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-XL f r VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2r 1945 NO. 97 mm i i t . i jv r u j t a 11 ei ii ii ii- iii ft Students Launch ! Own Bond Selling CampaignMonday Plait -mouth high .hoo stu !- tuts launched their campaign id sell Victory P.onds here Monday. Kvory high school student will act as salesman to hcln nut Platts mouth over the top in the Victory Loan drive. 'I he students plan to canvass the entire town during the twelve days lioni November 12 through the li.'Ird. A lond booth will he set tii in ihe front hall of the hifrh chod building where the student. -themselves may purchase bonds. The drive is to he carried on a. a copte-t between clases in tlu school. The cla-s which sell- the fe west bonds must give a Christ mas party for the entire chool. The school's patriotic commit tee made The ai rangemonts foi the bond sellinr contest. Those ) the committee are: Alberta Hut h chairman, Janet Tiekotter, Ja.-k Nelxm and Patricia Kocian. In urder to get credit for theii boi:d sale- the students must pres ent the cash or a check at the school. Credit will not be given if they have only a receipt. l)i. n Arundel, city chairman foi the drive in I'lattsmouth said, "We are very tilad to have the students help u.- in reaching our bond quo ta. They have done a Milendid job in the past and we know they will sell a substantia1 portion of the bonds this time. We hope the en- tire town will back the students in their campaign. Hut wherevei the bonds are purchased, we can't emphasize too greatly the necessity for buying them as soon ;i po.-sible." Chappell Funeral Services Monday Fuii' ia 1 services were held Mon Jay afternoon for David Chappell. wlio was killed Inst Thursday afternoon when he was struck by :.n automobile. Lev. T. Porter H. nn. tt. pastor of the First Meth odist church was in charge. Ken neth (ioldeti of Omaha sang two rc-piested numbers. "Little Hoy lilne" and precious Jewels" with Miss Mildred Hall as accompanist. Casket b' arers included Junior 1'.. I ha; (is. Douglas Duedcke of Omaha, and two brothers of Mrs. ChappcM. Shelby Edwards of Ne h.iuka and Cecil Edwards of Oma ha The Saltier Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. David Alton Chappell. the son ol James A. and Inez liariey Chap In II. was born May ii". 1 !!'. and !ied November V He is sutvived by his parents. I wo sisters. Caro line and l.eona. and one brother, .limmy. His father has been in the army for several years and is now located on Saipan. All Schools Here Plan Open House l'latsmouth high, Columbian Central and Wintersteen school? will have special "Open House" progi am YVednesdav and Thurs of Nation;.' dav in observation Education Week. Mai -Jj!; et I verson, Columbian school. : princinal o! t.:;I that a been arrang visitation period ha ed foi Wedne-day afternoon from, 2 :'! to 4. At that time the parents v ill ".-it-in" on the classes ant' see their children at woik. The tegular work schedule will be car ried exactly a- usual so the par , cuts will have a chance to visi with the teacher. Central School A similar program has been planned for Central school accord ing to Amelia Martens, principal 'I he parents will hear the regulai classroom recitations jind also wil' be taken on a tour of the building. The morning and afternoon kind ergarten classes will piesent spec ial niogiams, one at 10 a. m. and the other at 2 p. m. Exhibits of work done by the children that was entered in the county fait will be up in the rooms. Mrs. Lucille Rosencrans, prin cipal at Winteisteen has written an Indian play which will be pres ented by the children at S p. m. Thutsday. Mr-. Donald Hughes music supervisor, will assist wit) wth the pby. Before the play be gns the parents may see display? (Turn to Tage 1, Number 7) LocaI Banke" Go To Convention Monday : All members of the Plattsmouth State Hank attended the 4Sth an nual Nebraska Hankers Associa tion convention Monday Ht the Hotel Kontenelle in Omaha. The convention opened Sunday. November 11. with more than !'" persons registered. Speakers for Monday included Robert C. Mahan. John Hancock. Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Rou eric I'.. Crane. Department of Eco nomics chairman. I'niversity of Omaha: Dean John !. Clark. Col lege of P.usiness. I'niversity of Nebraska: Chester K. Davis, vice president of the Chicago Title and Trust Co.. and chairman of the American Hankers Association committee: and D. J. Needham. general counsel. American Hank ers Association. Washington. Counties Asked To Speed Up on Victory Bonds With three Nebraska counties. Kimball. Huffalo and Lancaster, over-subscribed on their Victory Loan goals within the first two weeks of the state's drive. Dale Clark. State War Finance Chair man, called on other Nebraska counties to "speed up" to get ino the Victory Bond parade toward goals. In Cass county. Chairman Har old Elliott said that Victory Bond suj sales, reported by the Federal He- serve Hank, now total $(;2.1Si' and that all indications show that Cass county residents are jubilantly climbing aboard the parade band wagon. The Nebraska War Finance off ice slated that from rural areas especially come reports that are pat Ocularly impressive and en eouraging that the "job is being done." Mr. Clark termed early response to t he Bond drive as clear and decisive indication that show ed both desire and determination to finish the job. "This is most heartening, for it indicates that our volunteer sales force is working hard and that the public is responding." the State Chairman said. Among towns and communities that have already over-subscibed quotas, the state War Finance of fice listed Lyman, as first in the state to reach goals.. Shelton. Mel beta. Monroe. Henry. Columbus.. Bellwood. Belgrade. Falls City. Humboldt and Lincoln are other towns unofficially over goals. Seek to Start War Fund Drive Walter F. Roberts, executive ced the names of the twelve cham director of the United War Fund pions. All will represent Nebras of Nebraska, has written a letter to sixteen Plattsmouth citizens concerning a United War Fund Drive for Plattsmouth. There will be a meeting of this committee in the county court room in the courthouse at .'! p. m. Tuesday, November 13. Walter Roberts will attend the meeting as well as Elmer Hall stiom, Avoca, county war fund treasurer and Joe Zastera, Louis ville, county chairman. The United War Fund cam paign originally began on Octo ber 1. A goal of 8,760 was set for Cass county with $3,000 to $4,000 set as Plattsmouth's goal. Those invited to the meeting Tuesday are: Carl J. Schneider, E. II. Bernhardt, Paul Fanquet, Clyde Rosborough, Father Ed ward C. Tuchek, Howard Davis, E. H ward Wescott, Milo Price, Ed- Egenherger, Miss Minnie fiuthman, Mrs. Emma" Egenber- trer. Rev. J. V. Taenzler. Robert Stauffer, Walter Smith ,Don Arundel and J. J. Cloidt. Eisenhower Flies Home With 7 GFs FRANKFl'RT. (U.R General Dwight D. Eisenhower was enroute to Boston by plane Monday ace - ompanied by T surprised and plea sed high-point C. I.'s. The 7 were sweating out rede ployment at the Marburg reinfor cement depot Sunday when they were notified that they had been selected to fly home because Eisen hower's plane had a few- extra seats. The men were chosen because of tbeir high poiuts and for "soldiery bearing during military service." If Anything Goes Wrong, Blame It j On the Atoms-It's All Their Fault liy Frederick C. Oihuian WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 U.R) pas which appeared on the sur The scientists are about to fly ace 0f the ground under the New into the stratosphere to study cos- Mexico blast. Miss O. has been mic rays, which come from ex ploding stars, which seem to be cveisized atomic bombs. I wish they'd also investigate the Oth rnan scalp; ever since the Alama goido blast, my hair's been fall ing out. That's only the beginning of things which I want President Truman, Prime Minister Clement Attlee. and the scientists to note. As a Tennessee farmer put it, blaming the Oak Ridge atomic bomb factory- for the failure of Ids corn crop, there's spook stuff coining out of the chimneys. i Cow Turn Gray C. M. Harvey, a New Mexico rancher, whose cows had their wits scared out of 'em when the first bomb went bang, says now they're Retting gray hair in stri pes one foot wide down their backs. If my hair were only turn ing gray, gentlemen, I wouldn't m'r.d. but its disappearing. My li.'ing room lights have been act ing funny, too. Turn 'em on and they flicker. Then they go out. Atoms on the loose, I bet. Then there is the case of Merle Oberon, to whom an admirer pre- sented a brooch made of the green 1945 Nebraska 4-H Champions Are Announced The 1P45 Nebraska 4-H project champions have been named and thev come from all parts of the state. They are: Ruth Pollard, Cass County, Can ing Arthur P.akenhaus. Jr., Platte County, Baby Beef Helen Och sner, Madiscon Coun ty, Clothing Duane Sellin. Madison County Rural Eletrification Marion Kliewcr, York County Poultry Marcia Adams, Dawson County Ilomemaking Verlin Livingston, Cheyenne County, Tractor Madeline Russell. Nance Coun ty. Cooking Mauiine Stever, Fillmore Coun ty. Girls Record Elaine Eichner. Sarin- Conntv Swine Allen Trout, Scotts Bluff Coun ty. Field Crops Don Duey, Thayer County Horse and Mule L. I. Frisbie, state 4-H leadet at the University of Nebraska i College of Agriculture, annouu-. ka 4-H clubers at the Nation. Club Congress in Chicago in earh December. Each of the chain pions has an outstanding 4-H record. Allen Trout of Scotts Bluff County spec ializes in potatoes. Verlin Living ston Cheyenne County knows his tractors but participates in all kinds of 4-11 activities. Madeline Russel of Nance (Turn to Page 4, Number Co- Missionaries to Speak Wednesday Three di esses missionaries will give ad concerning their work at the Presbyterian church church Wednes- day evening at :?0. The mission cries are Dr. Albert Good, from Africa; Mrs. C. C,. Fuson. from China; and Rev. Lynn Browning. form Iran. Dr. Albert is one of the most noted Presbyterian missionaries. He served for thirty vears where he was instrumental in the station at Elat growing tj its piesent size of 20,000. He is head of the. new language school; has trans- 5atet' tlle Testament into Bu- 1 lu: nas edited three hymn book ' and written a grammar in that . language. He has collected thou ands of butterflies and insects and has the largest collection from West Africa in the western hem-; isphere. There will be a covered dish supper at the church at 6 p. m. Wednesday and the talks will be made afterward. j Rev. H. G- McClusky said Mon- j day that the public is welcome to j i attend the talks. warned not to wear the pin too long, on penalty of raising a blis ter on her chest. Radioactive Jewelry Dr. Edward LT. Condon,, the atom scientist, had a similar piece of costume jewelry made for his wife. He said he did not believe it would do any damage, so long as it was not worn more tnan fiOO (Turn to Page 4. Number 2) Agree Plan to Reduce Strikes On Union Rights WASHINGTON. U.R A com mittee of the labor-managemen conference has tentatively agreed on a plan designed to lessen and perhaps eliminate the hundreds of strikes over union recognition it was learned Monday. In brief, the proposal would give employers a greater voice in pe titioning the national labor rela- tions board for their workers to elections among determine union represetation. Aimed at Disputes The plan, developed by the com ed by the com- , :atkm and j - mittee on renresentat isclictional disputes, is aimed at disputes which arise from the.-e two causes: i ti-t - i i ar. ' ich j. v nere a union claims ta gaining rights in a olant in whi no collective bargainig agreement exists. 2. Where an employer, upon the expiration of a contract, doubts that a union continues to represent the majority of his em ployes. In neither case can an -mploy-er now petition the NLRB for a representation election, thereby having no way to forestall strikes to force recognition. At the (Turn to Page 4, Number S) Bernhardt Heads School Board Here In a recent reorganization of the Plattsmouth school board E. H. Bernhardt was elected presi dent, replacing Dr. R. P. West over, and William F. Evers was appointed as a new member of the board. Other officers are R. A. Cappell. vice-president, and F. A. Cloidt, secretary. CORNHUSKER 4-H PROJECT CHAMPIONS 1945 .. f V ART BAKENHUS Platte County Baby Beef DUANE SELLIN Madison County Pectnfication VERLIN LIVINGSTON Cheyenne County HELEN OCHSNEt Madron County Clothing Tractor erf :r . flf ' S.f.t.i . - .( nmm ..... .. ALLEN TROUT Scotts Bluff County Field Crops MARION KL1EWER York County Poultry MARCIA ADAVS Dawson County HomematOnn ELAINE EICHNER Sarpy County Swine The twelve state champions, -shown above, will attend the 1945 National Club Con gress in Chicago. Being named a project champion is one of the highest honors that can - i u f ruidi - I .1 ll U in kl.hracVa Th annminCtmitlt WftS matie by the Agricultural Extension Service at the University of Nebraska, sponsors f -H club work. Crowd Gathers to iear Boy Say Prayer NEW YORK, !U.P Dark-eyed Joseph Vitolo knealt before home-made altar in a Bronx va cant lot Sunday night while more than ;.0(0 people stood in line and listened to him pray. It was the 13th night that nine- year old Joseph had come to th spot to say his prayer the "H''il Mary." The altar is built on a huge rock where young Vitolo first claimed to have seen a vision of the vir gin Mary. Wednesday will be the Kith night ami the last time that Jos eph conies to pray. "She told me that something wonderful will hap pen that night," he said. ' She did n't say what. I hope it will Lc something jood.'' "It must be true," one of hi friends said Sunday. "Joseph isn't efen a very rc'igious bov. He i. a) Catholic but doesn't go to Cath olic school. He would mve-r have imagined that. There were .-o many people 'Psf'Mt t It f i.nc ila eyf w. irivi nil ci.ncourse, a vast four-lane high way, was roped off for the traffic Fjolicemen ushered the ouiet crowd. T Indonesians Use Tanks and Guns RATA VI A. (UP' Fanatical In- J,-,ne t()er ians were reported tuintng len Japanese tanks and guns igainst the British in the east Ja la naval base of Soeraba.ia Mon. 1 ou ui fUltch s( w!'' sources said native warr- e nias-tng m tne inteno for a "holy war" against the al jies. Official information reaching tlatavia indicated that most of So-i-rabaja was held firmly by the British 5th Indian division aftei two days of fierce street fighting although the Indonesians still were resisting strongly. RAF Attacks RAF planes attacked national ist-held sections of the city foi the second time yesterday after noon, scoring direct hits on a num ber of buildings where the extre mists were entrenched. Nevertheless, British casualties were reported mounting steadily and aerial reconnaissance showed no evidnce thnt the rationalist: were quitting the city. Large quantities of Japanese made weaoons. including medium machine guns, were found aban doned in the streets. and the , (Turn to Page 4, Number 4) -,J MADELINE RUSSELL Nance County Cooking AURINE STEYER Fillmore County Cirls Record .... DON DUEY Thayer County Horse &. Mule RUTH POLLARD Cass County Canning - .-. . - Britain Russia WASHINGTON, (U.R ThcH thiee-nation atom bomb - confer-j ence appeared Monday to have matle such extensive progress that further formal meetings were posiponeu teiii I'm t i ii 10 in-ium each nation to work out details. Each participating nation, ac cording to authoratative sources has much paper work to do befort drafting plans which wil Ibe put before the next session among president Truman, British pr:m minister Clement Attlee and Can adian prime minister W. L. Mac Kenrie Kilng. Att'.ee's plan for international izing of the atom bomb and othei seciet war weapons was under stood to have been the basis fo: Sunday's discussions aboard the navy yacht Sequoia. Under Attlee's plan, Russia on her part would have to pool he! secret too and come to a deal cut undoi standing with the west ern allies about her political and security ambitions. Otherwise, the United States Biitain and Canada would keep the atom secret. The British prime minister win was a week end guest at the Whiti house went to the British embas sy after a breakfast talk with piesident Truman. He was report ed working Monday on the speech he will deliver before a .joint ses sion of congress Tuesday. Officials and experts of each government were understood to tn preparing documents to be sub mitted to the next joint meeting of the three government heads piohably Tuesday. Confidence wa. expressed that from this work would emerge a single plan which would be subject to approval i revision by Mr. Truman. Attlee and MacKenzie King. The White House announced in the morning that "presumably the top naval conferences would be re sumed later Monday but a spoke: man for the British embassy later saitl flatly that Attlee had no such plan, that he would devote most of the day to preparation of his address. Chinese Appeal To Russians CIICXCKINC. Nov. 12 OJ.Ri - Ceneralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek appealed to Russia Monday for permission to fly his armies into Manchuria and avert a civil war with the Chinese Communists mas sed in the northern port cities anil along the Croat Wall of China. Dispatches from the north saitl Chiang's field commanders had abandoned all thought of enter ing Manchuria by sea and were staking their hopes for peace on the conferences now in progress with Red army commanders in the Manchurian capital of Changshum. Cpwards of I.imio.imio Commun ists and an even greater number of Nationalist troops were poised along the C.reat Wall. There was grave danger that the threatened civil war might explode nt any moment. Communist spokesmen asserted there already bad been a number of stiff border clashes, particular ly near the port, of Shanhaikwan. eastern gate to Manchuria. They charged that more than ".otto "secret agents of th Chinese-American secret service" had been sent to the bottler with American equipment to aid the Nationalists, The Chungking government said :!i0 of its representatives were conferring with the Russians in Changchun in an effort to obtain permission for the landing of Nat ionalist troop transports on Soviet held airfields in Manchuria. Et. Gen. Hsiung Shih-hui. chief of Chiang's military council in Manchuria, returned to Chungking yesterday, presumably to report to the Generalissimo on the progress of the negotiations. There was no word, however, as to the Russian attitude. It was emphasized that the air borne movement, if it is under taken, would be made in Ameri can planes transferred to Chinese ownership and piloted by Chinese airmen. . ' Thert is no speculation connect- ed with the purchase of Victory Loan Bonds. You loan your mon- ; ey to your own Government at a j good rate of interest, with repay- ment Of principal guaranteed. j What could be more secure? Hesitant About Secrets of Atomic Observe Armistice In Sunday Services The I'nited States observed its first peace time Armistice Day since 1141 with Sunday services throughout the nation ami the world for the dead of both world w;i rs. Observance in a world at peace of the 27th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the first world war was marred by lighting in Indo-China. Java and .Manchur ia. In Washington. President Tin man. British Prime Minister Cle ment Attlee am! Canadian Prime Minister W. E. Mackenzie King in terrupted discussions on the atom ic bomb to lay wreaths on the tomb of America's unknown soldier. King George VI placed a wreath on a Whitehall monument in Lon don honoring almost 1 .".'oijuhi English dead of tin- two world wa rs. Throughout the United States the observance extended through .Monday with banks, stock exchan ges, federal offices ami many pri vate businesses closed. Yamashita Tries To Squirm Out Of Crimes Trial MANILA. U.R (len. Tomttvu ki Yamashita. caught beneath a mountain of evidence linking him with the mass murder and rape of thousands of Filipinos, appealed to the Philippines supreme couit Monthly tit halt his war crimes trial ami restore him to the status of a military prisoner. Yamashita's defense counsel fil ed the appeal before his trial wa resumed Monday morning, in an 11th hour move to save him from execution for the crimes commit ted against the Filipino people by his Japanese soldiery. If the appeal is rejected. Ya ashita's last lecourse would be to the supreme court of the United States. No Concern Sullen am! puffy-eyed after it week-end spent in sleep, the Er-t-while "Tiger of Malaya" showed no concern over the latest legal maneuvering for his life. Nor was he perturbed bv the obvious hatred of the witnesses summoned by the -prosecution when court Vesiirried -after the week-end recess. Twice when witnesses interrupted the proceedings to scream epithets at him he merely cocked his head attentively and stared back at hi: accu.-ers. Five Claims The supreme court petition was based on five defense claims: 1. Tliat the indictment does not charge Yamshita with violat ing the articles .f war. 2. That the military commis sion trying him has no jurisdic tion because there is no martial law and hence no military govern- ment in the Philippines. " Gen. Dougla- MacArthui has ruled that war criminals arc to be tried in Japan or in occupied territory. (The Philippines are not occupied territory. 4. The letter of authority un der which the trial is being con- ducted denies Yamashita a fail trial and violates the 2"th and (Turn to page 4. Number 0) Will Investigate Sellers Strike WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 U.R The government is investigating certain industries suspected of keeping sorely needed civilian gooils off the market until the ex cess profits tax is repealed Jan. I, it was revealed Monday. The inquiry into the so-called "sellers strikes" was undertaken by the civilian production admin- istration at the request of recon- version director John W. Snyder. A CPA official said agents were already at work but that there . -i i was no evidence me practice was w-i de-spread. Labor leaders have charged that the strike is aimed not only at evading the excess profits tax but also at trying to force the , I) PA into granting higher prices for new goods. r. Giving Power WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 1' (UP) The Mritish uoverumeiit wants better evidence of Soviet coopera tion with America ami I'.ruain before giving Russia access to atomic bomb secrets, a hitih auth ority reported Monday- as Hi" three-power atomic energy con ference colli illllell here. Hrilisli Prime Minister ('lenient Attlee. according to this source, has prtiposetl an in t erna l ioiia 1 pool of war secrets, including the atomic bomb, with admission lim ited to those who give lull coop eration to the I'nited Natrons or ganized ami alstt put their own secret wtapotis into the world pool . Attlee Plan President Truman. Attlee and Canadian Prime Minister W. 1.. Mackenzie King, representing the three powt rs which possess tin bomb secret, conferred all Sunday afternoon aboard the presidential yacht. Sequoia, presumedly exam ining in detail the Attlee plan. Attlee moves from the White House to the I'.i'itish Embassy this morning and the White House saitl the atomic energy conferen ces "'probably" would be resumctl later in the dny. Here is the way the Attlee plan was- explained- by- authoritative sources: How it Works The atomic bomb, along with other American and llritish secret weapons, would be placed in an in ternational pool under the control of the permanent Coiled Nations organization. Russia and France, too. would have access ttt the pool if first, they pledge full ami com plete tooperatioii in I'M), ami second, they pin tbeir own war secrets into the pool. This would have the effect of internationalizing t h e atomic bomb and similar new weapons. leaving their use in the control of TWO. Refore even a preliminary a greeiiiein. however. Russia would be asked for a "maximum ami fin al list" of their territorial and economic demands to be consider ed would be those regarded by the I'SSR as vital to her national security. Big Three A big three cotlfercllt;e the!) would be heltl to examine' face-to-face the Russian position. If l!ri tain and the I'nited States agree! that the Russian demands were' acceptable for a "final" settle ment, efforts would be made to see that they were granted-- but again only on the condition of complete Soviet adherence, support and cooperation with FNO on fu ture issues. Mr. Truman in his public utter ances has taken the position that the secret of the atomic bomb the technical know- how of its production should be held right where it is now- until the world peace organization is sufficient ly powtrfu to control Its use. Ami ultimately, the President looks forward to a world in which the use of atomic energy for des tructive purposes will ho outlawed. Russia Restive Russia in recent weeks has been openly restive about the atomic bombs. Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov last week warned sharp ly that atomic energy must not be swung as a club for political strength. He promised the Rus sian people they would have atom ic energy a ii tl "m a n y other t h i tigs." Russia's attitude was represent ed as having led Attlee to the con clusion that the I'nited States. Great ISritain and Canada must find a way to share the bomb se cret with all permanent membeis of the CNO Security Council. In addition to the 1". S. and Dritain. the permanent members are Rus sia. France and China. Attlee. however, wants a guarantee that future' discoveries of similar na ture will be shared by all parties to the poo of secret weapons, - WEATHER Nebraska Forecast: Partly cloudy Monday, except occasional - i ! . . . lam enizzie extreme -ast; slightly cooler extreme northwest: partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday : somewhat cooler Monday night; low Monday night l'l to 20 e- treme northwest; .'55-40 southeast; Slightly cooler Tuesday east pro ' tion it