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TTnnrr fTHn r -nr-nrx rv HfTsn iirnn FlThn ! rm r! A n UNITED PRESS AND NWNS SERVICE SECTION' TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper I The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 i Published nmi-weeklv, Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Alain Street, Plattsmouth. Cass County. Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRAUK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor totsocmnon j TKcmS&LJL 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 Pcidoffloe at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as sfoond class mail matter in ac cordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Reform must come from within, not from without. Yon cannot Icyishitc for virtue. James Cardinal Gihbon-; -it HOW TO BECOME INTELLIGENT FOR individuals who want to become edu cated, it is interesting to read the views of those with whom they disagree and thus it is possible for them to learn something occasionally. The man who is unable to justify his views, even to himself, against the argu ment of intelligent opponents, is in the bib and tucker stage and should not read. He ought to content himself with a bowl of mush and try to eat it without wasting it on his shirt front. Of course, it is well, when listening to Hr reading any discussion, to understand the interests of those who partake in the proceedings. Human nature, being what it is, it is inevitable that most individuals are influenced by their monetary, social, political and other interests. It is a waste of time to listen to any person whose only aim is to confuse your mind and befuddle your thinking by smart tricks of debate. There are many sources of sincere thought upon most subjects and it behooves you to seek them out. It is well to remember that most argu ments about human affairs revolve around conflicting definitions or inaccurate facts. Consequently, if you get into a discussion of any subject, be sure that what you mean by a key phrase or topic is the same thing that others mean. Seek, first of all, to se- fure the facts upon which there is agree ment and approach the balance of the field with a desire to ascertain, rather than to prove, the facts. TO DISCOURAGE HOARDING OFFICIALS charged with the handling of our food products have been some what alarmed by the tendency of many citizens to unduly accumulate supplies of various articles, particularly those which the citizens think may soon be rationed. Hoarding will not do much good, for just as soon as a commodity is put on the rationed list, each person may be required to make an affidavit as to the supply on hand, and whatever that amount is, it will more than likely be deducted from the quantity which the citizen will be allowed i tit i i 0io Duy unaer tne rationing system. The only kind of rationing system which should be put into effect, if officials come to the conclusion that rationing is necessary, is a compulsory plan. Advance hoarding should be broken up by a strict inventory of each one's supplies, verified by spot checking, if necessary, and search ing for any undue supplies concealed by greed' citizens. No patriotic man or woman should re sent any necessary police activities to make any rationing system fair and equal to everybody. k BUYS CUBAN SUGAR SUPPLY SUGAR, which has been one of the items involved in the "scare" buying that dc- j: triULScru t nil cue uuiuicaiv J nvuiiucr, will soon be removed from that category and those who have stocked up will gain little for their hoarding. The entire reserve stock of Cuban sug ar, amounting to 600,000 short tons, has been purchased by the United States. This means, according to the department of ag- u il i. x 1 ?ii i ri.i.i ricuuure, inai mere win ue avauauie xur j consumption in 1950, 8,450,000 tons. This is nearly one million tons more than the ; peak consumption achieved in 1949. -kr -kr J ; REPORT SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CITIZENS and law enforcement officers are requested by the president to report Furse's Fresh Flashes It takes a lot of good heads to keep a barber shop runnine. Better plan your approach to yomrr ladies, fellas. The crafty little darlings have foxed us again and the latest in nv lon nifties have the seams in front. Better make sure you know where you stand. A local boy, taken into the service re cently, is learning fast. He writes his folks that the sailors roll when they walk soldiers, marines and air force do it from a kneeling position. Many a tombstone is carved by enisling in traffic. -k A Plattsmouth man has applied for divorce. His wife insisted on buying ice even after he had installed an electric re frigerator. - - A character is a jerk with personality. Science has never been able to explain how a mosquito can get along without any sleep. They used to take the fender off And hammer out the dents, Then put it on the car again At just a slight expense. But now the fender's streamlined in And really made to stay. So you must either keep the dents Or throw the car away. - Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she's got to start visiting the beauty parlor every day. The cus tomers are beginning to count their change. suspicious activities to the nearest F. B. I. field office or representative. He wants the country to be alert for spies, sabotage and other subversive activities. The opinion is expressed that the Com munist subversion will present a more se rious problem than that of any group ii; any previous war period. Many of the Communists in this country are described as native Americans, who can be dealt with only after they have committed an ovct act. They cannot be rounded up as alien-, even after the outbreak of hostilities and therefore, if disloyal to this country, can do some harm by giving information V the enemv. DOWN MEMORY LANE 1 A YEARS AGO . . . JL U Joseph F. Hadraba, well known lo cal druggist, departed for a vacation on the west coast, stopping en route to visit with Joseph YVooster in Denver . . . Visita tion of millions of small bugs raided the street section, blacking out the lights, necessitating turning off of store neon signs in windows . . . Miss Harriett Goos was elected to teach at Western, Nebraska . . . Principal J. R. Reeder was initiated into Omicron chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, a professional educational fraternity at the U. of N. where he was attending summer school. OA YEARS AGO . . . Lt) Miss Marie Kaufmann, penmanship supervisor of Plattsmouth schools, who had been touring Europe, was to sail for home, leaving Southampton, England, August 8th .. . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeif fer of New York were guests of the Ger ing and Henry Herold families . . . Jose phine Janda, graduate of the class of 31, accepted a position as stenographer for a large insurance company at Dunbar, Nebr. ... A group of members of the Junior Cath olic Daughters departed for Seward to spend a week at camp. Among the girls going were Theresa Bierl. Margaret Berg man, Lois Bestor and Marie Meisinger, and their councellor. Miss Eleanor Hiber, with Mrs. Frank Mullen and Mrs. F. M. Bestor, chaperons . . . Mike Hausladen de parted for a visit in the old home in Ba varia, Germany, which he left when a lad of eight years. (Copyright, 1949, By the Eell Syndicate, Inc.) TOM McNAMARA AND JACK ANDERSON SAY: STALIN WAS FOREWARNED OF U. S. ACTION ON KOREA: JOHN STEELMAN WILL HEAD UP ECO NOMIC CONTROLS PROGRAM; U. S. PLANS NEW SUPER-TANKS. (Ed. Note While Drew Pearson is on a brief vacation, his column will be written bv members of his staff.) WASHINGTON One of the untold stories of the Korean war is that Joe Stalin had a blunt forewarning from President Truman that we wouldn't put up with any more Soviet shenanigans in Korea or anywhere else. The ultimatum was relayed by Trygve UNCLE JOE TO UNCLE SAM Lie, U. N. secretary-general, when he visited Moscow just be fore the Korean outbreak. Lie wanted to work out a "peace" formula whereby we would rec ognize Communist China as a m mber of the United Nations if R'ulin. in turn, agreed to call off the cold war. However. Truman flatly reject ed this proposal when the U. N. official sounded him out before lavin for Moscow. The presi dent said he was willing to mc-e; o.aun nalfwav on "honorable" grounds, but not as an appeastr. Somewhat crestfallen. Lie asked as the conference broke up: ".'Mr. president, is there anv message vou would like me to give to Generalissimo Stalin?" '"No." replied Truman. Then he added, crisply: "Yes. tell the Generalissimo that the only thing we want from him is peace. Also, tell him that th? United States will take no more I pushing around anywhere he tries it. That was one month before the Korean invasion. UNEXPECTED COORDINATOR Top coordinator of the eco nomic controls program will not be Stu.'.r". Symington, chief of the national securities rest urcts board, as generally believed, but John R. Steelman, assistant to the president. Symington, a man of action who doesn't hesitate to tread on toes to get a job done, stepped too many times on the large bro gans of Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. As a result. Johnson vigorously protested to the White House when he heard that Sym ington was being considered for the coordinator post. Another cabinet member who dislikes the NSRB chief and who helped put the Indian sign on him is Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawver. "If I am to do a responsible job administering my part of the controls program, I must have authority," Sawyer notified the White House. "That's impossible with Symington breathing down my neck." So. rather than cause a ruek v.s, Truman will assign Steelman to do the, coordinating, with Symington functioning as No. 1 adviser and trouble-shooter. Other assistant coordinators will be Budget Director Fred Law ton and Leon Keyserling. chair man of the president's economic council. TRUMAN TRIVIA Though President Truman doesn't object to smoking, he won't touch tobacco in any form . . . He insists on being on time for all appointments and warns his tardy assistants that "it's an insult to be late" . . . Truman has eone overboard for television, has three sets in Blair House, one in his office and even one on board his yacht . . . The pres ident takes a swim in the White House pool every morning before breakfast ... He doesn't like air conditioning. In fact, his office is the only space in the White House that isn't artificially cooled . . . Despite the terrible pressures of his job. the presi dent maintains a uniformly calm and friendly manner throughout each hectic day. Only outward sign of tension is an occasional unconscious wringing of the presidential hands ... If any would-be assassin ever manages to break through the ring of alert secret service agents guard ing the chief executive, the as sassin will be in for the surprise of his life from Harry Truman. The exact nature of the presi dent's "secret weapon." however, can't be told . . . When the first lady is in town. Mr. T. quits work at 5 p. m. sharp and heads for Blair House. When Mrs. Tru man is out of town, the White House staff never knows when the boss will call it quits for the dav. SUPER -TANKS Despite what the brass hats are telling congress, it will be another year before American production lines start rolling out tanks that can duel with Rus sia's 60-ton metal monsters. These new super-tanks will come in three sizes. Only the Veterans' Cotommiii By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer Insurance Part V Life Insurance authorities j throughout the country have j unanimously agreed that veter- ' ans should retain their National j Service Life Insurance. The rea- ' sons are nu-1 merous. For ex- ample. Premi- j um - Waiver; coverage is in cluded at no j extra charge. premium rates ! are somewhat ! less than for com parable policies issued ! by private; lima! u c rem companies, a Lifetime Total Disability Income I Rider may be added to the in- ; surance policy upon payment of a nominal additional premium : charee. life-inrnm navmpnr. to ; beneficiaries are somewhat high- ; j er than in most comparable pri- ; ; vate insurance policies, there are no policy restrictions on accupa- i : tion, travel, residence, military : or naval service, suicide, etc. i Moreover, the U. S. Government bears the entire administrative ; cost of operating the NSLI pro- : gram, not the policyholders. Level premium term policies ; lost issued prior to January 1. 1948, which have not been exchanged or converted to a permanent plan of insurance, may be re newed at the expiration of the term period for an additional 5 years, at the premium rate for the attained age, without medi cal examination, upon applica tion and payment of premiums prior to expiration of the first term period.' Term insurance may also be converted to a permanent plan, within the term period, without medical examination, and re gardless of the condition of your health, even though you are to tally disabled and your policy in force under waiver of premi ums (although it may not be converted to endowment plan if you are totally disabled). This is an invaluable privilege for disabled veterans who are phys ically uninsurable. Education and Training: Veterans are reminded that no training under the G. I. Bill can be initiated afterfJuly 25, 1951; and it must be completed by July 25. 1956. (Except as to vol untary Recruitment Act. en listees or re-enlistees . smallest, however, is ready for production and will soon start rolling off the Cadillac assembly line. Of course, this junior mod el is no match for the Soviet 60-tonners. and its big brothers are still in the test-model stage and won't be ready for produc tion until next year. Meanwhile, the army has five grades of tanks. The smallest are classified simply as "X." First to arrive in Korea, these baby tanks crumpled like egg shells beneath the advancing Red army's tanks. The next lowest grades. Sher man I and Sherman II tanks, are now arriving in Korea, and the marines are spearheaded by still a larger tank, the Pershing. Yet our biggest and best tank, the Patton. still hasn't reached the battlefront. Meanwhile, the army is hast ily converting Pershins into Pat ton tanks as a stop-gap measure, but even the Patton is a tin can alongside Russia's mighty Stalin tank. NO CAN ON BASEBALL President Truman has assured Commissioner "Happy" Chandler that the government plans no ban or controls on the national sport. Chandler called on the president recently to discuss baseball's war role. "I didn't come over here to ask any favors, but to offer the services of our national sport, including myself, to the war ef fort." Chandler declared. "If there is any way we can help out. let us know." Truman replied that he would put the former Kentucky sena tor, a reservist, "on top of my list, if we need you." but added: "Happy, you're doing a great job for the country right where you are and I would like to see you stay there. The same goes for the sport you represent. It would be most unwise at this time to curtail it in any way and I have no intentions of doing so." Chandler reported that no major-league ballplayers were seek ing deferments, other than for justifiable reasons applying to all men of draft age. NEB SKA h IAMES C OLSON, Suptrintendent STATE BltTOBICAL SOCIETY A trip along U. S. Highway 6, one of Nebraska's great trans continental highway connections and "the main line" for much South Pacific traffic into Oma ha and Lincoln, will give you an excellent opportunity to com bine an inspection of modern Nebraska with a look at some of the state's interesting historic sites and a visit to some of its most important museums. In Omaha, you'll be principally interested in viewing the won ders of Nebraska's first city, but you should also remember that historically the Omaha area is one of the West's most import ant. Here (at W'inter Quarters, now the suburb Florence! the great Mormon migration began. Here (at Bellevue) was a center of early trans-Missouri fur trade and missionary activity, as well as Nebraska's first settlement. 1 As you pass Omaha Central High School, driving west on Dodge Street, you go by the site of Ne- braska's second territorial capi tal. Remember, too, that no i HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday. August 10. 1950 PAGE ONE A llAfashington djooo j ljf THE FIGHT bHng madf- in tho senate by Republican loaders against giving President Truman controls he a.-ks in the 1M0 defense act is just so much window dress ing. , The f3ct is that within the ne-vt six weeks, the country will likely be on a full war-time economy basis and the controls now being: asked and granted are just the beginning. The President will need and win get all the controls he seeks to mo bi!i7e the nation's economy as well as the manpower. The flight of grocery ,md other prices due to heavy buying and hoarding of some commodities indi cate the need of price controls which will come just as soon as the President deems it necessary to clarr.p down to avoid inflationary spirals. The chances are the strict er controls will not be used until after election unless it is necessary for the national security. - JMIW - Observers here declare that the Korean affair is the show down with Russia. They believe that if Russia becomes con vinced that this country and the other free nations will see the Korean war through to the end, regardless of cost or that we are ready to fight Russia 1 ; r self, then Russia may call a bait short of a general war. Or Russia's aims may include inci dent after incident in the Ko rean manner which will keep the United States on a war basis for years, in the hopes that will weaken this country so that we w ill be a soft touch for the Rus sian Bear later on. --fyi The job for the American people is to show Russia just how wrong she is and that's a job which takes unity and sacrifice and self-discipline-. , The hope here in Washington Ls that the burial of "McCarthyism"' in a blaze of partisan politics in ac ceptance of the Tydings committee report will end that sordid chapter in the history of the country. As has been pointed out numerous times, the whole basis of the charg es made by Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin against the state depart ment was born in polities and in1 a partisan political speech. After five meiiths of smearing of inno cent persons during which time the Wisconsin sol on has not proved a single charge, the sub-committee of the senate committee conducting the investigation returned a report asserting that Senator McCarthy had perpetrated a fraud and a hoax on the senate and the people uf the country. Tlie report was accepted on a strict party line vote. The thinking here is that the report may end the smear program and the senate may go about its business. However, if Senator McCarthy will not keep still, there are many here who believe an attempt uiil Lie made to irr.pcach him. . A Congressional invesfifaflon of alleged scandals in the Vet erans Administration may be the next probe undertaken by this probe-conscious congress. According to information the scandal broke in Tennessee witk the suspension of 10 top officials in that state for alleged irregu larities ia connection with tbe school program for veterans. In connection with the veterans program, the American Legion has announced that it will eliminate its lobbying activities with reference to pensions and bonus plans and for all other unnecessary expendi tures with regard to veterans. The Legion will devote its full time to backing up the President and the government in its fight against Communists in Korea and else where. , Senator Wherry of Nebraska, GOP floor leader in the senate, wants to be sure of the money ap propriated for publicity in the De partment of Agriculture is used to promote the Brannan plan. So he got through an amendment that the funds set up for the department's information service $1, 265,800.) i may be used only to publicize pro- grams that have been authorized by congress. Senator Russell of Georgia, in charge of the agricul tural section of the big omnibus bill, said there was no evidence that the agricultural information fund had ever been abused, but he agreed to accept Uie amendment. trip to Omaha is complete with out a visit to the Union Pacific Museum and the nationally fa mous Joslyn Memorial. At Lincoln, your interest will focus on the beautiful state cap itol. While in the building, spend some time in the State Historical Society's museum. You'll find it's like taking a course in Nebraska history and much more interesting. Be sure to reserve some time. too. for Morrill Hall on the univer sity campus. As you approach Hastings, you'll see siens advertising the House of Yesterday. Be sure to heed them, for .if you don't you'll miss Nebraska's finest mu nicipal museum and for that matter, one of the West's finesr. West of Hastings, you'll see signs pointing to Kenesaw. A short side trip will take vou there and to the grave of Susan Hale, one of the best known of the thousands of graves mark ing the final resting place of overland emigrants. At Minden you can see the fine little museum of the Kear ney County Historical Society and while you're so close, you'd better run up to Fort Kearney State Park, the site of old Fort Kearney, guardian of the over land trails. You're now in "Swede Coun try" many of the earliest set tlers in this region were Swed ish immigrants. You're also in the Tri-County area, and you'll see plenty of evidence of one Ne braska solution to the problem of the plains. For a look at one of the new Missouri River Basin dams, take a short side trip from Cambridge north to the Medicine Creek dam. Use Journal Want Ads! 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