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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1944 TEE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOTJTH, HEBRASKA PAGE FIVE Inlermural League The standings: Commerical Club w L Pet. 0 1,000 2 667 3 150 5 000 Bank, State Bank 5 Woster Shoes 3 Norfolk Pack 2 i,ain ,ilwtt " "v"ithe president, Bob Wohlfarth 1M ui aic ban., "ijutes of the last meetin& were read tue internuiral basketball league, 'ancj ltd by irishman, Leroy Pike, 'won The Senior high school Commer cial club held a business meeting last Thursday morning. The meeting was called to order by Min- ir. l their fifth straight victory last night at the expense of the Norfolk Packers, by the score of 31 to 15 after leading 15 to 8 at the half time. Pike scored 14 points and Bever age 11 for the winners, while Reck ard was high for the losers with seven poiius. Westers Downed Black & White The Woster Shoe store won their tnirtl game in the league to take second place in the standings by sitting ?'ack the Black & White 26 1S. Wosters led 15 to 7 at the half- time. Woster paced the winners with j lo points, while Kimball was high lor the losers with 7. The State Bank plays the Black White a G:1T Friday and Wosters plav the Norfolk Packers. approved. Since there was no old or new business to be discussed, we proceeded with the program ; planned for the meeting. Searl Davis was guest speaker at the meeting. As this is a commercial club. Mr. Davis spoke on his idea of a "worthwhile" stenographer. His helpful suggestions proved to be interesting, entertaining and worth lemt inhering to all present. Patty L.ibershal, Publicity dim. Callers from the County Grover Hill, well known resident of Elmwood, was here Tuesday to look after some matters of business and while here was a caller at the Journal to renew his subscription to the semi-weekly edition of the paper. Another of the visitors in the city was Martha Schuelke of Greenwood, who was a caller at the Journal to renew her subsription to the semi-weekly. Has Serious Operation Rotary Club Meeting There was a 100 p-jr cent meeting of the Rotary club on Tuesday at the Hotel Plattsmouth with Clement Wosttr as the chairman of the pro gram. Th' guest speaker of the afternoon was Orland Wittwere, of the Glen Mtmin plant at Fort Crook. Mr. Witt v. ere. is the head of the training program carried on at the Martin plaiit and also in the educa tional program that is beii.g made a part of the systems in the area or the defense plant as well This is a federal project and covers worl, similar lo that being carried on in the Plattsnicuth area was for some time a member of the j-tii.ii of the manpower commission. The high school boys presented as Mudtnt members were Donald Ska lak, senior, and Nick Kavakick. junior. A guest of the club for the day was Hubert Jacobs of Philadelphia, who is here to visit his parent?. Mrs. S. Y. Smith, of this city, is at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha where she has undergone a very seri ous operation. The condition of Mrs. Smith is such that she is under con- ' plant attendance and is reported as doing as well as possible under the circumstances. Hospitals Of Nation Meeting Conditions Bed Space and Man Power Short ages in Hospitals Being Met as Far as Possible Home for Visit Pfc. Charles Tasler, who is now stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, is home to enjoy a fur- Hough at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tasler, Sr., as well as the old friends. Pfc. Tasler has just completed his maneuvers in Tennessee. He arrived Sunday even ing from the south. Girls to Stage Game The Eighth grade girls will play the high school girls on Friday at By Journal Field Raprtnentatiy The nation's hospitals are meet ing a bed-space and manpower short age by enlarging ward facilities at the expense of private and semi- private accomodations and enlisting volunteer workers for non-specializ ed tasks, a survey revealed today. The growth of hospital insurance plans and the general wartime pros perity have caused persons who for merly would have had home treat ment to seek hospitalization for less critical ailments. Maternity wards have been crowd ed by the increased birthrate and most hospitals report advance reser vations are essential to insure ade quate accomodations during the con finement period. Many maternity hospitals have shortened the con finement period from 10 to seven days to ease the crowding. In most war-crowded cities, hos pitals are completely filled almost Charles Hall, manager of the Farmers Oil Company, was a visitor in Union last Sunday delivering oil and gas to the maintenance house there. "W. O. Troop, living north of Ne- hawka, was over to Murray and Plattsmouth on last Monday-, look ing after some business and visiting with some of his friends. Raymonl Pollard, who is a lover of flowers and who watches closely their progress as spring approaches, reports seeing a tulip in his yard making strides to bloom. Herbert Kuntz, the blacksmith Etates that he has completed the making of a four-row stalk cutter. This is a power driven machine and he reports the initial one is ready for use. Mrs. Thomas Mason, wife of the rural carrier out of Nehawka, has been suffering from an aggravated at tack of flu which has necessitated her being taken to St. Mary's hos pital at Nebraska City for care. She was taken there on last Saturday Her many friends trust her recovery will be complete and soon. Earl Cox and family visited friends in Plattsmouth on last Saturday afternoon and evening, as well as doing some shopping, in the county scat. Ley Clarence of east of Union visited in Nehawka last Monday morning, attending to some matters of business. Mr. Wittwere 4 p. m. Merle Evans coaches the . all the time. Patients seeking private high school girls and the eighth , or semi-private rooms are placed in graders are coached by Mrs. Edna , wards or, if thei.- condition permits, Mae Bollmeier. None of the girls 1 are urged to postpone treatment. have played before this year but they have learned very fast and a good game is anticipated. Married at Weeping Water Saturday evening at Weeping Wa ter occurred the marriage of Bennie Hunter, vt Pacific Junction, a "mem ber of the United States army and Jo Malloy of Paul's Valley, Okla homa. The marriage lines were read by County Judge Paul E. Fauquet and the services were witnessed by Mrs. Fauquet and Mrs. Frank Hunter, of Pacific Junction. Visit in City Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Manasek and little daughter, Bev erly Jean, were visitors in the city. They were guests at the home of Mrs. R. A. Bates, aunt of Mrs. Manasek, and it was also the first visit of the little daughter to this city. Pleace Return Will the people having secured books, music and cost nues from Mrs. E. H. Weseoit, piease rtturn same as they are needed. Help Smash, the Axis Buy Bonds! iS&irmirwEKiM:;::;! More Margarine Washington, Feb. 1. (UP) Civil ians will fret more margarine but less butter during the first three months of this year, the War Food Administration said today in an nouncing allocations of edible fats and oils. First quarter supplies of margar ine for civilians .will be 150,000.000 pounds compared with 125,000,000 during the last quarter of 1943, but the butter allocation will drop from 435,000,000 to 410,000,000 pounds. The total of edible fats and oils available to civilians for 1944, ac cording to WFA estimates, will aver age 43.9 pounds compared with 46.4 pounds last year. S i I c: r-P w.-s, ...... -tJ : s 1 l. i i This la a family war. Pnt yocrvTarCondbuyingthronsh the payroll savings plan on a Jg ure U out youTBelf. Waste Paper Drive The Boy Scouts of the city are participating in the waste paper drive that is being conducted on a nationwide basis, on Sunday, Feb- Visits With Brother Sam Gapen, of Hyattville, Wyo.. as here Tuesday for a visit with his brother, Oscar Gapen and family. Mr. Gapen and wife have been in Omaha since the fall, he being a patient at the Clarkson hospital just a short ruary 6. and will make the local ttime ago when he was released and collection at the homes or business bouses. Those v ho have paper they desire to contribute to the drive may call the local office of the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co.. No. 670, at any time prior to the drive, give the ad dress of the parties having the paper nnd the Scouts will make the collec tion. Remember, give the address where the paper can be secured. Hcmemakers Club Meets The Plattsmouth Hrrmemakers club met on Tuesday. February 1st, at the honi-' of Mrs. F. W. How land, a very fine attendance of the members bei present to take part in the interesting program. Mrs. Sanford Short was a co-hostess of the afternoon. The lesson was on "Time Saving i;!u Pepping Up the Winter Meal" a most interesting study of the food mid the preparation of food for the family. In this a casserole dish, a salad and a cobbler were prepared and later ued in the luncheon serv ed at the close of the meeting. The leaders for the afternoon were Mrs. i-bort and Mrs. John C McCarthy, who very ably presented the lesson. with Mrs. Gapen is visiting his sis ter, Mrs. George W. Snyder and dau ghter, Miss Anna. He is feeling much improved and greatly enjoyed the visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Gapen. Has Pneumonia Little Roger Allen Noell, 14-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noeil cf Murray was taken to the Clark son hospital Sunday afternoon and placed in the care of Dr. Robertson, a baby specialist. He is suffering from an attack of pneumonia and is being checked for other complications. He was placed in a private room and his mother is caring for him. Files Divorce Action Receives Diploma Miss LaVerne Kupke of Mnrdock has been issued a diploma from the Chillicctbe P.usiness College. Chilli cothe. Mo., where she has been a student for the past seven months, and has returned for a visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kupke, Murdock. She has accepter! a position in the offices of the Union Pacific railroad in Omaha. An action in divorce was iiled in the office of the clerk of the district court in Otoe county and summons tent here for service on the defend ant. The action is entitled Jeanette Hoback vs. Randall Hoback, the de fendant being a resident of Cass count j. A similar action in the Cass coun-tj- district court was dismissed here en January 25th. WHERE THE FUEL GOES Most of the nation's larger cities have instituted pooling plans to transfer patients seeking admittance to crowded hospitals to less crowded institutions. St. Lcuis has two com--mittees and the social planning coun cil to care for the orderly distribu tion of patients. Ward vacancies are few, but there is a definite shortage of other types of accomodations. Isolation, pneumonia and cardiac facilities are overtaxed in San Fran cisco, the city health officer report ed, although no emergency cases nave been turned away. County hospitals have arranged to care for cases re fused by private hospitals at a daily rate. The personnel shortage was term ed the most acute problem in Detroit hospitals, where several hundred beds are not in use because of a scarcity of nurses, maids and at tendants. New hospitals are under construction in areas where the pop ulation has been swollen by war workers, but officials were pessimis tic about the prospects of finding sufficient personnel to handle capa city case loads. Private hospital facilities in New York approximate toe demand, ac cording to the United Hospital fund which represents 76 private insti tutions, and municipal hospitals re port the demand below normal. After the acute shortage of bed space last month because of the in fluenza epidemic, Kansas City hos pitals reported that the number of ratients has fallen off to a safe lev el. Patients are transferred to less crowded hospitals from those whose facilities are overtaxed, and patients requiring operations which can be postponed are advised to wait. Home from Hospital Mrs. Joseph Goodman who has been at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha where she underwent a major operation for the removal of a goi- ter, has so improved that she was J able to return to her home here. This is pleasing news to her many friends who wish for her a speedy lecovery. Here from Union Mr. and Mrs. Roy Eecker, of Union, were in the city today to attend to some matters of business and calling on friends while here. To Attend Wedding Mrs. L. F. Puis, ol Greeley, Colo rado, and Mrs. Haiiey Tills of Hooper, Nebraska, arrived Tuesday evening for a visit here with rela tives and friends in this section oi the couaty. They will attend the weddin? of Miss Wilma Friedrich asd Jos P.;ii that will take place in the next few days. AN ARMY TRANSPORT burns 33,000 gallons of fad ofl a dzy. DON'T LET CONSTIPATION SLOW YOU UP Vhen bowels are sluggish when you feel irritable, headachy do as millions cf folks do. Chew FEEN-A-MINT, the modern chewing-gum laxative. FEEN-A-MINT looks and tastes like your fa vorite gum you'll like its fresh mint flavor. Simply chew FEEN-A-MINT at bedtime taking only in accordance with package directions sleep without being disturbed. Next morning gentle, effect ive relief. You'll feel like a million again. A generous family supply of FEEN-A- MINT costs only 10. Installs Windmill Kdwin Schumacher who resides a few miles north of Nehawka is hav ing a windmill installed on the farm, To assist in keeping plenty of fre?h water for the stock. Herman Smith, the windmill expert, installed the same. Herbie Kuntz and family visited in Nebraska City last Saturday even ing and attended the picture show. Ko6s Redden who has been con fined to his home with a serious at tack of influenza the past two weeks is sufficiently recovered that he is able to be out again although not at work yet. INCOME TAX SIMPLE Denver. Feb. 2. (UP) Maybe it runs in the family, U. S. Internal Revenue Collector Ralph Nicholas Eaid today that the new income tax forms were so simple that an 8th grade student could fill them out. As proof of his statement he said he gave one of the forms to his son, an Sth grade pupil and he filled it out in " a short time." II0N0B BL0 CD DONORS NEW ARMY HOSPITAL 10; FEEN-A-IVliNT Galesburg. 111. .Feb. 1. (UP) The army's newest hospital, incor porating every known piece of meri cal equipment and a staff including specialists in almost every field, was opened hero today. Called the Mayo General hospital, after the Mayo brothers of Roches ter, Minn., the institution consists of several buildings, Col. H. L. Crafft, commanding officer, said the hospital was "ready to receive pa tients" at any time. Specialists in surgery, urology, physiotherapy, x-ray and laboratory work are included on the staff. Clin ics include those for eye, ear, nose and throat treatment, dentistry and x-ray treatment and diagnosis. Among the buiii'-.r-! making up the hospital are the t.v f'-e buildings, kitchens and mess halls, post office, telegraph and telephone office, laundry, gymnasium, post ex change and lunchroom, recreational halls and medical and quartermaster warehouses. '"This institution is one of the best of its kind in the country. We are all happy that now we can be gin our real work here," Crafft said in an address at the casing cere-auonies.- ...... St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 2. (UP) The Co-operative club gave a dinner last night for its 25 members who had made donations to the Red Cross Hood bank. The menu included: "Juicy, sizzling steaks with French fried potatoes." But for the 17 mem bers who had failed to give their blood the bill of fare was "left over stew." Alvo X-L Club The Alvo X-L club met at the home of Mrs. Laverne Sutton on Jan. 28. An interesting lesson was demonstrated and given on pepping up wartime meals. We surely learn ed some useful ways and things for a hurry up meal. This meal was later served and found to be most deli cious. The leaders. Mrs. Vernon Greer and Mrs. George MacKay, are to be thanked and commended for the good job they did. There were ten members present. We had the readers report and also a health report. Your reporter tried to add a few words. Our next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Fred Creamer on Feb. 18. All our meetings are well worth attending. Your reporter, Margaret Greer Here from Camp Campbell Cpl. Clarence Mayabb, who has been stationed at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, is home for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mayabb. Prior to entering the armed service Cpl. Mayabb was engaged v.-jth the Consumers Public Power Co., at their local offices. ALL OUT FOR VICTORY The government is asking yon to store your winter supply of Coal NOW to save trans portation for war material later on. So see us now for yonr next Winter's Coal. E. J. RICHEY Lumber Coal Phone 128 First Methodist Church Seventh & Main Streets Plattsmouth, Nebr. Thomas Porter Bennett, Minister SUNDAY AT 10:45 A. M. "HAPPY ARE THEY WHO HUNGER" " Man should not live to eat, but it is certain that he must eat to live." We must enjoy our work to be happy Are You Hungry? This Is a personal message for you! INVESTMENTS Unimproved eighty acres near Plattsmouth. Acreage on pavement with bungalow house. "Your Business is Private" SEE ISO I "A STRANGER BUT ONCE IN THIS CHURCH' i :a;:i::s:;:;B:;:'B::;B3 The electric companies belong to Mill STREET Eg at- am m m Bright New Chesterfields $24.75 Smoothest coat for Spring, too the ches terfield! In eye-catching bright colors-they top everything smart ly! Wide choice of style. Ladies Toggery t-JLL.V.'JJ.'.IJUUU J.L..WUWI I...... if mSB If J& Iff? jnV" - ,S0M War has helped destroy a lot of America's old illusions. The idea that oil South Sea beau ties look like Dorothy Lamour. The idea that all Englishmen wear monocles and all Rus sians whiskers. The idea thct all electric companies are ths exclusive property of a hand ful of wealthy people. Actually, few if any other in dustries are so widely owned. Directly, by many thousands of individual stockholders housewives, farmers, mechan ics, factory workers, teachers. Indirectly, by the millions of savings bank depositors and insurance policyholders which includes almost every cdult American. Utility securities are popular invsstmsnts with the banks, insurance companies and fra ternal orders which hold your savings in trust for you. Why? Because cheap, dependable electric service is so basic to your way of life. Because this service is provided by experi enced business management. Wherever you live in America on Main Street, Park Ave nue, or RD No. 1 your money has helped to build the elec tric industry and you have a large stake in it. Hear "Repoet to the Nation," outstanding news program of the wee k, every Tuesday evening, S-30 C.W.T., over KOIL or KFAB. SUA Kg? Don't Waste Electricity Just Because It Isn't Rationed! H a n y if a I S3