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rN. st-e Historical Soc, stole Capital ElcS- LISHED WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPEPw V 1 r "4 ,1 ! lis Flood Control Meeting Here October 6th A meeting is being arranged to be held in the district court room in this city on Wednesday even ing. October 6:h, to discuss Plattsmouth's No. 1 problem, a problem that has existed for years, is still the dominating iactor of danger in the summer season that of the flash flood. These who have resided here for years and experienced these floods, and have to pay the cost, can appreciate fully what the solution cf this problem will mean to the community. This city and its business sec tion that drains a territory cov ering ten to fifteen miles in the country adjoining the city limits, should study the means that might be used to lessen the dang er that threatens each summer. The meeting that is to be held here on October 6th will bring to this city men well versed in the study of the flood danger, men that have made a study of the state and its water problems. Doctor George E. Condra. chief of the Conservation and Sur vey Division of the Univers ity of Nebraska, will head the delegation and with him there will be Emrys Jones, secretary of the State Soil and Water Con servation committee, E. C. Reed, associate director. Conservation and Survey division. University cf Nebra-ka: Kirk Sandals, head of Drainage work. Regional Soil Conservation Service; Douglas Lewis. Surface W&'er Engineer. U. S. Geological Survey. These men represent the state and fed eral governments in different phases cf drainage and water conservation. It is desired that all interested, business men and these who have property interests in the territory subject to these floods be out and hear what these trained engineers and observers have to offer in the way of settlement of these problems. The meeting is open to the public and everyone is invited to attend the meeting on next Wednesdav at the court house. Highway to Oak Hill Cemetery To Be Improved The resident of the eommunity will be pleased to learn that Oak street, highway leading to the Oak Hill cemetery in the west part cf the city, is to be placed in first class condition for the late fall and winter season through the efforts of the city council and Commissioner Charles Stoehr. The roadway will be placed in first class shape through the aid of the county commissioner and made ready for the surfacing that will be provided by the city. It has been suggested that the roadway be surfaced with rock from the end of the paving in the csty to the entrance cf the ceme tery, making an all year surfac ing, so that the cemetery can be reached at anly time of the year, despite the weather conditions. It is expected that the city will have this surfacing placed as soon as the road is ready. Farm Sale Shows Brisk Demand Rex Young, well known auc tioneer was at Nebraska City on Tuesday where he was one of the auctioneers officating at the farm sale of Allgaier & "Wheeldon. held at the farm northwest of Nebraska City. The sale was quite largc-1 v attended and the prices were good and bidding brisk. The total sale was S8.960 and th average of the stock sold was $170. a very fine figure. The top cow sold brought S340, a very fine figure, one 5-year-c!d cow, fresh in August was bid in for $285. while twelve two year old heifers brought from $210 to S2P0. Four yearling hei fers brought a fine price of $35 to S52. One registered herd bull was sold for S230 and a j-earling bul brought $200 at the sale. To show the hieh cost of chick ens and eggs 250 White Rock pul lets, laying, brought the average of $2 each. Captain Forrest Keen. Jr., wife snd son. who have been station ed at Offutt -Field, north of this city, are departing for Indiana polis. Indiana, where Captain Keen will be stationed with the 10th air force: Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads, 5-3 ... Tarm owner Maurice Regole couldn't believe his -yes when he awoke to find his barn, silo and windmill a shambles on his property near Chicago. It Js believed that fresh corn silage in the barn created a gas which exploded. Ragole heard a "slight" noise during the night but didn't consider it worthy of investigation. (NEA Telephoto). Rotary Enjoys Pictures of Soviet Union Tuesday the Plattsmouth Ro tary club had a very fine attend ance of the members out for the weekly luncheon and a program of much interest to all at this time. Fred Lugsch was the chairman of the program, being a photo graphic fan he had arranged a program of motion pictures that covered Russia and the Soviet union. The pictures gave the auditors a fine appreciation of the nation that today is dominat ing the news of the world. The pictures showed much of the Rus sian customs and many of their cities and plants. , The. club had as a guest, O. J. Lohr, mayor of Ashland, a very outstanding member of the Ro tary club of that city. Mr. Lohr greeted his associates of the Plattsmouth club. Mr. Lohr is a past president cf the Rotary club and also past president of the Ashland board of education. The two high school boys, members for the month of Sep tember, gave their observances of Rotary as gained by their as sociations of the past weeks. The boys were David Friest and Raymond Hild and their remarks were very much appreciated. At the next meeting on Tues day, October 5th. Dr. C. C. LiiM bridge of Crete, governor of dis trict No. 20 of the International Rotary will make his official visit to the club. He will be here for the day and have meetings with the chairmen of the various com mittees prior to the regular meet ing of the club. It is expected to have a full attendance of the members present. UNDERGOING TREATMENT Mrs. Leighton'Ballinger of this city, is at the Irnmanuel hospital in Omaha where she was taken a few days ago. Mrs. Ballinger has developed a condition that required a course of treatment that may take some time. Court House Brietfs . . In the county court Tuesday petition was made for the pro bate cf the estates of Marion Geraldine Rosa and James O'- i Hallaren, deceased. Both were re- j sidents cf the Nebraska Masonic i Home. , In the county court a complaint j was filed against Claude F. Met- j calfe, charging the defendant with ( operating a motor vehicle with a I load in excess of the carrying j capacity. He made a plea of guilty and received a fine of $25 j and costs. j While here Monday to hold a short session of the district court. Judge Thomas E. Dunbar heard a number cf matters before the j court. In the divorce action of Gladys ' Lorene Olson vs. John Olson, de cree was granted the plaintiff, fixing permanent alimony at $300, restoring the maiden name of the planitiff, Gladys Lorene Kuhns. In the damage suit of Leslie G. Hansen vs. John Kahland. the court heard the motion of de fendant submitted. If plaintiff files bond for security within fifteen days in the sum of $50, if so, the motion will stand as over- 1 ruled. Defendant is given ten days to answer. Silage Blast Hits Farm i" ... . - - - rap-1 jjge- School Band to Sidney, Iowa The Plattsmouth high school band was at Sidney, Iowa, Tues day night where they took part in a band contest with a number of the school bands in this lo cality. The Plattsmouth band made its usual impressive showing in the concerts and drills and Di rector Fowler and his youngsters can feel well pleased with the impression made. The local musicri organziation is to appear next week at the Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha and will give Plattsmouth a most fitting representation. Keentime Is Preparing For The New Year Tuesday evening members of the Keentime committee met for dinner at the Pine Room of the Rainey Coffee Shop. Following the dinner the business was tak en up. A new feature of the governing body for this popular youth group is that this year students of the High School Classes are to be members se lected to work with the adult committee looking toward a closer cooperation in formulation of their plans as to kind of ac tivities and parties they wish, same to be under sponsorship of the adult committee. Represent atives named for this yeart com mittee are Betty Uhlik for the Senior Class. Allen Carper the Juniors, Ronald Vargo the Soph omores and Marlene Albin for the Freshmen. Eugene Newburn, president of the Student Senate is also a representative member. Election of officers renamed the present officials who have been so faithful in carrying on this worthwhile work for the youth of Plattsmouth and vicin ity. They are Harold J. Alkhre, Chairman, Dale Bowman, Vice chairman and Iola Ofe, Secer-tary-treasurer. This group of workers have given unstintingly (Continued on Page Six) In the divorce case of Eva L. Sedlacek vs. James Sedlacek, the case was set for oral argument to the court on Saturday. October 2. In the case of Elsie Leesley vs. Irwin Leesley, a suit for divorce, the court found generally for the plaintiff and decree of divorce given the plaintiff. Property set tlement approved. The court en tered an order for the restoration of the former name of the plain tiff, Elsie Patterson. In hearing on petition in error, Ira Parker vs. Nell Parker, hear ing was set for Sarurdav, Octo ber 2. In the countv court Thursday (today) comolaint was filed a gainst Floyd Fritz Kruse of Cook, charged with overload. The ar rest was made by highway pa trolman Leonard, Halpine. The defendant made a plea of euilty and was given a fine of $25 and costs. In the office of the clerk of the district court Thursday an action for partition of real es tate, quieting title and for equit able relief was "filed. The action is by Elmer Hallstrom vs. Myrtle Hartman, et arr The property in volved is located in the village of Avcca. 5- riSk5iS1 T Jt -wr-r wfc . ar 'far 1 117 : weeping water Company Suffers Loss of Wagon Sometime Tuesday night a rubber tired farm wagon, manu factured by the Electric Wheel company and valued at S2G0 dis appeared from wh;re it was chained to a pole oa the west side of the building occupied by the Young tc S'acey Implement Co., at Weeping Water. The chains that had bound the wagon to the tree had b?cn cut with bolt cutters. Marshal Rookstool who patrols ' the business section of the city ; reported to Sheriff Tom Solomon that he had heard some noise in that part cf the business section but an investigation had failed to disclose anyone around, it was later that the loss of the wagr was revealed. r The loss is felt quite heavily by the firm that opened for busi ness seme two weeks ago. The firm is composed of Parr Young cf Xehawka, county commission er and Thomas E. Stacey, former soil conservation director. The firm are repreesntatives of the International Harvester company in their section of Cass county. New Restraurant Opens Thursday Harry Parks, of Glen wood, veteran restaurant man. has taken over the former "'Day and Nite" cafe in this city, and opens today (Thursday) to lock after the needs of the general public that mry wish a good meal under the new management. Mr. Parks is best known as "Jigg's" in Glenwood and has selected the name "Jigg"s Place' for the restaurant here. He is bringing with him Mrs. Myrtle Delevan, experienced cook from Glenwood who will look after the preparing of the regular meals of the eating house. Mr. Parks is making some ad ditions to the equipment of the restaurant to make it nossihle to handle a larger volume of busi- I ness and will make a specialty of steaks in addition to the reg-u-lar meals. The new owner is operating "The Cave" at Glenwood, popu lar eating house and has had several years experience in this line of work. Blue Devils Travel To Ashland Field The Platsmouth high school Blue Devils are traveling this week, invading Ashland for the first conference game in the East Nebraska Seven. The mem bers of the team are all in -good shape for the game and will be ready to try and annex another to their string of victories. Ashland has a good team this season altho they lost to College View last week on the Ashland gridiron. They are a team that will give the Blue Devils plenty of competition in the contest. The game will be played on the new Ashland grounds that are rated as among the best in this section of the state. With the game not too far dis tant it is expected that a laree number of the fans from this city will.be in attendance. UNDERGOES TONSIL LECTOMY Dennis Roger CampbelL small son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Campbell underwent a tonsil lectomy at the home of Dr. R. W. Tyson in Murray last Thursday. Funeral of Lt. Keith Clements At Elmwood Memorial and burial service j was held cn Sunday. September 25th at Elmwood for Lieutenant j Keith Clements, son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Orley Clements, brought home from the islands cf th? ' Pacific to rest in the last long rest in the bovhcod ncme. Lt. Clements enlisted in the . army in August 1942 and was : activated in April 1944, being ecrr.rr.issicned in October of the s?me y-r at Fort Echeir, Vir ginia. He was sent overseas to tne orient in January 1945. a n-irmber cf Co. B Third combat engineers. He died in the fight- mg on Mindanao in the Philip pines May 22. 145. A short service was held in the Clements funeral parlors and continued at the graveside. ir.e services were conauciea oy ; lit . I. 17. IlOil ttllii .lit: L. iil- wood American Legion post con ducting th? ritualistic service. A lart, number cf relatives and friends were present and there U'f're hrautif!-! firral r,f fprirPS Keith was twenty-three years j cf aee. He graduated from the I Elmwood hign school in 1940. be- U,1C 1 ing president of the senior and from, last ',e,3r- residing at Elm junior classes. He attended the t st:Il suLermg from the University of Nebraska three j after effects of the attack. vears. He was a member of the . Methodist churcn. j Residence at Union Butler County Folks Pay Visit to City Tuesday Judg- J. C. Hranac and -Buster" Machurek. of David j City, were here to en:oy a visit with tneir old friend. B. H. Lit ing and the ether members of the Eitmg- family in the city. They are friends of many years standing and the visit was great ly enjoyed by the family. Consumers to Build Water Pump Circuit The Board of directors of Con sumers Public Power district, at their September 21, meeting ap- , proved the construction of a new three phas? primary electric circuit from First and Granite streets to the city pump house in Plattsmouth to provide duplicate electrical feeders to the City pumps. Mr. Fred Rea, Consumers dist rict manager, said the new cir cuit, ;n addition to providing a two-way feeder for the Cit- pumps, will greatly relieve the load on the present downtown distribution system. Cost of the project is estimated at S2.221.58, Mr. Rea said. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. New Job USAF's LcMay, and Long-Range By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent Washing-ton (NEA) Whenever the U. S. Air Force finds itself- with a particularly tough assignment on its hands, chunky, cigar-smokins; Lt. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay usually g-ets the call. In terms of the present world crisis, leader ship of the USAF's strategis air command is a tough s-ssi: yrnment. That is why LeMay, who won't be 42 until November, has just been given that job. LeMay pulled his first big-time jcb for the Air Force during the early bombing of Europe. It was he who decided that casualties and enemy planes notwithstand- LEMAY WILL COMMAND , CFFUTT FIELD POST Lt. Gert. Curtis E. LeMay has been assigned top com mand at Offutt Field Air Base eight miles north of Platts mouth and will move in with the Strategic Air Force on October 1. Offutt Field will be the top focal point of the USAF and second to none in the country.- Some 12,000 air force per-scnc-11 and their families are now moving into the base and the adjacent community. ing, a bomber couldn't vary frcm its course during the Jast few minutes of a bombing run, if a target was to be bombed effec tively. He discovered this by per sonally flying missions over tar gets with his plane full cf flak holes. His order putting this into ef- iCass County ; Polio Group i Has Meeting The Cass county polio commit- j tee met on Tuesdc a the home : of the chairman. Mrs. Lawrecce ' f"?rcup, at Louisville, with the of- i ficers preesnt to take part in ! the meeting. j !rs. Goup is the chairman, '; Mr Oonw rrnbn nf i.nuiviUe vice chairman; Mrs. Joe John of ! Weeping Water, secretary and Mrs. Etnrv Donat of Piatts mouth, treasurer. A communication was receiv ed from the state committee in which they were informed that this state was rated as the third statein the Un,on for the ravages I caused by polio that has caused a very acute need for aid in the care of victims cf this malady. It was voted by the committee Ctminittee to apply on lhe fands that are being used in the battle - against polio in different sec tions and to care for the un fortunates that have suffered frnn hi'; malaHv Cass county at this time have j onl' tvvo casf - ne hawka Is Saved From Fire The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Tnomas Mcyumn, one of the at- : tractive homes in east Union had a close call from a most serious j fire on Sunday during the noon j hour j The family was at home at the ; t time and their first intimation j I cf the fire was when passing tourists gave the alarm, in the j meantime neighbors had placed i i in a call for the Nebraska City I fire department, but luckily the ' fire fighters were not needed. ! The fire originated on the roof i cf the house and the blaze was quickly extinguished by the ef forts of the family and the mem bers of the family. Inexperience Found Cause of Accident Investigation of the Aircraft Accident which proved fatal to Lenord Grcssicklus tf Bartlett. Nebraska on the morning of Sep tember 21. 1943, seven miles southwest of 0"Neill, Nebraska found no evidence of structure failure of the aircraft. At the time cf the accident there was a dense fog which obscured the entire area making visual flight impossible. The cause cf the ac- cident being attributed to the inexperience of the pilot to fly under instrument conditions. READ THE JOURNAL FOR THE LATEST IN NEWS. for ' Old Old Hand at Tough Assignments Specialist, is Boss of Strategic Air Gen. LeMay and cigar: . . . s feet won him the nickname '"Old Ironpants." But nicknames have never bothered him. And no mis sion on which he has even sent his men was ever too tough for ! him. He flew the famous raid on ! the Messerschmitt plant in Ger 1 many in 1943, among man- oth jinxed h v m a Kennelh Gardner, 3, made two trips to the hospital in the same day. The Erst time was after a door his father was repairiug in their Milwaukee, Wis., heme tell on him. After treatment. Ken neth went iiome and relaxed on the porch. He s!i ped from the rail and fell, face down, on a broken, bottle and was taken back to the ivspita!. Improving Road To Deaconess Summer Camp Countv Commissioner Charles Stoehr has a number cf his road force out Monday to look after improving the roadway leading ' irem tne citv to the Deaconess rest camp north of Plattsmouth on the site of the former rifle range. The camp was a busy place this summer and under the plans will become much more active in" "the future as "IT "Is expected that the buildings will be ar ranged for heating and use in the winter as well as summer and permit the sheltering of a large number of the residents the year around. The county road force is get ting the road placed in the best of shape and it will prove most acceptable to the managers of the camp until the future will permit the securing of mre serviceable all th year around highway to the camp. RFD CROSS SWIMMING CARDS The cards for the young people passing the Red Cross swimming tests at Merritt Eeach are now here. They may be secured by calling at the cf fice of Smith and Lebens. Dronpants I'll go out and show you how. ers; sometimes he flew as pilot, co-pilot, navigator or observer. When the Air Force decided to try out shuttle bombing over Eu rop?. LeMay got the job. From a base in England he made the first such raid, against Regcnsburg in (Continued on Page Four) J Council Votes To Complete Gold Street Paving The city council Monday even ing at thj regular session, had a great deal of road matters to oemarxi their attention, from a new district to the straightening out and repair of other city streets. H. H. Henningsc-n of Omaha, engineer for the city, was pres ent, and had prepared the final plans for the creation of sre-et improvement district No. P4. be ing that part of Gold street from the east side c f Ninth street to the east side of tenth street in Stadelmanns addition. The engi neer was given permission t make changes that would pro vide for a twenty-eight f-x.t street in this block. Councilman Rcbal brougnt up the matter of the placing of Oak street, leading to Oak Hill c:m tttry. is proper shape for thf wit.ter. It was decided to have M.-.yer Rogers and Chairman Rysborough cf the street, alleys and bridges committee meet with CiL.nty Commissioner Charles Stoehr to see about getting the street graded up so that the city could have it rocked and made ready f:r the tcming winter. E. C. Giles wa present and brought up the matter of correct ing an offset cn North 11th street where he desired to se cure twenty-eight feet of land by interchange with the other resi dents that would correct the line of Avenue G. Mr. Giles stated that he wished to erect a new residence on his property and the adjustment ef the twenty- i.-int feet - :ye r.ecessarv. It was decided that Mr. Giles secure the signatures ef the other persons whose property was ad joining the street where the change was proposed. Herman Hough was present and asked that the cour.c-1 take seme action about a low place eA North 7th street where a fill might be necessary. It was decid ed to have Councilman Ros borough and the city engineer visit the scene and decide what could be done to relieve the situ ation. Councilman Rosborough pre ( Continued on Page Six) Kenneth White Proves Great Aid To Wesleyan Lincoln. Nebraska (Special) Dazzling running and passing by Kenny Ray Y.'hite. son of Harrj' E. White of 923 Main street. Plattsmouth, hi5 been a feature of the Nebraska Wesleyan uni versity football attack in to games thus far this season. White, back for his third. sea son under -Coach George (Bus) Knight, was among the 75 men reporting for the pigskin sport at the Methodist institution this fall. Against South Dakota Wesley an last Friday night. White toss ed a perfect 20 yard pass to End Bob Ketterer who ran 12 addi tional yards for the third Wes leyan score. White romped 47 yards for the longest run of the evening and was nailed just over the mid-field stripe by the only remaining opponent between him and the goal. White lettered for four years at Plattsmouth high under Coach Merle Stewart, captained his teap.i in 1943, and was an ali state second '.can choice in "43. He served three years in the marine corps during- the war and nu a member of the U.S.M.C. reserve. Sam Arn Suffer Eye Infection Sam Arn. the manager of the meat department of the Black & Wa.te grocery, suffered an in action -jf the iiL,':t eye the lat rr rart cf the p;-st week and this has developed into a painful condition that has made neces sary having the eye bandaged. It has" made it difficult for Mr. Am to carry on his work but he has been on the job each day. Raymond C. Cook Has Masonic School Raymond C. Cook, who is de puty grand custodian of the grand lodge cf Nebraska AF AM has just returned from Wy more, Nebraska where he was holding a school of instruction for the officers and members of Hum boldt lodge No. 104, with the of ficers attending from some ele ven lodges in that section of the state.