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0 vV. .As. fie'-. VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 NO. 142 GM, Chrysler to Close Because Of Coal Strike WASHINGTON, (U.R) A gov ernment source reported Thurs day that President Truman is considering asking the striking united mine workers and soft coal operators to produce coal for the next 30 days while con tract negotiations continue. i By United Press j The coal strike hit the nation's : automobile industry Thursday as ; i if i .1 - i ler Corp. announced they would follow the shutdown of Ford Mo tor Co. plants and would close within ten days because the na tionwide mine walkout, the rail freight embargo and parts short ages. The shutdown will throw some 335,000 production workers of the "big: three" auto makers out of employment by the end of next week. Ford laid off 110.000 work ers Wednesday night for an in definite period. Close hy Next Friday General Motors announced that it would close its 92 plants throughout the nation by next Friday because of the rail em bargo which becomes effective at midnight. This action will idle 215,000. Shortly afterwards Chrysler fol lowed with an announcement that it would lay off 10,000 production workers next week stopping all new passenger car assembly lines. It blamed a shortage of parts, ag gravated by the coal strike and the embargo for its action. However, Chrysler said that truck assembly lines and most of its other operators would continue j to work as it was anxious to keep as many of its employes working as long as possible." Some to Close Monday A spokesman said a survey of the General Motors empire showed that all plants would be forced to close by Friday of next week. Some plants will close as early as Monday. The strike, now in its 39th day with no sign of settlement, has forced the layoff of more than 400,000 workers in coal-consuming industries, in addition to the 418,000 striking miners. The total idle from labor disputes was well over the million mark. Ration Maunfactured Gas Meanwhile, additional hundreds were being laid off hourly as the railroad hastened to comply with an office of defense transporta tion order, effective at midnight Thursday night instituting an em bargo on all non-essential freight and calling for a 25 per cent re duction in coal-burning train ser vice. In twin moves to stretch vanish ing coal supplies, the civilian pro duction administration Wednesday night drafted a directive authoriz ing the rationing of manufactured gas, and asked utility companies in 21 states to restore wartime dim-out regulations. The ODT followed through with an appeal to motor truck operat ors to give priority to the move ment of food and fuel in order to prevent the diversion of non essential commodities from the railroads. CPA chief John D. Small warn ed that soft coal stocks on hand for emergency distribution were "less than the country would nor mally consume in one 12-hour period." 2000 Trains to Stop The Association of American Railroads estimated that 2,000 passenger trains, representing nearly 200,000 miles of daily ser vice, would be discontinued by to night's midnight deadline. It pre dicted that freight carloadings would be down 75 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Ad Club to Donate Use of PA System For Soil Contest Members of the Business Men's Ad club, meeting Wednesday, vot ed to contribute the use of its public address system for the Ne braska State Terracing contest and soil conservation demonstra tion to be held at the Richard Spangler farm south of Platts mouth August 29. The event is a project of the Cass county soil conservation district. The club voted to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce in promoting and helping in the staging of the contest and demon stration. Members also decided to work in conjunctian with the Chamber and obtain a man to supervise parking in the lot behind Soen nichsen's store. The club voted to close their business places Memorial day, May Miss Olive Jones, One of Outstanding Women, Dies One of Plattsmouth's most ! outstanding and beloved citizens who was known throughout the community as a friend and coun selor to young people died Wed nesday. Miss Olive Jones, 85, who be- j came known throughout the Lmted States for her 52 consecutive years service to the community as librarian, a national record at the time of her retirement, died Wednesday at the Lutheran hos pital i n Beatrice, where she had been undergoing treatment since the first part of February after suffering a broken hip as the re sult of a fall. Many Mourn Her Death All in Plattsmouth who knew of her Thursday r.iourned her Mrs, Nelson Is Catholic Group Grand Regent Mrs. William Nelson was elect ed grand regent of the local or ganization of the Ca.holic Daugh ter? of America at the meeting held Wednesdav evening in St. John's hall. Other officers elected at the meeting included Mrs. John Berg man, vice-president: Mrs. Walter Smith, prophetess; Mrs. John Had raba, lecturer; Mrs. William Wool cott, historian; Mrs. Lucille Gaines, financial secretary; Miss Dorothy Svoboda, treasurer; Mrs. Hermia Svoboda, monitor; Mrs. Fmil Koukal, sentinel; Mrs. E. J. Doody, sentinel; an! Mrs. Rudy Iverson and Mrs. Fritz Fricke, trustees. Mrs. Fied I. Rea presided at the meeting as grand regent. She is also vice-grand regent of the state organization of the Catholic Duaghters of America. During the business meeting a cash donation was pledged for the canned food drive being conducted from May 12 to 19 in the Catho lic churches for children in hte war devastated countries. Flans were also made for the reception of new members and installation of the newly elected officers Mav 26. Work Resumed on Phone Building Work on the construction of the new telephone building at the southeast corner of Seventh and Main streets was resumed Wed nesday, W. L. Ecklas, area man ager of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company, an nounced. Construction work was origin ally started March 25 but was halted three days later by the government's "stop"' order on all virtually new, less essential construction. At that time trenches for the footings for the new buildin? had been dug. A month later on April 25, the civilian production adminis tration approved construction of: the building and Eckles said then work would begin as soon as pos sible. Plans for the attractive one slory brick building were drawn before Pearl Harbor but the war postponed work on the structure. Barring unforeseen delays, the building is expected to be com pleted this fall. nil EfCJ ' r 1 V TV - V - i ; I i ' ;Nf i Y. ; ixZ.f 11,- i.iLa1.xS ji 1 BURNED UP John Lipscomb, Washington, D. C, real estate man, wants to know, as you can see from the sign plastered across his office window. A navy veteran of two years' jungle campaigning in the Pacific he doesn't mind helping to conserve coal, but he's against the miners' strike making such conserva tion necessary. He recently bought a new neon sign and wants to keep it alight. death. She was responsible for the development of the library to one of national renown for its large number of books, and for the largest circulation per capita of any library in the United States. The history and devel opment of the library is practically her story and in tribute to Miss Jones, the librarv will be closed all day Friday, the day of her funeral. Funeral services for Miss Jones will be conducted by Dr. II. G. McCIusky, pastor of the Presby terian church, where she held her membership, at the Sattler funeral home at 2 p. m. Friday. Visit ing hours at the funeral home are from 4 to C and from 7 to 9 p. m. Thursday. Went to Beatrice in 1942 Miss Jones was a member of the Presbyterian church in Platts mouth and of the P.E.C. She made her home here until 1942 when she went to the P.E.O. home in Beatrice. Surviving are two cousins. Mrs. E. B. Green and Mrs. J. G. Sholes of Cleveland, O., and one niece, Mrs. Floyd C. Ralston of Seattle. Wash. There are also several great nieces and nephews. Caroline Olive Jones was born April 15. 1861. at Fairfield, la., the daughter of William Douglas and Nancy Magaw Jones. When she was very small, her parents came to Cass county to make their home in the Mt. Pleasant precinct. Moved Here in 1876 In 1S67 they moved to Rock Bluff so that she could attend the J. D. Patterson academy there. Several years later, in September, 1876, they came to Plattsmouth where her father could more easily handle his grain business after the railroad was built. Here Miss Jones at tended public school and the pri vate school of Rev. Burgess. In February, 1R85, Miss Jones and three other young women sponsored a meeting of 25 of Plattsmouth's young women for the purpose of organizing an as sociation for profitable recreation. The Young Ladies Social Temper ance society was organized which was changed the next month to the Young Ladies Reading Room association known as the Y.L.R. R.A. Secretary of Organizations First officers of the Y.L.R.R.A. were Miss Kate Dorrington, pres (Turn to Page 6, Number 5) Italian King To Abdicate ROME, (U.R) King Victor Emmanuel the III sailed from Naples for Port Said Thursday night after giving nis signed formal abdication of the Italian throne to his son, Crown Prince Humbert. ROME, (U.R) P i et r o Nenni, Italian vice-premier, announced Thursday that King Victor Em manuel III will abdicate next Sat urday after reigning nearly 46 years. Nenni's announcement that the "Little King" would step down from the throne followed a state ment by Enzo Selvaggi, head of the Italian monarchist party, that the abdication would occur some time Thursday. JS rim out ORISJOHH L.LEWIS Sing this country JOHN UPSvuwB MICH-0600 Less Meat Seen As Grain Prices Are Increased WASHINGTON U.F.) Smaller meat supplies were predicted Thursday in the wake of govern ment orders permitting sharp rises in grain prices. Price ceilings on major grains were lifted to encourage farmers to sell their cereals and help re-! lieve famine abroad. The expen sive price tags on the grain will tend to curtail feeding of the grain to livestock, and divert it to humans. Federal agencies conceded that a cut in livestock feeding would mean less pork, poultry, eggs and top grade beef for Americans. But they said the supply still should be well above pre-war levels. Increases Effective May 13 The price increase on grain ranged from 25 cents a bushel on corn to 5 cents on . oats. Wheat ceilings were hiked 15 cents a bu?hel, barley 9 cents, rye 10 cents and grain sorghums 18 cents per hundred pounds. The increases effective May 13 marked the most abrupt break in the grain price line since before the war. They were designed to cover any increases in the farm parity ratio between now and June 30, 1947. Officials said no other increases were expected before then. With the increases the new wheat ceiling will be $1.98 a bushel, not counting the tempor ary' bonus. The new ceiling for corn will be $1.46 Va a bushel, for oats, 88c a bushel, and for barley $1.35 a bushel. There is no ceiling price now on rye. A ceiling of $1.48 a bushel had bee-n set to go into effect June 1. This is now increased to $1.58 a bushel. May rye is now selling at about $2.75 a bushel on the open market. The move was approved by economic stabilizer Chester Bowles, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson and price chief Paul Porter following sev eral days of hush-hush conferen ces. Corn Bonus Ends Saturday It was coupled with a flat state ment that there would be no price rises on livestock or poultry al though feed represents a large part of their production costs. That statement was based on the assumption Congress will, extend OPA. At the same time, it was an nounced that the government's 30-cents-a-bushel corn bonus pro gram would end Saturday. The bonus on wheat will be continued through May 25 as originally an nounced. That means that farmers who sold their wheat under the certifi cate plan can collect the new ceil ings plus the bonus if they cash in their certificates between May 13 and May 25. The corn program was to run only until the govern ment got 50,000,000 bushels. Pig Goals to Be Cut The Agriculture Department said the fall pig crop goals, to be announced soon, also would be cut in another grain, conservation move. It was expected the cut would be about 10 per cent. In addition, the three agencies said a cut in ceiling prices on heavier hogs, effective Sept. 1, was being considered as a means of encouraging farmers to send their heavy hogs to market. Hog weights have dropped recently but still are heavier than average. Charles Spangler To Take Part in Atomic Bomb Test MURRAY, (Special) E T M 2-c Charles Spangler, grandson of Mrs. C. D. Spangler of Murray, has volunteered to go on the atom bomb test trip to the Pacific and will be gone for four months. He called Mrs. Spangler Monday from Chicago where he has just gradu ated from the navy's radar school at Navy Pier. He arrived Monday night in Omaha for a brief visit with his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Everett Spangler, and disclosed his plans to take part in the atomic bomb test. Spangler was one of 11 from his group of 24 and of 54 in all from the entire school, who volun teered to go on the atomic bomb test trip. The group was to be flown from Chicago to San Fran cisco Thursday. Approve Draft Resolution WASHINGTON (U.R) The Senate Thursday approved with out a dissenting vote a resolution extending the draft law to July. The draft resolution was adopted within five minutes after intro duction by Senator Edwin C. Johnson, D., Colorado. The action was taken under a unanimous consent agreement to waive custo mary rules. BMSaQ'i.f I i. w .... ....nwf ! rfVA ti. J ANTICIPATE TRUMAN'S ARRIVAL Reading the news of President Traman's plans to come May IS, to Independence, Mo.; are seated left to right, his former high school teacher, Miss MaHlda Brown, his aunt, Mrs. J. T. Noland, 97, and, standing, left to right, her daughters, Misses Ethel and Nellie Noland. (NEA telephoto) Holy Rosary, St. John's Churches Sponsor Food for Children Drives Miss Marie Hassel, Lincoln, dren in war devastated countries. blind pianist and graduate of the University of Nebraska, will pre sent a piano recital at the Moth er's day tea to be given at the Holy Rosary church Sunday af ternoon, Rev. Edward Tuehek, pastor of the church, announced Thursday. The event is spon sored by the Catholic Youth Or ganization of the Holy Rosary parish for the collection of the parish for the collection of food for the relief of the starving chil- Baccalaureate at Alvo Is Sunday ALVO, (Special) Baccalaur eate services for the Alvo high school gradating class will be held Su-nday at 8 p. m. at the com munity church with Rev. Melvin E. Xichek, nastor of the Elmwood Christian church and principal of the school, delivering the sermon There are six members in the class; Boyd Bucknell, Zella Ann Clark, Victor Hollenbeck. Shirley Ruth Mockenhaunt. Doris Jean Nelson and Rose Alene Nelson. The services will open with the processional plaj-ed by Mrs. Vir gil Schuelke to be followed by the invocation bv Rev. Zichek and singing of the hymn, ''Come, Thou Almighty King," by the congrega tion. Rev. Zichek's sermon will be "Living in the Atomic Age." Mrs. Herschel Emmert will sing ''My Task" and Rev. Zichek will deliver the benediction which will be fol- lowed by the recessional played) bv Mrs. Schuelke The commencement exercises for the senior class will be held Wednesday, May 15. with O. W. Carrell, president of Nebraska Central co'lee, at Central City, as the main 'speaker. Famous Borge and Orchestra Stop In Weeping Water WEEPING WATER, (Special) Weeping Water plaved host to the famous Victor Borge, hum orous pianist and conductor, Tues day when Borge and his orchestra spent about a half-hour in town just before noon on their way from Lincoln, where they gave a concert Monday night, to Topeka Kans., to give a concert there Tuesday night. The detour from Lincoln brought the group, traveling by bus. through Weeping Water. ' Allen Dalzell, business manager for Borge's orchestra, told the Weeping Water correspondent of The Daily Journal that the group will give 61 concerts on consectu- tive nights and is scheduled to go as far as New Orleans. Dalzell, himself, said that he had been with the company which presented the stage play, "Okla homa," in the Pacific theater last summer. There were 25 musicians in the bus. Call Me Mister! Two men reported thpir HU. charges Wednesday to the Cass county selective -office, it was an nounced Thursday. They were: From the army, Billy Cowger, Kearney, and David Cantely, Eagle. ' Miss Hassel's repertoire will in- elude Chopin s preludes m A-tulips and other spring flowers major, C sharp minor and Fjwere used throughout the dining sharp major, his Etude in A flat and his Waltz in E minor. She The Rt. Rev. Monsignor George Agius, pastor of St. John's Catholic church, an nounced Thursday that dona tions for the Food for Children campaign may be brought to the basement of the church during the three days of the Forty Hours devotions to be held Sunday, Monday and Tues day. Money donations for the purchase of food will also be accepted. The Forty Honrs devcticm- St. John 1 church will start Sunday, May 12, and will con tinue through Monday and Tuesday with Father Charles Bauer, C.P.P.S., conducting the devotions. A number of the clergy will be present at the service. will also include Stars." by Wachs, "Shower of In a Boat, j ir 1 ,, , t ! director, reported Thursdav. and "Malaguena." by Lecuona. . j r i j t e 1 Temperatures averaged 56.1 tie- To Present Piano Selections , , , , , . . . . f crees, one degree above the pre During the mterm.ssi.n :v;ous record Fet in 1;15. April also selections mil be presented by k.osed thewarmept firpt four Kathenne and Denny rtak. Ra-i ortl? on record Mn Dyke said mon and Joan Koubek and Thorn- Temperatures averaged 41.8 de as and Jerry Pucclik. j pj-ppc, or eight degrees above nor- The youth of the parish will, mal for the four-month period. serve tea from to 5 p. m. Sun- day. The public is cordially in vited to attend the affair and the price of admission is at least:a 95 degree mark April 19. The one can of food or the equivalent in money. The food brought for j April 11 and there were some lo- the occasion will be sent overseas j calities in south-central Nebraska to starving children. j without freezing temperatures . . 1 during the month. The importance of this tjpe . ,. , : , . t,;,,j ! Precipitation averaged .G9 of an of relief is being emphasized:. . , , . , .inch for the month, which was the again because there is a real pos-... pince m4 gome localities sibility of mass starvation in Eu-j in the Panhandle and in the south rope before harvest time, Fatber east corner of thg gtate mQ Tuehek said. To alleviate the , ture totalinff over an inch; great suffering of innocent ehil-j Vegetation Advanced dren. the war reliei sen ices 01 the National Catholic" Welfare Conference is sponsoring a drive for food for the needy children in Europe and the far east. All Types of Food Needed Twenty million cans of food is the goal for this campaign. All types of canned foods will be welcomed, Father Tuehek said. Evaporated milk, condensed milk, powdered milk, milk for mula for infants, chocolate mill; powders, cocoa, fruit, juices, strained or chopped fruits or veg etables, sous, meats, and baby foods may be included in the donations to this worthy cause. Soap is an important item in this collection. It is reported through national welfare agencies that people are dying of scabies because there is no soap. One person in the Holy Rosary par ish received "a letter of thanks recently from a recipient of a bar of soap who said it was the first he had had in. six years. An intensive drive will be made by the Holy Rosary parish and St. John's parish from May 12 to 19 and after the collection has been made the food stuffs will be sent to a central warehouse for shipment overseas. The en tire program of collection, ship ping and distribution in the needy countries will be made through the efforts of the Catholic church, i Truman Contemplates Government Seizure of Railroads if Necessary W eeping Water W omen's Club to Hold Food Drive WFEP'NG WATER. (Special) Tht- A eepmg Water Ionian s iclub voted to sponsor the collec-' , Aj"'-' , "x . Ition of canned foods to be sent to workers union, and the mine op r,ot,Jv 5n 0 i,r- erators for a joint session. nual Mav breakfast Tuesday at! the J and M cafe annex. Mrs. E. i E. Lorensen. Mrs. Frank Cook, I Mrs. Henry Knaup and Mrs. Ar-! thur ATppkVo vvpro nnnnintod ?c eommittee in charge of the drive ' for the food. j Install New Officers 1 Installation of new officers jwas also held with Mrs. Ray jNorris as the installing officer. I The officers are: President, Mrs' 'T. Hugh Hanlan; vice-president, iMrs. Homer Jamesen; secretary, Mrs. Lester Parson; treasurer, Mrs. T. L. DeCrean; executive committee, Mrs. Arthur Jones, Mrs. Joe Bender and Miss Rosie Girard. The tables were decorated with May poles and Mrs. Hites char acter dolls were used to wind the pole with colored streamers. Iris, 1 room Mrs. Hanlan Presides Mrs. T. Hugh Hanlan presided at the breakfast and introduced the musicians, Mrs. Carl E. Day, who recently returned from a winter spent in Bradenton, Fla., played two piano solos, "Nightin gale" and "The Coming o f Spring." Other special musical numbers were two violin solos by Gertrude Olive. A short business meeting was held at which members voted to hold meetings only once a month next year. Three visitors were present, Mrs. Clarence Norris, Mrs. Roberts and Miss Ann Hitchmann of San Jose, Calif. Last Month Is Warmest April LINCOLN Last month was warmest -ripru in me nistory 1 il A. A ' 1 A 1 1 A 01 .Nebraska weather bureau ie- ; a R. A. Dyke, state bureau 95 Degrees at Red Cloud Highest reading reported in April was at Red Cloud which had lowest was 20 degrees at Chadron "The warm snrinsr advanced all vegetation far ahead of normal so that the plants require more moisture than usual at a time when little was being supplied from rainfall," Dyke said. "Wheat and other grains remained good to excellent as a whole but yellow ing and burning occurred in some south-central counties, where the sub-soil was becoming very dry. The rapid growth of grass was checked. Corn was planted in num erous local areas. Early gardens were doing well and no serious results from frost." Man Offers to Sell Eye to Save Home RACINE,- Wis. (U.R)- George Dehne, 38, a foundry worker, of fered to sell one of his eyes Thurs day to save his home. Dehne, father of six children, made the offer because his mort gage will be foreclosed soon un less he can raise some money. "- "If I can sell one eye and I don't -mean for peanuts to ,be transplanted to someone who needs a good eye, I'm ready to go right now," he said. He named no price, nor did he say how much his mortgage is, but he did believe that he could "get along with one eye just as well." He said he had 20-20- vision. WASHINGTON, (U.PJ Presi dent Truman said Thursday he I was contemplating government I seizure of the railroads if neces sary to keen them running. At the same time the president said in regard to the coal strike: 1. It is slowly approaching the status of a strike against the gov- T, T . . , , , . fres:den pen,v Wo":cd . T,he -TreFU ent was OJien?y "'f nea aDout tne coal suauon out I1' eI?rrea 'not t0 lst'u?s n in any CiCtail. He had little positive informa tion about the threatened railroad CLEVELAND, (U.R) Presi dent A. F. Whitney of the Bro therhood of Railroad Trainman said Thursday in regard to President Truman's ''contem plated" seizure of the railroads that "we want it clearly under stood we will insist on our pro posals for working rule changes regardless of who operates the roads." strike and what he planned to do about it except to say in res ponse to a question that he did have seizure under consideration if it took that to keep the rail roads operating. He was hit by numerous ques tions regarding the coal strike and said in essence that he felt he had used his fully powers in an ef fort to end the strike. Survey in Progress A survey Is now in progress concerning what authority Presi dent Truman might have to end the coal strike without the ac quiesence of Lewis. When asked whether he thought the coal strike had reach ed the stage of a strike against the government, the president thoughtfully, seriously said the strike was'slowlv and steadily ap proaching that state. When a reporter sought his op inion on whether a union should be permitted to collect a royalty en production, Mr. Truman said he thought th eWagner labor rela tions act prevented that. Mr. Truman in answering ques tions about the legislative aspect of his current labor troubles, re called that he had asked Congress last December for a law to set up fact finding boards for nation wide disputes and the statutory enactment of cooling off periods. He declined to discuss proposals in Congress the jiassage of the new and expanding "authority which would penalize workers who have refused to return to work in industry seized by the govern ment.' Mr. Truman said he had not given this mater any study. Something to Say Later A reporter asked Mr. Truman whether, instead of answering the often unrelated questions about the labor picture would he talk generally about the coal strike and the issue it presented to th$ nation. The president thought for a moment and said he would have something to say to the reporters about the coal strike at a later date. When asked wheather this might mean a report to the people, the president shook his head and said he had not thought of it. Limits "Are Placed On Parcel Post WASHINGTON, 0).P) The gov ernment Thursday imposed dras tic weight and size limits on par cel post because of curtailed train service due to the coal shortage. Postmastr General Robert E. Hannegan said most classes of merchandise will not be accepted for mailing if the parcels wei.rh more than 11 pounds or if their combined length and girth ex ceeds 60 inches. The normal limit on weight is 70 pounds. ?nd the measurement limit is 100 inches. Four classes of goods were ex empted from the new regulations: Live, dav old poultry; seeds, plant and other nurserv stock: ets, butter and othr perishable foods; medicines, drugs, sureical instruments and surgical dress ings. WEATHER Nebraska forecast: Showers and thunder storms: slightly cool er Thursday and Thursday night. Friday clearing and much cooler. Strong northerly winds Thursday night. Low temperatures Thurs day night 38-15,