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r.A CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY. Mon d a y-Th ursd a y Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers Historical Soc, ctate uay . w VOLUME 65 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1949 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 4 Sheriff Solomon Makes Arrest Of Four Youths Sheriff Tom Solomon, who has been working on investiga tion of a number of breakins in this city and through Cass county, made the arrest today of four young men. with the resuit that a confession was made, the sheriff's office states that the eight breakins listed had brought the parties $192 in cash as well as two tires and set of chains and thirteen car tens cf cigarettes. The young men arrested were William H. Burke, 1 9, Gordon R. Hopkins. 20. Gene Lewis, 20. and Kenneth LeRoy Schroeder, 19. all of this city. The breakins covered a six months period the statement states and it was also revealed by the youths that they had used cloves in making their breakins and left no finger prints. The list of places broken into revealed by the sheriff were: breakin at Kent's Service Sta tion, with nothing taken: the Nu-Vay Cafe, where S35 to S40 was taken: Kent's Service Sta tion. S40 taken; Texaco Service Station, Plattsmouth. nothing fcund to take; phone box in the Plattsmouth Hotel lobby, $40 taken; Texaco Service Station, Avoca, $20 in cash, two tires and set of chains; Picken's Tav ern, Union. $12 cash taken, also thirteen cantons of cigarettes; the tavern at Murray, $40 tak en . The sheriff recovered the cig arettes and part of the cash that had been taken in the breakins. Records taken in the Albin breakin were found along the Platte river not far from the Holman tavern; the cigarettes wtre revealed as hidden in a barn near the Hopkins place; the coin box was found along the road wesL and north of Murray. In the county court this (Mon day t morning, a complaint was filed against William Burke. Gordon Hopkins and Gene Lew is, charging them with break ing and entering the Albin Nu Way lunch. Complaint for breaking and entering was also filed against William Eurke, Gene Lewis, and Kenneth Le Roy Schroeder, in the Murray tavern charge. Gene Lewis made a plea of guilty to the charge and was bound over to the district court. Pleas of not guilty were enter ed by William Burke, Kenneth LeRoy Shroeder nad Gordon Hopkins. The preliminary hearing was set for December 21st at 2 p. n. and bond set at $500 in each of the complaints Bond was supplied and the three pleading not guilty released until the preliminary hearing. Local People in Handel "Messiah" In the presentation of the Nebraska University School of Fine Arts of Handel's "Messiah" at the coliseum on Sunday af ternoon, there were a number of the Plattsmouth students taking part in the large chorus group, these comprising Ray mond Hild. Jr.. Bill Cecil. Don Baker and Miss Jar.is Schmidt -mann. Arthur Westbrook was the di rector of the University Sing jors, while Dale Ganz, formerly of Alvo, was the director of University chorus II. Preceding and following "The Messiah" traditional Christmas carols were heard from the Ralph Mueller carillon. Erwin Siemers at Clarkson Hospital The many friends of Erwin Siemers will be interested in learning that he is getting along as well as could be expected at the Clarkson hospital at Om aha, where he was taken sever al days ago. He was suffering from a bad heart condition as well as a congestion of the lungs and it was decided that he would have to undergo a period of observation at the hospital to determine whether an oper ation would be necessary. Lumber Dealers To Close at 5 p. m. The yards and offices cf the Plattsmouth Lumber Co., and that of E. J. Richey, are an nouncing the fact that on and after Tuesday, December 13th, they will be closed at 5 p. m. each day. Patrons are urged to make note of the closing hours. Fire Sweeps Gess Cafe at Louisville The Gess Cafe at Louisville j was visited by fire early Friday morning that caused a loss thai will reach several hundred dol lars. The fine work of the volun teer firemen saved the building, but the interior of the structure was badly damaged by flames before the spread of the con flagration was checked. The building suffered a great deal of damage from the fir. I R J. Kraft of Louisville is the : owner of the building. I The cause of the fire has not I been determined. Benjamin Warren Gibson Died in Omaha Saturday The Weeping Water commun ity was shocked Saturday by the news of the death of Benjamin Warren Gibson, 72, who passed away suddenly at his home in Omaha after a fey days illness i fiom flu. j Mr. Gibson was born Sep Itember 9, 1877, and has spent I practically his lifetime in this I county. He was engaged for the greater part cf his life in farming and when he retired I from the farm moved to Om- aha, where he has since rosid- ed. j Mr. Gibson was very active ! in the community affairs and had a large circle of friends in Weeping Water and vicinity who share with the family the sorrow of his passing. Surviving are the widow, Ann; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Jack Dixon, of Lincoln. The body is to be brought to Weeping Water to the Hobson funeral home. The exact time of the services has not been de termined, pending word from relatives at distant points. Interment will be at the Oak wood cemtery. Equalization of Paving Is Made The city council held a spe cial session Friday night as per the published call, to sit as a board of equalization for dis tricts No. 82, 85, 87, 90, 91, 94, 95, 9S and 98. These districts in clude the Hillcrest paving, 5th avenue (Gold street). First ave nue, (Pearl street) from 11 to 13th street, Avenue A (Vino street) from 11th to 13th, First Avenue, (Pearl street) from 6th to 7th street, Avenue A (Vine street) from 6th to 7th street, Avenue A (Vine street) from 7th street to 8th street. There were no written or ver bal protests on the assessments as proposed by the city engi neers and a resolution was passed approving the assessment of the tax on the various prop erties. While not a part of the pro ceedings, the council received word from the state highway department that they would be glad to make a survey to Chi cago avenue traffic with a view of making recommendations to the city council for speed regu lations on this newly paved boulevard. City Engineer H. H. Henning sen was here to attend the meet ing and advise with the coun cil. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Gordon of Omaha, were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wunderlich. House Blocks Sa ' S l hilt I - . Pi -'Mi - 1 Jt 111!1; m i . xr,-?. - " ty .:j.:: .v..v-i . . .v.v. a v v-v:,. : -v;v. .-A- v. v?-, ...irv.vtt :v-- . yrnT-imni ijmi j . ' v. m - " x - f- - V ' ' It took an early morning riser to catch a glimpse of this house moving down Plattsmouth's Main street here Friday morning. Shown at the intersection of Sixth and Main streets, the unusual sight drew numerous onlookers in spite of the hour. Ira Clinken beard was moving the bouse ffom near the Masonic home to Lin- coin avenue, where it will be home lor Plattsmouth. cnriswisser f noto. Wins Stove at ?.- V l - 1. ' I . II II itjr u j u f Jrrv-- Ft Jess Warga, owner of the Warga Hardware and Appliance Store, local Frigidaire dealers, is shown handing the ownership certificate of the Frigidaire electric stove to the winner, Mrs. Mary Sheneflew, 902 Lincoln avenue, at sponsored at the Cass Theatre last pleased with the reception given the school by Cass county house wives. The program drew a "standing room only" crowd. Journal Staff Photo. AAA Elects Committee At Meeting The Cass County AAA con vention was held the last week at the office of the committee j in Weeping Water, the result at the December meeting to be of the precinct elections tha; j held cn Thursday evening at had been conducted by mail j 8 o'clock in the main dining being announced. j room of the Edith Solomon cof- Ivan H. Armstrong, of Gresn- fee shop in the Hotel Platts wood, was re-elected as the'mcu,n building. This will be chairman of the committee the visit of Cecil Stanley of the with Harold Hull as the vice- fflce of State Supernitendent. chairman and Joe F. Gustin of F - - ' - ' f Murdock was named as the third member of the committee. Harold Arnold, of Elmwood, was named as first alternate committeeman to succeed Mer ritt Pollard, of Nehawkai C L. Wiles was eltced as the second alternate. The result of the mail vo'.e by precinct for precinct com mitteemen was announced as follows: Avoca Roy C. Harshman, chariman; Merritt F. Pollard, vice-chairman and delegate; Lyle Fleming, third member; Lawrence Eidenmiller,. first al ternate; Oscar E. Brand, second alternate; Ray E. Norris, alter nate delegate. Center Robert Wiles, chair man; Edward Stenikcrmp, vice chairman and delegate; Alvin A. Oehlerking, third member; Mike V. Sheehan, first alternate; Thorwald Hanson, second alter nate and Fred Rehmeier. alter nate delegate. East Rock Bluff Greeley L. Beil, chairman; Ople Morris, vice-chairman; Robert L. Rea. (Continued on Page 3i Small Fire at Fink Home The fire department called Thursday night to was the residence of Mr. and Mrs. War ren Fink on Chicago avenue, where a mattress in the base ment was afire and caused a great deal of alarm to the mem bers of the family. The fire men soon had the fire ex tinguished and without serious loss beyond some smo!;e. Sell It Thru Journal Want Ads. Main Street remodeled into another attractive Food Show s5 1 the cooking school the company ; Thursday. Mr. Warga was well Cecil Stanley Will Speak at Chamber Meet The members of the Cham ber of Commerce have an un- usual treat to be afforded them Cecil Stanley The state is offering this aid to the schools of the state and the business interests of the towns, where the schools may adopt this system, as part of the training courses. This course has been approved by the Plattsmouth board of education and will cover a five or six weeks period with special train ing afforded by specialists in ik. f .;t-,t,. Haonrotinn . : .: rw i I, l fl (1 11 showcard and commercial writ- i can be slSned UP a"d eet eady ing that might be helpful to the ; to go. This city has not had student in a business life. I boxing for a long period and the The course of study is free to j fans 'uld enjoy the opportun the schools and to the business I "y of seeing the workouts, men of the community ttJ . . wish to take advantage of the Elizabeth Hirz course to improve their lines of, p ... tj business activity. D. L. Ramel Shows Improving Health Old Plattsmouth friends will be interested in learning that D L. Ramel. former resident of this city, is showing marked improvement in health since going to the Pacific Coast, where he and Mrs. Ramel are making their home with their daughter, Mrs. E. E. Ruble, at 7006 Halli day street, Oakland. Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Ramel are look ing forward to a winter without snow, mindful of the winter of 1948-49 in Nebraska. SOME TICKETS LEFT Harold Alkire, chairman of the committee in charge of the Chamber of Commerce football banquet, reports that there still is a limited number of tickets available for those who might wish to attend the banquet on Wednesday evening, December 14th at the First Christian church. Anyone desiring the tickets should see Mr. Alkire at once. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor were in Lincoln Sunday to en joy the trip in their new car. They enjoyed several hours in looking over the capital city. Patronize Journal Adrerstisers. Warga Hardware Cooking School Draws Big Crowd The first cooking school held 'n this city in several years was staged Thursday afternoon by the Warga Hardware at the Cass theater in this city and was one of the greatest successes in every way. The cooking school was spon sored by the Warga Hardware, in conjunction with the Frigi daire company, of which Mr. Warga is the local representa tive. The cooking school opened at 1:20 and the theater was packed j to the doors by the interested j ladies, all of the lower floor and j the balcony being filled a short I time after the opening of the j doors, many were unable to gain admittance to the building. It is estimated that 1.000 attended and enjoyed the school that was conducted by Miss Catherine Becker, home economist for the j Frigidaire company. Miss Becker gave a very fine to their desires for the Christ exhibition in her cooking les- I mas season. j sons as well as demonstrations ' of the other electrical appli i ances that are the product of ! Frigidaire. The well versed in j structor gave many very valu i able pointers on the use of the j modern electric appliances in ! the home that were followed I with the greatest interest by the auditors. One of her features was the cooking of four meals on Ihs electric stove, one meal in th3 deep well, one full meal in the broiler, one full meal on the surface appliances and one meal cooked in the oven of the stove. The chief prize of the school ! was the R 15 electric range that ! was presented to the fortunaie ! lady who was Mrs. Mary Shene 1 flew, residing on Lincoln ave j nue in this city. All of the food cooked during the school was also given to the ladies that at tended the event. I There were ladies from all ( parts of Cass county tcf enjoy iTne fine demonstration staged ! by Mr. Warga, all appreciating very much the worthwhile of fering. Would Promote Doxing rrogrram The local Lepert-Wolever post j of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, has received an invitation from the Lincoln post of the American Legion that is sponsoring an x athletic show to be held at Lin i coin on January 20-21. The show will be a contest for liic vaiiuiu vci.cia.ii giuufo uici this section of the state and as ! many entries as wish to enter j will be accepted, j There are a great number of young veterans here who were very clever in boxing and ring generalship, both before enter ing the armed service and dur ing the war, and it is hoped to have these work out and select some of the best to go to Lin coln for the boxing show. It is hoped to have workouts i as soon as a suitable number 1VCIU1119 A IwlUC I Miss Elizabeth Hirz, who has j been at the St. Catherine's hos I pital at Omaha for the past two ! weeks, returned home Friday. ! While at the hospital she under went surgery. She is feeling j mucn improved but is still weak and will have to spend some time recuperating from the ill ness. She is at the family home, 1204 First avenue. RECEIVES FINE GIFT Mrs. Ruth M. Koukal of Oma ha, a former resident and tele phone operator at the exchange in this city, has received a lovely Telechron electric clock from Thomas C. Woods, president of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co., at Lincoln, in rec ognition of her many years of loyal service to the company. Mrs. Koukal is very apprecia tive of the thoughtfulness of Mr. Woods. GOES TO HOSPITAL Lanny Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mendenhall, was taken to the Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, on Friday where he un derwent a leg operation. James Alkire, who is attending the University of Nebraska, came down from Lincoln, Friday to spend the week end here at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Alkire. Santa Claus Has Fine Reception Here Saturday Saturday was Santa Clan; day in Plattsmouth, despite the fact that the weather condi tions were not the best, there was a crowd of several thousand here in the afternoon to greet the coming of the genial patron of the holiday season. The children, some of them accompanied by their parents, were moving to the downtown section shortly after the noon hour and auto loads of the fam ilies from near-by towns anJ farm territory were to be found gathering near the Fourth and Main street intersection to be early on the scene when Santa made his appearance, Owing to the weather condi- tions the court of Santa was held on the lower floor of the court house, the children enter ing at the south door, filing past to greet Santa, some seeking a word with the jovial friend as All of the children were given treats at the court house and for sometime after the court whs over, the streets were filled by the children enjoying the treats given them. Owing to the threatenint weather many of the residents from out of the city, living off the paved highways, were busy getting ready to leave for home. The committee in charge of the event had arranged for 1, 400 sacks of the treats and these were all given out by Santa Claus. The large number here caused a brisk afternoon at the various stores of the city, and clerks were kept busy in waiting on the Christmas shoppers. The large stocks in the stores gave all a fine opportunity to select their gifts, have them prepared for Christmas eve when they w'll be distributed among the fam ilies of the community. The visitation had been ar ranged by the Plattsmouth Busi- j ness Men's Ad club and they are to be congratulated on its suc cess in every way. Car Badly Damaged On First Avenue The auto driven by Robert Krejci was very badly damaged late Sunday night near Seventh street and First avenue. The car was coming north on Chi cago avenue and in making the turn into First avenue, it struck the curb on the north side of the street, was turned over, skidding along the pavement to near the driveway into the Plattsmouth Lumber Co., yards. While the car, was damaged a great deal, Mr. Krejci was not injured seriously beyond a very severe shaking up and bruises from the accident. Robert Tucker Has Surgical Operation The frieids here of Robert Tucker, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr, who has been spending his summers here in the past two years, will regret to learn that Mr. Tucker is now a hospital patient at a Cam bridge, Mass., hospital. Mr. Tucker, who returned to the east in September, to tak; up -his studies for his master's degree at Harvard university, has been troubled with an in jury that has made necessary an operation. They, reside at 63 Inman street, Cambridge, Mass. A classified Ad in the Journal costs as little as 35c. Court IHIouse irietfs . . In the district court the past week Judge Thomas E. Dunbar kept the . mills of justice going at top speed, in addition to hearing the jury case of Fran cis K. Thoren vs. Johanna E. Nelson and David Meyers, found time to dispose of a great many other matters and assign cases and motions for hearing. The Thome vs. Nelson et al, suit for damages for $60,000, the time of the court was taken up Thursday and Friday, and court j Stone Co., of Iowa, cause dis took adjournment at 4:30 Friday missed by the court with preju and will take up the trial on 1 dice to bringing another dam- Monday, December 12 at 10 a. m. In the case of William Kahler vs. Orville Wittmuss, et al, mo tion of the defendants, Lowell Schmidt and Robert Becker set for hearing on December 14, at 10 a. m. In the divorce action of Marie Sudman vs. John Sudman, It was ordered by the court that the The two ex-sailors who serve the meat department at the local Hinky-Dinky store. The two young men not only were in the naval service but have much in common. Both are married and each have a small sen in thri" house hold. They are bo h well known figures in the iu-::i?.ss life of the city. Eugene O'Sullivar Pays Visit to Plattsmouth Congressman Eugene O "Sulliv an, of Omaha, representing the second district cf Nebraska in congress, was a visitor in our city Friday to meet the residents of Plattsmouth, who might do- i sire to meet their congressman. ! Congressman O'Sullivan v:nr, accompanied by his private sec retary, Tom Ingolsby, and ar rived Friday morning from Omaha and was here for several j hours at the postoffice to in terview those who called to con sult him. Mr. O'Sullivan met a group at luncheon at the main dining room of the Edith Solomon cof fee shop at noon and gave a short talk covering many of the things that are now occupying the center of the stage in the national capital. He was intro duced by Attorney Francis M. ! Casey. ! The congressman scored the j republican party at Washing ton as not being constructive j iii their position, but merely ; as a party that was against j things on a general principle. they not having anything con- j structive to offer from their own standpoint. j Mr. O'Sullivan discussed at i ome length the Brannan bill j for the agricultural interests of j the country and the opposition j in congress that sought to de (Continued on Page Six) Undergoes Surgery At Clarkson Hospital Mrs. Tony Klimm, who has ; been at the Clarkson hospital at Omaha for the past several ! weeks, was operateel on Thurs- I day. The reaction of the pa- tient to the operation for gall j stones, was most favorable, and ; i; i.s hoped that she will soon : be on the highway to perman- ent recovery. Mrs. Klimm also underwent an appendectomy while at the hospital. Mr. i Klimm was at the hospital Sat- urday and found the wife feel- ing much better and resting i easily. i defendant show cause why he should not be held in contempt ! of court by December 14th at ! 10 a. m. In the case of Rose Jeanette Davis vs. Ivy M. Davis, et al, hearing of the demurrer of de fendant Searl S. Davis set for j hearing on December 14th at 10 a. m. In the case of Joe Bender and Virginia Bender vs. Associated . age suit. Each party is to pay ! their own costs Thursday in the district court j Judge Thomas E. Dunbar, heard i the complaint against Ralph ' Meisinger, charging him with! failing, neglect and refusal to ccmply with the provisions of the parole granted by the dis continued on Page Four) January 12 to Be Date of Visit Of Blood Mobile Thursday evening. Miss Janr McNeill, representative of t!v. American Red Cross, from th- mid -western area office in Si. Lcuis. was here in the interest, oi the Red Cross National Blood program. This pro? ram of the Red Cross is to provide blood and blood derivatives for medics 1 use, without charge for th products, to all the people of the country who may need them. The Red Cross is hoping for generous responses from all soc-- tions. where the blood mobile visits, as it is the desire to build up the blood supply so that it will be ample in case of emer gencies for the physicians and hospitals. The blcod that is donated by the men and women to thi: worthy lifesaving cause, is fur nished fv to the hospitals or physicians and t he only charge is made by the hospitals for ael ministering the blood the Red Cross receives nothing for thtir humanitarian work. The Omaha chapter is to send the blood mobile unit here on January 12th. to receive' the blood that the poeple of Flausraouth and vicinity may desire to offer for the purpose oi helping to save a life when blootl transfusions are badly . ei?e'. It i.s expected that the bloitel car.r.i- heaelquarters hc-i? will bo ii-. me basement of the Fir?t .l.odlst church wheve there k- n:..i- ample quarters fe-r the nurjc. pl.y.iicians. servers ar.el registrar.;. This is in the e'own-te-wn ar?a end easy to be reach ed. Hours for the handling of the bl joe; donations have been agreed upen as from 11 a. m. tc 6:30 p. m. As explained by Mijs McNeill, the ages of p'.r:cns donating the blood are from HI to 59, in cases where appr'.al of par ents are given, you. I.s of from IS to 21 may give 'their blood. The Red Cross on these visits expects to be able to tenure at least 100 pints of blood anil this requires the enlistment of from 150 to 175 persons to assure reaching the desired quota of blood. The unit expects to be iContinued on Page 3 Government to Let Contracts Queen Hill, that down through the ages has stood as one of the twin guardians along the Missouri river south of Platts mouth, together with King Hill, is soon to be denuded of a great deal of its magnificence. The U. S. engineers are open ing new projects along the Mis souri river that will require great deal of dirt that will be secured from the great hill that already has been one of the greatest sources of supply for the engineers. The government on Decem ber 21st are to hold lettings on contracts for the removal of 480,000 yards of dirt. This Is one of the largest lettings of its kind recently and a large number of the leading contract tors in this part of the west are expected to be bidders. Brink Hatchery Changes Ownership The Brink Hatchery, of this city, one of the old established business in this line in Platts mouth, has been sold by th1 owner, W. N. Brink. The hatch ery in the future will be owned by a company. Management of the hatchery will be in the hands of Leo Brink, who has been associat ed with his father in the work and will be conducted in the same courteous manner as in the past at 310 Chicago Ave. The company will in their operation carry in stock seeds. Wayne feeds, poultry remedies. They will continue buying poul try and eggs at their place cf business. w( y