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TT&BE IPLAWSMdDQJTQfl JJdDlMNM- UNITED PRESS AND NWNS SERVICE SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper t The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper FSTABLISIIED IN 1SS1 Published Fmt-wpklv. Mondays and Thurs days, at -409-41:? Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cut's County. Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE -.Publisher FRANK II. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD ... .Advertising Mgr. Helen E. Helnrlch, News Editor hitocAron m I I "lIMl'A SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year Isewhere, In advance, by mail outside the city ol Plattsmouth. By carrier In Platts mouth, 15 cents for two weeks. ffntrl et the Postoffloe nt Plattsmouth. Nebraska a pt-fond lass mail matter la ac cord:! ne with the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Science increases our power in propor tion as it lowers our pride. Claude P.ernar 1 editrTalT A DOCTOR TALKS OF MEDICAL CARE We think that nearly every American would prefer to see the program of medi cal care continued in the hands of the medi cal profession. We look for the day when, regardless of a person's economic status, there will be available equal and adequate medical care for those who need it. Somewhat along this line is the decla ration of Dr. Carlton E. Wertz, of Buffalo, New York, who was recently elected presi dent of the Medical Society of the state of New York. Dr. Wertz asserted that "it is the primary duty of the medical pro fession to see to it that everyone requiring medical care receives it.'- He insisted that this means "equal medical care, regard less of economic status and of the time of dav or night at which the service is need ed' The doctor told his fellow medical men that the people of his state looked to the convention for positive leadership in the development of a constructive program of medical care. "Whether we continue to make progress under a free, individualistic and democratic system of practical medi cine," he declared, "will depend largely upon how realistically we forge a construc tive and well-meaning program of medical care." He added that this is the type of medical program "which our age de mands." Dr. Wertz proposed that the society "seriously consider among its duties thy need for the development of a state-wide plan for medical care" and added that it should be available "to everyone and that no area should be left unattended." He complained somewhat about the over-emphasis on specialization in recent years, stating that in some areas "the specialists outnumber the general practitioners more than two to one." He added that this is out of proportion to the normal ratio and leclared that "the general practitioner is still the essential factor in the practice of medicine." BORROWING AT A HIGH RATE Business experts know that the lend ing of money goes on at a record-breaking pace, with the government, commercial banks and other credit agencies falling over themselves to provide funds to con sumers. A financial writer suggests that there are some perils in connection with a large private debt, especially in view of the large volume of installment loans outstanding. Nevertheless, figures show that credit ad vanced in 1949 was 9.7 per cent of dispos able income. This compares with eleven per cent in 1939 and 9.2 per cent in 1929. Apparently, this is about a normal rate but there has been some expansion of credit since the end of last year. One phase of the commercial credit policy revolves around home building. Vet erans are allowed to buy with no down payment and the public generally gets low interest rates and long periods in which to pay. The fear is that a downturn in busi ness could throw much of this property on the market but, in view of the population increase of 19,000,000 people in the last ten years, this seems unlikely for a long time, at least. AMUSING SPECIMENS The human race contains individuals, entirely worthless except for a nuisance value. 'They attract slight attention bv throwing mud at better men. This pleases their ego. All they want is a little atten tion. m The trait is seen in small boys who Furse's Fresh Flashes Any housewife can do something today that will make tomorrow easier, such as scrubbing the kitchen floor tonight. Make something of this: To make what you make you have to spend what you make to make what you make; and con sequently whatever you make you are mak ing no more than you used to make when you were not making as much as you now make. M If you look at it from their point of view you can't blame women for wanting to be married. M M A bore is even more bored than he looks. -k A local husband always wears ear muffs when helping his wife in the kitch en. He just can't stand the sound of break ing dishes. A Plattsmouth man has returned from the hospital fully recovered. They sent him there alter he was trapped in front of the school house when it let out for summer vacation. After his first airplane ride, a friend of ours reports it was only then that he realized how insignificant was man. Shucks. Any woman could have told him that without going up in an airplane. THOSE BEAUTIFUL GREEN PASTURES write naughty sayings upon sidewalks, barn doors and other places to compel attention and to have the fun of seeing cleaner-minded individuals remove their trash. The interesting little nuisance seldom grows up, revealing his nature all through the years. As intriguing studies of the so-called human race, they amuse those who understand what Is behind their behavior. 1 ' iih' n "'WW .,'-V' ."' """"S ." t. .... .-.. i-A- 1 I .'- 1 1 IV . II II v I V mm I I t i .V T v ' I DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Rev. ?tnd Mrs. J. A. Pahl, Jr., and daughter Carol Lou of Hartley, la., were guests of former parishioners and friends here . . . Miss Norma Mead ot Union cap tured the special prize in the nation-'via educational crochet contest open to schools and colleges throughout the country . . . Vivian Warner was installed honored queen of Jobs Daughters with Jacqueline Wetenkamp senior princess . . . Mrs. John Koop, formerly Marie Vallery, resigned her position at Ladies' Toggery; Mr. and Mrs. Koop were to make their home in Omaha . . . Dates of Sept. 18th to 21st selected for 1940 King Korn Karnival . . . Stuart Por ter, student at University of Colorado at Boulder, taking special degree work, was visiting home folks. -k -K -K 20 YEARS AGO Impressive ceremonies by Woman's Relief Corps marked designation of high way named for General Robert Ramsey Livingston, pioneer physician, soldier and statesman . . . Carl Weigel, former organ ist at the Parmele Theatre, was located at Grand Junction, Colorado . . . Frank Hor sak, one of the crack young golfers of the city, made the local course in four under par in game with Don Pittman, southeast ern Nebraska champion and Lester Gay lord . . . Misses Margaret and Emma Albert departed for Washington, D. C, following which visit they joined a party from the University of Omaha for a tour of Europe, sailing on the Berengaria. -k -C - IQmV' QO- COT (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: PUT BIG BOMBERS OUT OF BUSI NESS; GUIDED MISSILES FIRED UNDER WATER MAY PREVENT OCEAN TRANSPORT OF TROOPS; LOBBYISTS BATTLE OVER BAS-ING-POINT VETO. WASHINGTON The navy is itching to rip the "top secret" label from the mo4 revolutionary weapon since the atomic bomb the guided missile. Reason for the navy's itchy fingers is that it thinks guided missiles may make the big bomber as obso lete as the dodo. Here are some of the facts which can be revealed without giving aid and comfort to the enemy : 1. The guided missile is guided uner ringly to the target by radar echoes. If, for instance, a missile is fired five miles to one side of the target, it will automatically change its course while in the air and hit the target. The exact distance a homing missile will change its course remains a military secret; but the effect is that of a magnet drawing a bullet to the target. It cannot miss. 2. The joint chiefs of staff, in cluding sober, cautious Gen. Omar Bradley, were so impressed by homing missiles they per suaded reluctant Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson to ear mark millions for mass experi mentation and production. Johnson has finally approved an order. 3. The navy in its new con struction program now before congress proposes two cruisers and a number of small vessels and submarines be converted in to guided-missile carriers. 4. The navy has developed anti-submarine and anti-ship mis siles which will dive under wa ter and speed toward a fast moving ship. This may make the transportation of troops in war time almost impossible. 5. It will also be fairly easy to shoot down invading airplanes. Comdr. L. P. Ramage of the navy's guided-missile research reported to the secretary of the navy: "The highest priority goes to those missiles whose targets will be hostile aircraft. The pendulum swings one way and then the other. The guided mis sile shows promise of achieving a quantum jump in the effec tiveness of weapons available to a task force against the bomb er. Success is inevitable." THE NAVY'S "LARK" The only missile which can be described in print is called the Lark, of which the navy has manufactured and tested ap proximately 200. Originally de veloped as a counter-weapon to the Jap Kamikaze, the Lark has two liquid rocket engines, uses acid and aniline fuel, and can operate outside the dense oxy gen layer of the earth's atmos phere. When the Lark nears the tar get, a second and independent electronic system automatically picks up the target and guides the missile to it. A proximity fuse sets off the bomb. The Lark weighs 1,200 pounds and is 15 feet long. It has two pairs of wings at right angles. It is a healthy fact that the air force, instead of bucking a navy development which may put big bombers out of business, iS giving 100 per cent coopera tion to the navy. In fact, the air force was so impressed with the Lark, it purchased 82 from the navy. It also went to bat with Secretary Johnson in de manding that funds be allocated for further developments. Note Another weapon in the navy's bag of scientific tricks is a pilot less ram jet plane. It op erates on a radical principle the more air it rams into, the faster it goes. BASING-POINT LOBBY A genial back-slapping lobby ist Named Frank McCarthy is one reason administration ranks have been split wide open over the hot basing-point bill. No relation to the Wisconsin senator, McCarthy is a graduate of Paul McNutt's old Indiana machine, and is now Washington lobbyist for some of the railroads which would profit by more cross-hauls under the basing point bill. McCarthy's infectious good humor helped to line up such Democratic bigwigs as Sen. Fran cis Myers of Pennsylvania, and spurred on elder-statesman Sen. Joe O'Mahoney of Wyoming. He also claims an "in" with the White House because of his friendship with No. 1 Secretary Matt Connelly, another Irish man. All week Mr. Truman has been pulled back and forth over the farm leaders made a plea to Democratic Chairman Bill Boyle against the bill. Then Senators O'Mahoney and Myers and May or David Lawrence of Pittsburgh went to the White House and asked him to sign the bill. One of the last to work on Mr. Truman was Rep. Raymond W. Karst of St. Louis, a foe of the bill, who saw the president while in Missouri. Note Lobbying against the bill on the Republican side dur ing the senate debate was done by William Simon, former coun sel for the Capehart subcommit tee on trade practices, now an Sl,800-a-month lobbyist. At the lime Simon was working for Sen ator Capehart, he also lobbied with the federal trade commis sion on behalf of alleged viola tors of the trade practices he was supposed to be investigat ing. And Senator Capehart let him get away with it. MERRY-GO-ROUND Ex. -Sen. John Sherman Coop er, the state department's Re publican adviser, has his eye on the governor's mansion in Ken tucky. The popular and liberal Cooper may run in 1951. A win would put him in the spotlight at the 1952 GOP national con vention . . . The Republican pri mary in Tennessee's first dis trict is a bitter scrap between right and left wings of the party. Congressman Dayton E. Phillips, a GOP progressive, is opposed by mossback Ex-Congressman Car roll Reece, former Republican national chairman . . . Dour Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma is making the phony boast that he brought $225,000,000 of govern ment projects to his state. He is j circulating a campaign folder with a map showing Oklahoma flood control, power and irriga tion projects for all of which he takes credit. Actually, Thomas had little to do with the projects. Hard- working congressmen pushed them through. THE DIPLOMATIC POUNCH It's being kept very hush-hush, but last month Franco Spain asked the import-export bank fertilizer factory . . . Last week. Communist police cracked the anti-red undereround in Poland. About 100 guerrilla operators who hud been derailing Russian trroo trains were seized . . . Lat- st trick of Soviet propa ganda is to bir.me the U. S. A. for a plague of CoIoiTdo bettl;s in eastern Germany and Poland . . . Verified reports from behind the iron curtain reveal that Rus sia has a slave-labor force of 20,000,000 workers. Nearly half a million are in Saxe. with 40, 000 toiling in the uranium mines of Slovakia. There are 11 con centration camps in east Ger many alone, a record that only Hitler could equal. Cass County Extension Notes Crab Grass Season Ahead: Crab grass, a menace to good lawns will be showing up as bluegrass lawns tend to become dormant, with the hot weather season. Crab grass can be con trolled by applying 3 quarts of kerosene per square rod, accord ing to John Furrer, extension weed specialist. Spray when the crab grass is in the 2 to 4 leaf stage. To avoid burning blue grass, spray when the tempera ture is less than 90 degrees. Tractor Motor Care: Tractor motors don't cool properly if they are covered with grease and dirt. By keeping the motor clean one can also reduce a fire haz ard and increase the life of rub ber covering on wiring. Clarence Schmadeke. County Agricultural Agent for a loan of $700,000 to build a 1 new homes and yards beautifi Home Extension on Council Meets: The Home Extension Council met at the Christian church. Weeping Water. Friday, June 9. Mrs. Jessie Westlake, county chaiiman, presided dur ing the meeting. A iep( ir of glove clinics was given by the agent. One hundred forty-seven pairs of gloves have been made this spring. A county tour was suggested for August. Visiting remodeled, ' npw hnmps nnri vnrris heaiitifi- Vetteramis' CoMinira By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, June 15. 1950 PAGE ONE Boo o oo o o q iif y ashington AS THF. CONGRESS moved for ward, finally sending the im portant ECA bill to the White House, its various investigation groups continued to take the head lined. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, chairman of a senate crime investigation committee, opened sessions in Miami. Frank Buchanan, Pennsylvania congress man, chairman of a house lobby investigating committee, an nounced subpoenas for officials of the committee for constitutional government, the national economic council and the constitutional edu cational league, and the Tydings committee continued its probe of alleged Communist infiltration in the state department, with that de partment denying there is a single communist or communist sympa thizer in the whole department. The committee for constitu tional government, with lis principal writer, Sam Petting ill, erstwhile Indiana congress man, and its guiding geninft, Kdward A. Rumely, has been one of the particularly bitter critics of the administration and is said to have spent near a million and a half dollars since the passage of the lobby ing act. I'p until this time, however, the organization has refused to name its contribu tors, as provided unilcr the law. Rumely had a brush i.h Uale Sam after World War I in connection with the trariing with - the - enemy act. and he was pardoned by President Coelidge after serving part of a sentence. Rumely also has been charged with contempt of congress on pre vious occasions. In 1944 he refused to testify before a special congres sional committee investigating campaign expenditures and was cited for contempt. A jury failed to agree on a verdict, and on a re trial, he was acquitted in 1948. President Harry S. Truman prob ably won his biggest congressional victory when his Point Four pro gram was included in the ECA bill providing for aid t underdevel oped countries. Final house roll call oo the measuie was 248 to 88. with a majority of Republicans votiiig uo." Ihe senate followed suit on a final roll call along partj lines by a vote of 47 to 27. Sixteen of the 21 reorgaaiaa tion plans, submitted by the President and following closely the recommendations of UiC Hoover report, became law l midnight May S3 after fiv plans had been killed by th senate and attempts to veto six others failed during the week of debate. The five killed were plans to re organize the treasury department, the department of agriculture, the interstate commerce commission, the federal communications com mission, and the national labor re lations board. The six plans which determined and partisan effort failed to kill, included a plan to abolish the maritime commission and create a new board in the commerce de partment and plans to reorganize the federal trade commission, the federal power commission, the commerce department, the housing and home finance agency and the general services administration. This column during the past several weeks bas pointed to the tremendous subsidies be ing paid out to ship builders and operators by the mari time commission. Ken. Owen . Brewster of Maine led the fight to continue the present maritime commission and pre vent the creation of a new board in the department of commerce. Immediately in the wake of the legalization of p'aus. President Truman named Maj. Gen. Philip Flem ing, only recently named chair man of the maritime commis sion, to be undersecretary of commerce for tarnsportation; Mon C. Walls reen of Washing ton to succeed Nelson Lee Smith as chairman of the fed eral power commission; James M. Mead, former senator from New Tork, chairman of the federal trade commission and Harry A. McDonald, chairman of the securities and exchange " commission. The house by a v oice vote decided to keep the government in tiie syn thetic rubber buiincs lor three more yeais. cation is tentatively planned. Plans for county fair are in the process. Booth exhibits and spe cial music were suggested The fall council meeting will be held in North Platte, Sept. 26, 27, 28. Delegates elected were Mrs. Nelson Berger, Mrs. Oliver Meisinger and Miss Evelyn Wolph. Mrs. Jessie Westlake is the first delegate. Alternates were Mrs. Fred Wehrbein, Mrs. Arthur Johnson, Mrs. Lloyd Lewis and Mrs. Roy Comstock. Pearl L. Schultz. Home Extension Agent Perfect Attendance Second Semester The following is the perfect attendance record of the Platts mouth high school for the sec ond semester 1949-50. Freshmen John Blotzer. Herb Brown, Willard Christensen, De Wayne Freeburg, Lyle Hild, Lor an Kaffenberger, Bob Litle. Tom Livingston. Ronnie Schneider, Kenneth Meisinger, Shirley Beckman, Barbara Clifford, Edith Lewis, Merna Petereit, Phyllis Rieke, Jean Schubech, Bettie Sutton, Edith Wetenkamp. Sophomores Richard Coffelt, David Newburn, Robert Richter, Robert Snodgrass, Phyllis Lehnst, Mary Mumm. Imogene Schiber. Juniors John Glaze. Willard Gunsolley. Arthur Newburn, Kenneth Tschirren. Janet Baker, Joy Hild, Helen Hike. Seniors Vernon Bocock. Bill McCormick, Edna Mae Buech ler, Norma Kaufman. Subscribe for The Journal. Have You Recorded Your Discharge? This office has had repeated difficulties, especially in emer gent cases, in obtaining copy of the discharge certificate. When we can not furnish proof of a veteran's service (and the only acceptable proof is the discharge certificate) we are helpless to render service in many cases. In many respects, that discharge is more valuable to you and your dependents than a deed to real estate. The place to file it is the of fice of the county clerk, and the service is FRKK. Then when we need a copy for application for any benefit which requires it, we need only request a certi fied copy from that, office time and such a certificate, when delivered, does not furnish all of the information contained on the original discharge. So PLEASE, help yourself, help your dependents, and help us. File that certificate NOW! Deadline fof PW Claims There has been some confu sion as to deadline for filing claim for Prisoner of War bene fits. The last date for filing claim for the $1.00 per day bene fit for each day a veteran of World War II was held as pris oner of war is March 1, 1951. fucnard Peck Insurance Dividend Under payments If you believe your insurance dividend was short, write to the district office where the insur ance account is handled. Give and the copy is full name, address, all certificate FRB:E. If no or policy numbers, all service copy is on file serial numbers, dividend check and the origi- number, and office code number nal cannot be i on the check. Do not return the located, the check; cash it, as that is no in onlv recourse is to addIv for a i dication that vou are accepting basing-point bill. First a group certificate in lieu of lost dis- ! it as full payment of the divi of small business, labor and 1 charge. This takes considerable dend due you. 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