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The Plattsmouth Journal n?TAr.r.T.-in:n in issi PuWishfil F(mi-v(fk!v. Mnndnvs nnd Thurs lays, t 01-413 y.a-n Siift-t. llattsmouth, 'ns "ni?itv, Nfiiraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor (TiGBRflSKf) ' neM. lassociPTion NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOOAIKM 6UBSCRIPTION 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. Kntrri jil tbe 1'nstnf f iV at I'lo ttsmmith, Nflra-kn :i ffi ornl " his mail mattf-r in ar ciinla mi- with liif Ait nf O'TiRM-s if iliinli A THOrC.IIT I'OR TODAY rhilnsnphy (foes no further than prob abilities, and in rrvrv assertion keeps a doubt in resene. J. A. I'nunk' EDITORIALS "RUTHLESS AND BARBARIC" One phase of the testimony of naval officers before the Armed Services Com mittee questions the use of the atomic bomb as "ruthless and barbaric" and "con trarv to our fundamental ideals." These are expressions used by Hear Admiral Ralph A. Ofstie, who declares that it is time for this country to study its strategic bombing program "in rela tion to the decent opinions of mankind." As we have pointed out repeatedly in the past, the indiscriminate use of the atomic bomb against industrial and trans portation centers in any country inevitably means the death and injury of thousands of civilian non-combatants. While such things have occured in warfare before this, the general trend, among civilized nations, has been to limit the casualties of warfare, as far as possible, to the armed services. e The question raised is quite different from that raised on questions about mili tary effectiveness of strategic atomic .bombing. The objections will not carry much weight with those who are uncon cerned about the brutalities of war and untouched by human misery unless visited upon their own kith and kin. 4i jc JUDGE MEDINA'S LAST LAUGH The trial of eleven Communists in a New York Federal court has ended after something like nine months, in the con viction of the defendants. The jury reached its verdict in seven hours despite the long and tedious ordeal of the proceedings. Interesting as the verdict itself was the action of Federal Judge Harold R. Medina, who promptly sentenced five defense at torneys and one defendant who argued his own case, to jail sentences for contempt during the trial. If ever a judge was justi fied in sending attorneys to jail for con tempt, Judge Medina is the man. During the long trial, the attorneys for the defense made every effort to make the trial a farce. They deliberately dis obeyed the instructions of the Court, in connection with presentation of the evi dence and in connection with arguments they wished to make. Until the jury made its findings, the judge withheld action but, once the trial was over, he had his day in court. TOO MANY LETTERS We see by the newspapers that the week of October lGth to 22nd was Na tional Letter-Writing Week. This moves us to the thought that it might be a good idea, perhaps, for us to answer some of the letters which have been awaiting our attention for the past year or two. After all, one may reasonably ques tion the prolific habit of some letter-writers. Most of the epistles contain a lot of junk, which would be better left unwrit ten. In the business world, particularly, the smart executive is a letter-writer to the nth degree. This curse of civilization is to be attributed in part to the invention of typewriters and in part to the ubiquitous talent of the modern stenographer. WAR FLEET OBSOLESCENT? During the last war the United States built hundreds and hundreds of ships. When the conflict ended the nation had a tremendous reserve of vessels. Apparent ly, we had enough shipping to last us for a decade or two. This seems to be a mistake, however, in view of the report of a Senate subcom mittee which reports that our war-built merchant fleet is becoming obsolete. This is something of a mj'stery to this landlub ber. It is surprising that vessels become worthless in less than ten years and to hear that a "replacement program" of ship construction may be in order. Furse's Fresh Flashes A Hollywood film star now declares that all the talk about him is merely "6 VI wives" tales. i ii . uu t an i jc'L iicn, aim t'l mug u feel free and independent and arrogant, get a job driving a truck. We have often been puzzled as to what the yesman says to a house-to-house sales man. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says there are "plenty of fish in the sea," but some of the young Galahads around here will have to get a better line or they'll all stav there. Perhaps before we give arms to other countries we should know who they are going to embrace. Happiness is the perfume you can't pour on others without getting a few drops on vourself. A local farmer complains about not feeling well. All he needs is a little ex ercise. He should spend about two months here in town dodging automobiles. A fellow here in Plattsmouth has been going with his girl for three years now. He won't marry her, he says, because if he did he wouldn't have any place to go nights. Never worry about what you would do if you get sea sick. You'll . do it. DOWN MEMORY LANE TWENTY YEARS AGO Mrs. Robert B. Will was named as president of the Legion Auxiliary . . . Variety store of R. W. Knorr was moved from its location in the Golding building to its new store room in Masonic building . . . Members of the Plattsmouth Woman's Club enjoyed a very fine paper on the his tory of the city of Plattsmouth prepared and given by Miss Amelia Martens of the school faculty . . . Father Stanley P. Jones, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, ac cepted call to church at Muscatine, Iowa. TEN YEARS AGO Madge Garnett, member of the law firm of Fouchek and Garnett, spoke at the state convention of Nebraska Federa tion of Women's Clubs at St. Paul's church, Lincoln . . . H. L. Gayer was named to head American Legion at County meet, with Oliver Schiber of Union being chosen as vice commander . . . Air. ana urs. Gil bert Prucha of Juneau, Alaska, were guests of friends in the city, en route to New York and Washington, D. C. Mrs. Prucha was the former Miss Golda Mason, teacher in the Central building here . . . Mayor Lushinsky and Chairman Gabelman of the streets, alleys an dbridges commit tee placed the city tractor at disposal of workers at athletic field to help place the field in shape for practice; Glen Yallery donated a disc to help in the work. tiRSY-GO-RCMHE) (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: NAM LENDS SUPPORT TO BR ANNAN FARM PLAN; PRE PARES DETAILED ANALYSIS WHICH IS SURPRISINGLY PRO BRANNAN; POINTS OUT THAT MORE FARMERS WOULD BE HELPED UNDER THIS PROGRAM. WASHINGTON. The last pressure group you would ever expect to support President Truman's fair deal is the Na tional Association of Manufacturers. In fact, if the powerful NAM says anything good about the White House, it's headline news. However, believe it or not, but the NAM is now sending its members a confi dential analysts of the most controversial feature of the fair deal the Brannan farm plan putting it in a favorable light. Without hysteria, the NAM has pre pared a detailed, factual analysis of the Brannan plan, which is neither for nor against. But the sum total of these facts is surprisingly pro-Brannan. Though not yet off the press, preview copies have been sent to several NAM members along with a letter explaining: "Many, even though they recognize the importance of the Brannan plan, never theless found it too abstruse for ready un derstanding. To help remedy this, the NAM research department has done a painstaking analysis of the plans, objec tives, operations, etc." Here then is what the NAM says about the Brannan plan: "Qualified persons have pointed to sev eral apparent advantages in using the Brannan plan to support farm income. They emphasize its directness and sim plicity of method, fairness of the period 1939 to 1948 as a starting point for an income base or 'yardstick,' encouragement to continued high level production or nu tritional foods, logical classification of storable and nonstorable farm products, 'orderly marketing' provisions, financial coverage of farm groups hitherto inade quately provided for in farm programs, HIM 1 .. -A I '0 'HAVEN'T HAD A FIRE SINCE I STARTED KEEPING MY FURNACE IN GOOD HEALTH." NATIONAL tOAtO Of flt( UNOBWItlTHS and its importance to national security. BRANNAN WEAKNESSES "(?n the other hand, several weaknesses in the plan are ap parent. These shortcomings mainly concern the objective of trying to narrow the gap be tween farm and nonfarm in come, the price distortions pres ent in the period of years se lected as the starting point for an income base or 'yardstick,' the unsoundness of attempting to project these distortions into the future, the discretionary power to alter prices dictated by the pricing formulas of the plan, the lack of built-in flexibility ! 0f needed improvements in the Hence, the "greatest number of farm products would be com paratively free of productions and marketing controls. AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED FOOD "Even though the prices of some of the perishables might fall below their price support standard," observes the NAM, "there is some merit to the pro vision that allows high level pro duction to continue in order that consumers may have a plentiful supply of such highly nutrition al foods as dairy products, meat, fruits, eggs, etc. The advantage lies in a probable stimulation in the pricing formulas, and the practicibility of again resorting to subsidies, production controls, marketing controls and other techniques of manipulation de signed to implement the support of farm income . . ." diets of consumers." The NAM report also points out that "the Brannan plan would likely encourage and per haps expand the operation of several farm enterprises im portant from the standpoint of Then the NAM proceeds to national security ... It should answer some of these criticisms. I De noted that if national se- "From the standpoint of those curity is to be an important pait who believe that agricultural .jn the farm program of this prices must be maintained at ; country, the Brannan plan near wartime levels in order to WOuld. if operated as designed, keep agriculture neaitny," tne provide a more integrated pro NAM diagnosis continues, "the choice of the base period 1939 to 1948 is a logical one. Consid ered from this viewpoint, it must gram for directing the use of this country's soil and farm re sources, than has any previous farm program even in times of be pointed out that only with var the price relationships existing. t. t(U rn,-Kf,nr,rn!tt of in these years were farmers as ' m Brannan. pianthe NAM is o rrfnim i i o nnrumrt ta lift tnoir i cautious, but believes the cost "would approximate 3l2 to 4 billion dollars exclusive of ad ministrative costs . . . "Although the Brannan plan so far does not contain a de fined limit of cost within which it would operate," says the sur prising NAM report, "congress could, through appropriations, exercise a continuing control over the expenditures made un der this, or any other program for supporting farm prices and a group in a position to lift their social and financial standards from the depths to which they fell following World War I. "It was the level of income from 1939 to 1948 that enabled farmers to correct many of the maladjustments that were said to be depressing agriculture in the preceding twenty years. With this income, mortgage debt was reduced, housing and living con ditions improved, more machin ery and efficiency in farming these days. He has just dictated a hot letter to Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, scorching the army for "giving away" val uable Florida beach land to be built into night clubs, gambling casinos and resort facilities. Thanks to Senator Holland of Florida, a special law was passed authorizing the army to turn over a three-mile beach strip to Okaloosa County, Florida, for a small per cent of its fair value. It was frankly acknowledged in the law- that Okaloosa County i would convert the beach into a gambling and bathing resort to raise revenue. What the army did was ap praise the property at the ri diculously low price of $2,500, though some appraiser said it was worth $65,000. This would permit Okaloosa County to buy the beach for only $1,250 a saving to them, but a great loss to the taxpayers of Okaloosa County. Wrathfully Morse wrote to the secretary of the army: "I have looked into the value of beach resort property in this area of Florida sufficiently to assure myself that any such appraisal on this property would have to be classified as an unconscion able low one, and I wish to ad vise you at this time that I in tend to follow very carefully this case in order to satisfy myself as to whether the department of the army, when such bills as this are passed by the congress, takes the steps necessary to see to it that a fair market value is placed on the property." Declaring that he was author ized by the senate armed serv ices committee to protest, Morse continued: "I seriously question whether we should have, in the first instance, granted to Oka loosa county the right to obtain this property at 50 per cent of its fair value. I think a strong case could be made for requiring Okaloosa County to pay one hundred cents on the dollar . . . I see no reason why the people of the United States as a whole should make that kind of a grant to the people of Okaloosa Coun ty .. . "Unless a fair appraisment is placed on this property," the senator from Oregon wound up, "I can assure you this will be the last bill that will ever re ceive unanimous consent in the senate authorizing the army to place its own appraisement on property ..." THE; PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, October 24. 1949 PAGE THREE Jm .-MOW 10 WIN FRIENDS ond Worry Without Cause Author of INFLUENCE PtOPtTy operations were introduced, the i income." number of tenant farmers were substantially reduced, schools, CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES Broke G. O. P. The Republi- roads and other transportation j can National Committee is co lacmties serving farmers were j hard up that its credit is no expanded and improved." . icnger g00d in the capitol radio ..iwxvc r.n.ucio ntLrm room ... It has been the com The NAM report also points . mittee's practice to pay for re out that past price supports have , cordings, which Republicans in chiefly aided a few basic and j congress make and send to the storable commodities. The Bran-! radio stations back home. But nan plan, on the other hand, would help a much broader group of farmers. the G. O. P. has fallen so far behind in its bills that the radio room is now asking Republicans It would support, the NAM i to sign slips assuming personal continues, "income of the pro ducers of most of the nonstor able commodities such as meat, dairy and poultry products and fruits and vegetables. Thus, this plan would extend financial as sistance in times of stress to a large and important segment of the agricultural industry that has so far probably not been adequately provided for in the basic farm programs of the country. In this respect, the Brannan plan would probably be more closely integrate with the entire farm problem than has been the case with the farm pro grams in past years." The NAM analysis also lauds the idea of continued high-level production "without resorting 10 production controls or a pro gram of 'scarcity production.'" responsibility for the recordings in case the G. O. P. National Committee can't pay Dual Naval Personalities There are two Lt. Sam Ingrams, both naval reserve officers, one living in Hamilton, N. Y., the other on active duty with the navy's operation 23, the outfit which is spreading backstage propaganda against the air forces. The first Sam Ingram is now leading a quiet life build ing stadiums and swimming pools in New York State and the last thing he wants is to be identified with an army-navy row. ARMY SELLS LAND FOR GAMBLING Wayne Morse, the energetic G. O. P. senator from Oregon, is keeping his eye on the army 1 NEB "BE SURE AND KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING - MR. DILLINGHAM PRESSES HIS OWN PANTS." b lAKKf C OLf OV, SptrinttnJtnt TATE EUITOBICAL SOCISTT When : the Republicans were casting around for a candidate for governor in 1874, to succeed Robert W. Furnas; at. the end of a stormy term - had decided not to seek re-election, they se lected Silas Garber, a man . 41 years of age who had been in Nebraska only about four years. Despite his youth and rela tively brief residence in Nebras ka neither of which were -serious disqualifications in pioneer politics young Garber handily defeated his Democratic oppo nent, and went on to win re election in 1876. Silas Garber was born in Lo gan county, Ohio, and at the age of 17 removed to Iowa where he engaged in farming. He served in the Union army during the Civil War, attaining the rank of captain in the 27th Iowa Infan try. In 1870, accompanied by his brothers, Joseph and Abram, he came to Nebraska, home steading in what is now Webster County. Joseph was the father of Daniel Garber, veteran Ne braska legislator. Gov. Garber's early career in Nebraska is closely identified with Webster county beginnings. The election for organizing the county was held at his horns, April 19, 1871. The next year the town of Red Cloud was laid out on the Garber homestead. The future governor's first first public office in Nebraska was that of probate judge for Webster county. In 1872 he was elected to the House of Repre sentatives of the state legisla ture. The next year he was ap pointed register of the land of fice in Lincoln and was serving in that capacity when nominat ed for the governorship. In many respects, Gov. Gar ber's administration was one of the most important in the state's history. It saw the pres ent state constitution drawn up and adopted. His administration, too, en compassed a highly critical pe riod in the affairs of the young state. The year of his election had brought one of the worst grasshopper plagues in the state's history, and when he as sumed office many people were destitute, particularly in the western part of the state. In his inaugural message Gov. Garber urged the legislature to provide adequate relief for Ne braskans stricken by the grass hoppers. He was particularly concerned that seed be provided JUTEEDLESSLY WORRIED! What a book could be written about A that. Here's an example of what I mean. He is Gerald V. Myers, St. Joseph, Missouri. j Now well have to hop back in time. It is December 10, 144. Gerald Myers was sitting in a fox hole just out side of Geniveiller, France. He had been in combat for three months and now was in an active sector where bullets were as thick as grapes in a California vineyard. That afternoon he had received a letter from his wife fcayinf that everything at home was all right; at the bottom of the letter, the little daughter had painstakingly printed a message. Gerald had been CARNEGIE overjoyed to receive it. But now at 11 o'clock, sitting there in the dark and straining his ears for any movement of the enemy, he began to think about the welcome letter he had received and the loving postscript his daughter had printed. Then the thought eame to him, "But suppose they are not all right now! They were all right when the letter was mailed, but many things could happen to them." Under tension as he was, these thoughts began to prey on his mind. "Even if one of them were dying," he thought, "I could aot get back to thefn. I might never see her again." He worried until he was relieved from duty, but next day this terrible worry was still within htm; it felt like a stone in his stomach. His friends saw the difference and asked him what was the matter, but he didn't want to tell them that he was worrying about his family, so he said, "Oh nothing, I'm all right." The strange thing was that he was in danger, every minute, night and day, but he was worrying about his family at home. But that is the way the human mind works. . He went to the chaplin and. very much embarrassed, told him that he was so worried that he was becoming a nervous wreck. The chaplfn patted him on the back and said, "Sergeant, just remember this . . . mathematics are with you. Most worries never come to pass. We worry about worries more than we do about facts." The talk helped hiso. He got an outside point of view on himself. After a reasonable length of time he got a letter from home saying that things were going fine . . . but they were worry ing about him. And he was worrying about them. When the w-ar was over, he went back. Nothing bad had happened at alL And that's the way it is with most worries. We stew and fret about needless worries. The next time you are worrying, say to yourself, "Is this a needless worry? May I not be worrying about something that I can't possibly help and that is pulling me down?" Do this and it'll help you stop your needless worrying. for the next year's planting. Through all of his messages to the legislature Gov. Garber stressed the importance of en couraging immigration and ag riculture and increasing the amount of information avail able to the farmers of the state. At the completion of his sec ond term as governor, Mr. Gar ber returned to Webster coun ty, where he lived until Jan. 12, 1905, engaging in merchandiz ing, banking and stock raising. PURCHASES BULL W.." C". Renwanz, Greenwood, Nebraska, . has ; recently purch ased the -registered Brown Swiss bull, Laddie Boy-Bill 97037, from H. E.'. Iske, Ashland, Nebraska, according tola report from Fred S..Idtse, Secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle - Breeders' Associa tion, Beloit, Wisconsin. The" distance of a light year is about six 'trillion miles. Trained for Hospital Work Pvt. Francis D. Jenkins, Plat tsmouth, son of Mrs. Blanche C. Jenkins, Lincoln Hospital, Lincoln, Neb., is now a student in the Hospital Technician Pro cedure course being given at Medical Field Service School. A component of Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Hous ton, Texas, this school trains both officers and enlisted per sonnel for medical service in the Army. FEEDS LEGIOXAIRRES The members of the American Legion attending the Louisville convention enjoyed a dinner at the American Legion club that was prepared by the ladies of the Christ Lutheran church in stead of the Christian church, as was first stated. Use Journal Want Ads. ucce55 ' f?u( f-arentliQocl BY m. CATHERINE COIIRAO EDWARDS Attocloto Editor, Parents' Maoxizino would be 'to 'hire rrandmothers as baby tenders, rather than young girls, "we feel called upon to sug gest a Jew other money-making chores for the teenast would-be baby sitters. An article in October SENIOR PROM called "You Don't Have to be a Baby Sitter" de scribes several interesting ways of building a bank roll to buy things a girl's allowance won't provide. Is your daughter fond of ani mals and does she take good care of ber own pets? Then we suggest . that she canvas the neighborhood for week -cad Jobs ; as caretaker ef pets. Tbelr swn ers weald mncb prefer to leave them at heme rather than take them to a boarding kennel or cat or bird hospital, especially If they are going to bo gone only m day or two. Giving the canary fresh food and water, feeding the cat and changing It box, walking the dog yon can charge by the job. so that tfco fee for looking In on bird a leu' than providing for a dog's many.. needs. And giving dogs shampoos Is special service that commands a good fee. Encourage your daughter to ac quire skill at the typewriter while she is still in 'grammar school. Then, long before she Is old enough to work in an office, she ean do special typing Jobs at so much a page. Give her a list of your friends who are planning to give talks at their various clubs. A speech, neat ly typed on small cards, goes off l much better than one road from a nanawrltten sheet. Ana even a small town is bound to have several authors who could use a neat t3p ist for the final draughts of their manuscripts. Cooking has always been a way to make extra money, but with the competition yon have to be good. You also have to spend time and ingenuity in wrapping your products at tractively. But there is always a market for superior candy, wrapped beautifully, for cin namon rolls and cookies with eye as well as taste appeal. Girls who like arts and craft can take orders for bridge prizes and gifts. One younger girl does a thriving business by weaving poi holders on a loom. Sometimes girls can arrange with a handicraft oi needlework store in the neighbor hood to sell the articles for a smsJ share of the profits. One girl had a hobby of col lecting pictures of costumes worn by the people of different lands. One day she bought lit tle undressed plaster dolls for a quarter apiece and started making clothes for them, copy lug the costumes from the pic tures she had collected. The dolls were so unusual and charming that a gift shop in her town screed to sell them for ber at 52.00 each. The gift shop kept 25c on every sale and she got the rest. Who knows? What your youngster does now to earn extra pennies may help decide a future life work.