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PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA TjjRSDAYt Mays, 1947. The Plattsniouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-'ll3 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass". County, Nebraska, by The Journal Publishing Company. RONALD R. FURSE Editor-Publisher Thelma Olson, Society Editor. '"Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor. Iola Ofe, Circulation-Office Merle D. Furse, Plant Superintendent Patrick Osbon, Pressroom Superintendent Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in ac cordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the city of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Purse's Fresh Flashes EDITORIALS IX THE NAME OF FREEDOM Freedom is always destroyed in the name of freeifcim. This is because of the tragic lessons to be found in the bloody history of the modern world. Musso lini invented Fascism in the name of liberty for the Italian people and promptly enslaved them in in the police state he created. HitUsr came to power with a rallying cry of German rights and liberties and embarked upon an unparalleled reign of ter ror within the borders of the Reich. Today, the Soviet Union is pushing out the ruthless tenecles of Communism also in the pame of freedom and de mocracy. There is no other lesson modern history should have taught us all, and it is this: There can be no real freedom in the super-state. Liberty and all- j powerful government are completely incompatible. Power, and the ruthlessness which power breeds, Iced upon themselves. Well-intentioned men are cast aside, and dictators take their places. Every fundamental human right is brutally abrogated Ahen it, comes in conflict with the ambitions of the leaders. A nation which weakens its basic liberties in any way gives a hostage to fortune. A nation which depends upon government to perform services which are the proper function of the private in dividual and of private enterprise is, unwittingly, preparing the way for regimentation and ultimate dictatorship. Now that England is socializing its j basic industries, thoughtful observers see a weak ening of liberties which have existed there for near ly a thousand years. There must be no vacillation on the part of the people of our country in pposing European philsophies in our domestic affairs. 'HUMMING SAILS The theory that excessive business profits are the primary reason for high prices is a dangerous half-truth. It is true that certain types of manu facturing business, producing consumer goods, hate shown large earnings. Eut this was obviously due In part to great demand caus.fcl by five years of shortages and scarcities. At the present time, the volume of sales at the retail level is on the decline. Profits in certain basic lines such a3 motors, steel, coal, etc. have been moderate, despite the high level of demand. Extremely high labor casts, coupled with low worker productivity, have pre vented anything resembling excesive profits in these fields. It thus becomes extremely difficult to see how substantial price decreases can be effected without, a sharp rise in work done per man hour. To this extent, the industrial worker himself holds the .key to the price problem. The most encouraging sign is that there have been no late price increases of moment, anl in a number of lines there have been small but signifi cant declines. Much of the credit for this must be given to retail industry which has been fighting an aggressive battle in behalf of the consumer. The retailer ia caught between high wholesale costs on the one hand and increasing consumer resistance on the other, and he knows better than anyone the problems and needs of the buying public. He is convinced that qualities must be improved, and that every possible step must be taken to bring prices down. He can't control inflation but he is doing everything within his power to check it. vifAtfiuv.ls,?AKq 16 Ytt&Hlht3IUd tJRRY-GO-ROUND .it. By DREW PEARSON DREW PEARSON COMPARES V-E DAY 1045 vmi SPRiNO LETHARGY OF 1937; WASHING TON 13 ASKS IN POTOMAC SUNSHINE WHILE WAI5 COLLEGE STUDIES RUSSIAN WAR; CON GRESS CUTS REAL ATOMIC WEAPON FRIENDSHIP. WASHINGTON-Notes on the anniversary of an armistice San Francisco, May 8, 1945: The United,- Nations being born .... simultaneously, the end of the war in Europe. History in the mak ing . . delirious people, dizzy people, happy people .... auto horns and ticker tape .... Senator Tom Connally saying, "The war is over." American Legion vets in uniform, older vets in gold-blue uniform : "Remember 1918 when you and I did this in Paris? We never thuoght it would happen, again.". . . . suitors kissing pretty girls. Soldiers singing. Secretary of State Stcttinius beam ing . . a new union of nations. The United Nations .... tl(c end of our traditional isolation, the end of war ... i . we wont make the same mistake we; made after 1918.Th'.s time America will rticli with' the ether nations, ttick and pitch for peace. j According to trie Communists, the only solu tion to the labor prblem is to toss the boss out, and let the workers run the plant. A contractor stationed his foreman on the other side fo a wall in a newly finished dwelling and called out, "Can you hear me?" "Yes," replied the foreman, "Can yu see me?" asked the con tractor. "No," said the foremen. "That," replied the contractor, "is what I call a good wall." Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, came sneaking up ont of the river bottoms the other morning and dashed into the drug store up the street for some perfume. She took one whii'f of a "new man-killer Just arrived and said sweetly to tthe admiring druggist, "Listen, mister, I don't want to start a fire. I want to put one out." . A nose by any other name would smell the same. ' A gardening expert informed us that our bulbs would come up quicker if we planted a small piece of fish with each plant. They did. Yre have a cat at our house. Remember the good old days before the New Deal when your congressman sent you garden seeds about this time of year? Now they send" you a check. ' " She could swing a rix-pound dumbbell, She could tennis and she could box, She could row upon the river, She could clamber 'mong the rocks; She could golf from morn to evening, And dance the whole night long; But she couldn't help her mother, 'Cause she wasn't very strong! The old man next door to us got his neck caught in the new electric refrigerator the other night. He was trying to see if the light went out aiier he closed the door. We have noticed that a lot of people who are sure the country is doomed all have twelve-month calendars. Sailors kissing pretty girls, strange girls Texas Tom shaking hands, slapping backs, pump ins: hands. "The war's over In Europe. Hitler s finished." .... Senator Vandenberg beaming .... Ed Stettinius grinning .... back on my desk, a letter from an old schoolmate, his son missing in action .... but now there 11 be new hope tnrougn the new United Nations .... no more boys missing in action . .. . the Russians, it's true, acted strange- 1 ly at the Armistice, holding up the final announce ment. Eut they' e suffered a lot. (Julie through hell. You have to understand them .... then there was that story of mine which everyone denied the story 1 of how Stalin ordered American troops out oL Fots ciam, back to the River Elbe .... we were practic ally in Berlin, trying to help win the war as quickly as possible. But the Russians wanted U3 out . . . . ' well, of they wanted to waste their own men, taking Berlin themselves, that's their business. Peculiar people, the Russians .... meanwhile, let's gtt ahead with building up this new United Nations. Washington D. C, May 8, 1947: Seems a long time since war. The anti-aircraft guns are gone from Potomac Park. The grass is reseeded and greener than ever. Nothing to remind us of war except the wave of barracks. And a sailor with an accordion serenading a wave .... willow skies dip ping low over the Potomac .... lovers lounging on park benches. Skies reaching down to caress the horizon. Pansies preening themselves in gaudy, prideful glory .... war seems long ago, very long ago- but not quite forgotten. . , STUDYING NEXT WAR Across the tidal basin under the willow sits the war college. DulT, unimaginative brick build ings. Inside goes on the imaginative business of moving troops, guns, ships, planes on checker boards, planning the possibilities of war .... George Kennan, crack student of Russian afrairs, lives in that building; brought back from Moscow to lecture army-navy officers, tell them what to expect from Russia in regard to war . , . . across the tidal basin, girls riding on bicycles. White-faced clerks drinking in the sunshine .... an ex-GI strol ling with his new bride. They may be living In a shack or a trailer or with a mother-in-law, but along the Potomac all outdoors belong to them. Times change. Even nature changes .... there was a time when my father-in-law, strolling through these same fields with Teddy Roosevelt, was dared by Teddy to smim the Potomca, cldo with the; thaws of March .... both swam it over and back and the now cultivated parkland with its cherry trees and pansy beds was then such a deserted swamp land that they were able to walk to the back door of the White House, dripping and half undraped, unseen eve'n by Mrs. Roosevelt .... Yes, times change. Imagine President Truman getting away with that in teeming, thriving Potomac park today! .... my father-in-law believed in war, believed in war's inevitablity. He was sent by T. R. to Ger many to study the Kaiser's military machine, brought back to the U. S. army its present system of indirect artillery fire-then considered revolu tionary .... now atomic bombs make artilk y a3 out of date as bows and arrows .... even war changes at least its methods of killing. The only thing that doesn't change is the Lucl that we keep on killing. A manufacturer announces a cut in the cost of baby buggies. Eventually only the baby will be taken for a ride. I The Fly. in the Loving Cup .1 ys zS xiYZ- w. ttoJ DO AXE MADRIGALS AT JOSLYN SUNDAY Mr and Mrs. Fred Bourrk v, Marilyn and Mrs. M;.lr i s. , attended the recital of hv 'd'V' College Madrigal sinters j! ' lvn Memorial, 0;-,;1-m ! . afternoon. The group of twenty Vf,.c &c vi. a ii i.y-uve minute gr?.m. Phyllis Bourck, a dsiuhtcr a member of the chorus them to a show in Nebrp3ka City Mrs. Emrvra Rawalt had a taffy pull at her home last Friday for the senior class. She aiso served pop corn. The pupils of the high school went to Nebraska City skating rii.k for a party last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunn spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bernes. Thursday afternoon aid society met with Mrs. Albert Carr and Mrs. Suan Carr. Mrs. Clara Ruhge led the devotions and also had the woman's gift service, i Her scripture was verses on giving, j Use Journal Want Ads Words to the song "Love Thyself - Last" were read in unison. As ;his was the birthday party all were invited to the church parlors where tables were set. A rainbow in ihe center with a pot of gold at each end formed the decorative scheme. Each guest paid as many pennies as she ia old into the pot of gold. Every one received a package of flower seed as a gift. Paper um brellas and small candles were fa- i vors. A lunch was served by the hostess. pro- Use Journal Want Ads J. Howard Davis INSURANCE AGENCY A dependable, estab lished agency repre senting the largest and oldest insurance com panies in America. PHONE 16 24' wide . . . and a long 01 datirsd, In lemiont of 12'. Unwn Mrs. L. G. Todd ! Miss Margaret Roddy is visi- i ting with her brother and famliy, ! Mr. and Mrs. Gene Roddy, i Helen Mary Meredith of Oma j ha spent the weekend with her - " I parents, Mr. and Mrs. naries Mrs. Grace Harlar of Weeping Meredith. VCuU-r :r.f.nt Rnnrlav r.ial.t und ! Air. ana ivirs. nay D.'imiu vis.- r- w j o--- Monday with hir sister-in-law Mrs. Emma Willis. i - t tir: n : tm ww a rin vi w i i : i r 4 'kh j i t Denver, Colo, have been visiting : Garrison attended a luncheon at relatives and friends around , Murray last Friday evening giv Union en by the Masonic Lodge and Mrs.' G. E. Patterson, Mrs. ! Eastern Star , , t-.i 7,. j,nMrr v. mivn i Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snod- ited Mrs. Bennett's mother at . Teeumseh. last Saturday. I 'Pnth ATnrri anrl Marv Lou shopped in Lincoln last Wedncs- i grass entertained their Pinochle club last Friday evening. G. Spencer of Mrs. Rawalt, day. Ray Bramblet and sisters Ne!J and Pearl and Mrs.' Todd wer? shopping in Nebraska City last Saturday. v The Junior-Senior banquet of TTnion high school was held at V, rmV,,cb,-r TTr.tol in T .inf. ,ln i Mr. P Ml S. E, in.t Thnrcrbv rvfnin" .it fi Talmadge visited o'clock. The faculty and Seniors Thursday. and Juniors attended. They went j Mrs. Carl Zaiser attended the sight seeing later and also at- j state convention of postmasters at tended a show. ! Omaha. Mrs. Earl Zorn spent last j Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmercr weekend in Auburn visiting her j have returned from Rochester, M:nn., where tney spent two weens. Mrs. Agnes Owen. Sioux City, Ia., visited her mother, Mrs. Florine Durham over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Gammrl, Omaha visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gunn last week. daughters. Mrs. Albert Willis and daugh ter Kathcrine Ann of Portland, Oregon, are visiting Mrs. Emma Willis, and other relatives in Union and Plattsmouth. ' Mrs. H. B. Fair cf Nebraska City was a Monday afternoon caller at the Mitchell Rich home. The ladies are Fisters. Mrs. Ernest Gollner and son have gone to be with Ernest in Chicago. Phyllis Gunn is the assistant at Flu tip to youngsters: Give the spoon that serves good medicine a good licking. Failure of horse- race fans to cash winning tick ets netted New York State over a million dollars in seven years. Too bad for the horses, but that ain't hay. , A judge says habitual traffic law violators have thetr head examined. To determine the influence of wind over motor, no dubt. NEXT SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY Remember Your Mother! SHE ALWAYS REMEMBERED YOU! No Matter Where You Buy Your Gift, or How Much or How Little it May Cost Give Her Something MAY WE SUGGEST? . HOSIERY by MUNSING and PRIM NYLONS $1.50 to $2.25 ALSO RAYON HOSE, pair ... ... $1.00 BEAUTIFUL HANDKERCHIEFS 35c to $2.00 Blouses Sizes 32 to 44 . $2.98 and Up HATS by GAGE and FISK that Mother Will Love! Choice of Colors HOUSE DRESSES ALSO SILK DRESSES NICE SELECTION of COATS and SUITS Prices Lower Than Ever See Our Windows for Further Suggestions and Come In and See Us! Ladies Toggery the postoffice. Miss Virglnl McCorkindale who taught music here last year has been reelected at Minden where she has been teaching. Born to Mrs. Mrs. Paul Drury, Louisville, a son at the Methodist hospital Monday, April 28. Mrs. William Bauer entertained her Sunray schoool class and took Manufacturer and farmers liave found die ' Quonset 24" die answer to their wiJely varied needs. For this flexible, all-steel structure is readily adaptable to many uses . . . vehicle shelter, implement shed, repair shop, animal shelter, loading dock and many others. Durable, fire resistant, impervious to rot and rodents. Call or write us today for details. WALC0, Inc. 72nd and Pacific St. Omaha, Nebraska r t This Mother's Day . .May 11 . . is a very special day set a- part to show our love for the best mother in all the world . . . from the brand new Mom to Grandmother. What could be more acceptable than these won derful nylons ". . . from the loveliest of sheers to semi weights $1.00 $1.75 Tcn't ;t niffl to be able to choose slips again ... to actually select Mother's foamy lace-trimmed or tailored favorites $2.98 to $5.98 OTHER GIFTED IDEAS Gowns $3.98 to $5.93 Costume Jewelry .... $1.00 Up Aprons .... $1 Hats .... $3.98 For a smart costume accent that's still a practical choice give Mother a bag ... in the season's newest styles .... $2.88 to $7.98 Shop