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i i ,u Nefcr. State Historical Society VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946 NO. 145 jRsitlbrosicI b5P PL 61 Js kir ESES vts dS&s&Si rE&i i Eighth Graders Urged to Go on In School Work The need for completing an education, at least to a high school level, was pointed out to 59 eighth graders at the annual promotional exercises Wednesday night in the high school auditori um bv Dr. II. G. McClusky, pas tor of the Presbyterian church. Dr. McClusky urged the eighth graders and their parents as well that "now is not the time to stop" but to go on to finish their high school work and, if possible, con tinue their education in college. Two W!n D. A. R. Awards His address was appropriately entitled, "The Eighth' Grader." Supt. T. I. Friest introduced the speaker. Winners of the Daughters of American Revolution medals for citizenship were Clementine Wos ter and David Friest. The awards were Dresented bv Mrs. E. H. Wescott. past state regent of the D. A. R., on behalf of the local Fontenelle chapter. The two re cipients were selected for the hon I or by the class. Mrs. Wescott, iin presenting the medals, urged the two students to "keep on be ing good citizens." Bernhardt Presents Certificates Presentation of certificates of promotion to the 59 eighth grad ers was made by E. H. Bernhardt, president of the Plattsmouth board f education. A large crowd witnessed the presentation and the program, made up mostly of musical num bers under the direction of Mrs. Donald Hughes and David Fow ler of the music department. Miss Janet Nelson played the processional and served as accom panist for the musical selections. Rev. T. Porter Bennett, pastor of the First Methodist church, pronounced the invocation and benediction. Carl Ofe, a member of the graduating class, led the audience in the pledge of allegiance which was followed by the singing of 'God Bless America." David Friest and Daniel Rohan plaved an instrumental duet. "Las co C 'Mine," and Dena and Dian Reichstadt played a piano duet, "Dance of the Demons.' Cle- (Turn to Page 6, Number 5) Two Sentenced To Penitentiary A motion for a new trial was overruled Wednesday in district court and Olaf Jorgeson was sen tenced to six years in the state penitentriary at Lincoln by Dis trict Judge Thomas E. Dunbar on two counts to run concurrently. Emanuel March, whose name had been given as Manuel Marsh alias Manuel March, pled guilty to a breaking and entering charge in connection with the robbery of a liquor store at Alvo and was sen tenced to five years in the peni tentiary. Bondsman Released In another action Wednesday in district court Paul Bressman was remanded to the custody of Sheriff Joe Mrasek after his bondsman was released of liability by the court at the request of the bondsman. Jorgenson was charged with two counts of breaking and entering in connection with break-ins at Shea's cafe and the Nu-Way tav ern here last February. He was found guilty by the jury Wednesday, May 15. March, who was apphehendec in Carthage, Mo., by Missouri state patrolmen after Mrasek had issued a warrant for his arrest, formerly lived in Plattsmouth. March confessed to 13 break-ins and two auto thefts- Deoutv She iff Emery Doody reported. Six of the break-ins were in Cass county, four in Otoe county, one each in Lancaster, Dodge and Platte coun ties and the two auto thefts were in Washington and Douglas coun ties. Mrasek Left Wednesday Bressman was bound over to district court April 25 when he was arrainged on two complaints, one charging him with intent to do great bodily harm, filed by his wife, and the other to keep the peace, filed by his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Eliza Ramel. His bond was fixed at $1,000 on the first complaint and $200 for the second. Mrasek left Wednesday after noon to take Jorgenson and March to the state penitentiary. j - r , WEST POINTER Among the! said. L'nles the railroed sMIce i cadets graduating from the United! pa,led off thp?e tnwn win "ceive e, j. .... , , . T (no Dailv Journals by rail. Sta.es military academy this June, Ev?rv Effert to Fs MaJa is Coibin J. Davis, sen of Mr. and I Tj,e cther towns in the county, Mrs. S. S. Davis of Plattsmouth. ! including Cedar Creek. Louisville, A graduate of Plattsmouth high ( Murray, South Bend. Union. Avo school, Davis entered the North-ica. Weeping Water and possit y western prep school, Minneapolis, I Ashland, will receive their news and the Kemper military academy, paners. Boonville, Mo., piior to receiving! Every effort will be made to de his appointment to West Point. ! liver papers by other means to sub- Durrng his first class year, he wasjscribers living a reasonable made a cadet lieutenant. While at tance from Plattsmouth. However. West Point he won a monogram I these subscribers may receive their letter in basketball, and a numeral papers later than usual. letter in tennis. He also was a. Some subscribers mav not re - member of the Howitzer, the cadet yearbook. Unon graduation.' he will receive his' commission in the infantry County Man Marks 99th Birthday WEEPING WATER, (Special) William Warner, who can well lay claim to being Cass county's JTd est resident, celebrated his 99th birthday at the Rest Have; nur- sing home here Thursday, Mav 1G. j with callers from Alvo. Murray,! Plattsmucth and Weeping Water j visiting rum to wish him many happy returns of the day, i , Residents of Rest Haven helped u ii, i. j . , , . ,f , ipuohc raTolK subicctcd their with the traditional birthday cake; Uh t'0 -taxation an, inptrurtecl decorated with 99 candles and a Elppcror Hirohito not tp lnan them party. Mrs. Louis Ehlers and Miss anv monev Esther Kunz assisted. j An A,ied headouarters (Vv:(C. The guest of honor, who was; tive deDrived the princ an( Drin. greeted by those present with thejCeei of 14 famiiie? rPiated to the song, "Happy Birthday," received .; roval household of all special priv approximately 85 cards from re!a-j jiege? and immunities. Thev can ltves and friends. Mrs. W. D. Am- Mt even use imperial household bier presented and read the cards. 1 ervans. ! She also presentd to him several! gifts from friends. Warner was bom May 16, 184 i, at Washin gton, 111., in Tase-. the princely families removed well county. He came to Cass from the imperial household trea county June 1, 187G. With the ex-.sury. The securities had been rla ception of two years in Texas, ced in the imperial treasury when he has made the county hi per- j the war ended in an effort to pro manent home. .jtect them against seizure. T li ,c Vii lo.-f 1 i . T n , . V .r : "Prporl nf thf iinnpi irl nrofptinn his family and ha never manied About a vPar Qcta w if vi i, -,-- vvt.Tfcii,iiiiiii1r-:ii,t-ii)ii at Alvo and came to Rest Haven to live. He expressed his thanks to all those who helped to make the occasion an enjoyable one. Plans to Build Home Jack v. Philnot of Weening u- , oc. , r 1UL ue tween 11th and 12th street on ,T . x , " : Main street from Frank Cloidt. n.,;jl .'J Tl rr-, , . riul,Mm inursuav. ine lot is located west of the Cloidt home. Philpot plans to erect a new home there- fe k r i x...... ... jb: : : fcx' , - - J : .f -.- -.a j i iivitL.1 KtviVAL-With not a single new car genuine leather seats and dashboard, which de to display, a St. Joseph, Mo., motor company lighted cdstomers of bygone days. (NEA tele draws attention to an antique cabriolet, with photo Railroad Strike Threat io Daily Journal Delivery i Every effort was being ma de Thursday by The Daily Journal to arrange delivery of the Journal to all Cass county sub' c ibers even though the proposed rail road strike scheduled to take place at 4 p. n. Thursday will result in nor.-dslivery of the newspapers by train to seven towns in the coun ty. The towns which will be affect ed by lack of rail service are Eagle, Murdoch, Alvo, Greenwood, Nehawka. Wabash and El'r.wood, ! Postmaster Edward Esrenborfrer ceive any newspapers until the trails resume operations if the strike is called. No Affect Lccally Locally and on routes one ar.d xwo ouioi ob nr.;vm!S,rK.nr enemy meivrn'm jbe delivered as usual. 'wnhcit warrmsr. ! The strike if it comes, win even-! Nirr.itz described te v11 i . i P T-il i- A. A 1 ij auC Kiaita-n, Al. ! iness. but its immediate effect will be felt by tne Daily Journal ard Its subscribers. 1 he Daily Jourr.Pl will resume normal operations, in ! the event of a strike, a quickly as possible following the end of the! strike. MacArthur Cots O -.--ll-T T.aama HOVaitY inCOiTiU TOKYO OJ.R) Gen. Douglas : ! Mac Arthur Thursday ordered the ; rJZZ incol off the The directive ordered S. 000. nop ;yen (approximately $533,000) 'worth of securities belonging to'coi Ithe securities and other property: '! of the failies aie subject to tax-! ........ r. .. .. ; atiCVT1- Petersons Sell Out; 33 Years in Business EAGLE, (Special) Mr. ar.d Mrs. John Peterson, who have v u v. e oo been in business here for 33 years sold their general merchandise t i t u t- i I store to Jack Johansen of Lincoln ,vl,ft ,,-;n inVa eM: oK.! ""'" JV.lll.. June . The transaction was xA W -tveek com- Mr. and Mrs. Peterson plan to continue living in Eagle. - - - r . m s.' ... ... w., f,,ftr-j i-rTwv j&xwCisa i C 1 -;; PLATTSMOUTH HONOR STUpENTS Jean Collins, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel fe. Cox, and Claudeen Keller, right, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R B. Keller, have been selected as valedictorian and salutatoriarl respectively, of the 1946 Plattsmouth h"gh school graduating class. Commencement ex ercises for the 48 seniors will be field Friday at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium. The main speaker will be Dr. Walter K. Eecrgs, professor of history and education at the University of Nebraska. U. S. Subs Gave No fhs-''txr " f T Varmnto IO JSp j lip5 NimitZ SaV5 . 1 1 . ! NUERNBERG, fJ.f" Admiral ! Chester Nimitz informed the wfr' ; crimes tnbunal 1 numlay that tnej jU.l States conducted unre-! stri.FeJ submame and a'.r warfare again? t Japan throughout the war.' ' i American sur-anne policy r-i tne ; ni.P50-c c-Thttfd bv Grand A.d- . ,:..i TT,;f.l- PTr.ler German naval chi?f Kaeler SOught to prove that Gerrrtan cUbmairne policy was no; tv ;,. nr'tice' i The American chief of naval op- d;?3nt mothers as a four-man stated that orders for un- arn1 " appointed " rnvestatmg jrericted air and undersea W3r. board prepared to make public fare were issued to the U. S. navy y thls afternoon an of-!onP-arl Harbor dav. Dec. 7. 1941f'":il ret,ort on conditions aboard iTT . - . . - , , . the army transport Zebulon I Janr.-icse attack. American submarines did not ' i . V " ;the babes stricken aboard tne ' Cr . V flYance have died since the vessel rescue enemy survivors as a gen rred them ov impeded their job,dfrked here Moridav. .Miritz said, iny vnu, noweer. frequently ler.ve rubber rafts provisions for the s-.ivivors. am OPA Begins Check On Possible Black Market in Bread W A SIIIVGTON U.P OV in- vestisrators have leun to check on pos"o'e black market bread sale. it was learned Thursday. I At th same t'me, Sidney Fein-; ho'?, OPA l'-mber enforcement chief. prdicfnd OPA will beerin to "crack" illegrl lumber sales! vi'hin th-3 next 30 days. Spot OPA checks at bread - , . macie in large, mor.th-old son of Mrs. George Her- Clt"? to ,ieterrarae nether il-,ter who was en route to join her legal sales are develoning out of j ive-cr.t snort supplies. price :su os said. . They added, however, that to! i date "no evideree" has been un- i rovered in black market bread i transactions AVOCA. (Special) Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stubbendick of Unadilla. a daughter, Mav 19. at . St. Marv's hosnital. v-hmA Citv .1 . : mmm. harges Made as Sixth Baby on Bride Shin Dies ; VnPK (UP) Ww c egtary conditions , , harg- and overcrowding aboard war brides p;xth hab died in a Pittsburgh -, , The" latest victim was Vivian c mrtnth9 ftU. who ar- rived in this country Sunday aboard the bride ship Brazil. Mclhert Make Charges J t . The charees were made by m- army Vance, the vessel on which 20 babies became critically ill dur ing the Atlantic crossing. Five of the babies stricken aboard the T-pv.t-n hnbips nnd two mothers have been stricken by a disease, believed to be ''summer j diarrhea." Both mothers have re covered. j The Smith baby was one of two : children aboard th Brazil who were taken ill. Both babies were removed from a train in Pitts- kure;h an taken to a hospital Mrs. Smith was en route to join her husband, Howard, at Burbank. ; Calif. Doctors said the child had snasms of severe vomiting and diarrhea and apparently was suf fering from malnutrition. Babies Got No Fresh Air j The other child removed to a ' T;f4-eK..v. Vncnitai ivac Vo coven. husband in Waseca, Minn. Its con- dition was reported improved Thursday. Mrs. Herter, a Belgian war bride, said her baby was taken from her at Le Havre and placed in a nursery with 40 other in fants. "But the same milk was not good for all of the babies," she related in broken English, "My baby vomited and had diarrhea. For two days he could eat nothing. We could see our babies only once a d for a" hour:" Ve could not take our babies of the nursery and they got no fresh air for seven days,' reported. she Restoration of Cut In Missouri Budget I Asked by Sen. Young WASHINGTON, 0J.R) Sen. Miltcn R. Young, R., N. D., has asked the Senate appropriations committee to restore 13,000,000 cut from the Missouri river basin budget for the fiscal year. 1947. If allowed to stand Young tes tified, the 57 per cent slash would "ham-string" the integrated, long- ; range program underway in the area. The Misosuri river basin budget is part of the Interior Department appropriations. The House cut it from a recommended $23,783,600 to $10,312, 685. "At the proposed rate of ap propriations it would take 60 years to complete the initial stage of the Missouri river basin devel opment," Young said. j r Seek Tentative Agreement to Halt Coal Strik 1 WASHINGTON (UP) Gove . ment officials Thursday studied John L. Lewis' contract proposals, still hoping to reach a tentative agreement in time to avert anoth er soft coal strike at midnight Sat urday. Lewis, president of the L'nited Mine Workers (AFL), submitted the proposals during initial bar gaining with government officials in charge of the bituminous mines which were seized yesterday by or der of President Truman. Lewis' proposals included a wage demand never submitted to the mine own ers in direct "negotiations. Plans, ;fo RcaU Lewis Coal administrator, J. A. Krug planned to recall Lewis for furth er discussions late Thursday af ter government officials reviewed the union proposals which were outlined by Lewis during more than six hours of conferences yes terday. Krug told reporters that the government hoped to be ready to state what it could offer when Lewis finished his explanation of the union's position. Details of the Lewis proposals were not disclosed. It was pre sumed that those in addition to the new wage demand were similar to the ones served on the opera tors. Hopes for Agreement Krug told reporters he hoped an agreement on principles cculd be reached by Saturday right bef ore expiration of the present two week work truce. He thought such an agreement, assuring a contract, might persuade the miners to re main at work. If no agreement should be (Turn to Page 6, Number 4) Memoirs Reveal FDR Accusation WASHINGTON. 0Jfi The late President Roosevelt accused Ja Dan of war intentions a month be fore the Pearl Harbor attack and tnld Japanese diplomats bluntly that he did not believe their de nials, it was revealed Thursday. The disclosure was contained in the memoirs of the late Prince Fumimaro Konoye. former Jap anese nrem'er, which were placed in evidence before Oontrress' Pearl Harbor investiTatinc committee. The committee release:! conies of the document? at the final pub lic session of its invest'eaiin to assess the blame for the worst naval defent in Ameican history. In addition to the Konoye memoirs, the committee accepted as testimony the written answers of former Secretary of State Cordell Hull and former Secretary of War Henrv L. Stimson to lengthy questionnaires sunle mentingr their previous statements. They were questioned by mail because failing health prevented personal cross-examinations. Their replies augmented a vast accumulation of previous evidence that Mr. Roosevelt and his top diplomats and military advisers anticipated a surprise blow by Tipan but did not resrard Pearl Harbor as the likely target. 4 ? . -.'-f " v TRAGEDY ON BRIDE SHIP Mrs. John Battenfield, French war bride of a Norman, Okla., doctor, is shown with daughter, Miriam, before child became critically ill enroute to the United States aboard the transport, Zebulon Vance. Deaths of four babies were charged to "bad sanitation" by the parents. (NEA telephoto) G 1 5J f 1 If NEBRASKA BUILDER R. II. Willis of Bridgeport, chief of j the state bureau of irrigation j since l'Jl'J and i.ro.ninent in J the development of Nebraska i irrigation, will be the first re- j cipient of the "Nebraska Build- i er Award." highest r.on-acade- j mic honor conferred bv the j University of Nebraska. He will '. receive the award at the uni- versity's 75th annual commence- i ment exercises May 27. j Proposed Phone Strike Friday Is Postponed LINCOLN, CJR) Employes cf the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company are pre pared to walk off their jobs Monday. May 27, to enforce de mands for higher waeres, Thom as Wood, president of the com pany, reported Thursday. A proposed strike that ., would have susnended all teleohorte ser vice in Plattsmouth r.d all other areas served by the I incr.ln Tele phone and Telegraph Co. has been postponed, it wa? annourced Thursday. The strike involving neailv fO persons in all departments of the company was called fo Friday and would have suspended tele phone operation? in 22 southeast ern Nebraska counties, includin?r Ca-s county. U. S. conciliator E. IT. Ries of Omaha announced that the strike would rot bes-in Friday, date of the strike notice's expiration. Although the strike notice was posted last month, Ries r.H that he had been told by Jaes E. Smith, president of the indepen dent I ;ncoln union, that workers were still studying the company's wag"e proposals. National PTA Asks Return to Rationing: DENVER. CJ.m Delegates to the -IPth annual convention cf the National Congress of Parents and Teachers urged President Tru man Thursday "to provide for consumer rationing" in the fa mine emergency program. At the final session of the PTA convention 1,000 delegates from the 48 states and Hawaii unanimously passed a resolution urging the government to double shipments of food to hungry na tions. W XT, ,V' - v : -i:. :.:. 9 : :.5jf"' l- ft- V Rail and Union Officials Called To White House By United Press The railroad sirike began at 4 p. m. EST despite Whits House efforts to prevent it. Union and ir anagement repres entatives still were meeting ai the White House when the dead line nassed. There was no tell ing what the result of the con ference would he or how lon'j the strike will last. Large numbers of railroad engineers and trainmen left their jobs oron-.ptly at 4 o'clock at many eastern terminals. Some trains had been canceled even before that. Ceyeral trains, throughout the east "have been canceled. Trains in New York, Philadelphia, PitUburg, Detroit ard Cleveland had already been The nation waited tcn-ely Thursday for the rail stiike dead line as President Truman hat?ily attempted to prevent a coast to coast breakdown of the railroad system... With the 4 p. m. hour for the walkout drawing closer, Mr. Tru man brought the heads of the rail unions ar.d railroad representa tive? to the White House in a final attempt et ward off the strike. Government's Last Chance The presidents of the trainmen and engineers unions went t." the White House first. Then at 1:C0 p. m. Plattsmouth time) tiO minutes after the deadline for the union answer to the presi dent's compromi.-e settlement plan Mr. Truman summoned the rail road carrier representatives. It was the government's last chance to prevent a chaotic disruption of the lifelines to American indus try axol commerce. . Meanwhile, the railroads ard federal agencies began to eet ready for the walkout. Arency ! Created The office of defense transpor tation created an airency to dir ect emecrney ue of air. highway and waterway transportation dur-' ing the strike. Italian Premier Appeals to ROME, Ci.Ri i r-rcm !er. AlciJe de Gas-neri " appealed to the Uni ted Natioi:s Thursday to bal; Italy's claim to .Trieste if other moan-' of settlinT th Tta'o-Yuco-slav border dispute fr.il. In an exclusive intervicTT with the United Press de Gaspeii said neither his government nor any popularly elected Italian govern ment of thr futuie would sign a peace treaty that gave Trie-te or too much of Ver.ezia Giu'ia pro vince to Yugoslavia. If the ihomv problem was not settled to Italy's satisfaction, he intimated ' there would be a new Dantig. and that would bring an other war," the premier asscrte !. Discussing the Italian border problem and the new armistice for an hour and a half in Li Palazr.o Chiui office, de Gasperi said: "If four nations cannot agree on th all-important Venezia Giu lia problem, then 21 should, try, and if that fails, all the nations together should try to reach a settlement. Only in this way can we realize that we have worked for peace."' Thunderstorms Are Due Here Today Thunderstorms and cooler woi ther is in store for Plattsmouth and vicinity with shower due Thursday and the lower temper atures scheduled to come Lite Thursday and Friday. A trace of precipitation Wed nesday night was reported Thurs day by Roy O. Cole, weather ob server, and indications Thursday noon were that the thunderstorms were about to break any mhrcte. WEATHER Nebraska forecast: ' Partly cloudy extreme west, showers aTid thunder storms central and ea; cooler " north and west portions Thursday; clearing and cooler ex cept showers extreme east Thurs day night. Friday fair and cool er, southeast. Low temperatures Thursday night in 40's, west" and near 50 cast. a.