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Slate Hfetorfea, Sc f IVIM J VOL. NO. LX PLATTSMOUTH, IIEBEASXA, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1944 NO. 23 Soldiers Evict Head Of Montgomery Ward Company Sewell Avery of the Chicago Firm Is Escorted Out of Offices by Detail of Soldiers Chicago, April 27. (I P) Two husky soldiers picked up Sewell Av ery, 69-year-old head of Montgomery Ward -k Company, tc.day and carried him. kicking and squirming, from the executive offices of the nation's second largest mail order house to enforce the government's seizure of the firm's Chicago plants. The sclJifif. accompanied by three other members of the detail, carried Avery out of his paneled, given carpeted office, loaded bin: into an elevator and hustled him out through the main lobby of the side walk where they put him down on his feet. They carried him past startled em ployees of M aid's while Avery strug gled and complained: "You can't do this to me." Reporters, who did net witness the eviction because the aiviy restricted them to one room in the plant, got the desoripion of the scene from At torney General Francis Biddle, who had come here from Washington to help enforce the seizure order, and from Lt. Gilbert Cattanach, who de tailed the five soldiers to rush Avery outside. Biddle explained that the actual eviction was done by a sergeant and a private who remained unidenti fied. Shortly after Avery was ejected, Silas H. Sinwn, a member of the law firm of Winston, Strawn and Shaw, and a director of Montgom ery Wards, said the law firm was preparing to seek an injunction in federal court here restraining the government from taking over the plants. He said the request for the injunction "would be directed again st those who now are trespassing." "The government has no more right to take over the property than you have, and you will find that to be ho iTse when it comes to coiirt." Strawn told reporters. Biddle said Avery's eviction fol io .red his refusal to co-operate with commerce department agents who had taken control of Montgomery Ward's Chicago facilities, or to leave his office. Describing the incident, Sattan aeh said. "I was detailed to evict Mr. Avery. I ordered five of my men to stand by. Two of them grasp.Ml Mr. Avery, one on eaih side, by a leg and an arm." He said the soldiers carried Avery c ut that way. They went down tight floors in an elevator and outside. The lieutenant said that while Avery, v.ho is slightly loss than six feet tall and weigh is about 160 pound, struggled to free himelf from the soldiers' grasp, no one was hurt Biddle described the stormy scene in Avery's office before the so-1 diers took ihe millionaire executive a way. The Attorney General said that after Avery refused the government liis co-operation in running the plant, he was asked to leave. Bid dle said A cry then replied: "I won't I'm the boss here." Wayne C. Taylor, undersecretary of commerce, who came here to run the plant for the government, turn ed to Major J. R. Weber, and said: "Will you please escort Mr. Av ery out." According to Biddle's account of the incident. Weber asked Avery to leave but the executive, who was sit ting at his desk, snapped: "I will not move trom this chair." It was then that the major called it; Lt. Cattanach and the two sol diers picked Aery' up from the chair. Biddle claimed that Avery's last word shouted over his shoulder as he was carried from the room were: "You New Dealer.' ' . . The Attorney General said Avery put up a good fight. The incident followed the seizure of the plant by the'army aritV commerce department last night, for failure to 'comply with Change in Real Estate One of the most recent real estate changes being closed, is that of the sale of the Andrew Kroehler resi dence on Washington avenue, to Joseph Libershal. Mr. and Mrs. Libershal have sold their home in ihe south part of the city near the Columbian school to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burcham. The transactions were made though the T. H. Pollock Real Estate agency Mrs Kroehler is expecting to move soon to au apartment. Republicans Have Large Group At Convention Many Speakers Talk of Bright Outlook for Success in the Coming Pall Elections There was a very large attend ance at the republican county con vention last evening at the court hcr.se, over 100 delegates being present and a great deal of interest shown, altho the conventions le less and loss power in the recent years. H. A. Schneider, chairman of the county central committee, called the meeting to order and C. E. Ledgway being named as the secretary. The officers presided over the meeting and later Mr. Schneider was re named as the chairman of the cen tral committee, with power to ap point the secretary. Greetings were reau from Senator Hugh Butler and Governor Dwight G ris wold to the Cass county men and women with messages of suc cess in the fill from the party lead ers. Prominent members of the party from the different sections of the canty were called on tor a few re marks and giving their views of the present situation and criticism of the New Teal administration. Those .-peaking were Willard Clapp, Elm wood; Searl S. Davis. Plattsmouth; Mrs.' Clara We-eotl. Plattsmouth; County Treasurer Ruth Patten: E. J. Richey. Plattsmouth; Herman F.ornemeioi , Alvo; Ray Pollard. Nc bawka; CoMity Commissioner G. W. Hart. Louisville. County Judge Paul Fauquet, running on the non-yoli-ticai ticket, was also present to greet the ti el e gates. An interesting feature of the con ention was a secret ballet taken among the delegates that showed a marked Dewey sertbiient, the vote being Dewey. 77; Tail, 1; Bricker, 5. Attends Consistory Frank A. Cloidt was at Omaha Thuisday afternoon where he at tended the consistory of the Scottish l.'ite Masons at the temple. The class that received the work wasjl he ided by William B. Wanner, grand master of the Nebraska Masons and among the members was Fred Mal oiiy, grand commander of the Knights Templar. New Ration Clerk Friends here will be interested in learning that Mrs. Katherine Heafy Egcnbarger, of Nebraska City, has been named as the price clerk of the Ct"e county ration board. Mrs. Egeci- berger is the wife of Captain John J Egenberger, who is serving in the dental corps of the aimy, a son of L. B. Egenberger of this city. Suit is Dismissed In the district court today before Judge William A. Robertson, a mo tion for the dismissal of the suit of Ray G. McMaken vi. R3y Wright, was made by the plaintiff, McMaken. The case is dismissed without preju dice. The action was one in which Mr. MoMakeu sought the cancellation of sale contract and the recovery of $2,500 paid the defendant for the pu? chase of the Bright Spot tavern. a' War Labor Board order. After being ejected. Avery left the premises without making a statement. Butter Points Cut, While Beef Cuts Upped A Point Peef Higher Eccjuise cf Demand Running Ahead of the Supply Over Nation Washington, April 27. (UP) The Office of Price Administration greeted house vivos today with a lour point cut in butter and marg arine effective Sunday, but the the tame time laised choice beef cuts by one point a pound. Lamb and rmtton point values were slashed in half, while those for veal and low pork cuts were held at April lev els. For the new ration period, which e:;tnds from Sunday through June Crd, Price Administrator Chester Dcwles put creamery butter at 12 instead of .'.6 points a pound; farm or country butter at 8 instead of 12 points; and margarine at 2 instead of the present 6 points a pound. In paring the butter value from its previous position as the most ex pensive red point item on OP.Vs ra tion lists, Bowles explained that in creased seasonal output and an esti mated "cushion" of 20 million pounds held over from April com bined to justify the reduction April supply generally exceeded de mand because of the 16-point ra tion value, Bowles said. Beef points were raised because demand has been running ahead oi supply, and the May supply actual ly will be less per person in tbat the new ration period extends for fie woks, Bowles pointed out. Meat supplies for civilians in May irobably will total 1.404,260,000 pounds after retail trading, compar ed with 1.233,900.000 pounds last month, the ttal when divided into five weekly allotments in less than the weekly April stock, he said. Files Divorce Actions Two suits for divorce were fled in the offb-e of the clerk of the dis trict cour today, one action being that of Ella Arnold vs.-Russel Arn old, the defendant at this time be ing a member of the armed forces. The petition states that the parties were married on October 2. 1937 at Glenwood, Iowa, later divorced and remarried on November 10, 18 41. The plaintiff asks custody of two nlnor children. The second action ?s that of Thel n;a Meisinger vs. Merrill Meisinger. The petition states that the parties were married here on Octoler 11. lSSC. The plaintiff asks decree of divorce and the restoration of her maiden name of Thclma Kohreil. Owaissa of Camp Fire April 20, 1944. We met at the Li- - rary. There were 13 members pies- i tut and one visitor, Joan Mason, j Patty Mason brought a miniature set. of bedroom furniture that she bad made. Two girls came to the Library to teach us some games. We planned a surprise for our mothers so I cannot tell you what ii is. Janice Caldwell thought it would be nice to sing America, and give the flag salute before starting the meeting. Scribe: Phoebe Louise White j Club Elects Of ficers Young folks interested in organiza tion of 1-H Poultry club met at the j home of Richard O Cole on Tuesday evening, April 6, 1944. The officers were elected a3 follows: President Ralph Hild Vice Fresidcnt Andrew Ruffner Secretary Robert Cole News Reporter Ilerle Meisinger Song Leader Dolores Hild Cheer Leader - Dorothy Hild Assistant Leader Ralph Hild Our leader gave us a 4-H demon stration on the care of the chick brooder stove. News articles were read and wo discussed problems for the year's work. 1 Refreshments were served by Mrs. Sherman Cole. , Reporter; Merle Meisinger Makes Guilty Plea Deputy Sheriff Emery Doody was out to Lincoln Wednesday to bring in Morrill A. Skinner on a complaint charging him with disturbing the peace of Maitie Coleman and Elmer Coleman, at Greenwood. The defend ant made a plea of guilty to th charge in the county court. Judge Paul E. Faue,uet assessed a fine of S10 and costs on the defendant. A complaint was also filed asking that the defendant Skinner be placed under a bend to keep the peace and to this charge Skinner made a plea of not guilty. The heaving was set for next Tuesday. Democrats Of Cass County !n Convention The 1944 Edition of Annual Meet ing Select? Committee Organiza tion and Hears Talk The democrats of Cass county met oii Thursday afternoon at the re juvenated district court room, with a very pleasing number of the dele gates and h-ading democrats of the county present to take part. D. D. Wair.seott, cf Weeping Wa ter, the county chairman, opened the meeting and W. II. Puis of I'latttmouth was rained as the secre tary of ihe convention. So well dirt th tv.'o perform their job. that they wore selected to be the cliainnan and secretary of the county central com mittee, Mrs. Lawrence Gro:p of Louisville being named as the vice chairman of the committee. Hon. W. B. Banning, of Union, candidate for the unicameral legis lature from the third district, ncn politieal ticket, was present to dis cuss with the delegates some of the issues of the day r Nebraska. Mr. Banning talked on the matters that may confront the legislature of Ne braska at the next session. Particu lar stress was made of the road money appropriated to Nebraska by the federal government, this to be matched by the state to secure the full sum that v.i;l be appropriated by the central government. Senator Tom Dooley. of Papillivn, the other candidate for the legisla ture was unable to be present at the convention. County Judge Paul E. Fauquet. candidate for county judge on the nor.-piditical ticket, was pres ent, to meet the voters. Young People Married Tuesdaj afternoon at the court house occurred the marriage of Pvt. Adelbert Howard Rhoads, cf Hoiton, Michigan and Miss Agnes Christina Staples, of Means. Michigan. The groom is in the- armed rervice and stationed at Fort Crook in the ordnance department and the bride has come west for the marriage. The marriage lines were read by Judge Paul E. Fauiuet and witness ed ty Mrs. Robert Ray Mid Miss Minnie Hil l. Attends Conventions While at Nebraska City Thursday Judge W. A. Robertson had the op portunity of looking in on the Otoe county conventions tbat were held at the court house. Judge Robertson lias a large number of friends in loth parties and had a most pleasant time in visiting them. Hear Traffic Cases Highway Patrolman Harry Carlis le Thursday afternoon filed com plaint in the county court against two Plattsmouth young men, Vernon C. Shifter and Paul Myers. Both of the young men weie charged with reckless driving and weie appre hended on Washington avenue. The two were fined ?H each and had their drivers licenses suspended for a sixty day period. Born To Mr and Mrs. Sterling Ingwer scn on ednesday. April 26th, at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha, a w n. This is the second son in the family. All are repr.rted as doing well. COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP HELD VERY INTERESTNG MEETNG Committee Will Visit Council to Urge Possibility of Community Recreational Program An interesting meeting was held in the auditorium room at the Li brary on Wednesday evening. The r.iimbcr present and the interest dis j played indic ated tbat there is recog jnition of the need of such planning Ifor this community. Mr. Orville 'itl jfeu, acting as temporary chairman, j introduced the guest speakers for ..a e evening. Mr.- Friest, superintendent of schools, Plattsmouth, outlined the plans for enlarging the school lunch program and nursery school plans which are being conducted in the scnools and under the auspices of the Federal Lanhani Act. He pointed out that there i a growing need for such services in this community since it it in the war defense area where many mothers are unable to give the proper supervision in the home, due to their defense work. The second speaker, Mrs. Gertrude Flyte. special field representative from the Federal Works Agency, St. Paul, Minnesota Regional Office, outlined the services available thru Gardner-Steppat Wedding Held At Oklahoma City Bride Is a Member of the WAVES and Groom Plattsmouth Boy in Navp.l Service In a very simple and impressive ceremony in the First English Luth eran church at Oklahoma City, Okla , occurred the marriage of Miss Maxine Canlenour cf Fort Wayne, Ind., and Edwin M. Steppat, Slc, sen of Mr. and Mr?. E. C. Stepput cf this city. The double ring ceremony was solemnized by Rev. F. R. Block. Mies Jean Tlarmcl and John BeArman at tended the couple. The hrid? wore her naval uniform and carried a bouquet cf red roses. Her attendant, wearing her uniform, carried gardenias. The bridegroom is a graduate of the I lattsmouth Iliph school in the! (lass of 1341, and before enlisting in the navv he was employed at the Martin-Nebraska Co.. at Fort Crook. Both tho bride and groom are new stationed in San L'iego. Calif. Commercial Club Meets The High School Commercnl club met Wednesday morning at the ap pointed hour Minutes were read by F.etty Ann Albert and received the approval oi these present. We then proceeded 1 1 the program arranged The guests at the meeting were Joan "iekottcr, Betty- Ilenton. and Cath erine Conis, all graduates of the class Of 194:;. Geraldine McClintock introduced Catherine Conis as the first speaker Catherine cleverly told of her experiences at "job hunting" and the line of work she's now en gaged in as secretary for County Superintendent Lora Lloyd Keick. Next came Joan Tiekotter who is employed by County Treasurer Ruth Fatten. Joan gave a most enjoyed talk on tho amusing incidents as well as the tasks required of her in her line of duty. i-astly Petty Henton was intro duced. Betty told of her experiences while employed at Father Flanni gaifs Home for the two months pre ceding her securing her present posi tion at the county attorney's office. These girls gave many helpful suggestions and put many worth while thoughts into the minds of th'.sp who will be seeking like posi tions in the next few weeks. News Reporter Is at Rochester Mrs. Philip Lepert of this city, is cv Rochestei, Minnesota, where she will take, treatment at the Mayo clinic. Her health has not been go good in the nasi few mom lis. 'the Federal Lanham Act. She stated that her brief visit to this commun ity and her stidy of its needs indi cated that it is much like other com munities of its sort that have sud denly found themselves in defense r.reas. Many problems unknown to such a jornnunity less than live jears ago, have become paramount. Slic mentioned such needs as better s'-hool facilities and equipment, bet ter housing and sanitation, health problems, recreational facilities, as some of the problems common to all such communities and described the method by which some communities ! are meeting certain of these prob lems. In the discussion that followed these talks, a motion was made and carried requesting that a committee bo appointed to go before the city council at their next meeting to discuss the possibility of a commun ity recreation program and that the report of this committee, together with additional information on com munity planning, be brought to the next meeting. Tho next meeting of this group will be held within the next two weeks, the time to be an nounced in the paper. Blue Devils Win From Boys Town, Score Of 7 to 5 Ed Gradoville Does Excellent Mound Work Team Shows Good Hitting With Woster High Friday afternoon, the Plattsmouth High school baseball team journey ed to Boys Town, whom they beat hy a secra fo 7 to F-.-- Thrcugh the combined efforts of Ed Cradoiille. who did seme tight pitching when the going got tough, Duane Sack, who caught his first game in a Plattsmouth uniform and aptly relieved "Doc"' Eaton, regular coacher for the team, who had broken his finger earlier in the week in a practice game Uespite this he played an excellent game in right field, ard Bob Woster, whose timely hitting aided the Blue Devils time after lime. Boy's Town scored first, getting fi ur runs in the second inning on two errors, a walk, and two doubles. But in the third, Plattsmouth came back on three errors and successive bits by Eaton, Vromau, and Cole to score three runs and from there cn Plattsmouth went on to tie the game and then go ahead and finish on top. Errors played a large part in the game Plattsmouth committing four and Boy's Town four. The box score of the game was as follows: Plattsmouth: AB R H O A E Faton. rf ...... 3 2 110 0 Gradoville, 4 2 114 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 0 Woster, 2b 4 2 Vroman, ss 4 0 Cole, 3b 0 Wolever, If 3 1 Sack, c 2 0 Cochenour, rf 1 0 Eeverage cf 4 0 Vindnska, lb 3 0 32 7 0 0 0 10 0 8 21 9 Boys Town: AB R H O A E Freeman, rf 3 10 10 0 Mitchell, 2b 4 1 2 0 Maxwell, ss 4 1 2 2 Brogan, c 3 0 14 Roe, If 3 0 0 1 Fiedler, lb 4 0 1 10 Nierzski. cf 4 t 0 0 Fitzgerald, lb 110 1 Kroll p 2 0 0 2 28 5 6 32 13 Strikeouts Kroll, 3; Gradoville, 4 ! rase' on bolls- -Kroll. 2; Grado ville, 5. An Appreciation I wish to thank the many friends for their remembrances on my nine tieth oirthday anniversary, espec ially those who sent in the greeting cards. I really appreciated them so much, . Anton Swoboda Attend Dancing Parties Last evening a group of some fif ieea Plattsmouth girls, members of the Vktorettf's, were at Fort Crook to attend the sponsored dance held at the Non-Commissioned Officers club. These dances are given for tbe entertainment of the men attached to the ordnance school and the young women of Omaha, Plattsmouth and the nearby territory are invited to attend, many delightful dancing par ties being l tld through the winter and spring season. The dances are carefully chaperoned and prove one of the delightful special features of the season. Miss Harriett Goos is the chair man of the Vietorcttes of this city. Eight Vegetables AddedToPointFree List Of Foods "Bargain Sale" However to End When the Present Old Storage Stocks are Cleaned Up Washington, April 28. (UP) The Office of Priv'e Administration today added eight popular rationed canned vegetables to the point-free list in a move to free storage cpac for new crops. The OPA's announcement, how ever, said that the "bargain sale" will end when old stocks are gone. New point values for processed foods, effective next Sunday through June 3, show reductions for soups, certain jellies, spaghetti! sauce and other items, and increases for cran berry items, large cans of tomato juice, and tomato catsup. Yesterday, the OPA announced a four-point reduction in butter points which will put that item back to 12 points after being at 16 points for seven months The new point-free canned items are tomatoes, corn, acparagug. beets, leafy greens, spinach, blackeye peas and garban.o beans, all in No. 2 siz ed containers, except vacuum packed corn which is listed as U-oi-uee she. ll frozen foods, peas, green or wax beans, mushrooms and pome oilier items had previously been liade point free. Tomato catsup and chili sauce In 4-ouncc container were increased 7 points to u new value of 30; cran berry items, No. 2 size, were boost ed 7 point- to 15 points; 46-ounce and 6-pound cans of tomato Juice went up 2 and 6 point3 respectively tc new values of IS and oC points, and one-pound containers of rasp berry or strawberry foods, umixed or in combination with rt her fruits, were assigned a vahie of 16 points, up 8. Spaghetti sauces went down 2 and 3 points, apple, grape, mint and plum jellies were lowered 2 points, tomato and other condensed soup3 as well as clam and other sea food soups were eut 1 and 2 points. Although the outlook is for record farm production this year, Price Adminivtrater Chester Bowles said Ihe prospect is for a short supply of canned fruits and vegetables for civ ilians in li'44 because it is antici pated that increased military needs will more than offset production gains. Netab Campfire Netab Camp Fire girls had their Council Fire at the E. H. Bernhardt home. The mothers of the girls were invited. After our council lire e girls served refreshments. The rest of the evening was spent. play?ng games in the recreation room. We all had a grand time. Scribe: Jeanette Rhylander St. Luke's Guild There will be no meeting of the St. Luke's Guild on Thursday, May J, as was announced, but the meet ing will be on May J 1th at the home cf Mrs. Guy Long. All members are urged to mte change made owing to annual meeting at the Trinity cathedral at Omaha on May 4tii.