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PAGE TWO PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUBNAL The Piattsmouth Joisrna PUBLISHED SEM-WEEKLY AT Entered at Postolfice, riattamoutn. MRS. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCEEPTION PEICE $2.00 A YEAS IN FIRST POSTAL ZONE Subscribers living in Second Postal ittme, $2J pet rsas. Beyond 600 miles, $3.00 per year, Rafe Co Canada affa fWefgn corfntrtes, $3 50 per year. All subscriptions are payable strictly fo adTOnce. V. To See the World Upon which ones of the many complaints against him we should check, Bert was a problem. His father accused him of gambling, carousing around all hours of the night, and ignoring parental con trol. His school principal said he was disobedient to authority. Perhaps a new mentor could han dle Bert, so we put him on proba tion to a member of the Kiwanis club of Norfolk. But after several months of effort the Kiwanian re ferred Bert back to the juvenile court with the report that, he was a hopeless proposition. We encouraged the Kiwanian to give Bert yet another trial because we felt he needed the companion ship and guadanee of a man other than his father. The Kiwanian, be lieving that if he had the benefit of broader experience, he might direct the boy. enlisted the aid of two fel low members. As the men met from time to time and discussed their impressions of Gert. they agreed that he evinced a deep interest in strange parts of the world and their people. In other subjects he made average grades simply because his three benefactors compelled him to study, but in geo graphy he excelled because, without prompting, he studied it diligently to satisfy his longing for travel. "Join the Navy and See the World" was the motto hi3 sponsors then de cided to quote to Bert, since no entry had been made against him upon the criminal records, pt any court. Suph ynn entry would have made him JjJr .eligible for acceptance In the U. 'S. "Navy. (Recently, however, the Navy has modified its rule regarding young men with a juvenile court record). Bert is now seeing the world from one cf our largest training ships and hopes in due time to gain admission into the Naval Academy at Annap olis. There was nothing seriously wrong with Bert, we found out later. All his difficulties were caused by fric tion in his unhappy home environ ment. "You Made This Possible, Thanks" Struck down by a hit-and-run driver, a Norfolk citizen lay on his sick-bed for many weeks, his life de spaired of, while authorities deter mined to call a halt to the reckless driving that was prevalent at the time. Newspaper stories kept before the public the resolution of officials to seek out the culprit and make of him an example that would long be re membered by others prone to disre gard the rights of their fellow men. But no trace of the driver could be found. . Some weeks after the accident, when the case was ready to go into .the police files as an unsolved mys tery, a young high school student appeared at the little conference room in Norfolk and asked to talk with the juvenile judge. Greatly agi tated, almost hysterical, he told the story of the nearly-fatal accident confessing to be the driver of the hit-and-run car. 'His reason for not revealing the facts earlier was the desire to protect his girl companion, who was in his class at high school It was such a serious case, in all its ramifications, that the Judge Avas compelled to consult other officials The authorities decided to press no action until we could make further investigation. We learned that the youngster had been involved in some petty thieving but that fundamen tally he was ambitious, a good stu ueni, wen iiueu at school and a member o an excellent family. If the boy's name and confession had been made public, the usual de mand for punishment would have followed, aud no doubt he would have been sentenced to a term in prison. Instead it was decided to plape him under the strictest proba tion. The results fully warranted I PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Neb., as second-class mail matter dent had occurred, we received an invitation to the graduation exer cises of a high school class. Across the top were written these words: "You made this possible; thanks." The signature was that of the boy who had so recently faced a prison term. Today that young man is holding a responsible position in another state, earning five times the month ly salary of the Judge who gave him a chance to make good. A success ful career a good citizen everyone benefited the best interests of so ciety protected. "The Voluptuous Cleopatra" Really it was the idea of the scan dalmongers, a couple of old maid neighbors who had never been trou bled, or rather, blessed, with child ren. The widowed mother had come along to Juvenile Court with her little daughter, but she had nothing to say. The guttersnipe gossips had plen ty to say. They raised their horri fied eyes heavenward, relating that the baby-faced bandit had stolen' articles from a dime store . . . lip stick, rouge and face powder, to the total value of 30 cents. The alarm ed sisters regarded these wares of the beauty counter as a one-way ticket to perdition and directed us to commit this "present-day" beguil ing and voluptuous Cleopatra to re reform school." After hearing the story, however, we decided that probation should be tried first. Physically sound and men tally alert, Cleo was left to her own devises from the time school ad journed in the afternoon until nine o'clock in the evening, while her mother worked in a cafe for a wage of $7.00 weekly. This small income made it impossible for her to pro vide a few little "extras" that Cleo desired, and which her companions possessed. The need for a little material aid during a critical period of re-adust-jment was apparent. We asked the pastor of the church to which this family had belonged in better times to look into the matter. He referred it to a committee of hi3 parishioners. Their report was prompt, surpris ing, and disappointing. It ended with these words: "We recommend that this case be referred to a local charitable organization and some ar rangement be made to place this child in an institution," Truly an amazing document from a group of church people, the irony of which lay in their annual report which ar rived a few days later. This state ment fairly shouted from its pages: "We are happy to report remittance of $500.00 to assist in our foreign missionary work, as well as shipment of several boxes Containing clothing, canned goods, and other supplies." Instead of following the course of action set forth by the church mem bers we one day discussed the case with a merchant whose financial difficulties brought on by the depres sion, resulted in law suits against him in our court. We shall never forget his reaction to the story. "Well," he said, "that little girl ought to be a pretty good invest ment." Then he dug down into his already nearly empty pockets for the money to help her. Two summers ago he sat in the front row of the school auditorium and proudly witnessed his little pro tege graduate with honors from grammar school. Last summer he observed her as a nimble and beau tiful drum major, twirling the baton at the head of one of the finest high school marching bands in Nebraska. His small investment paid a quick dividend that no depression can wipe out and nq creditor can attach and take away. mm TODAY'S PROFILE By UNITED PEESS Mrs. H. H. A. Beach at 73 has been named by the General Feder ation of Women's Clubs as one of the 53 women who represented "the great strides made by women in the past 50 years." She was cited for her work as a composer.' Mrs. Beach was born Ann Marcy Cheney at Henniker, N. H., on Sept. 5, 1867. She was musically inclined from childhood and was so sensitive to melody that her mother would punish her not with spanking but by playing Gottschalk's "Last Hope." At one year of age she could remember tunes afte one hearing, j She started to play the piano at 4 and took lessons two years later. She received her musical education almost entirely in this country, mainly in Boston where her family moved when she was 8. She made her first public con cert appearance at-16. Two years later she was married to Dr. Beach, who became a distinguished surgeon. During her married life she concen trated on composition and did not resume musical activities until her husband's death in 1910. She went to Germany for four years of study and on her return devoted herself to composition and concert work. She is an inspirational worker, but she has accepted writing com missions. Thus in 1S93 she wrote a work for the dedication cf the Wom en's Building at the Chicago World's Fair. "Festival Jubilate." She wrote I the "Song of Welcome" for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Om aha in 1S98 and the "Panama Hymn" for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Among her songs, many of which are highly regarded, are "Ah. Love But a Day," "The Year's at the Spring" and "Ecstacy." She was one of the first women members of ASCAP, the American So ciety of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ERITAIN BEGINS SCHOOL REFORM LONDON, (UP) Poor boys from the east end of London are to have their own preparatory school, the first of its kind, so that they can enter public schools without feelinc any em barrassment. The plan is part of Prime Minister Winston Chu-chili's" policy of "estab lishing a state of society where the advantages and privilege? hitherto en joyed by the few should be far more widely shared by the men and youth of the nation as a whole.'" The experiment is being made by Oxford House, Bethnal Green one of the poorest parts of London. The boys pre becoming accustomed t the new school in a beautiful 17th cen tury farm house among- the hills of Montgomeryshire, near the village of Donalog. "The aim is to make it possible for slum-born boys to enter public schools with no embarrassment due to speech, manners and general background," said the head of Oxford House. "To send a boy straight from an element- i ary school to a nublic school means ! mutual miri. k.,,- social classes. "By defying social and economic difficulties, Donalog may show a way of overcoming them." - Owing to the expense, nunbers arc to be kept small at first it will cost about S400 a year to keep each boy. Cut help is pouring in, and public school headmasters are offering to land their best masters for a year. The entire school is being equipped with people to whom it is "an act of faith." "A small start now is worth an am bitious one after the war." the Ox ford House , head said. "There is a wonderful amount of talent and en ergy in the slums, but for generations we have thrown it away. "It now seems incredible that wc should have allowed this waste of our children our most precious posses sion to go on." Great importance is to be attached in the new -school to the use the boys make of their leisure hours. Botany, music, farming ond architecture ara being included .in the curriculum. ISLAND H0MESTEABING URGED PHOENIX, Ariz. (UP The state senate has adopted a memorial peti tioning congress to permit home steading on the state's lone "island," a section of land in the channel of the Colorado river near Yuma. Thomas Walling Company Abstracts-of Title A. The entire meal if it contains at least ONE HOT DISH says Dorothy Greig ONE of the things that lend zip and zest to summer meals is contrast. We plan for contrast in texture for in stance, a crunchy food and a smooth one. Contrast of coloi makes a meal look more appetizing, too the green of hearts, S.a; :vs . Chopped Steak and Spanish Rice up a summer meal. the yellow of corn, the red of strawberries. And most Important of all is contrast of temperature. Cold food for summer meals if you like but get contrast by serving eorae hot food also in every meal. Indeed, serving at least one hot dish does much more than Just give balance and zest. It actually aids digestion, helps to keep us feeling fit through the draggy days. And it is wise to serve this hot food as early in the meal as possible. For example, if the main dish is cold meat or a big husky salad, let's start with a light hot soup. That puts the tummy in good humor to digest the cold foods that follow. On the other hand, if the first course i3 Jellied conscrame, chilled tomato juice or fruit cup, fellow along with a hot main dish or may be a hot vegetable casserole. Here is the recipe for a light soup that makes a fine beginning to a summer meal: Chicken Noodle and Celery Soup 1 can condensed chicken noodle eoup 1 can condensed celery Foup 2 cans milk (using- the scup can for a measure) Combine the chicken noodle and :elery scups. Then add 2 cans milk. British Styles Chic as Ever 1 Despite Blitz Tailored Suits Dominant. With More Formal Dresses Lacking Men's Material Copied LONDON (UP) The blitz has brought changes to the world of fem inine fashions just as it has to every other phase of lie in Britain today. Even with the war raging around them, however, British women are still taking as much trouble over their appearance as they have ever done. Fashions have changed to meet changed conditions. Two kinds of clothes are not bought as they once were. They are the afternoon dress in which a woman formerly played bridge and the grand evening dresses, exceedingly decolkte. Bridge is played in the evenings a3 the days are occupied with war work, and women wear dinner gowns. The afternoon dress has disappeared. The famous tailoring houses of London are busy making the more elegant little suits. They are crowd ed and have a list of appointments for fittings that begins in the early morning and lasts until the house climes. Men's Material Copied The material of the suits nas veered from the sweeds that women have always bought in England to fine versions of men's suiting, exact ly the same as the wool merchants supply to Savile Row for men's suits but in . half their weight and as well in feminine! colorings. What colors? Gray, to lead with, often combined with a biscuit brown. Or gray with a fine overchecking of brilliant red, green and yellow. The line of the suits? They are libs- ht b HONEY & ALMOND CREAM Regular $1 size limited time only tastes better X' x: Casserole a zestful dish to sparklt using the soup can for a measure Heat, but do not boil. Serves 5-Z And for a hot main dish you wit! enjoy this, not only for its fint flavor but because it looks sc savory, thanks to its contrast o! sizzling brown meat cakes on whiu rice that has been mixed with green peppers and red condensed tomato soup. Chopped Steak and Spanish Rice Casserole 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons green pepper, chopped 2 tablespoons onion, chopped 1 can condensed tomato soup1 SV4 cups cooked rice 1 plncU pepper Melt the butter, add chopped green pepper and chopped onion and cook until Eoft. Then add the tomato soup, well-drained cooked rice, and pepper. Stir carefully until well mixed. Put into a casse role and arrange raw chopped steaks on the top. Chopped Steaks: Mix together ont pound ground round steak, tea spoons salt and M teaspoon pepper. Shape into flat 'patties and put on the Spanish Rice. Put casserole under the broiler and broil .the steaks f.rt on one side asd then the r,ih-r. Serves 5-6. for the most part single-breasted with a ratner longer opening and are closely fitted at thew aist in accen tuated curves. Emphasized pockets help in the accentuation of the fem inine, small waist and the rounded hipline. Skirts are slim, fullness ly ing rather to the front. Pockets are slits for the fingers, no more. Both jackets and and Rkirts feature yokes, which are put in with much fine, intricate seaming and detail. The tailors, when they make suits in brilliant colors, whether the par rot blends of the sheer tweeds or the monotones of fine suitings, usually add a topcoat so that when a woman has to go into blitzed areas in the course of her war work, she may not feel conspicuous. These coats are swinging models. Because suits play such a big part in the Englishwoman's life, whether for town or country, she always has a big wardrobe of blouses. Typical of the models of these today are those with close fitting necklines, tiny turnover collars, pleated fronts and back, and really wide sleeves, full from the shoulders and held in by minute cuffbands. These are in cot tons, (striped as a rule) in which case the collars and cuffs probably will be stiffened. The hats, which are worn with these elegantly cut suits have changed this year. They incorporate fabric in the making. A woman in a gray suit, with a lime yellow tie-silk blouse may be expected to wear a hat which is of gray fine felt and tie-silk mixed. If she is in a violet suit with a pink and mauve striped cotton shirt (and cotton is considered smart by Molyneaux and the other great dress makers), then she may be wear ing a little homburg hat underlined with the viojet but with the whole top made of the striped cotton shirt ing. Even the quills which adorn them often are shirting quills in stead of bird ones. BIG 11-OUNC BOTTLE OF FACES MUKDER INDICTMENT OMAHA, June C (UP) John Tyn- dall, Indian, accused of the knife slaying May 9 near Macy, Neb., of his wife, her parents, and her sister- in-law, today faces indictment for murder from the federal grand jury in session here. Other indictments made public in clude: Rale of liquor to Indian Sam Mudlin, Chadron, Neb.; Misuse of mails George H. Davis, Alliance, Neb.; counterfeiting Frank dim ming?, Norfolk, Neb.; and violating selective service regulation Ivan E. Froelifh, Madison, Neb. Railroad Wage Increase to Boost Payroll Figure Estimated That From $500,000,000 to $650,000,000 Would Be Total of Increase. Chicago, June 5 (UP) Spokes men for railroad labor and manage ment estimated today that wage de mands of 1,150,000 employes would boost the nation's railway payrolls between $500,000,000 and $65Cy 000,000. The estimates were based on the demands of five operating brother hoods for a 30 per cent wage in crease for 350.000 members and the demands, formulated yesterday by 14 non-operating brotherhoods, for hour ly pay raises of 30 to 34 cents for 800,000 members. A union spokesman estimated the demands of the non - operating brotherhoods would cost the railroads between $300,000,000 and $350,000, 000 but said the amount could not be fixed accurately because many work ers were employed on a part-time basis. The cost of the raises asked by the operating brotherhoods was esti mated at $202,000,000. A spokesman for the Western As sociation of Railway Executives said the demands for both groups would total approximately $650,000,000 and might exceed $700,000,000. The current payroll for class 1 railroads is $1,295,000,000. Formal notice of the union re quests will be submitted next Tues day to the railroads, who will be asked to make the new rates effec tive July 10. If no agreement is reached within 30 days, the dispute will be referred to the national rail way mediation board. The non-operating brotherhoods agreed yesterday to ask minimum wages of 70 cents an hour for 75,000 semi-skilled workers now receiving a minimum of 36 cents. They also proposed an increase of 30 cents hourly for 725,000 skilled workmen Officials of the brotherhoods said they were asking wage scales which would match those of comparable or ganized industries. The Western Association of Rail way Executives said it was impos sible to increase payrolls $600,000,- 000 without an "adverse effect" on operations." FALL TALKS OF OIL EL FASO, Tex.. June 6 (UP) Albert B. Fall, 79-year-old former secretary of the interior who sered a prison sentence for his part in the Tea Pot Dome oil scandal, asserted today that oil conservation wi: Am erica's most critical problen and that unless it was solved widiout d'Jay "we might as well pet in'o the boat with England and sink.' Fall, who broke a Ion,? silence J-i agreeing to talk with reuorf crs. crit icized President Roosevcit's appoint ment of Secretary of Incar'or Ilaicld L. Ickes, as co-ordinator of the oi! industry during the defense tiner ency. "Ickes never has. been an expert' Fall said. When I was in WasTInton we never dreamed of calling on him for aid." He said the oil shortage facing the eastern seaboard would ''net re so acute" if Ickes would "onen h?r. ears to the rdvice of experts." DON'T BE BOSSED BY YOUR LAXATIVE- RELIEVE CONSTIPATION THIS MODERN WAY When you feel gassy, headachy, logy 3u to clogged-up bowels, do aa tnilliont do take Feen-A-Mint at bedtime. Next morning thorough, comfortable relief, helping you stare the day full of your normal energy and pep, feeling like a tnillionl Feen-A-Mint doesn't disturb your night's rest or interfere with work the next day. Try Feen-A-Mint, the chewing gum laxative, yourself. It tastes good, if bandy and economical ... a family supply. costs only Floods Revive Control Issue in Southwest Arkansas Valley Project Receives Study by Farmers Early Flood Strikes. By JACK V. FOX DENVER (UP) With the heav iest spring floods in years in pros pect for ranchers and farmlands in southwestern Colorado and New Mexico, residents of the areas are be ginning to think more and more of the idea of the Arkansas Valley Au thority proposal now before congress. All winter the federal flood control and irrigation project amounted mostly to a political feud between Colorado's governor, Ralph L. Carr, and Sen. Edwin C. Johnson. Carr said the plan for a "little TV A" amounted to taking away state's rights and would end with ineffi cient federal control of irrigation. Johnson answered that it would save untold amounts in electric rates and would be a blessing to areas fre quently ravaged by floods. Early Flood Strikes Then, in mid-May, a sudden, un seasonable hot spell hit the Rockies and sent mountain streams roaring down canyons and out onto the plains where, in many places, they flooded the countryside. Water experts said the situation was aggravated by the snowfall on the Rocky mountain watersheds which is about twice as heavy as last year's and the water content of the snow which in some places is five times that of 1940 Moreover, the soil was already in a moist condition after a spring that broke records for rainy days, and the mountain waters did not soak in fast enough. The regions north of Albuquer que and around Delta in Colorado were inundated, hundreds were driven from their homes, and Gov. John E. Miles of New Mexico was preparing to declare a state of emer gency and to make an evacuation by boat of Rio Grande Valley residents. A cool spell cut off the threat, temporarily, but water experts told citizens that June should bring the Arkansas, Colorado and Rio Grande rivers to an even higher point. So. farmers do not know whether to grin or frown. The Colorado de partment of agriculture has- forecast the best irrigation conditions for years in the dry plains, but with the floods ever foreboding, the farmers are just hoping. NAME FITS JOB FOR BRIT AIN'S NO. 1 FIREMAN LONDON (UP) Commander A. N. G. Firebrace (an appropriate name for the chief of Britain's 200,000 fire-fighters) lives in the fire control room of his headquarters in London surrounded by telephones and maps with his ear tuned" in and his eye on a series of discs which show wherever enemy planes are active throughout the country. When he sees a fire-blitz grow ing serious, he hops into a plane or car or train, according to the dis tance from London, and dashes to the spot, leaving his control room to other experts. Once on the scene he stays there directing the battle and posting fresh firemen from raid free towns as others fall out exhaust ed. "There are some secrets I cannot reveal," said Commander Firebrace," but I say that every time the Ger mans rain incendiaries on a town my little room knows just how big the f.re is, how it is developing and what equipment is available. "When a fire gets fierce the local brigade ask the district fire officer for help. If that is not enough the district asks regional readquarters. and if still more help is needed re gional headquarters appeal to this little control room." FOR VALUE m e5M YANKEE POCKET WATCH $ j.50 Chrome finished case, unbreakable crystal and easy-reading dial. Has a second-hand. Also NEW Ingereoll Sweep-Second Watches, $1.95 to $4.95. Ingeisoll-Waterbury Company Waterbury, Conn. I I tt,7Ff.'srrs7?&. cur action. A year and a half after the acci 7r Plattamouth J FEEN-A-MINT inn Phone 324 -