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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday SfefS T Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 63 THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1948 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 103 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER I I City Council Hears Need of Flood Control The city council Monday eve ning had a most comprehen sive discussion of the 'matter of flood control in the area in which this city is located, and the fact that this is necessary before extension of the paving programs in the flood areas is undertaken. II. H. Henninghson. consult ing engineer of the city, was here to discuss with the eoun cilmen the matter of providing for better facilities for hand ling the flood waters in the outrying districts, before it is planned to make large extensions, particularly paving i in the j Locust street or Avenue C sec- ; tions where both sewer and paving had been planned in the ! early summer. Mr. Henningson pointed out : hat in the area north and west I of the city, it had been estimat- : ed that drainage from 1.000 acres was brought into the city as the result of the natural I watershed, that at a rain of any duration there would be a' 40 acre flow of water that could not. at this time, be ab- ( scrbed by the land until con- servation means had been em- ployed to assist in checking the rapid movement of the waters. In the Locust street area, the cost of trying to carry off the surface water underground would entail a cost that would be almost out of question. Mr. Kenningsen pointed out that under the present setup. the cost of paving would pro- i bably be in the neighborhood of $24,000. the sewerage that j would be necessary, run into the neighborhood of S27.000 for the area. Mr. Henningson stat ed that if the soil conservation districts were created and in active service, that this pro cram might be installed for in the neighborhood of $15,000. Unless a clear cut soil con servation program was placed in this area, the speaker was rvrvinced - that the other steps would be so costly that the dis trict and community would be unable to adopt an adequate program. Mr. Henningson discussed; with the council the conditons that prevailed at Council Bluffs where Indian Creek has cau.cd a problem almost sim ilar to Plattsmouth. although there the losses from floods has been considerable higher. In the Iowa city however, federal aid had been secured on the study of handling the surplus water and soil conservation measures had been used in checking the water in the farming areas outside of the city before it was swept into th? creek. The speaker stated that first of ail. the conservation district must be set up and under op eration, before any definate Contniued on Page Sixt Blue Devils Have Seventeen Games on New Schedule j The basketball schedule for j the Plattsmouth Blue Devils j basketball squad for the 1945- j 49 season, has been completed j and the members of the team j will face seventeen games for the season, not including the East Nebraska Seven tourna ment that will be held at Blair on January 26. 27 and 28th. The prospects this vear are eood for a fin season and the team, led by Captain Carle Ofe, j the veteran member of the j squad, will face their opening ! game on Tuesday. November j 30th. when they invade the j South high court at Omaha. I The remainder of the schedule i for the season is as follows: j Dec. 3 Lincoln Northeast, ! here. Dec. 7 Papillion. there. Dec. 17 Glenwood. here. Dec. 20 Bellevue, there. Dec. 31 David City here. New Year's Eve. Jan. 7 Glenwood, there. Jan. 12 Weeping Water there. Jan. 18 Auburn, here. Jan. 21 Boysfown. there. Jan. 26.27,28 Tournament at Blair. Feb. 1 Blair, here. Feb. 4 Ashland, here. Feb. 8 Nebraska City, there. Feb. 11 Wahoo. here. - Feb. 16 Malvern, there. Feb. 22 Holy Name of Oma ha, here. Feb. 26 College View, there. fLieutenant Davis ! Member 24th Infantry ! First Lieutenant C o r b i n ! Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. ! Searl S. Davis, is a member of the 24th infantry regiment now stationed at Gifu, Japan. The 24th infantry is a part of the 25th (Tropic Lightning divis ion, commanded by Major Gen eral William B. K,ean. I.t. Davis is platoon leader in Co. D and has recently return ed from field maneuvers at the base of Mt. Fuji. Japan's mcst famous mountain. Lt. Davis entered the army in 1943. received his ba.io training and graduated from the U. S. military academy al West Point in 1947 and sailed for overseas in June 1947. Prior to entering the service Lt. Davis attended Kemper mil- itnrv arndprr.v. Cass County Men Stranded in Snow Storm The heavy snow storm of the past week that reached blizzard aspects in many parts of the state, was responsible for sev- eral Cass county men being stranded away from home for several days. Charles Philpot. Weeping water oil man. was returning home from a business trip to McPherson. Kansas. Thursday evening, when the storm caught him six miles north of Hebron. A truck had skidded across the highway, preventing him going any farther. Other trucks came u p behind them. Charles and the other trucker had to remain in their trucks all day j Friday, unable to get out of the I ! heavy snow that was raging j j around them. The high wind ! piled up the snow in drifts six- j teen feet deep. The members of I the party subsisted cn bananas i i that formed part of the cargo ! of one of the trucks. When the storm died down Friday Uiey t j discovered that they were not ( far from a farm house. It seems I I that three of the truckers had j discovered the farm house, and j i had been sheltered there and ! had good meals. It was not un til Saturday noon that Charles and the stranded trucker were able to get their trucks out of the snow drifts. Mr. Philpot stated to the Journal represen tative at Weeping Water that there were three hundred tour ists marooned at the tourist camp at Fairmont. The effects of the storm grew less as the party drove toward Lincoln. Melvin and Glen Todd of Murray and Elmer Rasbohn, of' Dunbar, attended a cattle sale at Cocy, Wyoming, and on their return home they were caught in the blizzard and were marooned at Grand Island, one of the worst spots in the Ne braska storm. They were held there until Saturday when they wer? able to reach home. Attend Funeral in South Dakota Mrs. W. A. Swatek and Mrs. Cyril Kalina of this city in company with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jelinek and daughter, Marion, of Omaha, were at Canton. South Dakota, the past week for a few days. They were called there to attend the funeral service for Mrs. Anton Jelinek. 70. a sister-in-law of Mr. Jelinek and Mrs. Swatek and Mrs. Kalina. Mr. Jelinek, the deceased husband, was a former resident here and preceded the wife in death in 1927. l J?0: C0tT V y (Tlx , Firemen battle flames which followed the derailment of a Dodson, Mo. A gasoline car, 2 oil cars and a gondola loaded burned for nearly an hour. No one was injured. .Sf-jV 9V - "V ft--.-v '-tws ..v ''-im- -t - - ffcssa ff& is mm ra til rfz- Two unidentified policemen crouch behind a patrol car in Gastonia, N. C. as 50 police officers waged a gun battle for more than 2 hours with an ex-Navy veteran who barricaded himself in this house. The veteran, Ray Aldridge, 22, ran his family out of the home at gun point when they refused him the use of the family car. He was routed with tear gas. NEA Telephotc. Banquet to Honor Football Squad of Past 1948 Season The members of the 1948 football squad of the Piatts mouth high school are to be the honor guests at the ban quet to be given on Monday evening. November 29th at the Holy Rosary hall in the west part of the city at 7 o'clock. The banquet is being tend ered the football squad by the Plattsmouth Chamber of Com merce and the members of the squad will have this treat on the business and professional men of the community. Here tofore the boys have been guests of individual members but this year they will be their own chaperons at the banquet. County Attorney Walter H. Smith will be the master of ceremonies at the banquet and present the various speakers and entertainers of the even ing. This year there will be no outside speakers and the talks will be given by local people re presenting the various civic or ganizations including the Chamber of Commerce, the Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad club. Churches, Rotary club. Tfie boys that will be given various honors for the year will : be given an opportunity to giv ' ing a few remarks befitting the J occasion. New Naval Recruit Officer in City Robert McMann. Commis ; saryman Chief, United States ' navy, has been assigned to the recruiting duty in Plattsmouth, relieving First Class Aviation ' Machinst Crountz, who has had charge of the work in this ter ritory. ; The new recruiting officer will be here each Wednesday at the Gas Company office to en list any of the local youths that may wish to enter the naval service under the very liberal offers now made in the way of rate of pay and educational ad- vantages. Flames Destroy Freight Police and Photographer Under Fire Wins Audition Honors at C B. Raymond Lee Long. 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Long, of this city, won first prize in the audition contest at Council Bluffs on Saturday night, sing- I ing "I'll Hold You in My Heart" I and " Just Because." He is to j appear again on December 18th j in the semi-finals against all j winners in the next four weeks. The auditions are held at the t c o u n c i 1 Bluffs auditorium sprnsored by KMA lion of Shenandoah. radio sta- i Iowa. Death of C. L. Jean at Age of Ninety-Four Tuesday evening shortly after 9:30. Charles L. Jean. 94. one of the oldest and beloved fig ures in this section of Cass county, was called to the last rest. Mr. Jean was long an active figure in the community life until the last years when his advanced years and feeble heal'h forbid his former ac tivities. Mr. Jean has in the past years largely made his home with his daughter. Mrs. Nellie Spangler, who resides near the Jean homestead, south of this city. Mr. Jean was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jean, pioneer residents of Cass coun- tv. and he has snent practical- ! ly all of his lifetime in this lo cality, being acti-ely engaged in farming for the ensuing years. There is surviving three sons and three daughters, Mrs. E. H. Missouri river community, a ri Spangler of this city, Mrs. val for the other river towns of Edith Lloyd. Vernon. Texas; j that day. In this pioneer com sons. Frank L. Jean. Greely. i munity Judge Graves grew up Colorado. William Jean o f Omaha and Nelson Jean of Donna, Texas. The funeral services will be held on Friday at 2:30 at the Eattler funeral home, 4th and Vine streets. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. Cars Missouri Pacific freight train in with creosoted railroad ' ties (NEA Telephoto). Judge Charles L. Graves Has Anniversary Tuesday was the eighty-seventh birthday anniversary of Charles L. Graves, veteran newspaperman and lawyer, the present police court judge and justice of,the peace for Plattsmouth. The day was quietly observed j bv the venerable judge, who followed his usual routine of f the daily tasks. Judge Graves was born on i November 23, 1861 in a pioneer settlement just south of the present city of Glenwood. a son j of William W. and Mahala JUDGE C. L. GRAVES Graves. The parents and their large family, located for a time in Missouri and in 1869 settled at Rock Bluff, then a thriving . and attended the school then 1 taught by Basil S. Ramsey, later - a judge of district court here. I In completing his school work ! Judge Graves also followed the i teaching profession for some j time. He recalls well the date, ! July 13, 1883, as that date marked a very great hail storm in this section that caused Contniued on Page Six) Wayne Dasher Family Moves to West Coast Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dasher who have been making their home in Plattsmouth have re moved to the west coast. They are locating at Los Angeles, to make their future home. The family of Mrs. Dasher are re siding on the coast and the Dashers will join the rest of the family. Mr. Dasher since his return from the armed service has been ensaged in working at the local BREX car shops and his many associates will regret very much to see him leave. Mrs. Carl F. Bowman of St. Joseph, Missouri, is here to en joy a visit at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Herald. Sr.. as well as with the other relatives in this locality. f Use Journal Want Ads. If t , Rotarians Pay ! Visit to the i City Schools The Plattsmouth Rotary club ! on Tuesday were given a very j pleasant treat when Bob Cap pell, the chairman of the pro- i gram committee, arranged that j the members met at the Central school building cafeteria for : the meeting and dinner. j The club members had a very j interesting time and enjoyed j the fine repast that was pre- pared by the members of the homemakers class of the school, ! a splendid showing of the prac j tical training that is given the j girls of the school. i The members of the group also had a fine talk by Super i intendent T. I. Friest on the j school dinners and lunches ihat are served each day to the students, explaining the lunch es that are supplied the kinder- I f arten pupils each day, also the i noonday lunches that are sup- J plied the students wishing , them at a very low figure, show- i ing the many advantages of ! this system for the small stu- dents. j The members of the Rotary j were enjoying a "dutch treat" ; for the 'meeting as each paid their own way as is the custom ! at the weekly luncheons. i The members of the board of j education were guests of the occasion comprising Frank A. f Cioidt. John Schreiner. A. B. i Rogers, A. W. Huebner, Dr. O. C. Hudson. W. F. Evers. a mem- ! ber of the board was unable to ! attend. ! The next meeting will be in ', the nature of a Rotary Ann ! Darty and will be held at the Rainey coffee shop. Frank A. I Cioidt will be the program chairman. Research Body to Hold Meeting The legislative council, re search body for the legislature, will meet Dec. 4 to consider re ports of six sub-committees, it was announced Tuesday by R. Committees studying child- ! ren's laws, the -possibility of j placing the university and state ! colleges under one board and! the disposition of state cash funds will file written reports. I Also exnecteri to hp rnmnlPt- ! t - .....w ed in time for the meeting is the report of the committee studying methods of financing the state's highway program. Oral reports on public assis tance and reorganization of school districts will also be made. The council is also expected j AltiiilV CL Alt V VwliCLll ilAtlii IV succeed Sen. Fred Seaton, ; Hastings, who was not re-elect- ed to the legislature. Senator W. A. Metzzer of this I district is a member of the committee. Hampshire hog raiser, was in : the city Tuesdav to look after LOCATED IN NEW HOME some business affairs and while Ms. Joseph Garrett and in- here was a caller at the Journal fant daughter, Cheril Darlene, renew his subscription to the are now home in this city after paper for the ensuing year, some two months spent in Ken- Mr. Knabe has been engaged tucky with the family of Mrs. in toe business of breeding Garrett. The little one was born and selling the Hampshire hogs at Elkton, Kentucky, and the since in 1918 and his sales that family is now united in this ; are held each year have acquir city. Mr. Garrett is employed a national reputation. The at the Ofe oil station in this j last sale was held on October city. i 25th at Nehawka and attracted The little one is granddaugh- a large number of dealers and ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gar- farmers from all parts of the rett of this city. , w est. Baby Elephant f ii ' ' mi. ')wj.wii,fy.MAyg3,iij. ' n 51 I. a ?jr . I S ... I I t Vlk 1 ?J .X -ii - - i.- n n y hi fc U Li xfew -5 vi Anne II. one of the 6 baby elephants whose shipboard mutiny in the Pacific made headline news, is unloaded at Municipal air port in Chicago, bound for a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. Hay is offered by Jane Marshall of Madison to keep "Annie" from show ing her ire once again. (NEA Telephoto). Uranium Strike ? ! it 6 a t c h a w o n a ""V?5, lilond ilj - Soul, f lSj ..; 0 M"" ,0 MICHIGAN Through maps dating back to 1844. Robert Campbell, head of the Camray syndicate, discov ered new uranium deposits in Canada, along the Lake Su perior shore, about 75 miles north of Saulte Ste. Marie. Campbell staked 30 claims around a cove in Theano Point Deiore nis oimwci.v piciyi- . tated a modern "gold rush." Now over 500 Canadian and i American miners, living in hast- j ily erected shacks and tents, ; have already staked claims. Jury Finds Rauth Guilty of Assault and Battery The Jury in the case of the Rauth. charged with assault and battery, returned their verdict Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 find ing the defendant guilty as charged in the complaint. The charge grew out of a disturbance that occurred at Weeping Water on November 2, 1947 and as the result of which James Kivett, fire marshal of VpeP ater JaJ ? av? been fsa"lted b' the fe"danl and hersu Mr- Rauth has been out on bail Pending the hearing of the case- . The stale was represented m the matter by County Attorney Walter H. Smith while the de fence was in charge of Francis M. Casey, well known attorney. The members of the jury hear ing the case were: A. H. Funke, Arthur Ofe, George C. Sheldon, William Rueter, Fred Buechler. Ralph Rager. Joseph Mayer, Ben , - - H. Speck. Albert Henmngs, au- j gust Rieke. i HARRY KNABE HERE l Harry Knabe, well known Settles Down Si service Pension Eased to Veterans 55 Years and Over Hundreds of Nebraska World i War I and II veterans have j I been assured of a service pen J i sion in their old age by an un i ' heralded but vitally important 3 J lowering of pension eligibility requirements by the Veterans Administration. Under the liberalized regula tions "Extension 5. 1945 Rating ; Schedule", a veteran is eligi ! ble to be classed as totally dis ' abled and entitled to pension of S72.00 per month provided: 1. He is 65 or inor? years of age. and; 2. He has anv kind of disabil- ! ity. not necessarilly connected in any way with' his war serv i ice. which can be rated as 10 or more disabling, and: ' 3. He is unable "to secure and 1 follow substantial gainful em ployment because of such dis ability." The eligibility requirements have also been lowered for les ser ages, but not in the sweep ing proportions accorded the 65 year old levels. At age 60. a veteran must comply with the employability provisions, and in ,,-,- r, mnrP H-s. abilities which combine tnot add to a total of 50 or more. At age 55 the percentage re quirements for one or more combined disabilities is 60C Pension payments to eligible veterans under 65 are less, namely SS0.00 per month. The Nebraska Department of Veterans Affairs, through its state service division, county and post service officers, is en gaging in a collective effort to secure prompt consideration of the pension claims of all vet erans who may meet the above liberalized requirements, and county service officers are checking their index files and contacting assistance and em ployment offices to ascertain the names of all possible eligi bles. While the requirements re main as heretofore for veterans under 55. it is believed this drive will also bring to light numer ous cases that can be favorably acted upon. The average World War I veteran is now past 55 years of age. and while this is no: a general pension to be award ed regardless of disability or need, the extension does pro vide greater liberalization, and allowance to veterans doing part-time work or full-time work at Dart-time pay; as well j as vnere non-ratable congen- ital deformities cause the un employability. There has been no easing of the 90 days in service, honor able discharge, or prohibitive income restrictions of $1,000 and S2.500 per annum, all of which still apply regardless of age. County Service Officer L. A. Behrends of Plattsmouth is in position to render prompt and efficient service to every vet eran who desires to apply for this so-called total non-service connected pension, or to re open a previously disallowed claim. In the latter case, it is renuested that the veteran bring with him copies of all correspondence relative to past disallowances. Help on Louisville Road Is Needed Now Several hills on the Louisville rood, west of the Christ Evan gelical and Lutheran church. 1 are in bad shape. L. M. Blair of the Blair Construction com pany of Louisville, has offered to put on gravel free of charge if the roadway is graded and placed in the proDer shape for the coverine. This is a very generous gesture on the part of the Louisville man and is very much appreciated by the residents that travel this high way. County Commissioner Charles Stoehr has promised to have the road gang out on the road wav as soon as it has dried suf ficiently so that the equiDment can be moved onto the job. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jacobs had as their guest from Thurs day until Saturday Mr. Jacob's niece. Dorothy Selbv. who was on her wav to Fairfield. Nebr. to attend her sisters wedding. The train she was traveling on was stopped in Omaha due to the storm. Miss Selby is a bible student in Cincinnati. Ohio. READ THE JOURNAL FOR THE LATEST IN NEWS. r