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THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 195 PAGE TWO The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 18S1 Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 409-413 Main Street. Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The Journal Pub lishing Company. IESTEE A. WALKER, PUBLISHER DON J. ARUNDEL, BUSINESS MANAGER Ente-cd at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1379. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, tash in advance, by nail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. DAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by car rier in the City of Plattsmouth. 15 cents per week, or S7.00 per tyear cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trade area: S3 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 jix months, 60 cents per month, cash in advance. UNFINISHED JOBS The end of the war did not mark the end of the National War Fund, or of the 122 agencies of relief, comfort and hospitality for which it solicits contri butions. And so this month, for the third successive year, the Fund is again ap pealing to Americans' generosity and humanity to support a variety of acti vities that are still urgently needed. Once again the Fund is operating throughout the country in conjunction with community war funds and Com munity Chest drives. This joint appeal seems particularly fortunate at this time, for many of us may have forgot ten that elesewhere in the world the coining of peace has only slightly les sened some of the hardships and defi ciencies which member agencies' of the National War Fund are trying to cor rect Of course the operations of such things as the War Prisoners Aid and the1 American. Field Service will be greatly diminished. There will be corresponding- increases in the work of other organizations. The USO and USO Camp Shows are perhaps more important than ever. They must put up an even bigger . battle against the boredom and restless lavs which are bound to afflict the men of our occupation forces in Japan and Germany, those at other foreign bases and at sea, the convalescents in hospi tals, and veterans awaiting discharge here at home. Willi the oceans cleared of the enemy, greater help can be given to war victims abroad. Such organizations as;United China Relief and Philippine War Relief should now be able to do a more nearly adequate job, provided funds are forthcoming to support their work. Z In Europe, where the lack of suf ficient food, clothing and fuel grows mrm; threatening with the approach of whiter, there certainnly will be a job to tax the capacity of all relief organiza tions. The restoration of freedom has brought little if any improvement in physical conditions to many Europeans. We in this country may not like this" or;that regime at the helm of various other nations of the world. Hut we know that a hungry kid is a hungry kid, no-matter what government he lives uniier. We may resent the circum stances that keep some member of our family in the service long after victory. Put we realize that wholesome recrea tion and a few extra comforts will make him happier while those circumstances exist. And because we know these things vc- should be willing to dig down once more for a few dollars to invest in a little more health and happiness for our soldiers and sailors, for the decent, un fortunate people of other lands that bear the fresh and open scars of war. QUESTION and ANSWERS - Q From what nation did Brazil jjain independence? - A Portugal, 123 years ago. Presi dent Truman recently officially con gratulated our South American neigh bor on the anniversary of her indepen dence. V - Q Did war's end leave the U. S. .with an ammunition backlog in India? A Yes; the Army must dispose of loO.OOO tons of explosives worth $00,000,000 in India, war supply base for China and Burma. Q What customer has the U. S. regained through Germany's fall? A Sweden for chemicals, mach inery, machine tools. va$!!ii:sTo:i MEBHY-GO-SOUND W P SABS ON WASHINGTON Inside fact about the General Mac Arthur-Dean Acheson row is that for several weeks the war department had been "trying to get MacArthur to work out a teasonable program regarding the number of troop-' he would require in Japan. The original tables of organization called for 900,000 men for occupation work in the Pacific and 500,000 men to occupy Germany. These figures, however, were set to cover all emergencies and at a time when no one knew what kind of guerrilla warfare the American army might face inside Germany and Japan. Since then it has become apparent that no such large armies would be needed. General Eisenhower has been extremely cooperative in answering war department estimates regard ing the troops he would need, but Washington sent all kindv of messages to MacArthur as to the number of men he would require, without getting a peep. He simply ignored war de partment inquiries. Then suddenly, out of the clear blue, came MacArthur's statement to the press, without consulting anyone, that he would need 200,000 men. Meanwhile he had failed to answer Washington queries uot only regarding the size of his army but the length of time he would need an army. That was why Under Secretary Acheson, on direct orders from the White House, issued his statement that it was not MacArthur's job to formulate policy. Truman and Dewey Men around the While House have been almost breaking their necks to make the pub lic leei the new president is politically non pal tisan. But now and then 'Iruman tips his nut to the fact that he does have political enemies. One ;uch occasion came the other day when Truman received genial, politically as.ute Willkie-Iiepublican Milt I'olland of Wisconsin. "Mr. President,"' Tolland opened up, "'you've seen Dewey, Hoover and Landon, but I guess I'm the first Willkie-republican to drop in and pay my respects." Truman said he was delighted to stee Pol land and confided that he had a lot of respect for the late Wendell Willkie. Polland told Truman how he and a few other Willkie-republicans are determined to make a fight for liberalism in GOP ranks. '"We'ie especially anxious to see that men like Nye and Ham Fish never get back into congres," Polland said. ''We're also after guys like Shipstead's scalps." "That's swell," leplied "Iruman. "I hope you continue to fight them. They deserve to be licked again and again." Note Polland didn't discur-s with Truman, but he holies to convene some of Willkie;-' for mer close associates including Russell Daven port, Lem Jones, Senator Ball and iiart Crum in order to set up a program which the Willkie people can follow. They're particularly anxious to unseat the old guard in congress, hope to rally around them GOP Senators Aiken of Vermont, Morse of Oregon and Tobey of New Hampshire. Housing Inflation Despite warnings by top-flight economists and historians, the Truman administration is fr.lling to take sufficient steps to prevent dis astrous post-war inflation. Swift relaxation of production controls, with ho provisions for the manufacture of low cost merchandise, and the rapid weakening of price controls are already starting the nation into a higher-price era. Lavt week, in the face of repeated warnings from OPA", John Snyder .chief of the office of war reconversion, took the "back to normalcy'' advice of his special construction consultant, Hugh Potter, ex-president of the National As sociation of Real Estate boards. Without warning, Snyder announced that WPB con trols on construction, contained in WPB or der L-ll, would end October 15. This aboli-hed the WPB provision that new houses may not cost more than $8,000 and means not only that prices for houses now on the market will shoot up, but that builders will use the small supply of building materials now available for more expensive houses. Al ready houses in southern Florida formerly priced at $5, GOO last week have shot up to $6,500 even though WPB order L-41 does not expire until next month. In spite of the fact that the OPA rent con trol division has done as good a job as possible under difficult conditions, it is probable that the number of homes for rent (already 30 per cent smaller than before the war) will become so tight that thousands of returning service men will have to postpone their plans to marry and have families because they will have no place to live. In the midst of this shortage, there is no authority to prevent a builder or any seller of a home from taking advantage of the short age and pushing his price up to double or triple its fair value. Nor is there any protec tion for the thousands of families living in government housing projects which are to be sold. Unless they pay more rent or buy new homes, they can be turned out on the street the minute the government sells a housing project to a private operator. Note The department of agriculture i-3 woiried because farm prices are now 57 per cent above 11)37-31 averages and still going up. (Copyright, l'J45, by the Bell Syndicate) Chain stores and the chain store outlets of the large cash reserves which will be used in future for business expansion, resulting in the opening of many new and larger stores and new departments will be added to stores al ready in operation, according to Distribution Age. Don't go to Australia's wildlandsi if you aren't a good ballroom dancer. The Encyclo pedia Britannica says that certain primitive people there often kill dancers who make mis takes at important ceremonies "The Star Spangled Banner" legally was designated as the National Anthem by an Act oj; Congress, March 3, 1931." Estimates have placed losses from woitli less checks in the U. S. as high as $300,000 a year. h OR EM KFLNOL O Copyright by NBA SERVICE. Inc. CAROLYN READS A WIRE X THE STOHY: I.onna Sonni in miRt-rcd ly the way Bob trust Carolyn, hate the efficient eere tary. After a turbulent sonni on with Hob, Leana return to her own office. An idea begins to de velop in ber mind. TN less than an hour Leana Sormi had crystalized a rather daring plan. One to change the entire course of her life hereafter. Robert Hale's tacit reprimand, because she protested against Carolyn's " intrusion" here, had left her furious. Plainly, then, she must take complete possession of the X-999 herself. In a way, it belonged to her. Dr. Hale could never have achieved his great dis covery without her aid here, at least not for many more months, she felt. And with the substance actually in her possession, plus her own reputation as a scientist in the Schoenfeld Laboratory with Dr. Kale, she could command atten tion in any other scientific center command the world to bow at her feet.. Before stupid, childish Robert Hale could even realize what had happened, Leana told herself an grily, she could make herself im mensely powerful and rich. May be, then, Robert Hale would come crawling to her! If she still wanted him. As if to strengthen a case which needed strengthening, Leana wrote a telegram. She worded it with infinite care so as to indicate tre mendously important information without actually revealing any thing for sure. She didn't dare telephone it; she called the tele graph office for a delivery "boy. The message was addressed to the general manager of one of the greatest industrial plants in North America, one whom Leana had known personally for several years and who had maintained a more than ordinary interest m her work here with Robert Hale. "He will jump at the chance!" Leana assured herself, with keen satisfaction. pOB HALE readily agreed to Carolyn's suggestion that the X-999 be shipped west by train, under special guard. "The railroad goes right through the village of Blair, which is near est the place," Bob told her this morning. "Normally a freight train wouldn't stop there, but, of course, it can. That is an exceed ingly rugged country." "How will we then take the stuff to the cave, Bob?" Carolyn wanted to know. "Cave? Oh. I forgot to tell you. There is no cave. Something bet ter. Four miles from Blair, the village, is Tonto Mountain, and an abandoned mine. There is a shaft, like a small tunnel, which slants almost horizontally into the mountain. There's even an old narrow-gauge rail track for ore carts, still in fair shape, and it can haul our leaden containers nearly three-quarters of a mile. Right into the very depths of a rock mountain, Carolyn! It's per fect!" She was impressed. "I should think so, Bob!" "Tonto Mountain is half rock, apparently. One side solid granite, so high it looks scary, the other side is eroded granite, shale, loose earth, with considerable vegeta tion.' There's even a four-room shack near the tunnel entrance where workmen used to live. I have ordered it reconditioned Two guards can live there and keep watch for us night and day. They ought to be enough. "We can all pose as mineralo gists doing field work it will be a good front for Leana and me, known as chemist and physicist. see? That way we wouldn't at tract attention from curious neigh bors and such." HE went away then. There was i x i j i. wurit 10 ue uune in ine secon dary lab and in the warehouse. she knew. A definite sense of excitement had crept into Carolyn's being ever since Bob returned home, partly because she was near him again and had been ordered to go west with him, partly because they were again handling the ex plosive, power-laden X-999, and all faced danger together. She had utmost confidence in him; but still, her heart clung to a vague sense of danger for him. It was a growing apprehension, if not actual fear. To a degree it disturbed her work so that she was a little nerv ous that afternoon. She walked often out into the office hall just to gaze out at the laboratory and its guards across the open com pound. About 3 p. m. she was standing near the drinking fountain when the outside door opened and a telegraph messenger came in. "I'll sign for it," she said, quite naturally. She smiled at the lad, and a smile from a girl as pretty as Carolyn was worth more than the conventional dime. Idly she opened the yellow en velope; it easily came unsealed. She started inside to put it on Bob's desk as she had done with, numerous other routine business messages, reading it as she went to see if it demanded his imme diate attention. It said: "DEFINITELY INTERESTED YOUR STATEMENT YOU CAN HAVE EXCLUSIVE POSSES SION OF FABULOUS NEW POWER SUBSTANCE. MONEY NO OBJECT BUT KEEP AB SOLUTE SECRECY. LEAVING AT ONCE FOR PERSONAL. CONFERENCE." ' Surprised, and vaguely alarmed, Carolyn read it again. Only then did she discover that it was ad dressed not to Bob but to Leana Sormi. (To Be Continued) Ration Guide SUGAR WarRation Book IV, Sugar stamp No. 38 became valid September 1, good for 5 pounds, and will remain valid through De cember 31. SHOES Aeroplane Stamps No.l, 2 and 3 from War Ration Book III are good for one pair of shoes each for an indefinite pe riod. Aeroplane Stamp No. 4 be came valid August 1, 1945, for one pair of shoes. MEATS Red Stamps, War Ration Book IV, V2, W2, X2, 2 and Z2 became valid June 1, good through September 30. Stamps Al. Bl, CI, Dl and El became valid July 1, good through October 31. Stamps Fl, Gl, HI, Jl and Kl became valid August 1, good through November 30. Stamps LI, Ml, Nl, PI and Ql, became valid September 1, good through December 31. PRICE USED CAR, TRUCK AND MOTORCYCLE DEALERS: Ef fective August 1, 1945, all deal ers? of used automobiles, trucks and motorcycles may not sell on a warranted basis unless they have made application to the Dis trict Office for approval and be given an authorization number. Nine Men Work on Church Grounds Nine men from Plattsmouth and vicinity volunteered Wednes day to do some special work around the grounds of St. John's church. ,They had to cut down several big trees and do general clean-up work. The men who did the work were Carl Ulrich, John llob scheidt, John Bergmann, John Libeishal, J. Whiting, Albeit Ul rich and Ed Dieter. A five million dollar postwar highway program for Wyoming is expected to be completely under way by April 1. Application blanks may be ob tained from the price clerk at the local War Price Rationing Boaij). IP Should also be Comforting - - - We go far beyond the mere business of supply ing every funeral rv quirement. The thought fulness of our staff; the charm of our facilities; and the completeness of our service are comforting to the spirit in time of bereavement. o EPSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN BY PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent TtTASHINGTON, D. C If G. O. P. NationalChairman Herbert Brownell and the young Republican members of the House of Representatives don't watch out, they may amount to something yet. Ever since Congress came bade to town, the Republicans have been kicking around the idea that they should have a constructive program of their own. Then, in a signed editorial in the first issue of the new tabloid, Republican News, Brownell declared that in every state he had visited during the summer, this was considered the Number One problem for the Grand Old Party. . "There is general agreement," wrote Brownell, "that the convention method of resolving party 1 lfev -- ----- ft s'jjf Jl "Between political conventions, ' the 'majority party nas tne man in tne wnue iouse to souna off its changing policies as new issues arise. The minority party has no such voice of leadership.Its defeated presi dential candidate is practically no voice at all. " " " S- v - - -- THE opinion of the Republican Party never comes out between . presidential elections. This leaves the party workers in the pre cincts without any guiding light" or principles other than the general idea that anything put forward by a Democrat is no good. 3 i In a series of caucus and steering committee meetings presided over by Minority Leader Joe Martin, the Republican congressmen decided that mere opposition to the Truman program was not enough. What they needed was a postwar program of their own.' Following the traditional procedure on such matters, Martin named a committee to do something about it. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana was named chairman. Working with him will be Richard B. Wigglesworth, Mas sachusetts; Whip Arends, Illinois; W. Sterling Cole, New York; Cliff Hope, Kansas; Hal Holmes, Washington, and Charles J. rown, umo. I tJALLECK'S idea, is that the program should be short and that it J"L should not be just an answer to the President's 21-point message.1 Halleck now leans to the idea of making it a general statement ot party objectives. : . There is no idea" that whatever Republican platform is now pro-, duced will be binding on every congressman for every issue covered If an individual congressman has made commitments at home in opposition to any part of the program, or if he has sincere disbe liefs in any part of the creed, he will have freedom of.choiceand not be expected to vote with the gang. . - However the job is done, Brownell and" the Republican'congress- men in the House have now started something which, if they are not permitted to carry it out, may well mean crringjOffalesfor' reviving theRepublican. elephant in lHG.f " Cubs Protest on Wednesday Game CHICAGO, J.R "You under stand, we don't need the game," Manager Charley Grimm of the Cubs, said. "Nobody is going to catch u- now, but we're filing a protest just to show that we know when we're robbed." Grimm was5 sore. He believed his league-leaders were "robbed" yesterday in the seventh inning i when the Cards pushed across five runs for a 11 to G victory over the Cubs. Grimm announced, after the second Cardinal hit in the seventh, that the game would be played the rest of the way un der protest. After Whitey Kurowski led off with a single, Ray Sanders whis tled a drive to the rightfield wall where Bill NichoL-'on apparently caught it with his hand against the concrete and then threw to the infield, doubling Kurowski off first. Umpire Lee Ballanfant ruled it a doubleplay. But when advised by Umpire Walt (Butch) Henline that the ball had grazed the wall and then stuck in Nicholson's glove, Ballanfant reversed his de cision, putting Kurowski on sec ond and Sanders on first. Grimm protested, but not about Nicholson's catch. Grimm claim ed that Sanders passed Kurowski on the baseline and therefore was automatically out. The protest was filed with President Ford Frick of the Na tional league last night. FOR SALE Walter Ilerger property juit west of Public Library. 7 room house, modern with basement apartment renting for $25.00 per month. Hard wood floor?, auto matic gas hot' water heater, bath and new iras furnace. Bargain at $3,500. R. A. McKissick new modern home, 611 Oakmont Drive, with new latge garage and work shop. 1509.00 cash payment, balance on long time. The Chas E. Heebner Stock farm, 3 miles northwest of Ne hawka. A splendid stock farm with a great plenty of farm bldgs. for stock and poultry. Running water in pasture. Spring water pumped to house by electric pump 100 acres fenced hog tight into 6 lots. 180 acres in corn, could add GO acres more. A good large house, 4 car garage. This farm must be seen to be appreciated. Owner wishes to retire. Price reasonable. CALDWELL FUNERAL HOME AMBULANCE SERVICE' 702 Avenue "B" Phone 15 For Further Particulars See T. H. (Bert) Pollock I need more FARM and PLATTSMOUTH LISTINGS Have Buyers For Both North 6th St. Phones 1 & 117 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. WLuuvvcuj. MRS. OLIN E. MORRIS. Correspondent A double surprise party was held at the heme of Mrs. Faris on Saturday, Sept. 22, for her dau ghter, Mrs. George Rieke, and for her granddaughter, Phyllis Rieke. A large number of guests includ ing friends and neighbors of Mrs. Rieke and Mrs. Faris and the S. S. class Phyllis attends presented the two guests of honor with love ly gifts. A weiner roast with ice cream and cake was held at the close of the party. Dr. G. H. Gilmore left Sunday ior broken Bow, where he will spend a few days with his neph ew, Hairy Massey: From there he will go to Hay Springs to visit hi nis brother, lie wall return to Murray around Oct. 1st. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mead of Fair Play, Missouri are visitimr this week with Mr. and Mrs. Char les Mead. Mrs. Wulf of Avoca has been quite ill the past week. She is the mother of Mrs. Fred Hild. Mrs. James Comstock and Charlie, and Mrs. Nelson were in Omaha on Monday. They visited Joslyn Memorial to see the ex hibit of Ben Albert Benson, Com mercial artist from Chicago, who! is an old friend of the Nelson' family. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Weston and Roger were at Ashland on Sunday at a famny uinner held at the home of Carl Weston. The dinner was in honor of Mr. Herman es- ton, Bob's father, who was 80 years old that day. Maiilvn Morris celebrated her second birthday Sunday. To help her celebrate were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mead, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Morris and Ruth and Leon Fitz patrick of Union. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kimball and Wanda Mae, of Forrest City, Iowa spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Fans. On Sunday noon Mrs.Faris also had as guests Mr. and Mrs. Burton Conenhaver; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Copenhaver of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Faris and family; Mr. and Mrs. George Rieke and family. Mrs. Audrey Faris and Jo-An, who have been visiting Mrs. Faris, re turned to Forest-City Sunday af ternoon with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball. Earl Merritt is giving the Uni ted. Presbyterian parsonage a coat of paint. ' CALL OR SEE WM. S. WETENKAMP FOR Real Estate an Insurance fchone 537 e So. 6th St. In the first half of 1D45 air- express snipments in tne uniieu States totaled 1,060,728. a gain of 28.6 per cent over the same period last year and the gross in come increased 25.6 per cent over the same period of 1944. PAYS T M Your County, State, and National Farin Bureau is what we farmers make it. . Legislation that is fair and equitable can be obtained only if we present a united front. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cass County Farm Bureau Prsedient Luther Harmon, Greenwood Vice President , Fred Rehmeir( Weeping Water Secretary j John Lefler, Ashland Treasurer Robert Maack, Ashland BOARD MEMBERS Mrs. John Rieke, Weeping Water Publicity Chairman; and Mrs. Donald Born Platsmouth. Lester Meisingtr, piesidcnt, Community Farm Bureau; Donald Born, President, Community rarm Bureau. Enroll in the Farm Bureau October 3 4 and 5 Farm Bureau Needs You You Need Farm Bureau Goodbye "Gtiki Hello "Civics Yes the boys are coming home they're tired of the fox holes and the mud Mam Street beckons to civilian lifn again. The first thing is a new set of glad rags. It has been our pleasure to outfit quite a few of the boys already. Many of them we have clothed from childhood. Our up-to-date stock and our years of experience enable us to serve with satisfaction. 0014 4 Since 1879 1 I I 'i ) l