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FremontG THrVDERSHOWZRS NEBRASKA Hrtly cloudy, continued warm, possible thun-ahowere Friday and Saturday; little chanf la temperature 4 IBUNE TE0K2 500 FROM 6:30 TO 6 P.M. FOB KISSED PAPEES Ne Service After I ML Seventy-Seventh Year. No. 17. Associated Press rSEMONT, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944 NEA Service Final Edition Prica 5 Centa Fifth Ar Cuts Main Route my Of Ger man Escap Mil Japs Keep Offensive in Cars, Busses StiUIdle In St.

Louis By The Associated rrete Bt. Louis was without transportation facilities Friday a striking street car operators and bus drivers remained away from their Jobs, but some cf the 3,500 employes were threatened with reclassification Into 1-A In the draft because of their refusal to work. Eight St. Louis draft boards ordered immediate reclassification of some of the 3,500 strikers, whose two-day strike has affected more than a half million 8t. Louis residents.

Id a letter to MaJ. P. C. Richmond, acting director of the Missouri selective service system, John J. Griffith, chairman of the atso-dated draft board of Bt.

Louis, said men on unauthorized strikes who hold occupational deferments "should be immediately considered as having quit the Jobs essential to the war effort and should be reclassified tato 1-A and inducted into the armed forces re-gardless of age." St. Louisiana resorted to hitch-hikinc. wilkinr or bicycling be Pope Expresses Hope for Peace, Asks That Rome May Be Spared Liberty for All Hull's Ideal For Post-War WASHINGTON WJ-Secretary of State Hull appeared determined Friday to reinforce his plan for postwar world security organization, with the ideal of liberty "for aspiring peoples everywhere" and equality for all small nations. In some respects his concentration cn this ideal seemed opposed to the remark. of Prune Minister Churchill In parliament a week ago that the war Is growing "less Ideological in character." Further, Hull stated that It Is United States policy to encourage "all nations to aspire to liberty, whereas Churchill told' parliament he opposes the Idea of Interfering with governments Just because their administratis "does cot come up to our Ideas." If Hull Intended his remarks, voiced at a news conference Thursday, to draw a distinction between his feelings and Churchill's appraisal, he apparently would take his place alongside President Roosevelt in seeming to differ with the line of the British prime minister had followed.

Although not commenting directly on Churchill's speech, the president said at news conference Tuesday that to his mind, Spain has not cut down sufficiently on her trade with the axis, while Churchill emphasized in his talk what Spain already had done to help the allied cause. Hull's statements covered two main points; 1. He reaffirmed the Intention of this government "to see that all nations, especially the small nations, are kept on a position of equality with all others and that, in every practicable way, there will be cooperation." 2. He then hammered especially hard the point that the United States has a long record of "cham-plccshlp of liberty for everybody, encouraging them at all times and In all places." GOV. GRISWOLD CHATS WITH ADMIRAL RING-Gov.

Dwlght Orlswold of Nebraska (left) chats with' Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the United States fleet, at the luncheon of the governors' conference at Hershey, Pa. (Associated Press) 9 Mr 8. C. Carlson Local Nurse's Aide Joins Army Service Mrs.

C. J. Carlson, a member of the nurse's aides class capped here in February, is the first woman from Fremont to Join the nely formed army nurse's aides service. With more than 700 nurses aides needed in eighth service command hospitals to help offset the shortage of registered nurses, Army Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk announced recently that qualified Red Cross aides may be recruited as needed at the discretion of commandnig generals of other service commands.

Only certified Red Cross nurses aides who have served 150 hours In hospital wards are eligible, It was announced by Mrs. Clyde Colley, public relations chairman of the Dodge county chapter, Red Cross. Red Cross nurse's aides entering the army service are granted leaves cf absence from their Red Cross volunteer duties, and will wear a special army nurse's aide uniform with the medical corps Insignia while In the army's employ, and will receive pay for their services. in tions, would be Inclined to a reasonable A fear of the enemy's determination, "to destroy national life down to the roots suffocates all other arguments and brings about a courage of desperation," he said. "Those who feel this," the pope continued, "advance as in a hypnotic sleep amid unspeakable sacrifices and compel all others to an extenuating and bloody struggle, the social, economic and spiritual consequences of which threaten to become the scourge of future times." He said that Rome was receiving "more considerate treatment" from air raiders.

"We cherish the hope," the pope continued, "that this more Just and moderate tendency will prevail and that the city will in all cases and at whatever cost be preserved from becoming a theater of war." He warned, however, that "we do not hesitate to repeat once (Turn to Page Number 1) Dodge Hospital Selected Depot For Penicillin Administrator Otto Keller of the Dodge county hospital received notice Friday from the war production board, civilian penicillin unit, Chicago, Informing him the local hospital had been selected as one of the depots for penicillin dispens ing In the state. The allotment for the Dodge county hospital for June Is four million Oxford units, which Kellev planned to order Friday. Selection of the local hospital as one of the dispensing depots was by an advisory panel representing several agencies Interested In the new drug and cooperating with the war production board in the program. War Drive Quotas, Chairmen Revealed" By M. C.

Townsend Following previous boundary lines with one exception, M. C. Townsend, county war finance chairman, Friday announced districts, quotas and district chairmen for the fifth war loan drive in Dodge county. The campaign Is scheduled for June 12 to July 8. C.

J. Reynolds previously was announced as chairman for Fremont and the surrounding district. The quota for this district will be 81,285,100 of the 81,9:0,400 Dodge county goal. Hooper and area, of which Norman Shaffer will be chairman, will have a quota of 8165.000. Clifton Uehling heads the Uehllng area, with a quota of 838.000.

Arthur Shultz will be In charge for 8crlb-ner and area, which was assigned a quota of $161,200. Joseph Bicak will be chairman for Dodge and rural area, with a quota of $90,700. North Bend and rural area will have a quota of (Turn to Page 5 Number 6) i Mrs. Carlson has served as aide! British Prime Minister the Dodge county hospital since chill's unexpected pronouncement cause of the transportation tie-up, while bus service across the Mississippi river in East St Louis (III.) also was halted by an unexpected strike of bus drivers. The two walkouts, however, were not connected.

Tampa. also was confioeited with a transportation problem as about 175 street car workers stayed away from their Jobs, putting all but nine of the 100 street cars out of service. Extra busses were put Into service to care for the normal trolley passengers. Other conditions along the country's labor front improved, with the apparent end of the strike of some 18,000 lumber and sawmill workers In the Pacific northwest. Officials of the International Woodworkers of America (CIO) eald the union's executive board would ask for an immediate return to work of all the union workers approximately 18,000 ending a 10-day walkout AFL union members of the Industry, numbering approximately 26,000, returned to their Jobs Thursday.

However, there were hints of future walkouts If the national war tabor board does cot grant wage requests. Other labor disputes throughout the country affected several hundred men. but the number of Idle workers numbered less than 20,000. Methodists Will Burn Mortgage Sunday Morning A mortgage burning service and debt-paving celebration is to be held by the First Methodist church at 11 o'clock. 8unday morning.

Bishop William C. Martin of Omaha will preach the sermon tnd light the match which will be applied to the cancelled mortgage. Dr. Charles B. Hankins of Omaha, district superintendent, will assist la the service.

Bishop Martin, who has spoken In Fremont several tunes. Is In charge of the Omaha area of the Methodist church, comprising all the states of Kansas and Nebraska. He has recently been asked by church authorities to conduct serv ices In army parts of this camps in various. country. Dr.

Paul Hillman said. His two sons are in the army, the younger now stationed In England and the older, who Is married and has one child, has recently been alerted for embarkation overseas. Local church officers taking part In the ceremonies will be: Arthur G. Christensen, representing the trustees for the bondholders; James H. Fowler, chairman of the finance committee that raised the money to retire the indebtedness; and An drew Nelsen, chairman of the board of trustees.

The program has been arranged bv a committee consisting tl Mrs. Fred Bader, chairman; I (Turn to 'Page 5 Number 5) I rcoruary. sne expects to oe assigned to work in the camp at Muskogee. Okla, in which her husband is Red Cross field director. Mr.

and Mrs. Carlson have two sons In the armed forces. Robert In the coast guars and Joe In the Marines. MI Week Ends With Dinner. Tour of Omaha OMAHA -JPH- Nebraska 4-H club members will be entertained here Friday night at a banquet sponsored by the Omaha Junior chamber of commerce, bringing to a close 4-H week activities.

Members came from Lincoln earlier Friday and were taken on tour of South Omaha and the Livestock Exchange where they had luncheon. Thursday Alice Carpenter of Has tings, a prisoner of the Japanese Italy; China British, French Also Advance ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples Fifth army troops have cut the Via Caslllna. sealing off a main German escape route, and broken Unto YeUetrl already left two miles behind by an American spearhead battling on the height in sight of Rome. Plunging across the Via Caslllna highway six near Valmontone, the allies slashed the main road for nazls falling back from the main front to the southeast British forces pounding up the highway were hearing Ferentino. only 18 miles from Valmontone, and French troops swung toward the highway from the west In this sector.

A few lateral roads branch off from the Via Caslllna to high, ways farther east. (A London broadcast recorded by CBS said the United Nations radio at Algiers "has Just announced the capture of Ferentino by Canadian forces.) V. S. Infantrymen entered Vel-letrl late Thursday after other Americans had Virtually encircled this key German fortress, en the Appian way 18 miles from Rome. At noon Friday "fierce fighting la In progress" in the streets, headquarters announced, Two miles to the northwest, Yan.

kee troops fighting on Monte Arte mislo. In view of Rome's historto buildings, were meeting "very obstinate opposition," a communique said. This force had snaked beyond Velletri and seized the dominating, heights of Mts. Peschio and Arte mislo, catching the Germans by surprise. (The German high command declared the dent the allies achieved northeast of Velletri had been "sealed off" with, heavy casualties Inflicted.

Berlin's broadcast said there was fighting of "very great fierceness" Thursday, especially In the Velletri and Valmontone areas, but that the allies had been held.) The smashing blows against the nazl line guarding Rome also drove In another wedge by capture of Lartano, a village on the highway to Valmontone, four miles north east of Velletrt. Field Marshal Albert Kessel-ring had flung his touted Her mann Goertng armored division into the line near Valmontone In at bitter struggle to hold open the Via Caslllna. The exact point below Valmon tone where the highway was slash ed was not disclosed at headquar. ters. Just last Friday American troops had won Artena, mllea below Valmontone, but It took week of fighting to reach the highway.

Tie British and French to thi southeast squeezed tighter up the highway, stid the French seized Ponte Dl Morolo, three miles below the famous road, west of Frosinone. Along the coastal flank of the battle for Rome, naval guns again supported the British push, bom. (Turn to 5 Number 1) Will ll Rowe Named President Of Stale League WILL R. ROWI Will R. Rowe.

president of the Equitable Building and Loan association here, was elected president of the Nebraska Savings and Loan league Thursday night in Omaha. He succeeds Phil Hockenberger of Columbus. Others elected were C. E. Grundy, Grand Island, first vice president; L.

C. Crittenden, Beatrice, second vice president; Stanley Matzke. Seward, third view president; and Leslie Martin, Omaha, rejected secretary-treasurer. Meanwhile the annual stockholders' meeting of the Equitable Building and Loan association waa held here Thursday afternoon, Frank Gibson, Rowe and A. An dersen were reelected directors.

Of cires will be elected at the July dl tecwrs- meeting. i 'v Bombers Hit Jap Islands Heavy Blows By J. B. KRl'EGEB Associated Press War Editor The Japanese have concentrated 280.000 troops to pry the Chinese loose from the Hankow-Canton railroad and to clear the war for new blows elsewhere In China, a Chungking military spokesman, said Friday. In manifest, alarm over Japan's widespread offensives in north-central and south China, MaJ.

Gen. C. Tseng said tl enemy had embark ed on a new strategy the Illea apply greater pressure against Jap an, Japan will esert greater pressure against China." Greater pressure against Japan seemed Imminent in the central Pacific, on the strength of a three-day aerial offensive which took V. 8. fliers to the Kurllea north of Japan, to Wake, Guam and the string of Caroline islands Inclod-Inr Ponape and Trnk.

Such far-reaching raids might be the forerunners of a new fleet-borne offensive in the central Pacific, the Intent being to Immobilize enemy bases adjacent to the principal target. This strategy was followed In preparation for the Marshall Invasion last January. A big battle was brewing along the Hankow-Canton line for possession of strategic Changsha in southeast China. The British radio broadcast a report Japanese forces were 12 miles from the city, which ha been cleared of non-combatant civilians in preparation for battle. Thrice before the Chinese have successfully defended the town.

Tseng said 210,000 Japanese were concentrated near Hankow, 200 miles noth of Changsha, while 70,000 were poised at Canton at the southern end of the railroad. Speaking of possible new enemy drives, he said the Japanese were massed on the Indo-Chlne-Yunnan border and were con- "'V, I .1 Wl. I. HUM! ,1.1 UU.U nose a threat to Kunming, Major U. S.

air base on the Burma road. In the Honan province fighting to the northwest Chinese recaptured Sunrhsien, 45 miles south of Loyang. The Japanese meantime struck west toward Tunrkwan, gateway elly to China's' northwest. A fierce straggle was emderway 15 miles east of there. MaJ.

Gen. Claire L. Chennault's headquarters confirmed a Japanese statement U. S. planes had attacked Peiplng, China's ancient capital which Is far northeast of the present fighting.

American Mustajiw swept over 600 mile of the Hankow-Peiplng railroad Tuesday, destroying or damaging 22 locomotives. The line supplies the Honan offensive. novm xjamuaico 83 Per Cent Corn In County Planted Eighty-five per cent of Dodge county's 184 corn crop has been planted and In most cases It Is up and showing good stand. The estimate was given Friday by M. C.

Townsend of the Fremont National Bank, county war finance chairman who visited many parts of the county Thursday preparing for the forthcoming fifth war loan drive. Townsend estimated ninety-five per cent as planted on the uplands. Many farmers already are monitoring or cultivating their corn. Some of the com Is not yet planted In the Platte Valley and Logan Creek areas. Along Maple creek the crop Is generally In.

The acreage of wheat Is not very large this year and much of it shows a thin stand and the prospect la for a poor to fair yield. Oats do not look too good and are behind the stage they should have reached at this time of year. Thls is because much of the crop, which does show a good stand, was planted late because of rainy conditions, The alfalfa crop looks particularly good and prospects are for an abundant yield on first cutting. Comparatively little has been harvested so far. Blue grass and brome grass pastures are exceptionally good.

Townsend said a decreased wheat acreage had tended to bring about a large corn acreage. He pointed out aUo that it was d.fflcult tn many Instances to get oats and barley planted. Some farmers In certain areas art plagued with cut worms In their corn and some replanting has been necessitated, particularly around Snyder, UNRRA Funds Gets Approval Of Committee WASHINGTON-UPi-The house appropriations committee gave the lend-lease administration and the new world relief setup, known as UNRRA, a blanket approval Friday, recommending to the full membership the Identical 1943 budget the agencies requested. The committee reported to the house legislation providing; For lend-lease $3,450,570,000. For UNRRA 1450,000.000 for this nation's participation in the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration with additional authority for the president to tranfer to It $350,000,000 in lend-lease funds which might not be needed Immediately.

For the foreign economic administration, the agency charged with waging economic warfare against the enemy 19,500,000, a reduction of $1,381,000 from the FEA's budget request. The appropriations are for the fiscal year which starts July 1. Lend-lease aid by the United States to the allies now totals The committee declared that the guns, tanks and food distributed this way meant Uit difference between "a relatively ineffectual and an all-out utilization of the resources of our allies In destroying the enemy" The committee stated that it was faced with a situation now similar to the first world war. In the early fall of 1918. the report said, many persons thought Germany must surrender soon but the house appropriated 86.500,000,000 a bill that was signed only seven days before the armistice.

"There was no choice then except to maintain full preparation and there is pone now," the committee declared. The largest lend-lease Item Is for food. The committee said the Soviet Union Is sorely In need of food and hat. in the cks? ul 'wmcn wouia me up wc mugm uctncril vaic rAiawmc uicv im enough food for the British people to produce and fight efficiently. The sum provided UNRRA represents less than what the nation Is spending every five days for the war.

the committee said, and the funds will be needed to rebuild "starving" populations once the European countries are liberated. UNRRA funds are to be pressed Into use when the army feels the emergency In a given area is over. To Illustrate Uie need the liberated populations will or do have now, the committee noted that nine bab- ies die out of every Greece. 10 born in iv LONDON WV-Pope Plus XII, In a speech to the College of Cardinals, expressed the hope Friday that peace soon would appear on Rome's hills and over the whole world but added that a demand for total victory might prolong the war. In an Italian language broadcast the pontiff called on the victors to give, hope and faith to the vanquished, and declared that "whoever would dare lift a hand against Rome would be guilty of Speaking as contending armies surged within sight of Rome, Pope Pius said that anyone lifting a hand against the eternal city would have to bear a grave responsibili ty toward future generations." The pontiff said that many persons tear the theory ef "full victory or complete destruction" and that this "operates with bad Influence as a stimulus prolonging the war and also on those, who following their Internal impulse or for realistic considera T.L.

Mathews Dies Friday At Age of 95 TREVANYON MATHEWS Trevayon L. Mathews, long time resident of Fremont, organizer cf the Nebraska State Building and Loan association here, now the Nebraska State Savings and Loan association, and for many years a familiar and prominent figure In financial circles, died Friday morn. Ing. He had been unconscious since Saturday, had been bedfast the last week. He resided at the Path' finder hotel.

Mr. Mathews had served for many years as chairman of the board of the savings and loan association and had been a frequent visitor at the office until the last six months, when he had gone there only a few times, Even 0, UIU, UU.U1K f. riod, however, and despite his ad' vsnced age, he was able to be up and walk around the hotel building Two years ago he was serious ill and It was feared at that time that he would not survive. Mr. Mathews came to Fremont on doctor's advice, and.

for the com munity it was good advice. Born an Florence, March 1. 1849, he received his only school education from Webster spelling book. Ray's arithmetic and McOuffry'a famous fifth reader. After moving to Illi nois in 1865.

he spent the first summer working at a yard and on a farm. A highlight of his boyhood he was fond of relating was the time Abraham Lincoln, during a Rush-vllle. 111. debate with Stephen Douglas, laid his hand upon the nine-year-olds head and referred to him during nis speech. Mr.

Mathews wrk for two years as an apprentice In a and carriage factory, four years as a Journeyman and foreman and then clerked in a store for one year. He married Louise E. Thonuburry at Beardstown, 111.. September 2, 1872. In 1878, he was appointed deputy sheriff and collector of taxes for Cfca county, 111.

Mr. Mathews purchased the Virginia. III. Oa-zette tn 187 and conducted the neapsper fer two years as editor ar.d manager. In 1877 he was appointed deputy clerk and held the position for five years, (Turn to Page 5 Number 7) The Weather By The Associated Press Weather readings for 34 hours enduig at 6.30 a.

HUP Fremont 68 Bismarck ill J9 Chadton 84 Chicago 86 Denver 83 Des Moines .....88 Grand Island 68 Kansas City tl Paul 88 New York 87 50 70 70 20 56 69 73 66 2.16 70 North Platte 88 68 Omaha 89 71 Rapid City 84 ii SU Louis 91 74 8I0UX City 93 71 Valentine 89 .26 i The War Today By DEwrrr mackenzis (AP War Analyst) of "kindly words about Spain" is causing punlement, not unmixed with concern. In this country. Pro-Nazi Spain continues to give 1 1 wage war against us. Her position Is not identical with that of some pro-allied' neutrals which have been forced to serve the German tjTsnt. That raises a problem which Is likely to get hotter before it cools.

The average American's reaction to this Issue seems to be controlled mainly by the fact that the allies are about to undertake the greatest and most hasardons amphibious Invasion of history. He Is uncomfortably aware that vast numbers of the troops which will fight their way np the beaches from the sea on D-day will be our boys. Churchill's gesture advanced the i thesis that Spain had contributed I me Mediterranean alter uie war. wm I early in the war. told members of to the United Nations cause, among In the Burma road battle, Chln-her experiences and life in China, other ways, by resisting nszi pres- ese and American troops scored new Miss Carpenter, who returned on sure to take over Gibraltar and gains in the drive to capture Mylt-the Grlpiholm.

told of her exper-lclose the straits, and by Ignoring kylna and Chinese troops occupied lences while In China. She went to the huge allied preparations close more villages In their drive west to Canton, China, In 1922 where she to the Spanish coast for the Invas- Join the Burma allied forces, taught young men English in the Ion of Africa. Thus Spain made American reinforcements poured Pooe Vlng bays high school. backhanded amends for some of into the Blak Island beachhead. "For 21 years, I lived among the her Irregularities toward the allies, gathering strength for a renewed Chinese people and loved them and I There are many reasons why asatult to capture the island's three when one really cares, the faults of Britain should want to wm Spain 1 airdromes, which are within strlk-others cared for are not over.

Churchill named several. In- ing distance of the Philippines. she asserted. "With them, we work- eluding the hope "that she will be ed out ways of improvement and a strong Influence for the pece of TnurnoonJ i TODAY ON THE HOME FR0NT- Important Fight on OPA About Ripe for Congress we learned Irom them tilings we: should Improve as we came to know At another point he ssid: more of their humor and keen in- "I look forward to increasingly sight into human nature and to good relations with Spain and ex-ff nee. even when It became person- Itremely fruitful trade between al, their fine Judgment of human 'Spain and this country, which I behavior." (Turn to Page 6 Number 4) I.

I 1- I aU ft I i r-i 7J If Ju I By JAMES MARL0V7 AND GEORGE ZIELKE WASHINGTON -There Is nothing more tmportsnt on the American home front then the fight which starts next week tn congress on th. OPA. The life of the agency, ahlch con trols wsrtlme prices and rationing and therefore Is the main link In the whole government program of holding down living costs, ends June 30 It seems certain congress will con tinue OPA for another year or 13 months. But how? Strong or hamstrung? Will It be continued as a powerful bulwark against the pressures which kite living costs? Or ill congress devitalize It? The senate banking committee has Just recommended renewal of OPA and has drawn up a bill on which congress will start work Mon day. Before presenting that bill of rec ommendation, the committee conducted extremely long hearings Those hearings now are published in book 1.602 pages long.

The book is a lesson In human nature. OPA and other government offi cials and businessmen and repre sentatives of businessmen went before Uie committee to say what they thought of OPA and whether It should be continued and how. Those witnesses, says Uie commit tee, "without exception favored con tinuation" of OPA but "there were material differences of opinion as to what amendment should be made in Uie law tn connection with lis extension. Many amendments have been urged upon the committee." Which means that time and again a businessman or the representative of an industry said In effect to Uie committee: "I think OPA should be continued and. generally, it Is doing a good Job but." Which meant: "OPA If all right for the other fellow but please do ma a special favor." The special to Page fiumoer ll J) J- r- 1 1 kJ 'A'3S 'St i It 19 riCTl'KC STORT AS V.

8. TROOPS GO ASHORE ON WAKDE IS USD-As U. S. troops splash ashore In second wave on Wakde Uland (upper left) assault, soldier in center Is dropped to knees by Jsp bullet. Comrades (lower left have dragged him up beach; one npt shirt over wound as others take Kant cover.

Except for merpy worker (upper right, who treats wound, all fighters keep low to avoid Jap fire. Later, Japs silenced, (lower right) wounded are evacuated. Ail pictures were made by LU Sidney Simon, observer for U. 0. Army En-gJieera.

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