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PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1943 THE PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1881 Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 409-413 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The Journal Publishing Company. LESTEE A- WALKER, PUBLISHES DON J. ARUNDEL, BUSINESS MTNAGER Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: S3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. DAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in the City of Platts mouth, 15 cents per week, or $6.00 per year cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trade area: $3 per year, $1.75 for six months, $1.00 for three months, cash in advance. By mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area, $5.00 per year, $3.00 for six months, 60 cents per months, cash in advance. Only Your Dollars Can Keep Them Flying Demobilizing Bureaucracy "We must pay just as much attention to demobilizing the bureaucrats as we do to demobilizing the Army or Navy," said Sen. Arthur Vandenberg in a recent radio address. Thu "UiVhkran senator wasn't iust makinc: another Re publican speech about a Democratic administration. He ad-1 mitted that the war had made bureaucracy inevitable ; that ! o-ptipmIIv it. haff hppn handled well: that manv controls must! e 1 - - " remain after victory as insurance against economic collapse. At the same time Mr. Vandenberg cited the potential danger in a body of some 4000 executive decrees which have the force of law, but not the background of open debate and voting of our law-making process. He warned of the tenacity of a bureaucracy, which might seek to perpetuate itself. Certainly an expensive government payroll of more than 3,000,000 civilians is as foreign to our needs and traditions as an armed force of 10,000,000, however necessary both may be now. But there's a difference between the two groups: , come l:V3lk MdE ETCH 'JW JSv 1 J EDSONS WASHINGTON COLUMN BY PETER EDSON . - NEA Washington Correspondent - V'ASIIINGTON, D. C The Army needs 18 million of those little " inch-long gold thread service bars the soldiers wear on their .'Vexes 1o designate six months service overseas. It needs yeast, .'.io;.n.-' cup insignia, locomotive headlights, handy talky radios - In the Tentagon offire of Maj.-Gen. Leroy Lutes, chief of Plans and Operations for the Army Service Forces, there is kept a constantly chang ing list of items on which the armed forces :n all theaters of operation report shortages on reserves 4 for future operations. f Currently the list contains around 135 itarr, which isn't much when contrar.tci with the ap proximately one million items which have to hi fupplied by the million to keep 'c.z armies in the. field. Some of the items are in short reserve ct the fronts, and the quantities short, ct;n'i be mentioned lor reasons of military security. Ujt the deli- cicrxi.rs in reserves that can be written about without ffl.'ii.g informa tion In ti.e enemy show how complicated this cn?y war h:-.j beenmo end t'v.-y j?ive seme light on present drives fur :r-.re manpower, r.oie li., : materials, production. .:1 'Hi -' &i J.Js'jn rri:i:r?E are no apparent shortages of food outside of the ycest item, : om enn be thankful, but of things to eat the food wi'.:. or out of. 1.rre are still sizable reserve shortages. Canteens, fj;.-:;, kmvcs; spoons, and even field ranges, for instance. Equipmer.t thr.t Y.-. i r en lost or thrown away to lighten battle parks must be ic-:i-.jo'. That accounts for most of the shortage here. Ti.e Army is shy on some items in stocks of clothing. The t?r.so.i Vr t:: shortage of 13 million service bars is that-in comtit V:?. F','r';fT5 don't wear these decorations. But as soon as the wrr is f '.. every O. I. is going to want his sleeveful on every -uniform, .";-! i p ..i go the demand. Ditto for the officers' cap :n-.;nir:, ''id -i;'-.-ions for the non-coms. All like to look like prh atos in bottle. Supply stccks of shoes, overshoes, field jackets, trouser? v:c ri:o dc-j.k-tt-d. Wear and tear in the hard winter have been higher il:;:n nntiripated, but current needs on all fronts are being met, rays C reial Lutes. 'TO haul all this stuff to the supply dumps and the front takes uan.-po! t. While the tire and truck shortages are still crniral, the. teal r.eed is fr repair parts. Piston rings, cylinders, complete : gines, axles, trailers, caterpillar tracks. For railway equipment :t is again axles, headiiehts, air hose, journals. For shops to keep ull equip:r.c-nt in operation, welding and tool sets. All t:.t:.'.- accessories to warfare do not mean that the shortages ara c ,r.;:ncd to the stuff Gen. George Washington never had to wcrry : h-,ut. There is p'-tnty cf fighting equipment cn the reserve list, too, f.. -m ri.les to machine guns and tripods, morturs, howitzers, and ell types cf t-or.ks. A.r.d ammunition for them all. It's the shooti.-i'eit, as well as the fanciest war that was ever fovght. im ,4. u :n: u iha -Wlion ! Weft Virginia, is knowi uniiKe iuvm ui me uuwiunS .u i.ic u i by labor but also would not he.-i-' a mnkey-wi tnch ; minded Senator Havley Kilirore, who 'opposed Churchiirs friend, Kinj f 1- cm nrnat I dote it i Vi.'tri Km m i i n r, 1 Ynt it h i Q nr 'v 1 1 Uill LiiV. JJ; I I. .v.vv 'V'i. VIVtvi ijlllii'.i'lUVl, ' w i lit.; i known and trusted now been learned h w Sfoiza threw .-wrench into seme of the army may not be anxious to go home- L t t ODDOSe labor when it i?1 British i'nttllicr.nce operations in So it seems logical that Mr. Vandenberg's proposed de "twrontr. Italy. mobilization of the bureaucrats might also include a rehabili-j peace-loving ickes 0t,Vn ,.nm.am Qnmo nnnnntc nf tnn drawp in nnr Wasli-I The senate judiciary committee, ington bureaus may need it before they are reconciled i . x j passing on the quani u-aiions oi Jucigre Hainan .uartroid ior nif it-u- When the allies first landed in Italy, the British had practically no intelligence inside the country. Therefore, they depended upon the v Great Sky Train Of Bombers Sweep Over Germany OUT OUR WAY By J. R. W.Uiams eral bench, was moving- quietly j SIM (Secret Italian Military Intelli alonpr with his old chief. Secretary -pence) and its commanding officer, returning to private life. Washington has a considerable number of young men Who came to the bureaus straight OUt of college, or from the ses, on the stand. As u-ial during General Roatta. Tnn- nf ;the reading ci preparcu staremenis, i i,enerai uatra. Two Hundred Mile Long Array of j Planes Smash Targets Within Forty Miles of Red Army early beginning of a business or professinal career. them are bright young men, representing a possible source of; national leadership in the coming postwar decade. the senators let their wander. however was attention ' cloe to Field Marshal Badcsrlin and j 'had been hih up in fascist circles, j 7ri' VERY CA. DSViM vET SHOES IM THE CVESJ J-JST vv;-EM IM ARLrr TO PUT SUPPER. TO BASE.' WOULDNiT CLJR FATHER ENiJOY TK-T SCCRCHEP LEATHER. TASTE? SOU WORRY ABOUT TH' LITTLEST TH,M6S.' ' WHY, H.ETH'.MkTS YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD COC ''j TH' LEO OFF A SAW i HCRSE HE'D SY THAT i WONDER FUL HAM.' 5" LONDON. Mar. 3. 'U A 200 mile lonsr sky train of American j war planes smashed at German targl But suddenly Senator McCi.rran of ; Therefore, after the allies to.;tts w:thin 40 mi!es of the red armv But their first experience with government has been in an Nevada snapped to attention. '"What j Rome, the Yugoslav and the Greek much authority i did you ! asked. Ickes sav, Mr. Secretary?" he unnatural atmosphere. They, have had too over the lives and livelihood ot their lellow citizens1, with a minimum of responsibility. There has been too little to re mind them that they are public servants. Mjuiv wartime directives and decisions tracintr from the 'amicable and peace-loving man. vnnriff mpn in thp nlnhaViptiral flcpnciest reveal that thev mis-ion t '!e f!Pn';T letra or I o 1 , . ,v , , , tl , A , ,i btartled McC arran rcpl:ed. Iv.-ar crimes corr.nnssu.n. 1 1 1 1 1 -. 1 . ii 1 A. .C I I i maae coniusing ana unworKauie auempus io iorce complex that a statement of fact, Mr. Secrc industrial practices to conform to wartime needs without con-jtary?" suiting those affected. And they have sometimes rejected! '"Of course it o fl'ina 4- Vi rn irYi n oiicniniAn ennnlol Ln -mT nrl rrr n o r avk4 ' tempe'tUOUS Ml. an i v. v. uuuuu t iiuon.iuii tiiub )Jtvlcl xviiV-Fic:uc Cull v CAloL, ouiter-wouKin i-nieii grovernments both asked for his; trial as a war criminal. The Brit- scnilcd innocently, then re- i.h then renlaced him with General read from his prepared statement : : Carboni, but he also turned out to be j 'As everyone knows. I am a very.on the war criminal l:.t, and was I; replaced bv Colonel Agrifo-lio. other-1 Count Sforza came into the pic- otherwise.'' tuie when, as head of the Italian brousrht I charges acrainst both Generals Roat Ita and Carboni. A? is customary in he called them for a pre-trial the; Italy "'- examination. There it leaked out for without special pleading. in his mouth, the first time that If' fact, and that's whv! I.r.r.n f)aimlimr ttioso twn fnsfist Ti. t.UI.. 1 1 .1 V .1.-1 l. il n i " . , 'W'"""'. - il piuuauiy snuuiu ue niaue Clear t.O T-nese young men tnai;:i-m putting it in the record." they were given emergency powers that most people believed were more necessary than wise. They should be convinced that ordinarily the people insist on a voice in decisions- which affect their lives. Perhaps a good first step in rehabilitation would be to have the young men visit the offices of their home-district congressmen and read a typical week's fan mail from critical, demanding, hyper-vigilant constituents. 91mDAILYJ!HWT0H i y r3Lr t TRADE PE&I'TEPED is," rt plied Ickes in his the British had ... . . . , . ,i manner. criminals for their secret intelli McCarran smiled, advised Ickes t.nCe. and also the amazing fact to proceed. that they had been supplying infor- EUROPEAN DEATH TOLL i mation both to the Germans and to tViitr TnrinVi ?ii!M r:nti!i-i! : ii t..:: i, . I, rt . niv. i.wii . . i. , '-, f nriUMl at tilt iiv mm.. l,m,k.,.,lmt I,.. .... ... ti .i t.:n .u. , . , . brmbardment by out 10 nooM'vvii auu i;un uni iiunj i his leak lniuriaied inurenni.' greatly impressed them :,t j alta was . The Briti.-h secret service is one of the terrific toll the nazis !u.d exact-jp,is personal ed from the people of Kurope. j posed bv Count A preliminary invetiiiation "fjsforza's future, as what the (let mans had done to Po- was concerned. wa: pets. To have it ex- Sfoiza meant that far as Churchill I finished. I disclosed that! Xote When the allies planned land alone, Stalin said. one-seventh of Poland's population! the landing at Salerno Beach, south had been destroyed by the nazis dur-:0f Xaplos, thev had information to the effect that only one German skeletonized division was in Naples. of ing their five-year domination that Russian neighbor. Stalin also pointed out that ler had over the trating the birth ot some lU.uuu.tn.H) : man divisions were children in France, Italy, Poland! Xaples as a result frrnt and on a grand are sweep south and west of Berlin. About 1100 j heavy lumbers and TOO fighters hit iiermany tor tr.e nun strarrnt day. Thev feinted toward Berlin, then fanned out over a broad reach of i central and eastern Germany in a . bro;;ds:de assault mi transport and :r.duti:r.l centers. The Silesian rail .hub of Ruhland 20 mile.-- north of ; Dresden and directly in the path of ;M:iishal Ivan S. Konev's red army, j was one of the targets. Another was the great rail yards at Chemnitz! southwest of Dresden which the Americans have bombed repeatedly in direct support of the Russian forces. II. S. strategic air force head quarters announcing the multiple I.t. Gen. James II. Doohttle's Sth air force, said oil j refineries at Brunswick and Madge j burg west and southwest of Berlin were among the many objectives. German broadcasts reported that the raiders were heading for Berlin and the battered capital apparently was prepared for another deluge of bombs. .;ffiv: 1 , BCRM THIRTV VE'ARS TOO SOOM Senator Moses Of North Dakota Dies Hit--After they got on the high seas, how- won a tremendous victory evt,,. thCy learned that this intelli allies by permanently fius-!,rf.n(-.( ,...,. u.rono. an,i that lhreo Cor- in and around United States and other conqiu red count ries BY DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the army.) Drew Pearson Sayt: Roosevelt still faces appointment cf new sec retary of Labor; Ickes Loves Peace; Stalin tells of European starvation. WASHINGTON P resident Roosevelt got back from his notable achievements at Yalta to find seri ous problems awaiting him at home, particularly on the labor front. Some of his advisers felt, however, that these problems, especially the coal crisis, could have been averted by beginning to prepare for it earli er and by appointing a new secre tary of labor. The president left for Yalta al most immediately after his inaugur ation. And, up until a day or two before his inauguration, he had not made up his mind what to do about appointing a new secretary of labor. In the end, he did nothing and Miss Perkins continued, despite her very firm desire to resign. semi-starvation and by shipping men j to Germany as forced labor. Meanwhile various moves could r u i , , , iww-j i.wuiJ( Roosevelt seemed even more n.i- nave been made to head off the1 i 4u r i-n u , . . , pressed than Churchill. since the coal crisis. One of them, discussed t u u . 1 . vu. British prime minister has toured in the background but never brought' . r .1 n . i 1 i . o-v.i u,uut much of the liberated areas already, forward, is an annual wage for;and ha, seen with his own eyos what miners If the miners knew they tho low.calnrio diet imposed by the would be able to work all the year-liazis has nu.ant to the people. around especially in peace times Stalin evt.n inU,(, ut that viu. when they have beer, laid off for1 u . , .. , . ... , ld,u 11 Jl ,min pills given to chibiien in liber- about one-third of the time, they tt,d areas int,ffcctualf ,inc.e might forego wage increases now. they ha(1 ,)een on such a low.caloriw Another move, proposed back-'diet for so long that their stomachs tin u i transports had to mark time on the h:gh seas while more troops were brought up. When we finally land ed, German divisions were on the high Blagyz overlooking the Salerno beachhead, and for a while it was nip and tuck whether we would be able to hold the beach. (Copyright, 1915, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) High School Has Fine Dancing Party stage, was to appoint coal mine rep resentatives in local OPA boards to make sure the cost of living did not go up, or if so, under circumstances they understood. were unable to hold them . CHURCHILL-SFORZA FEUD It has now been some time since Winston Churchill put his foot down with a resounding thud against But the most important move was Count Sforza's becoming premie- to have appointed a new secretary or foreign minister of Italy. And of labor, with a new, fresh outlook,' despite the new setup for democra untarnished prestige, who could have tic rule in the liberated countries tackled the job first-hand, and, if announced at Yalta, there appears necessary, gone ovt to the mining to have been no change in Chur areas to meet with the miners them- chill's veto against Sforza. selv'PS. t However, some highly significant No one is looking for this thank- details now have leaked out regard less jcb. But senate colleagues say ing one reason for Churchill's the one man who could do it, if thumbs-down. It was long known willing, would be r forthright, fair- that Sforza was anti-monarchy and BLUE RIEBON BABY BEEF The members of the Blue Ribbon Baby Beef club held their third meeting at the home of Richard Rummel, with a near perfect attend ance. We held our usual business meet ing, followed by a special safety review. Richard Cole gave an inter esting and helpful demonstration on grub control. He also gave us infor mation in regards to special prizes and reports. Delicious refreshments were serv ed by the hostesses, Mrs. John Rum mell and Mrs. Ruel Sack. Richard Tritsch, News Reporter Say War Bonds High school students were enter tained at a dance in the school gym last evening at eight o'clock. Music was provided by Harold Pickering. Joe Gradoville, Dale Rcekard, and Norman Perry. Harold plays the cornet; Joe. the saxophone; Dale, the claiinet; and Norman the drums. L. W. Caldwell brought his record player and records to help furnish the music. The dance was sponsored by Principal Milo Price and admis sion was by the presentation of five tin cans. ROCHESTER, MINN., March 3 (U.Ri Sen. John Moses, newly-elect ed Democratic Senator from North Dakota, died early today at the Mayo Brothers Clinic where he had been under treatment for a stomach ail ment. He was 59 years old. The former, three-time governor of North Dakota had been a patient at tne cnnic since Jan. is. lie un derwent an operation la-t Sepetmber and had returned to Rochester for additional treatment. His condition became critical yesterday and he died at 3 A. M. today. Moses was elected to the U. S. Senate last November, defeating the veteran isolationist Gerald P. Nye. He was the first Democratic senator elected from North Dakota by pop ular vote. SINATRA OUT JERSEY CITY, N. J., Mar. 3. (U.R) Frank Sinatra has been dis qualified for military service, his local draft board said today. Ira W. Caldwell .chairman of the local board 1 said ha had received a letter from Washington that the crooner was classified 2-AF until September. The classification was described as a occupational defer ment for a man not physically quali fied for military service. Sinatra's agent George Evans had said earlier that Sinatra had been continued in the 4-F classification he received in December 1943 because of a punctured ear drum. Sinatra reported at the Newark Induction center on February Sth and was sent to Governors Island for foa-thcr observation the following day, after which his case was referr ed to Washington. Arthur Capper To Enjoy Leave Tome Saturday evening Sic Arthur Cap per is expected home to -visit his mother. Mrs. Cleo Capper and other members of the family and the old school friends. This is the first time Arthur has been home since last May and his; visit is being eagerly awaited by the family. He has been in service in the southwest Pacific since entering the naval service and has teen a great deal of action. SURE- We have Dupont 100rc Nylon Shorts. Full Elastic Tos. $295 Good Clothes Since '79 4