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. ace rwt THE JOURNAL. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946 The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 Published semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at Ma Street. Plattsmouth, Cass County. Nebraska, by The Journal Pub lishing Company. 1 a LESTER A. WALKER, B. J. ALCOTT... M. P. MURRAY. Publisher ....General Manager Managing Editor Q What is the nation's biggest Army separation center? A Fort Dix, N. J. Q When was the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima? A Aug. G, 1945. q How many weather forecast ing centers are maintained in the na tion? A Twelve: Washington, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Billings. Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Burbank. Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, casli n advance, by mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. 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: $3 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. Much Ado About Suckers A newcomer has stepped into the spotlight recently occupied by Messrs. Lewis, Petrillo, Curran, Bridges and others suspected of having an undue personal influence over the public weal and woe. It is none other than Uncle Mike Jacobs, the New York boxing promoter. Mr. Jacobs has roused the interest of Rep. Donald O'Toole, a Brooklyn congressman, and Assistant General Wendell Berge since the Louis-Conn exhibition of biff and ballet the other night. It seems that they entertain some thought that Uncle Mike is a mon opoly. Mr. O'Toole called the eight- round maypole dance for the heavy weight championship a fraud and a swindle. He asked Boxing Commis sioner Eddie Eagan to hold up the box ers' purses and start an investigation. He told Mr. Eagan that '"it is the duty of the commissioner to protect the pub lic." All of which may be very public spirited, but we don't think the bout was either a fraud or a swindle. Those words carry a connotation of secrecy and deception. But the various ele ments of the fight weren't concealed from anyone who took the trouble of reading the newspapers. It was no secret that neither Louis nor Conn had had a professional fight in five years. The fact was dully re corded that both rusty gladiators had wanted warmup fights and that Mr. Jacobs had said no. It was known and published that both boxers owed the promoter six-figure sums. So the suckers who paid $100 a ticket had reason to suspect that they might not get their money's worth. There was ample information at hand to protect them from exploitation. But they laid it on the line, thou sands of them, because the truism about one being born every minute still holds good. But it might be pointed out that only 45,000 suckers, instead of the pre dicted 75,000, turned out for young Mr. Conn's pasting. And it might be predicted confidently that Uncle Mike has offered his last hundred-buck-top attraction. There's a limit even for suckers. Congressman O'Toole's heart may bleed for the dopes who shelled out nearly $2,000,000 for the fight. He may feel a glow of righteous wrath at Mr. Jacobs' promotional tactics. But we suggest that there are other, more useful outlets for this public servant's crusading zeal. The public really does need pro tection from such things as inflation, depression, domestic chaos and atomic war. We believe that Mr. O'Toole and his colleagues might concentrate to good advantage on trying to provide that protection. Their part in that job, if conscientiously done, would leave no time for tilting with windmills. The Real Test at Bikini Ey DREW l'EARSQX WASHINGTON Civilian Production Ad ministrator Jack Small, worried over race track construction -while veterans are denied homes, has now sent orders to his branch of fices to spur veterans' housing. Some of these problems were discussed with Small at a recent closed-door meeting: with representatives of the major veteians' groups, when Wesley Pearce of the Veterans of Fore ign Wars broached the subject of the new race track in Monmouth County, N. J., which is being built with CPA okay. "Now, wait a minute," interrupted Small. "That particular race track was started before we had established effective building- controls. "You can't blame me," he insisted "I admit that it was a mistake. But it was started last November, before we instituted these stop orders on non-essential construction. The ma terials were already on the ground. The con tractors couldn't get by with anything like that now." Small did not, however, explain why the race track haunt stopped by the CPA. Just before the meeting broke up, VFW's Jim GUlaa asked bmail about the 230-room ad dition to Washington's Shoreham Iioiel which was C''d by the CPA on the shallow grounds that tlie adaed 2oO rooms were needed to pro mote "foreign relations." Gilbn pointed out that it might have been smarter lor CPA to divert bathtuos, bricks and other Duuuing essentials into buiu.mg i.oines -or vtlvi-uac, inasmuch as visiting oipiomuts iUieauy enjoy a mgn priority on W asmgtoii ho tel accoiiimouaiions. 'T have I'16111' bathtubs," replied Small, and u uew type of non-esoemiai iioonn- ilia ieiiul iur the Mioreham which won't interfere wiia construct. on shortages." Before veterans' spokesmen could pin Lim uown on the nuinoer of essential houng items gomg into me snoiviiaui annex, mciuouig bnciw, uit CPA ooss announced that he Had an appointment uuh the secretary of war and ended the conference. Gtting The CPA OTA administrator Paul Porter was being quizzed by Senator Homer Capenart, the In diana "Anisic-Box -Master," regarding tne re newal oi price control. "We don't want to destroy price control," said tne senator from Indiana. "We just want to reform it so it will work. I dont see Wiy you fellows don't co-operate." "Senator, ' replied Porter, "you remind me of tne liiicrnia vno had just puiieu in a wnopper aim then saiu to tiie iish, "hold still. I'm not going to hurt you, 1 jut want to gut you a little bit'." Horse-Tradingr at Paris Secretary Byrnes' cabled reports to Trc-i-dent Tiuman regarding the big lour confer ence have been leusonaoiy optimistic. Both tne Russians and Byrnes seem willing to do a little horse-trading. In fact, it was hore-trading that brought about the arrangement to eva cuate Soviet troops from Bulgaria. One victory Byrnes scored was on the eva cuation of Soviet troops from Bulgaria. Here's how it happened behind closed doors in Paris. The entire Italian question was being thrash ed out, and the conversation between the two men went like this. Molotov asked Byrnes: "What's this I hear about you Americans enlarging all your airfields in Italy? Could you be planning to pull something of a permanent nature there?" Byrnes merely smiled and said: "What's this I hear about the new Red army air bases in Bulgaria? Were you Russians planning to settle down and stay there indef initely?" A; "Where did you hear that?" asked Molotov. "Oh," replied Byrnes, "we have our sources." "Well," replied Molotov, "I wouldn't believe every rumor you hear about what's happening in our area." "In that case," Byrnes snapped back, "don't believe everything you hear about what is hap pening in our zone." This conversation gave birth to furthor dis cussion which finally led to the important agreement to evacuate all foreign troops from Italy and Bulgaria. Getting Bevin's Goat In the same discussion, Molotov turned to British Foreign Minister Bevin and asked if, while the issue of evacuating troops was under discussion, the British might not like to talk about evacuating their 57,000 troops from Greece. "That's none of your damned business," snapped Bevin. Note Some observers wished that Secre tary Byrnes had supported Molotov in urging that the British army be withdrawn from Greece. If so, there might have been results. Paris News Blackout Here's what happened behind closed doors in Paris during the fight which led to the big four news blackout. British Foreign Minister Bevin first pro posed the blackout. Secretary Byrnes protested. He pointed out that he had to keep the Amer ican people informed of what he did in Paris, and he warned that everything would leak out sooner or later anyway. Bevin, however, said flatly that if Britain was to get together with the other three pow ers on Trieste, the negotiations would have to be secret. So, reluctantly, Byrnes agreed to ending the news leaks on what is happening at the conference. Note At the same meeting, the big four named Andrei Vyshinsky, Gladwyn Jebb of Great Britain, and Ben Cohen of the Stale De partment as members of the commission to in vestigate disposal of Italian colonies. (Copyright, 1946, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) fMh ( Jk A 4 -TT sT atomic 1 ; Aw i' m v .J.ySjsiaT---lw'1-1" u-o- .-U.W" maMi""' - rtm Ill 1 will III mi Win I lyinnna fours :-v I I I I att . rs- :;:!! EPSON'S WASHINSTOH CGLUMH BY PETfiR EDSOX SEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON. D. C. (NEA) A new case testing the power of, labor unions to make arbitrary rules governing conditions of employment is getting under way before a National Labor Relations uuaiu caoiiiiuh ui. i v. iti miiig, c id. 11 may wen oe a case mat will go through federal courts to the Supreme Court for final settlement. The St. Petersburg test ease grows out of a news paper printers strike. It involves two local news papers, the Evening Independent and the Times, and News Printing, Inc.. a jointly-owned company which prints both pnpers in the same plant, though the papers themselves are independently-owned competitors. The charge on which these publishers are boing examined is violation of the Wagner Act in refus ing to bargain collectively and attempting to domi nate a labor organization. - " - 1 J . tilt ucvvpdpti b - or any other employer, for that matter have the right to demand arbitration in a labor dispute over working conditions. And the underlying issue is whether any union can refuse to submit to arbitration union rules which tend to limit production. HTHE St. Petersburg strike began on Nov 20, after several months, of negotiations which produced no settlement. The strike involved' only the printers, not the pressmen, stereotypers, engravers, or edi- : torial and business staffs. j Prior to the strike, News Printing, Inc., had operated as an open :' shop, but under the rules and working' conditions of the International Typographical Union. Among these rules is a requirement for what has become known in the trade as "dead horse" composition, or type setting. It is the newspaper equivalent of "feather-bedding." What it means is that everything appearing in a newspaper must be printed from type set within the plant. If a paper wants to print type from engraved or stereotyped plates, a similar amount of type must be set up in the plant, even though this type is not used. . The St. Petersburg publishers proposed that continuation of this "make-work" rule be submitted to arbitration. Edson Real Estate Transfers W. G. Renwanz to Eernice II. andon, XE'4, 5-11-9. i Edwin E. Hadley and Ethel to S. G. Hadley and Emma and Ethel L., E'-SE'i, 4-10-13. 1 Jennie Tuev Ehlers and Herman to 11. R. Pjrter and Anna, lots 1, '2, 3, -1, and G, Block 10; Lots 1 to V, bh-ck 1L; lots 10, 11, 12, block 11, South Park addition, Platts- , mouth. i D. W. Ilawksworth, Tr. to Char les G. Ba'jian, lots 7 and 8, block 18, Plattsmouth. Lavern BL Eiacksher and Paul ine to Eulis W. Karr anl Cleota, 4G W. l"i ft. L.t 21 and all lots 22, 21, biock 2; lots 4, 5, G, ;7, block 3, Browne's sub-division, ; Plattsmouth. Irwin A. Ferguson to Charles N. Hansen, lot 1 and 2, block 1, White's addition, Plattsmouth. W. X. Brink, .-r., and others to ,11. P. Gannaway and Helen, lots (7 and , block 45, Young and Hays .addition, Plattsmouth. Mrs. Kate Obeile to Hariey ' Smith, and Eeithu, part of lot 12, SEU SEVi, 20-10-1). Lloyd Ward and others to Cor delia E. Wiles, lots 1 and 2, block (GG. Weeping Water. I j Alba B. Hobsun to J. M. Hob- son and Esther, lots 5 to 12 in clusive, block 1, Homing and i Race's addition, Weening Water.' j Spc-neor J. Marshal and Pansy I to Chris Hansen and Myrtle, lots jl nd 2, block )0, Weeping Water. Eulis W. Karr and Cleota to T. H. Pollock, lot 63, XEUSEVi and jlot 4G SEUSEli, 13-12-1 3. j J E. A. Wiggenhorn to Carl 11. ' Wiggenhorn, un liviuived '' in jtercst Wi.iSW'i, 7-12-10. . ; R. B. Elster and Barbara to C. II. Wigsrenhorn, undivided 1-G in terest W'SWVt 7-12-10. j S Miriam A. Wiggenhorn to C. II. ! j Wiggenhorn, same as above. ! I Geitrude A. Hays to O. E. Born emeier and Eugenia, lots 1, 2, 3, ( block 2G. Elmwood. i ! R. G. Livingston and Anna to ' jG. E. Pickrel and Beth, lot 775, j Louisville. ! I Home Owner's Loan to H. G. Illughson and Frances, lots 9 and jlO, block 0G, Plattsmouth. . i Richavd J. Kraft to Charles Pankonin, north G inches of east 60 feet, lot 211, Louisville. i . R. C. Bryant and Lilly to Ken neth C. West, lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Elmwood. I j H. J. Starkjohn and Margaret ! to H. C. Dauglierty and Leah, west 44 feet, lot 4, block 48, Young and Hays addition, Plattsmouth. j j E. G. Berthards and Frances to 1 F. J. Feldhauen and, Mary lot. ;ll, block 58, Plattsmouth. j j Chester Hackett and Xola to ; George JI. Walker, undivided 1-3 interest, XE'i, 1G-11-12. J. E. Harper and Nina to Geor- I ge H. Walker,' Same. J. E. Shreve and others to Otto Stege and Lucy, lots 9 and 10, , block 14, Elmwood. n4 - ' I H0WAR3 BUFFFTT 1 Congrcuman, 2nd Nebraska DUtic "OUT another "law" of the St. Petersburg Typographical Union pro-, vided that no disputes should be submitted to arbitration. The employers insisted, as their "law," on arbitrating. And the strike dragged on. j One curious aspect of the showdown fight is that neither of the St. : Petersburg papers can be called reactionary by any standard. Both i papers opposed the Florida state "right to work" amendment, the ; open-shop law which has created such commotion in labor circles, i Attorney for the newspapers in the NLRB hearings is Thurman : Arnold, former head of the anti-trust division of the U. S. Depart- i .ment of Justice. It was Arnold who tried to break up union curbs on production by prosecutions for restraint of trade under the anti-trust .laws. Foreign loans, gifts, and hand outs have hanstiung effective e" eh'orts to get federal finances un-, dor control. So the public spend- M:s. rieore of Lincoln and Miss Jennie C.crhaid scent the latter part of last week with their niece,' Mrs. Che.-ter Bornemeier, and family n.-ar Elmwood. ; Mr. a.ul Mrs. Lee Haidnock and lamiiy of Pasadena, Caiif., arrived last week and are visiting; Mrs- Harunock's parents, Mr. and ! Mrs. Irvin Stall and other rela tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frohlich aid Betty Jo were guests last Sunday of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Kunz, near Elmwood- Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Palmer THIS CURIOUS WORLD AUKiNS EXCURSI ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE JO GATHEK i WEATHfcfa. DATA, VV.M t RP By William Ferguson 'r iddle wJst. outnumbed. ar.un-l?n? son. ? Seward spent last week willing passengers on a ride tlvx will end in the ditch. To fulfill my responsibility to you.l have persistently tried to lnior.u you on the outlook. Gov ernment spending that ia ui.uiing the vaiue ot trie dollar continues Lveiuuaily that dilation wil end. out not uati -a crisis brings a i;.owuovn. end with the former's nurents. ' Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Palmer. I William and Bert Muenchau and Mrs. Fred Muenchau of Ea.;le,! Mrs. Lydia Muenchau and Miss; Liliie Muenchau of Elmwood and. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Muenchau of i Alvo motored to Garland last ! Wednesday and attended the fun eial services for an aunt, Miss it. n: ii i nioine iueiienau, who jjatst'j i Joyce Taylor of Lincoln spent last week-end with her cousin, Betty Jo Fronhch. I At the dinner held at the Meth-1 Si..; as of the coming showdown aie appealing. Look about you Can you exchange money in a 1 -vol un- f.ir rn.-n p.vluiiii iriPfil. 5. ,Tv. i.v o:1r.v11,:p " Ptn.? '1'he I odi?t church last Tuesday evenin answer is generally "no" The ': nenng the fathers and sons, Ed-! CPA has octroyed free and hon-i wardu Gerhard was given a prize , , ; as the oldest father present and; est marges. . , . . ; Duiing this peiiod of inflation ! est father. All present enjoyed . . . .,- K VA J. ' "1 J - ONS v ii data, Mf p ! n'15! ' Put' ' Pir I ' V "35,t3,Ls j I i . ; 10$LJLS ) ' MAKE TQ(JSAA0?1 ' l&ftl I I fZOUNDS, YET TAKE S'& j '-:r jMf s SOG DUf?.N& THE. j 1 1 ( STREKUOUS J-urnev. 1 fc' S f C3PR 14o fav NE SEhlCE INC. 1 'Jm ate 'T A l .'-r' Al- - T. M REG U S. PAT. OFF 0-27 V there is only one wise course. Fight by your voice and your: vote to secure honesty in govern- j ment. Beyond that, protect your- j tne dinner as wen as tne program that followed. Mr- and Mrs. Sumner West and daughter of San Mateo, Calif... self. Undei stand what is going on """ "c , -Vi u V i t i -a i past week with the former's bro- f and operate accoramgly- I . . ,T , 1 ! thcr-in-law and sister, Mr. and j Will prices- ever return to pre-' Mrs. Samuel Gay, at Des Moines j j war figures? My answer is no- j and brother and sister-in-law, Mr. j j Except for temporary uptets and and Mrs. Richard West near St. individual items, pi ices will not go Louis, Mo. j down again in your lifetime or1 mine, liie nugc lcncrai aect ana hnriPr WOrK VV eeKS What scy stood cm the ANSWER: Giacomo Jocante Casabianca, whose father com manded o French ship against Lord Nelson in the battle of the Nile, NEXT: Out where thevct bermst I kited the cost of living perman- for City fc.mplOyeS enily, and OPA concealment: CIIIcAGO (U.PJ Aaditional ; j . . .... i i i .... . . . . , , f eiiorts aie aoout wumicu uij. cities are reducing tne work ween roJ and granting vacations with pay i Three years ago 1 maun a pic- ' fc i1! diction in tne nou-e. x uci-iaitu, . . . . , nT that whti the people discovered the cruel effects of governmental inflation, a cunning effort would! be made to shut the blame to: to the International City Man ager's Assn. The number of cities in which administrative and clerical em- j i . : 1,x,-.-we .-r, t- l.cc tVinn A hour? B ... , f, 1 k I I V I . l. .1 t . V i II ' - - ii Congress, lhat iciecast was maae - . wnen mllationary subs j year. More than half of the 933 begun by Roosevelt in defiance of popu,atio.ns of more Congiess. j 100oo surveyed for the 1946 Now that forecast is being f ul- i Municipal . Yearbok now operate filled. Mr. Bowles is blaming on a white collar work week of Congress for the rise in the cost I less than 42 hours, the association of living. Like a man shouting; said. fire in a crowded theater, Bowles! Larger cities generally have is doing his darndest to start a 1 shorter work weeks; titan smauer stampede. When it occurs, he will cities, according to the survey, say. "See, what did I tell you !" Seventy-six per cent of the cities But it apeais the American people! with populations of more than are ''cn" to Mr. Bowles, so after; 10,000 have work weeks of less some cruel headaches we can work: than 42 hours, more than half the i ii. r fx f f CI TZ AAA v!i out of our difficulties and save cities m tne ro.oou - .,.uu VL freedom and opportunity in Amer ica I 'Corpse Comes to Life ! THE DALLES, Ore. (U.R) A police officer thought he had a suicide on his hands when he looked in a car window and spied ; a body, a gun and a red blotch j on the upholstery. But when the ' officer tried to open the door, his "corpse" came to life. The man j was a prison guard. He had re moved his gun to relax and had fallen asleep, and knocked over a jar of strawberry jam. iss Dorothea Keil Mr. and Mrs- George Hathaway of Union visited their aunt, Mrs A. E. Allen, and cousin, Mrs. R. B. Morgan, last Thursday John Rt liter ot ?Tr. and Mrs. t i ...... i n ,.uiiufi v.i.-4tivp in erase leave is 14 days, Eagle last Friday evening. range of from four to 90 days, lation bracket still operate on a work week in excess of 42 hours Vacations with pay averaging two weeks in length are grant ed city office employees in 97 per cent of the 933 cities over 10,000 included in the st-rviT. he long est paid vacation gi anted by any city is 26 days. Unskilled laborers in municipal employ are given paid vacations in 74 per cent of the reporting cities. Sick leaves aie given munici pal white collar workers in 648 of the 831 cities reporting. The av- 14 days, with, a f 1 f i i i f i Take A Plunge in one of these Full, Elastic Waist Athletic Support Bright Colors The favorite at any beach $335 Since 1879 WE ARE ANXIOUS TO KNOW AT ONCE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ANY CUSTOMER OF THIS STORE DURING THE FIRST DECADE OF ITS EXISTENCE THAT IS BETWEEN 1879 AND 1S89. WE HAVE THE NAMES OF SOME BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO MISS ANYBODY. WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 67th YEAR. C. E. WESC0TT SONS