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MONDAY, JULY 20, 1942 PAGE FOUE PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBNAI Meeting at Lincoln Hears Possibilities for Agriculture Gathering of Some 200 Men Rep resenting Sonfe Forty Communi ties Hear Fine Program One of the largest attended and most interesting of meetings devoted to the discussion of the problems of the west and the utilization of farm surpluses through dehydration, was held Friday at the Student Union at the University of Nebraska. The use of corn products in alcohol for the production of rubber was another of the outstanding features of the all day meeting. Plattsmouth representatives at the meeting were htiaded by George Dobson, president of the Chamber of Commerce, H. A. Schneider, E. H. Bernhardt and A. L. Tidd, all active workers in the promotion of in dustries for this part of the state. "Before 1941 the annual pro duction of dried eggs was 10 mil lion pounds," P. J. Shortt, who is associated with the Douthitt cor poration, said "and in 1941, 16 plants produced 50 million pounds. In 1942 the S3 plants expect to produce 350 million pounds which represents more than 17 billion eggs." Tin and Tonnage Dehydrated fruits and vegeta bles save by elimination of tin and reduction of shipping tonnage, i he explained. Their 65 to 95 per cent water content can be reduced by drying 5 to 20 percent and range of preserved foods can be increased by dehydration to in clude potatoes, carrots, turnips, celery, onions and other things. "A few planes can carry dried food to England or China that would otherwise require a good sized ear go vessel," Shortt said. Comparing Weight Some idea of the saving in ship ping costs on dehydrated foods as against the fresh product can be obtained Mr; Shortt said by com paring weights of a few items. A ton of dehydrated peas, packed 350 pounds whereas canned peas produced from a ton of fresh peas i weigh 4,291 pounds. String beans ' canned and :eady to ship weigh 3.S32 pounds as aainbt 200 pounds for dehydrated ones. Dehydration, he predicted, is here to stay and will eventually develop into one of the greatest 1 of our national food industries. jA. H. Duxbury. Rubber production rightfully j The defendant had made his plea and chemically belongs to agricul-jof not guilty and the state introcluc ture and should be placed there i ed the testimony of Mrs. Eledge, by passage of the bill sponsored in! the complaining witness and alleged congress by Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa, Dr. William P. Hale of the Dow Chemical company, Midland, Mich., declared in an address at the Nebraska agricultural and in- dustrial conference Friday after- noon at the Student Union. Halt the Debauch Senator Gillette's bill (creating an agricultural chemurg'ic enter prise looking mainly to the produc tion of ethyl alcohol and its dehy dratiou into rubber) offers a plan to halt this wild debauch of entrenched money interests and restore rubber production to agriculture," Dr. Hale said. The Michigan chemist said the secret of agriculture's entry into a boundless field of plastics manu facture rests upon a cheaper source of alcohol from farm products. synthetic rubber has been ethyl al cohol manufactured from agricul tural products, Dr. Leo Christensen, director of the University of Ne braska chemurgy project, said in his talk Friday afternoon on "Recent Developments in Farm Chemurgy." Chancellor C. S. Boucher of the university, presiding at the morn ing session, emphasized the uni versity's interest in the education al phases of the chemurgic enter prises in the state. Keep 'Em Firing with Junk! American Planes Active CAIRO, July 18 (UP) Maj. Gen. L. H. Brerton, new 'commander of the United States army airforce in the middle east, disclosed today that American heavy bombers 'have car ried out 21 tactical missions in 36 days with the loss of only three planes. Disclosure that General Brerton. formerly commander of the United States army airforce in India, had transferred to the middle east com mand came with the announcement that heavy U. S. bombers attacked Tobruck harbor last night and Scored a direct hit on an enemy motor ship i and set fire to a tanker. RETURN FROM VACATION Mr. and Mrs, D. S. Sumner re turned Tuesday after an extended vacation trip to California, and in teresting points in the southwestern part of the country. On their return trip, Mr. Sumner continued his jour ney to Kentucky to visit with rel atives while Mis. Sumner came on home. Mr. Sumner had the pleasure of covering 7,000 miles which in cluded twelve states and a point in old Mexico. While in California, Mr. and Mrs. Sumner visited with two of their daughters who leside there. Military Committee Seeks Estimate of Man Power in War Will Seek Proof that an Adequate Army Cannot be Raised in the 20-45 Age Limits WASHINGTON, July 17 (UP) Members of the senate and house military affairs committee today de manded an estimate of how many men would be needed to win the war and proof that an adequatexarmy cannot be raised within the present 20-4 5 years age limit3. They agreed that those of IS and 19 years of age should not be draft ed "until every other resource is ex hausted." Chairman Reynolds of the senate ; military committee said that yester day's statement by Secretary of War Stimson "raises the question of how many men it will take to win the war. We should not draft these high school boys unless we know that we cannot attain victory without them." Chairman May of the house mili tary committee already is on record against lowering the draft age. "I will be the first to support this move if the war department can show me a basic need for it. But until I can be shown that basic need, I will be unalterably opposed to it," he said. Privately, few could be found who believe Congress would draft men be low 20 during an election. It was generally conceded that there would be difficulty in obtaining such action even after November. BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT This morning the preliminary hearing of the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Harvey Eledge, charg ed with assault to commit great bodily injury was held before Judge victim of the assault, and Deputy j Sheriff Emery Doody, the arresting j officer. ' "With the hearing of the testimony I the defendant was bound over to the district court for trial at the com ing term on the charge as preferred. The appearance bond was fixed at $900. Sunowa Notes Fire Does Damage A loss of approximately $5,000 resulted from a fire which destroyed a huge barn and a corn crib on the John Cheney farm about a mile on the Iowa side of the Missouri river bridge. Both buildings were leveled despite efforts of the Glenwood and Plattsmouth fire departments. The fire evidently originated a combustible condition. Shortly before the fire, Mr. Cheney was threshing into the barn. As he was pulling the threshing machine away from the barn he noticed the blaze for the first time. When the fire truck arrived upon the scene, the fire was blazing fur iously, being fanned by a brisk south wind which had carried the fire to the corn crib. A supply of water was available from the fire truck, but it was aeemed best to use portable fire pumps filled with chemical fire ex tinguishing fluid. - i i considerable number or cars had parked on the highway, and the passengers got ouf to watch the blaze. Smoke poured from the build ings and moved northward under the breeze. The immediate area was doubly hot under the summer sun Cuba-Spain Relations Tense HAVANA, July 18 (UP) Rela tions between Cuba and Spain today are hanging in a precarious balance t . i . ..... a nign government ontcial says the strain was caused by Cuban suspicions that the Spanish embassy might be the center for Axis spies in the Caribbean. There are numer ous autheintcated reports that the embassy also is the headquarters for fascist agents. . Crops in State Best in Many Years Says Anderson VnnA fnr TYpprlmn Production in State is Reaching High Peak Says c,..,.- b o Statistician . LINCOLN, Neb., July 18 (UP) State-Federal Agricultural Statisti cian A. E. Anderson today painted the brightest Nebraska farm picture in years as he cited figures on food-; for-freedom production progress to the state USDA war board. The tragic story of "too little, too late" is not being retold on Nebras ka farms, Anderson said. Not since the early 1900's has there been a better wheat yield per acre. The crop will go between 55 and 50 million bushels, and quality is good. Current spring and winter wheat harvests, plus the carryover, could provide each man, woman and child in the state with a bushel of home-grown wheat every week for more than a year. On the basis of July 1 condition Anderson forecast a corn crop of 169,032,000 bushels 11 million more than last year and 35 million bushels above the 1930-39 average. Another good barley crop 6,772,000 bushels and an oats harvest of 52,- 2S7.000 bushels are expected. The rye crop, estimated at 5,438,000 bu shels, is a million bushels better than last year. Farmers will have more hay on hand this winter, a large increase in alfalfa is responsible for the tame hay forecast of 1,755,000 tons. The condition of pasture is 93 per cent, against 93 per cent last year. Anderson said abundant supplies of grain feeds, hay and pasture are being reflected in livestock and poultry production items rated at the top on the farm war productifon list. There aren't enough baby toes in the middlewest to tell the story of Nebraska pigs going to market. The spring pig crop is the largest in nearly a decade and 54 per cent greater than last year. During the January-June period hens cackled with pride over a 1, 070,000.000 eggs which beat that of the same period in 1941 by 225 mil lion. Average production per milk cow is 18.3 pounds, much of which is moving to America's allies in powder ed form or as cheese. In two other vital war crops soybeans and sugar beets Nebraska shows a sharp pick-up in production. The soybean acreage of 55.000 is the highest in history. The estimate of sugar beets for harvest is 77,000 acres against 60,000 in 1941, while production is forecast at 1,001,000 tons as compared with 927,000 tons n 1941 and 871,000 fofr the 1930- 39 average. Send in Questionnaires The questionnaires that were mail ed out to the registrants in the 45- 65 age groups, are now being return ed to the Selective Service board and it is urged that these blanks now in the hands of the registrants be turned in. The number registered is the larg est of any group and the checking and correcting a real lob for th clerks. Those who have the questionnaires can help out a great deal by filling them out at once and returning so that the resuts may be sent in to the state and national offices to class ify the vocations of the registrants and where they might best serve in case they may be needed. STILL 110SE SINKINGS UNDATED, By UP The an nouncement, of the sinking of two more ships brought to at least 397 the unofficial toll of United Nations vessels sunk in the western Atlantic by submarines and mines since mid January. The latest victims disclosed by the navy department were a small Dutch and a medium sized British mer chantman. Survivors of the Dutch vessel were rescued within an hour by an American ship. Two of the crew were lost. Three of the British crew were killed when the submarine shelled the vessel in the south Atlantic. CARD OF THANKS We wish to gratefully acknowl edge the many acts of kindness and words ,of , sympathy extended us in the hour of bereavement at the death of our beloved husband and lamer, aiso ror tfce beautiful flow- ers and to those who took part in the funera service. Mrs. Eri M. Price and Family. Death of Miss Mary Troop From Thursday's Dally This morning at 11:40 at Lincoln, Miss Mary Troop, former Cass coun ty lady passed away after an illness of some duration. Miss Troop was advanced "fn years and would have passed her eighty-third birthday the , col"ing August- l She was a sister of the late Robert , , , ... .. . land Thomas Troop of this city and an aunt, or Charles iroop oi mis city and W. O. Troop of near Ne- hawka. The body be brought here and the funeral announcement will De made later. Navy Reports Air Force Conducts Bombing Operation Activities in the Waters and at Bases in Aleutians Reported from Washington WASHINGTON, July 17 (UP) Army aircraft on July 6 dropped 56 " "c navi"-- wun-v land or Kiska and on July li bombed an enemy cruiser in the Aleutians, the navy announced today. In making a summary of operations in that area to date, the navy re ported that the Japanese had made a second raid on the Dutch Harbor naval base on July 4 with 18 carrier based bombers and sixteen fighters but with little success. The summary disclosed the casual ties in the Dutch Harbor area only now totals forty-four military per sonnel lulled, 49 wounded and one civilian employee killed. The communique also disclosed: That the 3,000 ton station ship. Northwestern, was bombed and de storyed by fire during the June 1 attack on Dutch Harbor. That the Japanese have occupied the island of Agattu, brineine to 'three the number of remote islands they now occupy in the Aleutian chain. That army and navy planes on July 4 launched an attack with un determined results on the enemy car riers which launched the planes for attacking Dutch Harbor. That at least seven enemy aircraft had been destroyed by the navy alone ine communique said tnat " a num ber of our aircraft had been lost." July 14, 1942, the Sunowa Camp fire girls met at the home of Mrs. Bernhardt. New officers weree elected. They are as fellows: Dorothy Jean Cappel, President. Mary Alice Cummins, Vice-President. ilarjorie Devoe, Secretary Carol Lou Bernhardt, Treasurer. Phyllis Kehne,, Shribe. They talked about going to camp in the coming weeks. No meetings will be held until school starts. Mrs. Cappel is going to teach us in caring for a baby. Later on there will be first aid lessons given by Miss Porter. PHYLLIS KEHNE, Scribe. Talks on War Postmaster Milo W. Price was the speaker Tuesday at the luncheon of the Plattsmouth Rotary club, hav ing as his topic that of the present war, the attitude of the nations prior to the outbreak. The speaker chose as an example the lean and hungry people that dwelt in the mountains and the fat and satisfied that made their home in the valley, in time the dwellers in the mountains become toughened and strong and the valley people soft and self satisfied. The mountainers swept down and took possession of the land of the soft and made them their prey. In this way he compared the attacks made on the peaceful nations of the world. Clement Wester was ihe chairman of the noon program. RETURNS TO COAST Miss Henrietta Martens, who has spent the past month here with her sister and. brother. Amelia and Her man Martens, departed last evening for her home at San Francisco. Miss Martens found many improvements in the city since her last visit and was very much impressed with the apparent growth and activity of the community. Eye Better Cecil R. Law will report to the hospital in Omaha Friday for a check-up on his eye. The eye was injured when sand from one of the shoe machines In Mr. Law's shop, flew in his eye. Mr. Law states that I the condition of his eye is consider- ;ably improved. Battle Tested Planes Aid in Air Training By SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, (UP) Virtually all types of American combat planes have been tried in battle with sat isfactory results, high-ranking army air force officials revealed today. None of the existing models are even near obsolescence, one au thority said. All bomber types have seen bat tle action and all but two of cur rent fighter models now in produc tion have been tested in combat. That has been an important factor in whipping the army air forces into the most potent, best trained and best equipped air fighting army in the world. Dive-Bombers Lack Defense The swift pace at which the army s air forces are being pre pared for the vast operations ahead was impressed upon members of the aviation writers association daring their annual convention here recently. They were warned against over the importance of Dive-bombing, they emphasizing dive-bombers. were told, was effective only when air superiority has been obtained. The small crews carried by such craft do not permit adequate de fense of these planes and they are vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire. But they have a great worth as support for ground forces, it was said. Officials said the program for training flying crews is on schedule despite a series of orders in the last six months calling for expansion of the air forces. Fatality Eate Lower Furthermore, they pointed out, the training courses are subject to constant revision. Suggestions brought back by American fliers wno nave seen actual combat ser vice frequently are incorporated. Authorities said the training ac cident rate is larger than they would like to see it but, considering the large number of men now under instruction, is "remarkably low." The fatality rate per 1,000 hours flown is lower now than it was in 1938, they said. Two major changes in policy have made possible the mainte nance of training schedules. First was the reduction from one year to a little over 40 weeks in the length of time required to turn out combat fliers. The other was relax ation of educational requirements. Men are now chosen on the basis of various intelligence and psycho logical tests, irrespective of previ ous college education. Receives Promotion Stephen M. Davis, who was com missioned at the close of his work in the University of Nebraska, as second lieutenant and called into active field duty, has received another fine recog nition. He has been advanced to the grade of first lieutenant. Lieut. Davis is stationed with the Co. B, 38th infantry at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., one of the largest posts of the United States army. The young man is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Searl S. Davis of this city and the many friends in this city will be pleased to learn -of his promotion to the new rank. Strike in Flour Mill 5 KANSAS CITY, July IS (UP) Seven Kansas City flour mills today were affected by a strike of approx imately 800 members of the flour and cereal workers union. The men walked out following the collapse of wage discussions between- com pany officials and union represen tatives. Federal Labor Conciliator William Houston said he would report his findings to the conciliating service in Washington. He would not say what action might follow. The union had postponed the strike 48 hours at the request of the service but would not agree to further postpon ment. Contracts for Pipe Line WASHINGTON, July IS (UP) -War Petroleum Coordinator Ickes an nounced today that contracts have been awarded to seven different con tractors fpr the construction of the 35,000,000 emergency pipe line from Texas to Illinois. "The contractors have begun al ready to assemble men and equip ment in the field and the dirt should be starting to fly very shortly. Judg ing by the progress to date, we con fidently expect- to have the line completed and actually In service by Christmas," Ickes said. See Draft at 18 Years WASHINGTON, July 16, (UP) Secretary of War Stimson said to day he believed it would be neces sary ultimately to lower the draft age limit to eighteen years. Stimson said he thought it would be necessary to lower the age limit to fill the demands for military service manpower In response to a question, he said the United States had never won a war without calling on the single men between the ages of eighteen and twenty as well as young mar ried men. Stimson said men aged 19-20 should not alter their immediate plans in anticipation of being called up, however, thus indicating they would not be required for some months. He said young married men are already being inducted into service. Parachutists Reported Seen Dropping in East Several Reported as Being Seen Descending in Dutchess County Near Home of President RHINEBECK, N. Y., July 17 (UP) Heavily armed federal, state and local authorities searched the woods and brush of Dutchess county today for "six or seven" parachutists re ported to have been seen dropping near President Roosevelt's Hyde Park estat. The army announced it was inves tigating, but did not reveal the ex tent and nature of its inquiry. Reports circulated that fireworks and balloons, which might have been taken for parachutes, had been shot yesterday at Glasco, across the river, during an Italian-American picnic, but Sheriff Salvadore Mayone of Glas co said he had not heard of any such picnic. Police broadcast an eight-state alarm. Patrols along the Hudson river stopped all automobiles and checked each thoroughly. Police also checked all hitch-hikers and suspicious per sons walking along state highways and back roads. Suspicious persons were ordered held until definitely identified. Pennsylvania's state motor patrol was requested to watch for para chutists in northern Pennsylvania. New Jersey state police and special officers halted automobiles for inves tigation at the Holland and Lincoln tunnels between New Jersey and New Yok. Connecticut state police came here to aid New York state police in the search. Clyde Swendson, caretaker on the former John Jacob Astor estate, two miles south of Rhinebeck, and his wife reported having seen parachu tists dropping, the third such scare in the United States since the war started. Old Timer in City Wednesday afternoon, Frank M. iMassie of the central Dart of the county, was in the city for a few hours visiting with old friends and looking after some matters of busi ness. Mr. Massie is one of the oldest residents of Cass county and is to be 88 years of age on his next birth day, July 19th. He was born in 1854, the year of the passage of the Douglas Kansas-Nebraska bill that admitted Nebraska as a terri tory, and in 1860 the members of the family moved to Nebraska and settled in the community where Mr. Massie now resides. He recalls that when the migra tion to Nebraska was opening up that all of the settlements were along the water courses, the larger places being along the Missouri river and the steamboat traffic, while all of the way along the Weeping Water creek from its mouth west, was located the homes of the early settlers. One of the early mills was one operated by a man named Folden on the Weeping Water creek near Union. Made to order rubber stamps at a price considerably below what you've been paying. Prompt service. Fdss? Sal Six-Room, All-Modern Home for $2500. Laundry in Basement! WHY PAY RENT? Woman Lives Over Tragedy of Trip on Storm Tossed Sloop Memory Returns to Woman Found Lashed to Mast of the Sloop When it Drifted to Shore LOS ANGELES, July IS (UP) "Everything seemed to go black" for Mis. Lily Fern Thompson when her husband died two years ago on the cruise of the storm-tossed sloop, Wing On, she said today. Mrs. Thompson, 23, mother of two children, survived the voyage be cause she was lashed to a mast, but remembered nothing about the trip or the storms and starvation which cost the lives of her husband, Ches ter, 21, and their friends, Dalton and Eve Conley, of Oakland, Calif. A Fiji missionary found her aboard the wrecked yacht 21 months ago. She gradually regained her health but failed to remember details of the cruise until her physicians per mitted her glimpses of the ship's log. The last entry, dated Nov. 14, 1940, said the sloop had covered 5,010 miles and had been at sea 105 days. "Day after day, night after night," she recalled, "gales drove us off our course. The pumps gave out, the men, although Eve and I did not know it at the time, went without food that we women could eat. i"The rudder was smashed. I did what I could to help with the sails, as long as my husband was alive, I did not give up hope, but after his death, everything seemed to go black for me." Conley recorded Thompson's death in the log with this entry: "Nov. S We buried Chester Thompson, age 21, at 8:10 A. M. Died of starvation . . . collapsed stomach . . . what next? Help us, oh, God." Mrs. Thompson did not remember the deaths cf the Conleys. "Even before Chester died," she said, "we had very little to eat. I don't think I tasted food for several weeks after they tied me to the mast. I do re member that we went through sev eral storms while I was lashed there." Mrs. Thompson still has not read all the log. Some of the pages have been pinned together because they are "too vividly horrible" for her to read now. Keep 'Era Firing with Junk!, Strawberries from the island of Orleans, fruit center of Quebec province, are known for their suc culence all across Canada and in many parts of the United States. CITY PROPERTY. Like new 20-ton machine press, large generator for welding, Yale hoist, wheel puller, other equipment and tools. Large National cash reg ister and scales, real carpenter tool chest, some tools, big clock, woven wire 30 to 40 inches high, roller skate parts, McCaskey fire proof sys tem, two farm light plants, never used, 125 panel theatre seats, several bench seats; kitchen range; house hold furniture; dandy wardrobe trunk. See list of Real Estate and other Property for sale at 141 South 6th street, Plattsmouth. FRANK E. VALLERY. Tele. 92 FARM. ACREAGES. REAL BUYS! Thirty-three acres, three miles southeast of Plattsmouth, $1,000; thirty-three acres, improved, close to Plattsmouth; twenty-seven acres, on Highway No. 75, improvements; five acres, improvements, Platts mouth; four-room house, price $425; seven-room house near Christian, churcb, cheap if taken soon; 110 acres, improvements, good -house, school on farm, plenty of water, price and terms right; eighty acres, price and terms to "sell. Both farms near Murray and half-mile from rock road. 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