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3 i i i c 1 t F P W b; di in n a v hi of of Ti t ur Ux to tit be PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1945 The PIattsinou& Jownal ESTAELISHED 1281 Putlhhei MMl weekly, WonJ-yi and Thursday, at 4G9-413 MMn t'rtfX, Plattsmsjt.i, Cass Ccunty, Nebraska, ty The Journal Pub foiling Conpany. LESTER A. WALXEB, ?U3LISHEE DOlf J. AEUNDLL, BUSINESS MANAGER rntercd at tna Pestoflire at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second claa trail matter in accordance with tft Act of Congress of Marcn 3, JE79. SUS:CRJ?T10NRATE?-S3 per year, cast? in adwact, by rrail Ciits.Jf tht PUttsmoutti trari rea. DAILY .'OURNAL SUBSCRIPTION FATES: Delivered by car rir in the City o! Plattsmoutfi. 15 cents ptr week, or J7.CO per ysar tjsii in advance; by nuil In the FlaUsxouth trade area: $3 per year, 51.75 iur six months, $1.00 for th ce months, cash in advance. L mr.il outside the P.'attsmcjth trade area, $5.00 per year. 3.00 f&r six months, 6Q cents per month, cash io advance. Germany's Future Government Curt Hies?, writing from Germany, re ports that most Germans regard the Russ ian occupation as mora lenient than that of the Americans or the British, lie bases this statement on his observation cf the American occupation program and on talks with people who have lived in the Russian-occupied zone. The NEA Service correspondent writes that the Russians are giving their German charges more food than they received in the last months under Hitler; that plajs, movies and concerts' have been resumed; that radio broadcasts stress present co operation and future, hope, while ours are more inclined to emphasize past misdeeds. Most of this Mr. Riess says he believes And even at this distance there would seem to be logical reasons why he should. The Russians naturally hate the Ger mans who overran their land, laid waste their cities, and inflicted barbarous cruel ties on their countrymen. They have great er reason even than the French and Brit ish, and infinitely greater reason than the Americans, for loathing the whole German race. Yet the Russian government realizes, as do other governments, that Germany must exist and be lived with in the future. Moscow is pledged to concerted action with London and Washington in ruling Germany until such time as the Germans are thought fit for self-&overnment. When the time comes Germany will probably be permitted to chose an acceptable form of government in a free election. Naturally each of the three Allies would like to see a German government patterned after its own model. And the Russians would reem to have begun al ready a campaign to present communism in the best possible light. Thus far they seem to be succeeding. After Dr. Goebbels' tales of Russian terror and vengeance, any gentleness must have been an agreeable surprise to the Germans. And if any of the numerous Communist Party of prelliter Germany survive, they will undoubtedly try to help in making this first impression a lasting one. The prospect of a Russian-dominated Europe sets many Anglo-American minds reeling. But the prospect is not a foregone conclusion. The Americans and British in Germany also have an opportunity to s'ell their way of life to the Germans through propaganda, education and general behav ior. There is no reason why communism, republican democracy and constitutional monarchy should not compete on their merits for German acceptance. But it is imperative that the occupying govern ments abide by the eventual German de cision. The only alternative would be to l.t a defeated Germany again endanger the peace of the world. QUESTIONS ana ANSWERS Q Are there to be any more eclipses of the sun and moon this year? . A Yes.- Total eclipse of the sun July 9 and the moon Dec. 18-19. Both will be visible in the United States and Cana da. Q When was the last Davis cup ten nis match? A In 1939, Australia defeating the United States, 3-2, in the final round. Q How many aircraft were produced in the United States last year and how does the number compare with prewar produc tion? A According to the Civil Aeronautics Authority, 06,3G9 aircraft were produced in 1944, comparing with 9947 in 1940- Q In what country is the aur a unit cf currency? A Iceland. HELPING IN THE 7th WAR LOAN HARVEST ) fS I Mm Actions j fx - . U'Mf 'r r ., ',) 5 ik iiMi MERRY-60 By DREW FEASSGN Lrew fcarson days: Air transport is war s greatest saga; Busiest air route in world is be tween India and China; State department forgot to get air rights on vital Newfoundland. WASHINGTON When the final history of the war is told, one of its greatest chapters will describe that branch of the service totally new to the war the air transport command. Transporting prime ministers and presidents, wounded men, jeeps and I'at Hurley's Cadillac over oceans and deserts has now become commonplace news to the American public. But behind that commonplace news is a thrilling story of painstaking, back-breaking pioneering. iiere are some things few people know about the Air Transport Command: Most used air route in the world is not between Washington and New Delores Ruse 4 Gerald M. Eastham Given Bronz Star SOMEWHERE IN THE PA CIFIC Lt. Gerald Martin Eat ;ham, (MO, USX, of Omaha, son i oi Mr?. Grace Eastham, was re ; cc-r.tly awarded the citation and j ''onze Star Medal for meritorious i achievement as medical officer ; of a heath party during the as ; sault and capture of Iwo Jima I I.-Iand. j Lt. Eastham's citation reads, ii, : part. '. . . Through his e:cv!'t.'iH ; leadership, in the face of em my I fire, he directed the effort- . f : r. e if C his corpsmen and provided for Delores Ruse, daughter of Mr. ' rapid and efficient evacuatim and Mrs. Claude A. Ruse of Platts- main- casualties. With profes-i mouth, is a true blond with blue al skill and courage, he cunts u eyes. j ed materially to the saving Delores was born at Mema, many lives . . .". Nebraska, at the age of four the' Lt. Eastham graduated fio:i Ycrk, not between New York and Chicago, but j Ruse family moved to Platts-; Naponee, .Nebraska, High M-bd over "The Hump" between China and India . . . j mouth where she attended grade in lliSC, and received his degree Traffic over this world's highest mountain range, J school and graduated from high n medicine from Universty of Nebraska College of Medicine in HU-'J. His wife and two sons reside at 2S:3S Madison Street, Oinaha. nard, has received word that his mother died Sunday evening ;;t e Himalayas, is so heavy that planes travel at j scn00i jn 1944. sh e is a member of the Methodist Church where she teaches a Sunday School class. She was Junior Class president and president of the student coun cil during her senior year. She attended the Nebraska University for one year, taking a pre-nurs-ing course. She plans to com plete the pre-nursing course at some future date and then hopes tion . j Delores is eighteen years of i age and has been employed at the . Glenn L. Martin Plant where she ! is doing her bit to speed up pro duction for the war effort. She j is employed as a typist and iiung clerk at the plant. Darlene Sowards EPSONfS VASHINGTON COLUMN BY PETER EDSON NTJA AVasIiington Correspondent TTTASHINGTON, D. C The midsurrjner,heat end' humidity ia your nation's capital is so ne plus ultra 'that it veil deserves at least one tribute a year, like cherry bloc;oms and Tom Connally's curl?. The principal thing to do about tlus well-known h. and h. is to try and beat it. All Supreme Court Ju.4ices and the smarter, higher I. Q. Congresses do this by walking oil and leaving it. President Truman, giving another demonstration of the common sense which it is now de rigeur to credit him with, is showing signs of lumping it for a month, departing for cuch salubrious ppnts as San Francisco, Giympia, Wash., maybe Mackinac Island and Berlin. Even Independence, Mo., where the thermometer sometimes hits a dry 100 or better, holds no terrors for anyone who has spent a sum mer in Washington, where the humidity begins at 90 and then does tricks, hovering like a helicopter at around 100, which is tops and terrible, for days different altitudes so there will be no collisions. One plane will have orders to fly at 22,000 feet, another at 23,000, and so cn. Three or four dif ferent air routes are used across the hump, also to avoid collisions. Next most heavily used air route is across the north Atlantic. The ATC sends a plane across the ilantic every 5b seconds. That's about as fast as traffic moves on the Pennsylvania RR between New York and Philadelphia, busiest rail line in the world . . . The ATC is now flying returning troops across the Atlantic at a rate of 50,000 per month! to take up nursing as her voca- . . . For years, ATC pilots have been briefed on how to land cn the difficult airports of Greenland, Iceland or China. Now the ATC has the tremend ous tnrill of briefing pilots on arriving at home poits, Boston, Portland, Long Island . . . Pilots say that no briefing was ever more welcome. More than 220,000 wounded men have been carried in ATC planes away from the battle front. During the eailv stages of Okinawa fighting, planes swooped down on makeshift runways, taxied 1 i up to ambulances, took off right under the noses IeV. Lee rlUebCrt S of Jap guns. Stretchers were loaded aboard while : - , c . the planes refueled . . . One big ATC job has been ' Mother OlCS bunday getting crashed fliers out of the Himalayas. Amaz-, ing fact is that 75 per cent are saved . . . Lieut, j ReV- Loc Huebert. pastor of the Gen. Harold George, boss of the ATC, realized in . fjnited Brethren church at Mv advance that crashes would be heavy over the : Vst,!i," c. w..". w,,r-n i.ii'on cnnninl 1 1 m i r tr Vi nir I . . Liuiii', yj iiiLii tit jntu cpcviai Liuiii.ng vu iv , ; to live in the jungles. They were even taken to j jungle outposts to get familiar with the jungle j before they hopped . . . Every plane flying the hump has a small tin chest (with its own para chute) containing medicine, snake-bite antidote, : water purifier, concentrated food, signal flares, ! mosquito nets etc. This chest is kept near the plane's door.If the crew has to jump, the chest is i kicked out betore the last man leaves the plane . . . i In the jungle, crews are taught to stay where they ! are until sighted by rescue planes which signal in j jtiuctions as to wheie they can be picked up . . . ! Natives aie usually friendly and the chances of i getting rescued fiom the jungle are far better than if a flier drops over the desert or in the sea. in Henderson, whei e .;:-t visited 10:::0 has made her home for th while. She had rcccntly in Mynard for a two week ivfi.-.i. Death was caused by a heart at tack. Funeral services will be ! t i, at two o'clock Wednesday ai'tciT'ion in Henderson. iikl Bed Bugs, Usees. Di.:k I !cas. Roaches, Ant'., Ou'i-1 ice and similar pc. t'-t- rjm.;rv sprjcr. One irtMiPiLru u.;jl!y I.T.is'formonths.FCRCC.LDS .priy thick mist in I'ou'.ry liouvc. Sold and rcc urn nic.-.iii; J bv 0"? fn1nst?. as na Pharmacy PHONE 121 Cilson. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sowards of j A tlit ji nil. snvs sho a 5 n ash' blond with gray-green eyes and j (at a time. is five feet fcur inches tall and -gUT fcr IuckTes3 natives and carpet-baggers who have to stay weighs 114 pounds. j j- here and like it, this Washington weather cfler? epportunity and Darlene is a farm girl that jChallenge to show that mind can triumph over matter, graduated from Fairland rural J The best system for doing this seems to be do:ng nothing at all. school lart spring: and plans to ! WiIe this mny seem defeatist and too much in keeping with Mahatma ener AsVl-nd hinh school t'nii I !4LndbKs Passive resistance, it is really the most constructive approach. V, ci, A.na r IT ln' M hcn the mere raising cf an alrecdy soggy handkerchief to mop the fall, brie is a member ct the Con- throw when the mere raising of a brow itself causes increased sweat, gregational church and sings in jthen glorious inaction becomes the course of wisdom, tue choir. Her hobbies are read-! While doing nothing in this manner about the Washington heat, it is ing, lolier skating, dancing, play-! entirely possible to employ one's time profitably and pleasantly. ing the piano and twirlipg the ba ton. Of all her accomplishments and activities she enjoys singing the mpst. Darlene is a member of the 4-H sewing club and is sewing up a nice lot of votes to turn in toward the lar,t moment to boom up her vote count. Darlene is 14 years old and will probably be the youngest' princess in the Bond Queen's court, she might even be the queen. Military use and overseas ship ments of petroleum products dur ing 1944 would bury all of Man hattan Island under four feet of oil, Deputy Petroleum Administra tor Ralph K. Davis said. This har. been the result of constantly in creasing crude cil production in ir.g Center here the United States. During the lat- leave. ter part of la44 it had reached; the all-timni record of 4,766,000 barrels per day. Fcr Instance, the time can be srsent in not workine crossword ; puzzles. The joys of not working crossword puzzles in hot weather are infinitely greater ttian the troubles of working them, i Not listening to the blare and bray of the radio news analysts is j equally soothing for heat-frayed nerves. (TDAYING no attention to Gerald L. K. Smith is another good way to j - keep cool. This Smith character went out to San Francisco intending i to get everybody hot up, but when one and all concentrated on paying I lrir ni'r.4iM, ti.m iUA .11 i ... i i -r lv m.u w iiu.ii, wr icsuii was miraculous, smun wTeni xo l-ios Angeles and that was that. In fact, so effective was this treatment that if Adolf Hitler is still alive and looking for a perfect hideoui and disguise, all he has to' do is ccme to the United States and tell 1 he Gerald L. K. Smith. Nobody would know he was here. Robert J. Rea cf Murray Made Honor Man at Camp GREAT LAKES, ILL., -(Special to Daily Journal): Robert Irvin Rea, 29, Murray; Nebraska, was graduated from recruit train ing June 7, as honor man of his company at the U. S. Naval Train- and is now on 'BARBS "i I COME folks still keep skeletons I : in the closet others take them rto the bathing beach. ? 'An organization of vegetarians ( In Cleceland has disbanded for j the duration. Maybe eating j vegctables'has become too com i mon. A t It's getting so we can't believe half the lies we hear from the' captured Nazi higher-ups. j f B-j this time Mary's Little ; Lamb mttjst have gone to mar-' i ketand wasn't the only , one fleeced, c ' Between film shortage and travel restrictions, jvst thick of; tivs vacation 3-japiiiots we won't have to look at this year, j - ' ' ' , - - - , 'if 1 ' ' ' "' I 5"53E 'wJ& The Japs hot down many ATC planes early in the war by painting their DC-l's with U. S. insug nia . . . Flying up close, the Japs waited until they had perfect targets, then fired . . . U. S. planes had to be repainted . . . Now, however, the Japs from the hump . . Early in the war, Roosevelt have been pushed back a considerable distance ordered the army to fly 10,000 tons per month over the hump to Chiang Kai-shek. Some brass hats threw up their hands, said this was impossible . . . ATC, however, met the schedule; today is flying 50,000 toru per month over the hump. Before Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt ordered spec- ' ial fighter planes rushed to the British in Egypt ! where Rommel had General Montgomery's back J to the wall . . . However, fighter planes couldn't j make the long trek across Africa without refueling i and there was no airport in the heart of the con i tinent . . One day an American engineer was i dropped off a plane almost in the center of Africa, i in r'rench territory not far from the Sudan. He i had his pockets stuffed with money, and his head ; i stuffed with ideas. That was about all. He also had I instructions to build an airport . . . Six weeks j later the ATC came back and he had a 4,500-foot ! sodded runway in fairly good shape. He had draft -! ed most of the camels and most of the natives in j that part of Africa and paid them plenty to do the j job. Fighter planes immediately began crossing to i the Egyptian frcnt and the British army staged its come-back . . louay uie nencu cue ihhmhj; u'i lomatic inqures as ito this airport, apparently with a few taking it over . Another great engineering feat was at Ascen-1 ion, the island rock in the middle ot the soutn At lantic . . . the ATC needed Ascension to make the hop from Brazil to Africa. Only trouble was that ; -lilli a nont in thf fpntpr ASltllMUll iS CU1IU IllVft 1 ' ' ' ... and no room fcr a runway. However, one ATC engineer took a look at it, told General George: ''If you give me 90 days and plenty of steam shov els and dynamite, I'll build an air base" ... George gave him the equipment, and 90 days later the ATC had a base . . . Ascension is British-owned a:id is one island regarding which the USA has no rights after the war. Another is Newfoundland . . .When we traded 50 over-age destroyers for island bases, the state department forgot to in-: elude Newfoundland. This is the most important! j base of all when it comes to flying the Atlantic. ; i The USA has buili one of the world's finest air- j Beverage,; p0lt5 cn Newfoundland but we will have no right , New Yoik1 to use it after the war . . . Why the state depart-; City. Although he cculd give noi ment left Newfoundland out remains a mystery.; definite infonnation about when; The British would have given us anything we asked; he should be expected home, thet for at that time. 0 Mens Worli Uniforms 31 ail mans blue herringbone. Wide belt loops. Heavy poc kets. Made by "Dickies" Texas factory. Shirt Exact Match tu. 1 1' KASS KOUNTY BQIW KARMVAL ON JUNE 2STH His brother, Chief Gunner's Mate Richard I., is serving with the Navy aboard the USS Denver. Prior to joining the Navy he was employed as an aircraft in spector for the G. L. Martin Nebraska Company, Omaha, Ne braska. He is spending hu leave with his wife and children in Murray. Pfc. J. F. Warren To Visit Mother Pfc. Francis E. Warren, son of Mrs. Carrie Warren, called his lister, . Mrs. Richard Sunday evening from 1 LetV ProveWre Mlm tins i .... .. . . - --nfe. Roiert Irvia Rea Rea was elected a candidate by fellow Bluejackets and selected as honor man by his company commander on the basis of mili tary aptitude and progress. He has been recommended to attend Radio Material School for furth er training and will leave recruit training as a Seaman, first class. Pfc. Warr;n had been oversees i to Europe in April. This peak load has now drop- i pud off due to troop transfers out of Europe, but j ' - --- - - the Alt na been me largest man carrier in ms-j and has seen much action in the; torjT AlsQ jt lung the w0,.id-s greatest hotel European theater. He was in Af-J cha:n it must be prepared to handle 1,000 a night: rica ad Sicily, and for wounds, at Natal, Brazil, also feed them. ATC hotels are i l-ecpived on D-day in France, hej scattered all over the world to handle ferrying and! had crossed the Rhine. He hasi combat pilots . . . When the weather is bad, hotel! Heart. He participated in the Bel gium . and Germany campaigns, and was wounded again after his division, ' "The Fighting First", hd crossed the Rhine. He has spent the past three months in a hospital in England, recovering from these wounds. Journal Want Ads Ssli Goods facilities overflow . . . ATC flew about half the the combat planes across the Atlantic, the rest being flown by combat pilots. They made the hop in big batches of 50 to 100 at a time . . . Today the ATC has the job of flying these planes back to the USA, then on to the Pacific. Most people don't realize that we are taking all planes out of Eur ope unless damaged . . . Damaged planes are dis mantled and their spars parts used to repair others slightly damaged. (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc). BACK THEM UP IN THE BIG SEVENTH . . We've got the biggest home front battle of the war to win right now. It's buying more bonds during the giant SevcntJ War Loan than we've ever bought before. THE SEVENTH IS A DOUBLE DRIVE! I ..Last year by this time, we had tra drives the Seventh is the first drive of this year. And, remember, it must do the Job of two ! '...Be sure and find your quota then exceed it. Every bond you buy helps bear the tremen dous cost of fighting a victorious war thou sands of miles from home. And don't forget bonds are suTI the world's best investment. ..Buy more bonds during the Seventhbuy them at home, at your office, at your local bond booth. But buy them today. SUPPORT THE MIGHTY 7tl WITH MGtR SOStS! STYLECRA "77,