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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers - VOLUME 63 FOURTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1948 FIVE CEN xjOPY NUMBER 47 0- c CASS COUNTY'S ' GREATEST NEWSPAPER j 0 ATTSiMidDUTiHl n n. Boy Scoit Court of Honor Held Th Plattsmouth young men. members of the Boy Scouts of Arne ricn, hold their court of hon or Tuesday oven in p. the auditorium of lay 11. at j the First , Methodis't church. There very phasing number was a ' cf the! outs m m the three troons to ! well 'earned ad- i ind merit badges. j of honor was pre- ' receive thei varict ments The court siaed over by R. R. Furse. ad vancement thaii man for this; aroa and the conferring of the j awards was participated in by i the rcoutmasters of the troops'. ; Eugene Lmgford. troop 355: Rev. , E. C. Williams for troop 366, and I -ester Thimgan. scoutmaster of; troop 3C7. ard William Highfield. j xo'orc r scouts. j There u t re a pleading r.um- ; b' r of the parents and relatives j t f the young people in attendant-" i and to witness the conferring- e f i the awards' for the work and ' study of the young men. ' From troor No. ?.G5. David . Downs. Gerald OUerstein. John F ''ant-is Banian and Ronald i Fiserman. w-f-re advanced to sec- j end rla.-s while Ramon Koubek ief"-:ve! first class honors. For the member? of troop PG6 Rev. E. C. Williams p.'er-d as scoutmaster owing to the absence i i Sco, Second ferr-.d le Ravmond Evers. class awards were con on Tommie Conis. Jim l Markhnm. Wiliard Christians'. and C'hark-s- Aylor. Richard Huehn.-r wa awarded the first ciass rank. Troop Ne. 3GT had a large number of awards confrrd by Scoutmaster I, ester Thimgan. William Hill. Charles Sothfm, John Schi'.otz. Richard Beverage. Jimmy McCune, Jerome Shel lenberger. Dewitt Hal.y and Dona:d Beins were given s'ec-1 on or around May 14. will be end class honors. Ronald Sen- j forwarded at a Inter date through neider was advanced to first 1 the American Graves Fegistra-cla.-s and merit badtres were ; tion Distribution Center hre to awarded to Richard Gapen for j Plattfmouth. to the Caldwell physical development, public j Funeral Home, the final dstina I f-alth. personal health and safe- I tinn renueted bv next of kin. ty. The Explorers Scout troop. Scoutmaster William Highfield. conferred the merit awards on Charles Gordcn Gren for ath letics and advancement to life scout. Lnvay Eozoll was ad vanced from star to life scout and received merit badges for h and: craft . ph vs ;ca 1 nevelop- m T1 nt. pat-finding and safety via Fries was awarded badges ! for business, bird study and ! I ' '"o-'g'i'aphy. Aged Men are Robbed of $558 V ednesday Mark Tomkins. age 74. who I lives in a small trailer house j t ast ef the Eord g-araee with his, nephew. Osee Butts. 77. was rob-b;-d last nieht ef five hundred ! no 1K C'J lars. Butts' told the sheriff . a ladv. apparently a gypsy. in his trr.de' house last r. t i t :md told him she was col- j lectins money for a church. Mr. s Tomkins who is almost chair rid- den. could not stop the lady f rom j going thru his left his' trailer kins took his pockets. After she j house. Mr. Tom- billfold from his '; pocket and found his savings . gone. j Osee Butts, v, h.i was outside at the time of the robbery, stated j that a car bearing California j license plates pulled up in front the trailer house around 6:20 1 night. There were two gypsy j . . : . -1. . Ul.J l.-olj ies ana one gvpsv man in xr.e car. One of the ladies got out ' of th" car and told Mr. Butts j that she was a doctor and beg-an j fet ling his pockets. He pushed her away. The woman then went to the trailer house where she found Mark Tomkins. A search of the north and south highways' bv the sheriff's office and State highway patremen failed to lo cate the guilty parties. The car j the gypsies were in was a 19-12 ! two-toned Uue four door Che vroiet. Keentime Formal Party Friday Night The Keentime club, composed of the young people of the city w'H held their formal narty on Friday evening. May 14 at the TW club rooms. is expected draw out t that the event large number 11 of younc people to enjoy the colorful event. READ THE JOURNAL THE LATEST IN NEWS. FOR FT i-fVntHmmnn -, . 2l ' Sir Workers leaving tlie Dodge main plant in Detroit are handed signs before joining the picket lines us 73.000 Chrysler Corporation employes in the area walked off their jobs to strike for higher wage-;. Governor Kim Sigler ordered a complaint filed against the strikers under Michigan's new Bonine-Tripp labor law NEA Telephoto. Avoca War Hero Being Brought Sack to U. S. KANSAS CITY The body of tht MO.. MAY 13 late Pvt. Her- man A. Ropers, being returned from Africa aboard the U. S. Armi- Tran .ruii-t P..n-npv Tvirsrh- baum, due to arrive at New Yorkibr of lhe State Fair board S Next of kin. Mr. Albert Ropers, j Rural Free Dolt very Number 1. ' Avoca, Neb., has been notified in ' advance of the return of the re i mains, and will rec ive further ; notice concerning forwarding to j final destinations. i From two to three weeks will . (.linen nfttr arrival c,f the trans- port bcfore tv,e distribution cent er is in pos'ition to forward any of the remains. In some cases, the e'aosed time will be as much as i six weeks. I Armed forces dead originally interred in temporary military ! cemeteries near the battlefields ! of North Africa are among those I being broug-ht. back to this rmjn- i trv aboard the Barney Kirsch- I baum. AH are being returned at recuest of next of kin. From the Distribution Center to the final destination, the re- mains are accompanied by an lnaiviauai iiiiiiui fsiui i nuiii the same branch of service as th3 deceased, and of equal or higher i rank or grade. past ten days. Marshall Answers Questions f.,,Ji.,1M.iii.i.i i yuiM.yif-iMii iif gi j iffr- F'Zj&tS' c . I tty ' - :krf oecieuuj ui otaue - . ; reporters in Washington during one of the largest news conferences in his career as secretary-. First reading a carefully prepared state- mer.t. Marshall rejected all suggestions that the United State- and the Soviet Union enter into negotiations on major international prblms ffcting other countries. NEA Telephoto. Auto Workers Off Jobs Named Member of j Fair Officials j Edwin Schlutz. secretary of the ; Nt braska State Pair board, an nounced the appointment of - Fred Rehmeir. Weeping Watei c ci;n(iiir,pnr!(Pt of llie Sheen Department. Mr. Rehmeir is a S member of the Ca.ss County Fair . board and a member of the Cattle ' Feeders' Association and Farm Bureau. Mr. Rehmeir has been a icr tne past seven years. Eagles to Meet Ralston Sunday At That Place The Plattsmouth Eacles are to have their first D-S-C league game on tour Sunday when they meet the Ralston team on the Omaha suburb grounds. The Eaeles are m fod shaoe and with the loss to Springfield as an incentive they will be out for revenge. The pitching staff should be in good shape for the Ralston game and the heavy hitters ready ' to unload on the Ralston gang. - It is expected that a large group ef the fans from this city ' will make the journey to the north to enjoy the game and give the Eagles moral support in tlie contest. j Mrs. Frank E. Koubek has re-1 turned home from the St. Cathe-1 i a i."1. " - s.-.a-.u she nas oeen unaergoiog an ope-1 ration, and hospitalization for the J MI,)HIIIW eve- s-.'f-."jr - ' jr- ei IS.; HforcVinll cnhmits in mipctinninff W S7 Scharfenberg n f ,fP2 tfl PflQf At Nebraska City The many friends here of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Scharfenberg and family will regret to learn of their forthcoming departure trom Citv. Plattsmouth for Nebraska Mr. Scharfenberg ha? accepted position in the sales promotion Warren ScharrenHerg Quits post at the Consumers Public Power offices here n ac cept post at Nebraska City. department of the Nebraska City Gas & Electric Co.. owned by the city of Nebraska City, and ex- pects to take the new position in the very near future. He has for i tiie past tweuve years been in the sales department of the Con- ! sumers Public Power company ! in this city where he has been a most efficient and successful worker. During the time the family has been residents of the community they have been very active in the social and religious life, and will be greatly missed. Mr. Scharfenberg has been an active figure in the Plattsmouth Masonic circles and has served as the master of the local lodge af ter serving through the various chairs. He also was a member of the board of t-ducation and at this time is secretary of the Or- panization. He also was a mem ber cf the Presbyterian church official hoards where he has been j one of the leaders in the work j of the- church. Who the successor of Mr. j Scharfenberg will be has not j as yet been announced by the j Consumers Public Power district. Union Girl Named Member of Tassels Mary Lou Garrison, of Union, is among the thirty-one students selected for member in Tassels, women's pep ore-anization of the Urivers'ity of Nebraska. To qualify for membership in the organization, those selected must have a scholastic average of at least 80. They must also have participated in other stu- . u t " 1 dCllllieS. i ; -J I i i : :? ' ; . ,f .1. ;' ; i 1 : , j Garrison who will be a! .Qr in fh-hers' coll" ! j Rext faJl J? -m mentary education. ' t ge i a daughter ef Mr.- and I Mrs. Clifton Garrison of Union. I Weed Committee I Named for Cass County at Meet 1 ; A group of the Cass county re ! sider.ts interested in the eradi cation ef noxious weed, met on Tut sd-Jy night at Weeping Wat- ! i er American Legu n hall to taKe j seni" action in the warfare on j weeds and to co-operate in a : sttt;' drive to eliminate weeds ' hat might cause hay fever or I other di.-ea r I b'.-ason. tho sumr. r Bu;! Amgwert of Murdock, was i the chairman of the meeting ai later was chosen to head the new - t, ry and it is thousd commit e. C-mer nvmbers : ct mpany that the e; b th.- committee appointed to work j the bulldozers lu iu u wi-h officials m the matter were: i work, may have cau:: Oscar D-ming). Clarence Nor- j cable and pu'd-d a s ris. Weeping. Water, farmers: severing the cable a- , Reuben Gi teser. Weeping Wat- I The matter was in ir and C. D. Spang k-r, Murray. I pfter the !" west . rt prest nting the home owners, j were found to ho oe 1 ins commntee w;:i woi un , County Agent Clarence Sch madake and County Supenn , iL-n.-lent Bchrends. I Dr. E. L. McQuiddy. Omaha al ! lergist. told the group of the dangtr of the weeds in hay fev- ; 1 tr season and that ten per cent of the population of the state iwas af ft cted with hay fever. He j : pointed out that Nebraska. Io- j wa and Kansas were me gieaie.-i , hay lever states in the union. This had caused a great many of the people to remove from No- j braska to otht r states to escape : the menace of this annoying : malady. The speaker made one ! tate-ment that was of unusual j interest, that no colored flower ed plant produced pollen that caused hay fever. W. R. Wicks. Douglas county agvnt, spoke on chemical weed control md Omaha weed control plans. Their county was plan ning co-operation with the state group. Rotarians Tell Autobiographies The members of the Rotary ) t'sub had a m-st intt resting pro i gram on Tuesday at the weekly i luncheon, snccial programs be ing dispensed with and the new Rotarians that had failed to give tht-ir autobiographies' were called upon to do so and also to re ceive the charge of membership I into tiie club. Preside nt L. J. Kiency was pi e- j siding officer and the music di ! reeled bv Oreille Nielsen with E. ! II. Wescott at the piano. I The prog-ram chairman of the meeting was Clement Wester, and Herb Freeberg, Bill Knorr. Richard W. B'.ackr Dr. Louis Amato and Walter Gleason were called upon to give the inner most secrets of their youthful wars and they with R. R. Furse of the Journal were given the i charge in the club administered ! by J. Howard Davis. ! j HAY BUXCHER STOLEN j A theft of a hay buncher from j thc. Tom Gross'nans farm one mi t , f lh Murray corner vvas reDOrtf.d to the sheriffs of- j fice Wednesday. Mr. Gros'shans stated that the hay buncher was jast seen on his farm iast Friday, j n Was discovered missing Tues- j day night. The hay buncher was ' a new Gatefman multi-range j swinging windrower. ! Fifti-- flavp.s ir front nd Catholic War Vets tsngled j iff W I Irfhttif'i Wxx'4- - s rrr? ' f.r r ffc :ii. o 1 '"-j; iJ3 , the thfptpr u-hwf. th anti-Communist film. "The Iron Curtain," sta-jered by a sharp left. Telephone Company Has Line Damage Wednesday at't tv; I'v ble lines of the Lincoln ' phone and T.l-grap-. C . i un- 1 nin? west on Oak Stree. ' sheared off and as the re-o-service- in the tvun'v as : -r as Cedar Creek an-.i n -rth f Piatti- river was Li-.t mission. The county workir.g on rai road i urn. throuah the .- S (11... e,dj me- 1 th- ; ' ef . it.t j j just east of ;rm Oak I on: i in ..1 i.h j mission am 1 discovered tl ' were sent t; I and worked rms.-ion am M-- '):'.- r M-- h t v. , il ( eetting the line: : ?-eady to resume ! vice." The task v vice. Tlie task was las :r. ficult than it so' ins v prt per splicing of the ii-.t There were ten ef :r lines out of eemn-ission e , Y'as estimated that some sv five tele-phones Were eon:; a. out of service. The pole? c f the lira- wt : e injured in the road bundine rations and the break in the was made in a sect; a. -5 bo:-.. WO Oi the ooies an f the c; i;:.v- w '.1 j- a -that c'e rt nee hanging ,hl 1 p:n .Tie tf-rce an ivt -ei 1 No one appa: ei't i thing of the accieu j was tperati"-g the n tilt- time ol tile aeca -.new ac: j Merlin Jochimsen ircnases Local Store I Merlin Jochims'en has eom- Dieted tne cteai t"r tne purcn.tse , ef the meat market and groc-rj that has been opci sted by Jo ' Solomon for the past two year.- ! at 4:7 Main street, i Mr. Jochintst. n. a s'-n-in-law of Mr. Solomon lias in the recent i weeks, been associated in the store and can be depended upon I to maintain trie store at tiie h:gh rate of efficiency that l.us characterized tiie s'; ore imc'or tin regime of Mr. Solerivoii. lie is now in active charge-. The store will carry a full line of the latest and best in the grocery lines as well as a modern and up to date meat market to supply the needs of the patrons. Mr. Jochimsen has been here - for the past year, coming trom his home at Dtni.-'on. la., and several months ago was married to Miss Frances Solomon, why will as; ist in the store. Mrs. Elmer Addis of Wic-h ta. Kansas, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chase of Sunflower, Tt :., de parted for their homes Tuesday after a wet k end visit v. ith Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harris and famfy. Mrs. Addis is a sister of Mr. Karris. Tangle Over Film Showing of the Roxv theater ir. New Ycrl- when a jeering crowd of more NEA Telephoto by Andrew Lopez. 'DixietJ-ats' Man S. St w : t v.. Sen. a aer V. George of Geor gia is the man many of the "Dixieerat.-" want to uin for priikior.t on the D. mocratic ticket. The "Dixiecra'.s" anti Truman southern Democrats plati t hohf a full-scak conven tion m Bn-mnigliam, Ala.. July 17, if tb.e regular D- mocraiic c- .nvt-ntion act- pu a civil rights p:atfo:-m I'iank. NEA Tel.-phttc. 1 Clean-Up Days ; Set for May 17 IB 20 21 To citv council held their "tl.tr racting en Monday night "lit ah numbers present and a root fioal of interest shown in : . - -ae: that f .'o-v.- tl. Tit" eounc.I voted to have '-tan Up Days in Plattsmouth o north. Mav 17-1K for the -Uth side and 2V21 for the north io 1 of the citv. Tiie city will t'ur :sh lhe 'rucl.s to haul off the bris colieeted over tlie citv and ave it hauled away without ex cot to the projierty ownt rs. X slier will be i;auit-d however h-.- th terial ci4v trucks and the ma- collected for the trucks the lot curbs must be piaci where it can nea r 1)0 ecured without extra kibor. TIi ere was sonic- informal dis cussion of the matter of paving on west Locust street (Avenue i C) and the closing of the now open creek along the line ef the pavmg. ar-nniie ac. n n win oe taken by the council at a later session. Tiie residents from the south pari of tlie city seeking to have their real estate amounting to s met riing like a block, out ef the city limits were present and it was pointed out that the city lacked the power to set out the f ts. The property owners were advised that their next step was n have a suit started in th" dis trict court to have tlie case ruled or. by tlie courts. Licenses for recreational par lors were issued to W. Carson Foe and Warren B'.llmeier. VISIT AT OMAHA Mr. and Mrs. GVn Onstead V1 s. Vict-! were in Omaha Wednesday ; whore they enjoyed a short out- j iri-r and a visit at several of the , cultural places of the metropolis, j One of the chief points' of i"i-te-.-est visited was that of the Joslvn memorial with its won derful collections of art. City as pohce, avowed Communists than 4.000 persons congregated opened. The man in the center NEA staff photographer Presbyterian Church Holds Anniversary Sundav. May was ; i t occasion m the First Presbyt. n..r eh: PU Ttsmeuth. the e-iv.u c-. me its mnetie th anmve r - n this occasion, a h'.st. ry f ;'. with rich num . lies of rviee the city and eeur.tv m tht l.gious hie of the eo;u-ni:r..v in Tne prograir: (1 the uav t d with the Sun-.iav sth-n H-es with Raloh V.'thiiit: perir.tendent. an ciiarge. Miss Elizabeth Peirv er original po m that hari be. : ten bv Miss Pearle Sta-.ts. pt ri se r- n wrr v "Ou: a vtry the Aint tietn Anmve: sarv. lnvi Iv poetical histerv c r-h l !'eh T H. P ck. one th- e-r;g time an t members' t . cr;urch and nidation, gave . of Rem-.ru-pays and th first entering and church v of the eld .ier m the orga a deli tui series sconce .f the old he was - schoo tune win-! the Sued and recalling- n pioneer member Members , f ti a - bemniiers. mtt H. G mee. late McClus' isses and . anct Mrs. Mrs. E. M. Bernhardt, save sen; ' of greeting-; i The class nat cave a to the Mother. of Mas. Hen'v D' histoncal sketch . ? the church th. at was v ry much appreciated. Tiie morning servic- at 10:23 : was ojv ped by the organ prelud bv M'-s'. Yerna Goes, organist ef the church, a beautiful setting for tne inspirational serv.ee the day. The regular servic- ef the day was featured by special reference t-i the anniversary and Dr. H G. McClusky. pastor f the church, in his sermon. "The Mission, ef the Church." The holy com I m union was celebrated and par ; taken by a very large congrega : ti -i At 1 o'clock the member- cf : the congregation were invited to , partake of the covered dish din i nor arranged bv the ladie-s jnd i served in the Fellowship room , -f the church where al I th ; nionibers joined in the brfakin i of bread and the interchange of friendship. The afternoon service was carried out in expression cf ap preciation of the historical im portance c.f the dav. The ch-'-.r of of the church cae program kt-pir; worshipful music m With the sp Di". El wot '.'it of the day d A. Rows, v. pa star of the Dundee Presbyterian chinch. Omaha. wa the gust s-ieaker. and was at r is bes with his fine voice and deep and fo: ceful messace. Dr. Rowsev discussed th" histt.rv of the arly christian churc the develcc- mt-nt of the present dav reliciou life in tl-e nations'. Th speaker sti-essed the need for opposition to the spread of communism in j the westein wtrld as a poWr.tiai ! danger to the christian world ' and its doctrine of peace and : love i The urogram of the dav closed ; with the reception h id in the Fellowship room where tne an niversary cake was pr esented and formed a part of the refresh ments of ice cream, cake and coffee. One of the pleasant features ef the afternoon was the pre sence of Mrs. Russell Reeder cf Fremont, who had served as the choir director here, she present iner a gi'oun of songs Carl Schneider, elder of th church, read greetings' from th members awav from Plattsmouth. who sent reminders of the old friends and congratulations to the et-urrh. (Continued on Page Two) Colored Man Held Here for St- Louis Police i A twentv-three veT- old coior- rd man from St. Louis'. Mo., was i taken ino custodv ve.etrdav j north of Plattsmouth bv Sheriff ; Solomon and Col. Packman of the State Criminal Buru fr investigation. The colored man is wanted by the St. Louis polic denartment on charses of rar--murdcr. which occured in St. Louis on May 4. 1943 to a four year old girl A twenty nage statement was taken from the colored man by the sheriff. The colored man was working on the section sani "'it r.f Mmrav at the time r hi arr.i't V will h rrtnrr-d t at J St Lri"uis th st Loui5 p,uc. 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