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4 i jmu 04. NO. 144 VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA' MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1946 - 4 s r . Mavnr Haves Proclaims January 7-31 ! T. . .1 As Victory uotning uays nere Mayor R. B. Hayes Monday is sued a proclamation naming Jan uary 7 to 31 as "Victory Clothing: Pays". Old clothing1 to be shipped to people of war-torn countries will be collected in Plattsmouth during- this period. The Mayor's proclamation reads as follows: n. Proclamation WHEREAS devastation and want is apparent with the home less and looted people of Europe, the Philippines and the Far East, and WHEREAS millions are now in adequately clad for winter weather, for health and for self respect, and WHEREAS this Nation today commences a Victory Clothing Collection to help alleviate such distress in those Countries, X O W THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED that in the City of Plattsmouth, the period from Jan- uarv 7 to .Tnnimrv 31 1Q4fi he de- sio-nated as "Victory Clothing Davs ' and that the Citizens of the anu i""e au,u"u "S"1 I usi saiu, "ana a great deal 01 m CitV of Plattsmouth, Nebraska ex- red candles were used as the de- j formation about plant hormones ert "their best efforts in contribut- , crating motif. which are the growth of regulat ing serviceable clothing for the dis- 1 .E,eht, barter members com- ; inR substances has been added 10 tressed nennle of Enron- the people of Europe, the Philippines and the Far East. : Dated this 7th day of January, t ir4. R. B. HAYES, Mayor of the City of Platts mouth, Nebraska. Chairman ! Miss Ardyth Hall, chairman of the drive, said that the main col lection center will be on the first floor of the court house. The fol lowing churches will also act as collection centers: Presbjterian, First Methodist, First Christian, Holy Rosary, St. John's, St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed, St. Luke's Enisronal and the Inde-'day penden t. Miss Hall said, "Let us set a iroal for Plattsmouth of one article of clothing for every man, woman and child in the community. Clothing Needed What is needed is used clothing for both winter and summer wear. Although clothing need not be in perfect repair, it must, be useful to f types of washable earmets should be washed but need not be ironed. Other garmets should be clean and sanitary, but need not be ory- cleaned. "This is another opportunity for the American people to give as sistance to needy and destitute people in countries which have been devastated by war. A total of 100,000,000 garments are needed. 3 Damage Suits Are Filed Here James A. Chappell, Platts mouth, filed suit with the dis trict court Monday morning against T. W. Kothlow. Des Moines, Iowa, for $5258 damag es for the death of 5 year old David Chpapell. David Chappell was killed on November 8, 1045 when he was stick by the car driven by Kothlow. The accident occurred on Chicago Avenue. The coroner's jury at that time handed down a decision which completely absolved Koth low of any negligence. Kenneth Marcy Kenneth Marcy filed suit Mon day morning with the district court against Mrs. Emma Her man for $675 damages done to his ambulance and funeral car in an accident with a car driven by Mrs. Herman on June fi, 1945. The accident occrred in Greenwood. Thola Hamblen Thola Hamblen and Essa Hamblen have filed separate suits against E. G. Steckley and Grace T. Steckley, doing busi ness as Steckley Seed Corn Com pany, and Howard Morris, each for $5000 damajes. The damages are claimed for injuries sus tained in a motor accident be tween Hamblen's car and a truck driven by Morris. King Korn Klub to Elect New Officers At Meeting Jan. 15 The annual meeting of the Kass Kounty King Korn Klub has been set for January 15 at the Plattsmouth hotel dining room. Milo Price, secretary, said Monday. New officers will be elected and plans for the Karni val next fall will be discussed at the meeting. "Letters of invitation are be ing sent to the 400 members of the Klub urging that they attend this important meeting," Price said. "The banquet will beein at 7 p. m. an5 we hope to have a short program in addition to the business session and election of officers. . f tt vv Miss Wetenkamp Elected President Of Otterbein Guild Miss Marianne Wetenkamp . . . , . . i wa elected nresident ot tne newlv organized Otterbein e-uild of the United Brethren church j vented his elaborating further, he at Mvnard at a meeting held jsaid. Sunday afternoon. Other offi-i The agronomist said that the cers for the group include Miss biological warfare experimenters, Margaret Smith, vice president; : working under the supervision of Miss Mary Margaret Cole, secre-the chemical warfare service, had tary, Miss Mary .Lou Fulton, I learned that a nation 's food supply treasurer, Miss Wilma Mumm.jcould be destroyed by introducing secretary of literature; Miss I)e-various crop diseases, loris Smith, secretary of stew-j Explaining that is was necessary ardship and Miss Mildred Mei-'for the project to concentrate on singer, thank offering secretary, j offensive techniques first, Noi-man Ten members of the Otterbein J guild of the United Brethren! church in Omaha were present ' to assist in the lesson and busi-: neps session of the afternoon meeting. Nineteen were served at tne tables where evergreens P"e tne Mynarn group ineir meetings will be held the first Sunday of each month at five o'clock in the afternoon. Blue Devils to Play Valley Tuesday; Keep in Practice Plattsmouth high school's Blue Devils will be back in action Tuesday night when they will go to Valley for their first confer ence basketball game. The team j has been practicing nearly every during the holidays, ac- cording to Coach Joe York, so they will be in good condition. "Valley is going to be a pretty tough team to beat.'' York said, ''but we'll try to do it. They have nearly their entire team back from last year." Coach York said that he will be needing cars in order to get o teams to Valley Tues- who can ke s?me ?f the Vsjdays last week, threatened to 1 contact eitner nimsen or tsur- rell Evans, assistant coach. The , , 1 f. JIl. Ill IMUCI LU K"- tlitI C III I time. The floor of the high school gymnasium was cleaned and re conditioned during the holidays. Clothing Store Here Reserves Stock for Returning Veterans At least one Plattsmouth store was a big jump ahead of the CTA's suggestion that clothin? stores reserve their supply of suits and overcoats for returning veterans. It was over a month ago that Wescott's established this policy in their store and have refused to sell these essential items to any one except a veteran of World War II. The CTA made this sugges tion ove the weekend. "We have felt for sometime." E. II. Wescott said Monday, "that the servicemen need these new clothes much more than those, who remained civilians during the war. Most of our customers agree with us when we explain the sit uation to them. It may be neces sary for the civilians to wear an old coat but in the. case of return ing servicemen most of them do not have their old clothing an.y more. It is impossible to supply the demand for both civilians and veterans." School Holidays End Here Monday Classes were resumed in Plattsmouth schools Monday morning after the long Christ mas holidays. Milo Price, princi pal, said that the flu epidemic apparently is almost over be cause there were but few stud ents absent. There will be no more school holidays until "Good Friday" when the students will be off for one day. Edna Grosshans to Speak Here Jan. 14 Miss Edna Grosshans, Omaha, will be featured speaker at the Junior Woman's Club meeting January 14. The theme of the meeting will be "The Home Beautiful", and Miss Grosshans will talk on interior decorating. Miss Grosshans works for Or chard and Wilhelm furniture store in Omaha. All members of the club have been urged to attend this meeting. Scientists Work on Biological Warfare Method and Defense AMES, la., (UP) Dr. A. G. Norman, professor of agronomy at Idwa State College, believes the best defense against, biological i warfare project since its start In 1 1943, said last night 1hat defense j measures had been developed to a i4VniiATiQKlo" rwint Tint fTm 'Mrn ..,. secret" nature of th. work pie said that the scientists knew that j a ravaging war could be waged against an enemy nation bv infett- ing their crops and annuals. "Our discoveries will have wide adoption in agriculture as weed jkillers and herbicides." the scien-j the previous knowledge in the field." Norman said that many bioligi cal warfare project woikers were infected during chemical experi ments, but that no illnes was fatal. Enbargo on Hogs is Modified Monday South St. Paul. Minn.. (U.R The St. Paul Union Stockvanb company announced th e enibar go placed on hogs last Friday has been modified so thit mi permits from commission agent ' can Daisy asociation. Monday will be required. I charged that butter was being Effective at 11:55 p. ni., Jan-! bootlegged in New Yoi k and other uary 8, as originally announced ' eastern cities for ?1 to $1.23 a the St. Paul Union Stockyards pound because of the govern Compan will accept hogs arriv-1 m'nt's ' do-nothing price policy." ing oy truck rnd all hogs load ea Dy railroads before 1 p. Tuesday, January; 8. will be m. ! . ac - "ru, uic aiuiouni eiiieiii saui. The embargo was declared when hog receipts, which rose to nearly one thousand in thre glut the market and arrived fast - er than they could be processed. i'1 tbe worst kind of inflationary j black market." Richards said. Die ur.jy j jje sa;j tjie committee investi- J. R. Jones died Sunday af-'gation was necessary so that con ternoon at 4:30 in the St. Cath-; gross and the people "can force erine hospital in Omaha. Funeral government agencies to set price services will be announced lat-1 policies that will restore butter to er. The Sattler funeral home is the American table." in charge of arrangmeents. (Turn to Page 4. Number 7) tx2- rOW -Jfrt Vt few wfe rt The town of Palestine. Texas was the hard est bit by the tornado which ripped through in the early hours of Saturday, January 5. In the top photo, Sgt. and Mrs. Cox. grimly inspect their only piece of furniture left by the storm. A piano. Mrs. Jimmie Farris, extreme left. Cox's sister is helping Cox to search for his dis charge papers and war bonds which were also lost. Cox's sou, persuaded he and his wife to ft v P - 5 CT s ZZZ7 GANGSTER USES ST. LOUIS MODEL FOR SHIELD M,s Iiavid Litsis, 24-year-old St. Louis model, who was seized and used as a shield by Lawrence Diewer. ?,l an F.itst St. Louis gangster when two assailants ndvaiM-ed on him with shot-guns leveled. Mrs. Litsis broke away and ran. while the gunmen kill ed Utvwer. who police say was the. lender of a bank robbery era n g operating in southern Illi nois. Ohio and Indiana. I See nress wires . . . NEA Tclephoto) Says Government is i Responsible for Butter Bootlegging ! CHICAGO. rj.-r Owen W, I l);, Wr,U of the Amori- Richards urged :he dairy indus- trv to a-k President Truman to I r .. . l r .1 : Itt. in investigate the "nation-wide but : ter famine." "The butter bootlegging is the 'latest result of a government do- ' nothing price policy that is cus I'M I Stassen Says OPA Must Adjust Prices CHICAGO UR Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Min nesota, Monday called on the of fice of price administration to ad just jts controls to the require ments of neace. Stassen, speaking at the open- j ing of the "colorcade of America" sponsored by the institute of car pet manufacturers and the home furnishings style council, said that OPA ceilings on building materials had not yet "reconverted to peace.'' ; ' I believe in OPA controls i-V it v m r-nmrnnilii 51 VP I ' wi.m, iiw, vw..... scarce, but the controls must be i Ltju,,.!.. ,i .,.,tiv 0H!,Kt. i llllJTjItfV 111! HW j'l J - ed to the requirements of peace, Stassen said.- Stassen former navy captain, i"n Arnansas arm '"'"'rail traltic between wicKiora anj predicted that a study of the skill- I Mississippi last night, killed at j Bt.i0jt and Madison, Wis., and ed labor market would reveal i least five persons, demolished one j several highways in southern is there was not a sufficient number jtown and injured scores. , t.onsin were inundated. Of workmen in some building! trades to do the work of re-hous- : ing America's "homeless heroes." j This, he said, was din partly to re- ; strictive union regulations on ap-; prentices. Favor Big Cut in Federal Spending WASHINGTON. (U.R- Presi- dent Truman and consress mav but they apnea -drastic cuts in government j md' u spend in " ' Tosses House Mr Truman, it was learned.' Rescue woikers toiling in mud hns reduced $50 000 OfiO 000 to ' alui continuing thunderstorms said t about $38,000 000 OOfl as' a ten-jthat the Shute home had been tative budget for the 1147 fis-' pick-ed by the wind and deposited j cal vear starting Julv 1. And he las a mere pile of splinters. j bones for a balanced budget1 Doctors at ihe Greenwood. I by the 14S fiscal year. That hasn't been done in seventeen years. Narrow Gap A $38,000,000,000 budget: still unconscious., would narrow the gap between! According to meager reports, anticipated government exoendi-jthe swirling wind struck next a tures and income to about SR.-i Seven Pines, Miss., some 12 miles 000.000,000 the lowest deficit i "since before the war. Barring i new tax cuts and lowered indu trial activity. govcnnmenfi in come next year in expected to be around $30,000.000, 000. The new budget will be an nounced a few davs after con- January 14. Mr. Truman's plans; eress winds tin its holiday recesv , for economy were assured a re-jParents of tne child, Mr. and Mrs. j it is hoped that a large scale re sounding welcome on capitol hill j Wesley Campbell, were also being duction mav be made in the num- although there are already de- (Turn to Page. 4. Number 5) 'a! j"' remain in town for a picture show or they would have all been killed. In the lower photo is what is left of the C. E. Hendrick's grocery store. Mrs. Hendrick was found in a critical condition by the side of the stare but search parties have failed to locate MrJ Hendrick. The toll of dead has risen to 29 in one of the worst disasters in many years. (NEA Photo) Kidnap Six Year Old Girl from Bedroom; Ask $20,000 Ransom A At Least 34 Die pt.nrr TnmfloiPQ Over Weekend By United Press At least 04 persons were dead I from weekend tornados as a mass jof warm air moving northward I collided with a cold front advanc- : mg eastward acros u.e valley. The eastern seaboard was bathed in unseasonable warmth. 1 j The last storms hit southeast- ; lexas countea wau n. : r ruiay mgnt oinaooes "Heat Wave" The unseasonable "heat wave pushing up from the south sent New York City thermometers io C2 Sunday, a Jan. 6 record. j Hospitals in the Mississippi-Arkansas area were still receiving uniureu, mauv oi niem not cAjrcu-i led to live. 1 Hurtling out of what the weath-. er bureau turmed n "very turbu- j lent area" the first storm struck ' Coila, Miss., where Mrs. Ernest j Shute. and her seven - year - old , o. me. in 'ue- daughter were killed. Her husband ; Truman sent a messasre of con red united Mon- u" ,, ,..........; , t... t-i t and lour otner cnnuiei: Miss., hospital said ibat i,he xourjv by the richest people's party, children were not expected io sur-,Was formed as result of the elec vive. The father. -believed to bojtions of Nov. 25. The four power the least seriousjy injured, was vest of Coila leveling most of the j buildings minuJes -?rfrW many of j the residents had headed for j storm cellars. At Indianola, Miss., approxim-. ately 40 miles west, what the weather bureau said ''probably ", was another storm, or one of aof eliminating Nazi influences and sere originating in the area, a killed., i three-vear-old girl was treated at the Greenville hospital, jber of occupation troops of the Woman Killed four states and that Austria may At Lake Village, Ark., about 37 j progressively acquire the status of miles west of Indianola, another j an independent state." woman was killed and four men t The department also express?d injured. Patrolman A. R. Connerly hope that an ''austrian agent will said names of the injured were arrive soon in Washington to dis not available. j cuss matters of mutual interest Connerly said the wind had hit 'which do not affect supreme au (Turn to Tage 4. Number ) thority of the allied council.' Labor Readies One-Two Punch in Fight for 30 Percent Pay Increase By United Press employed in telephone installa- The nation's economy Monday jon. weie scheduled to leave - , ... , , -,.itheir jebs Tuesday or Wednes- faced its most critical test since J the end of the war. as three bigj Watch Troubles CIO unions aimed a one-two- ln Washington, top adminis- three punch in labor's fight foi Jtration leaders eyed the troub- higher wages. j led industrial picture with grow- Unless settlements come with-J ing concern. Capitol hill develop in the next week to 10 days, ailments pointed to an increase in estimated 1.500.000 workers in j steel and meat prices to avert the steel, electrical and meat paralyzing shutdowns affecting packing industries may join the every American. 376,000 already idle in strikes Leading representatives of and shutdowns. both industries protested inabil- Disputes i ity to increase wages without a In disputes of nationwide j corresoonding price boost, scope: j A fact-finding board for the 1. Seven hundred thousand ; steel industry awaited an answer members of the Lnited St eel Workers, second bi?gest union, were scheduled to CIO walk- off their jobs Jan. 14. 2. Officers of the United electrical workers, next in CIO strength, set a Jan. 1 5 sti ike date for 200,000 members em ployed bv General E'ectric, Westinghouso and General Mo tors. 3. AFL officials authorized 135.000 meat workers to join 200.000 CIO Packinghouse wcrk- ers in a work stoppage slated f or Jan. i fi. Wage Boosts In all three crises, the unions were seeking wi.ge boosts ap proximating 30 r?r cent to com pensate for increased living costs. Meanwhile, the th-eatf of z. nationwide telephone tieuo be came more serious as striking western electric employes pressed for an immediate svm r!th" walkout by approximated 5550,000 telephone operators and installation workers. A strike vote wis in proves1 mone member? of the national Federation of telephone work ers, and American communica tions and equipment workers, Midwest Floods are Under Control Again ROCKFORD, 111., (U.R) Hun- ! dreds of persons who fled their j flooded homes in northern Illinois I and southern Wisconsin were mov i ing back Monday as overflowing river waters receded. Rising streams, fed by heavy rainfall and melting snow, forced 150 families in Rockford and its suburbs to escape in rowboats Sat urday night. In some homes the water was from two to four feet ficen A p, r;ver overflow cisrputed Ice cakes flowed ireeiy uown. ; the Rock river Monday alter au-i j thonti'es dj-namited ice jams to hasten the flood recession. U. S. Recognizes Austrian Leader WASHINGTON U.Ri The United States Monday formally recognized the new coalation Aus- trailian government of Chancellor T,e0pOld Figl. At the same time, President eraduiatiors io uv. n.ai nruiic-i upon his election as president of the Austrian republic. He express- e( hope that Austria, first nation "annexed" by Hitlerite Germany, woud soon resume her place as an "indem-ndent and democratic state." Figl's cabinet, dominated large- (U. S., British, Russia, rrench) allied council for Austria recom mended that it be recognized on Dec. IS. The state department empha- sized that recognition of Austria in on way weakened the supreme autrority of the allied council. "The council. it said, will con- tinue to operate in carrying out allied objectives in Austria. As the council proceeds with the task institutions in Austria and in the reconstruction of democratic life, .from the U. S. steel com. and the United Steel Workers (CIO) on an appeal to resume negotia tions of union demands for a $2 -a-day increase. The steel com pany has reiected two such in vitations by labor secretary Lew is B. Scwellenbach. Pledge Support In an unprecedented action, officials of the amalgamated meat cutters (AFL have pled- ged financial support to their CIO rivals in the meat packing j industry and authorized mem- bers to join the Jan. lfi walk out if federal conciliation ef forts were unsuccessful. On the brighter side of the labor ledger, CIO glassworkers reonened contract negotiations with two major glass companies with a view toward ending- a strike now entering its 13 th week. The walkout rrinpled Pro duction in Pittsburgh plate glass co. and Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. plpnts in seven states. In Chicago, the United farm equipment workers (CIOV post poned decision on a strike date of 0.000 international Harvest er Co. employes, involvine . 11 company plants. The Union seeks a 30-per-cen tpay hike. Use Ladder To Enter Apartment BULLETIN CHICAGO, (UP) Six year old Suzanne Degnan was kid napped for $20,000 ransom today and her distraught fath er broadcast an appeal for the kidnapper to return the child. "If you have any sympathy or understanding in your heart you will return the child to the family," the girl's fath er, James Degnan said in a statement recorded for broad cast every hour over a radio network. "Please let me know what I can do, how I can contact you. I will give you the mon ey. I will do anything to get my child back. If you harm her God will repay you. Please please, do not harm her." CHICAGO fU.R) Blonde Su zanna Degnan, 6 year old daugh ter of an executive of the Of fice of Price Administration, was taken from her bedroom Mon day by a kiinapDer who left a note demanding $20,000 ransom. The child's father, James Deg nan, 38, is district price board executive for the OPA. He said he and his wife, Helen, 35, were awakened about 3 a. m. by the barking of two boxer dogs own ed by a neighbor. Degnan said he heard Suzan na mumble, "I don't want to get up I'm sleepy." Disappears He said he thought the child was talking in her sleep, and her disappearance was not dis covered until about 7:30 a. m.. when Degnan entered the bed room to awaken the girl. The ransom note, written awkwardly on a piece of greasy paper, was found on the bed room floor. It instructed the Degnans to "get $20,000 in five dollar bills and do not notify the police or the FBI." Police withheld other contents of the note because thev feared publication of the kidnapper's demands mip-ht cause them to harm the child. Use Ladder A 7 foot six rung ladder was found leaning against the garage near the two-aDartment yellow brick building. Police said it ap parently had been used to gain entrance to Susanna's bedroom in the Degnan's first floor apart ment. The bedroom . was at the rear of the house. The window, about seven feet from the around, had been left open by the parents. The girl apparently was taken away in her paiamas. Her other clohes were undisturbed. The Degnan's anartmeTi is on the corner of a blok of large houses surrounded by snaeiou lawn. The neighborhood. jst off the north lake shore, is in habited by a number -of promin ent persons. Degnan. receives 7.50n ly from the OPA. bnt the 'p CTurn to Page 4. Number S) Malce Good Process On Formula to End China's Civil War CHUNGKING. (UP) General George C. Marshall. V. S. special envov. announced Monday that "good progress had been made" at the first formal meeting of his three man police committee to stiHv a formula for ending Chinese civil war. The committee met for three hours at Marshall's resi dence. Mihll another meeting would be held tomorrow. The two man committee mem bers. General Chow En Lai. rep resenting the communists and General Chang Chen, government represent at ive. commented that "t hngs are eoing very well." The committer meeting was nt- pnded slwhrDr. H. S. Hn Mo. Ch'nese ambassador t( Turkey Prior to the meeting. Marshall had held nreliminary talks sep arately with the opposition lead ersr Authoratitve sources said the main topic at the committee meeting was on ipp firing pp-reement and related subjects of restoring ' communication with the blockades and sending ne"tral im-pctigabrvrs. No definite decisions were reached, however. It -was said. WEATHER' Partly cloudv 1 today,- -tonight and Tuesday slightly cooler to day south portion; 'and southeast and extreme east tonight: low tonight 10 to l'S; warmer Tues day west and north portions.- 1 i - n d f ie s. d h e e n 3f id ss a rul rul 9 id;