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PAGE TWO THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 194S THE JOURNAL. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA' The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 409-413 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 ma.il matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, by mai outside th Plattsmouth trade area- ,' i . -. '' :rSi '" DAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by car rier in the City of Plattsmouth, 15 cents per week, or $7.00 per year cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trade area: V 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 month, cash in advance. This Shrinking World President Truman took cognizance of this small and interdependent world when he announced, in his latest report to the nation, that we shall maintain and ac quire such military bases as are necessary for our future defense. : Following and clarifying as it did the president's disavowal of territorial ambi tion, this statement also served notice that America has learned at least one great les son from this war, and that the false secur ity that dominated our thinking in the 1930s has been dispelled. We can never again think of our oceans as impregnable bastions against invasion, and we can never again feel safe iif any po tential warmaker, however remote, finds inadquate foreign defenses along his borders. It seemed of no immediate concern to the ordinary American of 1936 when Hitler marched his troops into the Rhineland. But if the invading Germans had been met there by French guns and determined French courage, there might have been no European war and possibly no Pearl Harbor attack. To many Americans of 1939 it was a source of positive pride that our armed forces were inadequate and our air force infinitesimal. We were determind not to be draetred into any European war- which was a blameless, though hopeless, determination. But we somehow thought that we could discourage attack bybeing ill-armed and ill-defended, and that by strengthening ourseves we should invite aggression. ' The rocket, the jet plane, and now the atomic bomb have changed all that. Iwo and Okinawa have become first lines of defense, not only for the American main land, but for the peace of the world, i The decision to maintain these and other islands as military bases is the first step toward future military security. The second is to maintain them adequately. And that step is up to congress. I That is where congress stumbled badly in 'the years between the wars. With their heads burrowed comfortably in the top soil of Capitol Hill, succeeding generations of congressmen cut and withheld military appropriations until, in spite of pleas from the army and navy, our farthest Pacific outposts became feeble and impotent. I This is not likely to happen again. For advancing science can scarcely have fail ed to convince even the most is'olation firiinded legislator that distance no longer means safety in this shrinking world. Legal Notices NOTICE OF HEARING! ' ON CASS COUNTY NOXIOUS WEED pISTRICT TO ALL PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE EMBRAC ED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED BOUNDARIES : All of Cass County, Nebraska, except and excluding the incor porated towns and villages of Plattsmouth.' Louisville, " South Bend, Greenwood, Murdock, Un ion, Avoca, Weeping Water Elm wood, .Eagle, Alvo, Nehawka, and Murray.-: ' ! .'Yoaiare hereby notified that a petition has been filed asking for the formation of a district for the control and eradication of noxious weeds in accordance with Sections 2-910 to 2-951, inclus- ive, of the Kevised ' (Statutes oi Nebraska, 1943, as amended by L. B. 219 of the 58th Session of the Legislature of Nebraska, to be known as the "CASS COUNTY NOXIOUS WEED DISTRICT", and said proposed district to be bounded as above stated. A hearing will be had on said petition and the Report of the Department of Agriculture and Inspection of the State of Ne braska, filed in the matter of the prganization of said District with the County Clerk of Cass Coun ty, Nebraska ; Said hearing: to be held before the County Board of Commission ers of said County at the Court House, in the City of Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, on Thurs day, the 23rd day of August, 1945 at two (2) o'clock P. M. Dated at Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, this 4th day of August, 1945. GEO. R. SAYLES County Clerk, Cass County, Nebraska (SEAL) 1338-9,16 R. A. Haggart, Attorney St. Paul, Nebr. NOTICE In the District Court of Cass County, Nebraska. James A. Edington, et al, Plaintiffs, vs. Mary MacDonald Gemmel, et al, Defendants. TO: Mary MacDonald Gemmel, single, James MacDonald Fraser and Fraser, his wife, first name unknown, Alexander Marshall Fraser and QUESTIONS and ANSWERS get ; Q What territory did Poland under the Potsdam agreement? ; A Eastern part of Pomerania prov ince in Prussia, most of Lower and all of Upper Silesia. q To what use is the major portion of the 700,000,000 pounds of paraffin wax produced annually in the United States put? '. A More than 80 per cent is used to toat paper and paper products, such as bread wrappings and drinking straws. j Q What is unusual about tropical America's sand box tree? I A It produces a large seed, resem bling a small pumpkin, which, on maturity explodes with great violence, scattering its fragments in all directions. What is a psychodrama? : $A A stage presentation in which none erf She actors learns parts, but make them up? spontaneously. Army .. rehabilitation centers us& psychodrama as a therapeutic. y ,1LHo w-' man , vice presidents has the Untfe4 StatesadT v , . TiXjS?: A Thirtyfour. . ..... . ...r $.. Fraser, his wife, first name un known, Alex R. Wilson, Attorney in Fact, All persons having or claiming any interest in the West Half of the Northeast Quartet (WN EM), and the Southeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 12 North, Range 13, East of the 6th P. M., in Cass County, Nebraska, real names unknown, Defendants. You are hereby notified that on the 31st day of July, 1945, James A. Edington, et al, Plain tiffs, filed their petition in the District Court of Cass County, Nebraska against you, the ob ject and prayer of which is that the shares of the parties in the above described real estate be confirmed, that said real estate be partitioned among the owners according to their respective rights and if the same can not be divided without prejudice to the rights of said owners, that said premises be sold and the proceeds thereof be divided accordingly, and for 6uch other and further relief as may be just and equi table. You are required to answer said petition on or . before the 17th day of September, 1945. Dated this 8th day of August, 1945. Mary MacDonald Gemmel, et"al., Plaintiffs, by R. A. Haggart, Their Attorney, torney. 1378-9,15,23,30 J. Howard Davis, Attorney NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Cass County, Nebraska. To all persons interested in the ceased. No. 3859: estate of Glen Carl Baier, de Take notice that a petition has been filed praying for adminis tration of said estate and appoint ment of Charles Boedeker as ad ministrator; that said petition has been set for hearing before eaid Court on the 31st day of August, 1945, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated August 7, 1945. - j PAUL E. FAUQUET (Seal) County Judge 1398-9,16,23 MYNARD CHURCH NOTES Lee Huebert, Pastor 10:00 a. m. Sunday School Classes will elect teachers for the coming year. 11 :00 Worship service -"";--r 7 :00 Christian Endeavor. The Presbyterian young peo.iT pie will be our guests during the Endeavor meeting and the social hour thereafter . : 1756 PAPER STILlTlSSUEfc PORTSMOUTH, iN. H. U.PJ The t oldest-, continuously printed newspaper, .in-, the U. :g.. ;L is . the Portsmouth Gajette, whose first vfApiriKIl?Mn MERRY- GO- ROM By SKEW PEARSON : .WASHINGTON Twenty-three years ago, this writer, visitng in Japan, got considerable first hand information; about the emperor from a young Japanese Quaker, Renzo Sawada, who had been picked to accompany Hirohito, then crown prince, on a trip to se the western world. Never before had a ruler of Japan left its shores. In the past scarcely was the emperor even seen by his subjects. Some idea of his isolation can be gained from the fact that the word "mika" means "awful;" the word "do"' means "place;" and the name ''mikado'- means "awful-place." In the old days, priests came to worship at the "awful place," but they never saw the emperor whose other name even today is ''tenno," meaning "Son of Heaven." The emperor is synonymous with the sun and from this comes the Japanese flag, with sixteen spreading rays symbolic of the rising sun and the emperor. In those days the mikado was the theoretical owner of all the land and all the people and their possessions. He was their god and protector. His lance and shield came from Ama, "the ancestral region." Thus arose the cult of Shintoism which actually means "rule of the superiors" or "way of the Gods." Even the word for government in Japan, "matusurigoto" means "shrine visiting" or "religion."' Modernizing the Emperor -; Thus during most of Japanese history; in fact up until just after the arrival of Commander Perry in 1852, the mikado was an ethereal spiritual be ing, not a ruler; and it came as a definite shock to many Japanese that their emperor-to-be should sail off to England and France to absorb western culture. In fact, some of the more intense patriots act ually threw themselves on the railroad tracks in front of the train carrying Hirohito to Yokohama in protest against the departure. Naturally Hirohito may have changed a lot during the 25 years since his trip. Naturally, also my friend Sawada was prejudiced in his favor. However, the story of the voyage was one of a young man anxious to mingle with his fellowmen, astounded the emperor-worshippers by wrestling on the deck with his aides, got a bloody nose, and danced democratically with the servants of the duke of Atholl in the same "barbaric'' Scotland, which, according to Shinto priests, is made fronj the mud and seafoam left over after creation of the "heavenly isles" Japan. Hirohito even managed to deliver a public speech to the Lord Mayor of London; and no em peror in all the history of Japan had ever deliver ed a public speech before. In all Japanese history, furthermore, no emperor had purchased an article of any size, shape or form. In Paris, however, Hiro hito insisted on going alone and buying a necktie, and later a pearl for his mother. Hirohito Goes Underground His greatest ambition, however, was to ride on the Paris subway or "metro." Before leaving Tokyo, Hirohito'i staff had been strictlv forbidden to let ithe cheir tp the throne ride on any subway y but despite this the crown 'prince bolted most of his staff and ventured underground. He insisted on buying the tickets himself and handed them to the fat ladv guarding: the eate. But he handed them to her in a bunch, instead ! of spreading them out fan shape, so that she could not punch them quickly. All of which brought forth a storm of abuse in metro French, heaped on the head of the future ruler of Japan. Once while driving through Paris in an of ficial parade, Hirohito exchanged coats with one of his aides, told him to look stiff and uncomfort able, and slipped out cf the car to explore Paris. The procession went on, the crowd applauding the uniformed figure who sat bolt upright, an ef fective substitute for the prince regent of Japan. These are some of the things which had led many missionaries and state department officials to the conclusion that Hirohito is liberal and mod erate. Unquestionably he is more moderate than the military men around him; perhaps also it is true that he was opposed to the war. However, Hirohito has now become so much the tool of the militarists, so. indelibly stamped with the mark of fascist conquest, that it will be exremely difficult to build a new and democratic Japan with him in the saddle. Some of the factors on the other wise of the balance sheet will be dis cussed in a future column. Merry-Go-Round The FBI has been called in to investigate how and whence this column last week published the blueprint of the U. S. army for governing Ger many. Apparently the powers that be don't think that the American people, who fought this war, are entitled to know the complete plan for govern ing Germany . . . The resignation of John Winant as ambassador to Great Britain can be expected within 60 days. He was not taken to Potsdam . . . The resignation of George Messersmith as U. S. envoy to Mexico also is in the works . . . Marriner Eccles' resignation as head of the federal reserve board is now on President Truman's desk . . . Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton is pre paring the ground work for his international trade conference to take place in London sometime in October. The conference will endeavor to combat world cartels and monopolies . . . Director Peron of Argentina waited until the world was absorbed with Japanese surrender to clap one thousand patriotic Argentines in jail. Peron always waits until the eyes of the world are diverted before do ing an undercover knife job on democracy. Capital Chaff Jf General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz en ter ;Tokyo simultaneously, it will be the first time Ihey have spoken ' or conferred since President Roosevelt called them to Pearl Harbor one year ago. The two men have not been good friends . . . During the earlier part of the war MacArthur, then in Australia, told Nimitz and navy leaders that they would have to come to Australia if they want ed to talk to him ,'. . Inside fact is that Russia and Japan had- been fighting for about two weeks before w'ar'Was, officially declared but the shoot- I fngj was labelled , border skirmishes. Tokyo didn't want any declaration of war while Stalin wasn't quite 'ready to; launch a big offensive . . . Tru man was kept informed regarding all these inci dents . Tip-Off that Japan was weakening came after Russia declared war, and the Japs,. did not I declare war m return . . 'Gaylord Marsh, former consuj general in ;$vorea who.; knows- the Japanese, intimately; says that if Hirohito abdi cates in favor, of , his son which he thinks is prov able it Wiir.be to defeat popular government in' Japan; also to defeat religious freedom . Washington Report HOWARD BUFfETT Congressman, 2nd Nebraska District Perhapsa returning 'G. I, Joe has exhibited to you his enthus iasm for his home grounds in Nebraska. In any event, ' this truth deserves regular - restate ment: There is no better place in the world to live than in the Miss ouri River Valley in the area surrounding Omaha for a radius of several hundred miles. Back home for the Congressional re cess, Nebraska, seems like a para dise for good living. For example, a lew days ago we stopped in a small-town restau We were a little late and my companion rather doubtfully ask ed, "Can we get a hamburger sandwich maybe?" The proprie tor answered, "Sorry, we don't have hamburger, but I can give you a T-bone steak, a top sirloin steak, or a club steak." (Wash jington papers please copy. P. S. The price of the T-bone with trimings was 75 cents.) Another visit out in the country took me to a church picnic. For several hundred people they had many desserts, including five gallon freezers of farm-made ice cream. 'Member that rich coun try cream, the kind so thick it pours like molasses? After feast ing heartily for a modest fee, we purchased what leftovers we could carry home to round out the evening. Yes sir, there are ad vantages in NOT living in Wash ington, D. C. There is some talk in Washing ton about creating another West Point and Annapolis for addition al officer training purposes. As of late date, there were 835,534 commissioned officers in the Army, and 304,247 in the Navy. Some of these officers will not relish demotion nor welcome a return to the humble task of mak ing a living by individual effort. This ticklish reconvei-sion prob lem is not yet on the front page. Despite these hundreds of thousands of officers, military training goes on uninterrupted at both West Point and Annapolis. On the other hand, training of competent sceintists has been shut off by military draft policies. Y6t technical achievements such as radar and atomic bombs have pro vided our armies with the weap ons for victory. Scientific leaders believe this virtual stoppage of technical training inexcusable. With the war behind us, the less spectacular but more impor tant task of restoring liberty in America becomes paramount. To achieve that aim will require prompt and effective demobiliza tion of our colossal military es tablishment of almost thirteen million in uniform. One aspect of this situation is seldom discussed. Top military officials have a most difficult moral task in reducing these forces. Thousands upon thousands of officers mast be lowered in rank as the total for ces are reduced. To do that job cleanly and adequately will re quire unprecedented courage on the part of our military chiefs. The $64 question is, will they do it voluntarily? Suspender Taboo BOSTON (U.R) Sign in a fash ionable downtown club: "During the summer, members wishing to do so may remove their coats in the dining room if their suspend ers are not visible.'' ABE MARTIN If theirs anythin' worsVn .try Ir in' y hiirry otU'.'of ; a crowded i day coach itaoUewn Jhind a dyspeptic in a steam table cafeteria. After your mother dies ther's no market fer a. personal grievance. im m I , UNION, NEBR. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH "A Community Church" T. Porter Bennett: Pastor 10:30 The church school: Don ald McQuinn: Superintendent. There is a welcome for you in our church school. We are trying to be of the greatest service to the greatest number. ' 8:00 "The Biggest Fact in Life" Will be the subject that the pastor will take for the even ing service. Does the work of God appeal to you and your fami ly? .Monday, 4:00 The fourth quar terly cortference will be held at the church. Dr. A.- A. Broofcf, the district superintendent will presi de. Trustees, stewards and com mittees will be elected. All are invited to attend. If you have an interest in the future of this church we want you there. Thursday, 2:00 The woman's society of Christian ser;e will meet at the home of Mrs. John Christenson. All are invited. Use Journal Want Ads GOLOUAUE PRICES SLASHED COLD WAVE is. t Each kit contains 3 full or&i, ounces of Salon-type solution, 60 Curlers. 60 end tissues, cotton ADDlicator. neutralizer nii rnmnlftp i n ttruciifin c 90 1M CASS DRUG. SCHREINER PHARMACY AND ALL DRUG STORES EPSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN (Peter Edson is on vacation) j ' BY DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Washington Correspondent TRASHING TON, D. C The end of the war finds the government less i ' prepared for the problems of peace than it was for war in 1941. ; ! As the country faces one of the most crucial periods in its history, here's a quick look at the situation: I OPA and War Production Board, the biggest war agencies, most closely affecting each citizen, are in the middle of a big scrap over : reconversion and what controls to drop. i Treasury, Labor, Agriculture and Commerce Departments are in the midst of major reorganizations with new top men. ! No machinery exists to do anything for the millions who will immediately be out of work except the various state Social Security agencies. On top of being out of work a large percentage of the unemployed find themselves far from home. War Manpower Com mission isn't equipped to do anything .about it. ' QUICK reconversion of industry, would solve many of the rroblems but the government hasn't given businessmen a chance to do any concrete planning. Statistical information which the government furnished business and industry about markets, population, production, etc., during peace time was not gathered during the war. Vital for planning, these fig ures don't exist now. . Office of Civilian Requirements admits it doesn't have the remotest idea of what uncontrolled demand for civilian goods is. Probably least prepared for peace is the Veterans Administration.' General Bradley, whose duties in Europe occupied him until a few weeks ago, hasn't even scratched the surface of what has to be done to that agency to prepare it for the job of getting about 8,000,000 men back into civilian clothes. It's admitted now by all parties concerned that the G. I. Bill of Rights falls far short of its objectives. But the changes that would really make it amount to something now lie in an idle congressional committee. ; CURST thing the veteran is going to do when he gets back is try to get a job his old one or a new one. But the government has this all fouled up. The Department of Justice, Selective Service and the National War Labor Board aren't agreed on just what a veteran's re-employment rights are or his preferences for a new job. The way it stands now it is impossible for a vet to get a job in the automobile industry, for instance. 1 Even OWI is caught flat-footed. Apparently OWI as well as the rest of the government agencies believed the constant assertions of the War and Navy Departments that it would take months, maybe years, to lick the Japs. This was: done, of course, to keep up production and without knowing the' atomic bomb was coming. It is difficult to assess the blame to either Congress or the Adminis tration for the lack of adequate planning, but when the jubilation -v?r peace and victory wears oil somebody is in for a lot of explaining.1 When the bell rings Your boy will want to be ready to go Here are some things that will help Boys sturdy ,vbol 'mix';Pant -.well made bxe and grey- Ages 6 to 14. $J95 - .. Boys shirts with long or short sleeves, JPlains, tans, blues or fan cy plaids. ' ' ' $400 and $4 35 1 Boys .knit r ppq syrJt&Yfo , v"Tplain white or faicy-Age3 ifi,4vtO: 16.' ", ri '"": . Boys Jackets, Boys Sweaters Boys Sox Boys Caps : l . Boys Slack Suits -- Boys Sport ' " Pt Coats." ,J t - - '. . . . . .,.. " . v." "" . . t 1 -.. - . . - . number ..was issuC.X75-' 9