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(I CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday HATTY (ID OJ TOAD. n Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass (founty Newspapers Ncbr. State Historical Soc, State Capital Bldg. VOLUME 63. SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948 FIVE CENTS i NUMBER 37 IE IM1!UTEH II i i. 'J City Election Brings Out Few of Voters The city flection Tue-sday showed one of the lightest votes cast in a great many years, less than 400 voter- showing their in terest by going to the polls. Lack of contests in the main city offices cc-used the voters to remain at home, only the coun ci'manic races attracting any at tention from the voters and this not sufficient to draw out a heavy vote. None of the candidates did any activt. campaigning for the of fices and the voters expressed their sentiment without solicita tion for any of the offices. A. B. Rog-ers, local head of the Pontiac agency and the May tag washers, was unopposed for mayor of the city and received 240 votes for the office. Mr. Rogers had been identified with the business interests of Flatts mouth since 1942 and well known for his extensive activities Mayor A. B. Ropt-rs. "240. Clerk-Treasurer Albert Olson. 365. Police Magistrate C. L Graves. 341. First Ward Council M. D. Brown, 110: V. L. Waterman, 75. Second Ward Council V. T. Am, 115; George Conis, 7. Members of Board of Education Dr. O. C. Hudson. 225. John Schreiner. 180. A! Haebner. 172. Charles Walden. 140. in business lines. He will take over the office from' Mayor Cle ment Wostcr in May. City Clerk-Treasurer Albert Olson, who was candidate on both the republican and demo cratic tickets, was the high man with 2fS5 votes. His election to the offices assures the same careful and efficient administra te handling of the office that has marked his services in the pr.-t rears for the city. Police Magistrate C. L. Graves also running as a two partv candidate for his off:c. was re turned by a vote of 341 and will preside over the police court of the ciu- for the ensuing term. In the first ward M. D. Brown, democrat, the present council man, was re-elected by a vote of' 11 n .to 75 f,,r v. L. Waterman.! the republican candidate. The secand 'vard resuU brings r new face to the city council in V. T. Am. Jr.. or "Sam" a he is better known to the friends. ; - he was elected 115 to 75 over George Conis, local merchant ! and former councilman from the' oj fourth ward. Arn had a largT lead in the former third ward sect'on while Conis showed his strength in his former wa.rd. The contest for members of the board of education showed a very well divided vote with xlr. O. C. Hudson, former mem ber rf the board being elected by the largest vote of the four candidates. 225. The contest be tween John Schreiner and Al Hnobner was very interesting with Schreiner winning 180 to Charles Walden of the received for the P'attsmouth Creamery 140 votes for his ra.ee office. New Counter in Water Board Offices The counter that long served in the business office of the Lin coln Telephone and Telegraph Co. has moved a door north and adorns the office of the Board of Public Works. T. H. Pollock is having the telonhone building remodeled in- to i series of apartments and ac cordingly had no use for the counter and it fits nicely into the needs of the board of public works. The counter adds much to the appearence of the office and is appreciated by the members of the board and the employes as well as the pa.trons. Otto H. Liebers Visit in City Thursda.v morning Ott0 H. Lie bers. of Lincoln, was in the city, to spend a short time and meet ing manv of the Plattsmouth I pconle. He is a candidate for re gent .of the state university from the first district of which Cass county is a pa.rt. He has had a wide experience as a farmer, ag ricultural agent, bank examiner. He is a graduate of the Univer sity of Nebraska.. I'se Journal Want Ads Vf " Jhf : I -?Tl&W -" With C. Re-olected Tuesdav. L. Graves Police Magistrat Veterans Plan Observance of July 4th The local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held a. very laregly attended session at their ' club rooms in the Xierste build ing Monday with a great deal of business to demand the attention of the members. The oost has arraneed for a cha.rtered bus that will take those who wish to the district meeting at Tecumseh on Sunday. April 18. The bus will leave here at 10 a. m. on the ISth and will re turn from Tecumseh at 11 p. m. This will give a. large number the opportunity of attending the meeting and the many interest ing events planned. The post is also carrying on their work of planning- the ob servance of July 4th in this city and the committee is adding a larg array of features to make the event one of the outstand ing entertainments in recent years. The ce'ebration will last through July 3. 4 and 5. The city council has granted the post the right to use the block on Main street from Third to Fourth street and also on 4th street from Avenue A to First avenue. Here there will be special en tertainment features arranged tr entertain the young and old during the three days of the festival. The committee is planning on climaxing the entertainment bv r. display of fire works that will be one of the best that has been shown in this section of the state. The post is offering- many fine features that will be certain to please everj'One. I Field Trials Here Sunday, April 11th The Missouri Valley Hunt club of Omaha, is sponsoring retriever trials at the Pla.ttsmouth grounds rorth of this city on Sunday, April 11. It is expected t0 have a large number present of intercsetd spectators in this section of the state to enjoy the fine trials that will be staged. Competition will be open all age. non-winners and derby r..nd it is expected that a large num ber of dogs will be here for the meet. H. F. Scheenman is the trial secretary, with M. M. Muncie of Plattsmouth as the field trial marshal a.nd Dick Hoye, captain of the guns. With a few days of drying weather it is expected the grounds will he in fine shape for the trials which will be both j and and water retrieving. CHILD IMPROVING Richard Stoll, four month oM son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stoll. is doing nicely following his re turn from the Children's Me morial Hospital in Omaha where he underwent an operation recently. NOTICE! April 20th is the assessment schedule. last If, for any reason, you cannot come to the County Assessor's office to make a return, dial 299 and we will send an assessor to your residence, or we will mail you a schedule. Fersons who "were 21 or older on March 10, the assessment date, are required to file a return. Our Real Estate Board is assessing: all City Real Estate, so the individual does not have to value his property. W. H. PULS. County Assessor. I mm mr . M. D. Brown Re-elected Councilman from the First Ward. Grass Fires Still Keep Firemen Busy I The Pla.ttsmouth fire depart ment has been kept busy lor the past se veral days as the iv sult of an epidemic of grass fires started by parties over the city w ho have been burning grass and havine the fires net out of con- Tuesday morning the alarm called the department to west Granite street where va fire near the Eugene Bushnell home threatened to spread and it was feared might cause damage to the residence. The fire was kept in control by the firemen and the danger eliminated in a short time after the alarm was given. Body of Oral V. Campbell to Be Returned I Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Camp ; bell of near this citv. have re i oeivod word from Washington. ! D. C. that the body of their I .son. Staff Sgt. Oral V. Camp : bell, is being returned to the , United States from Alaska, . where he was killed in a plane crash on February 12. 1943. j S-Sgt. Campbell was in ser I vice as an aerial gunner and i had been recognized as an out i standing member of bis com , mand and has been on a great i many missions when he was de i tailed on the last flight. I The plane in which the crew ! was cruising, crashed in the mountain country in and near ! Fairbanks. Alaska, all seven of i the crew perishing in the crash. They were all buried together in the cemetery at Fairbanks where they have remained until until the opportunity of return in' them to the states. The bodies of the seven com rades in arms will rest together ! lor an time in tr.o national re ! metery at Forst Scott. Kansas, the Campbell family have been informed. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and their sons. Raymond and Ralph, are planning to attend the fun eral rites when word reaches them that the bodies are at Fort Ecott for burial. Dr. L. A. Amato to Optometric Meeting Dr. L. A. Amato, local opto metrist, is at Lincoln next week where he is attending the meet- ing of the Nebraska Optometric association in session there on Sunday. Monday p.nd Tuesday. During the meeting Dr. Amato will have his offices here closed untd after his return. The meetings are being held at the Hotel Cornhusker. The program of the meeting's call for the appearance of of ficers of the national group a.nd reports of the local and national organiaztion committees. Read the Journal Want Ads day to file a personal A. B. Rogers Elected Mayor of Plattsmouth at Tuesday election I I Land Owners Would Restrain Quarry Work Philin A. M. Dwinell, Dwinell and Edith filed in the office of the district court action aga.mst Olc ! of the clerk ; Tuesday an Olson, d. b a., and the Ole Olson i quarries, asking damages in the sum of S2.500 and a restraining order against the defendants. The plaintiffs are owners of j land in township 10, north range j 11, east of the sixth meridan: It i is alleged that the defendant by his servants, agents and em I pioyees. cntred on a tract of land j north of the property of the ' plaintiff and is now tngaged in I ouarrvinc rock. The vibrations ; from the blasting in the quarry j it is alleged shook and rocked the i barn of the plaintiff and caused ! the foundation ot the barn to be- ccme cracked, also defendants j are charged with digging a drain ! across the land regardless of the J right of the plaintiffs. It is also ! charged that the defendants have thrown rocks on the lands cf the plaintiff. The plaintiffs asks that the d" fendants be restrained from fur ther setting off excessive charges of dynamite or other explosives or throwing rocks on the lands belonging to the plaintiff and the defendants be required to pay over the sum of $2,500 damages. The restraining order was is sued as prayed for and the hear ing set for April 8 at 1 p. m. To Start Dairy Route Soon Jack Archer of the Tas Tee shr at 6th and Mam street, is and Main planning on sta.rtmg a new milk route- in the city starting the next week. The shop handles the Roberts dairy products and plans to make a residence delivery, al ternating the days between de lives on the north and south sides of the citv. At The Cass County Court House I I I A .suit was filed Monday in the office of the clerk of the district court entitled: Elsie Leesley vs. Irwin Leesley. The petition sets forth that the par ties were married Decembe r 7. 1946 at Hiawatha. Kansas and have since made their home in Cass county. The plaintiff asks for an absolute divorce, property division and an order to restrain the defendant from interfering with the plaintiff. Suit to quiet title was filed Monday in the office of the clerk of the district court entitled Owen C. Pruess vs. Isreal F. Batets. et al. In the county court Saturday marriage license was issued to Ij. R. Shurtleff and Margaret At i wood, both of Humboldt, Ne J braska. The parties were mar 1 ried later at the residence of Pev. E. C. Williams of the First Methodist Church. Marriage license was issued Saturday afternoon to Frank Funk and Edna Radtke, both of Omaha. In the district clerk's office Saturday a. petition was filed by Otto Schafer against Philip Schafer, et al.. asking that a temporary order be granted the plaintiff against the defendant to order them not to interfere with the p'aintiff or his property. In the county court on Tuesday marriage license was issued to Robert Gall, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Gall and Deloris Smith daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Smith. The young people will be married on Friday. April 9, at the United Brethern church at Mynard. I Jury Term of District Court Opened Mondav jury t in of the district Monday morning opened the members of the jury 1 here for the start of the t hut they were later releas o ntum heme until Wednes- owing tc the fact that the c.;e for trial was halted. j ie first case called was that i ie State of Nebraska vs. Rob- j Rauth. charged With assault ; :io f-:-"at bodilv iniurv. ' cha: ged was withcira.wn in court' and on0 of simple assault filed J ' bv Cuuntv Attorney Walter H. Smih. To this charge the do- ft naant. Rauth made a plea of cui'ty aod was r.'Taicned before Judue Thomas E. Dunbar. The enierea an orue ntered an order that tne d- :. nci county Peru ci the cc ant be confined in the jail of Cass county for a of three months and pay ;ts of the prosecution. The defeiuiart ga.ve notice of appca of the sentence to the state su preme court and bond was set at $:;t'ifj for the appeal. In ti-,e- case of William P. Krae ger vs. the County of Cass, the nv.tion of the defendant to dis miss was argued and plaintiff elected not to plead further. The act 'on was then dismissed in op-n court and plaintiff filed ni-tiec of appe al. In the case of the state of Ne braska vs. George V. Lehnst and E!'--d Duane Simmons, charged with robbery, defendant Sim mons, charged with robbery, de fendant Simmons was arraigned before the court and made- a plica on not guilty. The bond was fixed at $500 and the de fendant rema.ned to the custody the sheriff until released. Meeting Plans For Trade Day Here April 21 Thursday morning members of the Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club met to discuss further the D'a-s for the Trade day to be held in this city on Wednes day, April 21. It is planned to make this one of the greatest days in the his tory of the business section of the city, and the residents of Mills county. Iowa, are especially invito to be he-re and join in tbo days activities. The Missouri river traffic bridge will be free to the resi dents from Mibs county to come and enjoy the day. Special features will be of fered in bargain at the stores for the day that will be an ad vantage to the visitors and local people as well. Emil Weyrich in Camera Club Show The Omaha Camera club is holding- their twenty-third an nual exhibit from April 4 to April 25 at gallery -A" at the Joslyn memorial in Omaha. Among the studies being shown are a number by Emil J. Wey rich r,f this city, one of the best known photographic leaders in the state. Mr. Weyrich who has followed this interesting art work as a. hobbv for many years, has built up a large collection of land seaoos. portraits, and especially floral displays, these a.'e among those shown at the Omaha ex hibit. Many of the local people that have had the opportunity of seeing the artistic work of Mr. Wevrich both in stills and in motion pictures can well appre ciate the high type of art work that is being featured at the Omaha show. The exhibits are shown daily from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. and on Sunday from 2 p. m. to 7 p. m. Attends Meeting Of VFW Post Monday evening Pat Osborn of Nebraska. City, was here to at tend a meeting of the VFW and to visit with his old friends. Pat is a former employe of the Jour nal and is now with the Nebraska j Daily News Press at Nebraska City, where he hr. been located . since the first of the year. He is auartermsstr o tb Ne braska City post of the VFW post and active in the work of the organization . Countv Crmnmissonier Herman Bernemeier, of Alvo, was in Plattsmouth on Tuesday to look after some matters of business at the court house pertaining to his office and district. Read the Journal fo N ws Anniversary of 90th Year of Service The- congregation of the First Presbvterian church of this city will observe the ninetieth year of rxistince in this eommuniK on Sunday. May 9th. The church will net observe i anniversary as extensive as that of the diamond jubilee ef the church fifte-en years ago. but will make it distinctive of the long period cf time that the church and its pastors have serv ed in the community. There- are none of the chart": members of the church still liv- jrs but :is far as has been learned, there are many that have been in the church activities and i on the Sunday school or church roils for many. many years. I These will be contacte d and be j asced to give a part in making ! the program a great success. Letters are being sent to the older members of the' churcr now living at distant point their ; a.-kmg them to write of rocolloc- i tions of the church, letters that ! mav be read at the anniversary services. I The church will have ju. ' one dav of observance this i r -.1 J the car. lrsteao oi several uj s as was the occasion on the 75th anni- ve l :-arv. t which time the church building was given a remoeiei- ii c; and refitted for the gala c- ion. There is a large congregation belonging to the church and it is hoped to have a 100 percent of the membership out for the services on the anniversary date. Rotarians Enjoy Motion Pictures j The Rotary club at their me-et- ! ing em Tuesday had the pleasure , of seeing a motion picture study ; of flowers and plant life, pre-j sented by Emil J. Weyrich. who i has devi'ted many years to bis j photogra-phic work and also to ! the study of flowers. This pic- ture showing was not cn!y beau- i tiful. but showed the develop- I ment of flowers. Mr. Weyrich j seme time ago photographed the j opening 0f a flower, following j the progress from minute to minute, making a truly wonder ful pictorial story. The meeting was presided ever . by E. J. Richey, the club presi- I dent, while Frank A. Cloidt led . the singing and E. H. Wescott j played the acceimpr.niment. ! The school members ftr the ' month were presented. Dick Bintner. senior and Eugene New- i burn, junior. . i Fred I. Rea had as his guest . J. W. Anderson e;f Columbus, of the Public Power district of- ' fices, who was accompanied by his tw0 sons. Attend Meeting Of the Rebekahs Mrs. A. E. Johnson. Mrs. Frei da Stibal and Miss Marie Kauf mann w ere in Lincoln Wednes day where they were guests at a meeting of the Lincoln dis trict of the Rebekahs. The meeting was attended by representatives of some sixteen lodges in the district and also the state officers of the order were present ' to participate in the meeting. The ladies enjoyed a fine ban quet and following- that the con fering of the ritualistic work by the officers on a group of the candidates. Nearly 500.000 tons of flax straw is used annually in the production of cigarette papers. Mrs. M. E. Brown of this city is shown being presented a check for $1,000 from Proctor 8c Gamble Co., for her success in winning the weekly award ot the soap company. W. L. Aufin, Omaha, sales manager for this territory and M. W. Ross, Omaha, general sales man made the presentation. Mrs. Brown had written on the topic, 'Why I Think The Mother of the Baby Uses Ivory Soap." Brunette Beauty .'...v'-r Jnis Carter, above. named America's N ranter brunette ov the members oi International Beauty Show New York. Rita llayworth is the Number One redhead, and Ji.net Blair the Number One blonde. The polar bear was NOT named Number One deadhead. Legion Post to Receive Japanese Field Piece I Something bke a I Hugh J. Kearns po-i ; the American Legi J tiie move to secure i post and this citv. a ago. 5G of arted the-ir pi ce that No. t; ! cantured in World War II mig-ht re-place cannon that years on the- the large stood for lawn on civil war so many the south, side of the- court house. XTlIlC- 'i ed in the- war scrap drives. Commander Richard C. Peck, commander of the post, Tuesday received a communication from the war department at Wash ington, that their leques. had been granted. The field piece awarded the local post is a 75MM, M 38 with carriage. This field piece was captured from the Japanese in the war in the orient. The government has cleared the gun for place-ment and will have it packed and pay all trans portation charges to this city with the Legion to pay the- cost of moving the gun from the' rail road stalion and having it in stalled. Commander Peck has taken the matter up with board of county commissitiners who ap proved, the move to have the g-un installed as a memorial of the war service of the men of Cass county. This will make a very fine ornament to the lawn at the court house and will be of the greatest interest to the visitors who may never had seen this type of weapon. The Legion post is charged with the care of the gun and it is not to be sold or disposed of in any way unless sold for scrap in an emergency. SUFFERS FROM FLU Richard O'Donnell. of the Black and White grocery, was absent from his work Thursday, suffering from an attack of the fiu. He has not been well for some time and was finally com pelled to remain at home and in bed. Read the Journal Want Ads 4V S-O v. f XL f Xi-':- 'i g. to. ! fllli I r ill Floods Hike Road Problems Of the State Wednesday represent four Nebraska count ie at Nebraska City to dis road problems before visory cennmittee of Val Peterson. There w t:ve-s of ga tin-reel .1 CLl.-S :u ;r the a, G 'v rn re- del it ions from Sass. ha and Richardson, gallons from Cass. Ot e. Nema- Ot- N-. ma- L; ck ot larm ie ire-a of the market roads C'-ur.ties was tiie hak of i in the I large ly asci :oe funds. i Parr Young. Cass Conn; C- I missioner. commented that since 1 his election, the cenmty had re- ce-ived two eight-inch rains and t he had lost both frit nds and bridges." The tw,, hundred representa tives were- unanimous in declar ing that the people- want im proved highways. When it came to suggesting methods of financing, there- was wide dive-rg- nee of opinion. Some argued that Netraskans taxes and a tew, including a couldn't stand 'higher property Farm Bureau delegation, spok:'' tor ii sales tax. A majority favored an incrca-e-d gas tax and a hike in auto and truck fees. A scattering of votes favored owning, land near the roads. This was on the the-ory that those receiving direct bene fits should carry most of tiie load. One de-legation said '"our peo- pie favor better iighwavs but w j den t want i to pay any more j taxes." I Wil'.ia.m Banning-. Union, told I (f tractors tearing up rock roads i in his vicinity. He favored a ' sales tax for the- school fund, re , leasing othe r m. ney to lm; rove tne highv.'ays. The- former lciluter said an additional levy of two or thre-e mills would be a g-eod invest ment. Parr Young. Cass euntv Com- missioner. charged that "somo farmers who are not working unoe-r sod cims-rvatiem direction have been making drainage ditches of the roads." He suggested a sales tax, tno mon-y to be dumped school fund to re-lease into the property tax for highway improvement. Howard Elliott, representing the Weeping Water Community Club, sought better road condi tions for his vicinity. He- favored an income tax and graduated land tax. "I have bee-n in a state which had sales tax and found it Very irritating."' he explained. Senator Metzger Married at Council Bluffs This morning (Thursday) at 10 o'cle.ck at the Fi'vt Christian Church at Council Bluffs oocur od the marriage of Senator Wil li iam A. Metzeer of Cedar Creek and Miss Katherine Mae We gner of that city. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed word F. Wegner of Council Bluffs. The groom is one of the well known and popular young men of this section f the state, a veteran of World War II. an active- leader in veteran affairs in Nebraska. He is a candidate fur -election as senator from the third Nebraska district to the unicameral 1 e gi s 1 r t ; i r e . The young pe-opie are expect mg to make- their home at the Metzger home in the vicinity of Cedar Creek following their honevmoon. Changes at C. B. & Q. Railroad Station Several changes have been made at th" Plattsmouth sta tion of the C R and O rai'road in the oast few dr. vs. H A. Daugherty. who has ben acting as the agent durinT the i'.lness of Henry Frey. having riven i:n his rot to carry on his work studying as an operate r. H'- is at I inroln where he will study disnatch in:?. W. V. White, who hr been workintr at Centra Citv. has ar-rivt-d here to take over the posi tion as agent for the present at least. . Herrv Frev. regular aeert. has ! been taking zn enforced sick: leave due to a heart ailmet and has not been at the station for the oast several weeks. "B.mco" is a commercial term for the difference between bank value and current value of money. ' i