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Uete. State EMovioil SoclttJ 'giuf matter VOL. NO. LX PLATTSMOUTH, KEERASKi, THUBSDAY, JULY 27, 1944 NO. 58 ligglM Tecumseh Swept By Heavy Rain And Wind Storm Outing in Minnesota Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr and daughter, Jean, left for Henning s ! Minnesota, where they , will enjoy 1 i an outing and the fishing season at Battle Lake, their favorite summer resort, and where they have a cot- Bailington Suffered Washed Out tage Mr. and Mrs. Knorr are being Tracks and Much. Crop Damage joined by Dean and Mrs. Thompson Reported in the Area j of the University of Nebraska fac- j ulty who will spend the outing with : them. Later another group of the Platts- ; mouth people are goin? to the lake Must Have Help ! Or Quit Feeding Loss of -Son to Armed Forces leaves Man Alone on 330 Acres Funeral of August Rakow The funeral services for the late j August Rakow were held on Sunday 'afternoon at the Caldwell funeral! ! home with a graup of the old friends joining with the relatives in their last tributes to the departed. The message was brought bv Rev. A feeding operation that has been ' Willard Sherman, former castor of producing many tons of beef per.the St Paul.g church, wno had giv. year in Cass county, Nebraska, is f.n .h(1 aprmnn at ihf fllT,orQl threatened with extinction the com- BY UNITED PRESS Tecumseh's municipal power plant' departed wife. ing season if Frank Cottingham,! Mrs Louise Klinger and Mrs. Ot Murray. doesn't get some help. Mr. to Pitz gave two nuiQbers -Going was closed today and the town's ' . nrv Cottingham, tenant-partner of Glen Down tbe Va!lev Qrse hy ,,ne .. am1 water supply seriously curtailed af- j starkjohn and Mr and Mrs Frank Boedeker on one of his farms, lost a German hymn, favorite of the de ter an hour long hail, rain and wind! A aoi b attached his last "help" when his son, who parted. "UH"' u"u vy to this Minnesota resort, where they j operatea part or tne larm. went in- The burial was at the Horni 1 ....... . . . f f 1 .. ...... -1 : i a tornado, which swept into town at mid afternoon yesterday. No estimates of damage werej available but many houses were bad ly wrecked by falling trees and ; windows were broken in residential and business sections. ! Corn in the Tecumseh area was! beaten down. A telephone call by the United have enjoyed many pleasant vaca-1 , tion trips Gubernatorial Candidate Not To Attend Conference 10 me service :uay i. (cemetery in the family plct and the "They couldn't have picked a pallbearers were members of the worse time to take him," Mr. Cot- j famny of the departed: Walter Rak tingham said. "I had all the spring ow Lancaster, Calif.; Arnold Rakow, work to do alone, and I'm still alone, Belle Gardens, Calif.; Fred Rakow, cant get a man so far. Farming , Monrovia, Calif.; Leonard Rakow, 330 acres of land, looking after wcll,Eari lles and John BUzell0j cf lhis citv. Press was the towns first contact with the outside world since 3 p. m. yesterday, according to S. W. Thur ber, who said the only known cas ualty was an unidentified farmer struck by flying debris at the height of the storm j. The man was believ- Gaorge W. Olsen to Remain at His Work as Part of His Campaign Plans George W. Olsen of this city, j democratic candidate for governor of j the state of Nebraska, a few days j ago received an invitation tD attend j a conference of the democratic (an-j didates for state and national offices i Frank Cottingham Ak-Sar-Ben Will Stage Program Of Activities Those Wishing To TeachShould Notify Superintendent Holds Service Here Superintendent Must Certify the State Superintendent as to Certified Teachers Tne Annual Fall 4-H Eahy Beef Show Will Be Held This Fall But Other Activities Curtailed ed to be not seriously Injured. The Nemaha river overflowed its banks, flooding approximately 7001 feet of the Chicago Burlington and; . , over 100 cattle and 200 or more Quincy railroad tracks on the Lin-!"1116 uusk r u com, ; hogs 5s just too much for one man. coin-Kansas City line, but damasei'" . . . 61 Cattle T- ns been a good was repaired and service resumed by!the mvitat,on sent the following let- business and I believe it still is. So. iei iu me cuiumiuce m cuiuss. i ll if 1 cr..t amnc liln Rut I ... ,, " ing territory, has just been announc- that he will not campaign in the : , . rr : eu by Ak-Sar-Ben. 3 1 Those remarks were made Tues-i r,; .. .. Jiuvt lii V C iiltCU k. i La LLT f lit! J 111- War II, Ak-Sar-Ben has mid-morning today, according to railroad officials. Approximately 450 lockerB at the Tecumseh Ice plant were under wa-t The appointment of Mr. Henry A. Schneider as its ambassador of good will for Plattsmouth and surround- ter and housewives were left with no refrigeration. Firemen urged folks to "get along with as little j water as you can" and attendants at1 two hospitals were dependent upon flashlights through the night. City officials were hopeful that power might be restored by nightfall. j Lincoln Burlington officials re-j ported Indian Creek had overflowed Its banks and covered tracks at Beatrice and necessitated holding up trains for a short time early today. The water receded rapidly, however ; and no serious delay in traffic occurred. .usual sense, which means we are at war and there is no point in cam- Uit, ;USl UllCl .U tUUllC OJiClluuuu f TI- .i 1 Ann-iic -.tf-.r- it WriAH . r rw t . devoted its major efforts to war ac ;and Cottingham, fed on the farm tivitieg explains rresident J. E. , - . 1 ' 1 . 1 . . 1 .1 1 I jir. ioiiiiiKiiam uiieiuies utta huiu Lora Lloyd Kieck, County Super intendent, today asked the press to cooperate with her by informing regularly certified teachers in this county who have not signed con tracts that if they wish a teaching position for the coming school year, they should notify her office im mediately. Mrs. Kieck points out that she must certify to the Super intendent of- Public Instruction that there are no regularly certificated teachers available before the local boards of education can make ap plication for m temporary teaching certificates. The County Superintendent point ed out that unless these legally certi ficated teachers who wish positions make their intentions known to her immediately, she must begin to ac cept the applications of boards of education for temporary certificates in order to provide educational op portunities for the boys and girls of Nebraska. County Superintendent Kieck said that by August 1, the Superintend- Sunday at the First Methodist church, G. T. Willey, vice president and general manager of the Glenn L. Martin Nebraska company, oc cupied the pulpit at the First Metho dist church. Mr. Willey brought a to j very fine and inspiring message to the members of the congregation, there being ITU out for the services and to greet Mr. Willey. He ha been the guest speaker here on sev eral occasions and has a real worth while message. Cemetery Board Proposes To Stop Tresspassing Proposed Ordinance Introduced in Council Surfacing of Chicago Avenue Is Showing Progress j The city council had a busy time at their end of the month session i Monday evening with a wide range Following the church services Mr. of subjects for their consideration and Mrs. Willey were guests of C. from dog farmg tQ the resurfacing of C. Wescott at the Hotel Plattsmouth, Chicago avenue Miss Ruth Patton, county treasurer, , . . , . A communication was received and a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Willey,' iium a. fciuujj 01 me resiueiiiB 01 me Oakinont addition to the city, ask ing that a short and unused alley in that addition be closed, this not af- fecting the main alleys of the addi ftion. This was referred to the third was also a guest. Death Of Ralph R. Larson, Former Resident Here , ward councilmen for their action ' and report at the next meeting, j A communication was received from residents on Wintersteen hill, complaining of the fact that a dog Dies Tuesday Morning at Denver farm was being operated there and Hospital as the Eesult of a Heart the animals, some fifteen in number, Attack Funeral Here Ralph R. Larson, 50, former resi dent of Plattsmouth and Louisville, died at the Mercy hospital, Denver, at 1:30 A. M., Tuesday, July 2 the result of a heart attack. made it impossible to sleep either day or night and interferred with the rest of the shop and defense plant workers residing there. It was claimed that these dogs started their as barking and aroused all of the dogs on the hill. It wan voted to have the matter referred to the city attorney t ,., t,,.v., t .sm 1 me news 01 nis passing came as li L UL X UUiit 111311 UL11UU Will, 0 11 TA . . . . ,rrnrma,tnT, t,- , ' Ja shock to the many old friends in or proper action to abate the nuis- various county superintendents in the state, make an estimate of the his boyhood home and at Louisville where for many years he was an paigning against our own fellow-workers. "I have repeatedly stated in the PfAdo on1 ViTirt'noTAi'Ci li o T n m ! iv t ever Pald on lnis arket Ior a ful3Mate in 1943 received a Knecial rlti- going to campaign the same way I!, . laie in ivta receivea a special cita- at $16.50 to equal the highest price Davidson. In recognition of its war time achievements the organization did in the Primary, whi;h is to re-'; main on duty at my war work "How can intelligent people ex pect me to work, side by side, with The heifers were raised ' in Mis- tion from Major General F. E. Uhl, then commanding officer of the Jsouri and were purchased last fall , Seventh Service Command. needed temporary teachers and that!active fiure in the community. he will then assume that all regular ly certificated teachers who wish to teach have either signed contracts or m Ralph Larson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lars G. Larson, resident!? ance. The state liquor commission noti fied the council that Mrs. Mae Sed lak had placed the request with the commission to designate Font T. here for many years, the father be- Wilson, her father, as manager of ade known to the County Super- j in& a wel1 known intendent that they are available. builder. He was born in this city on I - 1. .. no 1 O to 9 ntirl nni'iA V r- There will be a special examina-i cv. tion given in the Superintendent of education in the city schools, grada FhihH,. T.tr..Minn' nffiP Aiwrnst "S ic tne class . of 1912. WTien 12 for teachers who wish to qualify to teach. Information on thiB may be obtained at the County Superin tendent's office. Lora Lloyd Kieck, Cass County Superintendent Here from Idaho when they were calves. The part- How soon Ak-Sar-Ben will be able efficient Republicans and Democrat-' Ders have fed heifers of the same to resume its normal program of ic workers, all doing their best, then! breedinE for four year3' and haTe spring running races, den shows, stop work to campaign against the!Iouna tDem t0 De Eoa-aoers. 1 7 j coronation, ice events and other ac Republicans. start tbe calves on oats' then feed j tivities depends primarily upon the j "We would not be winning this;eorn and alfalfa ! course of the war, Davidson says, iwar if it was not for the united 0ne result of h5s help portage j But at least one annual event is I efforts of Republican and Democrats and freiuent rains is that Mr. Cot- j definitely scheduled for 1944, Ak-Murray visited at the ciarkson hos : alike, who remain on the job and Imsudffl ndSU 1 Dcen au,e lu i Sar-Ben's oOth year of unselfish, ; pital in Omaha yesterday with Hen- are going to remain on the job until up w;th the cultivation of his corn, j non-profit and educational public ry Rice who was so badly injured the World War broke out in 1917 Ralph enlisted in the service and later was commissioned as a lieu tenant in the army, serving until C()YJ'QQr anfl - . 1 H 11 " ' in uvi uujv iivt, 1 lie commission asked the opinion of the council on the matter. It was voted" to approve the selection of Mr. Wilson and the commission be notified. . . Police Judge C. L. Graves present ed his report for the week of July 16th showing fines and costs of the close of the war when he return- 31-50 and for t-be week of July 23, Will Save Arm ed to Nebraska. one arrest and to work on street. I For a sreat manv vears he was A"e Juu.-iirjr cumminee men pre- connected with the Bank of Com- sented Ordinance 771 for the con- jmerce of Louisville, as cashier. He "ideration of the council. This was was an active figure in the commun- itui ol iue cny 1 the war is over. . He did get up a big crop of alfalfa J service to the Middle West. That is John H. Boetel, who is located at Caldwell, Idaho, arrived here Satur day, called by the serious condition of his brother, Claus Boetel, who has been critically ill for the past r- . r!-,4 uucs lis vuiumuu George W. Olsen, j hay' But a lot of work has lo be i s 11 4-H Baby Beef show, largest ' k. It wa8 feared for a time thai portation Worker." Mr. and Mrs. Charles Read ofjity affairs and a loved and honored cemetery board and provided visit- man among a large circle of in nours ana no trespassing at otn friends er bours unless given permit. The Mr. Larson was married at Louis- hours Bet were from sunrise to one ville to Miss Ruth Jacobson, who hour after eunBet- UDless tb- VTtles with the one son, Ralph E. Larson, have written authority from the , . j KUDerinf endent nf thp emetfrv Th now in tne armea iorces ana sia.- , while working on a combine last ; week. Mr. John Boetel expects to be here for a time until some definite change in the condition of the bro ther. He is very much pleased with the west and states that in his sec tion of Idaho that the fruit crop is being gathered, a great crop of cherries having been raised and John and hi3 family have been en gaged in this work and at a good Internal, or Inside Trans-'ur8,eilcu 1,1 lllcsc lll"rD' ""' m ine worm, wnicn win oe neia ai aniputation of a part of the injured : alone and ryiT .t Z p nonnal ' 'TanH s arm would be necessary, but : Uoned at Galesburg IllinoiS) survive so set penalties for the injuries to .alone and trying ot keep up normal 0ct. 4, 5 and 6. z the doctorB now nold out hope that'.. There also remain two markers, monuments, shrubs, llow- jlifestock operations as well. The j Ak-Sar-Ben is repeating this sum-;they wm be able to save the entire " Larson of Al- er or other artiles used the (heifers, according to present plan,:, a huge entertainment program' be, Tllis -m be Dieasing news J D cemetery. The ordinance also oro- will keep moving to market until j for service men and women of this to his man friends here and over ' vided a penalty of not more than rney win ease tne; area, similar to the series staged in the county. ! Omaha's Creighton Stadium last year. j as part of its "Smiles for Soldiers" c T J v..u Ti , , t t. Secure Wanted Youth 1 rrnsrram It nltin nlans tn j'OTitinup ! , , ., . !son moved to Lincoln where he was 11s I'oou ior r refuum inugiiiiu 11 Mr. Willis G. Clark. Plattsmouth,! cooperation with 4-H clubs, with Ak-Sar-Ben's crops of more than'today turned over to the Cass coun-lthe Coady and Shelby Co., at Den- tv officials ana ueDUtv snemi ver. young man: The funeral will be held at the luc "l 1ULS iU Ai Tt . , r -..i T . j .1 ivir. ami ivirs. vjiiu uuu anu uau- tbey're gone ghter, Marilyn, departed the first of joad some thg week for Greeley, Colo., where . Mrs. Lutz and daughter are plan- ning on locating for tha remainder 2Tiage of tbe summer until the cool weath er banishes the danrer of hav fever. Mr. Lutz is expecting to return Nebr- and Miss A15ce M- LHHbridge, hnm th Inst nf h.p wek VhiiP Fairfield. N. D.. were duly joined in mond J. Larson of Colorado Springs. 'Colorado, and a sister, Mrs. Frank 100 fine- The ordinance was read ior tne nrst time ana iaia over un til the next meeting to enable hold ing a conference with the board of i Barkus of Plainview, Nebraska. I After leaving Louisville, Mr. Lar- the family is in the west, John Lutz, marriage by Rev. E. J. Moritz, in the wage scale. The peaches are coming . narRonaP at 714 First ive nn . ... . father of Otto, is making his home ParBonage at i4 i irst Ae., on 350 ambassadors throuehout Ne braska and western Iowa, declares Doody brought the Dallas Hassman, 17, who has been ! connected with the Farm Securities the Holy SePulchre cemetery that in custody of the Omaha police, was Administration, but later was with adJoins tbe city cemetery. ine tax ana property committee reported favorably on the sale of on soon for harvesting and the great Idaho potato crop is now ready and being gathered for the markets in the east. in Plattsmouth. Rats Meet Just Fate July 22nd ; Slaughter, Charles F Witnesses were, . Marie Fairfield, N. D., and Beerniann, Dakota City, Davidson, are frequently called on here to face a charge of auto theft, i Caldwell funeral home at for on,.!, Ruri heln in fittinz the In company with a companion, held 'Oak streets in this city, on organization's program into their here in the ail be is eg-;day, W 27th. at 3 o'clock. Dr. H. KlnnV CO n C" . riv . 1 . 7th and uu oumu uu Bireet, 10 Thurs- ErneBtme Jahrig for the sum of 1125. The mayor and clerk author- ! Nebr. The rarents of the bridegroom,; communities, and thereby bringing Visits at Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Carroll C. Clark. j Tuesday afternoon the employes PlattBmouth, Nebr., were also pres- Possible number of people., at the court house noticed a number t at th marriaee. The COUT)lJ ' D. l rats emerging irom tne sewer vAfl r fcoiio ftin'l rlofrn r and r Via ed to have taken a car in Omaha ;G. McClusky, pastor of the Irirst tC V: r f tn th. and drove to this city and here the Presbyterian church of which Mr. 1,e,lbl"Br ulu the greatest benefits to the largest ' ... .. . . Patton notified the council that Her- two tooK a local car ana arove deck ; parson was a memoer, win conauci I to Omaha. They were later located 'the religious service. Frank A. Cloidt man Fields had tendered the sum of Face" and '''4', mc icucujjliuu ui uui Attends Church Service 1 by Sheriff Mrasek and the one will sing, "Face to brought here to this city. j George W. Olson of this city, rsary cf Hot Winds democratic candidate for governor, liei-e was very much pleased the past week , Mrs,, to receive a card from Rev. S. C. former Potter, pastor of the Presbyterian "Wonderful Peace," writh Miss Es telle Baird as the accompanist. of the American Legion of Louis ville and old friends, D. W. Webb, F. H. Brunson, E. C. Alfey, G. M jny treasurer ana Airs. jvi. u. -m.fe."& DCCi win reside in Plattsmouth Brown and daughter, Renee, were manhole located on the grounds near in Lincoln Sunday to spend a few the court house and the rodents pro- -.. . hours. They visited with Mrs. Les- ceeded to lunch on the Hollyhock U eS m "AnsaS V1 y ton Sorrell and baby son for a short Plants along the court house walk.: time and later at the home of Mr. The alarm was sounded and Sheriff The messaSe was received a m. it. ti'-K.. j t.. Joa Mraspk anH Cnnntv .Tnrtfo Fan- last evening Of the death Of 11 11 LI 1T11 O. U. A. t CU IJ aUU VV 1 Lll - " ,c . t, r..t nt,ot crinr o 99 rific n,n. George McCavigan, 82, a ,m. fi, .11 r to lessen the rat nonulation bv three. reS1dent of Plattsmouth, at Kansas church of Monterey. California, in Plattsmouth residents well and en- the Judge being high with two, and Missouri. Mrs. McClavigan was forming him that his son, Ralph, NebrMka had had a Teryi The interment will be at Oak Hill joying their new homes very much, the sheriff runner-up with one. The formr Miss Etta Schmidtmann. a now in the armed services, was an ect of a com crop ; cemetery. They were dinner guests at the attack on the rats, however, failed of the late William Schmidt- attendant at the church service or. of j Webb home to check the ravages as this morn- mauu- mrs- JOUU asway ana iurs. JU1J ing more of the rats were seen Gustav Pilz- Shc resided here in was an attendant at the local Pres- . . . V, 1 ,1 l.trtcrinn i-kuwh emererine from their iindpr?rnnm auu us manica -- lots 72 to 78 in Wise's addition in the south part of the city. It mored QTi1 tlopfi1 that 4-i a nUw A ns The pallbearers will be members OJ"c"ucl tneir tax title to tne property. Attorney John M. Leyda informs the Journal that today was the 60th anniversary of the first dav of iv i. , , , , , Foster of Union, a nephew the three day hot winds of 1894. The; Councilman Schutz of the streets, alleys and bridges committee report- Corum, Elmer Johnson and Arthur fd that seIeral orders of graTel had F0UE SQUARE CLUB habitat to feast on the Hollyhock here to iIr- McCavigan, but they ! Four Square club members met at seed pods. . have BPent the ereater part of their J0 Enioy Vacation married lue in Kansas City. j ! There is surviving the passing of the home of Mrs. Martha Kruse at state when the hot winds started Bring Patient to Omaha and at the close of the three days, there was nothing left of the prom-j lisinir cron and one of the greatest! VepxiZY Sheriff Emery Doody was disasters in crop history was record- in 0maha today in response to a that resident8 or 0akmont ad. led in Nebraska. Mr. Leyda states e-se mat been placed as requested by the coun cil, that the work of placing black top on Chicago avenue was under way and looked like a good job. Weeds were flourishing over the city and it was debated whether or not to secure a power mover to cut weeds. In reply to an inquiry of Mr. Schutz, Councilman Rebal stated his brother, Frank Murdock, July 20. Here from Alvo Mrs. H. A. Tool had charge of the afternoon's program, had each one bring something old and give Tuesday for a few hours' and while the history of ot We had many real ln the city was a caller at the Journ old and very interesting items. A 3 Mi very enjoyame anernoon was spent that E. M. Stone, for many years a by all that were present. prominent resident of Alvo, later Next meeting is to be. August 17, moving to Washington, is now visit at the home of. Mrs. Hannah Mc- lng at the old nome. Donalds. . ,,. , 4 ... Club Reporter, Mrs. C. Elseman FIGHT BY HIS SIDE Bay Bonds Mrs. McCavigan, the aged husband, one daughter, Mrs. Bert Baker of Dr. A. E. Johnson departed Sa- that during this time that the winds Elma Schmidt, residing in Californ ia, as well aa a nnmhpr nf nlorco al office for a short time. He states and nephewa , The funeral will be held on Fri day at Kansas City with the inter-1 ment at that place. j turday for Oakland, Nebraska, where swept from the Bouthwest the tem peratures rose to 127 and 130 in es and old mends ana en- the sun, Blistering ana Durning un- Doody of St. Onge, South Dakota. was being bnmght by plane to Oma- Harrv Weichel of Alvo watt here Z. -he will spend a week visiting with peratures rose to 1J7 ana 16U in - Harry weicne! oi aivo, was nere Kansas City and cne Blgt Mrg v,, Deputy Sheriff Doody hurried to Omaha to make arrangements to iovinc a. vacaton from his dental iter the Run's ravs "while the winds work that has been very strenuous swept as from a great furnace to mef tne Planr- fcnd have the brother in the nast months. Oakland is the blast anv hone for the farmers. j'ranfterred to the St. Joseph nos- former home of Dr. Johnson. ! One could not help but contrast PItal- The brother has been ill for AOBTI,ta tlp f'f ihat h jthe conditions today with those of time and the case taken a M I . .... civilian cororo I :im o r a IF xiTitlirs urn a T11n rain Ta I. -' !.,, u -ft r tt. -i-i. j luis practice, xuuyor nujeu sinieu dition had found that the work on securing alley paving material could not start until September 1st. . The matter of loaning the city cement mixer again flared up when it was reported by Councilman Vro man that the mixer had been loaned to a private party, was now being coun- Kecp Buying War Bonds - I Buy Victory Bonds a half century ago, a nice rain fall ing today and everything bright and green. , --v s- . . , . BUY WAR BONDS (Coatiaae Pace S, CL 1)