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State 'er CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday NAD. 13, Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 62 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, THURSDAY, .JULY 31, 1947 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 69 ODUJERi NEBRASKA Sheriff Chases Suspects Into Glenwood, la. Two men, carrying Washing ton State license plates on their car led Sheriff Tom Solomon on a chase lhat ended in Glenwood. across the river, after their sus picious actions had aroused the attention of a Plattsmouth resi dent. The two mcr were observed in a local tavern where they at tempted to get a check cashed. Refused they tried two other bus iness places before they were again seen at this time covering the license plates of their car near the library. The pair then drove on High way 34 to the Plattsmouth bridge where, following a running start, they sped past the toll keepers. Sheriff Solomon, who was on the lookout for the two. was noti fied and gave chase. Catching up with the two men in Glenwood. h" was unable to locate either Mills county Sheriff, his deputy, or a member of the city police. Having no authority to hold the men, he was forced to turn them loose. He immediately no tified the Iowa State Highway Patrol, giving them a description of the two men and of their car. Up to this time no further clue has been found leading to the whereabouts f the pair. Services Held For Pioneer Resident of City J Last rites vcTa.;rjC?" Tuesday morning for CvWv line P. Schulhof. 87. who dt-w.lr Omaha Saturday, Julv 26. Serv vires were held in St. John's catnone cnurcn at v:uu a. m.,i- "ih the Rev. Father Casin o' Bobrowski officiating. JMMil C'oidt, accompanied bv Mrs. Cloidt, sang two selectioRt.H "There Is No Heart Like Thine" and"Thy Will Be Done." - Pallbearers were John M. Mi singer, Ed Fitzgerald. William H. Woolcntt, William Swatek. Wil liam Fitzgerald and L. D. Hiatt. Burial was in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. The rosary was recited Mon day evening in the Caldwell chapel. Born March 31. 18G0, Miss Schulhof came with her parents. Henry and Margaret Schulhof from Richmond. Ind., when a small child. Locating here, they were early settlers of Platts mouth. Miss Schulhof was truly a pioneer. She lived in the familv home here for more than 50 years. After the death of her parents she continued to live here with her brother, Ed, who died seven years ago. The last of her feneration. Miss Schulhof was also preceded in death by another brother, John, in California, and three sisters. Mrs. Emma Smith. Platts mouth. Mrs. Zetta Lewis, Denver, and Mrs. Henrietta Hebort, Oma ha. She leaves several nieces and nephews. She was a distant cousin of Miss Marie Fitzgerald and her brothers, Ed. William, and Brad ley. Since last fall she had made hr home in Omaha wiih her niece, Mrs. James Hanna, at 4306 Lake street. Mrs. Tom Svoboda Buried in Omaha Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Svoboda. 57, were held at 8:00 a. m. Wednesday in the Sacred Heart church, Omaha. Burial was in the Bohemian National cemetery, Omaha. Pallbearers included two Plattsmouth men, John Svoboda and Vincent Pilny. Attending the funeral from here were Mrs. Hermie Svoboda and daughter. Dorothy, Mrs. Joe Woster, Mrs. John Fleming. Mrs. Charles Janda. Mrs. Rose Book meyer. Mrs. Josephine Janda. Mrs. George Koehnke and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Koukal, Seattle, Wash. At The Cass County Court House ViAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A marriage license was issued July 30 to LeRoy Arnold Schalk, 18, Plattsmouth, and Joyce La vern Hobbs, 20, also of ' Platts mouth. at the office of County Judge Paul Fauquet. ...... v-i -1 L.J Fred W. Smith, Ventura, Cali fornia, is the new president of the International Association of Lions Clubs. He was advanced by unan imous vote from the first vice presidency at the 30th annual convention of the association which closed at Sin Francisco Smith succeeds Clifford D. Pierce of Memphis, Tenn. 'No Comment' Say County Commissioners Countv Commissioners Parr Young, A. G. Rcid, and Charles Stoehr in their regular meeting at the courthouse Wednesday re plied. "No Comment", when con tacted bv a Journal reporter re garding the suit filed Monday in District Court asking for an in junction preventing further ex penditures and recovery of money alredy expended in the 'repair and redecorating of the rjnty building. VTo our knowledge we have rot made violation of any stat ute of Nebraska in making these necessary repairs, if so. it cer tainly was unintentional," was the unanimous opinion of the board members. The suit, filed Monday. July 28. in District Court by William P. Kraegcr, Plattsmouth, identify-, ing himself as a taxpayer, was made a matter of record through his attorney, James Begley, also of Plattsmouth. No answer has been filed, nor has any date been set for hear ing on the petition. Band Concert At City Park Sunday Night The high school band will give the fourth of its summer concerts at Garfield park Sunday night at eieht o'clock. The program has not yet been completed but it will include a variety of se lections that will hold the inter est of all. In the absence of Walt Smith the numbers were " announced, last time, by Carl Schneider at the public address system who did a good job of pinch-hitting. Smith is expected to be back for Sunday night's concert. The band members have been busy rehearsing for extra ac tivities along with regular re hearsals. With Korn Karnival rehearsals not so far off they are preparing to get right into the swing of things and help create the festival spirit. Store Has New Air Conditioner Installed Plattsmouth first true air conditioner was installed at the Cass Drug the first of the week by the Bauer Plumbing and Heating Company. The new unit, a Chrysler Air temp, using a regular compressor or refrigeration unit that cools water through which the air i; filtered, maintains an even tem perature in the building of around 72 degrees, and regulates the humidity. Bauer Plumbing and Heating have the exclusive distributor ship of the Air-Temp in this territory and from present in dications other installations will be made in the near future. Pfc. Bob Lehnst Now In San Pedro Harbor Pfc. Bob Lehnst, USMC, son of Albert Lehnst of Plattsmouth, is serving aboard the light crui ser USS Astoria, Which is under going repairs at the Naval Ship yard, Terminal Island. San Ped ro. Calif. The Astoria recently returned to the United States after an ex tensive tour of duty in the Paci fic area. K Lurrsch Cleaners T T 1 rur new 1 UtU Into Service A new International delivery truck was put into service here the oast week by the Lugsch Cleaners, replacing a Tord de livery that had been in service on th: streets c Plattsmouth since 1C41. The new truck, pain ted a bright red and carrying tivj Lu'g?ch name on each panel, is an attractive addition to the fk"t. The retired paneled job, put into service in 19-11. traveled a total of over 2C0.C00 miles through th streets of the city and over Cass and Sarpy countv roads making deliveries for this plattsmouth insti'ution. It was still in good running condition when turned in on the new truck. The Lugsch cleaners, c ombined with the Midw'-'-t Cleaners and rcbu 1 iei s of Athletic Equipment, is a much larger institution than most Journal readers realize. Tcdav. a total of ID persons are employed in the combined plant where a complete cleaning se r vice is offered the public. In addition, Mr. Lugsch employes four representatives traveling six states con'rarting with school and colleges for the annual repa ir and i econditior incr of athle-ic cqr:irmint. Near 800 schools took advantage ot this service dnring 19-17. sending in fortball equipment including hel mets, breeches, and o1hr pieces to be cleaned, rebuilt and placed in tot) condition, plus other sports equipment. Large shipments go cut of Plattsmout daily for warding this equipment after processing here ready for the season's worl-out on athletic fields all over the midwest a service to the school an another to Plattsmouth in furnishing em ployment to a l.rgo group of men and women, mir.y of them in the employ cf the company for many years. Legion Auxiliary At .Convention Delegates and other interested members attended the state con vention of the American Legion Auxiliary held in Omaha Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday. E'eoresenting the local unit of ficially were Mrs. Alpha Mauzv, unit president. Mrs. Reed Wol ever. past president. Mrs. Leon ard Brothers, vice-president, Mrs. Bob S'avicek. alternate to the secretary. Miss Ida Patton. Mrs. C. J. Baumgari. Mrs. Dorothy Janacck, Mrs. Cora Baumgart. Mrs. Karl Grorshans and Mrs. Glenn McClure. A full report r,f the convention activities will be given at the next regular meeting of the Aux ihary on August 7. Three of the delegates atten ded the banquet Monday night at the Hotel Fontenelle for presi dents and '-st presidents, the Gold Star M. I hers Tea late Tues day afternoon in the Legion club and the banquet Tuesday eve ning for all delegates. Mrs. Mau zy. Mrs. Slavicel: and Mrs Broth ers, executive delegates, attended these social functions. They were also at the Child Welfare Break fast Wednesday morning. Men Needed For Coast Guard The Coast Guard, back on a peacetime basis as the strong arm of the Treasury "Jepartment announced that it is in need of men. There is an urgent need for men between the aes -of 17 and 25 for original enlistments and rx-service men from 17 to 35 plus previous service. Service schools are in full swing and men wishing to br'padea their ed ucation or learn a trade can clo so in this service. A1J benefits of the GI Bill of Rights a- e still offered. Basic training is given original enlistees at Maypoort, Florida, beneath the beautiful palm trees. Further information can be ob tained by contacting the Coat Guard Recruiting Office, 317 Pon Office Building, Omaha, Nebraska. FUXERAL FRIDAY FOR "MRS. OSSENKOP Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p. m. in the Meth odist church. Louisville, for Mrs. II. Oss rkop who died at her home there following a long ill ness. Survivors are her husband and two sons, Charles of Callo way, and John of Louisville. BUDWEISERS vs. TIMM'S A score offive to three in fa v or of the TJudweisers was re ported in the game played at Athletic park Sunday at 6:30 p.m. 'A- Volunteer rescue workers carry out a woman victim of a tremen dous explosion which ripped Band to Appear At Tabor Tonite; Program at 8:30 Tonight at 7:00 o'clock the PUittsmouth high school band and their leader. David Fowler, will leave for Tabor, Iowa, where they will participate in a drill ing and marching exhibition pro gram on the fair grounds. The program will begin at 8:30 p. m. The exhibition will include two ether bands, the Tabor band and the Glenwood school band. This j will be a non-comoetitive show demonstrating the skill and abil ities of the roups. In exchange, the Tabor band will be here to participate in the King Korn Karnival. This is the first marching ex hibition the Plattsmouth band has taken part in since its re organization a year ago in April. For the past two weeks the band members have been practicing intensively each day at 1:00 p. m. in the heat and glare of the sun. They expect to make a good showing, Mr. Fowler said. The group will go in cars and will be accompanied bv of the parents who will transportation. several furnish Entries Place At Glenvood Show Cass county potato racers beat Malvern, Iowa last Saturday night in the Glenwood Horse show. Don Born .Newt Sullivan. Tom Crosshans and Gerald Keil made uo the winning team. Gilbert P'ctcrson's'entry in the Boys Western class placed first in Sunday evening's show. Bud Amgwert of Murdock put on an exhibition with the Tenne ssee walking horse recently pur chased by the Cass County Horse Show association. This is the horse vhich will be given away durint? the horse show at the King Korn Karnival. Other entries which placed were Gerald Keil's Duchess tak ing fourth in th Men's English Pleasure class; Lon Born's Lady Rex Anna, second, in Foals of '47; Chet Stone, Nehawka, fourth in Foals of '46; Gerry Smith. Murdock. fourth place with his palamino in Foals of '45. Janice Wiles, entering her horse. Black Magic, in the plea sure horse section for bovs and girls under 12, took fourth; Ken neth Tschirren's Prince was fourth for boys and girls over 12. In the three gait open class Tom Grosshans' ' entry, Queen Rex Anna, placed fourth. Lyle Schafer's Traveler placed fourth in the five gaited open class. Schafer is from Nehawka. Gilbert Peterson's entry in the Men's Western class placed fourth. In the barrel exhibition Gil bert Peterson was third and Sandy Babbitt was fourth. NEW ARRIVAL County Assessor William Puis is wearing a broad smile since the arrival of a great grand daughter, Judy Eileen Puis, last Saturday. The new arrival is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Puis, Omaha. Her mother is a former Plattsmouth girl, the ! daughtr of Mr. and Mrs. Roy j Carey, now of Omaha. Judy Ei- j leen is the third great grand- j child of Mr. and Mrs. Puis. Use Journal Want Ads Z .. & Ss- .. . .... MmAJjL.S. i through a beauty risburg. Va.. and men and injured p-rlor in Har 'ied ten wo 25. The explo Frost Dates Come Middle of October A lot of folks over Nebraska have been wondering aboout the possibility of "soft corn" this fall as a result of the unusual weath er the Cornhusker state has been experiencing. Many of them say it all depends upon the time when frost comes. A check through the Weather Bi-reau records by the College of Agriculture shows the long time average killing frost date for Lincoln as October 6. That date varies by years. Tor ex ample, it frosted at Lincoln on October 11 last year but back in 1940 the first killing frost did not come until November 10. Last year it frosted at Lexing ton on October 11, at Hastings on October 12 and at North Platte on October 8 and at $cottsbluff en September 23. Cass Red Gross Completes Local Disaster Work Elmer Hallstrom, treasurer of the Cass County Chapter of the Cass American Red Cross,, has announced that the Red Cross has completed its work in disas ter rehabilitation following the June floods. Families in Louisville, Weep ing Water. Nehawka and Union as well as in the rural areas were assisted. The total amount of assistance g'ven was $2,371.46. This assistance included help with the repair of buildings, pay ment of rent, and the purchase of household furnishings, food, clothing and poultry. Although the money spent was from the local chapter treasury, Miss Besse Allen, from the Mid western Area Office of the American Red Cross, assisted with the work of rehabilitation at the reouest of the chapter. Mrs. Henry Dankliff, Publicity Chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Reeves have returned from a two week out ing and fishing trip 'at their cabin along Lake Sanburn near Bac kus, Minn. They report that fish ing was fairly good. Billie Eilscn Dawson, 16-year-old brunette of Topeka, Kans.. and Woodward, Oklahoma, who will preside as queen over Wood " 'd F.Iks Rodeo on Aug. S-9-10. Rodeo profit will be shared with the Woodward tornado relief fund now at $350,000. NEA TELEPHOTO sion is believed to have, been caused bv accumulated f:as. NEA TELEPHOTO Frank Rabbins Breaks Hip in Fall Tuesday Frank Robbins, 58, baker at Wilson's Bakery, is in Methodist hosoital at Omaha suffering with a broke" bio received in a fall rt the bakery about 7 a. m. Tues clav morninfj. Mr. Bobbins, who goes en dutv at the bakerv during the early morning hours, stepped into a Mone closet in the rear of the building and fell to the basement through the floor entrance to the basement steos that had been left ooen in an r.ttemnt to lower tli" temperatures in the buildinc. Hcmnved from the buddinq in Caldwell's ambulance. Mr. Rob bins was taken to Methodist hns rutnt. where - examination dis closed the broken hip. This Thursday mornine an operation is to be performed to place a pg in the hip to hold it in place while healing. Mr. Bobbins' son. Gordon, arri ved in Plattsmouth to be wiih his father and also to take over his duties at the bakery durirg Mr. Robbins absence. Kids Do Whale of a Business On Drinks Four kids did a "whale of a business" on the corners of Fourth and Fifth on Main for a short time Tuesday, until their temoting offerings became too inviting for the sellers and thev started drinking up their stock in trade. Edward Egcnberger. Dick Mul lee. at Fourth, and Danny Lockin and Pill Mullee, stationed at Fifth, were selling a good look ing, if not palrtable red drink, (plenty cf ice and liUl? sugar), at T-c a glass and had plenty of customers until the gang them selves got thirsty in 10 minutes flat the businers folded. Little Danny Lockins, about three and dolled uo like a King Korn Karnival "hula dancer" in formed a Journal reporter that he was "buthneih Manjer", but even he was unable to get the situation under control once his partners started "tippin"' the jugs but it made ice cream i money while it lasted. j ROTARY CI.I'C HEARS COACH MERLE STEWART As chairman of the program committee at Rotary meeting Tuesday noon, Stephen Davis in troduced Coach Merle Stewart who gave a talk on the summer recreation program and outlined the activities included in the daily schedule. Davis, business manager of the Junior Legion Baseball club, gave a resumo of the Juniors' baseball season which has just ended. Richard Peck will be in charge of the program next week. AIRS. WEAVERLING BURIED AT TOPEKA Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Weaverling, 73, were held Wed ifsdav afternoon at 2:30 in the Wall Dependorfus Funeral home 1 at Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Weaverling died at the Masonic home Sunday afternoon. She had been a resident there since May 17th. The body was taken to Tope ka bv Caldwell Funeral Service. Read the Journal ment and profit. for enjoy- Twelve. Pages In Today's Journal Confidence in the present ow ner of the Journal, and the sup port of Plattsmouth business oole is making it possible for tho management to continue giv ing the county a bigger and bet ter paper than ever before. Today's issue, comprised of 12 pages, is the largest single issue coming from the plant in several years. Every effort is being made to fill its pages with local and Crss County news and this policy will continue in the future. While present day costs of pub lishing a newspaper are far out of line, readers and advertisers can be assured the present man- -ment will give Fiattsmoutn a newspaper it can be proud of. disregarding profits. Citv Street Flusher Is Back On Job Plattsmouth City's street flush- cr that was taken to Kansas City a few weeks ago by Bob Bestor for the installation of a new type pump, has been back in service for two weeks and to date is meeting all requirements, ac cording to reports of the City Council. From the time the new flusher was purchased, operators had experienced considerable diffi culty with the pump on the tank er and on a few occasions had had repair work done locally, with no success. Notifying the company, the city was informed the i.-ump on the first of these flushers had failed to stand up. Orders came from the bidd ers of the flusher to bring it to Kansas City and a new pump of an entirely different type would be installed without charge. This was done about three weeks aco. To date the machine is performing its duties on the streets of the city in ex cellent shape and the street de partments anticipates no fur ther trouble following this re cent installation. ' Winterburn Wins Nebraska Plow Terrace Contest Lyle Winterburn, of Douglas County, won the Nebraska Plow Terracing Contest Wednesday, scoring 119 points out of a pos sible 125 to take first place in the senior division. Second place went to Joe Macholan, with 116.6 points. The contest, attracting 32 en trants in junior and senior div isions, was held on the Charles Warner farm near Wavcrly. Five thousand persons saw the two winners qualify to enter the National Plow Terrace Contest to be held on the Alvin Oehler king farm north of Weeping Wa ter. August 27. Ronald H. Orr. Gage County, placed third -with 116.2 points in the senior division. In the Junior, class, Ray H. Dell, Gage County, scored 115 02 points to win. Man cel McGill, Lancaster, was second with 112, and, Don Erberspacher, Seward, was third with 109.5 points. Carl Graves Visits At Journal Plant Carl Graves, now of Los An geles where lie is now employed on the Times, was a visitor to his old haunts in the the Journal plant this week. Carl learned his trade and was Linotype op erator at the Journal for several years before moving to Los An geles in 1942. There he has asso ciated himself with one of the country's finest newspapers, is making high wages and well pleased with his location. He, with his wife and children, are spending their vacation in Plattsmouth with his parents, Mr and Mrs. J. H. Graves. Firestone Store Gives Radio Sat., August 2 Mrs. 7elshimer at the Fire stone store says that the number of registrants for the free table model radio is increasing daily. No purchase is necessary to get your name on the list Names will be taken until Saturday August 2 and presentation of the radi" will be made that evening. SCOUT TROOP SELLS TOP Boy Scout Troop No! 367 is building up its treasury by run ning a pop concession at the Ath letic field while softball games are played. Weather Man Turns On Heat Here This Week Old Man Weather was taking care of the corn in Nebraska and Plattsmouth this week, but he was making life, ove and the pursuit of haopine difficult for the natives when he sent temper atures soaring to the highest point of the ye. L. P. Gessell. the Journal's weather reporter staying at the Masonic Home, reoorted the hot est day of tbe year to be Tuesday when the th Vmometer registered 104 degrees, this was about three points higher than Monday's rea ding and bettered the tempara ture Sunday by a fraction. Wed nesday was somewhat cooler with only 102 degrees registered at the Masonic home. Although the above tempera tures were recorded at the home, downtown Plattsmouth could point to even higher marks. A thermometer on the west side of the Plattsmouth State Band buil ding climbed to 112 during the afternoon Tuesday and lacked little from registering the same Wednesday. This Thursday morning, how ever, saw the thermometer 70 following a cooling breeze from the northwest that arrived over Cass County late Wednesday, af ternoon, giving local residents a cool night's rest for the first time in a week. Most farmers report the high temperatures giving crn a good boost to maturity and from the growth made during the past few days, main the Cass county '"King Korn will ro Kapitol." Eagles Meet Millard Here This Sunday Plattsmouth Eagles, back into a winning streak after a slump that cost them a game or two, will meet Millard on the Platts mouth Athletic Field here Sun day in the first home game to be played here this season. Attempting to hold their po sition in second place in the DSC leacue, the locals promise to put forth their best efforts to take the Millard aggregation, one of the stronger teams in the league, to the trimmers htre Sunday. The game is called for 2:30 p. m. and the admission price is low. Plattsmouth fans should turn out in droves to give the Eagles the kind of support they de se rve and to welcome them on their home field for the first time this year. Drum Corps Is In Legion Parade Plattsmouth's High School Drum and Bugle Corps under the di recti on of David Fowler, music instructor, paraded with the American Legion at Omaha Wednesday, in their an nal meeting. The local group, in full uniform made a colorful sight and added their bit towards making the parade a success. An early model two-cylinder Brush motor car, owned by the local Legion club, got prominent mention and a picture in the World-Hearld for its trip to the city and participation in the pa rade. Although the car was minus one tire due to the failure of a new one to arrive, it made the entire route without mishap and attracted considerable attention. MVA Issue To Be On Radio Network The MVA issue will be dis cussed en a national hookup of the Columbia radio stations on Saturday August 2, at 2:30 p. m. DST., according to an an nouncement by the Missouri Valley Development Association'. Participating in the program will be John B. Quinn, executive elirector of the association, and Russell Smith, legislative secre tary of the National Farmers Union Association. CHANGE IN POSTAL CARRIERS MADE Effective August 1, 1947, Theo dore E. Ptak will transfer from the city carrier service to Route 1 of the post office rural service, according to an announcement by Acting Postmaster Edward M. Egcnberger. Ptak will replace John L. Beck man who has been serving Route 1 under a war service appoint ment. Willard N. Brink, jr. will be promoted , from sub-carrier to city carrier, route which He will serve the Ptak is giving up.