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1 THE JOUEHAX, PlAtTSMOTJTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1944 FAGS POUS .V - y if- : A' - M - V. (41 . mm f". . ;s- War Veteran Here Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Palmer of Palm er, Nebraska, with their children, Beverly and Virginia and Sgt. Ger ald R. Burton, are here as guests at the home or Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Graves, Mr. Burton being a brother of Mrs. Graves. Sgt. Palmer is a veteran of the Marine corps, having enlisted in this branch of the armed service in July 1941 and has since that time been in the hot of the warfare in the Pacific. His service covering Guadalcanal the Pacific island bat tles including that of Saipan and the groups now held by the American forces. His overseas service has cov ered over twenty-three and a half months and he now has thirty-five days home with his relatives. On Furlough From South Pvt. Leonard Kalasek arrived home Monday morning from Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, where he was recently transferred from Fort Leon ard Wood. He was one of the garri son at Leonard Wood engaged in guarding German war prisoners for several months until, transferred south. He is looking fine and in the ve-y best of condition He will enjoy two weeks at home. SOUTH BEND BOYS Pvt. K. D. Livers is now stationed at Great Falls, Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill have heard from Sgt. V. J. Dill that he was headed for the Philippines and expects to see active service soon. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Knecht have heard from their son. Bill Rosen crans, that he is now located in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was recently returned to U. S. from the South Pacific. Goes to Navy Robert Earl Petet, son of MY. and Mrs. Ralph Petet of this city, departed Thursday for Omaha and from where he goes to Farragut, Idaho. He has enlisted in the navy and is reporting for his "boot" training at the western station. MURRAY BOYS Lt. Bichard Eppings Honored On Sunday, Oct. 22nd, sixty friends and relatives gathered at the Lewiston Community Center to hon or First Lieutenant Richard Eppings, who Is enjoying a thirty day fur lough with his mother, Mrs. Mary Eppings at Murdock. He has just recently returned from Italy, where he completed fifty missions as a pilot of a B-24 Liberator. Richard has had plenty of excitement in ser vice and has received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the air medal three oak leaf clusters, European theatre ribbon, three bat tie stars, American defense ribbon and Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon. Everyone brought well filled bas kets and at the noon hour an enorm ous amount of food was spread on the large tables and all enjoyed a delightful feast. Pictures were taken to remember Cars have Crash This morning shortly before o'rlock Sheriff Joe Mrasek was call ed out to the vicinity of Louisville where two cars were reported to have had a collision on highway No 50 south of Louisville. New gravel has recently been placed on the highway and this loose gravel helped in the wreck. Otto Petereit was going south on the high way at the same time that a car coming north, driven by Harold Dumke, came up over a hill and both drivers sought to avoid an accident but the gravel caused the cars to skid into each others pathway anr to hit head on .The Dumke car was. quite badly damaged. Returns to Coast Mrs. Eugene Sochor and daugh ter, Marylin, who have been here for the past six weeks visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H Puis, parents of BIrs. Sochor. have returned to their home at Hollywood California. MiW DONALD McPHERSON IS RESCUED FROM JAP PRISON IN ISLANDS Former Plattsmouth Young Man Ends Two and a Half Years as Prisoner When TJ. 3- Lands Two and a half years as a prison er of the Japanese ended for Sgt. Donald I. McPherson, former Platts mouth resident when the American invading forces captured the prison compound where eighty three Ameri can officers and men had been im prisoned since the fall of the Philip pines. The McPherson family resided here for some time when the father was in the employ of the F. G. Fricke Co., as a pharmaceutist, the two children, Donald I and Doris graduating here in the class of 1939 of the local high school. Donald later enlisted in the United States army shortly after leaving the school. The family moved to Lincoln at the close of the school year and have since made that their home there. The mother is now ill at the home 709 North 28th street and was overjoyed when the message came Monday thro a press release that the son had been released and now safe in an Australian hospital and soon to be returned to the United States. The McPhersons heard from Donald, who enlisted in the army in 1939, Dec. 27, 1941, three weeks after war was declared. He was then with the air corps at Clark Field in the Philippines. Then came a long period of silence and troubled wait ing. Twenty-one months later they received two form cards from Donald that' he was in a Jap prison camp. Nothing more had been heard since the first of this year, when another card was received. the day and all returned home hop ing to all be able to gather again land enjoy just such, an occasion. Those who had the pleasure of gathering there were: First Lieuten ant Richard Eppings and mother, Mrs. Mary Eppings, Mr. and Mrs. George Small, Jack and Retha Belle, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buck and Eliza beth Anne, all of Murdock; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Arnold and Freda, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Chas D. Koke, Chas. Jr.. and Verlin LeRoy, Mrs Earl Harris, Mary Jane and Beverly, Mrs. Dan Hoschar, Mary Ellen, Minnie Mae and Danna, all of Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCulloch and Leroy, Mr. and Mrs. Malvern Read, Rose Ella and David, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noell, Dewayne and Roger, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster, Janice and Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Faris Kay and Billy Joe, Mrs. Harry Bick- ett, Edwin, LaVern, Hilda and Shirley, Mrs Dolly Vest and Judy Kay, Helen Read, Henry Rice and Jack Frana, all of Murray; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lancaster, Edward and Judy if Louisville. Dick March, who has been In the service of his country for some LEGAL NOTICE OF MEASTJBE TO BE VOTED UPON NOVEMBER 7, 1944 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposed By 502 YE 3 503 NO jxeDrasKa snail be appropriated and used for the purpose constructing, repairing and maintaining public highways within the State of Nebraska and for no other purpose whatsoever. (Text) That Section One (1) of Article Eight (8) of the Constitution of Nebraska be amended to read as follows: "The necessary revenue ot the state and its governmental sub divisions shall be raised by taxation in such manner as the legislature may direct; but taxes shall be levied by valuation uniformly and proportionately upon all tangible property and franchises, and taxes uniform as to class may be levied by valuation upon all other prop erty. Taxes, other than property taxes, may be authorized by law. Existing revenue Jaws shall continue in effect until chansed by the' legislature. .-- ' "AU of the net proceeds from motor vehicle registration fees and license taxes, gasoline and other motor fuel excise and license taxation, except the proceeds frqm taxes imposed on gasoline used in aircraft, after providing therefrom for (A) administration and statutory refunds; IB) payment of obligations incurred in the con struction and reconstruction of public highways and bridges; shall be appropriated and used soley for construction, reconstruction,' maintenance and repair pf public highways and bridges, and shall not be diverted by transfer, or otherwise, to any other purpose." r The above proposed measure to be voted upon at the General Election, November 7, 1844, is published in accordance with Section ?02, Chapter 4?, Compiled. tatytes, pf JO??, State, of Nebraska. FRANK MARSH, ' Secretary of State. , 0 In May, Mi. Floyd S. Stratton, husband of Sergeant McPherson's 24 year old twin, Doris, joined the ser vice and asked that he be sent to the south Pacific area in the hope that he might find Donald. Two weeks ago a letter came from Stratton, on duty in a New Guinea hospital, in which he said, "I can't say anything, but 1 wish you knew what I have here." That was enough, for the moment, for the McPher sons. What could Stratton have in the hospital which would be of over whelming interest to them except their son. At about the same time a cablegram came from Donald, saying nothing of his rescue, but sending love. f The 83 rescued after long im prisonment in the Philippines, ac cording to the press dispatch, are survivors of a Japanese transport sunk by an American submarine while prisoners were being shipped north thru the Philippines. Other American prisoners were shot ia the water and at least JO brutally exe cuted, MacArthur had earlier re vealed. The men are reported to be in good condition except . five recover ing from bullet and grenade wounds which are not serious. Two of the liberated Americans, MacArthur said, elected to remain with the Filipino guerillas who had assisted them. These were 1st Lt. Richard L. Cook, Los Angeles and S. Sgt. Joseph T. Coles, Casco, Ala. The men who will be returning soon include: Lt. Col. John McGee, Minot, N. D.; 1st Lt. John P. Gilles pie, Sigourney, la.; Sgt. James F. McComas, Brainerd, Minn., and Pfc. Joseph P. Lamkin,- Proctor, Minn. three years, as a member of the Sea bees, was visiting his sister, Mrs. Harry McCulloch and family during the past week, and will soon report for duty again, going to the east coast. Mrs. Eugene Gruber was in Omaha Wednesday, going to take her hus band, MMlc Eugene Gruber to the train as he was leaving for an east ern port where he was to report for duty, after a visit of a few days with his family and friends. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hansen were greatly surprised Friday evening when their son and wife, and the little daughter, Nancy, arrived from Camp Campbell, Ky., where Pvt. Hansen has been stationed for a time, and Mrs. Hansen and the young daughter have been with him for the past few weeks. In his hon or a family dinner was enjoyed by the relatives on Sunday. Those pres ent being Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hild and son Bruce from Council Bluffs, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Humble of Lin coln, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sullivan and family, Plattsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vantine, Eddie and Ruth, of Lincoln, Mrs. James Hessen- flow and children and Mrs. Ward bnaw and son Robert of Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Hansine Hansen, Initiative Petition (Title) AN AMENDMENT to Section 1, Article Vm, of the Constitution of Nebraska, so as to provide that all of the net proceeds derived from motor vehicle registration fees, motor vehicle license taxes, and all excise taxes levied upon gasoline and other motor vehicle fuels used in motor vehicles in the State of Miss Margaret Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Art Hansen and Roland. Pvt. Dale was given a two weeks furlough which will be spent here with the family. Stephen Devoe Wounded The message was received Friday at Lincoln by Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Devoe, former residents here, that their son, Cpl. Stephen Devoe, had been slightly wounded in action on the Belgian front where he has been for some time. Enjoying Furlough Here The past few days have been very epleasant ones for Mrs. Jessie Wohl- farth and daughter, Mrs. Wallace Terryberry, as their son and broth er, Pvt. Kenneth Wohlfarth, is home on furlough from Camp Crowd er, Missouri. He is taking training In the signal corps at Camp Crowd er and likes the branch of the ser vice very much. Ben McCarty, a cousin of Kenneth, is also at Camp Crowder in the sig nal corps training center, being sent there from California where he entered the service. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon L. McCarty of Oakland, California, former residents here. Netab Notes WTe met at the home of our guard ian, Mrs. Akeson. Mrs. Grove showed us how to make a feather stitch. Next Monday, Mrs. Grove plans to show us some new stitches. A new girl is coming into our group. Pat Rogers is our new mem ber. Mary CuUen, one of our faith ful Netabs is transferring into Mrs. Jones' Iyopta group in Pat's place. We'd like to wish Mary lots of fun and good luck with the Iyopta group. And also welcome Pat to our Netab group. I'm sure you'll like your new groups, Pat 'and Mary. Scribe, Janis Schmidtmann JUNIOR C. D. 4. We held our Hallowe'en party at the home of Mrs. Wm. Woolcott. We played Hallowe'en games and a de licious lunch wa3 served by the girls. Fourteen members and one guest Miss Mary Sue Gorton attended. Mary Phyllis Troop, Reporter. Palitical Advertisement Political Advertisement . . RE-ELEC" I 1 TOM D00LEY fFfB State Senator CASS AND SARPY COUNTIES ' - it- MEMBER OF PRESENT LEGISLATURE j Qualified - Experienced - Dependable Palitiral Advertisement VOTE II Paul for UNITY JJUBGE . .Judge Fauquet is now serving by appoint ment. . . He has shown his ability to fill the office capably and without fear or favor. . . The Judge is well qualified by reason of his legal training and experience to hold this office. ; Get Out And Vote ; ;; NOVEMBER 7 3 - ..-.-- Now-Polilical Ballot Swbacription payments for The Plattsmouth Journal may be paid locally to Mr. THOS. MURTEY, Representative A reporter can't be evry place, and hear all the news, and some people are so quiet about their comings and goings that we fail to hear about them, so when Mrs. Dewey Boedeker and her son, George, went to Pay- son, Utah, a few weeks ago, we fail ed to hear about it. They visited Mrs Boedeker's brother, Guy Dixon, and family, and from there Mrs. Boedek er went on to Bell, California to visit her brother, Tom Dixon, and wife. They report fine visits. Sunday afternoon visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ruby i were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Philpot, Mrs. Alvin McReynolds, Mrs. Gil bert Kime and son, Marlin. Mrs. Fred Gorder was in Alvo the first part of the week, returning home Wednesday, accompanied by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Harold Tool, of Murdock, who remained with Mrs. Gorder until Thursday. Mrs. Loren Mickel and son, Wayne, of Denton, came Wednesday and visited her sisters, Mrs. Ed Ruby and Mrs. Nettie Amick, until Sun day. They took advantage of the school vacation, so that Wayne might come. Wallace Philpot returned to his ranch at Gandy, last week after a short visit at home. He expects to return in time to vote. Weeping Wrater Congregational church held its annual business meeting Thursday evening, with a good attendance. A covered dish din ner was served at seven o clock, after which officers were selected for the coming year, as follows: Trus tees, J. Leslie Wiles, Ole Olsen; Dea cons, Ray Norris, Lloyd Ranney; Junior Deacon, Richmond B.' Hob son; Ushers, David Olive, James Specht; Treasurer, Ray Wiles; Fin ancial Sec., Harold C. Elliott; Clerk Miss Esther Tefft; Asst. Clerk, Mrs. Richmond Hobson; Music Commit tee, Mrs. Victor Wallick; Doane Scholarship, Mrs. Ben Olive. Mis3 Helen Goider of Grand Is land came Saturday afternoon and was accompanied back, to Grand Is land by her mother, Mrs. Fred Gord er, who expects to spend a month there. Mrs. Lawrence Houseman and small son, Larry, will leave today (Monday) for Bergenfield, Mass., to visit her brother, Frank Wolcott, Political Advertisement FOR F liquet and wife. Mrs. Lester Parson and daughter. Linda, spent Sunday with friends at Wymore. Richard Keckler, Jr., is one of the happiest boys in town, for he 13 able to be out again after spending four weeks in bed with the flu. The 1944 annual Achievement party which was enjoyed by the members of the 4-H club members at the auditorium, Thursday even ing, was another of those fine get together parties, when work was forgotten and the evening was filled with fun. About two hundred twenty-five members were present, and Guy Davis, assistant 4-H leader, gave a fine talk, after which he led in games. Highlighting the enter tainment was the stunt put on by Richard Coles club, of boys, who showed the girls how to put on a style show, only the boys chose the styles of their grandmother's day. instead of the very latest creation, which their club sisters always model. The annual awards were pre sented by Miss Schafer, home dem onstrator, and by Willard II. Waldo, farm agent, and then all adjourned to the dining room where refresh" ments consisting of weiner sand wiches, apples and cocoa, were en joyed. Mr. and Mrs. T. Hugh Hanlan were called to Falls City, Sunday, by the serious illness of Mrs. Ilan lan's brother. They were accompan ied by Mr. and Mrs. Murray Mutter. They returned home Sunday even ing, and Mrs. Hanlan returned to Falls City, Monday and remained un til Wednesday, when Mr. Jackson's condition changed for the better. Palitical Advertisement J L yiin s - flr 2- 4 3 0C Otoe - Cass - Sarpy Counties NOMINATED BY THE PEOPLE AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION Mr. Mattox was born on a farm near the Nebraska Kansas line 58 years ago. He has lived in southeast ern Nebraska nearly 45 years, and has practiced law in Lancaster and Otoe Counties for almost a quarter of a century. He is married and has five children. Two sons are now serving in the armed forces and a third has been honorably discharged for disability in curred in the service. One daughter is with the Red Cross. Mr. Mattox will appreciate your vote on November 7 th. Our prediction that Weeping Wa ter Indians would prove to be the winners if they were given time to work awhile, proved to be true in their last two games, as they won over Adams, and again over Ash land, Wednesday evening. It was a hard fought game but the Indians wedged out the Ashland boys with the score of seven to six, with Dick Bickford of Weeping Water, and Donald Darst, of Ashland, each do ing their bit by making home runs and Gene Schmader winning the extra point All in the 4th quarter. YOUIl WAR BOND NO WORRY Of Coarse some accidents can not be prevented, but you can be relieved of worry and expense if you carry complete automobile insurance with this agency. You will never feel finan cially secure otherwise! L'Sr Political Advertisement 4 in aw- . v 5 v-V iiiilawffiiii$i v.; 0r n 1MT0X FOR V J