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VOUME as.—NUMBER 10. O'WEILL. HEBR- THURSDAY. JULY 14. 1949. PRICE 7 CEWTR
The Wa£>hingU>n-Merry-Go-Rouncl —
Truman Not First President to Have
Difficulty with Potent Navy League
B7 DREW PEARSON
8-36 Probe—
The much ballyhooed probe
of the B-36 is now taking an
unexpected and not too happy
turn-at least for the Navy. The
turn is so unhappy that naval
reserve captain Congressman
Jimmie Van Zandt, the Penn
sylvania Republican who star
ted all the B-36 furor, would
just as soon forget about it.
For Chairman Carl Vinson
of the armed services commit
tee is not merely probing the
B-36. He is also investigating
the source of the smear stories
against Secretary of Defence
Johnson and Secretary of Air
Symington. In other words, he
is probing the delicate but
highly important question of
who wrote Congressman Van
Zandt’s vitriolic speeches.
In this connection it may
be significant that the Navy
has suddenly transferred its
press relations and propa
ganda expert. Rear Adm. Ed
ward Ewen. to Guam. Ad
miral Ewen had served only
ane year of a three-year tour
of duty, but suddenly he was
whisked off to a distant is
land far from the strong arm
of a congressional subpoena.
The Vinson committee also
is expected to apply the mic
roscope to the most powerful
backstage lobbying organiza
tion ever to buttonhole con
gressmen for a government bu
reau—the Navy league Frank
Hecht, president of the Navy
league, now has become so vitu
perative in comparing Secre
tary Johnson to European dic
tators, that good-natured Bob
Fleming, president of Washing
ton’s Riggs National bank, is
all set to resign as treasure of
the Navy league. As treasurer
of the GOP congressional com
mittee last year, Fleming help
ed raise around a million dol
lars for Dewey, and has no
love for the administration.
But he hasn’t been able to
stomach the Navy league dia
tribes.
The Navy League has now
taken over the admirals’ cru
sade against the bill before
congress tightening unification.
What the admirals say private
ly, the Navy league now says
for them publicly.
• • •
History Repeals—
Harry Truman isn’t the first
president to have trouble with
the Navy league. Herbert Hoov
er also had his headaches. Just
17 years ago he got into such
a mudslinging duel with the
Navy league that the la 11 e r
ended up charging the presi
dent of the Uniter States with
“abysmal ignorance.”
Attempting to practice ec
onomy. Hoover had ordered
the admirals to cut their
1933 budget. Instead the ad
mirals upped it by 40 mil
lion dollars and Hoover sent
the budget back with a de
mand that it be reduced un
der 1932.
Whereupon the Navy league,
acting as a megaphone for the
admirals, hurled the “abysmal
ignorance” charge at Hoover
just as the same Navy league
is now calling Secretary John
son a dictator.
Most folks have forgotten
the origin of the Navy league
—which shouldn’t be forgotten.
For its founders read like a
meeting of metallurgical mag
nates.
They include: Charles M.
Schwab, Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration; J. Pierpont Morgan
United States Steel Corpora
tion and owner of a controlling
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DRS. BENNETT &
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VETERINARIANS
— O'NEILL — {
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interest in the Carnegie Steel
Company; Col. R. M Thomp
son, International Nickel Com
pany; B. F. Tracy, attorney for
Steel companies, and director
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron i
Company; George Westing
house, Westinghouse Electric
Company; Clement A. Griscom,
director, Cramp Ship and En
gine Company, the Electric
Boat Company and the United
States Steel Corporation; S. S.
Palmer, director, Lackawanna
Steel Company; 12 members of
the Midvale Steel Company.
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Steel Wants Big Navy—
There is a good reason why
these gentleman and their suc
cessors should be the most
1 powerful, unscrupulous, and
consistently Irrepressible pro
pagandizes for a big Navy.
It pays. The bigger the
Navy, the more steel plates,
the more generators, the
more copper and nickel these
gentlemen sell to Uncle Sam.
Members of the Navy league
have been active and brazenly
admitted their activity in sab
otaging American diplomats at
international conferences.
It was Charley Schwab of
Bethlehem steel and associates
who paid $25,000 to “‘Big Bass
Drum” Shearer to frustrate the
Geneva navel conference. The
steel and shipbuilding compan
ies just didn’t want navel lim
itation to succeed. Dividends',
for them, came ahead of their
country’s effort for peace.
At Geneva, Shearer would
have got nowhere if he had
not had the all-too-eager co
operation of several U. S. nav
el officers sent to Geneva to
work for navel limitation. In
I stead, they did the opposite
i and plumped for navel expan
sion.
Louis Kliment, Sr.,
Wife Are Honored
ATKINSON — A group of
friends and relatives gathered
Sunday, July 10, at the Atkin
son city park to celebrate the
45th wedding anniversary ol
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kliment,
sr., of Atkinson.
Those attending were: Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Kliment and
daughters, Janice, Janette and
Romana; and Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Placek and daughter,
Norma, all of Weston; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Kliment and Betty
Lou and Leonard, and Mr. ancj
Mrs. Donald Bratetic, all of
Wausa; Mr. and Mrs. John
Bratetic and Dwayne and Bob
by, and Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Thompson and Douglas, all ot
Bloomfield; Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Soucek and twins, Marvin and
Marlene, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Vavak, all of Verdigre; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Smalik and
Donna, Mr. and Mrs. Curt
Lunn and Betty Jo and Lynel
le, and Mrs. Minnie Pail and
Mr. and Mrs. William Cahoy
and Alvin, all of Bonesteel, S.
D., Mr. and Mrs'. Herbert Kai
ser, Esther and Ivan, of O’
Neill; Mr. and Mrs. James Do
bias and Junior, Ray, Norbert,
I Joe, Jerry and Marjory, and
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Kliment
i and Larry and Dennis and Iv
j an Kliment and Herbert Bit
ney, all of Atkinson.
The day was spent in visit
ing and playing bingo.
The couple received many
gifts and a purse of money.
Charles Dotys' Arrive—
CELIA—IMr. and Mrs. Char
les Doty, of Topeka, Kans.. ar
rived Sunday, July 10, for a
week’s visit at the O. A. Ham
merberg home. Mrs. Doty and
Mrs. Hammerberg are cousins.
Little Eddie Ray Bright, son
of the Archie Bright’*, spent
the weekend in Stuart with his
maternal grandparent*, M r.
and Mrs. Harrison Hovey.
Who Is Mr. Hay of 1949?
Here is the clue:
“I am Mr. Hay of 1949. I’m quite well known in Holt
county and over the state of Nebraska. I’ve spent most of
my life as a resident of Holt county. For several years I
have been referred to as a big operator. I’m married and
have a family.”
Write down the name of the person you think is Mr.
Hay and mail your answer to Mr. Hay, Atkinson, Nebr.
The first person to identify Mr. Hay and who is in the
audience at the Hay Days afternoon show on August 18,
1949, will win $50 as a gift from the Atkinson American Le
gion.
You may guess as many times as you wish. The decision
of the judges will be final.
ATKINSON HAY DAYS-August 17 & 18
Sponsored by American Legion
Mrs. Bert Quick, of Engle
wood, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Ford, of Butte, were
Monday evening guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Murphy.
Little Miss Laura Oetter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Oetter, i s spending several
weeks visiting relatives in Bro
ken Bow.
Mrs. Grant Peacock a n cfc
Sons, Kenny, Curtis and Car
roll, spent Friday afternoon
and evening visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Lowery.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Melenr
spent Sunday visiting in Gor
don.
Mrs. C. C. Golden and daugh
ter, Ann, of Cheshire, Conn,
arrived Monday to visit rela
tives and friends. Mr. Golden
has been visiting here for sev
eral weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Mose
man went to Fremont Sunday,
where they met their daughter,
Carolyn, who had been visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. George
Moseman, of Lincoln.
Nels Ballard took Charles
Harding, Bill Walters, and H.
H. Lowery to Sand Creek Sun
day, where they spent the day
at the John Dimis ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter
left Sunday for Sheridan
Wyo., where they will visit
Mrs. Streeter's sisters, Mrs
i TVy Williams and Mrs. Martha
Soukup, and her nephew. Gene
Streeter, and Mrs. Streeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams
will join them on a trip to
Yellowstone National park. On
their return trip they expect
to visit at the George Murray
home in Lead, S. D., and Mrs.
Streeter’s sister, Mrs. Ellen
Blomberg, who is a patient in
a Belle Fourche, S. D., hospi
tal.
Mr. and Mi's. George C. Rob
ertson returned Saturday after
spending a week in Denver,
Colorado Springs, and Estes
1 Park, Colo., and Black Hills
S. D. Enroute they visited theif
son and family at North Platte
and Mr. Robertson’s sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
; Anderson, of Denver.
Mr and Mrs. Wess Haaf, ol
Lincoln, visited at the home ot
Mr. and Mrs Jim Evans over
! Friday and Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ray
went to Loup City Saturday
Mr. Ray’s sister and her
daughter, Mrs. J. P. Ryan and
Ida Mae, returned with them
Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Petersen and
daughter and the former’s
mother. Mrs. Z. A. Marsh, of
Redlands, Calif., left Monday
for Sioux Citv. where thev
will spend a few days visiting
Harvey Sawver and Robert
Wiser are exnected home to
day (Thursday) from Canada,
where thev have spent the
past two weeks on a fishing
trio.
Miss Judv Sander* ?s spend
ing a week visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Lillian Simonson
Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Ray*
sDent Sunday visiting Mrs.
Ray’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. H.
W Waite, of Ainsworth
Bruce McElhaney left Sun
dav for Orchard where he wilt
visit his cousin, Gary Clifton
for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Marcellus
and family went to the park at
Long Pine Sundav
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Han
cock and family, of Wood, S.
D.. were guests last Thursday
and Friday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne Landis
Mr. and Mrs. Howard D.
Manson attended the wedding
in Neligh Sunday of Wavne
Beeson and Miss Ravma Lee
Jones, both of Omaha.
Miss Ardella Jensen, who is
employed at the M & M, is liv
ing with Mrs. Ivan Cone.
Miss Jensen comes from Roy
al.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Bowles,
of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs
Clyde Bowles, of Jewel Knns..
spent the weekend with Mr
and Mrs. Vernon R. Loren?
and family. Mr. Bowles is Mrs.
Lorenz’s brother. Mrs. Bowles
is her mother. Bonnie Sue San
ders and her brother. Walter
of Springfield. Mo., who had
vacationed with the Loren?
family, returned with the (
Bowles.
Mr. and Mrs. Manford Ross j
and son, Elmer, entertained
the Ross’s daughter, Mrs. Mar
tha Miller, of Fremont. Mrs
Miller’s daughter. Ada, and her
son, Robert, of Scribner, were
also guests. They arrived Mon
day and plan to stay a week
Robert is a great-grandson ot
Mr. and Mrs. Ross.
Mrs. Mae Keller attended a
family reunion Sunday i n
Clearwater.
ATKINSON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, of
Creighton, came Saturday, July
2, to visit at the Glen Butterfield
home. Mrs. Christina Smith, who
had been staying at the home of
her son, Fred Smith, in Creigh
ton, returned home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond John
son and daughters, Sandra, Ad
rienne, and Anna Marie, of Lin
gle, Wyo., were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Maring, jr., the first of last week.
They were on their way home
from a trip to the East coast.
Mr. Johnson’s mother, Mrs. Au
gust Johnson, of Laurel, died
while they were away. Mrs.
Johnson was formerly Sophia
Siemson, of Atkinson.
Sunday, July 3, visitors at the
John Heinowski home were Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Cwertnia and
daughters, Doris, Jean and Mar
lene Rose, of La Platte. Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Pomictor, of Oma
ha, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ab
romowski and daughter, Mar
garet, of Sioux City, Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Hansen, of O’Neill,
and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Corrigan.
The ladies are all daughters of
Mr. Heinowski.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gonder
inger, of Hebron, and daughter,
Connie Ann, came Saturday, Ju
ly 2, to visit relatives.
Mr. ana Mrs. Allen Marquardt,
of Norfolk, and Mrs. C. L. Spald
ing, of Oregon, came last week
to visit the Frickel families.
Mr. and Mrs. August Brink
man were in Kearney Friday,
July 1. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Brinkman and son, David, came
home with them to spend the
Fourth of July.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Quigley
and son, Larry, of Bellevue, are
visiting relatives here.
Guests at the Willis Peterson
and Ray Elder homes over the
weekend, July 3 and 4, were Mr,
and Mrs. Ira Eldar and sou and
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Peterson and
daughter.
Mr. and Mxs. Eugene Hickok
took their niece, Miss Laura
Hickok, of Denver, Colo., to
Grand Island Saturday, July 2.
Miss Hickok had been spending
her vacation here. Mrs. Doyle
Hickok, of Seattle, Wash., met
them there and returned home
with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Gaughen
baugh (Virginia Slaymaker) and
daughter, Peggy, of Omaha, and
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hickerson
(Avis Slaymaker) came July 3
to visit the Lawrence Slaymaker
and Leon Hickerson families.
The menfolks returned home on
Monday night, July 4, but the
ladies remained for a longer vis
it.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hoffman and
daughter, Susan Amelia, of
Morristown, S. D., came Satur
day, July 2, to visit the Ed Hoff
man and Ed Slaymaker families.
Tuesday the Hoffmans and the
Slaymakers went to visit Mrs.
Slaymaker’s mother and Mxs.
Hoffman's grandmother, Mrs.
Fred Ashby, at Meadowgrove.
Ranch Picnic Is Held
For Church Group—
The Women’s association of
I the Presbyterian church held
their annual ranch picnic last
Thursday at the ranch home
! of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Pat
terson, near Emmet.
Supper, which was a weinei
I roast, was served to about 75
guests. A short devotional ser
vice was held.
Mrs. J. E. Davis was chair
man. She was assisted by th
Mesdames H. S. Moses, Glen
Burge, A. L. Borg, Christen
Williams, Fred Robertson, San
Robertson and E. F. Holsclaw
Forsythes Entertain—
CELIA— Alex Forsythe en
tertained Friday evening, July
8, by giving a bridge party u>
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lon
Dellman and family. High
scorers were Mr. and Mrs. H.
O. Stevens', Mrs. D. F. Scott,
low, George Beck and Mrs. O.
A Hammerberg; traveling prize
was won by D F. Scott. Mr
and Mrs. Leo Stevens and son.
Bobby, of Mobile, Ala., were
guests. Coffee, ice cream and
cake were served.
Scouts Told To
Lead Moral Life
Rev. Ralph Gerber, pastor of,
the First Presbyterian church
here, told the Roys Scouts ot
troop 210 at a weekly meeting
Wednesday evening, July 6,
that they should follow the
Scout oath very closely in help
ing them establish and then
maintain a morally straight
life.
In following this type of
righteous life, Reverand Gerber
said, the boys of the scout
troop will be secure in their
community and be a guide post
to others who are not sure ot
their right path to follow
throughout life.
At the Scouts last regular
meeting, a report was heard
on Camp Wilderness, J. R. Ly
ons, assistant Scoutmaster, told
members that $2 had to be
taken out of the troop fund, ten
meet camp expenses.
Scoutmaster A. C. McMastei
also told the Scouts in a short
talk, at the June 6, meeting
the first objective of the troop
is to aid the scouts in forming
sound and clean personal living
habits. These habits must be
formed when Scouts are young
if they are to become up
standing citizens of their com
munity.
Each scout was asked to br
ing a prospective member to
i the June 13 meeting.
It was 'emphasised at the
last meeting that the Scout
troop will aid any boy finan
cially. if otherwise he is un
able to participate in troop
activities.
Four boys passed Uie $cout
l spirit, a requirement for pro
! motion to first class Scout.
, Boys passing the requirement
were: Bill Malloy, Edward
Tomlinson Duane Weier and
John Brody.
Assistant Scoutmasters J. Ed
Hancock and Lyons led in
troop group games and sing
ing respectively.
At a troop committee meet
ing Monday evening, July. 11,
there was a recognized need
for all types of permanent
camping equipment.
Glea Wade, committeeman,
volunteered to obtain tents,
mess gear, canvas cots, mat
tress covers, grates, griddles
| and two tubs.
It was also suggested by the
Parent - Teachers association
that a 20 x 30 foot building
be erected for the troop in
Ford’s park. M. E. Jacobson,
troop committee chairman, was
appointed to investigate the
possibilites for the building.
The Scouts will also be ask
ed to act as vendors at the
benefit baseball game on July
21.
O'NEILL HOSPITAL REPORT
Admissions: July 7— Edgar
Lewis, of Omaha, accident,
condition “good.”
Still in hospital: Mrs. John
Kersenbrock, of O’Neill, condi
tion “good.”
Dismissals: July 8 — Mrs.
Tom Hermsen and daughter,
of Butte; Edgar Lewis, of Om
aha. July 9—Mrs. Roy Shelha
mer, of O’Neill. July 10—Mrs.
Byron Grenier and son, of
O’Neill.
Scene of Picnic It
The Westminster Fellowship
held a picnic at Niobrara state
park Sunday. There were 15
members present. Young peo
ple from the Niobrara and
Verdel churches joined the O’
Neillites.
The sponsors who drove
were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pet
ersen, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. De
Bolt, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Tietsort and Rev. and Mrs.
Ralph Gerber.
Mrs Andrew Jensen and
daughter, Miss Ardella, of
Royal, and Mrs. Jensen’s niece,
Mrs. Ed Corey, and son, Ste
phen, of Dunlap, la., were call
ers last Thursday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cone.
N-O-T-I-C-E
We have closed out our store so take this
opportunity to thank our many friends
and customers for their continued pa
tronage over a period of 50 years.
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J. P.GALLAGHER’S
MRS. GRAY DIES
LYNCH — Funeral services
were held here Sunday after
noon, July 3, for Mrs, Scott
Gray, who died at the Sacred
Heart hospital Thursday, June
30. Mrs Gray had been admit
ted to the hospital pnly a few
days before her death. Surviv
ors include: Widower: six
children; mother and many
other relatives.
Ed Tunnicliff, of South
Sioux City, spent the weekend
visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Beilin.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Metsche
and sons, of Fremont, left on
Sunday for their home after
spending 10 days visiting Mrs.
Metsche's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Yantzi.
Mr. and Mrs George Ment
ver and Mrs. G. G. Wicks, ot
Atkinson, were Sunday guests
at the Ace Wicks and Robert
Barnes homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tomjack
and son and Miss Florence
Ponton spent Sunday in Elgin
visiting Mrs. A. E. Ponton and
Mr. and Mrs. George Ponton
and family.
Chief Machinist Mate Rob
ert Burke and Mrs. Burke, ol
Long Beach, Calif, left Satur
day after spending several
weeks visiting their mother,
Mrs. Laura Burke and Mrs. El
len Sullivan, and other rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Sullivan
and daughter, Patty, Marilyn
Mathews, of Omaha, and Mary
Jo Donlin spent Sunday picnic
ing at Hidden Paradise park
in Long Pine.
James Barnes, of Atkinson,
returned to his home Monday
after spending a week visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnes
and daughter.
Miss Janice Sipes spent Fri
day and Saturday visiting Miss
Lynette Stevens, o f Battle -
1 creek.
Miss Mary Devine Brennan
returned from Lincoln Satur
day where she had spent a
week. Her cousin, Ted Dono
hoe, of Omaha, accompanied
her and is a guest at the Bren
nan home. • 4
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Burke, of
Chambers, were Sunday after
noon guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Oetter. Tliey
attended the bail game togeth
er that evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Kratoch
vil, of Osmond, visited at the
Willard Naprstek and John
Kersen brock homes on Wed
nesday, July 6
Mrs. A. L. Fritton and
daughter, Marilyn, left Monday
for Omaha where they spent a
few days on business. Marilyn
has been accepted as a student
nurse by St. Catherine’ hospi
tal here she will begin hei
training in the Fall.
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