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The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 I'uf ivbf( pfmi-wwklv. Mnnl.ivs nnl Thurs days nt Main Strff-t. Piatt? month. Crica C, mnt v. NVhr.Tka. ftONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK II. SMITH Editor HAROLD TUCKER ..-Advertising Manager Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor. Harry Wileoxen, 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. KntPrM at th Postof fice nt Plattsmouth, Nebraska as srconil Hass mail mattt-r in ar coiiI.itkp with thr Act uf CoiiRifss of Muri-1 3. 179. EDITORIALS WE'LL PLAY IT SAFE Newspapers always come in for their share of criticism and the Journal is no exception. Our judgment is not always the best and proper, but we do things the way we think right. On one point we hue the line and any news, parr failing to follow is heading for trouble. V stear clear of gossip or heresay. Just be cause" a certain bit of information is common talk in a community does not necessarily prove it to be a fact and until that fact is proven be yond a reasonable doubt, you will not find it in the columns of this newspaper. Right now their is a most juicy "morsel mak ing the rounds. It is common talk on every corner and from all indications the information is true. But, and this is a big BUT in the eyes of this sheet, nothing has been released to prove a point. No charges have been filed. AH the concrete information this newspaper has been able to obtain has been carried in these columns. The balance, if any, will appear only when the publisher is assured the story can be told without danger of a libel action. Until then, we'll play it safe. WILL SUPPORT ATHLETIC FIELD Some long range planning and considerable discussion among civic groups and individuals took place before the decision was made to place a bond issue before the -residents of School Dis trict No. 1 for the comDletion of Memorial Ath letic Field. It was near unanimous that the field should be completed in order to protect the in vestment already made in the project and to enhance its earning power. The report submitted for the year by the Ath letic Park Board revealed the possibilities of the field as a revenue producer during the summer months for baseball, sof tball, and other events, as well as providing a place for other recreation-. al events and entertainment. Athletic Field to date has been constructed and maintained through popular subscription with a total of between eight and ten thousand dollars expended. A survey of the project dis closes the expenditure will be an almost total loss if some provision is not made to complete the field. It must be fenced in order that a max imum of collections can be made from spectators at events. Seating facilities must be provided both for baseball and football, plus other pro gramsNat the field. A crying need for adequate rest room facilities faces the board. In addition great damage is being done not only to the field but to other property for lack of proper drainage on embankments. This latter is a serious pro blem. Under the plan in issuing the bonds, no in crease in the present mill levy is anicipated. It will be paid off simply by the continuation of the present one mill levy now retiring Central School building bonds, which indebtedness is nearly paid off. It seems reasonable that the cost of the project, by using the funds derived from taxation, plus profits from athletic events, can liquidate any necessary indebtedness in con siderable less time than provided for in the proposed bond issue. This community needs the facilities provided by this field badly. We think our citizens will provide the funds necessary to build the area into something we all can be proud of. We're optimistic enough to believe that our people will go along on a sound program. We're convinced the plans for this field are sound. The columns of The Journal are open for dis cussion of the project, either pro or con. DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Carneal had as guests Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Blancato of Omaha; Mr. Blan cato was private Secretary cf the Royal Italian vice counsul. .'. . PHS had distinction of having one of their players designated on Gregg Mc Bride's state honor roll. . . . Warren Reed, back feild man of the local team, was named for this place. . . . Mr. and Mrs. J. A Wilson, Sr., observ ed their golden wedding anniversary at their home in Murray on October 16. . . . Clarence Mumm and Raymond Wiysel of Omaha opened new business here; to handle blacksmith and welding work as well as lines of truck, tractor and auto repairs. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mullen entertained family group honoring Mrs. Mullen's father, E. H. Krug in observance of his 80th birthday. TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO St. Paul's Evangelical church held its thirtieth anniversary with many of the original congre gation present; Rev. G. O. Wichmann pastor. . . . H. M. Scennichsen was bitten by a tarantula while opening bunch of bananas at his store. . . . J. P. Cleland of Omaha spoke before Y.M.B.C. Class on the topic "Siberia." . . . Presbyterian church observed opening of new Fellowship Furse's Fresh Flashes One way to have your name go down in history is to put it on the list for a new car. With a movement on foot to build a board fence at Athletic Park some persons were en thused over the possibilities to peek through a knot hole to see a game for free. They would be disappointed. That kind of lumber is going into $25,000 homes now. It's a pretty g-ood sign the honeymoon is over when the bride tarts complaining of the noise hubby makes while he's getting breakfast. -fc A lot of our doctors have made all their money in the stork market. If anybody spoke to us in the cheery tone of voice accepted as standard by the male com mercial radio announcers, we'd blush or worse. Many women smoke a cigarette the way they read a newspaper a couple of puffs or a couple of glances and they're through. There seems to be loopholes in all law except income tax law aid mothers-in-law. " Benjamin Franklin said, "All women are alike below the neck." Ben was a wise old man, but we'll call him on that. There are a lot of persons in this world who enjoy giving away other people's money. Rooms in parlors of church with appropriate pro gram. ... A. Christine Rasmussen and W. D. Mc Mahon, were married at Kansas City. Both were members cf the school faculty. VASnitlSW.l By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: NATIONAL D E FENSE DEPARTMENT PREPARING LARGE LEND-LEASE PRO GRAM; EVEN DEWEY MAKES MIS TAKES; SECY. MARSHALL HAS DIFFI CULTIES WITH FRENCH AND BRITISH. WASHINGTON It's being kept very hush hush behind tightly locked Pentagon portals, but, no matter who is elected, the Department of National Defense is preparing a large-scale military lend-lease program to be presented to Congress next January. The program is vague only regarding the final amount to be asked of Congress. Estimates by those in the know range from 4l2 to 6 billion dollars. . Behind all the conversations held by England, j France and the Benelux countries on how to stop ine nea army nas oeen one iarge question. How much will The United States contribute? The men in the Pentagon are now preparing three separate projects to be put up to Congress. 1. A straight lend-lease program under which we would ship overseas arms and equipment for about 25 French, British and Benelux armor ed ground divisions. 2. Establishment of semi-permanent American Air and Ground Force bases in Italy, France, England, Western Germany. Belgium and the Netherlands. 3. A Canadian-American plan for a ring of air bases stretching- through Norway-Greenland-Alaska in order t$ block Soviet air attacks across the Artie. Also under consideration is the standardization of all armaments used by members of the West ern Military Alliance. AUTOMATIC WAR DECLARATION The Western European nations are also urging Pentagon officials to ask Congress for the right to declare war automatically in case any of the Western European countries are attacked by Russia. Thus . far Secretary Forrestal and his aides are balking. One headache plaguing the Pentagon planners is the terrific cost of a new lend-lease program when piled on top of the Marshall plan. . Next year the Marshall plan will cost about 5 billion. Add another 5 billion for lend-lease military aid, plus another 12 billion for our own military establishment plus 5 billion for interest on the national debt, plus 4 billion for veterans' bene fits and you get the grand total of 31 billion dollars. This is all before any money, is appropriated for the normal functions of government. While the program is being kept hush-hush until after the election, top Pentagon officials have been holding informal conversations with Dewey advisers via Ferdinand Eberstadt, the Wall Street bank sometimes mentioned as Dewey's Secretary of National Defense. EVEN DEWEY SLIPS Tom Dewey is a cool, shrewd campaigner, but even he makes occasional slips. However, few of his trip-ups hit the newspapers, though every time President Truman sticks his foot in his mouth it is sure-fire front-page news. Arriving on the Colorado Border the other day at the little town of Julesburg, Dewey got off on the wrong foot by telling how happy he was to be welcomed again "by the people of Denver." This fluff hit the newspapers. But only a few local papers noted an incident in Greeley. Dew ey was interrupted in the middle of his speech by a plane buzzing over the open-air gathering and blaring forth over a loudspeaker; "Vote for Hamil." y Annoyed at all the noise, Dewey blurted; "That fellow Hamil is no friend of mine." What he had forgotten was" that Dave Hamil, republican candidate for governor, was almost looking over his shoulder on the speakers plat form. Worst Faux Pas, in Denver, went unmentioned by newsmen. Dramatically Dewey urged his Gosh, We Hope Nobody's Kidding Us! "PAVIP OMlfHE WAV THE 6UISE. OF. TRICES t 3B 1 I I THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, October 11. 1948 PAGE THREE audience to return" their con gressman to Washington. It so happens that their con gressman is" able John Carroll a democrat. DEWEY ON BALL It is no secret that Dewey dis likes Minnesota's Bearish Sena tor Joe Ball, now having a tough fight for re-election against democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey, mayor of Minne apolis. But when Vic Johns'ton, former Stassen man now work ing for Dewey, reported that Ball was in trouble, Dewey's re action was to let bygones be by gones. "That's all right," snapped Dewey. "We've got to elect him." MARSHALL'S PROBLEMS It isn't the main reason for his return to Washington, but one thing Secretary Marshall is re porting to President Truman-is his difficulties with the French and British. He has had a much tougher time than the press' dispatches indicate keeping our western al lies united regarding a firm Rus sian policy. French Foreign Minister Schu man has been especially hard to keep in line. With a large bloc of communist deputies to worry about, he tried to persuade Mar shall that the United Nations should order new big 4 diplo matic talks instead of a show down before the U. N. For a time Schuman was quite insis tent, argued that if the U. N. ordered Russia to lift the block ade it would get nowhere. Rus sia would merely ignore it. Marshall argued differently. He pointed to the months of pa tient palaver with the Russians, said it was obvious Moscow in tended to do nothing except stall. For a time, the British also leaned toward French appease ment. But Marshall was adam ant. Politely, firmly, he made it clear that the United States was committed to staying in Berlin. If we got cut of Berlin, we would soon be out of Germany. With the Upited States spend ing billions on European recov ery, it was important to remem ber that if the allies pulled out of Germany there could be no recovery. Thus ran Marshall's argument. In the end, the French agreed. Note Foreign Minister Schu man's chief trouble is" that the communists have skillfully spread the idea that the Marshall plan is merely on instrument to prepare for war with Russia. "America will fight until the last drop of French blood," the communis'ts are preaching. U. S. propaganda to explain the mo tives of the Marshall plan has not been able to combat this. Feeders Rally; Other Classes Dip Monday Some 43,000 cattle, calves, hogs and sheen again gave Omaha No. 1 rank among the nation's major livestock markets Monday. The cattle and sheep were mostly Westerns and mostly feeder stock. But even light supply fail ed to perk up fat cattle trade. Last week $1.00-$1.50 lower, slaughter steers, yearlings and heifers Monday were steady to another 25c off, the top holding at $39.00, best heifers $33.00. Cows were another 25-50c off, $13.50-$20.50, a few toppy grass fat cows to $22.00. $22.50. Beef bulls were stopped at $21.50, veal calves at $27.00. Some feed er Steers were lower than the previous Monday, but demand was broader and action better, and most stocker and feeder cat tle sold strong to 50c over last week's close, largely $22.00 $27.00, better stock steers to $28.00, $28.25, $29.40, and S30.00, 2's to $30.00, and 3's to S28.50. Steer calves reached $32.00, heif er calves $30.00, and stock heif ers $25.00. The hog run at Omaha Monday topped 8,000 biggest hog run since last July. Lower by $3.00-$4.00 last week, hogs were off another $1.00-$1.50 Monday. Top skidded to $25.50, lowest since last June. Most butchers were $23.50-$25.25, sows S20.00-$23.50, stags $16.50-$18.50. Fat lambs were $1.00 lower, the top $24.00. and ewes 25-50c lower at $8.75-$9.75. Feeder lambs sold unevenly but about steady at $21.75-$23.50, breeding ewes at $10.50-$14.00. Among recent sales: Boedeker & Cottingham. 18 steers, wt. 1074, $38.00 (top Sept. 27). Ernest Graham. 14 hogs, wt. 230, $28.75. Ben Novak & George Jorgen seh, 43 hogs, wt. 219, $28.50. Lester Gansemer, 31 hogs, wt. 217, $26.25. Ben Neil, 30 hogs, wt. 201, $26.00. Neal Pierce, 35 heifers, wt. 824, $33.50. Marvin Petereit, 29 hogs, wt. 187, $27.00. Dorothea Keil Journal Correspondent The Socony Vacuum Oil com pany provided an evening of en tertainment last Monday even ing at the Eagle school hquse. Lunch, consisting of sandwiches, pie and coffee was served. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wiseman and Joan spent Sunday in Lin coln with Relatives and alp call ed at the hospital to see Mrs. Wiseman's grandmother who re ceived a hip injury from a fall recently. Word comes from California that Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dysart now of Iowa, formerly of Eagle have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lester Scattergood and other friends on the west coast. Mr. and Mrs. Harry- Fischer returned from Denver, Colorado last Fiday where they had been the guest of the son and daugh ter and their families. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nelson motored tq Wahoo last Thursday and spent the day with Mrs. Nel son's sister, Mrs. August Dahl strom and family. Mr. and Mrs. Valley Trumble had as their dinner guests last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. August Spahnle of Turlock, Calif. Mrs. William Trumble was taken to the Bryan Memorial hospital last Saturday where she underwent a major oper ation. Her condition is said to i? satisfactory at this time. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wenzel spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wenzel near Bethany. Mrs. Carrie Trimble spent the first of this week with the Carl..", Oberle family. Mrs. Mattie Cooper passed away Monday morning of this, week at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. T. J. Hoham n-iar Den-' ver. Colorado. Mrs. Cooper had been here in the home of an other daughter, Mrs. Elmer Adams, until a short time ago when she was taken to Colorado .to Fpend the winter. Mrs. Warren Ruliffson is at the Lincoln General hospital where she is receiving treatment. George Runyan of Detroit, Michigan called on his grand mother, Mrs. Sarah Keil last4 Saturday evening. To combat destruction by rats, which cause $2,000,000,000 prop erty damage annually in this country, builders are using im pervious materials such as cera mic tile for kitchen, utility room and basement floor and wall finishes. LeRoy Folken was able to re turn home from the Lincoln General hospital on Monday of this week. He underwent an ap pendectomy operation last week. Miss Helen Walker, who had spent the past week with her sister, Mrs. Robert frumps ana family, returned to Niobrara on Monday of this week. At the September family-night gathering held at the Methodist church, Monday evening, Sep tember 27th, the teachers of the Eagle school were special guests. Guests at the Robert Phillips Thursdav evening, Sep- ' tcmber 30th, "honoring Gracie Phillips on her seventh birthday anniversary were; Mr. and Mrs, Walter Phillips and sons, Robert and Tommy of Havelock, Miss Helen Walker of Niobrara, Larry and Linda Walberg, Joann Wise man, Joann Colon, Tommy, Rox ann and Richard Wilcox. Mrs. Elmer Frohlich is visiting her sister and family near Denver. REGISTERED DUROCS Have You Tried Our Pen-a-way Plan? INQUIRE Richard D. Sack One mile west, one mile north Murray, Nebr. Phone 5016 GET YOUR DUCK STAMPS Postmaster Edward Egenber ger has received a fine collection of duck 6tamps that are now on of the duck hunting season on October 15. Those who desire to hunt must have these stamps in their pos session to avoid prosecution for illegal and now is the time toTse cure them at the local postoffice. More than 10,000 mobile first ,,,1,'t. . . i i . ' American Red Cross in co-operation with many organizations and individuals. 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