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OTTO VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA NO. 13; MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1946 Mi ft Groups Work to Assure Large Election Vote The Plattsmouth Chamber of Comemrce Monday enlisted the aid of the junior oman s emo der. jn America we want to do for the younger gener in order to get a large turnout of;atjons what was not done for US. Woman's voters lor me special iecuun Tuesday, it was announced joint- v Mondav by Chamber Secretary."-- . , Don J. Arundel and Junior Wo- will enabIe Pmouth to man's flub President Mr?. Henrv.Cass county. It will be able Donat. Question to Be Voted On The club members will tele phone voters to remind them to be pure to vote tomorrow while the Chamber of Commerce will make certain that all who wish to vote will be provided that opportunity. The question to be voted on to morrow involves the issuance of $."0,000 worth of bonds for the -nut-chase of the American Legion building at a cost of $7,500 with the remainder of amount to be used for completion of the build- infr so that it can be used as a municipal auditorium. city had and community center. Election Party at Journal The polls at the four polling: places veil be open at 8 a. m. Tues day and will cose at S p. ni. Counting of the ballots will begin immediately following the closing of the polls. The results are ex pected to be known within an hour or so after the polls close. City Clerk Albert Olson estimated Mon day. The vote will be officially can vassed when the city council meets Wednesday night. The Daily Journal office will be open Tuesday night for an election party and members of the staff will report the results of the voting immediatelv follow ing the tabuation at each of polling places. Plattsmouth Group To Attend Meeting For General Pick .Chamber of Commerce Secre tary Don J. Arundel announced Monday that reservations for a party of six from Plattsmouth had been sent to Glenwood, la., where a dinner and meeting honoring Maj. Gen. Lewis Tick will be held j tonight. General Pick will speak on Missouri river developments at a meeting sponsored by the Glenwood Chamber of Commerce and Rotai-y and Lions clubs. Those who have indicated their intention to attend the meeting are Mr. and Mrs Richard Spang- ler, Eugene Rushnell, William Milliron and Milan F. Murray. Arundel said he expected at least one more to attend. Press Executives Meet in New York NEW YORK. 0J.R) Some 1,000 of the nation's top newspaper executives open a four-day meet ing here Monday. Discussions will include the newsprint shortage, labor-management relations, postwar prob lems and the question whether news reports should be turned try planned to meet with OPA of over to the government for broad- .firial? to discuss price increases, cast to foreign countries. jThey feel bread prices should be In addition to the newspaper raised a cent a loaf to offset the executive sessions, the United .slash in production. Press and the Associated Press : will hold business meetings. j "j Hearing Set for Poisoning Deliberate Plot I . . nuerenburg, oj .R Army Changing Location officials announced Monday that' LINCCLN, (U.R The state bu the arsenic poisonin- of more reau of Jrrig2tion set May 17 as than 2,000 German prisoners of nearing. date on application of the war at a camp near Nuerenberg Eastern Nebraska Public Power last week was a deliberate plot district to change its place of with the evidence eliminating the business from Syracuse to Te possibihty that it was accidental. ; cumseh. j More labor, and better rail and Three Pay Fines highway facilities are available at Floyd Bergman, Omaha, paid a Tecumseh. the district said. The fine of S2 and costs to Police hearing will be held at Lincoln. Judge C. L. Graves Monday after! he had entered a plea of guilty' to a charge of failure to stop for Holloways Visit Here a stop sign. Mearle Lewis, Lin-j coin, paid fines of $7 and costs Saturday after pleading guilty to charges of failure to stop for a stop sign. Mearle Lewis, Lincoln, paid fines of $7 Omaha paird fine Saturday after pleading guilty to charges cf failure to stop for a limit Raphae 1 Toman. Platts mouth, paid a fine of $2 and costs Saturday after pleading guilty to a charge of failure to stop for a stop sign. Stone Suffers Attack i Holloway, sheriff of Cass coun- WASHINGTON, (U.R) Chief ty back' at the turn of the cen Justice Harlan F. Stone suffered tury. He is associated with the an attack of illness during the gypsum industry in California but supreme court session Monday, is now retired. Vote "YES" TOMORROW for tEe Progress for Plattsmouth AN EDITORIAL All over the country cities and towns are going ahead with postwar projects or plans for such projects to make j their communities better places to live in. That is thej American way oi me me progressive way lor in Araer- ica we are not content to live that our fathers and their fathers before them lived un- So it is with Plattsmouth. for meetings, for banquets, public and private. By making full use of such a build ing, nattsmoutn can enjoy a luiier, richer lite. It can bring speakers with important messages and not fear that there will be no place to seat a large audience. It can present entertainment with facilities for all who care to attend. Community singing groups can use the build ing, union services can be held on such davs as Armistice day, Easter and others. Those are but a few of the manv iiises that can be made of such a building, i The building will replace no other one in town. In- sieau ii win mi a gap uiai soreiy neeas to De illiea. w e have an opportunity, through the American Legion and the City administration, to provide for ourselves and for future generations a memorial to the progressiveness of Plattsmouth. It will be a be the first one of many steps in the building of a new, more progressive Plattsmouth a Plattsmouth with its eve on today's needs in order to fulfill tomorrow's obliga tions. One of tomorrow's obligations and today's needs will be fulfilled if every Plattsmouth voter will" mark an "X" in the square opposite the "Yes" on the ballot Tues day. Tomorrow will be Plattsmouth's D-day, a day that mav well begin a new period of progress. So on D-dav vote "Yes." Governors of For Balanced SPRINGFIELD, ILL. U.R Re- J publican and democratic gover nors of 30 states joined Monday in requesting a balanced national budget to prevent tax increases and inflation. The requests were disclosed ihere bv Gov. Dwight H. Green, R.. 111. They were made by 17 other republicans and 12 demo- U. S. on Short Bread Rations WASHINGTON (U.R) the United States went on short bread rations Mondav The cut was ordered by the gov ernment as part of a world-wide i effort to beat off the worst famine ; threat in nearly 400 years. Its goal was to save another 25,000,000 bushels of wheat for export. It means that during the next TO critical days, Americans will have at least 25 per cent less bread and other wheat products than they had during the corres ponding period of 1045. The bread cut will be felt im mediately because bread is made on a day-to-day basis. The reduc tion in such packed and stored items as cereals and spaghetti will be felt gradually. As a result of the cutback, rep resentatives of the bakine indus- Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Ilolloway, of Lost Hills Calif., formerly of Plattsmouth were here Friday to renew old acquaintances. Mrs. Halloway is the former Miss Mary Sherman, daughter of the late Charles Sherman who was the publisher of one of the first news paners in Plattsmouth known as "The Plattsmouth Journal. She is also the sister of Charles 'Cv" Sherman, jr., sports editor of the Lar'oln Journal. Mr. Holloway is the son of the late S. P. under the same conditions The proposed municipal - - assume its original place in to accommodate large groups for other gatherings', both wnrthv mpmnrial nnrJ ma- ;f 30 States Ask U. S. Budget crats at their respective state capitals. Statements Almost Identical Green and Gov. Ralph Gates, R., Indiana, issued statements that were almost identical. They charg ed the federal government with "unsound fiscal practices" and urged that the budget be balanced by July 1, start of the next fiscal year, to insure national solvency. Green and Gates said the pro posed federal budget for the fiscal year of 1946-47 would add $3, 000,000,000 to the national debt. Gates' statement said in part: Griswold Indorses Stand ''Unsound federal fiscal prac tices are constant menace to the constitutional position of our com monwealth and local governments, and. a threat to their financial solvency." Green said he was convinced: "That further defict spending and continued borrowing are major threats to the nation's welfare. Green's statement included following governors as indorsing his stand: Robert D. Blue, R., Iowa; Dwight Griswold, R., Nebraska. FLASHES FROM THE WIRES MOSCOW, Ida. (U.R) Offi cials of the U. S. geological survey Monday revealed discov ery of a tremendous deposit of high grade alumina clay, al most in the backyard of indus trialist Henry J. Kaiser's $75, 00,000 Spokane, Wash., alum inum plants. CHUNGKING, (U.R) Gen. George C. Marshall held a long conference with communist Gen. Chou En-Lai Monday and arranged to meet Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek immediately afterward in a strenuous bid to end the Chinese civil strife. NEW YORK, (U.R) A move ment for revival of an Austral ian proposal for a United Na tions security council investi gation of the Iranian case gain ed ground Monday following an official British observer's report that Iran's request for withdrawal of its complaint against Soviet Russia was made under strong Russian diplo matic pressure. BOSTON, (U.R) In a test case effecting overtime claims totaling $6,000,000 throughout the nation, Federal Judge Fran cis J. W. Ford, ruled Monday that working foremen are not entitled to overtime as provided by the fair labor standards act. 5s J? r . ?5t 1 Jh5t -T PROPOSED AUDITORIUM Above is pictured the pro;osed building to house the city hall, municipal auditorium and community center that will be voted on Tuesday in a special elec tion. The sketch is by the firm of Hazen and York Enters 5 Boys in Peru Relays Tuesday Five tracksters will carry Platts- J mouth high school's colors in the Peru State Teachers college In vitational Relays at Peru Tues day, Coach Joe York announced Monday. York will enter his boys in two relays ana six maiMauai events. Four runners, Robert Tritsch, Ken Tiekotter, Emerson Wiles and Bob Meisinger, will be entered in the 440 and S00 yard relays, York said. Tritsch, captain of the track team, and Tiekotter, will also com pete in the 100 yard dash and Wiles and Meisinger will run in the 440 yard dash event. Thirty-two Schools Enter Bob Gaines will be Platte mouth's lone entrant in the field events. He will enter the broad jump and will also run in the half mile event. Thirty-two schools have accept- i ed invitations to the relays, nine j class A and 23 class B. Favored j in the class A competition is the j Nebraska City aggregation, while Talmage, which walked off with honors at the Auburn and Nebras- ' ka Lity meets during the last two weeks, is rated a sure bet to win che class B crown. In the class A group will be Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, Au burn, Beatrice, Fairbury, Falls City, Pawnee City, Tecumseh and Wymore. Twin in Good Mark Class B schools will be Adams, Avoca, Brock, Burchard, Cook, Dawson, Dubois, Dunbar, Hum boldt, Johnson, Julian Nemaha, Peru, Otoe, Salem Shubert, Ster ling, Syracuse, Table Rock, Tal mage, Union and Yerdon. York indicated he believed his relay team would stand a fair chance of making a good showing at Peru. The boys turned in one of the top marks of the week at Nebraska City last week when they clipped off the 880 yard re lay in 1.37.7 to cop fourth place. The time was only .04.2 under the best mark of the week by Boys Town, 1 :33.5. Vandenbergr Throws Support Behind Loan for England WASHINGTON, (U.R) Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Michi gan, threw his support behind the British loan Monday with the "reluctant but firm conviction" that the loan is necessary for the continued well being of the Amer ican people. Vandenberg is recognized as the republican party's leading senate authority -in foreign af fairs. His support of the pro posed $3,750,000,000 loan was ex pected to carry significant weight. It has appeared to be a toss up whether the Senate would pass the loan. He told the Senate the loan could be defended only on a bas is of "intelligent self interest;" that its defeat by the Senate would "harm the welfare of our own country and of all citizens." Put Fish in Lakes LOUISVILLE, (Special) A truck load of medium-sized crap pies were put into the lakes here Friday. They were brought here from North Platte. TV-1- T a 9?- 5 vr-n, " .. -. . - 'M " Robinson, Lincoln for the proposed way the building the city. Election Facts Polls open at & a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Polling places are: First ward, first precinct Court House. First ward, second precinst Fuse Motor Co. Second ward, first precinct ' Cass County Motor Co. Second ward, second precinct Recreation Center. Election party at The Daily j j Journal ottice following closing ! of polls. 4 : Achievement Day Set for April 30 WEEPING WATER The countrywide achievement program of the home demonstration pro ject club will be held Tuesday, ; April 30, at the agricultural audi- ' i toriun f Th torium here. e one-dav program win open with registration which will be f 1 .on lis t, tq ,.,..v,.o .;n roup singing to be led by Mrs. John Fischer, of Eagle. A demonstra tion, entitled "Today's Sand wiches," will be presented by Mary Stank, assistant state exten sion nutritionist. Recognition service for project leaders and special musical num bers will complete the program. A tea will be served at the close of activities by club members of the Elmwood Tiaining center. An exhibit of articles made as a result of club demonstration will be on display. Church to Install New Pastor Sunday LOUISVILLE, (Special) Rev. E. Ahlemeyer, of Kearney, will be installed Sunday as pastor of the j Trinity Lutheran church, two miles north of Murdock. Rev. Ahlemeyer will replace Rev. Peter C. Krev. Pope Looks to U. Lead World Out By Harry Ferguson (Copyright by United Press) VATICAN CITY (U.R) Pope Pius Monday granted an audience to the United Press and my im pression is that His Holiness is looking to the United States as a shining hope to lead the world out of postwar confusion and to help win the present desperate fight against the threat of famine in many lands. Sitting in the scarlet walled library before a brown wooden desk covered with red felt, the j pope discussed world problems frankly for 2i minutes. Pays Tribute to Americans Taying warm tribute to the traditional generosity of the American people, the pope repeat edly expressed hope that the west ern world would continue to make a major contribution to alleviate humanity's present dire need for food. I believe that the pontiff has confidence that South America particularly Argentina which he singled out 5n discussion of the famine threat will help to rescue great numbers of the human race j who have insufficient bread Participating in the audience 4 architects, in charge of plans building. It represents the would look if completed by Bowles Predicts Public Opinion Will Save OPA WASHINGTON (U.R) Econom ic stabilizer Chester Bowles pre dicted Monday that Congress1 would heed the "stream of tele grams and letters" from the pub lic and extend OPA without crip pling amendments. He said the "everyday people" of America were alarmed at the spectre of high prices held out in the amendment-riddled extension bill passed by the House. But he expressed confidence that Con gress would ultimately reject all the ''destructive" amendments and give OPA an effective new lease on life. Demonstration of Democracy 'T have seen enough wires, let- ! ana, newspaper eauo.iais arm 1 1 have heard enough radio com- .x l 1 . - . 1 J ment to convince me that during Hit" iicai itw f trtv v v iii nave the greatest demonstration of de- mocracy in action this country has ever seen," he said in a statement, 'T h e out-and-out profiteers who are licking their chops in an ! anticipation of an orgy of specu lative gains," Bowles declared, "should know now that the Ameri can people have just beirun to fight." Senate Leaders Not Confident His statement was issued as the Senate banking committee con tinued hearings on an administra tion bill to extend OPA another year in its present form. Industry opponents to the bill were called as witnesses. Administration leaders in the Senate were not as confident as Bowles that the House bill, which virtually emasculates OPA, would be revitalized in the Senate. They were faced with the possibility it would be still further gutted by an angry coalition of republicans and democrats from farming and min ing states. SJas Hope to of Confusion were Virgil Pinkley, U.P. vice ident for Europe, and J. Edward Murray, Rome manager of U.P. Stresses Need of Free Press The Holy Father emphasized the urgent need of a free flowr of news and information of all parts of the world, especially at the present time, as a contribution in promoting better relations among nations which he regarded as es sential to lasting peace. He impressed upon us the great responsibility and opportunity newspapers and radio have to dis seminate truly democratic ideas and ideals through the distribution of impartial information. He spoke in warm terms of America as a great and genuine country and expressed the belief that the United States would be among the leaders in reconstruct ing the war torn world. The pope expressed the urgency of getting any food surpluses in the western hemisphere to areas of famine. I received the impres sion his greatest expectation was that the needy areas would receive grain from both North and South America, particularly the United States and Argentina. Mumicipal Auditorium Jap Premier, Cabinet Resign After 6 Months District Music Contest Draws 44 From Here .Mrs. uonam nugnes. super 101 of music in the Plattsmouth schools, will present 44 high school students at the district mu - 'sic contest to be held in Auburn: ! Vocal soloists for the event will ! pn in order to help stabilize the ! include Doris Finnefrock. who : Polltital situation assist in meet iwill sing the Negro spiritual,; acute food crisis unom ! "Sometimes I feel Like a Mother-; Payment inflation and other less Chile" bv Burliegh; Martina 1 1 rooiems lacing Japan ounng me Sporer, who will sing, "The Sweet ! reconstruction, o 'the Year," by Salter; Kenneth! Completed Its Mission Fitch, who will sing, "Invictus," j Xarahashi's statement pointed by Huhn; and Kenneth Tiekotter, i ut that the cat,inet had completed who will sing, "Brown Bird Sing-:jts mpjon by conducting fair ing," by Wood. elections for lower house seats to Two Piano Soloists Entered e jjet The two piano soloists who arc jje a(ded, however, that the entering from Plattsmouth arejcabjnet had not resigned immtdi Yirgie Alice Clark, who will play j ateiy af ttM- the recent elections be Grieg's Piano Concerto, and Janis cause of the failure f any one Schmidtmann, who w ill play j party to win more than a one Grieg's "March of the Dwarfs." j third of the diet seats. He said The girl's sextette will sing two j this fact temporarily complicated numbers, "Were My Song withithe political situation. Wings Provided," and "Do-Do." 1 The cabinet announcement was Members of this group include delayed an hour and a half be Joan Lentz, Janis Schmidtmann, j cause of the absence of Foreign Martina Sporer, Virgie Alice ' Minister Shigeru Yoshida who re Clark, Mildred Meisinger and Dor-! portedly went to Supreme Com- FinnetrocK. The hisrh -school girl- glee club will be presented in three num-lliably that he did not see Mac bers, "I'm Only Nineteen," by j Arthur. Winter, "Celtic Lullaby," by Rob-! Follows Emergency Session erton, and a "Kentucky Mountain j ... Tun- bv Winter. Mis. Rov Cole! The resigmtion followed an will Verve as the accompanist. l" selon ,late 0nday a Member, of Glee Club Shidehara s official residence and Members of the ch-l's glee clubr"ue" U1 pui.iuai include: Betty Altschaffl, Carol Lou Bernhardt, Margaret Camp bell. Florence Ellinsrson, Doris Finnefrock, Margaret Heineman, j Arlene Hosetter, Marilyn Lutz, j Wilma Mumm, Katherine Parken ing, Donna Rhoden, Leila Mae Clark, Virgie Alice Clark, Mary Margaret Cole, Ina Mae Finne frock, Alice Gradoville, Joyce Hobbs, Joan Lentz. Mildred Mei singer, Mary Jo Rebal, Donna j Richards, Lois Robertson, Patri- Naomi May Roloff, i ia aij, j Patricia Roloff, Janis Schmidt- niann. .Martina sporer, uetty un- lik, Mary Lou Warner, Edna Jean Wetenkamp, Eda Mae Hoschar and Fiances Wever Chemist Makes Potato Beer CHICAGO, (U.R) Robert I. Tennev can turn potatoes into' beer. That's his solution for the beer shortage and he says potato j washed ashore from nearbv Lake beer is so good that he wants ev- j p0jnsett. eryone else to try it. j State game director Elmer Pet- Peas, lima beans, beets and!crson Faidt however, that disposal tapioca also make a tasty brew, 1 0f nuge piles of dead and de he said. icaying fish would be completed T e n n e y , a ''fermentation" iwithin two or three days with the chemist, is president of an organ- j aid of another tool cf war the ization which trains brewmastersi bulldozer. and advises brewers in making: Peterson said bulldozers had beer. pushed most of the fish into Potatoes Most Practical j trenches, ready for burial. He discovered that beer could! The "Goop" was flown here be made from potatoes while try-'from Denver by the army, but of ing to find a way to increase ficials said that despite the intense brewery production without cut-, heat of the incendiary fuel the ting into the world's grain sup-i f'fh failed to burn readily because ply. A group of brewers asked himf thtir high moisture content. to find a substitute for grains af-j ter the government took 30 per! cent of their barley and wheat j Lord KeyneS Dies of supplies to ship overseas. j rf "I experimented with all kinds (Strain and Overwork of starchy foods, ' Tennev said, i "Potatoes turned out to be th most practical, because they are more plentiful and less expensive than things like tapioca and peas." Potatoes can be used either to stretch existing supplies of grains normally used in beer, or they can be used exclusively, he said. Have to Be Dehydrated "If only 10 per cent of the mash consists of potatoes, beer drink ers won't be able to tell the diff erence," he said. "If the mash is mostly potatoes, they'll just get used to the taste." Tenney said commercial brew ers were becoming interested .n his potato beer. He said that if the shortage gets any worse, they probably wll make large quanti- ties of it. Right "now. however. they it. are just expeiimenting with Tenney warned that you can't just peel some potatoes and then dump them into your home brew ery. They either nave to be reduc ed to flour or dehydrated first. TOKYO, (U.R) Japanese Pre mier Baron Kijuro Shidehara and his cabinet resigned Monday after holding office more than six of the most troubled months in Japan's history. The resignation was announced officially at 6:30 p.m. (Tokyo ,time). Shidehara personally was to takp the jjgnations to Emperor Hirohito. i Chief cabinet secretary Wataru Narahashi read a statement which isaid the cabinet had decided to re- manaer uen. uougias .uacAitnur s j headquarters. It was reported re- maneuvering that followed the elections. There was widespread specula tion in Japanese informed quar ters that Emperor Hirohito would accept the cabinet resignition but that he would ask the aging prime minister to remain in office un til the confused political situation could be clarified further. Some sources believed Shide hara would meet shortly with Ishiro Hatoyama, whose liberal party won a majority of seats in the house, to sound out the latter on his ability to form a new gov ernment. Army's "Goop' Fails To Dispose of Dead Fish in South Dakota ARLINGTON, S. D., (U.R) Goop," principal ineredient in ithe army's fire bomb, failed Mon- ilfi.000.000 T.ounds nf dpHl fisb LONDON, (U.R) Dr. John Plesch, a heart specialist, said Monday that John Maynard, Lord Keynes, one of the world's lead ing economists died of a heart attack which resulted from strain and overwork in connection with his recent trip to America. The 62-year-old British finan cial expert, who wsa a director of the Bank of England, died Sun day at his home in Tilton Firlo, Sussex. WEATHER Nebraska Forecast: Mostly cloudy Monday with scattered showers and thunder storms, slightly cooler west portion. Part ly cloudy northwest with showers and occasional thunder storms east and extreme south portion Monday night; somewhat cooler. Low temperatures 40-45 north west, 50 to 55 southeast, Tuesday partly cloudy, showers east por tions. Somewhat cooler.