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0 VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1945 NO. 22 JURY IN DAMAGE SUIT FINDS FOR THE DEFENDANTS Deliberate For Four Hours Satur day to Reach Verdict for tbe Defendants The jury in the case of Sophie M. Seabeck. administratrix of the es tate of Marie Anderson, deceased vs the Gordon Storage Van Co., et al., debated the issues of the case from Saturday noon until late in the afternoon when they returned the!n which they were to be tested. The Mobilization of Scouts Sunday Sunday afternoon a general mobil ization of the Boy Scouts of the city was held, this being an annual event to test the quickness and dis patch shown in assembling. The gathering place was the Cass county court house, within twenty minutes of the call there were fifty boys on the scene and ready for duty. The Scouts reported to Deputy Sheriff Emery Doody who gave them a crime problem to be solved, and solution came in twenty minutes after the officer had given the prob lem to the Scouts. Glen White was Scout that made the discovery of the razor blade, that was used in the committing of the crime in the prob- verdict in favor of the defendants in the action. Previous to the submission of the case Judge Thomas E. Dunbar had dismissed the action as to the Gord on Co., Manilla Hall and W. A. Gordon. The action was for the recovery of damages in the sum of $3,000 for the death of Mrs. Anderson that oc curred In an auto accident neari WEDGE INTO MAIN Greenwood in which two sold;ers were also fatally injured. The jury had the case for four hours before reaching a verdict in favor of the Highway Motor Freight Lines, Inc., of Omaha, and Otto T. Pulec doing business as the Pulec Transportation Co., of Crete, whose vehicles were involved in the acci dent. The trial of the case occupied four WILLIAM F. EVERS COMPLETES 25 YEARS AT MASONIC HOME Sunday, March 18th marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the superintendency of William F. Evers at the Nebraska Masonic Home, years that have been eventful in the growth cf the Home and the develop ment of the plant in every way. Mr. Evers had worked at the Home previously but later entered the con tracting business writh the late A. B. Smith, and was engaged in this line of work when James M. Robert son, then the president of the Mason ic Home association, March 18, 1920, asked Mr. Evers to look after thet affairs of the Home for a two weeks period. So successful was Mr. Evers in handling the business affairs and lem, finding this concealed near the; the care of the residents that he was county jail building. RED ARMIES DRIVE ALTDAMM DEFENSES Soviet Assault on the Last German Toe Hold on the East Bank of the Oder (U.R)- Rus- davs of the district court, starting W ednesdav mornm appeared for duty. g when the iury Pvt. M. H. Williamson Has Visit at Home Pvt. M. H. Williamson arrived home Saturday for a short visit with Mrs. Williamson and the two sons, enjoying the opportunity of being home while enroute back to his sta tion. "Bill" as he is better known, is engaged in service on hospital trains from San Francisco, conveying the wounded or ill service men to the base hospital ,or their homes and is kept on the road a great deal as the men are arriving at San Francisco are then being sent to ether points for hospitalization. Sheriff Has Luck At Wolf Hunt LONDON, Mar. 19. sian siege forces have driven a wedge almost a mile into the main defenses of Altdam, fortress city on the east bank of the Oder before Stettin, the Germans reported today. The soviet assault on the last German toe hold east of the lower Oder at Altdam entered its final phase. Russian victory there will secure Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's flark for the big push on Berlin. Moscow dispatches reported that after the capture of the big port of Kolberg, 63 miles northeast of Stet tin, the Baltic coast was clear from Stettin Bay to the suburbs of Gdynia. Soviet dispatches said fighting went on unabated along the central Oder front before Berlin and in Silesia, although the red army com mand still withheld confirmation of nazi reports that the Russians were across the Oder in force and gather ing strength for a frontal assault on the capital. Ernest von Hammer, Berlin radio commentator, said Zhukov had thrown fresh infantry into the at tack on the Altdam bridgehead. The prevailed upon to continue and his since served in that capacity. Since his regime the infirmary building has been erected, much ad ditional land has been secured and the Home has grown to one of the largest and finest in the state. Here ! there are a hundred of the old mem bers of the Masons and Stars enjoy ing their declining years. Sunday the residents of the Home with the Evers family enjoyed a quiet observance of the day with reminiscence of the past years given by Mr. Evers and recollections of the large number that made their Home there in the past. Mr. Evers in speaking of the recollection of the years read a very clever poem on the residents of the Home: "Oh! The goodness of their good ness when they're good, '"Oh! The rudeness cf their rude ness when they're rude, ''But the rudeness of their rude ness is nothing "To the goodness of their good ness when they're good." Raymond C. Cook resident member of the board of control of the Home association also gave a few remarks. Leslie A. Martin, president of the Home association, had planned to attend but was unable to be here. PropD-Resso Wedding At Christian Church Sunday a wolf hurt was staged in;.. . . - ,-r- . ..times m separate : the vicmitv of Weeping Water and!, Tr . , J j 4u ,: i town, on Hamm sectors before the while the crowd was small the condi- . . . 4, , - , i forcing a substantial change in the tiens were very gooa ior ine num. i . . . . the fields being dry and easy to get through. On Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the First Christian church on North Rth street, occurred the marriage of Russian attack as many as fifteen j Miss Wanda Dell Propn. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl William Propp of The hunters secured one coyote for the bag of the day and this ani mal fell to Sheriff Joe Mrasek and his accurate shooting. It i? planned to hold another hunt on next Sunday in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Grove Lutheran church and it is hoped a large crowd will be in attendance. INTRODUCING ABE MARTIN Abe Martin makes his bow to readers of The Daily Journal Mon day and will be back daily to make them chuckle with observations on all that goes on around us. This Plato cn a cracker barrel has been amusing newspaper readers more than 25 years and his comments are especially appreciated now when the need for relaxation is felt by a war weary public. Abe will bring that lift, watch for him daily! Now meet Abe, who says: tactical situation. The troops drilling in from the southeast penetrated almost a mile I into the main German fighting zone, Von Hammer said, adding the cus tomary propaganda claims that they were sealed off. In extreme southern Silesia, Von Hammer reported a two pronged bat tle between Breslau and Ratibor reaching a climax. The Soviets kept on the pressure in attempts to link up aTmored forces advancing from the east and north. The capture of Kolberg gave the Russians the first major open Baltic port since they seized Memel in east Prussia in late January. The third white Russian army gain ed up to three miles in east Prus sia and reduced the Koenigsberg pocket to 275 miles square. A second east Prussian pocket a few miles to the west was whittled down to 165 square miles . PARIS, Mar. 19. (U.R), Ameri can armies tightened a strangling grip on the mauled German forces fleeing the Saar-Palatinate triangle under a deluge of bombs today, and in the Remagen bridgehead the Yanks advanced two and one half miles and broke out into the flat Rhineland plain. Plans Aid fo Other Veterans this city and Donald Neal Rosso cf Nehawka. Preceding the service Mrs. Jess Hedges sang "I Love lou Truly' with the accompaniment being play ed by Mrs. C. J. White. The young people were attended by Miss Betty Alexsen as bridesmaid and Leroy Ahrens of Weeping Water as the best man. The marriage lines were read by Rev. J. Wr. Taenzler, the pastor of the church. Following the wedding at the church the members cf the party en joyed a reception at the home of the bride's parents and attended by a large group of the friends from this city as well as Nehawka and Weep ing Water. Mr. and Mrs. Resso expect to re side on a farm near Nehawka. ABE MARTIN Raymond Yelick Wins Bond Award Mr. and Mrs. James Yelick of this citv have received word from their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Raymond Yelick, of San Bruno, California, telling ftmong other things of the work of Mr. Yelick in the war bond drive. Ray is employed in the propellor department of the American Air ways plant where he has been since the start of the defense work. In the recent bond drive he was in charge of the prop section and as the result he sold everyone in the department but one at least one bond. Bob Yelick, one of the em ployes took a $1,000 bond and most of them $100. " In recognition of his services Ray received a handsome picture of one of the American Airway planes and was also presented a $25 bond by one of the men in the plant for his work. You couldn't hire some fellers to carry a watermelon, but they jest love t' lug a bowlin' ball through town. Ther"s too many folks with opinions an' no information. (Copyright, John F. Dille, Co.) State Expenses Decline in Month LINCOLN, Neb., March 19. (U.P.) Expenses of the state's government declined sl:ghtly last month, with warrants drawn totaling $2,240,695 compared to the January amount of $2,417,211, tax commissioner Robert Armstrong reported today. Payments for salaries and wages last month totaled $484,496. Other expenses included supplies, $209, 1K8; expenses, $121,325; materials, parts and repairs, $30,1SG; equip ment, $40,066; land and buildings, $19,242; public improvement, $376, 352, and fixed charges, $963,824. PARTY ON ST. PATRICK'S EVE On the eve of St. Patrick's day Miss Doris Finnefrock and Miss Eugenie Smith entertained eleven girls at a lovely party in the home of the latter's parents. Games and dancing were enjoyed, followed by refreshments. Sons in Widely Scattered Areas Mrs. and Mrs. Herman Ellingsen of this city have all three of their sons in the armed services as the youngest, Edward, has just recent ly been called into the service and is now stationed at Camp Hood, Te xas. Sgt. Ralph Ellingsen, who is with the coast artillery, is now stationed in the Philippines with the Ameri can forces. Clp. Lawrence Ellingsen is a mem ber of the tank forces and in ser vice in the European area and it has been some weeks since the fam ily has heard from him. Paris, MAR. 19. (U.R) The Ger man first and seventh army began a general retreat from the Saar Palatinate triangle today under a rain of American air bombs and gun fire. A gap of forty miles or less re mained open between the American third and seventh armies, closing in around the confused Germans from the north and south. Inside the pocket, long columns of German troops and armor were reported streaming eastward toward the Rhine in a belated and apparent ly disorderly attempt to withdraw be fore the points of the American pincers closed. American bombers attack the packed roads at dawn. By mid-day the U. S. 9th air force had sent more than 1300 medium bombers and fighters bombers against the fleeing nazis and the mass slaughter was still going on. Flying weather was perfect over the target areas with indications that the number of sorties would be doubled by nightfall . Returning flyers said the highways were black with German troops and civilians. The scenes were reminis cent of the German invasion of France in 1940, the flyers said. About 1,000 nazi mctor vehicles and 100 tanks or armored cars were destroyed or damaged yesterday. To-J day's toll promised to be greater. An estimated 80,000 German sol diers were believed left inside the closing pocket. Their long delay in starting the retreat threatened to cost them heavily in the last few days. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's U. S. 3rd army spearheads already were within fifteen miles of Kaiser lautern where the main escape roads center. The Germans were reported put ting up only sporadic opposition in the pocket. They fought hardest along the northeastern shoulder of the gap to keep open the roads to Mainz and Ludvvigshafen, Rhine cit ies. Patton's troops early today were only 14 miles southwest of Mainz and about 35 miles northwest cf Ludwigshafen. They crossed the Nahe river main German defense po sition on the northern flank of the Rhine-Palainate at several points. Strong German covering forces were still manning the Siegfried line fortifications along the southern rim of the Saar against the advanc ing 7th army in a large scale delay ing action to cover the retreat. Field dispatches said the 7th army and French 1st army troops moving down the Rhine valley scored gains running to five miles and more today and were crowding hard on the heels of the retreating nazis. WTith th U. S. Seventh army plow ing ahead in giant strides through the Siegfried line fortificatons cov ering the southern rim of the Saar, the whole German position in the industrial basin appeared to be col lapsing. Field dispatches said the roads leading eastward from the pocket formed by the converging Third and Seventh armies were jammed with tens of thousands of civilian refu gees and retreatinfg nazi troop col umns. Many of the highways were reported hopelessly blocked by the confused traffic, leaving the fleeing enemy columns easy prey to the hun dreds of allied fighter-bombers ranging overhead. Far to the north, the American First army battled out of the tower ing Rhine bluffs surrounding its Remagen bridgehead and moved up powerful tank and. infantry forces for a drive into the open country rolling some 25 miles northward to the Ruhr. The big Ludendorff railway bridge yZFttefV if JrA ?- jJSt is -t- GUAM, March 19. 0J.R) Tokyo said wave after wave of U. S. navy plsnes attacked the factory-packed Osaka-Kobe area for at least nine hours today, sending a powerful carrier-based assault on Japan thru its second straight day. Only 85 miles to the east, Nagoya, Japan's biggest aircraft manufactur ing center and third largest city, still was ablaze from a pre-dawn attack early yesterday by 325 to 350 Super fortresses, greatest B-29 armada of the war. (A communique issued by the 20th air force in Washington said none of the giant bombers was lost due to enemy action. Returning crewmen reported "huge fires" in the indus trial Seart of the city with dense smoke rising to 6,000 feet. Fighter opposition was meager and ineffec tive, it said, but anti aircraft fire was more intense than it was a week ago when Nagoya first was raided by a 300-plus force of B-29's.) A Japanese communique issued shortly after 3 p. m. (Tokyo time) said carrier planes had been attack ing the Hanshin district Japanese name for the Osaka-Kobe area and Shikoku Island, to the southwest, since this morning. Another Tokyo propaganda broad cast said the raids began at 5:30 a. m. and reported that Kyushu, south ernmost of the Japanese home is lands, also was under attack. Kyu shu was the main target of a force estimated by Tokyo at 1,400 carrier planes yesterday. The communique claimed that counter-attacking Japanese planes had sunk an aircraft carrier, a sec ond aircraft carrier or battleship, one battleship or cruiser, and two des- . trovers in attacks on the American task force southeast of Kyushu yes terday. Another aircraft carrier was dam aged heavily, the communique said, and 46 planes shot down. Damaee to ground installations in yesterday's ei"-ht-hour carrier raids on Kyushu, Shikoku and southeast Honshu was said to he "slicht." high school until two years ago when! bm- jastiy accused ot mtoxica- Both 0gaka and Kobp idert;fied the family moved to South Carolina jtlon' and to "ease the number ofjbv To,KVQ as amcme todav,,s tarjjets where he attended the North Charl-iconvictlons of drunken drivers, re-1 !ere Wasted heavi ast week b Among the first graduates of a five-month education program for discharged World War II veterans at American University, Washington, D. C., is Maurice H. Pion, right, of Arlington, Va. Sponsored by the Disabled Veterans and U. S. Veterans Admin istration, Pion, holder cf the Purple Heart end Presidential cita tion, who lost an arm in action, plans to aid in rehabilitation of other disabled soldiers. He is shown receiving his diploma frora Dr. Paul Douglas. Popular Young People Wedded Sunday, March 18th, at the Grace Methodist church in Oomaha, oc curred the marriage of Edward Lu shinsky, formerly of Plattsmouth, and Miss Pearl Elaine Whitemarsh cf Omaha. They were attended by Mr. and mrs. Gormer Worthen, the latter a TODAY IN GERMANY By United Press Berlin had its twenty-seventh con secutive nightly air raid after a 2000 plane raid that sent thirty tons of bombs crashing down every thirty seconds, on a bright, springlike Sun day. Four army officers were reported executed for allowing the Americans sister of the groom, of Murray, andto capture the Remagen bridge. Mrs. George Lushinsky. Tl2ere were reports that Adolph The bride wore a two piece su;tHitler had taken orie or several with black accessories and wore a .women with him to a hideout to as corsage of carnations and sweet peas!sure nirnself of an heir. The suit. Ail" T luhin cl- vr Vi i rAimrrnd son of Mr. and Mr. O. J. Lushinsky &a Drunken Driving groom wore a c-irk blue New Law Considered of Omaha and the grandson of the former mayor George Lushinskr of LINCOLN. Neb., Mar. 19. (U.R) this city. He attended Plattsmouth ! A bl11 to Pvent the sober from eston high school. Tbp hrif?p nttpnHpH tViP T?Blrtrm high school and the South Omaha puTbTlic, hearin?; , . , , , Under provi After a short honeymoon the rgroom will leave for the navy on March 21. The bride will make her home with her parents for the pre sent. The j-oung couple will have the best wishes of their many friends in this community where both are well known. 'mained in the hands of the legisla ture's judiciary committee after Honor March Births at the Forty et Eight Club Saturday evening the Forty et Eight club was the scene of a very delightful party that honored the birthday anniversaries of the mem bers whose natal anniversaries oc curred in March. The St. Patrick's day theme was carried out in the observances and the birthday cakes with the tiny green candles were presented to the members. A special treat was the birthday cake presented by Mrs. J. M. Sedlak for the occasion. The members of the club and guests honored were Erwin Helm, Mrs. Dorothy Gansemer, Joseph M. Sedlak, Howard Kennell, George Thun, Frank; H. Smith, T-S George Kerns, Dr. Paul McLaughlin, Mrs. Lela Ferris, Mrs. Ruth Devers, O. W. Finney, Edward Gradoville, R. H. Fitch, Fred Uhlik, Pvt. James Holy, Forrest Todd, John Speck. provision of the proposed legislation, a chemical analysis dis closing fifteen hundreths of one per cent alcohol in the blood of an accused person would be admissable evidence in any law court. The bill was introduced by Sens. Harry A. Foster, Cliff N. Ogden, and Sidney J. Cullingham. all of Omaha. Also held in committee was Sen. John E. Mekota's (Crete) bill pro viding that county attorneys shall notify the governor and attorney general by mail upon filing of a peti tion for probate or administration. Appearing in favor of the blood count bill were Bernard Stone and Ed Mehrens of the Omaha Safety Council; Donald S. Berry, Chicago. National Safety Council; Dr. A. C. Andersen, Creighton University, and Robert Munch, Omaha chief of police. Virtually every high school chemistry laboratory is supplied with the equipment for making the blood analysis, Andersen said. Stone urg ed favorable action on the bill on the grounds it would protect sick or injured persons who appear to be in toxicated, while enabling a greater number of convictions of drunken drivers. 300-plane armadas of Superfortress es. Osaka is Japan's second largest city and biegest war production cen ter, while Kobe is her main port. Huge fires were kindled in Na goya, 165 miles west of Tokyo, by 2,500 tons or more cf incendiaries dropped by the record fleet of Super fortresses yesterday. One Tokyo broadcast said the fires finally were brought under control after five and a half hours, but another indicated they still may net have been controll ed. The B-29s were out to complete the destruction begun last Monday, when two square miles 285 city blocks were burned out in a simi lar raid. It was the fifth major fire raid on Japan in 10 days. expected to slow the First army drive. First army engineers had at least one and probably several more pon toon bridges across the Rhine near Remagen, in addition to improvised ferry routes, and a steady stream of troops and supplies was reported moving over the river. However, the spotlight of battle for the moment was focused on Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's dramatic Mrs. John W. Rcmmel Honored On Birthday A very fine birthday party wras held at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rummel on Sunday in honor of the birthday of Mr. Rummel which fell on Saint Patrick's day. Supper was served and to finish the harpy occasion a huge birthday angel food cake was provided. Those who were present were Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Noltirg and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. An derson, Mr. and Mrs. John Rummel. AMERICAN SUB TOLL WASHINGTON, Mar. 19. U.R) American submarines have sunk 15 more Japanese ships including five combat vessels, the navy announced today. The combat craft included three destroyers and two escort vessels. The other victims were one large tanker, one large cargo transport, seven cargo vessels and one medium transport. The total of enemy ships sunk by Americau submarines now is 1,072 at Remagen, which collapsed Satur- nants of the German First and Sev day afternoon, was being repaired jenth armies in the huge Saar tri at top speed and front correspond-jangle formed by the Rhine, Nahe and ents said its temporary loss was not j Saar rivers . bid to envelop and destroy the rem- including 117 warships. American undersea craft have re ported destruction of 27 enemy ves- OMAHA GUESTS HERE Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Younj of Om aha were in the city Sunday after noon for a visit with the relatives and friends for a few hours. Mrs. Young was formerly Miss Elizabeth Holly of this city. sels already this month an average of more than one a day. Weather Forecast- High 48 Low 42 Nebraska forecast: Partly cloudy today, tonight and Tuesday; cooler today eastern two-thirds of the state; not quite so cold extreme west por tion; cooler southeast and extreme east tonight; low tonight middle 20's.