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PAGE SIX CASS COUNTY LIVESTOCK TP. AJn S01iTA iiON VON SfcKV A XION fLAN 1. Description 'f Area This plan .s to. . over Hi? hauling of liwfs'ocii in an a from Cass county, Nebraska an' the utilization of live stock trucks tor "uack hauls" io tl;e county. Cass County has ail area of about r.r.j k iiaro jii iles, is an area of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep pi oituciiou, and is about 45 miles from the ver ;nii::l :narkeis. Markets io which producers rli i i livestock. Livestock from Cass county b shipped to the following markets and divided among them about as in dicated : Terminal Markets: Omaha. TO per cent; I.incolii 20 percent; Total 90 percent. Concentration Yards None Livestock Auctions: IMattvmoutl; 10 per cent; Total 10 per cent. 3. Producers Affected. Thorn are about 2.400 farms in Cass county, 2.100 of which produce tome livestock for markets. 4. Volume, of livestock to be hauled. The following are estimates ot the numbers and tonnages of the dif ferent classes of livestock Mint are to be moved to market from Cass eoentv during th' next year. Cattle, head. U.oOO; av. weight, 0 J : Total Tons. 4400. Hogs, bead. 11.000; av. weight. 200; Total Tons t,U'e. Sheep, head. S.OOO; av. weight. 10r: Total Tons -F20. v?.l Calves, head. .'.0"(': av. weight 22T.; TotPl Tons ".G2.5. 5.' Number of Carriers Affected There arc approximately 350 truckers opera tin? 'ISO trucks who haul livestock 'for hire' in Cass countv. The names and addresses of these ave listed in Appendix "A". There are also some 5 )0 farme-'s whe lms! t bir own livestock to market. fi. Plan of Operation. The plan in general is that to the deffreo that is practicable, livestock be "picked up" with the minimum mileage and wear on trucks and tires, that it be moved to market in fully loaded trucks river the short est route and that livestock trucks he utilized on their return trips in transporting goods hack to Cass county To effort this purpose, it is pro- posed that the following rules be Cass county live and nil truckers observed by all stock producers hauling Cass county livestock: (The following is the list, in sub stance, of all the recommendations made ?n all the county committee reports examined up to September 1. They are listed merely to call atten tion to the points covered and not to reommend their adoption by other county committees.) ( 1 ) Truckers should not be ask ed to haul loads of le-s than capa city except for-pickup and assembly or farm-to-farm movement of live stock and truckers should refuse such request when they are made. (2) Producers with less than full truck load shipments she-old list their livestock with the truck er (or clearing offic) one week in advance of desired shipping data. (31 The same shipment of live stoek should be listed with only one trucker (or station) at one time. (4) T.ecs than tr"ck l"ii shio-inc-nts of livp-cto'k should not be made frori the same farm more of ten than miff in two weeks except in cases of ernersrney, or when it will not rer.i're .-vim mileage. (ti Truck-. rs should advice pro ducers wbci liesrock cr-rnot b'" haii'M withn the wek listed. i 6) Truckers should phnnff listings if chinmepts when the live stock c:in b picked no mor" a'lvan tageonslv by cr dn'eg. and prt'.'isc the rtrodncer of the propound ex change. '71 Veisrhbovintr T.'-ed"fer" with less thnn treck load shipments mar group their livestock into full loads preferably on one tarn? in ordr-r t li:i ve tMem hanleo as promptly as other full truck loads. (M Producers should have chutes for loading livestock. located at placs easily accessible to the fuck. (9) Producers should have live stock ready for loading at the time the trucker has said h" will arrive and the trucker should endeavor to arrive at the farm at that time. iio) irocKcis stiouii.1 not he ex pected to pick up livestock on muddy roads (11) Back hauls and cross hauls should be avoided, in as far as prac ticable, in '.Loving livestock (12) Truckers should attempt to arrange loads so as to reduce the number of places to unload at the market, when the mileage saved at the market over-balances the extra mileage rett uired to pick up. When this is done, producers should state, at the tine of listing, where less lhan full truck load shipments are to bo delivered. (1?) Truckers should endeavor to secure back hauls from terminal markets by: (a) Attempting to lease trucks to otbrr carriers for return loads. (b) Contacting a joint informa tion office. ( 1 4 (See revision, page 5). (15) Pickup trucks should not be iis-fl to transport livestock more than "5 miles to an established market. 7. Plans for Putting Program Into rrfect. It is proposed that these rules be widely publicized and an appeal made for voluntary cooperation in carrying them out. Should any trucker refuse to co operate, it is proposed that the ODT office revise downward the gaso line allotment of the non-coopoat-ing trucker. S. Truckers Suspending Operation Tlii plan does not contemplate th elimination of any essential truckers from livestock hauling. 9. Truck Mileage Saving Expect ed. Assuming for the average loads of catle 4-100 at 4 tons; hogs G100 at 2.5 tors: Fheep 120 at 2.0 tons; and veal calves 562.5 at 2.0 tons; the livestock to be moved from Cass county during this next year would be 4t4 truck loads. Assuming 20 miles of pk-k up and So miles of mainline travel, the average trucu miles per lor.d would be 100' miles. These two figures would give -104,200 tri'ck miles as the rem ire men t to get t-'iis livestock to mar ket. It is estimated that reasonable ad herence to the proposed rules would result in a saving of 20 per cent or M'.S4'. truck miles. It is estimated that efficiencies in trucking, inaugurated since May 1 !42. have already reduced truck mileage in hauling livestock. by 15 per cent. State an 1 Federal Laws Involved. This plan will not require any hauler to perforin any service in conflict with Federal or Slate Motor Vehicle Regulatory Laws. 11. Statement nf Approval by Committee. We, the undersigned, member or the Cass County Livestock Industry Transportation Committee. hereby approve the livestock transportation conservation plan set forth above-. Oscar E. Domingo, Representing Chairman. CFTC. February 26, 1944. G. R. Kveland. Representing. Feeding Cattle & Farming, March 3 0. 1944. John Jo: gensen. Represent i n g Weeping Water. April 3 APPENI.HX A 10 44. C.S COUNTY Name Address No. trucks 1 lliy Gamble, Murdock Fred fastens. Murdock Jack Jorgenscn. Weeping Water Hank Friesel. Weeping Water John Friesel. Weening Water Leonard Friesel. Weepintr Water I'd Lorenseii, Weeping Water Willis Lorensen. Weeping Water A. E. Oldham. Weeping Water Norman Bornemeier, Elmwood IL E. TIeil. Cedar Creek Fruio Inghram. Cedar Creek Roy Vickcrs. Eagle Art Hardnock, Eagle W. II. Porter, Union Francis Ackley. Union Ernest Shipley. Nehavka Deltert Swiizer, Nehawka William Kruger. Nehawka John Elliott, Alvo Paul D. Johnson. Alvo Hilland Iand. Platsmouth Baumgart Brothers. Plattsmouth Hugh Stander, Plattsmouth Frank Mrasek, Murray Jack Philpot, Murray Ike Todd. Murray Glen Todd. Murray Henry Smith. Avoca Vernon Vet tie. Avoca o 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 of Muris Nelsen. Avoca Ernie Engelkemeier, Louisville We. the undersigned member the Omaha Area Livestock Industry dvisory Committee, hereby approve he Livestock Transportation Con servation Plan set forth above. Name Representing Date P. Martin. Market Agencies 5-6-4 1 T'arr Young. Feeders 5-8-44 I"on J. Alert. Interior Pack'rs 5-9-4 4 C. R. Foelker. Packers 5-11-4 4 5-1S-44 5-17-44 5-1S-44 5-19-44 5-24-44 Rav Rodine. Public Slkvds r.leun E. Wells. Attct'n Mkts F. D. .Tncobson. Coon. Trckrs. T-'ml W. Moore Producers Vendell Turner, Trvrkers Jv the rotrict Court of Cns Coun Earl Fletcher and Perl J. Fletch- j er, Piamtitfs, vs. R. B. Townsend. real name unknown, et al. Defend- ' ants. To. R. B Townsend. real name un known, and wife- Ma'-v Townsend, leal name unknown; T. B. Gordon. tenl name unknown and wife Tthelimla M Gordon: Ann A Townsend and husband Alfred TT. Townsend: William C. Moorf-s alo known as Wm. C. Moores and wife ?Iary Toores. real name unknown; John S Townsend and wifp Fannie F. Tcvrerd: E. F. Doneian. real name unknown, and wife Mary Doneian. real name 'unknown: Mary . Doneian. and husband. John Doe Tionelan. real name unknown: the heirs, devisees, les-atees. personal venropentPtivec. an 1 all other ner co'ia i-itpreted in tbo estates of R. T;. Townsend. Mqry Tcwnnd. real name unknown. T. P.. Gordon. Ethe linda Gordon. Ann . Townsend, Al fred H Townsend. William C. Moores and Mary Moores. real name un known. John R. Townsend. Fannie K. Townsend. E. i F. Doneian. Mary Doneian, real name unknown. Marv A. Dor elan, and John Doe Doneian. real name unknown, each and all deceased, real name.? unknown, and all persons having or claiming any light, title or interest in or lien upon Lots 11 and 1". in Block 15. in Duke's Addition to the City of Plattsmouth. Cass County. Nebraska, real names unknown and being situ ated in the West half of NE4 and NW14 of the SE14 of Sec. 13. Twp. 12 North, Rge. 13. in the City of Plattsmouth, Cass County. Nebraska. real names unknown. Yen and each of you are hereby notified that Earl Fletcher and Pearl .1. Fletcher, plaintiffs, filed, their petition against you and each of you in the District Court of Cass Countv. Nebraska, on May 31. 1H44. the object, purpose and prayer of which is to quiet title in the plain tiffs ne-ainst you and each of you and to en.ioin you and each of you from interfering w itb the possession or title of. the plaintiffs in and to Tots 11 and' 12 in Block 13 in Duke's Addition to th City of Plattsmouth. Cass County, Nebraska, and for equitable relief. You and each of you are further notified that you are required to answer said T-etition on or before Mondav. July 24. 194-. or the allegations therein contained in said petition xvill be taken as trtte and a decree in favor of nlaintifi's and against you and each of von according to the priyer of said petition will bo entered. F4RT, FLETCHER AND PEARL J. FLETCHER. Plaintiffs. A. L. Tidd. Attorney for Plaintiffs. 12-4sw ins Great Wheat Yield Predicted For ILS. One of the Largest Crops for Years is Seen by ' the . Experts Will Aid the War Effort Washington, June 10. (P) The nation's farmers today appeared headed for a seventh straight year of record-breaking crop production and the largest wheat crop tn his tory. Crop prospects now are better than one the same date in any of the last. 10 years except 1942, an agriculture department monthly sur vey reported. The optimistic 'niMook was gen erally well received in view of pios pective continued high war focd demands, expanded relief feeding, and the nation's depleted grain re serves. It present indications are fulfill ed, a wheat harvest from winter and spring plantings will ' total 1,034, 75 5,000 bushels. Only one before, in 1915: has whea. production pass ed the billion-bushel figure. A prolonged and exceedingly rainy spring was credited by the department's crop reporting board for the favorable prospects. Ample soil moisture now is stored in the soil but the size of harvests will de pend partly on the growing weather from now on, it was pointed out. The outlook for corn appears "only fair" because of the late planting season, the boaid stated. Through out the corn belt seeding was from one to two weeks late and ir. is 'doubtful" if the delay can be fully overcome, it asserted. However, considerable acreage in tended for other crops may be plant ed in corn in some areas to offset fields which will remain untilled ir. others. Fruit production may be of near record proportions with a cherry crop 69 per cent above last year and a peach crop 60 per cent larger than 1943 now in sight. Early hay crops were termed 'excellent" and the condition of the pastures reported as the best since 192$. A "gocd-sied" bailey crop was forecast and the oat output probably w ill be "near average," the board said. In the southwest and on the Pa cific coast some rain is needej and along the Atlantic coast rain is "urgently" required. But the dry strip is only a few counties deep, the board said. In the south, crops have suffered from too much rain but there ' is still time" for good harvests. In the middle west, the board reported "there is less time to spare" but farmers are rapidly catching up cn field work. NOTICE OF HEARING ESTATE NO. 3770 Estate of Elizzie H. Tefft, Deceas ed. the County Court of Cast, County, Nebraska. The State of Nebraska: To all per sons interested in said estate, credi tors and hcirg take notice, that Ed Swain has filed his petition alleging that Eli::zie H. Tefft diod intestate or or about November 26th, 1899, heins a resident artd inhabitant of the County of Cass, and State of Nebraska and died seized of the fol lowing described real estate, to-wit: The South Half of the Northeast Quarter and the North Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 18, in Township 22 North, of Ranee 11. West of the 6th P. M., in Wheeler County, Ne Draska, and other land. leaving as her sole and only heirs at law the following named persons, to-wit: Orlando Tefft, her husband and Clarence E. Tefft, her 6on. who were at her death of legal age. That no application for adminis- : tration ha been made, and the es tate of said decedent has not been administered, in the State of Nebras ka. That the interest of the netittoner I In the above described real estate is uui"fm'-iii purcnaser ana praying for a determination of the time of the dath of said Elizzie H. Tefft and of her heirs, the degree of kin ship and thn right of descent of the real property belonging to the said deceased, in the State of Nebraska. It Is ordered that the same stand for hearing on the 23rd day of June 1944 before the County Court of Caes County in the Court House at Platts mouth. Nebraska, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. Dated at Platsmouth, Nebraska, this 24th day of May, A. D. 1944. Paul E. Fauquet (Seal) County Judge 7HZRE THE AN ARM YtTHANSROET boras 33,000 gtlloni of fmie3 journal, piatj fiSi::::i w u ti - -- tt TT $$ 3 - TT - T T -- - 'Mr T u fT The War In Review Allied Headquarters, Naples, June 5. (UP) The Fifth army streamed through Rome, first of the axis occupied capitals of Europe to be liberated, today in close pursuit of Germany's fleeing s-outhern forces under orders to destroy them. American vanguards entered the Italian capital yesterday afternoon, bringing to a climax the 237-day-old Italian campaign, after break ing through 11th Lour enemy resis tance cn the southeastern outskirts with a tank assault and artillery barrage. Advance shock troops, suported by American Sherman tanks, speared straight through Rome In a race to overtake and annihilate the weary, beaten enemy before he can reach his next strong defense line hinged ou Florence. 150 milts to the north. Moscow, June 5. (UP) Red a.iny troops killed more than 2,000 enemy soldiers in bitter hand-to-hand bat tles as they u pulsed strong German lank and infantry attacks yesterday north and northwest of Iasi in east ern Romania, it was annouoed U 'ay. The enemy losses in the new at tacks brought their total casualties to over 6,700 dead, in the last six days of fighiing, a period in which the Russians also knocked out 272 tanks and 2SG planes. The Germans made five determin ed assaults on the soviet positions but were all turned back, the com munique said. An entire army bat talion of approximately 1,000 men vas wiped out in one of the hard fought engagemea:.s Allied Headquarters, Naples, Tune s. (UP) Four powerful allied col umns swept 3 5 to 40 mile? beyond Rome in headlong pursuit of the beaten German 14th army today, and front dispatches indicated that the r.azi retreat was degenerating rapid ly into a disorganized rout. Harried every step of the way by the onrushing American and British columns, the nazis wera reported tutting the torch to everything in their wake, blowing up bridges and highway junctions in a desperate at ten.pt to escape. lx)w-tlying allied warplanes machine-gunned the fleeing enemy, while a force of almost 500 American Flying Fortresses, and Liberators swung out over the Riviera to blast their supply and reinforcement lines leading Into France. Allied Supreme Headquarters London, June 8. (UP) Allied arm ies have "completed sucessfully" the first phase of the invasion of France, it was announced officially today, and have swung into thp bat tle to destroy German mobile re serves moved into the assault areas. The United Nations radio at Al giers reported that the allies had captured Caen, key transport hub nine miles inside Normandy and 17 miles southeast of occupied Bayeux, but confirmation was lacking. The fighting in Normandy now is spreading, and is especially savage in many sectors as the Germans throw In more and more armor, the latest word at allied supreme head quarters revealed. Germany's famous 21st panzer division, which the allies destroyed several times In Noxth Africa and the Mediterranean theatres, only to find it reformed, now Is opposing the invasion forces in the Bayeux-Caen area of Normandy. Allied Headquarters, Naples, June I. (UP) Allied tanks and Infantry men pursued the fleeing German 14th army along a broad front ex tending more than 40 miles above Rome today, and a communique said that the nazis have begun a general retreat from their Adriatic coastal line south of the Pescara Rome highway. Striking over roads littered with wrecked tanks and trucks abandoned by the retreating enemy, 5th army spearheads raced almost unopposed along the three main highways lead ing north and northwest of the capital in an effort to bring the nazis to battle. American units were reported far heyond Civitavecchia, 40 miles above Rome on the Tyrrhenian coastal road, .md pounding ahead toward the next major i city objective on that route. Orbetello, 38 miles to the north. Allied Supreme . Headquarters, London, June 8. (UP) American armored forces driving westward President Reported Tops Physically Physician States Examinations Shows thj -President to Ee in tlie Best ofv Shape Washington, June 9. (UP) President Roosevelt today is in bet tor condition than most ni"n of his age 62 according to his personal physician. Vice Admiral Ross T. Mc Intire. Mclntire's report, which followed a complete physical checkup on the president, removed health as a prob able factor in Mr Roosevelt's 194 4 political plans, contradicting sug gestions by his political opponents that he could not withstand the rigors of either a fourth presidential campaign or a fourth term. Mclntire's report was prompted by a request from White House re porters for the results of a physi cal examination of Mr. Roosevelt. made May 23 at the naval medical center at Betbesda, Md. "He is in better physical condi tion than the average man of his age," said Mclntire, who is also against hard fighting into the base of the Norman peninsula have cut. the east ccast railroad and highway to Cherbourg, the two main nazi lines to the great, port, it was an nounced officially today. (The United Nations radio at Al giers said the Cherbourg rail lihe was cut with the capture of St. Mere Eglise. 20 miles south of the port, by allied airborne troops.) A spokesman for General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarter? re vealed that operations generally "continue satisfactorily, with the beachheads enlarging," on the four th day of the allied invasion of northern France. The Germans reported that a great naval armada of several hun dred vessels sailed eastward past Cherbourg toward the assault areas early today evidently to pour power ful reinforcements into the beach heads. Nazi reports also said an armored spearhead was approaching St. Lo. 0 miles southwest of Reyaux and half way across the peninsula, and the Germans might be forced to abandon Cherbourg in the face of the developing allied drive to iso late it. I' 4A0 4 CRUCIAL I Myf: hj fc-.i, V. : -, .. - '4., v " "4" J V- ;- - " - VSl THIS is the year of decision. This is the year that General Eisenhower said might bring victory in Europe. But no vic tory can be won with "part-time" soldiers . . . either in the invasion or on the home front. We know our fighting men are ready for anything . . . any where . . . bar nothing. How surgeon general of the. navy. - - Events leading to the examination beganvlast winter shortly after he returned from the four-power con ferences in Cairo and Tehran " According to-Mclntire, the presi dent never "performed better in his life," than' in Cairo and Tehran, but when he returned to Washing ton in late December he was tired and became a target for influenza and bronchi! is. The president went to the naval hospital late in March for a check, and in early April Mclntire said he needed rest, sunshine and exercise. So. ou April S the chief executive went south to the coastal South Carolina plantation of Bernard M. Iiaruch and spent a month lolling in the sun, away from the daily grind of the Whit-o House. He came back to Washington tanned and said he felt better than in months. Hut to make certain, Mc lntire put him through another ex amination. "We gained everything we hoped for in our it ay down in South Caro line," Mclntire said. "It was a very excellent rest period in which we mixed in a very good routine." He stressed that Mr. Roosevelt in the future must get periodic breaks Hi his White House rcutine to re tain the gains made during his sprang vacation 'so that the day-after-day grind doesn't become a fatiguing proposition." "His health now is excellent and I can say that unqualifiedly in all respects." Mclntirs said. To maintain the physical gains, the president, has been put on a daily routine more strict than he followed in his earlier years as chief executive. He is on what M-.-Intirc called "a well-balanced diet" and as a result, his weight is down to ISO pounds, compared with an av erage for several years of IS 5 or more. Mclntire said the president was pleased with his present weight and hoped to keep it there. Mr. Roosevelt has started swimm ing again in the afternoons, when ever his schedule permits. He has stopped doing business at lunch and is spending weekends in a ccmiplete relaxation as his Job will permit. One of the central figures in Mr. Roosevelt's new daily routine is his daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger, who sees to it that he has his meals undisturbed and that he gets some relaxation each day. I YOUR EXTRA WAR BOND INVESTMENT about you? Are you ready to match their fighting spirit with your War Bond purchases? It's the American way to work to gether and fight together-reey. Once again America asks you to invest in extra War Bonds more than you've ever subscribed for before. Remember it's for invasion! For victory! PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL This it n official V. S. Treasury advertisement -prepared uncW tutpfaM of Treasury Department and War Advertising Council. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1944 French People Greet Allies In Captured Bayeux Release From.'Ypke of German Masters Brings Rejoicings Urge on to Paris . - editor's -Note Here Is the first eye-witness dispatch from the first town in France to be liberated. It was filed by Richard D. McMillan, veteran United Press war corres pondent who is "now with the invas ion armies after covering the Mediterranean campaign from El Alamcin to Italy. Bayeux, Allied Front Line Nor mandy, June 10. (LP) I toured the allied front in Normandy all day and entered this historic town of Bay eux with, the first allied troops who ocupied it at midday. It was a scene of rejoicing as the populace went wild and dashed thru the narrow streets throwing flowers and crying, "God save the King. We've waited for this day. On to Paris! " The streets were blocked with cheering men, women and children. The ti I color and union jacks hung from the windows. Cafes threw open their doors and pianists began to play British and French patriotic tunes, as the crowds danced, shout ing "Vive Tommy. Vive Amerique." It was a scene of mingled war i;nd peace through which I passed as I drove a jeep into the interior along part of the front, line and then back again to the allied coastal base. After a dusty, dreary morning the sun burst through and the skies cleared. Havoc was wrought ty allied nav al and air bombardment, which had wrecked some roads and many ham lets which the Germans had used as headquarters. Etome villages were entirely desert ed; in others some civilians remain ed and rushed out with clutching hands, screaming fcr joy. One vil lage woman, Madame Andre Nicho las told me: "Oh! The Germans were really wicked. They took everything we bad. Recently Rommel came to this village on a visit ef German coast defenses. The nazis turned, out in force. Rommel told them 'these po sitons are impregnable.' Srwon wan 0 1