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ITetr. State Historical Socfrty ' " . , , i. . ,, , - ,., - -. . - . ' 1 ." .! .. 1 11 ' ' 1 . ' -i. - ...i. m .1, i i i VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945 NO. 21 Basketball Team To Make Trip To State Tourney Benefit Game Wednesday Night Results in Win Over All Stars by Score of 44-35. Speed and teamwork of the local, Blue Devils proved too much for the All Stars last night in the benefit game before a crowd that was pleased in every respect with the game and the result. Coach "Spec'' Nelson of Midland College and North hijih, proved to be a "dead eye dick" from out court and led all scorers with seventeen points. Joe Gradoville led the Blue Devils with fourteen points. Lt. Wayne Galyer, Joe York. Coach Nelson and Coach Stewart us ed some high school boys on their All Star team but could not muster the speed to handle the kids who hit fast and often in the last half after trailing 1S-16 at the half. Les Thimgan served as referee and drew a round of applause from the fans and players for a good job. The fifth period trills won over the sixth period sirls in a roaring pre liminary. The box score: BLUE DEVILS FG FT FF TP Cole 4 1-2 1 Gradoville 7 0-1 Reckard .... 4 1-1 Attebury 2 0-0 Eaton 1 0-0 Livingston 2 1-4 Wolover () 1-0 20 4 -'J 0 14 1 2 4 0 5 0 j q 4ji ALL STARS FG FT PF jpl Cullen 0 0- 0 1- 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-6 0- 0 1- 1 -0- Nelson Sack Edwards Stewart Galyer Niei 8 0 0 n 2 0 1 0 0 o 0 0 r 0 3 York 1 Thimgan 1 1 o ! g g. 15 5-12 Chamber of Commerce Meeting Thursday The Chamber of Commerce of the city will hold their regular luncheon and meeting on Thursday noon at the Hotel Plattsmouth. All members are urged to attend. Weather Forecast High 55 Low 54 Nebraska forecast: Partly cloudy today. Warmer except in extreme south east and extreme west; partly cloudy and cooler tonight; !w to night 25 west, 35 east; Friday paitly cloudy with little change in temperature. r " r7: - , j i e" wi ,g l!A - - ' 'C.vbt1 Bfc32fe Lj. AftMiua& .. . . : . . . - Proposed Memorial To Youths Serving In Armed Forces The proposed sketch of the new- Holy Rosary Church and parish house was drawn by Leo A. Daly, architect of Omaha. The goal for 1945 is to raise at least one-fourth of the proposed cost for the parish project. After this war is over, the new church will be erected as a peace memorial in the Plattsmouth community. It will be built to honor the boys of Plattsmouth who per formed heroic service for the sake of Former Teacher Visits Friends Irvine F. Wiltse, a member of one of the leading families of southeast ern Nebraska, who has just recently been discharged from the navy wheie he held the rank of lieutenant com mander, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Wiltse was a teacher in the local high school some twenty yer.rs affo and ne f the PPular mem' bers ot the 1 acuity in the vears he made his home in Plattsmouth. After quitting the school teach ing profession he was engaged in Boy Scout executive work in the west for some time and for sixteen years was engaged in work for Scout ing in Porta Rico. While here he ha? the pleasure of visiting with many of the old friends and associates and in meeting many of the former students. Bombers Make Raids On Plants In Ruhr Valley Plants of the Germans Receive An other Blast and Air Attacks From Italy Reported LONDON, Mar. 14. 0J.P Hun dreds of RAF bombers made another 9 heavy attack on Germany's battered i Ruhr valley last night, raiding two benz 1 plants near land Heme. Gelsenkirchen German broadcasts said bombers j stinct of the Japanese asserting it-jn tne centers of gravitv of the sov- ar" Pun5 SUCn a Preat determined, j 20,000 classification will become ef were approaching southern Germany self. Manila was studied, system-jjet offensive at Kietz Klessin and we-f,rffanized army moving an aval- j f ective 90 days after the legislature ! from Italy in dayl'ght today K.-r mosquuos oumpeu oiociv V- T 1 - 1 1 1 1 j busters on Berlin and Frar.kf ort - on - - ain urir-P t5ie night. Night fight - ,ers supported the British bombers, A Two bombers were lost in RAF 0 i ministry repotted Mrs. Philip Hirz Undergoes Operation no pajado se.w zjijj dijiquj "s.ij; ; Wednesdav at the St. Catherine hospital at Omaha. The latest report?! Irachine SURS- Thousands of them, from the hospital were that the pa-1 "Thi5 was a11 on direct order? from tient was doing very well. j Tokyo. We have captured documents The operation was quite serious!0 Proe v.,.- .n f,.,., .;n v. i.. "These documents said to kill as auu iJti j i ti i j ii iviiui Will U " .Kri to know she is getting along so veil. Will Visit Relatives at Iowa City, Iowa Thursday morning Edward Rebal of Montebello, California, departed for Iowa City, Iowa, where he will! visit with his brother, George E. Rebal and family. Mr. Rebal is expecting to return to this city after the visit in Iowa1 to enjoy a longer stay with his par-i710 wells were driven including 400:2One had ordered "resistance to the ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rebal and: which proved to be dry holes and last" and was tiaining Berliners in his many old friends. ' 64 produced gas. ' the use of machineguns for the capi- humanity in the Second World War and in esteem of the splendid work accomplished by the pioneers of Holy Rosary parish. In a letter to his parishioners, Father Edward C. Tuchek stated, "What greater testimonial of our everlasting love and gratitude can we give our boys now in the service, than by inscribing their names on an edifice dedicated to the service of God in their memory?"' Manila Destroyed On Orders From Tokyo Officials Captured Documents Tell of the Orders to Wipe Out the City Re ceived From Tokyo SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 15. - vu.r.r 1 ne city oi jvianua was aes-j troyed and her people slaughtered! on direct orders from Tokyo, it was revealed here today by Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo, Philippines resident commissioner, he said he would in dict the Japanese on the floor of congress. Describing the rape of Nanking as "a picnic compared to Manila," Romulo said he would present con gress with captured sworn affidavits and documents. uocumeniary films to substantiate his story of! Tht. razis broadcast a Transocean the "systematic, deliberate, wanton !v.t r rfinat.-h -H,i, a;,l destruction" wrought by Japanese imperial marines on direct orders; from Tokvo. Romulo was re-united March 2 the Philippines with his wife and fcur young sons who had been with guerrillas since their separation; wuee anu uuee mo.uns ago. He said he was leaving for Washing - ton today and would present his evi - u .i ,i .i... t dence to congress as soon as poss.ble. Manila is gone," he said, ''It is . to the American capture of the Re only a shell. Thousands of her peo-i mag'en bridge over the Rhine. pie were deliberately massacred by! j the Japanese. ''Nanking was the primeval in- 1.' "In Thp wn pi fiti nt I ntrain nrr.c ... .... ; On Manila) they herded li00 male j civilians into Fort Santiagos. Then they doused the fort with kerosene : and burned it. Only three of 1700 escaped. They were shot at. "A Spaniard who broke his back getting away but swam the Pasig river gave us the stcry. "As women and children streamed through a breach made in the wall of Intramuros by U. S. artillery the Japanese mowed them down with many Filipinos as possible.' "The Japanese were irate because thev didn't tret the sunrort of the' Fili'mnr, rvAr.niA ifcr-v u-to.i make an example cf them for the : rest of East Asia." "It i bard for the American neo - tn rWetonrl th i-?t,i nf enomx- we have. The American always wants to fight with gloves on." Michigan drillers struck oil in 246 wells during 1944. A total of The present parish property of Holy Rosary will be convei-ted into a recreation center, so urgently need ed by the youth of Plattsmouth. This center would not only give the re turning war heroes the relaxation which they will need and to which they most certainly are entitled, but it will also give their children and the children of Plattmouth a place LONDON, Mar. 15. f'J.R The German radio indicated today that the red army had a bridge across the Oder .13 milts due cast of Berlin. i anj m(,n an arms were pouring over ; jt ;n "massive soviet attack waves.' ! German artillery scored eight direct hjts on a bridge near Lebus, Oder river town 10 miles south of captur- injed Kuestr m. Whether the bridge was a pon toon span or a permanent structure was not disclosed. That it withstood ; afc ?eyen (Hr(?ct h;ts fug?e?ted !the poss:bnit of it? i,e;ng ' seme ;, - , Ktr,tllr .v;-i, tho rllca;Qns might have seized in a coup similar Transocean said the concentrated bombardment dispersed Russian oncentrations nrenarmc for action' IPcdelrif resneetivek- three miles ; southwest cf Kuestrin eieht miles' south of Kuestrin and nine north of Frankfurt. r, . ,r. jt- Between Frankfurt and Kuestrin . , t-, . the nazis said, the Russians were at - tacking repeatedly in assault waves. Thus Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov 'appeared to have fused his bridge heads west of the Oder for the big push against Berlin. that Russians scored deer) nenetra - tions in the defenses of Danzig, Gdynia and Koenigsherg. Mnonnii. cn',A Mrclml Vnrfon'm K. Rokossovskv's second White Rus- sian army was storming the suburbs; of Danzig and Gdynia. A nazi mili tary spokesman conceded that the Russians had plunged wedges deep into the defense arc before the two laities but claimed that they had not yet reached Gdynia proper. A mass onslaught bv seven soviet armies !troke into the German defense front near Koenigsbeig, a Berlin broad cast said (FCC monitors said German broad casts placed the scviets within 25 miles of Berlin. A German Trans ocean dispatch said the German ! commander of the Berlin defense for wholesome recreation. The ground floor of the present structure would be used for dancing, basket ball, indoor tennis, volley ball, etc., and the basement could be used for table games, luncheons, etc. - The present parish house couuld be used for club rooms, a gathering place for smaller groups, card par ties, and private dances for small gToups. tal's "biggest hour." Pravda's front correspondent said Kussian forces streaming down thei road from Kuestrin to Berlin were cheered by the sight cf allied war planes bombing the nazi capital. The dispatch said the Germans I nd flooded a vast area west of Kuestrin in a vain attempt to stem the soviet onslaught. Spring thaws forced the Oder and its tributaries over their banks and nazi troops in creasing the inundations by opening the sluice gates of numerous canals. Masses of soviet infantry and ar tillery were reported streaming across German Pomerania toward the Oder in endless cofumns. All en:cies were emDiazoneu witn, i o ! 11 1 . 1 (iFTI Berlin" and "To Stettin." "Never have the snow-covered j fields and forests of Pomerania seen such ?uantlties of machines, tanks anche of troops," Pravda said. tmest von Hammer, oerman lt ts j commentator, said the Russians had U hey will: launched a new offensive on both Provide the manner of proving sides of Zinten on the perimeter of! wills when subscribing witnesses are , 1 .1 -i l, l , . the German pocket southwest of . unavailable by reason of serv ice in 1 . , . . !., , , , . . jvonigscerg in E.ast i-russia. inc auneu lon-es or oeing ciecreasea He added the customary claim!01" mentally nr physically incapable that the offensive had "failed in Ger-j of testifying. (Crossland) Vote: man bairaere fire. ! t, , , , .i . Berlin renorts also conceded that . ...i , .1 ... l heads across the Oder at Lebus and Goeritz, 33 and 37 miles respectively ! east of Berlin, in attacks in regimen- hi ctrATICrtVl VPStPfilSV. OlIP SOVIPt battle group seized high ground north of Frankfurt, but was driven off, the nazi account said. Coach and Blue Devils to Tourney Thursday morning Co.ich Merle Stewart and his crew of basketball players that have represented tne lo cal school on the court this year, de parted for Lincoln to enjoy th-3 open ing games of the state tournament. The boys have not enjoved the pleasures of a state meet and are anticipating a fine time and seeing ome real games The boys making the trip werejary's intensive preparations for Sterling Cole, Dick Livingston, Char-j the climactic battles now going on. les Wolever, Charles Eaton, Dalej Secretary of War Henry L. Stim Reckard, Joe Gradoville, Terry Cul-json revealed today that ground force len, John Kimball, Larry Tbimigan, casualties on the western front dur- Leslie Neil, Bill Edwards and Dwi ght Attebury. The boys are very appreciative! of the fine demonstration of loyalty ( ii the part of the local people that enabled them to attend. Monsignor Arius To Nebraska City Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Acjus, pastor of the St. John's church in this city departed Thursday for Ne braska City where he will attend the observance of the Forty Hours devotion at the chapel of the St. Mary's hospital. Monsignor Agius is the dean of the Plattsmouth deanery and will join with the other priests in the devotions. He also expects to visit with Rt. Rev. Monsignor M.A. Mos ler, former pastor of the Holy Ros ary church in this city, who is a patient at the hospital. TODAY IN GERMANY By United Press German sources said 135,000 Rus sians were massed on the west side of the Oder river for a drive on Ber lin. Berlin was bombed for the 22nd consecutive night. A German Transocean dispatch said Lt. Gen. Bruno von Hauens child was training Berliners in the use of machine guns to defend the city from the bomb craters and 'blasted buildings. t T j VCob VUllIIijr 10 Benefit Fom Legislation Measure Passed by the State Legislature Will Give Cass Coun ty Better Rating LINCOLN, Neb., March 15. J.R Legislation to permit Cass and Holt counties to pay county officers a ; hieher salarv was enacted hv thp j state legislature today, rha conoto attoj oo n bv s To r,nftW pnnilHnT, j uy oen. i om iooiey, t'apuiion. es tablishing the pcpuulation of Class 4 ; counties at 13,000-16,500, and of j Class 4 A counties at 16,500-20,000. : The change from the former 15, 000- adjouins. Three other bills were enacted. 17. fl j Repeal cbselete sections of law r- 1 . 1 Mating to letting of contract for Pehases of supplies by departments (Crossland) Vote: 36-0. Increase the salarv of the state Pf"1 warde" from $2,500 to 3,000, and provide that such in crease shall expire March 1, 1947 (Hanna) Vote: 29-0. Casualties Of U.S. In War. Reach 839,589 This Represents the Total of all Branches Since the War's Start at Pear! Harbor WASHINGTON. Mar. 15. 0!.P.) Armv combat losses fpll ff tkmlv Ln iha w .; v vi ".rivui nuiit uui nit: i cuiu- ing February were 34,468. This was less than half of those of December and 27,494 fewer than January's. February's western front total in- eluded 4.145 Americans killed. 26. - 436 wounded, and 3.SS7 missimr. The weekly compilation of casual ties in all services in all area3 mean time reached 839,589 an increase of 15.957 in a week. Stimson"s fig- j tires indicated that the Germans were taking much greater punish ment than the Americans. Since February 23 he told his news con ference, the western front allies have captured about 140,000 Ger man soldiers. The secretary disclosed also that the enemy in the Philippines are suffering losses about five times greater than the Americans. U. S. army losses on Leyte and Luzon now totai 31,221, including 6,889 killed, 354 missing and 23,978 wounded, he said. ' Japanese losses, however, include 150,270 counted dead. Total U. S. ground force casual ties on the western front since D-day on June 6th, Stimson said are 425, 007, including 70,414 killed, 397, 547 wounded and 57,046 missing. Total army combat casualties in all theatres since Pearl Harbor as compiled through March 7th are 748,457. Added to 91,132 navy, marine corps and coast guard casualties an nounced by the navy, this brings total U. S. combat casualties since the wars start to 839,589. The over all total represents an increase of 15,957 over a week ago. PARIS, March 15. 0J.R) Fifth American armies were reported storming the Rhine and Saar defens es of Germany today in a coordinat ed offensive along a 200 mile front from Duisburg to Karlsruhe corner of Alsace. A flood of German reports and allied front dispatches indicated that a general offensive to crush the nazi armies in the west was in full swing along the entire southern half of the western front. Officially it was disclosed that the U. S. 3rd and 7th armies were driv ing with armored and infantry di visions into the northern and southern corners of the Saar basin. To the north, the U. S. 1st army struck eastward from its Ruhr bridgehead in a power drive that may already have cut the Rhine Ruhr Berlin super highway and split the German front east of the Rhine. Berlin said the newly formed U. S. loth army had joined in the bat tle in the bridgehead east of the Rhine and that perhaps 180,000 American trcops were moving east ward in an all out try for a break through into the Ruhr industrial sec tion . The nazis also reported that the American 9th army had gone over to the offensive from its spring boards on the west bank of the Rhine opposite the Ruhr. The German Transocean News Agency said shock troops of the 9th army attempted to force a crossing of the Rhine opposite Duisburg but were ''smashed" on the left bank. There was no allied confirmation of the reported appearance of the 15th army on th Rhine bridgehead north of the the army's assault on Duisburg. The Germans gave no immediate indication as to the size cf the at tacking force in the Duisburg area, but the reference suggested that the thrust was made in considerable strength. Far to the south, the Germans appeared to be getting ready to abandon their arsenal cities in the industrial Saar basin to escape en- jvelcpment between the 7th arm v . stacking along the southern rim of the Saar and the 3rd army sweep ing down from the north and north west into the rear of the Siegfried fortifications. Seventh army headquarters an nounced that the Americans on that front went over to the attack at 1 A. M. today along a 50-mile b?ttle !lrne from Saarbrucken eastward to the Rhine. American war planes pounded the Siegfried defenses with bombs and gunfire in the path of the charging ground troops blasting open row upon row of concrete-tank barriers. U. P. war correspondent Robert Richards reported signs of a gen eral German withdrawal across the Rhine in that one time nazi arsenal which would give the allies virtually control of the Rhine west bank form the Swiss border to the North Sea. Start Your Shopping: In Your Own Home! It's the easiest thing- in the world to start your week-end shop ping right at home when you pre shop Plattsmouth stores through Journal ads. This issue is filled with offer ings of the leading Plattsmouth stores who invite ycur business invite you to shop where you are always welcome and always assured of friendly, courteous service. So, if you want your budget, time and ration points to work to the limit for you read every ad in today's Journal. 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