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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday 4.. Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBEiT 54 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Farmers Day Opens Karnival Parade Events Tre Farmers day parade and showing on Thursday was a most fitting opening of the King Korn Karnival festivities with a fine parade after the noon hour and the great horse show that climax ed the evening-. The parade was one such as only the farmers of Cass county and their wives und families can provide, and drew much applause as it moved through the business section of the city. The colors and guard of the American Legion and the V.F.W. headed the parade with the Weeping Water, Plattsmouth and Sidney, Iowa bands participat ing through the line of march. The participation of the horse . men was one of the great features and was a magnificent showing of the horses from all sections of Cass county. The riders were drawn from vthe well known horsemen of the communities with many ladies and an array of the children on their ponies to draw much applause from the onlookers. The parade had many clever floats and vehicles arranged by the farm families in this part of the county. The Lewiston Com munity Center. Social Workers Flower club. Friendly Unit, were among the many fine decorated vehicles in the line cf march with the other larger floats showing the hard work of the designers. The Plattsmouth fire department had a large representation in the parade with the fire trucks and the individual members in cars bearing their names and occupa tions. The horse and farm ma chine sections of the parade were exceptionally large, the best in recent years. The afternoon program, at the close cf the parade, was largely at Athletic field where the horse show was in progress and contin ued through the evening. The evening program at the platform at Fifth and Main street provided a very attractive entertainment for the large audi ence. Mrs. Jean Lockih. presented her large dancing class of young sters in a series cf numbers that demonstrated the skill of the youngsters and the constant de velopment of their talent in the dancing art. Another special feature for the Thursday program was the ap pearance of Bette Lee Hogarth 0!' Omaha, one of the talented members of the Union Pacific drum corps. (Continued on Page Six) Death of Mrs Fern Pitzer at CB Hospital Mrs. Fern Miller Pitzer, resi dent of Nebraska Citv since 1904 and a teacher in the Plattsmouth citv schools for a number of years, died Saturdav night at the Mrcv hospital at Council Bluffs where she has been for some time. She has been ill for the past several years and for the past ten days has been hospital ized at Council Bluffs. Mrs. Pitzer was born December ? 1880. at Hillsdale, in Mills County, la., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Miller. She was educated in rural schools, graduated from Glenvvood high school and Tabor college. November 5. 1904. she mar ried Wm. H. Pitzer. who practic ed law in Nebraska City until his death a few years ago. Mrs. Pitzer was a member of the Methodist church and was a past president of the Woman's club in Nebraska City. Surviving are a son. Lt. Col. Marshall Pitzer, Washington. D. C. who had been at his mother's bedside for several days; three grandchildren, Thorne Dillon, Nebraska City, a student at Peru, and Nancy and Patsy Pitzer, and a brother. Dr. Brownlow B. Miller, Tabor. Ia. A daughter. Marearet Dillon, preceded her mother in death. Graveside funeral services will be held at the Tabor (Iowa) cemetery on Tuesday afternoon at 2':30. POLICE COURT NOTES ? This morning (Monday) in Po lice court Jed Skelton, of La Platte, was in court charged with intoxication by the local police. He made a plea of guilty to the charge and was given a fine of S10 and costs by Judg2 C. L. Graves. r ' i - ' READ THE JOURNAL FOR HIE LATEST IN NEWS. High School Band Receives Neat Sum The Plattsmouth high school band treasury is in receipt of a very fine addition to the funds as the result of the King Korn Karnival. The youngsters were busy in selling tickets for the Korn Klub and the Horse Show that assisted them, but the larg est sum secured Saturday night was the award of the fine sad dle horse that had been offered as a prize by the Horse Show association. The horse '.as awarded to H. A. Schneider, president of the Plattsmouth State bank, who however, generously offered the fine animal to be auctioned off for the benefit of the High School band. Rex Young did the auctioneer ing of the animal that was fin ally sold to Emil Schmidt, of near Cullom for the sum of S355. The horse is a beauty and will find a good home at the Schmidt farm and be a wonder ful pleasure to the youngsters. Calf Show Brings Fine Entries From 4 H Group The calf show of the. King Korn Karnival, located on the lots east of the Stander Imple ment store on Sixth street, had a very fine showing of stock from the members of the 4-H groups over the county, the show was visited by many of the farmers who were delighted with the fine stock that had "en developed on the farms of Cass county. The awards were made Satur day and were as follows: Senior Showmanship Ralph Hild. Junior Showmanship Jack Todd. Second Place Senior Show manship George Minford. Second Place Junior Show manship Dwayne Noell. Champion Steer Ralph Hild. Champion Hereford Jim Pol lard. First Place Shorthorn Heifer Ralph Hild. First Place Hereford Heifer Jim Pollard. First Place Shorthorn Heifer Leroy Hild. ,, First Place Angus steer Jack Todd. Second Place Hereford Steer George Minford. Second Place Angus Steer Lyle Schafer. Second Place Shorthorn Steer Dick Switzer. Second Place Hereford Heifer Dwayne Noell. -'" ' Second Place Shorthorn Heif erRalph Hild. Third Place Hereford Steer George Born. Third Place Hereford Heifer Marion Todd. Third Place Shorthorn Heifer Dick Switzer. Fourth Place Hereford Steer Melvin Todd. The stock exhibited was handl ed in fine shape by the young farmers and displayed the excel lent care and breeding that they had been given by the owners. From the viewpoint of the value to the farm visitors the show was one of the outstanding- features of the event. Here After Fifty Year Absence Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. i for congress in the second dis Charles Rauen arrived from Ta- j trict that comprises Washington, coma, Washington, for a visit for Douglas, Cass, Sarpy and Otoe a short time with relatives and j counties. old friends. Mr. Rauen is a grand- i Mr. O'Sullivan is acquainted son of the late Peter Rauen -and j with many here, that he has'met it has been fifty years since he j in his long service .t the bar, resided in Plattsmouth. He has j and enjoyed very much the op found but few th;U. h could re- j portunity of meeting the old ac call in his visit. While here Mr. j quaintances in the community. Rauen was a guest of his cou- j Mr. 0"Sullivan later will launch sin Mrs. Verna Fillmore in this j a more active campaign for the city and also relatives in Omaha, i congressional post that is regard- ' ; i j ed as politically doubtful this Joe Weber, of Omaha was here ' year. Friday for a few hours to attend the Karnival and visiting. Court House Jud?f Paul . .r Fauquet was busv Thursday with nearing a number of traffic cases that had been broueht uo for hearing, Paul Heather was. charged with ooeratine his" automobile with ho tail light and for the offense re ceived a fine! of $1 and costs, John Hobscheidt, Jr.; of Jowa. was arrested "by . Deputy ,' Sheriff. Shrader..Rh6de'n -ahd - charged with, passing anoxner car ; on a, .. not shopping at a siop .sign - ana curve and as the result was fned received a fine of $1 and costs. -$10 and costs. Dallas i M." Clites Marriage license was issued by j also, was charged with .passing a car on 3 curve and drew down the usual $10 and costs. ' JBackto Nature - ".'1 I n SCT t ' Most folk in the nation wilted fit was just a picnic for Marilyn Sue Maes, 4, left, and her 22 i ear-old brother Arthur. Their garb contributed to their cool poiseJJ Weeping Water Council Hears of Quarry Blasts The city council of Weeping Water the past week has had their touch of one of the com munity problems, that of the blasting in the quarries and the resultant damage claimed by householders that reside in the vicinity of the quarries. , A protest had been filed with the city against blasting in the United Mineral Products quarry and a general discussion was in dulged in by those seeking- to have the blasting curtailed and the officers of the company oper ating the quarry. The protestants were repre sented by F. J. Domingo. Weep ing Water banker, while the Associated Stone Co., was repre sented by G. B. Clark, treasurer and Ben A. Birdsall, manager. The situation at Weeping Water had led to two suits being filed in the district court by Joe Bender and John Kunz and now pending, to seek the restraining of the quarries from blasting so that their property might not be injured. The council took the stand that since the quarry was locat ed out of the city limits, the council's only concern is with possible damag-3 to the -water reservoir, which is nearby the scene of action. Eugene O'Sullivan Visits in City Thursday evening Glen Wood bury, former district court re porter, was in the citv visiting with old friends and was accom- 1 panied by Eugene D, O'Sullivan, i noted Omaha attorney and at ! this time democratic candidate t Use Journal Waitit Ads In the county court Friday af- ternoon and Saturday hearing was -had in several trattic cases. Otto Melichar of Omaha and Paul 'L. Greeg. of Hamburg, la. f were charged,,by the state highway. patrol with; overloaded trucks:? ; They were each- given a line of $25. r: JameS Atixtin was charged with Judge Paul E. Fauquet to Kern, 'neth Swabby "of Plattsmouth and ' Doris? Wallen of Farrplay, Mo. o beat, the Heat '.j ) oj ! j 1 1 during the recent heat wave, but Merchants and G I Day Parade Great The parade that featured Mer chants and G I dav at the King Korn Karnival on Friday night, was one that broke all records for its length and for the many beautiful floats that lined the length of the great Darade from the start to the finish. Plattsmouth high school band and the color guard of the Ma rines headed the parade with Mayor A. B. Rogers and other city officials following in cars. The line of floats represented the large part of the business houses of the city, all of these representing many hours of la bor and care in the perfection of the designs. It would be an impossibility to describe each of the floats in their detail, all showed a g-reat deal of originality and care in preparation. Several of the organizations of the city had groups marching as well as the floats to represent them. In the veteran grouo there were members of the V.F.W. and their Auxiliary as well as their float that represented a naval plane. The Legion and Auxiliary had a very beautiful float with a large paper flag as a part of the decoration. Members of the two Auxiliaries were marching in the parade with their float and the colors of the Legion and V.F.W. were carried in the line of march. The Legion also had the Jan artillery piece donated by the government for the local court house lawn in the line of march. The Bov Scouts in uni- I form made a fine showing as did the older Scouts. A clever and original feature in the parade . was the Woster family, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Woster carrving -the twins, Alice Woster leading Priscilla. The Thomas Jefferson high school band of Council Bluffs and the high school band of Sid ney, Iowa, as well as the local "Hobo Band", furnished the music for the marchers and their floats. The Soennichsen float attract ed a great deal of attention as did that of the St. John's church, Presbyterian church. Odd Fel lows lodge. Lutheran Sunday school.- Ed Kohrell with his ele phant made a hit with the crowd as the parade moved through the business section of the city. The fire department of Papil lion as well as that of Murray were here with their fire fight ing equipment to add to the pa rade and the rescue squad of the local firemen as well as the Cass county rescue truck out to add to the impressiveness of the parade. fULlCE COURT NOTES Friday morning- in the police court before Judge C. L. Graves, Jack Foster was arraigned on the charee of intoxication to iwhich a piea of guilty was entered. The court after hearing ' the plea assessed - a fine of $10 and costs against th? ', defendant. READ THE JOURNAL FOR THE LATEST IN NEWS. Blue Devils Win Opening Game From Auburn The Plattsmouth B'ue Devils opened the 1943 football season with a 25 to 6 victory over the Auburn Bulldogs on the Nema ha rnuntv priHirnn hrfnrA a ortrA crowd, among them a group of the local fans that journeyed aivug vwiu U1C ItruJII dliu IlcipLU bring home the victory. The team showed well for the opener of the season and the few rough spots that are characteristic i 01 tne initial contest lor any team, will be able to be smooth- ' ed before the season is too far advanced. The Plattsmouth team had the edge in all departments of the game and returned home filled with the prospects for the re mainder of the season of play. In the middle of the oDening auarier Dan Rohan made the first drive by a seven yard touchdown through the middle of the Auburn line to -set up the of- i fensive of the local. In the open ing quarter the Blue Devils made nine first downs. In. the second quarter of the eame Jim Doodv showed his. of fensive power back to the fast moving line of the Blue Devils scoring a touchdown off tackle to bring the score at 12 to 0 for the local team. Later in the quarter he repeated with an other dash off tackle to score for his team and to bring up the score to 18 to 0. Auburn in the third quarter made a bid for victory when Kenneth Clark on an off guard plav scored for the Bulldogs. The last Plattsmouth scoring came in the last quarter with Doody carrying the ball. Jim drove through the middle of the line for the touchdown and in the play for extra point raced off tackle for the point that brought the final to 23 to 6. The starting lineun . of the teams: - Plattsmouth White LE Fischer LT Tom Rohan LG Ofe C. Newborn RG Carper RT Fulton RE" Auburn Cross White Lunzmann t Steube Hogcnmiller Rader Thomas Morse QB Reed Doody LHB Clark Aylor RHB Norris Dan Rohan FB Laren Substitutes, Plattsmouth: Dash er, Earl Geschke. Gleason, Has well, Janecek. Kennedy. V. Ka lasek. Liddick, Ruth, Girardat. Peterson. Renner. Sharpnack. Ul rich. Auburn: Humphrey, Cum berland, Strathmorp, Norwell, Barker, Birdsley, Wells, Mvers, Alien, Peterson, Stewart, Wells. Stanton, Vanderford, Clark. Hig gins. Yards gained by rushing, Plattsmouth, 221; Auburn, 23. Forward passes- completed, Plattsmouth, 1: Auburn, 2. Yards gained by forward pass, Plattsmouth. 15; Auburn, 25. Incompleted forward passes, Plattsmouth. 1; Auburn, 7. Opponents forward passes in tercepted, Plattsmouth, 1; Au burn, 1. Yardage Penalties, Plattsmouth, 35; Auburn. 50. Dr. Anderson Claims Big Loss in Robbery Dr. R. R. Anderson of Nehawka, whose home was broken into during his two week vacation, filfvl at $1307.25 claim for stolen articles with his insurance Com pany. The list included, watches, pins, sweaters, blouses, dresses, suits hose gloves, coats, anklets, underwear, clocks, pistol, etc. The most exoensive item stolen was a cornish crvstal necklace arn Hinner ring set which was valued at $150. A check for the articles in surrounding cities is being conducted by the sheriffs office. The owner of a Kansas car seen prowling in that vicin ity has not been located as yet. TO TEACH IN MONTANA Frank A Kvapil. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Kvapil, Omaha, for mer residents of Plattsmouth. has returned from Washington, D. C, where be has been employed and accepted a teaching position at Poplar. Mont.! and left for that olare-Ffjidav? September 3 is now. residinesMr. Hoscher has been in poor health for a loru? period and1 at this time is about the same. . " ' : . Mr. and. Mrs.-. J. C. Rauth of Mnley was" in.-the cit: Friday t spend a few-hdurs-attending to some matters of business ad vis iting with friends Horse Show Draws Large Attendance The Horse Show, presented by the Cass County Horse Show Association, held in this city on Thursday afternoon and evening. was the largest both in entries and attendance that has been presented in the six years of its history. The interest in the association had stimulated the efforts of the residents of the county in the bringing of many fine horses here for the Farmers day parade and to participate in the show at the Athletic field. The show at the park was be fore an immense throng that numbered several thousand and the performance lasted until the midnight hour. The official iudge was Dr. A. F. Wempe, of Marysville, Kansas, one of the best known horsemen of the west who did a fine job of this work for the show man agement. The ringmaster was Glen Jackson of Glenwood, the an nouncer of the events was Robert Plumb. Omaha. G. Waldo Weike, of Nehawka was the manager of the show and Richard Warner of Woodbine, Iowa, the organist. In addition to the showing of the highly trained horses there were a number of special events that included a showing" of "Hiah Schooled Horses" by H. L. Old field, Eagle, and the musical numbers by the Schafer Sisters of Nehawka to add tq the de lights of the large audience. The ribbon girls for the show were selected from the young ladies of Cass county. Marilyn Tyson, Murray; Jean Stone, Ne hawka; Rose Marie Thiel, Mur- doek, Betty Noell, Weeping Water. Locally the work of the associ ation has been boosted by the efforts of Karl Grosshans, vice president and Ray Story, who did a great deal in getting the show on the way to success. The officers of the association are: G. Waldo Weike, Nehawka, president; K. W. Grosshans, Plattsmouth, vice - president; Esther Amgwert, Murdock, se cretary, Alice Jayne Grosshans, Plattsmouth, treasurer. List of winners will appear in Thursday issue. Albert Fairfield Winner of Whiskers The whisker marathon in this city that has been on for the past weeks, closed Friday night when the awards were made .and "Kid" Graves, former welterweight champion fighter of the world, started in on the shav ing of the men rounded up. The shearing of the males was some thing that brought much happi ness to many of the households of the city, to the women that have had to face the bearded beauties at home and one the streets. The first place winner in the Whisker Club was Albert Fair field, a well deserved selection as Al has been sporting his au burn hirsute disguise since the early summer. Harvey Burk, bet ter known as "Turk" was the second place winner and a good one, as he was a perfect specimen of the gold rush days bearded prospector. The third place win ner was Harold Alkire, presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce, who was not only supplied with a fine growth of beard but also garbed as a true "49er." RETURNS TO NEBRASKA Joseph McMaken, Jr., has re turned from Carrollton, Missouri, where he has been employed for the past summer. He is entering on his college work at the Uni versity of Nebraska this week. Canada Celebrates a Centenary On Oct ItcCanada -will issue the new fourrcent stamp pictured above. Featuring portrait of Queen, Victoria'and King George VI, it will commemorate. the" 100th anniversary "ol responsible govern- r dent in the dominion. " ' " FBI Chief 111 V Ik ' r-. 'iJ- r- nn-i-i if mMJt J. Edgar Hoover, the nations number one sleuth, is in serious condition in his Washington, D. C. home. Chief of the FBI since , 1924, Hoover is confined to bed with bronchial pneumoQia.. Corn Exhibits Greatest Ever Shown in City With the close of the 1948 King Korn Karnival there is a record of one of the greatest corn shows in history, with Forest Todd, superintendent of the show hav ing the largo tent packed with the showing of the fine large ears of corn. The corn show judge was Mar vin R. Vaughn, county agent of Sarpy county. Grand champion of the show was Fred Nolting, west of this city whose corn was that of the Fed eral company. Others of the Fed eral winners were John Parken ing second and Fritz Seimoneit, third. MOEWS 1 George Isaacs. 2 Don Farris. 3 Elsie Isaacs. FUNKS 2 Elmer L. Stoehr. 2 Elmer Schmidt. 3 Stewart Meisinger. STANDARD 1 Charles Warga, 2nd Grand Chamnion. . 2 James Lepcrt. 3 Joe Pittman. OPTIONAL 1 Mike. Kaffenbcrger. 2 Charles Warga, Jr. 3 John P. Kaffenberger. DEKALB 1 Emil Meisinger, 3rd Grand Champion. 2 Dean Meisinger. .3 Fred Nolting. CARLSONS 1 Karl Schmidt. 2 Mrs. Karl Schimdt. 3 Mrs. E. L'' Cobel. I PIONEER 1 Ralph Parkening. 2 Richard Spangler. 3 Howard Wiles. TURNER 1 Art Johnson. 2 Clark Wright. 3 Clark Wright. Union Service Station Robbed ( The Phillips 66 station locat ; ed at the east entrance of Union 1 was entered early last Thursday I morning accor ding to the sher- iff's office. Entrance was gained ! by removing- a screen and rais- ing the window. Stolen were i eight quarts of oil, $6 in change j and approximately 35 cartons of ! Old Gold and Lucky Strike ' cigarettes. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. Band Contest Brilliant Part of King Karnival One of the brilliant chapters of the 1943 King Korn Karnival was that of the band contest partici pated in by a number of the bands from the high schools in this lo cality, Glenwood, Auburn, Ne braska City and Plattsmouth be ing the schools to send their bands for the afternoon of en tertainment and music. The large array of the young musicians participating, dressed in the brilliant and flashing uni forms, made a very handsome picture as they marched and car ried out their drills in a snappy manner up and down Main street. The Glenwood band, one of the best participating, was heard in a conceit at the platform from 1:30 to 2 o'clock, giving a fine program that embraced marches, popular and musical comedy numbers well given and under the direction of Stanley Davis, musical director of the Glenwood school. This year the band of the Au burn school participated in the contest, with their black coats trimmed with red and the white trousers making a colorful pic ture. They had a very clever bunch , of youngsters and ex ccDtionally clever majorettes to add to the charm of the marching. The Glenwood band in their contest had with them a group cf snappy majorettes and drum major as well as a group of the girl flag wavers to take part in the drills. & Nebraska City, like the Platts mouth band had the snappy blue and gold uniforms and presented a fine appearance in their drills and specialities led by the ma jorettes who were snappy and had several clever numbers to add to the program of the after noon. The Plattsmouth high school band was as usual up to their high standard of efficiency in the musical line and their finely ex ecuted drills were given with snap and efficiency. In the parade their majorettes were on their toes and gave one of the fine showings of the day. Jennie Spi dell was the drum major of the band and led them in the drills. Owing to the fact that, the bands were all in such excellent form and- well balanced in every way there was no decisions given as to the placing. At the conclusion of their of fering the Glenwood band was given a treat by Oscar Osterholm of the Journal who treated the members to pop as an apprecia tion. Sheriff Solomon Caught Man Who Stole Omaha Car James Bates, age 36 of Omaha was taken into custody at 3 Thursdav morning as he ap proached the city limits of Oma ha by Sheriff Solomon. Solomon Dursued Bates who was riding in a taxi from Plattsmouth to Omaha. Bate's companion Arthur C. RcxHie of Council Bluffs was also taken into custody by the sheriff. Upon returning to Plattsmouth Bates' ronfecsed that he was the one that stole a 1948 Frazier se dan in Omaha last Wednesday "eht and wrecked it south of Plattsmouth earlv Thursdav morning. Btes told the sheriti that he stole the car in Omaha and hired Roxlue to drive him to Kansas City. Bates is unable to drive because of . injured leg. South of Plattsmouth the pair left the road and rolled the car down a fifteen foot ditch. Un injured they got out of the car and removed the two back wheels and attemoted to sell them to Rudy Stoll of Platts mouth who came uoon the scene of accident. Bates further stated that he had SDent two years in the Missouri prison for auto theft. The pair- were turned over to the Omaha police and in the Doug- I las county district court Satur day Bates plead guilty to auto theft. The Frazier cr belonged I to George Crawford of Tabor, ' Iowa. Damages to the car amonuted to $550. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE Saturday morning at the office of the coun'.v judge occurred the marriage of Roy Crook and Edith Ferren, both of Falls City. Judja Fauquet read the marriage line. The wedding was witnessed- by Mrs. Lloyd fcehrends and Miss Thelma Ktuger clerk in- fh ..of fice of Judge FaUquat." '