VOL. 7, NO. 25 * „, Nebraska—Official and Legal Newspaper April 23, 1953
Cancer—the Savage;
Let's Destroy It
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Let’s pretend there’s a savage
criminal at large in your neigh
borhood. The criminal strikes
without warning, without reason.
He will strip a home of all its
belongings. He will maim He
will kill. *
Some protection already exists.
All have locks on their doors.
Some with forethought have in
surance. The police establish dou
ble patrol at night, detectives
work ’round the clock.
. Finally caution and care by
citizens, clever deduction by
authorities rid the neighborhood
of this criminal.
And peaceful living is re
stored.
Now let’s NOT pretend. Let’s
face a"* real and ever present
threat. In a town of 50,000 ini
1953 he will strike 120 new per
sons, he will destroy, 70, many of j
whom will have been ill for more
than a year. In our lifetime, if
he is unchecked, he will strike
about 10,000 of the citizens in a
town of 50,000
The name of this threat? Can
cer!
But what about the locks on the
doors? The insurance against
this criminal?
They are the annual check
ups at the doctor’s office, alert
ness to cancer’s seven danger sig
nals. They will help save the
lives of 2,500 Qf those 10,000 who
are struck by cancer Just as
many more could be saved with
the help of check-ups in “locks”
and “danger signal” insurance.
But what of the 5,000 remain
ing who will have cancer?
That’s where the detectives come
in, seeking an answer to the mys
tery—the research scientists and
doctors Without their w'ork,
cancer and the fear of cancer
ean never be banished. And their
work depends on you, depends on
your 1953 gift to the American
Cancer Society. Your generous
contributions will not only help
l _’_J
solve the riddle of cancer, bui
will help alert Americans—your
self, your neighbors—to its dan
gers. Let’s NOT pretend the dan
gers don’t exist.
Constantly Better
Medical Care
A short time ago the eighth Na
tional Conference on Rural Health
was held in Virginia, under the
sponsorship of the American Med
ical Association. The meeting
drew more than 600 representa
tives of medical, agricultural, uni
versity extension services anc
other groups with a combined
membership of several millions
Forty-two states and the Districl
of Columbia were represented
And the gist of the reports anc
statements made, is that medica
care facilities in rural areas art
increasing rapidly through co-op
erative, voluntary efforts of med
ical, farm and community groups
Some extremely important talks
were made. As an example, man)
people have felt that a main step
in bettering rural medical care is
simply to increase the number o
doctors graduated by our med
ical schools, on the theory tha
many of them would establish
rural practices. This idea wai
tellingly refuted by the presiden
of the AMA, who said, “A physi
cian who has spent eight to thir
teen years of his life in being
trained to practice modern medi
cine is not willing to settle in ar
area where there are no facilities
for practicing such a type of med
icine. Increasing the number o:
physicians will not do it, as thej
would still tend to congregate ir
cities.” He pointed out that ir
some states the problem has beei
solved by the community provid
ing medical facilities and ther
permitting the doctor to rent 01
buy them. Then needed physi
cians have been obtained. In these
days of good roads and automo
biles every community does noi
Today’s Thought
Be not forgetful of prayer.
Every time you pray, if your
prayer is sincere, there will be
new feeling and new meaning in
it, which will give you fresh
courage, and you will understand
that prayer is an education.—
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881).
Sen. Butler
Insists On
Price Support
Senator Hugh Butler (R.-Neb)
has announced that he intends to
continue to insist on an equitable
price support level by the Com
modity Credit Corporation for
butter sold in the Omaha market
as compared with price supports
announced by the Department of
Agriculture for other terminal
markets, such as Chicago.
Under the schedule of support
prices announced by the Depart
ment thus far, Butler pointed out,
butter offered for sale in Omaha
is subjected to such a sharp dis
count that dealers and shippers
have found it to their advantage
to send their buttter on to Chi
cago for sale and storage at that
point.
“This price differential against
Omaha is unfair to a Nebraska
dairyman and tends to siphon all
the butter business out of Omaha
to other terminal markets,” Sen
ior Butler said. “It also does
harm to Omaha dealers, cold stor
age warehouses, and business gen
erally."
“I feel that Omaha should be
recognized as one of the princi
pal terminal markets and a dif
ferential set which would assure
■Nebraska dairymen an equal
; break with producers in other
areas. I feel sure that he unfor
| tunate results of the support
' schedule are due to an honest
j mistake and I intend to do every
thing possible to correct it,” But
ter concluded.
Foundation for
One World
New York
Leon Jolson arrived in this
country in 1947 with only a few'
jvorldly possessions—his memories
of a Nazi concentration camp, $G
i in cash, and a will to succeed
in a new world.
Today Mr. Jolson, an American
■ citizen for a year and president
| of a multimillion dollar firm, has
:set up a $250,000 foundation "to
promote better understanding be
tween all races, creed, and na
tionalities on the community
'level.”
j The foundation was* the latest
milestone in Mr. Jolson’s success
' story, a story that started with
; Mr. Jolson and his wife living on
$90, a month provided by a wel
| fare agency after arrival here
.Tom their native Poland.
Mr. Jolson soon earned his first
money here repairing sewing ma
!chines in the garment district,
i Then he opened a small store,
selling secondhand sewing ma
chines.
need a hospital as long as one
is available within a reasonable
: distance.
The big point is that tremendous
progress in solving rural medical
care is being made by voluntary
action. We don’t need- govern
ment to tell us how to do it—or
;,to attempt to do it for us.
Gov. Crosby Speaks At
79th Convention of NPA
The Nebraska Press Associa
tion, held its 79th Annual Conven
tion here in Lincoln, last Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday.
The activities were highlighted
by the Fun Night get acquainted
buffet dinner at the Lincoln'
Chamber of Commerce, given by
The Nebraska State Fair, and The
Business Men of Lincoln.
Former U.S. Senator Fred Sea
ton, who is now publisher of the
Hastings Tribune, and The Hon.
Governor Robert B. Crosby were
the main speakers of the two
day session.
Speaking at the Luncheon, held
in the Main Ballroom of the Lin
coln Hotel, which was headquar
ters for the Convention, Mr. Sea
ton gave the highlights of the
“1952 Presidential Campaign.”
The Hon. Gov. Robert B.
Crosby, speaking at the banquet
on the subject of “Newspapers
and the Government," said that
Gideon Society
Wins giiit to Give
Bible to Pupils
Hackensack, N. J.
Superior Court Judge J. Wal
lace Leyden has ruled that the
Gideon Bible Society may dis
tribute the King James version of
the new Testament in Rutherford
Schools.
Distribution of the Bibles, the
judge ruled, does not constitute
an “illegal or unconstitutiona
interference with religious lib
erty."
But, he added: “It may be a
bad policy for a boaid of educa
tion (to allow this), but then I’m
not concerned with policy.”
The suit was brought by a
Jewish parents, Bernard Tudor
of Rutherford, who has a daughter
attending elementary school.
A Roman Catholic parent, Mrs.
Walter Natyniak, had also been a
party to the suit, but had dropped
out wh^n her child was trans
ferred to parochial school.
The Gideon society, widely
known for the Bibles it places in
I hotel rooms, has formulated a na
tional program for distributing
Bibles in schools. „
Before Judge Leyden handed
down his ruling, he heard testi
mony who contended that dis
tribution of the King James ver
sion of the Bible, commonly ac
cepted by those of Protestant faith,
! would have a bad effect on chil
dren of other faiths,
j Dr. Isadore Chein of New York
testified that it might result in a
] guilt complex among Jewish
j children.
Testifying for the defense, Dr.
.Guy L. Hilleboe, superintendent
-of Rutherford schools, said, edu
cators are not concerned with
'race, creed, or color, but are re
sponsible only to the “parent and
jnot to the Protestant, Catholic, or
Jewish church.”
Distribution was begun last
year, and about 600 children have
'signed receipts for the Bibles. Mr.
; Hilleboe said those who got the
Bible had to have the consent of
t their parents.
EDUCATION ACS GOAL
One goal of the American Can
cer Society’s 1953 campaign is to
save lives now by educating the
public about cancer’s early symp
! toms and urging them to have
frequent medical examinations.
the difference between the news
papers and radios and television,
is that newspapers expresses opin
ions, while the radio or telvision
give out news.” The newspaper is
useful in keeping the man in of
fice on his toes. It aids immeasur
ably in keeping things in order.
He gave three definite services
rendered by the press as:
1— It keep public officials on
their toes by keeping in mind
what the public wants.
2— It keep public officials in
formed on what they should know
about, and
3— It keep the public informed.
In closing the Governor stated:
‘‘I know that the State Govern
ment wouldn’t begin to operate
without the constant and devoted
attention from newspaper cover
age.”
This scribe is truly the richer
for having attended this conven
tion, and sat in on the many in
formation-packed discussions.
New Blow Seen
To GI Mortgage
Washington
The interest rate on long-term
government bonds from 2\\ to
3*4 per cent will knock veterans
[and FHA mortgage loans right
lout of business, the National As
sociation of Home Builders
warned here.
, By making long-term bonds
[ much more profitable, the na
tion's investors will no longer
want to finance mortgages for
veterans, Emanuel M. Spiegel,
association president, declared.
| The market for VA and FHA
imortgages, Mr. Spiegel stated, is
[already very tight. But the new
, government action, he said, will
create a national housing emer
jgency again. Mortgage lenders
'have withdrawn from the market
[to see what the new administra
tion intends to do about the un
realistic VA and FHA interest
rates, he added.
Veteran administration loans
bring only 4 per cent today.
Builders think this should be in
creased to at least 4*4 to 4*4 per
[rent to make them more attrac
tive to lenders.
Hot Springs Team
In Cotton States
Greenville, Miss.—Directors of
i the Cotton States Baseball League
have reinstated the Hot Springs,
Ark., club, which was ousted last
week for refusal to release two
Negro players.
After a closed 3%-hour meet
ing, League President A1 Harway
of Helena, Ark., issued a lG-word
istatement which said: “The Cot
ton States League will open April
121 as scheduled with the present
I eight members.”
Harway refused further corn
I ment.
During the present year the
American Cancer Society is sup
porting 270 grants-in-aid and 31
institutional grants. Aid this work
by giving to the 1953 ASC crusade.
About 160,000 children under 18
years old have lost their fathers
from cancer and about 175,000
have been made motherless by
cancer, the American Cancer So
ciety says.