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I r PAGE FOUR miL JOURNAL. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1945 Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. For services per formed he was awarded the Bron ze Star Medal and the Good Con duct Medal. RED RYDER Frtd Harmw AS fc "OErWDS UttLTSaSBtBWO? 1 Calendar TOT WE.Ns:HrErc yjih the wmc By FlME?Irari iTtoTs: tt zi "t -77-77, -zz 7 Pre MfeNSHHEIf TWE n t&U V fiSS CT J 7 7 S f Vlt OOT , h h v I v t r F a P t B c t c t 1 I I c vr c t c I 1 I 1 Woman Marine Discharged Tfc. Dorothy Ruffner, the first of Plattsmouth servicewomen to report her discharge, was releas ed from 6ervice the 29th of Sept. Dorothy was a member of the Woman's Marine Corp having en listed in August 1943. Prior to entering service, she wac; a rural school techer in District 37. While in the Marines she served in the basic aviation mechanic branch and worked as an airplane mech anic. She was also a fielder in the woman softball team, which enabled her to make many trips b y plane t o various games. Dorothy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Ruffner of Plattsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rihn Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dysart of Union visited their friends, Mr. and Mr. Philip Rihn in Platts mouth over Saturday and Sunday. Union Guests Mrs. Susie Hoisington of Joliet, Idaho and Mr. and Mrs. Riley Eaton of riattsmouth were guests recently at the home of Mr. and Mr a John Eaton in Union. Farm Bureau Unit The local Farm Bureau Unit of the Mynard vicinity will meet Favorite for Flattery Chesterfield time is any time and here's a beau ty of that wonderful Mel ton a heart-warming wonder of a coat with saddle sleeve, notched col lar tailored flap pock ets and a lovely.., velvet collar to give it extra ele gance. In season's best col ors. Size 10 to 20 : $29.75 ladies Toggery if? Ipr y - lit CS t .(f ? f 1 ff Little gent's Shoes Shoes for All the Family on Monday October 22 at 8 p. m. Both members and those wishing to become members are invited to be present. Dr. A. E. Johnson In Lincoln. Dr. A. E. Johnson received word that his mother had died Wednesday in Lincoln. He left for Lincoln Thursday morning and will remain there until Sunday. His mother, Mrs. J. A. Johnson, was a resident of Lincoln but will be buried at Oakland, Nebr. on Saturday. Pfc. and Mrs. DeForest Perry.. Pfc. Deforest Perry and wife have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cadwell, for the past three weeks. Wrhile here they also called on his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rice. Pfc. and Mrs. Perry left Tuesday noon for Lincoln where they will stay with his mother until he is reguired to report to Camp Bowie', Texas. He i home on leave after serving overseas in Germany, France and Austria. Home For Weekend Betty Cadwell and Betty Jean Vroman were home last weekend from Kansas City where they are attending school. T-5 Harley Loyd Another of Plattsmouth high point men has reported his dis discharge at the Court House. T-5 Harley Loyd, after two years and six month.? of overseas duty ! and over three years in the arm ed forces, has been released from army duty. While in service he received the Good Conduct Medal and was in the following cam paigns: Naples-Foggia, Rome Arno, Northern Appennines ant' the Po Valley. He served as a radio repairman in the signal corps. T-5 William R. Halmes T-5 William R. Halmes, ,on of! Mr. and Mrs. John Halmes of j Plattsmouth, has received his dis charge from the anny after f erv- J ing for over three years as a radio j repairman in the signal corps. He j entered service in August 1942 and was overseas for two years and fnx months seeing action in the following campaigns: Naples Foggia , Rome-Arno, Northern Appennines and Po Valley. He was awarded the Bronze Service Arrowhead and the Good Conduct Medal. Receives Army Discbarge Pfc. George Buchholz of the 7th Field Artillery Battalion has received his honorable discharge from the army after being in ser vice for three and a half years. Pfc. Buchholz was overseas for three years and saw action in Algeria-French Morrocco, Tunisia, CASS THEATRE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. Two Shows every night. Matinee every Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. Last Time Tonight Thurs., Oct. 13 Wiliam Powell ami Myrna Ley in "THE THIN MAN GOES HOME" Together again in their mot exciting hit. FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Oct. 19, 20 Double Feature Hoy liters in "THE MAN FROM OKLAHOMA" Mis latest and srreatot hit! anil Jane Kiaer and Jimmy Lloyd iu "TEN CENTS A DANCE" A met ry gor-ruund of thrills and excite ment! Also "Purple Monster Strikes'' serial. Mat. Sat. Night shows 7:00 and J :30. SUNDAY AND MONDAY, Oct. 21, 22 Greer Carson and Walter I'idgeou in "MRS. PARKINGT0N" Chosen by the War Department as one of the best pictures of the year! Mat. Sunu Night shows 7:00 and J.i5. A sturdy little hi-top shoe with scuf f-proof tip, leather sole and rubber heel. Sizes 85 to 3. Shoe Repair Eagles To Hold Dance The Eagles are holding a dance at their hall on Friday October 20. All Eagles and their families are invited to attend. , Union Visitor D. Ray Frans, lumber dealer from Uijion, was in town Thurs day visiting friends and trans acting business. Kenneth Todd Discharged Having enlisted in August 11)42, Kenneth E. Tqdd, has completed over three years service in the Navy when he receivd his honor abl discarge in October. He re ceived his release in St. Louis, Mo. Kenneth was a radar 2-c U-G US NR while in the service. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Todd of Murray. Home Demonstration Club Mrs. George Topliff was hostess Wednesday at a meeting of the Home Demonstration clubs of this district. Miss Schafer present ed the lesson and a luncheon was served. Surprise Farewell Party Mrs. E. S. Trively entertained at a surprise farewell party Wed nesday evening, which honored her daughter, Virginia, who is leaving Sunday for Kansas City to take training in preparation for becoming a hostess or reserva tionist with the Air Lines. Games were played at the party and prizes were awarded to Mildred Walden, Josephine Campbell and Katherine Meisinger. Miss Trive ly received many gifts from her friends and then refreshments were served bv Mrs. Trively as sisted by Mrs." Zella Traudt. Pfc. Raymond Rhoden After serving for two and a half years as a rifleman in the H5th Infantry, Pfc. Raymond Rhoden has received his honor able discharge from the army. He entered service in February 1943 and was overseas in the South Tacific for two years, three mon ths. While on foreign duty, Pfc. Rhoden was wounded twice, on Okinawa and Siapan. He has re ceived the Purple Heart with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster and the Good Conduct Medal. He is the son of Mrs. Gailen Rhoden. 2 - NUMBER - 2 (Continued from Page 1) B. H. Green, Federal power commission. Nebraska Active planning or construction projects: Mirage Flats, irrigation; Missouri river, Sioux City to Kensler's Bend, lo cal protection; Missouri River na vigation channel, Sioux City to Mouth; Platte River near Schuy ler, local protection; Omaha, lo cal flood protection; Missouri ri ver levees, flood control; Frenchman-Cambridge, irrigation; Har lan county .reservoir, multiple purpose; rfo.stwick, irrigation. Current studies: Basins of White and Bad river. Elkhorn river, South Platte river, lower Platte. North Republican unit, Kansas Ri ver, Big Blue River, Salt Creek, Nemaha and Little Nemaha rivers, and Missouri river. 3 - NUMBER - 3 (Continued from Tage 1) Electric lights, telephones and the city's water system still were operating at :! a. m., but it was be lieved they, too, might fail later today. The newspaper Critiea was be sieged by INron adherents with ri fles and .45 caliber revolvers af ter tlie demonstration at Plaza Mayo, the Argentina "White House." A member of the staff of Cri tiea telephoned the United Press from the inside of the beleaguered building and said police, also con trolled by Peron were nowhere to be seen despite wild wails on the newspaper's siren and sporadic shooting. Farrt-U's office announced over radio Del Estado that the presi dent would confer today with au thorities at Camp Mayo, the army's largest garrison. A group of youn ger officers at Camp Mayo, just outside Buenos Aires, were among instigators of last week's coup ag- LOSE WEIGHT SAFELY WITHOUT EXERCISE Take off weight each week. Eat plenty. No J drugs. No tives. .w ff Imt wear vourself out with tiresome exercises. Don't give 1 . -.11 1, t 1 . i u .in y y m like. Eat plenty not too much. In dinicallcsts under the direction cf tr.ediral doctors More than 100 prrsnns loit It 19 1A lb';, meruit in a few weeks' time with the AVIS Vitamin Candy Reducing Plan. Try Hie AYDS way youiiUL 30 day kupply. ?2 2 J. I'hone - CASS DRUG Phone 46 Thursday, October 18 Chamber of Commerce lunch eon, Plattsmouth Hotel, noon. Womans Christian Missionary Society of the 1st Christian church, home of Mrs. C. J. White, 2:30 p. m. Friday, October 19 "Live Wire Unit," Farm Bur eau, home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Born, 8 p. m. American Legion Auxiliary, 40 and 8 club, 8 o'clock. Chapter F, PEO, meet with Mrs. Nellie Spanjler and Mrs. Dick Spangler, 2:45 p. m. October 21, Sunday Annual Harvest Home Dinner Lewiston Community Center, ser ving begins at neon. Wednesday October 24 Ladies Aid of the 1st Christian church social meeting, church basement 2:30 p. m. If your club or organization is having a meeting or party you would like included in the Calen dar, please call the Journal at 6 or 45. We'll be glad to have it. a i list IVron. Tlif- st;ition :ilso said that Far- roll would announce the new Ar- gentine cabinet later today. Authoritative sources said the cabinet would include four hold overs from the previous Peron controlled government. llorten sio Quijano as interior minsiter, Juan Cooke as foreign minister, Antonio Banitez as justice and public instruction minister, and Armando Antille as finance min ister. Other members were expected to be Gen. Juan Pistarini, public works minister; Admiral Alberto Teisaire. navy minister; Gen. Ho mberto Hosamolina, war minister, and Col. Amaro Avalos, agricul ture minister. 4 - NUMBER - 4 (Continued from Page 1) ! before crossing railroad tracks. : We also are appealing to employ ! ers to discourage their employes ; from usinsr 'short cuts through railroad vards or alon? tracks en route to and from work." Tvnical of the needless acci - dents that are taking a precious toll of human life and limb Frey cited the following examples: An 84-year-old man picking up ' coal along the tracks was struck i by a car being shunted by a switch ' . i ; 1 engine, lie was severely injureu. Another octeganjrian was us ing the main line for a footpath, failed to hear an approachig train, and was killed. Two elderly men were walking across a railroad trestle "to save time." One was killed, the other miraculously escaped with minor injuries. A boy, 11, attempted to ''flip" a ride on a moving freight train. ! He will walk on artificial limbs j the rest of his life, j Three boys, 10 to 11, on their j way to a fishing stream decided to clamber atop a box car. The car j was jolted and all three were i thrown to the ground. They were unable to go fishing the balance of the season. Two women anxious to save a moment attempted to climb under a standing freight train. The train started unexpectedly. The time they sought to save cost one's life. "Railroad property is not a public thorofare," Frey cautioned. "On the contrary, it is an extreme ly dangerous place for all except Von's Pink Tablets $3.50 Dyno 15c Kleenex r-s 75c BENGUE r. $1.25 ABSORBINE, JR. $2.50 ABSORBINE SAKAKA 49C 98c and $1.96 Quink Ink 15c Skrip Ink .. 15c and 25c Tek Brushes 29c Squibb Angle Brush 47c Pepsodent Tooth - Brush 47c SCHREINER PHARMACY (Your Nyal Druggist ) Phone 121 1 ... ! . -i k. i.,i.,i.. Tg mtm - J ALLEY OOP Ey V. T. Hamlli Galley oop." f ( fTPf hn mv gosh- oco-a' that'5 NOw ' b-t ) FOB HEAVEN'S VEH, 1 l,A fiSgj. THE GUV WE'VE BEEN COME ON, LET'S SAKE YOU'VE--, HEH.HEHH Xv 7k O i TALKIN& ABOUT, CMLY I GET AWAY F COM (fc0GE3) v ' ' 4 14 Servicemen Are Released from Duty Fourteen more discharges from the armed services were reported " ft-6uiy m me ass tuumy se i Tt'.,.a;. s . -i . . . lective service ottice. Those dis- charged were: Army Harry L. Bates, Lincoln. Donald W. Davis, Alvo. Joseph Wood, Plattsmouth. Leslie H. Nolte, Plattsmouth. Dana Baird, Plattsmouth. Gavin Farmer, Plattsmouth. Arthur W. Laughlin, Ashland. Richard T. Royer, Plattsmouth. Raymond San, Murray. Walter Fornoff, Plattsmouth. David Alfrey, Louisville. Navy Lynn Walsh, Los Angeles, Calif. Hubert Meyer, Nehawka. V. S. Marine Corps Dorothy Ruffner, Plattsmouth. 5 - NUMBER - 5 (Continued from Page 1) raska and the entire midwest as well. It is a pleasure, at long last, to be able to get Rev. Rundin the recognition he so richly deserves j He has done a superlative job and fhas been an inspiration to those of us in the District Office as well as to everyone with whom he ha? come in contact. For this fine work we are deeply grateful and express our sincere thanks for a job well done. experienced railroad employes, and even they are constantly in doctrinated with the principles of 'Safety First.' ''The railroads have spent mil lions of dollars for grade separa tions, crossing gates and bells, and other devices to protect the pub lic. Yet all the purpose of this ex pense is defeated when people risk their lives by cutting across tracks and through yards to save a mom ent. No moment is worth the risk." 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He said there; had been no very recent exchange j between himself and the British i Prime Minister on the subject, i j Ruse Garage j The Claude Ruse garage was ' BEER $2.50 per case and for a quick lunch try Hotel Plattsmouth Bar 1 . . , , nrilROUCHOLT NEBRASKA yon have ccn tli'cs largp Iransformers each bearing an ominous WARING" ign. Like many others, you may woti Hrr jut vhat part this technical equipment plays in jour electric service. If you can imagine 633,740 ilsl horses, you v ill have some idea of the "untamed' electrical horsepower our Consumers Public Po,er District makes available through these transformers by utiliz ing the combined power facilities and water resources ' of .Nebraska. These transformers "harness' this electrical power lo icorfe.for you. Just as wild horses are "broken to w6rk, these mysterious mechanisms tame and reg ulate the vast supply of electric power made available through Your Consumer state-wide, interconnected network of transmission lines. You and thousands of other Nebraska rn are thus assured an abundance of contlanlly reliable elec tricity at lowest possible rol for the convenience and prosperity of Nebraska homes, farms and industries. broken into Wednesday night but I the thief left empty handed. The j dial was knocked off of the sale j and a padlock on the filing cabin We have on hand a good supply of SEMI-SOLID BUTTERMILK FATTENER -- PIG EMULSION E-EMULSIOH for HENS ALSO HAVE PLENTY OF PILOT BRAND OYSTER SHELLS PLATTSMOUTH CREAMERY THE HOME OF CASC0 BUTTER ! - et was broken. However, the safe was not entered and nothing was taken. You Should Know These Facts ' Yoa and every other JNe 5 ' braskan are the owners the exclusive owners of Consum ' ' ers Public Power District. Here's the way of it: ' This state-wide, non-profit organization is YOURS. By lai ' Consumers is publicly owned. You and other Nebraskans actually control YOL'R ton : diimers. You elect the directors who manage all of the activities : . of the state-wide system. This is your assurance of maximum benefits and the best in service. You and other clcctrie nsers receive the benefits in the form of lower rales and the most ef ficient service possible. .. i i