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PLATTSM0T7TB BE1H - WEEKLY 70UUTAL PAGE FOUB MONDAY, JULY 13, 1942 HI 1 1 1 f ; i i.'I fit hi 1 1 ! if ft i h 1 . M i ! S Postal Service to Plattsmouth Greatly Improved Approval of New Star Route to and From Omaha at Noon Makes Service Evcellent Postmaster Milo W. Price has re ceived the approval of the propos ed star route between this city and Omaha, rounding out the local mail schedule into one of excellent ser vice to the community. The new star route will be hauled by the Cotner bus line. This new service will be effective on July 15th. All first-class mail for Platts mouth which is in Burlington Sta tion post office, Omaha, by 11:00 a. m. will arrive at the Plattsmouth post office at 12:30 p. m. All first class mail for Omaha and points north, east or west which is in the Plattsmouth station post office by 12:50 p.m. will arrive at Burling ton Station P. 0. by 2:00 p. m. This means that a letter mailed in the evening or any time before 6:15 the next morning will be in Omaha by 7:30 a. m. and with the new ser vice a reply could be received back in Plattsmouth by 12:30 p. m. Let ters from Omaha can now be answer ed and reach Omaha at 2:00 p. m. of the same day of receipt, if the reply is mailed in the Plattsmouth post office before 12:50 p. m. Mail from Omaha and all points served through Omaha will now ar rive in Plattsmouth at the follow ing times: 6:00 a. m.; 7:55 a. m.; 9:00 a. m.; 9:15 a. m.; 12:30 p. m.; and 5:55 p. m. Outgoing mail for Omaha and points north, east and west will leave the Plattsmouth post office as follows: 6:15 a. m.; 8:35 a. m.; 12:50 p. m.; 5:00 p. m.; and 6:00 p. m. Mail from Kansas City arrives here at: 6:40 a. m.; mail for Kan sas City leaves the Plattsmouth post office at 8:35 a. m. and at 5:15 p. m. Writes From Australia In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ronne, of near Weeping Water, Robert, who is with the air force, in Australia, says that the Australian air force has a corps of all women, who are under the same regulations as the men. He spoke also of the fine way in which the Australian people treat the Ameri can soldiers, as they had invited him to their homes for dinner and had done many nice things for him. His mother also cherishes a letter which she received from the mother of a boy whom he met over there, and who has entertained him in their home several times. Robert works in the radio department handling the communications to planes. He is very much interested in the work. John Iverson Married Mrs. John Iverson, sr., has re ceived word of the marriage of her son Lieut. John Iverson, of Dayton, Ohio, to Miss Mary O'Connor, of Washington, D. C. The marriage was performed Friday, July 3, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Hu bert Stevens, at Oxford, Mississippi. Horn there they went to New Or leans, Louisiana, for a short honey moon before returning to Dayton where they will make their home. Lieut. Iverson has been stationed there with the army for several weeks. In Service at Fort Robinson Edward L. Hope of this city, a former employe of the Kansas City Bridge Co. enlisted here on June 25th in the U. S. army. The rela tives and old friends have received word from him that he is now locat ed at Fort Joseph T. Robinson, Ar kansas. He is in Co. B of the 14th regiment at trat place and is get ting ready for the training period. City Advisors Here This morning Attorney Robert Van Pelt was here for a bearing in the Philpot case and also with his asso ciate, Lloyd Marti, as attorney for the city in the water plant condem nation suit. H. H. Henningsen, of Omaha, city consulting engineer, was also here for a short time. Wreck Near Nehawka A small auto wreck occured on Sunday, three miles east of Nehawka on the graveled highway, A Chevy coach driven by Arthur E. Opp, of Hastings, and a car driven by Doug las Ford, ot Nehawka. had a colli sion. The left front of both cars were damaked. City Files Suit From Monday's Daily The City of Plattsmouth today filed a petition, in condemnation against the Plattsmouth Water cor poration. The city is instituting con demnation proceedings against all of the personal and real property of the corporation. The city seeks the condemnation and purchase by the city of the water plant and all its mains, wells, basins and other prop erties. , ' The suit was filed for the city by its special attorneys, Perry, Van Pelt & Marti, of Lincoln. The defendant company has been granted by the condemnation court until August 15 to file answer to the petition before the court. The judges of the condemnation court are Arthur C. Thomsen, Omaha; C. B. Ellis, Beatrice, and John L. Polk, Lincoln. H. C Backemeyer on Job The officials and various office staffs at the court house were very much pleased this morning when County Commissioner Henry C. Backemeyer, of Murdock, was here for the first time in a great many weeks. Mr. Backemeyer has been in a hos pital at Lincoln with a case of stomach trouble and was quite ill for some time but is feeling very fine at this time. It was a real pleasure to all to see tne genial tnira district com missioner be able to be at his ac customed duties at the commission ers' room and to be able to partici pate in the regular July meeting that opened today. It is the wish of the host of friends that he may soon regain his former good health. Hail Destroys Crops Reports received here from the west, state that a very severe hail storm has swept through eastern Colorado and in the vicinity of Hol- yoke, where a number of Platts mouth and former Plattsmouth resi dents have land. The hail is reported to have dam aged a very promising crop on the farms of S. S. Chase and also on the land owned by Charles Troop of this city. The prospects had been ex cellent for a fine crop of wheat this year and almost ready for the harvest. Lincoln Visitors Here Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Webb and sons, Kobert ana Donnie, or Lincoln, were here the Fourth of July while en route home from Omaha where they had been for a short visit. Mrs. Webb and Donnie had been in Omaha since Thursday and were joined by Mr. Webb and Robert Sat urday morning. They were guests at the L. R. Feller home. While here they met a number of the old friends. GUESTS AT VALLERY HOME Week-end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Vallery were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kurth of Waterloo, Iowa, and their sons, Donald and Robert, of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. John Koop and daughter, Mary Joan, Mrs. Helen Peterson and son, Bobby, of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gorton. Mrs. Kurth is a sister of Mrs. Vallery. Break-In at Murray Sheriff Mrasek was called to Mur ray, Friday, by a breakin that'oc- cured at the lumber office of Gorge E. Nickles. There was nothing tak en and the party committing the breaking escaped without being de tected as the entrance had been se cured during the noon hour when no one was at the office. Suffering from Infection Sam Arn, the manager of the Black & White meat market, has been confined to his home this week as the result of an infection that has developed In his arm and has made necessary his remaining at home for at least several days. It is hoped that he may soon be recov ered sufficient to be on the job. MISSOURI PACIFIC SCHEDULE The correct Missouri Pacific pas senger train schedule through this city has been announced by D. S. Summner, local agent, as follows: NORTH BOUND 119 105 6:32 A. 5:25 P. SOUTH BOUND 8:58 A. 5:38 P. M. M. M. M. 106 110 EXPECT SON HERE Mr. and Mrs. Herman Reichstadt are expecting their son, Bruno, and! wife from New Orleans, La., in a few days. . Newspaper Man Tells of Australia Editors. Note: What is happening in the Austra lian war zone under direction of Gen. Douglas MacArthur? Has the Japanese invasion threat ended? Can MacArthur strike back from this vital allied base? A veteran of the far eastern war, United Press Correspondent Harold Guard, who has seen at first, hand the fight for Malaya, Singapore, Java and New Guinea, supplies the answers in the following dispatch. By Harold, Guard (United Press Staff Corrccpcndent.) Somewhere in Australia, July i, (UP) Australia almost certainly is safe from invasion for at least three months but it now is evident that an Australian-based counttrofitn sive by the United Nations is un likely in the next six months. A major shift in Japanese strategy resulted from the Coral sea and Midway battles and the American bombing of Tokyo. I have seen the results of that change in reconnais sance flights over enemy bases north of Australia both before and after the turning point. Ten weeks of touring allied bases and flying with allied pilots on bombing and reconnaissance tasks has convinced me that: 1 The allied command has taken a lesson in thorough preparedness from the Japanese and will not at tempt a counterattack until the gun is fully loaded and cocked 2 The allied bombing of Sala maua has destroyed the effective ness of that enemy base. 3 The Japanese have replaced losses and rebuilt bases with amaz ing and effective rapidity else where. 4 Bombing squadrons so far have failed to break the enemy's grip on any base. Land forces are needed to knock out any enemy base. Three months ago I flew over Ra baul, Lae and Salamaua and saw at least three Japanese invasion fleets poised for an attack cn Australia, j But a few days later that fleet met ! the allied forces in the Coral sea 1 i and allied bombers began attacking the Japanese bases. j Since then I have flown over these three enemy bases asain and the reconnaissance was both en couraging and discouraging. En couraging because Salamaua's effec tiveness as an air base has been de stroyed. Discouraging because the same can not be said of Rabaul and Lae. At Rabaul the Japanese constant ly are replacing their heavy bomb ing losses to keep up the outpost's fighting strength. And at both places the Japanese are demonstrating their knack of rapid reconstruction. I saw intense incendiaries transform Rabaul's wharves and warehouses into leap ing flames. Yet later, reconnaissance pilots came back with stories of new buildings springing up with amaz ing speed. The same is true at Lae where hangars, blasted one night, seemed to be almost restored the next. The lesson I learned at the ad vanced bases was that land troops are the major consideration in de termining any strategy. It is futile to try to win a battle or a war by aerial bombing alone. The Japanese demonstrated the correct tactics throughout the Fa- cific. In Malaya alone they used more than 700 modern aircraft. They showed extraordinary skill at throwing large bodies cf troops ashore with speed and safety, al ways covered, with ample aircraft. Japan's major victories always have;""""1"" l"c " been with an army whose keynote is practicality. They never approach any adventure without thorough preparedness, full respect for their enemies, and a set of tactics based on an assumption of their infantry's superior numbers. The Americans, Australians and British were slow to assimilate these tactics although Gen. Douglas MasArthur's headquarters now is aware of them. STRIKE MAIL CHANGE WASHINGTON, July 8, (UP) The House Ways and Means com mittee voted to eliminate from the five billion dollar tax bill a pro vision in trinlria Rnrnnd anfl lhirl class mail self supporting. Here from South Bend William J. O'Brien, prominent resident of the South Bend commun- ity, was here today to look after some business matters at the court J house and also was meeting his Lniany friends ia the community. VISIT IN WEST FAST OP STATE Thursday Attorney W. A. Robert son, Pr. and Mrs. R. P., Westoyer pi this city and Miss Jessie Robertson, of Lincoln, motored out to Franklin county, Nebraska, where they spent the day looking over land interests. The late J. M. Robertson was owner of a large section . of land in that county, securing the land in one of the early land movements in the eighties and the land has been held by the family Bince that time. The land is located near the Republican river and has along with other farms in that section has been un der menace from the flash floods that often sweep the valley. Some Twenty Year Old Youths May be Called this Year . Stats Selective Service Diredtor Warns Young Men of This Class They May Face Induction Eri. Gen. Guy N. Henninger. state selective service director, said today it is probable some of the 20-year-old Nebraska youths who reg istered this week may be called for induction by the first of September. wnue we nave no aeiinite in struction on how soon members of this new registration who are 20 years old are to be called," he said, "I think it is only fair to warn young men of this class they can expect some inductions from their ranks by early all." The general explained local boards will meet July 20 to complete the task of placing serial numbers on cards received this wee.'c This will be done in the order of birth dates oldest man first, and so on down the line. In cases where registrants have indentical birthdays, the cards will be arranged in alphabetical ord er. While arranged in order, the new registration cards will be placed in local board files immediately fol lowing those of the men who regis tered in February. Since some local boards are new almost finished with the job of classifying men whe registered in February. It is likely that ques tionnaires will soon be going out to 20-year-old members of the Jun3 registration. Men under 20 are not new liable for military service and probably won't be classified until they reach that age. Besides handling the task of the new registration, General Henning er said, local boards also face the job of reviewing their lists of prev ious registrants to bring classifica tions in line with the new polick anouced last week. This policy directs local boards to first exhaust the supplies of qualified me without financial dependants be fore turning to men with financial dependants; men married prior to December 8, 1941, who have no child ren, and. finally, to men married prior to December 8. 1941. -who have wives and children or only children. "Married men should not conclude this new policy means they are re moved from the possibility of in duction, "General Henninger warned. "In many Nebraska counties the sup plies of unmarried I-A men are al ready gone and the local boards of those counties must, of course, turn to married men to meet their calls-" ARRESTED FOR ESPIONAGE MIAMI, Fla., July 10 UP) An attempt to smuggle a blue print of a Caribbean army air base into the United States has been discov ered and Walter Gustafson, 24, of Minneapolis, has been arrested for H ,nortt 0t the R. G. Banner, Miami, FBI chief, said the blue print was found con cealed on Gustaf son's person by U. S. customs inspectors at Pan-America's key airport here. The seizure occured last Tuesday. Gustafson had been employed by a construction company working on the army base. He was en route home when arrested. Here from Sioux Falls Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Heineman of this city, had as guests over the week-end and the Fourth of July holiday, S. A. Christianson and son, Dempster, of Sioux Falls, South Da kota. They are uncle and cousin of Mrs. Heineman. TO WED AT WEEPING WATER Thursday afternoon marriage 11 cense was issued to Joseph Zepn Frinhold and Miss Ina Margaret Johnson, both of Omaha- The par- "ties later departed for Weeping i . . . n hnlH waier wuere mey expewcu w uw Jthe wedding ceremony; Cass County Loan Rate on Wheat Announced Chairman Oscar Domingo Presents Matter to the Farmers In Series of Questions and Answers Oscar E. Domingo, Acting Chair man, Cass County Agricultural Con servation Committee has announced Cass County's loan rate to be f 1.19 for number two wheat. The follow ing is a series of questions and their answers which Mr. Domingo consid ers most important to the farmers in this county. Q. Who is eligible for a 1942 farm stored or warehouse wheat loan? A. Any person, partnership, as sociation, or corporation producing j wheat as landowner, landlord, or tenant, upon whose farm the 1942 acreage of wheat does not exceed the acreage allotment determined under the 1942 Agricultural Conservation Program by more than 3 acres, and the corn allotment determined for the farm is not exceeded by more than 130 per cent. Q. When will a farm stored loan reach maturity? A. April 30, 1944. Q. Will I be required to keep my wheat under seal utnil that time? A. No. You may pay the loan by delivering the wheat to the order of Commodity Credit Corporation be tween April 30, 1943 and July 1, 1943 by giving the county commit tee 30 days prior notice to that ef fect. Q. If the market price of wheat should rise sufficiently that I could sell my stored wheat at a profit, would I be allowed to dispose ot it in this manner? A. Yes, by paying the amount of the note plus interest at 3 from the date of the note. Q. Will I receive any storage payment if I seal my wheat on the farm? A. Yes, you will be advanced 7c per bushel on the wheat you seal if you request it. Q. Is it necessary to build or re pair a storage structure in order to be eligible for this advance? A. No. Q. Will I receive any additional storage for keeping the wheat a second year A. Yes, you will receive an ad ditional 5c per bushel at the end of the second year provided the wheat is delivered to the order of Com modity Credit Corporation in pay ment of the note. Q. When does a warehouse loan reach maturity? A. All warehouse loans expire April 30, 1943 without privilege of reseat. Q. Is it possible to receive any storage payments on wheat stored in a warehouse? A. No. Q. what are the expenses con nected with farm stored loans and warehouse loans? A. One cent per bushel sealing fee for farm stored loans and c per bushel sealing fee for warehouse loans. It is not necessary to pur chase an insurance policy on either type loan. If a person applying for a farm stored wheat loan desires to have a protein analysis made of his wheat, a fee of 75c will be charged. Q. Does my wheat have to be in the bin for any length of time be fore it can be sealed? A. No. As long as you are satis fied that the moisture content has lowered sufficiently to be eligible. Q. Whom do I see to make appli cation for a farm stored wheat loan? A. All that is necessary to do is notify the county office that your wheat is ready to seal and they will arrange for a sealer to call at your farm. Mr. Domingo pointed out that it is to every farmer's advantage to seal his wheat on the farm. Not only because of the fact that the wheat is available for feeding purposes, but also because the margin of profit realized by sealing wheat on the farm is larger than if a loan were made on' wheat stored in a ware house. MORE M0ISTTOG ' Nehraskans may look forward to more moisture as the weather bu reau issued a prediction for scatter ed showers ' and ' thunder ' storms generally over the state. Not' much change in temperature. is ' looked The state's high of 95 and low of 61 during the past 24 hours were recorded at Valentine. It' rained .44-of an inch there. Other read ines Lincoln; 92-741 Omaha, 91- 7S: North Platte. 94-3; Burwell, 93791-4 t i " ' ' PASSES MEDICAL BOARD Among the members of the grad uating classes of the Nebraska uni versity and other schools of the state this year, was Richard F. Brendel, of Murray, and who is now officially entitled to practice his profession. Dr. Brendel was one of the large group that was approved by the state board at Lincoln this week. Dr. Brendel is serving his intern ship at the Bryan Memorial hospital at Lincoln. 'Graveyard Must Give Scrap OMAHA, July 10 (UP) A sharp reminder that ov.ners of automobile "graveyards" in Nebraska must co operate in the government's salvage drive or face the prospect of having their yards requisitioned was issued today by William E. Demaline, dis trict chief of WPB's automobile graveyard section. Demaline reported that 30 of Ne braska's 269 auto "graveyards" have not complied with the gov ernment's instructions for a 60-day turnover of the entire contents of each yard at the rate of one-eighth of the yard per week. "I cannot impress upon you too strongly the necessity for strict compliance with these instructions," Demaline said in a letter to dealers who have failed to cooperate. "I am confident that when my inspector calls on you again, he will be able to report to me evidence of your in tention to work in accordance with this program." Demaline also announced statis tics on collection of scrap from all "graveyards" during June. From Nebraska's 269 yards, 3,031 tons of scrap metals were moved and 717,387 pounds of scrap rubber. Still in the yards awaiting ship ment are 3,589 tons of metal scrap and 698,296 pounds of scrap rubber. RETURN FROM WYOMING From Thursday's Daily Mr. and Mrs. Warren Tulene have returned home from Saratoga, Wy oming, where they have been visit ing at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Iske. Mr. Tulene returned home because of the death of Walter L. Propst, a friend of many years standing and whose funeral will be held on Friday afteraoon. Mr. Tulene reports that the con ditions in Wyoming this year are very fine for the cattle and sheep raisers as the ranges have furnished a fine feed for the cattle, and the prices on wool are the best the sheep men have had in many years. George Iske, the son-in-law, is now engaged in operating a tractor for the government on one of the large projects near Casper, a part of the defense program. Citizens Defense Corps Governor Dwight Griswold has appointed a Citizens Defense Corps to advise and assist local communi ties with emergency defense pro blems. Brig. Gen. Guy N. Henninger is commander of the corps. The other members are: A. E. Carter, State Fire Marshall; R. C. Patterson, Air Raid Warden division; Wardner G. Scott, State Engineer; Lloyd Mengel, State Sheriff; Dr. A. L. Miller in charge of the Emergency Medical division, with T. A. Filipi, Sanitary Engineer as deputy; and John E. Curtiss of the Consumers Public Power District, representing public utilities. The corps met July 2 in Lincoln with Walter F. Roberts, Secretary Coordinator of the Nebraska Advis ory Defense Committee and Maj. Benjamin F. Boyer, Regional Assist ant, Protective Service, to discuss protective measures to be effected in emergencies and essential civilian defense training courses. Locating at Crete John L. Tidball, III, is departing today for Crete where he has ac cepted a position with the Fair mont Creamery company, and will work the remainder of the summer until the opening of Doane college this fall. John is a member of the reserve air corps that will finish out their school work and be ready for immediate service. He will be a senior at Doane this fall. VISIT IOWA RELATIVES Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Sullivan with their daughters, Mrs. Merle Rainey and Bon, Jay, of New York City, and Mrs. Frank Cross of Chicago, en Joyed a week end motor trip to Iowa. They were at Moville, visiting the John Spangler family and had a very pleasant time in that attractive eection of Iowa. Subscribe to The Journal Guerrilla Warfare Reported Breaking Out in France Occupied Territory Scene of Many Roving Bands That Cause Grave Threat to War Plants LONDON, July 7, (UP) Armed Guerrilla warfare against the Ger man army is spreading through oc cupied France, according to advices reaching London today. At least 12 separate bands of arm ed Guerrillas are in the field at various points, it was reported, in the nawest and potentially the grav est threat to the Germans in all the territory they have overrun. French Patriots are dynamiting power plants, cutting communica tions and even making direct attacks on German army supply and niuni- Tom Dooley Files for Unicameral Tom Dooley went to Lincoln Mon day and filed for the nomination for the Unicameral legislature on the non-political ticket, as do all candidates for the legislature un der the unicameral set-up. Mr. Dooley is widely acquainted in this district, not only in Sarpy where he is known by just every man, woman and child whom he knows by their first name, but al so in Cass county where he has a very good acquaintance and many warm and influential friends. Tom is in every way well quali fied for the legislature both by na tural ability and by years of ex perience as county clerk, deputy county clerk and as an active sales man in real estate and insurance.-' But he will have plenty of op position for the nomination, no few er than six candidates from Cass county having filed for the vacan cy caused by the enlistment in the army by Wm. Metzger, present in cumbent, and by one candidate in Sarpy county, Hoyt Freeman of Bellevue. Really, this is Sarpy county's turn to have this office and under an established custom that has ex isted ever since Sarpy and Cass were welded into the same district it has been turn about. It is true, Cass is much larger and more pop ulous than Sarpy, but many fair minded men and women of our sis ter county on the south admit that it is Sarpy's turn, and will vote accordingly. Papillion Times. Guests at Yelick Home Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yelick and small son of Lexington, Ky., spent the week-end with the parents of Mr. Yelick, Mr. and Mrs. James Yelick, after having visited in Des Moines for a few days with rela tives. Mr. Yelick departed Sunday evening for Kentucky and Mrs. Yelick went to Lincoln with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leacock and family for a short visit before returning to her home. Mr. Yelick has a fine position in government radio work in Lexing ton, one for which his talents are well fitted. Other guests at the Yelick home during the week-end were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yelick of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Yelick and daughter, Roxanne, of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carr and son, Bobby. Approve Swanson Filing LINCOLN, July 7, (UP) Secre tary of State Marsh today ruled that II. R. Swanson, whom he defeated for office two years ago by the slim margin of eight votes, can be a can didate for the office on the demo cratic ticket in the August 11 prim ary. , I I Marsh overrulled objections con tending that Swanson no longer was a resident of the state at a hearing held today. Two Lincoln objectors to Swanson's filing contended that pwanson now lived at Portland, Oregon. A telegram from the Oregon tax commissioner stating that Swanson was resident agent for an insurance company in Portland was ruled "in sufficient evidence" by Marsh. CASH PAID For Dead Horses and Cows Reverse Calls to ATLANTIC 4771 or A. R. CASE PHONE 199 Nebraska Rendering Worki Ft. Crook, Nebr. jU!