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CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED CA' J -- A f f -A J J. J X V J-J -1 20 -Aionnay - 1 nursaay Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63. TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 27 Harold Alkire Goes to Sothan Plant Monday Saturday evening Harold Al kire closed his connection with the Wescott clothing store, where he has been a most efficient sales man fof the past two and a, half years. The Weseotts are regret ting very much to lose his ser vice, but like all of the friends here are happy with knowing that hi? will continue to make this city his home. Mr. Alkire is going to the Soth an Body and Manufacturing Co., one of the local manufacturing plants, wche he will be manager in charge of production of the company. Mr. Sothan is president of the corr.oany. E. H. Bernhardt, vice president and Orville Nielsen, secretary-treasurer and Mr. Alkire as the manager of production for the organization. Mr. Alkire and his estimable family have been residents of Plattsmouth since 1943. coming here from Springfield, Ohio, where he was with the Allen Tool Co. He was sent by the company to represent them in their contract at the Martin plant, then enaeed in manufac ture of the building of planes for the government. He was en paged in production at the plane factorv at Atlanta. Georgia, for the Allen company and then lat er sent to Fort Worth. Texas, where he was engaged with the Globe Aircraft company in a similar capacity. With the close of the war Mr. Alkire and family returned to Plattsmouth, vvJhere they had purchased property in 1943. and thev have since made this their home. In the earlv summer of 1345 Mr. Alkire entered the service of Wescotts for a period of several weeks while Mr. Wescott was away on a vacation and so sat isfactory was his services that he was persuaded to remain with the firm. He has just recently been elect ed as the president of the Cham ber of Commerce and it is a pleasure to learn that he will still be here to guide the civic bodv. American Legion Contest Friday The annual oratorical contest sponsored by the American Le cion of Nebraska. will be held here locally- on Friday. March 5. at 1:15 p. m. at the high school. The oratorical contest is baed on the presentation of the theme of "The Constitution of the United States." The winner of the local con test will be awarded a $25 sav ings bond for their effort and if successful ct the district meet will receive another $500 bond. The winners at the state con test will be presented a $100 bend for their successful pre sentation of the Constitution. The contest will be judged here bv three members of the Hugh J. Kearns post of the Le gion. Richard Peck. Lloyd Behr ends and Adrian Newens. Last year the winner of the contest was Miss Jean Lloyd. Schreiner . Drug Installs New Fittings The interior of Schreiners drug store hrs in the past week been undergoing a transforma tion in the arraneements of the interior that makes it as neqr a s-lf service store as possible. J The shelving has been re painted and arranged so that the person entering the sere can find what thev wish in the large stock, readv at hard, marked for the information of the patrons. It is one of the most conven iently a-raneed stores that can be found. srves time and tmuMe for both the staff at the store and the shopper. On the shelves that line the wnJl. are the marked poods and all that is necessary is for the customer to select the articles desired and take them to the wrapping counter where they are prepn'-ed by the clerks for hnndling. With the very large stork this is a true time saver for all con cerned in the shopping hours. John Everett, from near Un ion. w-s in the city Wednesday to look after rone matters of business and cabling on his friends in this city for a few hours. Car Badly Damaged By Fire Tuesday Tuesday night the fire depart ment was called to South 9th street, where an auto was re Dorted to be on fire. It was found that the car we.? the Pack ard owned by Elmer Hallstrom, Avoca banker. Mr. Hallstrom was called here by the fatal illness of his moth er, Mrs. John H. Hallstrom. and as the car was approaching the home on South 9th street it was caught in the heavy snow and stalled. It is thought that the car be came heated and some of the anti-freeze leaking out of the car caught f:re and soon did a great deal of damage to the car. Casey Heads Democratic City Ticket The democratic city conven tion was held on Wednesday evening at the district court room where a small group had braved the winter weather to be in attendance. The convention was presided over by F. M. Casey, city chair man, while Mrs. Esther Donat served as the secretary of the meeting. The convention had difficulty in getting the candidate for mayor .nd this was finally ac cepted by Mr. Casey to fill out the ticket and he will represent the party at the forthcoming election. The convention named Albert E. Olson as the candidate for the city clerk-treasurer position, giving words of praise to the fine record that he has made in the office. Judge C. L. Graves was en dorsed for the post of city police magistrate which he hes filled for the past years. In the ward meetings M. D. Brown, the present councilman in the first ward, was re-nominated for the post. He is the present chairman of the finance committee of the council. For the city central committee W. H. Smith and Lucille Horn Gaines were selected. In the second ward the caucus selected George Conis as the candidate for councilman and named James Markham and Mrs. Frank Rebal as the members of the city committee. Mrs. Hallstrom Dies Suddenly at Home Here The many friends of Mrs. John H. Hallstrom were grieved when the news of her sudden passing was received early Wedncsday morning. Mrs. Hallstrom passed away at 1:00 a. m. Wednesday. March 3. 1943. She had been in frai! health for several months but the end came quite suddenly. Hilma Johnson was born Au gust 5. 1870 in Stockholm, Swe den. She came to the United States when nineteen years of age, making the long journey alone. She was married October 22, 1890 to John H. Hallstrom, who with their eldest son, Os car, preceded her in death. Mrs. Hallstrom made her home in Havelock for a few years after her marriage and since then has resided in Plattsmouth, where she has been a loved and honored member of the community. She is survived by one son, J. Elmer Hallstrom, of Avoca.; one daughter, Alpha H. Mauzy. of this city; four grandchildren, one great granddaughter; and a sister. Mrs. Dagmar Gaacson of Stockholm, Sweden. One grandson, Lt. Jamer Mauzy, w?.; taken by the war, a grief Mrs .Hallstrom never fully recovered from. Services will be held Friday at 2:30 p. m. at the First Methodist church. . conducted by the Rev. E. C. Williams, in whose church .the deceased was a devout mem ber. The music will be a duet bv Mrs. E. H. Wescott and Frank A. Cloidt, "Abide With Me." Mr. E. H. WTescott will be the accompanist. The pallbearers will be A. L. Neirste, Fred Rea, A. W. Propst. Elmer Hennings, Carl O. Zaiser and Oscar Zimmer. The interment will be a.t Oak Hill cemetery beside the husband and son. Visiting hours will be at the Sattler funeral home, 4th and Vine street, Thursday evening from 6 to 9 p. m. Read the Journal Want Ads. Looking to ! t Dr. Steve Seymour, 26-year-old Long Beach, Calif., intern and AAU. javelin throwing cham pion with 248 feet,' 10 inches, practices on the beach in his spare time for the Olympic Games in London. Dr. Seymour hopes to be the first American to win Olympic javelm throw. Field Trials of Gun Club To Be Here The Missouri Hunt Club, of Omaha, will hold their field trial of dogs at the Archie Stull land north cf Plattsmouth on Sunday, March 14th. it was decided o" at a meetine held in Omaha. The hrndouarters for the gun cl"b vill be at the cabin of W. R. Ho'ly near thr- Platte river. The Missouri River Hunt Club is exnressine their appreciation of the cooperative efforts of Mr. Stull and Mr. Hollv and the lo cal chapter of the Izaak Walton league. The local people attending the meeting at Omaha' were Robert M. Walling. Clement Woster. D. L. G'-ove. Milton Muncie, Hueh Slander. W. R. Holly, and Bob White. The Missouri Valley Hunt club will send several representatives here for the next meeting of the Izaak W7alton league on the sec end Tuesday in March. It is hoped to hold the license trials of the hunt club here on September 25-26, 1948. This will bring dogs from all parts of the United States to compete, mak ing one of the largest gatherings of its kind in the middle west. It is expected that some of the best dogs will be shown. With this feature being staged in the city, there will be a very large number here and the banquet and dance that feature the social activities will be held here in Plattsmouth. Rock Island Bridge Out at South Bend The bridge of th Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific railroe.d at South Bend, was washed out Mondav after several days at tack by the waters of the flood ed Platte river. It is expected that it will be at least a week before the bridge can be repaired and traffic again routed over the regular line, al though the repair work is being pushed right along. The Rock Island tra;ns are be ing routed over the main line of the Burngton between Lincoln and Omaha. So far the Burlington has not reported any serious menace from the high waters of the Plrtte to their main line or to the freight line along the Platte from Ashland to Plattsmouth. Undergoing Treatment Mrs. Harvey Meisinger is in Omaha this week for special treatment following her recent operation. It was necessary to dra.in the wound of the opera tion and it is expected that she will be there for a week. She is at the home of her brother-in-law. Morgan Meisinger and family. Dr. J. H. Naviaux, of Nebraska City, was here Wednesday to visit with old friends and look ing after some matters of business. f-X'Tyay. the Future - VeKS, ' ft lif" '-' Republican Convention Wednesday The republican city convention was held Wednesday evening at the city library auditorium with the attendance cut somewhat by the snow and bad conditions that kept many from attending-. The convention was presided over by Searl S. Da.vis as chair man and L. D. Hiatt as the sec retary. The convention named Clem ent T. Woster. the present m?v or, for re-election to the office despite his announced declina tion, Mr. Woster not reaching the convention until the adiourn .ment when he again stated his -refusal to make the rre. He had been offered the endorsement of the democratic convention, but stated that he desired to Inv down the office that he has fill ed in such a capable manner. The convention re-named Al bert E. Olson for city elerk treasurer and also Judge C. L. Graves for the position of police megistrate. In the ward caucus the first ward named V. L. Waterman as the candidate for councilman at the April election. The members of the city committee named were Richard Peck and Miss Minnie Guthmann. The second ward selected V. T. Arn, Jr., as the candidate for the city council and E. O. Vro man and Mrs. L. L. Wiles as members of the city committee. To Attend Funeral Services Here Mrs. Minta M. Torfd of Kear ney, Nebraska and Mrs. Verdon Vroman. of Evanston. Illinois, arrived here Friday to attend the funerr.l services of the late Mrs. John H. Hallstrom.- While here they will visit at the home of their mother and sifter. Mrs. Henry Mauzy and Miss Margaret Mauzy. Cass County Has Political Distinction Cass Countv has a distinction that seldom is enioved bv am of the small counties, that of having two candidates for Uni ted States Senator, claiming eld Crs as their home community. The latest fiUn" for this off ice was Joseph B. Bvev, of Greenwood, who is filing to nnpose Senator Kenneth Wherrv for the republican nomination pr the senatorhip. Mr. Bovey has haen a resident of Nebraska for the past thirty-seven years and hns hist recently returned from Washington. D. C, wher he spent some time in special work. The other candidate for the senp.torship is on the democratic side of the fence, and is no oter than Georg w. Olson, who has been a candidate for seme office since wav back when. Mr. Olson is now in the east but claims er braska as his political residence. Annual Report of Cass Soil District For the Year 1947 ' S;me of the important prac ! tices established this' year and i to date are: This Year To Date Terraces 140 M 331 M Outlets and Wa- 5 tcrcourses 280 A 7-15 A Strip Crop- ping 815 A 147'8 A Contouring .J 4469 A 31607 A Windbreak ... 12 A J;5 A ! Pasture Seed ing . 15 A 16C8 A Management of Odd Areas - 6 A The number of farm plans completed was 51. The number rif applications on file is 40. Provisions have been made for an annual audit. Surety bond will be provided for the new treasurer whf will be elected in March 1948. The District has liability and property insurance. The amount of property own ed bv the District is as follows: 1 Building, office, $1,900.00; 1 Building, warehouse and garage. $1,000.00 ; 21- acres of land, site cf office and warehouse. $500. 00; I Treader, and seeder' at tachment, $15000: Miscellaneous small items, $25.00. Assistance was received from many sources. From the P.oiL Conservation Service personnel assistance was received to carry on the program. The District had the assistance of five full-time and 2 part-time employees. Ma terial such as seed and trees were received in small amounts. The District a.'so made good use of Soil Conservation Serv ice equipment on loan. . Very satisfactory cooperation ! was received from the Extension ' Service, especially in the Dis trict's Educational program. Considerable assistance was given to make the National Plow Terrace Countest a. success by the County Agent and the State Extension Service. Cooperation from many sour- &tT5 was needed to promote and develop the National Plow Ter race Contest and Demonstration. The Omaha Chamber of Com merce, Omaha World Hera.ld. Omaha Farm Equipment Club, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce. Weeping Water Corn continued on Page Six) Arthur Capper is Home From Service Arthur Capper, son of Mrs. Cleo Capper, is home fnr a visit I with his mother and the other relatives and old friends. He has been on the west coa.-t for some time, stationed on Treasure Is !and. and has just received his discharge from the Navy. Art is not decided on his fu ture course but may take up some of the trade schools that are offered to the former serv ice men. His manv friends are pleased to see him home. Plattsmouth Sheet Metal Works Opening A new service and industrial nlnnt is to be started in this citv Friday when M. F. Keiderling is to oncn the Plattsmouth Sheet Metal Works and be ready to srve the public in the line of DlumbinE. heatins, air condition ing, sheet metal work, oil burner sen-ice. Mr. Keiderling is a man of ex perience in this line of vork and can sive the public the very best and most up to the minute ser vice in any of the lines in which he is specializing. He was form erly with the Pauer plant here. He will be able to look after the needs of the residents of Plattsmouth and Cass county and states that no job is too large or too small to be undertaken and satisfaction is his chief aim for the customers. Mr. Keiderling is an ex-service man spending two and a half years in service, practically all overseas in both the Pacific and the European theatres of warfare. American Legrion Auxiliary There will be no meeting of the American T.egion Auxiliary on Thursday, March 4th. owing to the death of Mrs. John H. Hallstrom. Mrs. L. P. Brothers, Vice-President. The Ple.ttsmouth Junior Wom an's club is spcBsning a benefit card party at the Eagles hall on March 15 at 8 P. nv All kinds of card games and will be open for both men and women. Plattsmouth and Vicinity Swept by Storm Plattsmouth and the eastern portion of Nebraska was swept by one of the heaviest snow storms of the ast few vears on Sunday and Monday night and left the community buried in snow as the residents here awak ened on Tuesday morning. Sunday night r storm had brought some four inches of snow and this was followed by the second storm starting short ly after 8 o 'clock Monday night, the snow falling unabated until Tuesday morning and le aving the city streets and walks beayjly laden with snow that practirc-'ly tied up all traffic for the great er part of the day. The early workers who were out, had difficulty in plowing through the snow to their work in the BREX shops and down town stores. The workers :('. Fort Crook found that the road condition would not permit their travel and the plant was idle for the day as those from Omaha working there found it impossi- ' The travel in the city was a real hazard, and the busiest men in the city were the opera tors of the wreckers who were kept busy in getting the cars and trucks out of the snow and sometimes slippery streets. Cars were stalled in . the middle of the Main streets and intersec tions throughout the morning. Bus service was curtailed dur ing the morning hours but the Cotner bus was r')le to make the trip to Omaha at 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon . Truckers heading for Omaha were stalled all along the high way to the north of this city, and finally were checked by the State Hig-hway Patrol from con- I tinuing their trips until the high ways might be elected. At one time the vicinity of the Kent oil station at Elm street and Web ster boulevard, was filled with stalled trucks and cars. One of the effects was shown in the high school attendance where out of 290 students there were only 94 able to make the journey to the school house. Rotary Club Hears Story of Red Invasion The Rotary club at their week ly session Tuesday had a. very interesting program that cover ed some of the hot spots in the news of the world, that of Pale stine and Czechoslovakia, the program being under the leader ship of Dr. L. S. Pucelik, who announced that on March 16 Ephrami Marks, of Omaha, not ed Zionist leader, will speak on the Palestine question, one of the. most outstanding danger spots in the world. Dr. Pucelik discussed the con ditions in Czechoslovakia, now being drawn into the orbit of the Reds in Europe, telling of the menaces that has been caused by this move, not only to the people of that country but to the whole of Europe. Searl S. Davis gave a short talk urging all of the members and their friends to exercise their duty a citizens and at tend the city convention and also the school meeting. The meeting was presided ov er by E. J. Richey, the president, and the musical portion was in the hands of Orville Nielsen, song leader, and E. H. Wescott at the piano. The high school members for the month of March was present ed, Howard Hirz introducing Tom Rohan, junior and Charles H. Newton .senior was present ed bv Stephen M. Da.vis. Rich ard Peck presented the proposal for sponsoring a member of the junior class to the Boy's State to be held in June. Here From West Coast to Visit Mr. and Mrs. Richard Noble, of San Frrncisco, arrived Tues day night for a visit here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Seiv ers, parents of Mrs. Noble and also at the Robert Hill home with A. R. Noble, grandfather of Dick, and with the other members of the family circle. POSTPONE MEETING The meeting of the WCTU which was to have been held on Monday, March 8th, has been postponed until Monday, March 15th. All members please note change. Sleepy Snake v W' Not even handling by as cute a "snake charmer" as 7-year-o!d Elaine Bailey can rouse this four-foot bull snake from its winter nap. The sleeping snake was du? up by Elaine's brother near their Hutchinson, Kan., home, lt had burrowed two fert underground to hibernate. Young Man Has Arm Injured in Accident Ralph Jcchinscn. 20. of this city is at the Methodist hospital at Omrha as the result of a se vere accident suffered on Tues day morning while at his work at the Sothan Body and Mfg. Co. plant on First avenue. The young mai was engaged in working on a sfiaper when his glove was caught in the machine and the right arm was drawn into the machine until near the elbow. He had attempted to pull out the hand and arm and this caused some injury to the wrist, and a greaJL deal of suffering. He was taken t0 the office of Dr. R. F. Brendel where the injury was dressed and he was then taken to the Methodist hospital at Omaha where he will be cared for. While the accident was pain ful it is not thought that the young man will suffer any per manent injury and the injured wrist can be restored to former usefulness. its! j Nominations for Members School Board The nomination for members of the boa.rd of education were made laast evening at the cau cus of the voters of school dis trict No. 1. Cass County, held at the high school auditorium Wednesday evening at 8 o'clork. The voicrs selected as the chairman of the meeting- Searl S. Davis and Mollie Gobelman officiated the secretary. The retiring members of the board. E. H. Bernhardt and Robert Cappell. both declined to rerve longer and the meeting proceeded according to law to name four candidates, two of whom will be named at the elec tion on April 6th to be members of the board. The following were selected to make the race: John Schreiner, Dr. O. C. Hudson, Charles Wal den, Al Huebner. Local Debaters Win Over T. J. The Plattsmouth hieh school debating team have in the past weeks gained a great deal of evrjerience in contesting with other schools in this area. The team comprising Miller Hurst rnd Robert Capnell won from the Thomas Jefferson school of Council Bluffs and lost to South hieh and Tech of Om aha. Gerald Michaelson and Richard Wohlfarth uarticipated in debates with Omaha Central and Nebraska City to drop two. Charles Newton and Downs par ticipated in debates at Lincoln, South Omaha and. Benson and while not victors were able to gain much experience in meeting the teams of the larger schools. READ THE THE LATEST JOURNAL IN NEWS. FOR I iN-wf- 4 1 i jpY if m ... t,?t'jt Anniversary of Attempted Bank Hold-up Here Saturday. February 28th was the fourteenth anniversary of the attempted daylight attack of the Plattsmouth State Bank, an event that is still a very fresh memory to the bank force, as well as those who haDpened to be in the bank at the time of the stickup. The bank was proceeding along in the usual course of bus iness on that February day in 1934. it being 3 o'clock in the afte-rneen and the bank employ es were getting ready for the last hour of t he banking day. Three soldiers entered the bank. Pvt. Cylde A. Durham. 29, stepping at the de-sk of President H. A. Schneider, where Mr. Schneider. John F. Wehrbein. George Saxon. South Omaha commission ni.m and Attorney H. C. DcLamatre, of Omaha, were in conversation. The other two members of the trio continued on back into the bank to the teller's window announcing ''Boys 1 this is a holduo,.' to-sing a sack to Frank Cloidt. cashier, with the order to start loading up the moncv lying on the counter, they also covering Carl Schneider, as sistant cashier and Miss F'eanor Hibcr and Miss Edna Warren, clerks in the bank. The attempted robbery bw up in a fw moments du to the uick thinking of President Schneider, who obeyed the com mand to hold ud his hands and backed to the west side of the hankin" room in front of a in dow. Frak Boetel. Claus Boe-t- and E. M. Buttery were across the street and seeing Mr. Schneider with hands imraised they hurried to where Deputy Sheriff Jarvis Lancaster was walking from the postoffice and told of their suspicions that a I bank holduo was in nrocress. Lancaster walked to the bank and oncned the door and at this time D-irhnm turned as the door "-as orned and atte"ioted to shoot, but wrs tnn low. Lan oqctT fired, the bullet slaving Durham in the chest and killing him. As Durham fell, the two otv.er -bor of the narv. John ("'sloM-cVj rn John P Lans toi carted f''n0, a"d in the ein of shots Oeorpe S'xon re--i-;--ed a wound in the arm. whPe the other Dersonc sought oevr as best thev mipM. the firing was ""cckless on the rnrt of the VioTdun men Laneaster "ounded Lapston through his rinP and the two abandoned the nlans for the holdun and (led to the rear of the bank, making thcir eseaDe throush a wnidow m tre nirecmr s roem anu eiui into Fifth street. Citizens aroused over the at tempted holdun. headed by Bob Kuhinskv, of Omaha. Paul Wohlfarth. Jim Brown and others took up the pursuit. The chase continued to the north part of the citv. where the pursuers were informed that the men had sought shelter in the garage at the Searl S. Davis home, Ku shinsky approaching the garage called uoon the men to come out and a hand was thrust out of 1 the I the door in token of surrender, men coming out with hands up. When the men had reached the vicinity near where thev were found, exhausted by the race, they stooped for a few moments to rest on the porch at the resi dence of Judge James T. Begley, before seeking shelter in the garage. Judge Begley later tried the case and sentenced the men to forty-nine years in the peni tentiary. DeDUty Sheriff Lancaster was uninjured save for particles of glass that struck him in the face when a bullet from the bandit's gun breke the glass in the door of the bank. Magic Show at Christian Church Carl C. Wilson, outstanding amateur magician of the middle west, will present his magic show at the Christian church i Tuesday evening, March 9th. The evening's entertainment. for which no admission will be charged and which begins at 7:30 p. m., will be sponsored bv the Youth Fellowship of the Chris tian church. All members and friends of the church a.nd Sun day school are cordially invited to attend this show. Christian Youth Fellowship committees are preparing addi tional surprise' entertainment features for the enjoyment of patrons of the show. Refresh ments will be available at the conclusion of the demonstration. i