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The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1831 PMisV, ffmi-wwk'v, Mon'bys ami T'l'tre-fl.iv-'. nt 4 i-4 1 n Main Str'-H. I'lattsmonth. C:i- fViuntv, N'brfiskn. rtONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK II. SMITH Editor HAROLD TUCKER -Advertising Manager Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor. Rarry 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. Tn?prT at th Postofflce at Pl.ittsmouth, Nfbtaska a se"riJ (lass mail matter In ? -f(ir.'ani with tli Act of Congress of March 3. lbTS. EDITORIALS THE COST OF GOVERNMENT In various campaign speeches, Governor Dewey has dwelt on the need for rigorous economy in government. And that, what ever one's political affiliation, is absolutely essential to the survival of an economic system which has done more for people than any other and which is based on individual incentive, enterprise and am bition. No one can deny that the American people, through their government, have accepted enormous financial commitments for foreign aid. the national defense, and other unavoidable projects. And the very size and burden of these commitments is all the more reason for cutting every possi ble nickel from the domestic Federal bud get, and for prunning duplicating bureaus to the limit. We must have a government which will divorce itself from activities which can be carried on by business. We must have a government which will recognize that there is a limit to "social security", and that the people must stop looking to gov ernment for benefits they should provide through their own work and thrift and foresight. Finally, we must have a na tional .policy that recognizes that ruthless taxation, long enough continued, will stop our development as a nation, destroy the roots of progress, and court actual bank ruptcy. An affirmation of these principles by the next President and Congress, regard less of the political party in power, is necessary to the preservation of this nation. - THOSE TRAVELING MEN Four traveling men Harry Truman, Tom Dewey, Alban Barkley and Earl War en packed their suit cases, boarded trains, and hit the roads across the nation during the past few weeks. They are the country's leading salesmen for two entire ly different lines of goods. All were try ing to sell the country packages of hokum marked with their particular labels. A couple of lesser salesmen, Henry Wallace of the Progressives and Strom Thurmond of the Dixiecrats, were also calling on prospective customers, trying to interest them in their peculiar brands, but seem ingly with little success. In other words, they are just ballyhooing for the side shows, but the main crowds are being urged to patronize the performance in the main tent. All orders taken are subject to cancellation after November 2nd. DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Miss Eleanor Minor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Minor, appeared in. a dem onstration program before the Rock River Valley division of the Illinois Educational association at Dixon, 111., in a verse speak ing choir program. . . .Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Kraeger entertained a group of friends at a pheasant and covered dish supper. . . . John Iverson arrived from Washington, D. C. to enjoj- the hunting season. . . . Harriett Goos pledged Gamma Phi Iota, one of Doane's college social sororities. . . . Mrs. Luke L. Wiles was named to head local Garden ClubN . . . Frank Barkus, operator at the Burlington tower at Ore apolis was assigned to post at Prague, Xebr. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mullen of Los Angeles were visitors in the city. Miss Dora Fricke returned from a sojourn in southern California where she was a guest of her brother Dr. Albert Fricke and family and also visited Mrs. A. E. Gass at Long Beach and Lucille Gass Man-in at San Diego. TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO T. H. Pollock was named a member of the State Banker's Council at a meeting held in Omaha. . . . Students at the Uni versitv of Nebraska planned a Dad's Day Game for Oct. 29th, with special sta dium space reserved for students and their dads. . . . Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gustin of Murdock entertained more than one hun dred guests at a dance at the MWA hall on Oct. 20th in observance of their 40th wedding anniversary. . . . ' Miss Buelah Warren and Walter G. Reed were married at the Presbyterian manse. . . . Mrs. E. H. Douglas and Mrs. H. L. Gayer entertain ed at bridge at the Douglas home. . . . Twenty-two Rotarians paid a neighborly visit to Glenwood Rotary club; Rotary quartette composed of Frank Cloidt, L. D. Furse's Fresh Flashes Dice were used in the early Roman era and the world has been shaking, more or less, ever since. A man who kept a tiger in his room for the past ten years is going to get married. He should be content. The new winter frocks have soft lines, but we'll 'wager they've put some hard lines in Dad's brow. M According to reports, buckwheat cakes were made thousands of years ago. We were served some of them the other morn ing. - M M If a girl believes what he tells her, it's a gcod bet she's in love. They Fay it is possible to live 200 hun dred years on vegetables alone. But, who would want to. The price of shirts will never get high enough to keep some people from losing them. A Colorado girl has nine Christian names. Thev all likely add up to "Honey." - - Now is the time for all good men to come to. Hiatt, H. G. McClusky and R. W. Knorr, with EH. Wescott at the piano gave i. crigina? greeting song. MEffiiV-GO-ElCUHf) By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: PAT HURLEY NOW CAMPAIGN ING FOR SENATE, KEEPS HIS FIERY VIGOR: HURLEY. A GREAT HEADLINE SEEKER, GOT WRONG HEADLINES IN CHINA:. SOME OF HURLEY'S DECORATIONS SCRUTI NIZED. (Ed. Note the brass ring, good for one free ride on the Washington Merry-Go-Round, today goes to Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War in the Hoover Cabinet.) ALBUQUERQUE. White-maned and bushy-eyebrowed. Patrick J. Hurley, one of the last political relics of the Hoover administration, has been romping and stomping through New Mexico in his cam paign for Senator as if he were fresh out of Baptist Indian college where he went to school. It "has now been nearly 20 years since the death of Secretary of War Jim Good catapulted Pat, then young and boisterous, into a coveted spot in the Hoover cabinet. But Pat has not changed much since then. He is just as good at ranting, back-slapping, yelling at congressional committees, twisting the lion's tail and making the Eagle scream. Pat Hurley's aspirations to come back to Washington bring nostalgic memories of a new almost forgotten past. When he first arrived as a Junior Member of the Hoover administration, dining out was one of the capital's major businesses, and cabinet members studied the question of who would sit where at dinner with the same care we now give to Russian diplo matic notes. Pat and his beautiful wife Ruth were great assets to this era. In front .of full length mirrors, they rehearsed their bows and their entrances before going to dinner. They were the handsomest couple in the cabinet. Perhaps not realizing that Wash ington has changed, Pat has been hanker ing to get back to the tinsel and gold braid ever since. That was why the unquenchable Hurley went out to New Mexico and tried to de feat Dennis Chavez for the senate in 1946. One of the things that hurt him in that race was that although he claimed New Mexican residence since 1935, he forgot to pay taxes not only then but for several years thereafter. The voters of New Mex ico considered payment of taxes an im portant obligation of good citizenship and they did not send Pat to the senate. UPHILL BATTLE Now the indefatigable Hurley is back again, this time running against popular Clinton Anderson, longtime resident of New Mexico, formerly its lone congress man and later Secretary of Agriculture. It's an uphill battle. However, there is one thing you can say for Hurley. In the long years between his exit from- the Hoover administration to his current sen atorial campaign. Pat has never lacked the knack of keeping his name in the head lines. Sometimes the headlines haven't been so kind, as when he ordered his Cadillac car flown over the Himalaya mountains from India la China in an Army plane when U. S. troops in China critically need ed war supplies. Or again, he didn't come off too well when Sen. Walter Langer of North Dakota officially demanded an explanation of the $30,000 jewelry and furs given to Mrs. Hurley by the Chiang Kai-Shek govern ment. OIL COMPANY FEE Langer also demanded an explanation of the fact that Hurley, while serving as U. S. Ambassador, received $108,000 from U Hey! Which Way Did the Parade Go?" (Polilital Advertise mt-rit) Jib 'SbM 4k mill' s25l-liXQtV jM ; p '1 'OIIr I lip llil , Wmh Iff wt0 . 1 1 mr jkmDX - wv Smh J' n II ! THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL' Monday, October 25. 1943 PAGE THREE Mrs. Laura Deles Dernier left j The world's first egricultural on Thursday for Bakersfield. : college was founded at Hoben California, with her cousin, Del- ' heim, Germany, in 1313. In bert Munn, who lives there, j America, the first one is believed She will spend the winter in to have been Gardner's Acnde that state enjoying the sights, i my, founded in Maine in l2n, according to the WorlJ tiook En Use Journal Want Ads cyclopedia. f ! it i.-al -A il rt is. Tiicn t ROBERT W. DEVOE Candidate for REGENT UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA rresent Incumbent Charter member and trustee of University o .Nebraska Founda tion. Past President National Asso ciation cf Governing Boards of State Universities. HOW IS YOUR WIRING? Have you had your house wring checked for this winter? Do you need more wall sockets or outlets for new electric appliances. Is your old wiring in shape to carry the heavier load that it will have to take care of during the coming cold months! Just call C19S and we will check it for vou. the Sinclair Oil company. No satisfactory answer to this ques tion was ever given by the State department or by Hurley him self. It is highly unusual for an Am erican ambassador to receive a fee from an American corpora tion, especially an Oil company. The fact that he received the $108,000 was never denied. It was even stated officially by the Sin clair company. Nor did the state department have any answer to Senator Langer's question as to why Hurley, though ambassador to China, went out of his way to visit the near eastern oil fields, and actually recommended a grandiose plan whereby the Unit ed States would virtually take over the near east. HURLEY'S BOSOM One cf the things that constant Lnivjojod Art. Gracs Plybon Aubert Kunz. in company with his sister, Esther, of Milford. went to Imperial last week to visit a brother. He-reports the weather there as very dry. He owns a large farm near there. Otto Stege was quite ill the first of the week, but he is feel ing better now. Mr. and Mrs. Don Erickscn of Arnold attended the football game at Lincoln on Saturday, then came here to visit her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hol lenbeck, until Sunday afternoon. Nine of the Eastern Star post matrons went to Memphis on Iv astonishes friends of Patrick J. Thursday lor an au day meeung Hurley is his amazing and charm- i at the home of Mrs. Tcny Kasz ing gall. His bosom blossoms with mark. Mrs. Edna Neely of Lxn an imposing array of military de- ' coin and Mrs. Harry Tolhurst corations, but the person who ! and Barbara were also present, admires them has no way of : Roy Clark went to York cn a kmrn-ino inst how thpv uwp ml- i business trip on Tuesday, and Mrs. Guy Bogenrief are in Fre mont at present. Mrs. Minnie Stege is in Bry an Memorial hospital where she underwent surgery on Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Borne meier moved cn Tuesday to Au burn where he has a paper and paint store. Mr. and Mrs. El dro Patton and Jimmie are pre paring to move soon to the place they vacated, the Dreamer property OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT WE WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON Wednesday, Oct. 27 WATCH REPAIRING CLOCK REPAIRING Armstron: a WIRING OF ALL KINDS j; J Phone 6198 427 Main riattsmouth I For Sale I lected. One incident Hurley doesn't brag about, for instance, is his exit from Darwin, Australia, in 1942. Roosevelt, who wanted to curry : T?fniiVi1i ran siinnnrt VinH pivpn ft ' j i r j .- iu. Hurley a roving mission in the awd suuoauy un Aiuiiuay ui uk South Pacific, and Pat flew into : cr. driven by her sister, Lillie. tw.; 0 h,. at f iha ! Together they had visited her 1 II 1 n III I 11. L Ulli. VA ri (.1 lil 1 V A. V I A. I - , ( Japs. he returned on Friday. Graveside services were held on Wednesday afternoon for Miss Daisy Hcffman, 64, of Shenandoah, Iowa, conducted by Rev. E. F. Haist . She passed As an ambassador he carried with him the State Department's secret code, used for radioing se cret messages back to the U.S.A. This code is guarded so carefully that diplomats when traveling sometimes chain it to their wrist when they go to bed at night. However, Ambassador Hurley left the code in his airplane at the Darwin airport while he spent the night in town. That night Jap airplanes attacked. What became of the code no one knows. The State Department hoped that it was burned in the bombing of the airport. Next morning, a special train carried Australians and Ameri cans out of Darwin. As the train steamed south ahead of the Japs, the locomotive engineer had to stop. For on the tracks ahead, pumping a handcar for dear life, were two men, one of them the former Secretary' of war in the Hoover cabinet. Pat couldn't wait for the special train to escape the Japs. Later, believe it or not, he received a decoration. ARMISTICE DAY GALLANTRY There is another decoration on Pat's bosom, which he once list ed in his Who's Who autobiogra phy, namely a Silver Star cita tion for "Gallantry in Action, Nov. 11, 1948." Nov. 11, of course, was the last day of the war. And so many people kidded Pat about his last-minute gallantry that he toned it down in his biographical sketch The record is still in the War Department, however, and examination of the facts will show that about one hour before the last shot of World War I was fired, the redoubtable Patrick J. ; Hurley, a member of the Judge ! Advocate General's office and supposed to stay behind the lines, moved up to the front. He was curious to see the last shot fired. One officer, Lieut. CoL Wilbur Rogers, an artilleryman, tried to stop him because orders were to ban sight-seers. Hurley, however, persisted. ' And for this sight-seeing mis sion, Hurley had enough political brother, William, and family here, two weeks ago. Daisy graduated from Elmwood school in 1906, and she was a faithful alumni meeting attendant until she moved to Shenandoah eight een years ago. One of her in terests was teaching children in the Sunday school of the Meth odist church where she lived. Quite a group of friends and relatives were present for the services. George Bogenrief is in Cali fornia for the winter. Mr. and Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry We will be pleased to take care of your needs. pull and gall two years later, to get a Silver Star citation for "Gallantry in Action cn Nov. 11, 1918." The man who accompanied him on that sight-seeing expedition, Col. E. St. John Greble, was com mitted to St. Elizabeth's insane asylum in 1936. Pat Hurley is now running for the Senate. 125 North 5th (Former King Korn Karmel Shop) All-modern three-unit apartment home. Good income. Five-room home with Lig-hts, Water, Gas, Automatic Ilot Water, Bathroom partially complete, two lots on pav ing, close in. 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