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ffelr. Stale rLtcrical Society (At VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1945 NO. 32 JimiorSenior Banquet Held Saturday Night Sophomore Serve Repast mid Setting of the Spanish Theme Make Colorful Scene Telephone Co. and V-E Day Calls One of the big events in the lives of the juniors and seniors of the high school, occurred Sat urday evening in the annual ban quet tendered by the juniors to the senior class. The banquet was held this year in the dininj room of the Central school building that had been transformed into a Spanish setting by the artistic efforts of the young people. The Spanish theme was also cairied out in the menu as fol lows: Coctel (Coctail) Polio de Cream (Creamed Chicken) Pattas Majadas Maiz todo grano (Mash'd Potatoes) (Cream'd Corn Ensalada Primavera (Spring Salad) Pastel Angel y Helado (Angel Food Cake Ice Cream) Cafe An urgent request to the pub lic to avoid unnecessary tele phone calls when rumors of peace come and when V-E Day brings us the great news of victory in Europe has made by W. L. Eck les, Area Manager of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. "Between now and V-E Day," Mr. Eckles asks, "When you hear rumors of peace, please wait for further confirmation on the ra dio or in the newspapers.. .and do not clog telephone lines by call ing newspapers and radio stations. "Your telephone company will greatly apprecate your co-oper-aton n helpng to avert a serous telephone crisis." International Figures Meeting At Washington Representatives of Britain, Russia and the United States Meet Many Go to San Francisco. San Francisco (U.R: The united nations assembled today on the shore of the Pacific but at tention was fixed on Washington where the first big three discus sions since Yalta were testing the basic fabric of the world peace structure which San Francisco was expected to produce Even,- train crossing the Hijh Sierras and dozens of planes pour ed united nations delegates and their adviers into the city where the first world peace delibera tions since 1911 will open Wed nesday. But principals in the confer ence still were absent. In Washington, President Tiu- Move Rapidly Nearer Davao ! nlan and secretary of state Ed Large Port of the Island Held j artl R- Stettinius. Jr., foreign bv Jaoanese secretary Anthony Eden and So- Americans Meet Less Resistance in Mindanao Rev. Bennett at Ashland Sunday Rev. and Mrs. T. Porter Ben nett, were at Ashland Sunday where they participated in the memorial service held at the First Methodist church for Sterling Eugene Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Graham, a naval avi ator, killed in the Philippines on October 2Jth. There was a very large num ber of the family and friends in the community present to parti cipate in the memorial to this Battle For Bavarian Alps Opens; Beds In Heart ot Berlin, YanEt Junction Reported - Russian ! viet foreiyn commissar V. M. Mol- M ANIL A, (U.R) American j otov were deep in consultatiopns The toast list was preided overj troops today were reported meet-i on the thorny i oiish problem, by Jean Collins of the junior ing only slight resistance as they : The chiefs of the other two top class who extended the welcome pushed rapidly across Mindanao j delegations, foreign minuter Geo- to the friends of the senior class in a most delightful manner. The response for the seniors was given by the class president, Richard Sack. Miss Mary Evers of the senior tlass responded to the toast ''Ac complish ments''. Miss Mary Kay Gorder of the juniors responded to ''Malaque na". Miss Eloise Cole of the senior less than 50 miles from Davao. ! i'ge Bidault of trance and r or The drive was paced by units of ; ign Minister T. V. Soong of Chi the 24th division which swept ' na also have not yet arrived, aong the main highway to Davao I San Francisco had assumed the nnd rantnreri the village of Fort aspect of a stage, nartially set. i Pikit, 45 miles inland from the j but with the principal actors still j at Ferrara, key road center three new beachhead on the east coast ; in the dressing rooms, arguing miles south oi tne ro Allied Forces in Italy Advance on Widening Fronts Advance to the Po River Fast Movements That Cover 25 Miles in Two Days of Moro gulf. Fort Pikit is the junction of the north-south road which links the two Americans columns ad- conference, indications were grow- vancing toward Davao in the j ing that the Washington discus- , m -WW' 1 11 1 . ii 1 - ,.ia rrQ n Drtwi.. nHi.l neart oi nnaanao, southernmost s:ons womu not produce a seme- tion of Xavier "Cugat's Brazil" that was very much enjoyed by all of the banquet party. Milo W. Price of the faculty of the school responded for the teachers in a very cleverly given address filled with much wit and humor. Dr. R. P. Westover, the presi dent of the board of education, responded for the governing- body of the school in congratulations to the students for the fine time that had been arranged. Phyllis Bourck gave a vocal number as her part of the pro gram of the evening from the junior class. John Conis of the seniors res ponded to the tcast, "Anticipa tions" and expressed the thanks of the class for the entertainment afforded. The banquet was served by twenty of the members of the sophomore class who did a fine job of handling the banquet. The young people as is the custom enjoyed the remainder of the evening at dancing parties. of the Philippines islands. Other American forces ment of the Polish question be- in : fore the opening conference ses- ported that after "good progress, northern Luzon pressed within . sion. LONDON, (U.P.: . armored spearheads were report ed probing into the heart of Ber- fine young man who had died in j lin from three directions today, the service of his country. j clanking along Unter den Linden The American Legion post of atd other famous streets within Ashland participated in the ser-'cne to four miles of Potsdamer! vice and the flag of the United Platz. States was presented to the mem- The German radio said Adolphj bers of the bereaved family. Hitler was in i.t-rsonal rommand! of the defense of Berlin. The redj army had driven 10 miles deepi into the enemy capital and held possession of a fourth of it. A dispatch from Germany through Switzerland said "the bat tle of Berlin is practically over" and a United Press report from Moscow said the plight of Berlin was becoming graver by the ,-1 1 hour. The Luxembourg radio report ed without confirmation that Russian and American forces had met south of Berlin in the area of Torgau, on the Elbe. But dis patches from the U. S. 9th and first armies S3id the historic junction apparently had not been made. Neutral correspondents re ported from Germany that red army tanks were blasting their way down Unter den Linden, his toric street on which in other days Hitlers vaunted legions par aded. Late nazi broadcasts said other soviet tanks were in the Marien- doef district and Lichterfelde 4 miles southwest of the famous cross roads in the heart of Ber lin, from which Unter den Linden ROME, U.P) American and British tanks neared the Po river today after sureir.g 20 to 35 miles north from Bologna in less than 48 hours. Eighth army units had smashed within 2500 yards of the airfield about the lines in the first act. j Modena, other immediate od With only 48 hours to go be-ijective of the northward push, fore the scheduled opening of the ! also was directly threatened, but a partial news blackout hid the position of Fifth army forces driving on the city. Allied force headquarters re- Fifth and Eighth army troops is n milp or sn distant. i o t. - . . : . i i , i i i . . t ! " . i t t, , r two nines oi caguio s norxr.wes.- j it was tnougnt ukcij- mat tne were neaung u.e rvnei xo aij Swedish reports quoted one of em city limits and captured two j United States, Britain and Russia j several widely separated places j the Jast air pasgan,ers out of more members of the collabor-! would transfer the scene of their-an indication they had fanned outj ggpijjj ag saying the city was in ationist caomei xogetner wun j roiish deliberations to tne con-;aiong a wide ironi aner DreaK-ra stae 0f chaos and partial an- "2 Conodion Firtt Army reoefce North Seo, t topptng Nozi forces in Netheriondx mm Srcmrn GERMANY Ruhr pocket bqtiidocd Cologne Nan $tfort$fco!dt of Halle, Letpxig. Nuern berg foil to Yokf JNifc Hornby NA J M (POUANO e run rg 1 jr 4. rfin. o8 Ijx TCZECH ocrou Odr w U. S 7W Armj croues Citch border ot AicK FRANCE m i AUTRIAHU 8th roopen ltoo( campaign with dfve on Bologno, P volley v 1 y sc i I UU'J. s $N m REVIEW OF THE WEEK Map shows highlights of the week in the Europe theater of war. (NEA Telephoto) Hymn Sing at Methodist Church several other Japanese followers, j ference city They were Claro M. Ro to, j Since the initial days of the minister cf foreign affairs; Raf- j meetinz are to be filled with ael Alunan, minister of agricul- ing loose on the Po plain. Measured due north of Bologna, a 35-mile advance would put the minor matters of procedure, a j Americans virtually on the banks ture and commerce; Gen. Ouil- ; breathing iell of a week or more of the Po. last big river barrier lermo Francisco, former chief of the Bureau of Constabulary, and Enulio Abello, .vice minister oi with the problem. foreign affairs. The Polish issue has been squar- Tactical bombers continued , (,.awT, The Pn,c;ar,s r,0t onlv , i j grounu !y.ni. v,p Warsaw envprnment. for steady support of forces in northern the Luzon would be afforded the foreign south of the Italian Alps, guard secietaries in which to grapple j ing the back door to Hitler's Ba varian redoubt. The Germans were fleeing in disorder after the Bologna break- and a seat at San Francisco, they have Shower for Mrs. Norman Moyer dropped z,u tons oi expiow. . re;nforced their position by sign n the Kalete Fass area, wnere American troops seized new high positions around the escape route into the Cagayan valley. -- Sunday the attractive country home of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Warner was the scene of a very charming shower in honor of Mrs. Norman Mover, formerly Miss Vivian Warner. Sgt. and Mrs. Moyer were re cently married at Hollywood, Ca lfornia, and are now here visit ing the relatives and friends in this city and Omaha. The afternoon was enlivened I by the mock wedding participa ted in by Mrs. Donald Born as the preacher, Mrs. Fred Fisher, 'father, Helen Smetana, groom, rose Janca, bride, Mary Joan Loh nes, ring bearer, and Mrs. Elmer Lohnes, mother. Mary Lou War ner played the musical setting for the occasion. There were many very attra ctive gifts and Mrs. Moyer was assisted in the opening of the gifts by Georgia Atkinson. During the afternoon the hos tesses served a most delicious luncheon that all enjoyed to the utmost. The hostesses were Mrs. Fred Lugsch, Mrs. Justus Moyer, Omaha, Mrs. Frank. Dashner, Glenwood, Rose Janca, Helen Sme tana, Mrs. Leonard Terryberry, Mrs. Elmer Lohnes, Mrs. C. R. Hutchison, Mrs. W. S. Weten-kamp. Birthday Party at the 40 et8Club Saturday evening was the oc casion of the April birthday party of the Forty and Eight club and honoring a group of some twelve members of the social club. A large and handsome birthday cake had been prepared for the event and this was partaken of by the members of the party. The members of the club hon ored were: Evelyn Schoemaker, Ruth Kalasek, Mathilde Lon, He len Vroman, Helen John, John Sander, Ella Kirkpatrick, Theo dore and Janet Ptak, ''Whitey" Cook, Cleda Wheeler, Marjorie Terryberry, and Clyde Jackson. Preparing For Senior Play From six deer released a few years ago on the artillery rarrc at Fort Bragg has developed the finest deer herd in North Carolina. Seniors of Plattsmouth High are rehearsing busily for their coming class play, to be given sometime in the first of May. The play, "Nine Girls", is the latest thing in a high class mystery dra ma. Watch for more news about this unusual "carnival of femi nine fury and fun. It's a collegiate thriller with a campus Lady Mac-Beth." OCCUPY ITALIAN ISLANDS LONDON, (U.R) Two more Adriatic islands and the import ant harbor of Susack adjoining the Italian port of Fiume were in the hands of Marshal Tito's forces today, the Yugo-Slav radio said. Yugo Slavia broadcasts heard by the British broadcasting com mission, reported the liberation of the islands of Cherso and Lcsinj. An earlier communique report ed the capture of a number of enemy strong points on the out skirts of Fiume . ing a treaty of alliance and friend ship with Warsaw. The Americans and British have been equally firm, rejecting a second Russian request for Warsaw representa tives and publicly affirming their unity on the rejection unless and until the Warsaw government is reconstituted along the lines a- j greed upon by the late President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Church ill and Marshal Stalin at Yalta. The Polish issue hung over the pre-conference activity like a dark cloud. But there were other controversial issues shaping up. . One was the problem of ''trust eeship" of colonial areas, partic ularly regions seized from enemy powers. This involves the United States, particularly in the Pacific where the U. S. navy and other defense authorities have made plain their determination that strategic is lands won from Japan must be incorporated into the American defense system. It also involves Britain, partic ularly in the Mediterranean where the British admiralty has make no secret of the necessity of con trolling bases which, in the future will protect the security of its "life line" to the middle east and India. Russia is concerned through the strategic necessities of her west ern frontier and should she be come involved in the Pacific war in her possible demand in the far east. The French are concerned over the fate of Dakar, West African base which President Roosevelt once described as the key to the approaches of South America, and, to a lesser degree, over her North African possessions and French Indo-China. through, their retreating columns hammered and harried by allied j air forces. Minefileds, rather than enemy resistance, slowed Ameri can troops in the area northwest of Bologna and just south of the Panaro river. The British advanced toward Ferrara astride the Po di Primaro river, which flows through the city. Adding to the German woes, Italian patriots were reported on the rampage behind the nazi lines in northern Italy. A communique from patriot headquarters in oc cupied territory told of numerous successful ambushes throughout Piedmont. (The BBC reported that the Italian 0-ernment had told Apennine patriots that the hour to strike had come, and they should act according to secret in structions given them earlier.) Funeral of Chas. Herren Saturday Suffers Death London, (U.R) Joseph Kramer, S. S. commandant of the Eelsen "death camp" has been tried, and executed, the Evening Standard said today. The funeral services of Charles Harren, 84, were held on Satur day afternoon at two o'clock at the Sattler funeral home which was filled to the capacity with the old friends from this section of Cass coounty where Mr. Herren had so long made his home. Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of the First Christian church, had charge of the services and brought the message of comfort to the bereaved relatives and old friends. Two of the old hymns, "Rock of Ages" and "Abide With Me" were given during the services by Mrs. C. J. White and Mrs. Jess Hodge, Lester Thimgan playing the accompaniment. The pall bearers were selected from the old freinds and neigh bors of the past years. They were Fred Lutz, Ben Noell, John Lib ershal, Henry Timm, W. H. Puis, and Edward Gradoville. The internment was at the Oak Hill cemetery. Use Journal Want Ads archy. In many districts he said, civilians were hunting down ges- tano asrents and dealing them summarily. A Moscow dispatch said Rus sian siege guns lined up hub-to-hub from the northwestern to the southern fringes of the city, to gether with hundreds of Stormo vigk assault planes, had ''pulver ized virtually the entire area to ward the center of Berlin." They said soviet tanks were rolling along the broad tree-lined avenue with guns blazing. White flags were flying in the center of the city, the Swiss radio said. ''Fierce battles are raging, but the battle of Berlin is prectically over," the Swiss said. Luxembourg broadcast said the big Tempelhof airdrome in south ern Berlin had fallen to the Rus sians. The soviet high command an nounced the capture of one-quarter of Berlin and placed spear heads within four miles of the Unter den Linden as of yester day. Moscow dispatches said the red army was pounding all the main thoroughfares leading to the Alexanderplatz, less than a mile from the Unter den Linden. M. S. Handler, United Press rtaff correspondent in Moscow, cabled that the German position inside Berlin was deteriorating hourly. Paul Joseph Goebbels, nazi propaganda minister and gauleiter of Berlin, was reported to have fled the capital less than 24 hours after a promising to remain with the inhabitants in a stand to the death. j Behind him, however, even wo men and children had joined in manning hastily-erected street barricades against the onrushing Soviets. Anti-aircraft guns in the capital's great defense sytem were deflected and used as anti-tank-guns. Russian armored columns burst through the barricades and brought flaming buildings down around the German garrison with almost pointblank artillery fire. They were advancing on a solid 25-mile front from the northeast corner of Berlin. Six teen districts in the eastern and northeastern part of the city were captured yesterday alone. Eie-htv sauare miles of Ber- lin's 332-square-mile area were cleared. Scores of war plants, an auxiliary power station, a tram way depot and other strategic Sunday evening the members of Methodist t church sponsored a the Adult Fellowship of the First hymn sing at the usual meeting hour in the "evening. There was a group of some 100 present for the service and it was t i. ; i i ..11 with! mum enjueu uy au jjar- ticipating in the pleasure and beauty of this song fest. Mrs. S. E. Hatcher was the program chairman and the scrip ture lesson was given by L. J. Hutchison, the prayer by Rev. T. Porter Bennett, the pastor of the church. Arbor Day Nebraska Holiday Monday marks Nebraska s own holiday, Arbor Day, originated by J. Sterling Morton,.,one of the pi oneers of Nebraska whose charge to "the early -Kettle rs cf "Plant Trees" led to the development of foreatry in this section of the west. The sage of Arbor lodge will long live in history for his exam ple to the people of the new west on the development of their state and making use of their advan tages in the way of horticulture. The holiday in this city was lim ited to the closing of the office? Milo Price, one of the members! at the court house and the Platts of the Fellowship gave a short mouth State bank was also closed talk on the work of the fellowhip that was very much enjoyed by the members of the class. Mrs. Earl Carr gave a solo num ber as a part of the service. The singing was led by Don C. York and the accompaniment play ed by Miss Mildred Hall. The Fellowship is planning a nother sing May 6th at the church. for the dav. Rob Rea Training at the Great Lakes Sunday Proves Very Quiet Day Sunday, the first under the all day closing of the taverns, made the business section of the city very quiet and few were to be seen on the streets in that part of the city. The dry area was one that in cluded the private clubs as well as the taverns and no beer or oth er drinks were to be found. Many of the residents of the city journeyed to Omaha to spend the afternoon while others re mained around the homefires for the day. Weather Forecast High 54 Low 50 Precipitation 1 Ji Nebraska forecost Partly cloudy today, except .showers extreme southeast; cooler. Partly cloudy tonight, cooler east and central portions; low tonight 35-40; northwest; 40-45 southeast; Tues day partly cloudy with little change in temperature. Robert Irvin Rea, 29, husband of Mrs. Velma B. Rea, Murray. Nebraska, is receiving his initial Naval indoctrination at the U. S. Naval Training renter, Great Lakes, Illinois. His recruit training consists of instruction in seamanship, mili tary drill and general Naval pro cedure. During this period a ser ies of aptitude tests will be taken by the recruit to determine whet her he will be ass:gned to a Naval Service School, to a shore sta tion or to immediate duty at sea w hen his recruit training is completed, the seaman will receive a period of leave. Undergoes Operation at Boise, Idaho buildings were captured. More than 8,000 Germans were killed or captured yesterday, the soviet high command said. It re ported that fighting continued "day and night without a single hour's interruption." While the main Russian armies aimed at the heart of Berlin, re-; serves of Marshal Gregory K. Zhv; kov's First White Russian group swung northwest and southwest in a bid to encircle the capital and its defenders. Sheriff and Mrs. Joe Mrasek received a telephone call from their eldest son, W. E. Mrasek of Boise, Idaho, Sunday evening. Mr. Mrasek told of his wife having been operated on Sunday morning for a severe case of appendicitis. He was on the road at the time and was not able to reach Boise until after the opera tion. Mrs. Mrasek is the former Car lene Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Thomas of Nebras ka City. PARIS, (U.R) Three Ameri can and one French aimy open ed the battle for nazi Germany's last retreat in the Bavarian Alps today amid a f lury cf reports that other American forces south of Berlin had linked up with the red army to merge the western and eastern fronts. Lt. Gen. George S. Patten's U. S. 3rd army shot out in front cf the Bavarian offensive with a sudden armcred lunge south along the Czechoslovakian border into the Danube Valley 120 odd miles northwest of Berchtesgaden. Patton's flying tank columns reeled off as much as 32 miles in as many hours, sweeping up thouands of stunned nazi prison ers and liberating at least one enemy piisoner of war camp with hundreds of allied captives. Late dispatches said the 3rd army crossed the Naab river on a 7-mile front after capturing Habburg and Schwarzenfeld and pushed southeast 4 to 5 miles to the Kemmath and Wilhof areas. At Kemmath they were 23 miles north of the Dar.ubian fortress of Regensburg. little more than 70 miles from Munich and 123 miles from Berchtesgaden. The Third army's bbzing drive through Bavaria came as Ameri can and Russian armies to the north converged on the shattered nazi divisions trapped in the Oder-Elbe corridor around Ber lin. Unofficial reports hinted strongly that American First army and soviet patrols already had made contact on the Elbe river east of Leipzig and that a full-scale juncture of the allied armies would be announced im minently in Washington, London and Moscow. Rumors of another junction between U. S. Ninth army and Russian skirmishers in the west ern suburbs of Beilin also were flying about headquarters but of ficial spokesmen refused all con firmation. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters said all anance ments for the link-up with the red army had been concluded and front correspondents said Ameri can forward columns were being fitted with special identification in preparation for the juncture. First army troops captured and completely cleared Dessau, 52 miles southwest of Berlin, last night. At that point they were only 31 miles west of the Rus sians at Trucnbreitzen, a south western suburb of Berlin. Vi S. Ninth army troop were onlv a few miles farther from Truenbreitzen in their bridgehead across the Elbe river in the Bar by area. There still was no confirmation of German reports that the Nin th army was storming the Elbe farther north at Wittenberge, 62 miles northwest of Berlin, in an attempt to break across and join the assault on the capital. Far to the west, British troops were reported to have launched their final assault on Bremen af ter the nazi garrison rejected a surrender ultimatum, and another British column fought into Har burg, directly across the Elbe riv er from Hamburg. Field dispatches said tha Brit tons had captured a secret order issued by Adolf Hitler in which the fuehrer admitted the collapse of all organized resistance in the west and called upon his troops to wage a guerrilla war. GERMANS USE ANTIQUES L ONDON, (U.R) - The Luft waffe is so hard up it has taken to using museum pieces, 9th air force pilots reported today. Of two German planes shot down Sunday, one was an obse lete World War I biplane. Greenwood Boy In Naval Training Lorain V. Siotheit, son of Mr. and Mrs.. George H. Stutheit, R R. Greenwood Nebraska was gradu ated recently from the Naval Air Technical Training Center Iccat ed at Norman,. Oklahoma. While at the Norman school he studied the aviation specialty field for which his recruit training apti tude tests showed he was best suited, and is now eligible to earn a petty officer rate. The : newly graduated man Is now awaiting further dutv order Journal Want Ads For Results either to sea or to a Naval base.