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Nebr. State Historical Soc, TTo-oe State Capital Bldg. CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER JBLISHED SEIMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 86 VOLUME 63 SIX PAGES Chamber of Commerce Has First Fall Meet rnmmprrp Thursdnv evening rp. ; sumed the regular meetings that had been curtailed during July and August, a pleasing attend- J ; ance being present to start in the cussion for the fall and winter months. The members enjoyed the fine dinner provided by the Rainey Co ' fee shop as the prelude to the interesting session that fol lowed. President Harold A'.kire pre sided over the meeting of the body and Secretary Richard Peck gave a resume of the summer activities of the body. A eommunciation that was dat ed seme time past, from the schools, asking assistance in the maintainance cf the band was read. The request was for $100 to supplement other funds that had been secured to helo main. Lain me uaiiu aim 113 dLiiviutj, In response to an inquiry. Presi dent Alkire stated, that special funds like that raised at the lunch stand or the money deriv ed from the sale of the horse at the karnival, were turned over to the Parents-club fund that was used to buy instruments and uniforms and not for the regular funds provided by the city, school and other civic organizations. The matter was referred to the executive committee. Chairman Ray Story of the athletic field committee gave a very interesting report tof the amounts secured from various sources during the summer and applied on the funds. The matter of building a board fence around the park had been suggested but as was pointed out, the cost would be greater to the public than if a definite program was carried out with a bend issue to defray the expense that would care for the fence, stadium and ,.,Jockers, baths. The meeting pass- " ed the motion disapproving- the use of a board fence around the park. The matter of the bond issue will be taken up with the city council when more definite (Continued on Page Six) '111-1 T-l -3 r, ri -I I ! n t i 1 1 1 i I i New Ha tchery To Locate in Plattsmouth Ralph J. Barta, of Nebraska City, is establishing a new hatch ery in this city and expects to have the new place of business ready by the first of October and read j' to serve the residents of this community. The new hatchery will be lo cated in the Otis building just east of the court house which was formerly used by Mr. Otis in the same line cf business for several years. The room is being- cleaned out by Mr. Otis for the new occu pants and will be ready for serv ice by the first. It is expected to make the hatchery one of the best and with the' latest equipment. With the establishment of the hatchery Mr. Otis is having the rooms on the second floor re modeled and arranged into liv ing apartments. This floor will make several very nice apart ments and well located in the business section of the city. Board Meeting of Plattsmouth Deanery The board meeting of the Plattsmouth Deanery of the DCC was held on September 20 at 2 p. m. at the Grand Hotel in Nebraska City. Mrs. J. J. Cullcn, of Avoca, Deanery president, presided over the gathering. It was decided to have the fall Deanery meeting on Sep tember 29th at St. Mary's hall, beginning at 2 p. m. Plans were also discussed for the program. The board members present were all from St. Marys, St. Bene dict's, Dunbar, Avoca and Syra cuse. The local churches will be re presented at the Deanery meet ing on the 29th. Chris Bulin Now , Much Improved The many friends of Chri; Bulin, manager of the men's ready to wear department of Soennichsen's, will be pleased to learn that Chris is now much improved from his illness. Mr. and Mrs. JJoyd Bronkow of Murdock were Saturday night visitors in Louisville. Wee Wardrobe Now At New Location The Wee Wardrobe, operated by Miss Helen Eiting, which has been located on North 5th street, is now located on Main st:tet be tween Fourth and Fifth streets hi the building formerly occupied by the Hutchison Goodyear store. The stock was moved on Sun day from the former location to the new one and is now read' to care for the needs of the patrons in the larger and more attractive quarters. The new location will g'vri Mis? Eiting a larger space for thu dis play of the stock and where it can be of access to the shopping public. Traffic Cases Keep Deputy Sheriff Busy Deputy Sheriff Shrader Rhod en has a busy time Thursday af ternoon and Friday morning with number of traffic cases to oc cupy his attention. Thursday eve ning, he was out in the vicinity, of the Nebraska Masonic Home when two cars came racing up the avenue at a rate that attract ed the attention of the law offi cer and he overhauled the par ties. Later in the county court Harold Moore was arraigned on a chage of reckless driving in an indifferent and reckless manner that endangered the safety of persons and property. He made a plea of guilty and received a fine of $25 and costs for the of fense. Dan Stratton was arraign ed charged with reckless driv ing and on his plea of guilty was fined $10 and costs for the of ! ense. Deputy Sheriff Rhoden was called south of Plattsmouth Fri day morning where a truck was reported in difficulty. It was found that a truck of the Hunt Transfer Co., of Valley was in the ditch where it had landed after efforts of the driver, Al fred Bull of Hooper," Nebraska, to avoid a collision. The driver of the truck told the deputy sheriff that he was driving- north when a car in front of him sud denly came to a stop. The driver applied the brakes to the truck and it jacknifed on him with the result that the truck was damaged. It is estimated that the damage to the truck and the loss in time of its operation would amount to near S6,000 to the owners of the vehicle. NAFES NEW DEPUTY District deputies of the Cath olic Daughters of America in Ne braska have been appointed the state headquarters state. Mrs. Juliet Morris, of Omaha, has been named as the deputy for Lin coln, Plattsmouth, Grand Island and West Point. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. Nice Work "Genial Joe," nine-fcot robot at the Chicago Railroad Fair, had something to be genial about when comely Barbara Gagle sat "in his lap. Dressed as a loco motive engineer, the mechanical man talks, shakes hands, stands up and rolls his eyes at pretty girli. I ih& -was--' Er 1W.;f Mrf-f km Held in Nurse's Death - 2 IPS r0xr. sS ,4' i Si .,v yfv.-.-v 'X'. .: w.v? - v:--- . . -. s-j kv.ii;-.vv-1 . . -.iT . . if5A M .... 1 Tommy Black,, left, 28-year-old auto mechanic, after he drove up to Little Rock, Ark., police headquarters with the body of blonde nurse Betty J. McCall, right, 24, and admitted beating her with his fists and choking her until she stopped struggling during a midnight date. Black is held on an open charge but murder and rape charges are expected to be filed against him soon. (NEA Telephoto.) Gochenour Draws One to Three Year Sentence Judge Thomas E. Dunbar was in the city Monday (today) to hold a short session of the dis trict court and at this time re ceived the plea of guilty by Harry Gochenour. Jr., to the charge of sodomv. The defendant had previous' made a plea of not guilty but this was changed Vrir morning. The court in passing sentence took into consideration the serv ice record of the defendant, who in his service, had been wounded and received the purple heart as well as citations for his serv ice in world war II. Judge Dunbar, taking all of the facts into consideration, including- the statement made by Mr. Gochenour to Sheriff Solo mon, pronounced the sentence as j one of not less than one or more than three years m the state re formatory at Lancaster, Nebras ka. Under this sentence Mr. Goch enour will be eligible for parole after he has served nine months of the sentence provided his re- com at me reiormaxory is gooa. He was taken to Lincoln this afternoon to start the serving of the sentence. Stranger Seeks to Slick Local People In the last few days a number of the local restaurants and oth er business places have been vis ited by a stranger who appar ently was seeking to work the owners of the establishments for a small bit of change. The man came into the busi ness houses with a story that he had a truck load of potatoes that had broken down north of this city, in the vicinity of Fort Crook. The man sought a loan of $3 from the business men or women to enable him to get back to the truck and have it fixed, so he could come onto Piattsmouth. The man agreed that he would return the borrow ed money or would otherwise give the parties the value of the "loan" in potatoes. It is reported that he was suc cessful in several cases while in others he was given a quick bru?h off by the storekeepers. The man to date has failed to appear in person or to return the money or produce the potatoes. Jean Lloyd Named Freshman Head Jean Lloyd of this city, who entered the State Teachers Col lege at Peru this fall as a fresh man student, has been honored Dy ner ciassmaies in oeing nam- ed as the president of the r resn- man class. Miss Lloyd has been active in various organization groups dur ing her school activities at the Plattsmouth high school. She is entering on the student life at Peru as one of the leaders in the campus life and her selection as the president of the freshmen ciass will be most pleasing to the many friends here. Richard Binter, who is attend ing the Peru State teachers col lege was here Saturday to visit his parents, Mr. ami Mrs. Lao Bintner. Scouts Sponsor The Cattlemen's Brawls" Sept. 30 A series of "Cattlemen's Brawls" to kick-off the program for October, November and De cember for Boy Scouts, Senior Scouts, and Cubs throughout the Cornhuskcr Council area will be held from September 27th to October 7th in eight Nebraska towns. The "Brawls." built on a West ern theme, will be hied in Grand Island, September 27th; Beatrice, September 23th; Lincoln, Sep tember 29th: Nebraska City, September 30th; Hastings, Octo ber 4th; McCook, October 5th; North Platte, October 6th; and Kearney, October 7th. Features of the "Brawls" will be a corral, cowboy music, sad dles, a campfire, and branding irons. Chow will be served from a chuck wagon. All official Scout names and titles will be changed to West ern names, with the Cornhusker Council as the Circle 55 range. Council President Earle Wiltse of Grand Island will be the Big Boss. The '.Brawls" will be colorful events as all Cowboys and Cow girls are to be dressed in West ern style. Adults interested in the Scout ing program are invited to attend the "Cattlemen's Brawls'' closest to their homes. Sheriff's Office Has Personal Tax Warrants Monday morning Sheriff Tom Solomon received from the of fice of County Treasurer Ruth Patton, 1.046 personal tax dis tress warrants for service as the taxes become delinquent on Oc tober 1st. This means a very heavy duty on the office of the sheriff in addition to the other duties of the office and will require a great deal of travel as well as personal contact with the tax payers. The amount of the delinquent tax is $35,712.67 and in many cases covers several years back. Last year the treasurer's office issued warrants in the amount of $52,421.63 and of these Sheriff Solomon was able to collect and turn over to the treasurer the amount of $17,801.31 for Cass county. The treasurer's and sheriffs office have been very diligent in this work and as the result have reduced each year the amount . that ic unnairf AVOCA TO ENTERTAIN The business firms of Avoca are entertaining on Wednesday evening, September 29, at a Hamburg steak feed with all the trimmings, free to the residents of the Avoca trade area. The serving will start at 6 o'clock. One of the prize winning baby beeves from the Otoe county fair will be served. A free pic ture show will follow. READ THE JOURNAL FOR THE LATEST IN NEWS. . Noted Speaker To Visit in Nebraska A missionary from the heart of the central Belgian Congo, deen in the African jungle, will be the guest-speaker at First Church Omaha September 29th at 7:30 and September 30th at 7:30 at Nebraska City Methodist church. He is the Rev. Charles William Chappell, a member of the misison staff working out from Wembo Nyama, a central location among thousands of trib al grouDS. most of whom are not more than one or two gener ations removed from savagery. Born in Meherrin, Virginia, Mr. Chapoell was educated at Hampden Sydney College, at Un ion Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va., and at the Ken nedy School of Missions in Hart ford, Conn. Following his ordi nation as a minister of the Meth odist church in 1934, and his ad mission into the Virginia annual conference, Mr. Chappell was pastor of the BishoD Memorial Church, Richmond district, Vir ginia, for two years. Then he was named a missionary to Africa, and assigned to the Belgian Con go. Mr. Chappell has been engaged in both evangelistic and educa tional work in the Congt itin erating out into the tribes, super vising church groups, directing schools, ancgathering new fam ilies into churches and schools. Before his present appointment to Wembo Nyama, Mr. Chappell served in nearby Tunda and in its central training school. Purchase Farm Near Creighton, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M. Dav. ey, who have been farming two miles west of Plat'.smouth for the past six years have purchased a farm near Creighton, Nebraska. They are expecting to move a bout March 1st to the new lo cation. ' The many friends here of Mr. and Mrs. Davey will regret to see them leave the community whtre they have been residents for the past years. Jim Markham Files For Post Of Surveyor In the office of County Clerk George R. Sayles Friday, C. E. Markham made his filing for the office of county surveyor of Cass county. Mr. Markham is filing for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank P.- Dall. who is now a student at the Univers ity of Nebraska. M,r. Markham, who is better known over the country as "Jim" will seek the election on the democratic ticket. The time limit for filing for the vacancy has expired and he will have no opposition at the general election on Tuesday, No vember 2nd. Mr. Markham was named by the county commissioners to serve in the office from the pres ent time to the election. The candidate has been engag ed in the surveying and public works field for the past few years and has been engaged by the city on a number of the surveying jobs in the past few years. H. A. Schneider at Bankers Meeting H. A. Schneider, president of the Plattsmouth State bank, de parted Friday night from Omaha in company with a number of Omaha and Lincoln bankers, for Detroit, Michigan. They are to attend the meeting of the Ameri can Bankers association that meets this week. Mr. Schneider, who has been a leading fieure in the Nebraska State Bankers organization for years, is a member of the na tional association and has enjoy ed the national meetings in the last few years. While in the east to attend the bankers meeting Mr. Schneider is hopeful of seeing some of the world's series baseball &mes and especially in the event that the Cleveland Indians are the win ners of the American League race. Friday in " the court of Judge James T. English at Omaha James Melvin Bates, 36, giving his residence as Plattsmouth, was sentenced to three years in the estate penitentiary at Lincoln. He 1 was charged with auto theft in Douglas county. Blue Devils Win From Indians By Score 25 to 0 The Blue Devils of Coach Merle Stewart hung up their sec ond victory of the season Friday night at Athletic park against the hard fighting Indians of Weeping Water by score of 25 to 0. The game drew out a largn? crowd locally as well as from our neighboring city who gave their teams a strong support. The locals dominated the open ing quarter and it was not until the game had gone some time that the visitors gained possession of the ball for a short time. The Blue Devils drove deep into pay dirt territory in the early part of the game and were constantly in the Indians sphere during the entire game. Driving to the Weeping Water two yard stripe in the opening quarter the Blue Devils scored when Dan Rohan crashed over tackle for the coveted tally. The try for point failed and left the score at 6 to 0 for the Blue Devils. - The Blue Devils in a sustained march in the second quarter ad- J vanced to the scoring zone where a well placed pass from Jim Doody to Charles Fulton enabled Fulton to dash over for the touchdown. Renner converted for the extra point, bringing the lo cal margin to 13 to 0 at the half time. With the opening of the third quarter of the game both teams seemed more spirited in their play and the visitors battled hard to overcome the slow grinding march of the Blue Devils. More passing attacks were attempted in this part of the game. In the third stanza Dan Rohan again carried the ball for the touchdown after the hard fight ing Blue Devils swept down to the Indiatis goal, Dan going over guard from the two yard marker for the third score of the contest. The try for the exta point failed and left the Blue Devils out in front by the score of 19 to 0. Again the Blue Devils contin ued their march in the final quarter when Rohan picked a hole to go over tackle and race across the goal line to complete the scoring- with the final tally standing at 25 to 0. Throughout the play of the game the Blue Devils led in all departments, rushing for 122 yards to 16 for the visitors. Weeping Water recovered two Plattsmouth fumbles and the Blue Devils were able to recover two of their own fumbles. The Blue Devils are taking the road on next Friday and will journey to Ashland for the first conference game of the season. Attend Nebraska Iowa State Game Among the fans to attend the Nebraska Cornhusker-Iowa State football game at Lincoln on Sat urday were Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nielsen, Dr. and Mrs. W. V. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Sullivan and Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Meising- cr and wife. TELEPHONE ANNIVERSARIES The current issue of the Lin coln Telephone News, official organ of the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co., contains a list j of service birthdays of a large number of employes of the Weep ing Water exchange. Eva Davis is serving her twenty-seventh year, R. H. Gray, his twenty fifth, Eleanor Lane, seven years. Decide League " C '.1 Vv dkM n Coins tossed by Chicago sportswriters Charles Einstein, Charles Dunkley and Ed Sainbury, seated, left to right, sailed aloft as the American League pennant playoff sites were decided. Stand ing, left to right, is Willian Harridge, American League president, and Les O'Conner, Chicago White Sox manager. (NEA Telephoto). HonoraryFireman 1 A VN Herbie Englet, 3 months, , who was found in an old car at Ot tawa, Kansas, has been made an ' i x: 1 -. nonoiaiy ureman oy uitawa s mayor. The baby, accompanied by two men who had but fifty cents between them, was enroute to join his mother, Mrs. Beverly Englet, at Bartlesville, Okla., but officials have been unable to lo cate her. Ottawa citizens started a fund to provide for his future in case his parents are not locat ed. Adoption inquiries have been pouring into the Ottawa hospital where Herbie is shown in the arms of Mrs. Madora Zappa, nurse. (NEA Telephoto). Weeping Water Woman Killed In Accident Mrs. Mary Erskin, 78, of Weep ing Water, died at a Marengo, Iowa, hospital Friday, as the re sult of injuries received in an auto accident. Officers claimed that . the. car in which Mrs. Ers kin was riding-, collided with a semi-trailer truck on highway No. 6 east of Marengo. Also in the car were Clyde Newton, 52; Mrs. Newton, 49: their daughter. Mrs. Dorothy Gould, 29, and granddaughter. Carol Jean Gould. All of the oc cupants of the car were hospital ized. Mrs. Erskin was riding with the Newton's to Detroit where she was to have spent the winter. B. J. Parham, of Chicago, the driver of the truck was less ser iously injured in the crash. Improving Christian Parsonage Roofing The parsonage of the First Chris tian church is being re-roofed and made ready for the winter season when the rains and snow might do a great deal of dam age to the property. The board of trustees of the church on the receipt of the re port that the roof of the house was in bad shape took up the matter with John Alwin, one of the church officers and a con tractor, who secured the material for the new roof. The new roof will match that of the roof of the church and make a great addition to the j church property. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dow, of Red Cloud, Nebraska, were here over the week end as guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Dow and family. Mr. Dow is a brother of H. P. Dow. Play-Off Cities Farmers Are in Sound Financial Position Shown Even though the costs of things the farmer buys are continuing upward, Nebraska agriculture is maintaining a sound financial position, according to C. J. Schneider, Vice Pres. Platts mouth State Bank. Mr. Schneider, who represents the Nebraska Bankers Associ ation as Cass County Key Bank er, noted that Nebraska farmers are being generally successful in avoiding the dangers of excessive debt during the current infla tionary period. Quoting from a national survey of bank lending- made by the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association, Mr. Schneider reported that, in 1947, Nebraska banks loaned $263,332,000 to their farm custo mers. At the beginning of 1948, the total agricultural loans out standing in Nebraska banks ag gregated $89,501,000. compared with approximately $76,600,000 at the beginning of the preceding year. This high percentage of payoffs is indicative of the pros perous condition of Nebraska agriculture. The advance in out standings is accounted for prni cipally in loans for production purposes, which reflects the in creased availability of materials and equipment for capital im provements. Of the total amount loaned to farmers during the year, farm production loans aggregated $256,112,000. of which $78,872,000 remained outstanding at the be ginning of 1943. Loans secured by farm real estate totaled $5. 659,000, advancing the amount outstanding in these long- term credits to $8,207,000. Commodity Credit Corporation loans, secur ed by farm products in storage, amounted tQ S6. 570.000. Eighty five per cent of the state's 111. 756 farmers were served by their community banking institutions with credit during the year. While" thepTiX-aWTrrirffW operated banks of Nebraska were meeting the financial require ments of 95,012 farmrs, the com bined credit operations of all the government- subsidized agencies were used by only 5.852. who borrowed a total of $25,950,000. Dan Rohan Wins Champ Hat in Auburn Game In the past two years the C. E. Wescott's Sons clothing store of this city has been honoring mem bers of the Blue Devil football team with a Champ hat for their services on the athletic field. The hat awarded for the first score of the 1948 season was pre sented Friday night at Athletic park by E. H. Wescott and Low ell McQuinn of the clothing store, to Dan Rohan, quarterback of the Blue Devils, for his scor ing for the local team against the Auburn Bulldogs, the first tally lor the locals in the 1043 season. For the home coming game against Wahoo. Friday, October 22nd, the clothing firm is giving a hat to the most outstanding linesman of the team as an ap preciation of the services of the young player. The third and final hat will be given to the Plattsmouth player that makes the last score for the team during the season, so that there are three of the boys that are going to sport one of these popular and snappy fall models by the end of the season. Shows Prize Winning Corn of Korn Show The Journal is carrying pic tures of the prize winning ears of corn at the King Korn Karni val, magnificent specimens of the Federal Hybrid corn. This corn is sold locally by Jess Warga and he is feeling well pleased that the corn was voted the best. Fred Nolting of north west of the city was the farmer raising the champion corn. John Parkening and Fritz Siemoneit were also winners in the Federal corn class. FINED FOR INTOXICATION Monday morning in the county court complaint was filed charg ing Brown Morrow, giving Glen wood as his residence, with intoxication. The man made a plea of guilty to the charge. To Sheriff Solomon he explained that he had secured the beer in Sarpy county and reaching here stopped to rest.