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XST? 00 y L t I NO. 171 VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, FEBR. 7, 1946 nr i Tftlffntimr 9 Predicts End of Steel Dispute Is Coming Soon By United Pre Hopes for labor peace rose Thursday as a government official reported that ihe steel dispute "is virtually settled or will be by Sat urday." More than half tbe 1.460.000 American workers idled by strikes and shutdowns are teel workers. It was disclosed Wednesday that representatives of U. S. Steel Corp. and the CIO steel workers union have been meeting seeretlv an'l consulting with povemmpnt offi'-ials in an effort to settle the 18-dav-old steel strike by the weekend. Oter Labor Development 1. The house of representatives was expected to tke final action on a ewcnT'in"' strike control bill. 2. New York harbor tugboat op erators were to vote todav on a proposal to settle ineir four-dav strike, which precipitated a fuel shortage and caused a return of the ''brown-out" to New York Citv. 3. At Oridlev. Til.. raMroad guards shot pud killed two pickets who were atterontinf to nrevent the movement of a freight trnin over the strikebound Toledo. Peo ria an'1 Western Railroad lined. 4. Eighteen thousand members of district 3.?. United Steel work ers of American 'TO decided to join the nationwide steel strike at 12:01 a. m. Fridav. f t hours pfter he evniation of the cool ing off neriod required by Min nesota state law. 5. Federal labor mediator James F. Dewey said a steel strike settle ment prohnhlv would lead to an aereenent between General Mo tors Corp. and 175.000 striking CIO United Auto workers. Louisville School Superintendent to Resign Post Soon Glen M. Comm. superintendent of the Louisville school system. ! announced recently that he will resign as a member of the fac ility at the close of the present school term. He has held the po sition of superintendent of schools for the past 17 years. Many developments for the bet terment of the Louisville school system have been accomplished under Corum's direction. A pro gressive and well qualified man for his position, he has received com mendations from county superin tendents of schools for his out standing work. Elwood Pankonin Joins Business Firm Elwood Pankonin, recently re turned service man, has become a partner of his father, C. J. Pan konin, a Louisville implement deal er, effective the first of February The firm will now operate under the name of C. J. Pankonin and Son. After graduation from the Louis ville schools, Elwood attended the University of Nebraska for spec ial training and later worked with his father prior to his entry into the army four years ago. He is a veteran of the European campaign having spent the last several months of his service in Italy. Public Library Kept Busy During January The Plattsmouth Public Library showed a marked increase in book circulation and demand for refer ence material during January, ac cording to Miss Verna Leonard, librarian. Total number of books circulated was 3404, with 2076 of them to adults and 1289 to stud ents and children. Twenty new borrowers received cards during the month and 23 new books were purchased or re ceived as donations. ' Coyote' Hunt Law Sportsmen participating in or ganized coyote hunts are cau tioned to observe all game laws. Complaints against illegal pheas ant killing and wanton destruction of rabibts have resulted from re cent coyote hunts. Hunters are re monded that possible predatory control, through coyote hunts, may be more than offset by un necessary shooting of rabbits whichconstitute the staple item of diet for coyotes. Call Me Mister! Three men reported their dis charges from the armed forces Wednesday to the Cass county selective service office, it was an nounced Thursday. From the army: Dwight Cle ments, Elmwood; and Harold Bob enmoyer, Santee, Nebr. From the navy: Lloyd H. Mapel, Avoca. Parr Young Elected Head of Livestock Feeders Association Parr Young of Weeping Water was elected presidet of the Ne braska Livestock Breeders and Feeders association at the meet ing of Organized Agriculture at the University of Nebraska Col lege of Agriculture at the session Wednesday afternoon. Young is a prominent cattle feeder and a long time resident of the Weeping Water community. W. B. Banning, prominent orch ardist at Union, was elected treas urer of the Nebraska Horticul tural Society at another section of the Wednesday afternoon session of the Organized Agriculture meet- J ing. 1 Nominees Selected For School Board Wednesday Night Four nominees for membershin on the Plattsmouth school board were selected Wednesday night at the school district caucus in the hih school building. Those selected were: William Evers. Emil Wml. William II. Schmidtmann and Hazel McCord. There are two openings on the school board for three vears each. The four nominees will be placed on the ballot at the next regular city election. The election of the school board members in non-political. 4 Cass County Men To Attend Luncheon In Omaha Feb. 15 Draft board members of 10 Douglas county boards and panels from six surrounding counties will be guests of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce at a nublic affairs luncheon February 15. Selective Service recognition medals for two years or more of service will be presented by Gov- i ernor Dwight Griswold. Attending from Cass county will be: O. A. Davis, Murrav: George Lush?nky, Plattsmouth; Alvin McReynolds. Nehawka; and Charles Swan. Union. Teachers to Meet In Union Feb. 13 The Eastern Division of the Cass county Educational Associa tion will meet for dinner 0-30 P. ro. at the Lenriou hall in Union on February 13. Reservations must be made bv February 11, with T. I. Friest. superintendent of Platts mouth schools or with Alfred Mor ford. superintendent of the Union schools. Dr. Walter K. Be?s, of the University of Nebraska, will he the guest speapr for the occasion. TTi p"bict vill he. "CoTvimunity. 2rhorl, Co-orifrtiop." All "atrons of the public school, and thoe interested in btpr livin condi tions tbrnucVi education. rp cord ially invitod to attend this mopf inr. acordinw to Bnrrell Evfins chfirmn of the public relations 'ommittpo for thp association. Thevp will be a round table dis Miccinn or onen forum feature following the main address. Study Catfish Seining The Game Commission is study ing the possibilities for paying commercial fishermen for labor involved in turning over all under sized carfish to state holding ponds for stocking purposes. At present, commercial fishermen are obliged to throw back all catfish of less than the 13 inch legal size. l&w Jtter W ' Mr " i tsZhn I ;?, '; )v - j "YUKON" ON ROCKS Stern view of the broken SS Yukon as it rolls on the rocks near Seward, Alaska. Survivors still wait ing rescue can be seen awaiting their turn on the deck. Reports say most of the survivors are being taken by boat to Seward. (NEA Telephoto) BOTH HAVE SAME HUSBAND Mrs. Gertrude Prisco and 11-day-old baby (left) and Mrs. Anna Prisca and her 14-months-old daughter, Nancy Carol, are said to have been found by sher iffs living together in a Pittsburgh, Calif., three-room apartment with the same husband, Mike Prisco. Charged with bigamy, Prisco says he is a victim of the housing shortage if there had been more houses he could have kept his wives apart. (NEA Telephoto) House Passes Tough Strike Control Bill by Wide Margin on Vote Today WASHINGTON. (U.R) A coali tion of republicans and southern democrats Thursday overwhelmed weak pro-union opponents in the house and passed one of the tough est strike control bills to come before consrress in vears. Passage wns by a roll call vote of 258 to 155. Of the 258 members who voted for the bill, 108 were democrats, 37 were republicans and 2 Rep. Merlin Hull, nrogres- sive. Wisconsin anu uio .aifii tonio American labor, New York were members of minor parties. The house approved the bill, introduced by Rep. Francis Case, R.. S. Dak., after rejecting by voice vote an attempt by Rep. Jos eph Clark Baldwin, R., New York, to send it back to the labor com mittee. The bill would impose restric tions unon the right of labor to strike in industries which effect the national welfare. Tt now goes to the senate. Con siderable delav is expected before any decision is made on the bill in that body. The bill would make labor unions liable in the courts for violations of contract, and would ban foremans unions, union boy cotts and picket line violations. It also would provide for unions in major industries. The house ten atively approved the bill Wednes dav and Ren. Clare E. Hoffman R.. Mich., delayed passage until Thursday by demanding the read ing of the official documentary copy of the measure. By unani mous consent the house dispensed Truman to Speak in Columbus March 6 WASHINGTON, (U.R) Presi dent Truman will speak on March G, in Columbus, Ohio, to a spec ial meeting of the Federal Coun cil of Churches of Christ in Ameri ca. Mr. Truman will speak at noon to a meeting called by the council to consider postwar problems con fronting churches. On March 5, the president will introduce former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill who cvill speak to the students of West minster College at Fulton, Mo. The president will fly next morn ing to Columbus. lit -Mk with further reading after a few paragraphs of the bill had been read. The Case bill is a house sub stitute for the moderate labor committee version of the fact finding bill proposed by President Truman. House approval of the substi-ltor lute came after five full davs ofjablv would lead to early settle floor debate and two months of committee bickering over Mr. Tru man's measure. The bill claims pro visions for its enforcement. Fred M. Vinson WASHINGTON. U.R) The Sen ate has confirmed the nomination of Treasury Secretary Fred M. vincnn tn he TT. S. srovernor of the international bank and monetary fund for five years. Americans to Eat Less So Euroneans Mav Not Starve; Simpler Diet Needed WASHINGTON (U.R) A gener ally sympathetic American public prepared Thursday to eat and drink less luxuriously for a while so that people overseas may at least have food enough to stay alive. President Truman decreed sim pler diets Wednesday when he out lined a nine-point food conserva tion program to help prevent mass starvation in both the conauered and liberated countries of Eurooe and Asia'in what may well be the worst food crisis in modern times. He warned that it might mean ''inconveniences'' to Americans. But he said he knew America's conscience would not permit it to let other people ''suffer and die." To Crimp Diet The program does not mean a return to food rationing, although for at least five months it will mean a comparative coarse type of ''grey" bread, less meat and oils and considerable less beer and whisky. However, the President said he was requesting food retailers to ration informally commodities "that will be in scarce supply for the months immediately ahead." There also was a possibility that deep inroads into the record 1945 wheat crop, much of it expended i n wasteful livestock feeding, might make it necessary to con tinue the program longer. Congress Agrees Congressional reaction was swift and generally favorable. Some legislators questioned whether there was a wheat short age. Bue many agreed with Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas, D., Calif., that the program was "ex actly proper and right." Mr. Truman's plan dealt prin cipally with the conservation of wheat. It most certainly will even tually affect many other kinds of food, however, specifically it pro vided for: 1. A vigorous government food conservation campaign with the emphasis on bread. To Curb Alcohol 2. Discontinuance of the use of wheat in the direct production of alcohol and beer. 3. An increase in the flour ex traction rate, which determines the quantity of flour which can be made from a given amount of wheat, from 72 to 80 per cent. 4. Export during the calendar year of 375,000 tons of fats and oils and 1,600.000.000 (B) pounds of meat as well as increased ex ports of cheese and milk products. 5. Agriculture deDartm ent rnn- trol of wheat and flour inven Justice Department To Study Complaint On Chicago Police WASHINGTON, UR) The jus tice department Thursday was studying a complaint by the Chi cago Civil Liberties union against police treatment of two janitors in the Degnan kidnaping case. The two men are Desire Smet and Hector Vei burgh, janitors for buildings near the Degnan's north side home. The compalint asked the federal government to invisti- gate the alleged third degree treatment of the men by Chicago police. It contended that their constitutional rights had been vio lated. The complaint was accompanied by an affidavit by Smet describ ing in detail his treatment by po lice. According to the affidavit, a police officer told Smet "You did it and.vou are going to talk or hang." The complaint said the janitor was lifted from the floor with his hands tied together behind him and hunir for 15 minutes by his arms with only his toes touching the floor. Strikes At a Glance By United Press Strikes and shutdowns kept 1, 460,000 American workers away from their jobs Thursday the maj or disputes: Steel Hopes rose for early settlement of a strike of 750,000 CIO steel workers. Eighteen thousand Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan steel workers an nounced they would join the walk out Friday. Automotive a federal media- said a steel agreemept prob- ment of a strike of 175,000 CIO United Auto Workers against General Motors Corp. Shipping New York City faced a critical fuel shortage as 3.500 AFL tugboat crewmen re fused to return to work despite government seizure. Railroads Two pickers were shot and killed bv guards posted on a freiTht train moving over the ! strikebound Toledo. Peoria and western lines at Gridley, 111. tories of millers, bakers and dis tributors. Rail Priorities C. Priorities for rail rhinments of wheaf:. corn, meat and other es sential foods. Under the program, the agri culture department within the next day or two will issue orders to divert grains now being con sumed by livestock to food pro ducers. For a time this will mean great er marketing of livestock and poultry. In the long run, however, it will result in less milk, meat and eggs. Ton - quality steaks and roasts will become increasingly scarce. Whiky production will be cut 25 per cent and beer .10 per cent under the new limitations. Aircraft Carriers Of Postwar Navy, WASHINGTON. (U.R) The "cut ting edge" of the navy's peacetime fleets will be big. fast carriers, with battleships relegated to aux iliary roles, Secretary of Navy James Forrestal said Thursday. In an annual report to Presi dent Truman, Forrestal said air nower will be the backbone of the "immediate postwar navy." Nowhere in his renort did For restal mention the atomic bomb or its possible effect on fleet composition and ship design. The navy and the army air forces will test the bomb on surface ships in experiments next Mav and JuTv in the Marshall Islands. A third, underwater, test will be made some time next year. Spearhead of Fleet "The carrier is today the spear head of the modern fleet just as the battleship was 25 years ago," Forrestal told the president. "But just as the battleship had to have fleet complements and aux iliaries ... so the carrier the modern cutting edge of the navy must have its auxiliaries: the fast battleships, the modern cruisers, the long-range destroyers, the submarines and all the vast com plex of auxiliary vessels that con stitute a truly effective navy." Built Around Carriers Forrestal disclosed that U. S. Pacific and Atlantic active fleets will be built around a total of 13 large carriers, augmented by 13 escort carriers, and only four battleships. The carriers will have 3,627 planes. In addition, Forrestal said, the navy will retain 18 more carriers, Milo Price and Clement Woster Are Selected as Candidates for Mayor A A Woster is Named I By Republicans Plattsmouth republicans in cau cus Wednesday in the Library Building nominated Clement Wos ter, local shoe store operator, a their candidate for mayor in the I coming city elections. I Wief or limn aq c:i1tt rmy A Roj?ers am, Richarcf Loffsdon. 'm'3 name was given to the caucus by Vernon Waterman, while Miss Minnie Guthmann and Miss Loris Long nominated the other candi- j dates in order. I Acting Chairman I George Farley served as acting) chairman until heart Davis was properly nominated and elected as convention chairman. C. C. Wes cott was named secretary. For council candidate for the long term in the North Ward. Ver non Waterman was nominated unanimously. A. B. Rogers was nominated for the short term. City Councilmen Leslie Hutchison was nominated for the 2-year council post and Robert Painter received the 1-year nomination in the South Ward. Judge Charles Graves received a unanimous nomination for police judge. Albert Olsen, present clerk, re fused the nomination for the new ly created clerk-treasurer post. Robert Mann was given the nomination for that post. Committeemen and committee women named were: North Ward, Miss Minnie Guthmann, Mrs. C. A. Ruse, Henry Wooster and II. A. Schneider; South Ward, Mrs. Lillian Freeman, Mrs. Frank Gob elman, Harold Alkire and Orville Neilsen. President Planning Wage-Price Formula For Steel Strike WASHINGTON. OJ.R) President Truman ail Thursday he hopes to be able to announce within a dav 'or two a wageprice formula which will leid to n settlement of the stel strike. Mr. Trunin n told his news con ference that he hoped to be able to make his announcement shortly. He said that it was not a naturally new economic stabilizat'on form ula, but a plan for meeting the immediate situation. In p-eneral terms, he explained that if this country achieves the mass production of which it is capable, the situation will adjust itself. And thn. the president said, there would be no need for a gov ernment wage-nrice formula. Stumbling blocks have prevent ed the achievement of this produc tion and the president said if these difficulties had not arisen the gov ernments original stabilization for mula would have worked out. to Be Backbone Forrestal Declares C2 escort carriers and seven bat tleships in its ready reserve fleet The balance of the wartime force will be placed in the navy's so-call ed "Iaid-up" reserve fleet. "If at any time world condi tions require an increase in the naval strength of the United States vessels can be withdrawn from the reserve fleets and added to the active fleets," Forrestal said. "The nation, therefore, will be (Turn to Page 6, Number 2) ELECTED BY UNO Green H. Hackworth, Washington, D. C, former state department ad viser, named American member of Court of International Justice by UNO assembly council. (NEA Telephoto) 'v it ""inn- if ' inn w i Jria The Candidates The Candidates MAYOR Clement Woster, R. Milo Price. D. CLERK-TREASURER Robert Mann, R. Erwin Siemers, D. CITY COUNCILMEN NORTH WARD Vernon Waterman long term, R. Melvin D. Brown, long term, D. A. B. Rogers, short term, R. Clyde Rosborough, short term, D. CITY COUNCILMEN SOUTH WARD Leslie Hutchinson, long term, R. Vincent Kelley, long term, D. Robert Painter, short term, R. Bob Bestor, short term, D. POLICE JUDGE C. L. Graves, nominated both parties. by Truman Supports Pauley in Spite Of Opposition WASHINGTON, (U.R) Presi dent Truman Thursday gave his full support to Edwin W. Pauley, whose nomination to be under sec retary of the navy has caused a heated senate controversy. Asked directly whether he planned to withdraw Pauley's nomination, the president said no; that he was backing Pauley be cause he believed he was an hon est man and an excellent adminis istrator. Rumors that the Pauley nomina tion might be withdrawn had been heard as republican senators who have been fighting the Paul ey appointment turned their fire on another Truman nomina tion, that of George E. Allen as a director of reconstruction fin ance corporation. Opposition to Pauley. California oil man and former Democratic National treasurer, has been fed by testimony at Senate naval af fairs committee hearings on his qualifications. Ickes Testifies Secretary of tht interior. Har old L. Ickes, testified that Pauley in his party role, tried to persuade him to dron a federal suit for title to oil bearing tide lands. Ickes told the committee that Pauley, in September 1944, told him oil men would contribute S300.000 to the part" treasury if the spit wre dropped. Pauley re ppstedlr denied th" charge. He said. Trkes wis confused and had misunderstood teir conversation. Truman Ouestioned Mr. Trnman addd under ques tioning that thn situation would not men pi change in his rela tions; with Tkes. The president wpnt on to say that he thr"fht Paidev ws an hon est ran. Hp added that h was not th only honest man in Wash ington. The resident's statements scotched what had appeared to be a move in some democratic ouar ter? to get the Pauley nomination withdrawn. Fuel Crisis in New Yorlc Caused Schools To Be Closed Today NEW YORK, 0J.R) Mavor Will iam O'Dwver ordered all schools in New York Citv closed indefin itely at the end of classes Thurs day to combat a fuel crisis resnlt tinc from a 4-dav strike of 3.500 AFL tug bot operators. The clos ing order followed a state of emer gency proclamation issued after the strikers voted 9. to 1 against returning to work despite govern ment seizure of the harbor craft. The emegencv proclamation drastically restricted the use for existing supplies of fuel and de creed a citv-wide brownout. An all nrrht meeting of union nd company renresentatives broke pnoarly Thursday without nv decision to return to "work. The office of Defense Transpor tation called the volunteers to rnnn the A(n idle tugs. The ODT also asked the army and navv to transnort emergency fuel supplies for tbe relief of shivering New Yorkers. Mrs. Yamashita TOKYO (U.R) Mrs. Hisako Ya mashita, wife of Lt. Gen. Tomoyu ki Yamashita Thursday heard the news that her husband must hang with a resigned 'I am ready." In formed that General Douglas Mac Arthur had affirmed her husbands death sentence Mrs. Yamashita said impassionately "is- that so?" Price is Named By Democrats Milo Price, principal of Platts mouth high school, received the democratic nomination for mayor at the caucus Wednesday night in the district courtroom. It was a three-way race between Price, Thomas Solomon and C. A. John son, with Price winning with only a four-vote margin over Solomon. Walter C. Soennichsen was also 'named but he declined to run. Convention Chairman Frank Smith served as chairman of the convention with Mrs. Esther Donat elected as secretary. Before accepting nominations. Smith reminded the voters that the city government has been streamlined, with only four city councilmen to be elected instead of ten. Smith pointed out that this will mean that each of the council men will ba a department head and therefore urged that special care be taken to get competent men. For the job of clerk-treasurer Erwin Siemer was elected by unanimous vote. City Councilmen Councilmen nominated from the North Ward were Clyde Ros borough for the short term and Melvin D. Brown for the long term . Rosborough is a member of the council at the present time and Brown is the present city treas urer. Councilmen nominated from the South Ward are Bob Bestor for short term and Vincent Kelley for long term, both of whom received unanimous vote. C. L. Graves received a unani mous vote for the nomination as police judge. Committeemen Selected Committeemen and committee women selected were: Walter Smith and Emma Egenberger from the North Ward: Everett Newton and Thelma Tritsch from the South Ward. County Judge Paul E. Fauquet made the suggestion that a fi nance committee be appointed to collect money to be used by the candidates to conduct their elec tion campaigns. Chairman Frank Smith appointed Judge Fauguet, Everett Newton and Francis Casey as members cf the finance committee. Yamashita Will Die On Gallows TOKYO, (U.R)-Lt. Gen. Tom ovuki Yamashita. the once haughty "Tieer of Malaya," must die on the fallows for his responsibility in the atrocity deaths of C0.0O0 Americans and Filipinoes in the Philippines. His last avenue of possible es cape from the penalty imposed bv a U. S. military commission in Manila was closed Thursday when Gen. Douglas MacArthur affirm ed his conviction and sentence. MacArthur's finding was final. No Delay F.xoected The supreme allied commander directed the commanding general of the Western Pacific Army Forces to execute the judgment. Headquarters spokesmen said they did not expect any further delay in carrying out the sentence and believed Lt. Gen. W. D. Styer. Western Pacific commander, would set the hanging date shortly. A dispatch from Manila said that Western Pacific headquarters al ready had announced that news men would be banned from witnes sing the execution. The announce ment gave no further details. First to be Tried Yamashita, first maior Japanese war criminal to be tried, was con victed bv the commission last De cember 7 for condoning the murd er, torture ad rape of Filipinos and allied civilians. In announcing confirmation of the sentence, MacArthur blasted the stony-faced general for "vio lating the sacred trust of a sold ier, profaning the military profes sion and threatening the very fab ric of internationaVsociety." "It is not easy for me to pass penal judgment upon a defeated adversary in a major military cam (Turn to Page 6, Number 3) WEATHER Nebraska Forecast: Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday; cloudy, Thursday night with enow and decidedly colder in north west portion. Friday, partly cloudy west, probably snow east; strong northerly winds and much colder; low tonight zero to 10 above northwest; 20 to 30 southeast por- tion.