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Veto. State Historical Society J X. ft V , VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1945 NO. 13 Plattsmoiith Busy Digging Out Of Snow Record Snow Fall Estimated at 15 Inches Heaviest Since 1936 With clearing ikies today the residents of Plattsmouth started the task of digging out from the heaviest snowfall since 1936, a fall that start ed shortly after midnight Tuesday and raged in full fury! until 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. It is estimated the fall was fifteen inches on the ; level. Traffic was paralyzed for the day Wednesday and by night communica- tions bv jail or bus was cut cff un til Thursday when travel was grad-jsauL oll,. '.;., ), r;n T,r,t wv to normal. The 'Mis-uri Pacific had i their trains operating well on time today while the Burlington train from the east was delayed several hours. With the spew storm raging: at full furv Wednesday afternoon, the citv schools were clostd at 3 o'clock d bcfcre APril 1 Armstrong point er,? ua rivoT, W nntirnfl , ed cut, so that the assessors will be snov. would cause school to be clos ed Thursdav but clearing weather permitted school to cpeiate as usual Thursday. The Cotner bus line did not oper ate Wednesday afternoon and the last cf the lnten'tate-Gi-eyhoiirdj buses p-etiine- through was late in the! morning. The second shift pt the Glen Mar tin pl?nt at Fo-t Crook was can celled Wednesday and the first shift j excused zt 3 o'clock altho it wasj ln-er in thp dav before tramoorta-: tion was able to reach them end j bring the workers on back to Platts-j mouth. I The auto owners had a strenuous j day as the snow fall soon had the cars buried beneath the sr.ow and J manv of the cars were leit tarKeuj on the rtreet for the Jay and still t bear the heaw snow on them. With the late afternoon travel between this city and Omaha was at a standstill and several Cmsha trucks here distributing their stocks were compelled to remain over night. Col. MacPhail Is Boss Of Yankees NEW YORK, Feb. 22 U.PJIt's official" now, Col. Larry -MacPhail -Sj "Irish Lullaby'1; Carol Lou Bern the new boss man of the New Ycrkjhardt, "Smilin' Through" and 'Tnven Yankees. He was elected president! tory"; Jeanette Rhylander, "A Fellow and General manager yesterday in aon a Furlough." meeting of the new and old regimes J yIary Jo Rebal and Ditty Rieh in which payment of $2.5000.000 was! Ercs played a niano duet, "Chop made to complete transfer of the ! s jcks club from heirs of the Jacob Rup-j jliss Mary Hicks the class spon- pert estate, llns amount was in dition to the ootion which was put up when MacPhail and his two asso ciate? made the deal for the franchise a month ago, believed to be about $300,000. Edward G. Barrow, head oT the club under the previous regime, re mained as chairman of the board of directors. George Wei?s. who is in charge of the yYankee farm system, was named secretary. Ei?ht of the previous 11 members of the board of directors res'gned. Those who remained were Barrow, Weiss, and Bvron Clark, Jr., the club attorney. Rae McMakcn Aids In Snow Removal T? O n f foV--iv i-ir 5Kf 11' r r Ann ..xuon.cn w -j of the big helpers in the heavy snow of Wedne.-day, to him can be given credit for making it possible for many of the residents being able to get out this morning. i Mr. McMaken securing a horse and a snow plow preceded to drive over the sidewalks in a large psrt of the city and remove the snow so as to make travel possible. This removal of the snow from- the sidewalks ih a tradition in the Mc Maken family as old timers will re- call, J. H. McMaken, the father of Rae, had the snow plow out after the heavy snows to,ciear tne wgys lor' the kids to go to school or the men to make their way to the shops to work for many years. NOTICE P. E. O. Chapter F., P. E. O. will hold their regular meeting on Friday afternoon 'at 2:45 at the home of Mrs. R. B. Hayes. All members are urged to attend. .. " ' ; Conferences Of Assessors To Be Held Courty and Precinct Assessors and Board of Equalization to Meet Over State LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 22. U.R)- A series of IS conferences' for coun ty ar.i precinct assessors and mem bers of county boards cf equalization wrill be conducted during the re mainder of this month and March by H. W. Lyon, deputy tax commission er, Robert M. Armstrong, state tax commissioner, announced today. I more uniform methods of assessing is to "isiruct tne assessors in more unifoim method? of asessmg F'-opcrty, special emphasis will be placed on explanation of new person al property assessment schedules, where one form is provided for city and t:vn precincts and another for rural precinct?, he added. The conferences will be complet- ready for their work for the year. Schedules of the first five meet ings are: Lincoln. Feb. 23, for Lancaster, I Hoofi Crm-m v fin? V rvvL- QalinP and Sarpy counties. Auburn, Feb. 26, for Nemaha, Otoe, Johnson, Richardson and Pawnee counties. Hebron, Feb. 27, for Thayer, Jef ferscn, Fillmore and Nuckolls coun- ties . Columbus, Feb. 28, for Nance, Butler, Polk and Platte, Colfax counties. Fremont, March 1, for Dodge, Burt, Washington, Saunders, Doug las and Cuming counties. prpgKrnen GlVf Convocation Wednesday the members of the freshman class of the Platsmouth high school presented their annual convocation program at the High School auditiorium for the enter tainment of their associates in the other classes. The mistress of ceremonies was Nina Belle Daniels. During the program vocal solos were given by Charles Newton, "Don't Fence Me In": Bill Baumgart, aa-:Eor played a saxaphone solo, "No body Knows the Trouble I've Seen. An original play by Maty Jo bal and Ditty Richards was read by Betty Altschaffl. Americans Suffer From Skin Aids CHICAGO, Feb. Z2CJ.R) Amer icans sufer from the "put something on it" impulse. That's what Dr. L. Edward Gaul. Dubuque, la., reported in today's Journal of the American Medical As sociation. "Apparently all the skin has to do is complain a little and it is impul sively daubed with the nearest thing at hand," he said. The "Impulse" causes needless i 1.- t complications, loss ot work, unnec- essary expense and hospitalization.. Dr. Gaul said. The article cited the case of a student nurse who burned her hand with bacon grease and three weeks later was forced to give un the nurs ing profession. She had tried paintin the burn with the tincture of an oranic mercurial, petrolatum gauze, sulfanilamide, sulfathiazole, boric acid ointment, a burn ointment and calamine lotion. In the same issue. Dr. Jean V. ; Cooke, St. Louis, reported a definite variation in sensitivity among in- dividual patients to the drug, peni cilhn. Dr. Cooke also noted striking dif f erences in the sensitivity of seven strains of meningococci grown from' the spinal fluid of infants and chld- ren wth acute menngts FRESH Cherry, Apple, -Boysen-berry and Apricot Pies, also Mince and Pumpkin. Carr's Bakery and Luncheonette. Phone 76. adv. mericen A Attack In LONDON, Feb. 22. U.R) Mar shal Ivan S. Konev's First Ukrain ian aimy battled to cross the Neiie liver, last water barrier before Ber lin's Spree river, along a GO-mile front southeast of the capital today. At the northern end of the attack front, Konev's army pushed along the west bank of the Oder river to its confluence with the Xeisyj only 49 miles southeast of Berlin. Kus chern, nestled at the junction cf the two rivers, was captured. The advance carried to within five miles of the first of the bridgeheads which the Germans said Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's First' White Russian army has driven across the Oder east of Berlin. A thrust across the Neisse at Kus chern would outflank the key river fortret'3 of Guben. seven miles to the south. Guben lies astride the Neisse and guards the 23-mile gap between that river rnd the Spree south of Berlin. Other units battled through woods less than eisrht miles east of Guben and captured Pfoerten, 10 miles south. Pfoerten also is 17 miles east cf Cottbus, the other main strong hold protecting the southern ap proaches to Berlin. Seme 35 ciles south of Guben, the First army reached the Neis se along f cur -mile stretch be tween Priebus, 54 miles northeast of DreieJen and 18 miles from the Saxony border, and Leipp a, 18 miles north of Goerlitz. Front dispatches said , Konev's vanguards also had reached the Neisse along a broad stretch of the east bank only a few miles north of Goerlitz, one of the main defense outposts of the Saxon capital of Drssden. More than 50 towns and villages were captured in the advance to the Neisse. which appeared to be set ting the stage for a frontal attack as well as an outflanking thrust against Berlin. Once Konev links up with Zhu kov's bridgeheads east of Berlin, the Soviets probably will unleash a powerful frontal as?ault across the Oder toward the capital. The Ger - man radio said last night such an of- Re-jfensive appeared "imminent. Ncrtheast of Berlin, Marshal Kon stantin K. Rokossovsky's 2nd White Russian army seized an 18-mile stretch of the Berlin-Stettin-Danzig railway and captured Nicponie, 35 miles south of Danzig, in advances of up to yix miles through the Polish ccrridor. Nicponie als" lies eight miles from the border of Danzig free state and 39 miles south of the big Baltic port of Gdynia. The Second army killed more than 2,000 Germans and knocked out 11 tanks and selfprcpelled juns in the Polish corridor yesterday, a soviet communique said. Other soveit forces reduced the enemy's East Prussisn podt south west of Koenigsberg to 350 square miles. - Jaeger Family Move Wednesday Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs. George J. Jaeger and daughter, Miss Charlotte, departed from Plattsmouth for their new home in Indiana Har - bor, Indiana. Mr. Jaeger is in charge of the mechanical department of the refri:- erator car shops at Indiana Harbor, being transferred there from the lo- Cal shops .The family had a very rough trip .Teunesuay as loey were caugra in the midst of the heavy snow storm ; and report travel as difficult all of. the day. They reached Otturowa, Iowa, Wednesday night and remain-, TIT , 1 j.1 , , . ed there for the night before resum- mg uie journey on to the new Done. Eli annes Face Most I f cult Problem iiuscnern . . . : - - ' - - " " , ' ."''V' rjF- 'Ty Vlyjv, -j i. li n-tL. uii iVu jiiviA tttMct-i ine bodies ot two U. that of Tarawa. Photo radioed from Guam to San trannsco S. Marines sprawl on shell-blasted beach of Iwo Jima, mute by U. S. Navy Radio-Telephoto. (Navy Radio-Telephoto from evidrnce of th ferocity of battle for the vital isle that rivals KcA). Japanese Reported Cleared OffOfBataan; 1 MANILA, Fb. 22. -OJ.RX- The last stage of the battle of Manila de generated into medieval warfare to day with the Japanese taking up spearg in a desperate attempt . to sttave off certain annihilation. American troops encountered the frenzied tactics of the trapped en emy naval and marine personnel as they reduced the Japanese pocket south of the Pasig river to less than one-tenth of a square mile. . The Americans were entrenched in a siege line along the playground and polf links, which once were the bed of the medieval moat around Manila's ancient walled city. . Gen. Douglas MacAithur an nounced meanwhile that Bataan peninsula was completely cleared and that Japanese forces on Corre gidcr were practically destroyed- ''So far as can be found no liv ing Japanese soldier is now on the peninsula," MacArthur said, in dis closing the vindication of famous American stand on Bataan three years ago. More than 1,700 Japanese already were buried on Corregidor, be said, and the count was only partially complete. Only isolated enemy strag glers holed up in caves remained to j be mopped up on the island fortress 'guarding Manila bay. Reports from the front lines in Manila said the Japanese apparently were running short of arms and were using shears in a bitter defense of their tiny pocket. One group of 21 Japanese from the First Cavalry section was armed with only spears and grenades, -while an enemy platoon fighting near the army-navy club had only four rifles. The rest fought with spears attached to pole". Hnlidav SnJrJt . F . ( "revailS In Gity 4 't - Plattsmouth had a real holiday as pect today with the observance of i Washington's birthday and the after effects of the heavy snow of Wed-' i nesday. The BREX shops were closed for , ... ..1 tne aay with tfte exception of a few. central and -wrest; partly cloudy with workers in certain departments.- 'winds 25 miles per hour extreme The offices at the courthouse andast today;' fair and colder east; the Plattsmouth State bank ; afcoj partly cloudy west; warmer extreme closed for the day to permit the of;' west- tonic-ht: W tonight wp ficers and -employees the opportunity' - 1 of enjoying a holiday, i i ,; ..:,- bo Island; lussian n a n n cn : m mm soinheast Priorities In Home Building AriaRemodelteg 1 ' l ' ' Federal Housing- Administration Announces Plans by Which. Relief Can Be Given In the past there has been a great deal of discussion as to relief from the lack of housing facilities here in Plattsmouth as well as other cities in this section of the state. The local Chamber of Commerce has been in touch, with the Federal Housing Administration offices at Omaha, ag to some possible relief or the securing of priorities that might permit the reconversion of existing structures to apartments . The following letter has been re ceived from Ilolger Helm, state di rector of the F. . H. A. as to the j securing of the necessary priorities:; E, H. Wcscott. Chamber cf Commerce,, Plattsmouth, Nebr. Dear .Fir: This tffice is now authorized to issue priorities assistance which is, in effect, permission to bui'd a hojre or create an . apartment in the fol lowing cases: To a veteran honorably discharged from service after December 31. 15)40, upon receipt of hi? replication end statement that no housing is available for his famiy. .To families who are evicted upon receipt of their application, copy of eviction notice, and statement from the city mayor that no housing is available for his family. To families who have consolidated rd are living under crowded condi tions, permission can be granted "by us to add additional bedrooms. ' Please rest assured that this of fice will continue" as rwe always have to offer the good'. city (ot Plattsmouth every pcssiMe '"assistance and relief. You are to be commended upon your efforts. . I shall notify voa immed- J atly upou approval of the H-3 con version program.' When in Omaha iuivase jeei iree to-rail. Yours very truly, - Holger Holm, State Director Weather Forecast High 30 - Low 20 Nebraska forecast: Clear- warmer 15 east; partly cloudy and warmer jFrkky, Jta leporfe Governor In Praise Of Red Cross Workers Cites the Hours of Service That Volunteers Have Given in the State LINCOLN, Neb., U.H Volun teers gave more than 2,519,103 hours of service at the state's 100 Ameri can Red Cross chapters last year, Gov. Griswold announced today. Griswold praised the 381,073 Red Cross members in Nebraska, and pointed out the national organization has commended the state'? record in furthering the "programs of ser vices to the armed forces ard theUions on the front Hie." Admiral home front." (Chester W. Nimitz -frtd, reveal- . , . . . XT , i Achievements of the Nebraska , . ,nA, i,,nj i ,. chapters m 1944 included, the gov - ernor reported, recruiting 110 regij - tered nurses for the army and navy medical ccrp:-. production of 9,1S4. - "20 suigical dressings; "ssistsnce to! 38,400 servicemen. veterans snd their families; training of 15,125' persons in nume's aide work, he r. nursing, water safety, first fiid and nutrition; equipping 14 dayrocrn lounges and sunroorr.-s at military stations srd hospitals; Tilling 54,058 bags for distribution to. servicemen going overseas; prepaiation of 84, 961 knitted and sewn garments for the armed forces, and packing 10, 800 Christmas boxes for overseas and wounded fighting men. Activities of the school children in Red Crcrs service also were prais ed by Griswold. He said the 185,981 Junior Red Cross members in 4,135 Nebraska schools produced more than 153,937 articles for servicemen and in addition completed courses in home nurtiing, first aid, water safety and nutrition to increase their abili ty "to contribute to community and family health and well-being." Court Martial For Violating Air Rules SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22. (U.B Secod Lt, Robert L. Moon, 25, Lynch burg, Virginia, involved in an air crash in which 2nd Lt. Max A. Som merlot, 23, Albin, la., was killed, has been convicted by a general court martial of violating army flying re gulations Moon was ordered to for feit $100 of his pay for the next 12 months.. The order was reviewed by Maj. Gen. James 'E. Parker, Com manding general of the 4th air force. I Oerlin ADMIRAL NIMITZ' HEAD QUARTERS, Guam, Feb. 22. CU.R) American marines, pledged Ly the general to take Iwro regardless of the cost, fought through a down-pour today for the central airport of the island. Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith, marine corps chief in the Pacific, said the invasion of Iwo was the most diffi cult problem the leathernecks ever faced. They were up against "a very tough proposition," he said, but will capture the island no matter how high the price in bloocL Smith was on a flagship of the supporting fleet. A communique announcing small gains in the new drive toward Iwo'a central airport said that marine cas ualties on the island had climbed to 385 killed and 4,168 wounded by 5:45 P. M. yesterday. "The casualties have not been any greater than I anticipated,'V Smith said. The usual taciturn marine com mander was grim at the press con ference. His lipsi were tense in a thin line, his voice pitched low and deadly serious. "We expect to take this island, and while it will be at a severe cost, it is our assigned mission," he said. Progress has been slow, the beach es blanketed with treacherous vol canic aah that caused trouble and they were littered with wreckage, Smith said. But he said he thought that when the beaches are better organized and roads improved the advance will speed up. A communique announced that the marines had launched a new push toward Iwo airfield after a stone wall stand against several heavy counter attacks during the night. At mid-day the leathernecks were slugging slowly forward. They knocked out several Japanese gun positions, generally weakened the airdrome defenses, Gurm headquar ters announced. "There was little change in posi- ing that counter blws r-i checked , , , the marine push northward on the . 1 j1" ! The ferocity cf the bs'k- was re- . 1 vealed for the first tim? bv a mar ine group combat correspondent who said the in-asion beach was "a iicene of indescribable wreckage all of it ours." The two-mile belt cn the" Iwo beach northward from Mt. Suribachi was a thick layer of r'ebris of the wrecked hulls of scort s of boats, signifying the price the marines had paid to get ashore. "Death is not a pretty sight, but it has taken posses sion of our beach," the correspond ent wrote from Iwo. "Marines killed on the beach were buried under the sand as the tide came in. . .The mira cle was that we were able to supply our troops at all during the two days of increased shelling on this beach. . ." With arrival of elements of the 3rd division on Iwo. the biggest mar ine force ever thrown into operation some 40,000 wag slugging it out toe to toe with the fanatical Japan ese defenders. Nimitz' communique revealed that at 5:45 P. M. yesterday (Guam time) the marine casualties ashore on Iwo had amounted to an estimated 385 killed and 41C8 wounded. As of 8 A. M. yesterday 3,650 marines were killed, wounded or missing. (The figures indicated more than 900 casualties in one day.) The famed crew races between Harvard and Yale, which in , pre-war years toek the form of a colorful regatta at New London, Conn., first were rowed on Lake Winepesaukee, New Hampshire, in 1852.