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Veto. State Historical Society m journal VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY S, 1943 NO. 2 Sy First Blizzard Of The Year Is Sweeping Nebraska Swirling Snows Are Blcwn by Winds of Forty Miles or Strong er Makes Travel Bad OMAHA, Nebr., Jan. 8. (U.R) The years first blizzard hit eastern Six Injured In Auto Crash On Norfolk Streets Cars Crash Head On in Business Section of City One Driver Is Held Initiative From Elzis in C6; Pouarfo. UiOfl NORFOLK ,Neb., Jan. 8 CJ.Pi Six persons were injured vesterdav Nebraska shortly after dawn today, when cars diiven by Warren AnJer- l hAKL iIAdUK, Jan. b. iu.w Swirling: snow and sharply lower ' :,on, 'i 9-year-old merchant peaman of Tok" reported today that one of temperatures were swept alone by I Norfolk, and Ed Green. 40. Hoskir.s. ! four Prful American invarion winds of more than 40 miles an hour ! collided headon in Norfclk's business ' armccks t-onveigng on Luzon in the velocity. r.ection, All were expected to recover. ;IhlnPP:nes has carl led an vmparal- All public and parochial schools j Cpl. Harry Ert of the State le!ed bombardment of beach def en were closed in Omaha as the howl-j Patrol, said charges would be filed !?es in the Lingayen gulf north of ing blizzard swept in fiom the far ; against Anderson, the son of Mr. 1 Manila into its thil'd da-v and said a north and temperatures dropped 21 1 end Mrs. Chris Anderson. The impact landiS appeared imminent, degrees in three hours. The tern- j of the collision knocked Green's! Some 400 to 450 American vessels perature in the states metropolitan car backward 70 feet, Ert said. j are bound for ''some not too clear- district was 12 above zero at 10:30! The injured included: Green, ly definable point on or near Luzon," A. M. Meteorologist M. V. Robins I seveie bruies and back injury; Mrs.; Tokyo said., but warned that the said the mercury would drop to zero j Green, 40, severe facial cuts and ' American maneuvers were so corn er below by nifeht, and predicted ' bruiser; their 15-year-old s o n j plicated that false conclusions might 8 to 12 degrees below zero by Tues- i Dwayne, broken leg, cuts, and bruis-be drawn. day morning. jes; Anderson, cuts, bruises and Japanese broadcasts said Ameri- High winds and snow were re-, shock; James Crotty, 17-year-oli j can battleships and other warships, ported generally over the state, but son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Crotty, j escorting 70 and 80 landing craft, Robins expected the storm to cen-: Norfolk, knee and leg injury, cuts i penetrated Lingayen gulf to within ter in the eastern section along the and biuisess, and "Ward Moore, son fa few thousand yards of the coast Missouri River and :n western Iowa, cf Mr. and Mrs. II. Moore, Norfolk, j and were hurling shells into a 27 The western fringe of the stcrm ex-! head inujury, facial and nose cuts mile stretch between San Fernando tended beyond Hastings and Kear-,ar.d several teeth knocked out. 'and Darr.ortis, the latter about 116 ney, where sharp drops in tempera-j Crotty and Moore were riding 1 miles north of Manila. Naval Forces Reported Bombing Jap Held j , .. . ... t t ... mot- . f I... .. 7f ryr s t .) uzon A: tures were noted. Th? state safety ( with Anderson, patrol at Omaha reported all roads ; in the state were open but ar. paled a tieup before the day over. Pfc. Otto Schliske Home on Furlough -SMany Attend The Methodist Group Meeting Sunday Saturday evening Otto SchlLke arrived home for a fifteen day fur lough here with his mother, Mrs. Ida SchlLke, as well as his many friends. He is stationed with the 1793 Military Pol'ce unit at Hart Moun tain, Wyoming, Japanee internee camp, one of the large ccncenrra:ion spots for the Japs in the west Fighters., bombers and dive-bombers from 10 aircraft carriers sup ported the bombardment with tree top strafing and bombing attacks, Tokyo said. "This is the enemy's usual tac tics preceding a landing," a Japan ese Domei dispatch from Luzon said. ' Our men. . .are straining their Held at Nebraska City and Twen-earS for the sound f "aft, ty From Here Take Part in the for the enem-v aPPach the Sessions shores at any time." American "headquarters here and Philippines remained silent Sunday the t ub-district confer-1 in the ence cf the Methodiht groups of this j on the enemy reports of impending section of the state was hald at Ne-I landings but announced new neu bra ka Cuy, drawing a fine crowd i tralization raids, against Luzon and I that included twenty from this city.! the capture of Paluan, in the north- There are noT in the re'e-hbor-i The chies and lhe churches rep-iwest corner of Mindoro island and hood of some 9. 000 Japs at resented were Weeping Water, i 90 miles southwest of Manila. camp and the Plattrmouth soldier i Usmouth, Nehawka, Nebraska is on eruard at the main rat? of ! Cit Union. Julian, Dow-'g. chapel. the camp to check the nas-es of the! In addition to the several group tion of Marinduque, to the east, and Japanese. Imeet'ngs the Twelfth district Youth ! Japanese reports of operations The expanding American hold on Mindoro, coupled with the occupa- He has been in this branch of the ! Fellowship held its election of ofii service he entered the armv some ' cers and the following were select- two years ago. led: President I Plattsmouth Vice-President ! Nebraska Citv Secretary-Treasurer Ncbra ka Children's Home So-j son, Plattsmouth ciety will hld its annual meeting Worship and Evangelism January 17th, 1945 at I Fitzpatriek, Weeninc Water Childrens Heme Annual Meeting Claudeen Keller, of. Ruth Nel- Eileen Font en- Wed nesda the receiving home, 549 elle Eoulevard, in Omeha. Ten trustees will be elected for three year terms and officers will be chosen for the current year. The late William A. Robertson was a trustee of the society and his death leaves a big vacancv to be filled. The society which has a number of Cas county youngsters under care at the present time has nearl;.5 500 members in this county. It is used extensively by the court and assistance office. Community Service John Hodg es, Julian Woild Friendship Marvel Conk ling, Nebraska C.ly Pastor Sponsor Rev. T. Porter Bennett, Plattsmouth In the evening the main address of the conference to given by Mrs. Ada Meade, of Omaha, president of the Woman's Society for Christian Service. VISITS IN CITY Visitors Here Over The Week End T. F. Peterson, of Mitchell, South Dakota, was a visitor in the city in Lingayen gulf, appeared to be set ting the stage for an amphibious pincers assault against Manila. Landings on Luzon both north j . 1. r it :i ii r 1 I unu suui.il Ui .riiiniia wuuiu iouuw Merritt Cu: hir.g, j tnc Japanese pattern for the con ; quest of the island in December 1941. The Japanese put their main force, 80,000 troops, ashore in . the Lingayen gulf and soon afterward landed other rizeable forces south of the capital, which fell Jan. 2, 1942. Planes of the third fleet, shifting their sighth from battered Formosa and Okinawa farther north, joined with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's land-based aircraft Saturday in des troying 45 Japanese planes and damaging 14 others in a series of raids in and around Luzon. In addition to the invasion ar mada already bombarding Luzon. Tokyo said three others were sail ing through Philippine waters, ap parently bound from Leyte to the Lingayen gulf. One task force including 150 transports was said to be cruising " r- Pp-V l 1 -." CJv ' - ; - - - - i AIRBORNE DIVISION MOVES OUT OF BASTOGNE Troops of the 101st Airborne Division move out of the snow-covered Belgian village of Bastogne to take the offensive and drive the Germans back during seige in which the Nazi isolated them for ten days. (U.S. Army Radiophoto from NEA.) j over the week end. a guest of Mr. westward below Mindoro, another of Miss Marge Kuehl, of Lincoln, and Mrs. Claude Ruse. Mr. P.eterson undisclosed size was moving west in the Mindanao sea, and the fourth was a visitor in the city oevr Sun-' is. a brother of Mrs. Ruse and is day, a guest at the home of Mr. ! engaged in traveling in the south at and Mrs. Arnold Johnson. l this time. with an escort of battleships or large cruisers and destroyers, was 5s , - - st 4-c- '' -Vv Umzr ?3 Ut "jet V- f ST--SsJL It WHAT HITLER REAPS FOR THE GERMAN PEOPLES Members of an American infantry patrol view the ruins in a devastated street in Saarlautern, Germany. (Signal corps photo from NEA Telephoto.) National Public Health Nursing Day In Nebraska Our city will join the ranks of communities throughout, the nation who are responding .to the invitation of the national organization for public health nursing to set aside January 26, as National Public Health Nursing Day in Nebraska. , This "Day' is being sponsored by the Nebraska organization for public health nursing and by this community in order to promote a better understanding of who the pub lic health nurse is ana what she does. The purpose of the day is to focus attention upon public health nurs ing as a service for everyone, and to increase public understanding of the part played by the public health nurse in helping to build better health for family, community and nation. The members of the Cass county committee are: Miss Hazel E. Owen, Cass- County Public Health Nurse, cnairmVin, Plattsmouth Miss Matilda Soennichsen, Platts mouth Miss Helen Lessman, Art Teacher, Louisville Mrs. Lloyd Kunkel, Home Nurs ing Chairman, Weeping Water. Mrs. Leadabrand, Chairman of Home Nursing Chairman, Nehawka Mrs .Arthur Wolph. Cass County Health Committee, Greenwood. This committee csks. your interest nnd cooperation as the members plan for this community expression in the interest of public health nursing. in waters south of Negros island. All four armadas were under air attack and that the Lingaren gulf also was being blasted by shore bat teries, Tokyo s?id, claiming that 32 war vessels, including tix aircraft carriers and 18 transports, already had been sunk or damaged. Listed as "instantly sunk'' were 23 ships, comprising three carriers, a battleship, two battleships or cruis ers, a cruiser and 16 transports. Nine other vessels, comprising three carriers, two battleships or cruisers, one unidentified large warcraf t, a destroyer and two transports, -were said to have been damaged. A later broadcast said 40 war ships and transports had been sunk, but did not detail the losses. It es timated that the convoy in the Lin gayen gulf carried a division of troops and speculated that the main force, two to three divisions, wa? aboard the ships, below Mindoro. Given Pleasant Birthday Surprise Thursday evening William A. Heil was pleasantly surprised by a group of neighbors. The evening was spent in visiting and playing pinochle. At the close of the evening a de licious luncheon was served. In honor of the birthday Mr. Heil received a large number of lovely gifts. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Meisinger, La Verne and Val era, Mr. and Mrs. Cb'de Meisinger, and Janelle, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hiliker and Elaine, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kaffenberger, Loran and DeWayne, Mr. and Mrs. William Wiles and Ruth,, Lawrence Jones, Kenneth Tiekotter, Kenneth Fitch and the guest of honor, Mr. Heil. On Saturday evening Mr. Heil was given a pleasant surprise by a telephone call from his brother, Guy Heil, of Burbank, California. Family Hears From Pvt. Robert Sedlakk Lois Giles Returns To School Position Mirs Lois Giles, who has been here for the holiday season v.-ith her Mrs. Robert Sedlak has received word from her husband, Pvt. Robert E. Sedlak, the first letter that has come through for the past - two months altho they have heard in directly from Bob. The letter was dated in October and was sent from a rest camp near the front, as Bob stated that he had spent three weeks on the front lines Since the letter was written he has been sent back to England suf fering from "trench feet" as the result of exposure and is now just able to be around the hospital where he has been cared for during this time. Lt. Stuart Sedlak, a brother, has been able to visit Bob a fewr times, and was with him on Christmas time, Miss Loris Long: At Insurance Meeting Miss Loris Long, local life insur ance cgent for the Equitable Life As urance society of the United St-tes was a business visitor in Oma ha on Fridav. Miss Lonrr wa? one of parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Giles, Lht, winneTS" in a contest sponsored has returned to her work in the i K,. x-. a-o r,r f 1 east iuss ones is an instructor m mefeJ.cncc nd banquet held at elementary nursing rcnool ol tne University of Michigan at Ann Ar bor, and likes this work very much indeed. kUY MOKE iiONDS Equable and was honored at a con Hole' Paxton. Miss Long v.a;- also fortunate ir winning the right to attend the Equitable Educational cenfererc? at the Eims Hotel, Excelsior Springs. MUrouri las!: September. vf :-: :v::i::-';-v':'V: government set up in U v.ltir KVv&$$ Lublin; U. S. recogniKs I T&-GERMANY.&&&& London Poliih rfjinytj. Lublin Co"iodTorf5lll ArmySITALY mole slight goms j , . fsV$V I . (Mr'ltrmt, So fallowing Owrekilt I VtSi PARIS, Jan. 8. (U.R) American forces drove through a swirling snowstorm a mile to a mile and a half deeper into the crumbling north flank of the Ardennes salient on a 15-mile front today and the Ger mans began pulling out of its blunt ed nose. The tide of battle also swung in favor of the American's 7th army in northeastern France, where Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's vet troops seized the initiative in sev eral sectors, compressed a German bridgehead ncrth of Strasbourg to ease a threat to that city, and drove the nazis back two miles from the highway mark to the Bitche bulge. Supreme headquarters and front reports sketched one of the most encouraging overall situations on the western front since the German offensive began on Dec. 16th. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' First army headquarters reported general gains along the northern rim of Marshal Karl von Rundstedt's shrinking salient in Belgium. With the main east-west road on the north side of the bulge cut and that on the south side under fire, British troops at the westernmost sector of the Belgium front were ad vancing against neglected resistance in some sectors, while at others they found no sign of the defense front which faded back with a Ger man withdrawal. Hodges' 2nd and 3rd armored di vision pushed their way south thru the Belgium forests toward Lt. Gen. Geo. S. Patton's northbound forces, whittling down the west rim of the bulge to less than a dozen miles. The 82nd airborne division cap tured Thierdumont ridge, two miles southwest of Vilesalm a choke point not only on the cut German escape route along the north side of the bulge but also a round about road way angling up from the Houfallize area. Units of the second armored di vision stormed into Dochamps, five miles northewst of Laroche. The hamlets of Wavne, Spineux and Wanneranval, clustered tome three miles south of Stavelot along the Salm river, under fire most of the day and in a twilight charge the 30:h division stormed and captured iha latter two. Across the salient, about a regi ment something less thrn 3,000 German traops vere observed dis engaging themselves irom Patton's gr p. They were breaking up into Jour columns, formed in marching rder when Patton's big guns open ed up on them, shattered the vil lages and rent he dispersed fragment- scurrying northward. Headquarters revealed that the so-called German bridgehead north of Venlo in Holland was in a new foothold across the Maas river, but actually a pocket which never was mopped up. The brightest reports from Alsace in rome days told of definite com pression of the nazi bulge in the Bitthe area and the reduction of the threat to Strausbourg. A spokesman said the Americans definitely hold the initiative in the area of the German bridgehead above Strasbourg, lhe Germans or iginally crossed the Rhine against little or no resistance and failed to reinforce their bridgehead substantially. REVIEW OF THE WEEK This map depicts the week's review of the war in the European theater. (NEA Telemap.) I THE WEATHER 1 High 34 " 1 Low 34 Nebraska forecast: Snow and much colder today, cold wave west and north by night. Severe cold wave to n'ght and southeast Tuesday; tem peratures zero to 5 below west rnd north; 5 to 10 above southea t to night; 10 to 14 below zero north; zero to 5 below south portion by Tuesday morning. Winds becoming strong north and northwest today; snow ending tonight; Tuesday fair.