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E tPlATrTSIMODaj JJflDOJTOM vtf' II-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 70 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 11 CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Four Injured In Auto Accident Near Plattsmouth A small patch of ice on high way 75. near dead man's curve north of Plattsmouth resulted in injuries to at least four per sons Tut sdav night. Most seriously iniured was Mrs. Eleanor Davis. 38. who sus tained rib r nd arm fractures in addition to nock. She was re ported in critical condition at an Omaha hospital. A 'so iniured seriously was 16 tnonth old Lee Davis, son of the injured woman, who receiv ed arm and lee fractures. Others iniured were Sanford Davis. 58. driver of one car. and another son. Ted. 5. who receiv ed cuts ana bruises. Sneriff Tom Solomon, who in vestigated the accident, said that the car driven by Sanford. who was going south returning to the Davis' home at St. Joseph. Mo., collided with another driv en by Captain Earl Weiberg. 33. who was returning to Offut Field. Weiberg is living in Plattsmouth. Solomon said cident oc curred on the approach to the i-urve about 6:15 Tuesdav nisht. lie said Davis had toid him that the Davis car had turned and when it struck a patch ;o' just before the accident o: in? Davis lamilv was taken to Omaha in the Caldwell am bulance. Dr. R. F. Brendel cave orr.tvger.cv :reatment to the mured at the scene of the ac cident. Cant. v iber.g hitched a ride to the base. Both cars were serious.lv dam aged as traffic on the road was h id up for almost an hour. Glenn Pankonin Cops Top Honors At Gun Shoot Glenn Pankonin walked off with too honors in the fir-t haifik Walton sun shoot to b held hero in a long time. Pankonin shattered 3G targets out of a possible 42 to take 'the Sunday shoot which was held at A. the Izaak Walton grounds east of i he Platte river bririae. For his top shooting. Pankonin re ceived two bacons and two turkeys,. utners to crash the winners circle were John Terry berry, who received a bacon and a turkey for hitting 16 of 20 tar gets: Lyle Mcisinger. a bacon and turkey for 14 of 20 targets; Arthur Snreick and Ralph Gan-seme-r. each one bacon for smashing eight of ten targets, and Jess Ogdon. one bacon for hitting seven of 10 targets. A strong wind hampered .shooting throughout the day and cut the possibility of higher scores. Another shoot is planned in two weeks. Further information will be disclosed at a later date. Dan Reichstadt 'On Cargo Ship Dan H. Reichstadt. Jr.. fire man apprentice. USN of Platts mouth. is serving aboard an at tack cargo ship. USS Uvalde, in the Pacific. The Uvalde is car rying food and clothing from a.aval supply depots on the west '."ns: to bases in the Far East. When the Korean hostilities broke out. the Uvalde was un dergoing annual overhaul in San Francisco. On one day's notice. ;. was loaded wirh supplies and .r.mediat' iy headed for the war rone. Crash Extends Soldier's Leave Larry Thimgan. who had spnt a ten dav furlough here over ' the holidays, was given a slight extension Tuesday. He left Plattsmouth Tuesdav to return to Carlyle. Pennsylvania, but was delayed when his car struck a patch of ice near Des Moines and crashed into a telephone pole. No one was iniured and he is resuming the trip back to his army camp. Journal Receives Newsprint Order First shipment of newsprint since last September was re reived at the Journal nlant i last Thursday morning. While ' only 10.000 pounds, it came in the nick of time. For weeks The Journal has been nursini alons a supply that seemed entirely inade quate to serve minimum re tirements. Every combina tion of pres run was used in order to make every ounce of rtaoer cover these needs. When he above shipment ar rived. The Journal had placed on its Goss Dress the last roll of newsprint in the plant- Other newspapers in the area usinsr roll print are hav ing their problems, too. Ship ments are beine rationed and unless oimtas are extended to metropolitan dailies, many smaller papers are in for a long, hard pull. Remove Lights From Courthouse Tree Those Christmas lights hang ing in the evergreen on our courthouse lawn "for the past three or four years that have worried many of our local resi dents, were removed Tuesday by Consumers Public Power. On behalf of Plattsmouth res idents, we carry their apprecia tion to Fred Rea and his help ers for tneir effort and expendi ture in attempting to brighten up the corner. Although this was about the saddest and most repulsive looking Christmas tree in eastern Nebraska this year, let's not be hasty in passing judgment. We're sure that by next December gloom will oe cisptlled from the city when Consumers put their master era it smeii to work on the old evergreen. CpL Bob Baines Pulls Through Korea Retreat A letter received from Cpl. Robert Gaines on Christmas day by his mother. Mrs. Lucille Horn Games, register ol deeds, in formed her he had survived t be long retreat with the First Ma rine Division in Korea t.rom the Chasin Reservoir area. After landing in the States last summer following near', two years spent in China ana Japan. Bob was immediately re turned to Korea and has been in the thick of the fighting since. He was last heard from on November 26. during intense lighting that lead his division to the Manchurian border. In his letter, Cpl. Gaines stated "at the moment I'm .OK and living the lite of Kiiev. im aboard the U. S. S. Si;ltan, ai my transport and to me it's a luxurv liner. I took my first shower since landing in North Korea. It's funny, too. the best of friends didn't know each other after the dirt was washed off. I still haven't got my hands clean, in fact I still haven't got all the feeling back in them. There was one day my hands were so weak I couldn't even button my clothes, and that's pretty weak." A second note enclosed, writ ten, later, continues: 'Thanks for the prayers. Mom; you may not know it but they pulled me through the cam paign unharmed. There was one day in particular when you must have really prayed for me. On that dav, not counting the umerous bullets that missed me by several feet. I got one bullet through my pack while it was still on mv back: one went through my right trouser leg: another ripped the sleeve of mv parKa. ana nnaiiy one put a big dent in my helmet. All this happened in the space of six hours. "Not only that, but my squad of 13 men was depleted to five. Those prayers really helped. At the moment I am in a rest area at Masan. just .soutn oi usan. Accounts of the First Division Marines retreat irom tne onas- in Reservoir area through moun tains in bitter cold to the evac uation port of Hungnan is a bit er one. In temperatures at imes dropping to lo below zero. this heroic group battled their way against noraes oi tmnese Reds, bringing out their wound- d. dead and most equipment. This letter telling of his safe ty arriving on Christmas morn ing was the greatest gift his mother and friends ever re- ceived. Man Injured As Rifle Discharges Archie D. Thornton. 1708 2nd - i - avenue, is recovering loaay alt er his rifle discharged acci dentally and the bullet entered his bodv. The accident occurred while Thornton was hunting- New Year's Day. He had stepped from his car and was preparing to load the rifle when the weapon was ccidentallv jarred and dis charged. The bullet entered his body at an angie and passed through the muscle on the npt side of his chest. Thornton be lieved the gun to be empty. He has been confined to his bed for about two weeks. The in jurv was not serious. Sheriff Tom Solomon said the accident occurred near the rifle range north of the city. Streets, Sidewalks Are Ice Covered Old man winter moved back into the weather picture in the Plattsmouth community t h i week, following a spring-like en trance of the new year. While temperatures Monday ranged above the freezing mark snow flurries early Tuesday and throughout most ot the morn ing deposited a heavy covering of the white stuff. Predicted heavy snow Wednes day failed to materialize, al though temperatures earl Wednesday morning dipped far below the freezing point, climb ing to the upper 20's Wednes day afternoon. Streets and sidewalks in the city were slick and dangerous throughout the day Wednesday and were still in the same con dition yet this morning. Journal Want Ads Fay! Bloodmobile In City; Seek 165 Pints Blood Residents of Plattsmouth and surroundinjr area found out today that giving blood isn't as bad as it may sound. They were the ones who took time to donate a pint of blood to the Red Cross. The donations were jriven as a part of the Veteran's movement to sponsor a successful bloodmobile visit to Plattsmouth today. The first group of donors were taken shortly before noon, and comes to the city, an enormous the unit was in the midst of ac tivity when The Journal went to press this afternoon. The unit was set up at the Presby terian church. Success on the bloodmobile visit is dependent upon the num ber of doners. The Red Cro-ss basis each visit on a quota which for Plattsmouth is 165. Since many potential donors are dis qualified by various tests made before blood is taken, at least 200 donors are needed for the unit to reach its quota. And if donors are wondering where the blood is going, they may be interested to learn that all of the blood sent to Korea for medical purposes for the country's fighting men. all of it has come from the Red Cross. But while the blood is given free, statistics show that it costs the Red Cross an average of $10 to draw and process each pint. It takes two and one-half pints of whole blood to make a unit of plasma. Even before the bloodmobile George Litle, 24, Injured As Car Leaves Road George O. Litle. 24. received cuts and bruises about the head and body. Monday when he ap parently suffered an attack and lost control of his car. Sheriff Tom Solomon, who in vestigated the accident, said Litle 's body was taken from the car through the windshield. He was taken to University hos pital by Caldwell ambulance. According to the sheriff, Litle had been on his way home at the time of the attack. He had gone south on highway to ana had returned onto a dirt road leading to his home at the time of the accident. The car left the left side of the road, climbed up an em bankment and struck a tree. Litle, who suffered shock, in addition to cuts and bruises, is reportedly improved. The car was seriously dam aged. Vandals Smash Windows at Olson Rock Quarry Several windows were broken late Sunday night at the Olson Quarry at Weeping Water by what Sheriff Tom Solomon de scribed as "vandals." According to the sheriff s re port a two-iooi twe was mrown through the east door of the building, breaking the glass. Small windows on the west side of the scale house were broken. and nine windows were broken in thp cab of the crane. The windshield of the cab on the compressor was also smasned. The damage was discovered by Claude Smith, who was in charge of the quarry. VISIT IX LOUISIANA Mr. and Mrs. William F. Evers departed December 26 for a va cation trip in Louisiana. They will visit at Amite, where they lived 32 years ago, in hopes ot finding familiar places and old friends. Subscribe to The Journal! Deems There'll be pleasure in The members of the extra reading Journal for ail family starting with this issue. The little extras will give Mom, Dad and the kids a com plete comic section, with six new entertaining comic strips slated for weekly publication each Thursday. But Journal readers won't miss the regular comics either. gjjj . ijp amount of work must be don. And in Plattsmouth it started with members ol the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Auxiliaries, who opened the campaign to get donors almost two weeks ago. The actual number of donors is not known at this time, although the number or pledges topped the 100 mark. One-third of the blood taken todav will be used by the armed forces. The rest is earmarked for use by the Cass County Blood Bank to be used free by patients in hospitals. Blood received by the Red Cross will also be used for ci vilian defense and military pur poses. The actual expense of blood drawn and processed by the Red Cross and used by the military is paid for by the mili tary. The bloodmobile visits Cass county five times each year. Other stons in the county re cently were at Elmwood and Louisville. Flood Control Group To Meet at Weeping Water Adoption of a constitution and election of a permanent board ot directors will highlight a meeting of the Cass-Weeping Water Creek Association next Thursday. The meeting will be held in the auditorium at Weeping Wa ter starting at eight o'clock, ac cording to the temporary com mittee. Stanley Matzke, farm editor of the Lincoln Journal and sec retary of the Salt-Wahoo Wa tershed Association will speak at the meeting. The organization proposes soil conservation and flood con trol development along all wa terways in Cass county not con nected with similar watershed associations. The January 11 meeting is for all residents and parties of the county interested in the devel opment of a flood control or ganization. Earlier the temporary com mittee met at Weeping WTater to draw up plans for a per manent organization. At the meeting, held last Friday, were Art Wolph of Nehawka. tem porary chairman; Joe Bender of Weeping Water, temporary vice chairman; Paul E. Fauquet of Plattsmouth, acting secretary treasurer; Richard Ten Hulsen, Cass district soil conservation ist; Clarence Schmadeke. Cass county extension agent, and E. Thomas Stacey of Weeping Wa ter. Billy Sullivan Has Appendectomy Sat. Billv Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Sullivan, of south of Plattsmouth. was taken to an Omaha hospital Saturday where he later submitted to an ap pendectomy. He is making a rapid recovery and returned home Tuesdav. His sister. Bar bara, was only recently released following a similar operation. MOVES TO CALIFORNIA J. J. Gleason. who has been station agent at Murray, has retired and will go to Lynwood, Calif., to make his home. Mrs. Gleason has been living there for some time. Hoss Face Hank They, however, will appear each week in the Monday issue. In this issue readers will be introduced to Jenny, featured character in "Rural Delivery." They will also meet "Deems," the kids in "Off Main Street," ana they'll enjoy "Those Were the Days" and "Ooing West." Al Smith's "Jackie" will complete the regular Thursday comic selection. Charles E. Patch Receives Call To U. S. Army Charles E. Patch, who has served as druggist at Cass Drug for the past three and one-half years leaves this Thursday eve ning for Ft. Sheridan Army Base. 28 miles north of Chicago, where he will be assigned to Medical Supply. Mr. Patch, who has made his home in Plattsmouth since June of 1947. is a registered pharma cist and served aboard a troop transport during the last war, Charles E. Patch also in medical supply. He was discharged in June of 1946 and had been employed in a Lincoln pharmacy prior to coming to this city. He with his family, Mrs. Patch and two children, Micky and Gayle, have their home at 810 Avenue D, where the family will continue to reside for the present, or until Mr. Patch re ceives a permanent assignment. Serving as president of the local Ad Club during the past year, Mr. Patch has been most active in civic affairs and has contributed a good deal to the trade promotion activities of the city since residing here. He will be greatly missed, not only at he store, but in civic groups throughout the city. Lt. John Hoschar stopped at his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hoschar, Friday night. He was en route from Ohio to Colorado Springs, where he is now sta tioned. At The Cass County Court House . A petition was filed in Dis trict court Tuesday by Walter H. Smith. Cass county attorney, against E. C. Finlay of Doug las county. The petition seeks SI. 000 from Finlay, who posted bond for Ellis N. Phillips. Phil lips failed to appear for hearing here November 20. He was charged with the possession of burglary tools. A complaint, filed by Richard Rhoades, against Harold Radtke and Harold Radtke. Jr., of Mur ray, for disturbing the peace, was ruled in favor of the defend ants by County Judge Raymond J. Case Wednesday. In his judg ment. Judge Case ruled that the state had failed to prove its case. Court costs were assessed against the plaintiff. Marriage license was issued to Jack E. Clark. 51. Forest Grove, Oregon, and Alice L. Sharpnack. 45. Plattsmouth. Wednesday. They were married by Rev. Har old V. Mitchell. George McKay, charged on two counts, speeding and reck less driving, pled guilty in coun ty court Thursday. Judge Ray mond J. Case fined McKay $10 on each count, plus court cost. The complaint was filed by Pa trolman J. E. Kruger. Blackie i The six comic strips were i added to the newspaper's en- ! tertaining features to provide a ! more complete service to read : ers. Their human interest and ! every day appeal should be ' greeted with great pleasure by Journal readers. i Paul Gringle's comic strip, ! "Rural Delivery." features a I family affair with Jenny and ."Ma and Pa" developing unus- Red Cross Head Speaks At Rotary Club Tuesday Mrs. Frances Smith, director of the Omaha Regional Blood Bank, was guest speaker at Ro tary Club here Tuesday noon, bringing Rotarians an inside picture of efforts of Red Cross workers and civilians in keeping a steady flow of blood, plasma and derivities going through regular channels. Mrs. Smith revealed the Red Red Cross took over direction of the bloodmobile three years ago at the msistance of American Medical and Hospital associa tions. They were selected be cause they had in operation nu merous organizations through out the United States and cou'd handle such a gigantic program with the personnel and equip ment with which they were sup plied. Although the Red Cross has set up 32 blood centers in the the country, the program has only gotten underway. It will be several years before even 80 per cent of the country can be covered with the service. In Nebraska 60 counties are now j participating or organizing to take part in the program. j During December, the Omaha: Blood Bank supplied 1.872 pints! of blood to hospitals and indi viduals at no cost. In addition. 282 pints of whole blood and 450 units of plasma were delivered to the armed forces, but the quota was not filled. January quota for the Omaha blood bank, of which Cass coun ty is a part, stands at 2.200 pints for civilians. 750 pints of whole blood for Korea, plus an addi tional 1.600 points to be sent to commercial laboratories for processing into plasma. This will require that five per cent of the people in the area served give a pint of blood. That means 800 pints of blood must come from this county. Dr. A. L. Amato. program chairman and director of the county blood drive, revealed that three temporary contribu tion centers are open in Cass county this week, Elmwood, with 125 signed up; Louisville with over 200. and Plattsmouth with about 100. Robert M. Walling introduced high school student guests of Retary for January. John Horne. junior, and Ed Baumgart, senior. Regular songfest saw Hilt Wes cott at the piano, with John Frady leading. lend Me A Hand' Is Slogan For March Of Dimes "Lend Me a Hand." That is the slogan of the 1951 March of Dimes which will be gin here and throughout the nation on January 15. The two week campaign in Cass county will be under the direction of Mrs. Orville Nielsen, county chairman. It will close Janu ary 30. Local chairmen are already formulating plans for an exten sive campaign, which will be cli maxed January 30 when a Birth day Ball is held. The slogan is portrayed by a young polio victim whose arms have been crippled. Henry Donat, local chairman, disclosed earlier that a large com crib will be erected in the business district. Corn depos ited in the crib will be sold with proceeds going to the March of Dimes. NEW CORRESPONDENT FOR SOUTH ASHLAND Mrs. Ivan E. Armstrong will replace Mrs. John Remmenga as Journal correspondent for South Ashland next week. Mrs. Rem menga was forced to resign her duties as correspondent because her family is leaving the area. Do You Remember? ual, yet lifelike, family situa tions. "Deems" portrays humorously incidents which the young char acter gets into, while in "Off Main Street." Gus and "Bug Eyes" will open a new enter taining strip for the entire fam ily. And a comparison of the old and new in Art Beeman's "Those Were the Days" will recall the Sworn in Motorists Warned Of Sled Mishaps With the heavy snow of the past few days, motorists at tention is called to be on the lookout for children sledding on Plattsmouth streets. In many sections of the city drivers have a habit of run ning stop signs in residential areas. These stop signs were placed at strategic intersec tions for the express purpose of protecting pedestrians and drivers at blind and danger ous street crossings. Invari ably they are found at the foot of steep hills. While a most dangerous pastime, neighborhood chil dren often use these streets for sledding. Let's not have a repeat performance of a year ago. Drivers should keep their eyes and ears open and obey every traffic signal. Don't let it be you that in jures or kill.;, some boy or girl. Stork Club Head Says Plattsmouth Worst Christmas Sherman Billingslv. famed night club head and owner ot! New York's exclusive "Stoik." gave Plattsmouth ill-timed puo licity in the New York Herald Tribune Christmas day. Just when Plattsmouth was in the midst of purveying the best of "good will" to everybody in the spirit of the holiday sea son. "Cy" comes up with a slap in the face in an interview with Hy Gardner, the Herald-Tribune dispenser of gossip, in his "Early Bird on Broadway" column. Mayor Clem Woster received a torn newspaper page from some unknown well-wisher at Corning. New York, containing the following interview: "Sherman Billingsley's most unforgettable Christmas hap pened in a town called Platts mouth. Neb. "I was driving a broken down Ford," he remi nisced, "when suddenly I was stopped by a wise-guy sheriff on suspicion of tipping off rum running cars. His nibs locked me m a room ot tne local lire house where no one came near me for two days. I was without food, water, there wasn't even a cigarette butt to puff on. By the time the assistant chief of police found me, released me and apologized, Christmas was over. I'll never forget Platts mouth. Neb." . . . We here at The Journal would be inclined to cast a shadow (continued on page three) Baby Contest Deadline Nears There are only two days left for entry in The Journal's an nual first babv of the New Year contest. Entry in the contest will be closed Saturday. To honor the first baby of the vear, Plattsmouth merchants are offering an array of gifts for both the baby and his or hen parents. To be eligible for the gifts. the dav, hour, "minute and place of birth of the babv. its weight, col or of eyes; the name and address of the parents, and the name and signature of the physician must be submitted to the First Baby Contest editor bv January 6th. Who the fortunate baby is. will be disclosed next week. A classified Aa m The Journal costs as little as 35 D Gorgeous Jenny past for "Mom" and "Dad" while the kids will get an idea of how it used to be. "Blackie," a friendly colored boy, will be enjoyed by all mem bers of the family and "Going West" answers the question "why?" to Horace Greeley's com mand. "Go West Young Man." So you will know them, meet the characters in The Journal's new comic strip section. Four new faces will r. around the court house e found for the. next lew years, following offi cial swearing in of elected coun ty officials today. New county officers sworn in today were W. J. Bryan Mac Donald, county clerk: Richard C. Peck, county attorney, and Ray Norris of Avoca and Her man Bornemeier of Alvo, com missioners from the second and third districts. Not returning to their court house duties will be George R. Sayles. who had served as coun tv clerk tor over 30 years: Wal ter II. Smith, county attorney for two terms: and Parr Young. Nehawka and A. G. Reed. Elm wood. commissioners. Young. Reed and Smith did not seek re-election. But for each new face, two returning officials will be pres ent at their posts. The eight returning county officers are: C. E. Ledgwav. clerk of the district court, who will be star ting his 6th term. Wm. Puis, who will be starting" his 25: h year as counts assessor, is dean of the countv officials. Puis first became assessor in 1P25. Lloyd A. Behrends. countv superintendent, who was elected to a second teum this year. He had served the office in an ap pointive capacity before elec tion to his first term. Behrends bid taught school at Weeping Water for 19 years. 12 as the "bool's superintendent. His wife, who is his assistan. also !;mh! at Weeping Water. T ucille Horn Gaines, register of r'ods will be star; in?' her third "rm having been elected twice before. Raymond J Case will be star ting his first elective term as countv iud'ie. He had served in the offic since he was appoint ed last June. Ruth M. Patton. countv treas urer, who wa- re-elected last fall will start her third term. Tom Solomon. Cass county's nationally known sheriff, will start his second tprm todav. Frank Dall will be the county surveyor for the nevt term. He had served in the office before, retirino to complete his school ing. He had worked with the state since graduating in June. Wm. R. Nolte. countv com missioner from the 1st district, will be back. Nolte still has tim? to serve on his first term in office. Bornemeier. commissioner el ect from the second district, will not be unfamiliar with the duties of the commission. He had been elected before but had later resigned. Rav Norris. new commission er from the second district, re placing p-rr Young who did not run for re-election had served with the County Commissioner several years a?o. Norris who is from Avoca. was elected last fall. The new county officials wre sworn in bv Countv Judge Ray mond J. Case. Chamber To Hold Annual Meeting Here Tonight Members of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual organizational mating tonight, with election. of office; and an address by How ard Shinrock highlighting th evening's activities. The 6:30 dinner meeting will be heJd at Hotel Plattsmouth. With a iiw year opening ad ditional fields of promotion to the croup, all members of the Chamber are urged to attend to tkc an active '"art in the early stages of develoninor plans for advancement of Plattsmouth through progressive activities. Shinrock. manager of the in dustrial department of the Omi ha Chamber of Commerce will give Chamber members an idea of how Plattsmouth can bene fit from "War Contracts for Small Business Men." Development of industry in the city is one of the leading activities which the Chamber will promote during the coming year. Special notices of the annual meeting were sent out to Cham ber members last week. A large attendance at the meeting could well be the kick-off for an active year by the Chamber. John Bissinr Home From Hospital John Bissing. who has been confined to an Omaha hospital for the past 60 days, returned to the Frd Rea home in Platts mouth where hf is recuperating from a mast serious illness and a series of operations. Mr. Biss ine. who was forced to clos his watch shop here temporarily, is making as good progress as pos sible under hii circumstances and hopos to br back in busi ness circles before many months pass.