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I CASS COUNTY'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER 'KLY .Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 70 TWELVE PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 27 T ii;:i-n-s Xori.vi't Lawson, 20-vear-oM Omahan, has t-tt i Teak-ins at three Cass county schools, Sheriff ':n Solon:, n disclosed Weilnosdav. V'it'U'S-ii-ij !'V Shv '"u rinir were ;t' i r.'aV.-r int.. th I.av..n. Vvi:. kuiiiiiii's lor at '::.)) Lanw A! :.d.y. He w ;-.s r a Iter t .: T ! 1 1 : u 1 1 ' Father And Son With Like Names treate rroale Ail O C. ). (' IT" n and his fa il. I Live given r.r.h time the ncis in nor them as they ve the ci:y. In ;!!: name.-, both .-.-soeiatcri with blic schools. is the present are o: education. hi.!-': Dr her has i 3e cus- : ars .-eh.ool lor 3 .--peal cove-red - k' i -i 'eiehers and f pro :. : !I: -n with a .-p- ' 1 a I ur-:iii: away v.is also in - -h V. : -.v- CI )v!.'-;rr. who .SA-. a to .h:ty with n. 'he :.' eo a vv.s: watc h r-'ir.V'H-n"'. a of ti.e h.uh school. .. I and junior high . ;i "Hudciy" the l:i of their friend- . r.t- d Mrs. O. C. Hudson w- k tor California. Blue Devils Meet Valley In Finale Friday Ni?ht t-wc in irfs Pla'ts aiake one th" season wh.en thev e ;- to e:,c eoir.r:! VaUov Fruaiv r.ieht. It :he las' sci;. Bit a-' Devils : iuled game 'd the end a f. ar uame r-.ac; trip. a Uiree same losing af ! breaking even in 12 gaa:cs. the Eiae Dev- :. eo tins or.e to bolster befo i:itura 1 1- :e i ' A: fen . tski S' ven con- til, the two teams are a boa -ven on comparison fes with like opponents, game too will determine i a. scorer for the Blue Stewart and Gerald Clayburn ..ill give Stan Cole decided upon action for pro lo his hopes of en- . posed deferments. 00 cateeory. Stewart chose to accept the i' the Blue Devils 90-day "deferment from being 1 -: and lo.st nine in '. called to duty with the 438th in addition to split- Troop Carrier Wing, while Clay cor.tercr.ee tourney burn declined the deferment The Riu" Devils will and will report for active duty play at Auburn March 10. Both men were called to Of- futt field and offered the choice ': Reims was taken of going now or in 90 days. In he-a.-t hospital at either case, they will still have tiia . -aay for minor to serve 21 months after report ing for duty. Mr to t i0 Ont a ha surgery. Wi Candidates may be able to cair;- the chv e!rio:i here April 3rd bv Hoodm" the ballot boxes with 'lair own votes. That m i med apparent Wed nesday uiiht as party caucuses 4 Frank Rebal n Ad Three Schis tted the break-ins in a signed confession riff Solomon. Schoo!hoiises lie admitted A h o. Avoea and Murdock. lie denied :e Ehriwood school. i:o had been prowliny Cass county school ! !-a-t a month, was picked up by State y -leii-en three miles south of Plattsmouth s an-estcd when he returned to his stalled r had ln-en spotted by the patrolman dur- It was the same car. which Lancaster county enforcement olticers had chased over coun try roads at speeds up to 90-mile an hour Saturday. Lawson has admitted the chase and a break in at the Waverly school house where he was first spotted by the Lancaster officers. When picked up here Monday. Lawson was questioned about the break-ins. After admitting them, he was taken to Lincoln for Questioning bv Lancaster authorities. Solomon said Lan caster authorities were given first crack at Lawson since they had spotted his license number curing the chase Saturday. After the chase. Lawson head ed for Kansas Citv where hp s-ayeci until Sunday, he told Cass and Lancaster county of ficers. He was causht near here after his car stalled while he was making his way back to Omaha. Married and the father of two small children. Lawson is a former Omaha radio announcer, and ex-police officer in Florida. In Ids confession here. Law son admitted setting $85 at Alvo. SL'O at Murdock and no Ivnz at Avoca. He also admit - -even dollars from a grocery store at Murdock. In Lincoln District Judae Har- rv A. Ankeny deferred senten cing Lawson. after he had sta ted that he entered the Waver ly school house because he needed monev. He said he had been working part time as a 'rack driver for the past three months. Lawson's car. which Lancas ter authorities fired at least a dozen nistol shots at during the ehase Saturday, is being held h.er" at the countv court house. The Omahan nleaded ruiltv o charges of breaking and en frmr the Waverlv hih school b'uldin0- when ouestiond at T in ceil n Wednesday. Sheriff Tom So'omor. also nue.stioned the confessed robber at Lincoln. PHS Athletic Department Is Even On Coaches The athletic department of Plattsmouth high school broke even this week as Coaches Merle convened for the purpose of nominating candidates to run tor two city council posts. While a single vote may not provide the margin of victory, a candidate with a large fam ily should have a pretty easy time of it. Less than twenty townspeo ple showed up for the two party conventions and the school dis trict caucus. But those that did turn out accomplished the de , sired results. Three Democrats, meeting in j the District Court room at the : court house, completed neces ' sary business by re-naming present office holders to run : for re-election. Named by the Democrats were Frank Rebal. candidate for city council from the second ward, and D. L. Grove, first ward candidate also serving on the council at present. Rebal has served several terms on the council, while Grove has served as an appointive coun cilman for one month. The two councilmen also were endorsed bv the Republicans, twplve of whom crowded into the basement room of the Lib Friedrich Heil, Native Of Cass 0 . r ! 1 niiriTV I lltfS I VUUllLJ) L,W ! Friedrich Karl Heil. native of ! Cass county .died at Mercy hos pital in Council Bluffs Monday, iebruary 26. ll'ol. following an illness of four weeks He was 61 years old. Born October 9. 1839 in Cass i county, he was the son of Eliz- ' abeth and Wendell Heil. He was i married to Esther Reinke Oct. 14. 1923. They were the par- j ents of two children. Mr. Heil ' had been engaged as a farmer in the Plattsmouth vicinity for many years. Surviving are a daughter. Mrs. Marvine Nielsen of Springfield, a son, Harlan, of Ralston; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Rohrdanz, of Ashland. Mrs. Carrie Jung of j Omaha. Mrs. Francis Meisinger' of Plattsmouth: six brothers.1 John of Omaha. Walter of) Quick response to a burglary Plattsmouth. Henry, George, Ed i alarm Wednesday night permit and Philip of Louisville, and one I ted the owner of the Kruse grandson. i Hardware store at Murdock to Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Sattler Funeral Home at one o'clock and at the Immanuel Lutheran church at two o'clock with Rev. Melvin Meyer officiating. Pallbearers were Otto, Wen dell, Herbert. Harold, Lloyd and Glen Heil. Burial was at Glen dale cemetery west of Platts mouth. Sattler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. X-ray Unit Has Month Yet To Go In Cass County After a successful tour of two more Cass county towns, the portable X-ray unit moved into Alvo today for a two day survey. More than three hundred res idents of Elmwood were checked last week before the unit moved to Eagle. The unit will be at Alvo Thurs day and Friday, and then will move to Greenwood Monday and Tuesday. Heading the Greenwood com mittee is Mrs. Walter Woitzel. chairman. Other committee members are Mrs. Barton Max well, Mrs. John Lambert. Mrs. Wayne Howard and Mrs. George Rouse. The unit will continue to tour Cass county communities until the end of the month. Murdock. Louisville, Weeping WTater arid Plattsmouth are still scheduled for the chest X-ray-survey. Football Highlights To Be Shown Here The feature picture of the University of Nebraska athletic department, -Football High lights of 1950" will be shown here on three occasions Tues day. March 13. The film was obtained by Bob Walling through the athletic de partment at the university. Showings of the film will be I held at Plattsmouth high school, , probably sometime during the ; morning, to the Rotary club at ! noon, and to Izaak Walton i members in the evening. Confer Degrees At Fairbury Monday Wm F Evers Grand Com- ped the abandoned cars oi vai mander of the Grand Chapter j uable articles and were plan of Nebraska and Ray Cook, i ning to continue the activity Grand Custodian of Nebraska, until taken by police, assisted in the work of confer-; Anderson was taken to Iowa ring Knights Templar degrees 1 Tuesday, where he will face nn five lodee members at Fair- ; charges of transporting a sto- burv Monday night. They were accompanied to Fairbury by R. R. Furse, Knight Templar of the local lodge. rary to conduct party affairs. Democrats also returned most committee members to their posts. Named were Francis M. Casey, chairman; Leda Bourck, secretary-treasurer; Lucille Ga ines and WTalter H. Smith, com mitteemen from the first ward; and Mrs. Francis Casey and Al bin Chovanec, second ward com mitteemen. Momorf nn tViP cnmmittpp bv the Republicans were Mollie ; Gobleman and Maxine Cloidt. committeewomen from the sec ond and first ward: and Dwight Talcott and Wm. P. Kraeeer. committeemen from the same wards. Harold Lebens is chairman of the committee, and Stephen Da- I vis acteH as temporary secretary I at the Wednesday nieht session. ! Thanks to most Republicans. ! who noon adiourning ioined the j school caucus. voWs were able j to select four candidates for two I vannrips on the scbsl board. Nominated for the school board nosts were Jams Beelev l Guv T on Gooro-e Conis and ! Rflv Rtorv While none of the nominees vrc nresent. indica- ' tions are that they would ac- ' Spring Opening Is Boosted By Ad Club The Plattsmouth Business Men's Ad Club Wednesday noon voted to appropriate monies tlom the free bridge fund to circulate the Spring Opening edition of the Journal to resi- dents of Pacific Junction. Ia. In taking the action. Ad Club members point out that through the availability of the newspap er and free access to the bndse. residents of the Iowa town will enjoy the benefits of the soring sales which will be conducted here. The Spring opening is set to begin March 15. - Thieves Attempt Break-In Of Murdock Store scare off three men bent on carrying out merchandise from his store. Sheriff Tom Solomon who was called to investigate the break in. said today that two of the three men had entered the store while a third sat outside in a 1939 maroon Ford. When they entered the building an alarm went off in the owner's home. When the owner went to check the man in the car sounded the horn and his buddies jumped into the car and sped out of town. The car bore no license j plate and is presumed to be a I local car, Solomon said, j They had succeeded in car- rying a television set and sev j eraf other articles to the door I before being scared off, Solo 1 mon said. The store owner re ported nothing missing. Robert Richardson Gets Vacation BMSN Robert T. Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rich ardson of Plattsmouth. recently went to the Camp Wood Rest and Recuperation Center in Ja pan for a well earned vacation. Richardson is a crew member of the U. S. S. Carmick which has been in Korean waters since the early days of the war. Series Of Stolen Cars Leads To Arrest Of Youth A series of stolen cars led to the capture of John A. Carpen ter hers. Mondav. it was learned this week after the 16-year old youth had been Questioned by F.B.I, agents, Iowa and Cass county law officers. Anderson told how he and a partner, Dennis Danoher. stole a car at Minneapolis, drove to Faribult, Minn., ditched that car and stole another and drove to Emons. Minn., and then on to Des Moines, where they ab andoned the second car. He said they stole another car at Humeston. Ia.. and drove to St. Joe, where they were in the process of stealing another when police caught Danoher. Anderson then drove off and was captured here by Solomon last Monday. During each theft, they strip- len car across a state line. A Classified Ad in The Journ nal costs as little as 35c. cept the nominations. R. R. Furse and Maxine Cloidt pres ided as temporary chairman and secretary at the session. John Schreiner and Dr. O. C. Hudson's terms expire on the board of education this year. D. L. Grove : 'if I mm Council Orders Attorney Prepare Parking Order City council members Monday night instructed City Attorney Harold Lebens to prepare a res olution setting forth parking re strictions in the downtown busi ness district. The action was a follow up on the recommenda tion of Councilman Sam Arn at the previous session. The resolution will set forth time limits, designate areas, and estaonsn time wnen me pant ing limits are in effect. Ten blocks in the business district will come under the parking limits, according to in formation given Lebens for the resolution. Councilmen recommended that restrictions be placed on Mam street between 3rd and 7th: and one block each way from Main on 4th. 5th and 6th streets. Councilmen also issued a re minder that March 1, 'today the city's no parking limitations go on Main street and sixth streets from 2 a. m. until G a. m. The no parking is effective until October 1. 19ol. The restrictions of night park ing on Main street are provided so that the street department can maintain the street and through the flood season to pro tect personal property. Thelma Wilson Named Speaking Contest Winner Aliss Thelma Wilson, senior at i Plattsmouth high school has j been named the winner of the local public .speaking contest sponsored by the Plattsmouth American Legion post. An nouncement was made by Rich ard Peck, local director. Wednes day. As a result, she wilL be eligi ble to compete in the district contest, which will be held late in March. William Floyd. Platts mouth high school principal, is director of the district contest. For her winning 10-minute prepared oratory on the .subject of the Constitution. Miss Wilson was awarded a $25 Savings Bond by the American Legion. She also gave a four-minute ex temporary address on a subject selected by the judges. Miss Ruth Dickinson Buys Hudson Home Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Hudson have sold their home at 1019 Main street to Miss Ruth Dick inson, commercial instructor, Plattsmouth high school. This transaction was handled by Miss Loris B. Long, local reai estate broker. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson left this week to make their home in California. Temperature, Birds, And Rain Beckon Spring Spring Is Sprung! While the calendar and our favorite weather predictor. "Mr. Groundhog" have forecast at least three more weeks of win ter. Spring has very definitely made a sound impression on residents of the Plattsmouth area. February, generally a month of snow, cold, and strong north erly winds, ended in an array of sunshine, sprinkled with drenching amounts of much needed moisture, oddly enough in the form of rain. And following suit, March has continued the spring-like weath er, at least for the opening day. Flights of ducks or geese were heard headed north early Thurs day morning. And with the advent of the warm .spring temperatures, a re port from Mrs. Lillian Schmitt at the Herold Apartment dis closes that she observed a flock of 15 robins in the area. In like a lamb, out like a lion. That's the proverbial pre diction, let's wait and see. Purple Heart Award For Son Received W. R. Smith of Murray re ported this morning that he has received the Purple Heart, awarded to his son, Cpl. Fran cis K. Smith, who was killed in action in Korea in December. The award was sent to the Murray man this week by the government. Mrs. Olive Dasher and Mr. and Mrs. George Swain were at Wayne, Nebr.. Tuesday to at tend the funeral of Mrs. John Stull, sister-in-law of Mrs. Dasher. , Odor, Not Topics Turn Noses Down While discussion at the city council meeting M o n d a y night primarily concerned the dirtier details in administer ing city affairs, councilmen had a bright, clean atmos phere in which t'i conduct it. I'ven so noses were turned down more because of the paint odor than of the topics for discussion. The odor resulted from re decorating the council cham bers during the past week. The effect compared to the drabness previously prevail ing, seemed to spur discus sion, for the session was over in less than an hour. The council chambers now boast a complete new cover ing. Walls and ceiling of the room were painted in a green pastel, while wood work has been painted a mustard-yellow. The bottom portion of the walls is covered with an imitation wood-grained wall paper, and the floors were brightened with a coat of gray paint. Police .fudge C I.. Graves' chamber is due for the same treatment this week. ; if IS kt tffL "W" " V - . t f i v Cpl. (ierald Sudduth Extent Of Cpl G. Sudduth Wounds Not Known No further information on the extent of injuries sustained by Cpl. Gerald Sudduth were available yet today, his mother. Mrs. W. E. Sudduth disclosed. Mr. and Mrs. Sudduth re ceived a cablegram from their son last week in which he re ported that he had been wound ed in action in Korea. Meanwhile, his parents check the mail carefully every day hoping that some word of the nature of his wounds will be received. Cpl. Sudduth had been as signed to the Second Division in the Korean battle. Taylor To Operate Delivery Service Chester Taylor has taken over the delivery .service previously operated by Harold Parker un der the name "Pete's Delivery." Taylor took over the business this week. Sewers, Streets And Garbage Pose Problems For Council Sewers, streets, alleys, and garbage filled discussion at the city council Monday night. And all seemed to demand the im mediate attention of council men. Sam Arn opened the fireworks by explaining to councilmen that the alley pavement from 5th to 6th streets one-half block north of Main street has started to buckle. He said he thinks it may tie in with water seep ing into basements in the same area. For the time being signs have been posted in the alley warn ing of any possible danger to motorists driving through the alley. Arn suggested that the city wait until warmer weather is assured before checking it further. By comparison of figures, Arn also brought out that the city may be able to save money by purchasing their own machine for cleaning out sanitary sew- ers. ' . . ; Exhibiting a pamphlet de ! scribing one of the machines. ! Arn told councilmen that the : unit could be purchased for less i than the city had spent to have ' sewers opened in the past three ; months. At the same time, if the city owned one, it could be ! available for use by residents as ; well, Arn declared. Council Votes To Advertise For Bids; Lights Are Ready Plans were adopted and advertising- for bids proving -Main street were approved by the City Council Monday nigitt. following a motion by Councilman Sam Arn. The action followed the suyrjrest ion of .Mayor Clement YVoster that "we ret movinjr on advertising for bids for the street improvement." John Sattler seconded Arn'.-; motion and the action was jriven unanimous approval L" the council. Councilman Frank Rebal. who is on vacation, missed the session. The street improvement provides for widening Main street from 1st to Gth street and for installation of a new lijrhtiny: system alonir the and south of Main on Cth Rotarians Seek Top Attendance At District Meat Members of the Plattsmouth Rotary club have contributed 100 per cent to the Fred L. Haas Fellowship Fund. Rotary Presi dent T. I. Friest disclosed this week. Total collection of the Platt.smouth Unit is about S40. or well over one dollar for each member. Meanwhile Rot aria r.s here are hoping for another 100 per cent performance from their mrm-tx-rs. That will be attendance at the District meeting at Bea trice April 8. Last year the lo cal unit was awarded the top membership trophy with 100 per cent attendance at the dis trict meeting at Omaha. Advance informal ion on the convention was distributed to local members at their regular weekly meeting' Tuesday noon at Ho'tel Plattsmouth. Rotarians also heard reports from the February Junior Ro tarians. Ronald Hunt and Bill Anderson. They acknowledged the splendid opportunity to meet each week with the Rotarians during the month, and ex plained that they had enjoyed being a part of Rotary for the period. The group also considered an inter-city meeting and turned the project over to the Fellow ship committee for further study. On occasions members of one Rotary club will travel to a neighboring city to meet with Rotarians there. Richard E. Young, represent ing soft water service, was in troduced as a new member of the organization. The program for the day came near upsetting the popular song, "There Is No Place Like Nebraska." After witnessing a film showing the history of New England, many of the Rotarians were tempted to head East. The film in color showed many beau tiful scenes from the historical states of Northeastern United States. Clement Woster had charge of the program. Herbert Freeburg of the Gam ble store was in Fremont today to look after some matters of business in connection with the store. In his absence P. F. Rihn was assisting" at the store. Meanwhile councilmen delay ed action on Arn's suggestion until the next meeting with the idea that similar machines will be investigated. Councilmen : feel certain that more sewer : trouble is on the way and that ! the machine could cut expenses considerably. At the same session council ; men again had the garbage dis ; posal question fired at them. i Reports have been coming in that garbage is being dumped . within the city limits, contrary to city ordinance. Councilmen plan to check on such rumors and plan corrective , action to prevent further gar ' bage dumping within the city. The council also approved a j motion by Arn giving the mayor 1 and city attorney power to rent lots owned by the city or a ! trailer camp. His motion fol i lowed a statement by Mayor i Woster that several requests to ! park trailers on the city lots had i been received. i In other action the council I accepted the report of Police Judge C. L. Graves. Graves re ; ported a total of $31.25 collected during the week previous. Coun : cilmen also approved claims ; against the city. in1,',' streets and a block north treet. The action climaxes almost two years of maneuvering on the part of the businessmen, individuals, civic groups and the council who opened a drive lor improving streets in the business district. Delinite action originated .uth the Plattsmouth Chamber oi Commerce which petitioned the City Council to create a s'reet improvement district for the project. The Chamber of Commerce appointed a commit tee, headed bv W. A. Swatek. to promote the aims of the Cham- In late May. 1950 the Coun cil approved the plans and pas sed an oiumance creating Street Improvement District No. 100, wnicn moudes lor the improv cracn.s on Main Street. The or dinance vus published July 3. 1 950. Action on the improvement district was speeded up by the Council so mat work on the pro ject can begin as soon as wea ther permits and so that the im provements can be completed before the flood season starts. Plans and specifications for the widening uro.iect have been on file with the citv lor some time, and advertisement of bids had been delayed until prospec tive contractors had been con .valted. Specifically the ordinance calls lor widening the streets, construction of curbs and work incidental thereto, while the plans and specifications call for widening the street six feet on each side, and construction of step-up curbs on both sides of the street. The lighting system which is to be installed in connection with project, is ready to go. All materials for the new svstem have been received, except a few nuts and bolts, which are now being shinned, according to word received here last week. Forty-nine new light poles will be installed along Main street and on 6th street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A. New type globes will also mark the lighting improvement. The City Council entered into a contract with Consumers last summer for the lighting svstem at an es timated cost of almost S13.000. In late July petition, object ing to the improvement, was handed to the Council. The pe tition was later found to lack suftieient qualified signatures anel the council went ahead with plans tor the improvement. Tentative plans would call for letting contracts in about one month, which the improvement, to get under wav within ten days after letting. The contrac tor would have 60 days in which to complete the street widening project. MillersWiFDo Custodian Work At High School Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller of Plattsmouth have joined the high school staff as building custodians. replacing Oliver Hudson, who resigned recently to move to California. Mr. Hudson had served as custodian at the high school since 1912. The Millers assumed their duties at the school Mem day. Reserves To Be Feted At Farewell Party Reserves from Plattsmouth who have been ordered to report for active duty March 10, will be feted a special farewell party Friday night. They will be hon ored by members of the 40 & 8, American Legion and their aux iliaries. Special invitations were sent nut to the duty-bound reserves this week. Anyone who has been missed in the invitations is given a blanket invitation to attend the party. Legion Com mander Don Warga said.