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MONDAY, AUGUST 6 j r.r rwt THE JOUNAU PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA LESTER A. WALKER B. J. ALCOTT LI. P. MURRAY Q What is Army's "doron"? A A new body armor made of glass-filament laminated plastic fit ted into Army jackets. It can repel a .15-calibre revolver bullet. Q For how many years was there a LaFollette in major public office in Wisconsin? A Gl years. The record was broken with defeat of "Young" Bob LaFollette for the Republican senatori al nomination this year. Q When were aircraft first used in warfare? A Dattle of Fleurus (Belgium) in 179 1. Balloons- were used. I The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 unshed serrl-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at 409-413 Mali Street. Plattsmouth. Cass County. Nebraska. f The Journal Pub- filing Company. Publisher ....General Manager ....Managing Editor tntered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second claji mail natter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1379. m SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash ifl advance, by mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. DAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered fcy car rier in the City of Plattsmouth. 15 cents per week, or 57.00 per year cash in advance: by mail In the Piattsmouth trai'e arc;: S3 per year. $1.75 tor six months. $1.00 foi three months cask to advance. Ey mail outside the Plattsmouth trade are. S5.00 ter year, $3.00 tor six rionths, 60 cent o mcnU, taih m advance. Service in Peace as in War -.iany uu.'ih wiio had long felt sincere concern at the growth oi ma enme politics and "boss rule" in the dated states could not but be alarm ed wnen, early iiiis month, war veter ans of AvicUinn County, Tenn., resort ed to guntire to oust a corrupt and in solent local organization. With tne ob jective they iuily agreed and in the result they reduced ; out the violent means they simply could not condone. Taking the law into one's own hands is eii-.-n unuetstundaijie part icularly so when that "law," as in the Tennessee case, is distant and at best u ii c c r i a m. iiut the deliance of consti tuted authority can never, in a civiliz ed nation, be very admirable. And it is ever a caugerous .practice, for vio lence has a way of perpetuating itself. Good and thinking citizens fear ed, therefore, as they read oi the war-ma- s.ei;e witn winch outraged ex-servicemen wrested control of "justice" in lc.umn County from a band of de putized thugs, that less justified imitator.-; might soon bring bloodshed to to many anornor American county and town. For a time these fears seemed much too close to realization. Veter ans in several districts of Arkansas or ganized political siates and announced that eiiorts of political machines to in teritre with free elections in their re spective areas would lead to reprisals which would make the Tennessee riot seem a "tea party." "Big Jim" But-' tram, campaign manager of the vic torous "GI Non-Partisans," announced that letters were pouring in to him from veterans in all parts of the coun try, and that "many of them want to know if they should do what we did." The situation indeed seemed cri tical. Americans were being offered a choice, it seemed, between two brands of ''boss ru!c.': one scarcely more de-t-'irovs than the other. Then, with striking speed, the threat passed, and in its place stood a promise of civic reform perhaps un paralleled in American history. Said Jim Buttram to his many cor respondents: "1 don't advise the same drastic action that we had to take. We tried every way in the world to avoid violence ... I want to see a Good Gov ernment League function, in McMinn County. An organization like that might be the answer for other com munities which have been writing me." A statewide convention of Ten nessee war veterans was told to "go back to your counties and form organ izations not mobs to preserve the ballot so a man can run for office in Tennessee without the blessings of Ed Crump." If, as seems likely, the campaign is carried into every boss-ridden sec tion of the United States, veterans have a magnificent opportunity to serve their country in peace as in war. Whether they organize independently or inject new life into already existent reform groups, they offer hope of a new era of political decency. MiRfWYGO." ROUND While Drew Pearson is on a brief vaca tion his column will be written by several distinguished guest columnists today's by lorn J. dark, attorney general of the Unites States. Attorney General Clark's column takes the form of a letter to Drew Pearson.) By Tom Clark Jly Dear Drew: The fact that I have been invited to pinch hit on tiie Washington Merry-Go-Kouad prove.-, without a douot, that there is a free press in the United States. Your oiler gives me an opportunity to write a story that is close to niy heart it's just about kids and that's no kidaing. .Most of us know that teen age crime is nothing new in this country, it has been with us for so long that some calloused individuals have tai-.en tne atuiuue that jtven.le crime is tinuiar to a uit of dust, it must be hidden un der tne rug. I'll have to admit that I, too, didn't see the scope ol tne pioDlem until October of last year. At tr.at lime 1 visited a correctional institution near the District of Columbia. Uiiat 1 saw was appalling: Crowded Housing conditions, first olienuers mixed with re peaters and a lack of supervision in the educational, work and recreationl program. .My lust thought was that the Department of Justice could do its bit to erase this blot on a strictly lederal basis, I took the narrow view that tne department's concern was with tne lo-nundred-oud teen agers under lederal jurisdiction. Closer investigation ' indicated that my altitude was Iikc curing cancer with a mustard plaster. 1 realized" that juvenile crime its preven tion, control and correction could not be segregated to either federal state or com munity levels, it's a domestic isaue that cros--ses ttate lines and community boundaries right down to tue home life of these erring young sters. the scope of this problem has been ably illustrated l.y. the federal bureau of investi gation. '1 he latest FBI sstatistics indicate that more 17-year-olds are arrested than in any oliur ago group, 'those under ill represent lb per cent of ail murdeiers, 51 per cent of all burglars, JU per cent of all rapists. Justice Department Tackle Problem In February of this year, we of the Depart ment of Justice decided to tackle the problem. We invited a comparatively small group of people -S in all to help. us. They came iroiii Federal departments, state groups and private welfare agencis. Their report was shoit and to the point. The crux of their recommendations was tiiat teen age crime must be atutaeked on the broadest poss-ibile oasis all the way from tiie child's home life to cooperation between federal, slate, community and private organizations on a colli ui no us basis. And that's what's going on right now, Drew. '1 ne department of justice, in collaboration with hundreds of public and private agencies, has called a national conference for the pre vention and control of juvenile delinquency. The actual conference will be a three-day af f.i ir oa (jet. 21, -22 ami But the prepara- l'i.y work is alieauy underway. You see. this conference does not foilow the usual pattern of Washington "conferitis." It will be devoid of voluminous speeches, frills and window dressing. The participants will work instead of making speeches. Progress Being Made At this writing, we have already accom plished the following: 1. The entire field of juvenile crime has been divided into definite catgories. 2. Pro-conference panels are meeting right now. For the first time in this field, represen tatives of federal, ttate, community and pri balanced groups. Restrictions are placed on vate organizations are working together in the scope of an individual panel, not on its membership. 3. The goals of these panels have been set. They are to complete detailed reports. A num ber of these papers are now reaching comple tion. Action The Key All of this preparation will streamline and make easier the work of the full conference also divide themselves into working panels, in October. At that time, the participants will They will have ts task of considering the re ports. They may alter them, make additions, ety. Only one ground rule has been set. Prior delete sections or discard them in their entir to adjournment, each panel must bring out a final report that reflects its undietated opin ion. he cumulative blueprint will be publish ed and distributed on the widest possible bas is. It is our aim that the drive against juvenile crime will not end with the riatonal confer ence for the prevention and control of juveni le delnquency. When the final session is over the piek-and-shovcl work will really begin. Delegates will be charged with organizing . similar conferences wherever they arc active Specific projects may be delegated to individ ual organizations which play a large part in communty life. In industrial areas, labor community life. In industrial areas, labor unions may have to carry the ball. In rural areas, a great portion of the work would fall to farm groups. In all areas, the peculiarity of local conditions would be the guide. You can understand Drew, that we have undertaken quite a job because we have re cognized juvenile delinquency as a grass-roots problem. We are all aware that an issue of such magnitue cannot be solved by a single conference. But wc hope that inroads can be made. I can't solve the problem the conference can't solve the proolem laws can't solve the pr'blem. I can only point the .way. The ultimate solution must rest with the people. That's the story, Drew. I personally hope that you will have time to attend a few of our conference sessions here in Washington. Sincerely. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General (Copyright, 10-10, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) . There's One Wide River to Cross e: mmm i --''- J J J J J J Morgan, and their families. She' Miss Dorothea Kcil iUis. uoucri liiiiiips EDSON'S WASHITCN COLUM? BY PETER EDSON ' NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C (NEA) Reparation Ambassador Ed W. Pauley learned the hard way about how the Russians had ta'K machinery out of Manchuria as war booty. The principal items the Russians seemed 'to be after were elect; generating equipment ana electric motors, i, Mukden city water supply operated with tkctri driven pumps, so it wasn't only the light .-ys'.er but also the water works, that was hit by Red ;,rn seizures in this city of two million inhabitants. On arrival in Mukden after a hard train t.i Pauley's first act was to go to his hotel and g under a shower. Just after he had gotten rice lathered-up, the power failed and the water we; off. lv,-v3!T,,v Edson Snyder hi '2' , I also plans to accompany the Schwendt family on a trip to Canada where they will visit Ev erett Morgan and family. Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Ander son of Waverly called on Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nelson Sunday j and Gracie are i morning. Liotn couples went to days with Vela- j the Myrl Miller home near Elm and Niobrara. ! wood where all enjoyed the day Pyle moved ' together. j Mrs. Orin Lanning entertained , Secretary of the Treasury John become figuratively a teetotaler. At the end of his administration as director the Office of War Mobilization, Snyder was under severe and con::ar.J public criticism for his policies political and personal. One of things his critics harped on the hardest was his reported fondness fc i highballs. i So now, to prove that he can take it, whenever Sn;der is offered glass at some social function he says, with his big "Sunny Jim" i'No, thanks, I never touch anything but double bourbons and scda, TV7HEN Harold D. Smith left his job as director of the Bureau pi xh " Budget to take a top position with the new International E;xi ms lormer associates in tne oureau tnrew cim a party. j One of the gags was a mock Bureau of the Budget official icrrrj made out. like a questionnaire. Each of the officials had ruled n ti blank spaces with name, address, telephone number, and a cla ..' cation of the chores he could do on a farm paint, carpenter, cut c:;-; drive a tractor, mend fences, and so on. It was a gentle dig at Smith's fondness for inviting guests to err: and spend a week-end with him on his SCO-acre farm about 80 rrild south of Washington, and then wcrlrir.g them all the time they wcr; there. CENATOR HAELEY M. KILGORE got the surprise of his life whej he went back to West Virginia for the recent primary elcctioi and found that some of the United Mine Workers' officials were again: him. Kilgore has a good pro-labbr record, and he couldn't help but i puzzled. Investigation disclosed that some of the miners' officials had ti idea that John L. Lewis was a Republican and wanted his local off.cis to support Republican candidates. Lewis himself couldn't be reached for confirmation, since he was still taking his vacation autc-toud cf the .country. Mrs. ghters Roberta spending a few tives at Verdel to Ashland last Thursday where j the W. C. T. U. at her home last Friday afternoon. TTt-c Union k'nnrlv anrl f nm - week. They have rented the house i jiy Cj; Omaha were the guests I 1 I. . T T T - .-v i a h f ot Mrs. Kennedy s parents, iur. Supt. Pyle will' teach this year, j Supt. Lehman and family moved j to Eatrle the latter part of last owned by Mrs. Morgan Joyce Miller of Elmwood sp ent several days last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nelson. Dr. and Mrs. Russeli Colbert and daughter. Aim, ville, Ky. visited over end with Mrs. Colbert's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gerhard, and in Lincoln. j .ir. ana iirs. i. y. tn'i called at the Fred Wen?el home near Bethany Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Vernon Root and daugh ter, Sandra, visited from Friday until Tuesday with relatives in the northeast part of the state. They also attended the Omaha Indian Pow-Wow held annually on the reservation at Macey. Mrs. R. C. Morgan left last Thursday for Chicago where sne will visiter her. daughter, Ea.l Schwendt and son, o.f 'Louk;- .-Burns several the week and Mrs. H.irley Smith, week. I MLkon Rodaway and tamHy i moved baturaay into tne noun they purchased from Mrs. Daisy months ago. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schmidt j are vacationing with Mrs. Sch midt's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Borgman, near North Platte Their son. Earl, who has spent the greater part of the summer there, plans to re turn home with them. Housewives are advised that yarn from old stockings makes the best tnreatca ior nieriums mi, ags and runs in other hose. Stock- j ins yrn is less noticeable than' darninc thread since it is lightei- ... . - Mrs. Jin weight and its color is ranci Bud likely to match. Cap'n Menke and Goldenrod Keep Showboat Alive ST. LOUIS (U.P.) Any; Boradway troupers wanting to j trade the tinsel and glamor of j the big time for steady work and a lot of fun for about the ; same money might look up the ' skipper. j That's J. W. Menke. He's boss , of the last of the showboats on : the inland waterways and any- i body landing a job with his ! show can stay on for the rest of his life or until the boat falls i apart. ! The Goldenrod is a beaten-up ' old scow that has been traipsing j up and down the Mississippi al- j ley since 1904 and even went to ' sea once. Eut for the past nine 1 years she's been tied up on the j St. Louis riverfromt, simply be- j cause "Cap'n" Menke can make i more money w ith less trouble ; the year around than by push- ; , , t i i i ing the uoiaenroa arounu tne catfish circuit for one night st ands. The skipper is a salty char acter who has been on the river, man and boy, since he first scr aped the fuzz from his chin. But j any interested troupers neean t fear that lack of nautical know ledge will be held against them. By Alice M. Lavenck Copyriahr, 1946, NEA SERVICE, INC TI1IJ STORY I. OccH TIarf, ' vn. only 17 whrn I enme to ' fall that eventful Mmmfr to hl at Cwunln Kllen, ho " t'lUgcruldw hounckppprr. LoIy hrI-H- Ilrent .-nplnred my hnrt towhiM from n mrk until I'rofrooor Mark told tue I ?"ia read any of hi. kat 1 tvautrd. VII , 'v.. SNUG in bed, with a light sum mer rain pattering on the roof, I opened up the treasures I had found after Mark left me alone in 4- lihmrv. "Under the Lilacs, 4wvt,r which I had read only three or , . -r,H "Thp Man ta iuur nine-), - ,, Lower Ten" and "Graustaik, T ;crrrrri flicked COZliy 1 -Ati TntrrvlUCtlOn 10 Philosophy" and "The Lives of ttie UaiHbd w. wau v-3 inlmrn rnnacitv oi me Irish for being at one moment in the depths of a despairing pit and r-v-t in bf ridint? high on 8 rainbow, I now completely forgot my troubles in the deiigimwv v-pntures of a princess in disguise. I was barely con scious of the fact that somewhere 4V.a l-iriicf thfrf WaS mUSIC, beautiful music. -.It made a sooth ing background to my reaaing, 4V,,,rrVi T hnrrflv rrnltzcd it existed. Cousin Ellen, coming up to bed later, ordered me to put away mi 1, -.1 -!. -J civ inv nrnvrfS. "DidNyou hear Father Burke niavinc lhe tiia'na?' she said. "Glory be to; Heaven, how 'that man ran nlav! Herself asked him to play the 'Ave Maria and sure 'twould bring tears Wwe ejrea rrf m ton itself to hear mm. When Cousin Ellen's emotions ,wcr aroused, her brogue was opt to become very jvionounced. Blie funded ikiw. Ilka a grtCRhtMU just oil tb coat. t m-n n kVpd then end dreamed that old lady Fitzgerald was playing the piano na xvibtk VitTttprnlrl was dancing OB. top Of it with, of all people. Cousin Ellen. And the next day, wmcn seemcu at it beginning to be a day like any other, shouia nave ueeu marked in red letters on tne cat- onHar Tnnis; fail, house Of Fitz gerald, would never be quite the same again. And never again inai summer would it be quiet for any length of time. For Colin Fitzgerald came home. OLIN FITZGERALD arrived at V-4 T.It-fnil in 1hf midst Ot B thunder storm late that afternoon and these was no one to receive Him Knf mvcrlf. Miss Chsrlotte and tna i-roies-tmvn shortly after breakfast and a little later Cousin Ellen left for market, witn stric instructions to me to make myself i.roful in Vipr absence. UJM. - . t in thrt library austins 4V, nnfl. incidentally, look ing over j.no nwnu wi kcvilles." when I heara me sound of a car door closing and .u tnainer nf ihn doorbell. u :t Jinan's ... j I replaced the booK quiciciy ana ...f tn answer tne coor. uviia liitrit. . ... He stood in the doorway wiui his raincoat flung across his snotu--i four v-lnblod bass be- side him, and he smiled at me and said. "Hello, I don:t Deiieve we c 1 i.r.-A int.- tte?" in a ouicK, charr-uhg voice and what sounded like sn. Jngusn ;ni-u ,.,.ti, Tviiinrniv. ISnrtnat vagrant, Colin Fitzgerald," he told m Vi. .M i Of course. I'm Cecelia cVcelia Hart." I said, and I think I must Uav wusne. ur .-j!- cir. dtciM." b said. "WelL vell, nd do you play the AuA dj.the angels ij-aji, w , shower roses down upon you?" Oh, no," I said hastily. -1 neip Cousin Ellen in the kitchen. I'ra here for the summer." Ah, that's good. Then well be seeing more of each other, won't we? And he came into me nau and threw down his wet coat and hi bag, and immediately tna house seemed to sit up and take notice, like a big dog wnicn nas long been half asleep and sud denly rouses ana Becomes cm-hcu at the sound of a familiar voice. -.1 7 t I FELT oddly excuea, mjsuu, and somehow it seemed fitting that Colin Fitzgerald should re turn against a background 01 wmu and thunder. I said breathlessly, 011 1 .you let me take your things?" But he hadn't heard me. xiu u j i4-- mo and cone into the Uving room, though after a few quick glances arouna me iuum, hA was back, and the hall came alive again, a nasn. uj. n&"""t, made his olive skin look bronze and his eyes and hair very dark and I saw that he had a than ltns- of a black mustacne. "Beware of a black Irishman! How often had I heard my mother say that. (AU ner peuyi t vad alwavs tried to co my mother's bidding, but today y . . ii fWr. TTitrerprald'S T innKPd UU aiuvj wuiui o dark eyes and I fell in love with Wm instantly. Thin and freckled and gauche I was, .and young for my age, but 1 Knew w -4 IVpr aeain would I meet ;uch a magnetic man as i"" Irishman. vo Where is ever-one, Cecelia? he said. "How is my mother? And at this, old iionora xieiscii. heard his, voice, and screameu. Was that her Colin, sne wanM to-'know.-i It was ner vuun, knew it was her Colin, and' ha was to come up and see her. At once, at once, do you hear?" 'Colin took the stairs three at a tiroa and I heard .her glad cry when he went into the room and then his voice calling-hex endear ing names over and over. (To lie Continued) The Goldenrod still bears some of the scars from one ev entful jaunt to sea from New Orleans to Mobile. But aboard her a ladder is the stairway, top side is upstairs and the head is just the gent's room. The skip per himself calls the bow his "front porch." Old-Time Melodramas The showboat's performers do not have to worry about poor plays, attendir.ee or aucverue reaction. Its stock in trade is old-time melodrama the stink eroos of the '90s. The Goldenrod's at.d I.-.tiuii holds about 500 customers, com fertabiy, and around 800 if some oi the r.udisnce don't mind hang ing from the overhead stanch ions. At least two nights a week Menke displays the "sold out" sign and even on its worst nighfs the show makes a profit. As for audience reaction, there is plenty of it. Menke figures that about 2 per cent of the cus tomers still take the' '"melodra mers" seriously. The others come to his, and sometimes tha two schools of thought wind up in near riot. PJost of the Goldenrod's trou pers say they wouldn't trade their jobs for anything less than top billing on Broadway. A show boat performance is strictly a give-and-take affair between ac tors and audience, and every things goes. Ripe Vegetables Barred Everything, that is, except ripe vegetables. The crew keeps an eagle eye out for customers bearing suspicious parcels. Even the scent of overripe tomatoes from commission row upriver is enough to send the troupe in a frenzy. Three of Menke's troupe of se ven have been with the show boat 10 years. Charles Melon can has been around 25 years and when he gets to old to doub'o as all the performers have to do he took over the job : as ship's conk. The Goldenrod's stage rii tor, Euestes Fletcher, has h; the job since 1936. He and r. v ife, Vida. came to the ;-ht boat after closing up their Ch;J aqua. Blanchp Forbes also h been around, mostly playmt, i. roine roles, for some lengtn lime. All the plaj'ers can i-:oy a- rf 4Vio nirtc .f Iho r-r.,, -.- t-1 rtricted 'enrtorv. Thf f'nnip T ' Ten N::;his in ; Barroom'' v be '"Littl2 'nell'" next week, nr. he "Drunkard" of one perfo: nance is the fair-haired hero ; tne Diacs -nearten vnuan or in next. Back in the days of sail shios, when hats first were in trodu-?ed into the British Nav; they weve made of sail clothj heavily tarred to add tiffnesj These hats, says Ships maga zine, were called "tarpaulins," i term which also was applied 1c the men who wore them. Lau tnis was shortened to ' tar" ' name by w'"ich sailors ha- been known ever since. . . , i BARBS BY HAL COCHRAN . . j HUNDRED million words a minute by telegraph is a pre-; Oeied possibility of a new device Vith the same thing for the tele-) iione. sorric women might be abic o hang up in three minutes. s Swccess is usually the luc'-t your friends think yon have w The price of lollypops tripled . Vew York but the kids will kee ight on being suckers. 7r's tough to pay so !;)i;rt steak these days but tounf'' ii-hen vcu pay less. ' Jj As far as the gals are conccrriC "ncbody loves a flat man. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguscn i ARCHIPELAGO ) . . W-'Xl i DOES NOT Ft-Y, V' ' V Loue distamces-- f ftJSVT? f WEB CONNKT1N& IS -AVtVV iV COPR. 1946 BY NEA SERVICE. I lWHEN THERE'S A CHiP IN A THERE'S ACHiP CUT OF IT, , S3?s POLLY JLLINSHAAS, 3 -EPAVITHOnE FIM H3QKED 1 five inni iUKPCRi. NEXT: - Do visa make hoss f thenajclvesl