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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1943)
THE FRONTIER D. H. Cronin. Editor and Owner Entered at Postoffice at O’Neill. Nebraska, as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION One Year, in Nebraska-$2.00 One Year. Outside Nebraska 2.25 Display advertising is charged ter on a basis of 25c an inch (one column wide) per week. Want ads 10c per line, first insertion Subsequent insertions 5c per line Every subscription is regarded M an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if the publisher shall be notified; other wise the subscription remains in farce at the designated subscrip tion price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between publisher and subscriber. Would Petition Congress The following article dated at ^Emerson. Iowa, and signed “Old Democrat” appeared in the Pub lic Pulse column of the World Herald the fore part of the week: "If a fourth term would be a had thing for our nation, we had better petition Congress at once to pass a bill prohibiting any president serving more than two terms. Unless this is done I be lieve he will be elected for a fourth term, as the gigantic po litical machine he is building up can control more than half of the votes. Do you readers think it wise to send such petitions to Congress? If so. we better get busy at the task at once.—Old Democrat” “Editor's note: A constitutional amendment would be required, and it could not be ratified in time to apply to the present in cumbent." “Fourth term outlook bad," stated Lou Schneider, writer on the force of Consolidated News Features. "President Roosevelt’s fourth-term ambition depends up on the outcome of the battle rag ing between Vice President Wal lace and Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones. That’s the view of informed political, industrial and banking informants,” Schneider declares. ‘The president must get Wallace to ease out of the squab ble. Jones is a fighting man and will not take water from anyone. Should Wallace refuse to follow Mr. Roosevelt’s “peace plan." it means Jones must resign. If that happens, it spells out the politi cal demise of Mr. Roosevelt and the new deal.” HORSE SENSE As a sedative to numb the fear of debt, the people have been told that no harm could result from the debt because the people mere ly owed it to themselves. Harold G. Moulton, head of the Brookings Institution, has Jtnock the "owe it to yourself theory into a cocked hat in a booklet en titled. “The New Philosophy of Public Debt.” He shows that those who pay taxes to support the debt are not identical with those who receive the interest on the debt or the government boun ties which the debt makes pos sible. While the people may owe the public debt to themselves, the man who is taxed to pay interest on the debt will soon nnd that the tax collector will take {us shirt if he does not pay hia taxes, to, pay interest on a debt which l*e “dwes to himself.” 1 '■> Mr. Moulton blasts the idea that public debt can on growing forever without doing qny harm. His remarks shoot close to finan cial and econontdc advisors of the Sjvemment and to the, National esources Planning Board He makes it brutally clear that deficit spending and boundless public debt lead either to totali tarianism or to debt repudiation, and that without "a stable system of public finance ... in the United States, and also in other countries, the foundation stone for interna tional reconstruction will rest on quicksand.” His analysis is just plain horse sense which most everybody un derstood until they were hypno tized with the suggestion that prosperity could be brought about by priming the pump continuous ly with public funds. He does not li/Uat rlf<H4.Ru4f WUk WAR BONDS Mosquito Bar Among the casualties returning to the United States from the Solomons are men who have lost their bear ing. not from injury, not from shock, but from attack by insects upon men who have been without mos quito bar protection. We'll never know how many lives Utia mosquito bar has saved and you probably never will know just how much good your purchases of War Bonds have done, but you should know that regular and increasing purchases are necessary. Look! Listen! Live! t They were in a hurry—but they never got there. Tire marks on the highway showed that the car skidded about 100 feet through the night The car carried a man, his son and his daughter to their deaths. In disregard of warning signals, the car was driven onto a grade crossing and into the path of a freight train. The pilot and piping on the engine were damaged, re quiring replacement and causing a delay of one hour. This deadly accident, illustrated here, is typical of what happens too frequently when a car is driven at too great a speed for existing circumstances. Apparently the driver saw the crossing, saw the signals — but not in time, and skidded onto the tracks. The National Safety Council is conducting a special campaign to stop these accidents, which every day delay 38 trains a total of 22 hours—a big blow to the nation’s wartime transportation effort. Driver carelessness is the cause of almost all these grade crossing accidents, according to the Coun-' ' ciL To help win the war—to save I yourself and others needless s if fering—the Council asks you to be sure the track is clear before you start across. try to prove that government debt is" bad. but he does insist that it must be controlled. The time will come when in spite of all primings, the pump will suck air if the water supply is exhausted. The earnings of the people are the water in the finan cial well. Those earnings must come from individual effort and production which depend on pros perous operating industries and agriculture. The pump primers produce no new water. CONFUSION The OPA was recently success ful in having railroad freight rates reduced, and it was thereby able to announce a “roll back" in coal prices of five cents a ton, a sav ing of possibly 50 cents a year for the average family. Now a wage increase of eight cents an hour, which amounts to over $200,000,000 a year for 1, 100,000 non-operating railroad em ployees, is being considered, and coal miners are to receive a pay increase which will add more mil lions to cost of producing coal. No matter how meritorious these increases are, they add to the cost of production, while the govern ment is trying to “roll back" prices and “hold the line." It is impossible to “roll back” retail prices while the cost of pro duction rolls merrily upward. Subsidy proposals to offset the difference between production costs and "rolled back” retail prices would make the people pay through the nose in taxes. The ax of confusion has fallen on the local merchant and farmer, and thousands of them have gone out of business, to the detriment of the consumer. Admitting that the present sit uation is complicated, is it not becoming more complicated by trying to freeze retail prices while allowing production costs to con stantly climb? Support of Congress As breakdown follows break down in the home-front war ma chine, the New Deal politicos are seeking a “goat.” And evidence continues to pUe up that an at tempt will be made to blame the failure of OPA, the foodstuffs program—in short, all mistakes which have hampered the war ef fort—on Congress. There is visably an effort to convince the American people that each time the national legis lature exercises its judgment up on Administration policy, each time it rises above the old “rub ber stamp” role, it is interfering with the conduct of the war. When Congress legislates on la-1 bor policy, the White House de-, dares it must be held responsible ; for future strikes in industry. When Congress turns “thumbs down” on the subsidy program, with which the New Deal hopes again to buy control over agricul ture, the White House tars it with the inflation brush. When Congress wields the econ omy axe on non-war bureaus and on over-padded Federal agencies such as the OWI, the charge of playing politics and aiding and comforting the enemy is hurled. Nearly everything Congress does to hold runaway bureaucracy within bounds, the New Deal ad ministration brands as disloyal. In spite of all the smearing, Congress tries to do the job as signed to it by the framers of the Constitution, and if the effort to “get” the legislative body suc ceeds, then representative gov ernment will die in America just as it died in Germany when the Reichstag was dissolved. If Con gress is again forced back into the role of a rubber stamp, the peo ple will lose their voice in Gov ernment. It is of the utmost importance that Senators and Representatives return to Washington after their scheduled recess, with the knowl edge that they have the confi dence of their constituents. With such confidence the independence of our legislative branch is as sured. History Lessons Ignored In attempting to create a Fed eral bureaucracy that would di rect from Washington the eating and living habits of the smallest hamlet in the land. President Roosevelt has stored away in moth balls all of the lessons of history. Today he neglects, in a passion for centralized power, the very principles which he described so clearly before the New Deal’s lust for control began to dominate government. Compare these quotations of the past with the Federal set-up for rationing, price ceilings, transpor tation, etc: “Were we directed from Wash ington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” —Thomas Jefferson. “The doctrine of regulation and legislation by ‘master minds’, in whose judgment and will all the people may gladly and quietly ac quiesce, has been too glaringly apparent at Washington. Were it possible to find ‘master minds’ so unselfish, so willing1 to decide un hesitatingly against their own personal interests or private pre Quietly, behind the scenes, the great battle of war-production financing is being fought and won. America’s banks are in the forefront of this vital war activity. A survey recently made by the Americon Bankers Association shows that 421 of the nation’s 15,000 banks have already loaned more than 5 billion dollars for war production. The total for all banks must reach astronomical figures. These billions spell Victory for our cause — disillusionment and defeat for our enemies. If you need funds, by all means apply here. O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK O’NEILL, NEBRASKA Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation I judices, men almost god-like^,in their ability to hold the scales of Justice with an even hand, such a government might be to the best interest of the country, but there are none such on our political horizon, and we cannot expect a complete reversal of all the teach ings of history.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1930 “Any national administration attempting to make all laws for the whole nation, such as was wholly practical in Great Britain, would inevitably result at some future time in a dissolution of the Union itself.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1930. “It must be obvious that almost any new or old problem of gov ernment must be solved, if it is to be solved to the satisfaction of the people of the whole country, hv each State in its own way.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1930. Surely Hopkins and Henderson and Wallace and Frankfurter and the others who have fastened Fed eral control upon the nation in the name of the New Deal would hardly classify as those men al most god-like in their ability whom the President in 1930 did not expect ever to appear on the political horizon. Retailers Launch Tickets To Tokio Drive For Week The period from July 8 to July 15 has been set aside by the state’s retailers in, their July War Bond Promotion as “Tickets to Tokio” week. During this week efforts will be made by the retail ers to sell $1,000 Bonds to their customers. The purchaser of a $1,000 Bond is then entitled to one of these souvenirs. The tickets themselves are col lector’s items. They offer the hold er a round trip from Shangri-La to Tokio and return, carrying as baggage only 1.000, 2,000, 4,000 and 8.000 pound bombs to be dumped at the destination on the Japanese emperor and his war lords. Transportation, it says on the ticket, is subject to Army, Navy and Marine regulations. The tickets to Tokio were orig inated in Nebraska during the second war loan drive. Several thousand of them have already been put in the hands of Nebras kans, and several other states have copied the idea. “We thought it would be a fine thing,” said Nathan J. Gold, “‘to give the people of Nebraska an other chance to procure one of these tickets for themselves. We believe there are a hundred thous and potential ticket to Tokio buy ers in the state, and so far, only three or four thousand have ac tually availed themselves of this remarkable souvenir of World War JLrWe hope during our .July drive to sel| enough tickets to Tokio to blacken the skies over the Japanese capitol with the bombs and airplanes purchased by Nebraskans." Joe Martin made a business trip to Lynch Thursday. Figure It Out Yourself. How can you effectively join in saving all the little children of the world from hu man slavery, death and injury from the Nazis and Japanese? Put more and more of your pay into war bonds every payday. Your savings will go to war in the form of war equipment and other munitions. How much more should you put into wrar bonds? The only ones who can answer that are—you and your fam ily. It's up to you to decide just how much more you’ll do to win the war. If you were fighting In the Solo mons or in Africa or forcing a land ing in Europe you’d like to feel that the folks at home were back of you —all the way—you’d be proud of your family and your friends if you knew they were buying war bonds not at 10 per cent or 15 per cent, but with every cent beyond that which they need for necessities. Bankers Thanked For Free Service Grateful acknowledgement of free service rendered has recent ly been received by Nebraska banks by various War agencies in connection with the national rationing program. The check ing and tabulation involved in this great accounting job has been handled by the banks in this and other states without any dissatis faction evidenced by either man agement or public. “Nebraska banks have been will ing to give their time and their money to establish this system of ration banking as another pat riotic contribution” said J. D. Mil liken, acting president of Nebras ka Bankers Association. “Since donating their services and bank ing accomodations, the banks found that the government sup plies only covered about two thirds of the requirements, but the banks have willingly furnish ed the balance of the supplies at their own expense. The entire rationing system machinery was so new that the government was evidently glad to depend on the auditing facilities of banks. It is noteworthy that the auditing has been one feature of the rationing system that has developed no public criticism. Apparently the banks have deeply impressed some of the government bureaus be cause of their expeditious handl ing of a difficult and usually thankless assignment.” Ration banking is only one of the jobs for the government that the banks have undertaken with out profit. The sale of War bonds, of which more than 90% have been issued or sold by banks without recompense and the newer task now in prospect of re ceiving and accounting for the proceeds of the witholding tax collected by employers are two recent evidences of complete co operation with the national war effort. Miss Davene Loy, who is at tending summer school at Wayne, spent the week-end here visiting her parents and other relatives and friends. Miss Veva Aim left Monday for Middlebranch to visit her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aim. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lohaus, son John and daughter Ellen Kay. and Mrs. Bessie McCloud visited Mrs. Eugene Bower in Chambers on Thursday. The Presbyterian Guild met in 'the church parlors Thursday af ternoon. Mrs. Hiatt, Mrs. Will iams and Mrs. Klinger were as sisting hostesses. Miss Della Bartos spent the week-end in Page, visiting her father, James Bartos and other I relatives and friends. Helicopter to Go Into Quantity Production This Sikorsky type of helicopter, which will b« built In quantity for tha Army Air Forces by Nash-Kelvlnator Corporation, peacetime manufa^ turer of automobiles and refrigerators, can alight on land, water, snow, thin ice, a rooftop or a parking lot. The craft can hover motionleaa In mid-air; descend and ascend vertically without forward motion and Sf backward, sideways or forward with eaual facility. SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS 1.49 - 1.98 «♦ Shirtings and sheer weave fabrics tailored with unusual excellence. Made in short sleeve style for utmost in coolness. Choice of white and col ors. LONG SLEEVE ( SPORT SHIRTS 1.98-3.50 Wear one for easy com fort and coolness on the Job or at ease. Fine taM ortng and detailing by BVD or Shapeley. Wide shales of colors most in SLACKS 4.98 - 9.90 Gtbard tnes and summer fabrics. Smart colors and good patterns. SLACK SUITS 3.98 - 9.90 Span rayons and fine sommer weight gabar dines In two-tones (shirt and the pants in contrast ing color) or matched. Tailored Is fit. Beet nsffl _~m ■nm wKia’iyiiaaana— Eagle Creek 4-H Club County Agent Lyndle Stout spent Wednesday afternoon with the Eagle Creek 4-H Club. Mr. Stout visited the homes of the members and tagged the Club calves, after which a short meet ing was held and plans were made for a picnic on July 4th. A very pleasant 4th of July picnic was held in the Walter Sire grove with the Pleasant Day Project Club and the Eagle Creek 4-H Club members, families and friends being present. After the usual feasting a short meeting was held in which some of the 4-H members demonstrated the different methods of tieing knots and halter making. The next meeting will be held at the home of Jimmie Sire on July 18. Mrs. Robert Miles and daugh ter, Betty, and Arlen Miles, went to Chambers Monday to visit Mrs. Miles’ mother, Mrs. Ray Lenhart. A group of young people from the Methodist church attended a celebration in Chambers Wednes day evening. Busy Hour Club The Busy Hour Club met on June 24th at the home of Bessie Wayman. There were four mem bers present. We completed six slips for the Red Cross. A delic ious covered dish lunch was serv ed at noon. Ruby Wayman won the prize. The next meeting will be held on July 22 at the home of Ruth Wayman. - . - t First Presbyterian Church Kenneth J. Scott, Pastor Sunday, July 11 Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. R. M. Sauers. Suj>t. Morning Worship, 11:00 a. m. Sermon: “The Growth of the Eng lish Bible.” 6:45 p. m. Christian Endeavor. Leader, Barbara Walling. Thursday, July 13, 8:00 p. m., Missionary Society meeting at the Presbyterian Manse. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Jaszkow iak and daughter, Nila, spent the week-end in Rushville, Nebr., vis iting Mrs. Jaszkowiak’s parents and other relatives and friends.