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PAGE SIX TBH JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JULY 12, 1943 i! i ! ; ! 'J ) j 'j - I i , SI United States Air Forces Blast Nazi Targets in France .Taste Air .Held in Northeast France While RAF Sweeps Over Germany London. July 10, Tl.P. Three large formations of U. S. flying for-j tresses attack vital targets in i France today, while hundreds of I ' R.A.F. bombers were still return-! ing from a heavy raid on the Ruhr, . in the first literal around the clock air blitz of Europe. One fortress formation attack the enemy airfield at Caen, another pasted the airfield at Abbeville and the third headed for Le Bourget, just outside of Paris, but was pre vented from dropping its bombs because clouds hid the target. , During the night, R. A. F. heavy bombers heaped new destruction on Gelsenkirchen. A estimated two thousand tons of explosives was be lieved loosed on Gelsenkirchen and nearby targets in one of the heaviest, raids to date. Ten bombers , were j lost on what. the.. Air Ministry said was "a very heavy raid." The American fortress obtained the best results at Caen. . Returned flyers said the clouds opened up just in time to give them a "good bomb ing' run, and that" bombs were fall ing all over the airdrome, along the runways and among the buildings." 'No enemy fighters appeared and there was, little anti aircraft fire. At Abbeville the fortresses en countered no fighters and little flack, but the weather was bad and the bombing "wasn't" what it might have been." Italy Claims Naval Action London, July 10. UP) The Rome radio broadcast tonight that Italian naval forces had gone into action off Sicily. The broadcast also said that Ital ian torpedo bombers attacking al lied invasion ships, had hit and dmaged three transports of 7,000, 10.000 and 12,0004tons. Violent air battles involving "masses of planes" were described. Don't forget Lngsch Cleaner's Wednesday Special. Men's suits and top coats and spring coats- Plain dresses and mannish suits, cleaned and pressed for. $1.00. Hats cleaned and blocked 50c. Cash and carry. vmmrKsrnmTMBmsmmmsMaBa a i Potts, of Fairbury, and the two REAL ESTATE OFFICE Pi suest3 of honor, Mrs. Wiseman and . - , g'Mrs. Long. B IS Opened by gl pyt w j rower is having a 1 HP If Df I ffJT a furlough anud he went to Kansas 1 1 II 1 VJLLiVVI. City.-and brought his wife, the M. i ij- .1 Hi former Patricia Sperry, and their m office building recently tw.n sons to nig parentg home at H purchased by him, former- p! Nehawka. The grandparents are Mr. lly occupied by Plattsmouth 1 and Mrs Walter Pov er of Nehawka- gland Mrs. and Mrs. J. E. Sperry, of B Water Company and now I; weeping water. 1 also by Board of Public b! We have Just learned (Friday) i Works Water Department i f -he birUl f a baby daughter "orKS waien-repartmenr. Beverley Amii weight nine and one- H H; quarter pounds, to Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Pollock will Specialize Arthur Taylor, at their home near ! . 101 r H' Weeping Water. m Listings and Sales of ; Wfcstern Ijmertone ProdlIcts Com. "Plattsmouth Properties! pany donated the rails from some a and Cass County Farms, j g Telephone No. 1 mi w3MmmtmsiM!im!iwmSi . JOE KNOFLICEK CONSIDERS ; Freedom from Fear The people of just one state in the U. S. A. own more Life Insurance protection than all Axis nationals in Germany, Italy and Japan combined. Such a backlog of financial se curity is one reason why we don't have to fear a Gestapo in America. Life Insurance Aids Americans in Preserving Freedom from Fear TELEPHONE ME AT Office 38 Residence 653-J JOE KNOFLICEK Plattsmouth State Bank Bldg. Plattsmouth, Nebr. BANKERS LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEBR. Assets over $40,000,000 , CASS COUNTY LABOR REGISTRATION Name Boy . . Under 16. . Girl . . Over 16.. Willing to do one or more of the following jobs: Operating Tractor . . . Threshing Shocking Grain . Care for Livestock . . . Cannery Detassling Corn . Operating Combine . .Corn Picking Canning Haying V Available at the following hours (Indicate one or more periods) Forenoon After 4 P.M. Except Afternoon After 6 P.M. 1 Any Day Do you have any of the following modes of transportation? Car ..... Truck ..... If yes, how many can you transport? . Those interested are urged to Jill out the above blank and place in the hands of E. H. Wescott, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce or G. K. Hetrick, agricultural chairman, at Plattsmouth Creamery. Deeping Water Special Journal Correspondence Mrs. Walter Wiseman and Mrs. Wilbur Long had birthdays quite close together, and thot friendly group of neighbors, who delight in celebrating their friend's birthdays, gathered at the home of Mrs. Wise man, and heiped them to remember the occasion Thursday evening. Mrs. W. H. Waldo furnished a beautiful birthday cake, Mrs. Ranney provid ed delightful open-faced sandwich es, and with coffee they tasted very good. Twelve neighbor women join ed in the evenings fun, and all re port a delightful gathering. The honored guests received some very lovely gifts. Those attending were Mrs. O. C. Hinds, Mrs. J. M. Ran ney, Mrs Frank Marshall, Mrs. Wil lard Waldo, Mrs. E. Marshall, Mrs. O. B. Dill, Mrs. Stella Wiles. Mrs. Jean Jones. Mrs. Harry Totts, Mrs. Sam abandoned traeks leading into their quarries to the scrap metal drive, providing that someone could be found who would remove the rails. Fred Allen, local chairman, and about a dozen 10cal business n,en- Home Address , Man Woman have heen working of evenings re moving them and getting them ready for shipping. Wednesday evening, while at work, Willard II. Waldo, county agricultural agent, was hold ing a rail while another man re moved the bolts, when a sliver of metal about as large as a small lima bean, strick his cheek and em bedded itself into the flesh, necessi tating him having to go. to Lincoln to have it removed. We mentioned before, that Burton Eidenmiller is at home on a fur lough. In the army he is known as John B. Eidenmiller, and he has just recently been transferred from Ft. Tierce, Fla., to Camp Pickett, Va. The Red Cross surgical dressings workers finished their quotas about three o'clock Wednesday afternoon, so had a short session of work for that day. A new quota will be ready for next Wednesday. Even the birds of the air seem to have caught the feeling of unrest and enmity, which is prevalent. Near our side porch, where we spend much of our time, we have a bird bath. Two years ago we would count as many as twenty-six birds perched around the side of the basin, all kinds, and all friendly. This year it is unusual to see more than two at a time, and if those two are not of the same family of birds, they scrap and fight until one is driven away. Yesterday we watched a Jenny Wren and a Turtle Dove scrapping, and believe it, or not, the Wren won. and the Dove f lew j away only to return when the Wren had gone. Mrs. Omer CTark and two sons, Robert and Jack, left us last week for Douglas. Wyo., to Join her hus band, who is employed there, and who has a home ready for them there. Miss Shirley JStelnkamp was down from Lincoln and spent the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stein kamp, Thursday. Mrs. Helen Vv'alllck left for York. Friday, to spend the week end with friends. Mrs. E. J. DeWolf has moved in to her own home, near the school bouse, after spending the winter with her daughter, in Oklahoma. Mrs. Ed Bobbitt expected to leave this week for Washington, D. C, but she was unable to secure a reserva tion from St. Louis east, before the 15th of the month, so she will leave here the 14th. Mrs. Bobbitt is em ployed in a government office in Washington, D. C, and was called home by the serious illness of her mother. Mrs. Ben Rich, and she re mained to care for her until her three years ago . Miss Margaret Giberson was ex pected here Friday, from Lincoln, where she is spending the summer with her father, Al Giberson. Miss Giberson is a teacher in the Grand Island schools. She will spend a few days at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Ray Wiles, and her many friends here will be glad to see her again. Harvey Rich, city water commis sioner, had the misfortune, while climbing down into the settling bas in, at the city water plant, to have a rung in the iron ladder break and cut his foot quite badly, causing him considerable suffering. Roy Splitt, of Camp Barcley, Tex., Registrar is spending a fifteen day furlough with relatives, and friends in this vicinity. A fresh coat of white paint, with screens receiving a coat of dark green, has greatly improved the ap pearance of the Harley Thursland property, now occupied by the E. T. Stacey family. Speaking of this property, other permanent improvements are being made in that vicinity. At last, "after many thirsty years, for the people of the vicinity south of that property, a water main is being laid, and wa ter is being piped south for two blocks, and then west one block, and from there water will be taken in to the homes in that pare of town. They have paid the same taxes but have had to provide wells or cist erns for their own use, or had to use the old town pump, which has lost its spout, and has to be primed. Just why this street, one of the busiest thoroughfares in town, should have been so neglected is a mystery. However, we have some councilmen, now, who are in sympa thy with the property owners, .and who ar. doing their best to relieve the water situation, where relief is needed. Reports are that all telephone and power lines in Weeping Water are to be rebuilt, very soon. ,x Madame Chaing Neared Capture Chung King, China, July 10. (UP) Madame Chiang Kai-shek barely escaped capture by , the Japanese while flying back to China from her visit to the United States, she revealed today at her first press con- ference since her return. Madame Chiang told newspaper men "if it hadn't been for the su perb American pilots, we would be the guests of the .Imperial govern ment right now." Enroute to Calcutta, she related the plane was lost in bad weather, but the pilot heard a radio beam and started to land. "But he suddenly felt something was wrong," Madame Chiang said, "so he turned back. We learned later we would have landed on a Japanese-occupied airfield in Burma." Madame Chiang was enthusiastic over the way all Amercans even the so-called isolationists" support the program of giving all aid to China. Bomb Kiska - Washington, July 10. (UP) An American warship pumped shells in- . to Japanese positions on Kiska for several hours in the second bombard-J ment of that enemy Aleutians base in three days, the navy announced today. t The attack was made by a light surface unit either a destroyer or . cruiser early Friday morning and was diected against the Getrude Cove : area on the southeast side of Kiska. Japanese shore batteries returned the fire in an effort to drive the American ship off, but caused no damage. This was the third naval bombardment of Kiska since the-' Japanese occupied the island in June of last year. The first was car ried out last August 8 th. Mary Rosencrans Dies Suddenly At Home Saturday Popular Figure in the Business andf Social Life of the City Funeral On Tuesday The community was profoundly shocked late Saturday afternoon by the death of Mary Rosencrans, pop jular resident of the city and for-a j number of years identified with (the business life of the city as well fa8 in various social activities. She has been suffering from r, high blood pressure condition for j the past few years and this is j thought to have brought on the fatal attack. Miss Rosencrans had been at work at the Style Shop as usual Saturday, altho she had com plained of a very severe headache and returning to work after lunch eon Saturday she had been advised to go to her apartmeuts in the Bates building to rest for a time and try and relieve the headache. Shortly after she had gone to her home, other residents living in nearby a partments had heard her difficult breathing and going to her room found her partialy off a day bed and unconscious. Medical aid was called but she failed to rally and died in a few moments later ap parently suffering from a cerebal hemorrhage. Mary Jane Rosencrans, daught er of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rosen crans, was born at Elmwood, Ne braska, July 23, 1900, and was brought by her parents to Platts mouth in 1905 when the father was elected county clerk and the family have since resided here. She grew up in this community and was graduated from the Plattsmouth high school in the class of 1918. Later she attended the University of Nebraska and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi at Lincoln. Later after her school work she made her home in Chicago but in the more recent years has been a resident of this city. There is surviving her passing the mother, Mrs. W. E. Rosencrans, of this city; three brothers, C. A. Rosencrans, Plattsmouth, B. A. Ros encrans, Mobile Alabama, B. U. Rosencrans, Chicago;, one sister, Mrs. W. C. Soennichsen of this city. Miss Rosencrans . was of a very friendly and social type and had in the years of her residence here, made many friends among those with whom she had come In contact and who will share with the mem bers of the family the sorrow of her passing. The body is at the Caldwell fun eral home at 7th and Oak street where services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. The service will be private as had often been the re quest of the departed. Dr. H. G. Mc Cusky, of the Presbyterian church will officiate. The interment will be at the Oak Hill cemetery in this city. Pall bearers will be old friends, Cle ment Woster, Robert M. Walling Em- niett Lindsay, Herb Schuetz Pollock Parmele of Lincoln and , Wilbur jIajj fo Respect Churches Washington, July 10, U.P. President Roosevelt in a message to i Pope Pious said today that during j the present invasion of Italian soil, churches and religious institutions would "be spared the devastation of war," and that the neutral sta tus of Vatican City would be re spected. It was explained at the White House that Mr. Roosevelt refers to the landing on Italian soil in refer ence to invasion of Sicily. But his promise that neutrality of the Vatican territory would be respected was taken as a clear in dication that the campaign will be carried later to the Italian mainland. The city of Rome, which surrounds Vatican City, has not beeen bombed, but a recent British announcement said no commitments had been made against bombing it. ALL OUT FOR VICTORY The government is asking yon to store yonr winter snpply of Cesl NOW to save trani port&tion for war material iater on. So see ns nw.for yonr next Win tar oal , 4 E. J.RICHEY Lumber Coal - Phone 128 Ask Flour Prices Up Washington, July 10, U.P. Ten wheat belt senators decided today to meet with Food Administrator Mar vin Jones, Monday to demand that ceiling prices on flour be increased to assure the planting of an addi tional eighteen million acres of wheat this year. The Senators arranged the con ference with Jones after a meeting in the office of Senator Clyde M. Reed, R.. Kansas. They said they hoped War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes and Economic Sta bilization "'Director "vFred Vinson would attend the conference. The Food Administration has asked that wheat acreajge be increased from 52 million- to, 70 million this year. Reed charged that the "dam fool vassalatiftn of the administration" and the House's insistence that funds for parity payments be strik en from the 1944 agricultural de partment apprppriations bill which had brought the chief threats to the program. . .f Reed said that because of trans portation cost differences and many other elements involving flour'1 mill ing costs, there was no specific ceiling price on flour. It varies from mill to mill, he said, -but the Senators want an increase -all a long the line so that farmers can get more for the wheat- The pari ty price of wheat is $1.45 a bushel and there is a ceiling of . approxi mately, $1.24 at present. . Senators who met with Reed in cluded Arhtur Capper, R. Kansas, Kenneth ' S. : Wherry, ' ' R.',. 'Nebraska, and Bennett C. Clark, D., Missouri. Bomb Italian Postoffice Cairo, July 10. (UP) American heavy bombers attacked the . Head quarters ' of the ' general postoffice at Tabrmiiia,' 30 miles southwest of Messina In northeastern -Sicily, with out loss yesterday, a communiqufe announced today, Another formation attacked Com iso, also in. Sicily. . . ! Direct - hits threw wreckage and debris high into the air at Taorm- ine and large fires followed the bomb explosions. Bursts also were seen on nearby railroad tracks. A firo was touched off io the fuel installations area at Comiso. One stick of bombs landed squarely on the airfield runway and others hit around the hangars in the dispersal area. No losses occurrea on me Comiso raid. DON'T , NEGLECT Your Hail Protection on That Corn Crop. Let me issue your policy NOW. SEE Plattsmouth Bank Building A FEW A MERE TRIFLE X BILLIONS & w . It's your job to help finance the kind of all-out war which we expect of our country's fighting forces. As our gallant sons pay with their lives for each victory, our share on the home front seems such a mere trifle. All we are asked to do is to LEND ALL OUR SAVINGS TO UNCLE SAM, through the purchase of bonds. - ' Let a JOURNAL WANT AD help you by selling your no-longer-used articles, or by renting out your extra room. . Telephone your Want Ad to No. 6. Bad up the men wKo are en the fighting fron. They 8've their livej you lend your money. Liquor Enough for 3 Years New York, (UP) Yon don't need a ration coupon to buy a bottle, of liqucr, but the supply is limited to existing stocks Here is the situation six months after th last barrel of new whiskey rolled out of a distillery to the stor age warehouse. Distilleries are setting new rec ords, working 100 per cent on the production of ethyl alcohol for mu nitions, synthetic rubber and other materials needed . by the armed forces. Plants of the Schenley Dis tillers Corp., for example, have in creased war alcohol output 536 per cent in ,the past year operating on a 'round - the - clock, seven-days-a- week schedule. : Producing at the rate of 250, DOO000 gallons a year, beverage distillers today provide the largest single-source of war alcohol. Yet, so great is the demand for the chemical that the government Is negotiating for the construction of five distilleries in the Mid-west. Beverage stocks produced prior to conversion, which Etarted before Pearl Harbor, are enough to slake normal consumer thirsts for about three years. How: long this supply wilh be available will depend on the duration of the war, future alloca tion of stocks, andi whether distil lers are granted "vacations' to re plenish diminishing reserves. To prevent hoarding and con serve available supplies, 12 of the states operating government stores have limited bottle purchases. These are:. Alabama, Idaho, : Iowa,. Michi gan, North Carolina, Ohio,' Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. FOR HAIL INSURANCE ON CROPS - ; ' i i j ! Do It Nbw Tomorrow May Be Too Late. CALL or SEE Office Over Soennichsen's Store insurance ; XJq nuXoNt i6 ' Plattsmouth .2 irfrf