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.1:1 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PLAT' PUBLISHED Sr MI-WEEKLY U Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 SIXTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948 FIVE CENTS PEP NUMBER 49 Jnj ME ISIWIITH i Wayne 0. Reed Speaker at Commencement The speaker for the commence ment exercises on Friday. May 21 will he Wayne O. Reed, su p rintenrh-nt of public instruc tion of the state of Nebraska. Mr. Reed is not a stranger to the residents of Cass county as r-.is educational work prior to nis i , !-ct'.on to the state post was j in Otoe county a large part of the time. He was engaged as a rrral school teacher Otoe coun- tv from 11)30 to lfK',3. h high school teacher and principal at the Pal myra school iri.o-Mfi, superinten dent of school at Palmyra 193G i,nd County superintendent of Otoe countv from HKiO to 1943. Mr. Ret d has served as the state j superintendent of public instruc- j lion since 1943 and will be a. candidate for this post again at the November election. j A---'ide from his school activities Mr. Reed has had a great deal of j activity in many lines of civic j ci uties. V. S. Junior Chamber of j Commerce, national director for Nebraska. 1 942; national vice- ; chairman, aviation committee. ; Wayne O. Reed 1944-194a: national chairman , training section, aviation com mittee, 194f-4G: national chair mar., aviation education, 1946-47: Nebraska State Veterans service coordinating c- mmittc-e. Frater nal Oi'der of Fades (former president of Nebraska City Aerie. P.ov Scout Leader. Corn- hunker Boys State governing bo;,rd. Nebraska Coneres-s of j Parents and Teachers. Nebraska ; Society for Crippled Children, j Native Sons and Daughters of J Nebraska. Nebraska State His- i torical Society. Nebraska Wild- j life Federation. ; This feature of the graduation program will be a real treat to : the residents of the community ; and a fitting climax of the high hooi work of the :V and girls. oup of ! me Will Present Views Of Scout Camp Site j The members of the Boy Scouts ! of Piattsmouth and nearby ter- i ritorv. will have the opportunity ! of enjoying a fine pictorial pre- j sanitation on Thursdav evening- of tns week of "The Cedars," new Scout camp located near Fre- ; moot. Neb. j These are colored slides Se cured by Vincent lUackhn. scout field executive, of Nebraska Citv, and will be shown at the Holy Rosary hall at the church in the west part of the city. Mr. Macklin will give a fine description of the camp and its wot k for the scouts and will be well worth hearing. This camp will be used for s'couting ac tivities during the summer sea son and is well worth being vi sited and enjoyed by the var ious group of scouts from this section of Nebraska. police corirr notes Judge C. L. Graves had a b-.isv session of court on Tuesday when two men were arraigned for trial before him. Donald Fu cinaso of Omaha, was charged With driving through, a stoo sign, and received a fine of S5 and costs. Henry Shelton. claiming Nelson. Mo., as his home, faced the court on a charge of intoxi cation and was given a fine of $10 and costs for the offense. The arrests were made by the city police. Civil Air Patrol Special Program The Piattsmouth squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will have a special program at 7 o'clock Thursday evening of this week. Everyone interested is invited to attend. Vnf Journal TTant Aas Open House Today and Friday mi ii mm win in m ' nwwii'in ii m P I " I " m " " ' " ' '" llttS:-; .... . .asK . : 1 .--;'!!.. 55 J ;J "13 i f i f J i I One of the features of the open house being held Thursday and Friday at the new modern exchange of the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co., building will be the showing of a demonstration board. This special board is brought from the main offices at Lin- ( coin for the educational value to patrons. The board is electric and ' Izaak W alton League Holds Outdoor Meet Tuesday evening the members ; of the Piattsmouth chanter of the i Izaak Walton leaa'ue. taking ad , vantage of the pleasant summer weather, held their resular meet I ing at the cottage of W. R. Holly ! near the Platte river, north of the city. I The meeting was held was held in the j open with the attractive lawn of j Thc board of countv commis ;the cottage making a most de- i ;nnrrs aDDroVed the an- ligbtful spot for the event. The . ousmt ses-u.ii oi w le-yut-j i was presided over by President : Robert M. Walling. ! The members of the league ; unanimously adopted a resolu- ; i tion of sympathy for Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brecht, in the loss ; of their stable of horses, a loss ' ; that the Waltonions, as lovers of nature, can fully appreciate. The members informally dis- j cussed plans for the remainder of i the summer and the coming fall season that will show a great j cd. arrested in the Missouri Pa deal of activity for the league. ! cjfic railroad yards here on last The remainder of the evening j Wednesday, as a suspect in a was' spent in visiting and having j rape-slaving of a three vear old a most delightful time in tne pleasant surroundings. Thc refreshment committee composed of M. W. Williamson. W. H. Schmidtmanr. and Clyde Rosborough was on the job with a line lunch to bring to a close a meeeting long to be remember ed. A guest of the evening was Lt. C. L. Dewesse and W. Earl Wolfe, father of Mrs. Dewesse. who is here visiting with the daughter. , VISITS HERE THURSDAY Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Lowson of Syracuse visited friends briefly Thursday enroute to Omaha. Their daughter. Mis's Ruth, is to be married June 1. . . m SO f pi - - - a-:- eZri Tired, after having moved eight times in five years, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ramsey, ngnt. and their three children, Bonnie Jean, 4, far left; Joe. 6. and Junior. 10, are completing work on the sod house they are building on the outskirts of Coded, Kans. Ramsey, a 32-year eld carpenter, is being helped on the job by his father-in-law, Martin Lovin. left foreground, 62, of Goodland, Kans. The Ramsey family is living in the 18 by 48-foot buiding, which is tiled with 14 by IS-inch sod clods. The houc is expected t eost between $50 and S150. NEA Telarphoto. '-Vis . is - r County Officers Make Reports ! At the session of the board of : county commissioners this wet k ' the various county officers' made ; j their reports for the month of ; , April and filed the same with the board of commissioners. The of fices of the sheriff and county surveyor are required to re- ' port only quarterly. The reports : were as follows: Register of ' Deeds'. $198.65: county court, I S136.70: countv iuds?- S424 45: ' clerk of the district court. $225.- r- rnnntv envw-nr 5d p.n sinners niration of Merlin E. Baker for on and of beer llcense th vinagp of Cedar Creek. in Nesro Arrested Here Proves a Strong Alibi gt. Louis. Mo., police report that Wade Harring-ton. 26. color- eirl at St. Louis, has offered an iron clad" alibi. Harrington was taken in rustody here on reports from St. Louis, by Sheriff Tom Solo rtnn and members off the state safety patrol. St. Louis police and authoritis are reported as planning a lie defector test for the man. The victim in 'the killing was Elaine Tomlin. Her body was found stuffed in a doghouse near her horn? in St. Louis on May 4th. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Peterson of Sedalia. Mo., are here for a visit at the home of their daugh ter, Mrs. Elmer Stoehr and fam ily near th;s city and with the many old time friends. 4- fn 54 Family Lives in Sod House at Mew Telephone 1 tiTW1.-- tE.--- iijf -s-ts sjsre i:-,. 2 ,"Itass3fM - uI reveal- the actual operation of a telepnonc call placed over the dial system, from the time that the numb, r is dialed, until it is received by the phone being called. It takes the call through all of the steps until it is finally completed. This is something that few subscribers have had the opportunity of seeing. Soil Conservation Course Set Up In Public Schools Soil conservation, is to he add ed to the curricu'um of Nebraska high schools next tall if was an nounced today bv State Superin tendent Wayne O. Reed. He explained that the State De- niu i;n. u, v... i .... .DMC ins'iiici.nn has creoared a cemoreoensivr pamphlet for use of teachers in Drosentme various phases oi soil conservation problems. "The booklet." Reed said, "has been prepared to direct atten tion to tho seriousness of toe erosion and to the importance of its' solution, not onlv to Nebraska, but to the United States and the rest of the world as well." The manuscript was developed bv Edgar S. Farirv, instructor in the Lincoln school system. The booklet presents a reneral picture of the ncd for, soil conservation. a suec-s'ted course of stud- and a guide to supplemental n a -with te-ials. It is well illustrated pictures. It exr.dains soil erosion and lts seriousness, how s'lil erosion is caused, what has been don.'- to check it. and what high school boy? and girls con do to promote good soil conservation practices. A. C. McClymonds. regional conservator for the s'oil conser vation service, after studving the pamphlet said that Nebraska "has taken a pioneering step in 1 introducing soil conservation in Nebraska high school curncu lum." He also pointed out that Nebraska is the first of six states in the northern great plains re gion to "take this important step." California's orange crop is ex pected to decrease 15 per cent this year, while lemons increase 10 per cent. Building ; to f II Slit '--u-J Richard Peck On Universal Military Training There was a vc fif atterid ni' mbers'eip of the n -e of f the Piattsmouth Rotary c'ub present Tuesday at the weekly luncheon ef the organ: ra tion and to enjoy an exceptionally fine program. Pres'd'Tt E. J. F.ichey presid ed and the musical s'-ction was in chareo of Orville Nielsen and i i.. n. t co.t to aiiect ana ac- j company the erouu sincing. ! Attornev Richard Peck was the program chairman and gave a veiv rl-'ir and able presentation of the ouestjen ef the adoption of Universal Military Training as a part of the national defense, as a measure of preserving the oeacc Mr. Peck pointed out the fact that the lack o nrnnr trriininc for war had res ited in the loss of thousands of lives uneces- sarily. and the burden that it had laid on the taxpayers of the nation in war costs'. The spe ckt-r also stressed the fact that the vouth civ. n this training was not to anticipate j war. but to train men so, when j if necessary, thc y are called into j service, are capable of defending j themselves and their country. Under the training program that has been suggested the youth would be protected from many of the aspects of army camp life that is so often found in war time training. The program as pointed out by Mr. Pc ck has received the en dorsement of vc teran organiza tions whose members had learn ed bitterly the lack of Tdequate training until thrust into actual warfare. Its talk was followed with in interest and gave opportunity for deep thought on the part of the Rotarians'. Mrs. Roscoe Hill Heads Lincoln Board P::,tKmnntli friends of the E. Piattsmouth friends of the E C. Hill family, former residents of this city, will be interested in learning that Mrs. Roscoe Hill has bt en named as the president of the Lincoln board of educa tion. Mrs. Hill was recently elected to the board and has been nam- ed to head this important position in directing one of the largest public school systems in the state. Roscoe Hill," husband of Mrs. "'".' 1:5 l,I,t U1 " V t busme-ss men of east Lincoln wnere ne ras a large- iio-ueix i and manufacturv of poultry feeds. Glenwood Guard Company Called Out Wednesday night at 10 o'clock the members of Co. I. Iowa Na tional Guard of Glenwood. were alerted and ordered to report to the armory to prepare for active guard duty. They were I ordered to Waterloo, la., where the strike at the Rath Packing Co., has developed violence that requires thc presence of the guard troops. The company, headed by Cap tain Ross Garrett. a-d compris ing thirty-five enlisted personnel. ' n-as tsl.-1-i- V'tr1 Kv Kits tf ( be en the sfen? pf activity thi? . morning (Thursday.) I - -a Graduation Exercises Friday Evening The graduation of the Plat's mouth high sciu-ol will be held at V, o'clock on Fikhtv. Mav 21 at tne aurtitoriunt school. wl-n th" thn e stud nts wi! of the kiss of bid fa h.iuh fiftv- irewe'l n their i the toe sc! that as bee edu' tioi.a' hor throu; i pas' f -Jr years. i This ytar the class offie.-rs are Ca'-ol Lou B.inhardt, president; '. J(-hrf H. Johnson, vice-prt sident: ' ! Gi'b'.Tt Peleron. sidetary: John. ! Hill, treasurer. Th-;- class sponsors ! are Miss' Jessi: Wah'cn and Mrs. i Idelle Benedetti. ! The class speaker will be State ; Superintendent Wayn- O. Reed. ' The program is as follows: Processional Ja? Schm i mar.n. Class of 1949. ' Invocation. Dr. H. kv. First Pro'bytefii j Salutidorv. "A trt G. M'Cius i Ciuirch t To Ki ep" i Marv Jo Re bad. i Vocal Selection "Trees" : tina Sporer. Valedictory. "We Have .Faith". Richard Wohlfarth Vocal Selection "In Mv l den." Mary Todd, i Address. "Let's Join Hands." I Mr. Wayne O. Reed. State Super ' intendent of Public Instruction. ! Vocal Selection "Dedication," lii'ii.ll-ll.L. Presentation of Class Gift.1 John H. Johnson. ; Presentation of Diplomas. Mr. I ors. Superintendent T. I. Friest. i Vocal Selection. "Were My Son'' With Wings Provide JeJannette Rhylander. D. A. R. History Award, Mrs. F. R. Gohehnan. Vocal Selection April," Can Bernhardt. Presentation of Class ef 1948. Principal Miles Eloe. Preesntation of Diplomas. Mr. Frank A. Cloidt. president of the Board of Education. Benediction. Rev. E. C. Wil liams, Firs't Methodist Church. Recessional. Janis Schidtmann. Accompanist. Mrs. Roy Cole. Director of Music. David Fow ler, jr. Senator Metzger Attends Conference Senator and Mrs. W. A. Metz- gpr of Cedar Creek were in the city Thursday for a few hours attending to some matters of business and calling on the many frif nets. The returned homo Wednes day nifht from a vi.n-it in the west part of the state where Senator Met?ger was attending a meeting of representatives of several counties. The meeting was one to discuss thc matter of the state law that made possible the re valuation of real estate and the matter of the handling of the old ace assistance program. Sen ator Metzeer has had consider ably experience in the handling of this le gislation in the last j session and was able to give a j great deal of information to the members of the group. Senator Metzger reports also that the conditions in the west part of the state is getting quite dry and causing some worry to the farmers and the ranchmen. c :i r lZ ! 3011 V.UnrVdUUll j Service ReDOrtS ! Busy Program i The Soil Conservation Service ! has had a verv busv month as j the report of Tom Stacey. work unit conservationist shows as a ; part of the drive to care for the 1 program of Cass county. 1 At the last meeting held at ! j the offices at Weeping Water i l it was shown that anlications I for farm soil conservation work approved were as follows-': New- ; SuIh.an plaTtsmouth: John A. King. Ashland; Louis W. Ross and Billy Ross. Nehawka: E. Chriswisser. Murray: Fred E. Hansen, Nehawka; Howard J. Dunn, Greenwood ;Mark E. Wiles, Weeping Water; Chester Stone, Nehawka. The supervisors j also approved plans for the farm of John V. Stapp. Murrav. Tn the month of April 14n.fi I miles of terraces were laid out. of these sixty-two miles were constructed. One hundred and two acres' of grassed waterways were stak- : ed; 1.000 of . staked; layout fnrm diversion performed on seventy-six farms in county (farms isited and assistance re quested and rrnd-rpd on 57 farms by tr Soil Conservation Swvie Stf). Use Journal Want Ads I ais a' ! - v . S 1. Softball Season Opens Locally Monday Night The Softball season, of 1948 was i I otr to a start JUonnav nmiit the Athletic games on the ! tamment of t j The leaseue 1 ec; on tToiv niehts. two games eac postponed eamcs will on Wednesday evening;-'. In tne opening game Mundav at 7:30 p. m. the teams rep: es-r.t-. d were Donat's and Timms. clasli ed in a good fast battle that re sulted in the Donat team win ning by the score of 9 to 4. For Donat's and Timms". clash- Harrv Rriffin v-w thn V-0? rv i u-Viih. RftTOn nml ?-.iH.-.tl r'iH the pitching and catching chore for the Timm team. In the second game of the eve- i mng Martv s and the Murray team was the attraction with, the Murray group winning by the score of 21 to 11. For the Murray team Bradley and Marion Wiles did the labor in the- mound and back cf t lie bat while Cliff Dasher and dro ver Parriott were battery boys for Marty's. The next games wdl Ik- n Thursday night with the Cass Drugs and the AMis-Chakners mixing thongs in the opener and the VFW and the Conoco term staging the nightcap. In tin- opener ef the lf'io City L;aeue Softball frames. k:i.j ( Continued on P.me Four.i iTo Trieste Maj.-Gen. William M. H.-e. above, has been named to take command of American troops in the Trieste area. Hoge, now commander cf the Engineer School at Fort Bel voir, Va., will succeed Maj.-Gen Bryant E. Moore in June. Attack m rt I-'-!ar d,v : fe May. sp.-ns-.r.-d ' 1' pnved a r-al 4 V S4, J 1 way. evidence-? ' J& h J "'-P of sheoiK , f l i setkt i's that tiii. d fv&A shot,:,,, hou-v ,. ,-ZXV&i tentioo ,! the :vm U:us , l'Pi 0 '' ia-, aaU tne uepos;: .: , . I iVW3 t ( tii ;, N wc re k V U -.-X :::u. ! ''A V j . electric roast, r ar.d t ieetru TC j tf veep. r prove d pre.-, draw in-. L lw t . " awn. d t-v '! e-nc rt lt,-. n i v i tj lk. a 4-'" in th.e o.aio. : u.-mes.- . e- Gar- ta.n of thc ,uy. a larv.; nun ber JV.S. As& ati.t tne nu-:n!.-e: t :.' ' " ' I' p fMf'-T:-- v.-as a fun p es.-.'at.on of this ' t& i&fpk- i xeell.-nt gi'-'Up : "-;ng -r- r.ia-ieians and h--xv'.-.i '':..: sk:Il Willis M. Eve re't. Jr.. above traaun- m f...- --Vh ! ' Atlanta lawyer arid fwiner Ai'niy j,' ' ' ' . ; offic-er. reads prccveeiings from " ',' "" wtiv aodt ci to ( " . : r a . German war crime- t. :e,:s. Tire (, , . . ,,. :, . ' lc ll snuj a 'Aes! ' - lawyer, whe k fended 74 Ger- ,.) A .-.- n-, :, 1, iT-i'itiw- Uii'm r 1 '.I. 1, i- rT .. r L ' ii. en.-, uuiiii., i. iv i.uii-. iimi.i- icaciv I ; :m i : -- tains the men received uuiaiv , award-. trial. Army Secretary K. ntn th Tre awa'.'du".;: ;' th- . : - s : 4 i n T?...",n i).i,.,-,.n.i .,.,-) tin- r."-fr.-i! br:;tvi.":.! tile Il'.M (U li.lVIViH.I tlllvi ui t u .... - ....... the execution, pending a further -;-' ev.-n.s a..- : . . ... investigation, of 17 of the Ger- n-ltn in !iU hi" mans doomed to die. NEA a!,K' k 'x 1 rv 'n -r - , . t c d o; the uotnu. : ';. U'Pnot , The i.wa:d:ny -f :... ; e w. , ! ' in ci:a: Ke of i)on A: und.-i. ir .. s - i i i I bill for the enter- i od to M: :;. Ftar-.r. Mc C 'rtr.'.c he fans. 1 : '. 1 5 R.ck Bluff ;.w. . w h . w games will be t.lay-' s-- lected f:om the t-r c- n pns.r: lay ynd Thursday ; D("i.- Alim. c.tv; M: F.-. d U ea in a gooci last hattie tnat re-- , . -?. I suited in the Donat team win- v.-a ret--d t G.oc.n.. i..ot ... ... .1-1.: ti . 7,, i. '.":::' r. X r Dollar Day for May Proves Very Successful p..;.nees that wt jv the Ad e kr : .o.v di cieiit o the Ad club aa.: C:.r. -; Patch and W.llu m K::- r o ; t-oinmitte-e irandime tf.e Ma : I uain day. Little Jl- Fe. r ; Bushm 11. daughter :' Mr. un.t ana one iron; - v- a - ' at , tne tropnv. h ni -ht and ' hk. city: RoPb.-; t L .eamt be plaveri -city: Mrs'. Sam :.!:.. c :t Harry Nielsen, city: V.-:r.er tl. c u . iic- a v. ii. i.c'" garet Cvv-ir.s:.-. c:t : Gi : ::; Liv good. 1 .:.. Junction. Th.. , : e'rir -., p. ,'. is L. Coirh-;!. cf : Ev., . Pa cific Jui-.ct. -r.: c : :. : no .:. c.- . John i The electric washr i was awardt d t-. Ha: i well known farmer : ; of the city fro;:, th-. 1 Mrs. Eiia Seitz. G r Jim Newman. Gienv. I Dig a'. Guilford. M -wart Geche m .nr. c; ' Kates. Pacific June': . le I.L.. 1 -s Hamblen, e citv: Norma Gunso'iy. c Noltmg. city The corv.r the rut r: :: 1 and ckscrve M:nn it :n-. c:tv M: - F Pe G cna rkc - r.a:: w great d xo 1 it r. cr- d:t h ; - f - the- t'ie le-Cf tar ve of 4When the Bees Are In the Hive' 1 1 m fre nor par 1-1 of th e c: rave h'-en treiL, :- davs bv tre s that s' mii the 'r.s 1 v s th table place to tii k tSt fe". tir-ns ef bee taken onto ing of a su' One of the huge s w a -' located on a lare- por.-h at c of the apartm'.nt hmrrs as ' place for their future dwell as well as storage of hone v. 1 b-es have also invaded house and making l:f- far fr pleasant f"r the r s iuent find bees buzzing around V. .o .ni m at all nour: of the d'iv. no one- nas u -en ; W-es out of their abl- to get the pa i tiner.t. RETURNS Elean-ir FROM HOSPITAL TIaden. na'Srhter of Rice . c:-. Rv L C arr I beli. city: E. ). :o::.:.n. c :" : . j M. Davey. e.ty. C.iL.i Th ! citv. i Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ha den. has : rturne-d homo from a two weks ! s!ay at the Chi!rirviV hospital at 1 Omaha. She i- ferlr; much im i moved and will soon thj r t usual ictiviti". read tha Journal Wsr.t Ads. f -r