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life (Mm VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, MARCH, 25, 1946 NO. 129 C of C Membership Drive Will Be Conducted Here Thursday; Plans Set A special membership drive for- the Chamber of Commerce will be conducted here Thursday, accord ing to Bob Bestor, chairman of tne memDersmp committee ane L-namDer is seeking to in crease its membership to at least 150. There are 80 members at the present time. New members may join for minimum dues of $10 per year. Some of the business firms will al so be asked to make larger ''sus taining contributions." A special membership of $5 will be offered to farmers in the Tlattsmouth trade territory. Farmer Memberships 'We feel that manv of the farmers in the community have store, was heard in a personal as large a stake in Flattsmouth as! interview, telling of his duties in many of the townspeople," Ed Eg- j connection with supplying food to enberger, president, said, ''and Plattsmouth residents. Don Rick we know many of them will be in- etts also told something of his terested in joining the Chamber . work in the meat department, of Commerce. It seems fair, how-j Eileen Aylor was the winner ever, that their dues should not be in the .first group of interviews as high as for those of us living when she was awarded two mer within the town. After all, the chandise certificates at the time farmers themselves are best quali- that the alarm clock rang. Mrs. fied to tell us how the town tan Chester Colby, recently arrived best serve the farmers." from England, was the winner of The workers who will do the the calling contest and was given contact work for the memberships a basket of groceries for a corn will meet for breakfast in Best- plete dinner, or's dining room at 7 :?0 a. m. Thursdav. After the breakfast they will start their campaien to get 100 percent representation of the business men in the Chamber. The slogan adopted for the drive is "Everv Business A Mem ber." Need Ic Great Bob Bestor said, "The need is greater than ever before for as large a membership as possible in the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber must become more ac tive and in order to do it, it must have money, V -fPfl thnt with th innrPflwH rlnp nnH mnrp mpm. . bers we can really give Piatt- mouth the build-up it needs and deserves." Bestor said he is enlisting his workers todav who will do the ''contact work" for the new mem ben. Their names will be announ ced later in the week. The decision to put on a cam paign for more members was reached at the Chamber meeting last Thursday in conjunction with . was the unanimous opinion of, ii T.r.c -fha mwtmtr ty,at the only wav the Chamber of Com- nnn ,.0flit r.wmnlKl, something for the town is to have adequate financial backinj. ItlVi VV VUU i V- Mill V VVlilf-l- Files Suit for $30,300 Damages S. Ray Smith Saturday filed suit in the district court seeking a total of $30,300 dollars damage from Edwin T. McIIugh. Smith is claiming the damage for an auto mobile accident which occurred December 23, 1945 at the inter section of Alvo Road and U. S. highway 1. Smith has asked $15,000 dam age for his personal injuries, $15,- 000 for injuries to his wife and $300 for damage to his car. Smith claims the accident was caused by negligence on the part of McIIugh. Freudenberg Funeral Services Tuesday Funeral services for Henry Freudenberg will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the family resi dence near Avoca to St. John's Lutheran church in Otoe at 1 :30 p.m. Rev. R. M. Sauberzweig will have charge of the services and in terment will be made in Dalton, Nebraska. Freudenberg was born July 29, 1888, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Freudenberg, at Otoe. Eor several years he made his home at Sidney, Nebraska, before returning to Otoe three years ago to take over his parents farm. Surviving are his wife, three sons, Elmer, of Gurley, Nebr., Al bert, Pocatello, Idaho, and Clif ford who lives at home; five daughters, M r s. Leota Barr, Gurley, Nebr., Adah Sommerfield, Proctor, Colo., Mrs. Fern Nee mann, Syracuse, Nebr., and Phyl lis who is at home; and nine grandchildren. There are also five brothers, Herman of Avoca, John, who lives in Washington, Fred, of Syracuse, and George and Otto of Otoe, Ne braska. Call Me Mister! Robert Hallstrom, of Avoca, re ported his discharge from the coast guard Friday to the Cass county selective office, it was an nounced Monday. , Plattsmouth People Are Heard Oil RadlO Plattsmouth's Hinky-D inky store was featured in a broad cast at 11:30 Monday over radio station WOW as part of a sus taining program sponsored by that chain of stores. The recording for the program was made at the store Saturday morning. Under the jovial leadership of Lyle DeMoss and Ray Olson, sev eral Plattsmouth people were heard in personal interviews and a contest was conducted during the second half of the program. Dick Logsdon, manager of the Mason to Receive Gold Medal Here Hiram Alonzo Harter, 93 years old, who is living at the Masonic Home, Tuesday will be preseited with the Jordan Gold Medal as the oldest Mason in Nebraska. The presentation of the medal will be made at special ceremon is at the Masonic Home Tuesday night by William C. Sharper, of Broken Bow, grand master- of Masons in Nebraska. Other grand officerss will also be present. Hiram Alonzo Harter was born March 12, 1853 in Wabash coun ty, Indiana. He was made a Mason on August 7, 1878 in Deming Lodge No. 88 A. F. and A. M. in North Manchester, Ind. He came to Nebraska in the early 90's to Aurora Lodge No. 68 A. F. and A. M. at Aurora, Nebr. He came to the Masonic Home Plattsmouth on October 27, , Harter is the third Mason who has, received the J ordan Medal while living , at the Gold home nTere- fD Long,, covert uoage I,0: 11 ' manaj received the med- , ai in xviv, aim iiic j-ctunu iu if ceive it was Albert E. Baker, Oli ver Lodge No. 38, Seward, Neb raska. The Jordan Medal has been pre sented since 1904 to the man in ' grand jurisdiction of Nebraska who has been a Freemason for the longest time. Harter jn the 12th mason to receive this honor. Chetnik Leader Is Arrested by Tito ; A.S Var Criminal BELGRADE f--aJ.fi) General Draja Mikhailqvitch, Yugoslav Vvartime Chetnik leader, was ar rested March 13 , along with 11 of his comrades and is now in the hands of Marshal Tito's govern ment, according "to General Alex- ander Rankovic,: minister f the interior. ; General Rankovic announced the arrest Sunday to the Yugoslav parliament. The bearded Chetnik leader is charged writh nazi collaboration. He was listed by the Tito govern ment as a war criminal and re portedly had been hiding out in the Yugoslav mountains since Germany's surrender. It was charged at the Nurenberg war crimes trial that Mikhailovitch as King Peter's minister of war had made a deal with General Milan Medich, the nazi puppet premier to fight with Germany against Tito's partisan forces. Mikhailovitch recognized the Y"c?ugoslav army after the German occupation. He was considered a national hero and was supported by the British until 1944. His anti nazi activities were depicted in an American movie. Mikhailovitch was to be tried as a war criminal by the Yougoslav government. He probably faces the death penalty if convicted. Traffic Fines Wesley Paap, of Nebraska City and George Rhoden, of Platts mouth, were each fined $2 and costs Saturday by Police Judge C. L. Graves after pleading guilty a charge of passing a "stop sign." Kenneth Zimmer, of Lincoln was fined $4 and costs Monday af ter pleading guilty to charge of passing two stop signs. Baruch Declares Strikes Must Be Prevented Now WASHINGTON, (U.R) Elder statesman Bernard Baruch told congress Monday that strikes and lockouts mast be prevented for at least a year by law if neces sary so production can reach the high levels needed to lick infla tion. At the same time, he called for creation of a high" court of com merce, "a soTt of supreme eco nomic council," to help settle clashes between all segments of the national economy. Morass of Confusion ''If this is not done," Baruch warned, "wo shall soon find our selves in the morass of confusion that will bring us either to fas cism or communism; and that ark of the covenant of human liber ties and dignities, our form of gov ernment, will have been lost." In blunt and forthright lang uage, the 75-year-old financier and adviser to presidents said labor, industry, farmers, politici ans and other groups must accept the bitter with the sweet if they want to check the "grave breach" in the stabilization line. Favors OPA He told the house banking com mittee he was in favor of the pending bill to extend price con trols for another year after June 30. But he warned that OPA was only one "part of the broad anti-inflation program that was needed. "Price control by itself will not be effective," he said. "It must go hand in hand with a sharply defined tax program; the siphoning off of excess savings and earnings by selling govern ment bonds to individuals instead of banks; by controlling all loans: by not favoring one segment of society over another; by priority, licensing and allocation to the greatest needs, and above all, by increasing production." No Strikes To get production, he said, "there should not be anystrike3 or lockouts for a period of at least one year by agreement prefer ably otherwise by law." He said Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles should - be charged with carrying out this all-important task. - In a direct rebuke of the ad ministration, Baruch said the gov ernment should "stop bunking the public by saying wage' -increases can be granted without increase in price levels." The 18r2 cent hourly wage in crease granted steel workers, he said, was not a "bulge" in the stabilization line as the admin istration calls it but a "break, and a grave One." "This," he said, "will be fol lowed by increases all along the line, no matter what anybody miTiKs 10 me contrary. . America, Baruch said, faces five to seven years of unlimited demand. And the measures tak en now, he declared, will deter mine whether it will be a period of stable prosperity or one f- steadily rising prices and eventual collapse and misery. -,, . ,, ,T., . ,. , . SPRING IS HERE When motion picture studios take their young actresses to Santa Monica, Calif., beach for bathing suit art, it's a good indication that spring is here. Warner Brothers actresses Leza Holland, Suzi Crandall, Angela Greene and Joan Winfield are en- joying an old fashioned wiener roast. (NEA telephoto). ir k lOk iitnT,Twn - - - - .-.v..m.. v RECONVERSION A police dog named Lentho, liberated from a German General by T-5 Barney Lastinger, and brought to the U. S. on a GI pet ship, will obey orders from only two people, Lastinger and his wife, Janet. Even then there is a catch to this, since the orders must be given in German. (NEA telephoto). OPA Appeals to Housewives Not to Buy Sugar Early WASHINGTON 'UP The OPA appealed to housewives Monday not to go out and buy canning sugar before they have any fruit was withdrawing from Iran Mon- to can- day while the world speculated on So many housewives are doing what concessions the Tehran gov just that, officia.ls said, that the ernment made to bring about the OPA sugar distribution machinery evacuation. is in danger of being thrown out Irt "words almost identical to the of gear. official Russian agreement, an OPA validated spare stamp no. Iranian government spokesman 0 on March 11 for five pounds of. announced that the withdrawl was It worked out a canning sugar. zonal distribution yystem whereby completed, barring unexpected de supplies would be on hand in var-" velopments in five weeks. That ions legions as fruits and vejje- means approximately May 1, al tables were ready to be preserved, most two months after the with OPA expected the first heavy drawal date set by the Anglo call for canning supar in the south Soviet-Iranian treaty of 1942. where strawberries ripen early. But housewives all over the coun- -erJ try immediately began using the The Iranian sDokesman Prince stamps many of them, OPA suspects, r . oramary nousenoiu The situation in New York be- ine situation in :e.ioiK De came so bad last week that distri- camouflaged trucks to keep wom e- - - en from mobbing stores. To Make Church Safe for Nylons NEW ALBANY, IND., (U.PJ- i Yhe congregation of St Mark the Azerbaij provincial gov elical and Reformed Church . ... 4 .t- , n Evan- pledged itse f today to the conser- vaticm of. nylon hosiery - VV. fxrviaVi wnvcnirnoi' rtrwl rvn. plained of snags and runs on the edces of Dews. So the men uledffed to brine sandDaner. nlanes and files one night a week' to make the church safe for nylons. Russian Troops Leave Iran Amid Wide Speculation LONDON (U.R) The Red army under way. He said it would be! Mozaffar Firouz, said in Tehran ! the Red army already had left i -ssistance nd facilities, including Ke?uJ' PP'oxately 20, "fright of passage through their northwest of Tehran and their tenitnrips when neressarv to closest occupation point to the : If! 11 necessary to cauiiai. The Russians also were pulling out of Kazvin, once a major trans shipment point for American lend lease supplies for Russia, he said. "The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Herald, labor party newspaper, said it seemed prob able that Iran had agreed to CrtVifif Iflm on io onf fin r -v-i r sf northern Iranian oil fieWs and & led of futurJ Iranian , j " Dispute Closed? The Daily Herald predicted that the UNO security council meeting in New York would be asked to accept such a settlement and con sider the dispute closed. It ap peared that an explanation of the agreement would come from the UNO meeting. A British foreign office spokes- man said it would be quite pre- mature to ay our anxieties have been relieved with regard to pres sure which might already have been or still might be on the Iran ian government by Russia. "We do not know the terms of the agreement reDorted between Russia and Iran the spokesman observed Attlee Will Not Visit in Moscow LONDON, (U.R) Prime Minis ter Clement R. Attlee told Com mons Monday that he did "not consider it advisable at the pres- ent time" to visit Moscow to dis - cuss security questions with Pre mier Stalin. Independent Vernon Bartlett, asked in Commons whether Attlee would go to Moscow for frank talks with Stalin seeking "how and to what extent soviet pre occupation with security can be reconciled with Britains." "I am ready to adopt any means likely to improve relations be tween the great powers," Attlee said. "However, since the UNO Security Council now is holding a meeting in New York, I do not consider it would be advisable for me to make a proposal of such far reaching importance to Marshal Staliri at the present time." Truman Asks for Unity in Address at Opening Session of UNO Monday . A International Army Will Be Discussed by UNO NEW YORK (U.R The United Nations military staff committee begins its ultra-secret discussions Tuesday on the size and make-up of the international armed forces , that will provide the" bite to back up tne u.mj securiry; council s , bark. The discussions will range all the way from the use of the atom ic bomb to the kind of equipment that will be provided the men of the fighting forces to be allocated by UNO member states to help the security council maintain the peace. The meeting was scheduled to start today but some of the of ficers were late in arriving and it was put off until tomorrow. Bie Five Chiefs Composed of representatives of the chiefs of staff of the big five Great Britain, Soviet Russia, France, China and the United States the staff committee con stitutes the military high com mand of the world organization, i The United States is represented iust, the location of army head by three war-seasoned, top-flight quarters of the 9th U. S. army, nffiers w ith a record of ereat the 3rd. 5th and 7th and 13th achievement with ground, naval armored corps; 18th armored divi and air forces. ! sion, and also several infantry and Meeting in a tightly-guarded tank divisions. The cable also ask room of mid-town Henrv Hudson ed the location of the U. S. 1st air i hotel almost eight miles from I Hunter College in the Bronx, where the security council is hold ing its first public session in the United States the military brass . hats will first take up their egen da. Topping the agenda is the big j vital job assigned it by the United ; Nations charter the development ' of the international fighting force that must be at the beck and call of the security council. General Terms At first, a high official on the committee said, the group will en- gage in preliminary discussions and in the most general terms. Then, the problems willbe assign ed to subcommittees, each of which will deal with specific as pects of this unique world police force. Under the charter, not all of the Cl United Nations will be re quired to provide actual fighting forces. Some of -them will be ex pected to provide other forms of Democrats Save Food at Jackson Day Dinner But Crowd Restaurants Later By Frederick C. Otkman j ling of chopped parsely. No but WASHINGTON, U.P.) Demo- ter; no bread, crats, do not get your fingers too ame next the salad; a few close to me today. 1 11 snap at em. i , . ' I'm hungry ' 'eaves lettuce drenched in me- Ordinarily I do not bite the gar. I sat on the balcony of the hand that feeds me, but starva- main ballroom and I had a good tion forces me this time to jnaw view of the presidential table, on it. The big-shot democrats in- Margaret didn't bother with her vited me-to their Jackson Day ban- salad. The president took one bite quet and that was nice of 'em, on- of his. I ate mine, but that was a lv thev served the worst excuse mistake. for a meal pver to make rattline noises on its way past the Othman epiglottis. Got in Free Maybe I shouldn't kick; perhaps the size of marbles, three seg ril recover f ullv after a few davs I ments of orange, three slivers of bland diet. All the other, haw, diners put up $100 per plate of nothing much Saturday night at the Mayflower hotel. President Truman had to shell out $200, be cause he brought Margaret along. I got in free. I guess I'd better tell you about the dinner before I go into the aftermath. Chairman Robert E. Hanneean told the loyal demo- crats and their ladies that the meal about 45 minutes ahead of sched was a little skimpy so'.as to save ule. Toastmaster Joe Davies had food for Europe. This was a laud- to introduce a lot of democrats able idea, but as I am prepared to he probably didn't intend to in prove in about 45 seconds, ltjtorduce. Grace Moore had to sing backfired. Europe suffered from some songs she hadn't scheduled, this dinner. j including one called, "too latr The president and Margaret erot to worry, too blue to cry." Miss their water in gold-rimmed gob- lets with stems eight inches high: i I eot mv water in a elass. In sold- crested cuds on eold-erested ser- vice plates, Truman and his daugh ter received a pale, pinkish, luke- warmish liquid billed as essence of tomato. Mine came in a mug with two handles. The president got no crackers. Neither did I. jto say. What you haven't read is Second Course j that the democrats jumped up and The second course consisted of down and cheered and yelled and one half of a half-grown chicken, ' clapped their hands. This used resting pale and forlorn (and a' energy they couldn't afford to little underdone) on a large, cold waste. plate. There was no gravy on topj By 11 a. m., the 2,000 demo of it; no dressing beneath. On the crats who'd spent their $200,000 left of this sad-looking bird, ac- to eat as described above, were so cording to my count, were 22. hungry they could have tackled a peas. ' 12-course roast beef dinner. Most On the right was one boiled po- of them did. Every restaurant for tato, naked except for a sprink- (Turn to Page 4," Number 4) Attributes Long Life To Plenty of Beer CHICAGO, 0J.R) Arpad Sabo dos, celebrating what he claimed his 110th birthday Monday attri buted his long life to plenty of beer. ''Whenever a doctor gave me a prescription I translated it to mean a drink of beer," Sabados .g re',1' h&' a Sabados who came t0 this ooun. try from Hungary 70 years ao, :aui ne has purchased a lu-acre farm, his 23rd, near Silver Lake, Wis, More Reports on Soviet Agents MONTREAL. (U.R) Soviet agents in Canada were ordered by Moscow to obtain information on American troop movements to Europe and from there to Asia, it was revealed Monday at the hear ing of a Canadian communist charged with jiving secret infor mation to Russia. Moscow wanted to know, it was disclosed, in a cable of late Aug descent army and plans lor its fu ture use. Communist' Trial The disclosure came as the Crown continued its case against rred Rose, communist member oi the Canadian parliament, and Prof .Raymond Boyer of Magill University, both charged with giv- ing Canadian secrets to Russia. The cable pertaining to troop movements said the information was wanted to confirm the offic ial facts. It was part of many doc uments presented by the Crown and was based on information giv en by Igor Gouzenko former se cret code clerk in. the Russian embassy here, who tipped off Canada about the soviet espionage ring. Operated Two Years Monday's documents disclosed that the ring was operating for the last two years, and that Mos cow also demanded that its agents in Canada furnish a documenta tion of the atomic bomb research before and after the first atomic bomb wiped Hiroshima off the (Turn to Page 4. Number 5) i Dessert Dessert appeared almost immed iately. My analysis showed that r it contained two scoops of melon of grape fruit, and four small wedges of canned pineapple. This came in a glass cup and it was the sourest dessert I ever tasted. Be side the cup was an oatmeal cookie, one and one quarter inches in diameter, but too thin to regis ter on my calipers. The coffee was black. No sugar. No cream. So what happened? Everybody got through eating Moore was too polite to say so but this song obviously referred to tne dinner shed just gulped in seven bites. Speech-Making After that was the speech-mak ing. You've read what the presi- dent and Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace and the others had Byrnes Says Full Report Expected On Iran Dispute NEW YORK (U.R) Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, welcom ing the United Nations to America Monday appealed 1o UNO mem bers to settled disputes without resorting to security council if possible but warned that no na tion has a right to take the law into its own hands. That statement at the opening meeting of the UNO security council here, plus Byrnes reitera tion of a pledge not to consider the. status quo sacrosant, indicated his willingness to accept any reasonable and honest settlement of the Soviet-Iranian dispute reached "out of court", provided a full report on it is made to the council. U. S. Corporation President Truman at the same time reiterated his pledge to give UNO the wholehearted coopera tion of the United States now that it has established its head quarters in this country. Byrnes opened the first UNO security council meeting at the Hunter College site with a short address and read a message from President Truman who had can celled earlier plans to attend in person because of the press of of ficial business. Appeal for Unity Truman's message was an ap peal for unity among the United Nations an appeal for the mem bers to stick together and work together in peace as in war in or der to maintain peace and free dom "in this independent world." "But there can be no home any where for the United Nations un less the United Nations remain united and continue to work to gether," for ""peace and for free-doni,"-Mr- Trsman said. Byrnes .?eddress was delivered in the couneUs1nfcrim chamber the' converted jrymnasium of Hunter ' Conge-lefpr other members of thell-natf&resnncil and representatives ol other Unit ed . Nations and distingaisAed guests. . ..; 1. The council began what will be a "continuous session'- in its new, home while delegates awaited of- , ficial confirmation of radio Mos cow's reported that .the critical Soviet-Iriahian dispute over Rus sian troops in Iran has been set tled by an agreement and that the troops are already going out. Full Discussion " Byrnes will insist upon full dis cussian of the agreement-and a full report by both Iran and the Soviet Unian on other negotia tions before letting the council drop the dispute which has been before the council since its first meeting in London in January. But there was hope Monday where there had been pessimism last week, that the Soviet-Iranian agreement would turn out to be an honest, bona fide one on which the council can stamp its approval. Obviously referring to zueh cases 'as the Soviet-Iraniar. one, Byrnes reiterated for the third time in three weeks that the Unit ed Nations charter "does not sanctify ancient privilege." "The charter. . .does not at tempt to outlaw change in an ever changing world," he told the opening council session. "It does, however, obligate all states, large and small alike, to refrain from the use of force or threat of force, except in the de fense of law. "Nations like individuals should do their best to adjust their dis putes without resort to litigation. But no nation has the right to take the law into its own hands. If disputes cannot be settled by friendly negotiations they must be brought before the securitv coun cil." Byrnes thus prepared the way Soviet-Iranian agreement i f, Soviet-Iranian agreement 6 f , when the reports are made to the council, it appears to be an honest one not extracted from the Iran ians under duress. By again de nouncing blind support of the status quo, Byrnes are indicated America's willingness to recognize soviet Russia's aspiration in Iran and the entire middle east area. , Byrnes emphasized the adv&n (Turn to Page 4, Number 6) WEATHER Nebraska Forecast: Mostly cloudy with very widely scattered showers, comparably mixed with snow northwest Monday; fair Monday; fair Monday night and Tuesday; cooler Monday and in east and south Monday night; low temperatures Monday night SO northwest to 45 southeast; slight ly warmer extreme west in the afternoon. V 4 1