Holdrege Daily Citizen from Holdrege, Nebraska • 1

I CTVE I-ilCIGIiiCAL CGCIETY "Xx Draft Calls Will i -sj Daily pccepf Sundays and Holidays HOLDREGE PHELPS doUNTY NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY MARCH 25 1953 VOLUME SIXTY-EIGHT NUMBER 71 Queen Mary's Death Wilt Not Delay Coronation Ceremony Her Last Wish lay and dropped a deep curtesy Ladies in waiting wept as they witnessed this last tribute from a reigning queen to a dying one Members of the family had been told that this was their last visit The 58-year-old Duke of Windsor the old oldest and favorite son rushed to Marlborough House Tuesday night but arrived a few minutes after his mother had died He had been there twice previously during the day Today Britain mourned Prime Minister Winston Churchill was to move immediately after prayers in Commons today that the House address its condolences to Queen Elizabeth and then ad journ until Thursday as an expression of profound sorrow and official statement was made but it was known that she had suffered a severe internal hemorrhage Monday night One of her attending physicians Lord Webb-John-son is a cancer specialist On young Queen Elizabeth fell the heavy royal task of making the final decisions on her grand- funeral just as she had to do on the death of her father only a little more than a year ago The period of court mounting is expected to be a month possibly six weeks Elizabeth saw her grandmother for the last time at 4:46 Tuesday She arrived! with her husband Philip and Princess Margaret and spent a half hour at Marlborough House Members of the household revealed that Elizabeth walked soft- LONDON UR) The last wish of dowager Queen Mary was that death should not delay the coronation of her granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II A mounting nation today was prepared to heed her command A source close to the Earl Office said an announcement would be made shortly that the coronation would be held as scheduled on June 2 The gallant old queen to whom the responsibilities of royalty always came first had made known her wishes to her family during the unhappy days in which she slowly grew weaker ini her bed- room at Marlborough House She died Tuesday Her illness hiad been described as a It was alt Sparkman Examine FBI Files: See Overwhelming OK as Envoy to Russia WASHINGTON Sen Robert A Taftsaid today he found in Jaii JpBIfile on Charles Bohlen on Mr Bohlen as a security The Senate Republican Leader made the statement to newsmen as the Senate resumed debate on Bohlens nomination to be I ambassador to Russia' Approval was expected by a wide margin 4 v' 'v- Taft Sen John Sparkman (D-Ala) examined an FBI file sjummary on Bohlen at the State Department on Tuesday Old Baldy GI's Fail to Oust Chinese after 3 Day's Bitter Fight SEOUL Korea UPJ Counterattacking American infantrymen failed today for the second time to dislodge Chinese Reds who after three days of fighting held three-fourths of Old Baldy Mountain The exhausted Americans early today called off a 10-hour counterattack which had failed to move the Reds The Chinese broke the assault -a murderous mortar artillery and machine-gun barrage American casualties were believed to have been heavy but there was no immediate official report MajGehArthurTrudeaucom-mander of the Seventh Division on Old Baldy said the Reds may have attacked the mountain position because they believed the United Nations planned a major offensive Trudeau said the mountain is not to American defense of the sector Two fresh companies of the veteran Seventh Infantry Division made the latdst counterattack from the last knob position the Americans have managed to hold 'on the southeast corner of Old Baldy At One point the hard-fighting infantrymen closed to hand-to-hand fighting with hundreds of Chinese entrenched in the mud on the northern part of the hill The infantry battle began slacken about 1 and the attack was called off an hour and a half later although sporadic small arms fire continued Allied mortar artillery and tank crews then opened up on the Chinese trenches and bunkers sending shell after shell into the Red fortifications in an attempt to weaken their defenses Off in July Reach Manpower Balance by Mid- Year Says Expert WASHINGTON Draft ralhwill cure off in July a Pcn-tatmn manpower expert snid today Mai Gen Lynch chief of the IVIVnse office of manpower requirements said in an interview that present plans call for 450000 men to be drafted in the fiscal year starting July 1 This would mean an average of 1 37500 men drafted monthly or about 12500 less than the monthly average 'maintained during the current fiscal year With lower draft call Lynch said the nation should be "roughly in balance on with enough men in the draft pool to meet military demands without drastic changes in deferment policies Selective Service Director Lewis I) Ilcrshcy had said previously that a general tightening of deferment policies would be necessary In meet future quotas if draft calls continued running at a rate of about 50000 a month The reason for the tapering off of draft calls is that the turnover jof military personnel is entering an off year based on $he cycle of the two-year draft term With a ihigh number of men inducted in I the first year after -the outbreak of the Korean war the need for I replacing them recurs every two years pushing up draft calls in the alternate years The tough year about over and the easier one is coming up Actually Lynch said future draft calls may run lower than 37500 a month as a result of Defense Secretary Charles Wil-I move to cut total- strength of the armed forces below the present 3500000 level MARITAL PREVIEW Bob McQueeney 25 of Cleveland Ohio Is feelinr the ball and ealn even before married The gag is a standard procedure wnen workers in the Industrial plant where he works are about to get married He was stuck with the ball and chain overnight before his wedding one consolation however he got a big wedding gift from his far more serious than that No ly to the bed where the old lady Both men reported to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today that they like Secretary of ter Dulles the 25-page found report on fit- State John nothing in which reflc ness Taft said derogatory 1- In tore than hal: information of the the Construction of TV Station Waits Okay Construction work on a television station between Holdrege and Kearney is expected to start soon i rx pontPt on the implication for the permit Bi-States company officials said Tuesday afternoon The television company is partnership of Holdrege and Alma men and announcement was made yesterday in Washington that the Federal Communications Commission had received the application of the company for a channel 13 station General Manager of Bi-States Company Harold Hamilton saic that the station will be located on a plot of ground about three- GOP May Get at PO Plums Nearly L700 Jobs Will Be Filled By Civil WASHINGTON OJR) Patronage hungry Republicans were Offered a new try today at nearly 1700 vacant postmaster jobs 'The dishful of political' plums was uncovered by a' joint action of Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and Philip Young new chairman of the Civil Service Commission They anounced new Civil Service examinations will be conduct-ed for nearly 1700 vacant 'first -second and third class postmaster-ships Old lists of those who pass- ed the examinations during the Truman administration will be discarded Summerfield and Young said thenewexaminationf will be held as part' of a' program to establish higher standards of eligibility and to carry out pledge to put the post office on a sound' business basis by employing -those who are thoroughly capable of running a business organiza -At the same time the new exam inations will open a patronage avenue which the Eisenhower administration found virtually clos--ed when it came into power two months ago Bohlen report came from people strongly opposed to Bohlen's political viewsl according to statement issued! by Committee! Chairman Alexander Wiley (R-is) have always thought that Mr Bohlen would be confirmed and I think so Taft said I found no evidence- in the FBI reflected on Mr! Bohlen ty Wiley said the Ohioan likewise found nothing reflecting on loyalty! Sen Stylejs Bridges (R-N H) one of the leaders of a group opposing Bohlen predicted 15 or 16 votes agpint the nomination but other estimates ran even lower Supporters thought he would be confirmed by nightfall with only about a dozen votes against him Opponents admitted they were licked Taft toldlthe Foreign Relations Committee special meeting that he had requested so-called I carrying all information dug up the FBI about Bohlen But he said he did not on when assured personally by FBI chief Edgar Hoover that the summary was complete and GEKERAL MUD TAKES In addition fighting the Chinese and Korean Communists UN units are finding the muddy Korean terrain a formidable opponent Here Marines combine their collective brawn in an effort to free a Jeep stuck in the mud where spring thaws have turned the battlefront into a quagmire Holdrege Students Jo Seek Hbnors at Scholastic Meet Sorenson Joins News Staff of Daily Citizen Howard Sorenson assimed his duties today as a member of the news staff of -the Holdrege Daily Citizen' Mr Sorenson comes to Holdrege from Atlantic la where he Was wire editor of the Atlantic News-Telegraph for the past two and a half years He will be wire editor at the Citizen and special news writer Mr Sorenson with his wife and 10-months-old son are now living at 307 1 West Avenue A native of' Omaha Mr Sorenson graduat-: ed from Omaha North high in 1943 and served three years with the army in World War II two in the Pacific In January 1950 he graduated from the University -of Missouri School of Jourhalism with a Bachelor of Journalism degree Following graduation from the university lie was employed as news editor on a bi-weekly news-' paper in Littlefield Tex that the investigation upon which it was based was also complete in all Counties May Aid Worthy Oldsters In Some Cases LINCOLN (UR) The attorney office ruled today tha county committees- may grant ole age assistance to worthy applicants in cases in which legally responsible relatives refuse to sign a sworn statement regarding their ability to support the applicant The authorization may be given if the committee finds by other means that the relative is financially unable to support the applicant he said The opinion said it is to the letter and spirit of the law to deny old age assistance to a worthy applicant merely because his relative stubbornly refuses' to sign a statement of his inability td support the Chrysler Plymouh Dodge Cut Prices DETROIT UR) Chrysler Corp today cut retail prfeep of its Chrysler De Soto Dodge and Plymouth passenger cars by an average of $100 and prices of Dodge trucks by an average of $40 effective immediately a Chrysler President Tex Colbert said the reductions reflect a return to a competitive in the auto industry quarters of a mile north of the junction of Highways 6 end 4-east of Axtell The land on which the station will be built is owned by Mr and Mrs Olson of Lincoln Said Hamilton: the first application in Nebraska outside of Omaha Lincoln and Hastings Two applications at Hastings are now complicated by a The station will serve Holdrege Grand Island Kearney and Hastings and cover a radius of 75 miles reaching the heart of central and south-central Nebraska and northern Kansas Barring a eontest on the application the Federal Communications Commission will conduct' a hearing and issue the construction permit In the event' a contest develops the construction permit will be Hamilton said Target date for putting the TV outlet into operation is October 1 hope to have the World Series screened 'for residents of this wide Hamilton added It will be a 56-kilowatt station and will have' a 500-foot Continued on page four WEATHER SIDEWALK LANTS Forty eight Holdrege High school students will make strong bids in the 23rd annual Inter-High School Scholastic contest Friday which will be staged at Kearney State Teachers College They will be participating with an expected l500 to 2000 students for the grand champion and master trophy awards which are given the schools winning first and second places upon a basis of points accumulated Competition will be held in all subjects common to the high school curriculum including the sciences languages arts vocational subjects and sports events Holdrege students last won the grand champion award in 1951 when they ranked first among 1417 students competing from 90 different schools Last year the school was runner-up to Geneva which captured first place by the narrow margin of one point Students competing in the contest in 1952 set a new record with 2019 from 113 schools enering into the competition The Inter-High contest last year broke all records Attending Chase Re-Elected Nebraska Retail Jewelers Off icial Corey wi Chase was re-elected secretary-treasurer of the Nebras ka Retail Jewelers Association at its annual convention in' Grand Island The three-day session of the jewelers and the Nebraska Horo-logical Association ended Monday night vitlv Approximately 400 persons registering at eonventic headquarters at the Hotel Yancey j- New president of the jewelers is Robert Meyer of Chadron who succeeds Fleming of Ainsworth in the top post Other officers include -Lloyd Lockwood Sidney first vice-president Elton Combs Omaha 'second vice-president and (Doc) Byers Lincoln third vice-president Michael Hansen of Omaha was named president of the Nebraska Horologies Association Howard Chase Grand Island was in charge of reservations for the convention NEBRASKA FORECAST Partly cloudy' tonight and Thursday warmer tonight and in east Thursday low tonight in tho 30's high Thursday in the 60's 11 a temperature 42 High Tuesday 48 Low Tuesday 22 1953 to date 1952 to date 225 TEMPERATURE RANGES Lexington 46-15 Burwell 40-16 Chadron 50-19 Grand Island 41-20 Imperial 54-16 Lincoln 41-25 Norfolk 39-23 North Platte 46-15 Omaha 42-20 Scottsbluff 57-24 Sidney 55-23 Valentine 37-16 19 HHS Seniors Take Examinations for Regent's Scholarship to Rabid Skunks Found- on Farm LAUREL Neb UPJ Dr Walter Chace Laurel veterinarian Tuesday advised that all dogs in this general area be vaccinated after two rabid skunks were ounc on a farm near Coleridge Chace said several dogs were under observation South Platte Delegations Set for Trip Holdrege to Send 75-100 to Diversion Hearing at Lincoln Delegations from all over the South Platte area will go to Lincoln tomorrow to hear an all-important piece of legislation-water diversion aired before the Public Works Committee of the legislature Transportation has been arranged for Holdrege residents and cars will leave the Municipal building shortly after 8 Thursday morning Chamber Secretary Cletus Nelson said Nearly 50 persons have already indicated that they will make the trip from Holdrege and additional contracts being made today were expected to swell the delegation to figure between 75 and 100 Eighteen cars have already been lined up Nelson said and persons wishing transportation should call the Chamber office for ride reservations In the surrounding area Hastings has promised to send 25 cars of persons supporting LB311 the diversion bill to Lincoln From Minden Nelson said there will be an estimated 150 farmers and businessmen heading for the stormy session in which the diversion and anti-diversion forces will clash i Fifty persons froin other towns including Wilcox El wood Bertrand Loomis Aliqa and Arapahoe have notified Nelson who serves as South Platte United Chambers of Commerce secretary that they will be in Lincoln 'for the public hearing -Juniata Axtell Hildreth Blue Hill and Kenesaw -have not been heard from the SPUCC secretary said but these towns will unquestionably send groups to the committee hearing whep the storm clouds will break A- story that' diversion might de-Continued on page four President Herbert Cushing of the college said Holdrege captured the grand championship in 1948 and 1937 and won first place in 1934 acording to school records In addition to individual competition Holdrege students will present a one-act play Costs Five directed by Miss Treva Lange In the cast are Elya Gaye Jackson LuAnn Lynn Suie Fitch Carmen Aten and Larry Hoback The list of Holdrege entries Brass Instrument Bob Anderson General mathematics Dale Anderson First year Latin and elementary algebra Linda Anderson Penmanship Mary Jo Armstrong American history Carmen Aten Art ability and literature Helju Aulik Art comprehension Inge Aulik Second year algebra Helen Barnette Mechanical drawing and chemistry Rex Bosley Bookkeeping LaVon Brown: English usage and chemistry Tom Brdwn Beginning typing Beverly Cassel Humorous reading Jim Easter Novice shorthand Marie Erickson Advanced typing and advanced shorthand Delores Erickson News reading Sylvia Christensen Novice woodwork Greg Harms General science Dean Humphries Advanced typing and advanced shorthand Elva Gaye Jackson General science Robert Johnson: Plane geometry Jim Johnson Literature and second year algebra Phyllis Johnsod General mathematics Richard Johnson Mechanical drawing Ronald Johnson Standard foods Mary Jones: Clothing and textiles lola Jurgens and Colleen Kinnaman News reading Keith -Lindgren: Novice Shorthand and penmanship Miram Martin: Advanced woodworking Don McArthur: Biology and standard foods Ramona Mullln Extemperaneous preparation of well-known dishes Betty Nelson: Bookkeeping Gerald Norall Elementary algebra Dick Oglevie General biology Rodney Pearson: Second year Latin Donna Poppert: Dramatic reading JoAnn Powell Novice woodwork Ira World history Yvonne Schlachter: First year Latin Gayle Schobourg: Second year Latin Sidney Schroeder Physics Steve Schroder: English usage woodwinds and physics- Maurice Skeith Geometry and world history' Warren Speece Advanced woodworking Tom Thompson Beginning typing ana American history Barbara Viren: Art ability and art comprehension Betty Tillotsen: Oratorical declamation Helen yalkington 200 Fight Prairie Fire Near Hyannis HYANNIS Neb UPJ Grant County offiicals said today' damage from a wind-blown prairie fire in this area Monday was light and confined to grazing land Sheriff Calvin Rex Said the fire burned in a V-shaped pattern about five miles long and ranging up to two miles wide -with some areas inside' the pattern untouched by the blaze TODAY'S BIBLE VEX18E For air have sinned and come short of the glory of God Romans 3:23 A Holdrege couple mingled recently with bearded prospectors miners cowboys and ladies in long ruffled dresses in a in California The sights they saw there were a far cry from the mid-20th century time they saw on a calendar It happened when Mr and Mrs Roy Danielson Rt 1 Holdrege spent several hours at Knott's Berry Farm and Ghost Town near Buena Park in Southern California There they found a unique reconstruction of a typ- ieal old-time mining town And carrying the reconstruction the limit they learned that real gold-may be panned from the crushed' ore of a simulated but very business-like gold mine where an expert miner assists Definition of a mouth: The grocer's friend the pride the fool's trap and the dentist's sal- vation a big gap between advice and help as most anyone a who's ever been in trouble knows only too well! swered questions on social studies science and mathematics and college aptitude was tested In the event the scholarship is not used by the winner the award will automaticallybe available to the highest ranking alternate in the state Seniors taking the examination include Bob Anderson Helju Aulik Rex Bosley- LaVon Brown Richard Brown Tom Brown' De-lores Erickson Elva Gaye Jack- son Phyllis Johnson Marjorie Johnson Ronald Johnson Theone ee which studies accreditation Speece School Meeting Principal James' Speece of Holdrege Hifeh school is Chicago this week attending the annual conference of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary schools Sessions of the group which opened Monday are being held at the Palmer House Speece is serving bn the reviewing commitr Nineteen Holdrege High school seniors Monday took egamnatons for a scholarship to the University of Nebraska One member of the 1953 graduating class in each of 250 high schools will be selected as a scholarship winner Announcement of the winners wll be made at commencement exercises at each of the high schools Each scholarship carries a value of $100 It is to be used in the University the first year following graduation The scholarship is pain in two equal $50 each semester The examination given at the high school covered the same fields as in previous years Seniors an- Slick-Worded Slogans Full Votes In Hi School Election standards to be followed by member schools The Holdrege school official Lindquist Irene Logston Charlie Lundstrom LuAnn Lynn Shirley Richards Raymond Sail Maurice Skeith and Evelyn Swin-1 will return Friday when the con-dell ference closes Red Cross Contributions Pass $2000 Mark goal by the time the drive the drive chairman said She added will depend upon the workers who have not yet finished their solicitations And we're coanting on ihefti to push us over the Contributions to date: Contributions reported to date: Loomis $11850 4035 70450 73645 Atlanta Holdrege residential Holdrege business Students at Holdrege High school Tuesday nominated two slates of National and Federal in a comparatively quiet primary election It was mostly a battle of slogans with those emerging victorius in the first round: of the American Legion sponsored Boys and Girls County Government Day readying themselves for general election The general election will determine the officeholders who will invade the 'Phelps county courthouse Wednesday April 1 to tak over the helm of the various bounty offices i Slick-worded slogans plastered the high school corridors as junior classmen yesterday made their final bid for votes The phrasing was 'designed to lure voters' to their side Beginning today campaign claims of both parties put to shame the national political picture They read like story book tales and reached out to snare the of the voters from the ninth through the 12th grades Slogans such as be a Nut Vote for Go Down When you vote for proved victorious Another winning catch phrase was a Vote for Title for conducting the longest campaign went to Burdette Moor who won the nomination on the non-political ticket for county judge' Moor began his campaign as a freshman by posting signs about the building which read for Me in Federal Party Chairman Mai Ann Lynn and National Party Chairman Elva Gaye Jackson were working out final campaign strategy: today and developing the touches they expect to win for their -yi It' was i a finale and" both pprty chairmen were predicting victory Here are names of the party nominees who won in primary They meet tomorrow in showdown vote: National: County Clerk Norma Sutton Clerk of District jGourtt -Winquest County Treasurer Janet Dahlgren Continued on page four i Hermanson Mrs Norris Chadderdon Mrs Harry Dahl strom Mrs Theo A Peterson Mrs Clarke Bradley Mrs Grace Dickerson Mrs Zimmer strs Ed Mrs Burton Schrum Mrs Dutton Mrs Harley Lofton Mrs Jenkins Tilden to Garfield Mrs Earl Carlson caDtain: Bernard Winquest Mrs A Trumbo Mrs Frank Ames Mrs Charles Schobourc Mrs Alex Snodgrass Mrs Roe Mrs Curb Taylor Mrs Clinton Carlson Mrs Bernard Winouest Mrs- Richard Beck Mrs Titus Mrs Rabold Mrs Richard McOvmant Mrs Clay West-cot Mrs Walter Allmand Mis Charleston Mrs Dahlgren Mrs Charles Knotek Mrs Chester Singleterry Mrs Lloyd Homer Mrs Raymond Head berg Mrs Frank Slemmona Mrs Tom Loving East of Mrs Keith Johnson captain Mrs Lester Hendrickson Mrs Nels Kronquest Mrs CarlAtej Edward Phelps Mrs-1 Aten Mrs business and residential districts js not comolete' and the same is true of Prairie Township Bertrand and Funk In charge of the drive in various area are: Loomis Mrs Elliott Larson Mrs Frank Cole Mrs Grant Haz-lctt and Mrs Edward Townley: Atlanta Mrs Henline Sheridan Township j- Hugo Johnson Cottonwood Mrs Earl Judy Lake Iva Taylor Mrs 1 Loren Lund and Mrs Jacob Urieh Center Mrs Erick Erickson Dean Hendricks and Ellen A Becker Prairie Mrs Kermit See man Solicitors in the Holdrege residential area as released by Mrs Rankin: West of Burlington Mrs Herman Harms captain: Mrs McPherson Mrs George Johnson Mrs Harold Brown Mrs Harvey Freburg Mrs Frank Moor Mrs Kenneth Aten Mrs James A Anderson Mrs Pieper Mrs Claude Kinnaman Mrs I Virgil Troxel Mrs Clarence Groothuia Mr- E- Anderson Mrs Ray linden and Mrs Paige Lindgren Burlington to'- Tilden Mrs Lansing Volunteer workers in the 1953 Red Cross drive were urged today to wind up solicitations and submit final reports and contributions as quickly as possible Mrs Perry Rankin drive chairman said the fund -raising campaign closes March 31 only a few days left it is necessary that the pace be stepped up added The response has been good but the goal of $2900 is still to be met Contributions deposited as of last Saturday 'totaled $200085 Mrs Rankin said people of Phelps county have always supported the Red Cross and the many activities it carries out the world over and we have every hope of reaching our Bertrand Funk BPW (Holdrege) Hard Times Club (Holdrege PEO (Holdrege) Holdrege Woman's Club Priscilla Club Trinity Mission Society Mt Calvery Martha Society 1 an Legion Auxiliary Americi Mothers Prefer Men Baby Sitters SCHENECTADY UR The college director of student employment at Union College has reported that male students are threatening to run school girls out of the baby sitting business Miss Frances Travis said mothers prefer men sitters because girls spend too much time gabbing on the telephone BROTHER DIES Dick Hopkins 42 of Fairbury died Monday afternoon at an Omaha hospital after a prolonged illness He was the brother of Mrs Harry Pollock Holdrege Funeral services will bet held Friday afternoon at the Nazarene church at Fairbury A Schobourg Mrs John Hoxmeier Mrs Paul Olsen Mrs Herbert Bier-ha us Miss Joanne Bierhaus Mrs Vance Johnson Mrs Soderrren Mrs Nell Loar Mrs Fred Egley Mrs Dean Broberg Mrs LaMont Clay Mrs Paige A Lunberry- Verla Nelson Keith CL Johnson Sheridan Township Cottonwood Township Lake Township Center Township '107 00 Prairie Township 2030 Solicitation in the Holdrege 79 00 57 00 715 Anderson captain: Mrs Ted Folk Mrs Crantz Mrs Dale Fredericks Mrs Emma Peterson Mrs Richard 1 I a a 7 ni-ii tm a -4 i Nt i si 1 rjr fmrr Ti'ltrt--i-i -V.