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The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 PuMiifl "tnl-wklv, Monrtavs and Thurs day, t 409-4 13 Mnin Str--t. l'.lattsmouth. f'ass fount v. NMiruska. RONALD R. FURSE .Publisher FRANK II. 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 of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Platts month, 15 cents for two weeks. Kntert-rt at tT Prtoff top at Plattpmouth. 8'l;a a pfnnfl class mail mattPr in ar-ronlpm-c itii the Act of CongresB of March S. lfcTS. Furse's Fresh Flashes EDITORIALS DON'T SIMMER IN SUMMER "Is it hot enough tor you?'" That's a terrible question to ask on a day like this with Old Sol doing nis level best to send you scurrying for the basement. It's bad to even suggest it to a swelter ing clerk up the street who i trying to wipe the sweat out of her eyes with one hand while at th? s.ime tune push out the calico with the other. 3 iiui con t nruna in--s,!s,"m"- heat. Our research d-' partmont has been ggV fe H active during the past S 4 - T. 1 12. l2 WHSsb. few months and has E5 come up w.tii scad of wavs you can ''Look Cool! Feci Ci-o! B CW: (With apolove. Fust, to fee! cool fcT you I.nd must look look coc at -.:?.) Rid your house oi winter rugs ana neavy '!.raper:e. The moths will hlp you do this. Get ;-i:d of the bric-a-brac and dust catching pictured, CTncTyc-Lir rooms will appear cooler. Another sug-i-.'stion why not move into a tent? sw- " It s only a state of mind. ' they tell us .L.H;i.i. lilt." iiC-JC. Al'UT ire i. replace behind a I'M. ""v "S" 5 'i .-MM V .is. ' v-fX CL'ul tecn screen of 2ss. ucls and plants in ul ring weather ind vou banish a con- Anotner good ioea is, io siiu luiu vour bathing ?uit, pull M . & neat. .1 the iawn sp.-mkler m- g t-li- . to tuo living room, lounge m an easy chair and turn on the water. Use cool colors surh as ice-blue, sea-green, s'iiow-white. Place lots of green growing plants sprays of grec-r.s and cut flowers in your rooms. These will remind you of cool gardens. A case of iced beer in the ice box properly administered in adequate quantities will help prod your mem ory. Wring out bed sheets in cold water; hang before ouen windows. Warm air coming in will be cooled by the moisture. If this wears' you cut, try another bottle of beer . Hide ail heat re- rr.inr?f r. including fir? I place, heaters, blank ets. Send the old man on a f.shing trip. Not f only will the house be i easier to care for, bi t the psychological cf- ' feet will keep you cool. (It says here.) '. An electric fan isn t 5 of much use if it cir ' culates cnlv warm air. ." Place a bowl of ice fcL 'I tubes in front of the fan. Tiien call the ice man, uiv a large cake and s'.t on it for a couple of hours. This wiif remind you that next year we'll have an air-conditioner. 1 Sprinkle driveways and walks in late after-':-, n when they are hottest, to cool them off. This may make the breadwinner hot around the collar I for running up a water bill, but don't mind him. He's used to it. 1 Us2 5T'T electric bulbs of smtll r4& iJWi'! T "! i s i "a";J wattag? during the scorching summer. M months; they give off k ItT' PV .VSS less heat. Don't mind J?3? ZJk"- 4 our eyes, you 11 prob W Ml w i ably be blind with despair by this time, 1 anyway. Bulbs with pale blue light appear cooler than a stark white bulb. When cooler weather ar-- rives vou can con- , s..lt your optometirst. : Do the family ironing and other household duties during the cool early morning hours , cf sweltering das rsf pmsj T'-it yourself on a 24-1 i&l ; ; tour schedule, butflS? , fc.ke it easy and &-tg3r$ plenty of res't. Don't felSk ) orrv. Steak is on'' J ' -; $1 00 a pound and the V! , font won't be du? un h-fr , x J 1 til Tuesday. Don't ar f-;f J&T TilJ n-nge meals and men lrf 3C -t us mat require con- ,ijfc5 5 V Ktar.t rnrikino- on ni Ts of the stove. Serve tne old man a couple cf Another Trap? THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SMUWECKLY JOUftWAL The present sunburn season will probably stop a lot of folks' from giving themselves a pat on the back. The refrigerator is where you put dishes with dabs of food because you don't want to wash them. School kids should be given credit for original ideas, sys a teacher. Except when they concern spelling, we might add. What you don't know hurts you most when you try to tell it. Butchers have all kinds of meat now. Which would be swell if we had all kmds of money. . Some parents still remember when keeping a daughter in clothes was only a financial problem. If accidents couldn't happen, we wouldn't have near so many different kinds of salad. &.rdine sandwiches. Make him drink plenty rf v ool refreshing water. (Save the iced beer for yourself.) j If all these things fail, you still have another These new bathing suits certainly a lot of us are in bad s"hape. reveal that The man who invented work made one bad mistake he didn't finish it Folks work hard and save money so that when they get old they can have the things only the young can enjoy. A close shave still makes the course of true love run smoother. way out. Go over to the finance company, mort gage the furniture and take a nice long trip to the mountains, or the s'ea shore. It will do double duty. You'll keep warm all next winter trying to pay it off. DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Attorney A. L. Tidd and Searl S. Davis returned from an auto trip through western Nebraska where they visited the Nebraska National Forest and other points. . . Mr. and Mrs'. L. H. Petersen celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at their home, July 4 . . . Mrs. Guy Gould of Denver and Mr. and Mrs. Cheser Houck of Havelock were guests tf Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Gobelman; Mr. Gould was formerly chief clerk of the Burling ton shops here . . . Residence of Bert Lamphere was struck by lightning during- rain and electrical storm with no serious damage resulting . . . First Methodist Church announced a gift of S2.000 Ham mond Organ from Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer of New York City to be installed in local church soon . . . TWENTY ONE YEARS AGu James H. Herold of Minneapolis was a guest of his sister, Mrs. A. L. Tidd and his brother Henry Herold and families . . . Mis's Rose Donat and Mr. Forest Rhodes were married at Auburn . . . Miss Marie Bookmeyer departed for New York for a summer school course at Columbia uni versity at the completion of which she visited at Marblehead and Boston and also at Youngstown. Ohio. . . . Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Briggs atttended a picnic reunion of the Osbun family at Des Moines .... Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rummel of the Mynard vicinity entertained for group of friends from Sedalia. Mo. . . . Dr. R. P. Westover won championship flight from Jess F. Warga, 1926 city champion, at golf tourney held at the country club . . . i l i i Monday, July 5. 1043 'AG W I . IUI Bl . I 2 x.ej r.-i WASHINGTON COLUMN New U. S. Timetable Needed To Allay Political Confusion BY PETER EDSOM NEA AVashlnrtou Corrcsponacct Lx tt7ASHDfGTON (NEA) Cottpounded csrJusian ti th I-rt weeks rush in Congress, followed immediately by tr. Convention in Philadelphia, bring out the iact that v.hs may need most is a new timetable. Th one which the U. S. has been rur.n:fc2 cn has heel ence in recent years. That was when Inauguration Day was cr.;r.s-:i from March 4 to January 20, for Roosevelt's second term. Tr.e of that change was to cut down the time lapse between elect. t. zr.l inauguration of a new administration from four months to trs. Tr 2 railroad had made it possible for a newly elected cffnal to set Washington in less than four months, but it tool: the z' -3 years to wake up and admit it. Before the wars, Congress had SO little to do that it r'A ezz.'T wind up its business in time to adjourn and go heme be:re " conventions. Forty years ago, Congress adjgurs-ei M-y - --r-.y years ago, Congress adjourned May 29. ""THIS year Congress wound up cri June 20 cr.ly fcy rr-rkir cvertlrre A on overtime. The amount of work it did was really remark-'tie. Even so, it had to hurry through a lot cf businers v,;i;ut Circi.I consideration and it left a lot cf matters undone. The Legislative Reorganization Act cf two years zgs set - 7 as adjournment date. If Congress had had another mcr.th to wc: in, it could have done a better job. But nominating cnver.:;--.r r.z: -2 traditionally been held in late June and early July, so tr.it i v.i they had to be held this year. . This schedule may have been all right before the days ci th graph, radio, the airplane and television. When the caur.tr strictly on a mud-road schedule, it was necessary to have four rr.-:-between nominating convention and election. That gave the can-.-ia-s time to tour the country by horse and buggy if r.ecesrary t voters hear their golden voices and see how handsome t.ey were. With today's faster media of travel and commurucati-m the 3 don't need that much time to make up their minds. And r.a part.cu.-r point is served by keeping the -country stirred up fcr 13 r-.c:-;- ei every fourth year, just to play politics. Conventions in cooler September, with eleciicrts in N'orerr-rr rr later, would do the trick just as well. The country d;ccr. : cl... c; - :i in early winter as it did before the automobile. PERHAPS the most hopeful plank in the Rerub'.ica.n p!;t:-rm adopted at Philadelphia is the one calling fcr revision cf rrei-ir? for election of president and vice president to reflect mre c.-:.y the popular vote. This is another of the good ideas frcrr. ?-. H-.r.. y rahAt T.nrierp. Jr.. rf Massachusetts, who was chairman cf the l.z.j- that uppermost in Eisenhower's mind is worry about the future of the country when it comes to , Foreign affairs, and whether or not Dewey and Warren for ( whom he has great admiration j can carry the deadweight of a j reactionary GOP congress' round j their neck. I Leonard Finder has been in touch with Eisenhower since he ; received the headline. making Out Of Old Nebraska By James C. Olson Supt., State Historical Society Overlooking the Missouri river in the southeastern corner of Richardson county is a high, heavily wooded bluff on which letter withdrawing from the GOP i stands one of the most signni- race, and is convinced that Eisen- . ieant landmarks m the state hower can be drafted. Recently ; the ancient iron monument which he wrote Senator Johnston: 1 marts tne boundary between j u-ork done long ago. "My persistence is, in part, the Kansas' and Nebraska and is the j is I write this, I have before result of my personal knowledge i starting- point for all Nebraska j me pictures of the Missouri river that he (Eisenhower) will not re- .surveys. i taken from the monument site fuse the (democratic) nomination ' The monument was erected on about 1900 and in 1948. They if it is offered, even though he i Ma-V 8. 1855 by Col. Charles A. dramatically reveal the changing is' sincere in neither desiring nor Manners, who had a contract to seeking rl ' j esta- lish the line between Kan- Meanwhile. the reDublican sfis and Nebraska territories at redone a couple of times since 1919 for there are records to the effect that it was replaced in its original position in 1922 and again in 1924. In any event, when Sena tor Harold Prichard of Falls City, Ray Parrish of Rulo, and I visit ed the monument site this spring we found the iron marker stand ing in an upright position and firmly imbedded in a concrete base, where it looks' as though it will stand for many years to come, a lonely sentinel remind ing the present generation of MERRY-60-ftOUMJ) By DKEW PKAKSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: DEMOCRATIC LEADERS CALL ON EISEN HOWER; IKE WOULD RUN IF THERE WTAS A BONA FIDE DRAFT; DEMOCRATIC DELE GATES GET RESTLESS RE TRUMAN. WASHINGTON Up at the president's' office at Columbia University, a trek of callers has been going in to see Dr. Dwight Eisenhower. Those who call on a university president are not published daily as are callers on the president of the United States. But if the list of these parti cular callers were published, the present presi dent of the United States might be a little less cocksure about winning the democratic renomina tion at Philadelphia. For Eisenhower's visitors have included such leading anti-Truman democrats as Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina, Leon Henderson and Chester Bowles, former OPA administrators; Joseph Casey, former democratic congressman from Massachusetts, and Leonard Finder, the New Hampshire publisher to whom Eisermower wrote his famous letter of January 23 withdraw ing as a presidential candidate. All of these have come away with the impression that while Eisenhower is sticking strictly to his letter of January 23 and is not a candidate, never theless he could be drafted, if a definite draft movement took place at Philadelphia. They describe Eisenhower as anxious to be of public service, preferably in a private role, such as Bernard Baruch. They also compare him to Wendel Willkie, who got a liberal education after he retired from private business and began to study public problems.- Like Willkie, they say, Eis'enhower is learning fast. EISENHOWER LEARNS For instance, one of his callers gave him a briefing on how the Taft-Hartley act was work ing out. Another shaved Ike a chart of the voting records of democrats as compared with republi cans. Eisenhower was visably impressed with the poor record of the republicans, especially on inter national issues. All callers have come away with the impression delegation Finder is working with such dem ocrats as Adolph Berle, former Roosevelt brain-truster; David Dubinsky, head of the Interna tional Ladies Garments workers; and Harry Carlson, Democratic national committeeman from New Hampshire. What Ike Thinks Final conclusion to be drawn from thes'e various visits it that Eisenhower sincerely and de finitely did not and does not want to get embroiled in a poli tical race for delegates, there fore was not and still is not a candidate. He was especially dis mayed at the thought of going in to a lot of republican primaries or even having his name thrown in by others. He is also loath to oppose his old commander-in-chief, Harry Truman, and Truman's eager ness to get the democratic no mination makes Ike's position continuingly embarrassing. On the other hana, Eisenhower has never turned down a call from his country, and having com manded several million young men who had no alternative than to serve thefr country, he is' loath to turn down a call to ser vice now. Therefore, should there be an overwhelming, genuine demand at the democratic convention, or should Mr. Truman himself in dicate he wanted Eisenhower to run, then it is the firm belief of those close to Ike that he would not turn down that draft. Straws in the Wind Here are some political straws--in the-wind showing how cer tain important democratic groups are leaning: Indianapolis when the Team ster's International executive board met recently, it was de cided not lo endorse Harry Tru man or anyone else. The decision was postponed until the national convention of teamsters after Labor Day. Dan Tobin, though elected a. democratic delegate to Philadelphia and though attend ing the four last democratic con ventions, has withdrawn as a dele gate this time. He leans' toward Eisenhower. Incidentally, Bill Hutcheson, head of the Carpenters union and long a delegate to past repub lican conventions, was not elect ed an Indiana delegate this year; causing Indiana labor leaders to remark that the republicans are so cocky they don't think they need labor support. Brainard, Minn. When the Minnesota democratic executive committee met recently, they fin ally voted to send an uninstructed to Philadelphia course of the river during the past half century. the 40th parallel. It was brought up the river from St. Joseph and was ferried across to the Nebras ka shore by an Indian who had a canoe. Col. Manners' letter des cribing the job is in the files of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds located in the State Capitol. According to that letter the cast iron post was imbedded two I feet in the ground on a founda tion consisting of a flat stone and rammed with earth and small stones. The post is about seven feet high, fourteen inches at the base and eight inches at to top. On the south side it has the word "Kansas" and on the north the word "Nebraska." For many years the existence of the monument was not gen erally known. Then in 1890 David D. Reavis and Fred W. Miller ,re surveying the Iowa Indian re servation, found it toppled from its upright position and lying al most obscured in the thick un derbrush. These two men reset the monument in its original position and once again it was' well nigh forgotten. In 1919 A. R. Keim, looking for material to fill a semi-centennial issue cf the Falls City Journal, made a trip to the supposed site of the monument and again the iron post was found toppled from its moorings and obscured by the underbrush. Once again it was placed in a vertical position. Apparently the job has to be which means Eisenhower. Rea son is that the committee is con troDed by Americans for demo cratic action, who are strong for Eisenhower and Douglas. Demo cratic state chairman Orville Freeman is ADA chairman; dem ocratic national committeeman Barry Allen is an Ada member; democratic national committee woman Eugenie Anderson is vice president of ADA; while demo cratic state treasurer John Lyons is also ADA. Milwaukee When the Wiscon sir. democratic convention met for a routine endorsement of Tru man, such a strong pro-Eisenhower demonstration was touch ed off by one speaker that the Chairman abruptly adjourned the meeting, even though no ad journment motion had been made. Flabbergasted national commit teeman Robert Tehan reported to other democratic leaders' that he had never seen anything like it. Harrisburg, Pa., Democratic boss David Lawrence had a tough time at a state caucus quelling rebellious democrats who wanted to endorse Eisenhower. Dearth of Nurses Spurs Demands For Volunteers By JOHN ROSENBURG United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (UP) Mildred Riese of the American Hospital Association has begun the great est peace time drive for student nurse recruits yet seen. "The association has s'et a quota of 50,000 student nurses, the largest established for a peace-time year," Miss Riese said. She pointed out that although more graduate nurses are on duty now than ever before, "the de mand continues' to outstrip the supdIv." 'Only by filling nursing school quotas this year," Miss Riese ex plained, "can a sufficient number of young women be prepared to meet the nations rapidly expand ing health needs." Demand Up 50 Per Cent The AHA said that the demand for hospital care had increased more than 50 per cent since 1940. The association listed 8,646.885 admissions in 1940 as compared to 15,153,452 in 1946. One reason for the increased dsmand for hospital care, the !: . '1 ' :: i: :: Every man sb&Jd hare a savings account equal to one year's income at least. Invest your savings here, where they will earn a dividend twice a year. 1 NEBRASKA SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 211 South 18th St. Omaha 2, Nebraska Intinne: Committee that drafted the Philadelphia rlattcrm. Under the present system, Roosevelt in 1936 get only 6" of the popular vote, but he got 98 per cent cf the electoral vet?. T-.rto times in U. S. history this system has resulted in electicn cf 2 pru dent who did not receive a majority cf the popular vet?. The v. tie John Quincy Adams in 1824, Rutherford B. Hayes in 1S75 r.i L-..-jamin Harrison in 1838. On top cf this, the whole primary electicn system r.nd the rr--.m. methods of selecting delegates to national nominating ccr.ver.t.r.-.j could stand a going over.. Less than half the 1034 dele rate? at t: e Philadelphia GOP convention were elected by the people. Tr - - r half being appointed by the bosses, it was only natural t .rt - -v acted accordingly. That's why many students ci gavemrr.er. ':. e there is merit in the idea of direct primary electicn cf candid.-- : r the presidency, doing away with the whole curr.berc rr.e ar.i c". ja&ded convention procedure. AHA said, was the fact there was a 76 per cent increase in the number of babies born in hos pitals. Other figures cited by the as sociation were: Average daily number of hos' pital patients: 1936 930.516 1940 1.026,171 1946 1,239,454 Number of nurses in the U. S. (graduated and student): 1910 82.327 1920 - 149,128 130 294.189 1940 371.066 Ratio of nurses to U. S. popula tion (graduated and student): 1910 1 nurse per 1.116 people 1920 1 nurse per 708 people 1930 1 nurse per 416 people 1940 1 nurse per 357 people 1946 1 nurse per 316 people 1 r; j 1 1 j 1 mm "Check Your Car" Is Slogan , CHICAGO, (U.R) The slogan , "Check your car Check acci dents" has been adopted by the National Safety Council for its campaign during May. j ppmif .111 -t j. 1 n H. C. and C. EL. TIEKOTTER Phone 4159 or 4055 TAKE the SIZZLE out of SUMMER Relax with Slacks Hi It's a well known fact that here you find every size and every style of cool sum mer slacks your heart could wish, in tan, blue, brown, gray, or preen. French wait bands, zippers. PRICED $6 to $2.0 Cool Washable Seersuckers S3.95 Our Store Closed July 5th 6 Drive Carefully the 4th SINCE 1879 I I I 1