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PAGE SIX THE JOUENAL, FLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1943 V .!. Journal Ration Guide SUGAR: . Sugar Stamp No. 29 on last page of new War Ration Book IV good for five pounds of sugar thru January 15, 1944. PROCESSED FOODS: X, Y and Z from War Ration Book I good until November 10. Green stamps A, B and C from War Ration Book IV will be good to December 20. This means both green and blue stamps will be used until Nobemher 20. MEATS Mid FATS: Brown stamps G and II expire on December 4. J becomes good on November 7 and expires on December 4. SHOES: Beginning November 1st, 1943, two ration stamps are good for the purchase of shoes for an in definite period: Stamp No. 18 in War Ratioii Book I and Aeroplane rtan p No. 1 in War Ration Book III. Only stamps attached to ration books will be accpttd by dealers. LOOSE stamps are NOT good! GASOLINE. No. S "A" coupoua good until November 21 for 3 gal lons gasoline. All "B" and "C" cou pons good for 2 gallons each. TIRE INSPECTIONS: (1) "A" book holders, every 6 months, deadline March 31, 1944. (2) "B" book holders, every 4 months, deadline October 31. (3) 'C" book holders, every three Months, deadline November 30. (4) "TT" book holders, every G months, or 5,000 miles. FUEL OIL: New Coupons, Feriod 1, valid now, each one-unit coupon worth 10 gallons and each five-unit coupon worth 50 gallons until Janu ary 4, 1944. Coupons with encircled figures are worth that figure in gal lons and valid anytime up to Sep temberSO, 1944. Boards are now ready to accept applications from users who have changed address etc. STOVE RATIONING. Consum ers must now have Purchase Certi ficate Form R-901, to buy rationed heating and cooking stoves. Quotas are small. Purchase of un rationed used stoves is urged. USED OIL BURNING HEATING STOVES: Persons contemplating buying used oil burning: heating stove should consult Ration Board before doing so as they may be in eligible to secure fuel oil or kero sene for operation of the stove. PRICE BUTTER: Priced on percentage markup basis. Nebraska maximum for 90 score butter in pound and half-pound cartons, 49c lb. EGGS & EGG PRODUCTS: Under price ceilings at retail and whole sale. Hatching eggs exempt. FRESH VEGETABLES: Tomatoes, green an wax snap beans, carrots, cabbages, peas, lettuce and spinach priced on percentage mark-up basis. PORK, BEEF & MUTTON: Re tail pries under specific dollar and cents ceilings by Zones are posted in all stores. USED MECHANICAL Refrigera tors: MPR 139. USED domestic washing machin es: 1IPK 372. USED Bed Springs: MPR 3S0. Cover3 sales at all levels including dealers tnd individuals; also sales ty auctioneer. Copies of regulation and prices may be obtained from local rationing board. CERTAIN USED CONSUMERS Durable goods: MPR 429 effective September 1, 1943, covers 15 kinds of furniture, bedding, stoves, floor coverings, household sewing mach ines. Extends the coverage of auc tioneers to all sales whether made for the account of a householder or not. MPR 133: (Used Farm Equip liiCn) Amendment 6, MPR 133, ef fective September 6, includes used hay loaders, side delivery racks, and manure spreaders. REVISED MPR 213: Effective Sep tember 14, establishes maximum prices for new coil and flat bed springs. AMENDMENT 11 TO REVISED Price Schedule 85: Effective October 9, 1943. ection 1360.52(E) now pro vides that after October 9, 1943, no increment shall be included in the maximum retail price for a vehicle if the seller has refused to sell either it or any other new passen ger automobile to a holder of a ra tion certificate having the qualifi cations of a purchaser and willing to pay the maximum price. The period for which the increment may not be charged will be from the date of the refusal up to and including the date the vehicle being priced is sold. Weeping Water " " ' Sunset Service Fiftyfour guests were seated at tables decorated with golden mums and bittersweet, Thursday evening at the Sunset Service at the Metho dist church. This was the eighth annual service, and S. D.. Litten, 86; was the oldest guest present, Mrs. Laura Barrett, S2, came second. Booklets with halloween motifs on thr covers and containing menu and programs were at each place. Rev. and Mrs. Frank Snow, and Rev. and Mrs. John Pryor, were also guests at the service. While still seated at the table, Mis.' W. D. Lenker gave the address ut welcome which was responded to by Mr-. Anna Norris. Miss Maude Moulten and Miss Mabel Harmer played a piano duet, Norman Tuck gave a reading, and Joy Ann Lenker gave the reading "Just Like Mother. ' ,rs. John Mcadc tang "Bless This House. O Iord. We Pray." Mrs. Mary Make rave a poem. Talks were giv en by Rev. Snow, Rev. Pryor a:ul Rev. Lenker after which John Mur dock, Jr., with his piano accordian, entertained with :ome fine music, and it was suggested that he lead the closing s.ongf?st, which he did. and it was greatly enjoyed by all present. Each yar faces are missed which were at the last meeting, and each year new faevs are added to the list. Henry Edgeman was called back to his heme in Missouri. Sunday by the illness cf his wife. lie had been assisting with the corn picking at the Clifford Cooper farm. Friendly Ladies Bridge Club met Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. I. L. Markland, with two guests, Mrs. Arthur II. Jones and Mrs. Em- mcr Marshall. We are happy to announce that Melvin L. Bickford, son of Mrs. Em ma Bickford, has been promoted f'-om corporal to sergeant, in the in fantry. He is located at Shreveport, La. Mrs. F. A. Hacker and son John, of Lincoln, came Thursday evening to spend the week end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cole. We regret to say that Miss Olga Pehrson has not recovered as she should after her appendectomy, two weeks ago. Another blood transfus ion was given her this past week. She is still quite ill at Bryan Mem orial hospital. Mrs. Anna Earl of Eagle is spend ing this fall at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hoffmeister. Christmas greetings are begin ning to arrive from our soldier boys overseas. The E. M. Rubys and Clif ford Coopers received cards from Harlan Haith last week. They were mailed October 11. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Philpot spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ruby Mrs. Rrdolph Hart tells us that their son, Lieut. Wendell Hart has been transferred from Camp Stew art, Ga., to Fort Mead, Md. Dennis Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hopkins, and Dick Montgomery, both of Ottumwa, Iowa, naval air station, spent a weeks leave at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hopkins. Accompanied by Mr. Hopkins, Dar rel Curnes, Corky Hopkins, and Tom Hopkins, and Jack Philpot, went to Hastings Sunday to hunt pheasants, but they found very few pheasants in that vicinity. They had a short visit with the "Slick" Johnson fam ily at Hastings, then returned home. Monday Mr. and Mrs. Curnes, Den nis Scott, Dick Montgomery and Corky Hopkins went to Newman Grove. When we ask for news these days, the answer is that they are picking corn while the good weather lasts. Some report the finest corn which ALL OUT FOR VICTORY The government is asking you to store your winter supply of Coal NOW to save trans portation for war material later on. So see us now for your next Winter's Coal. E. J. RICHEY Lumber Coal Phone 128 they have ever raised. The acreage runs from forty-five bushels to the acre to one party east of town, who is hoping for an eighty acre yield. It certainly sounds good, with prices ranging high and the first fine crop for several years. We are happy that Cass County farmers are again get ting returns for their hard work. W. J. Partridge has sold his in terest in the Ft. George Filling sta tion to Harold Nickles of Platts moutb, and expects to move back into Weeping Water, and again take up his eiuarry business. He has bought the 15-acre tract owned by the late Casey Pillsbury, which joined on to his quarry. His own home in town, and the small house on the Pillsbury tract are rented, so they will have to find a living place in town, for the present. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Harmon visit ed at the home of Duane's parents last week. Eli Parker won the championship for eastern Nebraska on his 10-ear exhibit at the State Fair last month, and he also won two blue ribbons. Pretty good, wasn't -it? Mrs. Betty Johnson went to Ne braska City Thursday for a week end visit with her son, Palmer John son, and wife. Mrs. Ray Tankersley returned home Friday after having been at a Lincoln hospital for treatment, for several days. Week end visitors at the L. P. Wolcott home were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wolcott of Grand Island. Junior class play tryouts were held this past week. Mrs. Irma Elgaard will direct the play. School was closed Thursday and Friday last week so that all teachers might attend the state teachers as sociation. George Olive, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Olive, and Lynn Parson, son of Mr. and Msr. Lester Parson, left Monday of last week for Leaven worth, Kansas, to report for army duty. Mrs. Herbert Steinkamp of Os wego, Oregon, spent the first part of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steinkamp. Other visitors at the Steinkamp home ewre Mrs. Ed Steinkamp of Manley, and Ruth Ann and Shirley of Lincoln. Some people seem to have the knack of being forehanded in many things. Fred Rehmeier is one of those men. He seems to have been the first to complete his corn harvest ing. and has been shelling his corn. Of course, a great deal of that corn will be fed to those fine Chester White hogs, which he raises, but his estimated crop of five thousand bushels is a large amount of corn for even Chester Whites to eat. This new jury service for women is new to our Nebraska women. It it not new in some of the other states. We remember that quite a good many years ago, while visiting in the state of Washington, that women there were called to duty on the jury and their work was highly praised by the judge. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, at four o'clock, for Vin cent E. Davis, brother of Cecil Davis, and a former resident of Weeping Water. Mr. Davis passed away at a Lincoln hospital. Funeral services were held at the Hobson's funeral home, with burial in Oakwood ceme tery. Mrs. Harry Potts and two children are spending two weeks with Mr. Potts' mother at Fairbury. W. H. Luben of Clearwater, visit ed at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wood, last week. Rasmus Lauritzen, Sr., took a truck and went to Lincoln and mov ed his son Lloyd's household goods to Sioux City, Iowa, where he has a position with the Firestone Co. Mrs. Lauritzen went with him and remained to visit the Lloyd Laur itzens. FOR SALE Five room one-floor house, has bath, furnace, city water, elec tricity, garage and chicken house and half block of ground. Can give immediate possession. Priced for quick sale at $1500 m ' Don't "forget Lugsch Cleaner's Wednesday Special. Men's suits and top coats and spring coats Plain dresses and mannish suits, cleaned and pressed for SI. 00. Hats cleaned and blocked 50c. Cash and carry. William VanEvery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. VanEvery," has been ac cepted for military service, and Harry Potts has been accepted for the Seabees. Mr. Potts reported for duty the first of last week. Five of the Red Cross surgical dressings workers have received their pin as a reward for more than one hundred hours work done in the sur gical dressings work room. They are Mrs. A. O. Specht, Mrs. J. M. Ran ney, Mrs. Arthur H. Jones, Mrs. Floyd Hite, and Miss Esther Tefft. Mrs. Lucy Lyle of Elmwood and her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Buell of Murdock, attended the funeral of their former neighbor, Mrs. Lula McNamee Friday, afternoon. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cap pen, a son, Thursday, October 28, 1943, at: Bryan Memorial hospital in Lincoln. This is the Hubert Cappeng second son. Mrs. Henry Lemke visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Boe deker, Wednesday. The Jolly Ilomemakers held their second meeting for this year, Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Henry Friesel, when three new mem bers were added to their list, Mrs. Al Nichols, Mrs. John Dill and Mrs. Donald Diehl. T.vo visitors, Mrs. James Edge man and Mrs. John Friesel were also present. Mrs. Henry Knaup and Mrs. Willis Lorensen were leaders, with the subject of "Health" under dis cussion. At the close of the program a shower was held for one of their j members, who received some very j lovely gifts. If man doesn't own his own home in Weeping Water, these days, he is in a position where his home is apt to be sold and he has no place to go. There are a few cases like that in town, now, where the tenants have to give possession and they can find no place to which to move to. There are no vacant houses in town, except one large house, too large for an ordinary family and too hard to heat, with coal and wood so scarce. Mr. and MrsM Clarence Perriguo arrived Thursday, from Racine, Wisconsin, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Perrigue's mother, Mrs. Lula McNamee. Hit Burma Road Base Chungking. Oct. 29. (UP) American heavy bombers set fire at Lungling, Japanese-held Burma road base, and shot down eight planes Wednesday in an attack supporting Chinese troops who have stopped an enemy offensive, it was announced today. The raid was the fourth in aid of the Chinese land forces. A military spokesman taid the combined air and ground attack had brought a Japanese invading column to a stand etill at the Salween river line in west China. The Axis Stops at Nothing. Don't stop yonr War Bond Payroll Savings at 10. Every soldier is a 100 percenter. Fiff ure it out yourself. FIRE DESTROYS INSURANCE PAYS i IS YOUR PROPERTY FULLY INSURED? PROTECT WHAT YOU HAVE call or see INSURANCE AND BONDS PHONfr 16 Plattsmoutm Office Over . Soennichsen'i , Store - w By Journal Field Representa&ra Mrs. Harvey E. Bergman has de parted for Chiekasha, -Okla., where she will visit her husband and will remain for the present. . . Mrs. Herbert Steinkamp has ar rived in Manley for a visit with Mrs. A. Steinkamp, mother of Her bert, and w ill be here for some time. The Steinkamp family are located at Portland, Ore. Erriest-Gruber, who has been visit ing with his parents at Manley for the past week, has departed for his camp in North Carolina. Mark Wiles has purchased a new car as the one they formerly owned was badly damaged in an auto smashup. Mr. and Mrs. Wiles are progressing very well from the ef fects of the accident. Misses Margaret and Dorothy Stohlman were in Omaha to look after some business for the hardware i;tore and lumber yard. John Crane, Louisville lumber and coal company manager, was making his customary visit. with the old friends at Manley. Go Pheasant Hunting Frederick Stohlman, with his son, Leonard, was out in the vicinity of Central City a week ago and had a fine time pheasant hunting. The birds are reported as rather wild. REPANE Those broken window panes now with new glass. A complete line of glass in all sizes. Also car window glass. A complete line of paints, Varnish and Wall Paper. GOBELMAN PAINT STORE Across the street from Court House Phone 580 333 Main St. Clth 7 ,77 7 a vouu mways TX7HEN I was a kid my " father used to sing a song that ended up with this refrain: "Oh, save up your money and put it in your box, And you'll always hare tobacco in your old tobacco box." Well, the words stuck with me, but I guess the moral didn't. No matter how hard I tried ... I never seemed to be able to save up a red cent. But it's all different now SAVE WITH U.S. EVERYBODY...EVERY PAYDAY... ACKNOWLEDGE LOSSES London, Oct. 30. (UP) The Cer man radio backing into an acknow ledgement of threatened disaster in Russia, said today that the red army had "not had success" in cutting off the Germans in the Crimea, but held the initiative on the Xogaisk steppes above the Black Sea peninsula. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Weber of Have lock were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pearson. Miss Alice Jeannette Pearson, who is attending school at Louisville, was a week end guest with friends at Lincoln. - Jack Philpot was at Manley Thurs day and reports that he will attack his 150-acre field of corn this week. Dale Philpot who operates the two row picker has just completed the task of picking 110 acres of corn for Albert Snell, west of Plattsmouth. Dale has made a record of some 800 bushels a day. William 'Curtain and wife of Rochester, New York, were visiting in Manley, guests at the home of Mr. and Airs. William J. Itau. They were accompanied here by Mrs. C. W. Breckenfield. The Blueburd club will hold its second meeting at the home of Mrs. Henry Manning next Wednesday afternoon. Will all members please be present. New members will be gladly received. FOR SALE CASS COUNTY FARMS Extra Good Net Income 320 acres of land in high state of contour farming, wonderful crops, no build ings, on good gravel roads, one mile from railroad station and near Platts niouth. Now rented to first class ten ants. Buy this land for splendid in vestment with no expense or trouble to you for upkeep on buildings and the assurance of extra good net in come. Will sell two .160 acres separately, $112.50 per" acre for 320 acres. 160-aere improved, 2 mi. north Union, 1 mi. west Highway 75. Look this farm over at $100.00 per acre. 100 Acres $75 per acre. - Three improved acreages worth the money. asked. I NEED MORE FARM AND PLATTSMOUTH LISTINGS HAVE BUYERS FOR BOTH. T. H. (BERT) POLLOCK Licensed Real Estate Agency North 6th St. .Phones 1 and ,117 Plattsmouth, Nebr. have tobacco in four old tobacco box" About 10 months ago, I started buying War Bonds on the Payroll Savings Plan. Figured it was the least I could do for Uncle Sam. And that's the only way I thought about it . . . until just recently. Now, all of a sudden, I've discovered that for the first time in the history of Yours Truly I'm saving dough. Every month, rain - or - shine, hell-or-high-water I'm sticking away a War Bond, a Bond 9, WAR BONDS vf AT n Mr This space is a contribution to America's all-out war effort by PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL PWs Get Mail Italian prisoners of war "some where in America" eagerly wait for their names to be called by the mail distributor. To both soldiers In the field and prisoners of war, mail from home is the next best thins to being there. Mr. Stock Raiser When turning your cattle into stocks be sure to have a large supply of salt for them. Have it in a place where they will have plenty of it. Will help to keep down the loss of cattle from sick ness. Protect your cattle with plenty of salt. Block Salt, 50-lb cakes 60' Stock Salt, 100-lb bag $1.00 We have a car of dairy feed on track, so see us for prices. Help to produce more butter fat by feeding dairy feed with your grain and hay. PLATTSMOUTH CREAMERY Home of CASCO Batter Lower Main St. Phone 94 that'll bring me back $4.00 for every $3.00 I put in. Those Bonds are beginning to mount up now. And I'm going to keep them mounting up. For I've discovered what a swell feeling it is to be sav ing ... on a plan that's regular as clockwork and twice as sure. So I'm singing father's song ... a little different. ' "Oh, la re tip your War Bonds and put them in your box, And you'll always hare tobacco in your old tobacco box." LEAST 10