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The Plattsmouth Journal KSTABLISHKD IX 1SS1 I'ut.l abfi Femi-xveeklv, Mondnvs and Thur tay. :it -lOM-m Main Street, liattsmouth. t'a.-s '.innty, NVbrnskn. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK II. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD ... .Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor 41 turn. lASSOcmrion a m. hvi KSSTrSSfL 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. 7"nterl at th I'ostofflce ftt 1'lattsmouth, Nebraska as sciond lass mall matter tn ac cordance with the Act of Congress of Marvh 3. 179. A TI I OUGHT FOR TODAY lirerlasting peace is a dream, and not e:rn a beautiful one. Ilelirmth Von Moltke EDITORIALS DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR One finds a few choice tidbits in the news jrrist of the day, such as the debate between Yale and Princeton debating teams on the question: "Resolved, a wom an should choose death before dishonor." The subject matter of the argument aroused some interest, with press dis patches indicating that a capacity crowd heard the debate which was won by the negative. Not having had the privilege of listening to the young men as they ex pounded their views, we nevertheless sus pect that the question was limited in its application to how far a woman should go in defense of her virtue. The question is far more important, however, because in a society of civilized individuals, men, as well as women, are expected to choose death before dishonor, but the definition of "dishonor" is not con fined to defense from sexual attack. His tory gives us the record of many men and many women who have deliberately fol lowed a course that plainly, indicates their devotion to honor rather than to survival. There are also numerous instances of individuals, living according to principles but accepting the jibes of their friends, the insults of their enemies and the condem nation of society as a whole. They have been abused, degraded and punished. Nev ertheless, they have maintained their firm faith in the principles by which they pre ferred to live. If some wise philosopher-scientist can someday discover the source of human progress, we suspect that the answer will center around the men and women of con science who respond to the promptings of an "inner voice" and prefer "death before dishonor." -k - LEGISLATION BY EXECUTIVE FIAT Any American, interested in the pres ent form of the federal system of govern ment, will be concerned over the implica tions of the announcement recently made as to FIIA loans and segregated housing. The pattern of our constitution sets up a three-part government, legislative, ju dicial and executive. The passage of laws was vested in the congress, their interpre tation in the courts and the execution in the president. The regulation announced by an ad ministrative officer does what congress re fused to do. In passing its housing act the congress definitely rejected a proposal that an anti-segregation proviso be at tached. Now, the executive department, by its own fiat, seeks to write in the law what congress refused to put into it. The minority groups that applaud the action of a president, in dangerously ap proaching an unconstitutional form of law-making by edict, should not overlook the fact that a constitution protects the rights of a minority and that when this safeguard is abandoned, there is no re straint upon the will of a majority. There should be no misunderstanding of this fact. The day may not be distant in the United States when there will be a majority in power which does not cater to the electoral votes of organized minori ties. If constitutional government has dis appeared, under the clamorous begging of minorities, what will happen then? M CHINESE SITUATION UP-TO-DATE Uncensored dispatches from Korea, sent by correspondents who recently left China, report increasingly heavy bombing of Chinese seaports from which the Com munists are expected to launch invasions tf the' last island strongholds of the fading Nationalists. The Chinese Reds meanwhile are mov ing offensively toward Chungking in an effort to push the Nationalist Government from one of its few remaining strongholds. A dispatch from that temporary capi tal of the Nationalists, tells of the arrival of Senator William F. Knowland, of Cali- Furse's Fresh Flashes Fleas have lesser fleas to bite, says the poet. Maybe even the lowly flu germ feels preyed upon. Our high-speed camera has shown us that it takes only one-fortieth of a second to wink the eye. It's the quickest way we know of to get into trouble. 4c The poor man of today isn't nearly so poor as was the case several decades ago. The money he hasn't got isn't worth much anyway. Driving up to the house of a family here recently to deliver the seventh baby, the doctor almost ran over a duck. The father claimed it wasn't a duck. He swore it was the stork with his legs worn off from making so many calls. Overheard in a beautv shop : "Well, I wouldn't say something about her unless I could say something good, and, Oh Boy! Is this good . . ." If you have to direct speeding traffic along modern highways you should be equipped with a locomotive headlight and a machine gun. It will do you little good for the doctor to tell you after your health is ruined how you could have avoided the collapse. A magazine writer suggests that our government be disbanded and given a fresh start every ten years. Or, the Hoover pre scription in the big, economy size. fornia, who, with Major-General Claire V. Chennault, conferred with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Both of these Americans advocate assistance to the general. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO Louis Sedlak, Harold and Carl Renner arrived from Los Angeles for a visit with home folks . . . First fine was given to mo torist here under new driver's license, law for failure to secure permit to drive; amount of fine, $50 and costs . . . "Dick," faithful old horse that for eleven years had served as the motive power that hauled the wagon of the American Express Com pany under the pilotage of Lester Burrows, was "retired" from service and sent to Chi cago; he was replaced by a Ford truck of the latest model . . . Mrs. R. P. Westover entertained the Plattsmouth Woman's club at a Christmas party at her home . . . The large cedar tree on the south front lawn of the court house was beautifully illumi nated for the holiday season, courtesy of the Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Com pany, who arranged the tree for the Cham ber of Commerce . . . The first living Christmas tree in the United States was planted at Crete April 25, 1923, under the auspices of the Children of the American Revolution. The soil in which the tree was planted came from Memorial Constitution Hall and the Lincoln Memorial in Wash ington and historic places in Saline county. (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: JIMMIE BYRNES TELLS TRU MAN HE'S NO CAESAR ; EVEN THE UNDERWORLD IS NOW ABLE TO EVADE INCOME TAXES; LOS AN GELES GAMBLING RING IS MYS TERIOUSLY ABLE TO KILL TAX CASE. WASHINGTON. Accidentally this column has got mixed up in the row be tween President Truman and his old secre tary of state, Jimmie Byrnes. Some time ago, Byrnes wrote this col umnist a letter regarding the circumstances under which he resigned from the state department. It was this writer's belief that Byrnes, who had done a great job as secretary of state, had been eased out be cause of friction and jealousy which even then was evident between the two men. Jimmie Byrnes, however, contending that he resigned purely because of ill health, sent Truman a carbon copy of his letter to me. And Truman sent him in re ply a significant letter which ignored the issue of why Byrnes resigned, and dwelt instead on Byrnes' conversion to Dixie cratism. "I have read your Washington and Lee speech," Mr. Truman said, and then went on to comment on the manner in which Mr. Byrnes was deserting the political philosophy of Roosevelt and Truman. As an afterthought, the president wrote at the bottom of the letter the following postscript: "I now know how Caesar felt," he said, referring to Brutus's famed stab in the back, "when he said et tu, Brute'?" When Mr. Byrnes replied to this letter, he addressed himself chiefly to Truman's postscript. He explained at some length that he did not consider himself a deserter from the Democratic party, but remained a devoted supporter of its fundamental principles. Then Byrnes polished off his letter with this crack: "I am not a Brutus, and neither do I consider you a Caesar." Laff of the Week A. w.. ...C;vV) ' M a A II vsxvs "WELt, I TOLD YOU I'D NEVER WORKED ON A FARM BE-ORE." In the opinion of this column ist, tax fraud and tax evasion are now more prevalent than at any time in years. This means, of course, that those who do pay their taxes have to pay more to make up for those who don't. There used to be one category of citizens against which the treasury never pulled its punch es the underworld. It took an income-tax case to send gang ster Al Capone to jail, while var ious underworld figures have been caught in the income-tax mesh after all other avenues failed. Today, however, even the underworld is safe from income tax prosecution provided they know the right people. Here is a case in point. Most notorious gambling net work in southern California op erates under the name of the Guarantee Finance Company cf Los Angeles, which serves not only as a respectable cover, but loans money to bookies and acts as a payoff center. Recently Los Angeles county indicted 12 members of this cov er agency. Prior to this indictment, how ever, the federal government through conscientious internal revenue agents on the wost coast dieted by Los Angeles county. Sackman had been in charge of the gambling ring's books and hurried east for the purpose of getting his gambling bosses out of the soup. In Washington he conferred with Ted Hayes, for mer head of the International Sweepstakes in Mexico City. Significantly when the books of the Guarantee Finance Com pany were seized in Los Angeles, various papers were found link ing the California gambling rinp to Ted Hayes' old organization in Mexico City, including one telegram in which the Mexi can sweepstakes asked for $7, C00. Hayes, no longer with the Mex ican sweepstakes, was formerly associated with Ed Flynn, Dem ocratic boss of the Bronx. He is now with the federal security administration in Washington. When queried about the Sack man visit, Hayes stated that Sackman had conferred with him about the tax case but that he had told Sackman he could be of no assistance. Apparently Sackman found other wires to pull and pulled them successfully. For the sup pcscdly airtight case against luvey, Kogus, Rockwell, and Cybcrt was immediately dropped. abso- kwo sr. -if nnn0-m! Tile treasury has done to be a clear case of tax fraud. nothing since , Governor Warren's forthright Lf ? thfr, development Is California crime commission was I th? t Lo? Angeles county has now responsible for the original clu The crime commission had s?iz: cl some of the gamblers' books and turned them over to the T-men. Before doing so, however, the California crime commission specifically asked the U. S. treas ury whether it would be willing to cooperate in cleaning up the California gambling racket, and got an affirmative answer. Accordingly, T-men Dan E. Goodykoontz, internal revenue intelligence agent for San Fran cisco, Ralph Read, another in telligence agent, and Walter M. Campbell of the chief counsel's office in San Francisco, got busy. The evidence they as sembled appeared conclusive. PROTECTION MONEY In 1948, the Guarantee Fi nance Company listed in its income-tax return $248,000 paid to "Lopez," and another $108,000 paid to "special." No further ex planation of these huge expendi tures was given, but it appeared from treasury investigation that $108,000 was paid to runners, and that the $248,000 to "Lopez" was probably paid for police pro tection. The gambling company's 1947 income-tax return was some what similar, with $247,000 paid to "Lopez" and $109,000 paid to( "special." After preparing what they considered an airtight case, the west coast T-men came to Wash ington where they recommended the prosecution of Marvin Kovey. Albert Kogus, Harry Rockwell and Phil Cobert, the chief part ners of the Guarantee Financ ing Company. In Washington, a treasury conference took place between the three west coast T-men, to gether with Charles Oliphant, general counsel of internal rev enue; W. H. Woolf, head of the intelligence unit, and Riley Campbell, in charge of internal revenue's penal division. It seemed certain from this discus sion that criminal prosecution of the above-named gamblers would be recommended to the justice department. One other official attending this conference was assistant commissioner of internal revenue Daniel A. Bolich, who has been seen in New York in the com pany of the famous gambling king, Frankie Costello. PULLING THE RIGHT WIRES But simultaneously with the departure of the west coast T men for Washington, there also left Los Angeles for Washington one Harry Sackman, a certified public accountant, since then in- J. i indicted Kovey, Kogus, Rockwell :vr,d Cobert. As far as the U. 3. treasury is concerned, however, no effort has been made to pro ceed with criminal prosecution. Salesmanship Courses Free To Schools (Continuel from Page 1) council meeting that the city would .pay an additional $100 provided the Chamber of Commerce would also pay in a similar amount as formerly. When the new levy of the city is made it might be possible to increase the levy to the for mer amount. President Furse stated that the Chamber of Commerce had felt that as the city made this levy for the amusement fund, that it might be available to aid in the band deficit, and as the civic body had many uses for its funds, it had been decided at the time not to con tribute the amount to supple ment the city appropriation and for this reason the Cham ber of Commerce had taken no action. On motion by George Conis and seconded by Walter Glea son it was voted that the Cham ber of Commerce now appropri ate the sum of $100 to match that of the city. Superintendent T. I. Friest expressed the appreciation of the schools for the aid of the addiional funds that would CAR TUNES Accost MAN" 11 1 Blue Deviis in Victory Over Glenwood Rams Continued from Page 1) line. Plattsmouth had five out of six and Glenwood five out of eight. The box score: Plattsmouth fg. ft. pf. RoSian, f 3 1-1 0 Cole, f 2 2-3 1 Wondra. f 0 0-0 0 McCormick, f 6 0-0 2 White, f 0 0-0 0 Janecek, c 2 1-1 0 Koubec, c 1 0-0 1 Ahrens, c 0 0-0 0 Huebner, c 0 0-0 0 Ofe, g 2 0-0 1 Brookhouser, g ... 0 0-0 0 Ashbaugh, g 2 1-1 1 Hodge, g 1 0-0 0 Totals 19 5-6 6 fg. ft. pf. Glenwood McDole, f 1 0-0 2 Raynor, f 1 2-2 0 Thomas, f 1 2-2 0 Denney, f 0 0-0 0 Davis, c 0 0-0 0 Schoening, c ...... 2 0-00 Crouch, g 0 0-1 0 Edward?, g 4 0-0 2 Collier, g 1 1-2 1 McManigal, g 0 0-0 0 Totals 11 5-8 5 Officials Bus Seyler, Wesley -an; Pat Harris, Auburn. The fans had a real bargain in basketball for the evening. The Plattsmouth Junior high quintet cleaned up on the Glen wood Juniors by the score of 32 to 16 with Jon Schuetz feat uring the local play by mass iner eighteen points. The reserve game between the two teams developed a real battle that required an over time period to give Plattsmouth he long end of the score, 20 to 18. In this game Bob Wan dra was high point man for the locals. clear up the expenses of the summer band program. Mr. Friest also told of the distribu tative educational plan of the state department of education, giving the opportunity the schools to carry out a program of vocational training that allowed the students taking the program, to secure valuable training in business, in addi tion to the regular school work. He presented Cecil Stanley ofi the state department to talk) on the subject. Mr. Stanley in his opinion stated that education on sales manship was badly needed now that the war is over, that the consumer was being given the place of the greatest consider ation in business, that courtesy and efficiency was being re quired more and more from salesmen. The stalp department was offering this vocational educa tion feature to the school for nothing. The state was match ing federal funds in this line to provide for the distributative system of training for the young people. This covered some fif teen fieds of education, assort ed courses in business training made available to the high school student, these including commercial salesmanship, pub lic speaking, window card writ ing, show window decorating, retail credit and similar train ing aids that might be desired in preparing for commercial careers. The speaker found that the smaller groups of from twelve to eighteen was most effective in teaching. The time cover ed from ten hours to longer periods depending on the sub ject. The schools were willing to do the job, here in this city the activity is handled through Miss Jessie Whelan of the high school faculty, but the schools needed the assitance of advisory groups and committees in the work, who could serve in assisting the instructors. The depart ment and schools would supply instructors but others in active business life could aid in the work most effectively. In the work a great deal of publicity was required and the co-operation of the non-scbool commit tees. In reply to questions Mr. Stanley stated that the schools .would provide the necessary Monday, December 19, 1949 PAGE THREE! illJi Be Different TX7HEN LARRY ADLER was a boy in Baltimore he loved to push air through a harmonica. No one else in his family played' one, but Larry played until he almost drove his family into the snake pit. In 1927 he read in a Baltimore newspaper that the paper would sponsor a harmonica contest. Larry's eyes grew as big as flying saucers. He had been selling magazine subscriptions, so he took three dollars of his savings and bought himself a new mouth-organ. It would do tricks that his old one couldn't manage. Now he began practicing against the day of the contest; .his family suffered; so did the neighbors. At last the Big Night! Practically all of Baltimore was present! The judges were impressive, one being the music critic of the paper, another the head of the Peabody D. Carnegie Music Institute, which was the last word the very last comma in music in Baltimore. The third was the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony orchestra. The Matterhorns of music. The other contestants poured in, 23 in all, loaded, cocked and primed. Depressing! Some of them played exceedingly well as well as Larry maybe better and Larry got lower and lower in his mind. Larry noticed that all of them played jazz. For that matter, jazz was all Larry had planned in his repertoire. He said to himself, "I'm going to be different At least, that will attract attention." The only classical piece he could remember was Beeth oven's Minuet in G. He had only his memory to depend upon, and his memory was as full of holes as a Swiss cheese. But he tore into it, did the best he could. Not very hopefully, for he knew he was bad, but he also knew he was doiii: something different. After all, there was a sameness to the selection of the other contestants, no one outstanding, no one too easy to recall. When the judges returned from deliberation, they announced Larry was the winner. He was the only one who played a classi cal selection, and he was the only outstanding contestant. material for the courses but might need aid in securing places of instruction. Returns from Trip to South Clyde Rosborough, who has been engaged in traveling in Kansas and Oklahoma for the Lugsch Cleaners of this city, returned home Friday. His trip has taken him over the greater part of the two states and vis iting the schools. The Lugsch Cleaners athletic department has built up a large volume of business through the central west. Their clients are among some of the largest schools in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, as well as other western states, Walter H. Harold R. Smith & Lebetts Attorneys-at-Law Donat Bids. - Plattsmouth picking up the football toss al the close of the season, clean ing and repairing them for the next season on the gridiron. The plant here has grown in to one of the largest of its kind in the west and each year a large volume of business Lj handled here for the schools. Christmas is not a legal holi day in Kansas. When You Think of SHOES Think of X-RAY FITTING Unless You Have IF YOU HIT a jaywalk er you may be ruined fi nancially, unless you have adequate Auto mobile Liability Insur ance to protect yon against any costs or awards resulting from the damage suit. Stephen M. Davis Second Floor Plattsmouth State Bank Bldg. Phone 6111 raramazxssa I ygggHH H9k KEE? A SAFE CISTANCI BEHIM9 THE AR AHIAO i Real Estate LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for each monthly payment. Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. The first patch of gray hair, the first step-up In your dress size, the first time a sales woman calls you madame instead of miss all these signs disturb that self-deception we all cling to, namely, that our friends mean it when they say "You haven't changed a bit." But these are mild jolts compared to the one you get when your children first criti cize your appearance. Have they changed, yon won der unhappily, from the ador ing youngsters who never stopped short of "the most beautiful mommy In the world" when appraising your looks? They've changed, but not in their affection it's their eyes that see differently. For to a little child bis mother's face is the whole picture it's warm lovingness, the charm of your smile, the welcome in your eyes when be runs to you. By four or five a child notices and loves it if you use a pleasing perfume. So if you want to de light a small daughter or son keep sweet smelling sachets In your bureau drawers and use mildly scented powders and lotions and a delicate flower perfume. But it's still your face and the lovely scent that fol lows you which means beauty to the child. When children start to school they begin to notice the way you dress. If teacher is young and wears bright colored clothes set off by earrings and bracelets your child will begin wanting you to look gay and to jingle, jangle a bit Children are fascinated by painted nails and will be disaopointed if your hands look drab when you go out; so practice to become skillful in adding this last-minute tcuch for hand loveliness. . During the teens when boys and girls are apt to be dis tressed over their own unruly figures they become acutely conscious of your figure de fects too. This doesn't mean that mothers should diet to re main pencil slim it's oftcner the way you carry yourself that makes the difference between having son and daughter proud to introduce you to th,eir friends and a bit evasive about bring ing the gang to your house. They can be terribly chagrined if you don't hold your tummy in, or if you look as if nature had put a permanent bustle on you. It is while your children are lit tle, and still ecstactically pleased with your prettiness. that you begin guarding against letting them down when their older eyes com pare you with mothers in fashion books or on the screen. That extra helping of dessert, those pieces of cake between meals, the candy box you nibble from while you do your housework these are largely hab its (half the time you don't even consciously enjoy them) but they may mean a lumpy figure when it begins to settle down in the thirties. These strong eating habits are easy to break when you are young by substituting fun, recreation, pleas ant exercise for taste enjoyments. But by the middle years a pam pered palate will demand rich foods. Nor can you easily find the zest to change sedentary habits by then.