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THTJRSTUY. -MARCH '11; m TEE PLATTSKOUTH 5EMI-WEH5LY PAGE TFTRTTP, Weeping Water j mi. auu iirs. x ui uer ivicivinxiuu, j have returned to Cass County, to j March 26 has been chosen as the mate their home. They spent the ; tiate for the presentation of the high fh-Bt part of the week at the home of j school senior class play, with Imo Mrs. . McKinnon's sister. Mrs. Fred i &ne VanEvery and George Olive uorder, then left for Alvo where , they will live. ! ' Richard Specht, son of Mr. and : a r ri.A v x a i a. u. avenue m ijleen Markland. Mary Everett, and uorneii college, at jh. ernon, la.. for training. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Pool had as their dinner guests Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Turner McKinnon and Mrs. Fred Gorder. Thursday Afternoon Bridge club was entertained by Mrs. A. O. Specht at her home, last week. "Weeping Water Garden Club held another of their good meeings, Fri day evening, at the home of Mrs. Edna Shannon, when Mrs. H. C- vi llkmson reviewed the book, Fair Child," making it so realistic that all present have been loud in its praise. The South Side Pinocle Club held another of their birthday luncheons last week. This time it was Mrs. John Harter who had a birthday and the luncheon was held in connection with the meeting held at Mrs. Ray mond Knott's home Monday. Tuesday afternoon found the members of the No-Name Club wend- GLOBAL ATLAS of the WORLD AT WAR Just arrived! Get your's now and follow the war. See where our fighting men are defend ing us. 24 PAGES OF MAPS Insignia of the U. S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Corps and the Different Types of Service Our Men Are In 25 Bates Book Store For Businessmen The businessman who has merchandise or ser vice to sell will profit highly through FRE QUENT use o our printing service. A modern plant, skilled craftsmanship, economical eharg-es-these mean printing that will help YOU sell more! TUB Buy the Plattsmouth Journal for War News Buy Bonds ing their way to the home of Mrs. Laurence Wiseman, where a pleas- j ant time was enjoyed. Thursday afternoon the 500 Cluh met at the home of Mrs. O. C. Hinds, with Mrs. DeForest Brown as host- f0r the leading: roles. Others in the cast will be Robert Keckler, Jerry Opp, Jack Herman, Donald Resso, Q M Appling; Rutn Lane, Kath- Dorothy Stohlman. The name of the play is, "Ever Since Eve." Knickerbocker Club was enter tained Wednesday evening by Mrs. Andrew Olsen, at her home, with two invited guests, Mrs. E. E. Moore and Mrs. Emerson Dowler. Mrs. Lyal Fleming spent the week end at Falls City, visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Francis Kanaly. Bert Pease, son of Dr. and Mrs. B. Charles Pease, left Monday for Newport, R. I., where, he will be ... mnougn spent wun ms parents iu Weeping Water . Primaries were held Wednesday evening to nominate two council men and two members of the board of education. Results were: 1st Ward, D. D. Wainscott, Citizen's party, J. L. Wiles, Business Temper ance party. 2nd Ward, C. J. Elgaard, Citizens; John Robinson, Business Temperance. Board of Education, R. P. Hobson and Mogens Johnson, renominated on both tickets. High school alumni held a meet- More Freedom Offered Washingon, (UP) President Roosevelt today asked Congress to pass legisuation permitting the peo ple of Puerto Rico to elect their their own governor. In a message to Congress the President said his recommendation was in line with the long standing policy of the U. S. government "to reinforce the machinery of self government in its territories and ! island possessions." Meanwhile Senator Millard Tyd ings, D., Md., Chairman of Senate Territories and Insular Affairs com mittee proposed complete independ ence for Puerto Rico with the United States retaining control of naval and military bases on the island. In asking Congress to amend the organic law of Puerto Rico to per mit the people to elect their own government Mr. Roosevelt asked al so for legislation "to re-define the functions and powers of the Federal government and the government of Puerto Rico respectively." Cleveland Has Earthquake Cleveland, (UP) An earthquake shook Cleveland and Northern Ohio for two and one-half minutes last night. No damage was reported but news papers and radio stations were flood ed with telephone calls from anx ious residents who reported their homes and apartment buildings were severely shaken by the tremor. Some persons said pictures were knocked off the walls of their homes. ing Monday evening to make plans for entertaining the seniors this spring. Miss Pauline Patterson is the alumni president. 1,127 Ration Books Two were issued to people who registered in Weeping Water last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall moved into their new home on the south side of town, last week, and Sunday evening a welcome party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hopkins, when they enjoy ed a visit with their new neighbors. Miss Doris Marshall was down from the University for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marshall, Saturday and Sunday. Wall Paper Sale of warehouse surplus stock Past season's patterns at a reduction of V3 to V2 H These must be sold to make room for new stock. Due to Gas Rationing Sale Will Last for Three Weeks GREENE DRUG Elmwood Reject Pay-As-You-Go Washington, (UP) The House Ways and Means committee today tentatively rejected the pay-as-you-go plan supported by the Treasury to forgive 1942 liabilities for income tax payers in the first sur-tax brack et. Also rejected was an original pro posal by committee chairman Rob ert L. Doughton, D., N. C, to apply 1941 rates to 1942 income pay ments. Doughton said he hoped the committee could arrive at some posi tive final action by this afternoon. The partial -forgiveness plan re jected was proposed by Rep. A. W. Robertson, D., Va. He would have applied a 20 per cent withholding tax July 1st and would have can celled all 1942 taxes for approxi mately 70 percent of the taxpayers those making up to $2,000 after exemptions. Today's action left only one def inite forgiveness proposal still be fore the committee. This suggestion was advanced by Doughton and would forgive the first half of the taxes on 1943 income taxes and double up 1942 and 1943 taxes dur ing the last six months of this year. Earlier Republican members of Congress had served notice that they would demand an expression from the entire House on the Ruml pay-as-you-go plan. Rev. J. S. Joliat, S. J., the Univer sity of John Carroll, seismologist, said he could not determine the quake's epicenter but said he thot it was twenty or thirty miles south west of Cleveland. for Victory! Love vs. Lion Los Angeles. (UP) Seventeen-year-old Mrs. Betty Phillips will nei- ther compete with nor substitute for . a lion in her husband's affections, j tne finances of the Old Age Assist she said today in naming a ISO- ance held the spotlight today in pound African cub as co-respondent ' tne Nebraska Legislature, in her divorce action. The Assisance issue arose in con- "The lion hung out in the bath-' sideration of Joseph Reavis' bill to tub, ripped up my satin sofa, andlift the limit on persons paying the pounced on the bed at night and I ! $2.00 head tax . making it apply to stood for it," said the pretty young a" Persons over 21 years. As amend-kj-jjjg ed and advanced to select file the "But when Byron said he liked the hill raised the tax to $3.00 for all lion better than he did me, I thought j Persons between 21 and 65 for two H vse time tr move." And move . yearSi she did. Two days later the lion died. '"I am not going home, regard less," Mrs. Phillips said. "I am not a stand-in for a lion." If there was any meat around the house. "Felix Leo" got first choice, she said. Then came Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. "He ate more meat in one day than we did in a week," she Haid. And with meat rationing in pros pect, and Felix growing every day, the future wasn't bright. "Whatever the lion died of," she said, "it certainly wasn't starva tion." British Discuss Aid London. (UP) British newspap ers today gave front page display to U. S. Ambassador Wm. H. Strad ley's assertion in Moscow that the Russian people were not being told the full extent of the American aid to the soviet war effort. There was no additional comment. Britain too has sent large quan tities of war material to Russia, Production Minister Capt. Oliver T.vtteltnn said in a red armv dav speech February 21st that the unit ed kingdom had contributed enough "for the initial equipment of 32 armored divisions in tanks and 400 squadrons in aircraft." ..Specifically he said Britain had sent to Russia between 3000 air planes, 70 million rounds of small ammunition and 50,000 tons from "our infinitely previous rubber stock." First Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander told Commons March 3 that Britain had lost two cruisers, ten destroyers and six smaller war ships, many smaller merchantmen and "many valuable lives." in ship ping operations to Russia. Appoint Assessors County Assessor W. H. Puis has made the appointment of the two assessors that will levy the assess ment on the property of residents of Plattsmouth for the coming year. The assessors have heretofore been elected by wards and precincts, but in the cities they areto be appoint ed and the number cut to two in Plattsmouth. The board of county commissioners have approved the names of James Rebal and John A. Libershal, veteran assessors, for the job of assessing the city.Mr. Rebal who has assessed second ward, will have the entire north side of the city and Mr. Libershal, who has been the assessor in the second ward, will have all of the city south of Main street. Not to be Dictator Washington, March 10. (UP) Congress and industry were assur ed by Price Administrator Prentiss Brown, today that he will not use the power of his office to establish himself as a dictator of wartime business profits. The law requires Brown to take the cost of production and profits into consideration in fixing maxi mum prices. Brown sought to allay fears that OPA would use that auth ority to limit profits by lowering maximum price ceilings by outlin ing to sub-commttees of the Senate Finance and Banking and Currency committees a broad policy which he said his agency would follow. Price increases will be opposed when profits are increased he said. Industry whose prices are below levels fixed in the act and whose profits are falling should not be interferred with by the government. Prices should be reduced in indus try in which increased production has decreased unit costs. H. F. Comer, farmer near Unoin, was in Plattsmouth yesterday on business. Subscribe to The Journal Hear Assistance Problem Lincoln. (UP) Pasage of one bill an . hearing of Problems covering Reavis said the bill would raise two million dollars more in the next two years to help an anticipated shortage of $2,54 6,000 for the bi ennium because of dwindling gaso line tax receipts. An attempt by Sam Klaver to hold the bill over and permit Neil Vandermoer State Assistance Di rector to appear before the Legisla ture was successfully opposed by H. G. Greenamyre Chairman of the Ap propriations committee. The measure passed was LB-178, Lee, which amends statutes relating to registration of agents of non resident corporations. The number of bills on general file was reduced by three when LB 174, 306 and 304 were advanced to select file. Madame Kai-Shek Rests XewYork. (UP) Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrived here from Boston today to begin a three-day "incog- Dito" rest before Proceeding on her official tour of the United States. Madame Chiang entrained for New York after a whirlwind ap pearance at Symphony Hall in Bos ton last night. On this visit to New York, how ever, she will meet no mayors, see no officials, and make no speeches. She had no plans for her first day except to rest. Last night influenced by the spontaneous welcome, she thanked, the citizens for their generosity and said their "greatness of heart had touched her deeply." Checks totalling $118,000 were presented to her for Chinese war orphans from the citizens of Bos ton and Chinese associations. III , I WAR PRICE AND tl, ""' RATIONING BOARD r'VM.. . iSSf--' ARE YOU HELPING THE MAN with the toughest He doesn't get mncK applauses that hard-working neighbor of yours on the War Price and Rationing Board. Most of the time he's listening to kicks and squawks from every side. He listens patiently to every story, then makes deci sions that aren't easy to make. No one likes to say "no" to friends and neighbors. He works long hours at his job just about the most important war job in your community. He doesn't get paid for it. It's all voluntary all "above and beyond the line of duty." Long after the office of This Week itj Washington, D. C. (NWNS) "We who have lain in shell holes watch ing the skies for bomber and fighter plane help which failed to appear feel pretty bitter about the whole thing. In the army, acts less treasonable than this are punish able with death before a firing squad." That statement, issued by a group of American soldiers wound ed in Africa and now in the Walter Reed hospital here, following a walkout of workers in a Boeing Fly ing Fortress plant, has aroused the whole nation, as well as congress, to demand immediate action to make, strikes or slowdowns subject to severe punishment for the dura-; greater income to farmers. In ad tion of the war. j dition. the plans for providing Senator Connally, who introduced j farm labor are still considered in a bill in the last session to outlaw adequate and it is agreed that if strikes and then withdrew it at the I farmers are to be expected to plan request of the White House when j for greater production a workable the unions pledged themselves to a j plan for supplying help must be no-strike agreement, immediately t offered at once, reintroduced his mep.suie Kis bill j Congress' worries over tax legis provides for army seizure of plants ! lation have been increased by re where strikes occur and calls for ! purts of people being unable to heavy penalties for those involved. ! meet their March payments and a No matter what action the Prcsi- j larpe number having borrowed the dent takes, unless he issues an order ; money to make such payments. It which is just as stringent as the ! is agreed that a pay-as-you-go plan Connally measure, it is expected that this bill will now be enacted. It is true that the War Labor board has delayed for many months in taking action on the demands of the airplane workers for in creased pay and the union prob ably felt that the only way to get action was to create an emergency but it is clear from the present attitude of congress that this was the most unfortunate step labor has taken since the war began. It is even considered probable that the President, who has so far bent over backwards to give in to labor's demands, will now make no further efforts to restrain congress from enacting whatever stringent Jegis- Standley Remarks Not Gov't. Washington. (UP) Acting Sec retary of State Sumner Wells said today that the remarks in Moscow by U. S. Ambassador Wm. H. Stand ley were made without prior con sultation with or reference to the American government. Wells said he had cabled Stand ley for the full text of his press conference remarks in which the Ambassador said the soviet govern ment was not telling its people Eibout American aid to the red army. Wells said he preferred not to 1 m::&. This advertising space has been donated to the OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION Washington, D. C, by the WASHINGTON lation it deems necessary. If it becomes a question of taking sides with the armed forces or with la bor, the President, like everyone else, will demand regulations to keep labor on the job. Although strikes, slowdowns and absenteeism among war production workers hold the limelight here, the problems of help for farmers and taxation are continuing to receive great attention. One of the major problems on the farm front which must be settled quickly is whether to give farmers increased "in centive" payments for producing more crops or whether to permit price rises which would assure is absolutely necessary if the treas- ury hopes to collect full taxes from the people during 1943 and con gress is agreed on enacting some pay-as-you-go plan. But those who favor collecting taxes on 1942 in comes in addition to pay-as-you-go collection on 1943 wages are be coming increasingly aware of the collection difficulties which this would cause. For this reason, the Ruml plan, which calls for the for giveness of all 1942 taxes, is being given greater consideration and it now seems increasingly likely that by June we will be on a straight pay:as-you-go basis with the last half of 1942 taxes erased from the books. comment on Standley's statement until he had received a reply from the Ambassador. He said he was confident that anything Standley might have said was not intended to cast any doubt on the trust and understanding which should exist between allies in a common cause. The understanding which exists between the united nations for the purpose of utterly defeating axis ty ranny would not be worth very much, Wells, said, if it were r.ot based on complete trust and under standing between all of us. :x- v; v. A. :'. 5 1 i-T 4 .. . job in town? the War Price and Rationing Board is closed, he's still there sorting forms, checking applications, studying ways in which to solve the problems of the people of his community. It's a hard, grueling and all too often a thankless task. But he has one consolation the knowledge that he's helping to make democracy work. The "Committee of Neighbors," of which he is a member, exists today as a vivid example of the American system in ac tion a system that looks to the people themselves in working out of problems affecting their well-being and their destiny. n