The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current, November 17, 1949, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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    THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FOUR Thursday, November 17, 1949
CAPITOL
NEWS
(Compiled by
Nebraska Press Ass'n.)
LINCOLN Nebraska has a
pretty good state government,
in the opinion of Gov. Val Pet
erson, who last week called it
"the biggest bargain in state
government of any state in
America."
The chief executive doesn't
pretend that the system could
n't stand some improvements.
That's part of the job of the
legislative council's committee
now studying state spending: to
make suggestions on how to bet
ter the state government.
The governor heaped praise
on the work of the committee:
"It is trying to evalute state
institutions, to determine
whether there is need for serv
ices rendered and whether it is
the state's responsibility to meet
that need or could it be better
done by private institutions," he
said.
"If this is the state's respon
sibility, then the committee will
decide whether this is efficient
ly and economically done.
Gov. Peterson said he believes
every state institution should be
evaluated periodically. "The fact
that one was created by a past
legislature does not mean it
should be continued forever," he
said.
SHOT PELLETS HAVE VERSATILE ROLE
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otto
THE INGENIOUS "STRANGER"
who filled Mark Twain's cele
brated "Jumping Frog of Calaveras
County" with shot so he couldn't
jump gave the push that probably I
started the humble lead shot pellet
on, a versatile career.
Shot pellets which are best known
as the load in hunter's shot shells
now, along with steel pellets used
in air rifles, glamorize Hollywood
stars, perform humanitarian du
ties in hospitals, help radio send
chills up your spine, catch fish,
clean silverware in restaurants
and hotels, counter-balance scales
and harden steel, among a host of
other jobs.
Evening gowns and various other
feminine clothes are weighted in
the hem by shot strung on a cord
or sewed into tapes. Steel shot pep
pered against castings removes
metal flakes; bombarded against
metal surfaces, it hardens steel
and is called "shot-peening."
Sound effects men in radio stu
dios roll shot pellets on a drum
head to simulate the rumble of
cannon and drop them upon an in
flated rubber bladder to give the
effect of the roar of surf and the
sound of thunder.
In hotels steel shot pellets of dif
ferent sizes are tumbled with sil
verware in soapy water to clean
and polish them. The housewife
and the druggist shake lead pellets
in bott-es to clean them. In pro
hibition days Filets cleaned the
yeast deposits from home-brew
bottles.
To provide traction for healing
broken limbs, hospitals frequently
use bags of shot instead of larger
weights because more accurate
amounts of weight can be applied
by adding or removing the tiny
pellets. The trigger pull cf rifles
is tested by pouring shot pellets in
to a can suspended from the trig
ger. When enough pellets are
poured to pull the trigger, the can
and contents are weighed to give
the "trigger pull."
But this is not all by a long
shot.
Shot is also used in cowboy's
quirts and policeman's blackjacks,
lai'h All i1
"
The yearbook committee was
appointed by Mrs. Jesse West
lake, our County Chairman.
They consist of Mrs. Allis Mick
le, Mrs. Carl Sutton and Mrs.
Fred Herman.
The election of officers were
as follows: Mrs. Wendel Hart,
secretary; Mrs. Oliver Meising
er, treasurer. The executive
board members were elected
from each commissioner dis
trict. Mrs. Lloyd Lewis was
elected from the 1st district and
is to serve for three years. Mrs.
Will Ost is to serve one year
and is representing the second
district. Mrs. G. R. Eveland is
asked to serve for two years
and represents the 3rd district.
Reports of the State Conven
tion were given by Mrs. Ray
Norris,' Weeping Water, Mrs.
Charles Marshall, Elmwood and
Mrs. Jessie Wesclake, .camwood.
Both groups aie pressuring
the State Liquor Authority for
tighter enforcement measures.
As for the tavern owners, ap
parently they're willing to risk
severe penalties. They want to
keep up some business with the
out-of-state breweries in the
event of another long and costly
strike among the beer worKtre.
Several tavern owners already
have been caught piping ofx
brand beer through spigots
which carry the names of well
advertised brands.
Trade circles say brewers are
facing increasing competition
from mid-western companies
who are spending heavily to pro
mote their products. The illegal
practices by tavern owners arc-
making matters worse for the :
cal breweries and unions,
circles say.
Silent Movies Back
NEW YORK (U.R Sile;
movies are making a conv b ,
thanks to the noiseless po;; .
fccLj. It is pcrpous and cax.r.
be blown up and exploded
filled with water and dropp
from a balcony.
Nature Takes Over
MEMPHIS, Tenn.
Lloyd W.- Wilkins is going 0
home before winter. Not cr.-y ;
nests, but a tree is growing o :
cf the top.
Thunder! Hie rumble of cannon! The roar of surf upon the
rocks! A radio script might call for all these sounds and others.
Alert sound-effects men have discovered tte use of shot pellets in
reproducing sounds difficult to manufacture. Dropping the pellets
upon an inflated rubber bladder produces most of the storm and
battle required of the sound effects man.
as "sinkers" on fishlines, in the
counterpoise of scales, in toys
where they are jiggled back and
forth to fit into holes or to pass
through a complicated labyrinth.
Working models of boats fre
quently use shot as ballast, and
textile finishing plants tumble
samples of cloth with shot in soapy
water to simulate wear and give
"laundering" tests.
This tiny, but extremely useful
lead shot pellet is made by a sim
ple process. Molten lead poured
through a "dropping" pan, the bot
tom of which contains as many as
2,600 perforations. Tapping the pan
breaks off pear-shaped drops. As
they fall 154 feet into a tank of
water surface tension forms most
lif the pellets into perfect spheres.
Scooped out of the water which
cushions their fall, they are dried,
the culls are separated from per
fect pellets, then they are sorted
and are ready for loading in hunt
ter's shells and for the many other
useful purposes.
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SEBnlGE
The governor pointed out that
Nebraska's fiscal 1949 per capita
taxes were the lowest in the
country. The average .53 per
acre taxes on farm real estate
is below the national average
of .57 '"even though we don't
have either a sales or income
tax."
Governor Peterson took to
task over the week end an Iowa
State College faculty member
who had charged here that , the
Missouri Basin Development
Program was "a program for the
people rather than by the peo
ple' The Iowan is Dr. Ray E.
Wakely, who was speaking be
fore the annual National Con
vocation of the Church in Town
and Country. He labeled the
basin plan "a program made by
groups of experts who do not
agree among themselves and
whose basic disagreements may
jeopardize the entire program
for valley development."
Not so, said the governor.
He said Wakely was mistaken
in ias uelief that the program
was "superimposed on the peo
ple of this area."
"The fact is," the governor
told his press conference, "That
the program had its inception
in the minds of the people of
this area. They have requested
the multitude of individual pro
jects which make up the to
tal." "
The political pot bubbled
along a little more merrily this
week as the Nov. 21 deadline
cor the selection cf a new re
publican state cii.urman near-
ed.
The campaign for the chair
manship was shaping up as a
two-way fight with an outsider
like Joseph Wishart of Lin
coln given a good chance to
emerge as the compromise
choice.
Max Denney, of Fairbury was
getting the best press with a
handful of blue ribbon endorse
ments, many of them from men
who had themselves been con
sidered candidates for the post
being left vacant by the resig
nation of A. T. Howard of
Scottsbluff.
Opposing Denney was David
Martin, Kearney lumberman,
who had the support of the
let's-get-it - ofr - our - chest ele
ment of the party, represented
by S. E. Torgeson, Kimball, who
charged that the Denny cam
paign was backed by a group of
amateur politicians who want
to "control the Republican par
ty for many purposes."
Meanwhile, there were these
developments:
Richard Marvel, of Hastings,
joined others who had been
thought of as candidates, in
backing Denney. s
'Mrs. Arthur Bowring, of Mer
riman, submitted her resigna
tion simultaneous with How-
ard's, so "a new chairman will
have the privilege of choosing
the vice-chairman to serve with
him."
Howard, himself maintninprl
' a hands-oir attitude. He said
there is enough feeling now to
rjroduce a "terrific fight" and he
' doesn't want to add fuel to the
fire.
More teachers are becoming
eligible for regular certificates,
according to State Supt. Wayne
O. Reed, and that means that
it may not be necessary next
i year to issue any temporary j
j permits, he said.
But W. A. Rosene, director of
certification, said a large anti
cipated grade school enrollment
next yeaj, could make it nec
essary to employ teachers who
hold the interim cards.
Rosene said there would be
an estimated 3,000 new teachers
with regular certificates avail
able next year, in addition to
1,500 who will be graduated
from teacher training. A similar
number of temporary instruc
tors will qualify for third grade
elementary permits. Rosene said.
These were other statehouse
developments:
j The office director of the di
vision of Nebraska resources
remained unfilled. Agriculture
Director Rufus Howard said the
$5,000 a year salary was proving
a stumbling block in obtaining
a replacement for Allen V.
Dawling who resigned,
j T:ie state superintendent's
i office said 25 counties now have
I set up school reorganization
committees.
Gov. Val Peterson ordered a
statewide probe of the number
j of inmates in state penal insti-
tutions aomg time on cnecK
charges. The governor blasted
;the "untold cost of running
down, prosecuting boarding and
feeding all types of check of
fenders." Clarence A. H. Meyer was
named as assistant attorney
general succeeding Jane Moyer,
who is resigning to get married.
The ( state normal board will
meet 'at Peru State Teachers
College December 2, Board Sec
retary Albin Larson said.
State Treasurer Edward Gil
lette said Nebraska taxpayers
spent $3,463,371 to run their
state during October.
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Beer Strike
Spawned New
Law Breaker
NE YORK (UP) Agents of
the New York State Liquor Au
thority, whose job it is to see
that the liquor laws aren't bro
ken, have a new and different
type of violator on their hands.
And it's not easy to trap him.
The violation doesn't deal with
hard liquor just beer on tap. It
involves the use of out-of-state
beer through taps which bear
the name of better known and
standard types of beer.
It would take a beer expert, a
trade professional, to tell the
difference. So when a patron
thinks he's getting the beer
that's advertised he's some
times getting beer from out of
the state, a product that may be
inferior.
The situation, according to
State Liquor Authority agents,
first developed during a recent
strike of brewery workers in
New York.
Scores of taprooms, anxious to
maintain their beer trade,
bought from out-of-state brew
eries. There is no law that says
this can t be done, but the state
agency insists that the "bar"
source of the beer b properly t
identified.
Breweries and Unions
The practice has hit at both
New York breweries and the un
ions involved.
In the case of the breweries,
it has lowered output and
dropped sales. The union com
plains this means less employ
ment all around.
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Phcr.e 4278
PAHDON MAII NIPPON DRAWL
. . . Two Japanese sandwichmen
advertise movie based on the
old south" (U.S.A.). Ballyhoo
on sign says picture is "Waltz in
the Afternoon," a story of love in
bygone days. Note flag on
lady's" hat.
Real Estate Transfers
F. G. Hull & Gertha Chester
Sporer & Helen 11-4-49, L. 1 to
12, B. 3 W. Rock Bluff, $2000.00.
George T. Troop & Mary
Walter Willrodt & Edna, 10-31-49,
L. 5 & W. 10' L. 6 B. 45 Y
& H. Add. Platts... $3770.00.
Thomas Solomon Earl Mcs
selhiser & Lorene, 10-13-49, L.
8 B. 2 Wabash, $1.C0.
Thomas Solomon Earl Mes
selhiser & Lorene, 10-13-49, L.
L. 9 & 10 B. 2 Wabash, $1.00.
Thomas Solomon West. Sand
& Gravel, 10-18-49, L. 20 SWU
SEU, 13-12-10, $15.00.
Emma Chovanec John Cho
vanec, 11-4-49, L. 13 to 17 B.
13 Dukes Add. to Plattsmouth,
$300C00.
Geo. O. Reichart & Lucille
I Fred T. Reichart, 10-21-49, Fic.
SEVi NEU 22-12-11, $250.00.
Victor Schomaker & Erma
Amer. Es. Bk., 10-27-49, Und.
2 '3 SEi 30-10-10, $4000.00.
Thomas Solomon R. F. Iver
son, 10-22-49, L. 1 SW'i SWU
34-10-14. $1.00.
Thomas Solomcn R. F. Iver
son, 10-22-49, N',a SWU NWVi
33-10-14, $1.00.
Thomas Solomon R. F. Iver
son, 10-22-49 L. 1 SWU SEU,
32-10-14, $1.00.
Thomas Solomon R. F. Iver
ison, 10-22-49, WVz SEVi, 2-10-12,
$1.00.
William A. Stoll & Lena El
mer E. Stoll. 11-7-49, W 2 SEU
2-10-12, $1.00.
' William A. Stoll & Lena El
sie Snavely, 11-7-49, Eli NEU
2-10-12, $1.00.
William A. Stoll & Lena Vel-
' ma Chandler, 11-7-49, WV2 NE
i, 2-10-12, $l.uu.
.Tnsse O. Smith & Johanna
Joseph Lipskey & Alice, 9-30-49,
L G & S. lot 1 OI 3 SB 74
34-11-9, $1750.00.
Mabel Engelkemeier Mabel
F Engelkemeier & Arlene M.,
11-4-49, NEU NEU & W-b NE
U 22-11-12 & S. 44' L. 11 & 12
B.' 95 PI., $1-00.
Cass County
Extension Notes
Nov. 12, 1949.
The lOumy tuumn u
Home Extension Clubs was held
at Weeping Water, at the Con
gregational Church, November
8th , ; -:. i r
The demonstrations . w ere
scheduled for the following pro
jects in 1950: -
Meat Cookery January.
Floor Covering and Care
March.
Kitchen Utensils and Use
October.
thp Achievement Day of the
Extension clubs, will .be held at ,
the same time as reeaers iay
ferievfi)
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