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VJ VJ PAGE SIX ( MMIIU Salary Raises For Judges Advanced 'age really deserves the name- fcr light ni np: war ,and Marsh .il Zhukovj deserves credit for introducing it.! Some week? before the' Germans funr.chcd into Poland, he cave the . J Japs a bitter taste of modern mobile j warfare. OUTSMARTED JAPS Only Raises fcr the District Judges At Khalkin-Gol, in Outer Mon Remain in the ft'easura as pre. g-alia. the Japs provoked border sented. j clashes with the Russians, then coni- ! manded by the virtually unknown LTVCOiA FR Vch - (U.Fa ! General Zhukov. The Japs prcbablv den t know vet exactly what hit ; them, since their aerial reconnais sance showed no lare;e Ked forces proposed retirement plan and atw,thin 100 mil?s of tkeir position. ; T"1 .1 n l r- i i SS5ftO vrar!" n w fm- s.mrm o '. 1 KIIOW rnst .ntlKOV S tanks An emasculated bill providing $1,000. a year salary raises for the district m i court judges amended to scran a. court justices was adsreed to se-!Toll.ed out of nowhere and mauled lect file in the state legislature todav.itheir trooPs s0 baci!V that a high J In its original form, the proposed, JaP official hastil' Pegged for an measure by Sen. Joesph Reavis. Falls" arnr?tce' Peering: loss of "face", r:i.. 'j i . .i i 'to annihilation c.t an nvmv !to annihilation c" an armv I Months later the Japs learned I that Zhukov, anticipating Nipponese mendm?nt eliminating the retirement TCa,C,1y- hacl pave1 a mingly un- plan. Scranpin- of the supreme court l'l"Dle !Ivei cd behind which ,..: .. . , , ithey were entrenched with ... v. i v rv .-n City, would have tipped the salarie for the district judges by S2.5C0. Reavis introduced the original a justices' raise was sponsored by Sen. and piles strong enough to keep his1 Edwin Schultz. EIrin, who protest-if R p:les ftror enov& .i t h . . .heavy tanKS from bos w, x mil l t mt- lc'.L IIlLifUS-. ing their salarie? ireinEr down. over that cf the ' " , Iearncl ncw ne governor." j ia"-,uiae "'3 mignt so that planes r.v. e .!.. .. .! i ueiect ir. "c:uus in. supreme ocuit new receive $7,300 a vear. Peasant-born Gregory Zhukov b.i an invaluable asset which has heln- The Falls City senator argued that!'" 'ma uar'le asJSt "hich has help the court of last appeals was the mo4' hlm, t0 UtWlt the 11r0U(i Russian important branch of the govern-i T' als "'an' times- He hasimag- ment, and that in most other' states. i!"- " !8 ihf thorough,; the ir salaries outranked those of j h ,h,a"t 3,1(1 lete!y or-! governors but Schultz' amendment 1 huox- Tn(? Germans simply can't -rie,? itni.i iiatnom his style. Zhukov looks- anything but the' carried 18 to 1-1. The "Watchdog of tllf Tnw:.irr"l Sen. Dan Garber. Red Cloud, tried1 S, "V5 m.wtM-"nd he really is. to kill the bill in it, entirety. ! , " h? Ven skuI1 is und as a! "I have no complaint on 'the jud-1: heav" Iips' stro iciary,"hes,id.-but for us to go out 1 CmpaCt bdy are typieal; and raise the salary of 'upner cruf Z p.easant He's dev is unwarranted. Twelve years ago 1 ? " ,n 3R army unif("! farmers marched on the capital took "To Tv " over the .enate chamber,. Thev reed-' -Aeteran of ma,,y ed money in those drought years J 1( l?"!-! k l;wll ciuicning. ht : i - . . . c. ncit (.orisiuc: mg legislation to bring on the very some circus stances that impelled that march." Zhukov, Is Model Marshal Savior of .Moscow Me?-s Climax of Career As Hi Ru--ia Armies' Strike at Ber! in ! Dy DAVID A. STEIN r lingers ot the Nazis. From the World War I rank of private he had advanced so far along the road to military success by the time the Spanish Civil War broke our. that Stalin loaned him t the Loyalist as a tank expert. TIi. ,- . , .... "v lei'i'Biiucc now a.- irusssa s greatest authority on tank warfare,! Military communications, and para- troop fighting. Ho is credited with' organizing the modern Russia array! into a supeib war machine. His r.p-! po:ntment as a Red Aimv Marshal I war. the first to be made in war I time. SAVED lVfOSCOW Zhukov "i.- legendary salvation cf NF.A Sla'f Writer ' Rus-ia'.s M-shpl Gregory (Geor- gii) Kcnstar.tincvitch Zhukov is re-1 markabh? for man" reasons, not th : Mosco r.rovides a cncrt.icnin, av least of which is the fascination that jangle cf his brilliant generalship' exact-s-nle models bold for him. He 'and of his masterful use of surprise j has urdonbto.il" bui!t a perfect rep- tactics. When the German armies' lica of Berlin's !efen?e, and with ' approached the city, they were met' its help h" hps probe .j every soft j by a nondescript mob of civilian de-1 rpot and every possible weakness in j fenders, hastily recruited in the Rus-j the ban iers thrown up against his sian capital. ! onrushing Red aimies. No wonder Hitler ' screeched that! tor .nukov loained long ago that the Russians were through. Thous- :n ! rnur.ii t model-b-iih'in.'r pays. When he was ' ancs of Muscovites were' dvin eaueu upon to smash r inland ? famed 1 battle, and hif generals Mjrnev!ip!v T ino vn .,,;u e..tt I v i . . n. ' ' -"ii. ci i uii-. rji u KiiLkwn -vnat z.nuRov fale facsimile of the Finnish fort resses. Painstakingly, thoroughly, he searched for flaws and found them. had in store for them. They saw only green troons in their path. They didn't realize that the words around the ir:u l i . .i .... .,. r..,p oi ncavv artillery and Russian capital were filled with specially-trained shock troops, he! thousands of trained reserves ready made rubblo of the Mannerheim . to spring at their throats and to in de.eTe Ky-etc'ni- iet a ringing defeat on them Llitzkneg 1;. a Germin word, but The Germans had further reason its a misnomer. The Russian langu-j to respect Marshal Zhukov after . crushing losses at Stalingrad. ,i or do c:ays tne uermrn Sixth Army jhad laid siege to the city, with 200, j 000 of their men engaged in the titanic battle. Zhukov trapped the Germans with Medaled i 1 "1 i v. ti - i- 'ZH . V a masterfully-planned i-urnrio eoun tor-offensive. His swift-moving tank drives swept across hastily-erected bridges over the Volga .north and south of the city, to forge two need j-ings around the besieging Nazis. Within a few short weidcs after Zhukov's eounteroffensive had been executed, nothing remained for the Germans at Salingrad but to "dig graves for themselves and prepare crosses or surrender." a one Rus sian staff officer said. Zhukov had already departed, to start work on a plan to rescue Leningrad. Since 1042 he has been Russia'. First Vice Commisar of Defenese as the ranking deputy of Marshal Stalin in the Commissariat. .Proudly wearing ' his new Le- gion of Merit medal, Rear Ad-1 miral Arthur C Davis, USN, is pictured at Pacific Fleet head-j ; quarters after receiving the' award from Fleet Admiral C.: l W Nimitz. Now chief of staff ,to Adm. R. A. Spruancei he was ;decorated fcr services. as fleet! aviation officer from Dec. . 7,) . v.-l941, to June 1 1.11942, -g " , , i HeUsavka By Joaroal Field Repn THE JOURNAL. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA " fi'iBmmm OMi'imcn m m kijmh wunMiMtAwMmwM r"--," 3 PA"" .. , .aglS uLU - ? 5 - -A 4'Gcorne Washmqton became first in war. not so much by reason of victories over the enemy, though he had won such, cr of suc cess in strategy, though that had been his, as to the triumphs of a constancy which no reverse, no hardship, no incompetency, no treachery could shake or overcome." -CHIEF JUSTICE MELVILLE t? FULLER. -v.--- TV; ' Y - - V -Jf i ' 4 j 1 f 1 ft :7i ' . "it Aft,?. ITM..WMi.-AiJl, r f ass X S -if ,' ,v t - Gci nvr.s. Ncio " -4. v,-..?.b iho.v :map in parade T':2'jsk cdiva It contra-,; to usyil s-enc cf ir.ul. Urokcn tar.s ard ;:.-rd trcipi on Western front is Yanks are used to. this photo 5hovs 109th American Regiment psjjing saluting tas; in (jjrno p;r-fl; j't;r town's rcccptjrj frcm .fd Jlat'.. unc'T.i.ved bu.:d.r:r5 ;.r,d d:ti:cd t "c"4- ( i iT A T:;c?;-eto.) Over the Rhine to the Ruhr el. - T : ' ii v.. 5-- . f p r-t x 7 r v 1 - ; 1 Z 3 2 1 1 "? iJl if ft. - - w - - J5 c' I l". - Or I " iW;:rii: i?tll T. ' ir -P' v ?,- v. v ij'tS; w v . 3 Allied forces thrusting from southern Holland toward the northern end of the Siegfried Line meet Cl Pr HP r.T t f rDL-K-Knnn . . . .1 . . ... , - 5 7- ""0,"",-1- once across me unine. mey nit tne neart oi me itunr Kiver war production area, with the great complex of industrial cities, such as Duibbcrg, Duesseldorf, Cologne, Essen. Dortmund and Hamm under their guns. Mrs. Ernie Robbi City has been a gue?t at the home of a daughter, Mrs Tom Mason, Mr. ' Mason and children for a week. ,duty this next week. Mrs. Frank Under was hostess to Friends here were sorrv to hear r,r tw wUh iu,. ,j-.,i.-., t,n n,. , - . .. - ,ivW nciiroijiuey van the two daughters wnl the Otterbem Ladies A.d Society at the auto accident of Mr. and Mrs.'k-ave soon for Lo Aneeles to n.ake her country home Thursday; a cover-. Oliver Schiber of Union, which oc- their home, he will engage in even ed luncheon was enjoyed at noon, ourred at the Murray Corner onjtial war work and the ladies were busy quilting: in highway 75, when a car driven by tv,; i m v, i the afternoon. William White of Falls Citv tried to ' Tom Adamson, Omaha is a suest Ps the Schiber car on very pe i Z "X of his daughter, Mrs. George Poulos roads; both Mr. and Mr, ScMberliT" f ! . RT" , -f ' and husband this week. . are in the St. Mary's ho pital "t ' T i T , Gene Martin, son of Mr . .,, M. Nebraska Citv ' y P at very lucky dufin2T the basket ball Wilmpr Mirtln .n t " , season came out ahead Scores; Ne- Wilmer Martin, is to leport for armyj Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whipple heldjhawka 31, Union 23, first team Ne-, a very successful farm sale recently, 30, Union 20, second team; Girl:. voliy ball game, .Nel.avt;a 86, Union 12. Alpha Bcli, accompanied by his coii'in, Miss Ellen Eeckner of Neb raska City, took a bus from Omaha Thursday for Los Anpolo, they were called there by the sudden death of Mr. Bell's sister, Mmrs. Roxie Bell Doyle. Services awaited their arrival for arrangements. Lt. Albert K. Murdoch (Chaplain) ( "MTl iill'Tlin THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1945 I rt v a-i k OKyo expects ! American Move About Umpires' vi seen aj Prelude to the Actual In vasion cf the Japanese Home Islands. (U.R) Tokyo radio r--a'd today that Japan is expecting fn American in- i vasion of tho continent of China a.-; ! a oreli'de to an inva.-.ion oT the homc ; land itself. j In a hroa-icast recorded by the i United Pres- ;;i San Fran.-i: "o, To-'w; .pointed out thnt the American ? in China have etabli-he a "s. outh j caFtern war zone and a youth vet j os-n war ;:o?;e and are exert in? ell their effort to extend their zones eastward f ra the.-e two po -it ions, j "There is ro jtosldlity r,f America j over abandoning t he invs.-'ion f the i China continent a- a stron.t ba--e fo ! attacking: Japan proper,"' the broad least said. i ' i r l A v K ? s jlias a m-w APO and l.r.; i.een trar.s-! j f erred from Ene-land to France, rec-i ; ently j S Lt. Opal Linder (Army Nurse) I I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frrnk Lin-' ! der has been tranyfeired frrm En-i i ls'id to France, and is now 0cr.ted i within 40 iui;.- of the f,(,nt i;nos; she arrived in France en January i first after thre- wee!- in Hnslnnd.: After ent"ii;i? France sh? w;:s ho-! ;pitaii::e l f--r pcir.tiimc wilh rr.euonia, , bat has new iH:.?rncd t.' he- -. I Mr. and M.-r. Frank Finder and : daughter, Mr. and Mr.. Frank Hob-1 - v v: :-. -. f : ' ,-X -S-A' "15- C ' v i ll, t Frank Frisch speak:; as baseball figures bring bit of back home to men of Third Army on western front. Manacer of Pittsburgh Pirates no doubt deals with um pires, among other things. femedt and I):-V':-r r.ttcnde.'l a fady reunion at the h-,r-.e of Mr--., Jcnsen ' Wymoing comunivy and Liner's si-tcr. Hav Fc ;i' in". an nu.u nc:-r Ur.auii; Tliu:-dav re red an. ' '.. r -; .( ;,:;v TT-.-.y : i - . i-i-eri'-r an..: nusian.:. v. ho are r.t--' hc.t- from their ho;.:? iu jar Are'.s. , California The Methodi.-t V." S. C S. r.-o at the home cf Mrs. F. A. Nat-:u-.au Fr" : day cfternoon; with Mrs. Henrv Rem ;and Mrs. Lucy S : r. t The World Day of Prayer was ob iseived; with Mr. Vcrner Lundber? : in charge of the pr.'.jrram : several ; "lemlers took part in the pro-am : A ! I:ive attendance was had and Mr. Sur t. G. W. Weik ba ; a- rnte,i the renewal cf the portion offered by the school board and wi'd be head cf tile Neha-.vka sclie ol another tcrnu -Mr. If. J. Dane of ro"R-a-?i,y, J-jWa is a guest of her sisTc-r. r.Irs. Martin nrv Rem', Ros and facile for tho oast week. John ts'istanti 'icr husband is in service, i l TL!s is family hf. Put j? y o u r r 1 1 a c! I. u y i r, g J h r o u g b te payroll savings p'aa on ft fiinily r'an, whit h ineaas f- ure " ,IU' oi"'Re''- ar- - $ viV . 4 : . w . r ... x it. TANKS FCuL 0vE3 DVD KAZIS-Ru, t nks enter VLe h.usen Gernany as iry aown a street Uttered, with dead Nazi so!diers..A tank has roiled "over dead Nazi in the right, foreground. NEA Radio-Tclephoto). v V A 9 - 'fSwr- rv 5r ..imn.iMM. ..r. ... fa ROOSEVELT CONFERS WITH KING FAROIikAi,,,. cd in Great Bitter LaU near Cao. President RooTve Vc 'S F.-S0'; Egypt. The King is dres.ed in ,n Admiral", unilorm.-(SiBna CorpT phoS Rc frn KEAK