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EOmCiAY. MAY 3, 1343 PAGE TESTE Avoca Airs. Robert McDonald was in Greenwood Sunday to attend ths funeral of a relative. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Abkue of Syracuse, were Easter Sundav eiiests st th hnm. nf Mr an ivtrc nni,.rt McCann. Mrs. Abkue is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. McCann. Mrs. Edwin Terrell is in Omaha visiting at the home of her son, George A. Stites. Before going she visited shortly with friends in Union. Louis Carsten has been reported! ill the past several days. His many friends hope he will recover soon. John Wolph was here to spend the Easter holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wolph. He is a stu dent at Doane college in Crete. Mrs. Henry Sudman was hen; from her home in Omaha to visit with her parents on Easter Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gruber and j children, Donald and Mary, were here from Lincoln to spend Easter Sunday. Has Short Vacation Because he is located in Alaska John Maseman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maseman, did not come home on a recent furlough which was only of seven days duration. Instead ha spent several days at a nearby hotel He writes that it was a rather expen sive furlough as hotel rates were $25 a day. Makes Returns Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morley were in Plattsmouth Tuesday. Mr. Mor ley precinct assessor, turned assess ing schedules, on a recent canvass he made, to the proper authorities in Plattsmouth. Elmer Kinney and family were in Louisville Sunday visiting relatives and friends. Elmer Hennings and family spen Easter Sunday at the home of hi& parents, Mr. and Mrs. X. F. Hen nings. Mesdames Marcius Nelson, Robert McDonald, Miss Anna Rughe and Roberta Huffman were visiting and shopping in Lincoln Wednesday. Shopping in Lincoln Tuesday were Mrs. John Muller Sr., Mrs. John Mueller Jr. and Miss Meta Mueller. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Brendel wero Easter Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Seybolt Sunday. Bert Gruber has been awarded his wings in the Army Air Corps. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wolph drove to Sherman, Texas, to be pres ent at the graduation exercises. Ray Ruhge, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. H. Rughe, made a splendid showing on a recent army examina- j tion. According to word received here, the general in command sent him congratulatory word on tide re sults. Floyd Walker returned to camp last week after spending a furlough here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elwain of Omaha visited here Easter Sunday with her! parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gollney. Charlene Maseman has returned 1 to her work in Omaha after spending Faator Sundav here with her r.ar- fmts - Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonald are now located in their new home at the Presbyterian parsonage. 2l GLOBAL ATLAS of the WORLD AT WAR Just arrived! Get your's now and follow the war. See where our fighting men are defend ing us. 24 PAGES OF MAPS 1 Insignia of the U. S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Corps and the Different Types of Service Our Men Are In 25' Bates Book Store -I-I I"M"I-M"MI-II"W-I' Cass County Farm J Bureau Notes 4- Copy furnished from Office 4 of County Agent Waldo. Elected Home Deconstration Chairman Mrs. B. E. Sumner, Elmcod was elected county chairman of the Cass County Home Demonstration clubs at a meeting of the county council ithe past week. Mrs. Mary Fischer Eagle present chairman, will con tinue to serve until after county fair at which time the project clubs resume their activities and new of ficers take over. Mrs. Sumner has been a project leader and the past two years has served as group chair man for the Elmwood center. 4-E Club Week Awards Awards to the Nebraska 4-H Club Week, except those by the Burling ton and L. L. Coryell and Son, have been paid to the winners in War Stamps- according to work receiv ed this week by Extension Agents- The Club Week program were required at the University of Nebraska Col lege of Agriculture in Lincoln, was cancelled because facilities used for Club Week pragrams were required by army trainees who arrived on the campus. Winners of Club Week trips re ceived $12 in War Stamps, while winners of registrations received $S in War Stamps. The Burlington will give the equivalent of trans portation to 4-H Conservation Camp, plus $2 toward registration, to win ners of its awards. Awards calling for definite amounts were paid in War Stamps. Richard Cole of Plattsmouth, is the county winner of the Burlington award and will receive the trip to Conservation Camp. Other Cass County trip win ners to Conservation Camp are: Orlah Kuntz, Aileen Doeden and Mrs. F. O. Sand, all of Nehawka. These 4-H'ers and leader were awarded trips for outstanding work on wild life conservation in 1942. Eda Tyson and Dorothy Sand, Ne hawka, each received $12.50 in war stamps as canning demonstration award by Hazel-Atlas Glass Com pany. Helen Grant, Nehawka, Charlotte Rieke, Weeping Water and Kathleen Balfour, Union, have been awarded $12.00 in war stamps bv the Omaha World-Herald, Knights of Ak-Sar-Beh and Omaha Chamber of Com merce, respectively. Eight dollars in war stamps went to both Margaret Smith and Eloise Cole, Plattsmouth from the Milk and Cream Quality Committee for their placing in Dairy Food Demonstra tions at the State Fair. Early Corn For Hogs Corn planting now on a few acres where it can be hogged down is sug gested as a labor saver. Although corn planted from May 10 to 15 usu ally yields the best there are some years when plantings made the last of April or the first few days of May are most satisfactory. A few acres of an early hybrid will also produce some feed which will be available for hogs and other livestock ahead of the main crop. Several Cass County farmers are now following the practice of planting corn on various dates in order to dis- tribute their labor and avoid havin their entire crop planted at a time which later proved to be unfavorable. Sudan Pasture Records of P-F-L cooporators the past few years show that in spite of chinch bug damage sudan grass has been the highest yielding pasture crop. Sudan planted the first of May will make the most pasture in June and July. Sudan planted later will hold up better throngh Ahgust and September. Sudan seed is not too plentiful and prices are increasing. Scrap Drive May 2 to 15 is the date set for Nebraska's third state-wide scrap drive. Farmers are urged to collect all available scrap, now so it can be disposed of during the drive. Gov ernor Griswold says the job must be done. The steel mills must be kept operating at top speed to assure weapons for our fighting men. Farm Crops Yield Day Tuesday, June 22, is the date for the annual Farm Crops Field Day at the University of Nebraska Col lege of Agriculture, according to word received this week. The program is being worked out now, and will be announced within the next few weeks. There will be a tour of the College's agronomy farm, where growing plots of such new crop varieties as Ranger Tlfal fa, Evergreen sweet clover and Paw nee wheat will be inspected. Farm Crop Field Day again will be open to all who are interested. Anthracnose In Raspberries Brownish, slightly raised patches on the stems of raspberry bushes MURDOCK By Journal Field Represent tire Miss Sarah McCrory, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. McCrory, who is attending college at Omaha, was home for the week end with the 1 parents. Enjoys Fine Address Miss Alice Kruse, daughter of Mrs. Martha Kruse, and sister of George Kruse, was the guest speaker at the missionary meeting held at the Callahan Evangelical church on last Sunday evening. The theme was that of the missions in the moun tains of Kentucky. Miss Kruse was a most interesting as well as a well versed speaker on her subject, hav ing taught school in the mountain section of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. W. Meyers and chil dren of Sioux City, Iowa, were guests in Murdock Easter day, with Mrs. Panska and the A. J. Neitzel family. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Edgar of Wahoo were guests in Murdock at the home of Mrs. August Panska. Mr. and Mrs. James Mills and family were in the vicinity of Eagle on Easter to visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ruge, the former a student in the Northwest ern university, were in Murdock as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. August Ruge. Neitzel Family Dinner The home ofMr. and Mrs. A. J. Neitzel was the scene of a very hap py and much enjoyed family dinner party on Easter. The guests com prised Louis Neitzel, the family of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Neitzel, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Paap, the latter former ly Rhoda Neitzel. who is teaching at Ord. E. E. Ganaway was at Eagle on last Sunday to visit with a cousin, G. Hiram Phillips and family, where they enjoyed a fine dinner. Henry Heineman, has been very busy with his carpenter work in the country, repairing many buildings and building several new ones. The Royal Neighbors are to meet at their hall on May 4th. All mem bers are urged to be in attendance. In order to insure a supply of cream and milk to the restaurant, Joseph Johansen, the owner purchas ed a cow and now the supply is assured. Building Garage Matt Thimgan. who has been working at Bellevue in carpentering and contracting for the past year, has been in Murdock the past week. He is building a garage for Fred Kasterns on the place that Mr. Kas terns recently purchased from Henry A. Tool. School has Picnic The members of the sophomore and freshman classes of the Mur dock school joined forces and went to the grove at the home of Edmund Guilstorff where they enjo3red a pic nic party. Visits at Lincoln W. T. Weddell was in Lincoln last Sunday where he spent the day at the home of his son, Meredith Weddell and family. On his return home Mr. Weddell found that he was a grandfather, a son having been born to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lyons and all doing well. In connection with a review of old times Mr. Weddell states that he was a member of a school class of four boys and four girls back in Pennsylvania 63 years ago. In this period of years there remains but five descendants of the members of the class and these are all descend ants of Mr. Weddell. Frank Buell shelled and deliver ed corn to the Murdock elevator on Tuesday of last week while the Zoz boys delivered their corn the fol lowing day. means that the bushes are infested with anthracnose, says Extension Plant Pathologist Jess Livingston of the University of Nebraska Col lege of Agriculture. The disease lives from one year to the next on old canes in the patch. Control calls for pruning out and removing all the old canes. Then, when the buds begin to open, the plants' should be thoroughly sprayed with bordeaux mixture. A second spray should be applied about 10 days later. The spray, and removal of the old damage. Thirteen billion dollars the: Sg sum the Treasury must raise ' at m uc second war Loan drive, Is only one . sixth of the esti mated cost of the war for tho fiscal year of 1943. . .j m ma U Japanese Organize For Sub Warfare In Pacific Reported Move May Be Started Against the Shipping from the 1 United States Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, Australia, May 1. (UP) Japan, her air attacks frustrated, began a eub - marine campaign in some force against allied shipping east of Aus- tralia today, evidently trying to cut supply lines to the United States, Japan began a submarine cam- Va..Bu. 1U U4 - n rrn i n ti five - e t Af T1r4-vnlAl in waters east of Australia today as Japanese spokesmen con tinued threatening an all-out' drive against the allies in the Pacific. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com munique reported the sub drive that may be aimed at allied shipping from the United States. Details were withheld. A Tokyo communique claimed the sinking of two allied cific late last month. Maj. Gen. Nakao Yahagl, Japanese a.iuj st.vu u-.uv. that operations on a grand scale ; were imepending. In a speech re- corded by the Federal Communica tions Commission. he said the whole Pacific future would depend f on the action. Australian Premier John Curtin, warning 01 a ions saiu 111 a I - 1 ... ll I T.I speech at Perth that the allies had qualitative superiority over the en emy in the air and said Australia's safety was essential. Japan suffered a reverse in the Taihang mountains of North China. The Chinese said their drive against guerillas in that area was being broken up and ambushed. A communique from Gen. Douglas McArthur revealed that the Japan ese had fallen back on Adolf Hitler's favorite weapon. (Recent axis radio reports indi cated Japanese experts may have studied the Nazi U-boat tactics in the Atlantic, raising the possibility they were imitating "wolf pack" methods in the Pacific.) "The enemy launched a submarine attack in some force in waters east of Australia," the communique said. Details will be given as soon as their release will not assist his op erations." A spokesman added that the subs "are paying more attention to us than they have ever done in the past." The development followed a ser ies of Japanese setbacks at sea and in the air after allied spokesman warned of an impending all-out of fensive against Australia from the 2,500-mile island arc to the north. Nearly 90 of 220 Japanese planes sent against allied outposts in mid April were shot down. Earlier al lied bombers had played havoc with Japanese shipping. The phrase used by the communi que "Waters East of Australia" might mean anywhere from New Guinea and the Solomons in the north, southward through the Coral Sea and to New Zealand in the south. Through this area may lie the al lied shipping lifeline toward Hawaii and the United States. Loan Well Subscribed Omaha. May 1. (UP) With total sales in Nebraska's part of the Sec and War Bond drive tabulated at $57,708,319 State Chairman W. Dale Clark announced today that the campaign would end officially at midnight tonight. Clark said that he expected the total would be substantially in creased when the final figures were in. All sales up to midnight will be counted, he said. Last minute reports late yester day indicated that Kimball county s.nd Sheridan county had joined the rest of the state In going over their quotas. Omaha announced a grand total of $25,102,539, more than 10 million dollars over the original quota. The "Tickets to Tokio Club roster was still growing today. Paul Chen ey, Falls City, has asked for 50 ad ditional tickets C. M. Shafto, Har risburg and Wade Stevens of Mr Cook also asked for more Tokio tickets. P. E. O. Hold Meeting Chapter F., P. E. O. held its regular . Japan's next thrust, a German trans meeting at the home of Mrs. Clem J ocean dispatch from Shanghai said. Woster Friday afternoon. A large j The purpose of the coming Japan number of members were present jese offensive, Hirota said, would be and enjoyed the program "Women ( to relieve allied pressure against in the Bible" given by Mrs. George ; Germany and Italy. Farley. Refreshments were served Meantime, U. S. government moni ln an atmosphere suggestive of May j tors heard a Tokyo broadcast warn Day. This motif was also carried out ing the Japanese people that the in favors presented the members in 'United States is "making all kinds may baskets. Mrs. John Crabill as- of preparations" to drop bombs on sisted the hostess. j Japan. Castor Oil. - Most of those who read this col umn will remember this medicine, not only beeause of its remarkably efficient action on the human, in testines but for its unpleasant taste. Few would recognize the plant from which it is derived or know the many uses to which the oil or the plant may be put. The castor oil plant grows best in warm climates where it may .reach a heieht of 30 or 40 fppt The leaves are palm.Iike sometimes two j feet in diameter and have red or i ereen Stems. The fruit is a hpan The bean d burgts flnd h j j sion throws the beans long distances f when ripening has reached the proper stage. About half the re- proper stage quirements of the United States have been met by the castor beans grown in Kansas, Missouri and Ok I lahoma while the rest had to be shipped from Africa and Asia. J Formerly the oil extracted from jthe beans was used as medicine and t mze a castor oil soap. The rem nants of the beans after extraction of the oil was a fine fertilizer, be cause of its high content of nitro gen. Sticky fly-paper contained gome Qf the oil and gome .as used in lubrication. Now the oil from the castor bean is highly prized in the war effort. When mixed with the proper pro portion of alcohol, it constitutes the jbest hydraulic fluid. This is widely i used in the recoil absorbing eylin- f hi . n(, in lhp Ri,n(,v nhsorhp nf aproT1iaT1oS when sub- jected to low temperatures, it re mains just as fluid as at normal temperatures. It is also used in the paint on the bottom of boats for its protective qualities. One of the building blocks from which nylon is made is sebacic acid. This is derived from castor oil. Ny lon is widely used in making para chutes. It is also being spun into slender threads which the surgeon may use in sewing up wounds. This substance is said to be non-irritating when used as a suture. It is a solid strand so will not permit the en trance of germs as will silk or other braided substances. It is not absorb ed. Altogether it bids fair to be a very satisfactory sewing material. Finally a very poisonous substance is being extracted from the stems and leaves of the castor oil plant, and used in . spraying fruit trees and other plants to protect them from insects. Opportunities for Skilled Tradesmen in Panama The Director of the Eighth U. S. Civil Service Region announces that the Government is in need of skilled tradesmen such as Boilermakers, Carmen, Coppersmiths, Machinists, (Outside General), Machinists (Out side, Diesel or Gas), Pinecocerers and nsulators; Pinecovers, SUipfit ters( and shipurights for employ ment at the Panama Canal Zone. Applications for first-class ratings in most positions nomed above must have had two years experience in the trade. Persons who do not meet the requirement for first-class me chanics, may be qualified as second or third class mechanics at a slight- ly reduced salary. If you are doing war work of equal skill, do not apply. Salaries range from $1.58 to $1.62 per hour for first-class tradesmen. Time and one-half is paid for work over 40 hours per week. The maxi mum age limit for these positions Is 55 years. Men qualified for any of the above positions are urged to consult the first or second class post office, the Local U. S. Employment Service Of fice, or to write to the Regional Di rector, Eighth U. S. Civil Service Re gion, U. S. Post Office and Custom house, St. Paul, Minnesota, for full information. Will Aid Axis Pals BY UNITED PRESS The spokesman of the Japanese embassy at Shanghai was quoted to day as saying that Japan intends to take advantage of the allies' "beat Germany first" policy by launching an offensive in the Pacific in the next few months, j The spokesman, identified as Toji ! Hirota. contended that the United States and Britain were incapable of sending reinforcements to Aus- 1 tralia and India to guard against Stalin Says Allies Now Have Changed Course Of War Russian Leader Rejects Suedes tions of Separate Peace and Will Fight On Moscow, May 1. (UP) Premier Josef Stalin, in a May Day order of the day, ..today rejected suggestions that Russia would accept a separate peace and proclaimed that allied blows by land and air have changed the course of the war and "created the necessary prerequisites for vic tory." .He told his people that the rout of the axis from air but a corner of Tunisia, coupled with shattering raids by "valient" Anglo-American airmen on Italo-Gernian military and industrial centers, "foreshadow the formation of a second front in Eu rope." "Thus, for the first time since the beginning of the war," he said, "a blow at the enemy from the east dealt by the red army is merged with a blow from the west dealt by the troops of our allies into one joint blow. "All these circumstances taken together have shaken the Hitlerite war machine to its foundations. . ." The wording of the order indi cated that Stalin finally was satis fied that Britain and the United States are rapidly moving toward the opening of a second front in Europe and has accepted the Anglo-American view that the large-scale air offensive in the west was hampering the axis war effort. His references to the weight of the Anglo-American attacks in the west made a tremendous impression on the soviet people. It was the sort of news they had been waiting for nearly 22 months and swept away their feeling of hearing the whole burden of the axis alone. Stalin addressed the order to the red army, red navy, political work ers, guerillas, workers and peasants and signed it "Supreme Commander in Chief, Marshal of the Soviet Un ion." He said the Italo-German govern ments were in the midst of a "grave crisis" and faced catastrophe. "Another two or. three powerful blows from the west and east are needed, such as that dealt to the Hitlerite army in the past five or six months, for the catastrophe of Hitlerite Germany to become an ac complished fact," he said. "For this reason, the peoples of the soviet union and their red army, as well as our allies and their arm ies, still face a stern and hard struggle for complete victory over Hitlerite fiends." Stalin cited the repeated refer ences in axis propaganda to peace as evidence of the .crisis in Italo German affairs. Foreign press reports indicated, he said, that Germany would like to sign a separate peace either with the United States and Britain, or with Russia. "Themselves treacherous to the marraw," he said, "the German im perialists have the nerve to apply their own yardstick to the allies, expecting some one of the allies to swallow the bait. . . Suspend Wheat Quotas Washington, (UP) President Roosevelt today suspended wheat im port quotas to permit War Food Ad ministrator Chester C. Davis to ob tain Canadian and Australian wheat to bolster sagging American food supply. The President's proclamation op ened the way for immediate entry of about seven million bushels of Can nadian wheat already purchased and also permits the release of large stocks of Canadian wheat held under bond in American warehouses. The bonded wheat had been shipped in to the country and held for release in accordance with quota restric tions. Elected Commander The friends here in Masonic cir cles will be interested in learning that Milford B. Bates, former res ident here, has just been elected as the commander of Golden West commandery No. 43, Knights Tem plar at Los Angeles. While residing here Mr. Bates assisted in the drill work of Mt. Zion commandery No. 5 and participated in the competitive drills. He has, .with Mrs. Bates, been at tending the grand commandery of California held in San Francisco and just returned home. Mr. Bates . is a nephew of Mrs. R. A. Bates of this city. Glenwood Trips Platters 7-4 By BERNARD ULRICH Ed Gradoville allowed but six. scattered hits in the game Friday at Glenwood but seven errors by his teammates allowed Glenwood to walk off with the game. Woever, Beverage and Woster made two er rors each and let a fly ball between them. Ypers went the route for Glen wood and also gave six hits, two each by Vroman, Hobbs and Eaton. Hobbs turned in the fielding game by grabbing a pair of difficult flies and also threw to the plate to catch a runner sliding in. Plattsmouth plays a return game with Glenwood here on May 11th. Returns to West Coast Miss Rachel Robertson, who has been here visiting her parents. At torney and Mrs. W. A. Robertson, as well as the other relatives and old friends , departed this morning for her duty at San Francisco. Miss Robertson is supervisor of tho stastical department of the Port of embarkment, San Francisco, U. S. army air corps. A graduate of the college of Business Administration of the University' of Nebraska. Miss Robertson has proven very success ful in her work. Shall we Save Mothers and Babies In 1936 the death rate for new mothers was 5.13 for every 1000 babies born in the state of Nebras ka. Briefly and more concretely this means that 122 new mothers died that year in Nebraska as a result of having their babies. During the same year Nebraska lost 93 babies who were born alive but died within a short time afterward. Now, compare that with the year 1942, if you please: In this year the death rate for mothers was only about one-third what it had been six years before with a total death loss of only 43 mothers. The num ber of babies lost had dropped to three-fourths the 1936 level with a total of 69 deaths. In other words, 96 good Nebraska mothers and bab ies were saved in 1942 who would1 have been lost in 1936. This remarkable drop in death rate in this important group was not abrupt but had gradually come about over the six year period. It was not an affair that just hap pened by chance; it was brought about by the combined efforts of the health department of the state and the physicians who care for these women and babies. The Department of Health and the medical doctors of Nebraska were able to do this because they had the money to carry on those lines of work which are necessary if this life saving is to continue. The Ne braska Legislature allotted enough money to the Health Department to make a good start in the work and the Federal Government matched these funds with grants for Mater nal and Child Health. The Health Department and the doctors have the ability and the enthusiasm to do this job but the third and equal ly important factor is the money to pay for it. How much did it cost? About 2 1-2 cents per person in Nebraska. Think what might be accomplished if we had a nickel apiece from every citi zen of the state. These lives of our women and children are a lot cheap er than those of good cattle and hogs: are they not? If you think we should go on saving our mothers and babies why not make your wish es known where it will do the most good. Visitors from Afar Patricia Cloidt arrived here Fri day from Duluth, Minn., to spend a week with her father, August Cloidt. Miss. Cloidt is a nurse in a Duluth hospital. Also visiting Mr. Cloidt is his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cloidt of Richmond, Calif. William is em- Army Veteran Here Sergeant Paul Johanns, who has been serving in the West Indies with the army the past three years, is here visiting his brother. Art Jo hanns. The visitor has been in the army seven years. He reports next week to Camp Shelby, Miss., to be assigned to an instructors post. BUY WAR BONDS T&e coal or the second War Loan drive Is 13 billion dol- ..a, lars. mat is just about one fifth of the estimated Increase 'jgf of the Public Debt for the Co ca year onau. y