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KCNDAY. KAY. 10. 1943 THE JOnUTAI, 'P1ATTS1I0UTH, ' JTBBRASKA PAGE THEEE i ( Elmwood By Journal Field Repreaenratire Fellowship Holds Meeting The Cass County Fellowship as sociation met last Sunday at the Callahan church southwest of Mur dock, a large number of ministers were present and a fine spiritual program was enjoyed. Rev. W. D. Lenker, of the Weeping Water Methodist church was the guest speaker. The election of officers was held and Rev. C. H. Hind was named as the president; Rev. H. A. Schwab, vice-president. The program commit tee was composed of Rev. H. A. Schwab, F C. Weber and Mel Zecb Ick. Reported Killed in Action Verle Kuehn. who has been in the service of the United States in the navy and has been in naval construc tion work, is reported as missing in action. He is reported to have been killed on April 17th. somewhere in the southwest Pacific. New Banking Honrs The American Exchange bank has adopted a new schedule of opening and closing hours during the busy season for the farmers. The bank will open at 9 a. ni. from now on and close at 3 p. m. This allows plenty of time for business. Si Mears is visiting at Ord with a daughter and family the past ten days. Mrs. Lyle has gone to Wichita, Kans., to visit her daughter and son-in-law who is very ill at pres ent. Mrs. Gertie Davis was quite well pleased with her sale which she held last Saturday afternoon. She has tak en rooms at the Plybon home for the present time. Rev. and Mrs. Bliss were overnight guests at the Lewis Hollenbeck home on Thursday night of last week. Mrs. Clifford Preston, of Hastings, is visiting at the Mrs. Addie Fleiscb mann home for a few days. The bond sale went over big in the Elmwood community as well as in, many other places. The Senior play. "The Crazy Smith Family," was well attended last Fri day night. The "Sing" at the Evangelical church, last Sunday night, was well attended and a very nice service was held. Hymns were sung, conducted by Supt. Boberg. "Mother and Daughter Tea" is to be held at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon between 3:00 and 5:30. All mothers and daugh ters are invited to this tea. James Sandin Here on Leave James Sandin, musician second class stationed with the navy at Washington, D. C. arrived this morn ing to spend a 14 day leave with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. O. Sandin. Musician Sandin, who plays trumpet, will graduate from naval school May 20. He enlisted 14 months ago. His preliminary training was taken at Norfolk, Va. Visits School Friends Lars Larson, oldest son of Major and Mrs. Raymond J. Larson, is here for a visit over the week end with old friends. Lars was a member of the class that is gradu ating this year from the Platts mouth high school and will be able to enjoy one of the big events of tha year, the Junior-Senior banquet. He is graduating this year from the Colorado Springs, Colorado, high school where he has been active in the athletic work of the school. The Larson family likes the home in the west very much and Major Larson is on duty as the intelligence officer of Camp Carson, the large army post near Colorado Springs. Mary Hassler Honored As part of the May day festivities of the University of Omaha, Miss Mary Fran Hassler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hassler, 5112 Capi tal Avenue, Omaha, a granddaugh ter of Mrs. William Hassler of this city, was chosen as Princess Attira IX. The young lady honored by the student body of Omaha U. was for merly crowned Friday during the festivities by President Rowland Haynes of the University of Omaha. Miss Hassler is known to many here as she has been a frequent visitor at the home of her grandmother and aunt. Congress Expected To Adopt Strong Strike Curb Bill Congress Seems Set to Act After Threat of the Coal Strike to the Nation Washington. May 8. (UP) The House Military Affairs committee is expected to scrap the Senate-approved Connally plant seizure in favor of the stronger wartime strike curbs embodied in a bill by Repre sentative Howard .W Smith, D., of Virginia. The bill of Senator Tom Connally, D., Tex., giving the president power to seize any mine or war plant where production is interrupted by a strike was denounced today by the Congress of Industrial Organizations which insisted on open hearings on the bill. But at a brief evecutive ses sion yesterday, the House committee concurred in the request of the chair man Andrew J. May, D., Ky., for no public hearings and final committee action Tuesday. Military affairs committee men anticipated that the House would accept the stronger bill as rewritten and dispatch it to the Senate for conference before the coal strike truce expires on May 18th. "We want to strike back while the iron is hot" one member said. The measure which the Military Affairs committee men planned to substitute for Connally's bill was in troduced by Smith on May Sth, and referred to the House Labor commit tee. It would set up a new national defense mediation board; outlaw strikes unless approved by a major ity vote of the workers in a secret ballot: make forfeit of privileges and benefits under the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act, the penalty for vio lations; require annual financial statements to be filed by all labor organizations; and give the U. S. District Courts final jurisdiction over disputes. Waring Warns of Sacrifices Ahead for United States No Royal Road to Victorv in Straggle iJut Kneh Bicod and Tears Would Plan Post War Indianapolis, Ind., May 7, (UP) Roane Waring, National Commander of the American Legion who toured the Tunisian fighting front recent ly, said last night he was convinced there is 'no royal road to an Ameri can victory," and expressed concern over a wave of optimism through out the nation. Waring addressed the Legion National Executive Committee, which shortly before the speech recom mended that the government retain men in the armed forces after the war until they can find jobs. T'.ie proposal already had been forward ed by undersecretary of war Robert P. Patterson. Waring told the committee that "the sooner we, the American peo pie, grasp me grim ract that we have to travel a road of toil, of sweat, of blood and of undreamed sacrifices and resolutely set out to travel that road the sooner we will . emerge out of the strain of doing into the peace of the done." He gave this summary of what he found on his 27,000-mile air tour of U. S. military institutions and the Tunisian front: . The American army is the best equipped, best trained and best di rected in the country's history. 2. While serious, the casualties in North Africa are only a fraction of the losses expected in the coming battle of Europe against 300 German divisions massed by Hitler. 3. There is no friction between allied high commands or between soldiers of the American, British or French forces. The allies are work ing as a team. "Our fighting men are winning their battles on the military front," Waring said. "It's up to us on the home front to win our battles here. We are not yet doing this." The executive committee at its annual spring meeting, warned that wholesale demobilization after the war would result in economic chaos and widespread unemployment. The committee recommended establish ment of a furlough system to release soldiers at the rate the nation's peacetime economy is able to absorb them in their accustomed occupations. Rationing Pressure Cookers To The Householders Committee of Weeping Water Lad ies Handling Applicants from the AAA Office Machinery for rationing pressure cookers to town and country appli cants has been set up by the Cass County USDA War Board. The aim j in rationing War Board Chairman Armstrong said, is to equitably dis tribute a limited supply of cookers to get maximum results in proper pres ervation of home grown foods. Applications for purchase certi ficates will be received by the Coun ty Farm Rationing Committee. This committee, with headquarters at the AAA office, will consider applica tions on the basis of recommenda tions made by a newly-appointed advisory committee of rural and urban women. Members of this com-J mittee are Mrs. Ralph Keckler ofj Weeping Water, Mrs. Eugene Day of Weeping Water and Mrs. Cyrus Liv ingston of Weeping Water. Women who wish to buy pressure cookers may obtain application blanks from dealers or at the AAA office. The application forms are filed with the County Farm Ration ing Committee, referred to the ad visory committee, and then approved or rejected on the basis of need and utilization. In the event an appli cation is approved, the applicant is notified and must obtain assurance from a dealer that a cooker is avail able before the purchase certificate is issued. There won't be enough pressure cookers for everyone for the entire nation production this year will be about 150,000 compared with an nual pre-war production of about 250,000. This year's demands are expected to total around 500,000, so purchase certificates will go to ap plicants who can make use of cook- erfs in their own homes and also make them available to neighbors. Veteran Graduated Omaha, May 8. (UP) 2nd Lieut. Joseph R. Schubert, 44, Philadel phia, Pa., a veteran of eight en gagements in World War I, was one of the officers graduated at cere monies of the ordnance automotive school at Tort Crook, last night. Schubert was decorated for parti cipating in the eight engagements but army regulations limit him to wearing only six. Among the medals he was awarded were the victory medal. French commemorative, pur ple Tieart, Verdun medal, St. Mihiel and Chateau Thierry awards. He was gassed at St. Mihiel and Chateau Thierry and also suffered a shrapnel wound in the shoulder. Boys From All States Take Part In Bizerte Capture Tank Destroyer Unit Was the First to Enter the Tunisian Stronghold By Donald Coe U. P. Staff Correspendent Allied Headquarters, North Afri ca, May 8. (UP) Yankees from ev ery state in the union took part in the capture of Bizerte and the gang that got credit for entering first was the 894th tank destroyer unit attached to the American Ninth In fantry Division. A unit of Minnesota and Iowa boys played a big part in the at tack but most of the outfits were all American made up of men from everywhere. Along ' the road were boys like Pvt. Jerry Lurks and Cpl. Chick Rogers both from Memphis, who dove into a foxhole and prayed out loud until Chick said to Jerry, "Pray a little softer will you, the pilot might hear." "To hell with the pilot," Jerry said, "I wanna make sure the Lord hears." Sgt. Louis Badford of Austin, Minn., picked up a German encyclo pedia along the road. It had a map of Europe in it marked with the former owners route from northern Russia and Tunisia. An Appreciation I wish to take this opportunity of thanking the many friends that re membered me during my recent stay in the hospital. Their cards, flowers, and personal calls will long be cherished remembrances.. . . Louis Hansen WW 4 TT I Journal Ration Guide RATIONING SAVE TIME. Mail all applications to Ration Board. RATION STAMPS: Loose stamps not valid. Take War Ration Book witn stamps attached. . : SUGAR: Number 12 Coupon, nar Ration Book One, valid through May 31 for five pounds. COFFEE: Number 23 Coupon, War Ration Book One, valid through May 30. PROCESSED FOODS: Consult Point value Charts at grocers and in newspapers for points to be surren dered from War Book Two. D, E and F BLUE coupons no good after May 1. G, H and J Coupons valid through May 31. MEATS and FATS: Consumers must surrender RED stamps from j War Book Two for purchase of meats, cheeses, fats and oils. Red A, B, C and D stamps not good after April 30. Red E stamps valid April 25 through May SI. Red F stamps valid May 2 through May 31. WHOLESALERS and retailers reg istration: Meats, fish, fats and cheese May 3 to May 14. Wholesal- jers obtain Form R-1C?2 from local board, retailers Form R-1C01. SHOES: Stamp No. 17 of War Ra tion Book One is valid for one pair of shoes until June 15, 1943. Stamps are interchangeable among members of the family living under the same roof. RUBBER FOOTWEAR: Men's rub ber boots are rationed. Apply to your local Rationing Board for cer tificate to purchase. GASOLINE: Number 5 A Coupons valid until May 21. C, B and T cou pon Holders can now renew by mail. Write your board for Form R-543. TIRE INSPECTIONS: (1) A book holders April 1 thru September 30. Allow 90 days be tween inspections. (2) B book holders March 1 thru June 30. Allow 60 days between in spections. (3) C book holder? March 1 thru May 31. Allow 45" days between in spections. ' - ' "' (4) T book holders: Inspection every CO days or every 5000 miles, whichever comes first. FUEL OIL: Period 5, each one unit Coupon valid for 11 gallons, each ten-unit Coupon valid for 110 gallons, until September 30. Rations for fuel oil and kerosene for domestic, institutional and agri cultural users are now granted for six-month periods. INCUBATORS and brooders: All operators of incubators and brooders may obtain all needed fuel oil and kerosene for capacity production of the equipment. Increased poultry and egg production is essential to the war effort. PRICE BUTTER: Priced on percentage mark-up basis. Nebraska maximum for 90 score butter in pound and half-pound cartons, 55 cents; parch ment wrapped, 54 1-2 cents. EGGS and Egg Products: Under price ceilings at retail and whole sale. Hatching eggs exempt. FRESH VEGETABLES: Tomatoes, green and wax snap beans, carrots, cabbage, peas, lettuce and spinach priced on percentage mark-up basis. PORK: Retail prices under spe cific dollar and cents ceilings by Zones. SEED POTATOES: Can be sold by retailer in any quantity. USED mechanical refrigerators: Revised MPR No. 139 covers sales at ail levels including dealers and individuals; also sales by Auction eer. Copies of regulation and prices may be obtained from local Ration ing Board. USED TRUCKS. All used trucks under ceiling prices. Two methods are provided for re-sale. One, for vehicles 'as is"; and two, for ve hicles reconditioned and guaran teed. Prices may be obtained from District Office. . . lne LeWlSton Social Circle The Lewiston Social Circle met at the home of Mrs. Frank Hobscheidt. The lesson was on "quick breads." Margaret Moore and Josephine Creamer gave a demonstration on biscuits and muffins. Apples were chopped up and put in the muffins. They turned out very successful. The business meeting was had but no new business was brought up. A play was- read by all on "Safe ty." tFort Omaha, Oct. 27, 1941. Guests were Mrs. Frank Lindu and J His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mrs. Miller Christensen., , ' A. Kevar of Missouri Valley, were The next meeting will be held at thrilled to learn how he led his de Mary Gobelman's, homeon May .J.J. tachmenf under cover, of darkness Reporter . over unfamiliar terrain to help cap- j Avoca . Elmer Henniner finds time for oth er activities besides his trade of barbering. He has just finished making a cabinet for his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Howe of Plattsmouth. Mrs. George Howe and Children returned to Plattsmouth after vis iting with her brother, Elmer Hen ning. Robert Hallstrom, home from Ft. Robinson, was guest of honor at a dinner given by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Elmer Hallstrom Saturday. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Zaiser and Mr. and Mrs. James Manzy of Plasstmouth. Mrs. Carl O. Zaiser was a delegate to the recent Plattsmouth Deanery of Catholic churches held in Pal myra recently. ur. ana Mrs. J. w. Krenaei ac companied Mrs. W. L. Seybolt Sun day to the Bryan Memorial hospital in Lincoln where she will undergo an operation. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Olweni were recently here from r m&ha to v sit with her parents and a brother who is here for a few l:ys. Monte Lum and Henry Maseman attended the Southwestern Retail Lumbermans meeting in Auburn !ast Meek. Mr. Lum operates one ot the best stocked lumber yards in this territory. Mr. Maseman's knowiodge of lumber is unsurpassed. Tbey re port that seven countes of the south eastern part of the state were rep ieseuted. Fnneial For Mrs. Marqnarlt The recent funeral services for Mrs. B. C. Marquardt were attended by numerous out-ct-town relatives and friends as well r.s thos? from Avoca and vicinity. Word: of com fort were spoken bv i.he Rev. P.eik ford, former minister of the Avoca Presbyte -ian church. Interment was in the Avoca Cemetery. The deceased had been in some what poor health, bu her deal'i was unexpected. Mr. -md Mrs. Mar qu.'ct have ben quietly Enending their declining years together. Mr. Maquardt, who survivor., 'was cure ai Avoca business man. Mis. Emma r.uwalt of Avoca U one of the f.ur-v.-ng children. Creighton Man in Alaska y-x . -m r O TTn T : Trtn1 I uman, xuay o. uicui. ram J. Kovar, 25, of Missouri Valley, la., ! who was revealed as the leader of ' r. detachment which helped estab- lish a United States air ba.se on Am chitka island, only 63 miles from Jap-held Kiska, is a 1941 graduate ) of Creighton university. ! Lieut. Kovar was commissioned after completing advanced R.O.T.C training at Creighton in 1940 and was attending the Creighton law school when called to. active' duty at Hopeful Spring Planting Scrap Remains Serious Problem Get It In! As the call comes to Nebraska to enter the third scrap gathering campaign, the question might arise in some peoples mind as to just how badly this scrap is needed. At some points in the state, scrap piles have been but partially re moved. These are few but they un doubtedly give the impression locally that scrap is not a serious problem. Various reasons can be pointed out for this condition, but that which covers most cases is that deal ers have gone out of business, cr have been called into the service. To point out the true scrap picture we' quote from an editorial of the "Waste Trade Journal," addressed to deal ers: "This is no time for complacency, and there would be none if the public were made aware of the seriousness of the situation; if it were made to realize that substantially as much scrap will be needed in 1943 as was the case last year, and unless proper safeguards are taken the scrap sup ply is likely to prove a sxeater head ache this year than it did in 1942. "It is conservatively estimated that the steel industry will consume approximately 2 million net tons, of purchased scrap each month this year, br a total of 24 million net ious. i-i is liupui ului lo uea; iu miuu i that this is purchased scrap; scrap that must come from households, from automobile graveyards, from industrial plants, from farms and from highways and byways of the nation. "The scrapp supply problem is something that cannot te gambled with. The safety of the nation and the lives of millions of our own and of our allied soldiers depend upon the steel mills delivering the imple ments of war when and where need ed. Scrap must not be permitted to become a bottleneck. "It will be far safer to have too much rather than too little. We certainly cannot risk a recurrence of the shortage that developed last year. "No one knows how long this war will last. WTe must be prepared for any eventualities. The only insur ance against a scrap iron shortage is to build up an adequate reserva. Unless this is done and done quickly, and unless the appropriate machin ery is put into immediate motion to assure this stockpile, the consequen ces may me disastrous. This is no time to engage in wishful thinking or to take chances." Here from Weeping Water Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Homan and her mother, Mrs. Stella Schomaker all of Weeping Water, are in Platts mouth today. Mr. Homan observed that little rain had fallen from Weeping Water to Murray. He is a road maintenance man at Weeping Water and while here called at the office of Albertus P. Campbell, coun ty surveyor. ture the island. Just a few days days before the announcement they had had a letter from him in which he said he was "going on a mission." He had given them no indication of what the mission would be.t Dies in Kansas Following item appeared in April 2Cth issue of the Atchison Globe At chison, Kansas: "Mrs. H. Swanson's father died yesterday. "Charles C. Renner, SO, retired Missouri Pacific employe and the father of Mrs. H. L. Swanson. 905 Kansas Ave., died at 12:25 o'clock yesterday morning at St. Mary's hos pital, Kansas City, Mo., following an operation performed Friday. "The body is at the Swanson home where a short service will be held at 8 o'clock this evening. Late tonight the body will be shipped to Lincoln, Nebr., where the Rev. Troy S. Warner of Atchison will conduct the funeral service at one o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. Interment will be in Wyuka cemetery, Lincoln. Sawin and Douglas are in charge here. "Mr. Renner was aora in Chili, Ohio, March 2, 1863, one of seven children in the family'ot Henry an 1 Charlotte Renner. He settled in Eagle, Nebr., in 1SSS and w;s em ployed there by the Miss. 'iri Pacific until his retirement March 1, ISR3. He married Sarah M. cay July 23, 1S90. "Mr. and Mrs. Renner came to Atchison after his retirement to make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Swanson. Mrs. Renner died March 28th. "Besides Mrs. Swanson he leaves another daughter, Mrs. C. A. Cook, Kansas City, Kan., two sons, Thomas Renner, Sedalia, Mo., Charles Ren ner, Jr., Lincoln, Nebr., a sister, Mrs. Katherine Burger, Canton, Ohio, three grandcrildren, Mrs. Harry Creager, . Iola, Kans., Mrs. Melvin Wildermood, Kansas City, Kans., Donald Renner, Lincoln, one great grandson, Bobby Creager, Iola, Kans. Funeral services were held in Rop er and Sons chapel, Lincoln. Pall bearers were: Valley Trumble, Wes ley Houston, Arthur and Elmer Ad ams, Herman Fclken and Fred Long men, all of Eagle. 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 Insignia of the U. S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Corps and the Different Types of Service Our Men Are In Bates Book Store n