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PAGE TWO THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1945 THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 409413 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The Journal Pub lishing Company. LESTER A. WALKER, PUBLISHER DON J. ARUNDEL, BUSINESS MANAGER Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. " 9 SUBSCRIPTION RATE: S3 per year, cash in advance, by jnail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. PAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by car rier in the City of Plattsmouth, 15 cents per week, or $6.00 per year cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trade area: S3 per year, 51.75 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 month, cash in advance. Hitler In Grave Situation The Visit to Bachenwald The American people have been ac cused of reacting coldly or indifferently to stories of atrocities, even of atrocities against their own countrymen. This is not wholly true. And, it seems to us, there is an explanation for the measure of truth the accusation contains. j ; First of all, it might be recalled that j the atrocities of Hitler's Nazis were what turned most Americans against the Third Reich in the days of peace, even when they, were ignorant or incredulous of the sinister Nazi plan for world conquest. It was Hitler's black heart as revealed through pogroms and concentration camps j that first roused our indignation against him. " '. As for American coldness and indif ference, it is likely that numbness would be a better description. We are all famil- ( iar with the fact and sight of death. We j know how it comes on the battlefield. j Hence our reaction as incredible story j after incredible story of atrocity is brought to us. Our indignation becomes impotent and intellectual. We are reluct-1 ant to credit such deeds to members of the ! human race. And, confronted with Unas'-! sailable proof, Ave remain stunned and a little incredulous. J In that we are probably not too dif- ferent from other peoples of the earth. Surely the middle-aged civilian German, I even after 12 years of Hitler, has been re- ; luctant to believe the bestiality of his own '. kind and kin. He may have had to turn his head to avoid the evidence before his ! eyes, and yet he might well persist in his : disbelief especially since the American ; invasion of his homeland, when the urge for fawning innocence has been put upon ! him. ! It was this German, his wife and young j children and friends, to the number of 1200, who were made to journey from j their homes in Weimar, hallowed city of j German culture, to the infamous Nazi con-1 centration camp at nearby Euchenwald. ! . There they were made to look and ?mcll and retch and faint at the evidence i of the incredible, subhuman deeds of their i "master race." Enough of the dead, dying ! and mained remained there to convince I the most stubborn "patriot" 4 "vm that there was not much use in lying any more ; We cannot expect a miracle from the visit to Buchenwald- But the tortured and forgotten there have not died without pur pose if enough Germans can be brought to see the place of their pain and ignominy. mW i glvw wgmlt urn S J W .1 - Hk VttSHMSIOM MERRY- ROUND .5 ".i-?; By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. R. S. Allen Now On Active Service) BY DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON The last man to have dinner with President Roosevelt before he died was his good friend Secretary of the Treasury Henry Jlor genthau . . . Morgenthau found Roosevelt in fine spirits, though a little tired . . . They spent about five hours together during which FDR and his last supper guest talked mostly about ''the good old days" . . . Morgenthau and other visitors to Warm Springs noticed that Roosevelt talked a lot about his late military aide, General ''Pa' Watson, wno died on the return trip from Yalta . . . Watson's sudden passing affected Roosevelt deeply . . . Three of the five principal figures at Roosevelt's last inaugural are now dead, including Watson, Roosevelt, and Col. Ed Halsey, the former Secre tary cf the senate, who was in charge of arrange ment.? at the ceremony . . . During his last nirht of life, Roosevelt put the finishing touches on his Jefferson Day speech one of the most forthright and greatest spiritual addresses ever planned by the President. TRUMAN HAD PREMONITION During Harry Tiuman's last hours as vice president, he was suffering fiom a case of jit ters . . . He too sensed something was about to happen . . . Presiding over the senate for the last time, Truman sat down at the rostrum and wrote a long, four-page letter to his 2-year-old mother in Missouri ... He gave the letter to a nage boy. then sta:ted fur House Speaker Sam Rayburn's ; office wheie he received the fateful summon from j Steve Early to come to the White House ... All j the way to the executive mansion, riding in his I small, fast Oidsmobile. Truman was white-faced, OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams V IT'S A HABtT V I CKC& VOL) y START BSEAkT- (1 G" CARELESS, ) SL.OPPV AMD 77 ' J NiEOLECTFUL.' J: " li; OVN'OOri.' Wc'S: eo'M c; a Lci H,:KE OUT ;j TH CCLVjTSl AM' ET HE HAS TO TAti IM STiLL PONirER.!M' iJ My m;d :F IT'S c AS'ER. TO LiVE " than) !t is to f'c-ht eo oves-- its &attle both ways, ak:o I'm lcS'M' H VAS 'if- 7:.:mw JUwm j - -;: ffl Hi. SV. K A3 IT HA. shaking, never said a word . . . Mrs. Roosevelt's sitting room . mer First Lady broke the news shall I do?" Truman asked . . he Early took him to . . There the lor to him . . . "What . "What can I do himself to Mrs. Mrs. Roosevelt re- Trosieeship of Jap Mandates is studied United Stales Would Control Islands That Have Been Won by Blood in War ' ' ;k Edson QUESTIONS and ASSWERS Q What famous composer was born in Leipzig, Germany? : A Richard Wagner, in 1813, the year Napoleon lost a decisive battle there. Q What was the original name of Vienna, Austrian capital now in Russian hands? A Vindobona Vienna. It was a Celtic .settlement soon after the time of Christ. Q What is the Japs' Kami-Kaze? A The army suicide corps. ' Q Wrhat are two political distinctions of Weimar, Germany? ; A The Republic was set up there in 1019; the Versailles Treaty was ratified there that same year. Prewar population numbered 46,000. . q What two countries have identical flags? , a Morocco and Zanzibar, whose flags arc solid red. ; Q Who was the only President whose home w as west of the Mississippi 'River? A Herbert Hoover. SAN' FRANCISCO, 0J.R) The United States has found a formula for international trustee ship of dependent areas which would let this country retain ful! control over former Jananes naval and air bases in the Pacif ic, i The formula, Secretary of. State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.,: said was ready to be presented to; the United Nations conference! for incorporation in the world1 organization charter. It has been ! approved by both the war and ; navy departments. They vigorous- ly opposed relinquishment of Pa cific bases won at such preat ! cost in American lives and mater-' ial. i The plan represents a workable compromise between the military! viewpoint and the state depart- merit's original idea to put all of; the former Japanese mandated is-j lands under an international! trusteeship. j Chairman Tom Connally, P., ! Tex., of the Senate Foreign Re-i lations committee, said the form-' ula would divide Japanese hold- j . ings into two peneral classifica- j yet improved sufficiently for him tiens and provide the following! to attend. methods to disposition: j Stettinius will be permanent 1 : Areas which have only mili-i chairman of the conference and tary value, such as the jrrcat Jan-1 hence will not represent the anese bastion at Truk the U. S.I United States on anv commission. plan would allow the nation hold ing the "trusteeship" of such an island to retain complete control. 2. Areas which have economic j and commercial value as well as! military interests, such as Palau j or the western Carolines which! have phosphate and bauxite de posits the nation holding the trusteeship would be responsible jointly with the international or ganization 'for administration. inis would in lact be a trustee ship granted by the world or ganization. There will be no specific assign ment of trusteeships at this con ference; that will be done at the later peace conference which will redraw the map of the world. The present job is to prepare the ma chinery for assigning the trustee ships when the time comes. The U. S. delegation got down to real work late ye.-terday after the arrival of Stettinius and Con nally. American delegates have been assigned to the four commissions into which the conference has been divided Sen. Arthur II. Van denberg, R., Mich., will hold key positions on both the general as sembly and security council com missions. Other American representatives on the important Security Coun cil Commission arc Connally, Cmdr. Harold E. Stasser. and fcr ifier Secretary vL Slate Ccrdel! o EPSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN BY PETER EDSON XEA Washington Correspondent YTJASHINGTON, D. C Where the Department of State gets rn ' and ofl in the present misunderstanding with ih? Scnat2 Foreign Relations Committee over postwar international aviation treaties aad executive agreements is a little involved. An eflort has been made to hang the blainc- for the whole business on Adolf Berlc, former As sistant Secretary of State and chairman of tii". 54-nation conference on civil aviation held at Chicago last fall. But an equally strong case can be made to sho w that the Senate is at fault: first through a law thi t can be interpreted two ways; second because the two Senate delegates to the Chicago conferenri? weren't on the job; third because several Sena to:-j in key positions gave loose permission to the De partment of State to go ahead with the executive agreements and now wish they hadn't. The whole thing has been kicked around. Berlc's part goes bock to January, 1944. when he was put in charge of the international communication and transportation divisions of the Department of State. The President and Secretary Hull were too busy with the war, so Derle had clear tracks and lines, and he went ahead to shape a postwar aviation policy for the United States. yERLE formed an inter-departmental committee with represents -tives of CAE, Commerce, War, Navy and other interested agencies in Washington. In March he went to London to talk things over with Lord Beaverbrook, his opposite number in the British govern ment. In July Beaverbrook came to Washington. There were other conferences with representatives of nearly a dozen countries. What v;.3 said is a closed book, but out of these conferences came the State Department policy and the plan for the international conference which llnally opened in Chicago Nov. 1. A special Senate Committee under ex-Sen. Bennett Clark tried to stop any commitments, pending Senate approval, but couldn't make it stick. People who don't like Berle or what came out of the Chicago conference say he swallowed what had been British policy for the last 20 years and even gave the British more than they asked for, after which they put up a show of reluctant acceptance. , But there are just as many people who say Berle did a grand job, traded and maneuvered the British out of their scheme to control world aviation, and won a lot of new rights for U. S. postwar aviation. Take your pick. Only time and actual experience will prove which, is right. Corn Purchase Program Ends in County May 1st Up to and Including; April 24th a Total of 571,628 Bushel. Had Been Secured The com purchase program of fered in Cass county will end May 1, according to Oscar E. Do mingo, AAA committee chairman. The Commodity Credit Corpora tion is buying the corn for a reserve stock to be used in any need or emergency that arises in connection with the Nation's war effort. Up to April 21th, a total of 571.628 bushels had been bought by Commodity Credit Corporation through AAA committee in Cass county. The purchase program gives farmers an opportunity to sell corn at the ceiling price with no market worries no chance of hitting the wrong day to selL At the same time, the farmer is as sured that his corn will be in the proper position to be used to the best posssible advantage in wirmvr-g the war. The committeemen point out Hull. 'The latter's health has not "that any corn' eligible for a CCC lor you. ne said, addiessm Roosevelt . . . "The question, plied, "is what can wc do for you" . . . Even then, Mrs. Roosevelt made it plain that she was consc ious of her responsibility to ihe new president and wanted to do everything she could to help him. As Truman left her study, he was immediately sur rounded by a group of secret service men who will cloak and protect him until he leaves high office . . .Truman didn't even have time to fetch his own : bible for tho oath-taking, instead used a leather- bound red-edged bible from Roosevelt's desk . . . ' After Mrs. Tiuman and the new president's dau j ghter arrived, Truman was sworn in . . . He kissed the bible . . . Justice Stone read the oath from a ' little printed form used to administer the pledge I of high office . . . Store had the presence of ; mind to bring the oath with him . . . Later Truman 'and the Chief Justice signed the oath, turned one i copy over to Secretary of State Stettinius . . . iTiuir.an then held his first cabinet meeting and was rushed home by secret service in a car carry ing his wife, daughter and his good friend Leslie Biffle, secretary of the senate . . . Biffle told him j to go to bed at once, try to get some sleep . . . t However, Truman was hungry and was about to i raid the ice box when a neighbor in an adjacent apartment inquired if the new president wanted ; some least beef. So the new chief executive gulped ; down a loast beef sandwich, ate some ice cream j and cake, then went to bed. j ROOSEVELT HAD NO OPERATION Three people were with Franklin Roosevelt in Warm Springs when he was stricken: New York I Artist Elizabeth Schoumatoff was painting a life J size portrait, while two of the president's cousins. Miss Laura Delano and Miss Margaret Suckley, were sitting on the couch. His faithful valet, Ar thur Prettyman, rushed to pick up his fallen chief, helped carry him to a bed in the next room. Pretty man undressed the president, put on his pajames, tears in his eyes . . . Two doctors reached his side, found him beyond help, notified Washington at once . . . Half an hour later, Roosevelt was dead. One significant rumor that had repeatedly run up and down the country about the late presi dent can now be explained . . . Roosevelt never underwent any operation all the time he was in the White House which was not known to the gen eral public . . . An operation was considered, but it was deemed too risky in view of his heart . . . All the doctors who attended him in the last few years are in agreement that his health was failing, though few believed the end would come so soon. . . . Roosevelt's last cabinet meeting tipped off some people regarding his condition . . . The night Petain Back to His Native Land PARIS. (U.R) The Ministry cf Justice today issued a formal denial of a French News Agency report that Marshal Henri Philip pe Petain has crossed the border from Switzerland into Fiance. The AFP agency said in a dis patch that Petain had returned to Fiance after a days stop-over in Switzerland which yesterday granted him admission as a tran sient on the way to France. The dispatch said Petain, his wife and his retinue were on their way to Paiis, cmd that re tain was expected to be interned at a villa outside the capital for the time being. Authoritative sources disclosed! that the Swiss government had1 refused Pierre Laval's permission! to pass through Swiss territory; tl France. He asked to be allowed i to surrender despite the fact that' he already has been sentenced! tc death for treason by the French high court. Laval was premier cf the nazi contiollod Vichy government. (An exchange telegraph dis-i patch from Bein said Laval; threatened to commit suncide un- les he was permitted to "escape j from the ' Germans'' but he re-1 fused entry at every Swiss fron tier post.) Inklers Card Club Meeting The Inkiers card club were guests Wednesday evening of Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt at her home on high school hill. Throughout the rooms of the home the spring flowers added their beauty to the scene. In the playing Mrs. Frank Schiele was the winner of the high score and the second honors were awarded to Miss Marie Horn. Mrs. Luke L. Wiles was a guest of the evening. Bij Housecleaning CHICAGO J.R;The new own ers of Chicago's Congress hotel have what might be the big-;et of ali spring housecleaning jobs. They have started decorating and equipping the 1,000 rooms in the hotel with no priorities on man power or equ;pment. CASST IT'S PRINTED 05 ine note. Optional pay ment on faira mortgage ANY DAY from farm income. Phone 9. S. DAVIS PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. Two Shows every night. Malirca every Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. FTIDAY & SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 20 Double Feature Jim BaM.ion and Nina Koch in "I LOVE A MYSTERY" KailiijN prrat detective team solves it it.o-.-l excitine case! An-.l Charles Starrett in nrni RN or the rrnANoi kw N thrill mar out of the oM west! Also "Brcnda Stiirr Reporter-' serial. SUK3AY & MONDAY, APRIL 20, 30 Al.boti and CW.-IIn in' "IN SOCIETY" Faorite fun-s-tars in their funniest pic ture! ,AI?o comedy, Ditncy cartoon and New ?. loan also is eligible for CCC pur chase, with no fees to be paid by the farmer. Commodity Credit before, FDR had been up late, attending the White while the corn is in storage. The call date for delivery is on or before September 1, with thiity days' notice given. The farmer may deliver the corn at his own convenience within the specified1. thirty day period. Cass county farmers who have not yet sold their corn under the program can make final arrange ments with the community or county AAA Committee before the May 1 ending date. ABE MARTIN XmrTfiritrtocH MP iff House correspondents dinner . . . later he had sat up talking with his house guest, the Earl of Ath lone . . . Next day, FDR was worn out ... He was snappish and groggy, could not articulate clearly . . . Several cabinet members sitting at the end of the small room could not hear him, could not make sense out cf all he said . . . How-' ever, five days later, FDR returned from a Hyde Park ret on his way to Warm Springs, apparent ly in much better shape. He had seemed better also during his Warm Springs rest. j Copyright, 19-15, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) j We all belong t' th' union when it comes t' wantin' more money an' less work. It's even danger ous t' exchange confidences in a cance. (Copyright, fJohn F. Dille Co.) Frederick J. Larkin of Great Darrington, Mass., who is 60 years old, had to pay a poll tax this year for the first time in his life. Larkin had been a member of the fire derailment since his youth until he resigned recently and was exempt from poll tax. Workers at a Middleboro war plant recently tendered a stork shower to the parent of little Caiolyn Mott. Embarrassed host of the affair and recipient of the tiny gifts was the plant foreman and father of Carolyn Howard S. Mott. j Clyde Eaton of Greenville, N. II., discovered a chimney fire at his home recently, and rushed out to ring in an alarm. Finding the box wouldn't work, he rushed to the fire station, took the engine to his, home and had the blaze under control before vol unteer firemen arrived. A Springfield, Mass., youth indirectly made a plea for leniency recently when he stole a batch of phonograph records. Top record in the pile, was, "Don't Fence Me In." , , - -v--"-: -.- j Slaughtered indiscriminately for more than a centurv, deer became almost extinct in Vermont in j 1870. However. 17 deer, bought with private funds! were freed in Ruthlar.d county in 1878 and today; de-r are fa;.-lv plentiful in the Green Slccutam State. "An average cf COCO are Lillet! each J ear during the brief - open season. ! . A AW. fmrnm - . h f . i: 4 iPw ': '- ALL OVER TOWN They're talking, about our JACKET'S AND LEISURE COATS for young men Thej're Smart They're Tailored They're Durable and they're priced light! All Sizes 4 years to 21 years to A f J .4