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Ik PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY. JULY 19. 194S The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1S81 " (Published semi-weekly, Mondays and. Thursdays, at 409-413 Main ' Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The Journal Pub fishing Company. , IESTER A. WALKER, PUBLISHEE ' "r' DON J. ARUNDEL, BUSINESS MANAGER EMeied 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, casl?. in advance, by mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. IdAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by car I ricr in the City of Plattsmouth, 15 cents per week, or S7.00 per jyear cash jn advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trade area: $3 per year, 51.75 for six months, $1.0.0 for three months, cash ln advance. By mail outside the Plattsmouih trade area, $5.00 ;per year, J)3.00 for six months, 60 cents per. month, cash in advance. ovie M arxism V&SHW P.RY- GO- R0H0 The promised congressional investiga tion of alleged Communism in the film col- :ony has us in a state of high excitement f which none of Hollywood's coming attra tions has been able to arouse for years. We : ! await results of the search for a Commie in -every swimming pool more breathlessly 'than we did the search for somebody to play Scarlett O'Hara. . A California state legislative committee ;has offered to help the House of Repres entatives investigators. One state senator ;has spoken darkly of "great volumes of information" on Marxism (not to be con tused with the Marx Brothers). He speaks I even more darkly of "programs of individ uals and organizations in Hollywood for - the destruction of the Constitution and the American way of life" v'Since Hollywood possesses one of the : world's most potent propaganda media, it would seem silly if the allegedly subversive ; moviemakers didn't use it if they wanted t) undermine capitalism and the Constitu tion. I So we've been searching such movie '. plots as we can recall for a clew to their use ;ak instruments of Communist revolution. ;But alas, most of them fall into the same joid familiar patterns that would Marxist's hair curl. So far as we can see, Hollywood still glorifies the capitalistic way of lifeFor the most part the movie characters are still happy, well fed and beautifully grooomed. Even the humblest are housed in sur roundings of taste and elegance such as the rest of us poor, convinced capitalists can only dream about. Various embodiments of the Horatio Alger hero are still popular and overwork ed. The poor but beautiful young secretary still lands the boss or, better still, the rich ytjung man whose inherited wealth lets him devote his full time to being an utter ly charming wolf. The goal of movie exis-,-tejice is still boy gets girl or yice versa Jnot social revolution. J Of course all this may be part of a 'subtle and sinister plot. Perhaps the Marx- Iist producers are trying to goad the pro letariat to action by these views of the hap- pv, prosperous people oi :ever-iever Land. They may be secretly arming a des perate band to seize the Hays office, take J over the studios and shoot down the $1,000 iafweek screen writers like dogs, j I But our secret suspicion is that the con cessional investigation, if it ever comes off, will wind up with Hollywood's decid ing to do a remake of "The Birth of a ;Kation," and with Rep. "Silent John" Ran Jkjn of Mississippi in the role of the Little jCbionei- German Measles QJJESTl0tiS end ANSWERS j T Q Have the Nazi bans on the playing lo compositions of Felix Mendelssohn and other great Jewish composers been lifted jirj Germany? j A They have, definitely. They are be- ling included regularly in concerts in oc Jctrpied areas. Q How many tanks were produced in; the U. S. last year? ; ! -A-r-According to a recent report by !f PB Chairman J. A. Krug, 17,565. i j Q How many explorers have reach jefl the South Pole? I ; A Three: Roald Amundsen, Norway, Dec. 14, 1911; Capt. Robert F. Scott, Great JBritain, Jan. 18, 1912; and Rear-Adm!. ;Richard F. Byrd, TJ. $., by airplane, Nov. :29, 1929. j- QWhat is the amount of grain ship jpgd from Duluth and Superior over the Grreat Lakes annually? A Around 55,000,000 bushels ! Q What is the meaning cf the word, "Formosa"? It is a Chinese term, meaning r'tiful. - 1 ' ; 4 beau- libit f By DREW PEARSON Diew Pearson Says: U. S.-appcinted German go higrh-hat; Franco gets sugar while allies get none; Senator McKellar walks upstairs. WASHINGTON Army officers recently re turned from Germany are telling this story to il lustrate the difficulty of selecting Germans with whom they can cooperate. When the psychological warfare branch of SHAEF established the first allied newspaper for German readers in Aachen last winter, it was de cided to use German personnel wherever possible. Editorial control, however, was to be strictly Al lied. A type-setter who seemed to have the respect of his fellow-workers in the printshop of the existing Aachen newspaper was selected to serve as plant superintendent. He had come to the shop with a worker's cap, overalls, and mixed well with the other printers. Next morning a man in a top hat, winged col lar, frock coat and nearly pressed striped trousers appeared in the front office and asked where hi.s desk was to be. The Americans at first did not recognize him, finally realized that he was the worker chosen the day before to be plant super intendent. After some hesitation, he was given a small private office. About noon an American officer passed by this new office of the superintendent and found the words "Eintritt Verboten" (Entrance Forbidden) being lettered on the door. Franco Gets Sugar No matter how many high U. S. officials may oppose Dictator Franco of Spain inside the govern ment, he always seems to come up with a staunch defender in the state department. This was illus trated recently during off-the-record debates on the highly delicate question of sugar. Though the American public has been getting more and more pinched for sugar, the state depart ment has always insisted that Spain be cut in for its quota. The state department has issued carefully-worded denials saying that the sugar does not come from the United States, which, of course, is true. It comes from British colonies in the Carib bean area. But so also does most sugar consumed by the American public come from the Caribbean, and during the war it has. been tightly controlled by the combined food board. Thus, whatever is sent to Spain in the end comes out of the sugar bowls of the American dinner table. The combined food board allocates sugar to all our Allies, and several weeks ago UNRRA placed before it an estimate that Poland, Czecho slovakia, Jugoslavia, Greece and Albania, all of them victims of nazi aggression should get a com bined total of 140,000 tons of sugar. The combined food board thereupon agreed to let UNRKA have 40,000 tons to meet this need. This was considered a definite promise, and UNR RA began -searching to find an additional 100,000 tons. Allies Get No Sugar Just a few days ago, however, something hap pened. The combined food board reversed itself. It notified UNRRA that the promised 40,000 tons of sugar would not be available for Poland, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Jugoslavia and Albania. In fact, none would be available. Instead, 60,000 tons of sugar has been allo cated by the combined food board to Franco's Spain. Most people recall that Polandpfought valiantly until she was overrun by the enemy and then con tinued to fight underground. So did Czechoslo vakia, Jugoslavia, Greece and Albania. They all felt the heel of the conqueror. But apparently the state department doesn't recall this. Nor does it recall that Franco set up radio intelligence stations for Hitler, sent all sorts of strategic materials to Hitler, had the Spanish army trained by Hitler's agents, made all sorts -of speeches praising the nazi system and did every thing possible to help Hitler win. Despite all this, the state department instruct ed the combined food board to, send 60,000 tons of sugar to Franco and no sugar to our allies who fought back against Hitler. , Ncte UNRRA has not managed to find 20,000 extra tons of sugar in Cuba for Poland, Czecho slovakia, et al. But that's a long way from the required 140,000. McKellar's Wrath July 4 for Independence Day to most of the U. S. A., but not to the guards of the senate office building. It brought them a lot more work. For cn that morning, about 20 senators, coming to their offices, were forced to take a little extra exercise by walking a block to three blocks in order to find an entrance to the building that was open. They finally found the main entrance open, with five guards sitting around enjoying the holiday which was not, for other federal workers in Washington, a holiday at all. Combined with the wrath of the "score of sena tors who wanted to work through the holiday was the anger of Senate President Kenneth D. Mc Kellar. The gentleman from Tennessee, who puts in long, hard hours at his office, recently appoint ed his chauffeur, Frank Ensley, postmaster in the little town of Newbert Tenn., with Mrs. Ensley named assistant postmaster. The Ensleys, who pass ed civil service examinations for their jobs, get ?1,800 and $1,200 respectively. McKellar's new chauffeur not used to coming to the office building on holidays, pulled up at the entrance closest to McKellar's office and the sena tor walked to the door, only to find it locked. He had to trudge back and around a corner for about 100 feet, then up a long flight of stairs to the main entrance to the building. McKellar's experience, plus that of the other 20 senators was detailed in no uncertain terms to Dave Lynn, eapitol architect. Result is that in stead of having two doors open on Sundays and holidays -with two guards snlittins- dutv at. each door from 1 a. m. till midnight and 'two elevator operators doing likewise at each open entrance all the entrances must hereafter be open, with guards on duty.' In addition, there must be a guard at the entrance to the parking space in the build ing courtyard,- two men in the guardroom, and elevator operators at each of the four comers of the building. It doesn't pay to take time off on the Fourth oi July. ' ' - (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.), ;. repeal i a Yep, V'6oT IT AU. T?iGtfT I ,16 BE FOLLOWED WTO ' PI5$0LL1T70AJ j - fsp- life MlfPl I V S?Tf' ' ' i yIWi If? - ; o EDSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN ii i .I i Senate Leader Predicts Senate Will Ratify Bretton Wood Agreement MRS. GRACE PLYBON, Ccrrespondent , BY TETER EDSON . ' KEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C New York Sen. Kcbert F." Wagner is t usually given credit for being the .-.uthor of more New Deal legislation than anyone in Congress. 33ut if a new tally should be made today it would show that the one man sponsoring Iho most P'SfflSP! reform legislation is the Hon. Jamc iyrf3f3 Butte, Mont, il- - WrJ - Murray's list includo.1 Ihccr: Saturday for some repairs for hisj school bus. L. G. McDonald has been busy the past week painting the Mrs. McHugh home in the north part of town. Ray Gamlin returned Satur day night from Oklahoma with a combine for the Paul Stock im- T" HI i day evening to get two more The highly controversial Full Employment Bill,1 from a plant in Kansas. on which hearings soon will get under way. The bill -to create a Missouri Valley Authority. One strike has been called on the MVA by a Senate Commercial Sub-committee, but it has two more chances before irrigation and agriculture sub-com- I K'i' 3 mittees in the fall. f 11 The broadened Social Security Act with new pro- - .-3 feji visions for public health measures introduced by Edson Murray and co-sponsored with Senator Wagner and Congressman John D. Dingell of Detroit. To Murray's credit on the statute books are two imnortant measures: the Smaller War Plants Act creating the Smaller War Plants Cor porationMurray is the acknowledged Senate champion of small business and the war contracts termination legislation which Mur ray, as chairman of a Military Affairs sub-committee, co-sponsored ,vith Georgia Sen. Walter F. George, of the Senate's Postwar Planning and Finance Committees. I JVERY one of these measures involves a whopping big economic : reform. Yet there is little of the usual rocial worker or profes sional do-gooder in Murray's makeup. Conservatives might make a case that Murray is a dangerous radical, basing their arguments on his record in Congress. But there is nothing radical in his background. In the first place, he is a millionaire, maybe even a multi-millionaire though not a multi-multi-millionaire. The basis of his fortune he inherited from a bachelor uncle, old Jim Murray. I Young Jim Murray, the senator, who is a mere boy of 63, was edu cated at his uncle's expense as a lawyer in New York University. Then he was put to work in a mine. But he built up his inheritance of hotels, utilities, mines and real estate so that today he rates as more of a business man a rugged individualist, if you please who says he is primarily interested in caving the American free enterprise system and all it stands for. TTE insists that his is not "labor." Many labor lobbyists have tried to pin their pet projects on his coat-tail. But he never belonged to a labor union and he says he never represented a union in a law case. He is not anti-labor either. When he ran for re-election in 1942, he was supported by Phil Murrav (no relation) and the Na tional CIO-PAC, but was opposed by the CIO Montana Local United Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union. .' Murray has fought the big copper companies and all the other "interests" all over the state of Montana, coming and going, and they've fought him. When they tried to make peace with him after he lickedjthem in the1912 elections, he spurned their offer. j Bob Gakemeier made two trips ! down in Missouri last week for combines for Paul Stock. Ray Gamlin's truck and Tony ! King & Son unloaded a car of cement for the lumber yard Mon- i day. Otto Eckhof of California is visiting relatives and friends in Murdock and vicinity. Grant Peters s working at the Farmers Elevator in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Rikli receiv ed a letter a few days ago from their son. Warren, written some where at sea on his way to the south Pacific. He had left from the I east coast, via Panama. Their other son, Vernon, is still at Ft. I Riley, Kans. His wife and two children live in Lincoln. Harrison Livingston f Manley was in Murdock Tuesday for re pairs for some of his farm equip ment. II. J. Stutt of Avoca was a Murdock visitor Tuesday. Matthew Thimgan of Omaha spent Sunday in Murdock. Entertainers From Reformatory Escape Nebraska Meeds 1130 Men for Wheat iarves W. T. WEDDLLL. Correspondent LINCOLN, NEB., U.R Ne braska's harvest needs Thursday totaled 1,130 men and 236 com bines, according to the Harvest Labor and Combine office at Mc Cook. The county-by-county requests: Chase 55 combines 20 trucks, 140 men; Duel 28 men now, 14 combines July 20. about 450 men and 100 more combines July 25; Hitchcock 4 men ; Kimball 350 men and 160 combines when harvest begins about August 1; Gosper 26 men; Dundy 0 men and 10 combines; Garden 25 men and combines by July 25; Perkins 50 men now, 700 men and 110 combines July 20; Red Willow 10 trucks and 6 com bines; Greeley 20 combines July 20; Harlan 1 combine; Thayer 5 combines; Kearney 15 men; Hamilton 9 men now, 24 combines if weather clears; Polk 28 men now, 5 combines July 20; York 10 men; and Custer 50 shockers. Ed Wagner was a week end visitor with Omaha friends. Mrs. A. H. Ward returned Sun day from Omaha where she had spent several days with her daughter, Miss Ilene. W. O. Gillespie was in Lincoln ABE MARTIN LINCOLN, Neb., U.R Supt. Harry Jesnersen reported the es cape of three inmates from the state reformatory shortly after they had given a performance at a local U. S. O. last night. The three were Forrest Chris tensen, 26, sentenced January, 17 1945, from Dodge county for for ging; Clarence Farris, 22, senten ced October 4, 1943, from Dawes county for raij3, and Richard The Oddfellow and Rebekah lodges held joint installation ex ercises, at their hall on Friday night. Members of the Weeping Water lodge acted as installing officers. Lieut. Boyd Clements arrived home on Saturday e-ening for a furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Orley Clements and other relatives and friends. John McKay was a Lincoln visi tor on Tuesday. Mrs. Fern Greenslate Fletcher wrote to friends her that she had been having a visit in Kansas City with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mad dox. Mrs. Fletcher was on her way home to Riverside, Californ ia. Everett L. Rockenback of Lin coln, who has recently been pro moted from corporal, to sergeant for outstanding service at Oki nawa, is a son of the former Maude Stokes of this place, and now of Eagle. Mrs. Leonard Klemme under went an operation for appendi citis at Bryan Memorial on Mon day morning. Her husband is still in that hospital convalescing from a similar operation. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hollenbeck and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hollen beck, with their daughter Vio let and her husband, visited their uncle, Wm. Gilmore near Weep ing Water on last Sunday after noon. An enjoyable Sunday gather ing was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phelan in Lincoln. She is the former Nellie Neely of this place. Those in attendance from this vicinity were Mrs. Mooning and Rachel, Mrs. Emily Gonzales and grandaughter Cheryl Ann and Mr. and Mrs. James Mills and three children, the latter family being from Murdock. One of the sons of Guy Bogen rief who is in the service in now on furlough at home. Mrs. Donald Gonzales and Cheryl Ann went to Leavenworth Kansas on Sunday to be with Major Donald that day. On Tues day they went to Raymond to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs) Harry Tolhurst and to get the baby Barbara Kay who had been staying with the grandparents, the Folhursts. George Hall returned the latt er part of the wek from Kansas where he attended the funeral of an older brother. Dice, 19, sentenced March 31, 1945, from Dodge county for au to theft. Read Journal Want Ads BARBS A WEALTHY alumnus gave his college 500 volumes of humor.1 And there'll soon be lots of fresh-' men on the campus, too. f V ; v . Personality consists of having reason to have a good opinion ' cf yourself and keeping it well '.hidden, .vj . ' '..sv'" Let's hope that among tHe post war inventions will be a combina-' tion bathtub and phonediscon? , .Ti;; 'An Illinois night club' charged! 75 cents for a glass of milk. That ought to keep the coyis con tented, siit-: ; L Everybody in the family knows; exactly where father is going toj drive-rexcept father. - -- WASHINGTON, 0J.B Sen ate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley predicted Thursday that the Bretton Woods monetary pro posals would be ratified by the senate before it adjourns for the day. He was confident of an admin istration victory despite promises of a last-ditch fight by Sen. Rob ert A. Taft, D., O., and other opponents of the Global money plan. The Bretton Woods proposals provide for United States parti cipation in a ?9, 100,0000, world bank which would make and guarantee loans for reconstruc tion and development, and an $8,800,000,000 inter - national monetary fund to stabilize the world's currencies. U. S. partici pation would cost $6,000,000,000. Taft told reporters before the senate met that he would seek elimination of the bank. He said it "won't be necessary" because 3 congress is enlarging the export import bank "to do the same job." Legislation increasing the Export-Import Bank's lending power from $700,000,000 to $3,500,000 000 will come before the senate after Bretton Woods has been dis persed with. The Export-Import Bank was approved Wednesday by the banking committee. Taft began his floor fight against the Bretton woods plan as soon as it was placed before the senate three days go by Bank ing Committee Chairman Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y. He said the proposals were just another way to "pour $6,000, 000,000 down a rat hole" and that they involve a "fundamental change in American economic policy." Taft lost by 21 votes Wednes day his proposal to delay decis ion on Bretton Woods until No vember 15. But he swung with him two of the senate's foremost republican internationalists, Jos eph H. Ball, Minn., and Harold Burton, O. Both Ball and Burton are "for" Bretton Woods but they believed Taft had won a case for delay and they voted with him. Taft argued that postponement of action would improve this country's bargaining power. The tall, gangly, Lincolnesque Ball concurred: "We've been making commit ments first and then trying to' bargain," he said. "It's about time the United States did a little waiting." Barkley sought to limit debate in order to ensure final ratifi cation vote Thursday but Ball ob jected. He said every senator should be allowed to talk as long as he wants because Bretton Woods "is one of the two most important measures that will come before us this year, if not for many years." First senator up Thursday, it has been agreed, will be Sen. El mer Thomas, D., Okla. He wants to amend Bretton Woods .with a section establishing a U. S. gold coin worth $35. WATER FLOODS OIL WELL SCOTTSBLUFF, NEB.., U.R The Fuerst Oil Development Co., is abandoning its Dorsch test well southeast of Gering, Presi dent Otto Fuerst, Scottsbluff, said Thursday. According to Fuerst, water flooding the lower levels of the mile-deep hole has made it im possible to bring in a commercial well though he said there was some indication of oil. Two other concerns, however, are reported making surveys southeast of Gering, possibly pre paratory to drilling test wells. Journal Wast Ads Fhd Buyers A girl has t' be purty ugly t' have t' chase her hat whe-n it blows off. A woman's never too busy t' shop, but when she wants t' buy sorr.ethm.' she tele phones her husband t' - g:t it. (Copyright, John '"T. Dille Co.). ITS A PROBLEM to find a really good suit now It's going to be more of a problem later. Notwithstanding, just now we have a fair showing of hard finish worst- eds which are very hard to find. If we have your size, don't hesitate to buy it. Csilizg Prices $29.75 to $-2.00 r