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A hp a NO. 138 VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 194J "ifirifiiWrt tfnr i Tfirl) f 1f firr r wtj i l m - Woster, New Four-man City Council Sworn Into Office Plattsmouth's new consolidated oity administration begin its reign Wednesday night as trie old ten man council stepped from office and the new four-man council took over following the official swearing in ceremony conducted by the now ex-Mayor R. B. Hayes. Previous to the ceremony, the ten-man council voted, on recom- . mendation of J. J. Henningson, Omaha, consulting engineer for Plattsmouth, to reject two bids submitted for construction of sani tary sewer district No. 4 when it was found that the lowest bid was $12.25 over the estimate for the work. The call for bids will be re-advertised. Woster New Mayor Following the council's approval . of bonds for the new officers, the men took the oath of office as ad- ministered by Hayes, the old coun cil adjourned and the new coun- ( cil convened with Clem Woster as th enew mayor, Clyde Rosbor ugh, short term, and M. P. Brown, Ion? term, councilmen from the first ward and Robert ( Painter, short term, and Leslie Hutchinson long term councilmen from the second ward . Rosbor ough and Painter were members of the old council and Brown was, city treasurer. j Robert Mann took office as the new city clerk-treasurer, the two offices being combined under the new administration. Judge C. L. Graves was sworn in to UCCeed ' himself as police magistrate. Retiring councilmen were:' First ward, H. A. Schneider, and Wost er; second ward, Fred Howland and Rosborough; third ward, Frank Rebal and Painter; fourth ward, John Schutz and George Conis; fifth ward, Eugene Vro man and Charles Janecek. Painter Council President Albert Olson was the retiring j clerk. Elected president of the new council was Painter. New consolidated committees were appointed by Mayor Woster with each of the four councilmen serving as chairman of one of the four committees. The appoint- mcnts ere; Finance and tax perty, Chairman Brown, member Painter; udiciary and license, Chairman Hutchinson, member Brown; streets alleys and bridges, Chairman Rosborough, member Hutchinson; fire water and light- j ing, Chairman Painter, member I Rosborough. Th PAnn.ii Hnw-tpd the olprk counci to. advertise for bids for audit of the city books. Police Chief Se bert Litle reported a total of fines and costs amounting to $550,85 collected f, v - n . , ; l rom Feb. 19 to April . 24. Grant License to Bollemeier Police Judge Graves reported fines and costs of $122.75 col lected for the two-week period ending April 21. A bid of $30 was submitted by Walter C. Pavis for rental for one year of the old ball park grounds. The council voted to draw up the necessary papers but to withhold delivery until the rental was paid in advance. Much of the new business that came before the council last night was referred to the new adminis tration for action. A license application by War ren S. Bollemeier for a oool hall was granted. City Attorney A. L. Tidd's opinion of the 5-4 vote on the granting of a class C liquor license to Martin Kroeger was read and rtvealed that a majority of the members elect must vote affirmatively to grant the license. Canvass Election Francis Casey, attorney for Kroeger, stated that his client would pay under protest for the filing of the transcript of the case to the state liquor control (Turn to Page 6, Number 5) Construction of New Telephone Building Will Be Resumed Here Soon Approval for the construction of the new teleshone buildine for Plattsmouth has been granted by the civilian production adminis tration and work will be resumed as soon as the contractor is able one-story brick structure will en to obtain the necessary materials, J able the company to provide according to word received Thurs- j Plattsmouth telephone subscrib day from W. L. Eckles, area man- ers with the finest and most up- ager of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company. Preliminary operations were be- NEW TELEPHONE BUILDING is the architect's sketch of the building, construction of which here soon. Ground was broken tb" PI ' Trrr I 'prrrl---- "-"'Trr r I It" ' f 4 WILL FREE MATE Mrs. Eleanor Thompson appears in Pittsburgh, Pa., court in divorce suit against ex-Sgt. William "Red" Thompson, father of English quads. (NEA telephoto). Plattsmouth Nine Drops 9-1 Game To Boys Town Coach Joe York's Plattsmouth ,u11 s-iiuui uaseuaii icani ran in : ...1. i i v l. 1 1 A to a one-nit pitcmng periormance by two Boys Town mound aces and dropped a 9-1 verdict to the Boys Town team at Fonfenelle park Wednesday. Pitcher Larry Thimgan was the only Plattsmouth batter to solve the delivery of Tom Carodine, Boys Town hurler who did the pitching during the first five in I nine's. Thime-an ranned out a sjngie ;n the second inning, stole second base and then sent to third on an infield out. He scored on a wild pitch by Corodine. Score Six in Second Except for the second inning, Plattsmouth's Thimgan kept the Tam rPA.-w ,....11 Vnnl I uuys lunii imie wen in uauu, ling up only three runs and five pro-;hits. But the second frame saw the winners score six runs on three hits, three errors and a hit bats man. Plattsmouth jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first half ot the second on the strength of Thimgan's tally, hut Martin Schmidt's triple with the sases loaded in the last half f the second drove three Boys Town runers across the plate and started the scoring splurge. Thimgan gave up eight hits dur ing the game, struck out five, lasucu payees auu nit viic wai ;. , , , . . man. Carodine hurled five innings, gave up one run and one nit, struck out six and walked one. He gained credit for the victory. He also hit a batsman, Bill Edwards. Kroll Hits Home Run Babe Gunnell took over for Boys Town in the sixth inning and shut out Plattsmouth without a hit, giving two walks and striking out three men. Kroll, Boys Town right fielder, blasted a home run off Thimgan. One error was chalked up against Williams of Boys Town, two agains Bill Edwards, and one each against Bintner and Ed Eaton of Plattsmouth. York used ten boys in the game: Cullen, left field; Kimball, center field; B. Edwards, shortstop; Thimgan, pitcher; Niel, first base; ' , " ' U3' seconu oase; uininer, imra Dase; Eaton, catcher, and Wolfarth, right field. Call Me Mister! One man reported his dis charge from the service to the Cass county selective service of fice Wednesday. From the army: George Fine, Monongahela, Pa. gun last month but the work was halted because of regulations is- ' sued by the government. Will House Dial Equipment Completion of the attractive . to-date service. The structure, which will be lo cated on the southeast corner of Pictured above new telephone is to resumed for the building Grain Starts to Move Under Spur Of New Subsidy The golden grain which Europe's starving millions need to avert famine was moving slowly from the farms of America's grain belt Thursday under the spur of a new government subsidy. Farmers were showing interest in the program, dealers and ele vator men of the grain belt re ported. They said that many were holding back thus far only until they learned the mechanics of get ting the 30-cent per bushel bonus which the government has promis ed on higher grades of corn and wheat. Ashland Farmer Sells First grain movements, in driblets of hundreds of bushels, were reported from the small elevators which rise above the I grain lands from Illinois to Ne braska and beyond. Gene Kettle, 45, Ashland, Nebr., farmer brought 500 bushels of corn into the Kuhl-Reese Grain Co. Elevator at Ashland and sold it without waiting to get details of the bonus. ''I don't know anything about the government plans, but if it needs grain that I've got, I'll sell," he said. Some Farmers "Sore" E. P. Jones, Elevator manager, said lots of farmers were asking about the mechanics of payment, and predicted that they will bring it in when they know how and when they will be paid. Some, he said, had told him that they were "sore" about the sud deness of the bonus announcement because they had sold their grain before it came and figured they lost money. He said farmer John Peterson of near Ashland had sold all of his corn last fall and for the third consecutive year lost out on a price raise. But he believed they would go along with the plan and would keep on griping about it "because a farmer likes to argue." Meeting Tonight On School Aid A meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Plattsmouth high school auditorium to discuss the proposed constitutional amendment to provide state sup port for local schools and to set up an organization to obtain sig natures en a petition for the amendment, Supt. T. I. Friest announced Thursday. Monday will be "D-day" for the drive throughout the sta? to circularize the petition, Supt. Friest said. The amendment, which states that education is "essential to the rights and liberties of the people and to the welfare of the state "and provides that the state should allow $40 minimum for public school pupils annually with the revenue raised from "sources other than a tax en real property ' is backed by the Nebraska Con gress of Parents and Teachers, the Nebraska State School Boards as sociation and the Nebraska State Education association. Approxima tely 52,000 signatures of qualified voters are needed to put the amendment on the November elec tion, it would be beneficial to the people of Plattsmouth, particular ly the taxpayers, in that it should bring in approximately $35,000 Friest declared. "It would pro vide an opportunity for a decrease of approximately five mills in the school levy." Verdict Is Not Guilty The jury returned a verdict of not guilty Thursday m thA case of the state vs Ray B. Sharp. Sharp was charged with allegedly eal-! mg in motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer's license. Seventh and Main, will house the dial switching equipment through which dial service will be furnish ed to all city and rural subscribers. The building will also provide quarters for the telephone bus iness office, the long distance switchboard and motor vehicle facilities. Conyersion Is Underway First steps in the conversion of the exchange to dial operation last month but the work was halted because of current government restrictions. The struc ture will be located on the southeast corner of Seventh and Main streets. SHARES ORIENTAL CUSTOM Mrs. Pouglas MacArthur, left, wife of the general, has tea with Lt. Gen. R. L. Eichelberger during visit in Miyonosita, Japan. To the riht, also with out their shoes, are ARC Elsa Lou Hanna, River France Trying To Restrict Spanish Probe NEW YORK (U.R) The Aus tralian plan for a United Nations investigation of Franco Spain col lided Thursday with a surprise French effort to restrict the scope of such an inquiry. Threatens Council Unanimity This development, which threat ened earlier prospects for security council unanimity on this contro versial issue, came on the first an niversary of the San Francisco conference where the UN charter was drafter. France will have a chance late Thursday to reveal whether she intends to press her desire to pro hibit a committee investigating Spain from visiting either that country or southern France. The council meets at 2 n.m CST.. to resume debate on the Australian ' proposal for an investigation of the Franco regime to determine whether it threatens world peace. Bonnet After Support For most of the last 24 hours it was thought that France was seek ing advance agreement on clarify- ing amendments to the Australian proposal which would guarantee ,less they cooperate whole-heavted-at least a unanimous council 1 1 v in the emererencv flour conser- vote. But early today it was re vealed that French delegate Henri Bonnet, who conferred privately with most of the council delegates yesterday, was trying to get sup port for an amendment which would anchor the investigating j committee to New York where it would examine statements and! documents on Spain submitted to it. Organize 4-H Club At Weeping Water WEEPING WATER, (Special) Organization of a new 4-H club the True Blue Health club, was effected at the home of Mrs. J. M. Ranney Monday evening. Charter members are Richard Gibson, A. I. Bickford, Lloyd Sell. Pean Stratton, Benjy Olive and Rodney Knaup. Claim Stolen Car A stolen car involved in a colli sion south of Plattsmouth Sunday morning was claimed here Wed nesday by an insurance company acting for the owner of the car, Floyd Matz, of Blair, Peputy Sheriff Emery J. Poody reported Thursday. The driver of the car disappeared dent. following the acci- have already begun with changing of subscribers' the tele- phones to the new type of dial handset instruments, About one third of the instruments in town have already been changed and remaining telephones for both city and rural subsciibers will be in stalled as rapidly as equipment be comes available, Eckles said. The instruments will "be pro vided with mountings in which the dials may be placed just prior to the conversion of the service. Instruments which are being re moved will be reconditioned and placed in service in manual operat ed exchanges. Extensive construc tion and replacement of outside facilities such as cable, wires and drops, also will be undertaken in connection with the conversion. The entire project will be pushed forward to completion at the earliest possible date, according to Eckles. k- ? if J f VAViA rtX y Weeping Water Noses Out Nehawka for NEIIAWKA, (Special) By thejmile to better the mark of 2:13 set bare margin of a victory in theiDy Edwards of Nehawka in 1944. 880 vard relay, last event on the program, the Weeping Water high school track team, nosed out the Nehawka high school thinc-Iads, 51-49, in the Cass County High School association's annual track and field meet here Wednesday. Trailing far behind the winner and runner-up were Avoca with 8 points, Louisville with 7 and i Union and Murdock with 1 each. Second For Weeping Water It was the second straight vic tory for Weeping Water which won the meet last year, but it took the last event on the day's program to decide the champion. One record was set during the afternoon when Baker, Weeping Water, clipped of a 2:0G.5 half- Bakers Warned To Cooperate WASHINGTON (U.R) The government is prepared to crack 1 down on the country's bakers un- vation program, it was learned Thursday. The government already has re ceived a few complaints that bak ers are absorbing their entire 25 per cent cut in flour supplies in .bread production, instead of mak ing proportionate cuts in bread and more, profitable pies and cakes. If the situation becomes wide spread, it was said, the govern ment will tell bakers specifically how much of their available flour supply must be used for bread and how much for pastries. The disclosure came as Secre tary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson left on a dramatic flight to the hesrt of the country's wheat belt to make a face-to-face plea to farmers to release their grain for hungry people overseas. Anderson was accompanied by UNRRA director general Fiorello H. LaGuardia and Robert H. Shields, chief of the department's ' production and marketing admin- j ist ration. Price on Cigarets Goes Up Half-cent Pack on 2 or More WASHINGTON, (U.R) The price of cigarets Thursday went up a half cent for each package sold in lets of two or more packs. The OPA order permitting the increase provided that prices on single packages must remain the same excent for those sold through vending machines. The ! 1 906 and went to California where price of these may go un a full!ke died- In the eaily days' said cent for a mck Hie OPA said the increase was justified by higher production costs. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zouladek, jr., of Weeping Water, a daughter, born April 22 at the St. Mary hospital in Nebraska City. Mr. and Mrs. Randall SwitzerJ Nehawka, daughter, Nancy Louise, born at their home Monday, April 22. Mrs. Switzer is the former Leora Fleishman. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sheehan, Weeping Water, a daughter born Monday at the St. Mary hospital in Nebraska City. Falls, Wis.; Major J. Gibbons, and Lt. Edward Byers of St. Joseph, Mo. The Fujia hotel was used to house neutrals and German diplomats during the war. (NEA telephoto). Track Crown Elliott, Weeping Water, and Wor then, Nehawka, who finished in second and third places in the half-mile, both bettered the 2:13 mark. The winners fashioned their triumph by placing first in eight events, while "-Nehawka stayed in the race with two boys, Mather and Wiles, scoring 31 points for more than half their teams total. Nehawka copped only four firsts but made that up with seven se conds and three thirds. Mather Leads Scoring Mather was high man of the day with 19 points, placing first in the discus, the pole vault, the 100 yard dash, second in the 220 yard dash and third in the shot put. Hopkins, of Weeping Water scored 18 points with firsts in the shot put, the broad jump, the 220 yard dash and second in the 100 yard dash to take second high honors , while Wiles of Ne hawka was third with 13 points on fiists in the 100 yard low hurd les and the GO yard high hurdles and a second in the broad jump. In two events which didn't count in the scoring, the Weeping Water freshman relay team won the special freshman 880-yard re lay with Nehawka winning the special sophomore 880 yard relay. Summaries: Field Events Piscus: Mathers. Nehawka, first Rector, Weeping Water, second; Mayfield, Louisville, third. Pis tan ce 113 feet, 5 inches. Pole vault: Mather, Nehawka, first; Lilngle, Avoca, second; Pet- last stamp labeled "sugar" expires (Turn to Page 6, Number 4) April 30. C. E. Wescott Sons Firm Ends 67th Year in April Sixty-seven years ago this month C. E. Wescott came to Plattsmouth from Indiana and started a modest clothing business on Main street, then an unpaved road with a creek running diag onally across the street at the corner of Fifth street and Main and a bridge over the creek. Today the firm of C. E. Wescott Sons is still doing business on Main street, but the ' creek and the , bridge are gone and the street is no longer unpaved. Had Single Motto Partners in the firm now are C. C. (Cliff) Wescott and E. H. (Hilt) Wescott, sons of the man who started the business back in M " ' wescott retired, in - "escott Wednesday, when haggling over prices was custom ary, C. E. Wescott conducted his j business under the motto "One I price and no monkey business." I C. E. Wescott came to Platts mouth from Indiana where he was employed in a clothing store. Frank Caruth, old-time' Platts mouth jeweler, who erected the building in about 1880 on the cor ner of .Main and Fifth streets which now houses ithe clothing firm, was instrumental jri . persu ading Mr. 'Wescott to A come to Plattsmouth. t' - ""'' Floods Cause Damage Mr. Wescott moved hjs , busi ness into the building after he purchased it in 1904 and, it. lias remained .there ever since, wea thering four flash floods, two of thehi causing mucli damage to the Deputies Meet to Open Big 4 Paris Conference PARIS, (U.R) The Big Four foreign ministers' conference to settle the future of Europe open ed Thursday with a preliminary session of the leaders' deputies, but the first full dress meeting of the ministers was postponed un expectedly for one hour. The deputies, who have been trying for weeks in London to break the deadlock between Rus sia and western powers, met at 10 a. m. in the Luxembourg pal ace to iron out arrangements for the first meeting of James F. Feedlot Tour of Part of County Set for May 2 The Cass County Livestock Feeders association will hold a feedlot tour in the northeast quarter of the county Thursday, May 2, it was announced Thurs day. Tour to Start at 9:30 The tour will start at the Will Minford farm, a mile east of Mur- ray on U. S. highway 75, leaving there at 9:30 a.m. Feedlots of Howard Wiles, Sterling Ingwer son, John Wehrbein and Myron Wiles will be visited in that order before lunch, which will be serv ed in Mynard by the Ladies Aid society. A short annual business meet ing will follow the lunch, after which the feedlots of Tritsch and Meisinger, William Wehbrein, Leonard Stoehr, Fritz Siemoneit and John Halmes will be visited. Plan Annual Tour Ed Janike, secretary of the Livestock Exchange in Omaha, and K. C. Fouts, extension animal husbandryman from the college of agriculture, University of Nebras ka, will be on hand to comment and answer questions. The association plans to make the tour an annual event covering part of the county each year. Any one interested in livestock is cordially invited to attend. Spare Stamp 49 Good for Sugar Beginning May 1 WASHINGTON -(U.RU 5pare stamp 49 in ration book No. 4 will be good for five pounds of sugar beginning May 1, the OPA said Thursday. It will remain valid until Aug. 31. OPA said that on the basis of estimated current and phospective sugar supplies, it ''expects the same consumer ration of five pounds of sugar for each four months can be maintained." This is the regular sugar allotment. Canning sugar is granted in addi tion. It explained that spare stamps are being validated because the store and to the stock. One flood undermined the front of the store, dropping the floor into the basement with all the stock and the other flood hit the rear of the store and caused similar damage. They both struck in the month of July, one in 1907 and the other in 1908. The clothing firm had been lo cated in the Kockwood building, now occupied by Joe's New Way Market, next door to its present location before it was moved. In about 1882 Mr. Wescott built a home on the corner of Ninth and Main streets. Named Sunnyside by Mrs. Wescott, the home has remained in the family with E. II. Wescott now living there. Want to See Old Customers C. C. Wescott entered the firm as a partner . in 1889 while he was attending the University of Nebraska. His first knowledge of the move was when he walked by the store with his father and saw the sign C. E. Wescott changed to C. E. Wescott and Son. In 1903 E. II. Wescott became a partner and the "and" was omitted from the firm name of C. E. Wescott and Sons. Now the Wescott brothers are wondering; how many of their old customers ,who,.used to-trade, with their father are still" in the com munity. ,','We would like to find out how many : are still . here," C. C. Wescott said Wednesday. "May be they will drop in and see us if thev know we are looking for them." - Byrnes, Ernest Bevin, V. M. Mol otov and Georges Bidault. First Session Postponed A short time later, without ex planation, the French foreign of fice announced that the first full session had been postponed until 5 p. m. (10 a. m. CST) from the scheduled hour of 4 p. m. Bevin arrived by air from Lon don at noon, completing the line up for the crucial conference. All conference sessions will be secret, and newspaper men will not be permitted beyond the fore court of the Luxembourg palace. A communique will be issued each night, probably about 8 or 10 p. m. Byrnes Pays Call Hard bargaining by the four ministers probably will not begin until next week after preliminary talks the balance of this week. Byrnes, accompanied by Am bassador Jefferson Caffery pail a courtesy call on President Felix Gouin at 11 a. m. At the same hour Molotov called on . Bidault. From the conference, if it is successful, should come the basic form of peace treaties between the victors and five defeated axis I countries Results of the confer ence also will set the pattern foi future relations in Europe be tween Russia and the western powers. There was little optimism that full agreement would be reached on al problems. Preliminary dis cussions by the foreign ministers' deputies in London have revealed deep differences which might prove irreconcilable on some is sues. District Church Institute Sunday W. R. Montgomery, D. D., of Dayton, O., director of brother hood and adult work for the Uni ted Brethren church, will be tho principal speaker at the district institute of the Nebraska confer ence to be held at the Mynard Uni ted Brethren church Sunday af ternoon and evening, April 2S. Mrs. Arthur C. Core, Lincoln, will direct the discussion group on children's and missionary work and Marianne Wetenkamp will be the leader for the youth retreat during the evening session. Rev. Lee Huebert, pastor of the church, will preside. Other special speak ers will also be presented. First Such Institute This is the first of such district institutes to be held throughout Nebraska between now and May 5. The Julian, Otterbein, Nehaw ka, Omaha, the Briggs church in north Omaha, as well as the My nard churches, will be represented at the meeting. The program is scheduled to start with devotions at 2 p. m. Sundy followed by the address by Dr. Montgomery, an address by a college representative, the dis cussion groups conducted by Mrs. Core end a forum under the dir ection of Dr. Montgomery. Youth Retreat at 7 rt. m. The youth retreat will start at 7 p. m. with an evangelistic ad dress, following which will fea ture Dr. Montgomery. Special music will be furnished for the ev ening meeitng by one of the My nard singing groups. A potluck supper will serve as the evening meal at 5:30 p. m. following the dismissal of the af ternoon session. Bound Over to District Court Paul Bressman was bound over to district court when he was arraigned before County Judge Paul E. Fauquet Thursday on two complaints. Bressman pleaded not guilty to a complaint filed by his wife charging him with intent to do great bodily harm. He waived preliminary hearings and his bond was fixed at $1,000 for his ap pearance in district court. On the second complaint, filed by his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Eliza Ramel, a complaint to keep the peace, he indicated his willingness to post a bond in the amount of $200, fixed by the court for a term of six months, and he waived preliminary hear ing. .Bressman was arrested Thurs day by Sheriff Joe Mrasek at Papillion. - WEATHER Nebraska Forecast: Fair and continued mild Thursday, Thurs day night and Friday, except not quite so warm southeast quarter late Thursday. Low temperatures Thursday night middle 30's and middle -10 s.