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ffebr. State Historical Society FQ2PEFENSE VS cxvi VOL. NO. LVin PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1942 NO. 56 $M BUY KA STATtS M g f SAVINGS ii a r a c . a i 1 a Six Saboteurs Die in Electric Chair Saturday " I Two of the Gestapo Trained Men Brought to the U. S. by Nazi Subs Miss the Chair WASHINGTON, Ausr. 8 I id c- f ii . i kt i.ansas, ana iroin mere ne was sent (UP) Six of the eight Nazi'. n PaT1 . . PWnW Ar5, wreckers who came here byoni the latter camp he was sent toimitted today that the Japanese had U-boat under German high the Fort Benning officer's training occupied the Kai, Tanimb'ar and Aroe Command orders to sabotage. the American war effort were executed today in the electric chair at the District of Colum bia jail. The White House announc- ed the execution in a state ment which disclosed ihat two of the Nazis were spared death "because of their assistance to the government of the United States in the apprehension and conviction of the others." The special military commis sion which tried the saboteurs found all eight guilty and rec ommended the death penalty for all. It recommended to the president, however, that the sentences of Ernest Burger and George Dasch be commut ed. The president directed that Berger's sentence be life im prisonment at hard labor and Dasch's to confinement at hard labor for 30 years. Those executed in an 18-year old electric chair included. Herbert Haupt, 21, formerly of Chicago. Edward J. Kerling, 33, leader of the four Nazis who landed on a Florida beach June 17, Heinrich Heinck. 35, Richard Quirin, 34, Werner Thiel, 35, and Hermann Neubauer, 32. Brigadier General Albert L. Cox, provost marshal of the Washington military district .arrived at the early hour of 630 a. m. and was accom panied by his assistant. Rain streak ed across the jail entrance as the officers arrived. At 8:30 Cox, his assistant and two other army officers met in a corridor on the first floor. Then they entered an elevator which goes to the fourth floor where the death chamber is located. The two officers remained but Cox re turned at 9:27 a. m. As far as could be learned, no one except the military had seen the saboteurs today. They had been held in a separate wing from which civilian officials have been barred. Former Resident Dies Mrs. Joseph Roucka died at her home in Sedalia, Missouri, at an early hour Tuesday morning:. Mrs. Roucka was Miss Mary Yelick be fore her marriage to Joseph Roucka. Mr. and Mrs. Roucka were married on April 17, 1907, at the Holy Rosary church in Plattsmouth. Ten child ren were born to this union, one son preceding the mother in death in infancy. Mrs. Roucka leaves to mourn her passing her husband and nine children, Joseph, Jr., Anna, Frank, Agnes, Helen, Mary, Ru dolph, Robert and Charles. She was also a sister of James Yelick of this city. Funeral services were held this morning at 9:30 in Sedalia, Missouri. Called to Colors From Thursday's Daily The Cass County Selective Service Board has had three of the original Class 1-B men called into the service of the country and will be sent to day for examination and service. Those going are Cecil Charles Fosburg, South Bend; Auburn Ray mond Redden, Murray, and Wayne Charles Marolf, Waverly. Located in Texas Private Tom Stava informed his father that he has been located at Camp Swift, Texas. Tom was only recently inducted and sent to Leav enworth. In his first letter Tom wants known all the eletion news. Subscribe to The Journal Lieut. Rainey Here Lieutenant Don Rainey, who was graduated August 1 from the officers training school at Fort Benning, Ga., in the rank of second lientenant, ar rived Monday to spend a 15-day fur- lough with relatives and friends. Because of his enlistment early in March, 1941. and after passing a rigid examination he was given preference in attending this school. He was first in Camp Fun&ton and Fort Riley, scno1 - He is to so to Camp Butler (in North Carolina at the end of his furlough. Volunteers Bring in Much Scrap in Drive Thnrsdsv Searrb of tli f!rTriTrinTi- ity Reveals Some 84,000 Pounds to Add to Previous Store. The drive made by the business and professional men of the com munity for scrap metal, Thursday, resulted in another good haul to add to the growing total for the county. There were not as many on the drive as on the previous Thursday but those out made up in their fast and effective work in the round up over the city and in the farming sections. The total of the poundage as checked at the office of the Richey Lumber Co., where the metal was weighed showed that 84,000 pounds was the total for the day. The drive for scrap will officially close Saturday night but it is ex pected that the residents will con tinue their individual contributions when possible to see that a steady flow of metal is kept rolling in to help in the war activities. Legion Names Delegates to State Meeting Commander Rice, Judge A. H. Duxbury, John E- Turner and R. T- Cuthrell Are Selected The Hugh J. Kearns post of the American Legion held their regular August meeting last cjveiiing at their building on Vine street, and had as their guests for the occasion members of the Plattsmouth fire department. The chief business of the ebening was that of the election oi tne delegates to the state convention of the Nebraska Legion to be held in Omaha the latter part of the month. The delegates selected comprised: Commander Frank M. Rice, Judge A. H. Duxbury, County Treasurer John E. Turner, and R. T. Cuthrell. The alternates were E. O. Vroman, Louis Baumgart, George Conis and Dr. P. T. Heineman. The members had the pleasure of having with them at the meeting, E. A. Nutzman, of Nehawka, past state commander, who is always a most welcome guest of the Platts mouth service men. Bion A. Hoffman, local civilian de fense council representative, was a caller at the meeting and gave a short talk on the importance of the defense work and the urgent need of enrollment of the citizenry into this form of the national defense. Following the business session the members enjoyed the rest of the evening socially with their friends, the firemen, visiting and cards serv ing as the diversion. The commit tee in charge had prepared a very delightful lunch that was served at an appropriate hour to make a most pleasing close of a good time. STAND BEHIND THE BOYS Are you going ; to play into the hands of the enemy and not do your part In the protection of our civilians and property? LetL's all stand be hind the boys in the' armed forces and do our part in home defense. Register now for some kind of de fense work. Japanese Take Over Islands Near Australia Small Islands Occupied are 225 Miles From the Island Continent No Sign of Air Fields Found General MacArthur's Headquar ters, Australia, August 7, (UP) A SDokesman for Gen. MacArthur ad- islands within 225 miles of Australia and 100 miles of northwestern New Guinea. It was believed that allied recon naissance reported in MacArthur's communique covered the island groups and that plane crews had re ported there was no sign that the Japanese had yet established air fields in their new invasion zone. MacArthur reported that allied medium bombing planes had made a successful attack on the big Japa- nese bases in the Salamaua-Lae area of the north New Guinea coast j without meeting challenging enemy planes. Ail planes returned saie. The commifhique said also that the situation in the Buna-Gona area, 150 miles from Salamaua, had be come static. Only light ground forces were engaged in reconnais sance, it was said. Kaiser May Win Right to Build Flying Boats Proposition for Construction of Seventy Ton Flying Boats for Transports Favored WASHINGTON, Aug. 7,. (UP) Henry J. Kaiser, pioneer mass pro- ( ducer of liberty ships, apparently had ! won his fight today for a contract' to construct huge 70-ton flying boats to speed men and war ma terials to world battle fronts. A spokesman at the war produc tion board said agreements may be reached with Kaiser n the next day or two" to build flying boats of the Mars type. There was no indi cation where the planes would be built, b,ut Kaiser has proposed turn ing his Oregon shipyard into a mass production line for the cargo carry ing planes with a possible construc tion rate of 5,000 a year. First word Of the cargo plane program came yesterday when WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson conferred with President Roosevelt and said afterward that the plans would be worked out "in a short time." The WPB spokesman said that "Mr, Nelson is anxious to get Mr. Kaiser into business." RATION BOARD ANNOUNCES NEW RULINGS ON SUGAR It is now possible for family units to obtain an additional allotment of sugar for canning fruit for home consumption provided they have fruit for canning which requires sugar in excess of the amount previously allot ted, on a basis of four (4) quarts for on e(l) pound of sugar. In order to obtain this additional allotment it is necessary to furnish the Ration Board with the required information in affidavit form. For the convenience of the resi dents of Cass county the following will assist the Ration Board in hand ling these applications: Elmer Hallstrom, Avoca P. F. Rihn, Union Glen Rutledge, Nehawka First Nat'l Bank. Weeping Water Nebr. St. Bank, Weeping Water American Exc. Bahk, Elrnwood Bank of Eagle, Eagle Bennet's Store, Alvo Greenwood Coop. Ass'n, Greenwood Murdock. Coop. Ass'n, Murdock Manley State Bank, Manley Home State Bank, Louisville Brubacher's Store, Murray These people will also assist the residents of this county in their var ious communities in obtaining their War Ration, books, who at the time of registration had excess sugar and were not entitled to a War Ration book. - Bomb the Japs with Junk! ENJOYS STAY AT WABASH Mrs. John V. Svoboda and daugh ter, Margaret Ann and Ramon Kou bek, have returned home from the vicinity of Wabash where they have spent several days. They were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hohman on the farm and had a very pleasant time. Mr. Svoboda motored down to bring the family home. ' Judge Duxbury Commands Local Defense Group Appointed by Elmer Halls trom, Cass County Chairman; Prepare for Active Work County Judge A. H. Duxbury has I been appointed as the commander of the Plattsmouth Citizen's Defense Corps by Elmer Hallstrom, county de fense, chairman. The local corps will carry out community defense work as outlined by the office of civilian de fense in Washington with Mr. Dux bury at the-head of the organization. Mr. Duxbury has been associated with the American Legion and in the work of the American Red Cross in executive capacities for a number of years and he is well qualified to carry out the work for which he has been newly appointed. It is with gratitude that his co-oworkers in the local corps have learned of his acceptance of the commanding office in the local organization. Appointment of the heads of the various divisions of the corps will be completed within the next few days. Special training of these groups will begin next week under the direction Bion Hoffman who attended the defense training school held recent ly in Lincoln under the direction of the American Legun. Doud Grocery and Meat Market is Swept by Fire Fire of Unknown Origin Breaks Out Shortly After 11 Last Night Equipment Destroyed Fire of an unknown origin that broke out in the west room of the Doud grocery and meat market at 6th and Pearl street, last night, caused a loss of several thousand dollars to the owner of the store, Ralph Doud. The fire took place while the rain and electrical storm was raging and the first intimation of the blaze was when the sharp odor of the smoke could be noticed on Sixth street, soon followed by the billow ing clouds of the white smoke roll ing from the building. The fireman made a quick re sponse to the alarm ana Dy tneir efforts were able to hold the fire to the one room in the Eagles build ing, which, however, was badly gut ted and especially in the section where the fire had apparently started. The equipment of the meat de partment was wrecked and" damaged and the stock of groceries that were not consumed stand smoke blacken ed in the shelves around the store. Tire smoke in the building was in tense and hampered the work of the firemen until it was possible to raise windows on the second floor to allow the escape of the smoke. The flames from the store on the lower floor of the building in one spot burned through the ceiling of the room and into the floor of the large lodge room on the second floor. Goes to Florida Charles Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Warner of this city, who is in the air service of the U. S. Army, has been transferred to J acksonville, Florida, word re ceived here states- He was first in training: at thanute Field,' Illinois, later going to .Georgia where he re ceived additional training and is now at the training school at Jack sonville. United States Forces Attack in Solomon Islands The Navy Department Has An nounced an Attack Has Been Made In Force WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, (UP) United States naval and other forces has attacked Japanese installations J in the Solomon Islands in force, the navy department announced to day. A communique said the at tacks were made against the south eastern portion of the islands and were continuing. Simultaneously it was announc ed that United States naval forces bombarded enemy ships and shore establishments at Kiska in the Aleu tians. A naval spokesman said the term "in force" indicated the attack on the Solomons was of substantial dimensions. It was assumed both service and aerial forces were in volved in the attack. The specific is lands attacked were not known here. Only the barest details, likewise, were available on the attack on Kiska where Japanese forces suc ceeded in landing about the time of the battle of Midway. Local Lady Has Interesting Market Trio Miss Mathilde Soennichsen Returns From Fall Market at Chicago; Large City War Conscious Mathilde Soennichsen returned Fsida yevening fsom Chicago where she attended the fall market week. Her profitable trip gave her mucn j information on present marketing conditions. Miss Soennichsen noticed that train travel has been stepped up consid erable. She stated that all the trains were crowded with soldiers and sailors. The population of this second larg est city in the United States is war conscious Miss Soennichsen observed. She saw activity centered around war stamp selling booths on State street. Many of the buildings she was in had safety zones to be used by persons in case of air raids. Receive Happy Greeting From Friday's Daily Last evening the Edward Donat family of this city received a very pleasant greeting from the west coast when the members of the fam ily who are located in and near Los Angeles, sent a telephone message to Mr. and Mrs. Donat and the mem bers of the family here. The local group had assembled at the home in the west part of the city and the Californians at the Joe Faith home. Mrs. Faith has just returned home from a hospital where she had un dergone a serious operation and it was to bring the good news of her recovery that the call was made, All of the members of the group Mr. and Mrs. Faith, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Rhodes, Mrs. Hamilton Mark and daughters and sons-in-law all gave a short greeting. Shows Improvement Fr"m FrMv's Daily Henry Timm is reported as show ing improvement at the St. Joseph hospital where he has been for the past several days undergoing treat ment. Mr. Timm will probably re main at the hospital for some time, however. He has a room with Walter. Minniear at the hospital that makes the time pass much more pleasantly. Purchases New Home The residence property of Frank Enearl, located just east of the American Legion building, has been sold by the owner to William Nelson of this city. Mr. Nelson recently sold his home to Mrs- S. A. Wiles, and as he is now at the Martin plant at Fort Crook and the family is expecting to continue to make this city their home, they have secured this attractive residence. IT CAN HAPPEN HERE Are YOU one of those people who are hiding their heads in the sand like the ostrich? Are you saying, "It can't happen here." Do you- honestly believe that' it is im possible for us to suffer the deadly onslpught of enemy bombs? REMEMBER we are not forti fied there are seven important de fense plants in Nebraska it would be logical for the enemy to strike here to cut east-west and north south communications lines a strike here would be disastrous to the morale of the entire coun try. Let's be ready for the enemy. Register now and come to the defense meeting tonight. Cass County Scrap Heap is 2,528,600 Now Plattsmouth Leads in the Reports Of the County Headquarters On The Scrap Drive Reports from the office of Chair man Willard Waldo ef the Cass County scrap metal drive, indicate that this county is showing real driving power and 2,528,600 pounds of the scrap has been reported at the county headquarters, with each day bringing in additional figures as the towns and the farms bring forth more material for swatting ine japs ana isazi. In the listing of the towns and their result Mr.. Waldo has the fol lowing figures as to the number of pounds that have been reported in: Plattsmouth 694,000 Louisville 356,000 Weeping Water 197,000 Elrnwood 109,000 South Bend 93,000 I Manley 48,000 Nehawka Avoca ; , 29,000 26,000 Cass County Scrap Average 93.71 Per Capita Hooker County Shows Largest Average Per Capita in the Pound age of Scrap By United Press Hooker county, which for several days has been locked with Grant county in a no-holds-barred strug gle for first place, yesterday surged into the top position with a per capita poundage of 199.05 in the state-wide scrap collection contest. Grant, by failing to report any addition to its 176.06 pound average, was shoved down two places when Phelps county, which has been mak ing another of the state's outstand ing drives, zoomed its per capita score to 181.25. Coming up strong was Thomas county which ad vanced to fourth place with 174.98 pounds per person. Thayer county which held the lead for a time dropped back to fifth place with an unchanged per capita standing of 160.34. Red Willow was treading in its heels with col lections of 1,839,726 pounds for a per capita score of 153.94. Other leaders and their averages are Dun dy, 117.21; Madison, 112,74; Scotts bluff, 94.41 and Cass, 93.71. Yesterday's efforts added another five and a half million pounds to the state total, lifting it to 62,570, 609 pounds or 31,285 tons and mak ing the Nebraska per capita average 47.55 pounds. Scrap harvest festival days, pro claimed by Gov. Dwight Griswold for today and tomorrow are ex pected to boost totals all along the line. The final two days of the con test for the $2,000 in prizes offered by the World-Herald are expected to bring a closely, contested race for the top places in the county by county standings. VISITS WITH SISTER Miss Marie Baker of Dunnegan, Missouri, is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Cleo Capper, for a few weeks. GET IN THE SCRAP Seventeen Families Now Occupy Oakmont Homes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vallery Are Among Latest to Purchase Desir able Homes Among the recent newcomers to Plattsmouth's Oakmont addition are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vallery who have purchased one of the beautiful new homes in this popular section. Both Mr. and Mrs. Vallery are members of well known local families and their many friends will be pleased to have them permanently established here. Mr. Vallery has recently sold out his farm interests and will be em ployed in the Martin bomber plant at Fort Crook. With the coming of the Vallerys to Oakmont addition there will be 17 families occupying new homes in this serton. Thirteen of these families have come to Plattsmouth from out side this territory, and nine have purchase dthe homes they now oc cupying. Three more homes will be completed and available this week and construction has started on the last five to complete the 25 orginal- ly planned. J. Howard Davis, the owner and sponsor of the new addition, states that the people of the community have shown a very active interest in the development. Many have assisted j jn getting new residents located here, and many are seen driving along the new Oakmont Drive on these warm summer evenings. Mr. Davis finds that materials are much more diffi cult to get and the government is granting no more priorities for houses in this area at this time. With the coming of fall and winter and the continued increase in em ployment at the bomber plant the housing problem will no doubt be- Jcome more acute. " Have Family Reunion Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gapen for the past few days were their two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Lockhard of Sioux Falls, S. D., and Mrs. Otto Marek, who was ac companied by her two sons, Jimmy and Billy, of Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Marek accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Snyder from Detroit. In honor of the event, a family picnic was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wiles. Mrs. Lockhart returned to her home on Wednesday and Mrs. Marek and Mr. and Mrs. Snyder re turned to Detroit yesterday. Bill Marek is staying here until the open ing of school in September. LEARNS OF SISTER'S INJURY From Friday's Daily Edward Donat, Sr., received word yesterday afternoon of the serious condition of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Janda, of Wahoo, from severe burns sus tained when their home was de stroyed by fire. The aged couple were asleep at their home when the house was discovered on fire Wednesday short ly after midnight. A passing auto ist saw the fire and honking the horn of the car finally aroused a boarder of the Jandas. who in turn woke the couple and they were able to extricate themselves from the house. They were forced to crawl to safely through a bedroom window. The trio suffered severe burns from the fire that tas placed them under medical care. VISITS SOLDIER HUSBAND Mrs. Charles Walden, who is en joying a vacation from her duties as clerk in the Plattsbouth State bank, is spending the time in the south with her husband. Corporal Walden is now stationed at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, where he was transferred some weeks ago from Fort Sill, Oklahoma. TO VISIT IN COLORADO Mrs. R. W. Clement of this city, la at Colorado Springs, where she is visiting at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Henry C. McMaken and family. Mr. McMaken, is engaged in work at one of the largee govern ment projects near that city,
