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&:' fi' IV ! "V IT K S vT I W - ,... . - - CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Monday-Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 65 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1950 FIVE CENTS PER C S0C- NUMBER 42 i Rutherford Badly Injured In Accident Thursday afternoon Fred H. Rutherford, well known resi dent of this city, suffered severe injury in a car-truck crash on highway No. 75 near- "Dead man's curve, north of Plaits mouth. Mr. Rutherford had been at the Rutherford farm, northeast of the highway, and was return ing home shortly after 3 o'clock in the afternoon. As he drove onto the highway he waited for two cars going north and then started to drive onto the high way as a truck loaded with con crete blocks came from the north and collided with the car of Mr. Rutherford. The car .1 riven by Mr. Rutherford was off the highway in a small ditch after the impact and while not overturned, the occu pant of the car was injured quite severely. The truck, property of the Omaha Concrete Stone Com pany, driven into town on in structions of Sheriff Solomon, was inspected and photographed and later released after arrival of insurance adjusters. He was brought on to this city by Glen Wetenkamp and later taken to the Methodist hospital in Omaha for treat ment. It was found that he ha.1, suffered an injured vertabrae as well as several lacerations on the head. The truck driver was uninjured. Mr. Rutherford will be forced to spend several days at th? hospital before he is able to return home. Reports this (Monday morn ing from the Methodist hospital at Omaha state that Mr. Ruth erford is still in quite a serious condition as the result of the accident. County Clerk; Files for Re-EIection George R. Sayles, veteran county clerk of Cass county, Saturday made his filing for re nomination on the republican ticket for the office that he has o efficiently filled, that of county clerk. Mr. Sayles. one of the best known men in the county, is a naiive son of Cass county and spent his youth in Cedar Creek vicinity, later locating in Platts mouth where he has been an active figure m the community since that time. He served as the city clerk of Plattsmouth and in 1918 was elected as the county clerk of Cass county and has since served in that ca pacity. His many friends over the county will be interested in learning that he is now in the race. He states that he is not expecting tc make any extensive campaign, but will be at his usual office duties. Youthful "Fagins" Make Confession A group of 8 to 11 year old Omaha boys, who named a 12-year-old girl as their leader, have admitted two purse snatch es recently. One of the victims was 12-year-old Katherine Rawlings of 3001 North 24th St., Omaha, who was on an errand for her grandmother who was ill. The boys waylaid her, pushed her off the bicycle she was riding and smashed her purse, taking its contents, $2.10, which was to have been used in buying medi cine. Katherine is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rawlings, former residents of this city, and a niece of Mrs. George Swain. The boys, after a lecture by de tectives, were turned over to ju venile authorities. Siemers Realty Sells Homes The Siemers Realty Co. of this city has disposed of two pieces of real estate in the past week, selling a residence prop erty in Cedar Creek to Charles Slyter of Manley, Mr. Siemers also has sold the William Speadlin residence on Winter steen hill to Bob Miller. Notice Masons The annual Past ' Masters night of Plattsmouth lodge No. 6. A. F. & A. M., will be held on Wednesday, April 26th. Dinner a 6:30 p. m. Has Hand Injured Severely Thursday Mrs. Howard Mrasek, who is engaged in clerical work at the county welfare department at the court house, suffered a very painful injury on Thursday at her office in the basement of the court house. She was engaged in pulling down a window in the office, located on the west side of the basement, when the rope hold ing the weights of the window broke and her right hand was caught by the upper half of the window, inflicting very painful injury to several of the fingers. Missouri River Continues to Rise Here The Missouri river that has for the past week been causing a great deal of damage in over flowing lands along the stream in North and South Dakota, and in the Sioux City area, is still on the raise, although the crest has not been reached in this section of the river, but is ex pected to reach the high mark by Wednesday. Army Engineers are expect ing that the flood may reach the crest of the severe flood of 1943 through this section of the Missouri river valley, when thousands of acres of land in the Missouri river bottoms were covered by the flood. Several levees and dykes along the river near Sioux City have been broken by the flood waters, covering a wide area in both Iowa and Nebraska. The advancing water has caused many of the farmers to remove their stored corn to higher ground as the reports of the flood conditions grow. The Missouri river at this point is giving indication of a small overflow on the lowlands, its growing height has caused a backup of the Platte river al though not as yet dangerous. The crest of the Missouri is ex pected to reach a height of 23 feet at Blair in the next two days and a crest of 21 feet at Omaha. The Sunday readings showed the Missouri at an 18 foot height through the area from Omaha to Nebraska City. The predictions of rains for the Southeast Nebraska area may cause added fear to the residents of the lowlands as the smaller streams are swollen by the flood waters. New Upholstery Shop in City Plattsmouth has had a new business house added to its ranks in the past week, that of the Amy upholstery shop, which is at this time located at the Oak- mount farm in the southwest part of the city. The owner of the shop is Eu- gene Amy, a nephew of E. E. Rosary church this morning at Howschultz, owner of Oakmount. 7:30. Evening devotions Mon Mr. Amy is a former resident of day. Tuesday and Wednesday at Omaha where he has been en- 7:30 will be conducted by the gaged in the upholstery work Right Reverend Archabbot Ra for a number of years and is phael Waltzer. O. S. B., former an experienced upholsterer, capable of handling any de- mands in this line that he may receive. He has his new shop arranged and is ready to look after the orders for this line of work. Court r3ou.se Uriels In the county court Friday afternoon hearing on claims in the, estate of Joseph Dietl, de ceased, was held and order bar ring claims was entered by Judge Richard Peck. In the district court on Wed nesday hearing was had by Judge Thomas E. Dunbar on the affidavit of William Kahler, plaintiff in the case of Kahler vs. Orville Wittmus, requesting; the court to require Robert Becker, a defendant in the case, why he should not be cited for contempt of court. After the hearing of evidence in the case the court held that the de fendant had been guilty of the alleged contempt and a fine of $15 was assessed. In the county court on, Friday a petition for deter- nation of heirship in the yie" of Frank R. Newman, r ased, was filed to determine ' the hears and their rights in certain real es tate located in the city of 1 Plattsmouth. Fred Newman, a 1 son, was the petitioner. i In the county court Fr.iday afternoon the case of, the state of Nebraska vs. William Roy Holly came to trial. The defend ant, who had plead not guilty New Army Secretary Inducted WASHINGTON, D. C. Frank Pace, Jr., ex-budget director, was sworn in as army secretary by Chief Justice Fred Vinson. Left to right: Vinson, Defense Secretary Louis Johnson; Retiring Army Secretary Gordon Gray, and Pace. Gray resigned to assume pres idency of the University of North Carolina. Tour of Feed Lots of County On Saturday Saturday a group of some 125 of the farmers and stock feed ers of Cass county, headed by Howard Philpot. president of the Cass county association, en joyed their annual tour of the feed lots of Cass county, a trip that is always filled with in terest and an appreciation of the strides that the farmers of the county are making in their program of stock feeding. There were forty cars start ing at 9 a. m. Saturday from Fort George for a trip out over the west part of th3 county, the caravan being escorted by Sheriff Tom Solomon and County Commissioner Parr Ycun of Nehavka. . The farms visited in order were: H. E. Blaikie & Son, Henry Bornemeier. Fred Schick, G. E. Eveland, Howard Pool, Warren Rikli, Bruce Sewards, Orie Sowards, A. D Bachman, Nagel Bricker. Wm. Pirning. The party stopped at Murdock where they had a fine dinner at the noon hour prepared by the ladies of that place in their usual fine manner, the Mur dock Woman's club being the hostess to the group at the com munity hall. The expedition wound up the trip at Greenwood after a fine .,rvrr,1c.p nf thp rmmtv i ! Famous Benedictine j a l A Mint HprP ' "rcn rtDDl "ere The Forty Hour devotion be gan with High Mass in Holy ' archabbot of the famous Beur- I on Benedictine Monastery in Gearmany. The devotion will close with solemnity Wednes- day evening at 7:30. The priests of the Plattsmouth Deanery will i be present. previously to operating a room for gambling, withdrew his plea and made a plea of guilty. The court gave a fine of $100 and costs which was paid. In the county court Friday in the case of the State of Nebras ka vs. Ruffin Lawrence, charged with failure to support children, the defendant made a plea of not guilty and waived the pre liminary hearing. He was bound over to the district court for trial. The appearance bond was set at $1,000 by Judge Peck. The defendant was remanded to the custody of Sheriff Solomon un til the bond is supplied. Sheriff Tom Solomon was out in the western part of the coun ty Saturday, serving as an es cort for the Cass County Live stock association tour of the feed lots. Saturday Judge Richard Peck was called upon to officiate at the marriage of Raymond Page, and Germaine Wolfe, both of Harlan, Iowa, at the county court. Marriage license was issued Saturday in the county court to Joe E. Mark and V. Lorraine Carlberg, both of Atlantic, Iowa. Bryan McDonald Files Friday For Clerk W. J. Bryan McDonald, who was named after the great com moner of the State of Nebraska, has today indicated the fulfill ment of his parent's hopes of Democratic tradition by filin for office of County Clerk oi Cass county, Nebraska. Mr. Mc Donald, a life-long resident of Cass county, is 42 years of age, and for the past 20 years has w. j. d. Mcdonald Files for Clerk operated McDonald's store Murdock. Nebraska. Mr. McDonald is well known throughout Cass county for his active participation in civic af fairs, which has included being on the advisory committee of the Credit Cooperation at Mur dock which has recently been liquidated because of the in stitution of the Corn Grower 's State Bank at Murdock. Mr. Mc Donald was instrumental in or gamzing of the Cass County Volunteer Firemen's association. lI1K &luu sis uii me ouuuicui iNeuiastta. voiumee; Firemen's Association, whicn organization Mr. McDonald had the pleasure of serving as presi dent in the year 1949. Ke is no a member of the executive com mittee. Mr. McDonald's activity in sports has been continuous since being a member of tha Murdock high school basketball team, which, in 1926 went to the finals in the State tourna ment. It is anticipated that Mr. Mc Donald will be a strong con tender for the office of County Clerk. Attends Banker Meet at Lincoln Tuesday Carl J. Schneider, president of the Plattsmouth State bank with H. A. Schneider, chairman of the board of direct ors of the bank, were in Lin coln where they were called to attend the meeting of the Ne braska State Bankers' associa tion. There was a large number of speaker at the meeting and i following the sessions a group I of some twenty-four of the j bankers left on a tour over th : state, visiting many of the I towns to hold meetings of the j bankers in the different terri ! tories visited. The tour will cov jer the week and the members ! expect to return on Sunday. A classified Ad in the Journal costs, as little as 35c. " v - T I V " Nebraska City Officers Look Over Equipment Thursday afternoon Mayor Behmers and City Commissioner George Verret, in charge of the street department of Nebraska City, were in Plattsmouth ar.d accompanied by Leo Wikoi. street department mechanic. They came here to inspect the Plattsmouth street department equipment, particularly the city street maintainer, purchased last year by the city council. They were guests here of Councilman Sam Arn head of the streets, alleys and bridges committee of the Plattsmouth city council, and were given a thorough demonstration of the work that the city maintainer can do in grading and keeping up the streets. Elmer GocLe- nour, operator of the machine and street foreman, demonstrate ed the machine and its effi ciency in several types of street work, both on the hill and tne more level streets over the city. The Plattsmouth street main tainer has been found one of the best purchases that the cay has made in recent years and its efficiency in all types of road work has been demonstrat ed in the time that it has b?on in service. Nebraska City has found the grading on the streets there has been quite high and the prese?it machinery too expensive to maintain, as after twelve years of service it has frequent break downs that are costing a great deal to repair. Cleanup Week Is Now in Swing The Clean Up week was un derway today despite tne un favorable weather and the resi den tors were busy in gathering their debris to be hauled away. The city street department was co-operating 100 per ; cent in tiing the rubbish , hauled away. For the rest of the week there will be hauling in zones and on Friday and Saturday a general pickup all over the city Residents are urged to get their stuff ready for the trucks and they will be picked up in order as shown in the zones. MONDAY Zone 1: from Main Street and 7th Street Northeast. TUESDAY Zone 2: from Main Street and 8th Street Northwest. WEDNESDAY Zone 3: from Main Street and 7lh Street Southeast. THURSDAY Zone 4: from Main Street and 8th Street Southwest. Miss Ann Hassler Is Taken 111 Miss Ann Hassler, bookkeeper and accountant at Soennich sen's. was taken ill this morn ing, suffering a sudden heart attack. The attack was so se vere that Miss Hassler was tak en to Lincoln this (Monday) afternoon, to the home of her brother, William Hassler and family. She was accompanied by another brother. Earl of Omaha. "Indecent Exposure" Brings Fine Glenn M. Zentner. age 25, of Falls City pleaded guilty Friday morning in county court to charges of "Indecent Exposure." Judge Peck, after receiving Zentner's plea of guilty, levied a fine of fifty dollars and costs. Sheriff Solomon stated that he had reports from young country school girls that a man driving a truck, had on many occasions, stopped along side of them on highway 75, and in decently exposed himself to them. Friday morning Sheriff Solomon and Deputy Dunlap laid a trap for the culprit by using a concealed two-way walkie talkie radio near the scene of the previous incidents. As Zentner approached he was identified and taken into cust ody. Zentner is employed by a film company which kept a daily schedule through Platts mouth. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Talcott and family were at Syracuse Sunday where they visited nt the home of relatives for the day. Has Car Taken Friday Night County Attorney Walter H. Smith had an unpleasant sur prise Saturday morning when he started to leave his home at 624 North 6th tc drive down town to his office. As he came out of the house he found the space where the family car had been parked, vacant. Visioning the theft of the car and its abandonment some where on the highway, Mr. Smith continued on down to the business section, when reaching 6th and Avenue A he discover ed the car parked near the Nu Way lunch. It was found that while the car was not damaged as far as the body and wheels was con cerned, a great deal of the mechanism of the car had been tampered with. The radio in the car, valued at $80, had been taken away and the wires lead ing to 'he radio torn out, the floor mat of the car taken and the foot feed and clutch had also been tampered with by the person taking the car. Neighbors of the Smith family reported that around 2:30 Sat urday morning they had heard cars in the vicinity where the Smith residence is located, the lighs of one of the cars shining in the window of the neighbors had awakened the family, fix ing the time approximately when the Smith car had been stolen. Pawnee City Young Men Suffer Wreck Saturday morning shortly bo fore 2 o'clock a 1950 Pontine sedan driven by Orville Bacon, of Pawnee City was wrecked on the famous "Deadman's Curve" north of Plattsmouth on high way No. 75. With Bacon in the car at the time of the accident, was Ronald Richey also of Paw nee City. The car was traveling north to Omaha at the time of the accident and apparently was unable to make the turn in the road and crashed into the deep ditch to the north of the road way. The car was a complete wreck. Ronald Riley was the most seriously injured of the occu pants, as he suffered numerous cuts, both of the young men were very badly bruised as the car crashed over the roadway. The members of the auto party were brought onto Plattsmouth where Mr. Richey had his injur ies dressed. Dollar Days In Plattsmouth April 28-29 The merchants of Plattsmouth are extending a welcome to the residents of this section of Ne braska and western Iowa on Friday and Saturday, April 28th and 29th, for the two days that have been designated as "Dollar Days." The advertisement of the of ferings of the various stores will appear in the Journal on Thursday, April 27th and will give all the opportunity of their special offerings for these two big days that will be real bargains in all lines in addition to the red hot dollar values that are to im: given by the merchants. Do not fail to be here Friday and Saturday as they will be true days of value to the care ful buyer who is seeking the greatest amount of return for his money. Pelicans Flying To the Northland The residents of this locality had an unusual sight on Friday and Saturday morning when two large flocks of pelicans were flying over this city, head ed northward to their summer feeding and breeding grounds. The flight on Friday was un usually large and made a very interesting picture as they wheeled in the sky over the city, diving and swinging with grace and beauty as they were taking their way northward. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Shoemaker of Nehawka were here Friday evening to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thiele. - " K . XV. F. EVERS Grand Commander Knights Templar W. REvers Is New Commander Of State Templars William F. Evers of this city, one of the best known members of the Masonic order in Nebras ka, was elected Friday afternoon as the grand commander cf the Knights Templar of Nebraska, succeeding Arthur V. M 'vi'le of Broken Bow. The election closed a !'.vo d.iv session of the grand cor.ir.inr.i ery of the state of Nebraska held at the Masonic temple i.i Omaha. Other officers elected com prised the following: George K. A. Laschinsky, Grand Island, deputy grand commander; Thomas D. Thomas, Columbus, grand generalissimo; George O. Sizemore, North Platte, grand captain general; Charles O. Showalter, Omaha, grand sen ior warden; Guy L. Raber. Scottsbluff, grand junior war den; Ruben E. Knight. Alliance, grand treasurer; Carl F. Greisen, Omaha, grand recorder; Frank E. Pfoutz, Lincoln, grand pre late; John G. Morris, McCook. grand standard bearer; Donald A. Keys, Lincoln, grand sword bearer; Donald L. Willholte, Su perior, grand warder, and Wil liam H. Hansen, Hastings, grand captain of the guards. Mr. Evers has had a long and and distinguished service in the Masonic order in the state of Nebraska, and at this time is the superintendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home in this city, sis well as a member of the execu tive committee of the National Masonic Home Executive associ ation, of which he is a past pres ident. Mr. Evers has served as head of the various York Rite Ma sonic bodies in this city, Flatts mouth lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M., Nebraska Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Masons, Mt. Zion Com mandery of the Knights Temp lar, Adoniram Chapter No. 7 of the Royal and Select Masters. He is also a past worthy patron of the Eastern Star. Mr. Evers is a member of the Scottish Rite Masons of the Omaha consistory, the Sesostris shrine of Lincoln. He is also an honorary member of the Nation al Sojourners and Heroes of 7G. Mrs. J. R. Gray, wife of Col. Gray of Offutt Field, was here Saturday to visit with Captain and Mrs. Vincent Braun and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thiele. Leads Red Army HONG KONG, China Reports from Communist China indicate that Gen. Lin Pao, above, the Reds top field general, has been ordered to capture Hainan Is land, ten miles off the south China coast. Previous Commu nist attacks have been repelled by the Nationalist army. Z;4? ? i : . . ,-. - ., Jl or. G. H. Gilmore Renamed Head of Historic Group The Cass County Historical society held their meeting on Wednesday at noon at the main dining room of the Edith Solo mon coffee shop, a very pleas ing number of the members being here for the meeting. The chief business of the ses sion was the election of the of ficers for the ensuing year and all of the present officers were renamed, as follows: President Dr. G. H. Gilmore, Murray.' First Vice-President Mrs, E. H. Wescott, Plattsmouth. Second Vice-President A. L. Tidd, Plattsmouth. Third Vice-President Miss Barbara Gering. Secretary Mrs. C. D. Spang ler, Murray. Attorney A. L. Tidd. who has been an untiring worker in the society for the past several years, stated that he had compiled the history of fifteen of the churches of Cass county, and now had them in form so they might be printed in pamphlet form as his torical documents. It was voted to have these printed and avail able to the public. This was placed in the hands of Dr. Gil more to look after the printing. The members present at the meeting discussed the matter of a county museum for the pres ervation of historical documents, pictures and other articles of value concerning the history of Cass county. It was decided that the next meeting of the society would be entirely devot ed to the matter of the museum and the possibilities of securing a building and getting it ar ranged for use. Postal Change Largely Affects Carrier Routes The changes that were order ed on Tuesday by Postmaster Gtneral Donaldson, in the post al service in all parts of the United States, will be felt here, mainly in the carrier service in the city, Postmaster Leslie vv. Neil states. Under the new set up there will be but one delivery a day in the residential section of the city. There will be but one deliver ies in the business section of the city, one in the forenoon. It is expected that the city carriers will start out on their routes earlier in the mornings to cover the territory served. As far as expected there will be no changes in the hours at the post office in the service to the public, the general delivery and money order windows re maining open until 6 p. m. at the present time. Postmaster Neil feels that it is not feasible to carry out drastic changes in the Saturday service at the postoffice, as this is a very busy time. The general de livery window will be open as usual on Saturday until the regular closing time. The changes that are made will largehvbe felt by the auxil iary employes and those engag ed for part time in the handling of the mail. Install Fire Escapes On Ruse Building The Ruse building at 6th and Main street is having fire es capes installed as a matter of safety to the residents of this structure, the upper floors of which are largely devoted to apartments. The fire escapes are being placed on the south side of the building and others are planned as a move of safety to the resi dents. A number of new apartments are being constructed on the third floor of the structure, and the fire escapes will add greatly to the safety facilities for the residents. With the use of the third floor facilities it will be possible to have a number of additional apartments constructed that will help on the easing of the hous ing shortage in the city. UNDERGOES OPERATION Saturday, Edward Trively, of this city, was operated on at St. Catherine's hospital in Oma ha, following an attack of ap pendicitis. He came through the operation in excellent condi tion and is expected home in a few days.