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The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED IN 18S1 PviMishft pem i-weekly. Morula vs nntl Thurs c!ays. at 4iM-4i: Main Str--t. "latt.n)outh. Cass Count'-. Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor HAROLD TUCKER. . .Advertising Manager O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Harry Wilcoxen, Manager Job Department Helen E. Heinriph. News Editor Helen Mrasek, News and Circulation associaTion ll NATIONAL fDT09Al ASSOCIATION 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 Rlatts mouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Kntered at the Postofftoe at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second -lass mail matter In ac cordance -with the Act of Congress of March 3. IsTa. EDITORIALS BE HONEST ABOUT TAXES Society, as we know it, could not be perpetuated without government. Wheth er it is the best, the best possible, or only fair, the continuance of peaceful lives, the carrying- in of farming:, business and com merce, or any of the hundred and -one necessary modern activities, require law and order, established processes, protec tive safeguards and the cooperation which is only possible through government. Regardless -of some waste, and waste can't be entirely avoided, the average cit izen rets more for his dollars paid in taxes than for any other expenditure he makes. The average family head doesn't pay as much taxes as his children cost the govern ment for their education, if he has a moderate-sized family. All the rest of the bene fits from governmnet he receives, over and beyond that. Governments can't operate without some money and taxes are necessary. Ev ery citizen should be willing to pay his proportionate share of the common cost of these beneficial services. The growing disposition on the part of many to "beat taxes" should be frowned upon. On the other hand, every effort should be made by tax officials to equalize taxes. Every citizen is entitled to fair treatment and should not be called on to pay pro portionately more or less than his neigh bors do. Yet, the task of perfect equaliza tion is difficult, just as hard to maintain after its accomplishment, in view of the changing factors involved. Notwithstanding the many centuries during which various governments have collected taxes, the problem still calls for the thought and effort of good citizens, -k - THE FARMER'S STAKE Calling attention to negotiotions which will begin in April, President Truman has suggested that the United States cooper ate with other nations in order that all peo 'ples can sell each other the products of their agriculture, labor and industry. This, he thinks, will be a sure foundation for economic peace. Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan. writing a House Committee which is beginning public hearings on the question of extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements, calls attention to the fact that farmers of this country "normally produce many commodities in greater quantities than are required for use in the United States" and adds that any acceptable farm program must be associated with keeping open the channels of international trade so that our agricultural products can be sold abroad. "The American farmer," declares Sec retary Brannan, "must not have his prod ucts excluded from foreign markets by ex cessive tariffs and other barriers, or be discriminated against through preference and other special deals between foreign governments." The observations of the Secretary cf Agriculture are pertinent and particularly interesting to the farmers of Cass County. The agricultural production of the United States, in tobacco, cotton, wheat and other products, far exceeds the consumption in this country. The excess must be sold in foreign countries or it will create huge sur pluses to depress prices in this country. Consequently, any program that enlarges the scope of world trade will help to main tain markets for our surplus agricultural products. "downemoryut TWENTY YEARS AGO Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Gradoville enter tained members of the Schuyler basketball team at their home honoring a brother. Frank Gradoville. coach of the Schuyler team. . . . Helen Wescott was elected vice president of the senior class at Wesleyan University. . . . Col. Clifford Corbin ar rived from the Philippine Islands to visit with his sister, Mrs. Searl S. Davis and Mr. Furse's Fresh Flashes While searching for the cause of prison riots they might consider the rumor that some of the inmates are tough guys. - During excavations in Italy three stat ues were found buried 20 feet below the surface. We must admit, it isn't a bad idea. - And now we read that the younger generation isn't wild, which shows remark able self-restraint in view of the way it's been talked about. California is reported to have 43 differ ent species of cone-bearing trees. It's a shame that none of them have been cross ed with vanilla, to get the double dip. By this time a lot of our people have come to realize that cold weather isn't so hot. - We still wonder how Mom can get 10 pounds of hash out of what's left over from a four-pound roast. One 'ell of a lot of motorists around here drive like they owned their cars. 5- Groundhog day is over for the weather man, but with meat prices what they are, we're still in it up to our ears. Osteopaths report that GO per cent of the people have one leg lontrer than the other. Don't let it worry you. Congress will find a way to get the other 40 per cent. THE EANING OF THE PACT THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASXA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday. February 14, 1949 PAGE THREE YOU MUST BE ONE'', Davis and family, enroute to assignment in Washington, D. C. . . . A group of men in the Nehawka vicinity organized a wolf hunt to rid the countryside of the nuisance, which have caused loss to them in stock and chickens. TEN YEARS AGO Herman Meisinger, of Mynard, in con junction with Allied Mills sponsored an Ail-American Baby Chick Poll contest. . . . A. O. Moore, veteran telegraph operator of the Burlington departed for Ashland to take over position of first trick operator at that place. . . . Raymond "Red" Williams was transferred to a position in Maraciabo, Venezuela, South America, for the Ray mond Concrete Pile Co. "Red" was a form er employee of the A. W. Farney Co. on river work on the Missouri here. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Toman were visiting at Memphis rd rther southern points. - C1U S (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS : INTERNATIONAL P E O P L E-TO-PEOPLE RELATIONSHIP WOULD DO MUCH TO PREVENT WAR; AMERICANS BOUND TO PRIZE "TREASURE BOOK." WITH ITS HEARTFELT MESSAGES Aboard the French Merci Train. The average Frenchman has a general knowl edge of the fact that when he pays his taxes, a small portion of it goes to support the cost of a French embassy and various consulates in the U.j S. A. in order to im prove relations over here. But this is a vague and far-away thing, besides which, being human, he doesn't like to pay taxes. On the -other hand, when six million French men and women voluntarily contri bute a personal keepsake to the Gratitude Train for the American people, it means something far more important than am bassadors or consuls or State department propaganda. It means you get that kind of people-to-people relationship, it becomes increas ingly difficult for unbalanced or fool hardy leaders to start wars or create friction. In the long run, furthermore, the only way we can prevent war is by people going over the heads of their governments to get acquainted with other people. Note Just as the U. S. government had nothing whatever to do with the start or organization of the Friendship Train, so the French government had nothing to do with starting the Gratitude Train, though later it cave great help in getting the box cars to the United States. SIMPLE, PRICELESS GIFTS Some priceless gifts are aboard the thank-you train, such as the Taveau statue of George Washington and the flag that flewr over Verdun in 1918. But almost more precious, in a sense, was the neatly wrapped paper parcel brought to the train by a communist lady in Paris be cause she gave it against all the dictates of her political party, because she placed friendship with Americans ahead of com munists. Equally precious are thousands of other gifts which have no commercial or artistic vlaue simple offerings from the humbler people of France. Aboard the train, for instance, is a gift from a work man and his wife whose home was destroy ed during the war and who now live in an almshouse. ft $&S- wmJy t Lr N iifiifv y y -p1 n'.vV. ,'.sTT f3 -HOW TO WIN FRIENDS and FIRST THINGS FIRST Author of INFLUENCE PEOPLF D O -ou think things out in the order of their importance? If you don't, you are only half-way efficient. hood between our two countries." And there is the child's paint ing of a yellow heart, with her words written beneath "I know that Americans have hearts of gold." REMEMBRANCE AND LOVE At first the humbler people of France did not realize that they could contribute to the Grati tude Train. The train was first organized by French railroad war veterans, but later they got help from radio commentator Georges Delamare. who broad cast the fact that the working people of France could also par ticipate. "We must feel, in offering our gifts," said Delamar?. "that we are depriving ourselves. We must take from our personal treasure store, gifts such .as only France can provide. There is ro more By LTX CONNELLY NWNS Radio-Screen Editor JUST 14 years ago, Jim Ameche won his first radio role, that of "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy" ... At that time, too, when he wasn't referred to as "Jack Arm strong" away from the mike he usually was thought of as "Don Ameche's brother" . . . But 14 years is a long time and Jim is no long er "Don Ameche's j brother" but a full- fledged radio star - Jim Ameche with a background sincere way of showing gratitude j of fine parts behind him . . . Before than by giving what one prizes ', landing the announcer's job on most highly." One of the things the Ameri can people will prize most highly ;s the "Treasure Book" signed by the French people who put girts aboard the Merci Train. People flocked to the office of the news paper Figaro for more than a , week to sign this book and write a message to the American peo ple. Some wrote in English, most in French. Wrote a soldier: "I remember." Wrote another: "France every ABC's popular show "Welcome Trav- j elers," Jim was heard in Grand Ho- ; tel. Hollywood Playhouse, Attorney- i At-Law, Lux Radio Theater, Big Sis- ter, Grand Marquee, the Edgar Ber gen show, At Home with Faye and Elliott Roosevelt and many others. Jim was bom on August G, 1915 . . . One of eight children, he is of Scotch-Irish descent on his moth er's side and Italian on his father's . . . He is just a mite over 5 ft. 9 and weighs 155 pounds . . . His hair is dark brown and his eyes brown He has a wonderful personality Cass County Farm Bureau Has Meeting The Cass County Farm Bu reau held their monthly board meeting at the Farm Bureau office at Louisville, Tuesday, February 8th at 8 p.m. The board decided to have the County Farm Bureau pro vide refreshments at the first meeting that is held for the es tablishment of new units. The American Legion of iLouisvilie offered the use of their building with out charge for the Farm Bureau boaid meetings as well as other meet ings. John Riecke, gave a report on the findings of a committee of which he was the chairman, re garding non-stock. Mr. Riecke, Wayne Meisinger and Fritz Sie moneit were in Lincoln earlier in the day regarding this. It was decided that it would be interesting to hear Ralph Raikes of Ashland, tell of his experiences in his recent trip to Europe. A committee was ap pointed to arrange this as a county wide meeting in the near future. This committee is Peter Halmes, Mrs. Fred Wehrbein and Mrs. Emil Schmidt. Mrs. Emil Schmidt, Cass county Farm Bureau Reporter. day loves you more and more. very enthusiastic about his "More today than before, and WOrk. less than tomorrow " , askefl u havin two Mt0I, Thousands of notes also were ... , . r , in the family might not be some written to accompany gifts. And " v"c it is the hope of the men and fricUon, he answered em women who sent these messages, phatically, "Definitely not! We've that their friends in America will always worked in different circles, read the notes and will want to There's never been any reason for reply. Members of the Women's conflict because of jobs. In fact we've World Fellowship worked long worked together many times." What hours to help translate these fce what obvioas notes of greeting sent by the . "little people" of France. They fact tha the brothers w felt that, while they were poor devoted and it would take more than in worldly goods, they were rich a career to cause a nf t between inem. in friendship. Unfortunately they were not able to translate all the mess ages; but perhaps French classes in American schools and colleges can continue where they left off, and thus start a chain of . correspondence between the peo- j pie of France and America in ; continuation of people-to-people ; diniomacv. NOTES FROM WASHINGTON A 24-hour round-the-clock po lice guard on the House un American activities committee rooms, demanded last year by Rep. John Rankin of Mississippi, is still being maintained, though Rankin is no longer a member of the committee. Rankin de- Tidbits: Penny Singleton, NBC's "Blondie," spent a very quiet holiday season through no fault of her own . . . both her daughters were confined to bed with virus flu through Christ mas . . . Ernie Newton, bass player with "Grand Ole Opry's" Cumber land Valley boys (NBC), has an at tachment on his fiddle that allows him to make a drum-like rhythis while plucking the strings. Air station recently. It is true that five planes, painted with I red tails, set down at Norfolk and were surrounded by a double euarrt. inst. as the rumor leaked manded the round-the-clock ! out But the planes were Ameri watch after the committee seized ; cannot RUSSian. Their tails the famous "pumpkin papers" were painted red to distinguish irom wniuaKer i;namDer&. . thpm r1earlv from others, be What's left of these papers after cause th carried some highly xne jusuce department pictu secret eauiDment. ... Senator Ed them over is locked up in a safe in the committee's offices . . . The mail at Council, Ga.. is pick ed up by a pet deer, owned by the postmistress, Mrs. David Johnson Johnson of Colorado has de manded an investigation of the aviation industry to find out why the big airlines keep going in the red, yet can afford fat Paul Wurl 111 at California Home Paul Wurl, 81, the eldest of the Wurl Brothers, long resi dents of Plattsmouth, is report ed as being in quite serious condition at his home at Po mona, California. Mr. Wurl and wife have made their home on the west coast for a number of years and a few years ago were here for a short visit. In the last months Mr. Wurl has been suffering from blood clots in the leg that is expected will require an operation to correct and at his age and con dition makes his case one of greatest concern to the mem bers of the family. Mr. Wurl is a brother of E. A. Wurl of this city, the only mem ber of the family still residing here, with another brother, Otto Wurl, living at Council Bluffs. Ernest Wurl, the young est of the family is also a resi- KNOW YOUR WEATHER . Senators, studying statehood ; contributions to both the Repub for Hawaii and Alaska, discover- ncan and Democratic parties. ea mat tne next new state won l plus to executives. sain out tne be the 50th in ! American history. Back in 1784 , RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL settlers in the Tennessee-North Carlson, who has Carolina area proclaimed la new been G f th'e t two state which they named after M. t. rMirc v.. Benjamin Franklin. The state of tal h rptlirT1PH tn this citv "For the Gratitude Train to America," Franklin lasted only three years. She has undergone an opera they wrote, "we have decided to send our then was carved UP between tjon for tne rern0val of catar- jiennessee ana rxorin uaroima. acts from her eyes. The opera The navy has just cleared up tion has been quite successful the mystery cf the five Russian , and it is hoped that in a few- dearest possession, our boy's full dress uni form. It went with him when he left to fight and die in France. It will now go to the United States, in token of the brother- j mm WEATHER ON ORDER 'P", D. Carncsia Henry L. Doherty, founder of the nation-wide Cities Serv ice company, said that regardless of how much salary he paid, there were two abilities lie found it almost impossible to find. These two priceless abilities are: First, ability to think. Second, the ability to do things in the order of their importance. Charles Luckman, the lad who started from scratch and in 12 years climbed into the presi dent's chair of the Tepsodent company, got a salary of a hundred thousand dollars a year and made a million dollars in addition, de clared that he owed much of his success to developing the two abilities that Mr. Doherty said he found it almost impossible to find. Charles Luckman said : "As far back as I remember, I have gotten up at five o'clock in the morning because I think better then than at any other hour. I can the better plan my day in the early morning and do the things during the hours that follow in the order of their importance." I once asked Max Schuster, one of the founders of the famous publishing house, Simon and Schuster, how he managed to avoid the usual hectic rush of publishing offices, and get so much enjoyment out of his work, lie replied: "I always do the most disagreeable tasks the first thing in the morning. That eases my mind and makes the rest of the day more enjoyable." The rule of doing first the thing of most importance, and the task most disliked the first thing in the morning, has worked fcr these highly successful men. It will work for you, too. Here's a suggestion: Make a list the night before of the things you must do the next day. Be careful what you puf at the top. Make that list, then go to bed and forget it. Vv'hatever vou do, don't gve it another thought. You can do nothing about it in bed and you will tire your mind thinking about it, and impair your rest. The tomorrow will be a new day and you will find yourseu enjoying starting it fresh. dent at Pcmona. Bernard Wurl, another brother, passed away several years ago. Ralph Hild Named Publicity Chairman Ralph Hild, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hild of near this city, has been named as the publicity chairman of the 4-H club of the Uruversity cf Ne braska. Ralph is a freshman at the college of agriculture of the university and has had a very brilliant career in 4-H club work in this state as he has re ceived many honors for his suc cessful stock raising that has won him trips to the national meets, medals and other hon ors, the last being a national scholarship award. The many friends will be pleased to learn of his new recognition at the university. Patronize Journal Advertisers. ! SLEIGH RIDE PARTY j A sleigh-ride party followed j by supper was given Friday by I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Latenser. J Some of the 22 guests rode in ! the two 75-year-old sleighs that ' Mrs. Latenser received for i Christmas. Handmade by an 1 old carriage maker, they are ' elaborately painted and deco ! rated. Mr. Latenser discovered them in an old barn near Plattsmouth. Lincoln State Journal. FOUR MILE CLUB MEETS The January meeting of the Four Mile club was held at the I home of Mrs. Fred G. Nolting, ! Mrs. Leonard Born and Mrs. Joe ' Bierl, co-hostesses, j The president, Mr.?. Frank ! Bierl, called the meeting to I order. After the business ses sion the memoers enjoyea games, Mrs. Claude Mayabb taking three prizes and many others two prizes each. The February meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Henry Born. ucce55 ul Jfareiitliood MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS Associate Editor, Parents' Magazine As a means of testing metal plat ing for use in all possible kinds of weather, scientists have developed laboratories which can reproduce the tangy salt air of the Atlantic or Toffio chnrps or the humid. oDDres- pianes mat were supposed to j aays ner eyes wm De m j sive heat 0j tropical jungles have landed at the Norfolk Naval normal condition. PARENTS are often bewildered by their children's choice of friends. What can serious Susan possibly see in that fluttery Florence who is her current constant companion? What does boisterous Bob find to talk about with shy Sam? They find, or hope to find, in their oddly-assorted friends what youth is always seek ing something to round out their own personalities, to fill in the emp tiness of which they are so painfully aware. When we are young we are still hoping that life's grab bag will make up for what the fairies failed to bring to our christening party! So if Susan is the brightest in her class, she is apt to seek a frivolous camou flage by attaching herself to a pert little miss whose tongue rattles off the latest "slanguage" that Susan can't imitate to save her life. In fact, studying yonr chil dren's choice of friends should be a "must" for all parents. Unfor tunately, there is no textbook to guide you, for personality needs are so many and ways of satisfy ing them so varied that two chil dren in the same family may go entirely different ways in mak ing up for identical lacks. For in stance, another girl with the same longing for gayety as seri ous Susan, may pretend to dis approve of froth and either do without friends or choose some one much older and even more sedate than herself. You can, however, decide into which of two classifications your child's tendencies fall in. regard to his choice of friends. There are the retreaters and the go-forwarders. You don't have to worry about the latter, but the retreaters need help. However, they, too, take many guises so that they aren't always easy to recognize. We've just described the most obvious, those who deny what they want. Then there are those who seek only admiration in their friend ships. A certain amount of this is necessary to all of us, for it is natural to crave an audience. But if a young person always insists cn being the admired one in a friendship, never the one who looks up to the other," his horizons will stay just about where they are, limited to what he can see with his own eyes. 'nether form of retreat In T Ing friendships is always to 1- , oarself be chosen as a friend, never to do the choosing. This is admittedly preferable to being too aggressive, but it is often just -laziness which allows a person to drift into spending all his friendship on persons he doesn't care much about while he passes ' up those from whom he could learn and enrich his life. We've merely touched on the vast ly important matter of your child's friends. But we hope we have shown that it isn't one to be dismissed with a nagging, What do you see in so-and-so?" Try to figure out what your boy or girl does gain from his com panions. If it is something he should be getting at home such as bolster ing of his self esteem try to supply it. But don't expect to take over the whole job for it is a necessary part of growth for each of us to discover in friends and the outside world the same assurances and satisfactions that as family. a child we found in the