fhe Washington-Merry-Go-Round —
Navy’s Guided Missies Might Make
Big Bombers As Obsolete as Dodo
Bt DREW PEARSON
New Weapon Developed—
The navy is itching to rip the
“top secret ’ label from the
most revolutionary weapon
since the atomic bomb — the
guided missile. Reason for the
navy’s itchy fingers is that it
thinks guided missiles may
make the big bomber as obso
lete as the dodo.
Hera are some of the facts
which can be revealed with
out giving aid and comfort
to the enemy
1. The guided missile is guid
ed unerringly to the target by
radar echoes If. for instance
a missile is fired five miles to
one side of the target, it will
automatically change its course
while in the air and hit the
target. The exact distance a
homing missile will change its
course remains a military se
cret; but the effect is that of a
magnet drawing a bullet to the
target. It cannot miss.
2 The joint chiefs of staff,
including sober, cautious Gen
Omar Bradley, were so im
pressed by homing missiles
they persuaded reluctant Sec
retary of Defense Louis John
son to earmark millions for
mass experimentation and pro
duction. Johnson has finally
approved an order.
3. The navy in its new con
struction program now before
congress proposes two cruisers
and a number of small vessels
and submarines be converted
into guided-missilc carriers.
4. The navy has developed
antUsubmarjne and anti-ship
missiles which will dive under
water and speed toward a fast
moving ship This may make
the transportation of troops in
wartime almost impossible.
5. It will also be fairly easy
to shoot down invading, air
planes. Comdr. L. P. Ramnge
of the navy’s guided - missile
research reported to the secre
tary of the navy: ‘‘The highest
priority goes to those missiles
whose targets will be hostile
aircraft The pendulum swings |
one way and then the other
The guided missile shows
promise of achieving a quantum
jump in the effectiveness of
weapons available to a task
force against the bomber. Suc
cess is inevitable.”
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The Navy's "Lark” —
The only missile which can
be described in print is called
the Lark, of which the navy
has manufactured and tested
approximately 200. Originally
developed as a counter-weapon
to the Jap kamikaze, the Lark
has 2 liquid rocket engines,
uses acid and aniline fuel, and
can operate dutside the dense
oxygen layer of the earth’s at
mosphere.
When the Lark nears the tar
get, a second and independent
electronic system automatical
ly picks up the target and
guides the missile to it. A
proximity fuse sets off the
bomb The Lark weighs 1.200
pounds and is 15 feet long. It
has 2 pairs of wings at right
angles
It is a healthy fact that the
air force, instead of bucking
a navy development which
may put big bombers out of
business, is giving 100 per
cent cooperation to the navy.
In fact, the air farce was so
impressed with the Lark, it
purchased 82 from the navy.
It also went to bat with Sec
relary Johnson in demanding
that funds be allocated for
further development*.
Note: Another weapon in
he navy’s bag of scientific
ricks is a pilotless ram jet
olane. It operates on a radical
orinciple—the more air it rams
nto, the faster it goes.
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Basing Point Lobby—
A genial back-slapping lob
hyisf named Frank McCarthy
s one reason administration
■anks have been split wicte op
?n over the hot Basing-Point
bill.
No relation to the Wisconsin
;enator, McCarthy is a gradu
ate of Paul McNutt’s old Indi
ana machine, and is now Wash
ington lobbyist for some of
♦he railroads which would pro
fit by more cross-hauls under
the Basing-Point bill.
McCarthy’s infectious good
humor helped to line up such
Democratic bigwigs as Sen.
Francis Myers, of Pennsylva
nia, and spurred on elder
statesman, Sen. Joe ©’Mahon
ey, of Wyoming.
Note: Lobbving against the
hill on the Republican side
during the senate debate was
done by William Simon, for
mer counsel for the Capehart
subcommittee on trade prac
tices, now an $1.800-a-month
lobbyist. At the time Simon
was working for Senator Cape
hart, he also lobbied with the
federal trade commission on
behalf of alleged violators of
the trade practices he was sup
posed to be investigating And
Senator Capehart let him get
away with it.
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Merry-Go Round—
Ex.-Sen John Sherman
Cooper, the state department’s
Republican adviser, has his eye
on the governor'6 mansion in
Kentucky. The popular and lib
eral Cooper may run in 1951 -
A win would put him in the
spotlight in the 1952 GOP na
tional convention . . . The Re
publican primary in Tennes
see’s first district is a bitten*
scrap between right and left
wings of the partv. Congress
man Dayton E, Phillips, a GOP
progressive, is opposed b y
mossback ex-Congressman Car
roll Reece.
LYNCH NEWS
The Deloss Malcolm family,
of Rosedale, spent Sunday at
the Josephine Boska home,
Mrs. Helen David is assisting
at the Sacred Heart hospital for
a few days.
Karl Kayl, of Spencer, spent
Sunday at the Frank Weeder
home.
The Birthday club held a sur
prise birthday shower in honor
of Mrs. Hoffman last Monday
evening. The time was spent
visiting. Mrs. Hoffman received
several gifts.
ATKINSON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs Walter Collins,
of Lemon Grove, Calif, arrived
Monday to visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs Harold Ellermeir
and Mr. and Mrs. Estel Angel.
Mrs. Collins is the former Miss
Cara Ellermeir
Mr. Hannah Simon, of O’
Neill, spent the weekend at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. I. Schultz.
Venetian blinds, prompt
delivery, made to measure,
metal or wood, all colors.—J.
M. McDonald Co-. O'Neill, lit!
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City Schools Receipts and Expenditures
From Sources Other Than Taxation 1949- 50 1950-'S1
State Apportionment ---__ $ 3,244.91 $ 3,000.00
City of O’Neill, Band Support___ 500 00 500.00
City of O’Neill, Liquor Licenses 1,275.00 1,275.00
City of O’Neill, Tobacco Licenses . _ 750.00 375.00
Fines 169.00
Veterans’ On-Farm Training ... 5,730.87 5,704.00
Tuition ... 16,629.00 16,000.00
Vocational Aid (Agriculture) ...... _ 1,306.65 1,000.00
Normal Training....... 1,000.00 500.00
Sale of Equipment ____ 125.00
Rent 60.00
Apportionment for Disabled_ 800.00 800.00
Miscellaneous ____ 250.22
Total- $31,840.65 $29,154.00
From taxation $57,600.00 $56,983.05
Receipts from ail Sources $89,440.65 $86,137.05 (
Statement of Expenditures for the Fiscal Year 1949-'50 and
Approved Budget for the Fiscal Year 1950-'51
Teachers’ and Supt’s Salaries * _ $57,444.23 $61,500.00
Other Salaries 7,090.50 7,500.00 i
Miscellaneous . 711.86 800.00
School Board’s Expense 143.39 150.00 I
Supt’s Office Expense 53.68 100.00 !
General Supplies ._ 1,975.34 2,000.00 j
Home Economics Supplies 111.55 200.00
Vocational Agriculture Expense_ 325.59 500.00
Science Lab. Supplies „ .. 9.21 200.00
Music Supplies 249.40 300.00 j
Text Books __.. 2,704.52 2,500.00 |
Janitor’s Supplies 1,723.99 2,000.00 !
Fuel . 3,632.26 4,000.00
Telephone ..._ 315.32 325.00 i
Water 230.89 400.00
Electricity 694.23 800.00 j
Maintenance of Equipment __._ 424.19 500.00 j
Maintenance of‘ Buildings _ 10,929.90 8,000.00
New Equipment .... ..•_ 2,460.71 2,000.00
Insurance 1,233.71 1,200.00
Interest 11.98
Library Expense 23.30 300.00
Health Activity 32.30
On-Farm Training Expense _ 1,244.09 1,400.00
Normal Training Expense _ 100.00
$93,776.14 $96,775.00
SCHOOL COSTS
INCREASE FOR '50
Nearly $3,000 Hike for
1950-’51 Term Seen
Hy Officials
Cost of operating the O’Neill
city schools for the 1950-’51
term will increase $2,998.86, ac- !
cording to a budget adopted
Monday evening when the
board of education met in bud
get session. •
Cost of operation during the
1949-’50 term was $93,776.14.
Estimated cost next term will
be $96,775.
Annual report of the board of
education or receipts and ex
penditures for the fiscal year
1949-’50, commencing July 1,
1949, and ending June 30, 1950,
and estimate of funds required
for the fiscal year 1950-’51, com
mencing July 1, 1950, and end
ing June 30, 1951, follows:
Estimated cost of operation,
year 1950-’51, $96,775.00.
Total cost of operation, year
1949-’50, $93,776.14.
Estimated increased cost, 1950
’51 over 1949-’50, $2,998.86.
Balance on deposit from year
l949-’50, $3,627.95.
Balance in hands of county
treasurer, $7,000,000.
Funds available July 1, 1950,
$10,637.95.
Estimated receipts, year 1950
’51, other than taxes, $29,154.00.
Total $39,791.95.
Estimated funds required for
year 1950-’51, from taxes, $56,
983.00.
"We, the president and secre
tary, respectively, of the board
of education of the school dis
trict of the city of O’Neill, do
hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and cor
rect report of receipts and ex
penditures fo rthe operation of
said school district for the fiscai
year ending June 30, 1950, and
a fair and approved estimate of
receipts and expenditures for
the operation of-said school dis
trict for the fiscal year com
mencing July 1, 1950, all as
adopted by resolution of said i
board of education, at a special I
meeting for the purpose held j
June 27, 1950.
"We further certify that by j
said resolution of said board of |
education it was considered and !
determined that no funds will
be required for the fiscal year
1950-’51 for any of the following
purposes, to-wit:
“Purchase of school sites.
“Erection of school buildings.
“Retirement of bonds or pay
ment of interest thereon.
"Creation of sinking funds.
“WHEREFORE, the county
clerk and the county board of
supervisors of Holt county, Ne
braska, are hereby authorized
and directed to make a levy on
the valuation of all taxable
property in the school district
of the city of O’Neill, being
school district 7 of said county
to raise the sum of $56,983 te be
collected by the county treasur
er for all general school pur
poses of said school district for
the fiscal year, commencing
July 1, 1950, and ending June
30, 1951.
L. A. BURGESS, President.
IRA H. MOSS, Secretary.”
PUBLIC SALE
— OF —
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
— AND —
PERSONAL PROPERTY
SATURDAY. JULY 1
1 WILL SELL my household goods and
personal property at public auction
at my place, located 3 blocks west of the
O’Neill traffic signal, beginning at 2 p.m.,
on the above date.
MRS. P. J. BIGLIN
— Owner —
Wallace O’ConneU, Auctioneer
BASEBALL
SUNDAY. JULY 2
— Beginning at 2:30 P.M. —
O’NEILL JOCKETS vs. INMAW
At Carney Park
— O’NEILL —
j
ADM: Adults 40c; Children under 12, 20c
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Spencer Young
People Meet
SPENCER — Young Adults
held their monthly meeting or
Thursday evening. June 22. in
the church basement with Rob
ert Conklin, president, presid
ing. It was decided to purchase
a croquet set, shuffle board and
tennis table for recreation.
It was also decided to have
a Sunday-school class for young
adults with Mrs. Mollie Peter
son as teacher- Plans were
made for a picnic dinner Sun
day following the morning ser
vices. The discussion was led
bv the Rev Marjorie Johnson.
Games and singing provided
entertainment. Refreshm e n ts
were served by Reo Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs- Ben Woodruff
and Fingol Olson.
Other Spencer News
The Rev. Marjorie Johnson
left Sunday for Ponca State
park where she will serve as
dean of girls at the Methodist
Intermediate camp. Those who
accompanied her were: Mar
celline Classen. Sandra Fro
seth. Kay McQuTston and Bet
ty Hambek.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kounts
and daughter, o f Boulder,
Colo., left Monday after visit
ing at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Woidneck. Mr. and
Mrs. John Schmidt and chil
dren were Sunday guests at
the Woidneck home.
Mrs. Paul Woidneck has re
turned home from a business
trip to Nissua, Minn.
Mrs. P. M- Pederson and
daughter, Marianne, of Proc
tor, Minn., are houseguests of
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Sand
berg.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvev Ruth
erford and son and Mrs. Min
nie Weber, of Omaha, were
weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Black- Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Having and family, of
Atkinson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Rov Clark were Sunday guests.
Mrs. Andrew Hansen has re
turned from Omaha where she
was a patient fn a hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Klasa and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peppel
drove to Delmont Sunday to
meet Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Johnson, of Sioux Falls, and
attend a picnic dinner. The
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Rancher Charms Boys and Girls at Nebraska
Children’s Home Society With Songs ot Range
Quinton E. Smith, Woodlake rancher, is shown entertaining a
group of the boys and girls at Nebraska Children’s Home Society $
in Omaha with songs of the range, hymns, and songs of the pio
neers. Mr. Smith has a deep interest in children and is a modern
Pied Piper when it comes to charming the youngsters with guitar
and song. A frequent visitor at the Receiving Home of Nebraska
Children’s Home Society, Mr. Smith is an all out favorite as is
shown by the faces of the youngsters who watch him intently. On
this particular occasion, Mr. Smith provided additional entertain
ment with moving pictures of the expanding 4-H program ic
Cherry County, of which he is a prime mover. No wonder so many
of the boys, particularly, express a desire for homes in the ranch
I country.
With the close of school, Randall C. Biart, Executive Director
of the Society, and his case work staff, are exerting every effort to
find permanent, adoptive homes for a number of boys and girls
ranging in age from 8 to 14. Headquarters of the Society, which waa
established in 1893 for the care and placement of normal children,
are located at 3549 Fontenelle Boulevard, Omaha 4, Nebraska.
i
3 Johnson children, who had
been visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Klasa, returned !
to their home.
Miss E»hel Bendig, of Bone- ,
steel, S- D., spent several days
here last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Kaul.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Rummel
and children, of Los Angeles, I
Calif., spent the weekend with
Mrs. Rummel’s mother, Mrs.
Ida Schmaltz.
Ray Leinhart, of Lincoln,
visited over the weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
| Lienhart.
| Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilkie
have arrived from Lead, S. D.,
to visit with relatives. Mr. and
Mrs Wilke were married last
week at Miles City, Mont.
John Barta arrived Saturday
from Grand Coulee, Wash., tp
visit his mother, Mrs. Carrie
Barta. Mrs Rose Wilson and
Mrs. Barta drove to O’Neill to
meet him.
Dr. and Mrs Charles Nozis
ka, of Camarillo, Calif., are
parents of a daughter born on
June 20 Dr. Noziska is a for
mer resident of Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bend
ig, and children, of Morse
Bluff, arrived Friday to spend
the weekend at the homes of
Mr- and Mrs. William Kaul and »
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bendig.
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