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UNITED i'KKJSS AND XWXS SERVICE TME PlAWSMODOJTriH JJaDtDmAO. SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper JIG-SAW ADDICT THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Furse's Fresh Flashes Thursday, December 8. 1949 PAGE ONE r The Plattsmouth Journal i:sT.r:Lisnr:r) in im I'u til Lslif 1 pcmi-Hckly, Monilays and Thurs 'Uiys, :it 4u:-li:: Main Slrt-ft, l'lattsmouth, 'n-s "iniritv. N !ir,'ik:i. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK II. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor mBRASfif) s association , . .. NATIONAL CDITOftlAl ASSOOATHM 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. Knfrrt nt tip T'ovtof fief nt I "la tt smon t h, N-li :i-k.i SM-nml mriil mnti-r in m- c.n.i.i r with tl, e . t i f v'un'-ttvss of .March a Tiiorr.iiT for today "J is sa fest unikiiit peace teitli .won in hand. ( icorqe l'arquhar EDTfoRTALS LEFT OUT AGAIN Another pxamnle of tho need here for an auditorium with ample facilities for mibHc trathorimrs will he held next week in thf form of the football banquet. This year. ;is in former vears. the ban quet sponsored by the Plattsmouth Cham ber of Commerce, Avill be held in the din iiH'p room of a local church. This year it will be tho turn of Christian church ladies to serve the dinner. Squeezing- the snare to capacity, the women will be able to serve 120 nlates. After allocating the tickets to the foot ball squad, coaches and visitors, 30 tickets will be left over to be made available to the public. There is demand sufficient to nlace at least another 150 to 200. plates if thev could be accommodated. Plattsmouth must provide facilities adequate to at least honor its own. Hun dreds of times each year this same prob lem faces every organization within the citv and surrounding aea. "We could do thU or that IF WE ONLY HAD A PLACE TO STAGE IT," is a too often repeated statement. It's time we do something about it. THE FARMER'S HIDDEN ASSET While most men will readily admit that their wives are assets, few can be heard claiming that they are financial as sets. A professor of agricultural economics &t the University of Minnesota. George A. Pond, however, has come up with the fact that a food farm wife is worth some $69, 000 to her mate. That is to say, Profes sor Pond, through a neat bit of research, found out that a farmer with a willing, phvsically sound wife, averaered some $2, 700 more in annual income than a farmer who didn't have a wife who would pitch in and help. As one writer has exclaimed, here is a "new idea which ought to appeal to Mr. Truman in his desire to overcome New Deal deficits." Perhaps the Truman tax experts can make the "Fair Deal" even fairer by making the farmer with a good wife declare her as a hidden asset and pay up accordingly. So long as the administration places a premium on mediocrity, it shouldn't be too difficult. THE CASE OF EZRA POUND Three years ago, Ezra Pound. Idaho born poet, who lived for many years in Europe, escaped trial for treason in con nection with his activities during the war bv the decision that he was unfit to stand trial. The poet has since been confined to a mental hospital in Washington. Never theless, early this year, the Library of Congress awarded him a $1,000 prize for the outstanding book of poetry published in 10-18. It was written while he was in prison and published while he was in the hospital. As a result, congress directed the Li brary of Congress to discontinue the prac tice of sponsoring of prizes for artists. At the same time, some Americans suggest that a man who could write a prize-winning book of poems in prison must be sane nough to stand trial for his broadcasting enou Tctiv ity during the war in Italy BUYING EARLY PAYS Once again the people of Cass county are doing their Christmas buying and the merchants of this city are vieing with each other in attracting shoppers. The Journal has repeatedly urged the people of this county to trade at home and at this time wishes to emphasize the fact If the knocking at the door is unusually long and loud, it isn't opportunity. It's bill collectors or relatives. . The government may be working for posterity, but it insists on being paid by us. M In weather forecasting the time is herf for "snow tonight in the low-lyinsr areas," which should serve the low liars right, -k Just read where a 15-month-old boy who held his breath until unconscious when scolded was revived by firemen after 500 pounds of oxvgen was used. It won't be many years, if we know this tyne of young ster, before they will have to be adminis tering oxvgen to the parents. - American critics now rate a radio drama bv the number of listeners that take to the hills. A man over in Kansas is advertising for an honest lawyer. Truly, optimism is returning bv leaps and bounds. Imagine (if you can) 2,550 acres of land completely blanketed under a layer of SI bills that's how much of the peo ple's money must be harvested every time they are taxed a billion dollars. Politicians please note). A stenographer up the street says she's just a gal working on her MRS degree. Sb i x 5ooooo WM t ashington that local buyers can secure practically anything thev want from the stores here. Meanwhile, let us again urge all buy ers to start early and make their pur chases as quickly as convenient. Besides; Sweden thereby bringing bitter extremely bad and a Spanish the comfort of bein"1 able to shop leisureiv i complaints from Senator Thorn-1 revolution may start anytime. and avoid the last-minute rushes, the bin--. er is assured of a better selection in mak ing his purchases. We feel sure that mer chants and their employees will appreciate the early shoppers and will give them spe cial consideration. as and the general impression j uuioertson reports mat tne oniy left upon Europe that U. S. sena- j way to prevent the overthrow tors are ignoramuses. ? of Franco is an American loan. DOWN MEMORY LANE 23 YEARS AGO To illustrate why Europeans got this impression, here is an interview published by the high ly reliable Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune: "We saw the French defense minister today," Senator Thom as told the press, to illustrate the fact that his committee was in Europe to see how the Ameri- Therefore, with Vice-President Barkley's son - in - law. Max Truitt, on Dictator Franco's pay roll, a now drive for a loan to Spain is certain. Barkley. inci dentally, usually disagrees with the policies of his son-in-law; never helps him. MERRY-GO-ROUND The battle of the admirals South Mrs. Cltn Kuho can taxpayers' money was being; isn't over yet. Admiral Blandy, tt , . . -r. x- 'sDent. '"He showed us the rooms i commander-in-chief of the Pa- non paries r,. .ove aim M . s Napoleon's mother lived lnci fie and Atlantic fleets, fired of Louisville sent greetings from Pnofnij. Think of that, Mans name was; another round last week while Arizona, where they planned to spend t' Bidault or something. You can ; at the New York Yacht club. He Winter months ... In the selection of H . find out who he is tall, slim 1 told a navy audience that they southeast conference team for the past fellow." ; must keep up the fight not only football season, the Falls Citv Journal gavei In other words, the chairman ! in writings and speeches, but in honorable mention to Warren Farmer, air-! of the senate committee did not everyday conversation fressive tackle of the P. H. S. team . . . The! know the name of the French r-,i,. r.,T-f Koontv wolmi was nnnnAH hv-l defense minister, who is not Mrs. Carrie Christ in the building on Soth Sixth street with Florene Tritsch and Mil dred Newton as operators . . . The fourth annual exhibition of the Tri-county poul try and net stock show announced its open ing for Dec. 10th in the American Legion Community building, for a four day show. TEN YEARS AGO Franklin Wehrbein, John Kaufmann and Arthur Hild were enjoving a hunting trin in the northwest part -of the state near 1 men admired his suite at the Alliance and Lakeview at the Morse Peters Ritz. "I always get the best ranch . . . Mrs. Rav Norris of Weeping Wa- T0s-" t vTwwi kV cato hnnrrl nf Vphms-i Thomas went on to say that ka Federation of Women's Clubs with the appointment as state chairman of Ameri can Citizenship for two vears . . . John Tidball, Jr.. former P. H. S. basketball player, landed a berth on the Doane Col lege reserve squad . . . Ordell Hennines was elected Noble Grand of local IOOr M"te took-off for Europe by slow lodge . . . The Svlvan Dale Forestry club; boat last month, paying their were entertained bv Forrest Leonard fol- owti w "When my father-in-lowing a field and tree identification tour.l ex -r -fs - Georges Bidault, but Rene Ple ven. M. Bidault is the premier. PARIS NIGHT CLUBS "GOOD!" Thomas went on to tell the press about the Paris night clubs and theatres his commit tee had visited and named with approval the Lido, Bal Tabarin and Folies Bergere. 'Good shows," he commented. "I'm chairman of the commit tee," he explained when news- his committee liked Paris. "We've gotten all our Christmas shopping done." he explained. Contrast 1 Unlike the sena tors who toured Europe at gov ernment expense. Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and tSHEV-iaO-EiOat (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: JUNKETING SENATORS CRE ATE BAD IMPRESSION: SENATOR THOMAS'S SUBCOMMITTEE DOES CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN PARIS: BOLIVIA DUCKS WASHINGTON AIR COLLISION BLAME. totiTVPTriv iri. o n Th omas of Oklahoma vrote.a letter, to Sec-sjon that cost 55 lives over tho retary of Defense Louis 'Johnsoa last, fall Washington airport, wanting a special air force plane to carry The Bolivian government now a senate appropriations subcommittee, refuses to pay the balance of through Europe, someone in Johnson's of- $7,500 due on the plane, though fice at first questioned the expenditure. he crash lt had insured This caused the senator from Oklahoma th pt:3.8 lth Lloyds, of Lndn to challenge the use of. government air- t J planes by Secretary Johnson, ice-Prei-i a P.47 even thoUffh it r ar a $500 bond. He said I had never had time to travel that I worked too hard. And he wanted us to take a honeymoon. So we're using this bond to help pay our expenses. It's the first time I have been to Europe." Contrast 2 Unlike certain bibulous senators who guzzled Franco's wine in Spain and then recommended that he get a $100,000,000 loan. Senators Brew ster of Maine and Ferguson of Michigan took a quiet, hard working tour of the world's trouble-spots completely sober. BOLIVIA DUCKS Bolivia is ducking all respon dent Barkley and other brass hats, with the ready delivered inLa Paz Yet Jl i Tl 11J 1 1 result mar jonnson punea in nis Horn's, i the dealer here, Paul Aubin, and Senator Thomas got the plane plus can't sue Bolivia unless it waives six crew members. diplomatic immunity. Further- Now that Senator ' Thomas and col- j more, the relatives of the pas leagues have toured Europe supposedly j sengers killed in the Bolivian on official business it appears that Seer,- crash cannot sue-without the tary Johnson's first impulse was right. He j S consent- should have stuck to his guns. The Amerlcan chArge d-af. For the chief results of the Thomas faires in Madrid, Paul Culbert junket are an overdose of hospitality in son, has cabled the state depart Spain, and an underdose-oT"lispitality int ment that- crop.-conditions . are The new FAH policy against racial discrimination isn't worth much. It won't stop landowners from enforcing racial restrictions as long as they don't put it in "writing . . . Secretary of State Acheson may deny it, but he has authorized George Kennan to begin drafting a new interna tional control plan for atomic energy in the light of Russia's successful atomic bomb explo sion. The new plan probably won't be accepted by the Rus sians, but it will face the fact that they now have the bomb . . . General MacArthur has rec ommended that the 27 American lend-lease frigates which Russia has finally returned to us now be given to the Japanese. Mac Arthur feels it is time to rebuild the Japanese navy as a bulwark against communism in the Far East. CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES GOP stirs in Dixie GOP leaders in Georgia will shortly hold a strategy meeting to de cide whether to try reviving the Republican party in the south AS A RESULT of the recent elec tions, politics is in the air in Washington, with Republicans somewhat downcast and Demo crats jubilant over the outcome in New York state and in other off year elections. Both parties accepted the New York election, which pitted ex-governor Herbert Lehman against Sen. John Foster Dulles for the seat vacated br Sen. Robert Wagner, as a test of issues. Lehman was squarely for the Fair Deal pro gram of President Truman, and Senator Dulles squarely against the program, with Lehman the de cisive winner. At k result, the Republican high remmind may change to k middle-of-the-road opposition to Democratic proposals. Gov ernor Dewey was defeated on k "me too but do it better" pro gram, and Senator Dalles tried the direet opposition method. Both failed. They point to the middle-of-the-road course of Governor Driscoll of New Jer sey, reelected as conservative ly liberal, and to the campaign of Senator Ives of New York, also a. conservative liberal, who defeated Governor Lehman for the senate in 1946. Mrs. Betty Kearns, Mrs. Mina Nunn accompanied Mr. and Mrs. John Fipps to Omaha Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O'Brien were Saturday visitors at the Tom Carnicle home. Mrs. Tyler Nunn accompanied Mrs. Craig Moller to Lincoln. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Carnicle and children were among those who helped Mrs. S. F. Morris celebrate her birthday Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Furrer were Wednesday supper guc-?ts of Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Parrish Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Cora Campbell. Mrs. Amy Thios?en, Mrs. Glen Kuhn ac companied Mrs. Viril Levers to Lincoln. Thursday. They called on Mrs. Hazel McGinness at the Bryan Memorial hospital, and are pleased to report she is im proving satisfactorily. Mr. and Mrs. John Gakemier Jr. were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Rosecrans. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Grady. Mrs. John Grady, Mrs. Wm. Rcsecrans, Mrs. Lottie Knecht were all Thursday shoppers. Mrs. Jess Fidler and girls, Miss Norma Bushnell were Sunday supper guests of Mrs. Barbara Laughlin. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Davis and son, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fidler and daughters were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Streight. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lackey and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Barney and daughters were Tointing to the cair, .-.:?'i boi made by Senator Taft in .,i ns i winning friends, the R.; ' -.r s may adopt a "semi-libei ; i' .ni for the 1950 elections. At any rate. President Ti-.v.-n i at the height of his popularity which strengthens the morale c the Democratic organizations in the large cities. That these organ izations need strengthening is seen in the defeat of the Curley machine in Boston and the Hague machine in New Jersey. The Democrats are planning to wage a strong campaign for farm votes, especially in the Midwest, and will make strenuous efforts to capture the votes of small business men. Despite victories in New York, which add a senator and a congressman, . aod in Cali fornia, which gives another con gressman to the Democratic majority in the next session, the congress convening in Jan uary will be essentially that which was reluctant to pass the Fair Deal program at tUe firt session. Unless these congressmen coma beck to Washington with d.ffcrejit viewpoints after consulting Ut home folks, the President will have about as n-.uch difficulty enacting the rest of his program. The Presi dent will win more of his program,, but not all. The President was given a stand ing two-minute ovation when he attended and spoke to a nation wide meeting of the National Con ference of Christians and Jews at the Mayflower hotel at a luncheon kicking off the drive for Brother hood week in February, 1950. With a new record cotton pro duction of 15.524 bales predicted for 1949, Secretary of Agriculture Brannan has announced a 1950 marketing quota of 11,733.750 bales and a national acreage allotment of 21 million acres in a move aimed at reducing the 1950 production by at least 20 percent. Dr. Willard E. Given, execu tive secretary of the National Ecu cation Association, said that in the coming decade 1.300.000 new school teachers will be needed. The de mand for new elementary school teachers will be about 100.000 an nually, he said, while only about ! one fifth of thr.t number is beir.g j prepared each year, lie pointed to the fact that, while averape salary of all employed persons rose near 'v 105 per cert between 1D40 and '. ,'7. s.,'.arits of school teachers iva.-cd only (! per Cvnt ar.d that liw!'3,i pay of school teachers is f..t b-low what could be co:u- dcrcd piv . ssl'inal compensation. Ibis in addition to too few and oi.li-te buildings and other school facilities, is plac ing a tremendous drain on state and '.ocr.l tuxes. Add to this a tremi ndouslv increased enrollment, ani it is likely that in many ur'jan cr-itcrs only half-day schoo' will be held. There is cxpc.-n-J tremendous pressure in the no-:t session for federal aid to schocis. ; -.id chances are good that the e'.ul :id pro gram will pass. The S.TM.OOO.lXM) bill already has passed V. c .senate but was held up in a home commit tee. It may be that the figvre will h increased by house action. Attend Funeral At Beaver City Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rummcl of this city, in company with H. B. Hall of Lincoln, Mrs. Fred Rummel, daughter, Jean, and son, Gary of Garland, Nebraska, were at Beaver City, Nebraska, the past week to attend the fun eral services of the late Mrs. M. J. Rummel. Mrs. Rummel passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the home of her son, Carl Rummel, at Hol drege, where she has been dur ing her last illness. After the funeral of Mrs. Rummel, Mr. and Mrs. John Rummel and Harry Hall depart ed for Almeda, Kansas, where" they visited overnight with Hugh Hall, brother of Harry, and his family. The local people re turned home late Saturday afternoon. GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. August Oehlcr king will hold open house at their home at Elm wood, on the anniversary of their 50th wed ding anniversary, Wednesday. December 14th. 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. They request no gifts. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. u.P No body entered the Knox County 4-H Club wool dress and suit contest this year. The reason ac cording to assistant home dem onstration agent Mattie Drin nen: The girls just don't like wool dresses and suits; they pre fer sweaters and skirts. Georgia has the leadership to S w?ek end quests of Mr. and Mrs spearhead such a movement, but needs money to hire paid organizers. Meanwhile, the Re publicans are keeping on close terms with such southern Demo crats as Congressman Jim Da vis of Stone Mountain. Ga., whose voting record is 97 per cent Republican even more so than Senator Taft's. Russian industry hums The American embassy has warned the state department that, con trary to predictions, Russian in dustry is breaking all production records, especially in tanks, planes and war materials. Am bassador Kirk says the Russian P. Proctor and Mr. and Mrs. Wynne Thiessens' boys. Mr. and Mrs. John White spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dill. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Haswrll called on Dora Richards and daughters Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cwing were supper and dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Valgene Ewinc. factories are turning out .so much stuff that Moscow is plan ning to announce that the five year plan has been achieved in four years. mm brain bu 1. The olfactory nerve would be stimulated by (a) sand paper, (b) whistle, (c) rose, (d sunset. 2. A firkin is a (a) close fitting jacket, (b) wooden cask (c) small fish, (d) a fifth cousin. 3. The phrase most characteristic of a salt lake is (a) treat depth, (b) no outlet, (c) no inlet, (d) pass the pepper. 4. The word "fortuitous" means (a) accidental, (b) crafty, (c) ill-fated, (d) well-planned. 5. This sign, "ic." is known as (a) caret, (b) an asterisk, (c) an ampersand, (d) a semicolon. --, answers - J. (e) (accBt). . t. ( CUM flttiaf jacket. . (b) Urn tut. . 4 ( Aecloaatal. . ' , .() Am aaaraaai. 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