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Sock mm in ii VOL. NO. LX PLATTSHOUTH, KEBEASEA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944 NO. 47 Eagles District Meeting Draws Very Large Crowd Worthy State President Earl Os senkop Speaks at Session and Gives Inspiring Message The district convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, compris ing the aeries of Nebraska City, Beatrice Lincoln and Flattsmouth, met on Sunday at the Eagles hall in this city, it being one of the largest crowds to participate in the fratern al gathering. In audition to the Eagles there w?s a large number of ladies to enjoy the occasion. In the session of the district meet ing. Earl Gssenkop, worthy state president, of Lincoln, was presented by William P. O'Donnell. the local president. The slate president made a very inspiring talk and told of the work of the Fraternal Older of Eagles down thicugh the years and the great part the order had in the enactment of much of the beneficial legislation for the common man. The members of the group had a cry fine supper served at 6 o'clock by the local aerie and prepared by the ladies of the Eagles. Following the supper the mem bers had the pleasure of witnessing a very high class floor show and entertainment that all enjoyed to the utmost. Preceding the lloor show President Ossenkop gave a short talk on the support of the Fifth War Bond drive, urging all purchase all additional war bonds possible. The evening was closed with a social nance for the members and their guests. Death Of Mrs A. W. Hallam, At Omaha Sunday Former Resident of This City Passes Away After an Illness of Sonie Duration Mrs. A. W. Ht!Ia:n. 71. a former resident of Pattsmouth, and member of one of the pioneer families of eastern Nebraska, died at 11 a. m. Sunday at the Clarkson hosp'.tnl at Omaha. Mrs. Hallam as not been in the best of health for some time and in tli r- past two weeks has been at the Omiha hospital, brought ther- from her home at Lincoln. Margaret Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georre Oliver, was born in the pioneer settlement of Bdle vue an.l when a small child v as brought with the other children to Plattsmouth where the parents set tel and spent the remainder of their lifetime. Sh-s fiew to womanhood in this city and was educated in the local schools. She was married to A. W. Hal lam, who with a son, Oliver lfal- lam. of Lincoln, and three c-rand- children survives her passing. There are also surviving two sisters. Mis Kate Oliver Morgan of this city aid 'from Hugh .1. Kearns post of the Mrs. Julia Cades of Omaha, a? v. el! ' American Lfgion asking that the as a number of more distant rela- license fee for th" street cjrnival tires. .be omitted as iu the past and thiy The funeral services will be held fv as approved, the Legion to furnish on Tuesday at 1:30 at the; Hnv' , the proper n.dv fng for the ground? chapel at Omaha and the !"dy tak-jaiwl street en to Lincoln for interment n the ; An-Ob-atbin for the pot sit An of Wyuka cemetery. Tr. H G. McChnkj a pool and billard hall at 124 North of the First Presbyterian church of j,.th st.-..ct v;s rceived by the coun Plattsmouth will officiate at thejeil. signed by Joe Lapidv.s and V. F. services. j Kelly, to be incorporated a the jPbtymoie parlors . Thij was refer- Leaves For Station i 1X1,11 tr lne license committee of the council to investigate and repoi t Ralph O Timm. PC 1c, uipartea . .i, . , u -i 1 st the next meeting of the council. this morning for Omaha and from tt . t t A 4 Mayor Hayes stated that a num there will entrain for Bremerton. ... , 4. , , . , .. her of the business men had disnirs- Washington, to resume his duties at the naval leception center at th. great port. Ralph has had charge lne mesd al one oi lne "'iBMond hand flush er and had received centers tnat nanaies nunaroas or Men each dav, going to active duty at sea or reporting in on leaves f-oia their ships. He has had a pleasant visit here with his wife and par ents, Mr and Mrs. Henry Timm, this bidng made more pleasant by the fact that his brother, Bronson Timm, also a took iu the navy, was here for a few days. City Council Votes To Ask I Recreational Aid Will Send Request to .Federal Works Agency Also Discuss Plans for Oakmont Drainage The city council last evenirg had a very busy session w ith a large number of matters coining to the at tention of the city legislators, the adoption of the request for federal aid in a recreational program for the city, creation of proper alley i'lid drainage facilities tor Oakmont addition and the enlargement of the program for handling flood water that might flow as the result of maimer flash floods. All of the councilrnen were ir at tendance altho Councilman John E. Echutz was called away in tne lat ter part of the meeting by trouble on the electric lines. Walter M. Smith, county attorney and the chairman of the city com mittee on recreational facilities, with Oral Nielsen and Milo W. Price, members of the committee and Dean Collins, district official, were present at the meeting. The commit tee had prepared a request for the city to fibi with the federal govern ment, asking for federal aid iu a recreational program in a defense area community. The request set forth the need of ! the community for a definite pro gram for recreation well supervised i;ud handled by a responsible com mittee. It pointed out the fact that Plats-mouth was in the defense work area, that proper means of recrea tion should be provided to influence ihc morale of the young and old, the proper handled facilities would aid in tutting down the delinquency union? the young. As the situation now stood the residents here were largely forced tr. go to Omaha or i Istant points for recreation. Under the proposal there would be a city created recreational com mission, thi- money appropriated by the governruont to be controlled, by the council, expended only at the. cider of the commission. The amount asked of the Federal Works Agency v.as $20,278, this being divided among the needs of I be program that included proper housing, equipment, salaries and other incidental expense. The request also pledged the city to turn uver ?400 of equipment left from the WiA recieaiional program, and the community through other activities to raise $600 to aid the plan On moticu of Councilman Rebal. seconded by Councilman Olson the mayor and clerk were authorized to sign the application that will b scut to the federal agency. The city council passed a vote of thanks to the comr.tittee for Iheir fine work in the preparation of the application. A communication was received from a resident of the Oakmont ad dition for culling U12 curb to permit the creation of a driveway. This was referred to the streets, alleys and 1,1 committee with power to ja't - 1 A communication was received -d wUh uim thp mat,ei. of a fusher he ,,a(1 takcn u np with Uu 't.jtv 0( Omaha relatives to securing a a letter from Mayor Dan Butler. Mr. Butler stated he had taken the mat ter up with the street department and found ihat all flashers were in use now as new ones could not be purchased. Chief O. Sandin of the fire depart ment reported four fires since March 1st. (Coauaned en Fa 2, CoL S) Plattsmouth Travel Center Of Flood Area Bits and Track Traffic From Omaha to the west and Lincoln and Bet urn Pass Through City Since the start of the destructive flood conditions in the Elkhorn and Platte rivers Plattsmouth has solv ed as the main artery of travel for ! this part of the west, the only out-! ot for Omaha and through here j flows bus, truck and automobile : traffic from the east, west, no. th 1 and south. I When the Platte river bridge was i opened Monday noon the tiatfic was! all routed through this city, busses to and from Los Angeles and Salt Lake rolling; threngii Here ov a de- I tour into Omaha, while the Burling- 1 ion buses and also the truck trens ports were rolling through here to ! Union and hence west to Lincoln. ! Highway 75 has borne the travel of all of tne motor traffic and through thu city was almost a con tinuous stream of travel from all directions. With the opening of the highway out of Omaha much of the travel will be diverted back to highway G between Lincoln and Omaha. Move To Lincoln Tuesday the L. S. Devoe family ,vho have in recent years made their home in Plattsmouth, loaded their household effects and iioved to Lin coin were they are establishing their home and where Mr. Devoe is a mem ber of the staff of the Veterans Administration. The departure of this estimable family will bring a cre:it regret to the many friends as they have had a large and active part iu the com munity life since they came here from Geneva in 1932. Mr. Devoe served until a few months ago as the superintendent of the city schools, was president of the Rotary and Chamber of Com merce and was one of the origina tors of the King Korn Karnival or fall festival that was so popular each year in eastern Nebraska until curtailed by the war. He was also li active figure in the Masonic order, the American Legion and Methodist church circles. Mrs. Devoe has been an out str.nding figure in the social life of the community, being a very talented musician and a leader in the Woman's cl.ib work since com ing here and also active in the work of the Methodist church and many other organizations. Mrs. De voe is the district president of the first district of th? Federation of Woman's clubs. The family like all have been af fected by the war, the son, Opl. Stephen Devoe, being called from ins educational work for service in the army and is now in the east in training Tlii daughter. Mnrjorie , ' is stiil a student in high school and will enter the Lincoln schools this fall. Returning From Outing Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Sline have rc- turned horn- fr.un a vpw nim ! vacation spent with relatives and!0" on account of the Hood. ! friends out in the state and also? !t vas not ,lntil llear ,lle lloon ; experiencing part of the excitement j lu'l!r tnal tllc traffic over ihe Platte 'of the flood conditions in the north ! liver was resumed with tar owners part of the state. They visited at j a"'1 drivers cautioned as to the dan j Cortland, Nebraska, with Mr. and p'01" that m5fct develop. A further Mrs. J. A. Johnson, the latter ar,3e was thought possible iu the 'tister of Mrs. Stin and fnnnH j liatte from heavy rains of last family well. They stopped .it Ar cadia, Nebraska, to be guests of jMr. and Mrs. Fsper McCleary, for nier residents of Plattamotitb and j found them doing well. The two 'sous of the McCleary family are row 'in the arn,eJ service Garland in the air corp3 and located at Shepherd j Field, Texas, and Maynard, the younger, is in na7al training at Farragut, Idaho. They report that ;l.be Maynard McClearys are the par 'ents of a new son. On the way homeward Mr. and Mrs. Stine stcp ;ped at Coutstock, Nebraska, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson, tho latter a sister of Mr.. McCleary and then on into Omaha to visit Mrs. Belle MtHale, an aunt of Mrs. Stine. '..' Turbulent Platte River Reaches New High Near Here The usually placid Platte river flowing quietly along in the sum mer months, was late .Monday and this morning, a great torrid sweeping si ream that poured its water over many acres of land in this locality, and east of the city v as streunod over the farm lands both on this side of the stream and in Mills county, Iowa, across the Missouri river. The Elkhorn and many smaller streams in the north part of the state fed by the heavy rains, swept iit oi their banks to engulf many of the towns in their wake and finally poured their flood into the 1'iatte to till this stream and in many places the stream spread over a wide area. Warnings were received here Monday atnl many of the residents in the bottom lands east of the city, removed their livestock to new lo cation and the Lester Curtis fam ily, living just east of the Burling ton station moved out m the after noon as the lirst indications of the coming high water was evidenced. The Platte pouring its wateis into the Missouri, rushed southward to rip out new paths for the flood and engulfing the bottom with more water than for many years. The Midden rise last night taught the Bay Harold family iu their home, they being forced to abandon the l'.one with ihe waters several fctt deep in the home. North of this city the full force of the flood swept down and soon was flowing over the low!ai'ds on the north of the stream and with the rise of tlie waters. Sheriff Joe Mrasek, who had maintained a vigil v.ith Deputy Sheriff Doody at the Platte river bridge had the struc ture closed for travol at 3 a. .ni as the stream rose to within inches of the bridge structure, overflowing the highway at the north approaches of the bridge. On the south side of the Platte the water rose over the lowlands and a swift current broke through and over the banks to send a stream to the Merritt beach and threatened the Grover Parrioti farm home. The flood waters in their angry spread threatened the vicin ity of the Plattsmouth city water pumping station and sandbagging was necessary on the north of the large settling basins. The main line of the Missouri Pa cific remained intact in the flood waters and the bridge and trackage served as the only outlet for hours for this city. The early morning Burlington Zephyrs found it neces sary to use the Missouri Pacific tracks and bridge because of a wash out near Beilpvue and the Rock Is land Rocket, from the Wfst used the Missouri Pacific to get on into Omaha. Pus and truck travel as well as individual cars were able for a time to get into Omaha and Lincoln by using highway No. '.4 and the bridge over the Missouri river but this too was later closed on the Iowa side of the river as the flood waters swept over the highway. The local people employed at the Martin plant at Fort Crook were anaD,e ' ,x:ic" ,neu" w0lK tnis ' morning tne traitic being closet' nignt. Return To California Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Trocp motored to Omaha taking vith them their son. Jack Troop and his vifet ot I.os Angeles who have been visiting here for the past ten days. During the stay of Mr. and Mrs. Troop here they have been guests at many pleasant family gatherings and on Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Jack von Gillern and children, Jack. Jr., aud Roger came down from Lincoln to visit over Sunday. The family were all guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Troop in this city Sunday. erican Cherbourg Allied Supreme lleadquart e r s, London, June 13. (UP) American invasion armies cut half way across the Cherbourg peninsula and patrols were reported probing the approach es to tne pert, out tne ironi dis patches timed at 1:10 P. M., today said the Germans had rallied around Carentau and Montebourg and that street fighting again was uudvr way in both towns. Allied supreme headquarters of ficially confirmed the capture of Montebourg ar.d Pont l'Abbe. as re ported earlier today by V. P. war correspondent Henry T. Gorrell. Headquarters als' said the allies had capture! Le Ham, three miles southwest of Mouiebourg and Tror- an, seven miles east af Caen. "The news is really gratifying," it was said ut headquarters in com menting on reports apparently filed earlier than Gorrell's dispatch, say ing that tb; Germans had fought their way back into the streets cf Montebourg and Carentan under cover of artillery, mortars and tanks. Later it was said at supreve al lied headquarters that despite the progress of German counter attacks at Montebourg and Carentau, the general situation on the Cherbourg pesinsula was ' very gratifying' Gorrell was half a mile from Montebourg, nazi hedge hog base, 11 milea southeast of Cherbourg, when the enemy counter attack began. He sa-v U. S. artillery lay down a white smoke screen and shield American positions as the Germans advauci-d. llousy-to-hotisc fighting then developed to the crash of mor- Rationing News Quotas of new passenger tires are too low nearly everywhere to handle all applications Irom B and C card holders. These tpiota will it' iiain low for some time. Therefore, OJ'A must carefully choose among ihe applicants and issue tires first for most important uses. Many ap plications flooding Boards are not deserving of certificate issuance at ;ais time for the reason applicants have failed to recap tires. Number of passenger tires being recapped has greatly decreased since B rr-tion holders became e!igible for new tiros May 1. Truck Tiro Shortage Acute Many J )cal Boards have had no truck tire problems in recent months because they hae been forcing truckers to recap at least, as many tires as they replace. This i? done by re'iuiiing iruckers to supply them with copy of invoice of all truck tires recapped showing so:ial number of tires. A record is the-n kept in local board office on each trucker which indi cates the number of new tires is tued to him as well as the .'lumber cf tires which he has had recapped. German General Killed London, Jane 13. (UP ) The German high command reported to day that a General Marcks, whom it identified as "commanding geneial of an army and defender ot the Cherbourg peninsula." was kild at the front in the course of heavy fighting. The general may have been Lt. Ge-u. Erich Marcks, former ly commander of an infantry divis ion. Historical Society will Meet The regular monthly meeting will be held at noon on Wednesday, June 14 th at he Hotel Plattsmouth. Ali members of the Historical society are urged to attend.' 9-Sdlw Oerman Fight By His Side Buy Bonds P atrols Thrust Near as Troops Advance Held Railroad Bases REDS OPEN DRIVE Stockholm. June 13. (UP) --Helsinki dispatches to the newspaper Alton Bladct said today that the red army had opened an offensive in th s far north, attacking German posit Ions along the Liisa river which empties into the Barenta Sea, ZZ miles west of Murmansk. The reiorted offensive at the lioithpiij er.d of the Finnish front followed by three days the reel arm) attach on the Kaiclan Isthmus above Leningrad, where the Finns were being driun back toward Viipuri. fians attacked on the Arctic front sians at&ckod on the Arctic front after a violent artillfry barrage. Col. Gen. Eduar l Diet! is report ed to have about seven German di visions along the upper end of the soviet Finnish front, which has seen relatively little activity in this war. tars and SS's and the clatier of German machine guns pistols and carbines, he wrote. Meanwhile, at headquarters good nc.vs: was o.pected within a rela tively short time. Lt. Gen. Omar X. Bradley's Ameri can army holds at least two-thirds of the aliies Norn.au beachhead, it was revealed, with nearly 100. COO U. S. troops already announced as engaged in combat on the Cherbourg peninsula. The fighting reached new peaks ot violence at both ends of the French hallo front as the Cernans l it back hard in a bid to check the American gains, and the Briiish beran a full-scale envelopment movement on Caen, eastern anchor of the nazi defenses. The Eritioh threw a ring of armor around Cacu and were battling heavily again:,! the Cei::ui!i garrison which holds the most stubborn strops point encountered so far m the invasion. Violent ta.k battles continued in the urea of Caen aud Tilly-Su-Sculles, lL' miles to the west. The British anuer was pouring round after round into three German panrer divisio is concentrated iu that sector. To tho southeast the Americans were making ''very satisfactory" progress in a drive to flank Ste. Lo, ancient citadel hallway across the peninsula. They were reported to be within Ie:;s than six miles of it. More than 10,000 German prisoners have been counted, it was announced officially. Montebourg by - passed enemy slrrngolds 14 miles southeast of Cherbourg and three villages to the northeast fell to another American column pushing up the mp.iu Pt.ris Chcvbourg highway, Henry T. Gor rell. U. P war correspondent, re ported from the front. While the main forces were ad vancing less than nilc: south east of Cherbot:rf;. swift niob:l American patrols jon-god alidad and probed ihe approaches to the port, allied headquarters revealed. The Germai s meantime, were es timated to have thrown 14 to 15 di visions one-fourth of their amies in western iv.irope into an all out attempt to save Cherbourg, owe of France's best ports and main oljec rive of the first phase of the in vasion and drive tho allies back into the sea. The highway junction of Font l'abbe was captured by the Ameri cans in a five-mile advance from Sie. Mere Eglise, 20 miles southeast of Cherbourg, Loward the v est toast of the peninsula. Only eight miles southwest of Font L abb-i lies the communications center of La Haye du Puits, through which pass the single track rail way and. west coast highway that comprise the Cherbourg garrison's last : practical routes ct escape. . Candidate For Governor Home From Vacation Visits With Daughters in New England and Also Stops at Wash ington to View City George W. Olson re-urned Sunday night from -t vacation trip back to New Euglaud and Ihe east erasi. visiting his daughters, Mrs. W. E. iCocian and Miss Eleanor Olsen. both of whom reside in the Boston area. The visit was on-i purely of pleas ure and the democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska fcund lit tle time to dis:uss or indulge in political planning while on the trip. He found the Kocian family ar.d Miss Esther fine and enjoying life ery much and he was most favor ab'y impressed with New England and the mar.y attractive cities that he visited while on the trip east. Mr. 01sen stopped for a short lime at Washington to look over the city and its many places of beauty that the governmental agencies have created, to make it on oL the Kreatcst capHols of ihe0world. lie did not however mingle with the political great while in the capitol city. Draws Heavy Fine Monday afternoon Dallas Redden wus arraigned in the county court before Judge aul E. Fauuuet on a charge of disturbing the peace, on Sunday, June 11th near 6th and Pearl street?. To the charge as pre ferred, the defendant made a plea of guiltj' and was given sentence by the court. The penalty in the case was sus pended for z. year, the defendant tieing paroled to Sheriff Joe Vrasek i-nd the following stipulations added. The defendant is not t indulge in :.ny disturbance or vi. ions habits, not to frequent any pla-e in Tlatts mouth where malt or ::piritous liq uors the sold, while in Ca:?s county to report once a mouth to Sh riff Mrasek, refrain from the use of alcoholic drink. In addition to the parole the defendant wj.s required to pay a fine of $100 which was supplied and the defendant released. Visitors At Gilmore City, la. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Snodgruss and Phylis Snodgrars accompanied by Mr. ad Mrs. Liuford Dasher wore visiting three days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Cran at Gilmore i'-'ily, Iowa. While there they were sightsee ing and also visited the "Gvctto of the Redemption" at Wst Bend, la. (The grotto is constructed cf colored Clones, pebbles, i-aibl s. rystal hecks and petrifi- d wdoii collected from ihe wild. It eh'!i:s- in ar tistic s?ttiii-- s the no.-U v mplett geologic:) I collection in the United States. The art val.ie be ;ir-- of its gifts is euiir.ated at one million dollars. It is cousti uct-vi by Rev. P. M. Dob'oersteiu, Roman Catholie iinie t a! West Bend. T.'.e stations or th-2 cress are huge statues. Although it nov being a rainy j season in that part of the country, 'the Plattsmouth people saw some of the nicest corn and pasture coun try. They also raw ihe hemp-factory where rop.i is made and the DeKalk tc-mpany, where the hybrid seed' corn is sorted and dried, at Humbok, Iowa. Fight By His Side Buy Bonda