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I HE VOLUME 62 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1947 No. 36 Flood Threat Is Past Here Rolls as Crest of Waterl i i on Down Missouril The Missouri River begun falling r lowly here Monday Tind the crest rolled southward toward Nebraska , City, the United Press reports. j The waters, released from an ice jam in the Dakotas, crested at ! Omaha at 17.85 ft. between 2 a. ( m. and G a. m. Monday, the Omaha ! weather bureau reported. The riv er fell slightly at the engineer ma terial yard north of Florence by S a.m. and the river should begin to fall at Omaha Monday afternoon the bureau said. The crest of 16. S-ft-about one foot over flood stage was expected to reach Nebraska City sometime Monday r Monday night. Ormy engineers at Omaha, how ever, said that the levies from Omaha south to the Kansas line were in good repair and should hold. The engineers were main- taining a constant ' patrol of the dikes. i The only assistance call the er.fr- j incers have received to far came Monday morning from a farmer ' who asked for help in evacuating , about 1S5 head of cattle from Not- j tlerr.ar. Island opposite Murray, between Plattsmouth and Nebras- ka City. The engineers dispatched j a iaur.cn and a barge to the is land. Seven levies have been breached on both the Nebraska and Iowa i sides of the river since the flood j started last week, the United Press ; said. The low land south of the road to the Plattsmouth dock was al- 1 most entirely submerged Monday. J This is an annual occurrence due ' mainly to the extremely low level j of the land. Much of the water J is seep water and the overflow from ditches carrying runoff from ! the recent rains in Plattsmouth; md surrounding hills. ! T. H. Pollock, chairman of the : "iver improvement committee of he chamber- of comm,r,e. Monday warned that the June rise is still to come. This can be expected from June 15 to July 3. he said. ; Pollock recalled that the 1943 flood I brought the highest water level i here since the issi flood, coming within four inches of the 11 stage. Commenting on the river im provement progress Pollock said that the plans are threatened should President Truman cut the appropriation too drastically. Plans (Turn to Page 'i. Number 3) Death Comes to Vaclav Belohlavy Longtime Resident Funeral services were bHd Mon day aftem'v.n ft 2:"0 o'clock for Vaclsv rtelohlrw. lone time resident, who diet! Friday at 10:1." r. m. at the hone of his daughter, Mrs. L.. M. Davey. Services were in the Caldwell chapel. The P.ev. C. T. K'uV:rd of Oma ha officiated. Musi' wr bv Frank Clou't, with Mrs. II. F. Goos at the organ. The body was tnkn to Forest Lj,vti Crematory at Omaha. Survivors are his five daughters. Mr?. Tillie Powers. Spencer. Mrs. nna Powers, O'Neil. Mrs. Rose H-arr", Silver Soring, Md.. Mrs. Mr.rv Zatepek and Mrs. Sadie Dav cv. Plnttsmouth. He is also sur vived bv 17 grririd children and 21 great grnni children. Ope cinrchter preceded him in clen'h in T20. Mr. P,elhlvv was b.nm Oct. 2f in Nenomuk, Bohemia. H" was marr"d to Tarie Jimel in lS-4. The f llovvirg year he came to Wilbur. Neb., his wife following h'm there soon after. They lived thre for ten years when they moved to a homecead ft Spencer. A son bo,-n in Bohemia died in in'nncy. Six daughters and one sin ft-ce born in Nebraska. The v.-ifo and second infant son died in Aurust. 19. M". F.elohlavv was married in 190- to Ma-ie Folk of Billinsrs. Okla. In 1911 the family moved to this citv where thev have resided eontinuouslv. Mrs. Belohlavy died at the family home in l.C. Since that t:me the father lived with his daughters, here. Civil Service Exams For Union Postmaster The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for post master at Union. Nebr. Applications must be on file with the United States Civil Service Commission at Washington. D. C. not lafer than May 1. 1947. Application forms may be ob tained at the post office at Union. aster Services In Churches Here Get Large Crowds ! The churches of Plattsmouth i were filled to capacity for Sun- ) day services amid beautiful flor- ' al settings of the Eastert'.me. j Rev. J. E. Taenzler close d his pastorate at the First Christian j church, preaching at both the morning and evening hours. The topic for the morning was '"The , Victorious Christ." A trio com- i nosed of Lester Thimsan. Eugene j Eushnell and David Puibinson : furnished the special music. Ac- companist was Mrs. Jess Hodge, j In the evening the Easter story j was portraved in colored film, j I.oj-al Van Horn rang a solo. The rite of baptism wc.s administered; following the sermon. Sixteen : were taken into membership of ; this congregation. j The Youth Fellowship croup i of young people, representing the j i FrotesU nt churches of the city, j ; arreted the dawning of Easter i Morn with a worshio and com- j ; munion service at the Methodist i church, followed bv a Sunrise ' I ! ! (Turn to Page 4. Number 2 ) I Senior Class Play Will Be Given in Auditorium Here Final rehearsals are scheduled for the presentation o' the Senior class p1rv. "Spring Fever." The rlav will be riven this week on Thursday and Friday rights in the hirh school auditorium. In the plnv Mrs .Snappier keeps p. roorring-house at Erookfidd col lege. Says she. "I never know if they're in or out. They rr.mo and zo so fast you couMt keep track of them if you were a paid spv." That's more than trua on the dnv before Commencement; for in addition to hpr remilar college bov roomers, their cirls keep pop Pine in and out. a few parents and an aimt shov- up. and the "Prexv" nnd Professor R3i find occasion o call sevet-al times. And thir.TS happen.! Spring fever has hit Brookfiel.1. It's all fast an 1 furious and fun ny with loud explosions every now nnd then from Ed's "stinkum stirk torlum" for fond measure and it all ends entirely to everybody's satisfaction. Flavin"- the part of Howard Brent will be Bill Howland; Anne Purcell will be played by .Tear. Idovd; lou Kerron. by Eidell Soeck; Ed Burns bv Warden Kneer. V:-ian George bv Marilou Warner: Mr. Purcell, bv Thorn ! Berlett or Larrv Thimgan: Mrs. Purcell. bv Marv Bou Walling; Aunt Maude, by Joan Gradoville; Professor Bean. Kenny Tiekotter; George, bv John Rohan: Mrs. SnanTler. bv Mildred Meisinger; Vic Ley-is. by Wvnr.e Babbitt and Dr. Dixon, by Charles Thomason. Between acts there will be or chestral numbers under the diree- ! tion of David Fowler and two vo- cal numbers by Robert Tritsch. He I wi'l sing "I'll Close Mv Eves" and ! "The Anniversary Sons:." Mrs. Fowler will accompany him. Robert Reade is director of the play. Sale at Ft. Crook Is Onen to All Bidders Electrical goods, plumbing sup plies, automotive parts and tools, construction rupplies, and many misoellaneou- items are being of fered for sale generally at Ft. Crook through Friday of this week. No priority is needed. No deposit s required, and anyone can buy during this sale of army surplus property beirg offered on an "in vitation to bid" sale basis, army officers said. The sale, being conducted at warehouse No. 77. Ft. Crook, opened Monday continues to April 11. T'n salvrge officer of the 131st 1AF BU made the announcement of the sale. F'KST QUAR WITVE MADE The sheriffs office reported M mdav that the first scarlet fev t ou?rantir:r tacs to be placed vnce Tom Solomon became sher iff in January had been tacked on the William Schuelke residence, threo and on half miles east of Greenwood. John, two and a half year old son of the Schuelkes, contracted the malady. l' A i ' ' rJ WT" 7 v Jr ffJW THE TOWN" CAGE IIS, a Platts mouth teenage girls" basketball team sponsored by the sheriff's office is making a name for them selves in cage circles. The team has played four games in Omaha, losing only one game to the Viking Eight, a squad from North Kigh. A return game will Legion Appropriates $1,000 to Build Memorial Arch at New Athletic Field The appropriation of $1,000 by the Hugh J. Kearns post of the j American Legion ior a memorial j arch for the new athletic field is j one more step in the progress of j the project . j Carl J. Schneider, treasurer of j the athletic fund drive, reports that the original goal of $6,000 has been reached in pledges and cash donations. Supt. T. I. Friest announced that County Surveyor Frank Dall will report the grade levels Mon day night to the school board. nus lnioi inauoii, giauuig can , be begun almost immediately. If i conditions permit it is possible that work will start this week, ac cording to Friest. Plans include the terracing of the south side for the concrete ' bleachers which will seat 3,100 peo ple. The f.eld will be prepared for watering facilities, and will be ; tiled and sodded. ' It is planned to have the Legion's j ; memor ial arch at the entrance of j ' the athletic field. Plaques on the j ; ar ch will contain the names of men ' ; and women from this community ; who gave their lives in World Wars I and II. j Bruce Hazen, Lincoln, is the ar ! chitect. He also made the plans i for the new Central school building If everything goes as planned the ' field should be completed for use : next fall, says Friest. Infant to Be Buried In Lewiston Cemetery The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Plybon. Murray, died at St. Mary's hospital. Nebraska City, early Monday morning. Burial will be in Lewiston cem etery Tuesday afternoon. The Sattler Funeral home will be in charge. The Weather NEBRASKA Fair east, part ly cloudv west with scattered showers in extreme west Monday and Monday night, and in the west rnd south central portions Tues day. . Somewhat warmer Monday and in est portion Tuesday. Low tempers tures in the 30's. High Monday 45 to 50. Horseshoes first were used in 500 B. C. Specimens have been found in the ruins of. old British roads of that period. be played with hte Vikings, a team Jennie Lee Spidell, 15; Alta Miller, regarded as the best teen age girls team in Omaha, Sheriff Tom Solomon said. The Plattsmouth team, pictured above: Front row left to right: Shirley Arp, 12,; Geraldine Wood. 12; Thelma Wilson. 13; Stella Pat Child Welfare Is Speakers Topic At Legion Meeting ci-in,r a wn0H V UlkU V U- V.Vli t UiilV lit V V kll of the American Legion pest and f the Legion Auxiliary unit Thursday j night were Randall Biart and Mrs. i Clare Magnuson. Biart is depart- i ment chairman of child welfare ! for the Legion. He is from Bellev ue. Department chairman of child Welfare for the Auxilary, Mrs. Magnuson is from Omaha. Both speakers emphasized the vital need of a vigorous program for the welfare of the youth in the community, state and nation. Iowan Draws Fine, License Suspension For Drunken Driving Verle. Johnson of Pacific Junc tion lost his drivers license for six months and paid a fine of $25 and costs in county court Sat urday morning when he pleaded guilty to drunken driving. Johnson's arrest followed an accident late Friday, on Highway 34 between Plattsmouth and the Missouri river bridge, when he apparently lost control of the car he w-as driving and struck a bank. Sheriff Tom Solomon said. Edward Johnson, father of Verle, received a severe head cut in the crash, the sheriff reported, and was treated by a Plattsmouth phvsician. Lewis L. Fisher, who was nas seneer in the car. received a head cut and was also given first a'd treatment here before being lodged in the Cass county jail with Verle Johnson. Fisher pleaded guilty to intoxi cation charges Saturday morning and was fined $10 and costs in county court. v Edward E. Cook of Glenwood ; was fined $10 and costs, in county court Saturday, morning after pleading guilty to speeding, Sheriff Tom Solomon said Monday. Cook was clocked at driving 75 miles an hour on Highway 75 south of Plattsmouth in rain Saturday morning, the sheriff said. terson, 12. Back row left to right: 15: Ruth Ann Hobbs, IS; Margie Kief, 14; Peggie Jean Sharp, 15; Florine Duda, 14. Not in the pic ture Ethel Graut, 13. ' Record of the team : Platts mouth. 16, Wolverines, 7; Platts mouth 26, Farmerettes 10; Platts mouth 18, Shooting StartB 5; and Plattsmouth 16, Viking Eight 20. Meeting in regular session j Thursday night Hugh J. Kearns j post of the American Legion voted j to appropriate $1,000 for the erec tion of a World War Memorial at the new athletic fiekl. This memorial is to be an en trance arch upon which will be ! placed plaques containing the - names oi men ana women irom this community who gave their lives in World Wars I and II. The matter was referred to the execu tive committee for final action. Other actions taken by the post were the decision to sponsor a boy j along the parkway on Second ave to the Cornhusker Boys' State and j nue will be placed underground to sponsor a Junior Baseball team j by the Central Electric and Gas for the community. company. The Boys' State representatrve will be selected from the junior class of the high school. The pro gram is slated for June 7 to 14 at the Agricultural college campus at Lincoln. The boy selected last year was Charles Thomason. The formation of a junior base ball team is part of the American Legion national junior baseball program. The local team will be entered in the National league. The program provides for state tournaments and a national tourn ament known as the Little World Series. To be eligible for this program a boy must have been under 17 years of age as of Jan. 1, 1947. Plans for the local pro gram will be released at a later date, according to Richard Peck, publicity spokesman for the local post. Arthur Read Is Dead; - runeral Wednesday After an illness of several months Arthur Read. 54, died at his home on Second avenue at 5:00 a. m. Sunday. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:00 p. m. in the Sattler Funeral home. The Rev. O. Davy, Baptist minister of Oma ha, will officiate. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Read, Mr. Read was born June 12, 1892. in Topcka. Kans. In 1915 "he was married to Ida Richter, who with three children, survives. There are two daughters, Mrs. Jack O.DonneU of Plattsmouth an Mrs. Eva Crunk of Union, and 6ne son, Ernest, of Louisville. There are five grand children. Visitinr hours at the funeral j home will be from 3 to 5 and 7 j to 9 Tuesday. Local Phone Service Continues Here as Workers Leave Posts; Long Distance Is Hardest Hit WASHINGTON IP Some 325. 000 telephone workers struck Mon day in an unprecedented coast to coast walkout which disrupted nor- j mal long distance and local non j dial telephone service in all but I scattered parts of the country. j With President Truman "watch- ! I ing." federal conciliators tried ; desperately to end the walkout but j there were no signs of a settle- ment on the horizon. i i ne cuumry-wiut: sliiic, nisi 111 i the nation's history, started at 6 ' a. m. in the various time zones. ! I Dial telephone service, newspaper i teletypes, and major radio network ! wire communications were not af fected . Management super visors ! everywhere tried to handle as j many '"emergency" calls as poss- ible. i Labor department officials, ; aware that disruption of service would be likely to get worse if ! automatic systems broke down for lack of repair, attempted in nego j tiations here and throughout the country to bring back-to-work j agreement from the disrupting par 1 ties. ! White House aides said Presi I dent Truman was keening an eye i on the str ike. But for the time being, at least, he was not inter vening personally in the non-stop efforts of his labor department of ficials. The republican congress also was watching the communications j crisis. House GOP leaders gener- j ally deplored the strike. j Secretary of Labor Louis B. J Schwellenbach failed in night-long ' efforts to wrest an agreement from j the national federation of tele- j phone workers and the American 1 Telephone and Telegraph Co. The , union rejected his reqquest for a j 48-hour strike postponment. But j the conciliation efforts did not end. J Hours after the strike started As- ; sistant Secretary of Labor John ; Gibson and Conciliation Director j Edgar L. Warren kept representa- ! tives of long distance workers and AT & T in session. The strike hit long distance ser vice the worst. Telephone com pany officials in New York report ed that only 742 of a normal force of 2,996 long distance operators across the nation had reported to work by 9:30 a. m. EST. That meant, they said, that the strike was 75 per cent effective on the long distance system alone. But in many parts of the country, notably the middlewest. south, and mountain state regions, subscrib ers with non-dial telephones also were effected. Improvements to Gas Lines Being Made by Company The three-inch mains laid out Tms is tne nrst section or a new- : able tnrougn tne agricultural ex high pressure belt line system to j tensoin service as they have been be installed around town. Extend- j in lhe past and may be seCured at ting from the gas company at the j th ofIices of countv agricultural viaduct over the BREX tracks. the first section of the line will end ! at 11th street. Other sections will ! be placed when materials are available. Additional lines will run from j 11th street and Second avenue to the Masonic home. A third line j will lead from the home back to 1 the vicinity of Fourth street and Avenue A. Dwight Edwards, manager of the Gas company, said that the j lines for the first section have been on order for almost a year. ! It may be more than a year before the entire system can be com pleted. Distribution regulators will be placed at various intervals along ? e theZ These Ti II. UUVllUUtlUJl J '"vim will reduce the 40 to 50 pound pres sure of the new belt line to the 5 or 6 pound pressure needed to go into the city mains. Property owners have been no tified that the parkways will be reseeded by the company after the mains have been laid, Edwards ex plained. Also in process of installation by the Gas company is a new auto matic odorizer at the border sta tion at the south city limits . This process, said Edwards, will put the odorant into the gas at the same rate it is used. The use of odorant is a safety measure to allow consumer's to detect the escape of gas in case of leaks, at present. The odorant is added by hand at present. I 4'' . :- 1 v 1 .-5: 5 -.w i 1 ILJLJSi 1; pp tTirr Tomc F. Rep-lev a hove, has reopened his law offices in the Plattsmouth State bank building after serving with the U. S. army since 1942, 1 He is the son of the late District Judge James T. Begley, who serv ed on the bench in this district. Begley graduated from the Platts month high school in 1931. Chinch Bugs Are Threat in Western Part of County Western Cass county and Sarpy county are included in the areas which are threatened with trouble from chinch bugs during the com ing season, O. S. Bare, extension entomologist said Monday. Bare based his statement on the findings of a survey which was made in November and covered 2G counties in Nebraska most like- ly to suffer from chinch bug. The area covered extended as far north . as Burt and cjuming ana as lar west as Nance and Thayer, Bare disclosed . He reported quite heavy infesta tions were general in York, Sew ard, and Fillmore counties at the time of the survey. Saunders, Lan caster, and northern Johnson coun ties had enough bugs to be highly threatening. Saline. Jefferson, Washington, Sarpy, and western Cass counties were rated as more or less threat ening. The other counties sur veyed ranged from normal to lieht- ly infested and little trouble from i chinch bug is anticipated in them j in 1947. i Chinch bug trouble this year de ! pends much on the winter survival of the adult bugs and moisture and temperature conditions when i the eggs are hatching in May and June, according to Bare, i Bulletins and circulars on the j control of chinch bugs and con ! struction of barriers will be avail- agents. Bare said. Extension circular 1518, "Con struction of Chinch Eug Earners," and Nebraska experiment station circular 61, "Control of the chinch Bug in Nebraska," are both avail able at county extension offices. Winners in Essay Contest Named David Friest and Billy Cecil were winners of an essay contest recently given in t!v high school. Each student will receive a prize of five dollars from the American Legion Auxiliary, sponsor of the contest. David is the son of Supt. and Mrs. T. I. Friest. He is a freshman. Billv. a sophomore, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Ce cil. More than 100 entries were sub mitted on the subject, "America's Contribution for a Permanent Peace." Papers were identified by number only. The winning en tries will be used in the state con test at department headquarters in Lincoln. Final papers in the state division will compete for the grand prize in the national contest. The judges were six high school teachers. Miss Pearle Staats, Miss Clara Weyrich .Miss Jessie Whal en. Mrs. Robert Re?.de. Miss Eth el McCamley and Arnold Hoffman. Contest committee members of the Auxiliary were Mrs. Glen Mc Clure and Mrs. T. I. Friest. RESUMES Telephone service was available here on a curtailed basis Monday after 20 operators and plant work ers joined in the general strike against the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company as weil tin most other systems throughout the country. Plattsmoutn service was . being j maintained by supervisory employ i ecs. Adrian Newens, area rnanag- er, said, but long distance service i was being handled slowly. Unrestricted service is being giv i en on fire, police, sheriff, doctors, ! ambulances and other emergency ! service, Newens said. ! But, while Plattsmouth along ; with the moat of the United States ; was ' having its communication I troubles, Newens expr essed hope ! the strike soon would be ended. "1 have full confidence the mat ter will be settled soon on a friend- 1 iv Petals. jewciis saiu. avirm- i.. i : i ' Tv- : i .-ftrnn . . - - . . 1 i 1 : . . : PP" use lneir wiepnonen s ' as Possible on an emergency basis only." ine lasi woricer ien ner posi here at 6 a. m. Monday, the hour set for the strike as it progressed across the nation. A skeleton force made up of su pervisory employees, Newens said, took over immediately. I Employees in the business office j of the company here wer e not in i eluded in the striking group, and i business is being conducted as us ! ual, according to Newens. At Louisville and Weeping Water, f only other manual telephone ex ; changes in the county, service was 1 being operated on a curtailed ba ; sis by managers atod other super ' visory employees, Newens said. Other exchanges throughout Cass , county are dial operated, and not i affected by the walkout. I Although the Plattsmouth office 1 of the company was being picketed , there was no hint of violence or 1 attempts to stop customers from ! transacting business in the eomp j any's office. j Shortly before noon seven pickets ! wearing placards were in front of 1 th telephone office buildine here. i " .. r , . . . but they were making no effort to stop people entering the building. The placards bore inscriptions such as: "Telephone company's hard luck stories don't buy gro ceries;" "No pay. r.o service;" "Help support our strike;" "Lin coln Tel. serves all but its em ployees;" "Increased rate, in creased pay;" "The voice with the smile is gone for a while." Local Men Attend T 1 llffl. umcamerai mcci i Five of the interested listeners" in the main legislative chamber at I Lincoln Thursday were -from Plattsmouth. In the interests of the2 per cent sales tax and the school levy bills were T. I. Friest. superintendent of schools; E. H. Bernhardt, pres- j ident of the school board; Frank I Cloidt, secretary of the school j board; Mayor Clem Woster and John Schreiner. druggist. Hearings on the bill lasted from j 2 to 7 p. m. Speaking for those j in favor of the bills providing for additional revenue for the schools were spokesmen chosen Thursday morning in a meeting at the Corn husker hotel. The local men attended the morning session. They helped se lect speakers to give their views on the subject. "We need something to build up our fund,' said Bernhardt in an interview here, "if we are to keep our schools open .'Our lowest paid teachers now receive $1800 in competition to $750 iust five years ago," continued Bernhardt. ""With no additional source of income it will be im possible to remain open." "A sales tax would distribute the burden of taxation," commented Cloidt. "With the ceiling off the school mill' levy, the taxes would be paid by property owners.- The assessment would be exorbitant." Speaking in favor of a sales tax Bernhardt said that about 26 per cent of the people are bearing the tax burden in the form of property taxes. A sales tax would lighten this load and allow everyone to share it. Business transacted at the meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce included reports from the commit tees on the athletic field fund, the housing development and the stat park. The state park committee is in vestigating possibilities of purchas ing the rifle range tract for use as a st ate park.