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Tfebr. State Historical Sooietj dip 01 if VOL. NO. UX PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1943 No. 52 Need Of Men At Packing Plant During Pea Pack Eapid Maturing of Crop Causes Many Residents to Work at Plants as Well as Regular Job The pea pack is now on in full blast at the Norfolk Packing Co., plant in this city, where the need of men to assist in gathering and preparing the crop has fully grown to a really serious matter. Wet weather retarded the getting of the crop to the cannery for a number of days. With the clearing weather and the sunshine the peas are maturing rapidly, so much so that handling the crop is a real problem. The company would gladly welcome the services of any man than can be of any possible use in the plant in the gathering of the peas. There is a large force of the women that have been working on the t hicken pack, now on the job, but the need right now is for more men in this green crop harvest. A number of the people engaged at the Martin plant at Fort Crook, have been helping out by working their own jobs and then putting in a few hours each day or evening at the packing plant. Sheriff Joe Mra sek also has helped in the battle lor food conservation by doing a few hours turn at the pea pack. It ir. the urge of the government that all food possible be canned and saved for the armed forces as well as the civilian population and right now the large pea crop of Cass and Mills counties is ready and delay in handling it will mean the loss of much acreage, as the peas are not suitable for canninr when harden ed. The packing company ..will wel come the services of any men of the community and they will receive good Mages for their services as well as help save the pea crop from wastage. If you can help out a few hours from your regular job, the service will be deeply appreciated, and may mean many more cans for use of the troops as well as at home. Service Men Pictured The Mauzy Drug Store is again displaying pictures of local youths in the service. But this time there's a bit of difference. Since last bring ing faces of those once familiar in Flattsmouth to the atention of the public, there has been a new trend. The womn have been taken into every branch of the service. And now. along with the boys, you can see feminine faces once familiar here. Pictures of the following men and women are in the window: Ilobert Mrasek, Fred Naeve, James Lamoreaux. Darrell Sherman, Leon ard Kalasek, Granville Sigler, Clar ence fcyabb, William Armstrong, Dale Nearhood, Kenneth Schmitt, Joe Gochenour, Ernie Zitka, Tom Gradoville, Maldon Allen. Ralph Timra, James Nowacek, Leslie Nol te. Ralph Hilt. John Aschenbrenner, Jimmy Mauzy, Cary Marshall, John Slatinsky, John Soennichsen, Ken neth Trively, Edward Bashus, Dick O'Donnell, Robert Kroehler, Daniel Dieter, Joseph Kvapil, John Hosch ar, Charles Ault, Frank Palacek, Maynard Hobbs. Harry Shiffer, Wil liam Stodola, Albert Richards, Der ryl Wilson, James McMillian, Ferd inand Detleff, Elmer Yardley, James Quinett, Connie Allen, Bud Wood ruff, Leonard Brothers. Faustine Nov.aeek, John Bestor, Edward Ku- bicka, Herbert Stander, William Steinkamn. Robert Albert, Steven DeVoe, Philip Keil. Bill Rhoden, Milton Muncie, Harlan Galloway Lloyd Coffelt, Paul Ruffner, Jerry White, John Jacobs, Clayton Sack, Jearl Rhoden, Robert Hayes, San ford Short, James Vannest, Robert Howe, James Brown-'George Rhoden, Walter Bryant, Lester "Vinduska, Dean McFarland. Edward Smith, Maxine Cloidt, Clara Toman. Card of Thanks I wish to most sincerely thank my friends for the remembrances of cards, letters, flowers ani calls while I was at the hospital. The many acts of friendship will long be remembered. Rose Janda Train In Indianapolis Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Graves of this city ; received a telegram recently from their son, Joe Graves, who is in the army. The telegram came from Joe in Indianapolis, Ind., say ing he had arrived there last "Tues day for advanced training of the ground crew in the Air Corps. He also stated he had been promoted to corporal, and after 11 weeks train ing in Indianapolis he was looking forward to another promotion that of sergeant. Plattsmouth Girl Finds Life In Waves Stirring Ensign Maxine Cloidt Now in Naval Auxiliary and Resides at - Northampton, Mass. The official paper of the WAVES naval auxiliary, "Sounding Off," published at Northampton, Mass., has the very intersting story on En sign Maxine Cloidt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cloidt of this city; Ensign Maxine Cloidt who tells us what to wear and how to wrear it, "how to recognize our betters," and how many copies of our orders to take when reporting for duty; hails from Plattsmouth. Nebraska. Miss Cloidt attended Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, and re ceived her B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of Nebraska. Majoring in European history, she taught that subject and then re turned to the University to become social director of women's residence halls. "So you see," she said. "I have always been loking after girls and have been a combination Mother Confessor and warden." Entering the October sixth class. Miss Cloidt was commissioned one month later and has been teaching Personnel. She was transferred from Northampton to Holyoke last month. The two greatest shocks she has received in her classes were when she discovered: one. her first col lege French teacher, and two. the wife of her history professor, among her students. As an officer in the Navy, Miss Cloidt has made many trips to Navy Yards, Operating Bases and the Naval War College. All of her class es have heard of her- visit to the historic Constitution. On being shown through the vessel, she was parti cularly impressed with the outdoor bathing facilities for our admirals of the last century. She was lucky enough to see a destroyer back from convoy duty and a battleship under repair back from battle, and to re ceive an explanation of tank landing barges and other new vessels. Almost before we had gotten the query out about what hobbies she was interested In. the officers in the warr'rom said. "Coffee is her hobby, and are we slad! ' (N. B. they were all drinking coffee). "Riding, swimming and badminton are my favorite sports and in that order," Miss Cloidt added. Miss Cloidt lives in the White House Inn. Northampton. She comes to Holyoke at the crack of dawn and leaves at dusk every day. . ."like hoisting and lowering the national ensign." Canoe Party Here This morning a party of young men, members of Troop No. 4 of the Boy Scouts at Lincoln, arrived in the city by canoe from Fremont. The group left Fremont where they launched their craft into the Platte river and started down stream with Nebraska City as their destination. . In the party of fourteen boys was Edward Bratt, son of Rev. and Mrs. Bratt, formerly of this city, and while here he enjoyed a visit w'ith old time friends. There are six canoes loaded with boys and they have had a real time on the journey from Fremont with the high water making the trip more than usually difficult for the group. Visiting in Murray Mrs. Anna Meyers of Avoca is visiting at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. El bert Keil, in Murray. "" Poultrymen Urged To New Goal In Egg Production Task For Cass County Hens Is 11 Per Cent Greater; Most Farms Eave Larger Laying Flocks, But Labor and Feed Are Problems. Cass County poultrymen are ask ed by the government to produce ap- roximateiy 2.4b,uwu dozen eggs this year, 11 per cent more than in 1942, as their share in the Food for Victory Program, the National Poul try Defense Committee estimated to day. This county goal, which is based on the percentage increase suggest ed for Nebraska by the U. S. De partment of Agriculture, can be reached if adequate supplies of la bor and feed are available, declared Committee Chairman Hobart Creigh ton. "Poultry farmers are now work ing harder than ever in all-out war production," Creighton said, "con tinuing the fine job they did in this county last year by producing ap proximately 2,249,000 dozen eggs to help supply civilian, military and lend-lease needs. Also, two develop ments during last year have re sulted in larger laying flocks on most farms today: "First, egg prices as shown by purchases of the A & P Tea Com pany, one of the larger buyers which last year paid $92,164 in Nebraska for 237,720 dozen, were so favorable that farmers saved an unusually large proportion of po tential layers. Second, conditions in 1942 were good for raising pull ets, as fall weather was generally mild and the average hatching date was early. "Those factors point to increased egg production, "Creighton explain ed, "if an improvement can be made in the farm skilled labor situation and if farmers can get enough pro tein feeds. There are critical short ages of protein ingredients because imports have been cut so drastically. Even soybean oil meal is not being processed fast enough to mee de mands. These are major problems facing the industry." Nebraska poultrymen, who pro duced a total of 134,250,000 dozen eggs in 1942 are asked for 149,- 135,000 dozen this year as their share of the national egg goal of 4,780,000,000 dozen. Entertain Youth Fellowship The decoration scheme at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry White on high school hill, was carried out with numerous bouquets of gar den flowers Wednesday evening, when they entertained 20 mem bers of the Methodist Youth Fel lowship. . The hosts are new coun cillors of the organization, having taken over duties Sunday. Sides were chosen and the girls competed with the boys in the many games played. William Howland was the prize winner. Among those present were the Rev. and Mrs. T. Porter Bennett, Mrs. Ray Culley and son Charles and Mrs. Fay Watts. The Rev. Mr. Bennett gave a short address per taining to the work of the fellow ship. The evening was closed with the serving of refreshments. The hosts carried out the flower decorating effect in the dining room where a large bouquet was used as the table centerpiece. Farm Hand Deferment The local draft board has receiv- ed many inquiries from men who are registered and have been placed deferred classes for service in agri- cultural pursuits. Many have the impression that they are frozen onrajn service of the Union Pacific some particular farm, but this is on tne crack trains from Omaha to not the case. The man engaged in farm work under this deferment may work on auy larin luai lie maj uesu e iu uu. i hut he cannot leave this vocation for something different or he will lose his status as a farm worker and be placed back in his former service classification. Brothers on Furlough Honored Although Corp. Ralph Ellingson and Pvt. Lawrence Ellingson, bro thers, spent most of their furloughs here at the same time, the expira tion dates did not coincide. Since Ralph returns to his anti-aircraft unit at Camp Davis. N. C, today, the, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman El lingson, honored the boys at a par ty at home Thursday evening. Law rence will remain a few days longer before returning to the armored force at Camp Campbell, Ky. Much of the evening was spent socially. Dancing and card games were also enjoyed. Guests present weie Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Smock, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Karick and daughter Corina, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mc Cor.ahey, Irene Anthes, Mrs. Freda Rhylander and sons Stuart and War ren, Miss Hilda Wellengren. Corp. Bill Payne, Miss Velnia Vauat. Eve lyn, Florence and Edward Elling son, Mrs. Greeley tstones and son Jerry and Mr. and Mrs. Herman El lingson. Start Roof Repair Workmen were engaged Wednes day in the work of the repairing of the roof of the court house, a task that has been needed for a great many years and is now actively un derway. The type of the roof has made it's repair more difficult due to the many valleys that carry the water, and the slate-formation of the roof itself. The repair will be to stop the leaking that has for several years made the upper floor offices and the district court room subject to small sized floods. When this leaking has been eliminated it will be possible to keep the interior of the building in proper shape to be cared for as it should be instea2of the present condition. The funds for the repair work was raised three years ago but no action taken to actively start the work until the last few months. Entertains Old Folks Thursday evening the senior choir of the First Methodist church met at the Nebraska Masonic Home for their rehearsal and also to enter tain the members of the Home at a "sing,." Mr. Evans, local teacher, who is in Omaha for the summer, came down to help direct the group singing and also gave a vocal solo, "Asleep in the Deep." There were fifteen of the choir and tv.enty-eight of the members of the family present to enjoy the very pleasant musical occasion. Visits with Mother Mrs. Sam T. Gilinour departed Wednesday for Sergeant, Nebraska, where she will visit her mother, Mrs. William McGregor. Two sis ters of Mrs. Gilmour are at Ser geant also to visit the mother, Mrs. Joseph Beard of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Fred Majors of Omaha. The family will have a most pleasant reunion. A ttend Ball Game Eugene Ault and father, Charles Ault. Edward Gradoville. Sr., and Charles Sheehan. were in. Omaha Thursday evening. They attended the Navy All-Star baseball game to S)5e tne gous win 8 to 1 from the cream of the Omaha ball players. .They report the game much better than the score would indicate. Former Resident Here Thursday Charles Jelinek, of Los Angeles, was in the city for a visit I with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo- in!seph Jelinek as well asr with his sisters, Mrs. W. A. Swatek and Mrs Cyril Kalina. Mr. Jelinek is in the the west coast. In8urance Adjuster Here John S. Little, of Lincoln, adjust- j.r for the Hartford Insurance Co., was- here today to -look after some business matters with S. S. Davis, jthe local agent. Urge Conservation Of Fuel For War Through Homes 'State College. Miss. The writer, al Effieiency in Heating Will Aid in ready well a:ong in nis training, the Saving of Supplies Especially j likes bis present location, and re- 111 grets when he must leave. He re- ; ports that activities at the camp Approximately a third of each jnave taken his interest. One of these I family's fuel oil ration coupons for ! the coming heating season will be- come valid July 1 and, for that reason, rationing officials are urg- j ing all users of fuel oil to send in at once their applications for the I new rations. Simplified, renewal application forms are being mailed to all who : the grand feeling that he is a part had coupons last season. Only five 'of a wonderful country. "Just pic easily answered questions are a-sked jture 1000 men stepping along in a on the forms Fuel oil rationing officers point out that users will profit in many v.ays by storing as much fuel oil as is permitted as soon as they can. Transportation and other problems may make it much harder to obtain oil later. Filling of oil tanks during the summer will reduce the strain on truck, railroad and pipeline facili ties this Fall and Winter. Any such reduction will be a move toward winning the war. A large majority of fuel oil us ers made it through last winter with out hardship. Difficulties of the few have been traced in most in stances to tardy realization of the need to conserve oil. That need is real and vital, ac cording to the fuel oil rationing division of the Office of Price Ad ministration. Allied fighters on-many fronts must be supplied with fuel oil and gasoline frpm the United States. We cannot win the war without fuel. Because gasoline and fuel oil come from the same base and a large percentage of the available base product is being used to supply our American forces and the Allied forces, the majority of our fuel oil has "gone to war:" We have suplied enormous am ounts to our fighting forces in Afri ca. We are stocking England and dozens of "naval and military bases all over the world to build up re serves. Training planes use 50 gallons of 100-octane gasoline an hour. To train a pilot requires 250 hours in the air. Therefore it takes 12,500 gallons to train one pilot. When flying in combat, army planes use 100 gallons of gasoline per hour per engine. A Flying Fort ress uses 400 gallons of 100-octane gasoline per hour. A modern des troyer uses more than 3,000 gal- lans of il when it moves at top speed. An army transport burns 33,000 gal lons of fuel oil per day. There has been an 11,000 per cent increase in motorization in this war compared with the last one. A motorized infantry division in the last war had about 3,200 horsepower with 400,000 horsepower to today's motorized division. In 1941, the last normal year, peacetime petroleum requirements in the east were estimated at a mini mum of 1,600,000 barrels a day. Before Pearl Harbor 95 per cent of this was transported to the east in ocean-going tankers. One tanker docked at some easten port every 80 minues, day and night. Many of these have been sunk by submarin es. Others have been diverted to military service. As a result, the oil shortage in the east has become acute. The mid-west no longer is able to meet its own crude oil require ments from wells in the area. In many sections wells are operating at greatly reduced production. Many are becoming almost dry. Shipping of crude oil to refineries in scarcity areas uses transportation badly needed to supply the east coast area, from where our armed forces and fighting allies obtain their sup plies. The demand for tank- cars has become so pressing that the Office of Defense Transportation has had to call upon every available Bource. Thousands of such cars have been withdrawn from short-haul service in the mid-west, . This has resulted in dislocation of normal movement of oil stocks. It has appeared to some that full storage tanks in Writes of Training Activities Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jacobs receiv ed a letter this morning from their son John Jacobs who is taking pilot training with the U. S. Air Corps at is the oreanizine of a 50 voice choir on wnjch he hopes to be placed, "Today was a big day," he writes, "our squadron placed first in the Saturday parade." He explained the squadroE had done this on three occasions. He writes that taking part in the regular drills gives him line as straight as a string," he writes, "and the salute during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner with not a single movement during the piece. That really gives you a thrill," he said. Caught in Blackout Lake Okoboji,, la., June 17. (UP) The shoe was on the wrong foot the other day for Forrest N. Croxson. chief air raid warden for Omaha. After a zealous year organizing and directing Omaha's air raid de fenses, Croxson and his wife went to their summer home at Lake Okoboji for a vacation. One evening after they retired they heard the fire siren ring. Croxson got up, turned on the bedroom lights and went downstairs and outside, turning on house lights and dock spotlights. No fire was visible. He turned back into the house and wasn't there very long before hs answered a knock on the door. The Iowan on the threshold look ed at Croxson's car marked "chief air raid warden." He looked at Crox son's chief air raid warden helmet hanging nearby. He looked at Crox son. "What," he demanded, "are you doing with those lights on? That was the blackout signal." Returns From Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Smith re turned from Kansas City, Mo., Wed nesday, where they had been visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Smith. Mr. Smith left yesterday for Ft. Leavenworth wnere he was inducted for the Army, June 3rd. Mrs. Smith will remain at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton LaHoda. According to the 1940 census re port, there are 34,105 farms in New Mexico. areas adjacent to pipeline terminals indicate full tanks throuhgout the areas. Such tanks have been full merely because the tank cars, nor mally used to transport this oil to secondary storage, have been press ed into service for transcontinental runs to the east coast. In their place, trucks and trailers have been doing a splendid job. However, stocks of petroleum in the west must be kept available to supply the east in case of a greater emergency. Much ot this inventory already is earmarked for military use. How does the oil go to the east? First, by railroad. Railroad tank cars have been carrying close To a million barrels of oil a day to the east. In 1941, they carried only 68,000 barrels a day. Pipeline and barge facilities also are being taxed. Since the average railroad tank car holds from 200 to 210 barrels of oil, while a single large ocean tank er may carry 150,000 barrels, it takes 750 railroad tank cars, or 10 solid trains to equal one tanker ship. Completion of more pipelines will hardly suffice to meet off-shore requirements. In spite of the fact the east coast is more drastically hit, the middle west and southwest have no cause for optimism. These territories will have 4to help alleviate the situation in the east, which supplies the oil to the fighting forces. Construction Workers Have Big Part In War Section of Engineers Makes Pos sible the Attainment of Success by Their Program "The Army, the Navy, and the Air Forces all have to build before they can fight," 225 Post Office, local United States Army recruiting representative, declared today. "in modern warfare there's a terrific job of construction to be done, more perhaps before and dur ing the attack in one sector than a peacetime city would require in a year," 225 Post Office Building, Omaha, said. "Soldiers move up to the front, fast, in trucks, and trucks need roads. Airplanes have to have ground bases, landing strips, hang ars. The big guns need emplacements, camouflage. Seaports captured from the enemy must be made useable after they have taken all the punish our artillery and bombing planes can give them; and the scuttling and laying of mines the enemy does as he retreats must be counteracted. Bridges have to be built across can yons and rivers. tunnels bored through mountains, railroads t built through deserts or jungles all this building has to be done so that wc can carry the attack to the enemy! "The men who build and fight for the Army are the construction workers in the Army Corps of En gineers. They are working now on every fighting front, right in the face of the enemy, their guns with in reach; ready to drop their tools and fight at a moment's notice. Con struction engineering is a tough wartime job, calling for tough, skill ed, fighting men to build and fight for freedom now. "Men between the ages of 3S and 50, inclusive, can enlist for active duty with the Army Engineers. Here is a partial list of specialists the Corps of Engineers needs now: Electricians, pipefitters and plumbers, bulldozer operators, black smiths, welders, draftsmen, powder men, riggers, carpenters, concrete workers, engine operators, crane op erators, drillers, sheet metal wokers, mechanics, steel workers, and other construction trades. "For further information, call at your Armed Forces Induction Sta tion at 115 P. O. Building, Oma ha, Neb. If you are a construction worker, the Enginesrs will have a place for you to use your tools and skill. There's still lots of building and fighting to be done." Sailor Home on Leave Dick Noble, former Plattsmouth high school student, who enlisted some time ago in the United States navy, arrived last evening on a lib erty from the naval station at Far- ragut, Idaho. Dick has completed his "boot training at Farragut and on his return will be given another assignment to duty. He is visiting in Omaha and here with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Noble and his father, Everett Noble, as well as other relatives and friends. Home From Fort Knox Pfc. Clarence Favors, arrived home Thursday from Fort Knox, Ky., to enjoy a visit here with his wife and babe, as well as with his parents and many friends. Fort Knox is one of the large training- centers in the central east and many of the local soldiers have received their course of training In the armored units at that place. Private Favors has a 10 day leave and will be able to enjoy a wees: at nome. Seeks Divorce An action for divorce entitled Em ma Manners vs. red Manners was filed today in the office of Clerk of the District Court, C. E. Ledgway. The petition of the plaintiff sets forth that the parties were, married In Cass County, Nebr., on December 24, 1908, and have been residents of Cass county. The plaintiffs asfc custody of a minor daughter. n