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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1946)
J7f ; A "r. k. M Ml JH A A X. w A. A. I VOL. 41 THE JOURNAL, FLATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA Thursday, November 7, 194G No. 7S J i asscaaesi j r I Parents here are alarmed by j the mounting number of child ail- j ments cropping u p. Mumps, j pneumonia and chicken pox are plaguing many households. The j situation has not reached the j stage 'of a plague but it's serious i enough to be given consideration. J We believe the un.-easonal fall v. eather has had a lot to do with sicknesses- The great variance in temperatures has without doubt U-ad to many kiddies becoming bed last- But this Thursday's wea ther offers hope. Skies promise colder mercury readings and. per cury readings and.per-; Colder weather should Premies. ' -rr.fi pp talk Thursdav , haps snow, nip the e vj er-tn"-coiiee xatK. inuisuay , centered on a deputy selection, i It was not biased. It can not; be ignored, however, as a Cass; . , county interest. Seen and reported: A bird dog. and a beautiful specimen, stand- J ing erect with his paws against the bank's doors- There was a blackout near Wimersteen school Wednesday night fcr several hours when a ! transformer went awry- Christ- j mas. Halloween and birthday can- j dl'-s were pressed into service for j lighting purposes by the pioneer- j minded. Some kerosene lamps al- j so were taken out of attics and j us.ed. i The writer of this piece has tak n an awful razzing for the men tion of a Sunday dinner some time .1... T twjo in pnni j i rtrf inn with explanatory notes about late pa- pers. LYlGscow uresses Up To Celebrate Red Revolution i a hog had oeen stoien- ccoru MOSCOW. (UP) The Russian . ing to vis;v0ie evidence, the thieves capital was in festive mood Thurs j had drrgfed the hog. a Hampshire day for the parade of military for Ebout 400 feet and stuck it near res and factory workers through j a fence. Some tire tracks were ed square celebrating the 29th j founcj near the fence and it was anniversary of the Soviet revolu- , deducted that the hog killers had jon. used a truck. Communist party and govern-, Driving to 0maha on another cient leaders will review the par- j mi!sion. Dep. sheriff Emerj- Doo-ade- Units of workers represent-1 dy Ures on a pickup turck in? individual plants ar.d organi-1 thgt reserabed the imprints at syt c tril ch ci T-ii tho m r rfh With Soviet Army and Navy units. A three-day celebration through out the Soviet Union began last night with street dancing and the atrical performances. PHILADELPHIA (UP) A four niarm f'-re swept" the waterfront near the Camden Ferry station loday destroying three brick ware houses and causing damages es timated at Several hundred thou. i weefcy Twenty four Cass countians are j on the November jury list an-; noticed Thursday by C E. Ledg- ! way. cleik of the district court, j Thev will report at the court ' house on Nov. 18. j Dist. Judge T- E. Dunbar will ! call the law docket and assign : cases at 10 am. Friday. j The jury roll: ' Hugo Meisinger and Albert War "n. Plattsmouth: Daniel J. Pan- ska. Louisville: OrLn Burril.Weep-, ing Water; D. M- Babbitt. Platts mouth. James Remaly, Elmwood; Cla rence Hansen, Nehawka: Ro y Comstock; Greenwood; Le Roy. Zessin, Weeping Water; Art. P Taylor, Weeping Water. Arthur L. Wolph.Nehawka: Clif ton Garrison, Union; Earl Keller. AIvo: William Bacfcemeyer, South Rend: John Fitzpatrick. Union; Lester Gansemer. Murray. F. A. Brunkow, Wabash, Gus Erakhage, Greenwood; Earl Ell iott. Elmwood- William Blum. Murdock. Lance.CTitex, Eagle; George Alt house, Eagle; David Sjogren-Lou iville, and John Roberts jr., Avo ca. PIKESVILLE, Ky. (UP) T h e right of franchise struck a snag Tuesday in Pike county. 1 " J fV -r'i fa -4 tv .fXyVi-' t." - Vfr - ' ,i s.- i. - 'j. ' ;,.-.-i ? s,-" ? rVjq '5rf"U'"' -r- ' .v'j; Lt,1;;'.'-" I, ,f ii Mijumi, iniiimilitfi m ,1 iiiBntMi j KE.1 TO U. S. SENATE James P. Kern, Republican, and Mrs. Kem " ' ' sm:e happily m their Kansas City Hog Theft Suspect Quizzed On Robbery Ar. alleged six-time loser who was Deine oucst-onea ii.ursuitv o-; ng i afternoon about a bank robbe was one of two suspects bein held by SJ. connection ' In custor" . iif Joe MraseK m j th a Cass countj' hog - at county jail were -,, 48, who was said o nave a penitentiary Louis Am i b police ; j record, and Paul James, ZZ. Both i live near Murray, j The men pleaded not guilty at ; a preliminary hearing Thursday ' and waived to district court j Several days ago, sheriff's of i ficers were called to the Victor i Turner farm near TCehawka where the theft scene. His alertness la ter led to the apprehension of the suspects- Armed with a license number and description of the suspected vehicle. Sheriff Mrasek watched for it and eventually made the arrests near Will Seybolt's ga s station. The sheriff said that the men admitted illegal butchering of the animal and selling two hams from i (Turn to Page 4, Number 2) ' WINS OVER TRUMAN'S CHOICE Albert L. Reeves, -jr., Republican veteran, shows smile of satisfaction as he and his wife hearb y radio in their Kansas City t&HT i . 4 & $ ' fft - ? '' s -i i i ' ' ,s - if- ' ' f f A i It i - ! 'A . - f t -r i ;,i I J "1 I ,1 3 Home upon learning; of his election! tothe U. S. Senate He defeated Senator Frank P. Brijrg?, Macon, . Mo., piuv.shcr, r j County Briefs i i I : MURRAY Mr, and Mrs- Dan Hoschar Wednesday moved to the Spore r residence here. MURRAY J- A- Scotten and Harold Radke are building a garage and machine shed on the Ed Meisinger farm west of Ports mouth. MURRAY The United Presby terian and Christian churches are organizing Young peoples societies- They will meet Sunday nights alternating churches- Mrs. Ray mond Lancaster will be the first leader. n LOUISVILLE Dan Thornton re- . tired from the dray business, sell- j ing out to Bernard Voigtmann, j who is now in charge. j LOUISVILLE The Rev. Cattau . . , . , , ! of tmmanuei iutneran cnurcn will become pastor of Zion Luth- , , , , eran church at Omaha shortly be-1 , . , i fore the end of the year. LOUISVILLE Glenn Eager has obtained a temporary permit for operation of a bus line from Paw- nee City to Omaha, extending his present operations on Highway 50 south of Louisville. home that he is the winner cf the race for the ffifth district place in Con?reS- IIis opponent was Enos A. Axtell, .who was endorsed by President Truman in the August primaries. On Great Voice For Vandenberg At Peace Talks NEW YORK, (UP) Sen. Ar- thur H- Vandenberg. R.. Mich.. i will resume his place at the side ; of Secretary of State James F- Byrnes in the big four council of . ' foi eign ministers, when that group j meets again Thursday, with even l greater influence than he has wiel i . . ... 2 j ded smce the last of this year, j Ever snce January, when Van 1 denberg demanded and obtained ' a gixater voice in formulation a? ; well as execution of a bi-partisan ! Amarican foreign pclicy, the sna--5 , tor lrom Michigan has oeen a ; major influence on Byrnes- i j Xe.w that Vandenbeij i certain to be the new i of the Senate Foreign is almost chairman it Relations Committee which must ratify any f ' at their meeting here, his voice f( j treaties the big four agree upon y will be even more influential in J the preparation of the peace treat- 'j ies. Vandenberg also is being talk- e about as the new president pro ;: tern of the Senate the ofiice usually held by a vice president j when the United States has. one. ;j The big four Foreign ministers !. are in recess until Friday after- j noon when they will plunge into the much-argued dispute about Tr- -i jeste with the East trying t oj place that strategic trouble area I within the Soviet sphere of in-! fluence, and the west struggling . 5ust . as Foreign s hard to keep it out. I ministers long since a-; bandoned the nice sounding pnn-. ciple of ethnic frontiers as a bas is for settlement of the area r. the head of the Adriatic. Thanks giving Menu ; For GFS Announced; WASHINGTON, (UP) Turkey and the traditional Thanksgiving (' trimmings are enroute to soldiers . all over the world, the war de- partment said Thursday. The army menu for Thanksgiv- ing Day is: j Celery, pickles and olivesxoast turkey, dressing, giblet gravy, j mashed potatoes, green peas and j stewed corn: lettuce wedges with thousand island dressing, hot roll and butter, pumpkin pie and cof- i fee oranees. aunles candy and ! saited nuts- Field Too Sloppy' I College View Game rx l IT" 1 IJeiayea 1 O lViOnaay . Friday night s Plattsmouth horn , ... coming looiuan gciine wiui vui.t-c T; . ,,;, Monday. Postponement was necessitated by the muddy condition of the field at Athletic park. All other activities scheduled in connection with the event will al so be held Monday night. Jury List Super Bomber Carries Atom Bomb Anyplace WASHINGTON, (UP) Tht Ar mv Air Forces lifted the curtain j Thursday on its new super bomb ) er, the giant B-36, which it said i can carry an atomic bomb to any inhabited region in the I world and return nome without refueling. The big plane, now in procluc ton at the Convair companys Ft. Worth. Texas plat, wll replace the B-29 super fortress as the armys top bomber. Tht B-36 is 163-ft. long, and 47- ft high, with a wing span of 230 ft. Maximum speed is 300 miles per hour. Its w ing tanks hold 21,000 gal lons of gasoline and 1.200 gallons of oil. or more than the average motorist uses in twenty years. , The plane can carry 10,000 lbs of bombs a distance of 10-000 miles. At reduced' range it can carry 72,000 pounds more than three times as many as the B 29 carries at a comparable dis inder pusher t3pe engines which develop 18-000 H. P. 1 3 W W m. & m. zt- . " r t y m. . - if 6 s 4- Jt" "as 4 - i V 4 K.-i.N.AAS fc-L,i;CT Mi fcRXOK Frtnk Carlson. GOV. of Rerub - aictn fiom Coneordia. Kar... i sceives a kiss ffrom Mrs. Cr. in Topeka. as election :-tuii.s overnor - nov -!"!ow h;m to i.e the new Pierson Higher Vet Squatters Defy Housing Eviction Notes CHICAGO. (UP) Defiant veter an "squatters" who moved into a housing project without authoriza tion threatened to stay Thursday despite eviction notices Others, however, said they were not sure what their next mo would be. The wives of some wept when Albert Horn, caretaker of the airport veterans housing pro ject slipped eviction notices under their doors- The veterans and their families, many with infant children, moved into about 60 brand new? vacant; apartments early this week after taking the keys from the caretak er's office The apartments had stood vacant for about three week because the Chicago Housing au thority said minor repairs were needed. The veterans sa;d they were, "tired of getting the runaround"; and took matters into their own", hands, moving in with their fam- I ilies and furnitur. Many sadi 'hey ' had been living in basements or with in-laws. : Urges Hike In Pay For Omaha Teachers! for Secretary of the Interior J aha Education Association, thru j A- Krug and Mine Chief John L. its president. Mrs. Annette Haw-! Lewis to join them, ley, Wednesday requested a wage) ; ..Krug was scheduled to con- raise of 540 dollars annually f or the city's teachers to meet in- creased living costs. The raise would boost the be- ginning annual salary of Omaha teachers from SI. 530 to $2,070. The request was contained in ; letter to Dr. Harry Bu-ke. su- , perintendent of Omaha schools. THE WEATHER Nebraska Forecast:Partly clou dy Thursday except few light showers east protion Thursday ternoon. becoming generally fa'r Thursday night and Friday. Some what warmer west portion Thurs day afternoon and in east and south portion Friday. Low tem peratures near 30 west and north 35 southeast- U JTL fa4 W 1 w - . 1 i ,i J a 1 Kansas. He was irppcted by Harry II. Wodrint Driver tc reuiiy of War. who plco.led for the governorship in ordrr to lead i c rusade to brine letrallze'l liquor . a state "dry" ff.r eiu'hty-:-'. ears. 1 --lrr. !' Held For Court Trial Herbert Pierson. Negro about 50. was bound over to district court after he pleaded innocent hnrelavv tool to p before Judge Paul E. Fauguet Thursday. He is being held in jail in lieu of bail bond- Police and sheriff's officers tes tified during the preliminary that ! Fierson was picked up m an auey south of Main street in Platts mouth at 2:30 in the morning. The officers said it was later estab- t lished that two places had been i burglarized- the Nothing was taken from two Main street places that had been entered- according to test - imony- It was stated, however, by arresting officers tha atl2-inch wrecking bar was found in Pier- sons possession. ine jimmy, u was testniea. m noies iounu m a window sill of one of the bur glarized places. The suspect will be tried dur ing the November term of court- W ait Arrival Of Boss Lewis At Coal Parley WASHINGTON, (UP) Union, and government representatives, discussing a new soft coal con f i- . t ctill mvm'p waiting Thursday ' cuiae nis western ioui j at os vngeies. ji wis ikuevcu he wouild join the conference soon atter returning to n asomg-1 . ton. i Lewis has stayed away from the ! r-j i tirnc rnrlin cr TCr: irc T'P j turn In their absence, it was under stood the conferees thus far have limited their talks to routine and unproductive detail work. Lewis' united Mine Workers (A FL) will press for government ac tion on another front today. JERSYEVILLE, III. (UP) A pair of old-timers recently drove 250 miles from Chicago to Jersey ville in eight hours. Edith Blair of Alton made the trip in a 1930 Model A Ford. Miss Blair is 70 years old. iRaiges Resignation Are Given ...... Labor Suffers Heavy Setbacks From Election NEW YORK. (UP) An unoffi cial survey showed Thursday that organized labor suffered heavy re verses in Tuesdays election and that the strong democratic pro labor bloc in the House lost many of its stalwarts in the Republican across the country re- jecteu a majoiiiv oi mc louui- j dates supported by the CIO's po- j litical action committee and Pres. iant A. v Whimpv of the Bro- therhood of Railway Trainmen. John L Lewis of the United Mjne Workers appeared to have failed in his reported behind the scenes attempt to bring about the defeat of Senator Harley M- Kil- ford. D.. West Virginia, a mem ber of the. Senate pro-labor bloc, j The president apparently has be But it was on labors friends j comie reconciled to the results of in the House that the heaviest , the lection and is ready to carry blows fell. Among the victims of j on. His attitude was described by the Republican landslide were H. friends thusly: Delacy of Washington. Frank E. "We are going to do from day Hook of Michigan, Michael J- j to day what is best for the wel Bradley of Pennsylvania. Andrew j fare of the country." J. Biemiller of Wisconsin. John j Democratic sources said that vage of Washington, ana Jeny;Mr. Truman did not intend to s- c e r it-. . : . Pl.n,l,ic. ' Voorhis of California. Among the pro laborites who were reelected were Helen Gaha gan Douglas. D-, California, Ad ojph H. Sabath, D-, Illinois. John D. Dingell, D., Michigan and Ma- I ry T. Norton. D-. New Jersey. Some quarters believed the net power. Prices Rasied On Articles Of Men's Clothing j WASHINGTON- (UP) The OP i Thursday authorized ceiling price increases ranging from three to j fifteen per cent on certain artic les of children's and men's cloth- j t ing It granted a 10 to 15 per cent increase on some children's and infant' cotton wash suits, over - alls, jumperalls. and woven cot- ton clothing. An increase of three to four per cent was authorized in the price of durable low-cost men's tailored suits, overcoasts and jac kets to cover a recent 10 per cent increase in the cost of wool ma terial. OPA also granted a 25 per cent increase for men's individually packaged handkerchiefs Yesterday, the agency author ized, effective Friday, a price boost of from S4 to $5.50 a ton on sulphite and northern sulphate wood pulp. This will mean added cost of $10-500,000 a year to U. S- mills- Demo Chairman Asks Cooperation WASHINGTON. (UP) Democr uaa nimnpH Rennhli- ----- ! cans and Democrats to work to- gether for "the strength and well being of the nation." Hannegan conceded Republican control of the new Congress late Thursday extending hearty con gratulations" to all members-elect. He issued his statement after talking by telephone with Presi dent Truman and Republican Na tional Chairman Carroll Reece. He said the Republicans face "a great iVsponsibil!ty." Memphis , Tenn- (UP) There is a Memphis man with a name for his trade. He's Sam. Needle man a tailor. " Rumors Setback . WASHINGTON. (UP) Autho atative Democratic quarters said i Thursday President Truman has J absolutely no intention of resign- j ing. They said suggestions that he I do so were "utterlv fantastic." I i he suggestion tnat ne resign after naming a Republican sec retary of state, who would then succeed him originated with Sen ator William J. Fulbright. D. Ark. Fulbright's suggestion was made on the basis of the Republican landslide in Tuesdays election. Most democratic leaders here expressed amazement at the proposal- This much was known definite ly: Mr- Truman has no idea of i quni'ng ana me recommenaea re signation has never been consid ered seriously. Mr. Truman plans to spend the next two years in the White House following a simple formula act ing in a way he considers good for the country. change the American constitution. al system by executive fiat. They said he believes his resignation would involve such a change- Neither can the president con ceive of how the republicans could select a successor without an el ection. Mr. Truman, it was said- has no idea of forming a coalition government by bringing republi cans into top level positions. A report that he might do so was an apparent by product of the Fulbright proposal. As far as can be determined the proposal of a coalition government has not ev en been discussed at the White House - The presidents friends were em phatic in their assertions that Mr. Truman is not the kind of a man who would- as they put it. j run out on the jbo- WASHINGTON. (UP) Presid at fle J ent Truman, still silent on his , party's political disaster and on j proposals that he resign, planned j Thursday to spend the next two ; years following a simple formula action for the good of the coun try. Facing 24 troublesome months of conflict with a Republican Con gress. Mr. Truman apparently had become reconciled to the results of Tuesday's election and was ready to carry on. Hiss attitude was described by friends as this: "We are going to do from day to day what is best for the wel fare of the country." MV. Truman was represented as seeing one silver lining in the stormy weather ahead- N o longer must he pull hs piunches when Congress bucks his wishes As one of his friends said- he can now "go to town on his vetoes." The White House, from the Pres ident on down, was studiously si (Turn to Page 4, Number 5.) Lujack Ready To Start Army Game SOUTH BEND. Ind- (UP) Jo - ! hnny Lufack, star Notre Dame quarterback, and a key man in the Irish hopes for a victory over Army Saturday at New York, will be in condition to start against the cadets, it was indicated Thursday by team physician Dr. Joseph Ca ton. , Lujack received a sprained right ankle in practice Wednesday when he collided with Frank Kosikowski 205-lb. end during a defensive drill. S -