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The Plattsmouth Journal i:ST. i'.I.l -!l K! IX '.vvl Cui,:!si,,! v,.nii-v.-k'.v. Mt.rnlii v. .' nl Thurs v ,! !n:- .j:: Mam St ! I. I'lattsmoutti, RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Harry WiScoxen. Manager Job Department Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor pssocaron NATIONAL ' EDITOR I At ASSOOATKOt SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, S4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city cf Plattsmouth. By carrier in Platts mouth. 15 cents for two weeks. I '! ji i : sm in t '). :;!t:,r i:, ..f ;,!.iiU . ;:!!o!;irr for today Descartes - EDITORIALS DON'TS" FOR SWIMMERS ? .rH'thinr like G.000 American citizens v . iv ih'owne-d last year, many of them i-vat.-r hi-y thought they were perfectly With 11 hr Summer bat hint? season in it miylit be a rood idea to re- f-sons. including good swim- rr-.-rs. t .::.: tre water can be dangerous. There are certain rules to be followed if r.e wishes to exercise caution in the water. Th "duii'ts'" that might save your life Jude :. n admonition against swimming immine in unpatrolled waters or after eating. In addition, vou .l-i.. t"" jUK are urged not to depend on inner tubes as -af- ty in Its and t exercise care in boats a:u! ia!!"". Trese imple rules might save the life : s ?.. h,y and girl in Cass County this S -.n-.nw if parents will take the time to t all their, to the attention of their children. I:; additk-m gorx! swimmers should be cau-it-d ae.rainst over-confidence which rtight Uad them to over-exertion. : -t ' PRIVATE ENTERPRISE" BOASTS The American Airlines. Inc.. in a public a.!eniserr.ent. says that in this country ";;:r transportation is operated as a pri vate enterprise." In other countries, says the airline, it is conducted "by the govern or e f. t. " Th- company then claims, with accu r:ry, that the United States leads the 'rr countries in the development and utilization of air transportation. It has -'"ne ideas as to what is necessary "if pri yate enterprise is to retain the spirit of .r.. at:ve which makes for progress." Tr," interesting fact, in connection with ' advertisement, is that while air trans-;-'rtat;..n operated "as a private enter ;'.;'!SH" tiv United States Government tnn.vv f.pt a considerable sum each year '-- a .'a!;.- to the airlines. In return, the !' ,vJrn-et.t. and the people, acquire no :::t- re-t whatever in the stock of the com-;';;r'K's-The subsidies, paid for carrying y ; maii. are required bv law to be suf- '-nt to guarantee the airlines an operat ' pr -fit. .. ;I; this 'nstitutes "private enterprise." ', , a rsher new type and one which tvf 'JJ'' n' encourage much bragging on : " bar: ' f those who invest some of their r :iev and their talent in the operation ' : an airline. WHY READ? Why learn to read? ... 7r':s rounds like a silly question but y are so many people who seldom seek 'expand their mental vision through the s': ly- ,ros of reading a book. u -tr. public libraries available, there is n-ec! lor an individual to go to anv un- ' expense to become informed, a tew cents, or less, a volume ho 'Mred upon almost anv subject that in- "'- tne individual. downmemorFlanF r TEN' YEARS AGO -Miss Evelyn Wolph spoke at Kansas conference on Education for Democ- . . Group of local people who were 'npaged with the Western Waterways de parted for Mondamin. Iowa, to work on Jer improvement program. Those eoing :'.,m here were Jack Chadwick, Harry -ev.man. Chester Tavlor, Gerald Cady, alter Eledge. Merle Winters. Lester Cur l;. and Frank Strough . . . Recreation and delegation attended southeast ern Nebraska Day at Ak-Sar-Ben races; J'I'f-rtunity given to publicize King Korn '-arrival . . . Joe Lotz. will known figure Omaha baseball visited this citv . . . ir. and Mrs. P. T. Heineman entertained a 6:30 dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Furse's Fresh Flashes A local young fellow got rid of his sax ophone he heard that their neighbor had bought a gun. J- A Plattsmouth man, suffering from headache, approached his doctor for a diagnosis. Questioned, he replied, "I am a bachelor, live with my maiden sister, and am always in bed by nine. I don't smoke, drink, keep late hours or associate with fast women." His doctor took a long look and said, "I guess it must be your halo pinching." A farmer friend of ours has developed a breed of lambs that can run 40 miles per hour. In a few years he expects to have them fast enough to keep up with Marv. Our wife tells us that our neighbor's husband is the most gentlemanly, consid erate and tender man she's met. All we can say is that he ought to be he's been in hot water for 20 vears. Nobody seems to testify in so-called communist trials but liars and ex-liars. One thing about the Democratic form of government: If you dislike the men in office, you can run for their jobs. -fc The year 1949 is a good year to save some money even if no depression develops. DES MOINES DISINFLATION.! Theodore Hadraba of Prague, Czechoslo vakia. TWENTY YEARS AGO George Schmidtmann, former resident, employe of a large dental supply company of New York City w as sent to Alaska on a business trip . . . Edward Patterson de parted for San Francisco after a visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Patterson . . . Miss Marie Hiber, teacher in Omaha, departed for Berkeley, California, where she entered the University of California for summer work . . . Jack North, daring steeple jack, placed lightning rods for pro tection, on the large smokestack of the Burlington: railroad shops, at a height of 200 feet . . . Sam Move, local poultry deal er, departed for a visit in his. old home in Posey county. Indiana . . . Bernardi Expo sition shows were here under auspices of the American Lesrion . . . Werner Jarl, Donald Warner, Weldon Stoehr were ini tiated into order of De Molay. (Copyright, 1949. By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS : -TRUMAN CALLSl EX-SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ANDERSON ON CARPET; BR ANNAN PLAN TO BE TESTED ON POTATOES.. HOGS AND WOOL! AAA BELIEVES TOURISTS CAN BE U. S. AMBASSA DORS WASHINGTON. It isn't often that two men who have held the same cabinet job are summoned before the President to settle the question of whether one is sup porting the other. However, that is what happened to ex-Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson and his successor Secre tary, Charles Brannan. Both faced each other last week in front of Mr Truman. Anderson, once a pillar in the Truman cabinet, now an A-l senator from New Mexico, slipped in the side door of the White House unnoticed to newsmen. Tru man promptly challenged him regarding reports that he was blocking parts of the Brannan farm plan. Anderson vigorously denied the charge; then, to convince the doubting President, he asked that Brannan himself be questioned. So Truman picked up the phone and asked Brannan to hustle over to the White House. A few minutes later, all three sat down and ironed out their differences. The results of that talk will probably be felt on every farm in America Anderson denied that he wanted to ex tend the present, G. O. P.-written laws, in sisted that he saw eye-to-eye with Brannan on ths basic needs for new farm legisla tion. Except for a few technical points, Anderson showed that he was 99 per cent behind the Brannan plan. Brannan in turn told the President that his old friend and former boss was helping, not hampering, the plan in the senate. THREE-CROP EXPERIMENT Anderson, warned, however, that the program might be too costly to adopt all at once. Brannan agreed, said the best approach would be to take one commodity at a time. His plan would call for "production pay ments" to the farmers to maintain a mini mum selling price. Then, instead of hav ing the government buy up the surplus as it does with potatoes and let them rot, Brannan would let the price drop and give the consumer the benefit. The "produc tion payments" would make up the dif ference between what the farmer gets and what the housewife pays. Brannan agreed to try out his plan on two or three commodities, and Anderson in return promised to push the program in the senate. Immediately after this con ference, word was passed to the House which then approved the Brannan plan for three commodities to be selected by the Secretary of Agriculture. The three have not been desig nated yet, but they will prob ably be potatoes, hogs and wool. The senate is still dragging its feet but not through any fault of ex-Secretary of Agriculture Anderson, who is a member of the Agriculture committee. The truth is that Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, chairman of the committee, is sluggish about passing the bill. And the ranking Republican, Vermont's able Senator George Aiken, is holding it up by asking critical questions. He claims the Bran nan plan is nothine but a re- j vamped version of his own pro gram, aaoptea Dy tne tsutn con gress, and he sees no reason for substituting. 400.000 U. S. AMBASSADORS The live-wire American auto mobile association has launched a unique campaign to educate American tourists on how to be good-will ambassadors. Last week this column pub lished a sugsestion to Under secretary of State James Webb that the State department issue with each passport a reminder as the Army did to G. I.'s landing in England during the war that ereat good will can be accomplished bv the careful American tourist while great ill will can be stirred up by the op posite type. The American automobile as sociation has now taken rt-y this idea and is reminding its mem bers that every tourist can be a diplomat. The average man-in-the-street in Europe never meets an American ambassador. He eets his idas about the U.S.A. from a confusing hodeenodge of propaganda some of it com munist or frorn the 400.000 Americans going abroad this summer. The communists have been waging an astute campaign to sour world opinion "on frep soendinr. loudrtalking Ameri cans. So the best way to coun teract that propaganda is bv improved behavior on the part of thos Americans. To make every tourist a din lomat. the AAA has set ud th following tm commandments of good travel manners: 1. Conform with the local customs. 2. Avoid bragging, loudness and arrogance. 3. Try to pick up at least a few words of the language. This is always flattering to the na tives. 4. Learn something about the countries you will visit. You will get more out of your trip, and at the same time pay a compliment to the local people. 5. Don't flaunt your money. Throwing money around onlv offends the natives who don't I earn as muoh as Americans, j 6. Don't haggle. Excessive (hageling may save a few cents. but it leaves bad feeling. 7. Be moderate. It is rare to find drunkenness outside of the United States in any but the lowest specimens. 8. Be friendly. Treat all peo ple you meet with decency and courtesy. 9. Avoid arguments. Short of defending your honv. keep out I of areuments and fiehts. 10. Be careful with women. This is for men only. What may seem to be innocuos pleasantries in America may he downright taboo in other lands. Boiling down all this advice into one sentence, the AAA de clares: "When abroad, you are a fuest; ?ct like one." Note Virtually all U. S. ef forts to win over Europe so far are on the basis of government-to-eovernment. Yet govern ments can change overnight. PaooIo don't. That is one reason whv the roots of lasting, friend ship must be planted in people. CAPTOL NEWS (Compiled by Nebraska Press Association) LINCOLN It was a quiet week at the statehouse. Summer arrived and with it, stenographers shed their stock ings to display sun-tanned legs and there was the usual quota of vacation-vacant desks. Even Gov. Val Peterson's massive, carved desk was clear ed, as he attended the govern ors' conference in Colorado Springs' swank Broadmoor ho tel. There, the chief executive held forth on his favorite topic: highways. "Boxcars on rubber tires," he told fellow governors are not paying their share of highway maintenance ana consirucuon costs. He waxed warm as he blasted the lobby opposed to higher highway taxes. "There seems to be a national pattern of petroleum and truck ing interests to fight gasoline tax increases." he said. In his own state there is a counter weapon, to the petrole um and carriers lobby. It's the ! Better Nebraska Association, ! formed to sponsor Peterson's i highway program. At least one busy place in the CaulLOl W cL5 lUll 111 Liic tumci, where the state headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars pushed the campaign to suspend rent control. Attorney General James An derson last week approved the form of the petition to be circu lated by the VFW and that set the wheels spinning. A kickoff meetins at Omaha last week end was called to correlate "he stra tegy to secure 47,634 valid signa tures before 5 p. m. Au:r. 24. (Earlier reports saM the dead line was Aug. 27. but the secre tary of state's office pointed to attorney eeneral's opinions that Aug. 24 will be 90 calendar davs after adjournment of the legis lature.) One aspect of th decontrol referendum that apocsrs to have been generally overlooked is the auestin of what will happen if the VFW gets less than 47.634 signatures, but more than 23.817. The smaller figure is enough to pet. the issue on the November. 1950 ballot, but not to suspend th1 law in the meantime. This is the situation now. un less congress should act again on rent decont"i: The lecislature has ordered the covernor to notify the fed eral housing expediter tht. con trols are nnnecessarv in Nebras ka fter Nov. 1 of this vear. The controls are scheduled to expire nationally Julv 1. 1950. So. even if the VFW pets the issue on next vear's ballot, there will apparent.lv be nothing to vote on: controls tHN have been lifted bv ronress Jniy 1. Obviously, the VFW is not in terested in anvthini short of enough signatures to suspend th law. ; Serretarv of State Frank Marsh siid tbqt if valid Deti 5rm? with enough natures are filed with him. he'll havp to put it. on the bpnnt. He said. too. that. on filert. the petitions could not be withdrawn. I - First flvine time between Mi rmi an' Buenos Aires was 11 davs. Today it is less than 22 hourSi signatures on either law. " . Suspension of the registration fee hike will cost the state high-' way department about a million and a half dollars a year, and cities and towns will lose about! a million. j If the gas tax increase is beaten, it will mean a loss of about $3,600,000 a year. The two measures are the heart of the governor's road improvement plan. And still on the subject of referendums, the University of Nebraska and its Alumni Asso ciation issued statements last week disclaiming any part in the proposed referendum to knock out the law giving normal schools the right to grant liber al arts degrees. Chancellor R. G. Gustavson said the unirersity never took a stand on the measure, and "be lieves the granting of liberal arts degrees by the state teach ers degrees is a matter for the state, not the university to de cide." W. V. "Bill" Day, Lincoln in surance man who is president of the Alumni Association, said: "The association has never dis cussed or authorized such a move." Dav's statement pointed out, however. "We are not opposed to the democratic process of refer endum." Meanwhile. Frank Edeerton. President of the First National Bank at Aurora, said so far as he's concerned, no progress had been made since "a number of alumni" approached him during the Alumni Association Round up in Lincoln and prevailed up on him to become chairman of a committee to sponsor the refer endum move. Unconfirmed reports said a free-lance Lincoln reporter was soliciting funds for the cam paign. Both Chancellor Gustav son and Dav warned that solici tors or petition circulators have no authority to assert or imply the university or association is back of their efforts. The news man is an alumnus of the uni versity. The committee seekin? to en la rce the legislature and legis lators' .diaries took a nrme for itself: The Legislative Reform League. Louis Mauoin, Lincoln, former deputy secretary of state, is act ing secretary of the League, which filed papers with the sec retary of state. Other members are Irl Tolen, Ord: Fred Chappelle, Lincoln; Anto Munch, Omaha, and Wil liam Bannin?. Union. Maupin said the groun has $500 in contributions and nu merous requests for petitions. Observers here were inclined to think neither the League nor the normal school foes would be successful. They pointed out that time is too short. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURfcAL Monday, June 27, 1949 PAGE THREE TAWANKA GROUP MEETS The members of the Tawanka group met Thursday at the : home of Mary Lou McCarthy. The business was talked about ! and was followed by First Aid lessons. Later games were plan ed and refreshments were serv ed by Mary Lou McCarthy, Joan Mason and Joann Koubek. The next meeting will be July 14th. Patty Janda, Scribe. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Osterholm and son, were in Glenwood for the Sunday outing and to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Osterholm and other relatives. But that's only a part of the referendum story. The Nebraska Farm Council this week was hard at it distrib uting petitions to suspend the increased vehicle registration fee law and to force a vote on the gas tax boost. The Council (made up of the Farm Bureau, the Grange and the Farmers Union) sent out 20,000 petition forms. Observers predicted little trouble for the three groups in getting enough These were other statehouse hiPhlights: Tax Commissioner Philip Johnson forecast an increase in the 1949 assessed valuation in the state. This was based on incomplete returns from a dozen counties which showed an in crease of about 6 percent over last year. Two important state posts were filled. L. J. Bible, secre tary of the McCook chamber of commerce became assistant to Allen V. Dowline. chief of the di vision of Nebraska resources at a salary of $5,000. This is the same amount paid Rufus M. Howard, director of the depart ment of agriculture, and Dow lin's boss. Dowling, himself gets $5,200. The other appointment was that of E. M. Owen. Lincoln, to be assistant superintendent of special education for handicap ped children. The legislature appropriated $250,000 for the bi eunnim to aid local school dis tricts in training handicapped children. On the subject of salaries, Neil Vandemoer, state assistance chief, was upped from $5,500 to $6,000 by Governor Peterson. Owen Boyles, director of the motor vehicle registration divi sion had two pieces of news. 1. License plates in 1950 will be blue numerals on a white back ground and 2. More than 400. 000 passenger cars will be regist ered in the state this year, an all-time h'h. A reauest for a 30 wage hike by workers in the state's three hydro districts was turned down bv the court of industrial rela tions. And vandals were at work aeain on Nebraska's ten million dollar ranitol. -.Custodian Har old Hulfish had janitors scrub bing liostick-inscribed poems off third floor walls. RFTURVS TO HOSPITAL Mrs. W. H. Wiles, who has been home for some time from a stay at an Omaha hospital, returned Tuesday afternoon to the hospital. She will have a check up and examination as to her condition and it is hoped wiP soon be able to return home to this city. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nearhood of Grand Island, and family, were here Sunday to enjoy a visit at the home of Mrs. Annn Nearhood and the many old friends. ., i Patronize Journal Adrerstisers. Annual Estimate City of Plattsmouth 1943 Sec. i: 707, R. S. N. 5. 6. 7. 8. 2,210 1.175 900 2,00 400 3,755 6.900 220 7.000 2.000 2.250 450 1,000 BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the Citv of Plattsmouth, Nebraska: Section 1. Budget Fixed. The followine: shall be and is hereby declared to be the "Annual Estimate" of the probable amount of money necessary for all purposes to be raised ia the City of Plattsmouth for the fiscal year ending May 1, 1930: FUND 1. General: (a) Salaries of City Officials $ (b) Comp. Ins., Misc. Ins. & Official Bond Prem (c) Office Supplies, Printing ic Election Expense fd) Redeem Warrants Water Board Loan (e) Maintenance of Police Car (f) Miscellaneous Including Maintenance & Repairs . of City Hall and other property, and all other misc. ex penses 2. Police: (a) Salaries of Regular and Extra Police (b) Supplies & Misc. 3. Streets. Alleys & Bridges: (a) Labor (b) Materials. Supplies & Repairs (c) New Equipment 7.000 4. Library: a Salaries b) Books. Periodicals. & Supplies (c) Misc. Inc. Maintenance & Repairs of eiag Fire Hydrant Rental 106 Hydrants Bond and Interest: (a Refunding Bonds & Interest 14.650 (b) Intersection Bonds & Int 5,000 (c) District Paving Deficiency Assess ment 1,400 Paving District No. 61 Warrants & Int Paving District No. 63-81 Bond Interest 9. Cemetery: a Sexton's Salary 2.2?o d iLXtra Labor (c Eneineer's Fee fd Office Expense & Salary e Kepairs. supplies etc Fire Department: a Salaries & Nozzleman Fees (b) Maintenance & Supplies (c) Occupation Tax Ins. Cos 11. Fire Equipment: Needed Equipment 12. Park: Maintenance 13. Lightins: a Overhead & Electrolier Lighting b Light to Buildings & Parks (c) Electrolier Maintenance & Construction 14. Intersection Paving Repairs 15. General Sewer Maintenance & Repairs 16. Amusement: Band & other Amusement 17. Gasoline Tax: Street Improvements & Re pairs 18. Business Tax: (a) Street Cleaning & Sup plies 1.200 (b Redeem Flusher Warrants 1,600 19. Dog Tax: Purchase of Tags & Expense 20. Sanitary Sewer Dist. No. 4: Redeem Warrants 21. Sanitary Sewer Dist. No. 5: Redeem Warrants 22. Sanitary Sewer Dist. No. 6: Redeem Warrants 23. Paving District No. 82-94 24. Paving District No. 95-98 25. Paving District No. 99 Total 10. 3.500 200 275 630 450 1.0?5 225 3.600 200 2,860 10,500 M20 16.000 3.700 5,940 21.050 50 975 6.82 1.700 50C 1,500 6.660 1.500 2,500 1,000 6,000 2.800 50 560 1.175 1.400 66.383 37.002 93.638 $ 297,128 Section 2. Entire Revenue: The Entire Revenue for the pre vious fiscal year amounted to $221,165.62 (Includes $79,109 72 from sale of paving bonds). Section 3. This estimate passed and approved this 13th day of June 1949. A. B. ROGERS Mayor Attest: ALBERT OLSON City Clerk No. 1049 June 20. 27: July 4. 11. 1949. IWOIH WITH OPEN EVENINGS BRUBACHER STORE Murray Phone 1211 AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILIZER 33.5 Per Cent 78 00 Per Ton F. O. B. We Will Load Your Truck at South Omaha. BRUBACHER STORE Murray- Phone 1211