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VOL. NO. 40
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1946
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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
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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
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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!
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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-
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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
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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.
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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. -
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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
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Hulginj.
The fire broke out at 11
30 p.
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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
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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 (
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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
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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. . " "." " .
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