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I'NITED itj-:ss AND NWNS SERVICE THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEIViT-WEEKLY JOURNAL ! Thursday. July 28. 1949 PAGE ONE The Plattsmouth Journal ALWAYS THE GOOD PROVIDER Furse's Fresh Flashes r:sT.m.Tsnr:n in isi SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper t i i I'u lil isltfil s-m i- WH'k I v. Mondays and Tliurs-l:i.-s. itt -I'l.'-li:: Alain Str.-f-l, 1 'la ttsmouth, 'i-s I'uinii v, N ' I'l'.'i U a . RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Harry Wilcoxen. Manager Job Department Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor pssocmron 6UBSCRIPTION RATE: S3.50 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. Kt. !!-. i at ,,'fi,-,. ;.i riattsmnutl!, .r!,r;il.,i - n 1 !-- mail niatif-r in it'll, uiiii U Ait I' ('urmiss of Mari-li La A TilOrCHT FOR TODAY 77: rev I, Inch v man into the sea. ami he 7 c'!:c up :citli a fish in his month. Arab Proverb. EDITORIALS LET'S TRY TO SAVE SOME LIVES There are more than "0.000 persons killed in automobile accidents in this country every year, according to reliable estimates. The American public, and that includes the residents of Cass County have been and still are strantrely unconcerned over this death rate. They sem to take it for grant ed that motor vehicles and dead pedestri ans po together and even, if, at times, the occupants of the automobiles pet killed, the accident is usually termed "unwoid ' able." How many people really believe that this is the truth half of the time? Not many, in our opinion! Speeding-, drunken driving and reckless driving tell the story more often than otherwise. Why woudn't it be a good idea to have a more rigid investigation of these acci dents? Why woudn't it be a good idea to find out the facts about non-fatal acci dents, which might reveal careless driv ing which will probably kill someone the next time? Personally, we are not writing this edi torial in a selfish capacity. We have no idea of letting anyone run over us, and we hope to be able to keep our wits to gether when driving the old bus. We hope that it isn't decreed that our end shall be via the automobile casualty route, but there are thousands of victims every year to show that others will be killed dur- 'inp 1049. It's time to take steps to stop the slaughter. Every driver of a motor ve hicle should remember the slogan, "Drive carefully. The life you save may be your own !" MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD Not so lng ago, we noticed a couple in a public gathering and, between the hus band and wife, there sat their only child, now almost grown. We wondered at the time if this young person fully realized all the importance of his relationship to the older people who had carried life's burdens for all three up to that time? For the older couple, life is almost a thing of the past. Except for a brief in terest in a few remaining years, all that life s,ill held for them was wrapped up 1 in and centered around the activity of their child. Yet. as we all know, these parents, and others like them, are powerless to affect the child's destiny very much. Un less character had been builded in earlier youth, no amount of love and interest can inject it now. The child had grown out of the parental range for all time. The moral of this, if any, is two-fold. Parents whose children are young should not neglect the training of their boys and girls. It is task which cannot be dele gated to others entirely. And. children, as they enter into life on their own re sponsibilities, should not overlook their power to wreck and make miserable the closing years of their parents' lives. - - APPRECIATE SUCCESSFUL MEN, Those of us who live in Plattsmouth ought not have to be taught the valuable lesson of cooperation. Cooperation plays a vital part in the successful growth of any city. Today, however, the power of coopera tion is not as evident as in the olden days when every citizen turned out to put his shoulder to the wheel to accomplish some public enterprise. One of the most valuable assets that anv town can have is successful men. Get HATIOHAl EDITORIAl Assoaxrto A talented woman scares hell out of we ordinary men. The most hair-raising story we ever heard was the man who claimed he had a cure for baldness. It would be a lot easier to face the music these days if the orchestra would stick to the original melody. - The recent drop in the price of soap was welcomed bv all of us except Junior. He always gets it in the neck. It won't be long until boys will be boys and so will their dads when the Korn Karnival comes to town. Home is happier when little things are running around the house, says a noted pastor. How about faucets? A man too important in his own way is usually in the wav of others. An English doctor says American girls work too much. We always though! too manv. Any mirror will show you who is to blame for most of vour troubles. -tc Sometimes talk isn't so cheap. Just saying "I Do" costs a fellow at least half of everything he has. that, and remember it. It is high time that the worth of successful business men be appreciated. From them, if from any where, will come the impulses that lead to a bigger and better Plattsmouth. don"memory"lane TEN YEARS AGO An intense electrical and rain storm swent over the eastern part of the state and through Tass County, bringing a min here of an inch which was a great relief to the corn c-np . . . Mr. and Mrs. Th-is P.ulin. Jack and Richard Hatt and Merle McCrary arrived from Purbank. California for a visit with relatives . . . Rusel Waslev. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Waslev of this city and Miss Pette Miles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Miles of Tarkio. Montana, were united in marriaee at Tarkio, June 11 . . . Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard re turned to their farm home near this citv following a vacation trip in South Dakota with the parents of Mrs. Howard. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Luke of Hollywood, California . . . E. G. Ofe snoke before Rotary on First Aid work . . . Robert G. Reed was made branch manaeer of western branch of the Globe Casket company with offices at Denver. TWENTY YEARS AGO First section of paving to be laid on Highway 75 between Murrav and Union was begun . . . Edward Waintroub. writ ing from his home at Los Angeles told of the interesting time he and his father. Herman Waintroub enjoyed at the recent Cass County picnic reunion, presided over by former County Judge Allen J. Beeson . . L. J. Marquardt and son. Fred, of the Marouardt elevators at Avoca purchased the Farmer's Elevator . . . C. E. Wescotts Sons store celebrating their 50th vear in business, extended an offer to residents of this countv for incidents -of the davs from 1879 to 1889, covering the Victorian 80's when their store was just making a start as a business institution. (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS : CARDINAL SPELLMAN'S POSITION MAY BREAK CATHOLIC-JEWISH POLITICAL ALLIANCE IN BIG EASTERN CITIES: FDR. JR.. CON SULTED SPFLLMAN BEFORE HIS DIVORCE: SENATOR MCCARRAN WANTS FOREIGN SHEEPHERDERS BUT BLOCKS D.P.'S. WASHINGTON. One partial by product of Cardinal Spellman's attack on Mrs. Roosevelt is a new political align ment which may reshape the politics of the entire nation. It may spell the differ ence between the election of a Democratic and Republican president in 1952, and a Republican and Democratic Congress in 1950. To under stand what is happening, you have to remember that for the past two decades there has been a close political alliance between Catholics and Jews in New York City, and in many other big in dustrial cities, such as Boston and Phila delphia. The combination of Catholics and Jews in New York consistently carried the state for Roosevelt, and for Al Smith before him. It was an almost unbeat able combination. However, Democratic political leaders are now privately and mournfully predicting that the alliance is almost certain to fall apart. They base this upon two factors: One, is the much-publicized attack on Mrs. Roosevelt by Cardinal Spellman. which has focused nation-wide attention on religious issues. Two. is the much-less publiciz ed opposition of Cardinal Spell man to ex-governor Herbert Lehman, who had hoped to be the first Jew in history to be elected to the United States Senate. CARDINAL OPPOSES LEHMAN Lehman, who served as gov ernor of New York longer than any other man. was considered a sure winner for the Senate seat of ex-Senator Bob Wagner. As governor, he had received the support of all religious groups. However, the Cardinal and Leh man got into an a'rgument last year over the banning of The Nation, a magazine, from New York public school libraries be cause The Nation had published a series of articles by Paul Blan shard critical of the Catholic church. Lehman took the position at that time that, since the New York public schools are attended by Protestants and Jews as well as Catholics, their reading ma terial should not be fixed by Catholics alone. Lehman felt that the Catholic church had every right to set the reading material in its own parochial schools, but not in public schools which are supported by the tax payers. Cardinal Spellman, however, vigorously disagreed with Leh man and wrote him a sharp per sonal letter. Now that Lehman is available for the Senate, he has received word from Catholic leaders that, because of his stand on the cen sorship of the nation, he would have definite church opposition. Naturally this would make it difficult, if not impossible, for him to win. This has been the chief reason why the ex-governor has delayed in announcing his candidacy. This Catholic opposition to Lehman, coupled with the Card inal's criticism of Mrs. Roose velt, who has always had strong Jewish support, is why Demo cratic leaders are so worried over continuation of the Jewish Catholic political alliance in the bie eastern cities. FDR. JR.. TALKED WITH CARDINAL In the light of Cardinal Spell man's criticism of Mrs. Roose velt, it is interesting to recall a conference which took place be tween the Cardinal and her son before young Franklin ran for Coneress last spring. FDR. Jr., called on the Card inal in order to inform him that his wife was plannins to sue for divorce. Young Franklin is an Episcopalian, but he called on the Catholic prelate because of the fact that about 25 per cent of the voters in the 20th New York district are Catholic and he wanted their support in his Congressional race. Roosevelt made it clear that he did not want the divorce, but - - - x i , that his wife, the former Ethel Du Pont, insisted on it. Card inal Spellman deplored the di vorce, but advised that if Mrs. Roosevelt. Jr.. demanded it. then FDR. Jr., should refrain from marrying again. The Cardinal took no part in Roosevelt's subsequent Congres sional race, which he won by a substantial majority. Note About 60 per cent of the voters in Roosevelt's district are Jewish, with 25 per cent Catholic. He drew support from both groups. MCCARRA.VS PERSONAL IMMIGRANTS Senator Pat McCarran of Ne vada, whose name means "keep out" to Europe's homeless refu gees, actually begged the Senate the other day to admit 250 more people into this country. It turned out, however, that he only wanted sheepherders to tend flocks in the west. McCar ran wanted to import them not from displaced-person camps, but from the Pyrenees moun tains along the Franco-Spanish border. This was a curious request coming from McCarran who, alone, stands in the way of 400, 000 displaced persons inclv.dir.g 5,000 sheepherders" who wi.h to start a new life in the United States. As chairman of the Sen ate Judiciary committee, he hus been able to block a oill rectify ing the 80ih Congress' D. P. act which discriminated agair.se Jews and Catholics. Thus, Senators were a little baffled at the spectacle of the gentleman from Nevada plead ing to raise the immigration bars. In fact, he almost got down on his knees. "There is no more important bill on the calendar than this one," begged McCarran. Ferv ently, he described the plight of the west's neglected sheep and the need for sheepherders from abroad. But Sen. Robert Hendrickson, New Jersey Republican, gave McCarran a taste of his own medicine. "As I understand." remarked Hendrickson slyly, "there are in some of the displaced-persons camps over 5,000 sheepherders." He blocked the bill. ELMER BETS WITH POWER LOBBY The private power lobby took Senator Elmer Thomas, Oklaho ma Democrat, out to the race track to celebrate after he put across their big victory over 1. Yugoili recently atiurcd ih United Statet that ah bad caaaad giviag aid to (a) Greek tcbela. (b) ChincM aaiionaiitli. (c) Berlin railroad atrikera. 2. Tha artiu of tb (amoue painting, Tb Sower," arae (a) Millet, (b) MeaeC (c) Michelangelo. 3. A famoue journey from Goahen to Canaan waa made br (a) Job L. Lewia. (b) Richard to Lion Hearted during the cruaades, (c) the laraelitee. 4. A quotation attributed to Neville Chamberlain upon hi return from the Munich conference i "I bring rou ... (a) an umbrella,' (b) Hitler' aaauraaK ha won't attack England," c) peace in our time." 5. Often associated with the name, "Pandora," ia (a) box, (b) a brand of face powder, (c) a French movie. ANSWERS 1. f al Greek rebel. Since hi break with Statin, Tito hat refused aid to the Greek Communists. 2. (a) Millet. It ia a painting of a barefoot girl sowing grain. 3. (c) The Israelites. 4. (e) "peace in our time. (a) A box. Pandora was the girl whoso curiosity lad ha to lift the lid and reieaaa upoa the world all us trouble. public power in the secrecy of the Senate Appropriations com mittee. Thomas led the fight behind closed doors to cut off funds for transmission lines, to carry pow er from government-built dams to the public, leaving it to the private electric companies to distribute government power with higher rates to consumers and bigger profits to the com panies. So, the day after Thomas won this fight, he was treated to a royal evening at the Laurel, Md., race track. His hosts were ex Governor V. J. Holloway, $75-a-day lobbyist for Oklahoma Gas and Electric, and Richard K. Lane. President of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma the same lobbyists who have been dictating Thomas's vote on public power. The party bet generously on the harness races, but the Sen ator lost money proving that he isn't as good at speculating on horses as on the commodity market. His wife, however, cleaned up. ; Real Estate Transfers i ; Elmer Fitchhorn & Pearlie lira L. Fitchhorn. 4-16-43, 16 int. L. 2 Sec 8 & SW2 NW4 & j L. 2. 3, 4 Sec. 9-11-14, $750.00. ! Virgie A. McCarroll & Jesse M. Fitchhorn Ira L. Fitch horn. 9-30-48, Int. in same os above. S1500.00. j A. L. Tidd Ref. Ira L. Fitch : horn, 7-13-49, Same as above, $5000.00. j Virgie A. McCarroll & Jesse i M. Fitchhorn Elmer R. Fitch ! horn, 9-30-48. L. 1 to 7 & 9 & 10 , B. 1 N 8 W B. 7 & 8 W. B. 1 N i 7 W to B. 1 S 8 W. Rock Blufr, ; $300.00. I A. L. Tidd Ref Elmer R. 1 Fitchhorn. 7-13-49, Same as above, $1000.00. j Leland D. Huddle & Frances I A. P. Keil Jr. & Doris, 7-16-49, IL. 3 B. 33 Y & H Add Platts.. ' $1.00. Donavan A. Jenkins & Mer cedesFrank H. Fencil, 6-20-49 So. 11' L. 39 all 40 to 49 Pt. L. 50 in Greenwood. $250.00. Henry L. Reese et al Gussie Burgen. et al. 6-26-47 L. 1 to 5 B. 5, Wabash, $700.00. Ticia Blanche . Horning Grif finJames E. Griffin. 4-20-23 2 int. SE4 & SVz NE4, 30-12-14. Eliza Olive Horning James E. Griffin, 4-20-23, Same. Raymond Jensen & Leona fff "fW'Ti III! 'L II UU i IB ADMINISTRATION FORCES broke even In the congress this week with a victory in passage of the housing bill and a defeat in the senate over the injunction and seizure provisions of the labor bill ia national emergencies. The housing bill as passed pro vides for a goal of 810,000 low-rent housing units and would provide for the expenditure of $1.5 billion in slum clearance over five years, for rural housing and for & broad housing research program. While the real estate lobby has charged that the cost of this bill will run as high as 20 billion dollars, the best estimate from observers here who are qualified is that the cost likely will be not more than 10 billion collars spread over thirty years. As far as the public housing feature ot the bill is concerned, loeal officials yi communities must ask for a public housing project before one can be insti tuted. This is another one of those measures which opponents have charted is "socialistic." However, if it i. observers point out, a majority of both the house and senate have voted for it. In the fight over Taft-Hartley re peal and the administration's new labor law, it appears, say observers, that there likely will be no outright repeal at this session, that the amendments will largely follow those suggested by Senator Taft, and that thus the whole fight over the Taft Hartley law will again be thrown into the 1950 elections. Officials of the Department of Agriculture feel that farm prices have just about reached the limit of their decline and that they will level off for the next few months Meat prices may decline further. A judiciary subcommittee of the house is holding full-scale but closed hearings over the problem of re settling war displaced persons. One of the first witnesses was John J. McCloy, new U. S. high commis sioner of Germany. Special attention is being devoted to some 14 million people who were forced from agri cultural sections of Germany into industrial areas ravaged by war. Congressman Francis X. Walter of Pennsylvania said his committee is studying a plan which would author ize the World Bank to loan money to persons desiring to migrate. One of the highliffhts of the week's news was the calling of Maude C. Giles, 7-7-49, SW'4 SV'4, 31-10-14, S1.00. Wallace Giles & Caryl Durfee Maude C. Giles, 7-7-49, SWi SW'4. 31-10-14. S1.00. Maude C. Giles G. Wallace Giles, 7-7-49, Same as above, SI. 00. William F. Kropp Belle C. Kropp ea al. 10-15-46. NE4 k; Frc. NWi4 7-10-13 & NEI4, 34-11-13. Lyle V. Ladd &z Elizabeth- Claude A. Ruse. 7-12-49 N. 50' L. 5 & 6 B. 46, Platts., S100.00. Mary Annie Stine Lena M. Dysart et al. 7-15-49, Und. int. Frc. NWU. 22-10-13 A. L. Etheredge Inez Pcllard Mannbeck, 6-15-49 Frc. S'2 NW4 32-12-9, L. 6, 7, 8 & Pt. 9, Greenwood, S1.00. Wm. H. Lohnes & Mary Lloyd W. Schneider &. Oliver & Crossword Puzzle ' HORIZONTAL 1 Splendid 9 Historical town in Asia Minor in aiii 11 Plant vated fodder ' 12 Intranaitiv 14 Part of a harness 15 South Ameri can mountain system 17 Not of seal 13 Mischievous child 19 Once more 20 Child's napkin 21 Not any 22 Fragrance 23 Wings ? Land measure 25 Fermented juie. of the grape ?6 Racing boat 27 Girl 2a Obstinate 29 Kind of fern 31 Hasty depar ture 32 Symbol for calcium 34 To interpret (archaic) 35 Small, light boat 36 Sacred Hindu word 37 Simian 33 Common gannet 31 Malt beverage 40 Earth goddess 41 Heavenly body 42 Soon 43 Oriental salutation 45 To pay out 47 City in Florida 48 Refrain ( Country sf Asia 7 Observed S Genus of swine 9 Low note 10 Story in installments 11 Crockery 13 To revolt 16 C-pgnomen 1 To ascend 20 Smudge 22 Vigilant 23 Shrewd 26 Sag 27 To put a load en 28 Gave 29 Bo?sts 30 To iterate 31 Large bundle 32 Settlement 33 To correct 35 Punctuation mark 38 Cleansing agent , VERTICAL 1 Enticing charm 2 To skip about noisily 3 Hail! (Latin) 4 Compass point Wing I tJ'Mlll ,1 iHilll. .1 u 3 mm mm aa 1 m a columnist Wesfbrook Tegler as a witness before a house labor subcommittee. I'ejler was sched uled to appear July 7 under a subpoena by Congressman Andrew Jacobs of Indiana who said Pegler "claims to have a treasure of information on tlie subject of labor racketeering." The senate has voted to create a new senate small business commit tee. A former such committee created after much opposition in the 80th congress died with tlie U.t congress. The battle of the "co-op buck" has people interested here in the nation's capital. Tlie National Tax Equality association has been circulating "tens of millions" of imitation dollar bills attacking the tax exemption cf farm and other cooperative associa tions. Secret service officials in Washington and Chicago cracked down on NTEA and seized the plates from which the "bucks" were print ed from a Chicago printer and ordered NTEA to stop circulation on the ground they resembled too closely real dollar bills. NTEA denied ' the plates had been seized and said "the coop buck is still in pro duction." However, civ il service agents confirmed they had btized the plates. NTEA in reporting its expend!- ' tures as a lobby organization said that during the first quarter of this year they have received contribu tions from 17 utility concerns which are listed among the 44 contributors who gave them more than $500 each. According to observers, reason private utility concerns are backing the NTEA lobby is that one of the largest cooperatives is the National Cooperative association. The 17 utility firms which are back ing this fight against the farm co operatives as listed in the NTEA re port include: Alabama Power Co., Arkansas Power & Light Company, Connecticut Power t Light Co., Florida Power & Light Company, Public Service Company of Indiana, Louisiana Power fc Light Co.. New Orleans Public Service Co., Ebasco Services, Inc., Carolina Power & Light Company, Pacific Power & Light Company, Southwestern Public Service Company, Lone Star Gas Company, Texas Power & Liht Company, Texas Electric Service Company, Virginia Electric & Power Company, Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Wisconsin Power Sc Light Compaq. Helen Stivers. 7-8-49. L. 2 &z NL' 4 NE'4 & L. 20 Sec. 12-12-11 L. 6 Sec. 32-13-12. L. 3 Sec. 5 Sz 1.1 to 14 18 & 19 Sec. 6-12-12. L. 10 to 17 Sec. 31-13-12. 51.00. The site of Oklahoma City was opened for settlement at noon, April 22. 1889. and by night it had a population of 10. 000 living in tents, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The colossal statue of the sun god at Rhodes. 105 feet high, was levelled by an earth quake in -224 B. C. but its remains endured until 656 A. D.. when they were sold to an old metal dealer. 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