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ffebr. Slate Historical Society l VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945 NO. 35 i World's Democracies Start On Task To Write A Charter of Real Peace San Francisco, May 3 (U.R) The -world's democracies begin to day the hard business of measur ing: their high hones against their ability to write a charter to guarantee peace. The routine plenary session talk fest of the United Nations conference has ended. Today the four major conference commis sions meet to organize for the job of making the world safe to live in. There have been preliminary battles here but on the whole everyone is happy and hopeful. The only shadow over this gat hering is the possibility that e vents in Europe may force key delegates to leave before the charter is completed. Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov is still around but he already has told the American; delegation that he must leave in a few days. Commissions, I and II of the conference meet at 10:30 a.m., PWT today. Commissions III and I IV meet at 4:30 PWT. Sen. Henri Rollin of Belgium, a president of commission I, will supervise drafting of the several provisions of the inter national organization charter. Those provisions include the pre amble of the organization char ter, a statement of its purposes, principles and membership. Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa is pres ident of Commission II. He will supervise the creation of the or ganization's general assembly. Commission II will make propos als regarding the structure and procedures of the assembly, its I political and security functions and methods of economic and so cial cooperation. Smuts' commis sion also has another function. That is to draft a plan for a trusteeship system over areas seized from the enemy. Foreign Minister Trygve Lie of Norway is president of commis- Red Troops in Search for Body of Adolph Hitler Seek Also for Goebbels Re. ported Dead in the Last Stand Battle For Berlin LONDON, KJ.R) Victorious red armv troops searched the rubble of captured Berlin today for the bodies of Adolph Hitler and his crippled henchman Paul Joseph Goebbels. On the success of their hunt hinged the solution to the great est mystery of the war whether Hitler and Goebbels actually were dead, and if so, whether they committed suicide or were killed by soviet shells or died of nat ural causes. The Soviets also may find among the dead and the 70,000 prisoners in Berlin such person ages as Reich Marshal Herman Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop ousted only yesterday as German Foreign Minister, Martin Born mann, chief of the nazi party, and other leading nazis. Hans Fritsche, Goebbels dep uty propaganda chief, told red army troops who captured him that Hitler, Goebbels, Gener. al Krebb newly appointed chief of the German army general staff, had killed themselves in the final hours of the battle of Berlin. Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower and the British Foreign Office spokesman said all evidence at hand indicated that Hitler had died of a brain hemorrhage. Moscow remained unconvinced that Hitler actually was dead and suggested he may have gone underground with other key nazi party leaders to plot an eventual return to power. Russian troops centered their search for the bodies of Hitler and Goebbels and other high nazis in the area around the reichschaneellory and the Tier garten, beneath both of which Hitler was rumored to have main tained underground headquarters. Resistance ended when Gen eral Wesling commander and the 70,000 haggard survivors of the original garrison or perhaps 500,- sion III which will deal with the powerful security council on which the United States, the So viet Union, China and Great Bri tain will have permanent seats. The security council is the top body of the international organ- iation. The security council will have the authority to decide where, when, and how armed force shall be used to keen the peace. The only circumstances under which the security council may not or der out the troops will be if and when one of the permanent mem bers turns to aggression. It has been agreed among the major sponsors of this conference that it is not intended to write a charter which would permit the international organization to i cracK uown iorceiuny on tne ijg , J i - r 11 .i i i powers. Peaceful settlement of disput es as well as forceful settlements will be within the jurisdiction of; the security council as well as the question of regional arrangements to maintain peace. Lie was given one of the most spectacular jog? in this conference when he was named to head commission III with responsibility for drafting plans for the use of all that po wer. Commission IV is headed by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Car raciolo Parra Perez. Some of the conference's bitterest disputes may come within commission IV which will deal with the pro posed international court and le gal problems. The United States delegation still is trying to agree within itself on just what kind of a new world court should be set up. The question is one on which almost all delegates have defin ite and frequently differing ideas. One of the top issues is whether the proposed court should enjoy compulsory jurisdiction in ef fect, shall it have power to sub poena a nation to appear before the bar of world justice. Lincoln Voters Nam e Woman to City Council Re-Elect Lloyd Marti as the Mayor of the City and Select Berta Peterson to Council LINCOLN, Neb., 0J.PJ Lin coln voters yesterday decisively rejected, 5,63i to 3,234, the pro posal that the city's government be returned to the five-man com mission form discarded in 1937. Two other propositions on the ballot were adopted by twin margins. The expenditure of funds for the purchase of sur plus war commodities without ad vertising was authorized. The sec and proposal amends the city charter to permit a tax rot to exceed two-tenths of one mill an nually, for five years, to replace obselete fire-fighting equipment. Berta Peterson, daughter of Sen. C. Petrus Peterson, defeat ed Virgil H. Kitrell in the care of the council, and became the first woman to hold the position. Les ter L. Dunn and Gus Prestegaard also were elected to the council. Lloyd Marti was reelected may or for his second term, without opposition. Mrs. Roscoe Hill and Robert C. Venner were named to the board of education. Walter L. Anderson was reelected cemetery trustee over Ira Miller, a write in candidate. 000 troops surrendered to Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's 1st White Russian and Marshal Ivan S. Konev's 1st Ukrainian armies. Eight other generals were tak en in the final mop-up which was concluded three years ten months and 10 days after German armies attacked the Soviet Union. The Germans made their final stand in the Tiergarten around the Alexander Platz and in the Wilhelmstrasse ,the latter the sie of Hitler''s reich chancellory. Front dispatches to soviet news papers said most of Eerlin wa in ruins. Large sections previ ously had been blasted into rub ble by allied bombs and Russian and German guns and mortars added to the wreckage. Achievement Day Program For County Ccunty Wide Showing Draws Very Large Number to Parti cipate in Fine Showing Cass County Extension clubs held their annual Achievement Day meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Agricultural auditorium, with a fine attendance, in spite of the rain, which made road conditions bad, for such a meet ing. On each side of the auditor ium were long tables on which were displayed samples of work done by the Extension Clubs in this county during their past working year. It was interesting to see the ingenuity and versa tility of the members of these clubs, illustrated by their beauti ful handwork, when materials are so very scarce. There were aprons of every kind. They were made f two materials and most of those materials were feed sacks and flour sacks. There were crocheted aprons. Some were made for times when dainty aprons are needed. Some were for kitchen wear yes, there were aprons for every hour of kitchen curtains made of feed sacks. All kinds of fancy pil lows, made of odds and ends of materials. Cloth toys. Fancy hand towels, tea towels, children's clothes, lunch cloths, napkins. O Yes! And all kinds of fancy lapel ornaments. Well, we have pro bably left out some of the most interesting things, but the dis play was so fine and so large that it is hard to remember everything, the day. Then there were lovely Mrs. Henry Ruhga, the county chairman, was kept at home by illness, and Mrs. Nelson Thoran, vice chairman, presided at the program, with Mrs. Harold Har mon at the piano, and Mrs. John Fisher of Eagle, leading the group singing, which opened the meeting. Emerson Wiles, 4-H Club speaking champion, spoke on "What the 4-H Means to Post War U. S. A." He stressed the fact, that on account of their 4-H training, they are well train ed in many ways, and that they will be needed to assist in pro ducing food after the war. They are well trained in farming and in good citizenship, so they are the kind of men who will be need ed in post war days. Willard H. Waldo, county agent, had as his subject, "The Road Ahead" and spoke of the re-arranged homes which will be found in the post war period. Of the more modern kitchens, new health methods, and the increased interest in 4-H club work. Then came the play "Behind The Seams," with Mrs. Eugene Nutzman as com mentator. She announced that, according to the critics that it is one of the best plays of the year, with the leading parts be ing taken by Mrs. Pattern, Mrs. Material, Sir Scissors and Mes sers Pins. The result of the acti vities if these four aces were shown in a style review. First tiny models, led by their proud mothers, modeled the latest in dresses and suits, all made by the mothers. Then came a parade of handmade aprons, worn by club members. Following these were house dresses made from feed sacks, then afternoon dresses, and lovely rayon dresses and suits, all made by the wearers. Miss Loa Davis, extension work er from Lincoln, then spoke on 'The Future Is Today," giving a most realistic account of the transplanting of a city couple to a farm. Miss Davis is a former Cass County girl, and her return here is always a pleasure to our people. The introduction of guests fol lowed. Mrs. William Ost of Ne hawka, president of the Cass County Woman's club; Mrs. Ray Norris, president of Cass County branch of the Red Cross; Miss Hazel Owen, Public Health Nurse for Sarpy and Cass coun ties; Miss Ellen Brown, state leader in Extension Clubs, whose resignation after twenty-seven years work, takes effect in July. Mrs. Tracy Van Camp, of Mary- ville, Missouri, who expects to enter Home Extension work in Nebraska the first of June. Two other nurses, who had come from Bellevue to attend the meeting, were called out of town during the meeting. They were Miss Homes Visited By Burglars Wednesday Nite Six Homes of the City Broken Into and Small Amount of Money Is Taken A small "crime wave" swept over Plattsmouth last night or rather early this morning and six homes of the city report hav ing some enter the houses. The residences that were en tered are all located in - the southwest part of the city, and in only one was there any con siderable amount of money se cured. On Pearl street from Ninth to Tenth street, the resi dences of J. H. Graves, R. B. Keller and D. S. Sumner, the burglar visited each of the homes sometime around 2:30 this morn ing as far as can be learned. At the Keller home the party is reported to have secured two $20 bills while at the Graves home a small amount of change was carried away. At the Graves home the nartv entering the house had turned on a small flash light that aroused the family and he hur riedly made his escape. Some of the residents glimpsed the robber and state there was only one person apparently doing the job, no one however was able to give a description of the man. The party had evidently gone farther south as the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Farney, 103 Third avenue, was entered and here Mr. Farney was awakened and his calls frightened the man who made a hurried getaway. The home of George H. Topliff, on Chicago avenue was visited as was also the Bowman home in the same neighborhood. The party carrying on the work apparently punched a hole in the screens and reached in to unfasten the screens and from there gained entrance to the homes. Sheriff Joe Mrasek, Deputy Sheriff Emery Doody were call- ed early and joined by Chief of! Police Parker in searching for possible clues to the robber. The calls of the robberies continued until 4:30 this morning when householders found their home entered. Maynard, supervisor and Miss Car ruthers, also from the Bellevue office. The last thing on the program was the leadership recognition ceremony, when candles were lighted for each chairman, county and local, and flags presented the presidents of the local clubs. After which the leaders of clubs were honored for their work dur ing the past year and the good neighbor citation was presented to the Maple Grove Extension Ciub of Nehawkp, by County Agent Waldo. The program closed with the singing of "Follow the Gleam," after which ail were in vited to remain for "Tea," which was served at a long table, with Mrs. Henry Tool of Murdock and Mrs. Nelson Thoren of Nehawka presiding and pouring the coffee. Mrs. DeCraeme was chairman and she was assisted in serving by the members of the Weeping Water clubs. We learned of one Extension Club member who has not missed an annual meeting since their or ganization in this county. She is Mrs. J. M. Ranney, a member of the Opportunity Club of Weep ing Water . Mrs. Henry Ruhga is the coun ty chairman for the coming year. Group chairman are Mrs. Nelson Thoran, Nehawka-Union ; : Mrs. John McCarthy, Plattsmouth; Mrs. Howard Stege, Elmwood; Mrs. O. D. Lupardus, Murdock; Mrs. Luther Harmon, Greenwood; Mrs. Ray Norris, Weeping Water, Mrs. Jessie Westlake, Eagle. Marie Kaufman Elected Treasurer Miss Marie E. Kaufmann of this city, long an active figure in the Rebekahs of Nebraska, was elected as the treasurer of the Omaha district at the meeting held in Omaha this week. Miss Kaufmann is the secre tary of the local lodge and has been a member for many years Among those attending the meeting was Irma M. Johnson, whose name was incorrectly list ed as Emma Johnson. bzi Forcos so P ooupioil oyoiifios Beported Beadif to Quit, Ohurchil! PARIS. (UP) The British 2nd army captured Hamburg and a half million thoroughly beaten nazis troops today. The remnants of flprmsnv s northern firmips! fled for Denmark and Norway by land and sea under a terrible rain of bombs and aerial gunfire. Organized German resistance in the north, and, in fact, all across the European continent was melting away at an incredible speed in the wake of the uncon ditional surrender of northern Eltaly and western Austria with their garrisons of almost one mil lion men. American 7th army troops in the south swept up another 500, 000 prisoners along the western flank of the Bavarian redoubt and plunged across the Inn river in force to join with General George S. Patton's U. S. 3rd army in the fnial assault on the nazi stronghold of Berchtesgaden. The 7th army sent four divis ions across the Inn west of Berch tesgaden, one reaching Chimheim Lake only 31 miles from the mountain hideout. Other 7th army columns to the southeast broke into the Inn valley at Zirl, six miles west of Innsbruck, northern gateway to the Brenner Pass. Patton's troops rolled three miles south of Hitler's captured birthplace at Braunau on the Inn to within 28 miles north of Salzburg and 3 miles of Berchtesr gaden. Patton's men also were closing fast on the Austrian city of Linz, farther to the east, where they were expected to join forces with the red army. The British 2nd army in the north already had linked up with the Russians on the Baltic and at several points northwest of Berlin, severing Denmark and Norway from the reich and tr2p' ping countless thousands of en' emy troops. Everywhere German morale ap peared to have broken on the nazi announcement of Hitler's death. Fighting in the northern reich apparently was all but ended. The British worked feverishly to dis arm the hordes of German sol diers streaming through their lines. Hamburg, the second city, and the greatest port of the reich, was occupied by the British without firing a shot after is defenders had declared it an "open city." Tens of thousands of Germans were still struggling to escape from north Germany into Den mark and Norway however in a frenzied race to delay their in evitable capture. Allied flyers pounced on the fleeing enemy convoys in what front dispatches described as one of the biggest aerial massacres in history. Hundreds of nazi trucks and cars were blasted into blazing wreckage and rocket firing Brit ish war planes set dozens of troop-packed ships aflame in the Baltic north of Kiel. Sgt. Frohlich of Eagle Wins Honor A IX AIR FORCE SERVICE COMMAND UNIT, BELGIUM Sergeant Lester C. Frolich of Eagle, Neb., and the men of his IX Air Force Service Command unit have been awarded the meritorious service plaque for outstanding devotion to duty in the performance of exceptional ly difficult tasks. The superior performance of the unit in the repair and main tenance of 9th Air Force fighter bomber planes in England, France and Belgium has made it possible for the unit to contribute mat erially to the coordination of air ground tactical operations. Sgt. Frolich is the son of Charles Frolich, Eagle, Neb., His wife, Arlene, lives at Route 7, Lincoln, Neb. loebeck iRosteck: Homburg Wittenbercc X en 3Rothcnov(Q ft Wittenber . Ulm, n g!Po R.rl ttT Bologna Ravenna ijy ITALY NwArfr-fotfe se FACE NEW ENTRAPMENTS Nazis face tyro more entrapment with British and Russian drive from Luebeck and Greifswald and drive on Linz by U. S. Third Army and 'the Reds. Map shows current fronts. (NEA Telephoto) Cass County Men In Pre-Induction Wednesday evening a group of Cass county men left for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where they will receive their pre-induition physical examination for the call to the colors. The men going were: Harold Lancaster, Louisville Robert Wheeler, Plattsmouth Edward Egenberger, Platts mouth John Sterner, Weeping Water Horace Everett, Plattsmouth Gerald Cowperwaith, Platts mouth Eugene Krings, Plattsmouth Robert Rakes, Nebraska City Shrader Rhoden, Murray Glen Daniels, Bellevue Charles Brokaw, Hastings Harold Hamilton, Plattsmouth Russell Overholser, Murray Wayne Wiles, Plattsmouth John Beckman, Plattsmouth Harry Wheeler South Omaha, Nebraska Albertus Campbell, Plattsmouth Claude O'Connor, Nehawka Kenneth Redden, Murray Edward Strickland, Plattsmouth Grant Neitzel, Murdock Edwin Bickett, Murray LeeRoy Redden, Murray Chris Bulin, Plattsmouth Transfers-In Ira Bebb, Plattsmouth Mark Mullee, Plattsmouth Pvt. Chas. Lewis Reported Missing Word has been received here by Mrs. Vera Lewis of the fact that her husband, Pvt. Charles Lewis, had been reported as miss ing in action in the European area. The news came as a great shock to the wife and members of the family in this city. Pvt. Lewis received his basic training in ths country at Camp Sibert, Alabama where he was a member of the chemical warfare group, but later was transferred and taken overseas some time ago. Since the husband entered the armed sevice Mrs. Lewis has been doing her part in the war effort hv wnrViiw nt thf Glpn Martin plant at Fort Crook. Read Journal Want Ads .Gnctswcld v.-.t i 'A ir cl'.Xnl!, Stettin run vs. c? Frankfurt rVl-:;AvVCvVi:'ii";."v.: i Kenry Donat Buys Gund Building The sale of the building at 4th and Main streets, owned by Dep utv Sheriff Emery Doody. to Henry J. Donat, was consumated Wednesday afternoon. The building has been owned by Mr. Doody for the past two years re purchasing the same from the assets of the Farmers State bank and since taking over the building he has added a great many improvements. The structure was built m 1904 and since its construction has been occupied by Edward Donat, Sr., first as the John Gurid agent here and later as a soft drink parlor until 1933 since which time it has been operated as a tavern. The building will now return to the former- ownership and a number of improvements are be mg made in the interior of the first floor room while the tavern is closed on account of a change in license. Laughlin to Aid In Munich Rule The Plattsmouth friends of Captain Loren H. Laughlin, well known Lincoln attorney, will be interested in learning that he is now with the American forces in ! Germany. He has been selected as one of the American military men char ged with the governing of the city of Munich, capital of the pro vince of Bavaria. Captain Laughlin was at one time a candidate for congress in the old first district and is well known to many of the residents of Plattsmoouth and Cass county. He was also a distant relative of the late R. A. Bates. Mrs. Cora Cook Visits In City Mrs. Cora Cook, of Oregon, Missouri, arrived in the city Thursday to visit with the old friends in the former home. Mrs. Cook made her home here for a number of years and made I friends among the acquaintances i here and with whom she is now visiting. She is a guest at the home of Mrs. Anna Lillie, Miss Marie Kaufmann and also with Mrs. Juliui Hall. fi 501 A M LtM J Bulletin LONDON. UP.) A BBC front reported broadcasting over the German radio, said to day that "a general surrender of the German fcrces facing Lt. Gen. Sir Mile C. Demp. sey's (British Second) army may come at any moment. LONDON, U.P.) The un conditional surrender of all Ger man forces in Holland, Denmark, Norway and Czechoslovakia, was reported under negotiations to day, or in some cases perhaps already concluded. The last major pockets of re sistance outside the reich were reported near collapse. Some sources believe the capitulation of some of them might be an nounced by nightfall. There was wide speculation in London that Prime Minister Churchill may have gone to Ger many on a mission to negotiate for the end of the war in Europe. The speculation emphasized the possibility that General Dwight D. Eisenhower might be engaged in a similar task together with the British and Russian mlitary and political leaders. Churchill was absent from the House of Commons today. Sir John Anderson, speaking for Churchill, told the House that should the war end Saturday or Sunday, there would be a general holiday Monday. The house of cards that Adolph Hitler built around Germany by seizing his neighboring countries was tumbling down. Already the southern ramparts had crumbled with the surrender of northern and western Austrja.' ' Following hard on the nazi an nouncement of Adolph Hitler's death and the fall of Hamburg, the new fuehrer Admiral Karl Doenitz, apparently was wander ing the northland in search of a new refuge. The Press Association said it was "fairly certain" that he was in Denmark, or perhaps had even gone to Norway. Reliable informants said the capitulation of German forces in Denmark was arranged tentative ly some time ago. The country was cut off by the British push to the Baltic. Collapsed nazi censorship indicated that the Danes controlled their own coun try again. Reports from the United States said the Germans isolated in northwestern Holland were ready to give up. The allies already were moving foodstuffs into Hol land. The Paris radio said that the foreign minister of Major Vid kum Quislings puppet govern ment of Norway had arrived in Copenhagen to discuss surrender of perhaps 250,000 German troops in iNorway. A broadcast by the Hamburg radio in the last hours it was controlled by the nazis indicated that surrender arrangements for the Czechoslovakian redoubt around Prague were in progress. A broadcast decree by Ham burg purported to declare Prague a "hospital'town" apparently an open city, not to be defended. It said negotiations for the reorgan ization of political conditions in the protectorate of Bohemia Moravia had began." Only a few days ago the Ger man radio said the loss of Prague and now fallen Berlin would mean the loss of Europe. Mrs. T. H. Pollock Home from Hospital Mrs. T. H. Pollock, who for the past two weeks has been at the Immanuel hospital at Omaha, was brought home Thursday. Mrs. Pollock ha:i been at Omaha under observation as well as a check up and -will now remain at the family home for treatment.