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THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA page nvi MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 1943 i f -H 4 ! 'Photo Joe Planes . t Journal Ration 4 i Sugar : Stamp No. 14 good for five round 3 ficin August 16 to November 1. Stamps No. 15 and 10 will each be goal for five pounds of sugar for homo canning until October 31. PROCESSED FOODS: Consult Point Vuiue charts at grocers and in newspapers for points to be sur rendered from War Book Two. "R" "S ' an-l "T" good to Sept. 20. "V" ' V" and "V" now valid MEATS and FATS: Red stamps .J One of the factors of modern war fare is the work of the reconnais- i Eance pilots in the air service, that "" i pave the way for the operation of T ! the fighters and bombers. The planes j used, are armed only with a ability to attain great altitudes and out speed any plane which the Japs possess. These single seated American air craft fly daily over the Burma area photographing enemy installations and shipping that the bombers and fighters are later to rip apart. One of the American officers on this important mission of war is Lieut. Warren S. Bollmeier, husband of the former Edna Mae Petersen, of this city. He has been in service Platters Roll To Victory Over Valley, 26-0 For First Time in Several Years Locals Battle to Win Over Their Conference Eivals ; Shows Improvement The friends over Cass county will be interested in learning that Sgt. Earl C. Wiles, who is now at the army hospital at Palm Springs, Cal., is improving from a long course of "X" "Y" and "Z" in War Ration j with the India forces for along per Look II good until October 2. Brown j iod. stamps "A" in Wur Ration Book I HI booemes good September 12 rii rough October 2. SHOES: Stamp No. IS of War Ra tion L'ook One is good for one pair of shoes. Stamps are interchangeable among members of the family living under the same roof. Loose stamps are not good! GASOLINE: No. 7 "A" coupons ood until September 21 for 3 gal lons gasoline. All "U" and "C" cou pons good lor 3 gallons each. TIRE INSPECTIONS: (1) "A" book holders, every 6 months, deadline September 30. (2) "B"' book holders, every 4 months, deadline October 31. (3) "C" book holders, every three mouths, deadline August 31. (4) -TT" book holders, every 6 moniLs, or o,Q 0U miles. Friday afternoon the Plattsmouth high school football team checked up their second win of the season, their first conference victory of the year, turning back the Valley team by the score of 26 to 0. The game opened with Plattsmouth taking an early lead, after Joe Gradi ville booted a fine kickoff that was grounded on the Valley five striper and they were held and compelled to kick. Ed Gradoville returned the ball to the Valley ten yard line and then crashed eud for the first score. A pass, Ed Gradoville to Livingston, netted the total of 7 for the blue and white. The Valley team threatened in the early part of the opener with a good return of the kickoff by Clair To Decide on Strike treatment for an injured leg that (Johnson of the visitors, two Platts has necessitated an operation. The J mouth penalties brought the visiors leg was injured a few years ago on !to the local thirty yard line and then St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 23. (UP) Members of the Minnesota grain I workers union will meet tonight to ! decide whether to postpone a strike . which threatened to tie up all grain shipments through twin cities elevator terminal, one of the larg est in the world. The dead line for the proposed walkout already has been postponed once by the 123 grain weighers em ployed by the Minnesota v-road and warehouse commission. The strike had been called for Tuesday morning, but wa3 called off when Gov. Edward J. Thye asked time to make a survey of working conditions. The grain weighers, who seek in creased wages and a shorter work week, must decide tonight whether to grant a further extension of time. No grain may be loaded or unloaded in Minnesota unless the weighing, sampling and inspection of the grain is supervised by the state weighers. If they walked out it would halt movement of grain through the twin cities terminal, and in addition, if they were joined by weighers in Duluth, all movement of grain in Minnesota might become frozen. Normal Operation Resumed At Martin Plant After Crash Wreckage of Twin Motored Plane Eemoved From Girders and Work Proceeding the arm, and he received treatment at that time, later in the service the leg again bothered him and ne cessitated another operation. He is now able to be around, altho under treatment. He writes that he had the pleasure of a letter from an cider brother, Pvt. Virgil Wiles, in service in the southwest Pacific, Ltating that he had met Herbert Slander, a son of Mr. and Mrs. An- FLT.L OIL: Period 5, each cne-!(lr(iW Stailf1sr iT1 c,,.vI,.a ot tu ( ' i- w V. f 1U v.. A W. M-t CiJt. unit coupon fur ten-unit coupon , 11 gallons, each rood for 110 gal-i Ions, until September 30. New cou- j pons period 1, good now, each one- unit coupon good for 10 gallons and j each fire-unit good for 50 gallons! until January 4, 19 44. Renewal ap plication must be returned to boards at once otherwise users may find ihtinstlvt'S without oil when cold weather begins and boards are too Lusy to act on delayed applications. Boards are now ready to accept applications from users who have changed address etc. ' S T O V E RATIONING. Consum ers must now have Purchase Certi ficate Foim Ii-001, to buy rationed heating and cooking stoves. PRICE BUTTER: Priced on- percentage markup batis. Nebraska maximum for 90 score butter in pound and half-pound cartons, 4Dc lb. EGGo k EGG PRODUCTS: Under price ceilings at retail and whole sale. Hatching eggs exempt. FRESH VEGETABLES: Tomatoes, t'recn and wax snap beans, carrots, tabbag'.-s, peas, lettuce and spinach priced on percentage mark-up basis. PORK, BEEF & MUTTON: Re tail pries under specific dollar and cents ceiiings by Zones are posted in all stores. USED MECHANICAL Refrigera tors: MPR 13 9. USED domestic washing machin es: MPK 372. USED Vacuum Cleaners: MPR 294. USEb B.'d springs: MPR 380. Covers tales at all levels including dealers tnd individuals; also sales Ly auctioneer. Copies of regulation ana pr-ciE may be obtained from lncal rationing board. CERTAIN used consumers durable Coo'Js: MPR 429 effective September 1. 1943, covers 15 kinds of used consumers durable goods including used furniture, bedding, stoves, tloor coverings, etc. 1.1 PR 133: (Used Farm Equip lucii) Amendment 6, MPR 133, ef fective September 0, includes used hay loadi rs, side delivery racks, and manure spreaders. same place and they had a great visit. Herbert was a neighbor of the Wiles boys on the farm for several years. Their Joke Should Sell War Bonds Here Returns from Alaska a pass to Clair Johnson placed the ball on the Platter twenty, but here the story ended, as they were held for downs as their passes failed to click. Ed Gradoville punted and Valley lost five yards on the fumble. Valley punted, and Ed Gradoville returned ten yards, and on the succeeding play Ed Gradoville brought the ball deep into the Valley territory, but was forced out of bounds. Wilbur Eaton, who played a bang-up game throughout the contest, hurled through the line to bring the ball close to the coveted stripe, from where Ed Gradoville scored and Joe Gradoville conveted for another 7 points. In the second quarter, when the j Platters took the attack, Eaton did some fine line plunging while Bev- American Legion Attacks Use Of Franking Privilege Eep. Hamilton Fish Named in Resolution for Alleged Abuse of the Franking Privilege Ft. Crook, Neb., Sept. 23. (UP) Normal operations were resumed to day at the Martin-Nebraska aircraft plant after wreckage of the twin engined B-25 Mitchell bomber, which crashed through the roof yesterday killing three persons, was removed from the girders above the main as sembly line. Killed in the crash were First Lt. J E. D. Walborn, 21, Enid, Okla., pilot of the plane; James J. Leach, 41, Omaha, plant armorer; and Elmer Murphy, army air force inspector. Leach's job was that of test firing guns on bombers in flight. The medium bomber dropped into the plant during the lunch hour yes terday after an engine caught fire as the craft took off. Eye witnesses said the plane went out of control as the pilot soared across the north boundary of the field, trying to land. The plane, carrying live ammuni tion, burst into flames as it came to rest in the girders. Burning gaso line destroyed another bomber on the assembly lines below and damaged a third extensively. Lm'4 Leaves for Service James Persinger, signalman sec ond class, U. S. navy, arrived home rnday evening from a service in ! erage picked up gains into the visit the northwest, the greater part of jors domain, Ed Gradoville advanced the time in Alaska and the islands i to the visitors fifteen. A pass from that are held bjr -The American jd Gradoville to Livingston gained forces. He has seen much action int0 the scoring territory and where hiiservice in that section of the j Eaton took the ball over for the Pacific. He reports a very rousn ! tnnr-hrinu-n Tiio trv fm- nnint fniiH voyage on the way home to the states. He will spend some time here with Mrs. Persinger and his mother, Mrs. Stella Persinger, and the other relaitves. Here for Weed-End Miss Helen Woolcott who is em ployed at the Veterans Administra tion hospital in Lincoln is here to spend the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Woolcott. Urge Marshall Support Cut Rubber Program Washington, Sept. 22. (UP) Bernard M. Baruch, special advisor to War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes, today urged the senate military affairs committee to sup port the plea of Gen. George Mar shall, army chief of staff for ade quate armed service manpower or to remove Marshall from his post. Testifying at the Wheeler bill hearing to defer fathers until Janu ary 1st, Baruch said: "My own attitude is simple: Sup port those we have entrusted with tesponsibility, perhaps the gravest that our beloved country has ever j known. The armed forces, speaking through the commander in chief, are entitled to fulfillment of every war demand. The obligation becomes clearer when it is made at the in sistence of our chief of staff. Gen. George Marshall, who has had my respect and admiration for twenty five years, and Admiral (Ernest J.) King, whom I regard also as an ex ceptional man." "If George Marshall says a speci fied fcree is required, by all stra tegic planning, give him what he wants. If you don't then throw him out no cheese-paring. no trading tlown. Give him what he needs." ! Baruch did not mention "fathers' or the proposed deferment of their draft for the armed services but he obviously was asking for support of pleas voiced by Marshall and King, commander in chief of the U. S. fleet, that the father draft not be j delayed. Washington, Sent. 24. (UP) Rubber Director Bradley Dewey db closed today that his agency's pro gram for building new rubber pro cessing facilities had been cut from $&3. oOo.OOU to less than 370,000,000 but that construction now project ed would be completed by the mid dle of Ibii. Rubber industry leaders meeting with Dewey this week had warned that new processing machinery anl facilities are needed if the 194-i goal of 30.000,000 synthetic rubber i passenger tires tor civilians is to be ; met. Dewey -aid at a press conference Londcn Sept. 23. (UF) Eussian that rev:.-ion of the program was ( armies sweeping the Germans back made - possible by the return of cer-1 against a 7C3-mile stretch of the tain ordnance plants to their origin-j Lnieper river hurst into White Eus ai function of manufacturing tires j sia and captured Poltava today as and ether rubber products. In addi-1 the tattle line swayed close to the Don two relatively small new plants! vital nazi defense bastion of Srao wiii be built and existing facilities j knsk, Kiev and Eniepropetrovsky will be expanded. j ana Zaporczhe. and the score was 20 to 0. With , the local lead piling up Coaeh Stewart sent in his reserves who played a good game and gave promise of much strength to como lor the first stringers and gave the hard fighting, blocking and tackling first line a rest. Eaton of the regu lars remained in to back up the re serve with his hard hitting and driving. Wolcver showed good gains in this portion of the game and Bev erage climaxed the second quarter by intercepting a Valley pass and on the end run of Wolever, Eaton, who was in the back for him, was injured and retired for the rest ot the game. The Plattsmouth team scored their j last in the third quarter when they marched down the field to the scor ing territory when Joe Gradoville ran the ball though the Valley line for the touchdown that brought the score to 2 6 to 0. During the 4th and final quarter both teams battled to no score with the ball largely in the territory of the visitors with some excellent work in ground by Beverage and the two Gradovilles. The locals pass failed to click effectively and the visitors were unable to make use of their opportunities for gains. Valley, how ever, showed more effectiveness in the last in holding the onrushing Piatters. The game ended in the visitors territory. Olds grads at the game that had themselves played for the blue and white were warm in their praise of the fine work of the Plattsmouth line this season, where Novak, Pike. Strickland, Sack, Vroman, Livingston and Con is are regulars and the re serve force that so consistently car ries on for the Platters. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 23. (UP) The American Legion today charged that Rep. Hamilton Fish, It.. N. Y., mis used his congressional franking pri vileges for dissemation of "propa- j ganda inimical to the United States." In a sharply worded resolution, delegates to the Legion's 23rd an nual convention charged that Fish permitted "certain groups and indi viduals, including George Sylvester Vic-reck and the America first com mittee," to use his free mailing privileges. The resolution urged Attorney General Francis Biddle to "take such actions and steps as are neces sary. . .to put a end to the misuse of the franking privilege." The Legion's committee on Ameri canism urged in a resolution that all functions of the War Relocation Authority, and the control of Jap anese within the United States and its territories, be placed under war department supervision. Other resolutions proposed by the Americanism committee advocated: Continuation of the Dies Commit tee: Rigid discipline for conscien tious objectors; requirements for a full year's course in U. S. history for high school students; continued active duty with full rank and pay for war veterans until their edu cation is completed; assurance that war prisoners in the United States will be returned to their native countries after the war; and the im mediate granting of citizenship to allies serving with the armed forces. Delegates to the meeting of the Legion's auxiliary came to the de fense of their sisters in uniform by j condemning attacks upon the char acter of American women serving in the army, navy, marines and coast guard. The delegates expressed "pride, confidence and sincere ad miration in and for," the women in the services. They also passed a resolution de ploring the tendency of young mo thers to leave their small children to take war jobs. Naasson Babbitt, fireman third class, who has been here on leave, visiting at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. I). M. Babbitt, depart ed last evening for Farragut, Idaho, where he will report and be ready for assignment. He has had a pleas ant visit with the parents and old friends and returns ready for full duty in whatever field he may be assigned. BOISE, IDAHO (Special) Idaho's governor C. A. Bottolfsen, left, shares good langh with John A. Schoenover, Idaho War Finance Committee chairman. Joke, they admit, is that Idaho Rusf,et po tatoes Schoonover has poured Into Governor Bottolfsen's arms are sample of what Nebraska's Governor Griswold will NOT win in their 3rd War Loan wager. Bottolfsen is betting Idaho Kussets against Nebraska corn fed hog that Idaho exceeds 3rd War Loan quota by greater margin than Cornhusker State. "Nebraska hasn't a chance," he said. Idaho advertising commission protests this pic ture as unfair to Idaho spuds. "Had those Russets been left in ground to get full growth," declared Harvey Schwendiman, adver tising commission chairman, "Governor Bottolfsen could have held no more than three or four of them." GERMANS SINK SHIPS IN NAPLES BURN AND BLAST DOCKS Australian Troops Seize Jap Airfield In Guinea Allied Headquarters. North Afri ca, Sept. 23. (UP) The Germans Lave scuttled virtually all fchips re maining in Naples Harbor and blocked all useable docks and are burning and blasting the port areas in evident anticipation of its aban donment, aerial reconnaissace re- j turn as the Germans withdrew and vealed today as allied armies captur- inland flanks advanced up to 14 cd three more towns to the south. j miles along a zig-zag front stretch At least thirty ships lay on the j in from a point slightly north of bottom sunk either by German scut-i Salerno on the west coast to Bari tling squads or allied bombs when: on the east. the reconnaissance aircraft swept over Naples Italy's biggest port. Fires were seen burning along the quays and demolition charges were being set off along the docks. The allied Fifth and Eighth arm ies south of Naples gathered momen- Allied Positions Now Sixty Miles J Baby Beef Club Meets Inland From Lae and Area Being Extended Allied Generals Meet Red Armies in White Russia With the American Firth Army in Italy, Sept. 24, (UP) Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, commander of the Fifth army, met Gen. Sir Barnard L. Montgomery, British Eighth army commander, today for the first time since the allies landed on the Italian mainland. The conference was held in Clark's camouflaged office on wheels this morning and lasted an hour. Both generals told Anglo-American war correspondents that they had discussed co-operation between the two armies in driving the Germans out of Italy. Allied Headquarters. Southwest Pacific, Sept. 22. (UP) Airborne Australian troops, in a surprise at tack, seized the Japanese base and airfield at Kaiapit, extending allied New Guinea positions 60 miles in land from Lae, a communique an nounced today. Coordinating their attack with a raid by more than 50 Flying Fortres ses and Mitchell bombers on the road to Madang, S5 miles to the north west, the troops beat off several en emy counter-attacks to capture the outpost. Reports indicated the Kaiapit air strip could be repaired for quick use against the enemy's coastal strong holds, including Madang, where 54 tons of bombs and 120,000 rounds -f ammunition were used Monday to blast the roads southward, knocking out four bridges, damaging three others and setting 20 to 30 trucks atire. At Wewak, above Madang, other bombers unloaded 43 tons of explo sives on the airfields, destroying 0112 grounded plane and setting fires in ethers. Two enemy fighters were shot down. Enemy air opposition was Wewak and Madang, a front dis patch said. Nine Japanese bombers, escorted by 10 fighters, raided the allied air field in 'he Markham valley near Lae, causiu"; some rus laities with 2 bombs. Three of the enemy fighters li'fii-ri r-' i f 1 mi t r i - i i ' j rt r l'lTinc j The Jajai.isc lot 2". planes of a j force r,z ( c';ve 1 embers and 20 ! fighters sent over American posi tions mi 'lla Lavc-iia inland :n the Solomons Saturday. A forte of about 50 Mitchells and other bombers re taliated Sunday by a strong raid on Vila, enemy base on Kolombangara. The Four Mile 4 -II club convened at the Wm. Halmes home. All mem bers were present; guests included parents of the members and Miss Catherine Conis. The meetiing centered around the judging of Pete's and Betty's calves. These calves along with Dick Tritsch's calves will be shown at Ak-Sar-Ben. Gene Nolting Richard Rummel and Dick Tritsch brought home a number of ribbons from the State Fair. After the meeting refreshments were served by the hostess. Betty Halmes, Reporter Sunbonnet Club The "Sunbonnet club held their meeting at the home of Mrs. Emma Ciiovanec. The club meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer. The topic of the meeting was that of "Bulbs" in general. The roll call was a verse from the bible that represented a flower, tree or herb. Each member brought a vine or slip of a plant for exchange. Two guests were present, Mrs. Vladis Chovanec and Mrs. Bill Stein kamp and their daughters. Lovely refreshments were served by Mrs. Ciiovanec and daughter, Lillian. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Arthur Bruce. In North Carolina They're Still Dying; You Keep on Buying War Bonds and Stamps New York, Sept. 23. (UP) Rep. Hamilton Fish, D., N. Y., today de nounced as "completely and totally i-i , 1 , : iaise cnaiges cuiiiamtu in a can Legion resolution that he per mitted his congressional frank to ' be used to spread un-American j propaganda. ' j Fish said he was sorry to learn j that the Legion, of which he is a member, "has inadvertently been used to carry on a political and smear campaign by repeating charg es more than three years old." He described the charges that he permitted the America first commit tee and George Sylvester Vierick to j Word received from Pfc. Charles use his congressional frank as,E. Ault, L. S. air corps, states that "manufactured lies." j he is now at Seymore-Johuson, 'Neither the America First com- Field. North Carolina, where he mitteo nor Mr. Viereck ever asked j will receive special schooling for to use my congressional frank or to several months. lie received his basic send out any speeches," Fish said. 'Nor did either write or suggest any speeches for me.." Fish said he had his own ideas as to who originated "this phoney resolution" and that he intended to "take steps to ascertain the facts and to act accordingly." j training at the Lincoln air field and was sent south several weeks ago. War Bonds should mean fv-S something: more to yea than .4, Ji-a- " meiiL'Ticrurcitcutyourscj. &4 MAIL RULES FOR MAILING CHRIST MAS PACKAGES TO SOLDIERS OVERSEAS TIME OF MAILING Gift packages may be mailed to American soldiers overseas with out presentation of a request from the soldier during the period from September 15 to Oc tober 15. SIZE AND WEIGHT Packages must not exceed five pounds in weight. 15 inches in length and 36 inches in length and girth combined. LIMITATIONS Only one such package will be accepted for mailing by or on behalf of the same person or concern to the same addressee during any one week. It should be indorsed "Christmas Gift Parcel". Perish able matter will not be accepted. ADDRESSING Write legibly and give hiD name. Army serial number, service organiza tion and unit. APO number of addressee and the post office through which parcels are to be routed. PREPARATION It is absolutely necessary that articles be pecked in substantial boxes or containers and that various gifts in a com bination be securely fitted. Pointed or sharp edged instruments should be protected. Candies in thin pasteboard boxes should be enclosed in wood, metal or corrugated paste board. POSTAGE The rate on parcels of fourth class matter (exceeding eight ounces) is the zone rate applicable from post offices where mailed to the post office in care of which parcel is addressed. The third class rate ol one and one-half cents for erich two ounces applies to package not exceeding eight ounces. Parcels containing only books are acceptable at the special rate of three cents a pound. Inscriptions such as "Merry Christ mas" or "Don't Open Until Christmas' may be placed on the covering but should not interfere with the address OVECSEAS KM AS PACKAGES SEPT. 15 t OCT. 15