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f VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1945 NO. 79 Harold Elliott Appointed Chairman For Cass County Victory Loan Drive Harold E. Elliott, Weening Wa-' tor, representative for the fed eral farm loan agency in Nebras ka, has been appointed Cass Coun ty chairman of the Victory Loan Drive October 2i to December 8. Elliott was selected a chairman for the drive by members of the war finance committee of Ca-s county. Oasis county has been assigned a quota of SlaS.OOO dollars for the- drive. This it the .last of the spec ial War Loan drives and it will be the last time Nebraikans will be r sked to buy "extra'' bonds to the ' limit of their ability," according to Dale Clark, war finance chahmen for Nebraska, ('lark said that throiuh sev.'n successive War Loan drives the people of Nebraska furnished the money through their War Bond purchases to prosecute the war. and he added, that he believe. I hey will buy just as willingly dur ing the Victoiy Loan Drive extra bonds that will assure peace. "The shooting nart of the wan is over.' said Nebraska's state; chairman, "but now we are called! on to supply tne money to bring our hoys home and to provide for them the cave and rehabilitation 1 hoy deserve. Ihousamls ol men will need hospitalization for a long time to come," he said. j nntiocr reason neorasnans will be asked to buy Victory bonds will be to help cssure a stable prosperous post-war eco nomy for Ameriiii, the drive leader stated. He said that during the past four years through a program of wide-spread bond buying the foundation for such an economy was laid, but asserted that, the ercised in the critical period Jy-"'1 J District Judge Upheld by State Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Nebras ka Friday affirmed the case of Ray Anderson vs. The Nebraska Defense Corporation heard be fore District Judge Thomas E. Dunbar and a Douglas county jury at Omaha last December. The jury found in favor of the defendant bomb loading plant at Mead. Anderson in his suit hroujht under the Federal Fair' Labor Practice Act, claimed wage by the hour while the defendant claimed he was a supervisor on a flat salary and also that he had made a full settlement with it before the suit. Anderson in hi? , appeal complained structions given by on introduction of ot certain m the trial judge the settlement in evidence. The supreme court upheld the verdict and the instructions giv en the jury by Jud.je Dunbar who was sitting in Douglas county for Judge Henry J. Beal who was ab sent from Omaha at the time. The case was unique in that it was the second case of its kind ever tried to a jury under the fed eral act in a state court. Judge Dunbar will be in Platts mouth for hi next uimiiu luuu ... ...... t I session on Thursday, October 25. j and again n November 1. Fellowship Class Meets Friday Night The Adult Fellowship class of the Methodist church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Can Friday evening. There wen; 27 members present at the meeting. The business nart of the meet ing was presided over by the pres ident of the class, Pete Campbell. An election of officers was held with the following persons elect ed: President, Sam Hatcher; vice president. Mrs. Charles Greene: secretary. Mrs. Earl Carr; treasur er, Mrs. Merle Rainev; teacher Rev. T. Porter Bennett. After t ho business was trans- p.ctctl group singing was joined m bv all. Refreshments were served , ... " .jwiie anu iour uaugiuers oi I. Re re,hments wove sedjl.a,ka City; art aunt, Mrs. Ola i hostess. 1 he meeting closed; ,onevax apd smaU &u a nrayer by Rev Bennett. , Xebra.;ka city. an aunt Ml,s. icxt meeting is scheduled to, t.,., ....... bv the with The next meeting is scheduled to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hatcher. Call Me "Mister" Ten men reported their chaiges to the Cass county dis-sel- ective service office Friday. From the army: Louis Herring ton, Earnest Weiss an'l Dean McFarland, all of Plattsmouth Charles Brown and Francis Cook, both of Union; Ray Hall, Exter; Merle- S. Group, Louis ville; and James P. Nichols and Glenn W. Jones, both of Nehawka. From the navy: Wallace Nel son, Murray. ' -; . ahead to avoid inflation on the one hand, deflation on the other. A special $200 Roosevelt Mem orial Bond wi'l go on sale for the first time during the Victory Loan Drive, Leon J. Markham, execu tive manager of the Nebraska War Finance Oommiti.ee, announced. 300 Expected at American Legion Convention Thurs, ' So me three hundred members! i of the American Legion are ex-! : pi'dtd to be in Plattsmouth Thun-j i day, October 25. to attend the j j 12th district of the American j Legion and Legion Auxiliary. j ; The 12th district is made up of; Legion posts -in Lancaster, Sew- j : ard. Otoe and Cass counties. ThiJ ,h'?iwill be the first district convtn-j th,'jtion for about 100 World War II, ; vets who have joined the Legion in Plattsmouth. j Main discussion at the conven tion will be centered on serviee i men's benefits and the G. I. Bill .of Rights. Nearly all of the talks will be devoted to what the A- merican Lerion ment aro Join )nen- and for the the govern-service- The Lcgionaires will put in a busy day starting with registra tion at the Eagles Hall at 10 a. m. and ending with a convention dance at the 40 anil 8 club rooms. The Ameiican Legion program will be as follows: Registration, 10 a. m. Eagles Hall; call to order. 1:15 p. m., Oliver Schriber. district comman- ( dtr; advancement of colors, vet erans of World War II; invoca- tion. Kntlier MeFadden. district j chaplain; readin? of convention 1 call, roll call of posts, greetings by Clyde Rosborough, Plattsmouth ! commander, R. B. Hayes, mayor response, Eugene A. Nutzman, past department commander; ap pointment of convention commit tees; "There's Work Ahead", A. C. Smith, department commander' gi-etinss from the American Leg- ion Auxiliary, Mrs. Evelyn Mitch ell, department president, and Mrs. Vesta Thomas, district presi dent; "The Challenge to Service," Ivan D. Marsh, department service i officer; "What the Veterans Ad ministration is Doing,' by a re preventative of the veterans ad ministration; "The Outlook for iJobs. veterans employment re- presentative for U. S. employment service Ends," Picking up the Loose J R. C. Patterson, depart-) ment adjutant; discussion of dis trict problems, report of conven tion committees, new business am announcements, retirement of col- ois, anu adjournment. In the evening there will be a cafeteria lunch served in the 4(1 and S I'lub rooms followed bv a floor show and dance with Char-f ley Kucera's orchestra. The program for the Legion Auxiliary will be as follows: Reg istration, 9:30 a. m.; prelude, Mrs. Verna Goos; call to order Mrs. Vesta Thomas, district president; j Nebraska Lity; advancement oi colors, Mrs. Robert Fitch, Mrs. Murle Jones, both of Plattsmouth. Mrs. Marion Alder. Mrs. Grace inornton. notn ot AeDraska t ity : .-. , n,eidenr.' miw. Mrs. Wm Kirr-t ley, Nebraska City: salute and) i pledge to the tlag, .Mrs. Jean I Webb, Louisville; Star Spangled i Banner, led by Mrs. Judith Cul le; invocatio n, Mrs. Minnie (Turn to Page 4, Number 1) Reeves Family Has Reunion Here Sunday ' Friends and relatives gathered ! at the Reeves home on 2nd Avenue Sunday to honor Lester Reeve-, ! son of Mrs. W. O. Reeves, at a , family reunion. Lester recently j I returned from the European thea-1 ' ter of War and ha.- since then re- i i iceived his discharge from the j iarmy. A dinner was served dur- j. ing the day. i Those present to hor?; Le.-'tei I were: an uncle, Charley Reeves, j wife and four daughters ot .Neb-, Ola Mur- i so of Olof : Jardett and hu.-band of Omaha; uncle, Momoe Mead of Weeping Water, Nebr. ; his sister, Mrs. Merle Courtney and husband of Plattsmouth; Lester, his mother and his si.-ter, Marjorie. ROBERT A. Robert A. Gall, GALL 20, hospital apprentice, first class, USNR, 329 Main St., Plattsmouth, Neb., ser ved on the attack transport, USS General S. I). Sturgis, when it landed occupational troops at Y'okohama, part of the first unit o fforces to reach Japan. The Sturgis formerly served in the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Caribbean. Robert Wheeler To Take Medical Course Pvt. Robert- J. Wheeler. S02 South 9th St.. Plattsmouth. has. STeuiL at Brooke Hospital Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; to undergo tiaining as an Army medical-sur- gical' technician. The 8-week course, followed bv 1 a month of on-the-job tiaining at : preme court, has accepted the, Political observers said the Wos an Army hospital, qualifies en- ("airman ship of the national la- j tern Allies argued that the Soviets listcd medical personnel to attend i war casualties and other bedrid den and convalescent patients and futher assi-t the medical officer. Anatomy and phsiology, emer gency medical treatment, materia mcdica, hygiene anil prevention of disease, nursing and operating room procedure and ward manage ment are included in the curricu lum. Approve Site for New Holy Rosary Church Sunday The Mo.-t Rev. Loui B. Kucera, Catholic' Bishop of Lincoln, and the members of the Holy Rosary church voted their approval Sun day for the site for the new Holy Rosary church. The site selected is at Fourteenth and Main streets. The land, consisting of three lots, was purchased from John Juranek. The property consists of lots one, two and three in block 35 of the Young and Hays addi tion in Plattsmouth. In addition to the votes cast Sunday in favor of the purchase, $500 was collected for the build ing fund. At present, the building fund, including cash, bonds and pledges amounts to $17,000. Another $10,000 mil-: be collected, Father Tuchek said, before construction is started. The campaign to raise $50,000 for the new church started on August 1-1 and will continue until December S. Futher Tuchek said it is hoped that sufficient money will have been raised by then to start construction. "When the new church is com pleted," Father Tuchek explained, t he .present church will be con verted into a youth center. We know of no better way to show our gratitude for the return of Plattsmouth service men.'' The proposed structure was de signed by Leo A. Daly, Omaha architect, and is of early Ameri style. can or Spanish missionary Cadet Soennichsen MOnored at dCnOOl rn",,! it rr s.miich grandt-on of II. M. Soennischen ol 718 Avenue. E, was one of the twenty-eight cadets of Kempe: Military school who were honor ed ".on October. 22 in ceremonies redesignating them as members oi the General Honor Society. Cadels 'eligible for member.shi in (his society are required to be outstanding in general activities at 'the .school.. By May 25, 1946 fifteen percent of the corps of 74 cadets may become eligible lot selection according to a statement by Major E. W. Tucker, sponsor of the General Honor Soc iety. Cadet Soennichsen was recent ly appointed to the grade of Cadet T..,.hn;...,i Sargeant. McKissick Home Sold R. A. McKissick's home in Oak mont has been purchased by John Brookhouser. The sale was arrang ed by the T. II. Pollock real es tate agency. The McKissicks plan to move to Beatrice, Nebiasko. early in November. w Ixm mmosi u vm m 1 1 Sr & , New Unrest in South America Military junt in Venezula overthrows Pres. Medina . fo again throw the South American political situation Walter P StarV I J i . w mm a A Hlari I all At - v w , Management Talk I WASHINGTON, (U.R) Presi- - uent Iniman Monday announced ; Ilhat chief justice Walter P. Stacy "1 the North Carolina Stale su- bor-management conferone eduled to open here Nov. .' Meanwhile, the president poned the announcement, sch-jhad post-1 prev - nuisly expected Monday, on ad m i n ist rat ion's waj, '-( rice icy. Mr. Truman met with his tne pol- cab- met on 1- nday to di.-'.Tiss machin- erv for handling mounting wage-i price problems which threaten to. hamper reconversion of industry to peacetime production. Eben Ay res. a white house sec-! retary, said he did not know whenj the announcement would be read-' The matter is still bciiif; con-: side-red, Ayres said, adding thai ! he did not know what questions: were delaying issuance of thci statement. Ayrea said Mr. Truman would j see many of the persons who i will participate in the labor- j management conference at the , white house during the next two weeks. He added, however, j that a list of the particulars and the agerda were not ready for publication although the invita- j tions hve pone out. Judge Stacy, who was on the; North Carolina supreme since 1925, has served frequently! as mediator in labor dispute. since the administration of the laie president laion v,uunusc. wt lle served subsequently as an assoc iate member' of the national war labor board and the national rail wav labor panel. Mr. Truman wage-price policy may come latei this week. The statement was awaited with j ' . . equal anxiety bv labor ami indus-j Kepaiations- it was believed, trv. Labor sought assurances thatlw,n mak; av.est cut into thus the government would back it-! ou M.lKh, 'av-v dusti-y also demands for higher wages to com-1 ma-v,e Ut ?0r mo;'emelnt i...... r two. . I o the Asiat.c continent tor the PVII.'UH 1UI V'l 4AII.S.S1 time. Imlustrv wanted guarantees ! of n,i,, inciM, to absorb anv! - i. ....... 1 One of Mr. Truman's most. Dressing iobs is to. designate method or agency of resolving labor-industry diferences without strikes or inflation during the critical reconversion period. The war labor board, which performed this tak during the war, has (Turn to Page 1, Number 2) Baby Holding Own Against Menigitis MUNCIK, Ind.. Oct. 22 -U.R Baby Gayle Float or Harvey was holding her own Monday in her fight against diead tubercular meningitis as offers from would be blood donor- poured into Ball Memorial ho.-pital. Little 17-month-ohl Gayle's one slim chance for life lay in a new wonder drug,, streptomycin, on the efficacy of which science had yet to find uniformity. One re port was that it had some effect on the disease, another that it had failed. The story of the baby's illness, d a type usually fatal, stirred the nation hr-t week a her physi cian, Dr. Gerald Young, placed his. Ciiith in the new iliug. That faith was shared by Gayle's 21-year-old mother, Jean, widow of a soldier. Gayle way being given 300,000 units of streptomycin each 24 hours. The supply on hand, sear ched out laboriously because of scarcity o f the penicillin-like earth mold, was sufficient to last some three weeks. But more was believed available. U S- " Britain Protest rI air l?itnMAtA!A ID L. ivvvv .WUilUIUli; rati LONDON. Oct. 22 U.R Official! - M...i.. .v.- T "i,e l staus ana 15rRain have protested to Russia against Hum- garian - Russian economic pact that would pedmit the Soviets to buy a ban -interest industries. in key, Hungarian ; no light to conclude a treaty with an enemy national without consulting Uieiu as joint members ,,f the Allied Control Council fur Hungary. Opposition in Hungary already have charged that ratifi cation of the Treatv would mean viitua! domination of economic life by Russ Hungarian a. I he Treaty was signed lasl month and has been approved by the Hungarian cabinet. It has not been ratified by the Hungar ian parliament as yet, however, the Treaty would be in force for five years. Truman to Send Mission to Tokyo WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 U.fi A t-pecial White House Mission will leave for Tokyo during the fist week in November to begin study ing Japanese reparations, it was learned Monday. President Truman has charged it with deciding what can be tak- ,nllltjni wu'.. mi inc- Jit ittiitM' ecoooMl anu sun leave u capame ot sup- uii ine jieoiut. i ne empnasis will lie on eliminating Japan's abil- lty ever again to wage war. The order foreshadowed a move ! to br-ak up th "Zaiba3u" - the great industrial combines that ; dominate Japan's economy and in turn are dominated by the ruling cliques that led the country into . . . Jeve opment of China and Edwin W . Pauley. Mr. 1 r uman s representative to the Allied Rep- jiany, will also head the Japanese 'mission. A a special economic adviser he will have Owen Latti-1 more, far Kastern expert who favors rigid demilitarization of Japanese industry. Lattimore, former political ad i viser to Generalissimo Ching Kai 'Shek and now director to the Wal ! ter Hine? Page school of Poloti ical Relations at .Johns Hopkins University, told the United Press recently that the "Alibt-u'' must bo broken up. He said, however, that Japan cannot be d:s-industrialized. "We must avoid confusing In dus' rial demilitarization with dis industrialization," he said. "In a Japan deprived of all industry people would starve by the mill ions." CARL CHRISWISER Sgt. Carl G.. Chriswiscr, hus band of Mrs. Patricia Chriswiser, 205 S. 7th St., Plattsmouth, Neb has been honorably discharged from the separation base at Santa Ana, California by the Army Air Forces. He served in United States av a photographer. Before entering the -ervice he was em-1 ployed as a photographer by the ! Douglas Aircraft Co. TRADE BUSINESS LOCATIONS Don Arundel and John Bis-ing traded business locations Sunday. Arundel moved his credit bureau to 114 North Fifth Street and Bissing's watch repair shop is now located at 124 North Fifth. into turmoil. Map shows Venezuela in relation with South America and Closeup. )NEA Tele-photo) U U A C 1 1 1 0S I tk 1 11 If ! I H ii a a m M JI 1 H n mini urcitfis IlElllVIIISlllfl Mj MIAMI, FLA.. Oct. 22 (U.R)- Klien Americans returning by plane said Saturday th from the Venezuelan was between 2.0o) am death toll revolution r.iiMi per- sons. No Americans from the large, colony of oil company workers, businessmen and lend lease work ers have been reported among the casualties. I bey said. Clark I! row n, Allentown. l'a., businessman who arrived in Cara cas two days before the revolution started charged that it was com munist inspired. "1 know for a fact." Brown said, "i bat a Russian delegation of about 1." or 2 men arrived lasl Wednesday and the communists have taken a pretty solid hold of things.' -Mrs. Mary Francis of Oklahoma City. Okla.. wife of a V. S. govern ment employe, agreed with Brown tha Venezuelan communists were active in the revolution. Urown and Mrs. Francis were among the passengers aboard thee Fan American clipper which took off from La Guardia at 12::50 1 M. (EST i Saturday and ar rived in Miami last night. The Americans said all of Cara cas was gripped with terror and no one dared venture streets without wearin onto the j the while ; armband of the revolutionists. Mrs. Francis, a pilot herself, said slit identified the attacking planes of the rebels which came over Caracas the first day as North American ATfi's. Fairchild l5Ti:'.'s and a Curtis Commando, all American lend lease planes. She. said the pilots flipped hand grenades out of the planes at random without trying to aim. "There was little damage to th- city," Mrs. Francis said. "But al most every building had boles in it from small arms. One or (wo were, pretty well demolished by .small bombs and hand grenades thrown by the revolutionist air t force. The stores and main damage was to hotels that had been sacked." Mrs. Madge L. Davis. Saluda. S. j C wife of n IT S nrmv wrqn stationed at Maracay, was trapped I in her hotel room for a while with j grenades and small arms e.xplod-! ing around her. Mrs. Davis said "Ii was a night- mare in Maracay." "My hushand was shutting the door when a bullet tore through the panel and Imbedded itself in the wall." I had just finished lunch Thursday when I heard scattered shots In the northern part of the city near the police station. Some ( ne said 'This is if.' It was about 2::?( P. M., there has been contin ual bloodshed in Caracas since." Weaver Funeral Held Sunday in Falls City j FALLS ti l l , .sell., Oct. -- "''! ! Funeral service.-' were held yes- j terday for former Gov. Arthur J. Weaver, iz, who died Ilmrsday. Tribute was paid to Weaver ; for his public services by the Rev. ! David Cunningham, pastor of the; Presby tei ian church. His text wa j "See.-t thou a man diligent in his; business. He shall stand before ' kings." verbs. State sei vices Dwight State from the Book of Pro- officials attending the included Gov, and Mrs. J Griswold , Secretary of Frank Maish, Railway! I Commissioner John Knickrehn, ! ! Railway Commi-.'ion Secretary i Joe Brown, State Purchasing' ; Agent and Mrs. Blaine Yoder, and ; State Auditor Ray Johnson. Rep ' resenting the Missouri Pacific Railroad were Sunt. W. W. Wick er and Chief Clerk Chailes E. Holland. Weaver's son, Capt. Phil Wea ver, flying here from his station in Germany, failed to arrive in time for the -ervites. Peron Present at Formal Ceremonies BUENOS AIRES, (U.R) Co'. Juan D. Peron, whose whereabjuts have been something of "a mystery since his return to power last Wednesday, appeared at the gov ernment house Monday morning ! to witness the formal induction of Argentina's vice president and four cabinet officers. Among the five sworn into off ice was General Juan Pistarini, who succeeded Pevon as vice-pros-' ident. He was expected to base his de- Tuesday; warmer Monday night Peron was given an enthusias- fense on a claim that he took ovt and in east quarter Tuesday; cooW tic round of applause vhen he German, citizenship , after going, er west half Tuesday; high Mon arrived for the ceremony. ' to Germany in 1938. day 55-fl0. lebels Pledge Jap Government Will Liquidate Family Industry TOKYO, Oct. 22 U.E' The Jap anese (iovernment announced Monday that it was taking "app ropriate measures" to liquidate the country's great family indus trial tni-ts in compliance with Ccn. Douglas MacArthurV orders. The trusts already have been banned as legal organizations, a spokesman -aid. Il declined to name the trusts al'ected. but im-i piied they lnciiultM Mitsui, Mi ,-u-bishi, Sumitomi and Yasuda. At the same time, Mai-Arthur issued a new (iii ective ordering the government to loot out the teaching of feudal militark-m from Japan's school system and .-ubsti-tute instruction in the ways of peace. Among the sweeping changes diiected by Mac-Arthur were abol ition of military drill, a purge of all anti-allied instiuctions and a jan m disci imination for any reason against any pupil or tea cher. j The Japanese cabinet's announ i cement that it was moving again- -t the Zaibatsu family indus trial trusts -- lollowed a ha-iy round of conference- among I'de ' mier Baron Kojuro Shidehara, j Finance Minister Viscount Kei.o ! Shibu.-'awa, Foreign Minister Shi 'geru Yoshida, Industry Minister j Sankuro Ogasawaia and other cab linet members. An official statement issued latter Monday's conferences ,-aid that the .1 . . . .. 1 .1 1. government nnu no un to the 'Fundamental jettions I Allied Policy" concerning liquid- ation of the Zaibatsu, nor will we entertain such an idea hi the future." MaoAithur'-' education direc- tive required the Japanese to keep h;s headouarters inormeu ol men progress in effecting demanded reforms. It made all teachers and officials personally accountable for compliance with the order in spirit as well os literally, Discuss Plans on Military Training WASHINGTON, ident Truman gots (U.R) up to Pres- n onitol l, ill Tunsdfiv to oi Psl'Tlt his ideas' ...... J w.. - . . on peacetime military uaiumjs i- a lOint session oi congress ex-- Some congressional source? pected Mr. Truman to sidestep any!11.01 lvu,lu""u",",' demand ing and for "compulsory' tram - r f.nnrenl i :it e- on imiTJOS , . als to build up the national guard, and the rose ve otticers training i-n pr; in high i.r,.- throiih schools and ccl meaiH other than compulsion. One It ;islator said public sup port of peacetime conscription was strong during the height of tiie European was but had tapered off sharply since. Peoole, he said, are peace-minded now. 1 he administration already is engaged in a campaign to stimul ate voluntary enlistments in the ltgulur army-and -navy. Congress ha.- iust passed a measure provid- mg shorter enlistment periods aim greater iinnncial atraction to vol- unteers. In n summary of the new army regulations, secrttaiy of war Ro bert P. Patterson said today that the army intends to nut "military sen-ice in- peacetime on a par with anv civilian, field for th young man who wants opportun ity or advancement, self-improve-mct and ecenomic security." Lord Haw Haw Faces Treason Charges LONDON, (U.R) Norman Baillie-' Stewart, 3G, former officer in the Seaforth Highlanders and self- styled original Lord Haw Haw, was charged formally with trca-: son in Bow Sheet police court ! Monday and bound over until November 1. Stewart, who bioadcast nazi propaganda over the German rad io during the war, lli-tened intent ly to the charge of ''adhering to the Kings enemies" but had no questions to as) . He was escort ed back to his cell. Subdue Heform CARACAS. Venezuela. U.M The la.-t opposition to V nezucla's new rev'dii! 'onary 'overmheut flickered out Monday and provis ional president Romulo Bet tap court pledged a series of denm cratic reforms. Bettancoui t said the govern ment would call a constitutional assembly in the shortest possible time and" hoped to be able to buhl national presidential elections with universal suffrage by next A mil. At the same time, be said the revolutionists would respect for eign economic interests "without discrimination" in the oil licit country. Revolutoni-1 leaders pre viously had chained that the conn try was not realiziiiL' xufficicnt :, ,,Mwl.M,m i.r.wlne- on its : lion. ! A i in ore d c;' ! the last atack ; revolutionists i-s quickly quelled in Caracas on tin late Sunday. At least one person was killed in the exchange of shots between the suc cessful rebels and a group of sup posed communists near the news paper El Universal. The cipital wa quiet today, but armored cars and tanks still pa trolled streets on guard again-t any renewed outbreaks of vio lence. Tioops searched pede trains automobiles and homes for hidden arms. Mo?t shops were oped Outside Caracas, opposition to the revolutionary government col lansed suddenly with a switch of western militarists from ousted president Isaias Medina to Ihe militaiy Junta. Gen. David Lopez Hcnriquex. commander of the Los Andos arid Tachira military districts, joined the revolutionists and agreed to participate in the governing1 Jun- ! ta. Gen. Angel Prato, military chief of the western oil none of Maracaibo, nlsd;ed his support in a radio address. All Venezuelan radio stations now were supporting the revolu lu.Cion. Bettancourt confirmed at a press conference that Medina and members of hin cabinet would be tried for alleged misuse of gov ernment funds. All but two mem bers of the cabinet have been ar rested by revolutionists. The two still at forge took refuge in for- i eign embassies. I Radio Tachira said Medina and j his predecessor, former president ! Klezar Lopez Contreras would j have to "explain the fortunes they , amassed during their administra ! tions." j Bettancoui t said his piovisional government nlso would: - , w I 1. RestoiJ ample civil libertUjS ! after the present tension hau cntt- Permit ali parties prosum- lablv including- communists who opposed the revolution to fuuc- j. - i. ...... 't.,AHitnniinnn ;' . ,, J. l'erir.il an uewsimpejr., ib .. KJJU, of party affiliation, to although for the present thev mu;l print nothing con- trary to the revolution. I. Ask a constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution providing for free election of .; new congress and president. Swedes Would Join United Nations Clan STOCKHOLM, U.P.i The Swed ish government announced Mon day that it expected to bid for membership in the United State ; oigamzation next year. Premier Per Olbin Hansson and foreign minister Oesten B. Under revealed Sweden's recis'on in i statements before the two chambers- of parliament i "We are willing to join a com mon security organization, and in , case of future conflict to rt-lin-i quish our neutrality to the extent demanded by the statute ol' the organization," the government 1 -tatement said. . The question of entering the United States organisation will ' be taken up formally by the gov ' eminent next year. No undue jelav was contemplated, it iu j explained, since the organization was not expected to be const't itutedformally before Dec. 1 at .the earlie-ft. WEATHER Nebraska Forecast: Fair east partly cloudy westr somewhat warmer Monday: partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday; scat teied showers west Monday night and in north nd west portion Tue-sday; warmer Monday nlt;ht and in north and west portion