Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 1

IN 1881 A A A l) A A 2 i 1 I fTVK CENTS Storm of Protest Aroused by CRETE-C Chiof BMI Weidner and Dorche.ster I-ircman Henry Sehnert ftand knee deen in water PumpinR water from the area flooded by overflow from storm sewers. This picture was made early Saturday. (Journal Staff Photo.) New Floods Hit Towns on Blue River at Seword at New High; Crete Holds Own brought new flooding along the Blue river Saturday. At Seu'ard the Big Blue ro.se to what long time residents called a record height. At noon, the river had n.sen nearly a foot in four hours, and was still com- Mine Heads of Partition Allies Ask Return to WASHINGTON.

The I I kl I Liuted States, Britain and fiance Stiliiritav Tilt: THitt.K r.u.M, Cl-1 WASHINGTON. The Ututed HiUain and France Saturday asked Hussia to agree to amend the Italian peace treaty to return the free territory of Trieste to Italy. The three government.s made the surprise propo.sal to Italy as well as Russia. A copy of the U. S.

note to the two gov'ern- tnent 1,1 lilt. Tllltt.K gf'V ri MiH'iit they ainviMi the because 1, in the irnited Nation.s) seeunly couiu il already shown th.at agreement on the selection of a governor (for Trieste) is 2. The three western pnuer.s i I I 11 i I I II 'n pou i ndt nt ti- the ternlorv I NUU: Tin: ITAI IVN treaty, Trie-te is now ti 'i II ft lie (io 1 11 j-i I .111 pe.iee occupied Odo I I.II i I til! 11 i of 1-, the tt-i 1 .11 Cl III the outtiei I 1 ''ene whith th.e ixnrei now a. eii: th shiV it trving to ai Vugo.dav ia. di 1 I.e N'l I 'X It I ICI llgo- irto Iti .1 thio I ot til I I 1,01 J'( 1 i a ill th( 1 11 a ip "II.

one I I le flo ten ti-wei lid, c.iriM-r I'ii mg Ask Court VaiiieUiiinire I WASHINGTON Pi, Coal asked the district to name an umpire for the pcn- dispute tiial has caused a nationwide strike. Action came after Chief John L. Lewis had agreed to meet with soft coal operators Satuniay in an attempt to reac a strike THE RIVER had suiioundcd about homes in the western and southern parts of the town. There were no reports of hardship cases. Hughes Brothers factory at 6 a.

m. Saturday called 200 ployes to build sandbag dikes. There was water in the ea.st third I of the plant area, but no estimate 'of damage could be made until I the water receded. At Staplchurst. 12 miles upstream from Seward, the water vva.s reported still rising.

Death Toll Of Tornadoes Exceeds 50 9-State Area Struck by Gales I Se.I, and fh(. I ui iMvt. M.in, iu' t. i tl I line li Tiityv Likely L' i THE afjpointment of neutral mem- i)f a three-man boartl which administers a $.30,000.000 pension tru.st fund. The other two members are Ezra Van Horn, lead- cr.s.

They have bt'cn unable to agree on a method for making peiKsion LINCOLN CREEK, which enters Seward from the northwest, dropped four feet during the night. The creek joins the Blue at the northwest corner of the town. Oldtimers in Seward indicated farm homes which had never before been inundated, now were surrounded. There was extensive flooding of farmland. THE PEN.SION board originally had three nvembers.

However, the neutral member, Thoma.s E. of New- York, resigned Jan. 16. that said the petition filed by Van Horn, tru.stees for all practical purposes have eeaved to function on account of differences that have existed between them. As a result of vvhii'h said welfare and retirement fund has not been did not join in the court application.

Van Horn had invited Lewis to do so. but Van deadline for Levvi.s to join him in the action ran out at midnight Friday. CRETE STILL was it.s De.spite sandbagging all night by volunteers, Doane college students, busine.ssmen and fire de- jiartment volunteers, more areas in the north and west sections of Crete were threatened. After the all-night vigil Fire Chief William Weidner said might say we are breaking even with the river." CHICAGO, The death toll mounted to more than 50 in the series of tornadoes and destructive gales which whipped across wide sections of a nine-state area Friday. The wave of death and de- from Texas to New Y(Ark left more than 300 injured.

Hundreds w'ere homeless. Property damage was in the millions. The on the last day of harde.st in Illinois near St. Loui.s, where 41 w-erc refxirted killed. The storm crest formed in Texas Thursday night and moved Small tornadoes struck of Oklahoma and Kansas Thursday night but the twister swept with devastating force Friday in southern Macoupin county, 111.

Tolil IVissihiiitics Jews May Rush Action G.O.P. II SEWARD FACTORY age area of the eiect (Journal St.ift Phot, prend out over fhe liimliei were ealhnl hi Hutli Stiiikfoii, i'iI-ciuitr- ni.tu of tiie N.diiinn! lui, of Noung Hfpuiilt, dnv uigiHl Women tu young iliib.s tu luse gnmzations give tlu-m an opportunity to alili g.lili ad- vaiicenu'nf ami recognition wiio liy from Uciuer at II a will adilr," the eonvenfiun of Young lui Coinhiiski'i. was mot at the municipal airport P.ilr>li ker. hairm.in of tb, ii.itiunal young () and ('baniucy H.n ney, unti ci'Utly Nehr.iska be.in chairm.m SCCCKSS Aim n.s, ri IVdes- b' nn .1 -A i tin in i it I I I I util the In partition. 'I he 11 -vei- l.y 111 to piucl.tun a Hc- bie-A lepiiblic At.lbs haih'd fhe American unn.ihuiit as vi, tory fu- them but made it thi'V w.mf nothing but tate I II AT BEATRICE, the Big Blue was up to flood stage of 16 feet.

The Missouri was dowm .7 of a foot at Nebraska City after rising from 13.6 to 15.8 feet Friday. Elsewhere in Nebraska, flood threat.s were diminishing with both the Elkhorn and Platte riv- Main street. Here an old aban- George Ryan, head of the Beatrice Red Cross unit, said THE TORNADOES or damaging w'inds fanned acress sectmns of Indiana, Kentucky. Ohio, Michigan. Kansas, Missouri, Penn.sylvania and New York.

Saturday the intense storm center had moved northeastward into Canada. Four persons were killed in Ohio. Two others lost their lives in Kentucky; in Mis.souri and one each in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York. The army and the Red Cross mobilized units and emergency equipment, food and clothing were rushed into the stricken areas. ijudjfe Dclavs Ruling in Of Wahoo Lati Pliiiiihrrs Hold I) ay Session WAHOO, Neb, bPi.

District Judge Stanley Bartus said annu.il two d.iv convention of the Nebraska Pipe 3 rade association ili st scs.sioii Saturday morning the Lincoln hoti'l. icc.shij) training at Lincoln high X.R.A. Hoard 1 Tiitysdav III Omaha rROPtbSAL by Chief H. tin for ernpor.iry trusteeship over the Holy Land vv con Lotidon W.ivhington and among thiuout (he world. Austins plea came with dr.i- matic He a.skcd Fri- d.iy for .1 of the 1 enihiv the ion.sidcr a per- proposed bat uiiiy council be lru.stt*fship under I council and instruct the I'N corn- mrs.sn.n to abandon cffoi t.s to put ibru p.utition, paitifion iommi.ssion al- uady has advance the Holy Land.

il REAI.I.V amazing to sec bow many young vvoimm htriiout in political said, "in most of anqms dubs half nt iiic Mr.s, kton. who ha.s by fh party ni A ERA.MEWORK for a Jewish a council weeks ago. H.ig.m.ih. the militia, says urday he will rule next Satur-i undei the Smitb-Hugh, HOMES, STORES, schools and churches fell before? families in threatened areas are smashing attack of the tor- being evacuated, and rescue shel- and gale-like winds. ters will be set up if necessary.

Siili ih-Dorsey Conference Off Drenching rains thruout the storm belt added to the suffer- RiAN SAID the Blue river big and damage. Some towns in has ri.scn from 15.97 feet at 8 Hlinois were isolated. Travel m. Saturday to 16.80 by noon, was impeded and communica- no change for the better i bons disrupted in many areas. with Negotiations between Smith- Sixteen feet is flood i vuf.4 i Cia Dorsey company and union rep- ha creeks in sight, level.

Some hope for control of the situation was seen in the fact n' i and plctcly broken off, Reuben Ger- the backed-up lath, chairman of the barcainine committee, ville. Blue Springs, and between Beatrice and excess water. local tour dams at Beatrice, Holmes- bargaining saici Saturday. He said that no date has been State Traffic Up During February set aside for future negotiations and added that the union was attempting to secure an NLRB mediator to assist in settling the dispute. Jo.seph Ozanic, Omaha, A.F.L.

spokesman Friday said that a strike of International Chemical Workers. Local 325, A.F.L. is planned against the company, unless the conferees cun come to terms. Demands against the company, which deals in pharmaceutical products, include a 40 percent wage increase for all workers. Holmesville have opened their gates to w'a- ter.

Ryan said. The Weather Lincoln and vicinity: Cloudy with showers Saturday night; cooler with lowest temperature near 38 Saturday night; Sunday partly cloudy, cooler, highest temperature near 52. Moderate southerly winds becoming fresh west to northwest 16 to 20 miles per hour Saturday night and Sunday. Nebraska: Cloudy Saturday night and Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms in east portion Saturday night, continuing in the southeast early Sunday; clearing and becoming a little colder in west and north portions Sunday; lowest temperatures Saturday night 28 to 32 in northwest to 45 to 55 elsewhere; highest Sunday in the in west and north to the in southeast. I.INC'Ol.N (Official L.8.

Weather Bureau ReadlnKN) DANGER POINTS in Crete were a dike on W'alnut creek about a half mile north of the business ctistrict and a dike surrounding Tuxedo Park lake, which runs parallel to the Blue in the part of Crete. Both areas were sandbagged during the night. Many of the sandbuggers worked all night. vVeidner said them, would have a mess on our hands." Traffic on Nebraska highways last month was 2 percent heavier than in February, 1947, according to records from 12 automatic vehicle recorders. The biggest increase was a 22 percent gain on U.

S. highways 6 and 34 west of Arapahoe. A 16 percent increase was recorded on state Highway 2 west of Broken Bow, and a 12 percent gain on U. S. Highway 20 of South Sioux City.

The counter at Gretna on U. S. Highway No, 6 show'ed a 9 percent gain, and one near Union on Highways 73 and 75, a 4 percent increase. day on an ajiplication for a writ of habeas corpu.s in the of 13-year-old Carol Thorson. The Wahoo lad i.s charged fir.st degree murder in death of Dan Hult, 13, also of Wahoo, from a 12-gauge shot- factories.

DEFENSE ATTORNEY Howard Kanouff argued evidence does not show a crime vva.s committed, that evidence showed Thor.son was too young and ir- re.spon.siblc to handle a gun, that criminal proceedings against children under 16 should he brought in juvenile court. He also argued Thorson, if convicted, would have to be committed to the penitentiary along with hardened criminals and that District Judge Harry Landis of SevvarfI exceeded his authority in ordering a murder complaint filed against Thorson. i ai was (iiscu.ssed. In, tnictor the cour.se is Dave Wehci A similar is held Omaha North high school. A non luncheon w.is to he followed by an at hall, 'I'odd, ('hicago, national oig.inizer of tiie aH.sociation will 'Fhe barber shoj) (juartet will entertain.

Pre ident repoiicd thiit Pi plumbers and litters from Lincoln. Oinah.a and H.isting.s were attending the vention. Will Presi'iil downstream at Wilber. volunteers W'orked thru the night sandbagging the Zwonchek and Aksamit electric plant building one half mile east of main street. The water was a foot deep in the building and movable machinery was evacuated.

Near the Wilber electric plant, the river rose 4 inches between I 2 and 7 a. m. The Big Blue, u.sually 30 to 40 I feet wide at Wilber, was running up to a mile wide in some places Saturday. Hundreds of acres of low'-lying land were inundated. Fred W.

Ludwig, 76, Dieg in Beaverton, Ore. Gov. Val will intro- duce Harold Slas.scn when the candidate for jiresideritia! nomination at Omaha March 24 I Stas.sen is sciicdulcd to make I his fir.st talk on river Tttv valley and the THE COl NTY sheriff testified Pick-Sloan plan the boy i.s being kept in the Also from ladies cell in the 1ei.s came announcement county jail and that the doors i tiiat Bernluird Le Vandci are not locked in the daytime. Paul, chairman ol Minn'e- stab- the gun which killed young Hull committee, will the Ihii- vvhile the yuuth.s were setting ni Sla.s.sen traps along a creek. Ho elaimed.

however, that he did not intend to jiull the trigger. veisit.v of Neiiraska Stassen-for- club nigiil, RrgiNlralioiF lliglicst 6:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 1:30 2:30 m. .62 .61 .53 .61 .47 .47 8:30 4:30 6:30 7:30 3:30 9:80 nt. .46 10:30 .44 11:30 .43 12:30 .41 1 0 .44 2:30 High a year ago 50 .45 61 .52 .51 .50 .53 .54 .53 .64 .63 .09 .69 low 4 Sun a. 6:39 p.

nt. AIRLINE schedules returned to after numerous overnight flights had been canceled because of a heavy blanket of fog over the Omaha municipal airport. The fog set in early Friday night over the entire metropolitan area and clear until shortly after 5 a. m. Saturday morning.

The state highway department gave the following highway report: BEAVERTON, W. Ludw'ig, 76, former Lincoln, Neb. resident died here Friday night. A Spani.sh-American War veteran he was formerly associated with the Mayer Brothers and Armstrong clothing firm in Lincoln, He left Lincoln 30 years ago and became associated with the Gray clothing firm of Portland, Ore. He had been retired for 25 years.

Born in Clark.s, he liked military field which he made his hobby. Funeral services vv'ill be held here Tuesday. He is Elsie: two daughters, Frances and Doris, both at home; three brothers, George, Albert and Walter, all of Lincoln. Clarence Lutes, Baker, Dies Clarence Theodore Lutes, 68, died Saturday at his 840 No, 29th. Born in Princeton, he later moved to Central Cityi with his parents.

He learned the baking tiaade for voting in i.an- ca.ster ,666 the week ending Fiida.v, tlie liig- ge.st week since last Octoiier, Paymond Frohn, election com- mhsMoner, said Saturday. I he lu.st day for gistering in to vote in the April 1.3 primary i.s April 2 Tiie nffice in building will open until 9 p. that irorn nis 50 ycurs and had owned bakeries in Long Pine, Newman Grove, and I S. D. He was a baker at the Earl Vioods dairy bakery until a year Diiectors of Hie lamation a sociation will hold fir 111 of year at Dinaiia 23, Mar- Allen, announced Saturday.

The Ix.ard will up program tor 1948, said. It also is uled to dismiss the ami the 'I ideland hills now in congi 1 hill would Pt39 1 lam.atioii act, haug- mg iiiteiest lates and length of tor pavmetifs, and trom interior (inent the right to stmdl proje, ts Untier this would (h'termine tion on I projects, large and small. Muiwe.stern reclamationists fear this would small activities, and Nehi are lull idso will dceide on the 'FidelaiuFs hill, and it.s re- to the and all ottu'r valley development gi ams. of lioard are: liPfdom. il'irauri liciii ifiiic Uu.sMfii Anii.TMiii, Ok.nialii M.oi\ Itiill'll iifUuCiv.

llii.stiM); Mv.in (ir.uiil Smith Vnii liirrni' If l.uioihi I.inCGlh II. I.im-olh OfiGitm m. GDP. a to the and hold sov- tioiial convention, said (he predmmnanlly Jew- that ytumg persmi.s being retognized by leaders for Arah.s said they inipoitanl government pusUs is sounded as an hi i.stmtis the Holy City of "I think doing a iV' prepared to u.sher in with your Young Hepuhln-ati c.immermmitmg in Ne-of Christ. I Ihnty killcii Friday.

More slam MR.S. luiled that I. an- sim Be. arrival la.st week pat your Young Hepuhlican on ampuse; al invai la.st week, such cluhs been at Umveisity of Nebraska ami at and Hastirig.s. They will the Sunday I Me.mwhile.

the vaiiguar.l of than 260 exjH'eted tiere Satui.I.iy for pre- Imiinary Young ac! tivities, I Advance reservations trom counties her determination to surrender two lu-m-e her League of N.itioris mandate over Palestine. British troofis will he jmlled out iKit later than Aug. 1. 32 A SPOKESMAN for the Jewish agency for Palestine said in Jerusalem: "Dll has apparently becomo expensive and more important to the United States than I hei A. Honm Young GOP, ojiencd at 4 j) the pio- at charge ol Mi.s Stake, miltee chairman.

A is 9 m. Saturdav night at Walsh hall. 141 So. that the United States 'leLdstr-itioo Jewish state Iigisti.ition 1,1 favor tjf its own airn.s." Saturday In Wa.shington many legi.slat- ors condemned the move. Some privately that it would cost President Truman political ground.

II I I I.GI1I« 'I'linmii: THE SIJNDAV convention will ojieri with 9 m. met'tmgs, tollowiui by of a iircsuit'iit and committee re- fiort.s at 1:30, a 3 fi, m. receiition and a 7 p. liamjiu't, rlay hratum, to heltl Mondav at the Cm will an evening adiiress liy Gov. Eail Waricii of Caliluriua.

F.F.A. Distriet Contests Ileltl Laid well Sri al 8 Mil 'Du OkiiM'd 'File apjdicalion ol Jakdaie company lor a r.ite increase vva.s granted Saturriay hy r.ulway a $4 434 estat. Die will be 25 $453,021 gross estate of G. lancoln who died 6, 1946. ha.s jiaiii tax to It was n'ported Satunlav.

'Fhe ail mam station Wie-i u7 Ph.mes and is effective April I. i 898. ago when he retired because of ill health. i Mr. Lutes was a member of the Ea.st Lincoln lodge No.

210 91 Ea.it of open but muddy, tr Valley open, one-way 93 West of Valley closed. 39 Genoa to Silver Creek closed 14 North of Aurora closed. 14 South of Superior one-way traffic, temporary bridge. 63 North of Ashland closed. 76 South of Waco closed.

82 Crete to WUber closed. Temperature readings for 24 Dalton to. Campaign for hours ending at 6:30 a. m. i a Lighted Athletic Field 1, H.

Burwell 63 Chicago f'hadron 60 27 fOnrnrdIa Grand Island 65 40 Denver Hayea Center 63 .34 Des Moines l.lncoln. city 62 H. E. 65 84 66 46 60 33 54 Elncoln. city 62 43 Kansas Ity 70 60 34 45 Norfolk 56 North Platte 62 Omaha aq 35 New 60 3 Ht.

liouls 75 31 Han Francisco 51 DALTON, H. Worth was named chairman of a temporary group formed here to raise funds for the newly proposed seven acre lighted athletic field. V.F.W. Plans Annual Encampment June 6-8 The State Veterans of F'oreign Wars encampment has been tentatively set for June 6 thru 8 in Lincoln. About 140 posts are expected to send delegates, J.

L. Stroud, Lincoln, chairman of the encampment committee, said. The four Lincoln posts handling arrangements. are Two Tavern Owners Ask License Renewal Applications for city beer licenses. renewal on and of off Mcthodi.st church and the Keystone church school of Grace Methodist in Lincoln.

He is survived by hi.s Alice; three dcTughters, Mrs. fls- ther Gould, Kearney, Mrs. E. LaVaughn Nu.ss, Lincoln, and Mrs. Bernice McMaken, Omaha- four brothers, Ercell, Omaha; Carl and William of San Francisco, and Vuugh, Tylertown, two sisters.

Miss Gertrude! San Franci.sco; Mrs. Hazel Greene, Denver; three grandchildren. Comlition Is Reported Improved The condition of Gov. Val Peterson was reported Saturday by his office as The governor was ordered to bed Friday by his physician due Lincoln to a sore throat and tavern owners Saturday. They are: George Benner, 1610 for use at 132 No.

11th, and Leo Kelly and Helen H. Kelly, 2917 Cedar, for use at 201 So. 10th. nn ear ache. He had just returned to Lincoln from a Missouri river development meeting.

The governor will be to hi.s home at least until Monday, his office said. 'I he high school hajiter of A. wa.s host urday to F.F A. tneiubers from Di.stiift No. 2.

One nmdred hoy.s registered the i before 10 sijcaking conte.sts were i dining the morning I with (li.strict par 1 iainentary pro- and project coiitest.s as afterriooM event.s, Benton Hoover. Sew.ini, stale F.F..'\. vice jiresident and Howard Claassen, i ii slate news reporter, in charge of arrangement.s. i Dfficial judges of the con- included: Dr. H.

E. Brad! ford, agricultural college; Frank D. Clements, dejiartment of vocational SciiooLs repre.sented Nebraska City, Waverly, Mead, Northeast, Seward, Geneva, O.s- ieola, York, Stromsburg and David D. P. Siiiitli.

Formerly Dies in Iowa BUHLING'FON. la. P. Smith, former Lincoln, Neb! resident died here Friday. He was boiler maker foreman at the Burlington Havelock shops until 18 years ago when he moved hero where he was in the same trade.

He I.s by three daughters: IMrs. Harry Dreith, Lincoln; Mr.s. Wayne Warga and Mrs. Kenneth Huneche, both of California; two sons, C. Lincoln; t.

California. icsmenls caiJtd the water highest their memory. (Journal Staff are covered by company. Longtime (Journal Staff Photo.) State Aeronautics Head Asks Probe of Crash State Aeronautics Director James Ramsey Saturday asked the state safety patrol to investigate an airplane accident which occurred March 16 near Grant to determine if any state flying regulation w'as violated. The airplane is owned by Floyd Pankonin and piloted by Fred E.

Nelson, both of Grant, according to the records. No one was injured in the accident. Ramsey said..