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Heir. State Hktoiical Society VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1945 NO. 31 Charles Herren Dies at Age of Eighty Four Years Resident of Plattsmouth and Lau County Since 1890 III for Past Several Months Services for A. H. Koubek on Friday The death of Charles Herren, &4, cccured early Wednesday eve ning at the family home in this city where for the past few mon ths he has been ill, suffering from a lingering illness. Mr. Herren was Lorn at Berne, Switzerland, June 11. I860, spending his boyhood days in the land of his birth. When twenty four years old he came to the United States and located at Marysville, Kansas, whfcre he made his home for some time. In 1890 Mr. Herren moved to Plattsmouth where he was em ployed by the Burlington in the local shops for a great many years. Later Mr. and Mrs. Herren moved to a farm near Murray where they resided until in 1924 when they moved back to Plattsmouth to make their home for the remainder of their years. On his return to Plattsmouth Mr. Herren was engaged for some time in the operation of a soft drink parlor, remaining in thi business for some four years. The survivor of Mr. Herren Ere two grand children, Mrs. Cea- jar Baumgart and Norman Ren- ner, both of this city. There is also surviving several great grand children and many nieces and nephews. The wife and one dau ghter, Mrs. Will Renner, preced ed him in death. The body is at the Sattler fun eral home where services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The interment will at the Oak Hill cemetery. The body of the late A. H. Koubek arrived in the city Thurs day on the early Missouri Pac ific train from Cherryvale, Kan sas, where he passed away a few days ago. The body was taken to the Sat tler funeral home where services are to be held on Friday morning at ten o'clock. From the funeral home the body will be removed to the Forest Lawn chapel. Friends wishing to take a fare well may call at the funeral hom. on Thursday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. Story Told of Death of T-Sgt Richard Hoschar Local Men to Commandery Ernie Pyle Will Rest in Cemetery On Okinawa Will Ret With Fallen Com rades of the Army Among Whcm He Lived and Died be "Hymn Sing" at Methodist Church The adult fellowship class of the First Methodist Church starts on a new Program next Sunday night when they shall hold ' 8 "Hymn Sing". The program will be made of old and new hyms and will be held in the auditorium of the church. All are cordially invit ed to come and suggest any hymn that they would enjoy singing. The service is opened to the Pub lic and all should avail themselves of this special kind of service during these times. Mrs. S. E. Hatcher is the pro gram chairman. The officers of this class are: President; Albert -us P. Campbell, Vive-president; Everett Newton, Secretary; Mrs. Milo Price, Treasurer; Mrs. S. E. Hatcher. Teacher; Rev. T. Porter Bennett. By MAC R. JOHNSON United Preit War Correspondent OKINAWA, U.R) Ernie Pyle will be buried among the soldiers he immortalized. The beloved little war corres pondent killed by a Japanese machine-gunner yesterday probab ly will be laid to rest in an army cemetery here in the Ryukyus where he covered his last cam paign. The soldiers he loved brought him back from the battlefield, back to where the noise of the guns is distant and dull. They lifted his pint-size frame from the ditch where he fell, victim of a sneak Japanese machine-gun ambush. One of his hands still clutched his green fatigue cap. They put him on a litter, and crossed his arms, and then carried him back to the rear. It wasn't easy. That Japanese machine-gunner seemed jealous of his prized victim. It was five hours after Ernie was killed be fore anybody could get to bis body. The grand commandery of the Knights Templar of Nebraska is holding its session in Omaha to day, opening at 8:30 at the Mas- ; onic Temple. Parents, Mr. and Mr.. W. E. j Thig year lhe commandeiy is Hoschar, of Murray, Receive j treamlined to fit the war time Letter Telling of Death j conditions, each commandery of j the state being limited to one re Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hoschar, presentative and the grand com of Murray, have received word j mandery officers, from the chaplain of the 378th j William F. Evers, grand sword infantry of which their son, T. bearer of the grand commandery Sgt. Richard Hoschar was a ! anj Louis F. Friedrkh. comman member, telling of his death on ' jer of Mt. Zion commandery no. March 10th. The letter is as f ol- j 5 of this citV( departed this morn ltm's: j ing for Omaha to attend the My Dear Mrs. Hoschar: j meetings It is with regret that we write! The traditional banquet that you concerning the death of your has featured the commandery son. Richard was drowned in Ger-; in the Dast years wiU be omitted many on the 10th of March 1945. j this year ag a part of the sessions. His body was recovered and he i was buried in an American eeme-j tery in Margraten, Holland. An j Army Chaplain conducted an ap-j propriate service and committed ; his body to the ground. His grave; has been marked with a modest j white cross bearing his name and serial number. On the night on which Richard was drowned, his platoon was as signed to outpost duty along the Rhine River in the vicinity of Uerd-ingen, German j. In perform-j ft, , , - ,, ' 1 he memhpr nf tho rnnirroii. ing his duty as platoon sergeant , tion of thf Fim Methodist chmch Richard left the Company Com-: heJ cne of theh. TamiIy NifrhLe., mand post to make contact with; &n Tuesday eveninR at the church his platoon. Having been in . a ' v&t1ots that had been most &ttrac. Methodist Hold Reception for New Members Covered Dish Supper Followed by Fine Program and Dedica tion of Memorial Room brightly lighted room for some time, Richard was temporarily blinded when he went out into the darkness of the night. The tacti cal situation was such that it was impossible for him to use any sort of artificial light. In order LONDON, (U.R) Nazi broad casts said today that Russian forces had scored a deep advance east of Berlin and thrust an arm ored spearhead across a road at an unspecified point northeast of Strausiberg, a town nine miles from the capital's city limits. A German military spokesman said Marshal Ivan S. Konev's 1st; Ukrainian army had pushed west ward, up to 25 miles beyond the. Neisse river and had reached the j Spree river on a 42-mile front j between Cottbus and Bautzen, 68 1 miles from the American 3rd j army at Chemnitz. Moscow continued to give only j vague hints of the great soviet! offensive on the broad front be- fore Berlin drives in which' gloomy nazi commentators ack-! nowledged steady Russian gains; ) - jf 21 cLOromenburO J Nouen Rothenow Foken$ 2i Brondenbur StendoU JSchwedt 31 Brandenburg. GentMnW MM . AJ Eberswalde rVZcltin . Letch in J.Srrauiberg Kuestrin Kueaerjaort y . m r'onKrurr Mittenwaide m mm y t Hsrlin MAGDEBURG eterglueck VZerbit Jueterl09 Spremberg$0Sfr Luebben tively arianeed for the occasion. The covered dish dinner was the opening feature of the even-j ing and enjoyed by a very large group. The event was honoring the new members that have been re ceived into the church at the some of to reach his platoon it was neces iL.L V i H, sary mai 6Wfp Uu a "-m Easter season ,there being jence locaieu 011 u.e giounu,. A , gix npw members that had join. large tank of water was situated jed thg church &t th&t time The on the grounds, and as Richard .hp nTlf, ihf:r fana stepped across the fence he slip ped into the tank of water. His body was recovered by his com rades, and every effort was made to revive him, but Richard had already passed into the care of our Eternal Keeper. Your son was a capable sol dier. Both the officers and men Corp. Alexander Roberts, army photographer from New York excellency of his character. Citv tried to e-et in to take nic- nosition which be held in tures. He said evervtime anvbodv company was one of leadership given a special welcome into the family of -the Methodist church by Rev. T. Porter Bennett. The program of the evening was in charge of Mrs. Edgar L. Glar.e, the president of the WSCSm0Ved "several kilometers" down and a fine and interesting pro-1 the road to Straussberg. gram was offered. piat0 reported "repeated cris- Piann 5filns n erp riven hv T'lr- , ;.. ; tv riAr.- ii11o-t ; rt Inst . -i.- : 4V, I -!lc --".t in nis uiBSiiiMuuii LCLW. W u. . r , - , tnlpntpd I ne into the shrinking waistline the unoccupied reich. By German account the blood iest fighting raged in the maze of defenses strung over the ap- proaches to Berlin. And Trans ocean's Walter Plato said, the "hard struggle is becoming more acute'' as the "scene of grim fighting shifted nearer to Berlin.'' Red army assault forces toppl-j ed the Berlin outposts of Seelow and Wriezen 26 miles east and 23 northeast of the capital, the Germans admitted. After the fall of Wriezen, the broadcast said, the Germans ITS Bitterfeld Halle Delitsch FV .Schkeuditi .111.- Ann kiantLitT J Wciwoser Meimn )RSDEN Gera r vnw Shemnitz CZECHa lutn yourg musicians of the city. Pfc. Elmore Brink Home From Texas Pfc. Elmore Brink, who is sta tioned with the air corps at Kelley Field, Texas arrived home Wednesday to spend a fifteen day furlough here with Mrs. Brink as well as the other members of the family. Pfc. Brink is looking fine and likes his station in the south very much altho like all of the boys he finds home most attractive. PARTLY CLOUDY Partly cloudy weather was fore cast for Nebraska today, tonight and Friday, with slightly higher temperatures today. Low tempera tures tonight were expected to range in the lower 40's. Warmer weather was predicted for the southeast Friday. Temperature ranges: Valentine 56-41; Omaha 54-40; North Platte 58-38; Scottsbluff 54-31. would try to enter the clearing where Ernie had been killed, the gunner would open up. First, three tanks were sent in to remove the body. But the fire was too hot for them. Then planes tried to locate the machine-gun nest. Finally Roberts crawled into the clearing on his belly, pushing his camera ahead of him. Ernie's face was not twisted in pain or agony," he said. He looked pleasant and peaceful. If there hadn't been a thin line of blood at the corner of his mouth, you might have thought he was sleeping." The hidden machine-gunner ambushed a jeep in which Ernie was going to the front with Lt. Col. Joseph B. Coolidge of Helena, Ark. Both men leaped into a roadside ditch. The dirt along the ditch told how desperately the gunner had tried to kill both of them. The bullets had chewed out the earth a foot deep trying to get the men in hiding," Roberts said. Both men peered over the top of the ditch during a lull in the firing. The machine-gun chatter ed again. Three slugs ripped through Ernie's green and yel low camouflaged helmet. When Coolidge, who had duck ed, turned toward him, Ernie was dead. He had been killed instant ly. and responsibility, and he carried : out his duties with efficiency, j I believe that I am able to j understand to some extent the; sorrow that Richard's untimely; death has brought you. And even though words are of little value at such a time as this, I be lieve that vou will be consoled by the thought that he died heroically in the service of his country, and that he is now in. the hands of a merciful Heavenly; Father who loves us all morej than we are able to realize. j Please accept our deepest sym-! t ins: twi.-.ti: T1 1 1 Mivius courcK gave a vurai number that was much enjoyed, the accompaniment being played by Eloie Cole. B. E. Evans, one of the mem bers fo the school faculty was heard in a vocal number with E. H. Wescott as the accompanist. 24 hours but said the Germans managed, by moving up reserves to maintain the ''coherent char acter of the front" and prevent a decisive breakthrough. The Germans viewed the Neis-se-Spree offensive 50 t 90 miles southeast of Berlin as a prelim inary to a red army effort to I encircle the capital from the Gov. Griswold Signs New Laws Recently Passed Provide for appointment by thei governor of a state entomologist to work under the supervision of the head of the dpaitment of agriculture (Committee on Agri culture) Allow a district court judge, at his discretion, to make an in- . 1 , hi Bank Check Bill Amon; Meas-j dependent investigation xn an ai- Well as One for vorce cases wnere minor cnuaren are involved, with such report ad missable as part of the record. The act specified any fees re ceived by probation officers for making such an investigation are to be paid to the county treasur er. (Mekota) res Signed a Investigation By Courts Mrs. Jean Hayes Sayles, who j SQUth and link up with the Ameri was alwavs a tavorite 01 tne music lovers of the city, favored the members of the group with two numbers. ''God's Garden" and "Foolish Question." Mrs. J. A. Capwell serving as the accom panist . Miss Mary Hicks gave a delight ful envanhonp solo. "The Old Re- pathy at this time, and know that;frain yhh Ruth Xel,on as the we sorrow witn you. Respectfully Yours. William C. Stackhouse, cans in the area of Dresden, only 30 miles southwest of the Russian vanguard at Eautzen. "The super battle for Berlin ;c Vootio- fvr its climax." a nazi j Transocean broadcast said. ! "Rather deep penetrations have ! been made in the last 24 hours." Nazi broadcasts admitted red army tanks crashed seven miles through Berlin's frontal defenses ;to the Wulkow-Sievrsdorf area 14 accompanist. Miss Ruth Nelson gave two rnmnct cnlnc ''Rospa Are Bloom- Chanlain. 378 Infantry ! ; ; p;,,!,. " uA -Praver : miles east of the capital's city Richard had received the Pur- i perfect." Miss Thelma Kxuger pie Heart for wounds received in served "as the accompanist, action on December 1st. He alsoj j. Howard Davis was presented had ten other expert and infantry! and told of the plans of the medals, one being the highest j church and the work of the mem medal that can be obtained in ; bership in the creation of the the infantry He was in front line duty from being wrounded on December 1st. memorial room that is being con structed under the church audi torium of the church. This room October 1, 1944 until the time of j js being dedicated to the memory The division that he was in waS0f the men that have paid the su one which took the city of Metz.preme sacrifice and to the youth He sent home an article clipped j Df the church that have been serv- Weather Forecast High 58 Low 42 Nebraska forecast: Partly cloudy today, tonight and Friday. Slight ly warmer today. Little change Preparing For Ration Book 5 WASHINGTON. CU.R) The Office of Price Administration is preparing Ration Book No. 5 for the printers. An OPA spokes man said today that present ra in temperature tonight; low to-1 tion books can last through Sep- from a newspaper about their di vision taking the city. Also jut a few days before his death he had sent a letter to his parents form his commanding officer of praise and speaking of the wonderful job he and two other boys had carried out at the time he was wounded. Richard was serving in the third army. ing the country in the armed service. The evening was closed with the singing of Blest Be the Tie That Binds" with Mrs. J. Howard Davis at the piano. BRITAIN OUT OF DARK night lower 40's; slightly warmer southeast Friday. The Wicaka campfire group held their meeting at Mrs. Ed wards house. All were present but one. It was voted to pay for some pins for the board of re view. Games were then played until the homegoing time. Jerene Josiassen, scribe LONDON, AJ.R) The British blackout will be lifted Monday ex cept for a five mile coastal belt, Home Secretary Morrison announc ed today.. It has been five years and eight months since the lights have burned at night in Britain. Morrison said all restrictions on home, factory and office black out will be removed but that street OPA has rejected the lighting will not be effected. Street lighting will continue curtailed as a power economy measure. tember and possibly October. In general design, Book 5 pro bably will be similar to No. 4, it was said. It is believed that the entire food program will be shift ed to the new book when No. 4 runs out idea of going back to Book 3 when Book 4 expires because it was decided this move might lead to confusion. Journal Want Ads Sell Goods President Names New Ambassador Washington CU.R) President Truman today nominated Spruille Braden, present ambassador to Cuba, to be the new U. S. am bassador to Argentina. This, the first diplomatic nom ination by the new chief executive marked full fledged resumption of diplomatic relations with the Argentine Republic. The last U. S. ambassador to Argentina was Norman Armour, who was recalled when this and the other American republics suspended relations with the Ar gentine because of its refusal for a long time to break cleanly with the axis and cooperate fully in the United Nations war effort. limits before being halted tem porarily in bitter, close-range figthing. To the south, ether Russian forces plunged beyond the shat tered Neisse river line almost to the Spree, 15 miles to the west, in a drive to outflank the capital and link up with American Third army spear heads 60-odd miles farther west. One soviet column broke into Forst, Neisse river anchor fort ress 60 miles southeast of Berlin, the nazi said. Other were attempt ing to reach Finsterwalde, 40 miles almost due south of Berlin. One vague German broadcast hinted that two tank armies fromj Marshal Ivan S. Konev's First Ukrainian army group already had driven to Finsterwalde, but added almost in the same breath that the town had not been reach ed. Capture of Finsterwalde would leave the Germans only two rail way escape routes from Berlin to the south and bring the Rus sians within 47 miles " of the American First army at Wrurzen. The soviet high command still was silent on the Berlin offens ive as it entered its fourth day, but Moscow speculated Premier Marshal Stalin may announce a decisive breakthrough on Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday tomorrow. A soviet communique announc ed that Russian forces have driv-! LINCOLN, Neb., GJ.R) Legislation requiring state banks and trust companies to clear all checks at par, minus the ex change charge presently levied by some, was signed today by Gov. Dwight Griswold. The act. introduced bv Sen. R. A. Babcock, Sidney, will become j effective 90 days after thej legislature adjourns. j Effective immediately as a law, by Sens. Fred Seaton, Hasting; Lloyd Kain, Lexington, and Ed TT f r.C rr"' 4 n norm i f om in- , . . x. ,'army has broken through the Ar dividual to reouest inspection ofi . hay in carload or smaller lots or i.. ' , . '-Ferrara and the River graded can te sold at tne maxi mum office of price administra-! tion ceiling. A second emergency measure Fifth Army in Italy Captures Strong Nazi Base -0J.R)- ROME, rmy has genta Gap. smashing The Eighth A the last i main vjeima.ii uticir u:it- utriuvv 18 an- signed by the governor rermits the owner of cattle infected with Bang's Disease either to have the animals slaughtered and receive indemnity, or to have them prop erly tagged and kept in his herd after they hav been vaccinated. Sen. Frank Sorrell, Syracuse, in troduced the law. Others of the eight bills approv ed, all to become effective 90 days after the legislature ad journs, will Permit employes of public pow er irrigation and drainage dist ricts to trap beaver and muskrat damaging the ditches if the game commission after proper notifica tion, fails to prevent future dam age. (J. H. Anderson) en well into the Moravian gap above the Czechoslovak industrial city of Brno in a new offensive along a 28-mile front in the Siles ian basin. Advancing up to 12 miles, the Russians cut the main railway and highway connections between the Moravian gap fortress of Opava and Moravska-Ostra'va on a six-mile front. They captured Kavare, four miles east of Opava, Andolni Benesov, eight miles northwest of Moravska-Ostrava. Some 75 miles to the southwest the Second Ukrainian army cap tured Ivancice, 14 miles southeast of Brno, and Raphrad, six miles Po, miles to the north, it was nounced today. Fifth army forces were offi cially reported making "spec tacular'' advances after capturing Mount Adone, 10 miles south of Bologna. The 655-meter high peak was considered the main bas tion of German defenses south of Bologna, and speedier progress was expected with its capture. The Eighth army broke into the plain leading to the River Po after capturing Boccaleone, key point in the Germans' so-called 'Genghis Khan" line of defenses. Boccalecne is 15 miles south of Ferrara. and 18 south of the Po. According to today's communi que from allied force headquar ters, the Eighth army's surge northward continued after the capture of Boccaleone. At the same time Eighth army units continued to threaten Bolog na by swinging eastward across flooded fields and forcing a PARIS, 'U.R The twin Ger man strongholds of Leipzig and Halle fell to the American '1st army today in a crushing double victory which threatened the com plete collapse of the nazis cen tral front. The two cities, keystones of the enemy's entire defense sys tem in central Germany, were tak en by 1st army doughboys only a few hours apart today in the bloodiest street fight since the Rhine crossing. A few scattered snipers wtre reported still holding out in the Halle, 15 miles to the northwest. Far to the northwest, U. S. 9th army forces battled to stem a fierce German counter attack a- gainst the northern flanks be tween Magdeburg and Brunswick. A strong Herman task force of perhaps 1000 men and 70 tanks and armored units struck sudden ly into the 9th army flank some 45 miles west of the Elbe early today and made considerable pro gress before the Americans could rally to meet the blow. Attacking southeastward from the Wittingen area, the nazis slipped part of their forces 15 miles through the American lines into the Kioetz forest. But their main body was checked with heavy losses after a three mile advance. The thrust apparently was aim ed at cutting clear across the 9th army front into the Harz moun trans, some 60 miles south of the Kioetz forest. Leipzig, the 5th citv of Hitler's reich and the pivot on which his entire western battleline depend ed, was conquered bv two 1st army divisions early today in one of the bloodiest, closefights of the war. All but a handful of nazi snip ers were killed or captured by tank units early today and the doomed survivors were being hunted down and destroyed at top speed. With artillery shots still fly ing in a half dozen sections of the city, thousands of liberated allied prisoners and some civil ians lined the streets to hail the Americans. German hopes for a prolonged stand in the vest were fading fast and the fall of Leipzig was expect ed to speed the final disintegra tion of the Wehrmacht. The nazi collapse in that great central stronghold came as Gen eral Omar N. Bradley announced that the three pace-making arm ies of his American 12th army group had reached their establich ed objectives and were posed be fore the last phase of their assault on the dying reich. More than two million Germans wore revealed to have been capt ured by the western allies since their landing in Normandy last June, almost half of them taken since the Rhine crossing six weeks ago. "Virtually every German sold ier who placed his back on the iSegfried line on February 23rd is now either killed, wounded or a prisoner," Bradley said. Field dispatches said doughboys of the U. S. first army's second and 69th division held almost complete control of Leipzig, Ger many's fifth city and, ext to Ber- bridgehead across the Gaianajlin, the most important communi canal. The Eighth was 13 miles cations center in Hitler's dvinc east of the key road and trans port center. Polish units only ten miles east of Bologna were pouring shells into the city. JAPANESE SHORTAGE BY UNITED PRESS Tokyo I radio indicated today that Japan is feeling the shortage of mater ials for war planes. A broadcast said that even wood- 1 Contlaued en Par X, south of Brno, then cut the Brno- ary to keep the Karoikace euicide Prajrue superhighway. ecrps in action. Reich. A few thousand fanatical nazi elite guards were still holding out in the wrecked and burning heart of the city, but the Americans were rooting them out with gren ades, rifles and flame-throwers in one of the wildest street b&Ules of the war. Another key nazi citidel, Hallo 15 miles to the northwest, also was on the verse of falling to the rampaging first army after al most a week of street fighting al most as bloody as the battle for Leipzig.. 1