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1 Everett Fulton Visits Relatives Everett Fulton of Boise, Ida ho, has been enjoying a visit here with his mother and other of the relatives in this city and vicinity for a short time before returning; to the west. He had a most pleasant stay with the mother who has not been so well. Mr. Fulton is in the contract ing business in Boise and has been very successful in this line of work and has had the op portunity of constructing a large number of residences and places of business in tha-t city and vicinity. He reports having met mem bers of the Neitzel and Guth mann families that reside in that locality and that they are doing well. Mr. and Airs. Fulton are plan ning later to enjoy a winter va cation in Texas and also at New Orleans, the great recrea tional city of the south. Former Principal Visits in City Mr. and ijrs. J. V. Poynter, former residents of Platts- mouth, were here Monday to enjoy a visit with old friends and looking over the city, be ing much impressed over the improvements of the recent years. Mr. Poynter was a principal of the high school in this city in the late twenties and will be remembered by many of the older graduates of that period. Mr. Poynter is now. located at Hillsboro, Oregon, and is enjoy ing very much the visit back in the old home locality. While here Mr. and Mrs. Poynter were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cloidt, old neighbors. In the two-year period end ing Sept. 30, i?44. the Officers Account Division of the Navy's Bureau of Supplies and Ac counts wrote 5G7.552 checks for a total of $53. 124.300.47. NAMES WERE OMITTED The names of John Koke of I Denver, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kohl of St. Louis, and Mr. and ; Mrs Albert Janda and daugh ter. Janet, of Omaha, were : omitted from the list of the out of town guests at the Koke golden wedding last Sunday in this city. : One out of every seven bales of cotton produced in this READ THE JOURNAL FOR country is lost because of in THE LATEST IN N E W S. ' sect damage. '',c'c,'',c,ir'-,ss",!c,;!ec':'e'e!c!c,e!c!c!e!ejecC'?3l v v hi y y Li ' w y y v y i' it it y y y V w y y u y V y y V V y y j y y y y w ti y y y M M y y y y y y y y y y y if 5? y y y y y y y y y y y y V y y y r i m,?fS FOR BARRELS OF BARGAINS VALUES UP TO $2.50 NOTHING UNDER 25c Just help yourself to any pack in the barrel. 0Cr Per Christmas Wrapped for Boys or Girls. SEE OUR FINE DISPLAY OF TOYS. GIFT ITEMS FOR EVERYONE. BILES PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE y y y y y y V y w i y y w y y y y y y y y y t y y y y y y y V y y y y y y w y y y y y y y y y y y v w y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y W11 Why Not Give Your Hens A Christmas Present FEED THEM GOOCH'S BEST FEEDS ALL MASH PELLETS Cwt. $4.20 20rr LAYER BREEDER Cwt. $4.50 26r; LAY SUPPLEMENT Cwt. $4.75 Plattsmouth Sreamery "The Home of Casco Butter" 203 Main Street A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Dial 4278 A A Writes of Life : of Americans in Far Off Japan Mrs. May Schneider, former ly Jacquelin Jones, of Shenan doah, Iowa, writes very enter taingly of life in the Japanese islands as a member of the American occupation forces. Mrs. Schneider is a grand daughter of Mrs. Adah Moore of this city and a niece of Mrs. Georee Lushinsky, Mrs. Jessie Wohlfarth and A. W. Cloidt al so of Plattsmouth. The letter that appeared in the Shenan doah Sentinal is given below: November 1, 1948 Dear Mrs. Peterson: I wish I knew where to start in answer to your letter. I've started about six different times and gotten stuck at the very start. Now I've put it off 'till I'm afraid I'm too late. To start with, there are two forces in Japan, the tactical force, of which Max is a part, and whose duty is policing, and, in these unsettled days, de fense. The other force, of course, is military government. They have the most interesting job. They're here to teach Ja pan democratic government, to assist them in rebuilding their industries and trading pro grams, to try to raise their stan dards of living better schools, medicine, food. It's a huge pro ject, and after spending two years here I think an impossi ble project. I don't think any white man can ever learn to understand the oriental point of view. These people have been educat ed in the same traditions for thousands of years and how can we hope to change them in ten or twenty years? The best book I have read about the Japanese is "The Chrysanthe mum and the Sword." It will come nearer to giving you a bird's eye view of Japanese philosophy in terms under standable to a western mind than anything else I have found. But to get back to the Amer icans in Japan we live in Camp Wood, a regular army post located about five miles west of Kumumoto. It is a com plete community, and Max says after running Camp Wood, he thinks he can qualify for a job as a city manager. We have a commissary (gee, it will be nice to shop in more than one groc ery store), a post exchange, where you can buy anything from a package of safety pins to a new car, our own heating system, electric plant, water supply, school, churches. It's a complete American city set right in the middle of the rice paddies. It's really hard to remember we're not in the States as long as you're on the post. We're more than well looked after. If I need new curtains, I call the ! regimental supply officer and say, "Send me fifty yards of material for living room cur tains," or, "My living room rug is worn out. Please send me a new one." Everything from par ing knives to electric refrigera tors is issued to us. If any re pair work is needed, you call the engineer's office, and the re pair crew is there, pronto. In cidentally, that's something you're always calling. Nothing EVER works in Japan. Our telephone service covers the length of Japan and Ko rea, although it's probably the most maddening system in the world. We can travel by train anywhere on the islands for a cent a mile, but the trains are nretty awful. The train from , Shenandoah to Hamburg is lux- J urious compared to most Jap anese trains. There simply is no highway system here. Upon Honshu (the big island) there are a few hundred miles of paved highways, but the roads all over Japan have been bomb ed pretty thoroughly, and there's practically no highway maintenance. Our servants are also furn ished. I have a cook, a house boy and a gardener and a laundress who comes two days a week. The four of them to gether can't equal one good American servant. They're de finitely a necessity here, though, because of the amount of entertaining you have to do. Most Japanese hotels are "off limits" to the occupation force. So all the guests (we call them feather merchants) who come into the regiment have to be taken care of on the post. For instance, Saturday, I had ten for lunch and fourteen for dinner, and then a dance at the Officers' club. It rather sounds like a merry social whirl, but in reality it's a lot of hard work. You asked about fraternizia tion, too military government people see a good deal more of the Japanese than we do. They aren't particularly encouraged to mix and mingle with the people otft here. We occasional ly go to a big Japanese parties that the governor of the is land gives, and once in a blue moon they're entertained out here. Some of them are really charming people, but they don't exactly inspire a sense of trust. They're just too polite. l aafeaa ' ter instead of a president. The and has nothing to do with gov erning the islands. Some of our most famous legal and econom ! ic experts and our best men in been sent over to help them THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE THREE - Thursday, December 9, 1943 000.000 acres of cropland have been released from production of feed for horses and mules to production of food and fiber and teach them. It would take I , 1 1 1L Adhesive tape is now made " of an elastic film that resists chemical reaction for use in protecting and repairing chem ical equiument. at least a book to describe even ; .'ftttsTTjisTj part of what they've done and j l--1" are doing. And speaking of books, this is a darned good start on one. I've rambled here for hours, and I don't know whether I've said a single thing that would help you (if it isn't too late!). I must stop, or I'll have to send this parcel post instead of air mail. I'm certainly flattered to have been asked to help you, and I just hope to the heck I'm not a week too late with it. Cordially yours. j ? Jacquelin Schneider. ! I mj: Happy birthday, de3r! I melted ell of your candles into one.' ti A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A O TODAY m JSifciiiS)a4.!5;3.5i3i5)a..S;3i3iS!i5i.s.s9iai.Siai3.5 ' and you can't help but wonder if they're planning to stick a i cept on the black market, and knife in your back. ; now, while the price is very Many of the enlisted men ! high, at least it's available. Ja date the Japanese girls and a ' Pan has come a f1? way on the few have married them. I really : road recovery m the last 18 consider that a tragedy. How- months. ever, if an officer dates one, he It really is a beautiful coun is simply ostracized. (Did I-try. There isn't a spot in Japan spell that correctly? The fra- that hasn't a breath-taking temization has become a big view. Of course, it's one long problem. The orphanages all series of mountain ranges and over Japan are simply overrun practically every square foot is with the results, some fifty either cultivated or in timber, thousand G. I. babies Eura- Picturesque is the word for it sians. and not a place in the plus filthy. It's the dirtiest, world will recognize or welcome smelliest place imaginable. The them. It would simply break land of a thousand stinks! your heart to go into the or- you can't even be lady-like and phanage here. Some of the say smells! children are simply adorable, ; sanitation is another point and what in the world will be- the M. G. is trying to teach the come of them? 1 Japanese. Of course, for as far The orphanage here is a 'back as Japan goes, they've Catholic one, and the mother : used night oil for fertilizing superior is a saint! She's a tiny their fields. That's the reason little Frenchwoman - Mother for Japan's tremendous "odor." Marguerita - and has been here Now the M. G. people are try thirty years. She has 130 child- ing to teach them to use chem ren and how she manages to ical fertilizers. The water sys keep them clean and well be- terns have been bad, enough to haved and fed and clothed, I'll , kill off half the population and never know. I'm frankly beg- I that has to be corrected. You ging for her. If any of the worn- ! could go on for hours listing en would care to send anything j the problems the M. G. faces in any article of clothing, old 1 trying to raise their standards blankets, sheets, thev re des- ! of living. perately short of diaptrs. toys, J Frankly. I don't know enough food she can make eo:d use about the governments system of it, and I think the women they're setting up to try to ex would rather enjoy helping her. plain it. I know it corresponds If they could see some of ! generally to our own. The small those babies, I know they J est unit is a ko, or county; then would. Little Rosa is my fav- i the ken. or state and instead orite. Her father must have Congress they have the Jap been Italian. She has the mu anese Diet with a prime minis- beautiful soft black ringlets all over her head, big brown eyes and soft apricot-colored skin. I swear, I could take her for my own any day. She's about 15 months old and a beautiful child. That is a pet subject of mine, and I could write for hours, so I'd better quit now! You also asked what the army is accomplishing. I don't exact ly know how to answer that. I do know that living conditions have improved tremendously since I came over. To start with. SCAP set up a plan of govern ment for the Japanese similar to our own. The islands have been divided into states or "kens," each with a governor and representatives selected by the people to settle their area problems. I have gone on elec tion tours with Max and the people are definitely trying. Their election turnouts are about 90 7c. Women have been given the right to vote for the first time, and are trying hard to take an active and intelli gent part in the program. The big friction is between the old and young generations. The father has been the head the supreme head of the house for thousands of years. Of course, under the new setup, that doesn't work, and right there is the biggest stumbling block. The younger men have had their eyes opened to new and bigger ideas chances for a better life and an easier life, but the fathers and grand fathers are horrified at the change. I can't explain it to you, because I can't begin to ex plain Japanse philosophy, but as the younger generations are educated, and the old traditions are weeded out, Japan's gov erning problems will become easier, too. Their building program is huge. Much of Japan was thoroughly bombed, a lot more than I realized, and Japan's housine problems made the U. S.'s look like nothing. For in stance, 90 of Kogoshima was completely destroyed. But to day it's a busy and thriving port. But to rebuild 90 of a city of 200,000 is quite a job and that's just one of the thous ands of cities. Their food production has grown amazingly, too. When we came over, the only food you ever saw for sale was fruit and vegetables. Now there are good meat markets and fish markets. Rice and salt seem to still be their big problems. Clothing was not to be had ex- M Mrs Robert Grassman Suffers Severe Injury Mrs. Robert Grassman, of Central City, suffered a severe injury Monday at her home while" looking after some house hold duties. She was working tempting to move a large stone : jar, lost her balance and j S fell, and in so doing suffer- j ed a laceration on one leg that required fourteen stitches to ; close. Mrs. Floyd Fulton of My- : 5 nard, mother of the injured lady, left Monday night for Central. City to be with the in jured. She was taken to Oma ha by Mr. and Mrs. John Beck man, neighbors. 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