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TTtHlE PQJ&WSMODQJTIH uDdDQJKWAQ. SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper UNITED PRESS AND XWNS SERVICE The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED IN 1881 f uV.lis!p spmi-wcfklv, Mnndavs and Thurs days, at 40-4i:t Main Street. l'nittsmoutli. ";js Couniy, 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. Heinrich, News Editor Helen Mrasek, News and Circulation nBRfiSKR - assocaron, 7n NATIONAL EDITORIAL 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. Kntfred ct Pnstnffioe at Plattirnouth. Nebraska as Ton class mail matter In ac cur''""" with the Act of Congress of March 1ST9. a EDITORIALS MEDICAL-CARE INSURANCE? The American Medical Association, spurred by the accusation of 136 members tha; it had failed to develop a program for improved medical care, has come forward with a twelve-point program which is gen erally believed to be an effort to head off the President's universal medical-care in surance plan. The Association, said to represent 150, 000 physicians, recently levied an assess ment of S25 against each member to fi nance its campaign asrainst the comnulsory proposals by receiving attention in Con gressional circles. We will not attempt to discuss the program offered by the Medical Association until a complete copy is avail able for .study. It should be apparent however, that if the Association has a fund of more than $2,000,000 to finance its fight against medical care insurance, the public will be advised as to its position. It has been somewhat surprising that ?ome doctors throughout the nation fail to make a difference between the economic problem related to medical care -and the medical problems relating to the treatment of patients. Certainly, if the government confines its efforts largely to a program .of insurance to meet the economic disaster that disease inflicts upon individuals and leaves the treatment of patients to doctors, the medical profession has nothing to fear except the possibility that a greater num ber of patients will be able to pay for their medical treatment. Of course, it would be unwise to pass final judgment upon the proposal of the Medical Association -or that of President Truman or Senator Taft, until these pro grams are outlined in complete detail. It may develop that there is some possibility of "socialized medicine" which might pro duce some mediocrity in the skill available to serve the sick and there likewise exists the possibility that, however well-planned such an insurance program may be, it may turn into a bureauracy to encroach upon the field of physicians in the treatment of the patients. M 4c. IN THE INTEREST OF THE U. S. "Wartime lend-lease shipments to thirtv eieht Allies cost the United States"$50,205. 229,788 in the seven-vear period from March 11. 1941. The figures are from a report made by the President to Congress, which discloses that aircraft and aeronautical supplies constituted the most expensive item and that the next category covered vessels and other watercraft. While this is a tremendous sum of money, it would be a mistake for the peo ple of the United States to accept the theory that it represented a gift to other fighting nations. Mainly, the assistance was in the national interest of the United States and is to be justified solely on the basis of our self-interest. One should not overlook that the justi fication for the European Recovery Pro gram is not humanitarian, or representa tive of an idealistic attempt to help man kind. It represents cold-blooded calcula tion as to the interest of the United States. These require that, if possible, the Western nations -of Europe become self-supportinc from an economic standpoint and strong enough to defend their territory from ag gression. These goals, if achieved, mean much to the security and safety of the United States. DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Margaret Davis who for two years had corresponded with Man' You, a young girl living in the Hawaiian Islands, was the re cipient of a box of jewelry, a bracelet, string of beads and purse, made from the Furse's Fresh Flashes Our butcher up the street says he's nsru.med to charge 90c a pouni for T-b-ones, but the critter's mother is mightv proud. A Plattsmouth man told us the other day that he had Indian blood in his veins. When we asked him what tribe it was, he rerruirked that he didn't think it was a tribe, he was inclined to believe it was just a wandering Indian. It's not always the brightest girl that casts the most reflections. M If you think paying bills is hard, just try collecting them. Middle age is that period in life when a man stops wondering how he can escape temptation, and begins to wonder if he's missing anv. M M Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, reports that her new boy friend is just a playboy a woman chaser with a top hat, white lies and tales. - You can't convince an intelligent youngster that eating carrots is good for he eyesight when he knows darn well a cat can see better than a rabbit. All sorts of marvelous things are at tached to the new automobiles on display, but what we'd like to know is what re search engineers are doing to make the clock on the dashboard run. seeds collected by the donor on the islands. . . . Kenneth Tefft, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Tefft of Avoca, was awarded honor as champion speller of Cass County schools in spelling contest held here, conducted by Dr. Roy Eaton of Omaha, originator of the Eaton spelling book. Edward Gradoville of this city placed first in written contest and Imogene Van Every, third. . . . Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Johannes of Nebraska City en tertained members of staff of Joe's New Way stores and Mullen meat market at a dinner partv at the Grand Hotel in Nebras ka Citv. M TWENTY YEARS AGO The Holy Rosary Catholic church re ceived gift of electrical devices to be in stalled on one of the altars of the church, the gift having been made by one of the parish members. . . . The Coronado apart ment house at Third and Vine streets was sold to R. E. Harrington of Lincoln by M. M. Ploom of Omaha. . . . Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Thomas entertained at their home in honor of the 19th birthday anniversary of Harry Matthews of Omaha, a friend and associate of their son Roland. . . . Legion members completed installation of a new 18-inch Blizzard ventilating fan in their community building. Al Olson was in charge of install ation with other members assisting. . . . .Miss Erma Stivers entertained at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Stivers, Cedar Creek, honoring her sister Miss Lu cille on her fourteenth birthday. (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: HARRY TRUMAN REALLY DIS RUPTED PEARSON HOUSEHOLD; ON THE ONE EVENING THE PEAR SONS TURNED OFF THE TELE PHONE MR. TRUMAN CHOSE TO BLAST; WILL MR. TRUMAN BE COME MEMBER OF SERVANTS OF BROTHERHOOD? WASHINGTON. It's funny how, when you make a promise to your wife, something always happens so you can't keep it. Last week while riding home from Cali fornia, I made a lot of promises first to myself, and later to the little woman about spending more time at home, seeing more of my family, and taking a good rest on uic xai ill. i iiciu uau cnuugli Ul 111 LCI Hit- I tional good will, I told myself. And after I got caught up with a big pile of mail and j A 1 X A .A .4. 1 1. 1 i 1 1 1 i wrote lexxers xo me neaas oi tne railroads and a raft of governors, mayors and other folks who had been extremely nice, I would take Mrs. P. away for the little rest we'd always talked about but somehow never seemed to manage. So, filled with all these good thoughts, I got home and began to put them into op eration right away. Mrs. P, looked du bious at first, but then she almost began to believe me. For I did a very revolu tionary thing. I turned off the telephone. Mrs. P. has always talked about what would hapepn if I turned off the phone her idea being that nothing would happen at all. The world, she said, would go on just as usual, and nobody would miss me, no 7 them. So I told her I was going to settle down for a nice long evening with her, wasn't even going to look at my desk, and just to show that I really meant business, I turn ed off the phone. Of course, I didn't turn off the phone in the kitchen and I'm not quite sure Careful Now, This Could End in Disaster t THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEW I-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, March 3, 1949 PAGE ONE I i j v ii t iiinim. ii hi I m 1 fCA I I i THispniiB mm ashmgios whether this was by accident or by design. With the phone turn ed off upstairs, you can still barely hear the phone in the kitchen, but since it sounds faint and far away I am a little braver about not answering it. HARRY TRUMAN SPEAKS Well, anway. having turned off the phone. I began to tell Mrs. P. how I had reformed, wasn't goin? o work so hrrd and how we would go away for a little trip. We even bgan to figure out where we were going. Everything was lovely, and we; even had one solid uninterrupted hour together, when suddenly the telephone in the kitchen be gan to ling. I was very brave I ignored it. It ran? and rang, but it didn't faze mc ?t all. , just pretended not to hear. ! Finally the phone stopped, but about 30 minutes later it rang again. Though it was way off in the kitchen, nevertheless it had a certain air of persistency. Fi nally I could resist no longer, I picked up the receiver. I The United Press was calling to tell me that President Truman had sounded off at a dinner at the Reserve Officers' association. ' calling me an S. O. B. They wanted my comment. I told them I was spending a ' ouiet evening with my wife, and ; that if Harry Truman wanted to spend bis evenings awav from his ! wife making speeches about other neoole that was his nrivi-1 leee. I didn't see why I should , I don't see any reason why the initials "S. O. B." should neces sarily stand for what Mr. Tru man meant them to mean. The meaning of any word is what's in people's minds. Some Eng lish words are fighting terms in England though they have an innocent meaning here. When I was in Australia some years ago I was shocked to hear an Austra lian girl use a word which never would be tolerated in polite so ciety here. But it meant noth ing there. So words and their abbrevia- I tions are all a matter of educa tion, custom and general usage. And I .m sure Mr. Truman is a good enough sport to join me in putting a new interpretation on the initials "S. O. B." which can much better mean "Servants of Brotherhood." When Harry Truman was a farm boy driving mules in Mis- Mrs. Florence McDonald The school caucus will be held at the school house March 7th at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Herman Kupke is quite ill and confined to his bed. Mr. Jess Brown, who sold his property to Mrs. Ferdinand Lau moved to Ashland last week end. Mrs. Ferdinand Lau and daughter moved into their re cently purchased property on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reickert moved to their farm recently vacated by Mrs. Lau. Mr. Lacey McDonald under fent a major operation ai the Eryan Memorial hospital on Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thiel are INDICATIONS NOW are that the Truman administration will at tempt to (1) shave retail prices one way or another; t2 continue to sup port farm prices and at the same time beat down the retail food prices which show a tremendous spread be tween the farm and the grocery shelves; (3) boost the lower pay brackets up to 73 cents an hour; 4 extract higher taxes from corpora tions and, generally speaking, seek to restore a balance between prices and incomes. Just how this will be done is not yet clear, but the President is taking the advice of his Council of Econ omic Advisers and the indications are that he also has held many con ferences with business leaders in whom he has confidence here in Washington during the past weeks. Although some large business firms are running full page ads in newspapers and magazines declaring that further tax or further controls would take away all incentives for further expan sion, the council report to the President clearly indicated that the members believed that busi ness profits were above the levels necessary to furnish incentives and funds for the expansion of business and to promote the sus tained health of the economy. For instance, w ith corporate profits before taxes rising from 30 billion dollars to about 24 billion dollars in 1948 and after U.xcs from 18 bil lion dollars in 1047 to 21 billion in 1948, there was plenty of incentive here for cxpt.n.-ion. As a matter of fact, the profits were so high, viz., five per cent on sales and 10 per cent on net worth, the administration likely figures that not only must they tal:e some of this profit in high taxes to put it into spending chan nels to increase the purchasing pow er, but must take it also to prevent an accumulation of idle money. Whether it is actually true that prof its are too high and there is danger cf idls money pools, is b3yond the question. The fact is that this is the way the finger points, according to observers here. The program suits labor, It suits a majority of the farmers and if retail prices are actually shaved, it will suit a majority of the consumers in all walks of life. These observers admit it's good politics and whether or not evening, the uage. I have never driven mules j in Missouri, but I had 100 Mis- J souri mules and 100 Albanian j muledrivers under my command j m Yugoslavia once; ana mikt ' are mule-drivers any more. We have graduated. I hope, to bigger j Monday and better things. Therefore, I. Mrs. . comment. But. said the United Press, other sneakers at the dinner ... . . . . . i sDecmcaiiy mentioned yon anaam rettiiv up an engraved the President's remarks definite-, ..g e r a n t s Gf Brotherhood" ly were directed at you. J membcrship certificate, and per- So. in a weak moment, I com- j haps some other folks will 1oin merited me in picking out people in their Then I remembered that other , neighborhood or anyplace else long, persistent telephone ring; whQ havp realIy sacrificed for so, since ine xai was m ine iiu-, I called ud the Associated Press, j ter born Friday 25th. Mrs. Nettie Brunkcw Tiad the misfortune to fall and breas her wrist Friday afternoon. the Albanians jDuldn't under- Mrs. Lloyd uweke and aaugn stand Missourian and the mules ter of Ord, Nebraska, came Fri couldn't understand Albanian, day to spend a few days with and since the Serbian corooral her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo couldn't understand either, I had Rlkl1- to act as interpreter. . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Craig were So, alone with Harry Truman. '. Lincoln shoppers on Monday. I am familiar with mule-drivers' j Mrs. Jess Stock and new language. I daughter came home from the Hnwever neither Harrv nor 1 1 iupiLai uii ouuua,, Taxi Men Hit Back DANVILLE, Va. U.R Taxi drivers on strike here did more than picket their company. Shoppers loaded with groceries, instead of taking taxis home, piled into private cars which bore large placards: "A free ride home." The charitable drivers were the striking taxi men in their own cars, taking business away from the company. it's good economics will remain . to be proven. On the farm front a" decline of some 400 million dollars in farm net income is in the picture, although grass farm income reached a new high in 1D48 of more than 35.5 bil lion dollars as compared to 34.7 bil lion dollars in 1947. The rub was that farm expenses went up more to a figure of 18.1 billion dollars coin pared to 16.8 billion dollars in 1947. In addition, the total farm asset fig ure increased to about 130 billion dollars at the end of 1948, an in crease of some eight billion dollars for the year. Most of the increase, however, was due to increased value of farm real estate winch reached 9 new peak during the year. This decline in net purchasing power or income of the fanners is one reason why the government like ly will contmue its support price program de:-pite the fact that in some powerful sources this is being called a 'subsidy to buy votes." Farm economists disagree to tally with business and other economists on the theory behind the farm price support program. While some business economists declare the program to support farm prices and at the same time try to reduce or control food prices is "ridiculous," the farm ers declare they are looking into the big end of the horn. In ex plaining why they favor farm price supports, one. farm leader said: "Like other producers, farmers us ually attempt to counterbalance lower unit prices by increasing the unit produced. Thus the net effect, of lowered support prices will be simply to reduce farm income. It is' even possible that failure to support farm prices at high levels will cost the treasury more than ot fcerwise. "If no controls are imposed and each farmer races to see how much he can produce in order to keep up his income despite the lower price, then the bottom may indeed drop out of farm prices. The public ex penditure such a condition wouM necessitate might be far more thaa that of an orderly adjustment : present or high price supports." What the government is seek ing to do is to find a stable price figure somewhere between the floor farm price and the high re tail price at which to pej the price cf farm produce. Esc Shelling Made Easy AKRON, O. (U.Ri A device de signed to protect the house wife's fingers from being burn ed by boiled eggs has been per fected by Goodrich. It is a plas tic egg holder which permits quick shelling after boiling without burns or bother. The company says both hard and soft-boiled eggs can be shelled with the holder. Mrs. their fellow men. There are all sorts of people in this country who are working hard at Democracy, and at being good neighbors and at doing things for others not necessari ly big shots, just ordinary folks. I'd like to write about some of them, tell whet they're doing, and spread the word about the Servants of Brotherhood. READ THE THE LATEST "We've just been trving to get you." they said, "but you were out." "Oh." I replied. Sine? I'm supposed to be a tough, thick-skinned newspaper-! man. I didn't tell them I was sit-, tin? at home listening to their , ring and trying to be brave enough not to answer it. j After that th" phone just kept! on nnemg. and has kept on nn? intr every day since. I haven't written all those letters thank ing the folks who wre n me. and I haven't taken the cation with Mrs P Tn fact a little surprised that she's still P m speaking to me. "Of course." I was mean enough to tell her. "it's all vur fault. You elected him. You were the on who was rooting for him. And if he disrupts our evenine and our vacation, then it's your fault, not mine. After all. you were the one who put h'm in the White House." MR. TRUMAN'S LEMON When I was a vounester T had a prof namd Edwin Tomlinson who ud to hnd out a lot of ad vice which I didn't pav much at tention to then, hut which has proved valuable since. On1 thing he advised was: 'If someone hands von a lemon, make it into lemonade." , That's what I'd like to do with the lemon President Truman handed me the other night. I JOURNAL FOR IN NEWS. Frank Hemke spent in Lincoln shopping. Albert Thiel and new- daughter came home from the hospital on Monday. On Saturday evening a stork shower was given in honor of Mrs. Eldon Stock at the home of Mrs. Rueben Stock. Mrs. Wil lard Stock was assistant host ess. On Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. William Zable a birthday luncheon party was given in honor of Miss Viola Everett. Mrs. Matt Thimgan and Mrs. Charles Long were as sistant hostesses. Tuesday evening, Verle Stock. Marvin Wendt and Wayne Wendt left for Indiana where they will get the potato dicer for the mill making preparation to dehydrate potatoes. Home Too Vulnerable MARIETTA, O. (U.R) Mr. and j Mrs. Love Martin are thinking I about moving regardless of the j housing shortage. They like their home but it is on a sharp I bend in a highway. Twice in the past months cars have missed ; the curve and crashed into the ; house, causing $1,200 damage. Patronize Journal Advertisers. It's a Girl CHICAGO (U.R) Brookfield Zoo officials can name a new baby hippopotamus now and look forward to an extra $1,000 because of it. The animal was born March 25. but :'ts sex wasn't determined until it left the warm water tann this month. It's a girl. Female hip popotami sell for S4.000, zoo keepers said, while males bring $3,000. i to ' fc gSfe .W. v- , ' f ( .xl . I'm fl V R1G"SBF1 fTSi?!rEICbV 'Si Ufa unaii h,,"Jw" r yj i 1. The First Lady of the Land who was nicknamed "Lemonade Lucy- was the wife of (a) President Rutherford B. Hayes, (b) John Adams, (c) AnJrcw Jaclon. 2. The first college for women in the United States was (a) Wel lesly, (b) 2VI(. Ilclytke, (c) Barnard. 3. The only state t!iat has a unicameral (one house) legislature and also the best record for longevity is (a) Illinois, (b) Nevada, (c) Nebraska. 4. Paraffin is a by-rrcet ot (a honey, (b) maple yrup, (c) petroleum rcflnlcsT. 5. The Ameri-'an m'nhter io Hungary is (a) Selden Chapin, (b) George Alcheson, Jr, (c) Lt.-Gen. Walter Bedell Smith. ANSWERS 1. (.) pr;dent Euthrford B. Hay' wife. Lucy. bacauM aba refuaad to aarre . Ina ot bluer inioxxatins bvarage. ... 2. (b) Mt. Holyoke, founded in I8J7. Harvard, foundad ta 16Jo, u iba oiast college for . S 3. (b) Ncbraifca. . c Patraleum refining. I. (a) Saldaa Cfaapin. 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