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The Frontier
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BRIEFLY STATED
Germans ini Russia are said to
have used arificial fog to advance.
The idea has frequently been uti
lixed by campaign orators and
practical politicians in the United
States.
Will Johnson of Plain view enter
tained at a dinner party Tuesday
night at the hotel for Mr. and Mr*.
R. E. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Rice of Creighton, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Mason of Plainview.
According to State Terasurer
Johnson the gas tax for the month
of June amounted to $1,139,823.
Of this amount Holt county will re
ceived as its share of the tax
the sum of $3,868.29.
Mr, and Mrs. Albert Rathchotic,
of San Franisco, Cal., arrived in
the city Monday afternoon for a few
days visit at the home of Mr. and
M rs. Lod Janousek, Rathehoic
being a brother of Mrs. Janousek.
Ed O'Donnell returned on Friday
from Cheyanne, Wyo., where he
spent a few days visiting his sister,
M rs. William Mclnherney and her
husband. Mrs. Mclnherney re
turned with him and will visit rela
tives and friends here.
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Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Moore and
daughter, Marilyn, and Mr. and
Mrs. P. B. Harty and daughter,
Ann, drove to Milford, Nebraska,
on Sunday, where Marilyn and Ann
will spend this week at- Camp
Kiwanis.
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Miss Vi Eidenmiller left on
day morning for Denver, Colo,
where she will join Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Dimmitt and Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest Stoner and will go on to
California with them to spend her
vacation.
Miss Catherine Finley, who has
been attending school in , Paul.
Minn., and then visiting heV sister.
Mrs. W. Carrol] Stephenson in,
Evanston, Illinois, is expecikUltT >
arrive home this week end tt> visit
her father, Dr. W. F. Fjoky—.*,...
Mr. and Mr*. Ray Verzel and
son, Jerry, of Wayne, spent the
Fourth here with Mrs, Verzel’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Qiwjnu.'Thev
,1 eturned home on SundaJ^but
Jerry remained for,a longer visit
with his grandparent*,' 'i|i
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For months Joe Stalin has been
encouraging the democracies and
the totalitarian governments to
fight tothe point of exhaustion so'
that he could pick up the pieces.
It was a good idea if it works, but
there ha# bean soma slight vari
ation to tha plan. , ,
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Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kilpatrick
of Norfolk, spent Sunday here vis
iting at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Kilpatrick.
Gene left Norfolk on Wednesday
for Omaha, having been one of the
Madison county draftees for the
July quota.
The employees of the North
western Bell Telephone Company
had a dinner at the M & M Cafe,
followed by a shower at the home
of Mrs. Bernard Madison on Wed
nesday, honoring Mrs. Carl Miller,
who before her recent marriage was
Miss Stella Van Avery.
Mrs. E. L. Gabrielsen and Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Spies of Gilmore
City, Iowa, and E. H. Gabrielsen
»f San Francisco, California, spent
ihe week end here visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hayes.
They left on Monday for Omaha,
where they will visit relatives.
Dressmakers announce the in
vention of a double dummy which
will make the art of constructing
dresses at homo much easier. We
presume one section of the dummy
is to represent the lady for whom
the dress is being made and the
other dummy will resemble what
she wants to look like.
William Martin, and his son
Private Don Martin, and Joe Mar
tin left Wednesday afternoon for
Omaha, from which point, Don will
take the train to Fort Knox, Ky.. j
where he will rejoin his regiment,
after .spending the* past week here
visiting. Bill and Joe keturned
Thrusday morning.
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Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek and her
sister, Miss Helen Van Sant, of
Omaha, arrived here on Thiusday.
Mrs. Kubitschek has been in Omaha
for the past two weeks, being called
there by tfn- serious illness of her
mother, whose funeral was held
last Wednesday, and her sister will
make an extended visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hancock and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Gene
WTard returned on Monday after
noon from a visit with friends and
relatives at Casper, Wyoming.They
also made a short trip through
Yellowstone Park, Mgs. Frank
Kubitchek who left with them, re
mained in Casper, for a extended
visit at the home of her daughters
Mrs. Timlin and Mrs. Haggerty.
Dr. and Mr*. L. A. Carter re
turned last Thrusday from Chicago
Illinois, where they visited their
daughter and other relatives and
friends. Bob and Deloris Smith
their grandchildren, returned with
them for a visit. Mrs. Vance Begh
tol of Kearney, drove up on Friday
and spent the week-end, with her
parents, and returned on Sunday
taking Bob and Deloris back with
her for a short visit in Kearney
after which they will again return
to O’Neill.
This office is in receipt of a
letter from Robert Vierfc *>m, of
Highland Falls, N. Y., enclosing
a renewal of his subscription to this
household necessity, which pays his
dues up to January 1, 1943. Thanks.
Robert. Mr. Vierbeom was a resi
dent of this county in the days that
are gone, in other words in the horse
and buggy days, even before the
buggies, when it was mostly oxen
and he has visited this section about
every year for several years to re
new cquaintenance with boys of
long ago. Bob says that he con
templates coming out again this fall
anu take in the Old Settlers Picnic
when he can meet many of the
"boys” of the long ago. Come out
Robert, we will all be glad to set
you.
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EVerett L. Hoffman, son of John
G. Hoffman, returned to O’Neill for
a two weks visit with his folks and
friends. Everett lives in Santa
Monica, Cal., where he is employed
by the Dttujflas Aircraft company.
He is thb' first O’Neil) boy to be
employed by an aircraft industry
for the National defense of the
U. S. A.
Mies Loretta Enright left Tues
day for Winner, S. D., where she
her uncle, Loui Storm of Rapid
City, S. D.. and they then left foi
St. Faul, Minn., where they attend
ed the Eucharist Congress. They
returned to O’Neill on Sunday, and
Jtlr. Storm visited here during the
day( before leaving for his home at
Rapid City, S. D.
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National Affairs
, By Frank P. Litschert
Beyond question ninety-eight per
cent of the people of the United
States favor for our government,
the republican farm, or the repre
sentative democracy under which
we have lived and progressed for
a century and a half. Ours is not.
of course a true democracy in the
classical sense of the word. Unfor-j
tunately, however, since the days
of the World War the term “demo
cracy” has been used so frequently
in many quarters, as a symbol for
our government, that most people
now use the terms republican and
democratic, as synonomous.
We favor the American form
because it has worked in our country
because it has given the largest
measure of liberty, consistent with
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; admirably well in this country be
| cause we have been and are pos
sessed of boundless resources which
have built up the greatest market
in the world, and a nation, the fu
ture prospects of which dazzle the
eye of the thinking man Fortunate
ly we have been protected on the
east and the west by thousands of
miles of water which have permitt
ed our people to work out their ex
periment to a successful conclusion
in safety. To the north have been a
friendly people, and to the south a
people who, while not always friend
ly, have been so weak military that
they have never dared interfere
with our destiny.
1 In this time of ideologies, when
democracy and totalitarianism
> seem to be clashing in Europe, al
though the lines are not clearly de
fined, there is great disposition on
the part of many Americans to say
that democracy, as we conceive it,
works because it is right. This is a
dangerous conclusion. We all agree
that our form of government is best,
but to say that it works merely
because it is right, is to get into
a dangerous state of mind. No sy
stem of government, any more than j
any fine mechanical device, will
work because it is right. In the
case of the mechanism a skilled
driver or operator is required. In
the case of a free government, an
alert, patriotic, self - sacrificing
people are necesary to make govern
ment “work.” This is true of a
democracy more than of any other
system because in our instance the
people are, or should be, the govern
ment, and cannot long depend on
any leader or set of leaders to do
their thinking for them. If they
once relax into this practice then
they no longer have a free repre
sentative government as we under
stand it.
Here then is the danger of sit
ting back complacently in the be
lief that democracy works because
it is right. There is only a half
truth in this statement. If and when
democracy works, as it has had
an ambitious, alert, liberty-loving
individualistic people, each seek
ing to work out his own destiny
in the light of his efforts and
ability. Here is the real reason for
our success. We got the best found
ation possible when the founding
fathers created for us the best Con
stitution ever to come from the
brain and hand of man. But if
those who followed had been a
lary, profligate, self-satisfied
people willing to “let George do it.”
we would not have succeeded even
with a porfeotjy balanced constitu
tional government. What made us
the greatest nation in the world was
a sound Constitution and a great
people, willing,. and courageous
enough to cherish it and follow it
for a century and a half of the
greatest progress* any people have
ever made. 1
There is a disposition now to
follow off after strange gods, to
adopt new theories, contradictory
to the ones our fathers lived by
Once we follow this road we will
find that democracy doesn’t succeed
because it is right. We will find
that our democracy is no longer
succeeding—perhaps that it is no
longer a democracy.
According To ,
The Constitution
Secretary of the Navy Knox is
reported to have told the conference
of governors in a recent meeting
in Boston that now is the time
to strike the Nazis while they are
engaged in Russia and he is quoted
as having suggested that now we
should sweep the Nazis from the
Atlantic by the use of the United
1 States Navy. It is difficult to see
the connection between the Atlantic
and Russia as Germany is using
little of her depleted naval strength
there, although there is some evid
ence Japan might get busy with
her navy in the Pacific were we
to engage in the war in the Atlantic.
Aside from questions of strategy,
however, it must be admitted that
the attack Secretary Knox suggests
would take a lot of shooting and
shooting means war. Under the
Constitution of the United States
the right of declaring war is left
to the people’s representatives, the
Congress of the United States.
One is inclined to wonder whether
the Secretary means that we get
such a declaration from Congress
or whether he is in favor of violat
ing the Constitution this one time.
The waging of an undeclared war
in the Atlantic without authoriza
tion of Congress, especially now
that Joe Stalin is in the middle of
the scrap, would certainly not
tend to give the American people
the kind of unity they ought to
have for such a task. The people
are 100 per cent for national de
fense and protecting our shores.
But they are, in the majority, ac
cording to all polls, against our
entering this war. In view of all
this it is interesting to note what
Senator George of Georgia said
the other day:
“The way to national unity is to
give our peopl.* the assurance that
when we are called upon to move
into the actual range of fire and
send our men * there, whether on
board naval vessels or in aircraft,
the American people themselves
will have some opportunity to pass
upon that question; in other words,
that they will have the ultimate
decision, through the machinery
to which they have become accus
tomed, and the only machinery
which they have at hand; will be
able to pass upon the question of
whether an actual state of wai
shall be brought Into being or a
formal declaration of hostilities
shall be made by the people of the
United States."
In view of the recent things
which have been said about the
status of our present prepartian for
defense, especially by the House
Military Affaifs Committee, it
would seem that, 'waiving the ques
tion of unity and constitutionality,
for the moment, the United States
is not exactly prepared for war
If the administration at Wash
ington will go about building ourj
defense in an efficient manner the)
time will come when we will be
ready for all comers. But certainly
that day is not here now and we
do not want war at this moment,
especially an unconstitutional one.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mrs. Margaret Claitssen, who fell
and broke her arm about ten days
ago, has her arm now out of the
sling ami is back at work.
BUI Ryan and Ted Sirek, who are
attending an airplane mechanic
school at Norfolk, spent the Fourth
with the home folks.
Elaine and Gene Streeter re
fumed Sunday from Lincoln, where
they had spent the Fourth with
relatives and friends.
Miss Mary Ellen Jensen, of Spen
ser, is in the city visiting rellatives
and friends.
The Catholic Daughters enter
tained at a picnic dinner at the
City Park on Wednesday evening,'
honoring Mrs. Walter Stein, who!
will leave on Monday for California,
with her family, where they will
join Mr. Stein who has been on the
coast since early this spring. They
plan on making their home on the
west coast.
O’Neill was*very quiet last Fri
day as most of the inhabitants of
the city had gone to Other towns to
help them celebrate the Glorious 4th
Many Q’Neillites journed to Neligh,
while others pot in t|*e day helping
the residents yf Stuart properly
celebrate. Practically all the busi
ness places of the qity closed at
noon and it was nice and quiet all
over town.., * ,
Petition Being Circulated
For Swiming Pool
Past Week
Three of O’Neill's younger folks
were circulating a petition, today
for the installation of a swimming
pool in this city. If is something
that is badly needed in O’Neill.
We have a splendid place for one,
the southside of the City Park and
it would not take a great deal of
money to install one that would be
a credit to the city and the people
thereof. Even if some of us are
too old to swim many of the young-1
sters are not and we should make
it possible for them to enjoy one of
the greatest of eiercises, that will
build health, bone and muscle.
Fire Department Busy
This Past Week
The fire department has been
busy the past week. Last week
they responded to four alarms, all
grass fires, caused perhaps by too
many firecrackers. This afternoon
there was another alarm and it was
discovered that a truck, parked in
the rear of the Gamble store was on
fire, but the alert department soon
subdued the flames. If the suc
ceeding months bring as many fires
as the past two, it might be neces
sary to put on an all time paid
department.
O’Neill Should Have
An Airport
In ten years from now airplanes
will be as popular and as'common
as automobiles were ten years ago.
The city or cities that have good air
ports are the ones that will be on
the direct lines of travel across
country. O’Neilll, being one of the
greatest centers of Federal High
ways in the state, would be a likely
place for a good airport and our
citizens will be derelict in their
duty to the rising generation unless
they get together and try and pro
mote a good landing field for this
city. Now is the time to get ready
for a field as the Federal govern
ment is going to spend a lot of
money within the next year in
biulding airports in cities along Fed
eral Highway® and we should get
into the rank of the applicants.
Bernard Madison
Buys Store
Bernard Madison, who has been
employed by the Gamble Store in
this city for several years past, has
purchased the Farmers Union Store
from the stockholders of the Farm
ers Union, and took possession
this morning. Bernard says that
he will operate a clean and up to
date grocery and meat masket, with
a competent meat cutter, and carry
a full and complete line of grocer
ies. He will continue to buy and sell
cream, poultry and eggs. The
Frontier joins the othevr business
men of O’Neill in wishing him suc
cess in his new venture.
The Old Swiming Hole
Thanks kind friends for signing
our petition.
No harm in our hoping and your
well-wishin. i
With smiles we will drop the whole
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matter, . , ;
And go back where the river mos
quitoes grow fatter.
Everything modern in our beauti
ful city; ,
We boast of its lawns, <rtr clubs—
so don’t pityi
j The little boys who grew up and
forgot
The old swimmin’ hole when days
grew hot.
The sandburs, poison ivy and what
have you’
The open club house with someone
bo salve you.
Gives joy to us fellers from to-days
school;
My 5 Children
and 1 use ADLERIKA when needed
have kept it on hand for 20 years/’
(C. Q.-Mase.) ADLERIKA with its
3 laxative and 5 carminative ingre
dients is just right for gas and
lazy bowela. Get ADLERIKA today.
JOHNSON DRUGS
THE true use of the mouth is
not merely to make a noise,
any more than the proper use
of money is to make a show
of the spender.
The
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M«o>be t-xUrkl Dcpoail Inaurutca Corpontxxi
Come join us and swim in the oW
swimmin’ pool.
When you’re tired of that lets go
to Tilden
Maybe Pearce or some up-to-date
town that’s building
A pool by the boys who have’nt
forgot
The old swimmin’ hole when the
days grow hot.
Three Muskiteers.
This Week In Defense
President Roosevelt told his press
conference he still hopes the U. S.
can stay out of world conflict. His
statement was made in answer to
a reporter’s question if changing
interrnational situations had caused
the resident to aller his belief,
stated in 1939, that the U. S. could
and would say out of the war.
Navy Secretary Knox told his
press conference reports that Navy
vessels were engaged in convoy
duty were “absolutely untrue,” and
said reports that the Navy had lost
lives, material and equipment or
had been involved in any encounter
with belligerent craft, were “most
decidedly” not true.
OPM Director Knudsen issued a
statement urging greater defense
efforts and said “nothing could be
further from the truth’’ than that
Russia’s entry into the war had
averted danger to this country. Mr.
Knudsen said “we are in somewhat
better shape than we were last
Summer but we need the spark of
enthusiasm, yes, of patriotism—to
carry the program forward faster.”
Acting Secretary of State Welles
announced Russian requests to buy
strategic materials had been re
ceived and brought to the attention
of the proper Government officials.
Mr. Welles also said the U. S. has
under consideration a plan to relax
export restrictions on Russian com
merce to permit the flow of wai
materials to that country. He
also announced U. S. and North
African French officials have ar
ranged a plan calling for contiu
I ous movement of two ships carry
ing tea, sugar and other food to
Africa, and two carrying strategic
materials to the U. S.
President Roosevelt suspends!
duties on British Burma vessels
reaching the U. S., to aid the flow
of supplies to China over the Burma
Road. Treasury Secretary Morgen
Women's Society Of
Christian Service
Will serve Ice Cream — Cake
Pie and Coffee. At tile Golden
Hotel—
July 12 — Afternoon
And Evening
thau extended China'? ,$50,000,000
credit here for another year. As
sistant Commerce Secretary Hinck
ley asked commercial airlines for
lp transports planes to meet "emer
gency defense requirments of tVie
democracies.”
In his bi-annual report to the
Secretary of War. Army Chief of
Staff Marchall urged that Congress
pass legislation permitting use of
armed forces outside the Western
Hemisphere and permitting holding
selectees, National Guardsmen ami
i reserve Officers in the service for
1 more than one year. Gen. Marshall
said that conditions have changed
! to such an extent that a “grave
| national emergency” exists of a
' more severe chactor than the public
| realize.
The War Department announced
it will promote its officers on the
basis of merit instead of seniority
and permit re-enlistment for regu
lar Army men only if they are qual
ified for promotion in order to weed
out those not able to take advantage
of further training.
More than 750,000 men who
reached 21 since Selective Service
registration last October registered
for service this week throughout
the nation. President Roosevelt
ordered 900,000 men inducted into
the Army as selected now in service
finish their year of training.
Pending final action by Congress
on legislation deferring men who
were 28 on July 1 or before, Selec
tive Service Director Hers bey or
dered temporary deferment of this
age group. He also advised local
boards to defer registrant* with
one or more dependants to whose
support they make “any sustantial
contribution." The only execept
ior. to this, he said, would be men
who married in the hope of evading
service .
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