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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1947 THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. JOURNAL PAGE THRfcE New Steer Top; $36.00 at Omaha Fat cattle trade opened firm and closed dull Monday and again Tuesday on the Omaha market, but the strong start Tuesday hoisted slaughter steers to a new all-time hitfi of $36.00. The previous record was $35.50. set two weeks earlier. Cows sold mostly steady, with canner and cutter cows at Sll.00-S13.50 and some top beef cows to $19.25, $19.50, a quarter better. Stockers nd feeders, lower for better than two weeks, reversed that trend Monday and Tuesday and 1 (-covered 50 cents and more of recent losses. Feeder steers sold to $27.00 and stock steers hit a new all-time hieh of $25.10. Steer calves sold to $25.00. Meanwhile, porkers moved 50c-$1.00 higher, butcher hogs to $28.75, sows to uave Sandal A symphony in suede, richly black as a velvet night, the sandal that compliments your import ant costumes with grace ful shape and clever cut out trim, feminine as a fan And onlv .... $26.75. Fat lambs, jolted $2.00 last week, were steady, the top $22.00. Slaughter ewes also held to an even keel at SG.00 to $7.75; likewise feeder lambs at $19.00 $22.75. Breeding ewes slumped $1.00 or more, most trade Tues day $8.00-$10.00. Among recent sales: 'Conrad Reineke, 21 hogs, wt. 264, $28.50. Harold Wohlenhaus. 20 steers, wt. 1174. $35.00. (top, Tuesday, Sept. 23). Elmer L. Stoehr, 6 hogs, wt. 238. $28.50. (top, Thurs. Sept. 25). Ned Nutzmann, 20 hogs, wt. 158, $26.00. LcRoy Messenger, 7 hogs, 197, $27.50. Ward Schade. 5 hogs. wt. $29.00. Howard Phelpot, 10 hogs, 313, $23.00. Ivan Hansen. 16 hogs. wt. $24.00. Fritz and.Emil Schmidt, 16 steers, wt. 1179, $28.50; 25. wt. 1079.. $27.75; 1, wt. 1280, $25.00. John Hansen, 15 sows, wt. 350, $25.50. . wt. 198, wt. 392, $398 WWW Shoe Store X-Ray Fitting: X-Pert Shoe Repair Wuvudndi Mrs. Florence McDonald Maurice McDonald of Califor nia arrived Monday morning to spend several weeks with his parents and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey McDonald received news Sunday morning1 that they have a grandson, bom to Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald of Seattle, Washington on Sep tember the 20th. Mrs. William Stock returned from the hospital last Sunday where she underwent a major' operation. Mrs. Krey, who has been quite sick with a bad throat infection, is able to be up and around again. Mr. and Mrs. William Zable were Lincoln shoppers on Mon day morning. Miss Lydia Streich took over the duties of the store during their absence. Miss Nolman Jean Brunkow the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brunkow under went an appendicitis operation at the Bryan Memorial Hospital on Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wendt are the proud owners of a new Ply mouth. Russ Gorthey was home for the weekend. He is attending Medic al School in Orr.aha. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Gorthey enjoyed having their children up i ! incomes are failing to keep with construction costs. Wheeler said a careful check he made in 1946 indicated 49,000 new units would be needed in Seattle by 1955. He based his pre diction on a population of 460,000 by 1950. Most recent census fig ures reported Seattle's 1947 pop ulation had already passed that mark. A member of the fire department pulmotor squad administers oxy gen to Norman Hart, 48, who col lapsed in a city hall corridor in Chicago after attending a hear ing on a suit to evict him from his apartment. 'Hart's landlord, Sylvester Smith, agreed to extend the time limit. NEA Telephoto. and grandchildren home last Sunday. Mrs. L. B. Gorthey spent sev eral days in Lincoln visiting at the homes of her two daughters last week. The R. N. A. Lodge met Wed nesday evening for their regular monthly meetir.g and social. Mrs. Floy Bucll was the hostess of the evening. Miss Norma Bomemeier re turned from her trip to Califor nia on Thursday morning. Mrs. Mary Piatt left Friday to return to her work in Washing ton. Mrs. Euna McHugh left Fri day for Wisconsin to visit her sister Rena Towle who isn't feel ing so well at this time. Mrs. Emma Ward of Lincoln visited friends in Murdock on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Johansen left judging the season's best play ever since it was formed a dozen years ago, seems to have reached its goal.-Beginning with this sea son, the members will take only one signed ballot and the play with a plurality will be the win ner. In case of ties, all plays with the same number of votes for first choice will get awards. The Circle also has under con sideration a proposal that the old policy of confining the major recognition to an American play and giving a citation to the best foreign play be dropped in favor of a single award to cover all entries. Decision in December. New York hasn't seen much of Wendy Hiller, one of England's best actresses, since well before the war when she was here to star in a play "Love On the j Friday to spend the weekend in , . luJ"Zn i.. A! Iowa with relatives, returning on . of the film Pygmalion As Mondav I thou&h to make up for the long Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carson hiatus, she is now to be seen star 'returned home Triday from a i ring m the new play The Heir two week trip. ess ' and m a current British film j Mrs. Elsa Hornbeck and Miss I Know Wheres Im Going. I Viola Everett were Lincoln shop- j ! pers on Friday. School Test Urged To Equip Young ! For Life Work By Ben Gallob United Press Staff Correspondent DETROIT. (U.fi) The vast ma jority of young people are failing completely to acquire the infor mation they need about them selves to make a wise choice of their life work, according to a Detroit expert. Richard Dresher, administrative assistant in the guidance and placement department of the De troit Board of Education, says that only two out of 45 young persons of high school age in Detroit less than five per cent take advantage of the depart ment's testing service. Since few school systems else where provide similar free serv- i ice, Dresher said, he was fairly i certain the situation was no bet-' ter, and probably worse, in the rest of the nation. J "Nobody in the testing field j argues that the system of voca- j tional testing is an infallible 1 guide," Dresher said, , "but there j isn't much doubt that it is a good ! urcxi ucrncri mail LAiwwoiiig ox wi.- cupaticn just because it is the smart thing to do or because a good friend of yours has chosen it." Cites Public Ignorance Dresher said the problem was the result only partly of general public ignorance of the wide vari ety of modern testing techniques. The tests given an applicant by the department cover four gener al fields: achievement, intelli gence, interests and mechanical culture, mathematics, literary comprehension, science, social problems, vocabulary, manual dexterity, various intelligence measurements, personality and others. Dresher explained that the test ing was only part of the program. A counselor sits down with the aDplicant after the tests are com pleted and analyzes the arjplic ant's ideas about a job choice in the light of the findings. If the young person has the qualifications for a .professional job, it is the counselor's task not only to tell him so but to point out the handicaps to success. Tests Expensive Tests and counseling are fair ly expensive, although the de partment has broken it down to to average cost of about $10 per person. It is up to the parents to find out what testing facilities are available in the school systems in their pities and to demand the best service available, Dresher dried or made into apple butter, juice, or bland syrup. said. He added it would be a good idea first for the parents to learn a little about the subjects them-1 Spiule bugs arenewl discover selves. j ecj carriers of Pierce's disease in "Once a woman called us up " grapes, says Dr. Henry Sever in,, and wanted us to find out in I University of California College about an hour all the things she hadn't learned herself in 18 years with her child." of California virus specialist. One-third of the United States' apple crop is now processed, be coming either canned, . frozen. The National Safety CouncJl said 12,500 traffic accident fatal ities occurred in urban areas the past year. 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When he isn't in front of the en scenery vocalizing, he is behind it helping out with the compli cated business that makes such a heavy show as this musical run without a hitch. Jerry, in fact, is the first negro stage manager to work with a mixed cast pro duction on Broadway. Singing and show business didn't get Jerry until after he had experienced with a boxing career, coaching athletics at the Springfield, Mass., Trade School, and professional football. He was broke in as a singer on a radio program over Springfield station WMAS. On a trip to New York he got a job with the famous Eva Jessye Choir and through that landed in George "Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess." It's been show business ever since. Despite 5;808 Empty Houses Seattle Is Short m r.mrAiriiii ii The -cast of "An Calls," soon-due play Priestly, will include spring of three prominent Brit ish acting families. The play will be the Broadway debut of one of them, Patricia Marmont, daugh ter of Percy Marmont. Those who are old enough will remember when he father was one of the big stars of silent films, especial ly his work in "If Winter Comes." The other two are John Buck- -4 master and Jack Marivale, both of whom have been seen on Broadway several times. They are step-brothers, the former be ing the son of Gladys Cooper, and the latter the son of the late Philip Merivale, who was Miss Cooper's second husband. RKO-Radio Pictures is out with an apology for a last-minute change in the name of one of its new pictures. "Memory of Love" was the title throughout the pro duction, but now it is "Night Song." This was not just a Hollywood whim, the studio explains, but the result of testing titles with sev eral thousand moviegoers, "Night Song" was the choice by a wide margin. The New York Drama Critics Circle, which has been trying to find a simple set of rules for By Henry Minarcf United Press Staff Correspondent SEATTLE ttJ.Ri With 5,808 hab itable housing units vacant, Se attle, eddly enough, is suffering its worst housing shortage in its history. The unique condition has giv- nse to reports tnax aeaiue would become the first overhous ed city in the nation. A United Press survey of eco nomists, builders, realtors and housing center managers, how ever, revealed an urgent need for from 20.000 to 29,000 units. The vacant 5.8C8 dwellings rep resent units either beyond the pocketbooks of a broad low-income group, or apartments held off the market for one reason or another. Many completed homes are not selling. Of the 1,500 apartments expected to be finished by 1948, most of the units will rent for over $70. The demand, however, is for S55 a month apartments. "It is frequently apparent there are fewer and fewer peo ple with $500 or $1,000 down pay ments," said one realtor. Nest Inspector : eggs are gone and. those who have by J. B. ; savings are unwilling topay $12,- the off- i 000 for a home. The "overhoused" prediction for Seattle seems to be based on a belief that the current upswing in Northwest job opportunities is temporary and new jobs will prove to be of short-term dura tion. Builders, trying to keep pace with the ever increasing de mand for homes by migrating midwesterners, in that case would be left holding thousands of va cant new homes. Every quarter flatly refuted that forecast. All agreed that Se attle's housing problem is criti cal, but the current employment increase and resultant general ' migration this way is a solid con dition. "This is not a mushrooming thing," said August Zellner, manager of the Seattle housing center. 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