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TTME PLAWSMflDlUTDfl JdDOJISRIAlL H CASS COUNTY'S . GREATEST NEWSPAPER SEMI-WEEKLY Monday - Thursday Largest Paid Circulation of All Cass County Newspapers VOLUME 70 SIX PAGES PLATTSMOUTH, CASS COUNTY, NEBRASKA MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1951 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NUMBER 30 Ued Cross Fundi Drive Reaches $400 Mark Eagles To Hold Open House Here Friday, March 16 Plattsmouth Aerie. No. 365. Eagles, will hold a special open house Friday. March 16. mark ing the remodeling of the ground floor of their lodge buil ding. Remodeling has been com pleted after beginning almost two months ago. Everyone is invited to inspect the Eagles' remodeled premises. Eagles invite residents of the decorated rooms, and to attend a free dance that evening. Tony Bradley and his orches tra will play for the dance, which is scheduled to start at 9:30. The Aerie will note its 48th anniversary April 20th. One of the leading commu- Eagles strheimpVtance-of family participation and open their club rooms and lodge fa cilities to all members of the family. The 510.000 remodeling lust completed, takes the fam- ily theme into account, and has j provided excellent recreational j and lounging facilities for ail! members of the family. Its auditorium, largest in the city, where the dance will be held, has been used by numerous organizations and for many spe cial activities. One of the most recent was the March of Dimes dance sponsored by the Junior Woman's club. Youth activities too are a part of the Eagle's plan of community service. Annually they give a Christmas party for boys and girls in the community, and in addition they assist youth or ganizations in their activities. The unit opens its hall every other Saturday night for every one, when it sponsors commu nity dances. To show the public the facili ties of the lodge, they will hold open house beginning at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The dance will be held in the eve ning. Chamber Drive For Membership Has Good Results The Chamber of Commerce membership drive conducted here Thursday and Friday met with favorable results, accord ing to Albin Chovanec. drive chairman. Although complete returns are not available, indications are that the number of mem bers will about equal those of last year, when approximately " 150 business men were members of the Chamber. Chovanec commended the 12 membership campaigners who conducted the man-to-man drive. The group made the con tacts and produced the desired results, in the opinion of the drive chairman. - A few members of past years have not been called upon yet. since a few were out of town or unavailable at the time the campaign was being pressed. Stragglers will be brought into the fold before the Chamber meeting Thursday night if pos sible. With its membership drive out of the wav. the Chamber can complete plans for its 1951 program. Merchants Issue Spring Opening Reminders Today Business men in Plattsmouth issued another reminder today of the big deluxe "Soring Open ing" planned for this week end. The money-saving venture is sponsored by the Ad club and the Chamber of Commerce. Scheduled to open March 15. the "Spring Opening" promises to be one of the top bargain attractions in many months. En thusiastic businessmen are ac - claiming it as one of the best get-acquainted promotions they have ever held. Merchants advise residents of the area to watch for their big "Spring Opening" ads in the Journal, which will be circulated into parts of Iowa as well as its regular county-wide coverage. In this period of rising prices, shortages and vast inflation, merchants are bending over backward to provide quality merchandise, at greatly reduced prices. Mrs. Helen Helnrich has been confined to her home since Sat urday and is recuperating from Y, virus pneumonia. With the local Red Cross fund drive two weeks old the chapter is still far short of its' $2,000 goal, Mrs. Alpha Muncie. local and county chairman disclosed today. Heaviest contributions to the drive yet reported came late last week, boosting the returns to about $400. one-fifth of the amount needed. Unless a change of attitude is effected soon, the Red Cross Fund drive is doomed to fall short of its goal here. Without Plattsmouth contributions hit ting the auota. the county would have very little chance of, meet ing its $6,000 quota. Meanwhile solicitors are still out making contacts in the bus iness and residential area, hop ing to bring the local drive "Jm scope of the desired am ount But in case thev should miss anyone. Mrs. Muncie reauests that anyone desiring to contri bute either leave their money at the bank or at Feldhousen Drug store. She also asks that they call her. SJSSS. ff Russel Stander, Albert Todd and Wm. T. Starkiohn. $10; Carl Potschies. $8; Wm. Gallo way. Hertha Potschies. Wm. F. Holmes, Sterling Ingwerson, J. F. Wehrbein, John N. Holmes, Elmer L. Stoehr Fred G. Nolt- f J- JtJ- , ' rreu x ociiii x cii, aiiu xv. a. wea ver. $5; Verner A. Meisinger and Herman Graham. $3.50; Edgar S. Meisinger. George A. Kaffen berger. and John W. Rummel, $3; and Fred Wehrbein. Vernie Younkers. Ralph J. Wehrbein and John B. Kaffenberger. $2.50. Two dollar donors were Rob ert Cappell, Catholic Daughters. Laurence Jones. Roy Tschirren. George Mayabb. Claude Mayabb. Earl Becker. Lloyd Morehead and George Inman. Giving one dollar were John Motacek. Gene Hula, Tom Men denhall. Maynard Tritsch. Char les Forbes. Emery Rozell. C. E. Markham. Marion and Esther Christenson. - Victor Volkart. Herbert Minor, Mrs. T: C. Ko houtek, Martin Peterson. Mrs. J. M. Bridgewater. Anna Law, Louis Born. Mrs. Fulton Harris. Mrs. Sophie Short and Harold Buechler. Other contributors were Clay ton Pierce. John S. Kalasek. Mrs. J. L. Mavfield. Mrs. James Rebal. A. S. Moore. Grace Dietl Mrs. Mary Wasley, each 50 cents and Mrs. Helen Tiekotter, 7d cents. Oratorical Contest Held Here Today Onlv two schools, Plattsmouth and Nebraska City, have entrees in the American Legion sponsor ed district oratorical contest to be held at the Central school building here this afternoon. Wm. Floyd, nign scnooi prin cipal and contest director, said Monday that he is hoping more entries will appear beiore me contest starts. Thelma Wilson will compete for Plattsmouth. She was the winner of the local contest. Changing: His Mind Doesn't Alter Fine A man, as well as a woman, has the right to change his mind. That was the decision of Med die Balthazor of Plattsmouth Saturday when he asked to change his plea of operating a vehicle with out license plates from "not guilty" to "guilty." After his arrest by Patrolman E. S. Pokorny. Balthazor enter ed a plea of not guilty and was released on $25 bond Friday. Saturday morning, after think ing it over, he asked to change his plea to guilty. Judge Raymond J. Case oblig ed, and in addition assessed a $10 fine and court costs against Balthazor for the violation: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Cave and daughter Jolene SDent Sun day in Genoa with Mr. Cave's parents. Court Unloose Diroeifs . . Charles N. Lawson was named defendant in breaking and en tering charges brought against 1 nim in District Court weanes day. Lawson was bound over to district court after pleading guilty to the charges in county court. Paul M. Kupke has been named defendant in two damage actions brought against him in district court by Leta P. and Claude Heim. Wilke J. Juilfs of Talmage was fined $50 and costs in county court Saturday, March 10, on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influen ce of alcoholic liquors. Juilfs was arrested by Sheriff Tom Solo mon Friday night. Judge Raymond J. Case fined Wm. Kryger of Lincoln $10 and court costs in county court Sat- r. vv...' , - ....... T. .. . ... ...... . ,.. ...... , : ,:: ' i " ' . . - , -t - - , t . ,' ; - ::Vv:;:w::: :;; x::-:-:: :v'::::.:v:::;: y. VX:'::;:;-:: s-:-y.::i-yt-::t: -sS ' OBicial Department Of Defeat Photo SNUG QUARTERS IN OLD CARGOPLANE All the comforts of home are offered by this stripped down C-47, once ustd by the U. S. Far East Cargo Command. Its utility as a shelter is appreciated by American ground crewmen of a jet fighter wing in Korea who use it as quarters in sub-zero weather. Blue Devils Drop District Tourney Final To Indians Two High School Girls Injured In Auto Accident Two Plattsmouth high school girls are mending this week aft er a narrow escape with death early Friday night at Auburn. The two girls, Sally Fulton and Delores Beins, were struck by a car at Auburn as they raced across the street to attend the basket ball game between Plattsmouth and Pawnee City. They received minor cuts and bruises, and Miss Fulton suf fered a slight concussion. The mishap occurred shortly after they arrived at Auburn. Almost late for the game, Sally and Delores, clutching each others hand, started to run across the street to the audi torium when they raced in" front of the car. An older sister of Sally's, who was with them, did not see the accident happen. Both girls were members of the Pep Club and were hurrying so that they could sit with the rest of the Pep Club members. They were rushed to an Au burn hospital for X-rays and emergency treatment and were then released and brought o Plattsmouth by ambulance. Leo Scanlon Is Injured Saturday As Car Rolls Over Leo P. Scanlon received cuts and bruises when the pick up he was driving rolled over on High way 75 near Dead Man's curve Sunday evening. Scanlon was treated for a cut above the eye by Dr. Brendel. Six stiches were taken in the wound. Scanlon's pick up rolled over about six o'clock after it had hit a slick spot in the road and went out of control. He was brought back to Plattsmouth by'TSgt. Harry F. Baker of Offutt Field, who was following Scanlon north at the time of the mishap. Louisville Residents To Get Free X-rays Residents of Louisville today began taking advantage of the opportunity to get free chest X rays as the portable unit of the State Department of Health moved into the cement city. The unit will be in Louisville Mon day and Tuesday all day, and Wednesday morning. Friday the unit will begin a four-day survey at Weeping Water. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Meisinger returned Thursday evening from a ten-day tour through South western United States and Old Mexico. - urday. March 10, for speeding. Sheriff Tom Solomon made the arrest. Speeding on Cass county roads cost J. E. Raupe, Omaha. $10 and costs in county court Sat urday, after he was arrested by Sheriff Tom Solomon. Meddie Balthazor was fined $10 and costs in county court Saturday after pleading guilty to charges of operating a ve hicle without license plates. An answer to plaintiff's ap peal, praying for a court order disallowing claims and dismiss ing claims of the plaintiff was filed in district court Monday by J. Howard Davis, executor of the James Stanaer estate. Flam tiff is Nebraska Wesleyan Uni versity A torrid Pawnee City basket ball team made certain of its re turn to the state tournament again this year by drubbing a cold Plattsmouth quintet 76-38 1 m the finals of the district tour-! nament at Auburn Friday night. The Indians, favored by the dopesters in pre-tourney selec tions, uncorked one of theip heaviest scoring sprees of the season against the chilly Blue Devils. Never in trouble, Pawnee City roared to the front early and held substantial leads at each rest period. The Indians led 40-21 at half-time as they dou bled the count on Plattsmouth. It was a hard game for the Blue Devils to lose. After a mediocre season, in which they dropped 10 of 16 regular con tests and split a pair of confer ence tournament games, the Blue Devils appeared to have found the right combination as they stopped Auburn and Te cumseh in the first and second rounds of the district meet. But Pawnee City, masters of the local quintet on the home court 51-44 during the season, was not to be denied its second consecutive shot at the state crown. The Indians lost to Holy Name in the first round at the state meet a year ago. Chuck Jensen provided the damage to the Blue Devils. His 23 points provided the spark that gave the Indians their heavy point total. i Stan Cole and Merle Dasher, with 10 points each, were the top scoring threats for the Blue Devils. Cole's tournament play I was esDeciany impressive, as ne paced the scoring in each of the three tournament games played by the Blue Devils. His three game total of 47 points gave him an average of 15.7 points a game. Dasher and Ray Koubek, as usual, were the other scoring guns for Plattsmouth. Nineteen Interested In Defense Work Nineteen Plattsmouth resi dents have indicated that they would be interested in working in a defense plant, according to a survey of the Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce. Six hundred and thirty-six coupons from 41 cities had been received by Thursday. Other Cass county towns list ed were Weeping Water, Union, Nehawka, Murray and Avoca. Louisville Man Named In $2,300 Damage Actions Separate damage suits seek ing $2,350 damages were filed in district court Thursday by Leta P. Heim and Claude Heim against Paul M. Kupke. All are from Louisville. The petitions allege that as a result of negligence and care less by Kupke in driving his au tomobile, Mr. and Mrs. Heim sustained personal injuries and damage to their car in an acci dent near Murdock January 11, 1951. In their suits, the Heims charge that Kupke failed to yield the right-of-way when the car he was driving collided with one driven by Claude Heim at an intersection two miles north and two miles west of Murdock. The petition states that the Heim car was going west on the county highway and that Kupke was driving south when the ac cident occurred at the intersec tion. Mrs. Heim alleges that as a result of the accident, she re ceived serious lacerations about the legs and knees, and bruises and contusions on her head, arms and body. She asks $1,500 damages. Her husband asks $850 dam ages, $600 damage to the car. Mrs. Evan Noble' of Omaha was here Friday to spend a few hours with relatives and friends. A. L. Tidd Breaks Arm In Icy Fall Here Saturday A. L. Tidd. venerable Platts mouth attorney, is expected to return home from St. Cather- me s hospital at omana lues- day, where he has been since fracturing his arm in a tall at his home Saturday. Reported to be much im proved, Mr. Tidd received the fracture about eight o'clock Sat urday morning as he was leav ing his home to go to town. He fell on the icy steps leaving the house. Mrs. Tidd, who was still in bed at the time of the mishap, said that an Alamito milkman, and neighbors, saw him fall and as sisted him into the house, while another neighbor called the doc tor. He was taken to Omaha by Caldwell ambulance where the break was set and the arm put In a cast. The break was near his shoulder. Louisville Man In Accident In Omaha Edward W. Oress or Louis ville was one of three men charged with reckless driving in Omaha Wednesday night as a result of a three-car collision. After a car driven by Otto Frahm of Omaha collided with the one driven by Grell, a third car, driven by Francis McPher son, collided with the two stop ped cars while police were in vestigating the accident. Schools' Clothing Drive Week Set Of March 26-31 The Nebraska Motor Carriers Association, Inc., has joined hands with the state's school children in Nebraska's schools greatest effort to raise clothing for the needy, F. B. Decker, state superintendent of public in struction and state chairman for the Tenth National Children's Clothing Crusade, announced today. An estimated 200,000 school children will bring bundles of good used clothing to Nebraska schools during Bundle Week March 26-31. The Nebraska Motor Carriers Association, Inc., will make available over 2,000 trucks during Bundle Week and will pick up the clothing at all I participating public and private srhnnls nnrt will transnort with- I out charge the clothing to St. Louis where it will be shipped to clothing centers of Save the Children Federation for sorting and reconditioning. Save the Children Federation as part of its Child Service Pro gram, distributes clothing in devastated war areas of Korea, Italy. Austria. Holland, France, Greece, Finland, West Germany, on the Papago. Hopi, ana wava io Indian Reservations and in handicaDDed rural areas oi America. Superintendent Decker report ed that schools daily were send ing in participation cards for the drive and added, "The splendid response to date leads us to hope that every single school in Nebraska takes part in the Children's Clothing Cru sade." Plattsmouth schools will par ticipate in the program and County Superintendent L. A. Behrends has asked rural schools to take part in the Cru sade. Mrs. Becker Breaks Arm In Icy Fall Mrs. H. E. Becker was a victim of the icy conditions on Sat urday, suffering the fracture of the left arm above the wrist. The accident occured when Mrs. Becker stepped out of the house on the icy walk. She is reported as resting easy at the family home. Subscribe to The Journal Watershed Field Trip For Chamber Is Postponed The proposed watershed field trip planned for members of the Chamber of Commerce has been cancelled. The trip had been scheduled for Tuesday. March 13. x Paul Fauquet. chairman of the Chamber's Flood Control Com mittee, sponsoring the trip, said the heavy snowfall Sunday would force postponement of the excursion. He said enough of the Chamber members had shown interest in the venture. Postponement of such field trips is not uncommon to Fau quet, who is also secretary- treasurer of the Cass Weeping Water Creeks Watershed Assoc iation. The directors of that group were forced to postpone similar trips twice before the weather permitted them to in spect watershed development in the Syracuse area. Fauquet said the proposed trip may be scheduled for another time. Meanwhile his committee, and the directors of the Watershed association, are looking forward to hearing on the proposed Wa tershed bill March 22. Sponsors of the bill have planned amendments to the measure to clarify assessments as outlined in the bill. The bill was introduced by Senators O H. Liebers. Lincoln; Ed Hoyt, McCook; and O. H. Person. Wa hoo. The senators feel that a wa tershed district can better ac complish its purpose if all of its relations with other public sub-divisions are on a "purely voluntary and cooperative basis Activities of the watershed group has also received favor able comment from Senator Hugh Butler. In a letter to Paul Fauquet. Sunday Butler explain ed that he hoped to be in Platts mouth soon to discuss legisla tion pertaining to watersheds. Man Severely Injured Thursday In Accident Kenneth Morehead is in St. Catherine's hospital mending after receiving numerous cuts and bruises about his face and body when the car he was driv ing plunged out of control over an embankment earlv Thursday morning. The accident is be lieved to have haDpened shortly after midnight Wednesday. He was taken to Dr. L. S. Pucelik, who worked on the youth for four hours. One side of his face was severely slashed and required a large number of stitches. Dr. Pucelik said he did not know how many stitches were taken in the boy's body during the four hour period. Dr. Pucelik was notified about 1:30 Thursday morning, one and one half hours after the accident apDarently happened. Morehead s car plunged down a 20-foot embankment near Ben Seybolt's filling station at Mur ray. He was taken to the doc tor after making his way to his parent s farm home near by. Miss Marilvn Hendricks snent the weekend in Omaha with her grandmother. Mrs. Fern Hend ricks. Her narents. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hendricks went after her Saturday evening. Defense Department Hides Korean Casualty Figures From Drew Pearson's Staff Memo to Editors: Twice we have reported that the army is withholding from the public the true picture of American cas ualties in Korea. Twice the army has vigorously denied our charges and heatedly denounced us for printing them. The first time, we replied simply by publishing the secret testimony of Maj. Gen. G. E. Armstrong, deputy surgeon gen eral of the army, who gave the true figures to the senate ap propriations committee behind closed doors. The figures that he gave on page 122 of the secret transcript were the same that we used. The army back tracked, admitted Armstrong's figures but claimed they were "flash figures." Now for the second time, we are compelled to reply to the army. Here is our answer, point by point: 1. The army denied our state ment that unreported casualties "would increase our casualty figures by nearly 50 per cent." Answer If anything, we un derstand the facts, as demon strated by the defense depart ment's own figures. On Janu ary 23, Secretary of Defense Marshall announced that re placements for Korea were av eraging 15,000 monthly. Yet at the same time the official cas ualty , figures were averaging less than 5,000 monthly. Since the army had no rotation sys Defeirs Sein)&sin)s Charles N. Lawson, 29 year old ex-radio announcer at Omaha, was placed in the custody of Sheriff Tom Solomon Monday by District Judge T. E. Dunbar, while the Judge i makes a pre-sentencing examination and study of the record of Lawson. Arraigned in District Court Monday morning, Law son asked the court for leniency. After the hearing Judge Dunbar, deferred sentencing while he studied the testimony. W. Schmidtmann, Dr. Snyder New 40 & 8 Members William H. Schmidtmann, member of the Plattsmouth w " t q, XB t nnvnV. t Xinn i W. J. Snyder, Louisville Legion- naire, were elected to member- ship in Cass County Voiture Svht6-0 & 8 SClete ThUrS" I uay m0m. , The action was tak-n at the! A w vin J T- Societe's regular meeUn- at the . 40 & 8 club rooms. P .V'. : -v.'.. Wm. II. Schmidtmann Both were elected to member ship as a result of their conspic uous service in their respective Legion posts. Dr. Snyder is a member of the Louisville Legion post. Members also heard a report of the mid-winter conference and meeting of the Cheminat held at Grand Island two weeks ago. Reports were given by Dr. Paul T. Heineman, Grand Chef De Gare, and E. O. Vroman, local Cheminat Nationele. Sudduths Sell Home To Mrs. Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sudduth have sold their home at 923 Holdrege to Mrs. Fern Lancast er of this city. This transaction was handled by Loris B. Long, local real estate broker. Mr. Sudduth who has been engaged in the jewelry business here is moving with his fam ily to Wichita. Kansas. Mrs. F. I. Rea, who has been spending the week at Howells, Nebr., with a daughter and fam ily has returned home. tern, there was no need for re placements, except for casual ties. Here are the official monthly casualty totals that the defense department has an nounced for the army, marines, navy and air force combined: September, 11,799: October, 3, 447; November, 2,793; December, 7,734; January, 4,101, and Feb ruary, 3,287. 2. The army admitted that noncombat casualties are not announced, but explained that "the obvious reason is that a large majority of non-battle casualties are returned to duty after treatment." Answ?r This is also true of battle casualties. The army boasts that 60.2 per cent of its battle casualties have been re turned to duty. So, by the army's reasoning, the battle casualties also should not have been an nounced. 3. The army denied as "abso lutely false" our report that General Walton Walker "wasn't counted as a casualty because he happened to be killed in a jeep accident." Answer The source for this was Maj. Beatrice Parker, who is paid by the army to answer press queries. The correct an swer depends upon which army spokesman you listen to. How ever, all army spokesmen agree that noncombat casualties are not counted and that Walker . (continued on page six) Lawson, who has confessed breaking into and entering three Cass county school houses and a Murdock grocery store, was picked up three miles south of Plattsmouth a week ago. He is on two year probation from Lancaster county District Court. Held in jail here since Sher- ' iff Tom Solomon brought him to Cass county from Lancaster county after sentencing there. - IU1U li vUUl t Uia V had been employed as a truck iH f omihi in recent ""J" at Umaha m receiu H s- , . h t Omaha ?eVaw ExST VtheTour breakins in Cass county and a 1?in tvft frnm ihp Waverlv scnooi. the Omahan has no urevious record. A veteran of three years dur ing World War II. Lawson re ceived a medical discharge af ter breaking his leg in a para chute jump. Married and the father of two small children. Lawson told auu",e Dunbar that he did not know what effect the "acts" would have on his ability to obtain employment. He said he did not know how his wife and children are getting along. In a signed confession Law son has admitted thefts at Mur dock and Alvo schoolhouses. He also has admitted entering the Avoca schoolhouse. In addition he had admitted taking $7 from a grocery store at Murdock. Before his capture here. Law- son had taken Lancaster county law enforcement officers on a 90-mile an hour race over coun try roads. Survey Shows 73 Cars With Non County Plates An after midnight check of automobiles parked on Platts mouth streets during the night. reveals that 73 of the cars bear out-of-county license plates, Sheriff Tom Solomon disclosed today. Solomon said several checks on different nights have been made. The survey does not take into account many which are probably in garages or off the streets. Owners of the cars are now being investigated to discover whether or not they are resi dents of the county and if they are violating the law by pur chasing out-of-county license plates. Several cars have al ready been ticketed, reminding owners of the violation, and pos sible penalty. Solomon said when the invest igation is completed, cars will be ticketed ordering owners to court for alleged violations. A heavy fine is assessed against violations, the sheriff said. While all of the car owners may not be residents of the county, those that are deprive the county and the school dis trict of several thousand dol lars annually in Plattsmouth. In addition many residents in other county communities also are known violators of the law. But the violators may still have to pay their rightful tax in Cass county when the investiga tion is completed. Names of known violators will be reported to the county assessors office and the taxes for the cars will be assessed against the owners, according to the sheriff. It is also possible to have the out-of-county license plates cancelled, according to the sheriff. Football Film Will Be Shown Here Tuesday "Football Highlights of 1950," a revue of the University of Ne braska Cornhuskers in action, will be shown at three different times Tuesday, March 13. First showing of the movie will be held at the high school for Plattsmouth students. At noon, Rotarians and their guests will witness the film. The final showing will be at the Ike meet ing at the 40 & 8 club rooms Tuesday night. The film was obtained for the showings by Bob Walling. A Classified Ad in The Journ nal costs as little as 35c.