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UNITED PRESS- AND NWXS SERVICE THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEIKr-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, July 14, 1949. PAGE ONE The Plattsmouth Journal HSHENG Furse's Fresh Flashes i:st.t:ti.-:h r:r tx SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper . i I 'ii lil islu-il sini-w k I v. Mondays nntl Tliur-'i;iv-s, tn diN-Jl:: .M:iin Sti-et. iiattsmoutli, ;.s iiimv, N-:.rasksi. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plait Superintendent Harry Wilcoxen. Manager Job Department Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor lflBRf)SKR rPn A assocmTon 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 Platts mouth, 15 cents for two weeks. I' Knl.r.-il ;it tlx- I'..stil'i'i- :i t lliittsm..i!t!i. N l.!!iskii si i i-ml i lass mail malK-r in - i.i.lan with li.t- Ai t "f i'"imrfss of .Maii-li I '. Til Ol; J IT TOR TODAY In l :erds are fhiinjx. and a small drop of in!:. Ta'Jnuj like dew upon a thouthf, pro- luces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think lUn.n EDITORIALS CITIES AND TOWNS NEED MONEY The Municipal League of Tennessee recently concluded a convention, approv iri the idea of Senator Estes Kefauver, that a commission representing federal, city, state and county viewpoints, work out comprehensive tax plans acceptable to all the agencies of government. Thore was general complaint that state and federal governments have relegated cities to a deplorable financial position through their usurpation of available tax sources. It is obvious to any student of muni cipal government that this important unit of all government is being hamstrung by lack of financial resources. Consequent ly, most of the cities and towns throughout the nation find it extremely difficult to meet ordinary expenses, much less pro vide the public with facilities and services that modern civilization demands. It is clear that the federal government has hogged most of the income-producing devices of taxation. What is left has been seized by the state governments, with the county government managing to get the remainder. Even in the distribution of state funds, the municipality is not regard ed as a worthy child of the state and rarely shares in these appropriations made by state legislatures. -k 4c NIGHT TRAVEL DANGEROUS Investigation of traffic accidents leads to the conclusion that night travel is at least twice as dangerous as daytime travel. It seems certain that one of the con tributing factors to this increased danger involves inadequate lighting facilities of some automobiles. Sometimes the accident is caused by insufficient light on the high way and. at other times, by excessive glare which blinds the drivers of approaching vehicles. In either case, accidents are more likely to occur. The automobile drivers of Cass County, who find themselves on the highways after da.J-k. can contribute to the safety of them selves, other motorists and pedestrians, by observing the ordinary rules of good man ners. For example, one driving an auto mobile with its beaming headlights can show a regard for others by promptly dim ming them upon meeting another vehicle. The failure to do this simple thing often is the cause of a wreck, involving the careless driver and, at times, preventing another driver from seeing a pedestrian or ob stacles in his path. -WORK RARELY KILLS Every once in a while, we hear some body comment upon the fact that some body "worked himself to death." As a matter of fact. few. if any, in dividuals have ever worked themselves to death. People get physically tired, not by the exercise or exertion involved, but rather through a lack of interest in what they are doing. An example in noint. is the case of the little boy, too tired to hoe his mother's garden, but not too tired to play a game of baseball. Anyone, interested in what he or she is doing, forgets fatigue. Of course, the thing can be overdone, but this is very rare. Best example of a group of "reds" is the family that basked in the sun too long over the weekend. Now we've heard everything. The post office department reports that pens are frequently stolen off the writing desks in post office lobbies. There may be something worse acquiring than a post office pen, but we've never heard of it, unless it could be a post office blotter. A Plattsmouth man was mistaken in the dark for a burglar by his wife and she shot him which proves our point: a hus band should never go home before day light. Parents are advised by an author to never fail saying "good night" to their children. After 3 a. m. it should be said ' in a whisper. It is not very difficult in hot weather to feel too tired to work. Women, we admit, have it on men when it comes to dressing with good sense in the good old summer time. - We have a man here in Plattsmouth who will be 96 years old this fall and hasn't an enemy in the world he's out lived them all. - - All the women tote little cases Designed for making up their faces; We wish they had some other kinds Designed for making up their minds. In spite of the heat there will be plenty of people disappointed over how quickly this summer will become last summer. dowtorylane' TEN YEARS AGO Robert Hayes Jr.. Joe Phillips, Charles Eugene Ault and Thierolf, local pitcher, departed to attend baseball camp conduct ed bv the scouts for the St. Louis Cardinals at Omaha . . . Mr. and Mrs. William , Schmidtmann Jr., and daughter. Janis, de- j parted for a motor trip throucrh the west j and Montana . . . Rev. Paul Dick, pastor j of the United Brethren church at Mynard, . was presented with a 17-jewel Waltham j wrist watch as a birthday token from the ' neoole of Mynard community . . .Misses j Wilhelmina Henrichsen, Marie Nolting i and Misses Caroline and Estella Baird de- j parted as members of an Archer party to visit the east . . . Miss Marie Vallery, clerk at Ladies Top-eery, was vacationing at Minneapolis, Minnesota a guest of Mr.,1 and Mrs.. Harold Peterson . . . Junior Woman's Club held a swim party and wa-, termelon feed at Plamore park. 1 j TWENTY YEARS AGO The H. M. Soennichsen Co. and C. E. Wescott's Sons disnlaved in their window . some of the new $1.00 bills which attract ed much attention from passersby . . . Mrs. Herman L. Thomas entertained at a birth dav surprise honoring her mother. Mrs. John Gamble of Omaha . . . L. R. Snipes, county agent, submitted resignation to be effective September 1st . . . The judge A. H. Duxburv familv were vacationing in the Black Hills region . . . W. L. Gabriel of Hamburg, Iowa, arrived to succeed Lyle Hervey as merchandise head of the local offices of the Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Co. Mr. Hervey was transferred to Lincoln office . . . "Dollar Day" was fea tured by merchants of the city . . . Paving contracts let for project from the Douglas county line to Union, over Highway No. 75, or the King of Trails highway. (Copvrisht. 1949. Bv the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: STATE DEPARTMENT SUDDENLY TONES DOWN CRITICISM OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK; SEC. JOHN SON REVERSES ACHESON ON CHINA: U. S. WILL FORM RING AROUND RED CHINA. WASHINGTON. Six State depart ment stenographers were kept busy last week retyping and toning down the Amer ican white paper on China. Hastily cen sored out were allegations labeling cer tain relatives of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek as crooks. Inside reason for these suddr1 chanees was a long and continuing argument be tween Secretarv of State Acheson and Sec retary of Defense Louis Johnson. For three months Johnson had been building a bonfire under the State department urging it to support Chiang Kai-Shek's kuomin tang. Johnson is a personal friend and form er attorn ev for Dr. H. H. Kung, brother-in-law of the Generalissimo and reputedly one of the world's wealthiest men. At I is l!''!!l!!"W flflffll BWirillB W fcllii' lil, f k til ! M 1 H ! poooooooo.lf ashmgton cabinet meetings, at super-secret meetings of the National Secur ity Council, Johnson constantly, continually needled Acheson. For a long time there was no result. In fact, when Acheson returned from the Paris confer ence the other day he ordered his staff to work out a new blue print for American-Chinese re lations which was to be strongly anti-Chiang. ACHESON OUTVOTED That blueprint was placed be fore the National Security Council last week. After a vig orous debate the vote went against Acheson about 5 to 1. Those voting no were Johnson, the Treasury department, and heads of the armed services. They favored continued support for Chiang Kai-Shek's regime no matter how graft-ridden. Swinging the decision against Acheson were two factors: 1. A statement by Mao Tse Tung, leader of Red China, that he was a Moscow-loving commu nist; 2. First indications that Chi nese Reds planned rough treat ment for American personnel, as later proved by the beating up of U. S. Vice Consul William Olive. Instead of Acheson's proposed hands-off policy, the joint chiefs of staff recommended a ring of defenses around Red China. This ring will rvmsist of the Japan-Formosa-Philippines is land chain, plus Siam, Burma. India and one small part of South China where Chiang Kai Shek will be defended to the last ditch. General MacArthur has cabled his vigorous support of this gen eral idea which, incidentally, will cost a large and so far un estimated amount of money. PEGLER PROBE Young Congressman Jack Kennedy of Boston was elected as a fighting, aggressive cham pion of labor. He is also the son of Joseph P. Kennedy, ex-ambassador to London, an admirer of columnist Westbrook" Pegler. And when Pegler called labor leaders "despots, criminals and communists" at a Congressional hearing, young Kennedy resign ed from the sub-committee, af ter first protesting the manner in which Chairman Andrew Ja cobs of Indianapolis was grilling Peeler. "Why don't you let somebody else ask some questions?" asked Kennedy. "Representative Sims S.O would like to ask a few." "You've got your ideas and I've got mine," shot back Jacobs. "You'll get your turn after I get through." Blazing mad, Kennedy left the committee rostrum and took a seat in the front row of spec tators. After chatting briefly with an acquaintance, he went back on the rostrum and an nounced: "I'm getting off the subcommittee." "That's okay with me," replied Jacobs. NEW YORK POLITICS Former Governor Herbert Leh man and New York boss Fd Flynn tried to get Lehman to announce his candidacv for the Senate immediately. Flynn didn't say so but, if Lehman an nounced right awav. the wav would be clear for Flynn's friend. Brooklyn borough presi dent John Cashmore. to be Democratic candidate for mayor of the world's largest city. Lehman, however, knows he'll have a tough fight to win the Senate seat in November, so he wants a strong candidate on the ticket with him for mayor and not John Cashmore. That is why he refused to announce until assured who his running mate will be. MERRY-GO-ROUND Wonder what's become of Eliz abeth Bentley, the buxom, con fessed female spy who started all the fuss over Alger Hiss. During I the Hiss trial she was strangely absent. Nothing left of her in Washington except a hotel bill for S500. for which conscientious Congressman Wood of the un- American activities committee ivants special authority from ! Congress in order to settle . . . Chip Robert, ex - Democratic I treasurer, and Sam Pryor, ex Republican treasurer, got to ' gether the other day. They ad ! mitted that in the old days they ' sometimes compared notes. If j one bigwig gave to the Repub- licans, Sam tipped off Chip and ' Chip collected for the Demo i crats and vice versa . . . Chip, incidentally, has a date to go leopard shooting in Ceylon Sep I tember 15. He can leave Wash ' ington on a Thursday, spend the j week end shooting Indian leop ards and get back by Monday ; . . . ex-Congresswoman Georgia . Lusk of New Mexico will soon be ' appointed to the new war claims I commission . . . Alert Congress man Furcolo of Massachusetts , has urged President Truman to ; revamp future espionasre trials, j Truman has accepted Furcolo's ' suggestion. CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES Senate Office Scramble John I Foster Dulles' arrival in the Sen ate has started a scramble for offices. Twenty-five Senators planning to trade offices just to make room for the new sena tor from New York. What hap- j pened is that under the senior ity system, Dulles is low man j on the totem pole and not en- uuea to the choice office va cated by Senator Wagner. Next in line is Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming. But if he moves into Wagner's office. Senator Cha- i vez of New Mexico is entitled to shift to O 'Mahoney's office. And so on 'down the seniority ladder. Meanwhile, Senator Ives of New York is trying to talk colleagues out of this wholesale moving since Dulles will be in the Sen ate only a few months anyway. Warning to Americans Am bassador Leighton Stuart has warned all American diplomats in China to be on their best be havior in dealing with the com munists. Stuart believes the communists' action in jailing and beating U. S. Vice Consul j Olive in Shanghai is just the j first step in a campaign to brand ' all American diplomats as spies. Dorothea Keil Journal Correspondent Miss Vivian Snoke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snoke of Eagle, celebrated her 16th birth day at her home Saturday -evening, July 9th with a group of young people. Games were play ed and refreshments served. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lazier and daughter, Marcia, returned to their home at Denver, Colorado, the lntter nart of last week after an enjoyable visit with 'Mrs. Lazier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Fischer. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Adams took their grandchildren. Bill and Suzanne Busker, who had spent last week with them, to Fremont last Sunday afternoon where they met Mr. and Mrs. Jay Busker of Elk Point, S. D. They spent a pleasant after noon together and both fam ilies returned to their homes. Miss Neola Read and Mrs. Charles Boardman are attend ing Lincoln Business Colleges. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wenzel and Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Butt were the Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ryland Forester of Hickman. Mrs. Dayle Trumble was tak en to the Bryan Memorial Hos pital last Friday where she un derwent an appendectomy. She is getting along very well and hopes to be able to return home soon. Callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lance elites on Mon day of this week were Mrs. Earl Keller of Alvo and Mrs. Ernest McKim and sons of Norton, Kansas.. ' . 5 ' , Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frohlich and Betty Jo were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wise man and family last Sunday evening: - More than forty members of the Piersol family attended the family reunion, held at Antelope Park in Lincoln last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Piersol, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Porter and THERE IS INTENSE Interest here In Just what the senate will d3 with the huge military appropria tions bill which Is now In process of hearing before the senate armed services committee. After much pruning and paring from an original request for 23 bil lion dollars from the three service groups, the bill went to the house asking for a military appropriation of 15 Z billion dollara Such a large peace-time military appropriation shocked some members of con gress and there was an Immediate outcry from such men as Clarence Cannon, chairman of the house ap propriations committee, who said, "We can make sizeable and Justifi able reductions." When the bill came out of his committee, however, Con gressman Cannon supported the measure which his committee had upped several million Instead of cutting. Ben. Robert K. Taft of Ohio has said. "You can cut a billion dollars right out of the army budget There isn't any more wasteful organization in (he world than the army and navy." Bo the bill goes to the senate com mittee with a total of 15.9 billion dollars Instead of 15.3 billion and it remains to be seen Just what the upper house can do tn slashing the measure. This bill is the largest of all the appropriation bills and is more than a third of the total ap propriations for all purposes Sena tors Wherry of Nebraska, Edwin Johnson of Colorado, Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin and. of course, Harry Byrd of Virginia all have forecast large cuts in the military budget It must be approved and signed by the President by July L I According to observers here, sev eral factors stand in the way of any sizeable cuts First, the unification of the armed services nas disc.p t poinUngly failed to bring about any sizeable reductions tn expemes. Second, both houses voted last year almost unanimously for a 70-grcup air force Truman has asked for a 48-gioup air force. The house upjed this figure to 59 groups On top at this, house has Just voted through without too much opposition a service pay bill which boosts by $300,000,000 a year the pay for all members of the armed services. And on top of thin, ciincress is expected to receive within m short time the President's request for mili tary assistance to the eight countries of the Atlantic Pact, in addition to Greece and Turkey. It is expected that he will ask for an appropriation of $1,450,000,000 for this purpose. It Is pointed out In administration circles that the proposed military aid program is a complement to the Atlantic Pact and is based on the same principles to carry out the policy to strengthen freedom-loving nations against dangers of aggres sion. These countries "have made formal requests to the United States for this aid and the executive branch of the government believes such aid will (1) balance their de fense efforts with equipment they cannot produce themselves; (2) help Integrate their planning and make their production more economical and effective and (3) Increase, through use of marginal facilities now inactive In their area, the rata of their military production by an estimated equivalent of several hundred million dollars without en dangering economic recovery. Washington observers here have noted with interest a letter signed by Donald I). Conn, exec utive vice-president of the Transportation Association of America and sent to farm, trade and civic organizations, in which he makes the direct charge that the anti-trust division of the department of justice to recover two and a half billion dollars in alleged overcharges on wartime traffic handled by the railroads Is a move to force nationaliza tion of all transportation. "There is far more Involved In these suits than the mere lepal ad judication as to whether a rate agreed upon at the time was or was not reasonable." Mr. Cor.n said." "Why, now, would the anti-trust division propose to repudiate such (wartime) agreements? Who planned such attacks? What Is the motive? What is the ultimate objective cf these suits? "If a bill to nationalize all trans portation were introduced in con gress. It would be dealt with m sum mary fashion, by unanimous oppo sition of all enterprise. Just as grave m Its implications Is the assault of the anti-trust division of the de partment of justice against the rail roads for recovery of two and a half billion dollars In alleged ovtitriaTtes on wartime shipments." Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scatter- ; good and family from Eagle were present. j Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Leuenberg- j er and daughter of Kermit, j Texas, arrived the latter part I of last week and will spend 'their vacation with Mrs. Leun- berger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Folken and family. DOLLAR NOW BUYS MORE, SURVEY DISCLOSES Minneapolis U.R T he aver age American consumer has slightly more real income this year than at the same time last year, largely because prices are going down. The monthly survey by Inves tors Diversified Services says real income cash income in terms of prices is two per cent higher. '"Cash incomes derived from wage and salary payments are only slightly higher than they were in 1948 while 'other' cash income is less, reflecting lower farm prices and consequent re duction in farm income," the survey said. "But investment in come remains high." Floor Really Old LAMAR. Colo. 0J.R The office of a Lamar lumber company has what is thought to be the oldest hardwood floor in the world. It is made of petrified wood, estimated to be 75.000,000 years old. kraln bnsfr X. Charges of human rights violations ma; now be brought before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights by (a) certain groups, (b) governments, (c) individuals, (d) all three. Z. Negotiations for peace treaties between the Arabs and Israelis have been going on for the last six months at (a) Paris, (b) Jerusalem, (c) Lausanne, Switzerland, (d) Cairo, (e) Vienna. 3. The farmer's share of the dollar spent by consumers, according to a Department of Agriculture April report, to (a) 25 cents, (b) 67 cents, (c) 49 cents, (d) 85 cents. 4. Former presidential candidate flarold Stassen is now head of (a) Harvard, (b) Columbia, (c) University of Pennsylvania, (d) Ohio State. 5. The word "lunatic" comes from (a) those "crazy" about going to Luna Park at Coney Island, (b) the Latin word, luna," meaning moon, (c) the loon, a queer-acting bird. ANSWERS i. s An evM. I. (c) Laiumu. Swtuwrlcmd. 4S ent. Th moat th frraar owr rvcafowd 4. (c) Uatowrmity oi Pamuyfrcmia. I. (bj Th Latta word. "luaa. 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