can and' chr.,,1 K..;f r,c,-i or,,,. ',,i; ! "in, uLii.ii u i m i (i -willing off" period by the international or- gauization for insuring a permanent peace alter the war is. what should be formed bv the United Nations now," Pnder Secretary of State Sum - ner Wells said last night. The basis of such an organization already has been made, he said, in signing of master lend-lease agree- merits between the United States, merits between the United States, Russia, Great Britain, China and Bel- gium. Returns to California Leonard Fornoff, who has been here visiting his brother, Henry For - noff and family for the past week h3s returned home. His home is at Sacramento, Calif., and while en route home he will stop at Logan, Utah, to visit with a son at that point. - FOE VICT0EY: BUY BONDS Hear from Coast Guard Mr. and Mrs. Grover Parriott, o: north of the city, have received -word j I from their son, G rover, jr.. who is ! i with the U. S. Coast Guard ser Tl and has been located iu the Atl since his enlistment. An ardent base- j fan he had the Pleasure on a, ! m:ent "liberty," t0 witness a same j b tvv 1 11 the Yankees and the cieve- j i land Indians of the American j 1 League at New York City. j McBride Brothers Back from Thrilling aval Experiences Yotmg Sailors from Airplane Car.!r,,r5st Lutheran churh- His fon rier "Lexington" Safe and Sound i fixation memory verse was a part, and Home for Visit i of ,he 2'-th verse of lht' 25th cIu""-! The Leroy McBride home in this c ity is one of the happiest in the ! eitv todav. two of the sons of the' family, Donald and George McBridge, ; arriving home last evening at mid- i nis-ht for n visir with tho rt-tn t ivt.s '. and old friends. j The two young men are in the : services of the country in the navy laud had served on the aircraft car- rier. ' Lexington." that was sunk in;t!ve P8rt- an epic of the naval history and the ; Plattsmeut'i boys had a part in the great experiences that the craft and '. the crew has had in the war iu the ; I Pacific. j The two Plattsmouth boys have psea! li nniotiched in the great bat- tles in ,lle Pacific that has covered ithe islajuls of the southseas and" the great struggle at the Coral sea that turned back the Japanese fleet. The boys have many thrilling ex- ! IH'ril'riCl s that v i:1 be vvith them as ;lone us tht'' livc JaP Pnes setking ! t0 bon,b the craft and the American the wide areas of the Pacific-. The ooys relate tfie attempts of a Jan , . j aviator to crash on the carrier to 1 is n5,,cfc 'lamage as possible, 1:1 the Cor:'l sa battle the boys spent hours of the most intense fight- in- ainst the attacks of the Jap raStItrs alul he final hits on the "Lexington." The boys have remem- aneos of the fight in fragments of -Tap planes and Jan bullets four d on j the deck of the carrier. The bovs were in th ,r0u- iit escaped from the doomed carrier and l)c'u spent some 4." minutes in the oil soaked waters of the ocean be - I fore rescued and taken to safety. Th? twn Blattsmcuth heroes were i Suests tins noon at the luncheon of;li"' ueona -vrmagosr, o: ! tfce Chamber of Commerce. Here on Vacation i I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chandler and family of Omaha, are here to spend !a f,u- iin-c risn;, ot ,.pi Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parsell. the par- ents of Mrs. Chandler n -w,n nc iwi''1 ,he many friends. ; In Serious Condition The many friends here cf John S. bishop, formerly with the Iowa - Ne - braska Light & Power Co., and the jConsuiners Public Power District. 1 1 ,pgrei lo learn ot ms v?r-v ser condition. Mr. Bishop was inducted into the i arniy a month a later sent : f.., tv.. t j j'1'"1 iininuriu to jener- son Barracks. Missouri, where he 1 was for a weeks. Later he wasipst in Nebraska. Tas-Tee Shop, tf sent to El Paso. Texas, and while! jeDJ'oute was takon very seriously ill. iHe was taken from the train and i Placed in the William Beaumont j General hospital at that place for S General hospital at that place for treatment. It was found he was suf- fering from meningitis very ill. and was Mess-ages received here by Rev. L. W. Bratt and family from the ! ! mother of Mr. Bishop, Mrs. J. II. i Bishop at Atkinson, Nebraska,; states that she had heard from the j hospital and the condition cf the! "ou was as well as could be expect- ";d but he was serious. I The address of the sick man (Pvt. John S. Bishop, ward Will- iam Eeaumont General hospital. El ia so, Texas. Tribute to - a 1 f4 Pa1F Za i Called to Rest Sen of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Puis J Dies at Hooper, Nebraska, on - June 13 I : j Haii- y Adam Puis was born No- ' vcir.bfr 21, 1000, at Murray. Ne-'lo i j braska. Through baptism he became la child of the Church of Our Re- deemer. The baptism was performed by Rev. F. Ppriegel. and he became a baptized member of Christ jeran church at Cedar Creek, Nebr. ; j He renewed his baptismal vow and; was confirmed bv Rev. H. Rhode at ter of Matthew: "Lo. I am with you always, even unto the end of the v' or'(l-" Here he grew up into young man- v nooa- anrl was active m fcunday s'-bool. serving as its secretary. His interest con tinned and lie necame ac- tive iu the church's young people's organization, the Luther League. He atiencled many of the church s syn iodical conventions, and took an ac- In 192" he graduated from the PLittsmouth high school. With his parents and sister he left Murray and lived near Cornish. Colo. On the 24th of November. 1!30, he was united in holy matrimony with Clara S 1 meitenknon. and con tinued, farming with his father in Colorado. In the spring of 1 f " 7 Mr. aud Mrs. Puis came to their present home, on the place of Mrs. Tills' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sehmietenknop, and carried on the jlarra vor r tlns l'lace- vn Marcn 2, or this ypar their home was filled with joy and hap- j ! piness. Ond blessing them with a ; little daughter. Natalie Yioice. ; Mr. Puis was always in the beFt I of health and had great interest in ",s wor!"- H0 'vas PP3 "ecause l ! t,le lros"rf SS b? privileged to On Saturday. June 13. around 'ntiirir.'ott r nr..- ti-Ii i : " t.ninttn i tt,- Vic 1, . ,,1- ; .v cii. uio uu'mji nvt iu i working condition, l.c rece ived severe head and bad: injuries. He was rush- "d to the Podge county hospital. His ' ro'lf!inon fiffan:(" and more ; "ith-al. It was the prayerful hope that he ml-ht recov" ,l!t 5t was Gods rlan to ta" n!m- He was ?" iefi to his ternal ''Pvard Sunday morning, June n. at at tne !ae r 33 Jars. six months, and 21 i days. j I Deeply saddened are his devoted ! wit- Clara, his infant daughter. i Natalie Yioice, his parents, Mr. and j Mrs- Louis Puis of Greeley, Colo.; Greeley, Colo.: six nephews and three nieces; one great aunt. Mrs. Michael Re hwarzfischer of Minco. ! Oklahoma. i ! A Iarge mnnl)(,r of relatives and i many f-r5f,nds have- been saddened. While in Greeley. Colo.. Mr. Puis i was a charter member of the newly organized uur baviours Lutheran: church and served this congrega- i Omaha, 5. tion as secretary. j The Plattsmouth Legion baseball- Here he became a member of our ers defeated North Omaha, Wednes St. Paul's Lutheran church and ot ! day evening and came rorminsr cxr brotherhood. Since the first of jthe year he served as secretary of tthis mcn's organization. The men of 1 ne brotherhood are saddened at the ios.-, oi a r.ne memoer and triend. j of a game with Fremont this corn It was easy for our departed to add j ins Sunday to attempt to avenge S to his list of friends. In their mem- lor,es no w,u continue to live, ! ICE CREAM-NUT BAR, 5c. Big- OfI -O- !! ! f ? IICo"! IClliilllUli 117 US 11 . i WV PdninP' rSOfi Pf Rockport, Mo. Xnptials Are Held at the Missouri City cn the Bride's Birth Date To Live in Buffalo, IT. Y. Miss Doris June Wiles, daughter ;of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Wiles of t Plattsmouth, and Ray Eugene Ham - isilton of Buffalo, N.Y., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Hamliton, of t Murray, were united in marriage, jTuesday, June 16th, at Rockport, The couple were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hamilton, who I Doris June graduated with the I '42 class from Plattsmouth High. i , ; Eugene is a giaduate" of Ncwhaka High, with the clash of 'SSi'ile has been' living- the past "two.' j-ars in Buffalo. N.Y., where ;he. ha$ been employed by Curtis Wright. The neviy-wcd.5 left Wednesday afternoon on Their honey-mocm trip, the Niatrra Falls and shm t sight j seeing trip through Canada. They will rc:ud. in Buffalo, N.Y. The marriage is the" climax of their long-time friendship. The Luth-'young couple have of this immediate community in which they have both grown into .aturity. Gf Farm Danger WASHINGTON. June IS (I'P) Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard. in a radio address on "Theiness section of the city arm Front Against Inflation" warned last night that a congres- sional prohibition of sub-parity sales of government ownod farm surplus would iorce a ciioe e between fall- ing short in war projuction or head ing toward inflation." "Either course would be oii.t," Wiekard said. He referred only indirectly to the U0 r.v,eep down from the northwest j iay of plants that had lieen left c ongressional farm bloc fight to pre-to ind their way down Sixth street, j there by Mr. Warga. vent lowering price ceilings on farm int0 Main street, bringing with carl's market and the Hirz meat products below the present 110 per j it a n od of dehris and reaching a ! market suffered water in the base cent of parity, but he said one of u,fc.- bl 0l- fivt, fcet in r0nt of the '; nient and damae to the eauinment the key points of the national eco-: nomic program is getting farm prices i i act vn to parity. f "There is no warn for farm profi- ! trering in this war and the farm- 'err; do not want to profiteer. They i eo not want to force up their prices ; cut of line with ether prices and; .so slow down th?.twhoLe war pro- i gram. , . . Omaha Parties marned i s morning the parsonage of ll" ...e s-ene of the marriage of Clarence i Hu-Rson arcl Mrs lrgnua Lyons. nni n rti I nr i n r t n a tio ira inco " oinT T:.nfl li-V' T?fT T. -T t'fntt W 1, ,"--'!-. -. . ... .. nu ; the impressive ring service being , employed in the nuptials. The ater.dants at the wedding -rs. i nomas JiicK-; rlowed over the yard and into the . n. of Omaha, parents of the groom. Rei(.Ilstadt residence at 7th and who 44 years ago were married .Washington avenue and into the : in thp Methodist church in 1his city' Inearby properties. they being residents for a number; The full fury 0f the north side .i .'aib prior 10 moving to iimana. risoners Make Esrape fhcriff Joe Mrasek was notified ! this morning of the fact that Gerald, ;Noel, a former Plattsmouth you, : wnu a coin pan ion. iiaroia (niespie. ; bad made their escape from the state; ! prison farm at Genoa. The escap- ! ing young men had stolen a car in I Lincoln, it was reported, and the ' general alarm had been sent outdated the jewelry store of M , for their cant re if possible. Flattcs leg-ion Team Winner i mt is mouth, t. borne to the first win of the season : with a victory of 8 to 5 over the ! Omaha Sand lotters. Manager Hobbs predicts a wow the reverse suffered bv fhn ctino-;,, i defeat, at the hands of the Fremont- jcis last Sunday. The team will trav- ! ei to Fremont this week. Cass County Reunion The annual Casr. County Reunion picni will be held at the hall in at Brandon. Nebraska. Sunday. June 2i?t; (Father's Day). Basket dinner at noon. B.EME1IEEE PEAEL HAPJE0R j j WAUKESHA. Wis., (UP) When I Mrs. Millie Mueller, who decorates chinaware as a hobby,, finds the label "Made in Japan" on a dish, she paints it out and etches "Re - ; member Pearl Harbor" in its place I Special plate lunches and dinners I every day at Carr's Bakery, Lun- Uheonette and Delicatessen. Ph. 76. I n Loss to Business Section Is Heavy Wind Ads to Damage Plattsmouth and vicinity was swept by one of the most terrific; .wind and rain storms in the last j ; thirty-four years shortly after mid- ! night, a rainfall of 4.34 inches in aj short time bringing in its wake a i Hood that swept through the uusi- j j.ij by the flood may mount to the i neighborhood of from $25,000 to $30,000 before the full toll is real - : ized. The storm north of this city was jof cloudburst proportions, and in a rum"very few moments after the storm 'broke, the flood waters commenced liotei Plattsmouth. 'of the meat market. More or less As the flood waters started over-! mud damage was suffered by all of flowing from the sewer mouth at 'the business houses in that locality. 10th and Locust street, they swept; Water from the Wurl building on through adjoining properities i basement and that of the Consum- id cn down Washington avenue, bringing destruction in the wake of the flood waters. The home of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Biiggs, just east of i the sewer mouth was soon in the 'midst of a raging sea of waters and 'despite a dike west of the house, 'the re was a foot of water flowing into the building. . The flood hit the cabins of Airs. ; Keile shea cast of the O. K. garage ; and mounting so fast that Mrs. i . , .1. 11 tj.,ii n nra, ner mouier, ..us. iuuic . - . , , ...... . : t i T ; . . .. ! KirKer ana sisier. .miss xia iuuci 'wtre forced to wade out of the ! cabin they occupied with the water ;aim0st waist high. The flood stream ;fiood hitting Sixth street soon was . high on the west side of the Bekin j building, breaking a window of the jKruger paint and wall paper store ; and the muddy waters flowed on into the interior of the store. The 'Shea restaurant was gutted by the j nooa, sweeping inrougn as irom mill race and in the kitchen at the j east of the building tore out the sinks and tossed the furniture around. The flood waters also pene- D. Frown, but the stock had been (placed in a vault and beyond the mud there was little loss. "The Bright Spot," tavern was soon a roaring mass of flood waters that filled into the Bekin building base ment and the tavern had a layer of mud all over the floor that was be ing shoveled out this morning. The south side flood coming down Chicago avenue was almost as furious as that on the north side and when the two joineu . Main street the properties along South Sixth offered heavy damage. Wa er was rushing into the basements oi all of the nuiidlngs from the Eagles building at Cth and Pearl street, raising to the floor level in the Sedlalc liquor store and restaur ant adjoining and into the Fricke drug store. On the east side of the 'street as the full force of the flood hit Cth street it swept away the brick building occupied by William Gorder as a garage, the building be ing leveled and sections of the foundation ripped out, the structure being but a mass of brick and de bris. On Sixth street the Hotel Platts- I mouth alone will have damages that I will reach probably several thous- 'and dollars, the basement and store floor rooms being, flood swept. The flood waters covered the heating plant of the hotel, damaging all of the motors used in the operation of the air conditioning plant, all of ithe equipment of the hotel laundry, motors used in the refrigerating of the kitchen of the coffee shop and the wild waters flowing into the building made the popular Venetian room a miniature Venice tor true, vai-i fillino- the rnnm tn triA IpvpI i ue coiner dus. uareu ou iub least side of the hotel was swept . th hf1ehth of the flood j and borne on eagt down Main street, the bus on Us way breaking off six of the city electric light posts on j t south side of the street and in j frCnt of the Warga hardware store !Jore out a section of the curb and bore away on the flood a large dis- i ers Public Power district building seeped into the H. M. Soennichsen company building where the base ment had stocks of goods valued at from $10,000 to $15,000, a part of this however being probably saved but much of the large grocery sup plies will be a loss it is feared. The Soennichsen company warehouse on the alley at the rear of the building was a mill race of water that filled the structure half full -and will make the stock of feeds and other goods a complete loss it is thought. The main floor of the Woster shoe store was covered with several inches of mud deposit and water filled the cellar and also seeped into the Schmidtmann basement on the east. The flood at" the Woster store came largely from the alley to the north of the building. The water also caused damage at the Donat tavern, where the floor was covered with mud and water i filled into the basement. The base ment at the Harris apartments and at the L. W. Egenberger store also "had flood damage from the water. The Journal suffered loss to some 17 rolls of paper stored in the base ment due to seepage of water but in the main floor there was no dam age. The Woster shoe store had sever al inches of slimey mud on the floor and in the cellar there was a very large stock of rubbers, rubber shoes for the fall trade that will suffer a considerable loss. The Fricke drug store basement had a great rush of the waters that caused the destruction of much of the goods stored there and will make a loss of several thousand dol lars it is estimated at this time. Does Good Work The members of the Plattsmouth volunteer department last night and this morning were performing a real job in the attempts to assist in the recovery from the effects of the flood damage and to prevent further loss. The firemen were on the job as soon as it was evidenced that there was to be an overflow and late this morning were still busy, most of them staying on the job right through the storm, oper ating the pumper in efforts to re lieve the danger from the flood waters. e Superintendent L. S. Devoe and wife had one of the thrills of the flood at their home in Oakmont addition on Chicago avenue. The rush of water from the intense rain caused a section of the basement wall to give way and filled the en tire section. Mr. and Mrs. Devoe have been occupying the basement as living quarters and the bed, bed ding, clothing and the piano were all in this part of the house and Many from Cass County Attend Funeral Services Last Sites of Harley Puis on Mon day Attended by Many Relatives and Family Friends The funeral services for Harley L. Puis, held on Monday at the church near Hooper, Nebraska, was attended , , j j acquaintances and members of the family circle. From Cass county there were present the following: Michael Hild. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hild, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Puis. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hild, Mrs. Katie Hild, Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Frit Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hild, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Puis, Mrs. Anna Gans emer, Murray; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Friedrich, Mr. and Mrs. Verner Friedrick, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hild, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Wherbein, Mr. Earl Puis, all of Louisville; Wil ma Friedrich, Mr. and Mrs. John Parkening, Ralph and Catherine Parkening; Mr. and Mrs. John Hild, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hild, Mr. and Mrs. Verner Hild, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kraeger, Mrs. Edgar Meisinger, Mrs. Raymond Hild. Mrs. Verner Meising er, Mr. Arthur Hild, Minnie Hild. Malinda Friedrich, Glen Puis, all of Plattsmouth; Clell Gansemer, N'e hawka; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gans emer, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gansemer, Marie Lutz, Harold Puis, Joe Puis, Helen Puis, Ralph Puis, of Murray; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hild, Lavaughn and Bruce, Council Bluffs; Harry Puis, Mrs. Forest Rainey, Omaha. Friends of the family from Cass county attending the services were: Rev. and Mrs. A. Lentz, Louisville; Mr. and Mrs. Parr Young, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Engelkemeier, Mrs. F. A. Hansen, Fred Koehler, Nehawka; Florence Wiles, Lincoln; Mrs. Emma Floyd, El Reno, Oklahoma; Charles Kaffenberger, U.S.A., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heldt, Plattsmouth. Death Toll at Grand Island GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June 19 (UP) The death toll in yester day's accident at the Grand Island war plant rose to three last night with the death from severe injuries of Elmar Schreiner, Grand Island. Other dead are J. D. Hemphill, IS, Utica, Neb., and Lorenz Fisher, 24, Norfolk. Neb. One of the men was instantly killed and the other died on the way to the hospital. An investigating board began an inquiry into the cause of the acci dent last evening. Commander of the ordnance plant. Col. L. M. Van Gieson stated that a concrete block wall toppled over on the 17 men who were either" killed or injured, more or less seriously. All were personnel of the Winn Senter contracting company. The list of injured: Robert Fish er, father of the dead man; Howard Tucker, Harry Leth, Eugene Miller, Frank Hollen, J. D. McColl, Ralph I Truckenmiller, Edwin Miller, Carl Tjerka, Harold Goldert, Rex Lier ner, George Harkey, Edward Gus tason, Lawrence Tietgen. Two others received minor in juries which did not prevent thar return to work immediately. are now floating around In thj flood waters. The Burlington Refrigerator Ex press Co., car shops in the east part of the city, suffered a great deal of damage from the mud and water that flowed freely from tne creek just west of the shop yards and from the rush of water to the south. The flood was such that it will be impossible to estimate the - exact damage at this time, shop officials state. i ICE CP.EAM 29c a quart. Kelley's Tas-Tee Shop. tf