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-f tzr(T (mm VOL. NO. 40 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1946 NO. 121 Warns of Big Three PowerBloc Against Russia WASHINGTON,' OI.R) Ele ments within the American, Brit ish and French governments were accused Monday of deliberately fostering Big Four disunity in an apparent effort to create a three power western bloc against Rus sia. ' Russell A. Nixon, former of ficial of the American military government in. Germany, told a senate subcommittee - that this trend was evident in the fact that the ' United : States, Britain and France had . squeezed Russia out of the allied hunt for German as sets in neutral countries. If Russia 'were allowed to join in, Nixon said, it would "Lay bare the fascist orreactionary regimes in countries such as Spain, Portu gal, Switzerland," Sweden and Ar gentina and would reveal all the elemets of collaboration of cer tain interests in- the allied coun tries with these regimes." Leads to Suspicion ''This unwarranted and diligent effort to disunify the four powers, he said, "leads to a profound sus picion that it is being sought by at least some forces in the U. S. State. Department and in the Bri tish and French foreign offices who are sympathetic to the crea tion of a western bloc versus the east." ' . Nixon formerly was acting dir ector of" the division of inves tigation of cartels and external assets in the U. S. military gov ernment in Gennay. He testified before a senate military affairs subcommittee headed by Sen. Har ley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va. He also told the subcommittee that: . ' . Economic Aggression 1. The I. G. Farben chemical trust "Germany's greatest single instrument of economic aggress sion" is beig .permitted to re grow along a pattern devised by Farben officials themselves in 1944, when they anticipated a German military defeat. ' 2. British opposition has pre vented a destruction of the Ger man cartel system. 3. The denazification program in the American zone of occupa tion has failed because "We do not have a staff in Germany which, from top to bottom, pos sesses the will and understanding to carry "out denazification." - - " '.' Nais Atr- , Nixon said 'that 'under. an An? glorAmerican backed plan,". Russia was having the "dominant voice in gettirtg Germaniowed " "valuables from Bulgaria,". Hungary,. Roman ia, Finland and eastern Austral ia. Other overseas assets of the nazis are being handled, by the U. S., Britiain and France, Nixon . said,' although' Russia' has never acquiesced in such a program. Besides, trying to . avoid creat ing ''too radical" regimes in the future, Nixon -said, "there is ser ious indication that it is the in tention of at least some involved in this question to trade with the neutral countries on the question of Germany's asets in return for concessions of one sort of another Nixon pointed out that Switzer land, Sweden and Spain had balk ed ocasioally at handing German assets over to the allies. He said the best way to get them was with 'a economic loaded gun" econ omic sanctions, which, he said, must be a cooperative effort by all allies. Weak Kneed Approach He said the "weak-kneed" ap proach to Spain on the question of nazi property "has been nothing short of scandalous. Nixon charged that allied mili tary government officials had put out misleading statements on the extent of the destruction of Ger man factories, and the wiping out of nazi influences. "Dismanteling and demolition in Farben-owned affiliated and op "erated plants have so far been on an extremely limited scale," Nix on said. "Some materials, office furniture and equipment are being returned to other Farben plants a" form of Farben restitution which appears to be taking pre cedence over restitution of allied nations and which is facilitating the reconstruction and Tegrowth of the I. G. Farben trust." Call Mp Miter! Six men renorted their . dis charees from the armed forces on Thursday to the Cass county se lective service office, it was an nounced Monday. The selective service office was closed Friday and Saturday. From the army: Erwin Brooks, Nehawka; Forrest Hardnock, Al vo; Richard Hess, Lincoln and Robert Arfmann, Neola. From the navy: Walter Bryant, Plattsmouth and William Conley of Weeping Water. CARDINAL SPELLMAN RECEIVES POPE'S RED HAT Before an American flas at the American College on Janiculum Hill, at Rome, Italy, Francis Cardinal Spellman of New- Basketball Game to Be Played Tonight Instead of Tuesday The basketball game between Plattsmouth and Weeping Water, originally scheduled to be played here Tuesday night, will be play ed tonight instead, according to Superintendent T. I. Friest. Fi-iest said the Weeping Water team must start their . tourna ment Tuesday night so the game was moved up to accomodate them. Friest also said that an electric scoreboard, which was ordered last summer, has finally been received and will be used in the game Mon day night. This being the last home game of the season for Platts mouth the sign will not get much use this year but will be ready next season. Demarest to Speak At Feeder's Day Program, March 8 Bryon P. Demarest, managing editor of the Omaha Daily Jour nal Stockman, will deliver the main address at the Cass County Feeder's Day program in the Weeping Water auditorium March 8, according to Willard Waldo, county extension agent. Demarest will discuss general livestock pro blems as they apply to farmers in Cass county. - Miss Agnes Arthand, home ex tension agent of Fillmore county, wrll present a demonstration ,cn washing the separator and will lead' a discussionon sanitary milk control. Miss Florence Atwood, state home extension leader, will also be present. Elton Lux, extension service, will preside at, the meeting and has promised there will be plenty of fun mixed in with the program, Waldo said. Bill MacDonald, of KFAB. and George Round, extension editor, will assist with the meeting and make transcriptions during the day using new equipment! The meeting will begin at 10 a. m. and luncheon will be served by ladies of the Methodist church in Weeping Water. Grassman Funeral Services Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Hillard Grassman were held at the Sattler funeral home Sunday afternoon with Dr. H. G. McClusky officiat ing. Frank Cloidt sang two favorite songs, "Saved by Grace" and "The Last Mile of the WTay." Mrs. Verna Goos played the accompaniments. Pall bearers were Hilt Wescott, L. D. Hiatt, Fred Busch, August Kopp, Louis Tiekotter and Otto Keck. Interment was made at For rest Lawn cemetery in Omaha. Troy Davis Still in Serious Condition j Troy L. Davis, of Weeping Wa-1 ter who suffered a stroke last Thursday and was found in his' parked automobile, remained un changed Monday and had not re gained consciousness, according to his brother, Searl S. Davis. j Troy Davi3 was mayor of Weep ing Water for many years and re-1 presented Cass county for three terms in the state legislature. j Frank Davis, of Broken Bow, an other brother, was expected to ar rive in Plattsmouth Monday. Fined $1 Levi E. Hunt was fined $1 and costs Saturday by County Judge Paul E. Fauquet after pleading guilty to a charge of driving with out an operator's license. York, center, receives from M.-jrr. EmmanurJ Toraldo di Francisca, left, the Pope's messenger, the red hat which the present Pope received when he became Cardinal Paetlli. (NKA Radiophoto) Caldwell Funeral Home Receives New Hospital Bed Today The Caldwell Funeral home re ceived a regulation hospital bed ', Monday morning which is the property of the city of Platts mouth and is for the use of any , one who is in ned of that tve of bed durinar an illness, L. A. Cald well announced today. The bed was procured for the city a3 a premium for a subscrip tion campaign carried on for the promotion of mapazine sales. Anyone who wishes the use of the bed, which is equipped with springs and mattress, mav make t arrangements, without obligation, i by calling the Caldwell funeral: home and by makinor .arrange- j ments for delivery to the place it , is to be used and back to the ' funeral home, Caldwell said. i Two Cars are Stolen Here Saturday Night Two cars were stolen in Platts mouth Sturdav nfht according o Phenff Joe Mrasck. A 1941 black Ford coune. own d by Eeverly Sutton, was stolen from in front of Eeenbersrer'' grocery store, Mraek said. Lic ense number on the car is 20-4502. The car had not been found Mon day morning. Another car, a 1035 Dodo-e tu dor sedan owned by Lester Taylor, was stolon from in front of his house. The sheriff said the car was found wrecked Sunday moraine in Iowa. Francis Schwartz is beins: held by authorities in Shenr.an doah, la., Mrasek said, in connec tion with the theft. 24 Coyotes Killed Twenty-four coyotes were kill ed Sunday in a hunt which started in Elmwood. Some S00 persons were on hand for the hunt. They formed a seven-mile square, part of them starting in C'cOe county. American Communists Look to Union And Farms for New Party Recruits WASHINGTON 0J.R) American communist leaders are callingr Monday for a left wing recruiting drive looking to a third party movement in the 1948 presidential elections. j Party Secretary William A. Fos-1 ter has passed the word that "the; difficult political and econimic problems in the United States"; provide an opportunity for re-! cruiting drive which will greatly; increase the number of his follow-, ers. The communists are looking to labor unions and the farms for their recruits. I Third Party Plans i They are depending on the pol-' itical action committee machinery set up by the congress of indus trial organizations to dive their third party plans a bi? boost to ward reality. The program was discussed in detail at a closed meeting of the Communist naityi which took place in mid-February ! in New York citv. The plans were revealed publicly resterday in "The Worker." th eSnndsv edition of the communist newsr-aner oreran which is published in New York. The membership campaign ob jective is stated as: "Buildine a tppss communist party firmly entrenfhed in the key industries and shons as the indis pensable instrument of the work ing class in defeatine the reac tionary drive of American imper ialism at home and abroad.'' Gradual Break The program means a eradual break with tie Truman admini stration which inherited the sup To Make Plea for Extension of Price Controls WASHINGTON. 0J.R) Feder al reserve board chairman Mar riner S. Eccles said Monday there wa a possibility the cost of living1 may increase by an other 10C"C under President Tru mans new -wage-price policy. Eccles told the house banking committee that the cost of livins now is 30 higher than daring the period immediately preeeed the war. "I should think that with the increased wages and prices und er the new wage-price policy," he said, "there's a possibility . according to some estimates of an increase to a maximum of 40." WASHINGTONCJ.R) Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the federal reserve board, goes before the house banking committee Monday to bolster the administration's plea for a year's extension of pi ice control. '. Eccles, who is considered an outstanding expert on the effect of money and credit on the na tion's economy, was ready to toil the committee that: Inflation Threatens j 1. Dangerous, if not disastrous, inflation threatens unless indus trial production is stepped up sharply to match the vast amount of money in the public's hands. 2. Continuation of price control is absolutely necessary to keep in flation in check dining the time j production is expanding, j The committee is considering a hill which would extend price and ; rent control for another year be yond June 30. It already has heard from Ches ter Bowles, newly-appointed eco nomic stabilization director. Bowles .said the explosive force of ! (Turn to fage 4, .Number S) port of American communists from the late President Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt repudiated Ameri can communists in his 1940 and 1944 campaigns. But they re mained, nevertheless, as active and in some cases extremelv row erful factors in the left winar of the new deal-democratic coalition which he commanded. As of now the communist do mestic program is substantially parallel with Mr. Truman's poli cies although he often is bitterly denounced ior tauure to eo as far as Foster and his advisers de sire. But the break is wide open on foreign policy. American com munists take their basic party line from Generalissimo Josef V. Stal in who earlier this month laid the blame for World Wa- II on "r"i pov capitalism," which is the Rus sian name for private enterpiise. Party Organization With that in mind, the commun ist rational committee voted for a mass party organization for the mass stru?rle, the ultimate object ive of which is stated to be the na tionalization of all United States industry. The recruiting campaign is the first step in this program, "The Worker'' explains. ''Only such a policy will speed the development of a broad anti monopoly, anti-imperialist and an tifascist people's party," the na tional board of the communist party informed party members in Sunday's manifesto "independ ent of the two main Bourgeosie parties in time for the 1948 elections. j"Wait-and-See" Policy Adopted Toward Argentine WASHINGTON CU.P). State department officials Monday adocted a strictly an-iiu-.-c: . attitude toward the Argentine election pending announcement of the results. Despite hijjh interest in the balloting, officials declined to speculate on possible future de velopments in keeping with the policy of non-investigation in demestic affairs of other Ameri can republics. Results Not Known Results of the election will not be announced until later this month and possibly not until sometime in March. Reports from Buenos Aires indicated about 3, 100,000 botes were cast in the contest between Col. Juan D. Peron, running on the labor party ticket, and Dr. Jose Tomborini, representing the democratic union. News dispatches from the Ar gentine capital indicated that vot ing in large centers was calm and orderly. Two important things now re main to be seen, according to ob servers here: (1) whether any large group? absented themselves from the polls for possible fear of honest count of the ballots will be forthcoming. This was said to rest largely in the hands of tte army and navy. Corollary Question A corollary question is whether, if Tamborini wins, he will be in- stalled in the presidency. It was noted here that while the decree j convoking the elections specified i that the president would serve the customary six-year term, no men I tion was made of a date for his j inauguration. J " It is no state secret that if Peron becomes president, rela i Hons between Argentina and the United States are likely to con- iJynue strained. The United States J "blue book" issue on Feb. 11 con i demned Peron as a Nazi-fascist collaborator whose followers sought creation of a totalitarian state in this hemisphere. Strikes At a Glance By United Press Strikes and shutdowns across :the nation kept an estimated 886, ; 000 U. S. workers awav from their i jobs Monday. The major disputes: ! Power Pittsburgh area util ities workers went ahead with plans for a strike at one minute after midnight tonight against the ; Duquesne Light Co., wrich would I shut off power in two Pennsyl vania counties. ! Milk A federal conciliator reported bolh parties were making an "honest effort" to settle the Detroit milk strike, which has halted deliveries to two million i persons since last Thursday. j Automotive Negotiations con tinued in the 97-day-old strike against General Motors with com pany and CIO auto workers of ficials still at odds on three major issues. j Transit CIO transport work : ers president Mitchael Quill warn ed of a strike anytime after mid night Tuesday which would crip ple New York City's vast transpor tation system. ! Farm equipment The van guard of 17,500 CIO farm equip ment workers began returning to their jobs at the Caterpillar Tractor Co. today after accepting a companv wa?P nffW PRESIDENT RECEIVES 2,000 CHICKS . . . COLLECT A few of the 2,000 baby chicks which were shipped to President Truman and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson by William Lathrop of Richmond, Ind., are pictured at the Railway Express Office in Washington, Wherry Considered For Head of GOP National Committee WASHINGTON 0J.F9 Promin ent republicans both in and out of congress were mentioned Monday as possible successors to Herbert Brownell, Jr., as chairman of the j lepuoncan national committee, GOP sources reported that Brownell, who took over the chairmanship at the party's 1944 national convention at Chicago, had resigned effective April 1. He was understood to be anxious tQ devote more time to his law prac tice in New York. Republican leaders in congress were eager for speedy action on a successor to prepare the party for the crucial 1946 congressional elections, in which they have high hopes of winning control of the house. Brownell conferred with a group of them here Sunday. GOP sources said no definite choice had been made but that consideration had been given to Sen. Kenneth Wherry, Neb., Sen. Arthur II. Vanderberg, Mich., Rep. Charles Ilalleck, Ind., and Rep. Clarence J. Brown, O. Speculation also touched upon the names of Harrison Spangler of Iowa, Brownell's predecessor; former U. S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts; and Werner Schroder of Illinois and Ralph Cake of Oregon, both mem bers of the national committee. t opellmail OpeaKS In Ceremony Sunday From Vatican City VATICAN CITY Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York challeneed Monday the ''attackers of religious freedom in many parts of the world'' and declared it was the duty of the church to stand against the ''wave of mili tant atheism." The challenge was issued as he took over the Titular church of Sts. John and Paul in a colorful ceremony. The speech was broad- cast to the United States starting at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. CST). The ceremony took , place one hour before an unprecedented col lective papal audience called by Pope Pius XII for the sacred col lege of cardinals and the diplo matic corps. The audience, vir tually a fifth consistory, brought speculation that the pope would ?nake important pronouncement on world affairs. Cardinal Spellman declared the church must "face a tidal wave of militant atheism, unbridled im morality, vile injustices, blinding hatreds and cruelty that, in this atomic age of godless materialism, threatens the death of civiliza tion." " He said the anxiety the pope had expressed for portions of his Flock "extends to many parts of the world where man's right or religious freedom is violated with diabolical deceit and satanic fury." Workmen Remove Debris From Main Street Gutters Workmen got an early start Mondav morning cleaning away the dirt and debris collected in the gutters along Main street. By I noon the general appearance of the street was greatly improved. I The workmen were hindered tnmpwlist bv thp narked cars but managed to work around them. Seeks Divorce Edward Van Horn has filed petition with the district court far a divorce from Norma Van Horn, D. C. They were shipped by Lathrop rn protest against the government's request that chicken producers should cut down their flocks to stop overproduction and save grain. P. S. Lathrop shipped the chicks COLLECT. (NEA Telephoto) Pittsburgh Utility Workers Continue Plans for Power Strike at Midnight Monday MacArthlir IsSlieS Order on Supplies TOKYO CU.R) Gen Douglas MacArthur Monday instructed Eighth army headquarters not to procure items labeled ''critical'' from Japanese sources without authorization. Food heads the list of items MacArthur deemed critical. Other scarce items included medical, dental and veterinary supplies and equipment; salt and salt products; charcoal, petrol eum products, motor vehicles, tools, spare parts, tires, tubes, clothing and silk. Final Pay Checks Are Written for City Employees HOUSTON, Tex. (U.R) Acting city manager J. M. Nagle, Mon day ordered final pay checks pre pared for Houston's striking work ers as a back to work invitation was ignored and some 200 addi tional city employees joined the walkout. ; City officials estimated that 700 municipal workers were off the job as the strike entered its sixth day. Hearing Postponed A hearing in district court where the city sought a perman ent injunction to outlaw the strike was postnoned till 9 a. m.. Tues day at the reauest of AFL auth orities who said they had insuffic ient time to orenare the case. Mayor Otis Massey, said no meeting of the city council was nlanned Monday unless a back to work movement materialized. A full scale walkout of other city emnloyes, wlv'ch would have affected gas; sewage and alarm systems was cancelled Sunday eve ning by D.' W. Maxwell, secretary of the AFL building trades coun cil. - ' - However, 14 water and sewage treatment planjs were oneratin with only skeleton- crews. Maxwell said about 300 emnloyes in these and other installations had been called out in sympathy with strik ing garbage workers. - -Rejects Offer The city council, meeting e. in closed session Sunday night, Kre jeeted an offer by Maxwell, to end the strike. Maxwell had-; said the strikers would return to their jobs if city authorities would bargain with agents of the AFL council, with which the strikine city-county employes union is affiliated. . The city council, which stead fastly has refused to negotiate with union representatives, reiterated its stand in rejecting the offer. Councilmen said they would negot iate with individual strikers after they have returned to work. JP Seek Democracy TOKYC (U.R) The Japanese communist party Monday formally demanded the abolition of the "fuedalistic emperor system" and asked that it be replaced by a peoples democratic government with a diet composed of a single i House. The demand was contain ed in a declaration adopted at the opening of the three-day fifth na tional communist congress, By United Press The threat of a shutdown of the Houston, Tex., gas, water and sewage disposal systems was eli minated Monday but Pittsburgh area utilities workers went ahead with plans for a power strike, scheduled for one minute after midnight Monday. Despite threatened walkouts, the national strike total dipped to slightly under the million maik when 17,500 CIO farm equipment workers voted to end a strike against the Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, 111. There were ap proximately 886,000 workers away from their jofcs as a result of la bor disputes. ; Houston Strike Off ; The AFL Houston building trades council called , off a work stoppage three hours before the 5 p. m. (est) deadline) Sunday, de claring the union "had no desire to cause hardship to citizens of Houston." The strike had been scheduled in sympathy with the striking city-countyr employes un ion, a member of the council. Negotiations between the Du quesne Light Co. and an independ ent union were recessed last night after the compay rejected a union proposal to avert a power strike at 12:01 a. m. tomorrow. In the major labor develop ments: Civil Service Rights 1. Houston Mayor Oth Massey, , warned striking city workers they ' would lose their civil service riehts if they did not return to work by 9 a. m. (est) Monday. 2. Federal labor conciliator Walter Green reported both par ties were flaking ''an honest ef Vrt' toward settlement of the Detroit milk strike which has halt ed deliveries to nearly two million net-son since last Thursdav. 3. AFL bus drfvers for the Chi 'go and Calumet' district transit "omoanv called off a strike, set for 3:30 a. m. Moaaav,and agreed n submit their wage "dtsjitite to. arbitration. - - vwmi.u , General Motor .: ' 4. General Motors and CIO Uni ted Auto workers official Te- ; enrred negotiations with at least three maior issues barring frrir-ed- -iote settlement of thir lengthy " nS'ennte. now in its '97th "day. 5. CTO transport workers pres!- ' HArtt Mich el Quill warned: of : a n strike ativtime after - min.Mit r Tiiesdar unless the union was ef an te ? exclusive bare-amines rihr for New York Citv's street--ffirri ptrs; and' subway workers.' ' -2'' i "SoTe--f7.5Grt CTO far" eqain- -rnertt wkers-Sundav niht;voted ro acfnt a-Wa&p nronosal of ' the .nntprpinaTractor Co.. ending a pfi- lkfttir1?' Workers making les fhan -ifliour were granted n lo-cents Tiotirlv wag increase, those 'Tnqkfriif "more received a hsnVpfc . '1 S v,icent-: riase. ' Federal tohc'rliator Green re ported after a sef-hour neotia ine session last- niht that defin ite progress had been made toward settlement cf-'th'e; Detroit milk strike and that. ' omoin' " narties would rot he railed rn Washington as originalhr 'plarfnel. Arp-entina -Cfiiunts Flection BaHof s: No Returns Ready PTTrvn.q ATRF.R)!Ar?eTi- 'r. once arain nnder a state of ho pstlmntpd S.I AO 000 ;-,hllotS "oct Snndav to dAtermin-4 whether Tol. Jnnn D. Peron wilLbe it nevt nresi'lent.' . i : Tirct return5! in Peron's. contest wrtth Dr. Joce TamhorinL' .rund' flatp of the four-narty demorwt ontition. are not evneicteH for trro or thrpe lisv. A nmntpated nrnrprliirp of aopThhHn' '-S1ld chpkinJ' hollot hoxe'' enmvsz f rt. The stntp of siPO"e' -Vp rploti no hv the ToveTnTieTit ' 'nt rmd-nio-ht nfter a 4S-hour suension to he electirtTi. s-. k.8 -' War miniater Hen. Hn'Mtf o Sosa Molina orderpd he 1 C09 f nnv, navy Jn'ir force trootis, who sunervied th nrAiTXtt: tion to rptnrn to thpir btrraeX"3tT'-'-lnte lt nio-ht. He said their Job' was finished. Both Peron and Tamborin head- nuarters claimed victorv. Dr. Fn riaue M. Mosca. Taborini's run ning mate, said. "We have won everywhere " Rear Admiral Al berto Testaire, one of Peron's managers, said his renorts showed that Peron had swept the country. WEATHER Nebraska Forecast Partly cloudy with increasing winds. Mon day and Tuesday; warmer east Monday: little change in temper ature Monday night; low Monday night lower to upper 30's; some what colder north and west por tions Tuesday.