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:tiox two UNITED PRESS - AND NWXS SERVICE CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper it it i I n I The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Puttlilif . scmi-wfcklv, Ioi1;ivs and Thurs days. ;it 4 1 H - J 1 n Miiin St ! t. Plattsmouth, iis iVui.tv, N-l.raska. RONALD R. FURSE. FRANK II. SMITH. . .Publisher Editor O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Harry Wilcoxen. Manager Job Department Helen E. Heinrieh, News Editor assoctmon ) i NATIONAL i wrriAszir Assoaxrto 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 P.latts mouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Kntfr-(1 at tf' Postnf f ice at Plattsmouth. Nf l.raKka a wind 'lass mail matter In ac fotda rut- with t!,- Act of Congress of March :;. i79. EDITORIALS JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH This month, as Nebraska farmers turn tlv'ir cows nut onto the lonr. lush pastures milk production figures shoot skvward : for June is the most important month to an in dustry which annually brings more than SjWVKW.OOO in revenue to about 98,000 Nebraska farms. iW-ause June is so important to the state's vast dairvirv industry, it has been set aside as Dairv Month to emphaei'7 the Towing place of the milk cow in Nebras ka's economy and the contribution milk ir.d its mam- products make to the pood l;ea 1th of Nebraskans. The importance of the dairy cow. both from the standpoint of sound nutrition and nnirtir-al economics, will continue to prow in Nebraska as soil conservation Drocj-ams ''evelon and the erosion-scarred land, fol lowing the peak crop demands of the war years, is turned back to rrass and legumes. The dairy cow must play a much great er part than ever before, not only in pro viding Nebraska and large consuming states with "nature's most nearly-perfect food", but also as a means of marketing the gvass and the legumes from the lands whK-h have become too tired to produce grain any longer. Directly -r indirectly, almost every countv in Nebraska benefits from the state's dai'-v industry, and all Nebraskans should ffel it a dutv to help boost it alonf in the interest of raising the state's general level of prosperity. k Jt 4r PRAISES PAPER ADVERTISING The newspaper, with its printed word, in the view r.f Joseph W. Eraser. Vice rhairma of the Kaiser-Frazer Corpora tion, st'll the backbone, not only of auto mobile advertising, but of all products. While nearly everv newspaper man will arree with the conclusions voiced by Mr. Fraser. there is no harm, from the fournal istic viewpoint, in passing his words along. "The printed word has more authenti city than the spoken word of radio," de dares Mr. Frasey. who. in a brief sentence, gives the explanation for the continual growth of newspaper circulation despite radio competition. The reader of the printed word, wheth er it appears in newspapers, matrazines, pamphlets or books, understands verv readilv that when one puts words in print, there is no saving. "I didn't say it." Con sequently, those who write for the record are more apt to bo careful and exact in their statements. This, of itself, is worth something to the discriminating reader WHAT ABOUT COLLEGE? S- hools are beginning to close and a number of young people will go into the business of making monev. Too many will stop their scholastic training at the end of hitrh school days without realising the tre mendous advantages that will come to them by pursuing their way through college. ' , The Journal does not recommend a college course for every bov and girl. There was a time when people thought this was a good idea, but undoubtedly, there are some bovs and girls who will not take advantage of the educational opportunities that can be obtained. These might as well go to work, whether they are the sons and daughters of rich or poor parents. At the same time, let us urn-e all stu dents who will complete their high school courses this summer, to give serious thought to the possibility of attending col lege. The riht institution, and the ricrht personal application, will make a differ ence in life. -k If anybody could make a move that would insure peace for the world, all the people would be thankful. Furse's Fresh Flashes Just because somebody's harping all the time doesn't make him an angel. Some troubles are lftce bee stings: they're only .0,125 of an inch long and the rest is imagination. Inflation makes us do without a lot of the necessities so we can buy he luxuries wo can't live without. A good way to give your car a lasting finish is to trv to beat a train to a crossing. Doing business without advertising is ' like winking at your girl in the dark; you know what you're doing but no one else does: Taxes could be a lot worse. Suppose we had to pay on what we think we're worth? - The book that has the most unhappy ending we have ever looked at is the family check book. It depends upon the length of a fisher man's arms how far he will stretch the truth. Keeping up with the Jones's isn't nearly as dangerous as trying to pass them on a hill. j -e Two Scotchmen were playing golf un-1 der a broiling sun recently when one of j them had a stroke. His partner made him count it. ! I Pretending to be rich keeps a lot of us poor. BIG HOLLER FROM THE LITTLE MAN THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday. June 2. 1943 PAGE ONE Hlllltf MFZT- -. M 'Iii' : " I F0"30"0 WW asma gton DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO James Robertson. II, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Robertson was first Plattsmouth youth to be graduated from the U. S. Nav al academy at Annapolis . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Godwin arrived from Fernlev. Ne vada to spend the summer with relatives here . . . Stuart Porter. Plattsmouth stu dent, placed second in class of fortv grad uated from Tarkio. Missouri . . . The Nor folk Packing company was busy with thejcludinS the oil companies. j state in their so-far-confidential j report : i ZOOMING PROFITS The oil company profits for - j 1943 were so high as to exert a disproportionate influence on the general level of profits. "Thus the Standard and Poor's corporation reported that for , 1.548 industrial companies, pro- , fits for 1948 were 23.2 per cent above 1947. However, if oil com panies were eliminated from the ; sample. 1943 profits were only 16 per cent above 1947. In other , words, so great was the oil in-; dustry's increase in 1948 profi'Sj mat ioi a large sample oi at! in dustrial corporations, the 1948 profits increase was about 50 per cent greater as a result of in- Troop No. 364 Bov Scouts acted as host j demand for petroleum products, troop at Second Annual Camporee to Poy Incw the expansion has stopped. j as evidenced by cutbacks in pro l duction and imports. Yet the oil ! companies turn around and boost prices even higher because these inflated profits are settling back to earth again. Sena'or Mavbank will call the v.a pack at local plant . . . Mrs. Thomas Kriskey and Misses Jane Rebal and Veda Canps entertained at a miscellaneous show er honorinir Mrs. Vincent Kelley Jr.. and Mrs. Robert Slavicek . . . American Lecdon Scouts of Arbor Lodge District at Camp Wheeler. -k -It TWENTY YEARS AGO Elks P.and under direction of W. R. Hollv, completed plans to furnish band concerts at Garfield Park during the sum- ; big oil companies before his com mer . . . Emil J. Hud was made manager ot i mittee around June 15. the clothing department of the Sears Roe- j CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES buck retail store at Council P.luffs. Iowa; Paris Conference Secretary of . . . Edward Patterson arrived for a visit j State Dean Acheson has cabled with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Patter- the State department that next son. Edward was engaged with the Pacific Telephone company at San Francisco . . . W. D. McMahon, head of the commercial department of local hich school, resigned to accept a position in Grand Island schools . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brantner entertained : SPVprai sprrpt sessions will take a group of out of town relatives over Me- ; place and Acheson thinks they'll j morial Day: they were the Charles Reed give an opportunity to find out family of St. Joseph. Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Amons of Lincoln. Mrs. John Mortensen and daughter. Irene, and Mr. and Mrs. Monte Franks of Omaha . . . Miss Martha Gorder departed for a summer at Yellowstone National Park where she was to be employed during the tourist season. From 1946 to 1948. oil profits shot up more than 2U times, the' investigators report. The oil companies justified this on the; grounds that they were expand-' j ing to meet the unprecedented Washington broke the among his week will be the critical period in the Big Four foreign minister's conference. Both sides have been sparring up until now and no secret sessions have taken place to date. However, next week (Convrieht. 1949. Bv the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: OTL COMPANIE S' UNREASON ABLE PRICE BOOSTS NEED EXPLA NATION: ACHESON SAYS NEXT WEEK IS CRITICAL PERIOD IN BIG FOUR CONFERENCE: NEW MEXICAN PUBLISHER WRITES LETTER RE FORRESTAL SUICIDE. WASHINGTON. What is described as highway robbery in the price of gaso line has just been made the subject of a sizzling senate report, hitherto unpublished. On the basis of this report. Senator j cuerrillas. but this hasn't work Mavbank of South Carolina will call the led out because many of the major oil companies before his Banking soldiers have deserted to join the and Currency committee and ask them to guerrillas. t explain unreasonable price boosts. j MAIL BAG What senate investigators found was i Robert McKinley, owner and that the average motorist must pav an publisher of the Santa Fe New extra $40 a year for the same amount of i Mexican writes as follows: gasoline that he purchased in 1946. Yet .rl fJfL the oil companies justify higher prices on of 31 the grounds that they are losing profits. retary of Defense, will grieve all . Regarding this, senate investigators I who ever knew and served with whether the Russians want to fish or cut bait. If there is no aCtion next week, Acheson will be home around June 10. Talks with Vishinsky Secre tary Acheson has held two off-the-record meetings with Vishin sky one short and one long to talk over the Austrian peace treaty. And for the first time since 1947 Acheson believes an agreement can be reached to get Russian troops out of Austria. Vishinsky has shown a surpris ingly mild attitude in these talks, and Acheson has indicated the United States may consent to let the Russians have $150,000,000 in Austrian reparations in return for an Austrian peace treaty. Czech Underground a power ful underground movement lias sprung up in Czechoslovakia that has the communists worried. At least three well-organized guer rilla bands have been attacking communist officials and police in the vicinity of Bratislava. After each attack, they retreat into the hills and can't be located. Five thousand army troops hye i been assigned to track down the him. I had the privilege of a tour of duty, in a minor capa city, on Mr. Forrestal's staff, and came to respect him as an Amer ican of consummate ability and patriotism. "Kis suicide, however, means more than a personal loss to his lriend.-;. It must be taken to the nation's heart as glaring proof of the need for fearless news re porting in the nation's capital. When your dispatch came out some weeks ago describing the advanced state of deterioration of Mr. Forrestal's mental health, it came as more of a surprise to me than did the sub.-equem news that Mr. Forrestal h?-s now taken his life. I happened to be in at the time you story, and heard friends and manv government officials the almost unanimous opinion that the For restal story was the last straw that Drew Pearson should now be shut up fcr irresponsible report ing. "Hari the officials of the Naval medical center been as alert and diligent about their business as you were about yours, perhaps Mr. Forrestal might have even tually recovered and lived a long and useful life. American news- . papermen should paste on their walls thf headlines of this minor , Pearl Harbor at Bethesda. to guide them whenever there is pressure to withhold the news." SABOTAGING PUBLIC HOUSING Inside fact, is that courteous Chairman Sabath could have squelched the Rules committee ; filibuster against the Public Housing bill and railroaded the bill to tlj House floor if the be- : nign gentleman from Illinois : used the same strong-arm tac tics that his foes use against him. At one closed -door session last week, only one of the commit- , tee's four Republicans New : York's Jim Wadsworth showed ; i;p. This put filibustering Gene Cox of Georgia, the Dixiecrat. in a frenzy. Because Sabath had the votes to vote the Housing bill ; out over his head with three Re- ; puhiicans absent. Cox. who almost always votes ! with the Republicans, imme diately began demanding that the committee postpone action i until "all the members are here j to express themselves." Sabath. 1 however, stopped him. ; "I could take advantage of these gentlemen who are absent and call for a vote, but I don't intend to. I don't believe in do ing business that way. I try to be conside.ite of my colleagues v ho are against me as well as those who are with me. "However. I expect the same treatment myself in the future." he added, looking squarely at the gentleman from Georgia. Note Last summer, when Cox faced a tough re-election pri mary, he wrote a newspaper in his district indicating that he favored the Housing bill, though later he ducked the vote. Today, safely re-elected, he is showing his true colors and is actively leading the opposition. 1 NEB ...;.:;lfJrr7TTTTTfl A 5 0 a RASKA v JAMES C. OLSON, Superintendent STATE HIITORICAL SOCIKTT Nebraska probably never has enjoyed a boom quite like that experienced by the earliest ter ritorial pioneers. New towns were being platted, lots were commanding high prices, rail roads an-J other industries were being projected, and above all, money was plentiful. An important reason why money was plentiful was that the territorial legislature, in common with similar bodies elsewhere during the 1850s. cre ated banks of issue on terms so easy that almost anyone could set himself up in the banking business, including the issuance of currency. According to this procedure, a bank could be started by five men. and could open its doors for business as soon as half of the initial capital was not paid, but subscribed. Currency could be issued without the necessity of a legal reserve against it. It is not strange, therefore, that such currency came quite soon to be known as "wildcat money," and that prudent bus iness men came to distrust it completely. Eank notes fluctu ated in value with great rapid ity, and a standard requirement for doing business was a fre quently revised guide to the values of the various notes. rpHE HOOVER COMMISSION" or.' reorganization of the executive branch t,f the federal so eminent has rr.acie its rejxrt to the congress. ! It hns ben on the congressional desks, some of it, for a matter of j months. Yet there lias been done exactly nothing to bring to fulfnl ment the monumental task of the commission. The answer as to whv U obvious: (1) many agencies with important support from those with whom they do business don't want to be reorganized and, (2) the question cf how a particular governmental function should be carried out fre quently collides with the rrliry question of whether it should be carried out at all. A case in point is the postofTice department- Everyone purees that there should be tio deficit tn the postofTice department, but there agreement ends. Nobody agrees on how to get rid of that deficit. In the past, attempts to reorgan ize the executive agencies has re sulted in exemptions for some In the bill, which open the door for exemp- j tions for all. President Truman and ex-presider.t Herbert Hoover stoutly oppose any exemption status for any agency. But the log-rollers will get their work In. Ttie house has passed a bill which would give the president broad powers to reorganize by exec utive order, but gives the congress power to overrule him within 60 days after submission of his reorganiza tion plan. The senate has a similar bill, which would permit either house to overrule the president. Various groups are seeking ex emption for their pet agencies various Individuals and organi- j cations want the army engineers left out of any reorganization plan; the Railroad Labor Execu tives' association wants railroad regulatory agenries exempted; American Bankers' association wants special status for banking agencies, etc The Hoover commission would re duce the number of executive agen cies reporting to the president from 65 to 23; it would give the president authority to imme heads of units In his department without Senate con firmation. In the department of the treasury, the reorganization would set up nine agencies, transfer the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation, Export Import Bank and Federal Deposit Insurance corporation to the treas ury and establish an accountant general and monetary and credit council to coordinate the national domestic crec.t policies. In agriculture. reorganisation would mult in fven major units, provide for an assi; u.:it secretary and an administrative &isi;-t?.nt: au thorize the secretary to develop home lending services to farmers through Farm Credit administration and land banks, the loans guaran teeing second mortvS-"1 u';t lo ex" ceed $4,000: li.r-f-:' p ,:'-e F-rrntra Home acminhtr;. . ::. tiunsftr bu reau of l.nd niii2i:.:'tmrrit from in terior to agriculture. 6lo the Kxl activities of the Food ar.ti Drug ad ministration and o'.erhr.u! the state and county field organization of the department. For instance. In the interior department there v culd be im portant changes which would in-" elude transfering to interior the rivers and harbors anJ flood control functions of the corps of army engineers, the commodity service and public building func tions of the Federal Works agency and Investigation of natural gas resources and power planning functions of the Fed eral Power commission. The Hoover report would transfer to the labor department, the selec tive 6crvlce system, the bureau of employees' compensation, the em ployees compensation tppcals board and the bureau of employment se curity all from Federal Security ad mtnist ration. A new executive department would be created to administer the social security laws, education raid Indian affairs, the latter being transferred from interior. A new health department would be set up to which would be transferred the public tiealln service, drug functions of the Tood and Drug administration, the continental general and sta tion hospitals of the armed forces Rnd the hospital func tions ot the Veterans' adminis tration. There are many other functional changes. But the experts here la the field of governmental reorgan ization declare that the president cannot do this Job. It remains for congress to take charge and 6pe'J out the changes for an over-all leg islative policy on this question. Besides the two general bills men tioned which puts the reorganiza tion Job on the president, there are about two dozen bills now In the mill providing for some reorgtuiLio tlon of a 6pecinc tger.ey. 1. The Communist advances In Chin have been said by some to mean "the end of the Open Door policy," eallirg for maintenance of equal commercial rights for all nations in underdeveloped foreign countries. This policy was first enunciated for China by (a) Commo dore OJiver Hazard Perry, (b) United States Secretary of State John Hay, (c) President William McKinley. 2. During a recent FN debate, Russia accused Western husbands of mistreating their wives. The legendary figure whose wire could eat no lean was (a) Cock Robin, (b) Teter Pumpkineater, (c) Jack Spraft. 3. May Day (May 1) was first established as a day of labor demon stration by (a) Julius Caesar in a decree about pleblans rights, (b) Karl Marx' Manifesto, (c) the Second Socialist International. 4. John-L. Sullivan has resigned as secretary of the mvy. His im mediate predecessor was (a) James Forrestal, (b) CoL Frank Knox, e Kenneth C. KeyalL ANSWERS 1. fb) tJritea Slates Scrtary oi Slat Joha Hay In 1899. 2. e) Jack Spratt. 3. (c) A congrMs oi tfa Second Socialist International. mMffng la Penis u 1883. pickad May 1 as th doy on which labor should demonstrate. 4. a) lames Forrestal. (He wes moTed up to the position oi secretary oi defense is September, 190.) Most of the notes were entire ly worthless outside the terri tory. There is a story to the effect that a Missouri River wood merchant once offered to trade his wood for the noteo of the new Platte Valley Bank at the rate of cord for cord. His scepticism, viewed in per spective, seems to have been eminently sound. When the great depression that engulfed the country in 1857 hit Nebras ka, the wildcat banks were among the first business insti tutions to fail. And as they fail ed, their utter worthlessness was brought into full view. Illustrative of their situation, were the conditions found at the two banks operating in the set tlement of DeSota. One had safe and a cashier; but all the other had to show for its ex istence was its name engraved upon its bills. As another example, a sher iff's writ of execution against the closed bank of Nebraska at Omaha showed as assets: "Thir teen sacks of flour, one large iron safe, one counter, one desk, one stove drum and pipe, three arm chairs, and one map of Douglas County." Paducah. Ky, home of Vice President Albert W. Barklcy. was named in honor of Chief Paduke. who reigned over a small tribe of Chickasaw Indians known around the mouth of the Ten nessee River as Padueahs." The United States released 3D different issues of postage stamps in 1948, a record year. urossword Puzzle HORIZONTAL 1 Garland 4 Pertaining, to birth Newt 12 Nightfall (poetic) IS Light sarcasm 14 Constellation 15 To asset 17 Beaver State 19 Shade tree 20 Standard of perfection 21 Part of th eye ti Sorrowful state 24 Identity of anything 27 Conjunction 23 Moor 29 Lsnflth measure SO Fundamental mass of f ej tendencies S1 To recline 32 Nothino 33 Pronoun 34 Rascal 3ft To be ill 37 Pedal dio't M Progressed through the water 34 Abyss 40 To conduce 41 At no time 43 Cognizance 44 Seal 46 Raging 49 Fruit drlnK S3 Chairman's mallet S? 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