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ME PlOTSMODllJ JJaDOjTOM. CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper SECTION 2 T'NITED rnr.s SERVICE NEA TELEPHOTO i The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 PtiMIshd ml-week! v. Monrlavs and Thum 6ays. at 409-41:! Main Strt. Plattsmouth. Chwx Countv. Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor VERN WATERMAN .Advertising Manager Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor. Merle D. Furse, Plant Superintendent Harry Wilcoxen, Manager Job Department SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city cf Plattsmouth. By carrier in Platts month, 15 cents for two weeks. Frittered at tti PostnffW at TMattsmouth. NfViraskn a sfcond rlass mail matter in ac rordnnre with the Act of Congress of March i. m. EDITORIALS PRICES MOVING UPWARD It will probably be unpleasant news to hus bands and housewives, anxiously trying to stretch the family budget to cope with cost of living, that the rise is continuing and may be as much as ten per cent before the first of the next year. Food, including meat, will probably rise during the summer months. Fuel, including coal and oil, will be higher this fall. Clothing is moving- up ward, according to the experts, and rents are pressing upward toward the higher limits permitt ed under exisiting legislation. It is apparent to those familiar with economic processes' that the extra billions being spent by Congress for foreign relief and national defense, when coupled with the increasing amounts being spent by business on new plants and equipment, will inevitably produce higher prices and accele rate the inflationary movement. In 'addition, reports show very clearly that the people are spending their money and , in ad dition, going the limit on installment buying which is up almost three billion dollars above last year. This means that consumers are going heavily into debt, with the result that when a deflationary movement begins, the average American will be once more caught in a hopeless financial condition. TRYING TO AWAKEN U. S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall em phasizes the scriousnes's of the international sit uation, calling attention to the "initial advant age" that lies with the dictators because cf their ability to take quick action and warning that ' a late awakening to danger" be the defocraci'-s would add immeasurably to the cost of ultimate success. Mr. Marshall retains his confidence in the de mocracies, noting that "experience has proved that the democracies', once aroused to concerted action, possess the material and spiritual strength to overcome the initial advantage of the dictator." This i'-. undoubtedlv borne out bv the history -f the first and second World Wars and will, no doubt, be amplified if a third World War takes place. What the Secretary is trying to do. however, is to awaken the people of the democratic s'tates to present Dcril in order to persuade them to take now the steps which might prevent costlier ac tion l'-tter on. MUST RAISE POLICE SALARIES It is regrettable city officials are faced with th resignation of Chief of Police Sibert Litle. Chief Litle is an efficient, compromising and court eous officer and holds the respect of Plattsmouth citizens. Operating under insufficient salary to himself, he is also faced with a problem of hiring police officers at wages uncomplimentary to a ditch digger. Efficient police officers can not be secured under the present wage scale allowed under the city budget. These wages must be upped to the point where men of sound judgement and ability will be willing to accept the positions and do their duty jcco'rding-to accepted rules' of efficient police udministrations. Half measurers are not enough. This has been demonstrated, not only bv the present administra tion, but the men responsible for city affairs of the past. It is foolis'h in any business to spend two thirds of an amount required to do a good job. when only a few added dollars will produce ne cessary results. The Journal believes taxpayers of the city will ficcept the inevitable and go along on a wage scale that will attract men of integrity to protect their property and keep the peace. Furse's Fresh Flashes DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Miss Beatrice Spohn of Weeping Water and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spohn of Lincoln returned from a trip to the s'outh . . . Miss Ursula HeroM of New York City was a guest of her mother. Mr. Henrv Herold and her aunts. Misses Mia and Bar bara Gering . . . The E. E. Dav family of Weeping Water enioyed a family reunion with the children coming from four states to join in the event . . . A group of Boy Scouts were at Came Strader at Crete. They were Carter Minor. BUlv Gayer, Raloh Hilt. Jr.," Lars Larson and Donald Martin; those at Camp Minis Kuva were Albert Richards and Bob Webb . . . Fred Allen returned to Ween ing Water after spending- some seven weeks in his boyhood home in England. . . TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO ' 1 The Rev. Walter C. Middleton was elevated tc ; f priesthood at services held at St. Luke's Episcopal t f churcn; following the ordination the visiting clergy Sometimes father kicks about the young man going with his daughter because he knows the young man is' a lot like father used to be It was not so long ag-o we were told that in come taxes would abolish other taxes. Remember? Our barber shaved a man in 28 seconds flat the other day. Since that time he's been so hoarse he can't speak above a whisper. They say that every baby born in the United States' last year already owed the government $823. No wonder they yell. English is called our mother tongue, we sus pect, because father so seldom gets a change to use it. a Grass stains can be removed from the seat of pair of white pants easily. All you need is' a good stiff brush, a bottle of turpentine and a sharp pair of shears. A local man. after purchasing one of these good vised cars, says its tough trying to drive a good bargain nowadays. Be early if you are the bird; There's' lots of wisdom in it. But if you chance to be the worm, Ya better wait a minute. Some folks believe Sunday is the Sabbath. Some other folks believe that Saturday is the Sabbath. So most folks compromise by not observing either day. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, says she'd rather take part in a wrestling- match than go on some dates, for in wres'tling several holds are barred. and members of the vestry were eentertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herold, honor ing the Middlctons. . . Supt. R. E. Bailey, appeared before Rotary Club with facts on the city school system of the city . . . W. G. Davis, Executive Secretary cf? the Chamber of Commerce, resigned position due tc ill health and with Mrs. Davis departed for Medina, Ohio, for a vacation . . . Many residents enjoyed a steamboat excursion trip on the "John Heckman." three-decker pleas ure boat which was plving the Missouri river and landed for the night just below the ferry landing cast oi the bridge. . . E. L. Rouse, superintendent of the city schools in 1905-1906 was honored by being selected as one of fifty candidates for the life membership in the National Educational As sociation . . . Erection of Louisville-Ashg-rove Ce ment Company plant neared realization as equip ment was being brought on ground and trackage laid for the plant . . . Mrs. J. F. Warga and Mrs. W. K. Krocklow entertained at bridge at the Warga home. . He Dood It! 'r-' ''' ' J- ' I THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, S -Ml-WEEKLY JOURNAL , , ...... , ,n,o PACE ONE "During the summer vacation months of 1947 in Nebraska, traf fic accidents claimed the lives of 10 school students." the council reported. It further reported that i-.l-though the 1943 summer vaca tion period is hardlv under way, already 2 school students have been killed in traffic accident.-.'. Figures of the National Safety Council show that 2,600 children from 5 to 14 years were killed in traffic last year. Nearly 150.01)0 others of this age were struck down bv autos but recovered. Seventeen thousand youngsters were hit while riding bikes. "These tragic facts plead for constant watchfulness on the part of motorists." Dwight Ha vens, President of the Council pointed out. "Boys and girls in the excitement of play can easily forget safety rules momentarily. Their forgctfulness. however, should not be punishable by death or injury."' Havens con tinued. "Drivers' must be on guard for boys and girls, parti cularly during the summer months when youths will not have the protection afforded dur ing school months by safety pat rols and teachers.'' School's out! Watch out! MANILA BAY INLANDS NOW DEFENSE ZONE Manila 'Up Th- : St ress of Corregia-.r a:-..''. : "! r islands in Manila Bay hav- ? r. di clared a Philip?:::- "' r:! defense .on-. A pr carnation bv P;--.d- r.v Elpiriio Quuino or-- : - T t islands shall i- u c .s : r -houses for ammunition : t -vc All civilians living --n t-'an.'is. will be moved out th- next two years. Waters near O r-iJ-r a-.-! the other islands r.. v. a v ::' . limits to ;ili s-r.: of the Philippic The skvuays directlv ..: - entrance to th b:.v h..v- ? - r declared off i:m:t . all .,-; - except tht e f :.. P':.:..: : - - air force. All civilian vi-:t-.r.- t islands, including s.h:---r-. v. .i. he required to rr- .r.t : -' signed by a nat:--r...I -: fr.-- -::i- cial. Quirmo's pr oc:arru-' ! -r. ex plained that ":n vn-w . r strategic h-cati n f r - i r purposes, it is. n-c.'a : v to rrkc Com sidor and sa d ;ian- .i locks a national dt fr.se z r- t X-v L ! "A member of the Dallas Loan Guaranty division was in the U. . S. Attorney's office while inter- , rogations were being made con cerning over-payments and an operator admitted receiving S2. 500 overpayment as 'that was my sales price,' and Curtly inquired: 'What do you intend to do about it ; "The answer was negative, as the operator was a 'prominent . citizen.' " Again on June 10, Andrews made the following report re- j carding U. S. Attornev Frank have ruled out any food, drink given extra rations. Why? The j or luxury item. Also they do not ' official explanation is that "these t want to send anything to Ameri- poor devils, for the time of their cans made out of raw materials imprisonment, are unable to sup received under the Marshall plemtnt their rations on the plan. Therefore they Dlan to send ! black market." If you can make typically French, nonluxury items j this deal add up, please help me such as Sevres pottery, Limoges out! procelain, baccaret crystals, en-1 (2) To one large town the craved woodwork anneev church American planners were able to Br DUW PEAASO (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: PEOPLE WHO LIVVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW CHARGE OF "LIAR": TEXAS OFFICIALS FINALLY BEGIN TO PROSECUTE VETERANS HOUSING FRAUDS; FRENCH VETERANS SEND FRIENDSHIP TRAIN TO USA. WASHINGTON Three weeks ago, this column ist reported that about 150 cases of housin frauds against veterans had been referred to the U. S. district attorney in Dallas. Tex., but that not one indictment had been brought. Several prominent citizens, including members' of the Dallas Home Builders Association, it was stated, were involved. The U. S. district attorney, Frank Potter, im mediately hurled the charge of "liar." Nonethe less, attorney General Tom Clark has now sent a special assis'tant, Philip W. Yager, to Dallas, to gether with deputy housing exDediter Morris S. Verner, Jr., and a special grand jury has been called to probe these frauds. In addition, the veterans administration admited publicly that some 150 fraud cases were hanging fire. However, here is something- else which the veterans administration has not yet made public. In its files are some revealing letters written b its representative, R. F. Andrews, chief of tho veterans loan guaranty service in Dallas. Here art some excerpts' from them: On February 18. Andrews reDorted to Wash ington; "Mr. Godfrey of the Dallas home builder; in telephonic conservation with Mr. Baker, loan guaranty officer, Dallas, today stated that the side payment enses now in the hands of the U. S. At tornev in Dallas are progressing to his', Mr. God frey's satisfaction. The innuendo is obvious." This "side-Dayment" cases refer to the practic of charging veterans a fee above the limit permit ted by the G. I. Bill of Rights. This fee is' paic on thi side and concealed from the veterans ad minstration. This columnist previously reportec that fraud cases involving members of the Dallas Home Builders had been referred to the U. S. attorney in Dallas, but no action taken. "PROMINENT CITIZENS" INVOLVED On June 4. Andrews again reported to the vet erans' administration in Washington; "It would aopear that Washington (the justice department) has directed vigorous prosecution . . . but procrastionation is. the thief of time. "In instances where so-called 'prominent citi zen' as termed by the U. S. attorney's staff, are involved it, is most convenient to find excuses to postpone from one ,Tand jury to another. bells, Brittany bonnets, peasant costumes, plus history docu ments of mutual interest to the two countries. To Visit 48 States The "train of gratitude" will Potter whom this columnist travel through France, just charged with dragging his feet. I the friendship train travelled "In view of the indication in through the U. S. A., picking up these letters that the U. S. At- gifts from local organizations, torney's office may not be pro- Upon arrival in the United States perly cooperating in the prose- it is planned to send three or cution of the nersons and cor- iour sectional trains to ainerent porations involved, it is' thought that perhaps you may decide to bring the matter specifically to the attorney general." Frauds in Ft. Worth Andrews also reported to the veterans administration that the side-payment complaints referred j to Potter totalled more than $100,000. Regarding near-by Ft. Worth, the veterans administration of ficial reported: "In Ft. Worth one operator, Whitehall and Williams, has been reported as collecting over- i payment on all transactions. 1 Cases were presented to the dist rict attorney 18 months or more ago with no action whatsoever to date, other than shuttling them back to the regional chief attorney 'for more information.' That is the record of the U. S. district attorney who hurls the charge of "liar" so readily. French Train of Gratitude Here is the inside story of the "train of gratitude," the French reply to the friendship train. The idea began with French railway workers veterans as sociation who hauled the friend ship train through France and who knew about the great job the American railroads both executives and the brotherhoods did in handling the train in the U. S. A. Simultaneously, com mandant Guy De La Vasselais, former chief liaison of the 3rd army and a friend of the late General Patton's', conceived a similar idea. Both took the pro ject to president Auriol of France, who brought then to gether. Subsequently the plan was broadened to include all French veterans associations. 34 in number with 2 membership of six million. It was the French railway vet erans who first proposed s'ending 43 of the old railway cars used bv American troo?s in World War I (40 men-8 horses). They sug:?sted sending one car to each of the 48 states as a per manent souvenir. Accordingly permis'sion has parts of the country, dropping off one car in each state. The distribution of the gifts in the U. S. A. will be left entirely to each state. The historic box cars will be given to the forty J and eight X. terans or to which J ever veterans group is designat ed bv the different states. j It is also planned to combine 1 the train of gratitude with a letter-writing Droject called "Merci Des' Enfants." ("thanks of the children.") Each boxcar will contain various letters from the children of France to the children of America thanking them for the friendship train. When congress learned about the French train of gratitude, only 36 hours of the session remained. However, it rushed through a special bill exempting- the French gifts from customs duties. It was senators Taft and Millikin. ex speaker Sam Rayburn and con gressman Aime Forand of Rhode Island who nushed this bill through in such record time. allot in 1947 a single (one) handkerchief. The mayor, show- ; ing both humor and wisdom, de- livered the handkerchief to the local museum to be preserved for future generations as a me- i as 1 mento of the age of planning. (3) In a Wurttenberg-Baden section of the American Zone, the monthly paper consumption by the bureaucrats runs about 1,000 tons. Newspapers of the area get ; 32 tons, books get 70 tons, and ' periodicals get 500 tons. J (4) All cash holdings of Ger- j : mans must be shortly turned in j I for cancellation. The holders of 1 'this cash (German marks) will! j get some new currency in ex-1 change, but only such amount as j their American guardians decide they should individually receive, and NOT necessarily in propor- I tion to the amount they turn in. I The foregoing incidents are not ! an effort to pass judgment on our I military government in Ger- manv. That organization is prob- t ablv doing the best it can. The j simple truth is that planning is , impossible, except by despotism It ends in poverty and serfdom for all except the "planners." WASHINGTON REPORT hy Howard Buffett I Jry r"" " 1 2nd Nbrk District Beginning in the Twenties, the 1 Russian Soviet has used "Five- year Plans." During each such activities and production of the country are supposed to achieve certain goals. This idea of "planning" has a magic appeal to many people everywhere. Most folks prefer I order to disorder, and promoters I of plans cleverly associate their 1 schemes with both order and progress. During the war. from Congress on down to Saturday Night Dancing Clubs, almost , every organization had commit- on postwar plans. 1 tees I Does government planning ful- ' fill itc rrnm icfx;'' WpiI a: A1 been given by the French national Smith USfd to sav ..-3 look at railways to send the cars, ana the French line has agreed to the record!" Since V-E Dav vour has agreed to trm,,,rn -nar,t ,at; .-.-. 'a "whole ship thejn to the United States hog.. job of ptanning in Germany, without charge. j Here are SOme recent items from The Fi ench veterans also pro-1 that record, pose loading these cars with gifts (1) Persons imprisoned for for the American people, but dealings on the black market are Food Poisoning is Summer Danger Nebraska has had several deaths caused by food poisoning. Summer is here and it always brings an increase in all types of food poisoning. The bacteria which produce poisons, known as toxins, is a result of their growth in food stuffs; bacteria, which invade j the bodv when eaten in food, are spread bv flies, roaches, rats and ; mice. Flies are more numerous in summer. Rats travel greater distances in summer and inhabit places where infective material is most common, such as priw vaults and dumps. Everv possi ble precaution hould be taken to protect food from contamination bv these pests. Breeding places should be cleaned out; screens are essential: food should be keot covered at all times. Meat and milk products and cooked vegetables should have proper refrigeration. Bacteria cannot grow at low temperature. All custards should be- refriger ated as soon as possible after cooking as they are a common source of food poisoning in sum mer. Some cities do not permt commercial bakeries to sell cream puffs, eclairs, or any food with custard filling in the sum mer time. Vacation B'ns Danpr-Tous Highways School's out! Watch out' That' t advjop morris'' ; fTm th Nbrxks Stat Safrtv r,r.iir:i 35 crhool doorc through out the state and nation closed for the summer months'. DON'T YOU THINK OTHER CARS ARE COPYING OURS? Then Why Accept a Substitute? NO TRADE-IN REQUIRED Factory List Prices Only Immediate Delivery Have your servicing; done by our factory trained mechanics. 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