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0 VOL. NO. LXI PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1945 NO. 45 (t ! i I I 4 Planes Bomb Last 25-Mile Okinawa Pocket; Tokyo Concedes Defeat In Sight GUAM (U.R) Waves of American planes Thursday bomb ed and strafed the 25 square mile dead end pocket on the southern tip of Okinawa where the last Japanese defenders were trapped and doomed by the U. S. 10th army. Tokyo conceded final de feat was in sight on Okinawa. Landbased tactical bombers, ap parently scoring a lucky hit on an ammunition dump, blew up 4 the side of a mountain at the edge of the rocky Yaeju-Dake . plateau where remaining enemy j forces were making their last ' major stand. Th Japanese, with no line of retreat except into the tea, 1 faced annihilation. U. P. correspondent Edward Thomas reported the 7th and 86th army divisions already were ad vancing through the outer de fenses of the Yaeju-Dake strong hold, a 200 foot cliff shielding the southern coastal slope. Naha airfield greatest prize of ; the campaign, has been captured by American troops. During the day U. S. planes . flew 468 sorties against last ditch Japanese defenses. This was the . ' largest number of sorties in any one day since the beginning of the Okinawa campaign last Easter. More than 30,000 pound of , bombs were dropped on three - towns Medera, Tonvia and i Arafachi. All are situated on . the Yaeju-Dake escarpment. ,. , Thomas revealed that the Jap anese attempted a small landing . en northern Okinawa two days fgo, approximately 2 1 enemy .,, troops in five small boats landed on the northern tip of the island but were intercepted by an air "Warning squadron of the 2nd y Marine air wing. V Tokyo said Okinawa's plight , was due to the effectiveness of , the American rocket ships tni. planes in preventing Japanese jBicide.alrcraf t from crashing Into American warships off the Island. & First division Marines threaten- ed momentarily to lop off the Oroku peninsula, northwest corn- er of the pocket. They drove more than half way across the penin sula yesterday to within 3,000 - yards of Itoman, west coast an 'chor of the cliff top defense line. t' A third of the peninsula itself already had been cleared by first division Marines, smashing from its northwest tip. They had cap tured Naha airfield, biggest and ! last Japanese air base on the is. land. Army troops in the center bat- tied to the slopes of the enemy-! held cliff, known as the Yeaju "bake escarpment. There among c the scrubby pines and mountain 1 caves, the battered enemy rem-( t nants were fighting to the death, j There was no room for further retreat. Behind them was the sea. The Americans ran roughshod over the Japanese in their ad . vances Wednesday. They overran five villages in 24 hours. Some enemy home guards armed with! bamboo spears surrendered at ' sight of the American might. Others were killed. Complete conquest of Okinawa was only days away. Tokyo broad- casts said the end of the battle was in sight with the "war situa tion gradually becoming more dis advantageous to our side." Tokyo said fresh American troops had launched ''the big push" on Okinawa with over whelmingly superior strength. Another Tokyo broadcast con ceded that American rocket ships and planes had checked the effect ive use of Japanese suicide planes against the American fleet off Okinawa. However, the Japanese continu ed to throw the suicide aircraft recklessly against the fleet in an effort to delay as long as possible an American invasion of Japan itself. Two more American units not otherwise identified were dam aged Tuesday by suicide planes. This brought the toll of American shipping since April 26 to seven light naval units sunk and 44 damaged. The Japanese lost five planes in their latest attack, for an over all loss of 843 planes since April 26. Sixth division Marines complet ed the capture of three airstrips of Naha airfield at 11:57 a .m Keentime Klub To Have Omaha Dancing Teacher Mrs. Adelaide Fog; Omaha ' will be the dancing teacher forjthe last few da's although ap the Keentime Klub, it was an- proximately 67 per cent of the nounred TWH.-iv hv rmmtv planting was completed by June - "ml Judge Paul Fauquet, member of the recreation council in charge of the Klub. Mrs. Fogg has had 27 years experience in ballroom dancing and will be in Platts mouth once a week to teach ball room dancing to Klub members. "At very little cost to persons between the ages of 13 and 19," Fauquet said, "this dancing course will enable our young peo ple to have fine instruction." The Keentime Klub will hold its second meeting Friday night at 8:30 at the Eagles Hall, and membership now totals about 96. Dancing music Friday will be pro vided by a nickelodian. On Friday, June 15, a Platts mouth band, composed of high school students and graduates will furnish the music, directed by Harold Pickering. 700 German Subs Sunk In Six Years WASHINGTON CU.PJ More than 700 German submarines were sunk by allied forces during the six year battle of the Atlantic. Many others were destroyed by the nazis themselves toward the end. This was announced Thursday in the last joint British-American report of anti U-boat operations, issued by president Truman and Prime Minister Churchill. The statement said that the war against the nazi U-boats was " a long and relentless struggle" which cost heavy losses in life and material. Prince Hah of Iraq Tours Nebraska Planting LINCOLN, Neb., (U.PJ Prince Adbul Hah, regent and heir appar ent to the throne of Iraq, will arrive here from Denver, June 21, two tour Shelter Belt plant ings in this part of the state, Gov. Dwight Griswold has an nounced. Prince Ilah will be accompan ied by a party of 10 and by two representatives of the state de partment. They will be entertain ed that evening at a dinner by Gov. and Mrs. Griswold. The following day, the recent will inspect more shelter belt plantings in addition to conserva tion work, hrdro-electric power developmets and other agricul tural aspects of this section of the state. NO LEGION MEET THURSDAY Because of the duties of Legion members at the carnival this week, Dr. P. T. Heineman har announced that there will be n- legion meeting Thursday night Legionaires are asked to report to the carnival grounds at their appointed time. Wednesday after overwhelming stubborn Japanese resistance. Pressing on the southeast, the Marines seized one third of Oro ku peninsula. They were battling with grenades, flamethrowers and demolition charges for hills over looking the airfield and a high ridge running along the south shore of Naha harbor. The Japanese resisted fiercely under cover of a barrage of rock ets and 700-pound mortar shells. Hand-to-hand struggles raged all along the front. American tanks were in action in some sectors. First division Marines, driving toward a junction with the sixth division from the northeast, reach ed a point just east of Hanja vil lage, half way across the base of Oroku peninsula, yesterday. They were reducing both Tom ushu and Shindawaku villages at that time and since probably have completed their capture. Rain Delay ITS Crop Planting LINCOLN, Neg., PJ.PJ Rain and abnormally cold weather in 'e Ftate delayed corn planting 2, compared with 44 per cent a week ago, according to the week ly weather and crop report. Seasonable temperatures pre vailed during the first half of the week. Afternoons were particular ly cold the latter half and rain was general over the state. Winter wheat was reported to be promising but the harvest is expected to be later than usual despite the fact that the crop was two weeks ahead of normal grow th April 1. The rain has helped the wheat in the central and southwestern portions of Nebras ka but the greatest hazard now is storms consisting of hail high winds and rain that causes lodg ing. One bright spot in the picture, however, is that chances are re mote for damage from rust and chinch bugs. Oats and barley are making good progress, the report said, but the outlook for rvp anil rrir wheat is very good. Some alf alf a j broadcasts previously had report hay has been harvest-d but-re- ed that about 30 "15er Te. ports are not so favorable a ex-' allie(i Planes attack sulclde Plane pected because of cold tempera tures and lack of sunshine. Francil Dunfee, Davis Take Vows June 6 Miss Francil Dunfee, Burling ton Junction. Mo., became the bride of Richard C'Da-vis, Fair fax, - Mo., Vednlsday . evening in a .ceremony; performed by Rev. E. J.' ,Mpriz' pastor, of the St. Paul Evan jelieal and Reformed ,chur, ch, at the parsonage. Miss Dunfee has 'Been living in Plattsmouth with Misses Emma and Elizabeth ! Osaka, pre-war japans secona vision lor expulsion oi a mem-jjjrZ- largest city with a population ofiber for wilfull violation of the -Ai'tenaa'nfs ' at the weddin" 3,252,340. (charter. They also seek elimina- were Pfc. and Mrs. Donald Olson. Sonie H"1 S(uare m"les 18-jtion of a section giving the as-stsrei-- of "the " bride, from Dallas,! Per cent of the built-up area jsembly power to approve or dis jcx - . of Osaka were burned out in the : approve council reports and to The bride was attired in a pink two Previous heavy raids, the lat-jmake recommendations on them, gabardine suit with white access-only last Thursday. J There was every indication that ories. She wore a corsage of gar-1 Thursday's attack boosted the; all committee work except that denias,' while her atendant wore total devastated area of Japan's : stalemated by the unsettled veto a moss-green gabardine suit, with ai" industrial cities well over ; procedure question wul be corn corsage of nink carnations. the 90-square-mile mark, an area Pted by the weekend. It is ex- FollowW the weddinc- the bridal party had a wedding din-: ner in Omaha. After a honey moon trip, the bride and groom will make their home in Omaha. ZASTERA TAKES OVER Joe Zastera, owner of the Cass Drug store and of a similar store in Louisville, was in Plattsmouth Thursday operating the Cass Drug while manager Fred Feld housen attended the graduation of his daughter, Margaret Jean ne, from the University of Oma ha school of nursing. Circus Holds Over Until June I i ; t Ml- - iff I ! III & $tl . Ill VtifeA - iff f;Wr 1 riiihiiii iiir--JTO-''r----n-f-l-Jii-i"-i -a 16 Pictured above are two of j or drizzle. Continued cool Thurs five Lenigan sisters who perform ' day and tonight; high Thursday in a free aerial act nightly with 55-60; Friday, occasional light the Hale carnival. Because of j rain or drizzle in the east; partly rain, the carnival will be in Platts-1 cloudy west; continued cooL A mouth until June 16. It i3 being j bout .02 rain fell in Plattsmouth held at the school athletic field- 1 Thursday morning. " . 600 Superforts Pound Osaka In Third Raid GUAM, tt).P.)Nearly 600 super fortresses and fighters smashed mile after mile of war plants with 2500 tons of fire and demolition bombs Thursday in the 2nd big raid in a week on Osaka, Japan's greatest industrial city. Radio Tokyo said 40 other thunderbolts, lightings and mus tings and Hellcat fighters, appar ently from new American bases on Okinawa almost simulatneous ly made a two hour leaflet raid on the Ka?oshima area of Kyus hu in southern Japan. The broadcast indicated that the air war ever Japan had en tered a new phase with the completion of bases on Okina wa bringing the enemy home land within range of all types of American planes from fight ers to B-29s. Tokyo admitted that lightnings had not appeared over Japan pro per before. The text of the leaflets was net given in the enemy broad cast, but they well may have warned the Japanese people that the air bombardment of their homeland would increase in intensity with the conquest of Okinawa. Two B-29's accompanied the fighters, Tokyo said. Enemy bare3 on Kyushu yesterday. Snmp 400 tn 450 snnpr fortress- es and 150 mustangs struck short- Waning up odds and ends of ap lv after noon at Osaka arsenal, ! Proximately 10 issues still out- the largest in Japan and other major war plants in hitherto little-damaged eastern Osaka. A Japanese announcement said the raid lasted three hours. Fires were started in the north ern sections of the city, but were "steadily being brought under control," the announce ment said. The raid marked the third made to it by the security coun stage of the 21st bomber com-lcil. mar.d's methodical destruction of The Big Five want special pro- ; larger than the borough of Brook - Tokyo said 50,000 Japanese families 200,000 persons rendered homeless by American air raids on Japanese cities will be moved to farms to help boost food production. The bombardiers shifted their came the wife of Flight officer sights from the congested water- j Robert Ernest Huston, of Union front industrial district hit last;City, Mich., in an early evening week eastward to cover undamag- ed war plants and thousands of small heme factories untouched by the earlier "fire baths." The B-29s mixed their cargoes of fire bombs used exclusively in the two previous raids on Osaka with demolition missiles designed to spread destruction over a maxi mum area. North of Japan, liberators of the 11th air force bombed the Kataoka naval base on Shimushu and search aircraft of fleet air wing four hit installations in the Hayaka river area of Paramush iro Wednesday. To the south, a Pacific fleet communique revealed, American planes have begun attacks on Jap an proper and on the Ryuku 67 islands from newly-established airfields on Okinawa. Nearly 30 American "smaller type" planes from Okinawa attacked Japanese airfields on the southern home is land of Kyushu yesterday, a Tok yo broadcast said. Weather Forecast High 60. Low 54 Nebraska forecast: Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain Conference Waits In Veto Deadlock SAN FRANCISCO (U.R) With the new world organization charter nearly completed, the united nations conference waited Thursday for a signal from Mos cow of a "break"' in the Big Five deadlock over voting procedure. Disagreement over a tiny part of the voting formula whether a big power should have the right to veto discussion of a dispute in the security council is the last major obstacle to completion of the charter. Officials predicted that the conference could be adjourned within 10 days after the veto issue is settled. That allows for the formalities of commission and open plenary session. The veto question has " been stuck ever since the United States, Britain, France and China reject ed Russia's proposal for a veto over council discussion last Sat urday. Neither the United States nor the Russian delegations here 'are disposed to make a move on it. The whole question appears to have been transferred to laps of a far higher level. Harry L. Hopkins, perscnal representative of President Tru man, is still in Moscow where the United States appealed to Marshal Josef Stalin to change his mind on this delicate issue. There has been no word from there cn the question since it was announced that Hopkins . was prolonging his stay be cause of "new business." Meanwhile, the conference moved along at a snail's pace, standing, The executive committee, com posed of 14 nations, scheduled an other meeting Thursday to con sider two more "appeals" of the Big Five from committee deeis- j ions. They involve the questions j of expulsion of a member from jthe new league and whether the I assembly shall have the .power to approve or disapprove reports i pected tnat open sessions will begin next week. Charlotte Steinkamp Marries F-O Huston Charlotte June Steinkamp be- j wedding ceremony Wednesday at jthe home of her parents, Mr. and j Mrs. Walter Steinkamp. Attendants to the couple were Miss Barbara Bums, of Lincoln, j and Flight officer Paul Thompson, j Ohio. The service was performed , by Rev. George Durkie of Pacific Junction. Ia. Miss Steinkamp wore a rose suit and had a corsage of white roses, while Miss Burns was dress ed in a grey suit, with corsage of pink roses. Following a wedding trip to Michigan the couple will make their home in Lincoln, where Huston is stationed. HOME ON FURLOUGH Cpl. Victor E. Schreiner, co owner of the Schreiner Drug com pany arrived Tuesday afternoon to spend a ten-day furlough in Plattsmouth and Alliance. In Al liance he will visit his mother, Mrs. Margaret Schreiner, and while in Plattsmouth will visit his brother, John, and wife. His wife will return wth him to Amarillo, Tex., where he is a pharmacist with the medical corps attached to the air corps. MARRIAGE LICENSE County judge Paul Fauquet granted a marriage license to Richard Curtis Davis, Fairfax, Mo., and Francil Ollie Dunfee, Plattsmouth, Wednesday. -v. Bremen GERMANY TMogdcburg ; - . 1 KlrniV.8AVARIA- Z Stuttgart f SWITZ ITALY RUSSIAN, BRITISH TAKE 0VEP Americr. Ninth Army is reported turning ever to Russians, Leipzig, M?gdeburg, Chemnitz and Erfurt (1), and to Bri tish, Cologne, Dueren. Duesseidorf and Essen (2), U. S. retains Bavaria with headquarters ?t Frankfurt t3). (NEA Telephcto) Rhoacles Tells Of Retirement Plans Effective July 1st LIXCOLX, Neb., W.PJ County and city superintendents' offices will be the points of contact be tween teachers and the Nebraska; Teachers' Retirement system, C. H. Rhoades. director of the sys tem, has announced. The system will become effect ive July 1 under an act passed by the 1945 legislature. Rural teachers will turn in necessary personal information to their county superintend ents and city teachers will sup ply their local superintendents with data. Local superintendents will transmit the contributions of the! teachers to the annuity fund. In' the case of the rural teacher, the: local board will send the monthly deduction from the teacher's sal- ! ary to the county superintendent, j Rhoades said the earliest pos- !-:V1 it.i u j siuie ulc uiai persons cuuiu uraw from the retirement benefits: would be Sept. i, and those per-!nesday afternoon at the Metho sons must either be 65 years of;dist hospital in Omaha. Mrs. Mc- j age or have 35 years service in s Farland was formerly Mary Ter j public schools, employed on a j ryberry, daughter of Mrs. Lucile j year-round basis. According to : Terryberry, Plattsmouth, and she the law, to be eligible for retire - ment, a teacher must have contri- buted money to the annuity fundtered the army. At present he is! at least once, and 30 davs must: stationed at Denver, Colo. I elapse for the retirement appli cation to be processed. School employes who are not paid in the summer months will not be cble to apply for retire ment benefits before Oct.l and will net receive them before Nov. 1. The act provides that the state will pay the retiring employe $1 per month for each year of ser - vice, up to 30. Men who make the maximum allowable individual contribution to the annuity fund for 35 years of rervice will receive approxi mately $48 per month in addi tion to their $30 and women will receive about $41 besides the reg ular $30. JOIN EASTERN STAR At the initatcry service of the Eastern Star Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hild, and Mrs. Eva Gansemer became new members of the order. Following the initiation and regular busi ness meeting, refreshments were served. . . . . Historical Society 1 r.YTu Leipzig V Dresden - ' - .inenniTr Vienna AUSTRIA MILES M. E. Bushnell Dies At Ashland M. E. Bushnelll 83, former printer at the Daily Journal and! life time resident of Cass county,! died at his home a few miles south of Ashland early Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Mar ch Chanel in Ashland. Bushnell wap well-known by Plattsmouth and Cass county peo ple and served as assessor for more than 10 years. His son Clark is a county assessor. Surviving are seven daughters: Mrs. Laura Sherman, Doniphan; Mrs. Mildred Olson End Mrs. Barbara Laughlin, Ashlana; Mrs. Very Jenny. Clarkson; Mrs. Ber niece Streight and Mrs. Edna Filler, South Bend; Miss Norma, Omaha; and two sons, Crawford. Dallas, Tex.; and Clark, Ashland. Several relatives live in Platts mouth. Journal Congratulates Parents Staff sergeant and Mrs. Har - old Tlean MrFarland arc the nroud parents of a daughter born Wed- .has been making her home with j her mother since her husband en- Both the mother snd child were doing nicely. TAKES VACATION Joseph F. Hadraba, former co owner of the Weyrich and Had raba Drug company, has started j his long-expected vacation. He I will visit in Mandin, N. D., with jhis sister. Mrs. Louis Jiran and J family. The Schrcmer Drug corn- j pany has purchased the former company, SEE WAR FILMS The Forty and Eirht club saw war films of attacks on Luzon snd Manila, the battle of Iwo Jima at its regular meeting Mon day night. GRAVELY ILL Joseph Henderson, who has been employed for seme time with the Burlington railroad, is gravely ill and has moved from his apart ments at - Hotel : Plattsmouth to undergo observation - in Omaha. . C CZECHJ ports Brouiu The Cass county Historical so ciety have filed articles of in corporation with the secretary of state in Lincoln with tentative plans to establish a Memorial Park and sports ground on the former Tom Parmele estate west of Plattsmouth. The estate includes 18 acres of ground and the former Par mele home iwhich would be turned into a historical build ing for Cass county relics and historical displays, A. L. Tidd, told mear.bers of the Platts mouth Chamber of Commerce Thursday noon. A committee will meet Monday night to make more definite plans for the grounds. Incorporators of the society are George H. Gilmour, Murray, Miss Barbara Gering, Mrs. G. E. Done Ian, Mrs. R. W. Clement, Mrs. Mabel A. Cummins, Mrs. Kittie Roberts, Miss Dcra Fricke, Oli ver Dovey, A. L. Tidd, Platts mouth, and Mrs. C. D. Spangler, Murray. President Edward Egenberg. er presided at the noon Cham ber of commerce meeting. Spec tal tribute was paid to Frank Smith, former editor of the Daily Journal, for his fine work on tbe Journal. E. H. Wescott commented on a recent newspaper article stat ing that the middlewest will be the future hub of the nation. This report was given after a survey by the Interstate Commerce Com mission . Guests at th Thursday noon dinner were John 5 r-hreiner.'Cpl. Victor Schreiner, Smith, and Mra. Olney Eaton. Girl Spends Autographed Dollar BM1 From Hawaii NEW YORK (u.P.i Appar ently she didn't think as much of the soldiers love note as the S1..00 bill it was written on. Martin Wagner got the $1.00 bill with some change at a store. On it. was written: "Near Honolulu, Hawaii I leve you, Butch. I don't know what to . write on this but to say I love yoa." On thp reverse side was pen ned: "7-10-41- Monday morn ing. I wish I was with you." Friends Surprise Johnny AJbrens 0a Tenth Birthday 1 j Nine friends of Johnny Ahrens surprised him Wednesday after- noon on his tenth birthday anni versary. Each guest brought a gift and following the party re freshments were served by Miss Mnybelle Ahrens. Those present we.e Tommy Conis, Jim Markham, Ronnie Schneider, Jerome Shellenbgrg- er, David Friert, Wendell Friest, Dick Glaze, Herbert Leland, and Wills rd Christenson. Cass County Bond-0-Meter LATEST SALES REP OUT YET- TO BE SOLD $758,000 660,000 550,003 440,000 330,000 ' 220.050 110,000 NONE , NONE $ 98,000 203,000 318,000 - 428,000 538,000 .648,000 758,000