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historical Society SSfryfi. state VOL. NO. LXl " PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 1945 " - . ' ; NO. 9 t Holy Name Wins From Blue Devils Score 35 to 21 Omaha Team Keeps Undefeated Reccrd So Far This Season Game Staged at Omaha Omaha Holy Name high school handed the Plattsmouth Blu? Devils their fourth defeat against eight wins ?o far this searon, on the Holy Name court Wednesday evening. Both teams stalled slow and Holy Name held a 7-3 first quarter advantage and built it up to 13-6 at the half time. The sharpshootingr of Tom Gate in the third quarter gave the Oma hans a twelve point lecd that the locals could not overcome. A narrow court plus a very tight zone defense held the Platters to a minimum of shots. J Sterling Cole led the scoring with 14 points. McGill and Gates had two each for Holy Name. Holy Name is one of the twer.ty six undefeated teams in Nebra ka this year and have an excellent chance of entering tournament i!ay that way. The locals rgain invade Omaha Friday when Nebraska School for the Deaf will be the host team. The NSD boys won a two point victory here last yerr. The box score of the game was as fellows : PLATTSMOUTH FG FT PF TP Cole, - 6 2-4 2 14 Thimgan 0 Wolever 0 Gradoville 1 Reckard 0 Cullen 0 Attebury 0 Eaten 0 Kimball 0 Livingston 1 0-0 0- 0 1- 1 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2- 3 0-0 5-11 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 o 0 0 0 Neil 0 8 HOLY NAME FG FT PF TP J. McGill 4 2-8 2 10 j G. McGinn 0 0-0 0 0: Gates 5 0-0 1 10 McNahan 3 0-0 2 G Bergin 2 0-1 2 4? O'Brien 0 0-0 0 0 Elworth 0 0-0 0 0. F. McGill 2 1-1 0 5j Murphy 0 0-0 0 0 ; 16 3-10 7 35 ! Referee: Cornie Collins. Creighton: Uni. SNOW IN WEST j Thomason, Kenneth Tiekotter, Mari Light snow and freezing drizzle j lou Warner, Emerson Wiles, reported falling in western Nebra?-! FRESHMEN: Jeanette Harris ka early today, was expected to ! Margaret Heineman (quarter only), spread to the north central portion; Mary Jo Rebal, Donn- Rhoden, Eu his afternoon, and to the east to-' gene Smith (quarter only), Rich-niSht- jard Wohlfarth. M. V. Robins, meteorologist of the j Omaha Weather Bureau, forecast? I GIVE REAL VALENTINE snow for the entire state tonight! and Friday, to be accompanied in: NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (U.R) Three the esst portion by higher tempc.ra-j service wives had a new idea in tures. Low temperatures tomVnt . Vj-lpntinpe tnHnv were expected to reach 15 degrees above zero. Temperature ranges: Vtlentine 24-16; Omaha 21-7; Lincoln 19-14 ;j W1U1 x-iane -o-zu; Sidney 8-18: Chadron 34-18; Grand Island 22- u, ocoiisDiuii zi-n; neves Cen- ter 22-19; Big Springs 24-19; ton 22-18; Kearney 21-18. Over- ttS tts4ne LUZON LANDING SURPRISES JAPS Surprise landing of the Eighth Army on the west coast of Luzon seals off Bataan Peninsula, cutting the Jap island defenses into four pockets. The forces head for former U. S. naval base at Olongapo on Subia Bay, first major objective. (NEA Telephoto.) i : : - .. Mrs. Margaret ff 1 jffj I i 1 !7& e p Sullivan Die. If OOP VfflOPtl f fl lifllW Pllffir DrAnAPA 4ft OWm DflGll7 Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, 80, who has made her home here since No vember at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Richard Otterstein, pass ed away Wednesday afternoon at 0 o'clock at the Otterstein home. She has been in failing health for the past few months. The deceased was the wife of Ed ward Sullivan, they living at Belle vue for the past fifteen years, re- the wife made necessary her remov al. There is surviving, the husband, seven children, Catherine Sullivan, Chicago; George, Sidney, Nebraska; Mrs. Richard Otterstein, Platts mouth; Don, of Bellevue; Jo.-eph, of Sibley, Iowa; Russell, of Gree ley, Nebraska: Clarence of Hastings. There are also eighteen grandchil dren surviving her passing. The body is at the Sattler funer al home at 4th and Vine streets where the Rosary will be recited this evening at 8:00. The body will be taken to Belle vue Friday and the services held at the St. Mary's church at 10 a. m. The interment will be at the Catholic cemetery in this city. Honor Roll Of City Schools Is Announced Large Group of the Student Body Gain This Rank By Their Excel lent Work ni following are the names of the 0' students at P. H. S. who hsve made 0 j the honor roll for the first semes 0 , ter and the last quarter of the term. 0 ; To achieve his honor a student must 4 j make at least three "A" 's in major 0 subjects 21 j SENIORS: Forest Beil, Mary Sue j Bordelon, John Conis, Mary Evers, s e xiuia, xieien ivruger semes- ier onij), uick Livingston (quarter Meisinger, Bettv Meisineer, Norma Spidell. JUNIORS: Phyllis Bourck, Jean Coliins, Elizabeth Davis, Mary Kaye Gorder, Ralph Hild (quarter only), 'Josephine Koubek (quarter only), ! Mary Irene Libershal, Alyce Rob- Is, Eldora Shellenbarger. SOPHOMORES: Marilyn Becfc- i man, ..lary Lou Becker (semester only), Keith Fitch, Kenneth Fitch, l Joan Gradoville, Jean Lloyd, Charles They sent the usual lace-and-love cards to their husbands, but they added a card from the Red Cross blood donor center saying they had just donated pints of blood. "We figured its s-traight-from-the- heart-stuff," Mr?. Amy Lawton Mc Kay, one of the wives said. 'The real thing." KliUHlM I ieuuo umuaii iuuugi mm , 1 S upas 0 lU otul 111 001 1111 PARIS, Feb. 1. CU.R! Ameri- can 1st army headquarters today re-1 ported signs that the Germans werej withdrawing from some sections of' the Siegfried line against which thej U. S. divisions were closing on a 40-mile attack front in Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. Units of the 1st and 82nd air borne divisions entered the Sieg fried pill boxes east of the Malmedy area of the frontier, and found them empty and surrounded by unmarked snow evidence that thev had been abandoned for some days at leat (A high military source in Wash ington interpreted lack of German resistance on the U. S. 1st army front as a "suggestion" that the Germans had decided to abandon a large section of the Siegfried line At the southern end of the west em front, the French first army opened a new attack in Alsace that appeared to have broken the German threat to Strasbourg. Dispaches from Patton's front said his vanguard had thrust 21 miles into Germany within 8 miles of Prum, the biggest transport center in the border area south of Mon schau. The captured towns were Ihren 5 miles southeast of St. Vith s.nd one half mile inside Germany; Win terspelt, 6 miles southeast of St Vith; Engelsheid, 7 miles southeast of St. Vith, and Heckhalenfeld, little over 6 miles southeast of S Vith. Community Credit To Buy Surplus Corn LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1. 0J.R A total of 5,500,000 bushels of surplus corn in 13 Nebraska coun ties will be purchased by the War Food Administration through the Commodity Credit Corporation as a stockpile against future needs, Cecil Jacobsen, Lancaster county Agri cultural Adjustment Agency chair man, has announced. Counties in which the corn will be contracted include Lancaster, Cass, Cuming, Dodge, Butler. Doug las, Otoe, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Thurston, and Washington. Former Resident Yanks Tooth On Luzon Front Line Captain John Stuart Eg-nberger Crawls Under Fire to Aid Suffer ing Doughboy The United Press from Eosario, Luzon, Philippines, tells of the her oic action of Captain John Stuart Egenberger, former ?iatt:mouth young man in serving the needs of his troops. Captain Egenberger is a member of the dental corps and has for the past two years been in the Pacific area. While with his regiment at the front in the Philippines, he learned that an infantryman was suffering a iocthachc in a foxhole on hotly con tested II ill No. CC0 near Eosario. Captain Egenberger crawled and crept half a mile through artillery and srJper fire, found the foxhole and the patient, administered ncvo caine and yanked out the tooth. He offered to evacuate the infantry man but the latter cuddled in his hole and said: "I would rather stay here than go back through what you ust came through." Captain Egenberger crawled back. HERE FROM KENTUCKY Mack Daniels, of Powell county, Kentucky, is here for a visit with his brother, Everett Daniels, Sr., and family in the south part of the city. This is the first visit of Mr. Daniels in Nebraska and he is much interested in this part of the north. . 0 10 1 sXM Colbfrg I , Stettin frfffillitr Jtr . . . l GERMANY f iutsrbog CotthiK Fot '"5 tf Lertmx i; L i. ' czecho. BERLIN PERIL GROWS The capture of Stolzenberg places Russians seventy three miles from Berlin. Red spearheads to the east of Berlin are said to be only 55 mi!es from the capital, while other flanking drives are reported to carry a new thre?t to the city. Reds take Kleinitz. Bomat and Betscho. (NEA Telephoto ) Canteen Service To Army Forces Ably Presented Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt Tells of the Service That Canteen at Omaha Has Given There was a very fine attendance of the members of the Chamber of Commerce present this noon at the luncheon of the directors at the Hotel Plattsmouth. Lester Thimgan, vice-president, presided in the absence of L. A. Caldwell, the president. District Judge Thomas E. Dunbar was a guest of the club and gave a few remarks. He favored a zoning ordinance for Plattsmouth to cover many of the local problems. The nominating committee, com prising E. J. Richey and Walter H. Smith, reported out their recom mendation for the officers of the club: president, Robert Cappell; vice president, E. II. Bernhardt; treasurer, Fred I. Eea. There candi dates will be voted on at the annual meeting in March. Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt, who has been active in the campaign fcr more aid to the service men's canteen at the Union station in Omaha, was present, and gave a very complete and thorough explanation of the work of the canteen, the good cause it serves. The canteen is supported solely by donation.", while the rail roads furnish the space and the ut'li ties, also janitor service and limited medical facilities. The operating cost of the canteen is from $1,200 to $1,500 a month. The canteen records show as high as 2,000 toys served in one day as they arrive and pass through Oma ha. Tweniy-ene women's organizations supply the personnel to keep the ser vice center open and to meet all trains. Besides furnishing free coffee. sandwiches and doughnuts, the cen ter provides free beds and shower? are also available. It was noted that bible and reli gious articles were in great demand by the men of the armed service contacted. This month Paul Gallagher, of Omaha, is providing all of the coffee needed while many of the surround ing towns are supplying sandwiches.; k i IE. PR, CJiojfie w - - Kenm POLAND Kofiti f mm Jtetibor&Z X f MZ'&: ? Enlisted men as well as officers are all welcome as well as the me-41- bers of their families. At the present time an appeal is being made to the surrounding towns and communities for contribu tions of food as well as money. The general public is urged to visit the center and see what work is being done for our service men. There will be a meeting held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the public library auditorium, where a representative of the canteen will go into further detail on the work of the service. It is hoped to have representatives from the various groups over the city at the meeting. The renort was pivpn in n vptv interesting manner by Mrs. Bern hardt and followed with the greatest interest by the members cf the Chamber of commerce. A. L. Tidd of the industries com mittee urged support for recommen dations of the planning committee, such as repavinr- Chicago avenue, work on a new road to the cemetery as well as voting a bond i.:sue of $50,000 for flood control. The club passed a motion that the matter of contributions to the service canteen be referred to the executive committee for its action. Searl S. Davis paid a compliment to the city council on their construc tive work in consolidating the city in two wards instead of five. Discussion of the proposed state sales tax now before the legislature showed a majority as opposed to the tax as merely an additional tax in stead of a replacement. Weather Forecast ing 22 Low -l Ncbra'.kn forecast: Cloudy; light snow extreme west and north cen tral today, increasing and spread ing over reminder of the state to night, continuing Friday. Warmer east today and tonight. Low to night 15-20; little change in tem perature Friday. Tower of Canitol To Be Darkened LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1. (U.P.) Lightig of the tower of the state capitol building will be discontinued for the duration, in cooperation with the "brown-out'' program, Gov. D wight Griswold said. Lifi-htiner of the grounds will be continued until 11 p .m., as at present. Commando Raid Releases 510 War Prisoners American and Allied Prisoners Secure Release as Troops Make Raids ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, LU ZON, Feb. 1. (U.P.) A daring com mando raid by American rangers and Filipino guerillas last night stag ed the first mass rescue of allied prisoners in this war, bringing 510 captives from 25 miles behind the Japanese lines to safety, Gen. Doug las MacArthur announced today. The raiders, composed of 121 picked men from the Sixth Ranger battalion and the rescue in 86 guerillas made a surprise attack shortly after dark on the Japanese prison camp at Cabanatuan. some - 70 miles north of Manila in Nueva fccija province. MacArthur jubilantly announced the rescue and said the American iorces acnieved complete surprise over the Japanese guards, who were annihilated. Then the rangers and guerillas with their column of rag ged, weary liberated prisoners en gaged in a running fight with Jap anese infantry and tanks, Mac- Arthur declared in a special press release. The commandos inflicted top heavy casualties of 523 Japanese killed and 12 tanks destroyed, to a loss of only 27 men killed and three wounded. MacArthur said the commando unit, supported by an air cover, be gan their mission shortly after in telligence reports revealed the pres ence of a prison camp near Cebu,! 5 miles from American units ad vancing on Manila. MacArthur said the prisoners. who apparently had been reasonably well-fed by the Japanese were in fair" condition. They are receiv ing "every care and attention," MacArthur declared, and "their re habilitation will be ranid.'' City Conventions For February 7th Under the provisions of the r-tate law covering cities of this class, it will be necessary to hold the city conventions or caucus cn Wednes day, February 7th. The last legislature changeJ the law and advanced the hcldin r date from the fifth to the eighth Wednes day nreeeding the election, so that it will be necessary to have the meetings the coming week. With the change in the ward align ment there will Le counri'imen nom inated from each ward for the term of one year instead of two years as the change in the wards from five to two will become effective with the election in 1946. Commissioners Hold Meeting The board of couny commission ers were in the city today to hold their first of the month meeting, Commissioners Henry Backemeyer of Murdock, and G. WT. Hart of Louisville, arriving early for the session. The local commissioner, Charles W. Stoehr, met the other members of the board at the court house. In view of the fact that the regu lar commissioners room at the court house is undergoing decorating, the meeting was held at the private of fice of the county clerk's suite. NOTICE REBEKAHS A meeting of the Rebekah Lodrre will be held in the I. O. O. F. hall on Friday eveninir February spponrl. I- --o J All members are urged to be present. ' LONDON, Feb. 1. ru.R) Red army tanks and troops smashed to the Oder river between CO and 40 miles from Berlin today and pre pared to storm that last natural barrier blocking the way to the panic-stricken German capital. The German high command admit ted that Marshal Gregory K. Zhu kov's forces had swept to the east bank of the Oder northwest of Kus trin, 42 miles east of Berlin. From Kustrin the river angles northwest ward to its right angle elbow, an even 30 miles from the capital. Both Moscow and Berlin broadcasts re ported that the soviet vanguard had crashed to the gates of Kustrin at the confluence of the Oder and War the rivers where the trunk line from Danzig crosses the Oder and runs straight to Berlin. Moscow dispatches also said the Russians were believed to have .reached the east bank of the Oder ; nnnndto rronM,, oq , i .'V'J.l- J 1 Ull ni U I L. 1 1 . ' IIIllfK .'nM and slightly south of Berlin. A German communique reporting that Zhukov's forces "have advanced ; as far as the 0der northwest of j Kustrin said fresh German reserves had been thrown into hattl in that sector, indicating the defenders of Berlin might make their extreme ef fort at the Oder ,the city's last out lying defense line. The angle of the river northward from Kustrin in relation to the dis tance from Berlin made it uncertain exactly how near the Russians were to the richest single prize of the war in Europe, but it appeared to be less than 40 miles, and probably only a little more than 30. The nazi command said reserves also had been engaged aeainst sov iet tank spearheads that had ad vanced as far as the Sternberg Zielenzig area 60 to 70 miles east- southeast of Berlin. Moscow dispatches said scores of soviet air squadrons were defying snow storms and generally bad weather to hammer the enemy day and night on the eastern front. Planning New Tuck In Amount Of Civilian Meat Neither Army or Lend Lease Se cure the Needed Amount of Meat From Supply WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. CUR) The government is getting ready to take a new tuck in the already slim meat rations of civilians, War Food Administration officials revealed today. The officials said that neither the army nor lend-lease has been get ting enough meat under the pres ent purchase program and warned that an upward revision was immin ent in the amounts of beef and pork that packing plants must reserve for government purchase. The government already buys about 40 percent of all pork and about 35 per cent of al! beef pro duced. Only meat slaughtered un der federal inspection is subject to the government set.aside. Roughly half of all meat produced in federally-inspected plants is channeled to military aad WFA purchase. The WFA officials said this res triction had resulted in an unequal distribution of available meat sup plies. The worst shortages were said to have developed in areas rely ing on federally-inspected plants for their meat, while areas supplied by small slaughterers were relative ly little affected. As result of the pressure of civilian demands for meat, WFA said, an increasing number of small plants have sprung up outside fed eral inspection. These have Dulled more and more meat animals from packing plants which supply non- .vnmj AdiibO n liiL civilian requirements