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PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL: PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1947 The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 I'ubliblicU m mi-vvcckly. MonOiiys and Thurs layK, at 409-41:1 Main Street, riuUsinuutli. fass County. Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Editor-Publisher James Moore, Advertising Manager Thclma Olson, Society Editor. Helen E. lleinrich, News Editor. Merle D. Furse, Plant Superintendent Patrick Osbon, Pressroom Superintendent liarry Wilcoxen, Manager Job Department Kntrr.-cl ut thf J'o.vtoific-f ;it 1 Muttsniont h, Nfl'tuska af srcmul rlas mail matter in ac rrliirne with the Act ot Consross vt March ::. i.s75. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the city of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Furse's Fresh Flashes EDITORIALS ANOTHER LESSON IN ECONOMICS The quaint theory that it is possible to con tinually raise wages without raising prices was disproved long ago. Now the public in witnessing still another demonstration of the fact that wages and prices move together. The ciu-rcn. case is ccal. A- ..he Wall Street Journal said, "The American public will soon be 'chipping in' to finance the lrtest pay hike which John L. Lewis wrapped up for his soft coal miners." The probable average increase once the situation stabilizes, will be about 85 cents n ton. That, along with some other factors, is expected to raise the price of sled by 55 a ton. And when steel prices rise, it is felt throughout all basic industry. The price tags on thousands of articles will be increased. The desire of workers to earn more money is ptifectly natural. But. in t!'e lo.ig run, the wel fare of industry is what will determine job secur ity and worker's annual income. If, as an example, higher coal prices force consumers to substitute other fuels, the ultimate result will be a shrink ing market for coal and fewer jobs for the miners. Again, if a wave of price increases brings on consumer resistance and a general decline in buying, the ill effects will be lelt throughout the country at the expense of all. There is but one way wages can be perma nently increased without prices being increased and that is by higher output per worker to hold down cost of production. In the last two years, worker productivity in many fields has actually declined while wages have scared. The inevitable-result has been price inflation and a cheapened dollar. The present coal situation simply indicates that still more price inflation is on the way. .... OUK APPETITE FOR OIL There is considerable misconception concern ing the oil situation. In certain sections of the country, notably the Middle West, supplies of both crude oil and oil products are tight and are likely to remain so for 12 to 18 months. The reason for that is simple. It is solely because short supplies have made it impossible for the industry to drill enough wells, to provide the transportation, and to construct all the new facilities needed to handle record de mands for oil in all its forms. Consumption of oil has hit unprecedented levels.. Today the American oil industry is pro ducing more than 5,000.000 barrels of crude each day a rate higher than at the peak of the war effort, and 30 per cent more than in lD-il. That is an astonishing performance, in the light of the postwar shortages and scarcities of materials. But even that output is insufficient. So far as reserves of oil are concerned, the in dustry is expanding them as rapidly as possible. It is getting more usable products out of each barrel of crude than ever before. It is experi menting to find new sources of oil. such as the underwater salt domes off the Gulf Coast. Con currtntly, it is carrying on an enormous develop ment program abroad to make available the un touched oil resources of the Middle East and other regions. It is forecast that by 1051 American consump tion of oil will reach 6.200.000 barrels a day. The indsutry is preparing to meet that enormous need. THE SMALL RETAILER What chance has the independent retailer to compete with the chains and hold his own? That old question was recently given a modern "an swer by Wade G. McCargo, who described him- DOWN MEMORY LANE Ten years ago Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Heineman returned from a three weeks outing in the east including visits at Boston, New Jersey and Ni agara Falls. They travelled over 4.000 miles ,m the motor trip . . . Plamore Park scene of Kaf fenbeTgcr reunion . . . Stoehr family held re union at Garfield Park honoring Mr. and Mrs Carl Stoehr of South Gate, California . . . Three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Stone of ncar.Nehawka died from eating poison tablets . . "Miss Plattsmouth" Genevieve Bloom) and Le land Laase married at -Glen wood, Iowa in sur prise ceremony . . . Norfolk Packing company had 2,000 acres of sweet corn under contract to begin pack with 125 employees . . . Edwin H. Schulhof installed as Grand Knight of M. A. Shine .Council 19G6, Knights of Columbus . . . Plans completed for Rock Bluff homecoming at Hutchison grove five miles south of Platts mouth . . . Mrs. Katie Hild and daughter, Miss Minnie, returned from an outing in Oklahoma . . Mr. arid Mrs. Lee Hartford of Kansas City visited friends here . . . Mr, and Mrs. L. F. Langhorst celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary . . . Mrs V. V. Leonard fell and broke her hip; taken to Clarkson Hospital . . . Judge and Mrs. A. H. Duxbury attend seventy-first annual pow wow of the Indians at Winnebago. When you meet a person, of whom it is ru mored that only half of what he says can be be lieved, it is safest not to believe anything he says. You might believe the wrong half. A Chicago bartender has been arrested for selling a customer a glass of brass polish. And rightly so. Bartenders must remember that since repeal a new generation' is growing up that can't drink brass polish. A Plattsmouth man insisted that his boss give him a raise as several other companies were after him. The boss later found out it was the gas com pany, the light company and the grocery com pany. Then there is the man who asked his boss for a half day off to work in his garden and when he got home he found someone had stolen it off the window sill. "Clothes give you a lot of confidence." reads a headline of a prominent clothing company. They certainly do. In fact there are so many places one can go with them that he could not possibly go without them. Napoleon was quite a boy in his day too, but he's just a bust now. The baby's first month is said to be the most hazardous. Another most hazardous period is the one in which the boy friends undertake to show the baby how skillfully they can manipulate the the old man's car. "Do you have life bouy?", asked a well dressed lady of a new clerk up the street. He was slight ly embarrassed but quickly came back with, "Set your pace, lady, set your pace." self as a small retailer from Richmond, Virginia, in a speech at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. After the first World War," he said, "the "-ES5r K jay V k - i - I Edson prophets of doom told us we w ere going to be j put out of business by the chains and big stores. Tnroughout the years, this prophesy has been repeated. I don't believe it. I know I am going to have to work harder in the months and years to ccme, but I repeat, the small retailer has a very definite place in our American economy and will remain and prosper if he is willing to work i hard enough and is flexible in his thinking, will ig to adopt the ew methods as they prove them selves to be worthwhile, and carry on a real modern business. Many retailers blame the chains for failure when the fault rests at their own door step, their unwillingness to meet changing limes and conditions." "We see peace as necessary to the survival of civilization; the survival and spread of freedom as necessary to peace; a revived prosperity for all nations as necessary to the survival and spread of freedom. The eagle flies forth, not with menace but with hope and good-will for all men of good-will." New York Times I'liine. chairman of the Senate War P.obe committee, is with Pa-i American Airways, was il lustrated in some interesting backstage byplay the other day. In a closed-door session of the committee, Senator Pepper, Flor ida Democrat, demanded to know ; v. here the news leaks were com ing from out of the committee. I'.e said he was astonished that ; some papers carried full details j.bout Hollywood girls and ex- . . K, f . .. .. .-.--o four- 1 Pl rie account eeu uiioic- -wu- t rs on tne committee Knew aooui tivm. So a special committee was ceUcd at 3 p. m. to consider Pe p per's protest. At that hour Pep per knocked on the door of Sen ator Brewster's private office. It i i i 1 ' ' 11.. K ...ntTiv VvO . : wa? lecKeu. rinauy, n- was aomiuea. ihs-ilu :.i. faccd Senator Brewster together m cue msmm umwf" o- mum ities are going to have to o.eeiae whether to build new roads or new schools. And while roads are impor tant, what seems to me more im portant is the fact that children's minds cannot wait. ' Roads can. We can buy new tires or retread thtnv But you can't retread child ren's jnir.ds. Their characters and mentality are moulded young. For them the clock can never be turned back. The mental cob wees thov eathor from six to teen can never be brushed out. Furthermore, this ialt will see schools more crowded than ever. Seventeen million war babies were born from 1941 through 1946. an increase in our birth rate of 50 oer cent,' and the biggest crop of children this country ha ever seen. They will start flood- j ing the schools this fall. In the face of this, the com- ! missioners of my county have cut the proposed eelueatinr.al i ,!..,. wt. cjiin nnn ni nl:m ; ad ot . ... V , Hastily, lirewstcr expiumeu thr.t tl:e mcctintr to investigate ne ws leaks, had been called EDSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN BY PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C. (NEA) Federal Court in Boston is cx " nected to hand down its decision this week in the treason trial cf Douglas Chandler, American-born Nazi sympathizer and broadcaster ThYcateworth watching because it may set an important precc- dent. If the United Mates snoma evti uu - with a certain otner power, we ""'" treason charges against fifth columnists win yxo- I bly be tremendous. And what can De cone wan them under present Jaws, may oe ueicmmau j the outcome of the Chandler case. ...... There have been few treason cases in U. S. his tory. Aaron Burr's trial for conspiracy to over throw the United States and set up cn independent government west of the Allegheny river is most famous. But Burr was acquitted. The Whiskey Rebellion and Fugitive Slave Law cases rank next. Tr. wm-iri War I prosecutions for treason were largely supplanted by trial- under the espionage J ww war ti there were less than a dozen treason indictments. n.i,c r,HiPr was one of eight native-born Americans who ere indicted in July, 1943, on charges of giving aid and comfort to the enemy by making propaganda Droaacabis aoi uuuic.i '"'j. Ezra Pound Idaho-born poet who broadcast to America from Rome in support of Mussolini, is' the only one whose case has been disposed of When he was apprehended at Berchtesgaden in May, 1S45, he tried to' commit suicide. Erought to the U. S. in November, he was found to be mentally unsound by Federal Court the following February. TTOW 58 years old, Chandler was born in Chicago but grew up in Baltimore. He served in the U. S. Navy for a few months in World War I. Then he became-a newspaper reporter in Baltimore, an advertising man and stockbroker in New York. He was wiped out in 1929. , TT ' He went to Europe in 1930 and never came back. He vrote travel articles for American magazines, but they dropped him when it was learned he was taking money from the Nazis. He was converted to Nazism several years before the war broke out. The State Department invited him to return to the U. S. in 1941 but he declined. Then he began his broadcasts to America. He was billed as "Paul Revere" and he went on the air to the strains of a few bars of Yankee Doodle. All through the war he railed at "international "Jewry" and the "war-mongering Roosevelt." The others in his "little band of free American patriots" included Robert H. Best of Sumter, S. C, who criticized the U. S. for "selling out to communism" when it entered the war. He was arraigned and indicted with Chandler in Boston. Also in the Berlin group were Edward Leo Delaney, of Olney, 111., Constance Drexel, of Philadelphia and Max Koischwitz of New York. Frederick Wilhelm Kaltenback of Dubuque, la., the "American Lord Haw-Haw," was reported to have died in a Russian concentration camp two years ago. I - . ... i 1 Jl I 2 3 1 1. . . merce committee last January. ; 'yiit- "easori staxuxe unaer wnica nanaier nas uewi uieu is me iui It looked as if he were gunning i ' Brction of the present U. S. criminal code. It goes back to an act for TW even then Brewster re- passed in 1790. It has had few changes, except that in 1862 it was ported that TWA was in a shaky ! Pfovided that anyone convicted of treason should lose his slaves and be , ...,,, v-incr i disqualified to hold public office, financial s.atus ana namgj Under the Consiitution, treason is limited to levying war on the .rouble with Equitable Liie in-1 United states or giving aid and comfort to its enemies. There must be surancc company from hicn 11 , pen confession in court or two witnesses to an overt act. had borrowed S40,000,000. Brew- j . Acqmttai ;n the Chandler, Best or other cases would probably pro ster told senators how Howard ; vje a new incentive for removing some of the loopholes in the treason Hughes had invested another j law, so as to be prepared to handle acts of disloyalty by fifth col $10,000,000 in TWA, thus offering I umnists in future emergencies.. - Measures introduced by the House temporary financial relief, des- i Un-American Activities Committee in the last Congress lean in this nite which TVA probably would ; direction, and there is now more support for such proposals than , I T . A 1 , still require another KrC loan . curui me iasi war c f $50,000,000. (Copyright, 1947. the Bell Syn dicate, Inc.) autumn Solve your finartal problems at Mutual Loan and Tinance Co. By DRLW rEARSOV DREW PEARSON SAYS: MARYLAND COUNTY PUTS ROADS AHEAD CF SCHOOLS; WORLD BANK TO LEND MONEY TO DUTCH; SENATOR BREWSTER "CAUGHT" WITH PAN AM OFFICIALS. WASHINGTON. The other day I wrote some thing about poorly paid schoolteachers of Penn sylvania, a state in which I used to live. Today I want to write something about the schools of Maryland, a state in which I live now. Some people may think that I am hipped on the question of schools. But to me they are ne of the greatest bulwarks of the nation. They are as much responsible for the intelligence and ideal ism of the American people as any other institu-1 point ou tion.-We cannot stand by and see them neglected. However, I live in a county which appears to believe in educational neglect. That county ..hap pens to be one of the wealthiest in the world. Thousands of people commute daily from the District of Columbia into Maryland, people help to run the government of the United States, who should believe in good education. Yet the school in my part of the county would put to shame some of the schools in war-famished Europe. Classrooms arc overcrowded. Some of the kids have to study in the halls. Teachers are so overworked and harrasscd that discipline is almost impossible. The other day a group of citizens met in the western part of Montgomery county as citizens do everywhere to complain about various things which the county government hadn't done but which the citizens thought should be done. Among other things they complained, quite pro perly, about the Potomac school. ROADS VS. SCHOOLS The answer, given by one of the county offi cials, was that building costs were too high. There fore, an addition to the school would have to wait until building costs went down. Almost in the same breath, however, county officials an nounced to the assembled citizenry that the road which passes in front of the school would finally be made over new. This brought loud cheers from everyone. However, the cost of the new road is going to be $130,000; and fur one-half that amount a new addition to the schoolhouse could be built. And although costs arc high for building a school, they arc equally high for laying a road. New some readers of this column in Seattle or San Diego may wonder why I am boring Jhem with a local problem in the distant state of Mary land. However, the problem isn't local. From what I gather it exists everywhere. Schools through out the nation are overcrowded, undermanned, the teachers underpaid. Thousands of commun- with Sam Pryor. vice-president of Pan American Airways and its chief lobbyist in Washington, together with Julius Klein, paid i building a new road mste new schools. A lot of my neighbors ore sore at me for frowring on the new road. But until the schools arc improved. I'm poing to put in my two cents' worth against it. POLITICAL LOAN TO DUTCH Despite revolutionary f irc- works in the uuten tas-t mjie.-, , World Bank President, John J. McCloy wiil soon announce a $200,000,000 loan to the em battled Dutch government. In his announcement McCloy 1 1 a iun4 4 u. i-.-.nL- c n n I rut's i W,"r"U "'2 " , T V : t , e chief of Air Corps Procurement nOl.l'Iiy IV eilj V. Jill i-.v. i in Indonesia. However, some of j pu those who helped author the tlv World Bank believe this will be pi the first clear-cut case of tne - ,. ;K:-lf in- 1 Wi DanK.npoi, : , ih, th&t forthright young to a dynamite-laden s" c;lman Eslcs Kefauver will ir,,rmpnt of diplomacy. ln y t- ' . . A m . -V, K"nl- nncir.M IV 11.11 I '" -r. Uldl IT .: . .1 ! , f T,nr.Me . 41-,.. ITn(t,.r irs lv:v .n t - v was sei uu uy n.t -...- ---- and appiwcn "; r-, J liant nicn in Congress. Stewart instrument lori.euue.u,. ...Senator Brewster, rehabilitation, not ab a nwu. fnr i-infUnrt anv one side in civil war. In the past tne djuk, . , .. fnn . , , .. .... o4..- ri ,v. an ama'Kuii!c.i-ii t"'--r "' . . .... Amnnf-.n AlTWaVS aflU meni, nas mw " r cal grounds to countries such as flmwcod Mrs. Grare Piybon Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kaszmark off. j of Memphis, Nebraska attended frroi .iH r.nuearanccs. it lot-ked the program for the county convention . at County Chairman Mrs. Eggenberger graciously tained the grouo at a one o'clock luncheon at St. Paul's church be fore the business session. Mrs. Plybon, accompanied the ladies, and spent the afternoon shopping and visiting. Mrs .Iviinnie Rosenkoetter, Jun ior Oehlerkir.g and Chucky Eackemcyer attended the Milford Assembly several days this week and also visited at the Stolz home near there. The closing meeting of the lo enjoyed at the social hour. Each Union, member brought a letter to be L. W. j read by the honor guest when enter- she reaches her new home. Use Journal Want Ads as if Brewster were engaged in a private prebe of r.evs leaks with the two Pan American lob-b-;st- M i:nUY-GO-EOl'ND See-ietary of the Army Ken neth .K'oyah is a sure bet to run fur governor cf North Carolina Members of the Senate Bre wster crmmitiee say that ex General "Benny" Myers, former ;e a an suns ui wn.-; ti aiv - ceirmnieo proov 01 ims in--aj '.fits. Myers made $120,000 on e sf ck-market deal curing the ir . . . President Truman is Tom Kefauver is ed one of the mcst bril- end also visited at the Rudy Kuehn home, cal W. C. T. U. for this year, was w.rliinv is n; I . invci'w... , - .... , ti i charced by Hovara nugnes wuu tn "biackmau mm mio jmation be and World Airlines, made some signi ficant remarks at a closed mcet- The girls of the Canning Club, of which Mrs. G. F, Eveland is director, enjoyed last week at the Seward camp. Those in atten dance were Beth Blessing, Shir ley Ross, Judith Cook, Gwendo lyn Corbeling, Frances May Schick and Janice Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Lodge Caygill are here from California looking af ter their property interests in this county and visiting in the homes of their daughters, Mrs. George Coatman and Mrs. Vernon Schewe. Mr. Charles Marshall, as presi dent of Nebraska Farm Bureau, has been having a pleasant trip to New York and Washington, D. C. He represented Nebraska in the airplane visit to these cities sponsored by Swift and Com pany. Seventeen men were in the group. Mis. Raymond Eveland and Mrs. G. G. Douglas attended the meeting of the past county Wo man's Club presidents and pre sent rountv officers, and local held Tnursday alternocn at the home of Mrs. John Wood. Re ports for the year were given, and plans for next year discussed. Mrs. Wood led devotions, and Minnie Kunz gave short lesson about Women's work at the U. N. O. The gathering was in the nature of a farewell party for Miss Amy Hoffman who will be moving to Plain view soon. Games and a covered dish luncheon were DO IT NOW! It is better to do the check ing now, before the fire and be sure of insurance sufficient to cover your loss. Stephen M. Davis Second Floor Plattsmouth State Bank Bldg. PHONE 9 Poland. I ine of 'he Senate Interstate Com- presidents of clubs. They planned Unfortunately the Dutch loan j - , will be interpreted througnout j the Pacific as evidence that the j United States is willing to back! imperialism which, of course,' plays right into Moscow's hands. I Note McCloy is making a de- tcrmined drive to move the i World Bank and the stabilization; fund to Wall Street where U can ; be nearer the big bankers. j CAUGHT WITH LOBBYISTS j How cozy Senator Brewster of DEPENDABLE INSURANCE of ALL KINDS & t fit SAVING ARUNDEL Insurance Agency Office of Mutual Loan and Finance Co. 112 North 5th Street Phone 57 mow ; 0fH HOMI Now! New! IE PERMANENT Deluxe Kit with Professional i Home Permanents made easier! Here's whv:The new TON! Pro fessional riastic Curlers are big (oO'c more curling surface). 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Johnson, Jr., of the Botany Mills, says: "Prosperity in this country has never been more general or so evenly distributed and pros pects never have been brighter nrPn'-,11'10 Kuide" to r future are on 1 It c,ontlnue t( be, facts and figures i ?I:nP?udu?I0n1 and demand, and sending Zv at Tr, Hhandl.lthe I)ublic- ThVse are Smv wh1?h t,me. hlkrh -with a national' econ- mate?tn1i?eCd8iWar Peak years' and the iv wJIp I employment at the highest aver age wages in our history." We may be headed "to the dogs" but we think there is still a long wait before we arrive. MeanwhileCome in and sec us. Oshkosh and Key $3.29 Uncoil SINCF; 1879 White Shirts $2.95