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(t$e ii.g VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 19-5 NO. 100 5"- v County Leaders Named in Soil Plowing Contest Ca-s ciiuinv. f i t Nebi a ska !u sponsor low terracing eon- to-t. lias announced its leaders in ijie statewide soil conservation contest. The leaders are: ,i. C. Me'.sing er. Plattsmouth; Lester Waoner. I.ouisviile; and Frank K. I'uell. Miirdock. Meisinger's .'JO-acre fa. at was i lie first entirely terraced in the county. 1 1 is soil erosion problem was moderate to severe. He lists seeded ." ! pei inn ner.t acres of cropland foi na ture. He restocked acres for wood'.and planting for pa.-t-ol" water deeded to outlets. t !a ' re W el e Seve: rmer use -J hundred roils v? were leveled and ia- for ten ace to Ml of Meisiuier's pasture land - been completely terraced and i .hi : ,e i ' 1 i i ' I ai '.- constriuten on i- ..,..e- ot cron la land. Two lame fani.-tead windbreaks have beea planted and wooded areas are o anv.;ed to recommenilcd farm f..iestry practices. Over '.0rt rods of contour fen ces have been erected. All turn rws ;;.;,! IYncerows are seeded to iitoiM.- gra-s. Le-tor Wa-ione' has 1 bo acres o ' h..!.ing tiie Platte river. The -lopes are steep and elusion wa; evore i, r.t il he took preventive measures. 'au'ner constructed a 14-foot ,liop inlet soii saving dan. to stop fhe advance of one gullv. In or der to provide adequate drainage facilities for terraces spei ial out lets were built and a four-foot ii a-o-.ry drop outlet was installed. 1 here aie miles of terraces ''.i tr;e fa i in. A two-butt n plow :.t:d gi v were used in construc tion. Four acres of trees were pi.. n:ed to stabilise a cully bank. The ei. tile farm j- cultivated on the contour and r(i acres are seeded to permanent pasture. There are s-od feet of diversions. A!-ii. two overfalls were sloped. trip-sodded and seeded to por- ,r,e;.t p- it L-etatioo. notation ot clu use of rer -lover a'.u al 1 fa cariiod on a five-veat ba-is. Frank Knell -tarted his coiise:--v. - at ion program in 1 '.:"!;. He ha-ovi-r I'M' roils of brome grass buf fe strips and all of his land is fat, nod on the eontour. His miire cropland is st rip gull v rroie.i.d and three difficult overfalls have been sloped and .-odded. Kach contour line is mark- ed by to o foot sti ios of bn.n'e .-ia- which act a.- buffers for .1 i r . :l controlling in.-- oi lojison. seven-row farmstead wim bieak was planted in 1141 am "Jo feet high. Twelve waterway-, totality about 1 '4 miles in length have been leveled and established !o i:ia-s. All tarnrows. road ditches anc" fat instead lot - have been seeded to to nim- grass to eliminate weed growth, arrest soil erosion and 11. ...rove the appearance of the farm.. The soil conservation contest is spoil-. ed bv the World-Herald. H unting Time ;:")! a. m. to 5 :05 p. in. Frid Sat 1 p. m. ;,y ;:."o a. m. to 5:ft4 Christmas Decorations Will Give Festive Dress to Streets This Year Plattsmouth .streets will take on a fe.-tive appearance for Christ mas this year tender plans made by the decoration committee of the Business Mens Ad club. The decorations have already been oroered and if all goes well they may be ready to put up by the Monday after Thanksgiving. Those on the decoi ation comm it tee are John Bissing, chairman; Hon Ai undid and Ernest Elliott. Pine Boueh Each of the street lamps in the business section will be decorated with pine boughs and ten-inch wreaths. Christmas trees will be furnished for each store to place in their stieet flag holders. Any additional adornment of the trees will be up to the individual store owners. The bl? tree on the courthou.se luwn will be decorated and light ed as usual. S. M. Davis Starts Insurance Business Stephen M. Davis, who recently returned to Plattsmouth aftvi Join years in the army, announ ced Thur-day that he will become a business associate of his fath er, Searl S. Davis. Stenhen will write fire and automobile insur- arR.e and fildelity bonds, and will have his office in the Phittsm.r u'.h ;tate P.ank building. Stephen Davis was a captain in the 2Mb Infantry Division and was commanding officer of a front line infantry company. Ili. company fought in the A'denne-break-thiough in December 1 '. 4 4 at Colmar in eastern France in January and February of l!i4" and then o:i across the Rhine into Germany in March and April IP -In He was overseas fur ;)5 months Davis wears four ETO campaie.! stars, and the combat infantrj badge. Ho and his wife are living- ai the ( oronado apartments. Big Bond Auction Sale November 27 The bond auction under . ... 1 ' . f . 1 T the Wo- -day the sponsor-nip oi me junior men's Club will be held Ttu evening, November 27, at Eagles Hall. A card .party begin ning at 7:-i0 will precede the auc tion arid tickets will be soli by. members of the club. The bond auction will start at i o'clock witl Hex Young as the auctioneer. Dick Logsdon has been appoint - ed by Don Arundel, chairman of sary Week in February; Mobiliza the bond drive, to handle dona- tion in March; Commando Cam tions to be solicited from the mer- poree in June; Camp Cedars in chants for the last bond rally. 11. June and a Halloween party in will be assisted by Mrs. Lucilk October. dairies of the Junior WomenS Cluo. . The card party ticket commit tee is under the chairmanship of Miss Joan Tiekotter who have a. her helpers. Mi.-.- Doiis Lutz. Mis: Norma Sniiiell and Miss Maxir: Eckles. Chairman of the bond auc tion committee is Mi.-- Alyce Jam Cros.-hans who will appoint he committee memVers later. Arran rements for table- ami cards wi i cards wiJ be diiected hy Mis- Alice Iliatt nci mi, and Miss Marriett C,oo and ML-: Helen Smetana will take chriin of prizes which are being donate ." by numbers of the club. This is the last bond rally an-;' members of the Junior Women'. Club are asking everyone to giv them their full support in ordet to make this important proect ; sucess. Friendly Farmers Meet November 9 The Friendly Farmers Farm bureau unit met at the home ol M"- Sophia Guenther on Friday evening, November 9. with fifteci member.- present. Clyde Meisinger, of president j. tbe unit, conducted the business meeting when several topics were discussd and the constitution was read by Mrs. Walter Weiss. Mis.- June Kiel was present and explain- ed problems in connection with the business meeting. John Parkening was made chairman of the crop- committee and William Halmes chairman of the livestock com- mittee. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will. am Halmes on December 1 when the topic for discussion wil' be "Can Farm Price.- lt.. "-!-..,. They Are.' Refreshments were served a the close of the meeting bv tlu hostess, Mrs. Sophia Guer.th.er. John Bissing said. ''We haven't been able to obtain lights for the street decorations as yet. We have the necessary wiring; and would like to use lights if possible. We are still trying to find some but up to now have not been able to. We hope that all the merchants who have lights will use them on on the trees in front of their stores." Children's Party The big Christmas party for Cass county children will be held again this year at the courthouse but complete plans have not yet been made. Orville Nielson, presi dent of the Ad club, has appoint ed a three-man committee to make the party arrangements. Those on the committee are: Warren Scharfenberg, Fred Feld hauser, and Dick Logsdon. Scouts and Cubs Set Good Record In 1945 Program Carl J. Schneider Plattsmouth was reelected chairman of th. Cass county district boy scout' Tuesday niaht at the annual dis trict meeting in Louisville. Dwigh Edwards, also of Plattsmouth was elect' d as district commis sioner. Scouts and Cubs representim. troop- fiom Plattsmouth, Louis ville and Weeping Water alter.Je. the meeting. Reports on, .-eoi.uiiu in the Cass county district show that the t loops have made consid erable progress during the hi-i year. In 1:44 there were ;'. scout r and no cubs in the district. In 1'.'4.t meniber.-hip climbed to 12 scouts and 7." cubs. One new sjoi:' troop was formed making a tota of six, and three cub packs wen organized. During l'.45 there were ."1 scout. advanced to second class, 22 ad vanced to first class, 272 merit bailies were awarded. 24 were advanced to Star scouts. Hi t Life scouts and 2 to Kagle scouts This made a total of SCI advar.ee- n.ents as compared to only l') during 1144. In wolf four and : the cub packs 20 were made cubs, six bears, six lions vvebelos. 1 S golden arrow . ix silver arrows for a tota of CO advancements during li'45. Scout and cub activities during the vear included Scout Anniver- Three Cub Pack organization (Turn to Page 4, Number 4 1 Christmas Seals On Sale Nov. 19 L. IL P.ehrends. county superin temltnt, announced Thursday tha the sale of Christmas seals will be em on November lib The sau gin on November lib 1 he sau of these seals sunnorts the figh- ,......,,1..::, . against t uberculos;?. Sheets of the stamps will bi mailed to every family in Cas: county. Those receiving the sheet: are asked to pay for the stamp or return them to the superintend ent's office. Purchase of Christmas seals hn; made possible the X-Ray examin ation which is offered to tin entire population of Cass county Half of the funds received from the sale of the seals goes to th state and national tuberculosis as .-ociations. The other fiftv per cent is used wtih the county, The seals this year carry a pi ture of "Whistling Jim." a me? enger boy carrying- a Christina wreath under his aim. The tuber culosis cross is in the lower righ" corner. Behrends said, "Buying thes. seals is a painless method of as sisting a worthy cause. Most of u. w-elcome the letter which arrive, in November with sheets of seal, and we are proud to use them or our holiday mail. If the Tubercu- losis association is to continue it: work, it must have funds. Are if it is to have funds. t:ien w must answer check.' that letter with Missionary Will Speak Here Nov. 18 Mi-s Letah Doyle, an ordained missionary of the Methodist chur ch, will be guest speaker at a meeting to be held in the First Methodist church at Plattsmoutli Sunday afternoon at ;! o'clock. With headquarters at Meerut. India, where she went in 1 i i! J un der the Women's Foreign Mission ary Society, Miss Doyle carried on .evangelistic work in .surrounding : towns. She is a former deacones: of the Methodist church in Kearn j ey and held a ministerial charge : at Alda. Mrs. Allan Johnson of Fremont : district secretary of missionary ! education, will introduce Mis Doyle when she appears in the in terests 0t the missionary ed 1uca- tion department of the W. S. c S. : Dr. A. A. Brooks, district super j intended, and Mrs. C. W. Mead, 'conference president of the W. S. C. S., will he guests from Oma ' ha. ; Invitations have been extend -' ed to churches at Omaha. Papi' bon, Nehawka, Weeping Wate ! Louisville, Elmwood. Springfield ; Gretna, and Unioa. The public i ; invited to attend this meetin TRUMAN RECEIVES TURKEY '" Henrik shipstea.) of M .iMi.-s.-ut presents Piesident Trutii.in with a 1 1 -n m tul turkey in Washington. . (". The bird was raised on the farm of II. Williams at North Man kato. Minn. iNKA TKI.KPHOTOt Boy's Vision and Prayers Stir Crowd, Many Convinced of Miracle NEW YORK. Nov. lii U.R' Young Joseph Vitoio's reported ; of the prayer "Hail. Mary" after visiion of the Virgin Mary in ajhim. i . v. . u 1 l Not Return Bronx lot and what she told him! . . 1 niough his sister. Mrs. Ther reniained the nine-vear-obi oov s , , -jr. le.naiutu me ouii .t . esa Campone. the boy said, alter secret Thursday. be was returned to his home, that 'I won't tell you what she told he definitely would not return to n;e,'' he shouted at reporters last, the field again. It was his last . , ...-, . , , ... . . ,n ' : night. nigivc Mie toiu me not m n-.i. . Shut-up, Jo-Jo." his si.-ter or-' dered. Beyond that the boy relus-; ed to talk. Sixteenth Nirht It was the 16th night since he claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin. Approximately "0,000: people stood in a drizzling: rain in j the streets, surrounding the rock-" littered vacant lot to watch him I1' a.v- . ! It was the night, he had said. when the "Blessed Lady" told him "something wonderful ' would bnonen. . i ,.a vfnrp an . r , . . Young Joseph prayeri beiote an . ; he lot Manv improvised abat m ..the lot. -uan the crowd repeated the words in Red Cross Needs Help for Knitting The local Red Cross is bauiy in need of help from whometi vhr. can knit in order to fill the quota. r,f items which they have been asked to make, according to Mrs. Ftta Ciortier. lain for this work is available at hte home .f Mrs. Goider at 724 Ave. B. The quota for Piatsmouth in cludes ten pairs of wristlets, five sleeveless sweaters and one sleeve sleeve sweater. Instructions for this work will be furnished with the yarn. Anjone who is interested in do ing this worthwhile work may get in contact with Mrs. Go'iier who-c telephone i 2S.'5-W or with Mrs Fred Rea by calling r,or,. PLATTSMOUTH VICTORY LOAN DRIVE 100 ) $114,000 j , $97,500 50 $57.000 $28,500 D $28,050 Sold to Date o They Won The Bring Them Home "He will not disobey orders," Mr-. Campone said. ' The Virgin appeared tonight and told him. 'I'm not coming any more. I did (Turn to Page 4, Number - Public Inquiry Opened Thursday On Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON. Nov. 15 OJ.tf special c.-n-ressionai commuiee Thursday oners the first ouVlio . - inrtuirv into the Pearl . Itarrcvr navul disaster which obtnsrivl .Am erica headlong into World "W ar II. The lb-man committee begins a series of op n hearings under , . " a clear mandate nom i onirics,: to conduct a thorough, impar tial pud feailcss" investigation of ha foil fjiets and circumstances j(..:,:nLr 11n tn Japan's sneak attack- .f Dec. 7. l'.'ll. The committee will find out who, if anv one, was to blame for the unprenaredness so evident at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese planes roared over on that fateful Sunday morning nearly four years igo. Other witnesses as the hearings progress are to include some top present and former government officials: Among a tentative list of more than .10 witnesses are in cluded : Former Secretary of State Cor dell Hull; former Secretary of War Henry I.. Stimson; Gen. George C Marshall. Army Chief of Staff: and former Chief of Naval Operation. Adm. Harold R. ' Stark. ' The army and navy comman ders at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short and Rear Admiral Hus band E. Kimmell. ! Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the U'44 Republican presi dential nominee. I Miss Grace Tully. confidential secretary to Mr. Roosevelt. Barkley .said he wanted the in vestigation to end once and for '. all the confusion which prevailed for nearly four years regarding (Turn to Page 4, Number 1) Call Me Mister ! The Cass county selective off ice announced Thursday that a total of 501 men from Cass coun ty have reported their discharges from the armed forces. This is nearly one third of the men call ed to the service. The total num ber who were called was 1,675. ; Seven men reported their dis charges Wednesday. From the army: Ben Speck, Plattsmouth"; Joe Freeman, Weep : ing Water; John H. Gakemeier, Lincoln; Vernon A. Longman. Eagle; and Glen W. Buck. Mur ' dock. From the navy: Reginald L. ; Monasrmth, Plattgaiouth; and Le ; ioy Woodruff, Chicago. British Control Tel Aviv at Gun Point Thursday JF.llFSALlZM. Nov. 7 (UP -F'.ritisli resulars held control of the Jewish coastal settlement of Tel Aviv at gun point Thursday after a wild nii,ht of zioiiist rioi- itiS in which a 1 t'-yea r-obl Jew was shot to death and ."o other demonstrators were wounded Jewish anuer at I'.ritain's i 1 i y toward Palestine flared into open violence- Wednesday niglit aftir word reached Tel Aviv that the entire question had been referred to an Anslo-Aiitetb a n board e! inquiry. Storm Offices A nioli of several thousand Jews lornieil iii-kly many of them to n aged ixtreinists. and stormed the I'ritisli government offi.-es. Tbey bioke ihi-oiif.-i a poli.-e eordoii in to tile buildings, where they put th-' torch to the offices and hurl ed record-; and fitiniture into the si reels. 'I" he police and soldiers arrested an undisclosed number ,,f rioters and by In p. m.. had restored com ph fe order throughout the area. Later il was announced that the tiitire city had been placed under a dark-to-dawn curfew wiib nn mi- allowed on the streets during those lionrs without a special per mit. Make Speeches Te! Aviv disorders began about se'.en p in., when a Jewish muss meeting was called in the eentei of t he city. A f t e r several inflammatory speeches in which the American intervention was denounced as maneuver to con f us world opinion a group of about ton youths broke away from the meeting and marched on the government build ings. They set lire to the P.ritish Com missioner's office, a n d then wrecked the income tax and util ity commissioners' quarters. Continue Trial of Aged Gustav Krupp NCEREN'BURG. U.R The four-powered war crimes tribunal Friday postponed prosecution of charges against the aged and ail ing Gustav Krupp but deferred a decision as to whether his son. Alfred, would be tried instead. The probability of a delay in the Neurenburg trials, possib'y umil January 2, was strengthen ed hy the decision not to try Gus tav now. A postponement from the scheduled November 20th date had appeared to depend on wheth er he would be tried in absentia. Th charges against Gustav Krupp will stav on the docket of the tri bunal for trial later if his physi cal and mental condition permits, the tribunal announced. Appeals to Farmers For Understanding KANSAS CITY. Mo., Nov. 15 U.R President Truman appeal ed Thursday to America's far mers for an understanding of the nation's integrated economic pro blems and urged them to work to gether for an independent and self-supporting agriculture. In a letter to the National Grange convention i n session here, the President told delegates, '"the farm family cannot prosper unless the laboring man's family prospers, unless industry as a whole is prosperous, unless we keep prices reasonable and thus beat down the fires of inflation." 'We must continue to throw off the chains of poverty," he said, ''working together for an inde pendent and self-supporting agri culture. "'Not only is the American farm family able to produce much more than ever before, it is also better prepared to understand the world community and our own respon sibilities to it." he said. Mr. and Mrs. William Arm brust, Plattsmouth. a son. j A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Campbell at the St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City on Tuesday. This is their first child and she and her mother at e progressing nicely. Mrs. Camp ; bell is the former Betty Hostteter, I the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dee I Hostteter of Murray. They re- sHe-on a farm east of Murray. Bodies of American Fliers Recovered YOKOHAMA, (U.R) The bod-' ies of seven American flyers, six , of whom apparently were stratig- ieu oy u:e .lapanese nave oeen re Covered from hidden graves, the Sth army announced Thursday. Five of the seven bodies were found with ropes or wires tied a roiind their necks in the grave yard of a Buddhist temple. Two more were recovered in unmarked graves along- a lonely road near the Tokyo canal. The Mh army's announcement followed by less than a week the discovery of the remains of 14 airmen who were executed and tortured by the Japanese after parachuting over Osaka. A Japanese girl pointed out the first gravesite where two bodies dressed in flying suits and coveralls were found by a recov ery team under Staff Sgt. Julius II. Waters, Huntington, Aik. There was no mound to indi cate a grave. Waters said. The bodies were wrapped in straw mat ting and buried three feet deep. Eisenhower Says Military Power Can Keep Peace WASHINGTON. (UP General Iivviulit I) Kiseliliower declared Thursday ihat this country's mil L lary powers must be the "great est single motivating force tor world peace." Testifying 1" tore the House military affairs com mittee in support of universal training legislation, be added: "This is our greatest assurance of keeping peace for which We fought. Far from being contrary to the purpose and intent of the united nations organization. I consider it to be essential to the success of that organization." He told the military affairs committee that such "astounding advances in the steiice of de struction as the atomic bomb will make it impossible for the 1". S. to prepare for World War III after the fact." i "If war comes to us agatn," he said, "the fact seems inescapable that we will not have time to' train units before we are faced, with tile final issto. of defeat or victory. Must Be Prepared "We must be prepared on M Oay tlu day the t iicmy strikes or we may never l-e prepared to avert defeat of any acgressor who uses against us the-w eapons ot the future. "The only difference now and the great lesson of World War JI. is that ii must he done before, not after, the first shot is fired." Kiseliliower said he was sure ' no true Atiurican would be will ing to take on bis own shoulder the awful responsibility for ac tively prohibiting all training and thus leaving our country de defeuseb ss and naked before fut- (Turn to Page 4, Number -'It ' Key Witness Claims Jap Prisoner Tried to Frighten Him Into Silence MANILA, U.R Gen. Tomoyu- ki Yamashita's atrocity trial wa- thrown into an uproar Thursday by charges that a Japanese pris oner of war had attempted to in timidate one of the prosecution's key witnesses. The charge was fired at one i 1 Yamashita's top aides now prisoner of war by an American soldier of Jaoanese amestry whe was captured on Corregidor in the enemy's Manila headquarters Witness Approached The w i t n e s s. Hawaiian-hovn' Master Sgt. Richard Sakakida testified over a storm of defense! objections that he was approach ed last week bv a Jaoane-e office! , who tried to frigTiten him into; silence. "Yamashita is plenty worried and you better not testifv against him or me," Sakakida quoted the no attorney's or defense witnesses officer as saying. and were denied all right of ap- He named the man as Col. Nish-, peal, ihara, former judge advocate in Coincidentallv with Yamashita' Yamashita's headquarters com-, trial, seven Japanese army offi--mand. ' ers and men were arrigned in a Drumhead Trial j separate court on charges of mur- The surprixe accusation climax- j dering two American prisoners i,f edan eyewitness account by Saka-'war and five Filipinos in Cebtt keda of the drumhead trial and be heading of 1.S00 civilians, includ ing a number , of Americans, in Manila last " December. Truman-Attlee j. ll3.Il tO K-CCp . n ffXtC fCIClS WASHINGTON'. 'UP' President Truman and tlu prime minister of Cleat I Sri i it i ii ami Canada con cluded their atomic bomb control discussions Thursday with an an nouncement that the mechanical know-how of bomb production would continue to b" kept secret. They recommend d the est ah! is"' - Hu nt of a commission linger th I'nited Nat ions organiza t i . .. This commission, they said, would work toward entirely eliminating the use of atomic energy for destruc tive pui poses and promotinc its widest use for industrial and hu manitarian purposes. Exchange Knowledge The statement of policy drafted by the three leaders advocated th. widest iNchange of basic scien tific Knowledge but expressed the belief that the spreading of the -pecific information regarding the practical application of atomic energy" for military purpos-os would not contribute to a con structive soliuh n for the problem ol atom ic bomb "We are convinced." the state ment signed by the three leaders said, "ihat the spreading of ilo specialized information regarding the practical application of atomi. energy before it is possible to de Vise effective leciprooa! and en forceable safeguards acceptable to all nations would contribute to a constructive solution of the prob lem of the atomic bomb. "tin the contrary, we think it might have the opposite effect. We are. however, prepared to share on a reciprocal basis w i h others of the united tuitions, detailed infor mation concerning the practical industrial application of atomic energy just as soon as effective enforceable safeguards against its use for desi ruct i ve purposes can be devised." The commission, according to the plan outlined in the comnton' iie. should he instructed to pro teed immediately to prepare re commendations. The commission would he called upon to make specific proposals: Proposals 1. For extending between all nations the exchange of basic sci entific information for peaceful ellds. 2. For control of atomic ciierey to tlu- extent necessary to insure its us,, only for peaceful purposes. For (he elimiiiiit ion from na tional armaments of atomic weap ons and of all other major weap ons adaptable to mass production. 4. For effective safeguard by way of inspection and other uieans to protect complying states against the hazards of violence and in vasion. Thus it was left to the 1'lliled Nations to adopt recommendat ion on these subjects as handed to I'Nd by the commission. Terrible Realities Faced with the terrible realities (Turn to page 4. Number 0) Sakakida, who s;ijd be acted as interpreter for the victims thioii gbout the trial in Manila's old Pili bid prison, named Nishirhara as the presiding judge at that mock hearing. Two thousand civilian men and women were brought before the Japanese militarv tribunal on rhniges of ruerrilla activitv. Sak akida said. Their trial, which last- ed for a week. consisted solelv of the accusation a- a reading of gainst them. Forced to Sign Each of the prisoners was for ced to sign the charge, after whivh 1.K00 of them were dragged out to Manila's north cemeterv and be headed, Sakakida said. Tne fa'e of the other 200 was not known. He testified that the accused had city on March 26, 1045. All seven pleaded not guilty and were ordered held for trial on Nov. 23. it? ?3 .3 i I hr