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i r 1 1-' I i i i PAGE TWO " THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA : Q How many pairs of nylons are being made each month? I a 30,000,000, as well as 18, 000,000 pairs of rayon and 5,000,000 pairs' of cotton hose. ; Q What portion of world popula tion is represented in the United Na tions? A--About three-fourths, more than 1,500,000,000 people. ; Q Has earth's population been, increasing faster or slower than usual in recent times? A From 1900 to 1940 it increased faster than in any similar period: 19 per cent a year, say Princeton U. Of fice of Population Research. The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 D..hiuk.rf ..mi.wkiv Mondavi and Thursdays, at 409 413 Main ..... ... .I.L.--.I. . k Tha Inttrnal Pith Street Plattsmoutn. cass vouruy. neunjM. vj lishing Company. LESTER A. WALKER Publisher B. J. ALCOTT General Manasrer M. P. MURRAY. Managing Editor Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress ef March 3, 1879. m SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 194t DAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Delivered by ear ner in the City ot Plattsmouth. 15 cents per eek or $7.00 per year casJi in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trade area: $3 pet year. $1.75 for six months. $1.00 for tnree months cash in advance. By mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area $5.00 per year, $3.00 for six months. 60 cents per montn. cash in advance. Anniversary Problems The Big Four foreign ministers are meeting in Pans exactly one year al ter tne united iations delegates con vened in fcan rrancisco to drait a cnar cer ior tne preservation of world peace, ine Paris meeting will again taKe up uie tasK ol settling some paralyzing uuiereiices wmcn nave endured among uie great powers ior seven anxious liiuuim?. And until tnat task is done tne road to peace, progress and pros perity is Diocked. r The United Nations, as a world organization, nas taken some impres sive strides in its first year. Already it nas met with difficulties and solved them in an adequate if not brilliant manner. But, for all its hopeful ac tivity, the UN has really been mark ing time. For it cannot protect and maintain peace until it knows what sort of a peace it will have to deal with. There has been nothing impres sive in the activities of the council of ioreign ministers. Its London meeting of September-October ended a dis couraging and complete failure. A subsequent meeting in Moscow accomplished little more than to set the date for the later conferences. Key differences were all too ap parent at the London meeting. Rus sia, rather typically, insisted that the three most powerful prosecutors of the war should make all the decisions re garding the peace. In practice, it de veloped that Russia had certain de mands to make from which she would not bulge, and until they were met there wouuld be no progress toward peace treaties or lasting peace. At Londonand later at Moscow, Secretary Byrnes did not show to par ticularly good advantage. He ap peared to be handicapped by the lack of a definite, positive, long-range for eign policy. . Since the Moscow meeting in De cember, however, the American gov ernment's attitude has stiffened per ceptibly, even though its foreign pol icy is still the vaguest in the Big Three, and there remains a strong popular and congressional disposition to re duce our armed forces below the dan ger line. That attitude must be maintained, not to override other powers and im pose our will upon them, but to im press upon them that compromise is the only solution, and that it must be arrived at quicky. :: Justice or inequity, contentment or unrest, war or peace, and the fate of millions, are intimately concerned with the results of these compromises. No one nation can force its nationalis tic aims upon the world. It is largely up to the United States', because of its strength and political ideals, to see that this prohibition is enforced. Cfte '-WSHNGION ' MERRY- Wa ,By DREW PEARSON , ! (Xote Drew Pearson's column today takes the form of a letter to his younger sister, Mrs. Lockkood Fogg, jr. of Willinford, Pa., on the occasion of the birth of a baby.) WASHINGTON. My dear sister : I don't know whether my family appreciates my writing letters and then publisning tnem in the newspapers. My wile ana daugnter think it is a terrioie practice, and tne latter raised Cain wnen 1 lorgot even to send her a caroon of what l sent out to tUu newspapers, fcjhe tnougut 1 lnignt at least nave clone fter tne courtesy of giving ner a copy lirst. llowever, sometimes I can write better when I am iaiKingto members oi my lamny, ratner tnan putting tmnga uown on a coia, impersonal page, niw Lvuay x nave uccii uuutiing uuut two niij-ui taut event; one tne j.att mat yoa nae jutu pie&cntcu society wnu a new and cnarimug aauutei, ana sctonu, tne xact mat Jiimny iines is sitting down in rans touay to try to begin writing a peace treaty. To tne world at large, ol course, there is no reilection between tnose two events, lo me, However, uieie is. r or upon wnat Jimmy uyrnes aces in fans uepends in large pait wnetner tnat daugnter oi yours ana young L,ocKwooa and all the otner sons and aaughters being born into this world must endure tne suiienng oi another war. What Kind of World to Crow Up In It has been just two years since Lock was born. At that time I remember writing you my fears for the kind of world he might grow up in. I said: "I am just a bit fearful that Cordell Hull thinks of peace as a personal peace one which can wait until he gets round to negotiating it, as a drink waits after a game of golf; not realizing perhaps, that the boys who are fight ing over there, and their wives and children and the mothers who are bringing new sons into the world, have a much greater stake in future peace than Mr. Hull and may jostle his elbow. "This, I realize is not the kind of letter one ; should write to the mother of a new-born daughter. Eut I have a hunch that the mothers of America would rather face these problems now, w:hen they can be solved, that wait until it is too late." That was written in March, 1944, with the war a long way from being over, and with Mr. Hull at that time down in Palm Beach putting on the gulf course. Peace Conference Twelve Months Late Today, one year after the end of the Europe an war, we are just sitting down to try to pre pare for the final peace conference. We do not even know yet whether that final peace con ference actually can be held. I remember after the last war how resentful some people were over the slowness of the Paris peace conference. In contrast, it was an example of efficiency and speed. It got started Jan. 18, 1919, only two months after the armis tice and was finished six months later, a total of eight months after the war. This peace con ference is already 12 months late, and may never start. The man who saw most clearly the need of arranging the peace while the war was on was thrown out of the administration in the very middle of the war with his job barely started. In my opinion this will go down in history as one of Franklin Roosevelt's greatest mistakes a mistake to be paid for by your children and mine. "Collect While Tears Are Hot" ' Sumner Wells, the .man Roosevelt fired as under secretary of state, believed in the law yers' adage: "Collect .your. fee. while .your , client's tears are hot." He had begun, while the Russians were pant ing for help at Stalingrad and while the British were still in their bomb-proof shelters, to pre- pare the peace treaties which were to follow the war. Welles called in experts, asked them to work out a foundation for tire United Nations. He had gone over Hull's head directly to Roose velt and got permission to iron out the contro versies of peace while the war was still on. Then personal jealousy which so often turns the tide of history cut the ground from, under Welles's work. His chief, Mr. Hull, made him a personal issue, told Roosevelt that either he or Welles must go. Roosevelt chose to keep the man with the greatest political power in the senate. ... Immediately the plug was pulled on all Welles' work, the months went by before Hull picked up the pieces. Those were crucial months. During them,' Stalingrad was turned from a defeat into a victory. The British no longer were worried about attack. The clients tears had dried. The fee was now something to be haggled about. The only fee the great majority.- of vthe -American people wanted was a permanent peace, and we have been haggling over it ever since. . I am certain that the mothers of Russia and their sons are just as anxious to avoid war as we, and have little realization where their rulers are taking them. . Our problem , is -to make them readize, to make them know that there are no basic differences between them and the great mass of the" American NPejplev When we can get that idea across, ,wheo. we tv ican get to know the -.Russian people,;thsn iihef:! power to make war Avill be taken ootf-'tnV' hands of a few men, and wars will be no moro. That is our only certain guarantee of . peace. With much love to your fine family, Your Brother, , j - .-"-! 5--. ' ' DreW. 1 f ( Copyright, IdiC, Ly The Utll Syndicate, Inc.) H Quite a Job for a Midget Now 4ee That ue1 wen. Taken cake of At the Movies SDSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN if 5 2 Edson Science Invades Cowboy 's Domain; Nebraskan Building Plastic West NEW YORK, (U.FJ The post war cowboy, if he's up-to-date, i Woman Aids Needy wun b iibvb spurs will juigie, T1 1 jangle, jingle. And he'll ride the In turope 1 hrOUgh weTount.a saddle that may never 'Adopt Family Plan' He may even shoot jack-rabbits ITHACA, N. Y. U.R) When with a plastic gun, using plastic Mrs. C. R. Otto first originated bullets her "Adopt a Family Plan" to aid "Why, if I have my way," W. war-stricken families in Europe, B, Vandegrift, saddle roanufactar- she never dreamed of a success it er Jfroin Alliance, Nebr., said, "fete would have. whole . blooming west is going to Already 35 families with no be plastic." friends or relatives in America Vandegrift, along with his six- have been ''adopted" by local resi-year-old pinto horse "Chief," was dents, church or social groups and in town Tuesday visitine the na- fraternal organizations. And tional plastic show. , names of more needy families in BY PETEU EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C (NEA) Are you a discharged veteran with a suppressed desire to go into business for yourself and unable to make up your mind whether to open a beauty shop or run a sawmill? If you are, Henry Wallace's Department of Commerce may help you. Commerce has a whole series of booklets, in fact, giving advice on how to establish and operate all kinds of shops bake shop, shoe-repair shop, or just plain grocery store or filling station. It was the War Department's Information end Education Division formerly the Morale Services that started all this. Somebody got the idea that it would keep up the spirits of the troops if they had a series of booklets to help them plan for their futures after they -got out of the Army. You can just picture how it would be some five-slar hero on Okinawa, sweating it out and trying to forget the war by studying how to run a beantv hnnni. sawmill. The books are really educational. The beauty book, for instance, says that the first machine for permanent waving wms invented in 1S10- J.JISTORICALLY, though, sawmilling is the older and prouder pro fession, the first sawmill in America having been opened at Jamestown in 1625. Beauty shops were few in number and didn't really get going till 300 years later, because up to the 1920's most self-respecting women shampooed their own hair at home. To make up for this late start and lack of class, the beauty shop business is now trying to change its name to "cosmetology," and beauty shop operators call themselves "licensed cosmetologists." The word "t,';autician" is apparently out, probably because i't rhymes with mortician." But the highest practitioner of the sawmilling art is still called "the boss sawyer," and a proud lot they are, too, with all their traditions of Paul Bunyan. There's apparently a lot more room in the cosmetology business than in sawmillology, though. The 1939 census reported 85,419 beauty shops. But today, says the other book, "the zing and buzz of more than 30,000 sawmills are heard in our forests." TN a lot of other ways the two businesses have much in common. Both books say you should have skill and experience. You have to know your machinery. You have to have good health and be able ' to stand on your feet eight hours a day, working. The danger of fire and injury is great in both businesses, and you had better have insurance. In both industries you apparently start with the same raw material an old log tnat has rolled into your establishment. Both lumber and curls need thorough drying. A permanent wave in a plank, though, would get the boss sawyer fired. Better stick to sawmilling, buddy. It will keep you outdoors, ami ii won i ce neariy so nara on your nerves. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson Uses Plastic Revina v andegnit wears plastic spurs, i many countries rapidly. At the beginning, are pouring in there were plastic chaps, and bounces around more "adopters" than "adoptees," in a red and white plastic saddle "Not only that," he said, "but; I put a plastic bit in old Chief's mouth and I keep him under con trol with plastic reins." but the picture is now reversed, saps Mrs. Otto, herself a native of Holland. Adopt Dutch Girl in organizing tne plan, a com Tlie saddle-maker said the west mittee of nations was set up, with might not be so wild when he gets a chairman for each country, through with it, but it'll be 10 Greece, Austria, Great Britain and times as efficient. ; Poland have local representatives and others are being named for Italy, Finland, Denmark, Belgium and Luxembourg. Parcels already have been sent to Norway, France and Holland. Women working in the treasur er's office at Cornell university "adopted" a Dutch girl, Willy Vandegrift said that Chief got " Kn' after her brother. 20-year- bitter about it when he i Vl" "1U lV . neartny, i nope you read tnis letter and lend us a helping hand. A few days ago I was walking down this street and saw some boys more than overjoyed, and cryir"- at the top of their voices, 'Long live the Americans.' Points to Pathetic Letter "In the evening a little boy in our neighborhood asVpH me to "He just wants me to knock 'em wrjte a letter for him and his pa there," Vandegrift said. "He rents in the Ene-lish lannaw. and doens't like doing the same thing to tell that they were very and twice." j very much obliged. And dear Get Vandegrift away from the 1 friends, my sister and me decided subject of plastics long enough, to write and ask for the most and and you'll discover the first man most needful clothes and a pair of who ever licked Jack Dempsey; shoes for each. 'We shall never for- "It was at school in Montrose, get that a friend in. need is a Colo.,J' he'said. "I was 10 and friend indeed' and jiist now it is Jack was 12. He punched me arid more than needful." "I've got everything figured out but a plastic rope," he said, show ing a snow-white lasso coiled up on chief's slickchick saddle horn. "This one works swell up to 600 pounds," he said, "but after that, you can't do a thing." j First to Lick Dempsey pretty nailed a cow with the plastic rope, and then the darned thing broke. "He's always leaning back to keep the rope taut," Vandegrift explained. "When the rope crack ed, he almost spilled on his tail." Chief, having horse-sense doesn't believe in giving a steer an even break. Hollywood's big stjr jamboree, l"Duffj-'s Tavern," made faiucus on the radio, now comes to tne screen and will start Sunday at the Cass theater. ' Thirty-two movie luminaries will take their bows before the camera in this musical extravan ganza. The cast of characters reads like Hollywood's Who's Who with such big-names talent as Bing Crosby, Betty Huttoh, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd, Eddie Bracken, Brian Don- i levy, Sonny Tufts, Veronica Lake, Arturo de Cordova, Barry Fitz gerald, Cass Daley, Diana Lynn, ; Victor Moore, Marjorie Reynolds, ! Barry Sullivan and last but by no ' means least, Archie (Himself) Ed ; Gardner. , j Not only Archie of radio fame i but other members of the radio show will be seen in the musical comedy. Charles (Finnegan) Can- , tor, Eddie (Eddie the waiter) i Green and Ann (Miss Duffy) ' Thomas, who make the radio pres entation one of the outstanding shows on the air, will join Holly wood's finest in providing a merry, tuneful evening of laughs. Also in the cast are such stellar performers as Robert Benchley, William Demarest, Howard Da Silva, Billy De Wolfe, Walter Abel, Johnny Coy, Miriam Frank lin, Olga San Juan, and the four youngsters of the Crosby clan, Gary, Philip, Dennis and Lin. ; m :i;i;!f; MANY S j ijt t i m m ! ifrife--? mzmwngrg im Y j! ; i'i M m ;i : ! !;'! mfc i) predict that B ; EARTH WILL.BE H ! 1 i W ii 'i'ii' SI lit !2"'&sSJ in the midst of ( ; ij : j : 0SSZZ l4 , 3 CTEA&E. Eg! : '"yVtt ?M AND NORTHERN ; r lf i' 1 CITIES WILL BE P ! ( OVERRUN WITH m ? &AW . i COPP. 196 BY ME SERVICE. tNC. T. M. prp, u. S. PT. - I JTjJ RE EARTH'5 LINES OF LONGI TUDE KNOWN AS fAAl&S CR. W AAS lisr MARYdANO VCUOIVTHROAT SCANETIMES BUILDS ITS NEST IN THE THREAT OF THE. SKUAAC ANSWER: Meridians. The parallels are imaginary lines marking latitude. Use Journal Want Ads NEXT: How much did the war cost? Journal Want Ads Bring Results :ii;iB:;;:i:K!i:in!!i;n:;;:! I punched him and I won, by golly." ...... . . But he and the oldmauler are still thesbest of friends. H '"1 talked to Jack on the . tele phone last night. Vhy, we're Jijke brothers," hei said. ' - ? ;' ci--. T , Chief Firt. Viit .. Vandegrift said that t tliis .was the chief's first visit to the big town, but thaftKe, nag absolutely refused to get excited." ; "I've pponftisedjim a set 6f new plastic shoes, If - he behaves him self," the saddle-maker revealed "And so far he's doing fin." t Then Vandegrift told Chiejf : "Give me a..kiss.boS.' '! -i fi. Mrs. Otto points to a particular ly pathetic letter from the recipi ent of a package "Please, for pity's sake, send us a can-opener. "That box of" canned goods you sent us is standing, be fore j us unopened. W have no tol3," riothine with1 which to open those delicious looking cans." ' Bomber to Clothin; " CREWE, England .'(U.R) From bombers to sewing needles. That's a Crew factory's reconversion jump. Engaged in production of engines for four-engined bombers for siXij-earshq. factory has been taken over by tailors. Three firms ?1t 1 l . m r4,; u1,a AixS x. "j wm snare xne piant in manuiac- .5? Ctnef lushed,. ducked his head rU t, ... , . lJi i ;Co.- willproduce, men's.lin- iJMtt&k little efWift fiafir btite of 'the-ohloolieys' tti pereVf.r 44VahdegriftV'been: carry ing thing'too far. '' - "Why, he even tried to pay that pony off in plastic sugar." :'; Journal Want Ads For Results wiu- manuiactnre meu a ciotning, both' for export to America. JThgj latter an Amerjcanowne(i-firni, expecb to employ 1,400 ' women and more than 4 00 men. ' as. The average size of each is 1,037 square miles. 68th Year This month marks the 68th year this store has continu ously been in the same business, in the same town under the same name. 68 years is a long time.. It reaches back to the horse and. buggy days the days of lumber wagons and hitching posts and the kerosene lamp. To the days when the cinema and the automobile were un known. Many changes have-come since our founder, C. E. WESCOTT, hung out his;sign "The Boss Clothier one price and no monkey business." But one thing re mains' the same our adherence to quality merchandise. You can be sure its good if you buy it at Wescotts. We proudly boast a 4th generatio.n clientele. : 'i J Since, 1879. -XiisKixsBiiiikiiafe - WE WOULD BE GLAD TO RECEIVE THE g I TRADED WITH C. E. WESCOTT BETWEEN I879and 1889. n f ii 5-' -'