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TTME PLATTSIMflDOJTM JJ(0)(DW PUBLISHED SEMMYEEKLY Monday-Thursday State Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 64 FOURTEEN PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 101 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER E. H. Bernhardt Appears Before Omaha Group The sub-committee of the In terstate and Foreign Commerce of the U. S. House of Repre sentatives, meeting the past few days at Omaha were hearing testimony of the Representa tives of business interests from Omaha, Kansas City and Sioux City, on the matter of Missouri River navigation. The hearings were informal, rather a conversational nature between the committee mem bers and the representatives of the various cities along the Mis souri River, especially those having manufacturing plants. The testimony offered was foi the construction of the Mis souri river Federal Barge Lines with better service and equip ment. The House of Represen tatives has before it the Boggs bill that would increase the cap italization of Inland Waterways I Corporation, parent corporation of the Federal Barge Lines. Information received at the Omaha meeting will enable the sub-committee to better inform congress of the attitude of the middle west. E. H. Bernhardt, president of the Norfolk Canning Company, of Plattsmouth, was one of the witnesses heard cn the matter of continuing the barge lines and was very impressive cover ing the matter of shipping costs of the company. His company's freight rate in creases on cans brought from Chicago to Plattsmouth has been $7,300 higher in the first five months of this year than in the corresponding 1943 per iod. Norfolk Canning, he added, can't compete with like con cerns to the South because of freight rates. Canning com panies on the Atlantic Coast can ship to the West Coast cheaper by water than the Plattsmouth concern can by rail. "We don't want to put the railroads out of business, but we don't want the railroads to put us out of business, either," he declared. His concern operates its own trucks. William Marriott, secretary of the Sioux City Grain Exchange, said that the city plans ship ments of coarse grains by water to Pittsburgh. He visions Pitts burgh becoming as important a coarse-grain center as Buffalo, N. Y.. is for wheat. -We've been taxed out in this country for 20 years for de velopment of the Illinois and Ohio Rivers," said the Sioux Cityan. ' Now we're entitled to the same thing out here." Fink Brothers Attend Auto Show at Omaha The Fink brothers, Warren, Merrill and Jack, local Pontlac dealers, were in Omaha on Wednesday where they attended the prevue of the 1950 model Pontiacs that were shown for the dealers prior to being placed on public display on November 25th. L. W. Ward, general sales manager of Pontiac Motor divi sion, assisted by Omaha Zunr Manager G. A. Wiggins, conduct ed the meeting that not. only displayed the new cars bvt cov ered a session of discussion of the 1950 merchandising plans with the dealers from many sec tions. It was stated that Pontiac in 1949 will have built 340,000 cars, its biggest year and nearly 60, 000 units over 1948. Plans to top this record for 1950 were detailed by the directors at the meeting. The Messrs Fink opened their place of business here at the Bauer building on Saturday, with a very large number attending the event and enjoying seeing the new place of business that will be the home of Pontiac sales and service. The prize offered by the firm was awarded to Mrs. Karl Grosshans, a handsome electric pop-up toaster. Note to Reporters And Advertisers . t Due to Thanksgiving fall- ing: on our regular publica tion day next Thursday, news reporters and adver tisers are requested to see that all copy scheduled for this issue reaches us one day early as the paper will be published on Wednesday afternoon. Your coopera will be greatly appreciated. Adolph Goes Back To Murray Home "Adolph." the pet cat of Dr. and Mrs. G. II. Gilmore of Murray, has proven the old adage, "the cat came back." "Adolph" spent a week at Un ion, where he had been taken by the Gilmores prior to their leaving for California for the winter, being left at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kay Frans un til the owners return. "Adolph" decided that Union has noth ing that Murray could not of fer, accordingly took off. lie has reported at Murray after two weeks wandering and will now make his home with Mr. and Mrs. John McQuin for the winter. Robbers Secure Narcotics in Nehawka Breakin Federal narcotics agents have been called into the investiga tion of a quanity of narcotics that were reported taken from the office of Dr. R. R. Anderson of Nehawka. The federal agents were called into the matter by Sheriff Tom Solomon. It was reported by the sheriff that the narcotics were missing from the office of Dr. Anderson when he returned Tuesday from a week end trip out in the state. The report shows that 500 one-quarter grain morphine tablets, ten bottles of Demerol and approximately 250 tablets of codeine were taken. The narcotics were placed in the office Friday, prior to the departure of Dr. Anderson, the office of Sheriff Solomon re ports. This is the third time that Dr. Anderson has suffered from the depredations of the drug seekers, once having his doctors kit stolen from his car near the office and a previous theft from the office. The value of the narcotics in themselves is very little but it was stated at the office of the sheriff would mean several thousand dollars if they have fallen into the hands of per sons who might peddle them to narcotic addicts. Tractor Is Burned In Murray Field Tuesday afternoon in the Murray community a stubble lield lire caused very severe loss to the tractor of Joe Dietl, that had been left parked in the field at the farm of his brother, John. The fire in the stubble swept out of control, engulfed the tractor in the flames. The Mur ray fire department was called to the scene, Dan Hoschar driv ing the truck and Chief Eugene Gruber in charge of the depart ment and soon had the blaze under control. SUFFERED BURNED WRIST Miss Lila Shafer, waitress at Pat's Cafe, has been suffering this week from the effects of sec ond degree burns on the right wrist, that have been painful in ! the extreme. The accident oc- j Mr .and Mrs. Joe Noble and curred when a large amount of J daughter, Jo Ann, of Downer's hot gravy was spilled on the ( Grove, Illinois, are here to en wrist. The victim of the acci- j joy a visit at the homes of Mr. dent has however been able to ; and Mrs. Joe Libershal and A. continue her work. ;R. Noble. Court Inlouse rietfs . . In the office of the clerk of the district court Tuesday an action in divorce was filed, in which Donald Rase is the plain tiff and Darlene Rase is the de fendant. The petition of the plaintiff states that the parties I day heard the case of Kather were married at Salinas, Cali- j ine spidell vs Renner L. Spidell fornia, on May 10, 1948. Plain- Default of defendant was en tiff asks that he be granted a ' tered and testimony of the absolute divorce from the de- rendant, also tnat me mamen name of the defendant be re stored. In the county court Tuesday complaint was filed by W. R. Pierey, state highway patrol against Leslie Prokop, charging the defendant with operating a motor vehicle without the prop er license. Defendant made a voluntary appearance in the case and the fine of $5 and costs was paid into the court, i court of appeals. Judge Peck is In the county court Tuesday j interested in a case in the fed petition was filed by Dora May ! eral court that involves the tax Witherow asking for the pro- ing of the land of the Indians bate of the estate of Eva Lenora in northern Nebraska, he hav Chilcott, deceased, and for the i ing been an attorney in .the appointment of the petitioner as the administratrix of the es tate. The estate is estimated at $20,000 real estate and $6,000 County Commissioners For A Day if ' fti ' ivr"vw JH$dL;2 r J A -f - 'h ' m f ? V J This group of students from Cass county high schools were elected as county commissioners for a day by their classmates in Boys and Girls County. Here they are learning the routine of the commissioners duties in allowing claims, allocating funds as, pro vided by statute, and other duties with Wfn. Nolte, 1st District; Parr Young, 2nd District, chairman of the board, and A. L. Reed. 3rd District. The student group includes: Jack Norris, Weeping Water; Franklin F. Mills, Murdock; Lauraine A. Wheeler, Louis ville; Wayne Rieke, Plattsmouth; Robert '"Slim" Dietel, Nehawka; Marion Wendt, Elmwood; Charles Jenkins, Greenwood; Bernice Rueter, Alvo; Thomas Wolfe, Union; Betty Ann Neil, county high way commissioner; Jerry Johnson, Avoca; Valjean Stall, Eagle. -Journal Staff Photo. Sheriff Talks at Weeping Water School Tuesday Sheriff Tom Solomon and Reorge Reider. state liquor com mission agent, were at Weeping Water Tuesday where they spoke before the vocational training class of the high school. Sheriff Solomon spoke on and gave illustrations of the use of dynamite caps, their very dangerous menace to the pub lic, when picked up and thoughtlessly discharged. He al so discussed the matter of traffic accidents and drownings, show ing that during the time he has been in office there had been 524 accidents, in which sixteen people were killed, and 241 had to be hospitalized as the result of the accidents. He also show ed a number of pictures of acci dents with talks on how they might have been avoided and the need of care while traveling or swimming in ungarded lakes or streams. Mr. Reider talked on the ef fect of the use of alcohol on the human body, pointing out to the young people the necessity of education against the exces sive use of alcoholic liquor. School Patrol Has Authority Auto drivers are warned that they face possible arrest if they fail to respect school traffic patrolmen. The local police and sheriff's office are backing the school patrolmen one hundred per cent. Three resident motor ists who ran the stop signs and endangered the lives of school children yesterday are being checked on by the local law en forcement officers. personal property. Smith & Le bens are attorneys for the es tate. District Judse Thomas E. : Dunbar in district court Mon- ; plaintiff taken. The decree ; granted an absolute divorce to the plaintiff, custody of three minor children of the marriage. $75 temporary alimony, as well as adequate relief. The defend ant was restrained from inter fering with the personal liberty of the plaintiff. County Judge Richard Peck was at St. Louis this week where he was called to attend the ses sion of the United States circuit case. In the office of the clerk of the district court Wednesday, (Continued on Page Eight) Philip Rihn New High Priest of Local R. A. M. Monday evening Nebraska chapter No. 3 of the Royal Arch Masons held their annual elec tion at the lodge rooms in the Masonic building with a very fin attendance of the member ship present. The officers nam ed by the chapter were: High Priest Philip F. Rihn. King Warren Rhylander. Scribe Harry Ahl. Treasurer Frank A. Cloidt. Secretary Charles Walden. The appointive officers of the chapter will be announced later by the new high priest and wilfl. he installed witn the elective officers at the meeting in De cember. Following the meeting of the chapter the members enjoyed a fine luncheon that had been arranged by the committee in charge. The new high priest is well known over eastern Cass coun ty, where he has made his home for many years. He was form erly engaged in business at t Union for several years. He is at this time identified with the Gamble agency in this city of Herb Freeburg Gamble agency in this city. Mr. Rihn is one of the active leaders in the work of the Christian church and one of the best known res idents of the community. Hold Man Here For Investigation Wednesday evening Officer Cliff Hanes took charge of a truck that had been driven here from the south part of the state, the owner later being found and picked up by Officer Hanes and Sheriff Tom Solomon. It developed that the young man, who gave the name of Robert Duncan, his home at Auburn, had come here and visited the Gamble Store and purchased a number of articles and had given a check in re turn. Later it was found that the check was no good and in the meantime the man had re turned the goods to the store. He was held by Sheriff Solomon for investigation. Plans Pancake Day For Louisville Joe Zastera, Louisville drug gist, with Herbert Eager, were in the city Tuesday to look after some business matters. They state that the Louisville busi- i ness men are staging Pancake j Day for Wednesday, November 30th. This event has proven very popular, and has drawn many in to enjoy the delicious cakes that Louisville has made famous. The pancake eaters of the county should stand ready to take part in this day of free eats. You have never enjoyed pancakes until you sample the Louisville variety with the trimmings. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Engel kemeier have returned home from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where they have been visiting their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grundmann. A classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35c. (New 1950 Fords On Display Here Friday The 1950 Ford line of passeng er cars, with scores of improve ments, was made public today by the Ford Division of Ford Motor Company of which the Plattsmouth Motors are local representatives. '"The progress that has been made in performance, economy, safety, comfort and appearance j will again .'mark the 1950 Ford j as the car of the year, accord ing to L. D. Crusoe, vice-president and general manager, Ford Division. The new Fords will be on dis play in the showrooms of 6,400 Ford dealers throughout the na tion starting tomorrow (Novem ber 18). . All improvements in the 1950 Fords have been geared to offer even greater quality that was offered in the high quality 1949 Ford cars. The new features embody im provements throughout the en tire car in the engine, the body, the seats, doors, irame. : trunk, fabrics, instrument pan- j el, brakes, floors and elsewhere. The '50 Fords will be offered in two lines the Custome De luxe and the lower priced De luxe series. A full ramie of body st vies will be available, includ- I ing station wagons and conver ibles. Ford will continue to offer the choice of two engines the 100-horsepower V-8 and the 95-horsepower Six. Styling of the 1950 car. al though not radically changed because of the wide public ac ceptance of the modern design of the Fords, nevertheless in cludes several distinctive fea tures to enrich the appearance. A colorful new crest, derived from an authentic coat of arms dating back to 17th century England, appears on the front of the hood and center of the trunk lid. This is the first crest that has even appeared on Ford cars. T Neighbors 4 Aid Gathering Wheeler Crop Tuesday the farm home of Mrs. W. A. Wheeler five miles south of Plattsmouth. was the gathering place of the friends and neighbors from that sec- j tion to join in the gathering of the corn crop that was still in the fields on the farm, there be ing some fifty acres that had not yet been picked, with around 2.000 bushels of corn. There were seven pickers do nated for the occasion and a force of nineteen men that re sponded to the call for neigh borly service in assisting in get ting the corn in the clear for the winter season. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kaffen berger and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaffenberger had been the prime movers in getting the plans laid for this fine action of true neighborly service. The ladies of the neighbor hood also joined in their part of the program by coming to the Wheeler home and assisting in the preparation of the meals for the hungry field workers as they came in to join in the fine repast prepared for them. Those who furnished the pickers for the work were: Hen ry Kaffenberger, Art Toman, Ralph Sullivan. Orville Kahler, Ruel Sack, W'illiam Gilmour, Frank and Stanley Lepert. The helpers for the day were: Fred Tschirren, George Mumin, Theodore Schafer, Herbert Church, Ernest Bintner, Claude Hutchison, Ardon Rhmnan, Har ry Henton, Sr., Alvin Ramge, Robert Red, Alvin Meisinger, Jim Leipert, Nick Toman, New ton Sullivan. John Gochenour, Jack Troop, Tomer Headlee, Bill Williams, Mike Kaffenberger. The ladies serving as the cooks for the day were: Mrs. Fred Tschirren, Mrs. Orville Kahler, Mrs. Tomer Headlee, Mrs. Ardon Rhuman, Mrs. Ralph Sullivan, Mrs. Ralph Doud, Mrs. George Mumm, Mrs. Henry Kaf fenberger, Mrs. Mike Kaffen berger, Mrs. Robert Patterson, Mrs. Marie Wheeler. xt . r' . c rNOUCe eastern Oiar Members of Home Chapter No. 189 are reauested to bring homemade cookies to the Schreiner drug store, Friday, November 18th or Saturday, No vember 19th by 1 p. m. Officers will pack the cookies for the annual Masonic Home treat. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. Lt. Davis Tells Of Japanese 1 Life and People The luncheon of the Rotary club Tuesday at the main dining room of the Edith Solomon Cof fee shop, will long be rAiem bered by the members of the club for the very real and in teresting picture of Japan, given by First Lieutenant Corbin Davis, who has returned home ; after a two year period spent jn the Orient as a member of the United States army of oc cupation, j Lt. Davis was presented by ; Fred Lugsch. program chairman, ; and informally and interestingly; told of life, as he had observed , it in the one time Flower King- j dom. j Lt. Davis gave a brief outline of the American military estab lishment in the islands, the j great advancement in many I ways that the Japanese had ! made with the plans outlined by I General MacArthur, commander j oi the occupation forces. 3UU U1 , sians that were in Japan at this' time was the small guard kept ; He stated that all of the Ru- ai ine nussian emoassy in Tokyo. To the Japanese the American general had taken the place of the emperor and was the ruler of the country, an untiring worker, who was on the job seven days a week, from ten to twelve hours a day. He had done much for the Japanese people as a whole, the reforms that he ! had brouaht about had ereatlv changed Uie aspect of life for the Japs, especially in the lower classes, that now benefitted much from the liberties that had been introduced. In the field of education, the schools had been made democratic in their nature, k ,-,.. ni.ic j:... w fore only the boys were schooled and the girls of the common people were taught by their mothers, if at all. MacArthur feudal lords of old Japan, had given opportunity for the lower lW49CB 7 C"JU' Ui il 1 use as farms. His thoughtful and able administration had earned the hatred of the Rus ( Continued on Page Fivet Grass Fire Rages Kl 1 A fi munaay niiernoon 'perity shirt finishing unit com Late Monday afternoon the prising six machines. This unit members of the Plattsmouth j is designed to properly finish volunteer fire department were every section of a shirt from called to the south part of i collar to cuff, doing the job Wintersteen Hill, where a grass ! gently and without danger of fire was raging on the property j pulling, stretching, or otherwise formerly occupied by the Cliff endangering the shirt to undue Schafer family. For sometime I stress or strain adding to the the firemen lived anew the j life of the garment by many perils of pioneer days, when the j months of frequent launder great prairie fires swept over ! ing. the plains, threatening lives and j Mr. Janasik and Mr. Otis are property. The fire Monday had j now prepared to give Platts a good start and soon was rag- j mouth the finest laundry serv ing around the buildings, sever- i ice ever available in the city, al of the outbuildings being des- ; Read their exceptional fine off troyed, and it was only after hard work that the house was saved, even after the blaze had reached the roof of the build ing. The dry condition of grass and brush has made these fires very dangerous to property and this was the fourth fire of this ' Omaha where he has been for nature in succeeding days that ' the past few weeks undergoing the firemen were called upon treatment at a hospital there, to fight. ' ' Mr. Boetel is feeling some what I improved but is still under the Use Journal Want Ads. care of .a physician. District Court Proves Interesting 4 A i U J ' U Learning the duties of the j interesting to this group of Boys and Girls County electorate at J the courthouse here last Wednesday under the Supervision of , Court Clerk C. E. Ledgway, shown pointing out the methods used in keeping records of all district court cases. Pictured here are: Max Alley, Louisville; Myrna Loy Bruknow, Louisville: Raymond Rice, Weeping Water; Karl Lee Clark, Alvo; Dean A. Schroeder, Greenwood: Janice Miller, Elmwood; Jean Kime, Ramona McQu.'i, Union; Ruby Noerrlinger, Avoca; Betty E. Tead, Eagle; Richard Gapen, Plattsmouth. Journal Staff Photo. I'XDAUXTEI) . . . Two-ypar-old Jacques Fintzi, Istanbul, Turkey, displays his skill with miniature crutches. lie is a polio victim, on his way home to Turkey after treatment in New York. He stands here at La Guardia field, New York City. Modern Laundry Adds Latest in Shirt Finisher .Numerous changes have . en place at the Modern in.;: dry located at 320 Main str e. in Plattsmouth, during the pas', few weeks. Not only has. new equipment been added and a complete i modernization program in the i last stages of completion but u" uv"uu" x- "X w ' I s!k formerly of Omaha, pur chased a half interest m the business from Mr. Wilbur Otis and is now actively engaged in the management . Mr. Janasik. is a graduate of University of Omaha, where he was born and attended public schools. He completed 28 months in the service of his country during the last war, a greater 0,fi, uhf hnnna,i South Pacific where he hopped all the Islands from New Guinea to Japan with the Eighth Army s t t4-..v. His coming to Plattsmouth adds a great deal to the stability "of our business sectoin. ! Among the many additions t to the Modern Laundry plant during the past few weeks was 'the installation of a new Pros- er and guarantee on another page of this issue of The Jour nal. RETURNS FROM OMAHA j Tuesday afternoon John Boe j tel. one of the old residents oi this city, returned home from clerk of the district court proved City to Make Repairs on Main Street The city council at their meet ing Monday night took up th matter of the repair of the brick paving on Main street that hi; been taking a beating in the p.ist weeks when all of the travel on highways No. 75 nad 34 have betn passing over the street, as a consequence loosened a lar' part of the brick paving. The sand cushion on which the bricks have rested, had be n un able to bear the load, as the re sult the bricks have been loosen ed to such an extent in ma: y places they may be picked out hand. This is true, especially in the center part of the street, where most ol the heavy traffic has passed. Investigation shown that it would be necessary to remove sections of the brick, place new base, then relay the street paving, later coating it with black top as a waterprool ing. Stanley Lacey of the Na tional Construction Co.. had of fered to permit the use of what machinery would be needed, and to supply key men for the work, the rest of the work to be car ried out by the city street de partment. It was voted to havf the work carried cn under the street, alleys and bridges com mittee supervision. and be atarted as soon as possible. The council also discussed 'hn:rrrs in the parking on Sixth that would give greater wiiih for traveling on tl. street a:id this was left to th streets, altey and bridges com -mittee to investigate and c'eckle cn the b:.;t action to De uincm. A communication from the fir" department was received r? garding the purchase of a forty foot aluminum ladder for use :n fires. This was referred back for the submission of the price and probable coti fo the ci:y. In the matter cf tit? allowance to the chief of the fire depart ment of $50 for convention ex penses, it was allowed, the chief to make itemized report to the department. The semi-annual report of the water bond was received by the council showing that the water board had ' paid off $2,500 on amount due the city for supplies purchased from the former Plattsmouth Water Co., at the time it was purchased by the city. A report was also received by the city council from the H. II. Continued on Page Eight Death of Park Chriswisser Tuesday Night The death of Andrew Parker Chriswisser. 80. member of one of the old families of Cass coun ty, occurred on Tuesday evening at the Doctors Hospital in Oma ha where he had been taken some time ago for treatment. Mr. Chriswisser. son of Ben nett and Martha Chriswisser. was born August 15. 1859 and has spent the greater part of his lifetime in Cass county. j aside from some years spent in the west . He is survived by two sons. Lester, of Meridan, Idaho, and Herbert of Bennett. Colorado, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Te body was brought here to the Sattler funeral home at 4th street and Avenue A, where calling hours will be from 7 to 9 this evening. The funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Methodise church at Nehawka, Rev. Harry Hart officiating. Merle Dasher Cited ! For Bellevue Game i j In the week selection of scor j ing aces from the Nebraska high j school football games of the last week, Gregg McBride has named Merle Dasher of the Blue Devils as one of the stars of the week. Our fast going and fleet footed back drew the spotlight with his four touchdowns against the Bellevue team here last Friday. However the choice might well go for a season trib ute, as Merle has been a real scoring ace, and while he has had some mighty fine support from his senior teammates, he also has carried many a foeman along with him in his smashing drives through enemy territory, unable to check the fast and shifty moving Plattsmouth back. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads.
