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0 ME PLATTIMl(0)IUTtH JJ(IDQJTOM. SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper UNITKI) I'KKSS AND NV:S SERVICE I THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEW I -WEEKLY JOURNAL I Thursday, January 12. 1950 PAGE ONE HtAVY LOAD, TOUGH GOING The Plattsmouth Journal i:?t.T!I.iih:d in issi Pu il isliil s-m i-w-f-t-k 1 nnil;iys a rul Thurs , lav--, ;it 4 : - 1 1 :t Minn Str-rt. liattsmouth. fii.-f V:ritv. .NVl-rnskii. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK II. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD ... .Advertising Mgr. O. C. Osterholm, Plant Superintendent Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor assocaron Vlyf A 0 NATIONAL I vTivC'i r ASSOQATKW L SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the tity of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Platts ifcouth, 15 cents for two weeks. T:ntrfl at tip Tistrrf if si t riattsmouth. NVIniiska :t s . ml mail mntt-r in ;- i -' i with tie Ait i.f Cnt''-- of JJarih :;, l s T 9 . A TIIOL'GIIT FOR TODAY Sinlii.'ii iicjitdintiiih'i' br'uiijs repentance. John Kav EDIT 0 RIALS COMPULSORY RETIREMENT MAY BE WRONG Some years airo. when society began to M-orrv about the fate of v.-orn-out workers, the theory was advanced, and somewhat widIv accepted, that old-age pensions would be the solution of this social prob lem. Now, with the old-age security and a steady extension of industrial pension nlans. the sociologists are not quite sure that the desires of all people can be taken care of by an old-age pension. There are many reports of workers, reaching the sixty-five-year-old retirement i'ixo, who complain bitterly about the as sumption that they are unfit to work. It seems that there are people who desire to continue to work. Many men and women, facing difficulty in finding employment because of the;r age. insist that business and industry make a serious mistake in stressing age in connection with employ ment. These unwonted workers denounce th "prejudice against age" and assert that older employes, through the benefit of past experience, lan be productive and profit able. They intimate that age and experi ence are assets which often offset the pep, enthusiasm and exuberance of youth. It's funny how everything can bob up about the time you try to get away for a' few days' vacation. SCHOOL TESTS ARE CRITICIZED Tests and examinations in school, which require the student to answer questions on the basis of remembered facts, are not a good idea in the opinion of Professor Jacob Verduin, an associate professor at Ohio State University. The educator seems to be on good ground when he says that such tests do not offer a basis to grade a student's abili ty to use information, which, after all. is one of the objectives of education. He thinks that a fairly tough examination co;Ul be given to discover if the student knows where ti find facts and how to use them. These tests, he insists, can accu rately grade the knowledge and ability of students. Certainly, the system of examination in use in most schools invites students to cram their heads with facts because th essential requisite of modern tests is a memory of facts. It would be much bet ter to adopt some form of examination that would eliminate the memory and per mit students to use their time and energy in developing the process of thinking on the basis of facts gathered and readily available. -k c "AN ACT OF MERCY" From Goffstown, N. II.. comes the news that a prominent physician has been charged with murder upon the allegation that he gave a fatal injection to a fifty-nirfr-year-old woman, who was about to die from cancer. While the doctor entered a plea of not guilty, officials say that he admitted in jecting air into the woman's veins, know ing that it would be fatal. He is reported to have said that he had no malice and that what he did was "an act of mercy," because the woman's death might "have been a matter of a few hours." For many generations, there have been individuals to suggest that persons suffer ing from incurable diseases should be pain lessly killed to eliminate unnecessary suf fering. The consensus of the opinion of mankind, however, has been overwhelming against such killings. Religious leaders have been notable in their opposition to such action. Furse's Fresh Flashes From the difficulty this newspaper has had in reporting the first baby of 1950, Santa Claus must have run over the stork. Gentlemen should always remove their hat when mopping the brow; when taking a bath; when eating; when going to bed; when taking up a collection; when having the hair trimmed; when being shampooed, and when standing on their head. -c - When arguing with a fool be sure he is not similarly engaged. The lie detector is by no means infalli ble, but should one be married they could try checking the device with the wife. In color photos of the earth taken from a rocket six miles up, our planet gives off a purple hue. Do you suppose the darn thing is spoiling? - If you don't learn from making mis takes, there is no use in making them. Girls used to wear unmentionables now there is little to mention. A local high school graduate has made good in a big way. He is now a psychi atrist in a pottery factory fie looks after cracked pots. A current gag in Yugoslavia reports that 95 per cent of the people of the na tion are for Marshall Tito five per cent for Tito and 90 for Marshall. We see where the 10 best dressed wom en in the country have been selected. We can pick out at least 10 in Cass county that are better dressers. -c DOWN MEMORY LAM 23 YEARS AGO Hoard of county commissioners let the contract for graveling a portion of the Louisville road through Eight Mile Grove precinct, awarding same to Henry C. Ic Maken of this city . . . Mrs. Clara Lee White was installed as worthy matron of home chapter No. 189, O. E. S. . . . Warren Farmer presided over convocation at P. H. S., introducing the Knites of Melody musi cal organization composed of Marvin Tritsch, cornet; Ira Mumm, bass; Sam Am, drums; James Begley and John Albert, saxophones, and Charles Nowacek, piano . . . Anton Bajeck, well known xylophone artist, was heard in program from radio station WOS, Jefferson City, Missouri . . . Carl Day of Weeping Water placed first in Cass county corn growers list with a yield of 107.4 bushels per acre, and Lee Farris of Union, third, with 104.7 bushels. TEN YEARS AGO Raymond C. Cook made start in the grand chapter of the Royal Arch Masons by being named Grand Master of Firt Vail. He was honored at a reception by Nebraska Chapter No. 3 of this city . . . Carl R. Keil was appointed to take charge of the business and manufacturers census in Cass county . . . Milo W. Price was named postmaster by appointment of Pres ident F. D. Roosevelt . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Taylor, who w ere spending the winter in California, attended the Tournament of Roses on New Year's day as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wallic: Reed in Burbank. (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: SAM RAYIJURN HONORED AT "BIPARTISAN" BIRTHDAY LUNCH ; TRUMAN PRESENTS RAY BURN WITH NEW HAT; CON GRESSMAN PATMAN REPORTS ON GROWTH OF MONOPOLY. WASHINGTON. President Truman attended a private birthday luncheon for Speaker Sam Raybum last week at which he presented Sam with a new hat. "Sam is the only man I know," com mented the president, "who could stay in Washington over 40 years and still wear the same size hat he wore when he came here. I don't know what kind of a hat this is," Truman continued, "but I'll show you how to fix it." , Showing he hadn't lost his touch as a haberdasher, Truman flipped the hat into shape and planted it ceremoniously on Ray burn's head. As the guests roared, Ray burn yanked it down over his ears. The president also kidded Rayburn about his age. "Vice-President Barkley tells me When he was a kid, he used to listen to Sam on the lecture platform," Truman confided. "But, in view of Barkley's known age, I'll be damned if I can understand how Sam can be just 68." FLORIDA VS. TEXAS GRAPEFRUIT First course at the luncheon in honor of a famous Texan was grapefruit, which 1 ,v w:(9wt;m rati, X I ii ashingtcn caused the president to remark: "I understand this grapeirm; came from Florida." "Yes, I amure this is Florida grapefruit," agreed Chief Justice Fred Vinson. 'Now I know it is Florida grapefruit," declared the presi dent, "because the supreme court has already handed do'.vn a decision that it's Florida grapefruit." "You'll have to wait until I prepare my dissent," differed Justice Tom Clark, a Texan. "I am going to claim that it came from Texas." BIPARTISAN BIRTHDAY The luncheon was attended by both Democrats and Republi cans, all close friends of the speaker. This caused Sen. Lyn don Johnson, master of cere monies, to announce it was a "bipartisan birthday luncheon." Later he introduced Rayburn is "a man who has made his friends proud and his critics ashamed." With a voice sometimes choked with emotion, Rayburn told how he was one of 11 chil dren, spoke of their early trou bles and struggles, boasted that seven still came home for Christ mas dinner last year. "No place in the world could 3. A provision that fines for antitrust vilations be increased from $5,000 to $50,000 on each I count. I Patman also will charge that ; small-business men. bidding for j government procurement con- ! tracts for defense and other j purposes, are being systemali- cally blackballed Dy rea tape ana contract specifications that fa vor bis: companies. EXIT AN A-l MAN President Truman may not know it yet, but he is going to lose another worth-while public servant. He is Atomic Energy Commissioner Sumner Pjke, th? delightful man from Maine. Piiie, wants to go back home and run for the state legislature. Those who know Pike's pixeyish seme of humor forecast a tumultuous time for the Maine lawmakers For more than a year, Pike carried on a vigorous letter writing campaign to collect half a year's pay as a Sl-a-year nun during the war. His letters were addressed to the conscientious Secretary of the Treasury Heniy Morgenthau, not noted for his sense of humor. Every time Morgenthau sighed and announced he was ready to give up the fight with Pike, his assistants rallied round and said, "Don't vou dare. He would ('. ....f Ifali F.....t;... NEB SKA we have had the opportunity we f rame that 50-cent check, and have had in America," he said. Rayburn wenf. on to say thai 98 hang it up in his office to laugh over. And we never would get per cent cur books back in balance. How I but Curiey'S men hunted on foot, an easier method but one which he believed "97 or of the world are good people j woujd we explain a 50-cent deii and have good in them. I haven't , cjt t0 a congressional investiga- v JANES C OLSON, Superintends TATS KIITOBICAL SOCIETY One of the most noted char acters )f the far Nebraska frontier was Doc W. F. Carver, hunter and trapper known throughout the world for . his prowess with the rifle. A feat which helped to clinch Doc Carver's repu' f tion was his victory over Buffalo Curly, alias Jack McColl. in one of the most spectacular buffalo hunt ing matches ever staged on the western plains. The story was related at a meeting of the Nebraska State Historical Soci ety in 1928 by Charles R. Nor din, the noted Omaha collector and published in Nebraska History. According to Nordin, in 1873 the question of who was the champion buffalo hunter of the plains resulted in a match for a $500 stake between Carver and Buffalo Curly. At the time. both had outfits on the French man killing buffalo on contract. Carver hunted on horseback EVENTS IN WASHINGTON point .toward the convening of the second session of the 81st con gress, January 3, in what prom ises to be a memorable session, probably determining some of the more important issues of the 1950 election. High on the agenda will be results of congressional inquir ies into the high price of food frturfs at the retail level; the bill to eliminate the federal tax on oleo which has now be come involved in the war of cotton producing states, up in arms over the 1950 cotton acreage allotments; the Presi dent's civil rights program; a head-on collision between the ideas of Sen. Clinton Anderson of New Mexico, former agri cultural secretary, and Secre tary of Agriculture Charles Brannan over the farm pro gram and a possible trial run of the latter's controversial plan; investigation of tax free organizations, such as the farmer -cooperatives, pushed by the National Tax Kquality association; adoption of some of the provisions of the Hoover report, including a reshuffling . of the agencies of the t!'-part-nient of agriculture ail the balance of the Trum-n : ..ir Deal program. One of the hottest fights i ex pected to be over the new ; pi prietions for the Marshall plan vv.u other European spending. Sonic of the touring senators and repre sentatives have returned with the conviction that the appropriations for ECA can be drastically cut. While ECA administrator Paul Hoffman suggests a reduction from 3.75 billion dollars, the cur rent expenditures, to about 3 bil lion, such senators as A. Willis Robertson (R., Va.) recommend a cutback to at least 2.5 billion. Sen. Burnet Maybank (D., SC.) be lieves the figure can even be cut under 2,5 billion. any room in my heart or lime in my life for hatred. I love people and I believe in them . . . Under the leadership of a plain man from the farm lands of Missouri, we have taken the courage to lead the world for good and righteousness. I be lieve we will succeed." SMALL-BUSINESS CHAMPION The house small business com mittee will dish out some un savory, but important, facts on the alarming growth of .monop oly in a forthcoming report to congress. The committee, head ed by spade-calling Rep. Wright Patman of Texas, will say in part: "If monopoly continues at the present rate, either the giant : corporations will control all our markets, the greatest share of ; our wealth, and eventually our : government, or the government ' will be forced to intervene wPh j some form of direct regulation of business. "Either choice is inimical to I those who believe in the Ameri ; can system of democratic gov i ernment and free enterprise." The committee will recom mend a complete overhauling of ; the federal trade commission, i charging that the FTC has not i given adequate protection to hi- tie business men trying to com i pete with big monopolies. Perhaps more important, the ; Patman report will recommend i these changes in the antitrust i laws: ' 1. A provision barring corpor ! ation officials convicted of mo 1 nopolistic practices from resum- ing their jobs for a specified pe ! riod after the conviction. 2. A provision that the United : States, as well as private indi ; viduals, may bring treble-dam-! age actions for violations of the ' anti-trust laws. tion?" SALMON PACK VS. ATLANTIC PACT Maury Maverick, the former congressman and mayor of San Antonio, Tex., is still the master of the vivid phrase. In a brief, whirlwind trip back to his former haunts in Wash ington, the colorful Texan criti cized the state department for iailing to get its program and policies across to the people. "Why, out in Texas," Mavs rick grumbled. "They think the North Atlantic pact has some thing to do with the fish that swim in the North Atlantic." Informality Explained NASHUA, N. H. (U.PjA man was not particularly successful in the presence of skilled horse men like Carver. As the story goes, Curly chal lenged Carver to shoot it out for $500 and the championship of the plains, the winner to be the man who killed the most buffalo on the run. News of the impending match spread throughout western Ne braka and when the day of the contest arrived one of the larg est groups ever seen on the Frenchman had gathered. Ther were Pawnees and Sioux, trap pers, wolf -poisoners, and a de tachment of troops from Fort McPherson. The troops were there obstensibly to keep order amon? the Indians, but in all probability their real object was The economic picture of some 10 million families whose income is under S.2.000 annually and afcout five million persons who are now on public assistance rolls at a cost of about two billion dollars annual ly will be aired in congress. S.n. John Sparkman (D., Ala.) is par ticularly interested in congression al relief action for this segment of the population, while Rep. Rob ert F. Rich (R., Pa.) a ir.emb.-r of the sub-committee conducting hearings, protests that the whole series of hearings was merely a sounding board'' for. ad minis tra tion propaganda. Among the other subjects on the priority list of majority lcaUer sen. :cott W. Lucas (I)., 111.) are included the dis placed persons problem; the highly controversial and much discussed "basing points" method of commodity distribu- 1 tion; President Truman's 'Toint Four" program for help to under-privileged and under-developed sections of the world; and extension of the en tire fcocial security program. It is also expected that the ques tion of high prices, again set off by the unexpected action of United States Steel to r;iise its price S4.00 per ton to meet costs of pensions will be given congres sional attention. While steel executives maintain the price increase necessary to offset increased costs of their re ccnt Tension contract with work ers, several senators, including Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming, ; .!;: red there was "no basis'' for ;.ic raise. takes the view r'so that r.o b.'.sis for the increase prices by the steel com . n i'dmission that its prof e over 39 million dllrs 11 the July-to-Septem- . d of 1949. even working at only 82 -tv cent of capacity. The CIO r ir's out thr.t most of the raw mntcrirls for steel includ ing scrap iron. l- :'d, zinc and tin are . down in 1 rite under a year ago, av.d that ir.se ul of a higher price "the Amcrir.-m c.nsurr.er has a right to look forwp-l to lower prices for steel products." They cite the report of the impartial President - appointed lact - finding board which reported th.-t "in view of its financial position fth steel industry) could establish pen sions for its workers without rais ing prices." L.-l-n . rc i t pany its "wci'o after taxei ber 30 pei was all Carver's. His first shot. fired 50 yards from the herd dropped a young cow. Mount ed on his big white horse, "Sur prise", he kept shotting far out on the prairie, his trail littered with dead buffalo. Long be fore Carver had stopped shoot ing, Curly's horse ruptured a blood vessel and he was out of the race. When the shooting had stopped, Nordin tells us. Carver had killed a total of 160 buffalo, and no doubt had put on the greates texhibition ever wit nessed on the plains. The match was a grudge con test in every sense of the word. Curly, it is reported, took his defeat very badly, and had it not been for the intervention of the soldiers, would have tak en Doc Carver's life right there on the spot. As it was. he swore to take the life of Carver and every long-haired man on the plains a threat he didn't make good. Little Sister Gets Break SOMERVILLE, Mass. UP Virginia A. Smithers, 11. winner of the New England AAU junior 1,500-meter championship, said her swimming career has paid off in more than just blue rib bons and publicity. Every time she returns from a meet her brothers take over her regular job of doing the dishes. found in a downtown street ; to enjoy the fun clad only, in his underwear had an explanation. He told po lice his automobiie had a flat tire and that he doffed his coat and trousers before changing it because they were new and A pistol shot stampeded ihe -didn't want to get them herd, and the hunt was on. dirty. - From the beginning the show Site of the match was a buf falo watering - place on the Frenchman. The shooting was to start when the first of the herd plunged into the water. the brain kdlgjp 1. The parents of Solomon were (a) Samson and Delilah, fb) Boas and Ruth, (c) David and Bathsheba, (d) Elkanah and Hannah. 2. The first line of "The Old Oaken Bucket" is (a) "How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood," (b) "How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood." 3 The famous "flying fortresses" and "superfortresses' were made by (a) Lockheed, (b) Boeing, (c) Douglas, (d) Consolidated. - 4. Attila the Hun came from (a) Germany, (b) Asia, (c) Hungary, (d) Austria. 5. Wagner's "Wedding March" comes from (a) "The Bartered Bride," (b) "Aida," (c) "Lohengrin," (d) "The Mikado." ANSWERS 1. re) DitII and Bathsheba. S. (a) "Haw ear la THIS heart . . S. a Beeinx. 4. ( Asia. 5. (e) Laacntrla. 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