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V The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE . FRANK H. SMITH .. BERNARD A. WOOD Publisher Editor .Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor utoe&L r fassocaron , NATIONAL I tonoMAi ASSOQATK9 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. Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter In ac cordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1S79 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY For truth is umcclcomc, hozvcz cr divine. Coupe r EDITORIALS GET THE SEX PERVERTS Not many weeks ago, a prominent res ident of a large city in the United States protested conditions which he asserted, made it dangerous for a woman to walk the streets of the city. He referred to the number of attacks upon women and children and suggested that the situation constituted a "disgrace" to our civiliza tion. We are inclined to agree with the gentleman. It is hard to pick up a news paper these da3-s, without reading about an attack upon some woman or child of tender years. Apparently, there are a considerable number of sex maniacs in Lhe country. The astonishing fact about so many of the attacks is that the past record of the offender gives a plain indication that he is, a pervert. It is hard to understand the ease with which some of these offenders get out of prison on probation. On one day in November, we read of a C6-year-old man awaiting quick justice in Los Angeles for the sex-slaying of a six-year-old girl. On the same day, a district judge in Idaho warned officers not to bring a sixteen-year-old high school athlete to the town where he admittedly killed a seven-year-old girl. The judge warned the of ficers not to bring the boy home "or he might not be alive in the morning." Another story along the same line, but with a different ending, came from Ber ryville, Va., where a 19-year-old woman shot and killed a 22-year-old man, who had held her captive in his automobile nearly all night. Luckily for her, the man had a pistol on him and was careless. She got the gun and killed him, running bare foot in the freezing cold to call the police. The third story may give the answer to the wave of sex crimes that inevitably shock the communities in which they oc cur. Obviously, however, while young women may protect themselves with guns, it is impossible for a small child to do the same. Certainly, the present condition war rants the serious attention of all sections of the country. Something must be done to protect women and children from sex perverts and, if necessary, society should not hesitate to put these offenders out of the way. LET OTHER RACES ALONE There seems to be no doubt but that the non-white races, scattered in various un developed areas of the world, are resent ful of the white man's progress and that scheming politicians are using the Weapon of racial antipathy to fan the fires be hind their own schemes. Howard Handleman, newspaper writer for the International News Service, says that "the white man is no longer welcome in Asia," and that the same phenomenon is visible in the Philippines, Burma, In dia, China, Indonesia and other Far East ern places. This is an interesting development. While the natives want complete control of their "destiny," they seem to hanker ; keenly for the dollar of the white man. r In brief, they want our material aid but ; they would deny that the race that fur i iushes the money is helping them. ! It might be a good idea for the Western f nations, mostly dominated by the white race, to let the hopeful brown, black and yellow races manage their own affairs and pay for their progress with their own coin, it is possiDie, ana wc wouia certain ly like to see it demonstrated, that these races can make a garden spot; of their own areas and develop a civilization which'-in its qualities would challenge' that of the white man. Certainly, the world is Big enough for h variety of civilizations. Humanity might gain something in the long run if the black, brown and yellow people would make, a more positive contribution to the . well being of the races. Furse's Fresh Flashes A visitor got so lit up here Turkey Day that his pal tried to put a nickel in him thought he was a pinball machine. J FliDner Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says sheVgetting up to that age now where she is referred tojas a build in a girdled cage. We've got a lot of people in town that are keeping up with the neighbors, but we wonder if any are able to keep up with the price of living? What's the latest box score on the , number of hunters shot by mistake? Americans should remember their freedom will last only as long as their vigi lance. - The only time most of us do not com plain of the mail service is around the first of the month, lhe bills always ar rive on time. The man who will lose a hundred dol lars in a game of chance will squawk to high heaven over a few dollars in taxes. Having made sundry loans, in small sums, to various friends in past years, we nnw fWirfp in 1050. we will onlv borrow. i.. -a? il: . i A woman S intuition is nulling mute than a suspicion that clicked. ! A Plattsmouth man refers to his wife as a "Nag" she has no horse sense. A waitress up the street thinks money grows on trays. - - Laff of the Week y: Miv'rv 'i ' 'I to!d you so . . .!' fore, will call for a thorough re- mer friends, the little business- vamping of American strategic concepts. Note: The Siberian border is the one Russian area thus far not equipped with long-range radar stations. But the Rus- men. The first on labor's blacklist, Sen. Bob Taft of Ohio, also made small business's blacklist. Other wise, both lists include the usual parade of GOP conservatives DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO Home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Eerger, a short distance north of Nehawka, was totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin . . . Oeorge Sheldon, former Nebras ka governor and ex-resident of Nehawka, was named as a collector of internal reve nue for the state of Mississippi, under the Hoover administration . . . Jess Elliott, su perintendent of the Cass County Farm, ob served passing of his 55th birthday anni versary . . . Catholic Daughters surprised Mrs. Wm. H. Woolcott on her recent birth dajr anniversary . . . TEN YEARS AGO Miss Dora Fricke arrived in New York on the "Conte de Sovie," one of the large ships of the Italian line, after several months spent in Germany . . . E. H. Bern hardt and A. L. Tidd were named members on "Committee of One Hundred" for state progress at meeting held in Grand Island . . . Miss Helen Jane Kruger was honored by election to the post of inner guard for Woodmen Circle at their district conven tion in Omaha . . . Richard Spangler was named as new president of the Mynard Community Club . . . William J. Hesser re turned to Los Angeles after a visit here . . . sians, believing this to be their Senators Capehart and Jenner most vulnerable area, are work- i -Indiana, tsncKer oi unio, MU- ing at full speed to install their latest and best equipment across the frozen Siberian wastes. CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES Two trillion dollar income America's national income of $252 billions annually is by fari the highest in the history of the world. But it looked like small potatoes the other day, when a top government economist peer ed into the future. This econo mist, ona of President Truman's council of economic advisers, estimated that if the United States national income increas es in the next 5,0 years as fast as it did between the 1870's and 1920's, the U. S. will have an annual income of two trillion dollars by the end of this cen tury. Note to housewives Look for an increase in the price of pork, which has dropped sharply in the last three months. One rea son for the probable price in crease is the return to work of striking steel and coal workers, which will increase the demand for pork. As a result, the de partment of agriculture has abandoned plans to support hog prices at least for this year.. Doughboys again The joint chiefs of staff have completely revised their defense strategy for defending western Europe as a result of Russia's atomic bomb explosion. The joint chiefs now think it will take 60 divi sions instead of SO to defend the Rhine. The reason is that, now that both sides have the atomic bomb, they don't think either side will use it, which makes the infantry twice as im portant as ever. Admiral Denfeld waver3 Ad miral Denfeld came back to the Pentagon for a few hours re cently, called on Secretary of the Navy Matthews and the new- chief cf naval operations, Ad- likin of Colorado, Knowland cf California, Gurn?y of South Da kota, etc. The only Republicans endorsed by both labor and small business so far are Senators Morse of Oregon and Langer of North Dakota, Congressmen Javits of New York, Hull of Wisconsin, Angell of Oregon, and Lemke of North Dakota. The list, how ever, is not yet complete. Small business and labor dis agreed over such senators as McCarran of Nevada, McMahon of Connecticut, and O'Mahoney of Wyoming, all of whom labor approved but small business dis approved. It is an ironical twist that small business blacklisted O'Mahoney, who earned his rep utation as a trust-buster and champion of small business, but has been voting against small business. Result of this poll may bring labor and little business closer together in the coming elections. Note: Labor leaders are also comparing political notes with farm leaders. no, but seemed to be weaken ing. LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS ALLIES Hitherto, business and labor have never joined political forces to back the same candidates for congress. However, representa-j tives of small business and or- (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: ATOM BOMB NOT ENOUGH, SAYS U. S. MILITARY MEN; RUS SIAN RADAR MAY FORCE CHANGES IN AMERICAN STRATE GY; LABOR AND BUSINESS FIND COMMON POLITICAL BOND. WASHINGTON. A visiting Latin American official, talking with General Eisenhower, made the remark : "Why don't you Americans drop a few atom bombs on the Russians right away , and get it over with?" Eisenhower wheeled on him and said : "Can you tell me where we would get the 30 million troops necessary to take and hold the Soviet Union after the bombs fell?" Ike's response is symptomatic of the growing feeling among U. S. military men that the atom bomb is not a decisive weapon in itself. RUSSIANS' NEW RADAR SCREEN President Truman has just received a vitally important report on the subject of Russia's antiaircraft defenses particu larly her radar network, which has con tributed to military skepticism about drop ping the atom bomb. This report, carefully compiled from sources inside the Soviet, reveals that the Russians have a first-rate radar warning system encircling all but a small portion of the Soviet Union. In addition to this outer protective screen, they have also constructed an inner circle of radar de fenses. This feport contradicts an earlier be lief that the Russians had no radar net to sneak of TTip rnnort mnr'iU nit. k fcmaii Dusmess committ spcaK oi. ine repoit may also alter the under Sen. Ken Wherry of N 7.7 Vu - . ,6 - i rasKa. However. Meredith til now, the joint chiefs of staft have re- joined the A. p. of'L's Keenim lied heavily on the ability of the 13-36 to in blacklisting, his former boss, 'penetrate deep into Russia before being Wherry, once a friend of small detected. Flying at great speed and high business, had a narrow squeak in altitude, the air force believed it could the last Action, when he got deliver the atom bomb in quantity, well ,su,pp?vl fr0 smf 11 business before the reds could muster an effective Vucs? 2;a1rrelp cl' fighter defense The presence of those- orcl in the blst congress slwvs hitherto undisclosed radar, screens, there- that he voted against his for- CAPITOL NEWS LINCOLN There was new ac tivity this week in Attorney General James Anderson's cur rent crackdown on gambling in Nebraska. In quick succession, the jus tice department chief: 1 Reminded Nebraskans that raffles are illegal and the state's anti-gambling laws ap ply to everyone, including the churches. Anderson said he had in mind the agencies and ! miral Sherman. Both urged him r churches which in the past had to stay in the navy and take a ; offered prizes during the holi- iour-star assignment m Europci day season, on which chances as fleet commander. Denfeld were sold with the winner be wouldn't answer a flat yes or ins picked in a drawing. He no. but seempH tn hp wpnfrpn.' . i i i churches engaging in this prac tice, but warned, "No person or agency is exempt from the gambling laws and we expect churches to abide by the law as any other decent citizen". 2. Ruled that Musical Tune O, radio's equivalent of bingo ganized labor are now compar- is' n intterv and therefor illegal ing notes on congressmen Nebraska radio stations wanted with an eye to working out an to begin broadcasting the game, alliance for 1950. Anderson said, and cards to be Surprising thing is, a check of used were submitted together voting records shows that thp -..v, ,0 r" i-nloc This how same congressmen voted pretty much for both labor and small business. Twenty crucial bills, affecting labor and small busi ness, were used as a gauge by Joe Keenan, director of the A. F. of L.'s League for Political Education, and by George Mere dith, National Alliance of Inde pendent Business. Votes on these bills showed that about 90 per cent of the congressmen wno voted for small business meas ures also voted for labor meas ures and vice versa. George Meredith, a leader in this labor-small business coali tion, is former counsel of the senate small business committee e- the game is played: Cards sim ilar to bingo cards were to be made available by sponsoring CAR TUNES IL firms. Squares on the cards would be numbered, with num bers representing popular tune titles. The radio station would play the tune, but not identify them. The player who first filled a line on his card, and phoned the station, would win a prize. "In any practical ap plication of the game," Ander son said, "its winner would be determined on the basis of chance, rather than skill". 5. Held that movie quizzes are not illegal lotteries. Doug las county officials referred to Anderson the question of the theatre game, which is play ed by flashing pictures on the movie screen. Each patron has a card with numbers or letters perforated along each side and across the top and bottom. Cer tain pictures are shown, and questions, having point values asked by a narrator. In gener al, Anderson said, the game is true-or-false, and does not con tain the element of chance. The state of Nebraska owns a lot of motor vehicles, the re port of Owen Boyles, director of the state motor vehicle divi sion reported. Boyles said the fleet is worth $1,128,318. It is made up of 431 automobiles. 1,022 trucks, 14 buses, 45 trail ers and 19 tractors. j According to the report, the state safety patrol has the most cars 88. The highway depart ment operates 74, besides 734 , trucks. ! The department of agricul ture has 63 cars, the University . of Nebraska 52 cars. 86 trucks and 39 trailers. The health department maintains 44 cars and the game commission 33. The stork beat the Grim Reaper by a score of 2 to 1, during the first half of the year, according to Clair Chism, head of the state bureau cf vital sta tistics. His report showed 15, 014 babies born (7,640 boys and 7,374 girls) with only 6.392 deaths (3,727 male and 2,655 female). Six of the dead wo men were 100 or ever. Dr. Frank Snyder, head of the state health department, noted tha Nebraska's severe winter made itself known in the record. Twelve persons died of the excessive cold, seven more than for the same period in 1948. Nebraska counties were ad vanced 1,400,199 this month, $17,076 less than in October, for assistance to the needy, accord ing to a report filed by Neil C. VandemoerJ state assistance director. Of the November figure, $1, 0902.377 goes to the aged; $32, 130 to the blind, and $275,691, 00 for dependent children. Fed eral funds accounted for $739, 619 of the total. Consulting engineers who fur nished facts for Gov. Val Peter son's highway advisory com mittee were backed up last week by the dean of the University of Nebraska College of Engin 3ering, Roy Green. He said from a factual point of view, "the committee's report cannot be contradicted'. Green said, "If we are willing to face these facts, our only tenable conclucion is that we must have greater funds available for our highway transportation sys tem if we are to preserve a fa cility as extensive as we now use". Dean Green said that if the system is to be expanded slight ly, as the report proposes, "we must have all the funds which will accrue from the increase in gas tax and the changes in registration fees approved by the last legislature". Both measures are to be submitted to Nebraska voters in a 1950 referendum. "If our citizens believe that facilities should be paid for by those who use them, we must have a higher gas tax and a higher fee paid for vehicle li censes, especially for the heavy transports-', Dean Green said. Other State- House develop ments: The slate game commission reported pheasant hunting this year was best in the Ord, Min- den and Holdrege areas; pub- ! lished a pocket-size book of , game laws, which nimrods can get by wrting the commission at the capitol and said poor hunting weather cut the num ber of duck-hunting violations. Capt. C. J .Sanders, safety pa trol chief, urged Nebraskans to "winterize your driving habits as well as your automobiles . i Marking the 12th anniversary of the patrof, Sanders credited it with playing a major role in cutting the number of highway fatalities. Hearing was set for January 7 in the state engineer's office on a petition to form the 77, 070 acre Loup Basin Reclama tion District. The district would serve Howard, Sherman, Valley and Custer counties. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR i Monday, November 28, 19 Vi " ' 11 11 IMllCAKIiSli Friendliness Is a Boomerang tJERE'S AN EXAMPLE of the sort of thing that goes on d r. iA after day, every week of the month, every month of th year. Mrs. Leona Harmon, Moline, 111., was left a widow juit iwi months before her young son was born. She had another child, a little girl of two. She and her husband had married during the depression married with hope and high faith. They had carried insura:, despite the difficulty in making pay men . When Mr. Harmon met his death, however, t! i -had to be dropped and Mrs. Harmon was left with assets xt some $200. Two hundred dol lars and two children to support! 1 X -' : hit During those days she had a good chance to learn how nourishing oat meal and other simple dishes could be. But there was just one thing to do. face it. Each day she dreaded the next CARNEGIE one tnat was Coming. She gritted her teeth, however, clung to her faith and kept on going. There are a lot of courageous mothers in this land of ours, particularly since the late war took its toll, who will recognize every step of the road Mrs. Harmon walked. What was the staff on which she leaned? What enabled her to hold up her head and march on? Prayer! Yes, and counting the blessings she had. Every night she deliberately went over the things for which she could be grateful. She went over tne pleasant memories of the past; she thought about her adorable children, recalling sympathetic remarks of friends who thought it too bad that she had to carry such burdens, and she picked herself up with the knowledge of how rich and full they mad her life. And they did get enough to eat! When she needed something special she prayed for it, and nearly always got what she prayed for. When she did, she didn't neg lect to thank God for it. She wanted a home to live in, a house. She prayed over it. Suddenly one was offered her that she could afford simply by working three nights a week extra. When it came to making the last payment, there stood her Uncle Sam with outstretched hand. But she got some extra work and took care of taxes. She got tired out, run down, needed a change. She prayer over this, and along came the offer of a job that required travel for awhile. Her sister took care of her children, and she sot the change she needed. When she came home, she felt she had a va cation. She says she has kept two things in mind, friendliness .md helpfulness, and that these two things have acted like a boomerang. Rev. E. C. Williams Attends Conference dates for the delivery of Christ- of delivery before Chrlslmas. mas mail before the date cf j December 24: East and West coa3t states December 12th; North and States 5C0 to 800 miles Decern-;-mQuth has fceen attending the ber 17th; Bordering states- 20th annual conference on min December 19th; Nebraska De-J isterial training of the Methc cember 2oth. ; dist cnurcn at Garrett Bibiicul All parcels should be packed j institute in Evanston, III., Nov. in durable containers. Wrapped j 21-23. and tied securely; addressed! t-po- "Fr,ii nf Fi'tv plainly in ink. Christmas Soals may be placed on parcels if on other than the address side. Cards Christmas cards un sealed without writing encIoJed, 2c; Christmas cards with a message enclosed, 3c. No cards mailed at the 2c rate will be forwarded. Perishable Mail Perishable mail shoidd be sent Special De livery. Mail early to be sure , their rheme, the 90 odd delegates participated in a cerus cf lec tures and discussions upon var ious phases cf the oU'oject. Fifteen outstanding ministers and lay leaders presented papers having to do with the faith and 'its fruits in individuals and in society. These papers, with ad aditional ones, are to be pub lished in book form early in 1950. u r rrr z&m tfj m ft- i m u im a b a n b 3 tit Iv.rrs only af1r ha has ob jected audibly to being alone. Fr,ni the time the baby ukes r.o t:ce cf you try joir.g to him now i Jlij TrtPll iC.T a fw os -." pHE FIRST CRY which a baby gives after it is born isn't ex actly a musical sound but it is mighty good to the cars of the doc tor who knows from it that the ldius lungs nave Dcgun tcj lur.cnon. 1 wnen you r.esr him gurgling cor so 11 is wun tne nrst temper j icr.-.ocy so he'll learn that it tantrums. It may not be a pretty I doesn't take s.r.gry cr;cs ta trh.s sight to see a squalling baby lash-;yc;;. uuauM: lie iiji.u fi::it. .iii.ij; lie f ) v- afraid he wen't sL it's aicxc healthy sign that the w s'.I to look ! cf aner r.:mscix i.asn I ccen ic.l cut trair.ir.jr can't hi ae- -sioxi in a few rr.nr.-.hs er in a few years. The tar.trur.-s t o- ear-o;d who u-til then tecn ar.Eclif .So-.-? ,.- riesn i a;-,;. than : at; 1 tum vouw iPAes- .ammwo THEM ON WlkU PUT YO IN 5KID Postmaster Tells Of Christmas Mail Postmaster L. W. Niel has is sued the following notes of the time for the dates for the latest of his nature. Never letting a baby hare his way tliroush lion line ir.i'sht prevent temper tantrums when he is two or three, if this nega tive metho.1 didn't leave put ef aceount two fact's. 1 irt. th.tt the baby has na other way t express his wants. Never pick in? him up, never going to him when he cries might result in a great deal of discomfort ftr the chili, not to say dargrr. (Though of course we don't mean that you should spoil him by making a jsrent ff;v ccrr time he whimpers. The sccooH fart is, that instinct rl.x-sn't give op so easily and even if yelling doesn't succeed, nev erthelcss the infant will uo the same device again ami as! until he learns a better ewe. And therein lies the n-,.;n sot.j tion of this temper buinc?. Teach ing the child agrceab'.e wax 5. which to make his va"ts K"e" n, v" which to make h;n-.s.c;f feci v; portant and liked is the busiue o parents as much as it is thc-ii- le sponsibility to see that h.s bvly firows straight end strov.g. Because mothers are b;:y tV are apt to try to do two hours v, k j ce t.sVe t r -o;-,, ia one while the baby is good vv h.sw t r-0 t o:r ir.eihod. They sjrrply that the th;r.s the chV.i e mere as..r - Jaitcr y to do them. 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