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1 0Ll:a: ... I 1 " VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JULY 1, 1946 NO. 157 i' i : 1 I i4 i' ; V t I t'l 1 J 'It j - Herman Eaton Killed, Four! Injured in Auto Accident A Weeping Water man was of Weeping Water. TIi --'di-killed and four persons were in- tion of Lloyd Sloan of Weeping Juru'd, i two of them seriously, in Water, also seriously injured, was an auto accident early Sunday (reported at noon today to be good, morning about a mile north of ( He is" in St. Joseph's hospital at Murra.y on U.; S. highway 7o, Deputy Sheriff Emery J. Doody reported Monday. The dead man was Herman Eaton.- -i V 4 - - ' , In critical condition in Doctors hospital at Omaha is Warren Doty Local Couple Exchange Vows Here Sunday A quiet ceremony performed Sunday at 5 p. m. at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church united- in marriage .Miss Marian Joyce Brookhouser, daughter of Mr., arid Mrs. J. H. Brookhouser, and Eldon ! Eugene Vioinan, son of ilr. and Mrs. Eugene Vroman Rey." E, J. Moritz, pastor of the church, 'f&fficiated in the double ring ceremony, which was ner- Mr. Eldon Vroman formed before a background of white carnations and ferns. The bridesmaid, Miss Betty Vro man, sister of the bridegroom, wore an aqua street length diess with white accessories and a cor- sage of white roses. Maynard Hobbs Best Man The bride wore a dress of light gray crepe with white accessories and cariied "a. white prayer book. Her corsage was of white roses. Maynard Hobbs was best man. lie wore a dark blue suit. The bridegroom wore a brown suit. 4 j Following the ceremony, a wed-, ding party was held in Omaha at the Blackstone hotel and at Peony Park. After a short honeymoon, the couple will be at home at the Bauer apartment. Served in Navy Mrs. Vroman graduated from the Plattsmouth high school in 1945 and has since been employed at the Mutual Life Insurance com- as L conie- pany in Omaha. j Two f,rms in town C" E. Wes- Mr. Vroman graduated f rom ! cott Sons and the Plattsmouth the Plattsmouth high school in 'j Creamery, announced rn advertise 1944 and served as a yeoman : ments in Tne Daily Journal today aboard the aircraft carrier, USS that they will continue to operate Yorktown. He received hia dis-! "ndef prices established before charge about a month ago. Services Are Held Sunday Afternoon For James Mauzy Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at Battler's funer - al home for James G. Mauzy, re- j tired Plattsmouth druggist, who; died Friday at his home here. Dr. H. G- McClusky, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, wa: in charge of the services, in the absence of Rev. T. Porter Ben nett pastor of the First Methodist church of which Mr. Mauzy was ? member. Frank Cloidt san? "Jesus Sav ior, Pilot Me" and ''Some Time Some Day We'll Understand," ac companied by E. H. Wescott. Flower bearers were Mrs. Nora Soennichsen, Mrs. Mary Eaton, Mi?s Patricia Libershal, Miss Jo sephine Koubek, and Miss Alice Zatopck. Pallbearers were II. A. Schnei der, Fred Rea, W. C. Soennichsen Philip Hilrz, J. C Bruning and C C Wescott. Interment was in the new ad dition to the Oak Hill cemetery The Masonic lodge conducted lit ualistic services at the grave. Cotner to Lincoln For Bus License Don Cotner was at the state jfor more of the same Tuesday, capitol in Lincoba Monday to pur- High temperatures for Satur chase the necessary license to day 'and Sunday were the same, operate the new bus which will 88 degrees, Lemuel Gessell, Ma go into service Tuesday at 8i30 sonic home weather observer re a. m. on the Cotner Bus Lines. j ported this morning, while the The bus will be driven by Vera low for Saturday was 70 and for Jlarter. . . . .. - Sunday 58. Omaha. Also injured were Mrs. Eaton who was taken to her sister's home in Plattsmouth, and Emma i n:.il. 'f 1 - r . - mini Lawaua oi uiuaiia, wno sui fered a knee injury. Were Changing Tire The accident occurred at 2:45 a. m. Sunday about a mile north of the Rock Bluff filling station-. Doody said, when the Eatons.Ttoty ana isionn were strucK ny a while they were changing a tire i on Eaton's car which was parked on the highway. The Eaton car was headed south and a car owned by Virgin ia B. McAleer of Auburn and driven south by Lawrence Galla ger of Omaha struck the parked car on the left rear fender, kill ing Eaton and injuring the other three. Miss Lawson was a pas senger in the McAleer car. All Frcm Weeping Water Passengers in the Eaton car were Dale Sloan, Sgt. D. W. Opp and a woman formerly known as Mrs. June Barnes. All are from Weeping Water. They were not injured. Passengers in the McAleer car lin addition to Miss Lawson were ! Ty V f 1IT A lour nf , A njiiim rrr l ' 1 . J . y. U v . V i 1 urn. ..--', - w Courtnage of Bedford, Iowa J. Gamble of Omaha. Sheriff Joe Mrasek and Doody were called to the scene of the accident. The Sattler and Cald well ambulances took Sloan and Doty to Omaha. Ira M. Brawdy !of Omaha took Mrs. Eaton and iliss Lawson to Plattsmouth. The Weeping Watw vainUulance took Eaton's bodv to WeeDinc W1rtL City Takes End Of OP A Price " Rules in Stride The end of price controls wa: being taken in stride in Platts mouth Monday- 1he price control: ended at midnight Sunday, but most merchants in Piattsnrouth to day indicated that they intend tc continue business as usual undei the same prices as they have been using under OPA. While in some large cities, runs on food and clothing were expect ed because of a feared Increase in prices, in Plattsmouth grocery and clothing stores reported nor mal business for Monday. Fred Busch, president of the Business Ien,g A club Ulged that all merchants stay as closely j day spelled defeat for the Platts as possible to prices they had been j mouth American Legion Junioi allowed to charge under OPA. u n.v,f .on,Oo,.Q,t Stay Under Ceilings ''The people hate been expect ing something like this for some time," Busch said. "I don't think they're going to get panicky. ! Americans pretty well take things price control ended. Other Gro cery and clothing store merchants interviewed by The Daily Journal said that they plan to continue a nearly as they possibly can undei . price ceilings. New Slant on Situation r -i it.., i , i. 1 s . inat n,e visi eu 1 a wholesale firm in Omaha today an(l found cases of canned good? SO cents to $1 higher. If that trend continues, he said, prices may have to be raised accordingly. But H. L- Gamer, of the OPA office here put a new slant on the situation when he said there waf always the possibility that Con gress may pass a price control law of some sort and make it re toractive to the date the old price control law ended. That, he said might result in the penalizing, of any firms which raised prices be- cause controls were off. The whole picture in Platts mouth today was one of calmness and assurance that, as long as pri ces could be kept down and cus tomers did not attempt runs on stores, the end of price controls would not seriously disrupt econ omy. First of July Is 'Perfect Day' j July was ushered in Monday with a "perfect day." The first of the j month brought mild temeraturcs ! and a clear sky, with a forecast j ! fli THE CLIMAX OF OPERATION Th atomic cloud bolls ttp "over in Bikini atoll seconds after atomic bomb. This picture David City Nips Plattsmouth in Seventh Inning A two-run seventh inning Sun as the David City Junior club eked out a 5-3 victory here. Plattsmouth tied up the game at 3-all in the- sixth with a Uvo run burst on two walks and an eiror. But the tie was short-lived-Peller, David City pitcher, sig naled and then two eirors by Wohlfarth, Plattsmouth shortstop and another single by Keiz, Davi-i City center field, provided th winniTig margin for tnc visitors. , It was a pitcher's duel all lie way., with Peller granting Platts only three hits, two of them not even counting in the scoring. Jim Alkiie gave the visitors only five singles and struck out 13 batters, j Peller whiffed eight Platsmouth 1 . . . v . . . nuters. AiKire walked onv one and peller ipsued tWQ ep Plattsmouth Takes Lead Plattsmouth took the lead 'in the first inning with a lone run as White scored. Alkire held David City hitless until the fourth inning when two hits, a walk, and an er ror by Eaton gave the visitors two three runs. Alkire banged out a double in the fourth inning but died on se cond base. Again in the fifth a Plattsmouth man reached base as Morse singled and went all the! way to third only to die there a? the next three men went out- Play at Schuyler Thursday With Plattsmoputh trailing by two runs, Manager V. O.'Tex" Chovanec sent Thimgan in to bat for Babbitt with two out in the seventh. Larry lived on an erroi but Peller bore down to strike out the next batter and end the game- Pekarek, David City third base man, was the heavy hitter of the day wtih two singles in four trips to the plate. The Plattsmouth club will jour ney to Schuyler Thursday for July 4 contest. Chovanec issued a call . Sunday for all members of the team to report for practice Wednesday evening- The boys wili leave -Thursday at 9 a. m. . Score by innings: D. City 000 300 25 5 2 riatts. 100 002 03 3 4 and ? f T ? ..L v)' I f T i L - " 1. l-l.. . . the sky bridge . rJk dy's flagship. CROSSROADS the target fleet the burst of the was taken from Stores to Close For Fourth of July Holiday All business places associated with the Business Men's Ad club -will be closed Thursday, July 4, President Fred P. Busch said Monday. The court house will be closed all day Thursday and there will be no rural or city delivery of mail. Postmaster Edward Kgen berger said. Mail will be dis patched to post office boxes as usual but no windows will be open. The Daily Journal will not publish Thursday. Cost of Living Starts to Climb By United Press The cost of livine beiran to climb Monday. In the first few . hours after the price control act 1 ... 1 - i..- Li : .. expireu at nuunnt ,,,,.: . 1 ......... . j ....ii" 1 it ...-o i... was still too early to tell how big prices of life s neces it.es an- rents would go without ceilings But reports from across the nation made it plain that the up- th of dra in operations at waid spiral of hv.ng costs already ,thp beach todav was under way. j Some rents were more than' doubled. In many cities the lift ing of the price ceilings was not reflected at once in the cornel grocery ,but activities in the bis livestock and grain markets pre vided a forecast of the things to come. Livestock prices at mid-western maikets soared $1 to $5 per 100 lbs. Grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade cash mark; t zoomed. No. 3 yellow corn within the first few minutes of the trad- ing was bid up 41 cents a bushel to $1.85. Oats were bid 10 cen' - higher. Cash lard prices were tip a cent a pound, the maximum in creased allowed in one day u idoi board of trade regulations. A major Chicago produce deal er said he could not tuy applet 01 oranges on the wholesale market Monday because the prices had ui 1. : u 1 1 :.i i . from $4.81 a ease wholesale 1o : $8.00 a case. Large size oran-e.' i went up $2 00 a case, he said- Probate Petition Filed A petition for tne probate of the estate of Emma F. Garrison was filed in county court Satur . of Vice-Admiral W. H. P. Ulan- - - . . . . I'SS McKinlc.y. Joint Xrmy- Navy Task Force One Radio; NKA telephoto) County Officials Drag Lake in Search for Girl cass county uiiiciiti were dragging the lake at Merritt's beach north of Plattsmouth in search of a 11 -year-old Btllevue !nil who disappeared Sunday af at the ternoon while she was D(kk1v Monv " No trace of the g'irl had been ! found bv noon Monday. TV10 o-irl ;s Mnrv T on 4"-an. who 1 liv with "h I Ler Vn vie nit fathw ! T Gerald A-an of lnh erfaiheT!s t,elaU1 I Doodv -aid that the girl was at' the bp-ioh Sundav with friends ' the beach Sjnda with H lencis, and was seen near the edge of the , beach where the water js shallow. At about 5:30 P. m. when the friends were getting ready to ! leave, no ib . 1 trace could be found of;"1" , ti "P'J be her death throes. 1 T ...... U.,:,, Ut tV. 1, , i"e gm ountv oiticiais conaucten a . . , , . 1 ...... Kn , n- -n, -. . . . . v . - ........ - - - - - - ,,.- authorities to believe that she may have drowned. Sheriff Joe Mrasek was in Army to Conduct Arctic Maneuvers WASHINGTON. (U.R) The army .is assembling men for eight ; months of Arctic maneuvers that ' will extend as far as the Aleutian island of Adak. it was disclosed , Monday. ' American-owned Adak. is 900 mi' froin Rwia's Siberia, and 18 aDout an efI"a' '"stance irom the Alaskan mainland. j .The W?r 1 partment's first 'widespread cold weather exercises will consume a large portion of 1 $10,000,000 fund for field maneu vers and are designed to test fight ing forces and equipment in far northern climes. From $35 to S300 lYlOnth CaOeS Kent LAG UNA BEACH, CALIF., (U.R) Ted Hodges, local news paper man. who has been paying $35 a month OPA maximum for a one-room kitchenette above a garage, was informed Monday by his landlad.y that his rent henceforth will be $10 a day. Atom Bomb Sinks Three Ships, 33 Others Damaged OFF BIKINI ATOLL (U.R Vice Admiral W. II. P. Blandy an nounced Monday that the atom bomb which exploded above a 7:3 thip guinea pig fleet in Bikini atoll lagoon, sank three, damaged a fourth so heavily it is expected i to sink, and damaged at least VI other. There was no loss :)f human life in the gigantic test of the ef- fects of an atomic bmib explosion on naval craft, Blandy announced. One drone shin that flew j through the gigantic radioactive I cloud that arose from tie lagoo 1 went out of control and was lost. Some Animals Alive Some of the animals aboard one jof the target shins are alive, Blan- dy reported, lie did not identity j Vthe ship, however, ciunciy sam, 1 i "This is probably insignificant as Ithe ship was some distance from ! Mrs. Henrv Jacobs, were married ! Tuesday. After that u will he re 5 the target cluster.'" He said he : ai: I c i terred to the ban-king committee ! did not know as yet what had hap- ' j pened to animals on ships nearer mi.- icuici -in-- cAiiuiun. i The box score: j Sunk the unarmored trans-! ports Gilliam and Carlisle and the j j destroyer .Lamson. uatuy damaged and expected to ; sink the destroyer Allerton. Heavily damaged submarine j TISS Skate, Jaanese battleship Nagato and cruiser Sakawa, Amer- I ican battleships Arkansas, the j light carrier Independence, the heavy cruiser Penvacola and one landing ship. Fire Burn on Carrier Lightly damaged battleships i Pennsylvania, New York and Ne- vade, carrier Saratoga, cruiser Salt Lake City, landing craft me- 1 dium No.-l, yard oiler No. 160, and 12 other unidentified ships. ! nuir;uus l :itr -lliosi OI Iliem I small are all out with the ex- j 1 ception of the one aboard the In dependence," Blandy. said in his Preparations already were un-j derway for the second part of the I $70,000,000 test of atomic bombs I ivs. navy shins an underwater! io s.el a""r Can ! withstand the terrific. water pres- sure. Man's mightiest weapen explo J ded with a volcanic blast of smoke i and flame. j Bombardier Harold ood, o0, - ,000 feet over the lagoon, n the su - j pel-fortress "Dave s Dream let the bomb go at J:o9:4o (Plattsmouth ume, snoibecouus ialCi uuuuie concussion jolted the area. Nevada Ride, at Anchor A peach-colored fiery cloud musnroomea oo.uuu ieei into me air, and even the water of the la- 'r-on socmen siammeu 11011 uy tut I burPt- ; When the cloud cleared, the ' -transports Gilliam and Carlisle T l thundering explosions were jolt- ,rcrft axn" Pen' - , Flame, r.nr,t from noen oth- er craft- Masts and superstruc lures were twisted and torn away. I,oni.Cfj' the ba"lesP' " - da' Pal,lted a Sansh red' and thc h f ft fl buliseye , , , , .v he death hroes- f J dependence, which caught most of 1 il a uuviuu.i nidu liitr iv;iiiu , , , . 'Had nurst several nunrtreci ieet : . .i. i. r 1 1. . . i ctftLfin ui me m'vaud slightly to port. The heavy ! f"bmanne, bkate directly astern jthe Nevada was a shambles al- .though Still lloatlllg. The Jap cruiser Sakawa on the Nevada's port side was completely wrecked topside. Saratoga Survives From the forward mast, which seems shrunken by the shrivelling atomic blast, all the way aft, the Sakawa's superstructure and top - side were flattened to the water's e " . , Serving at the reception were Miss Farther out, the mighty and Shirley Jacobs, Mrs. Marian Ja-rentiment-wrapped carrier Sara- coks. Mrs. Howard w;w f,.c toga survived as her admirers swore she would. Despite a small (Turn to Page 3, Number 3) Three County Men Enlist in Service Three Cass county men have enlisted in the armed services, the Cass county selective office re ported Monday. Russell N. Ward of Murdock and Henry W. Irons of Elmwood enlisted in the army and Marcus E. Welton of Louisville enlisted in the nav.y. Teachers' Examination Third grade elementary teach ers' examination will' be held Sat- jurday in the office of County Supt. Loyd " Behrends. he an nounced Mouday. The examina tions will begin at 8 a. m. Sen. Oy Daniel Blocks Temporary Extension Of Price Control Law WASHINGTON, (U.R) Senatoi Leo O'Daniel. D., Texas. Monda.y blocked efforts to introduce in the Senate a resolution to extend temporarily the price control law which expired last midnight. His act inn delayed for at least another 2 4 hours attempts by ad- ministration leaders to bri ing the Elois Cole Is Married to George Jacobs Mii;s Eloise Coe daughter of Mr an(, Mrs Roy G Cole and i.,. in a candlelight ceremony Sun- jq Qf o r. af TinnA n, th- t ern church in Mvnard. The double I ring ceremony was performed by Tev. Lee Huebert, nastor of the church before an a'tar banked ' JV white candlelabra and garden i flowers. Preceding the ceremony, Jo':in Jacobs, brother of the bridegroom, j ' ' i I " Mr. George Jatob sang "Through the Years" and b-J 'O Promise Me," accompani IMics favw Pllon Todnw nf Mnvv. , , d the weddi ;mus.Ci R nd c Cook j The Lor,.s Prayer f ilowinff ;the ki 0f the marriage vows. Mi$f Shoreman Bridesmaid . Candles wt.re lighted by Miss .Mary Margaret Cole, sister of the an...tu j,.--- af ,vi,;f taffpfa Afi Mildred Ann Meisinger, who wore :& dress of pink net . i Miss Jean Shoreman of Omaha .. u-jHmair 1 H,- ffnwn w- r.f ; pae blue net and she can.ied pink i bride wore a own 0f whif embroidered satin fwhloned on I princess, lines with long sleeves j and a sweetheart neckline. Her fin?ertip veil fell from R white ; cap studded with small sequins iand geed pearls ghe can-ed a bouquet of pink roses. ! Robert Cole Best Man 1 R . brother of the was bl rt man UerV were lUiicit, -was otst man. usneis eie Vein Hillman of Maryville, Mo. 'and Ray Evers. The men wore ; dark business suits and white car- 'nation buotonnieres. . . ...... lira 1 aIa n.nthn f ,i vv, ,UU11IC1 Ui unue, ; WOre a pink crepe dress and a cor- . sasre of 7 white cainatinn Mrc .Ta. j CoDS, mother of the bridegroom, wore a black sheer dress with white carnations. Aftev the weddinu- ceremonv. n , reception was held in the church pallors for neaily two hundred guests. Mrs. Raymond Cook was in charge, assisted by Mi's Char ene Spangler, of Omaha, Miss , Nancy Jane Trilety of Cincinnati, ; Miss Bevoilv RmWW t;c j Margaret Smith, Miss Elizabeth ' Periy and Miss Dei0ris Smith., Torn Grosshans and Mrs. 'Nellie Spangler. Miss Darlene Wisely of Osceola and Miss Mary Evers 1 were in charge of the gifts, and Miss Marianne Wetenkamp and Miss Betty Meisinger presided at the guest book. Leave for Utah Si YjV I Immediately following the reT;tle Petitjon FiIed cepnon, mi-, and Mrs. Jacoos left on a wedding trip to Utah. Mrs. Jacobs graduated from the Plattsmouth high school i;i 1945 (Turn to Page 2, Number 1) AIvo Wheat Tests Best in Years ALVO, (Special) Several far. mers in this vicinity have started combining wheat and report a test of 60 pounds to th, bushel which is the best wheat has tested .in this vicinity in several years. extension measure before the Sen ate. It c;iine soon after congression al leaders told President Truman the House would approve, by night fall a resolution to extend price controls until July 20, but any House action to revive controls (Monday will he meaningless until (the Senate also can act on an ex tension resolution. Like Other Objection It was a similar objection by ! O'Daniel Saturday which blocked ! introduction of the extension re- solution and forced the tempor ary demise of all price, rent and wage controls Sunday night. O'Daniel's latest objection means that the resolution cannot be in troduced in the Senate until Even if the committee approved withut change, which appeared " . . .... at his disposal several other de- laying tactics which woud post- pone action on the resolution for j at least three more days. Friday Earliest Date Thus, barring a sudden rever sal of position by O'Daniel, there appeared to be no chance of re storing controls until Friday at he earliest. The government's price control piogram collapsed Sunday mid night after Mr. Truman vetoed an amended OPA "extension bill and Congress failed Saturday to act on. f top-gap legislation 'he' had re quested. A few minutes before O'Danie1 raised his latest objection, Senate democratic leader Alben W. Bark toy, Ky., said after a White House conference of the legislative big fourthat there was no way of pro phesying what will happen in the Senate and when. Hopes For Year Extension He said the administration hoped to modify the extension bill in the Senate to proivde for a permanent one - year extension to avoid the need for fufthe'r'ac" "v" tion after the proposed tempor- ary JllIy 20 expiration. He said it would be preferable to handle the legislation "in one bite instead of two." Almost 6 Inches Of Rain in June Ruir.fall during June measured almost six inches, according to precipitation records complied at; Schreiner's Pharmacy The mark far exceeded the 20 inches of rain during Jur.e, 1945. The total rainfall for the month Jtt passed was 5 93 inches. Two heavy rains on successive day? booted the grand total more than four inches. A total of 2 25 inches of rain fell June 17 and 1.00 in ches June 18. Heaviest single day'f rani during June last year was a one-inch rain June 26., On June 14 Plattsmouth had .38 of an inch of rain and en June 25 there was a .60 of an inch rai i. The last rain of the month wa June 29 when what started like a cloudburst subsided . quickly and only .80 of an inch of precipita tion was recorded. Price on Beef Up At Omaha Markets OMAHA (U.R) The price of beef on the hoof shot sharply higher in Omaha markets Monday a few hours after the governmtn'; price control law died. Two loads of choice steers sold at $22.50 per 100 pounds shortly i after the market opened. The CPA' ceiling on the animals was $17.65. The price of hogs kicked upward $2 to $2.50 per 100 lbs., with sev eral loods holding above $17. The ceiling was $14.0. Harry Coffee, president of th-? Un ion Stock Yards company, the i terrmnal f tne worlds second bar ,?est livestock market, said receipts Monday were the lighest of any Monday in the last 25 years. A suit to quiet title on all of lot 6. block 52, Plattsmouth, was filed by Claude E. Carter and Mae Blunt against the Platts mouth Ferry Co. in district court Monday. WEATHER Nebraska Forecast ; Generally fair Monday, Monday night and Tuesday; slightly warmer north west and extreme west; slightly cooler extreme southeast. High temperatures ' 80. to 85 Monday. Warmer Tuesday and in west half Monday night. ' J,