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PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA The PlafismoiifhlJouriiali: .,,.vr;?7; ESTABLISHED 1881 "ublished semi weakly, Mandays i'.d Thursdays, at 409-413 .Wall Street. Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The JournalPub-. lishing Company. ' "' '' " ' ' ' i ' LESTER A. WALKER ...........Publislier B. J. ALCOTT - -trenerai manager. Wing committee: has now spent nearly three ROBERT B. STAUFFSR... ...Managing Edit6rs " i - ' Ju matter in accordance with. the Act of Congress of Mar.h 3, h w tha;t Japan would. have attacked anyway; 1879. MONDAY. JANUARY 21, 1948 Hii-o- mum By PRLW TEABSON W'A iJHlVriTOVXtho Puarl lTui-lmi- invKi- Uirioriths digging - into military-naval-pohtical 'treasons why wc'were caught asleep on Dec. 7, f, ' 1,9 l"l.l',While this" i3 important, all the facts SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year,, mail outsidi the Plattsmouth trade area. cash in advance, i by DAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION- RATES: Delivered, bjr ; wa rier in the City of Plattsmouth, 15 tents per week; 6i S7.Q0 pisf year cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmoutrr traiie' reaS, $3 per year, $1.75 for six months, $1.00 for three months Cash : in advance. By mail outside the Plattsmouth trade r. $5.00 ' per year. S3.00 for six months, 60 cent per month,- cash, ia n advance. Public Responsibility Some interesting observations came, out of a conference between General McXarney and a delegation of enlisted men which followed the "we want to go home" demonstration in Frankiurt on the Main. One sergeant reported that replace ments were stepping off the gangplank at Le Havre and inquiring, "How soon can we go home?" Another sergennt said the men he represented knew that we had made commitments abroad that had to be met, but that they felt it was time some body else took over. He also expressed the opinion that an educational job was necessary back home, and that con gress should put some pressure on the local draft boards which aren't meet ing their quotas. General 3IcXarney told the men that their families back in the states were the ones to bear down on congress and the draft boards, and that if congress got the impression that what tht? people want is "to get the boys home and to hell with foreign commitments." then congress would oblige them and the job in Europe would be left unfinished. It does not seem to us that the army can hold itself entirely blameless in this situation. If replacements are clamoring to go home as soon as they reach Europe, there is something bad ly wrong with the present army indoc trination program. And if the army 'can not bear down on congress, then there has been a recent departure from old practices. But it is certainly true that the pub lic has the greatest influence with con gress. And it is becoming more and more apparent that the public must ac cept a good share of the blame for pro moting and increasing the bad military morale and governmental embarrass ment which these soldier demonstra tions have caused. A large section of the public seems to be thinking along these lines: "Sure, there is a big job to do in Germany and Japan, and it. must be done as" long as it doesn't interfere with our Joe's com ing back from overseas, or take our young Johnny away from home." The draft act expires May 15, and congress is almost certain not to renew it. The prospects of the Army's' achiev ing its goal of l,.r),"0,000 by July 1 are extremely dim. Universal military train ing, as presently conceived, would not help the situation. There seems little to look forward to except a drastically cur tailed American role in policing the former enemy. Meanwhile, we are looking increas ingly weak to our enemies and increas ingly foolish, or worse, to our friends. The least the public can do is encour-J age, rather than block, the army's ef forts to secure replacements in order 1 that we may have a military force ade-. quate to our defense and our destiny in world affairs'. Q- Do birds have family quarrels? A Pigeons and doves do, if bred in cages which are too small. Less than 21 cubic feet of cage space produces squabbling. Q How long have cafeterias been in existence? . ; ; ; A Since 1885. The first was the; New York City Exchange Buffet for men only, and they ate standing up. Q How far do flying fish -glide 'tif the air? "' .' -f' ; ' '.'"..' A -Usually a bit farther- than .100, feet, but 300-foot glides have been recorded. : if ynot at. PeaiJ " Harbor, at some other place, . . arid if not on-Dee,.' 7, at some other time. ; J JJIeaiivhile,V'we have seized various docu pie.nts from the "Japs showing that this war was ' carefully built up over a period of years and ' tfcat certain .American munitions makers were tether., unsuspecting or deliberate Jap co-part- a.If we :are; to prevent war in the future and thatTrnefcurnaBly is one motive of the Pearl Harbor .committee the manner in which Ameri can business aided ; the Japs to prepare for " Pearl Harbor is important. We must build up niachinry so this doesn't happen again. When the Japs dive-bombed on unsuspecting battleships on the morning of Dec. 7, word went' around that they, had evolved a new and pow erful fighter plane the Zero. All' during the early months of the war, the Jap Zero was a match, sometimes more than a match for TJ. S. fighters. Zero Mytery Clarified The mystery of how the Japs developed their famous Zero is now in government files, seized from the Japanese, and proves to be no great mystery. The Japs bought the original Zero from an American company, Chance Vought, a division of United Aircraft. They modified it a lot, and the Chance Vought peo ple now piously claim it is riot their plar.e; but aviation experts say that unquestionably it gave the Japs a big lift toward developing their Zero. At the date of purchase, there was no em bargo, moral or otherwise, against selling planes to Japan, and Chance Vought violated no law, though Secretary Hull invoked his moral em bargo shortly thereafter. However, it is im portant to remember that Japan was then at war with China, that Baron Tanaka and other Jap leaders were bragging about plans to con - qucr all Asia, and that Henry L. Stimson, as early as 1931, hau tried to rally the League of Nations to preveni Japan's conquest of Manchuria. The official policy of this government was to refuse recognition of Japanese conquest in China. We had also signed the Kellogg pact out lawing war. Finally, wc had signed tiie Nine Fower pact guaranteeing China from outside invasion. Nevertheless, our munitions makers not only sold important war goods to a nation which violated all of the above buf they did to with the okey of our army and navy. Thus th? U. S. arm'- and navy not or.ly put t t'iiyr selves in oppos':. n to 4he i'oreign policy of the Ui.red States r.:t they b'lilt up more loath ar.d destruction for themselves and t :e rest of the nation - when t.: Japs finally struck at Pearl Harbor. If the Pearl Harbor committee is sincere about getting at those responsible for this war, and preventing war in the future, this is some thing they might well investigate. All the Jap files, now seized, show that the Japs were interested not :;i commercial, but military planes. The files also show that Amer ican munitions makers were eager to get this business, actually sent experts to help the Japs manufacture our planes, and curried favor with the Japs in every possible way. For instance, in the Jap report quoted below, the manager of United Aircraft talks about a price reduction to the Japs if they finally decided to buy what later became the Zero. Jap Secret Report The report, translated from the Japanese text was written by Jap agents in New York to Tokyo and is captioned: "Re-Negotiations Chance Vought V-143 pursuit aircraft by navy Captain Wata." Dated May 8, 1038, the report says: "1. The recent development of the European airplane is remarkable but American make ia test. The main reason for the Japanese navy spending 2 to 3 million dollars in America yearly is to promote the continuous technical cooperation .between American manufacturers and Japanese companies. "3. About Wright Aeronautical Corp. which has continually extended good will toward Ja pan. He thinks Japan can make about 100 cy clone engines yearly at least and she can pay its royalty to the company. "4. If any American private company gets release from a new machine, he wants us to recommend it to the Japanese navy promptly." In the meantime, attracting Captain Wata's interest in Chance Vought V-143 single seat fighter. The reasons are as follows : "A. When, in Europe, the captain met the . arms broker, Mr. Gasda, who highly recom mended, this machine to him it is the most su ; perior, single-seat fighter in the world especial . ly if both wings are furnished with aerlikan " wing cannon. There is plenty of space for its , equipment. . In nisi. Judgment, even this machine can't win in the army's competition, but it is not inferior to the winner. . "C. Itds necessary, for the (Japanese) navy .to import fighter planes sooner or later des pite the fact that we bought all kinds of big . and small bombers and amphibian flying boats for research from them, but the fighter was -neglected." . , "5. Following up Captain Wata's request, we .asked Chance Vought Co., for a demonstration of V-143 machine when Captain Wata's party . came out to Hartford on April 2bth that com pany had Mr. Allen; a first-class American pi-- . lot, demonstrate, the machine for us, and our party contacted the company's president, Mrl . Wilson (Eugene E. Wilson, an Annapolis grad uate and ex-commander U. S. Navy) and the ' engineering director, Mr. McCarthy. We 'heard . .their explanation as' follows:' ' v ' ",'Thi.s ,plane should be' furnished with aerlikan ; wing, cannon.' ' It -WijX.be a simple mat-, ..-tere for . Aerlikan. Co., tornount the cannon tie-' . . .cause, they, are very ' skillful" and the intensity ; ' qf thu wingS; will mot change because of "'this work. It Japan wants to import aerlikan, Chance Vought Co., will supply it.' "... (Copyright, 1946, 'by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.). Scram, You Birds, While the Scramming's Good! Edson MRS. JUNE KYLES, Correspondent Lt. Cederick C. Laughlm and father, John Laughlin, of Ashland, the 16-Year-Old Builds Own Radio Studio SCHENECTADY, N. Y., (U.O- Sunday is a special day for 16- spent Sunday with her mother, I Mrs. Landertrreen and familv. jl&LMAl)f)f)A Mrs- L- C- Ma'v"n was hostess to WWM tw.-v the Lca at a 1 o'clock dessert I luncheon on Thursday. Mrs. A. ' Hansen, Mrs. Leonard Jardin, Mrs. i Walter Holt and Mrs. G. K. Winklepleck were guests. VI.lltI I JI'MI.IV 1 I'l I I 111 li t!lt' WTW VfklfllL, I T V I HI nillli .- ... m : , rr J , : ,. . , ment radio studio waiting lor a home of Mr. and Mrs. Mies Cole-. Coulter were dinner guests of Mr. j ..cue from the minister of Faith man. : and Mrs. Ora McDonald Thursday. Lutheran church. When the light Mr. and Mrs. Russell Witt, little j Mr. and Mrs. Orvulc Sands were I flashcSj young clark spins a turn. Mary Katherine and Stevie were in Lincoln Thursday evening. tabe anj orj,an musjc fins the Saturday supper guests at the j The Dorcas Society met at the church from a WOO(jen loudspeaker Home ot Mi: and lrs. Jacob w in. j cuuicn rnuay wiwi .ns. luiu Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wright of ! Lincoln and Mrs. Myrtle Voleman EPSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMH BY l'ETEK EDSON NEA Washington Ccrrespoiidcnt WASHINGTON, D. C If General of the Army Dwight D. Eiscfi " hower and Fleet Admiral Chester V. Nimitz'had any dcubts about the war being over they should know it now. And another thing they ought to know now is that these soft peacetime chief ot" staff jobs thoy hold are really a lot ruggeder than being under lire 3000 miles away in muddy Italy and rainy France or 8000 miles away on gummy Guam. The two heroes appeared before an informal joint session of Congress recently to explain their demobilization programs. But oh, what a whi le of a difference between that and the last time trey appeared before joint sessions of Congress-. The congressmen still love Eisenhower ar.d Nimitz in January, but not as much as they did in June ar.d October. It was last June thot Eisenhower came back, to Washington. A million people turned cut to line the streets on which he passed. Nimilz didn't get back tor his hero's welcome till October Cut what a turnout it was. All the midshipmen from Annapolis came down and paraded. A thousand planes flew overhead in formation spelling out "N-I-M-ITT-Z." Both of the five-star heroes got medals from President Trumun and banquets. Both appeared before Congress lor ovations. "piSENHOWER, resplendent in a big grin and five rows of ribbonc, said it was the greatest experience of his life. Nimitz, when his turn came, expressed the hope that the Ameri can people, then possessed of the "mightiest sea power in the world," would not "pat it on the back and let it die." That was October. What prophecy and what irony in those words. Now, less than a year later, the two heroes are called before a joint session of Con gress to explain themselves. So here was Nimitz having to explain thai the Navy's job wasn't clone till the bases were rolled up. And here was Eisenhower, explaining with big charts how the Army was way ahead of sched ule cn demobilization and in danger of stripping itsolf to so few men it could not finish the jobs in Germany and Japan. Eisenhower called it hysteria and that's wiial it is. But he said the time has come to replace hysteria with calm judgment. That was telling 'em. He said the time had come lor sound discipline. CAY what you like, the Army brass has behaved with amaz; ' -l.-r-, . ,,11 .1, 1. 4 U J j i : rpt ucuiaiiuuib ctii imuu;:i iiivtf ueiiiurisu -:i tioiis. iu say un- that it hasn t worked at morale or hasn't any plan is stupid. The big brass has shown that it has learned at Icat one good lessen in democracy that the people have a right to speak even when they're in the uniforms of enlisted personnel. But now that t':e steam has been blown off, the time has come to face realities. The jobs have to be finished. Army Chaplains in Mix-up over Name j Chaplain Madden and carried the story. Capt. Madden is BUTLER, Pa. (U.R) After get-1 congratulations on ting one another's mail for years, ! j!tn,' ,to n,'ajo,r'. anc? esch. of the , Catholic cnanlains has given up the two Pennsylvania Chaplains tl.yinff to get his cciect launJry Thomas Madden have finally met. ; and cleaning. cnapiain 1 nomas Madden of! Back in their seminarv davs. still his receiving pro mo- year-old Philip B. Clark of Sche-j Philadelphia, a major, met Chap- when one attended St. Vincent nectady. lam Thomas Madden of Pitts-; College, in Latrobe, Pa., and the He sits in his home-made base-! ourgn, a captain, at Deshon uen-' other, St. Thomas, in Denver. eral Hospital here. Capt. Madden Capt. Madden received an ap pointment to attend the American University Place and Mr. and Mrs. j hostess. John Meyers attended the funeral of Larry Raasch at Ashland Tues day. - Mr. and Mrs. Heinie Brehm left Wednesday for a ten-day visit in Denver, Colo, and Sidney, Nebraska. behind the pulpit. It is the church's only source of music. When the area's youngest li- Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Odle, of Linclon, were Sunday dinner guests at the home of their daugh ter, Mrs. Audry Dixon and family. The Jolly Jokers met at a 1 o'clock luncheon at the home of Mrs. Mae Gribble, honoring Mrs. j dio and control room. It is abou is recovering from wounds re ceived in Italy, while Maj. Mad- College in Ronu Italy, Lire Philadelphia den recently has been assigned to through a mix-up the Deshon as post chaplain. j Madden almost went. Their mail isn't the only thing; Now Capt. Madden is expecting that has gotten crossed up. When j a discharge because of his wound.-, the Pittsburgh Madden, who was! but the two Maddens are keeping formerly from Butler, was wound-! their fingers crossed, waitiiv to censed radio engineer was unable j ed in Italy, the Philadelphia news-1 see which will get the imjjortaut to make up his mind whether to make music or engineering his hobby, he decided to combine the two. Clark built the cellar radio stu- While helping to put out the ' Minnie luaron and airs, .viae uno- Die oirtnciays. ine aiternoon was spent playing pinochle. Mrs. Viv- r . inn fnno 11 n rl ATtc NfartrnTpt 1 j Howard were guests. ! Mrs. J. It. Marolf, from Chey- eune Wells, Colo., and Mrs. Will Hoppie, of Fremont, have been : visiting at the Harry Marolf home the last three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Anderson, of California, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harold Olson and family. Mrs. Frank Welton spent "Mon day in Lincoln at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Bond and family. Pine Bluffs, Wyo., spent several j Mr. and Mrs. Kay Rouse and days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Carl Anderson attended the John Meyers. , j funeral of their cousin, Mrs. Fern Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Marvin were j Montgomery, of Omaha, Friday in Lincoln last Saturday, to attend ; afternoon. the wedding of Miss Lois Blair and xhc Joy Jokcls mct Frid af Mr Gilbert Riding. . ternoon with Dorothy Cameron. nas jum ie- M Vivian fnno and Mrs. Elsie IS j llTnvtMn Akrki-tf iriloi:ti- Mr. II. A. Casey, who has been 'fire at his home, William Meyers j fell from the roof, bruising him self badly. The M.W.M. pinochle club met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Dorothy Stutheit. Mrs. Inez Man tbeck won high. Mrs. Lila Wall traveling and Mrs. Edna Meyers low. A lunch was served by the hostess. Mr. Jacob Witt went back to the University hospital in Omaha Thursday for a checkup. His shoul der and arm is improveng nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Raasch of Kimball and Lawrence Raasch of turned from overseas duty, visiting at the home of Mrs. Salley Iden. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rosecians of South Bend were Sunday after noon visitors at the Bernard Grady home. Arlene DeFrates of Lincoln spent the week-end with Norma Jean Cameron. The choir of the Methodist church met with Ruth Leadabrand Thursday evening. Mrs. Louise Erskine of Lincoln working in Omaha, came home Thursday evening to spend a three weeks vacation with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Anderson of California, and Mrs. Harold Olson and Sharon were guests at the Ray Rouse home Thursday af ternoon. Mrs. Niles Coleman and Law rence spent Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln. papers mistook him for that city's paper! ';a::..3iB',iB;i-:B;i.!;tsi! the size of an average clothes press, contains a wooden control panel, a turntable with two speeds, and a large wooden shelf for rec ords. In addition to supplying the church with music, Clark also fur nishes "canned music" for the family through loudespeaker and radio connections throughout the house. At times he even entertains with "live musk" from an organ. Clark built the organ about two years ago. Materials used included tooth picks, a vacuum cleaner and a keyboard from an ancient organ, j 8 The youthful engineer plays by ear and apparently inherits his tal ent for music from his mother, who was once a sjnger. His knack for puttering with electrical ap paratus probably comes from his father, a General Electric Co., engineer. NOTICE! I Will Be Back In My Office Be ginning January 21, 1946 DR. C. O. HERMAN, D.C., Ph.C. WEEPING WATER Office Phone 144 House Phone 211 OUT OUR WAY By J. K. Williams jfa f BE WITH J WHY, THAT'S J HB THINKS.' TAKE yj?X. I "lOU JUST J LA7IEE.THAKJ 'EM IW THIS TIME, N v QI-- V AS SOOhi ME.' NOTICE I THE ME XT TIMt SHE'LL ".TZ AS I GET HE WOULDM'T HINT--TH' KJEXT TiMG V MV HAT y EVENi TAKE THE SHE'LL ASK NiEXT J M 'lVS AMD KULIC BOTTLES IM SHE'LL, DEMAND mST ( COAT ) FER. TH' COOK" I THEM HE'LL. B f lfiU Yt-NJ UTTLE FAVDBTTlTHE COOK.' J 4 M THE FOX Famous Hotel to Expand MOBILE Ala. (U.R) Postwar plans for the Battle House, one of the South's oldest and most fa mous hotels, include the addition of 40 rooms, President W. Culver White of Jackson, Tenn., says. WifKIBSKIBfflBili immm a 13 a m 1 y;i!mKEH:.i:B;:iiK:Kii;Hi::rB2:iLi:::B::!! :.a:::::i me lit TAs'h'ay pS-- Hammer Mills Corn Shelters Stockland Scoops THE0 C. ' CARNES WEEPING WATER block south, 2 west of school house Just Received! New Jamesway OIL and ELECTRIC COMPLETE LINE Of FEEDS And REMEDIES T EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS On BABY CHICKS liliuH.iliil BiiBimn We DcJs? it ' yr .or? By Plattsmouth Sales Barn Phone 19 v'.-. -i-i-t. . v;y::i:vir '--.' . ' a a a " i2 y