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r ft . -Oft VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1946 NO. 273 a i 1 4 I I t i Plattsmouth Man Is Accused of Slaying Wife at Sidney, la. Sheriff Joe Mrasek said Mon day afternoon that the six chil dren of Mrs. Marguerite Bal linger of Sidney, Iowa, who was shot and killed - Sunday evening, had told officials that their mother was killed by Glenn Ballinger of Plattsmouth, estranged husband of the mur dered woman. Iowa highway patrolmen ar rived here Monday afternoon and told Mrasek that Ballinger had been accused by the chil dren, all of whom witnessed the shooting. Law officials of Cass county j and Fremont county, Iowa, Mon- , pioved at the BREX, left Phtt.s day were seeking Glenn Balling- mouth Sunday afternoon for Sid er, 34, of Plattsmouth in connec- ney. It was not known how he nuu wiin mt- iicam ui ms Tecumseh Trips Eagles in Tight Pitchers' Duel The Plattsmouth Eagles hooked up with Tecumseh in a tight pitch ing duel Sunday at Tecumseh and the . Eagles came out second best as they dropped a narrow 3-0 de cision to the Tecumseh nine. Yelkn. Tecumseh mound artists Klruek out 19 Plattsmouth batters. and yielded only two hits, a single w KV.Kia ,t,h o nnMo )v HTir,. ' J il I4.IU U 1VUUH. - J MS W i nell. Jacobs, Eagles pitcher, gave up only six hits and struck out Eeven Tecumseh batters. No Hits Until Sixth The game was ahaost air tight I'cr five innings with a single by Anderson of Tecumseh as the only hit for either team. O'Donnell laced out his double in the sixth after two were out but Hobbs strucK out to end tne threat. Sidney previous to entering the Hadrba,' lectuVer; Mrs. Wil- A hit a walk and an error: service He the son of Mr and j. Woolcott historian; Mrs. Lu brought Tecumseh its first run m S Mrs. Harvey Ballinger of Platts- j cilJe Gaines financial secretary; me sixtn inning, x wo mis in me , seventh and two more in the efgh- j th accounted for single runs in j each of those innings. i Noble Hits Single j Noble gave the Plattsmouth nine ! hope in the ninth as he opened j the inning with a single, but Yelkn. j struck out 0 Donnell and Hobbs on rhnvnnpc was out to Stanrel at first to end the threat. 1 O'Donnell was the only Eagles ! player to reach second base. Lowe, Tecumseh short stop, lej the winners with two hits, Stang el's triple in the eighth inning was the only extra base blow the win ners garnered. Jacobs issued four walks to the Teeuniseh team while Yelkn gave up two passes. The Eagles were guilty of four errors and Tecum seh made three miscues. Fieldine hiehliehts to the game ;i -otrho Ktt VIC I J i-V 1 1 vaivuv kj Noble, Eagles left fielder, and a double play. Gradoville to Shiffer to O'Donnell. See Little Relief From Heat Wave Little relief was seen Monday from a heat wave that has kept high temperatures 81 or above since Wednesday of last week. Continued warm with a high in the middle 90's was the prediction cloudy weather was forecast for Tuesday. Sunday's high was 90, Lemuel Gessell, Masonic home weather ob server, reported. Low for the 24 hour period ending at 8 a. m. Mon day was 70. Saturday was the first day since the mercury hit 98 last Thursday that it failed to reach the 90's. High for Saturday was 84 with a low of 56. Meanwhile, R. A. Dyke, direc- tor of the state weather bureau, reported rainfall in the state to- aled 4.78 inches in May, over a half-inch above normal. May was the coolest since 1925, temperatures averaging 55.2 de grees, of four degrees below nor mal. Clanton Fined for rteCKieSS LiriVing Vernon Clanton of Plattsmouth paid a fine of $25 and costs to County Judge Paul Fauquet Mon- dav after Dleadinp e-uiltv to charge of reckless driving. j 140,000,000 other people, from Sheriff Joe Mrasek reported President Truman down to the Clanton's car struck a parked car, last lady in the last butter line, owned by Hillard W. Land, at 414 We're going to be hearing thou North Sixth street, early Sunday sands of hot words almost im morning. Damage to Land's car mediately from the experts on was estimated at $175 and damage both sides in the Senate, but I to Clanton's car was believed to. doubt if this will make the rest be about the same. of us feel easier. One thing we j ed wife, Mrs. Marguerite Balling ! er, 35, mother of fix children, wno was found shot to death in her ' home at Sidney, Iowa Sunday niht. Fremont county Coroner Ralph Lovelady said she had beei shot twice through the chest apparent ly at close range, with a 22-cali-ber rifle. Sheriff A. S. Christofer said no gun was found. Ballinger Left Sunday Sheriff Joe Mrasek said Mon day that Sheriff Christofer had notified him of the death of Mr?. Ballinger. Cass eountv officials ieaint.j that Ballineer. who i em- marte tne tlln because he had no car and there is no bus service dir ectly to Sidney. He was wearing a pair of overalls and it was not known if he had a gun. His pres- ent whereabouts is unknown. Children Witnessed Slaying j The six Ballinger children wit nessed the shooting. One child said her mother staggered into the kitchen and collapsed aftei the shooting. Another told Fre mont county officers his mcthei had been talking with someone in the yard before the shots were heard. Officials said Mrs. Ballinger re centiy niea suit from her estr-anred for divorce husband. An inquest was to be held Mon- r1a.- nt SiHner Ballinger, who started work al' the RPFV w .Tn. 21. w dis- charged from the army Dec. 7 1945. He served over a year in Italy with the 15th air force as s member of the ground crew andj & , , was rn xne army more man two years. He had r.tade his home in moutn. Meat Famine in Week Predicted WASHINGTON U.R The of - i" of economic staoinzation warn Monday that the united states ' have a meat famine in a i weeK. I It said cattle and hog growers were withholding livestock in ex pectation that Congress will lift price controls on meat July 1. The Senate planned to begin debate ' late Monday on an OPA extension bill which includes a provision fori Following the reception of new ending meat controls on that date. :members and the installation of j Livestock growers feel prices officers jn the afternoon, a din - ! will soar alter July i ana xnus v,ani lo ueiay maiiveiing uneu inc.v can sen lor wnat tne traiiic wiii!!1T, Tis Hv anrt wprp sneakers at! - -. - bear, said a spokesman lor the ot- fice of economic stabilization. He said packers also were hold- ; ing back meat. This practice, he ! added, has been increasing stead - i ily for several weeks and ! continues, we will have a "if it meat famine a week from now." Call Me Mister! Two men reported their dis charges from the armed services , to the Cass county selective ser-j vice omce rriday, it was an nounced Monday. They were: From the navy, Ar- thur Lepert of Plattsmouth. From the marine corps, Donald Harri- j church in the absence of Rev. Ben ger of Inglewood, Calif. nett. Who's Talking Through Whose Hat, Wherry or Bowles By Frederick C. Othman WASHINGTON, (U.R) Two of my favorite people are re stabiliza- j tion chief Chester Bowles and, friends look (I hate to say it), on rope lines Monday re Kenneth Wherry, Nebraska like a dope. 'moved 12 unidentified bodies from Sen republican. I respect them both! for their honesty and their intel-! ligence, but one of them is talk ing through his fedora. Bowles claims the bill before the Senate today making mince meat of the OPA will, if made law, be a national disaster. Wherry says if it doesn't become law, dis- aster is too mild a word. Mr. j Bowles, meet Sen. Wherry; Ken, j shake hands with Chpt. I 1 wish 1 knew which of these gentlemen's ideas are cock-eyed, ail" Sieep better. So would about fe- i V LSVitf" NEWLYWEDS Their wedding twice postponed, first by a search for $5 with which to buy a license and then by difficulty in locating a willing minister. Sirs. Mattie Lyons Large, 79, and telbert Lee (Shorty) Sprou.-e, 18, abandoned plans for a mar riage in Mrs. Large's two-room log cabin and made the 16-mile trip to the Lawrence county courthouse in Louisa, Ky., where they were wed by the county judge, who, the bride explained, had to do it. Mrs. Sprouse is the mother of seven children and grandmother of 49. "Shorty" is her former farm hand. (NEA telephoto) Mrs. Nelson Installed as Grand Regent of Catholic Daughters j Jirs. William Nelson was install- !e(j erand ree-ent in the Our Lady of Loretto court of the Catholic Daue-hters of America. No. 709, Plattsmouth -in ceremonies con - ducted Sunday afternoon in St. John's hall, by Miss Mary Hyland, ! district deDutv installing officer of Lincoln. . . ',. Xfr. rn, Other officers are Mrs. John Bergman, vice-grand regent; Mrs. Walter Smith, prophetess: Mrs. (Miss Dorothy Svoboda, treasurer; r..e T1 T T"iwfK- ovranist. and y Svoboda, treasurer; Dnndv organist and uooo, organise, i"u iMrs. Rudol'ph Iverson and Mrs. F.S a dispute over working hours. : G. Fricke, trustees. j Mrs. Fred Rea was presented jwith a sterling silver rosary in re cognition of her seven years as Ip-rand resrent of the Plattsmouth !court and a? VTesent state vice- ;re2-ent. Mrs. William Swatek made the presentation. Three New Membert New members received Sunday were Mrs. Louis Swoboda, Mrs. Edward Gradoville, and Mrs. Er - nest Janda. Holy communion wasjMonday after prolonged negotiat - given the members of the organ- !infr pessions. ization at the Holy Rosary church j ;t thp mornino- mass Sunday. ,r,pr was cerved to the entire group , at Bestor's drning room, -virs, ;the dinner. ! - wy q i j KeV. Kennett Oaia j Cl,yl,r A A -W W AAA m W J Rev. T. Porter Bennett, pastor j of the First Methodist church, who I is at the home of his -i Bennett, 1840 E Street, in Lrncon, Tecuperatrng from a strokke he ron nai'oti rt frm o ctrAtlro ho ! suffered a week ago Sunday at ,ljnion, is reported to be lmprov- an Memorial hospital in Lincoln Raymond C. Cook filled the pul- , pit Sunday at the First Methodist R. can do is take a look at H. , 6042, the bill that seems destined to make one or the other of my It would . nd exactly three weeks from t6dav all price con - trols on livestock, meat, poultry, milk, cheese, butter and eggs and whatever is made from these things, including custard pies, cheese blintzes. hamburger sand - wiches and egg-nog. Bowles says j this would raise our grocery bill, j not by millions, but by billions, w nerry says n would Dring to market 10,000,000 surplus steers on the ranges, bring order out of 111 . 1 . i chaos, and lower the price of i food. I still am confused. I don t believe these fellows comments are much help. The bill will either save the nation, or wreck it and it'll be a sorry day for me when I must de- cide whether Bowles or Wherry is to be gagrged with old ration stamps. ' ing s owly. lie isn t expected to ; f";', lha I he returned the cocktail lounge be able to return to the pulpit un- . f orted rgmg fotwa d m n"- -blare He (.,nnnp(l the exlin i til nevt fall Hp bad been in prv. tunff and Sansai provinces to the;waf abIazf- He cropped the extm- - ,v r i 2f 1 7 5.J-. JVC 'tli. ' -a 3 Hopes Chilled '; AvPrfinff - fOr AVerlin Shipping Strike WASHNGTON (U.PJA n p w deadlock in negotiations Monday tnuieo. nopes lor picvenunu 1 Ml - 1 1 -C ...,4-Cnn. n tionwide CIO maritime strike midnight Fridaj. at Ship operators accepted out the National Maritime union rejected ot n i fr cp h 'a government proposal for settl - ,. The union ordered detailed .xb parations for the walkout. TV n T.Ancnl 1'AlbtAfl V T )llQ xthttt ii u .. NMU would have gnen seamen Q o,r ff nennv rh 1i Hav-i snent at sea The program original - k, coctpH hv Wp.al mprfi. ,j -f,.- " ators. The ship operators turned ! it into a formal offer. ' xne union, however, found the 'plan "impractial," . a labor De- . .nartment spokesman announced (Qhingge Government ' , Charges Communists fReaBroke 15-Day Truce CHANGCHUN (U.P)The Cen- jtral news agency reported "in I creasing communist attacks on government troops" Monday de i spite a 15-day truce which went (into effect Friday in Manchuria. i " a t t r i communists surrounding iaia i were attacking furiously and have inflicted 200 casualties, the report I- , , communists recentlv. the report added. In addition to the fizhtimr in:1" "e nre Lamieia ran t r t : a south. (Nanking reported that peace prospects were dim as the 15-day truce entered its fourth day.) 23 Believed Killed In Crash of Army Transport Plane ! PANAMA CITY (U.R) Search'- ; prs haulins themselves un the iun- gle-i matted slopes to Taboga island j the wreckage of a U. S. army C-54 'transport plane in which 23 per- sons apparently perished. j The hunt for the other 11 per sons aboard the giant airliner con- : tinued through the tangled tropi- j :Cal trees and underbrush. i Search parties brought the 12 1 bodies found to the Panama main-' lanri tny .Untif;; tv, ! I tims' names will be announced as ! soon as they are established and telatives notified ! j The four.motored army plane j ;cmuc)iPfl info tVifk crn t V clnna r f fho i mou7ltain on Taboga island, in the I Pacif;c ocean 12 mnes from Pan ama Citv. at 11 :13 a. m. Sundav. i Tt was a routine flight from Morrison field. West Palm Beach, Fla.. to Albrook field in Panama, There were 17 passengers and a crew of six. Apparently all were killed. - i cnnr n i Firemen Fear More Dead in Dubuque Fire DUBUQUE, Iowa. Firemen feared Monday that a search of chaired debris in the fire-swept Canfield hotel would yield more l-j- - i t;,T 1 J.. i opaies in a iiageuy wnicn aneauv hid taken 15 lives. Red Crosis officials, who earliei r jported 25 persons unaccounted f r, revised their estimate down ward. Mrs. James Donahue, execu tive secretary of the Duouque Ked Cross chapter, believed there were "only seven or eiht" not yet ac accoirnted for. f Police and fire department of ficials believed that some cf these naight have been permannt resi dents of the hotel who were away during the .week end. No List of Missing Mrs. Donahue said she had no list of the missing, but that Red Cross estimates were based on th? number of guests believed regis- ( tered at the hotel, j However, a check of the hotel register, which was water-soaked ' and scorched, disclosed the name? ' of 21 person not accounted for. i The regiter actually listed 24 such names but it was believed to belong to three bodies still uni - ! . How many persons were regis- tered was not determined defir.i-, I ly because of condition of the re;-! ! ister. Estimates ran from 123 tci ! .105 A search of the blackened rub- ' Kid within t Vi o Jin.vpa --nlf? rrsin L; u',. while crews worked to erect sud- : ports to prevent further collapse.! ve The second and third floors of'Pame the four-story building had caved j .l. i j ii- Hulginj. The fire broke out at 11 30 p. ! .. " , , , , , , . ai.u iciu fnuy iuiuuS11Wul 200-room hotel. The flames, start - : a rlCf.t nr the Tie,! f-nf!;. - " r, t 'T Vl- i tail leunge on the giound iloor 'shot upward" to the floors above. j Mi Net. 4 Panic-striken guests trapped by - , - - t - the snoke and flames leanol out . , the windows and screamed as fire - men set up ladders and rigged 'nets. Fire Cant. Harold Cosgrove' said oO persons were rescued when . , , . . . . , ! the' leaDed lnt netS- WeIC ' caun ie,d do'n Adders. ' who leaped, however, Of two thoe were i.;nj ...i .i .. , iT. . ntn eaey misseu tne net. ! Some of those who perished I were burnd to death and other.- suffocated in the smoke-filled rooms and corridors. Many es- ! caped b7 riPin and knotting 1 ! sheetsinto makeshift ladders. bed- Abot 40 survivors were injured . many suffering broken bene? : jumping from windows. ! Firemen admitted there was a ! possibility that some of the mis- ! sing had escaped and had failed to report to authorities, but they " feared the worst. ! Fire Discovered By Employe i The flames were discoveied by i a hotel employe when he opened ! the doer to a small closet in back i of the cocktail lounge, which had! 'been closed for the evening and! ; emptied of guescs a short while j before. William Canfield, hotel mana- i er saiu ine employe ran to nimi . : J i i . t . 1 i or a lire extinguisher but wht-T gisner and ran back to the desk. "It was terible." he said. "I ran to the clerk a tthe desk in the lobby and told him to call the tire department and notify the guests (Turn to Page 3, Number 1) fc A IS. P V. - fir- It OH, YEAH? Art Diggle, Kankakee, 111., 24-year-old member of the Northwestern university's daily newspaper staff, raises his hands defensively against the blast of. indignant squawks from a delegation of the schools co-eds. The reason Diggle, an ex-marine, wrote an editorial in which he said the collegiate housing shortage would be scjved if all the co-eds would just go home so returning veterans could continue their schoolings "" - ' - . " - M . "i DCOLITTLE WEDS Lt. John Doolittle, son of Gen. "Jimmy" Doolittle of air force" fame, is pictured with his bride, the former Priscilla Johnsnn of Washington, D. C, following their marriage in the capital. Thimgan Fans 16 j PlmOUth Nips Louisville Sixteen L,ouisvine Lesrion Junior batters 4.o,ion T.pp-ion Junior batters were un- able to solve the slants of Larry Thimsran. Plattsmouth American I Legion Junior pitcher, and the lucai juiii.'i -f-- team. C-5rTn the opening ..... - 1 . . . ; m district -o- n ition for both teams here Sunday. I ac. ,1 1... f'.c inning in filter a Mi.my jjii Louisville counted three wnicn runs, the local bov: settled down ; Deninci i i . i Thimgan s fine hurling. ine Mfiuit-i hkiu-uaiuti nri 1 J. H o T-i i sir- tfvnr-Lr j out if, batters and gave up only 1 . OQr0j ,.ni the other three : . I V V.U1 l I V V . I be-ns scored as the result of er Alkire Bat in Thimgan gave no ten hits twOT1-en pf America. of them "of the scratch variety, ;v - nne his mates battered Welton, . Louisville hurler. for 12 blows, six of them doubles. W eltan struck out only two Plattsmouth batters. It was Jim Alkire's solid double in the fourth frame that gave Plattsmouth its victory margin. Alkire came to bat with two outs and men on second and third jaj proceeded to lace a two-base i hit down the right field foul line, j giving Plattsmouth a 0-4 edge. J Louisville tried to come back ; in the seventh, scoring one run 'after two were out and putting imen on first and third, but Thim- gan bore down and struck out the last batter to end the threat. Eaton Gets Three Hits Eddie Eaton led the Platts mouth batting attack with three safe blows, two of them doubles, and scored three runs himself. Sheehan, Mayfield and Ingram each collected . . two hits eacn ioriA , , r.h, ..., Louisville. j Louisville did its heavy scor-; ing in the first inning after two! were out. Mayfield was safe on ( j (Turn to Page 3, Number 2) m- i - m faCltlC tO Be Sent to Mates TOKYO 0J.PJ Enlisted men in ... fhir( w:tll oi months ,.;,. f Tni,- 1 -.v-ill bp sent to the United States for re apig-nnient by the first available .transportation, it was announced Monday. Phone Dispute Settled Less Than 20 Minutes Before Strike Deadline George Farley Honored for 51 , Years in Church 'arlev is wearing mall gild pin today. It's not an expensive pin but what it means to Mr. Farley is something that cannot be evaluated, for its worth ;is in the thought behind it. j He received the pin Sunday moin;ng at the First Presbyterian church from Carl Schneider, elder !of the church, on behalf of the ; church. And it was given to him for the time and effort he has giv en the church in his 51 years of membership. Never Missied unday School ! During those 51 years, Mr. Far ley has never missed attending Sunday school. I The occasion was also in obser vance of Mr. Farley's 80th birth 'dav which occurred Monday, June :- In presenting the pin, Mr. Schne ider briefly reviewed the life of Mr. Farley. He was born at Weep-' ing Water Jur;e 3, and was: i i j i .1,. caucateo ai ine fiuum.- mhtou V . cemy in imx. ! From 1900 to 1908 he was edi-i tor of the Plattsmouth Evening ; News and Semi-Weeklv News Her- Gardening Is Hobbv Mr. Farley has been an extreme ly active in public service, hav ing been county superintendent of schools for three terms, county assessor for one term, deputy .county treasurer for two years and county commissioner for two terms. He was a member of the home guard during World War I. In addition to those activities, ;he has found time to be a member labon The orig;nai settlement of Two Runs "7 of the Chamber of Commerce, Ro- ! forefl woutj rePult in sorn in tary club and the Modern ood- thp rompanv's original j And in the church he has been eouallv as active. He was superin- te-ndent of the Sunday school for many years, church treasurer, eld er sang in the choir many years and he teaches a Sunday school clas. ! He also has found time for a hobby, which is gardening. Cook Speaker at Church Meeting Raymond C. Cook, president of; the Nebraska conference of the Brotherhood of the United Breth rpn church, will be one of the; speakers at the national Brother- nnrH crmferenee to be held m in Tndianar.olis. Inch. June 11 to He will speak at the Tuesday even in t session of the conference and ?ain un . tui.v.--.. r - ; cnhioprs roiaiin"' ee ene . . i . . x ii work of Kev. Lee Huebert, pa Huebert, pastor oi ha TTnHed Brethren church Mynard, and Cook plan to leave! Plattsmouth Monday for the con-i ! ference. I t Other representatives from, ! Nebraska who will attend the con-! ; ference will be H. O. Layson. Au-j ; burn, vice-president o tne .Nehras- ka conference of the brotherhood, , and r.ev. .wnur ''""'lincr been n fa health for the of the Lincoln United Brethren: church. Kev. iore was neaia ; her? on the first dav of the Holy, t i : eek services ana ne is ine un ector of adult education in the' Nebraska conference of the:. church. Mrs. Moomey Dies At Masonic Home resident of the Masonic home, died! Monday morning Feb. 8. 1863, at Alveston. j i and married William E. Phelps. Thev moved to Nebraska and set- i tied near Rising City. Her hus- I band died in 1900. j In 1904 she married Richard I Y. Moomey and they lived at Gres-i ham. They both were admitted : t to the home here June 10, 19 10, j exactly six , years ago. Mr. Moo-j jmey died about six weeks later., They were from Morning r.were talcen from the ho,me of Mrs. lodge No. 197. A. F. and A. M-,.Bevery jioore at Greenwood Sat Gresham. urday n'ght, Sheriff Joe Mrasek Sumvors include two sons, Homer A. Whelps oi umana ano Arlos Moomey, who lives in Cal ifornia. and eight step-children. Funeral services will be held at the Caldwell funeral home Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. with Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of the First Christian church, in charge. Burial will be in the Hillcrest cemetery in Omaha, , Union members of the Lincoln f Telephone and Telegraph Co. here ; continued in the job Monday after noon as a strike scheduled to got ! underway at noon was forestalled when the company and the United .Union of Telephone Workers reach ;ed a compromise agreement les than 20 minutes before the walk out was to begin. ' Everyone returned to work and everything is normal," W. L. Ec kles, area managers at the local office, said shortly after 1 p. rr.. 16 Cent Hourly Boost Settlement granting the com pany employes an average of 1(1 cents an hour increase was signed by the company and the union, the United Press reported. The new wage contract, which makes the increase retroactive to last April 20, runs until March 30, 1947. The contract substantially was that proposed by federal concil iators who have conferred with union and company bargaining committees during the lat three days, and did not meet the work- ! t rs or iginal demands for wages ; equai to those paid by Northwest , Bell Telephone company in Xc-b- VSka The union, according to attor ney G corse I. Cravan, intends to ''bridge the gap" when a new con tract is signed next March. President Approves Increase Craven estimated the new con tract will give employees in the bargaining unit $350,000 in addi tional waees during tiie contract year. The wage boost asrreed to Mon day will increase employes salaries by about $25 a month, he said. Company President Thomas al so approved the increase. The new contract was amended in minor respects only from thnt' submitted bv the conciliators, ac- i ,; t i t, management ! proposal to pav $438,000 ir.creas- ! eu wanes 'for Ine contract year be ginning last April 20, estimating the current contract may cost the (company an additional $00,000 in ; wages. Threatened Election Returns ! Both factions professed pleas ure that the threatened strike j had not come off. and that serv- ic? to the public was left unaf i fected. The walkout. Craven ! said, would have cost union rnem i hers approximately $5,000 a clay : in lot wage. ! The strike had threatened to ' delay returns in the primary ele-c- tion Tuesdav in Cass county and r.tdur cnntlipnstpm counties . served by the company, i In Plattsmouth the companr i was prepared for the strike and j arraneements had been made to continue service m tni? area, wun the exception of Avoca and Eao'le, which are serviced bv independent . rv.vi. ccjini asm's. i iik m;i i n c, limit I aaniuten, wouiu nave ueen sioweu , " - ' at, normal as possible. Former Plattsmouth . Man L)ies in Umaha G(?rnie R Thomas G1 Qmaha died Fl.idav eveT1:ne in the poc. ,g ho ita, in 0maha after hav. past two years. Born in Plattsmouth, Jan.-HO. 1J;g5 he ived h e until 1D07 - ; i when he went to Omaha. Tie vo,j.ej as an interior decorator until the time of his hospitaliza tion a month ago. Surviving hi in are one son, John, of Tacoma'. Wash.; his mr.ther. IIrs. Julia Thomas, CI 08 Williams street. Omaha; one sis- ar.d one brother, Alvin E. of he was born:ru"!0 is lauicr a.- ' , a I -r i : . . i .' Klliea in tne xui urigiun siaiion :n Omaha in 1VU1. - . Funeral services will be held at the Glendale mortuarv in Oma- I ha Tuesday -at 2 p. m. ond burial. will be made in the Horning cemo- i tery soutn of Plattsmouth. Break-in at Greenwood A radjo a bicvcle and n bar. ackg b a? containin -army : clothes ieporte( Monday. WEATHER Nebraska Forecast Generally fair and continued warm Monday and Monday night. High . temper atures Monday middle 90's. Tues day partly cloudy, scattered thun der showers and cooler northwest and extreme west in .the after-, noon. . " "." " . t r J'