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The Plattsmouth Journal rT.uii.isnnn tx usi l'u!itl Kpnti-Tvf k'v, ilnnduvs rl Tliurs clavs, nt -4 11:: Mam Str-'t, i'lat'.smouth, t'ii.s r'l.untv. NVI.rnska. RONALD R.'FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor assocanon I L- n NATIONAL ' EDITORIAL ASSOOATtQ 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. Krlfrcil nt tli' T'ostoff i e nt Pla ttsmouth. .Wl.raska it" --r-i-orxl l;iss mail mattt-v in m'-i-.inhi net- with U,e Aft nt Congress of Aiiiiih A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Willi hue like thai zehen sonic jrcat paint er dips. His pencil in the alooni of earthquake and eclipse. Shelley. - EDITORIALS EMERGENCY POLIO FUND DRIVE Of all the problems faced by American families in 1949, few have caused more anxiety than the prim threat of infantile paralysis. The blackest polio year of this generation has brought tragedy into thou sands of young lives. Many have died. Many more have been severely crippled. And, throughout the country, epidemics continue to take heavy toll. v The cost has been tremendous. In hun dreds of hard-hit communities. National Foundation chapters have seen their treas uries wiped out under the staggering bur den of record-high case loads. They have had to call upon their national office for millions of dollars in emergency help to fee them through. Many of these commu nities are close to Plattsmouth. These emergency funds can't last long. The total amount that will be needed is mo.- than the National Headquarters re ceived .from the 19-19 March of Dimes. In other words, there just isn't enough money to do all the things that must be done today. The National Foundation needs more money to continue to help care for patients. It can't wait until the next March of Dimes. The stricken need help NOW. In this national emergency we ask you who have escaped infantile paralysis to help the thousands who have not been so fortunate. Your contribution, large or small, may make life worth living for some youngster. So please give generously to this emergency drive. Put your contribu tion in an envelope and mail it to POLIO, care of your local POST OFFICE. 4c ECONOMY HITS HARD As part of the drive for economy in connection with national defense, Secre tary Louis Johnson has ordered the dis misl of 135,000 civilian employes of the three armed services. The order will produce something of a critical situation in regard to those who depend upon their connection with the na tional defense establishment for a liveli hood. Just how serious the blow will be depends upon the circumstances of the fam ilies affected. While the hardships that these em ployes will suffer are unfortunate, the gov ernment of the United States cannot con tinue their employment solely on the basis of their need. It must be based on the necessities of the national defense. -K -fc BIGGEST LAND-PLANE It will surprise some Americans to learn that the world's largest civil land-plane is a British product, which recently took to the air for the first time. With a wing spsad of 230 feet, the plane stayed in the air only twenty-seven minutes. Back of the Erabazon-1 is the ambition of British companies to lead the world in civil aircraft. The plane, and its succes sors, are being built to carry 100 passen gers across the Atlantic on a non-stop jour ney. From our point of view, this is a fine project for our British cousins. If they are successful in building enough of these planes it would be possible to get the civil ian population out of the country when all-hell breaks loose over there again. The Isle then could be used for a battle ground without danger to civilians and save Amer ican taxpayers hundreds of millions in re construction expense. TWENTY YEARS AGO " J. V. Simons, principal of local high school accepted splendid offer from the Cass Technical high school in Detroit . . . George Swatek, graduate of the class of. 1927, entered the University of Neraska . . . Local firm of Bestor and Swatek in stalled gas system at the new Junior col lege at Bellevue . . . Members of Rotary Furse's Fresh Flashes Too bad fall can't get here sooner it would win all the beauty contests. --" A California baby of 22 months is said to ask for things in four languages. Imagine what it will be when she grows up and gets married. A Missouri judge ruled it okay for a wife to loot her husband's pockets while he's sleeping. Up at our house we get up and help her hunt. -K - If you doubt that it's the little things that count, just ask any first grade teacher. Indiana police found a missing bo?' asleep under the sink. He was probably plaving plumber. Any man can prove he has good sense by saying you have. A local woman with six divorces to her credit could almost be pinched for imper sonating a movie star. The goal of some college boys will van ish at the close of the football season. - A check on the autos in an outstate town revealed that one in every seven was faul ty. A check on the drivers would be more interesting. -K The average American home used the telephone 301 times last year, says a report. That adds up to about one call for the old gent. - Fashion predicts that the girls will be wearing their legs longer next year. were guests at a fine fish dinner that had been secured as the result of the prowness of Art Troop, recently returned from fish ing in the Minnesota Lake country . . . Ne braska Chapter Royal Arch Masons pur chased the A. M. Arries building to com plete ownership of property known as the Rock wood block . . . Nola Banning and Dorothy Foster of Union enrolled in Ste phens College at Columbia, Missouri, de parted to take up their work at this well known school . . . TEN YEARS AGO One of the features of the King Korn Karnival was the Mardi Gras Parade par ticipated m by residents of the city and near-by communities . . . Mrs. Roy Fellers of Vincennes, Indiana, formerly Bernes Newell, arrived to be a guest at the Wil liam Baird home and attend the fiftieth anniversary of Chapter F., P. E. O., held here . . . John Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly of Manley, departed to re sume his priestly studies at St. Paul Semi narv in St. PaulMinnesota . . . Boba, white collie owned by L. L. McCarty, won first honors in her class and second in the grand prize for the best dog in the show at Ne braska State Fair . . . (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: TRUMAN COACHED VAUGHAN BEFORE HE TESTIFIED: WHITE HOUSE RESORTED TO PRESSURE AND POLICE-STATE TACTICS TO ' PROTECT VAUGHAN ; ROOSEVELT ' DISALLOWED PERSONAL FRIEND SHIP IN HIS ADMINISTRATION. WASHINGTON. White House inti mates say President Truman is taking the battle over Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan more seriously than the fight over government reorganization, arms for the North Atlantic Pact or any of the main planks on the fair deal program. Before Vaughan testified, President Truman personally coached him on every possible question the senators could ask. Vaughan's statement was rewritten three times and reduced from 20-odd pages of vitriol to a reasonable length. The Presi dent also urged his military aide to be all sweetness and light, not to lose his temper, never to insult the senators .never to men tion his critics by name. Mr. Truman was chiefly worried over any probing of Vaughan campaign contri butions, since the haphazard general had insisted on bypassing the Democratic na tional committee and worked direct with Louis Johnson. How much Vaughan raised in the last campaign probably he himself i doesn't know, but some insiders estimate it at around ' $100,000, ' from . all sorts of sources. POLICE STATISM The White House has really been using police-state methods in connection with the Vaughan investigation. Not only do sen ators have a pretty good idea that their phones are being tapped, but certain wit nesses and investigators have been sub jected to pressure. Francis Flannigan, ace investigator for the senate committee, got a threat from Trumanite Charles Clark, formerly at tached to the Truman committee. Clark now draws SI, 000 a month as lobbyist for Franco Spain, and is on intimate terms with the White House. Congressman Schafer of Michigan, Re publican, also says he got a threatening phone call from the White House immedi ately after his public statement that Gen eral Vaughan should be court-martialed. Others who have tangled with General GROWTH OF POLIO CARE TEAM 4 : MYSICAI POl'O Therapist nuse 0THOED.St "'DENT t PHVSiATRIST . J I II I -V I , v MfDICAl WORKER INTt(iNlST V TO -rrrJ (A UU . U UU NEUROlOCUT srCHOlOCiST PStCWATRIST- OCCUPATIONS lABORATOKf therapist technician 1938 1949 Medical care for polio patients is costing the National Found tion for Infantile Paralysis more money than ever bel"r becanse better treatment is available today than formerly, as the accompanying chart reveals. Until 1938 when the National Foun dation was formed, a physician and a nurse usually comprised the best available care. Today, modern polio treatment may include 13 specialized services, provided by an entire TEAM of professional workers. This expanded care has cost National Foundation Chapters millions in March of Dunes funds. More money is needed immediately to continue these services. Support the POLIO EPIDEMIC EMERGENCY DRIVE to help eare for today's polio patients. Send your contribution now to POLIO, care of your local Post Office. Mrs. Henry Maseman ! Journal Correspondent THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, September 12, 1949 PAGE THREE Vaughan also have strangely backtracked, with the appear ance of having been, either threatened or politically bribed. For instance, Col. Wm. Lee, who got into a scuffle with John Maragon in Rome and was sub sequently reprimanded and de moted, at first told newsmen that the army crackdown can.? as a result of the Maragon inci dent. Lee even put this in writ ing, while the official text of his reprimand specifically cites the Maragon incident. Despite these written state ments, however, Colonel Lee sud denly backtracked, said he didn't really think his demotion re sulted from the Maragon inci dent. The reversal had all the earmarks of a quick and power ful reminder from Washington that he would be up for promo tion again soon. The behavior of Judge James McGranery of Philadelphia is al so interesting. In 1946, McGran ery, assistant to the attorney general, was sore at Truman be cause he wanted a circuit court judgeship and Truman would only appoint him to the district bench. At that time McGranery told this writer, who was in his office when General Vaughan phoned, that the general sought to intervene in the W. T. Burton case in New Orleans, Burton hav ing been indicted for bribing a jury. Today, McGranary, a U. S. dis trict judge and a Catholic, cher ishes an ambition to fill the next vacancy on the supreme court. Shortly after Catholic Justice Frank Murphy died, McGranery even male a special trip to the White House. And now with Justice Rutledge seriously ill, McGranery last week denied that General Vaughan had ever in tervened in the Burton jury bribing case in New Orleans. FDR ON LOYALTY When Franklin Roosevelt was president of the United States, he applied to government the same strategy a military com mander applies to his men in the field. If a member of his ad ministration became a liability, made too many enemies in con gress, Roosevelt eased him out even though they were intimate friends just as a military com mander sometimes has to desert men in the field. Rexford Tugwell, once sum marized it this way to friends when he resigned as undersecre tary of agriculture: "A general in battle can't af ford to go into the frotit-lina trench. He's got to stay behind at staff headquarters. When his subordinates become casualties, they either get shipped back to hospitals or get buried. No conv mander can hold up a war be cause of them. "In the battle over pure food and drug advertising," continued Tugwell with no bitterness, "I was carrying out Roosevelt's ideas. But it was much better for me to take the rap and let him stay behind the political firing line. All the advertisers in the country, plus the news papers, are now sore at me, and it's better for the chief if I now resign." He did. Harry Truman, however, be lieves in getting into the front line trenches', regardless of po litical shot and. shell, .and-taking just as much criticism " as his wounded subordinates. It's a fine personal quality, but seri ously impedes his political pro gram. And after all, Truman was elected on the basis of his program, not because of his abil ity to defend a bumbling major general. CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES Madame Chiang in exile Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, is still confident she can raise enough money to save China by appealing to the American peo ple. All she has to do, she be lieves, is turn on the charm. Friends who have discussed plans with her, found the madame living in oriental splen dor at the home of her billion aire brother-in-law, H. M. Kung. She seemed high-strung, and chain-smoked as she talked. Al most every time she lit a ciga rette, a bodyguard popped into the room to make sure she was all right. Russian "Tourists" The French foreign office has warned the state department there are nearly 6.000 Russian agents in Albania disguised as tourists. The French report these Russians are actually su pervising the storing of huge quantities of arms that Moscow is sending to Albania. French diplomats incidentally are the only westerners in Albania to day. Junior Queen at Ak-Sar-Ben Rodeo A junior queen of the Ak-Sar-Ben Rodeo will be selected Oct. 2 at the first Sunday afternoon performance of the World Championship Rodeo in Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. Rodeo Chairman E. F. Pettis said the event proved so popu lar last year that it will be re peated as one of the highlights of the matinee show. Competi tion is open to any young lady at least seven but under 13 year of age. They must wear western equipment on ponies under 58 inches. Judges will select the Junior Queen under the same rules used during a western pony class of a horse show. Ponies will be shown on both leads at the walk trot and gallop. Ponies will count 20 per cent, horse manship 30 per cent and cos tume and personal appearance will count 50 per cent. All entries must be received by Saturday, September 24. They should be mailed or de livered to Ak-Sar-Ben, 201 Pat terson Building, Omaha. Miss Robeson Riot At Peekskill, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Webb and son, Donald, of Lincoln, who have been attending the Amer ican Legion national conven tion at Philadelphia, write they just missed the outbreak at Peekskill, New York, where Paul Robeson and party were the center of a disturbance in anti communistic d e m o ns t rations. They passed through the town just before the trouble. They visited West Point Sunday and were headed back to Lincoln with the outing behind them. Mr. Webb is the state service officer of the Nebraska Amer ican Legion.' Mr. and Mrs. John Marquardt gave a dinner Sunday honoring her parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Henry McKelvie, of Australia. Invited were Australian friends who came here to live: Mr. and Mrs. Verne Malstead and family. Weeping Water; Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Casheer, New Ulm, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Min ert, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thomson, Osmond, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, Jr., Ne maha, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Dar old Jordan, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sweetser and child ren, Peru, Neb. Mrs. Gauer and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gauer and children of Louisville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hennings. Gary Mercer of David City, spent the week at the Roy Ruhge home while his parents were on vacation. Mrs. Wm. Maseman entertain ed several school mates of Rich ard Hoback on his sixth birth day last Monday. Mrs. Rindy Smoots of Palis ade, her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Abuduhl of McCook, Mrs. Cora Tower and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Theil and daughter of Murdock, visit ted Tuesday at the L. C. Ruhge home. A neighborhood farewell was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ehlers for the Otto Kriefel family who have moved to Nebraska City. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Love and family of San Francisco, Calif., visited at the L. C. Ruhge Cafe. Mr .and Mrs. Ralph Morley of Omaha and James Dunbar of Auburn, visited at the Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morley home Monday. Mrs. Joe Case of Plattsmouth helped her father at the bank last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hallstrom and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Muncie of Plattsmouth, were in Minnesota on a vaca tion. Mrs. Eunice Balfour is teach ing the Neumeister school this year. This school has been clos ed for seven years and though the hard work of the patrons it has now been re-opened. C. E. Sutton has opened a store in the former Hollenberg er store and will have a line of hardware. His son is running the business. Miss Mary Zimmerer of Ne braska City attended to bus iness Monday and spent some time with Mrs. Genevieve Zim merer and Oscar. Mrs. Lena Breymeyer and children of Wamega. Kansas, visited at the Ed Koester and Alma Minderman homes last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelsen have moved into their new home in west Avoca. Mrs. Paul Ward spent several days at Clairmont, Mo., with her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vette of Levant, Kansas, visited rela tives here Thursday. Harlan Mapel has been work ing at Seward for several weeks. Harry Hauschild was taken to TO ATTEND KARNIVAL Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Best or and children, of Imperial. Oregon, are expected this week from their home on the west coast for a visit here with the home folks and to attend the King Korn Karnival. A classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35c. CRUSHED STONE O W. C. Waldo & Son Quarries Union Phone 2991 Nehawka 2841 New Additions BE SURE you add enough Fire Insurance on your household goods to cover the cost of expensive equipment as soon as you buy it. Don't wait for the renewal date or a fire will prove you haven't enough insurance. Call Stephen M. Davis Second Floor' Plattsmouth ; State Bank Bldf. Phone 111 Bryan Memorial Hospital last ! Tuesday. Elvin Emshoff has been con- j fined to his home by illness for j several days. Mrs. Emshoff has j just recently returned from the ; hospital suffering from blood j poisoning in her foot. - ! Fred Meyer made new side j walks in front of the bank and ; the barber shop last week. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Carsten and Oscar Zimmerer arrived home after spending several weeks in Minnesota. Mrs. Fred Marquardt enter tained the Cemetery Kensing ton at her home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Mohr en tertained the Card Club Thurs day evening. Honors went to ' Elmer Hallstrom, Mrs. Martha Ruge and Elmer Hennings. Stan Smith went to Crete last Sunday where he will attend Doane College. Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Ogden called at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ruhge. Mrs. Lois Tefft entertained the Helping Hand Society last Thursday. Mrs. Martha Ruge has been helping in Mrs. Nutzman's place at the school lunch this week. Mrs. Silas Everett worked at the State Fair last week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cockle and Miss Selma Marquardt of Omaha were callers at the H. H. Murquardt home Labor Day.- Miss Cleo Schmidt spent the week end at the John Mohr home. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Emshoff are getting the house her broth er recently purchased ready to move into soon. Mrs. Henry Straub has gone to Imperial to help care for her mother, Mrs. Kohl, who is ser iously ill. ' Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sweem have returned to their home at Seattle, Washington, after a visit here for the past two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Sweem of near Oreapolis. While here they all attended the Sidney, Iowa, rodeo. Mrs. James Quinnett and daughter, Sally, with Mr. and Mrs. Conant Wiles of Weeping Water, departed . Saturday for Grainfield, Kansas, where they spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Blank and family. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sweem of Ashland entertained on Wed nesday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sweem of Seattle, Wash ington, and Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Sweem of Plattsmouth. The group enjoyed a fine dinner and later other friends and relatives dropped in to spend the time. Light refreshments were served later in the evening. Cellophane was first made in Germany and France. Patronize Journal Adverstisers. Works Both Ways BURLINGTON. Vt. (UP) John J. Wright used a powerful blower to store 75 tons of chop ped hay in his barn a couple of months ago. When his barn caught fire he reversed the blower and used it to pump the hay out and save it. Watch Repairing Diamonds Remounted Prompt Service Sudduth Jewelry so? MfttiD S UBCtST iiynt ItTOBLIS M IMfiWEUS Of IBJ hutws aim-;. Get your reserved season football tickets at Schreiner's Drug. BAUER Heating & Plumbing Phone 5198 Plattsmouth RAIN OR SHINE Welcome TO THE Stores Baled Hay, Small Grain, Ear Corn FAST Saves Labor See what a time-and-work-Mver the Kelly Ryan Trailaway ia. In testa under actual operating condition, tha Trailaway iq 5 minute intervals moved 240 bu. of small grain, 125 bales of bay, and up to 150 bu. of .ear com. Imagine the time and manpower it would take to equal this with shovels. Yet, one man alone can set and op erate the Trailaway. Before you buy elevator, come in and Jet us show you the modern, efficient KeQy Ryan Trailaway. NEW LOW PRICES F.O.I. Ilolr. Nakr. 24 ft. Trailaway $296.57 28 ft. Trailaway 312.71 32 ft. Trailaway 328.95 36 ft Trailaway 345.18 40 ft- Trailaway 361.41 44 ft. Trailaway 377.64 Above prices include: Hopper, Spouting, and Unit Mounted on Rubber, C&M IMPLEMENTS Case Farm Equipment Murray, Nebraska BRING YOUR EGGS CREAM POULTRY TO THE PLATTSMOUTH CREAMERY WHEN YOU COME TO THE KARNIVAL PLENTY OF PARKING SPACE PUnSMOUTH CREAMERY