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The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published semi-weekly. Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Main Street. Plattsmouth Cass County. Nebraska- RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD . . . .Advertising Mgr. Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor lASSocmTion I t UWTW&i-r Assocunam 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 Postcffice at Plattsmouth. Nebraska as second class mail matter In ac cordance with the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Jiuhjcs arc apt to be naive, simple-minded men. O. V. Holmes EDITORIALS SHOULD GET FACTS We are happy to get letters like that which appears in today's issue under "The Letter Box." It is letters like this that give all concerned an opportunity to bring all facts out into the open, eliminate con fusion in thinking and prevent gossip and small talk to poison the minds of other wise clear thinking people. This letter written by a property owner on Main street concerns itself with the street widening and lighting program and questions the procedure of the city coun cil in creating the district and, at the same time, brings up other questions deserving enlightenment. Members of Plattsmouth's city council took no action in this matter until many property owners urged them to do so and resolutions passed by both the Chamber cf Commerce and Business Men's Ad Club were presented to the body requesting the district be created. All the city council has done is submit to the bidding of prog ressive businessmen and two businessmen's organizations, who, on too numerous oc casions are accused of never doing any thing. Following the creation of the district, property owners will be duly notified through publication and other means and be given ample time to voice their -objections, if any. We doubt, with the small cost involved, that any objections will be forthcoming. Reference to the modernization j)ro gram as an "expensive project" belies the fact. Following engineer's estimates the cost as submitted to the council was amaz ingly low. In fact, it was estimated the complete job would cost property owners approximately $5.60 a front foot. Added to this for general tax purposes will be an amount of around $5,000 to $6,000 for in tersections and other miscellaneous ex pense. While the project may take care of a minimum amount of flood water, the pro gram was never intended as a flood con trol measure. No one can look up Platts mouth's Main street and deny that an emer gency exists in the appearance of street curbs and street lighting in fact, as days pass, our streets more and more take on the appearance of the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Widening and modernizing will cost less than one dollar per front foot over a repair job. So, take your choice patch it up for $100 per front or do a proper job for $120. Wise money will do the latter. As far as sharing the cost with all prop erty owners, we do not believe the small cost involved warrants it. This writer made an investigation of courthouse records on several properties in an effort to determine how much of a hardship the expenditure would create for the owner. Practically the only protests so far have come from those with income, or rental properties, and in no instance can we find one where the expenditure would be out of line. Take the one involved in this letter for instance. Courthouse records show this property was valued at $6,000 in 1948, as a one-sixth interest was purchased at that time for $1,000. In 1945 it was on the tax rolls at $3,680, this was raised in 1948 to $4,120, and this year, following a meeting with the board of equalization, the valua tion was reduced to $3,870, with a total tax load of $257.74. This building is leased for $80 per month, the tenant pays all interior ex pense, including redecorating. Gross rev enue totals $960 per year. Allowing for taxes, insurance and incidentals, it pro duces a good rate of return on the invefct- ment, much better than bonds or real bs- tate loans. Last special assessment we can find levied against this property was back in 1922 28 years ago, covering the repaying of the street. We believe every fair minded citizen will go along with our thinking that the en- Furse's Fresh Flashes A friend of ours out in California re ports they have found a petrified man out there. It was more than likely one of Cali fornia's hardened sinners. -k Asking a woman her age is like buying a used car. You know the .speedometer has been turned back, but you don't know how far. The only thing we can see about a bald head that's nice is that it's at least neat. The only trouble about living in a wel fare state is that somebody has got to pay the fare. - With present living costs what they are, we've joined that flood of humanity who will enjoy their strawberry shortcake when the berries get plentiful and cheap. To you who would cuss our weather just remember the climate was here first. A scorched shirt collar must be a wom an's mark of irony. The modern woman says she is proud of the fact she can do everything a man can do. She still can't strike a match like grandpappy did. -k - 'This country has been on the down grade ever since so many folks took to wearing their Sundav clothes every day. A couple of Plattsmouth old maids liv ing together say they aren't exactly lonely as they have each other to talk to, but they need another woman around to talk about. gineer's estimate of $120 odd that it will cost this owner is not too much of a con tribution to make to your community over a period of 28 years, especially when it will add to the value and rentability of this investment. HK DOWN MEMORY LANE 6EADLV 6OUL0EIT I y TEN YEARS AGO H. A. Schneider motored to St. Edward, Nebr., to join Eugene Burdic in a fishing trip to Crane Lake, Minnesota . . . Darlenc Hennings was employed as stenographer in office of A. L. Tidd . . . Christian church passed eightieth year of service in Platts mouth with observance of anniversary at Sunday morning worship hour . . . Campo ree set for June 13-14 was to be held at Camp Wheeler; would bring Boy Scout meet here for third consecutive year . . . Leland Flora of Wayne was elected to music post of local high school and Glen Fosnot of Schuyler was named to the sci ence department. 20 YEARS AGO The seventeen year locust, the insect which in early days was one of the crop perils to farmers of Nebraska, and whose appearance was held by many as a sign of war, was seen in this locality. The insect was quite large and on its wings appeared the letter "W" . . . F. G. Fricke, veteran druggist of this city, was honored at meet ing of Nebraska State Pharmaceutical as sociation in Omaha with a record of 69 years of active practice in his profession . . . Some 500 Masons, members of the Grand Lodge, and their ladies visited the Masonic Home here . . . Rev. G. O. Wich mann, of St. Paul's church, at the Sunday service, pleaded for the protection of the birds. (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: TAX-FORGIVENESS W OULD HELP BIG RACKETEERS; GOP AD VISER DULLES OPPOSES GOP POL ICIES IN ORIENT; DEMOCRAT LOUIS JOHNSON FAVORS GOP POLICIES IN ORIENT. WASHINGTON. Congressmen are beginning to chancre their minds a hour vnf. ing income-tax forgiveness to tax defraud ers who come in to the treasury and fess up. Such a tax-forgiveness proposal was voted by the house ways and means com mittee the other day at the urging of Con gressman Walter Lynch, New York City Democrat. However, some consider it significant that Congressman Lynch has the backing of Joe Nunan, ex-commissioner of internal revenue now handling a lucrative income-tax-law business; and that Nunan in turn has been representing Frankie Costello. Regardless of who was behind the tax forgiveness bill, however, it is now recog nized that this would chiefly benefit such big racketeers as Frankie Costello. In fact, some of the big gangsters are said to be praying .that such an -income-tax-forgiveness bill will pass. For that is about, the only way the federal government can catch up with them. Realizing this, ' several congressmen are now changing their votes, among them veteran representative Herman Eberharter of Pittsburgh. "Like a lot of people, 1 thought it would bring in some quick money to help balance the budget." says Eberharter. "However, if we ap prove something like this, it will be an admission that our revenue-collection system has broken down and that we have got to forgive criminals to get money." The only congressmen who had the foresight to speak out against tax-forgiveness were John Carroll of Colorado, Jere Cooper of Tennessee and Ste phen Young of Ohio, all Demo crats. "I will not compromise with a willful fraud," Carroll chal lenged his colleagues. "In stead of giving big tax evaders immunity, we ought to increase our tax-collection force and go after them." "That's exactly how I feel," added Young. "It's outrageous to think of giving amnesty to racketeers, gamblers and war profiteers who evaded taxes when we needed the money the most." DULLES VS. JOHNSON It looks like the Republican watchdog of U. S. foreign policy, John Foster Dulles, was going to be something of a disappoint ment to his fellow Republicans. Simultaneously it looks as if the big Democratic money-raiser. Secretary of Defense Louey Johnson, was going to be quite a help to the Republicans. In fact, Johnson, the Demo crat, is probably going to please the Republicans, more than Dul les, the dyed-in-the-wool Re publican. It was over aid to Formosa and Nationalist China that Re publican senators raised such a howl last winter a howl which led to the appointment of Wall Street Attorney John Foster Dulles as state department ad viser. Now GOP senators find that GOP Dulles is privately critical of GOP General Douglas Mac Arthur and his Japanese poli cies, one of which was sending arms to Formosa. Meanwhile, Secretary Johnson lectures congressmen in support of MacArthur. "There is no Japanese prob lem General MacArthur can't solve," he says. "The Japs don't want him to leave. Nor do they want a change to civilian rule. There is no resentment against our occupation." LETTER BOX The Journal welcomes letters from readers for this column on any subject. Tour name must be signed to all articles Intended for publication, however, oy request, tt fan he omitted from the letter appearing' in print. Contents do not necessarily express the opin ions of this newspaper.! Editor Plattsmouth Journal Dear Sir: It was quite a surprise to me when I read, in the May 25th issue of the Plattsmoutn jour nal the heading "Go-ahead Sign Given Main Street Lighting, Widening Program." I am won dering if this is the usual pro cedure; not to give the property owners the opportunity to give their consent or express their opinion of this expensive pro ject, as I understand it, this widiiung of Main street will not solve the problem of flood dis aster, it will make more space for cars to block the flow of water in case of flood. Would it not be the practical way to advise every property owner just whot the cost would be to each individual? Another question that comes to my mind is why do the prop erty owners on Main street have to bear the entire cost of this project when everyone in- town shares the advantage, why not also share the expense. "JUST ASKING" However, MacArthur's tight censorship has prevented the American public from getting a true picture of what is happen ing in Japan. Nor does the Pentagon building appear to be fully informed. For, according to information which state department adviser Dulles has given to senators, Japanese communism is defi nitely growing, and even Jap businessmen, wanting a share of the huge Chinese market now dominated by the Communists, talk about doing business with communism. Dulles, in searching talks with senators, has said he feels the United States must win over Japan as a partner in the cold war. The dilemma, Dulles con fided to senators, is that if American troops move out, then Maim Street by Ralph Stein KQ. MINUTE. LAI? FOR WOT? armed Communists will move in. Yet if the present military oc- fMinnrinn rprrmins flnmmiinist.S have a better battle cry for sab otaging us. One solution now under study is rn t1vp thp Jananpsp mors au thority, remove military control. and reconstitute MacArinurs troops as a "Pacific aeiense force" eventually including the Japanese. Meanwhile secretary jonnson is leaving for Japan, privately agreeing wltn MacArtnur U. S. arms should go to Formosa. In Tokyo, he will huddle with MacArthur on how to sell their program to congress. Long-range aftermath to Sec retary Acheson's historic report to congress was that he used too many one-dollar words. Ten cent words would have gone down better with the congress men. Real fact is that, military wise, Acheson achieved a greater success in London than most people realized. Here is what he achieved, spelled out in ten-cent words. During World War I, General Pershing flatly refused to inte grate American troops with French or British. He spent sev eral months organizing inde pendent U. S. units so they could fight separately. Likewise Field Marshal Haig was flatly opposed to an over all European commander, and it took pressure from Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson to make Marshal Foch the supreme allied commander. After he was ap pointed, the war went better. In World War II, General Eisenhower was supreme allied commander. But even so thjre was not much integration of troops of different nationalities The American army usually fought as a unit and so did the British. Last month in London, how ever, it was agreed that North Atlantic pact forces would be completely integrated. In other words, France, which would like to go in for a navy and air force, instead will chiefly concentrate on developing a land army. The U. S. A. will concentrate on long range bombing and naval war fare; the British on fighter planes, etc. To persuade sovereign nations to forego their own military commands and cooperate in this kind of defense is probably the most important step in military cooperation ever taken. Note One point neglected by Acheson is the European man-in-the-street. n o w drifting steadily toward neutrality. Re gardless of what his military leaders may decide, he is inclined to see no reason to get mixed up in a war between the U. S. A. and the U. S. S. FJ. Danger, therefore, is that we send guns to Europe, make historic agree ments with generals, yet the man-in-the-street may not fire the guns. War on Stray Dogs Creates Interest The warfare that has been de clared on stray dogs over the city, has created a great deal of interest, especially among those wno are owners oi canine peus. The proclamation of the may or of the citv. that the ordin ance, providing for the tagging oi aogs as wen as muzznng vi the animals, would be strictly enforced, caused a rush of resi dents to secure the necessary tags. Many of the families had the household pets locked up, con fined to the homes, this leading to a great deal of protest from the dogs and according disturb ance in the neighborhood. The city has erected a pound cast of the city hall, where the dogs are being stored as they are rounded up, awaiting rescue by the owners or disposal other wise by the city. Mayor Woster has had a great deal of praise for the dog war fare, also considerable criticism from the dog lovers and owners. His honor, the chief executive of the city, departed Sunday for Chicago where he is attending the head camp of the Modern Woodman of America, forgetting the doggone dogs. Wheat Allotment For New Farms Farms on which no wheat was seeded for harvest in any of the years 1948, 1949. or 1950, may ap ply for a 1951 wheat acreage al lotment, according to Evan H. Armstrong, chairman of the Cass County Production and Marketing Administration Com mittee. To be considered for an allotment on a new farm, the farmer must apply in writing to his county PMA committee by June 24, 1950. Forms to be used in making this application are available at the county PMA of fice. . The application must contain evidence that the land for which an allotment is requested is suit able for the production of wheat and that the operator will be largely dependent for his liveli hood on his farming. More than 5,000,000, acres of arid :arid ;.seroi-arid" .lands -; in western states arc under irrigation. CECIL KARR ACCOUNTING Income Tax Service Bookkeeping Systems Installed Ph. 6287 Donat Building THE PLATTSMOUTH, WfcHHAarvM, otmi-wtfcrviT Juutirt AOE FOUR Monday, June 5, 11 QMuffiCAraM mm mm Look Upon the Brighter Side XJERE'S A STORY with twin subjects, that is, two people gr A ing the same theme. William J. Campbell, Pittsburgh, Pa., says that he has one the finest men in the world for a father. But as his father h grown older, he has taken more to worrying. is particularly worried after listening to certa commentators on the radio, commentators w spread gloom through thoughts of disasters, ma) , , 7 of which never happen, and even are not minimized by predictions. those that Mr. Campbell says that if he had put on his uniform and gone back into the service every time his father predicted war, the uni form would have been worn out by now. He has a cousin old enough to go if another war Carnegie came, and since his aunt had two boys in the last war, she is terribly worried over the mention of another. So every time the older Mr. Campbell went to see his sist he talked war, disaster, and left her in a miserable state. One day when William Campbell went with his father see his aunt and sister, he called his father's attention to he unhappy the woman had become. The father said he had notic it. Then said the son, "You add to it every time you go over a; repeat the miserable predictions you have heard." He says his father was surprised, but pondering it a moment, he admitted that he believed this to be true. 1 After thinking it over, he said hereafter he would ex press only cheerful, happy thoughts when, he went to see his sister. It wasn't long before that sister was again her cheerful, optimistic self, and she doesn't even men tion the war that hasn't yet come and may never come. The second case is that of a woman friend of mine who sa in paying a call to a friend who is confined to her bed with weak heart, she had just realized that she kept that friend fill with fear and apprehension over the way the country was bei run, while she herself doesn't even bother to go to the polls vote when the time comes. She says she was brought to a realization of what a misa thrope she had become when another woman was with her a her invalid friend one day, and when she left, the two remai ing, her own self and her invalid friend, felt so happy. Said t invalid, "It's a joy to have Gertrude around, isn't it? She's i ways so happy." Lockin Group Presents Dance Revue Friday (continued from page one) Tap Dance Caroline Olsen, Margie Snyder, Beverly Olsen. Buck Dance Sharon Blake, Linda Donnell. Gary Austin, Georgia Erpelding. Rhythm Tap Marie Gochen cur, Shirley Thompson. I'd Have Baked a Cake Di ane Steinkamp, Rose Mary Wol ski, Caroline Brizendine. Soft Shoe, Shim Sham Shar on Harms, Kay Casey, Patty Mullee, Joyce Kerns, Deslee Mullee. Reeda Taylor. Acrobatic Dance Sharon Puis Whispering Joyce Kerns. When My Baby Smiles At Me Nancy Siemoneit. Martha Car neal, Gail Peterson, Jo Non Al bin, Jeanine Newton, Janice Wiles. Oh. You Beautiful Doll Kay Casey, Wayne Lewis. Three Little Girls In Blue Sharon Heath, Jean McClin mans, Deanna Hutton. Swanee River Above group and Patricia Schluter. Minuet Wanda Harrison, Ar nold Burback. Baby Tap Penny Hulac, Kenneth Mernan, Linda Ran dall, Christy Gulbrandsen, Car ol Suess, Jigger Blake. Peggy O'Neil Mary Schmidt. On The Beach Baby Class. Playmates Cathy Bollin Al ice Frady, Valerie Gorton. San- ; dra Cleaver, Antholee Rizzi. Star Dust Deanna Hutton, Janice Wiles. Ain't She Sweet Danny Lockin. Nancy Bulin. Let s Take An Old Fashioned , Wak Beverly Harris, Kay Ca sey, Wayne Lewis. Strollin' Roma Johnson, Marcella Moleman, Arnold Bur back. I Nancy Siemoneit, Martha i Carneal. Gail Peterson, Jon Non j Albin, Jeanine Newton, Janice Wiles. Nancy Sedlak. Toe Tap Cecelia Carter. There's a Bluebird on Your i Window Sill Janet Campbell. Acrobatic Dance Joyce John- son. A Pretty Girl is Like a Melo-! dy Joan Cannon. Vickie Smith, ! Cecelia Carter, Bonnie Fritchee, ! Marylyn Honnen. Jeanine Gar- j ner. St. Louis Blues Janice Wi Music. Music Jo Non Alb: Spanish Tap Jeanine N ton. She Wore a Yellow Ribo Martha Carneal, Wayne Lewi. Acrobatic Tricks Swe Blake. Rhythm Tap Gail Peterso Louisville Lou Judy Fie! Arnold Burback. Buck and WTing Nancy moneit. Spoon Dance Joan Cann Cecelia Carter, Vickie Sm Marylvn Honnens, Carol Fie! Janice Johnson. i Exhibition Waltz Bon Fritchee, Eugene Clark. Caldonia Nancy Siemon Martha Carneal, Flora Mae Ti lor. Alice Hughson, Marga Eiting, Gail Peterson, Jo Albin, Jeanine Newton, Ha Jj j Gochenour, Janice Wiles, Nj 'cy Sedlak. Sharon Puis. frinn Chnn 'Rnntri Rillv 1 cker. Circus Acrobats Arnold B , back, Charon Puis, Joyce Jol j son. Judy Jones, Sweetie Bla snaron tsiaKe, ueanna itu Betty Coleman. Danny Loci Rag Mop Neal Reynolds. Chatanoogie Shoe Shine I Neal Reynolds. Danny Loci Nancy Bulin, Kay Casey, a group. . The members of the advam class presented a performai Wednesday, June 7th at the S. Veterans Hospital, Lincoln. V. F. W. ANNUAL MEET AT GRAND ISLAND Twenty-five thousand V3 and auxiliary members of Department of Nebraska will represented June 11 to 13 Grand Island, where the Vet ans of Foreign Wars will h its annual state convention. Sell It Thru Journal Want FOR j Dependable Insurance Income Tax Servic SEE J. Howard Davi Phone 264 Soennichsen Bldg. Uheel Alignment ? Guaranteed Work Have it done the WILCO way. We align your wheels to your car, not to the floor. ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE COME IN AND SEE THE MACHINE OPERATE IT'S THE LATEST EQUIPMENT s Operated by Experts C0TNER & SON YOUR KAI5ER-FRAZER DEALERS 318 First Ave. Plattsmouth Phone 244