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PlLOTMDira JJCDlLJO&fMIL UNITED PRESS AND NWNS SERVICE SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 181 i Published f mi-weekl v, Mondays nd Thurs. Clays, at 409-4 1J Main Street. Plattsmouth, Ckhs County. Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD Advertising Mgr. Helen E. Heinrich, Nevrs Editor mnomt tOflXXHAl ASSQQtVHkW 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, 20 cents for two weeks. Entered et the Postofflce at riatt9mouth. Nebraska as second i-lves mail matter la ac cordance with the An of Congress of March 3. Ie79. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Pray to God only for tliosc things which ou cannot obtain from man. - Pope Xystus T EDITORIALS Jl NEED THANKSGIVING OF ACTION As its name implies. Thanksgiving is a clay upon which all Americans can express their gratitude, publicly and privately, for the unprecedented advan tages they enjoy as American citizens. Though the American system is not per fect, it has bestowed more freedom, more happiness, more privileges and more benefits on more people than any other system in the history of the world. The American Heritage Foundation, which conducted the Freedom Train Tour of 1947 and 1948, points out that Thanks giving not only is a day for assessing, our blessings, but "a time for determining to do even-thing to preserve and enrich them. The Thanksgiving of words must be backed up with a Thanksgiving of action, and their is no better way to prove our appreciation for the freedoms of our American Heritage than by working at being full-time citizens. There is no more sincere way to work at being full-time citizens than bv un waveringly living up to the "Nine Prom ises of a Good Citizen." A good citizen will promise to: Vote at all elections, intelligently and honestly. Serve on a jury when asked. Respect and obey the laws. Pay taxes understandingly. Work for peace, but accept all duties in time of war. Avoid group prejudices. Work for better schools. Make the community a better place in which to live. Practice and teach good citizenship at home. If our American Heritage is to be preserved, enriched, and handed down to future generations, each citizen must feel morally responsible for contributing to the betterment of his community, state and nation, not only today, but every day. The importance of religion must not be overlooked as a vital factor in adjust ing to the problems of everyday living. American democracy, with its em phasis on the dignity and sanctity of the individual person, is fundamentally a moral, ethical and religious concept, while on the other hand. Communism, Nazism, and Fascism are essentially non religious. r A PROBLEM; NO ANSWER Forty farm youths from the United States, who spent two or three months on European farms during the summer, give the virtually unanimous opinion that European farmers must mechanize to get on their economic feet. The young men and women from twenty-six states visited farmers in Wes tern Europe under the sponsorship of the Agriculture Department's extension ser vice and the 4-H clubs. Many of them were surprised at the outmoded methods in use on European farms. The idea that European farmers must mechanize in order to acquire economic stability states a truth which is likewise applicable to thousands of farmers in the United States. The catch in the proposal, in Europe as in this country, is that it takes capital to mechanize and many of our smaller farmers do not have the cash and cannot get the necessary credit. -it DEFENSE "INTEGRATION" The "integration" of Canadian and United States armed forces is predicted by Defense Minister Brooke Craxton, of Canada, because, he says, it "makes sense." Furse's Fresh Flashes Women can keep a secret just as well as men, but it takes three or four times as many of them to do it. For those few whose pocketbooks have survived increased taxes and cost of living now is a good time to do that early Christmas shopping. 4c -m A pillow that prevents snoring has just been invented. This will be an excel lent device for use in the living room during a number of TV shows. An author states that "one has to be a little crazy to write a book." The author is not near so crazy as the people that read some of them. M Country people are becoming more citified all the time. Recently released statistics show that ruralists are fast over taking their city cousins in hell-raising activities. 4r 4r Now that the election is over you'1! find that villainous guy you heard about is none other than that nice neighbor who, in a weak moment, decided to run for office. The cannibals had the best solution for solving high taxes. When they got higher than the cost of food, they ate the tax collector. A solution to the junk problem for those who do not have an attic in their home is to give it awav as canasta prizes. Of one thing we are doubly sure Santa Claus will never hurt his back bringing us gifts. It has come at last Labor and .Capital have begun to work together and we consumers are beginning to feel the pressure. There is no doubt of the wisdom of equipping Canadian forces for the use of arms and equipment from this country. Obviously, in any great war, the produc tion facilities of the United States will have to produce the bulk of the arms for the free nations. - - The observation of the Canadian of ficial arouses no apprehension in his country that something is sinister in the cooperation of the two democracies on this side of the Atlantic. For many years, it has been obvious to the people of both countries that mutual cooperation is bound to prove profitable to each in the long run, and that there is nothing further from the minds of Americans and Can adians than the thought of aggression against the other. DOWN MEMORY LANE A YEARS AGO . . . 1U Wednesday evening's pre-Thanks-giving program sponsored by the mer chants was featured by distribution of chickens and turkeys to lucky residents of the community . . . Rev. J. W. Taenzler, pastor of the First Christian church gave the Thanksgiving sermon at the commun itv services held at the Presbyterian church here . . . Officers of the Cass County Fair Board for the coming year were elected as follows: President Fred Rehmeier, vice-president O. C. Hinds, sec-retarv-treasurer D. D. Wainscott, all of Weeping Water . . . Mrs. D. M. Babbitt and Mrs. Pete Can served as hostesses to the M.A.O. club at the former's home. -fc Zcy YEARS AGO . . . U E. H. Wescott was speaker at the Fathers and Sons banquet at the First Christian church of Corydon, Iowa, of which Rev. Cliff Cecil was pastor . . . Mr. Gerald Kvasnicka, coach of debate in P.H.S. accompanied a group to meet Omaha central in a debate contest. The group comprised Madge Garnett, John Becker, Paul Iverson, Robert Bestor, and Stuart Porter . . . Mrs. T. E. Olson was named Noble Grand with Mrj5. Harry Kruger vice grand at Rebekah's election, f l Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.! DREW PEARSON SAYS: GENERAL VAUGHAN -PROMOTES HOSPI TALITY FOR SERVICEMEN; PRES IDENT PROTECTED FROM HOME TO WNERS; SENATE COMMIT TEE PROBES TELEPHONE COM PANY AUTOCRACY. Washington Some people will hard ly believe it, but herewith is a bouquet to my old deep-freeze pal, Gen. Harry Vaughan. BACK TO THE GRIND HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JCURNAL TVnfcntf Vnvomhor ? 1 Qfl PAGE ONE Alfyuiiiicia Ever since the Korean war. ' 10,000 servicemen have been ! wandering the streets of Wash- j ington with no place to go and , none of the hospitality shown j mem during World War II. For the nation's capital like a lot ! of otner cities hasn't realized j that with the cold war now ! warm, we civilians ought to shift our hospitality from cold j to warm. ; An exception is General Vau- ghan, who has been quietly j raising cain with the treasury i and Jess Larson, chief of the general services of supply, in order to pry loose the old Bel- , asco theatre for the use of the American Legion and other vet- j erans' groups in entertaining ; servicemen. The Belasco theatre enjoys one of the most central loca-' tions in Washington. Diagon- j ally across Lafayette Square from the White House, it is ad- j jacent to the old Dolly Madison ; house where the wife of the ; fourth President of the United ! States entertained in the early ! days of the Republic. But be- j cause legitimate theatres have long been closed in the nation's ' capital, the Belasco believe it ; or not is filled with old gov- ernment files and canceled! checks. And the Treasury Depart- ment. whose files are chiefly ' concerned, won't release the j theatre to the veterans for en- . teitainment purposes. More Red Tape First stumbling block was a j treasury claim that it would ! cost $20,000 to transport the ; files to another building. Whereupon Maj. Gen. T. W. j Herren. Army Commander in ; the District of Columbia, offer- j ed to transport the files in army j trucks, free. Then the Treasury 'came un with a new argument that it ! would cost the government 1 $75,000 to find other storage j space for the files. Further- j more, the treasury wants an ; armed guard to be placed cnr ' its canceled checks and it's i more convenient to keep a guard over them in the Belasco Theatre. But what Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder doesn't seem to realize is that $75,000 a year is chickenfeed compared to the morale and morals of 10,000 young Americans who don't want to be away from home, but who in serving their country have to be awav from home, and need some place to relax evenings. General Vaughan. recogniz ing this problem, has done his best to cut red tape. But so far his friends John Maragon and Joe Major seem to have been , more successful with Jess Lar son regarding surplus property in the past than the General is now regarding hospitality for servicemen. Protecting: The President The folks back in Indepen dence. Mo., still are talking about the strict security pre cautions taken by the Secret Service during the President's recent visit to his home town. It wasn't at all like other visits, when Mr. Truman casually walked around the main streets, waving to neighbors and chat ting with old friends. Milton Morris, a deliveryman for the Independence Ice and Creamery Co., is one who knows how different Harry's visit was this time. For when Morris wheeled his ice truck into the parking lot at the reorganized Latter Day Saint Auditorium where Truman was being en tertained at lunch, he was met bv two Secret Service agents. And a new method of delivery was set for the iceman that dav. Morris was told to leave his pocket knife, his ice pick, and his ice tons in the truck. He was reauired to carry the 50 pound chunk cf ice to the door of the building in his arms. There the ice was washed twicp and then handed to a worker inside the building. Down at Kelsey's restaurant cn Truman road, the mute us ually taken from the Muehle bneh Hotel to Indepndence. n few of the townspeople waited VettcFaes' CoMmnm By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer Claims of Dependent Parents Of Deceased P.O.W.: The War Claims Act of 1948. which provides for payment at v. . , the rate Q a day to prisoners of war who wTere not treated by the Germans and Jap anese in accord ance with the Ge neva Convention, has been modified by amendment en acted into law by the last Congress in September. The law now Richard Peck permits parents of deceased veterans to receive payments in the same manner as they are now paid to widows, de pendent husbands, arid children; and the question of dependency is waived. Under the new law the order of precedence of payments will be as follows: FIRST, to widows or dependent husbands, if there are no children of the deceased; SECOND, to the widow or de pendent husband and child or children, one-half to the widow or husband and the other half to the child or children in equal shares; THIRD, to a child or Lftflb children in equal shares, if there is no widow or dependent hus band; and FOURTH, to parents in equal shares, if there is no surviving widow or husband or children. Claimants are reminded that nil claims must be filed with the War Claims Commission NOT LATER THAN MARCH 1. 1951. All eligible survivors should, therefore, file their claims with out delay. If 'a claimant changes address. he should immediately notify the Executive Director of the War Claims Commission. Washington 25. D. C, giving his name, old address, new address, and POW claim number, (if he has one). Terminal Leave Bends: You will remember that Termi nal Leave Bonds have a maturity date set at five years from date of discharge. Many of these bonds are now becoming due. If you were lucky enough to be able to hold your bond instead of cashing it at time of issuance, better check the date. When it matures, why not use the pro ceeds to pay premiums on insurance? patiently for the President's caravan to pass. But his limou sine, followed by seven Secret Service agents riding in an open car, whizzed by a bit in excess of the Independence 25-mile-an-hour speed limit, and few saw Truman. Ellen, a waitress, looking out at the seven agents in the open car. remarked: "Those guys looked darn cold." And up on the roof of the Muehlebach Hotel that night, two Kansas City detectives. Flovd Hyland and Fred Wilson, caught the night watch from 9:30 P.M. to 6 A.M. They re marked: "It was Damned cold." Note While the home folks sympathize with the new pre cautions taken to protect the President, they look forward to the time when he can be just plain "Harry" again. Phone Strike The Senate Labor-Management subcommittee is rushing a reoort on labor and strike conditions in the Bell Telephone System. The report will show that while American Telerihone and Telegraph, the mother com pany, actually dictates labor policy for the entire system, the labor union is forced to deal in deDendently with the local com panies, and that "careful and deliberate wage chaos exists in the Bell System. There are over 100 different wa?re schedules for the single iob of telephone op erator in the United States." Starting rates for telephone! operators in Pennsylvania. Maryland. West Virginia and the south are only $27 a week yet it takes these operators eisht years to reach the top rate ef $36 per week. "It is our position." the CIO Communications Workers of America told Senators, "that a wage rate of $36 a week for a skilled operator after eight years service with the largest and richest company in. the world is an unreasonable and improper wage rate." The committee found that skilled telephone installers and cable splicers often make less than common laborers. In New ark, N. J.. common laborers in the building industry are paid $2.12 an hour, while the start ing rate for skilled telephone craftsmen is 91 cents an hour After eight years, a telephone installer still receives one cent less than an unskilled laborer Yet the bell system has such a monopoly on the telephone in dustry that its skilled workers cannot quit and go to work for a competitor. Senators also found that the bell system has collected $394. 000,000 in rate increases since V-J day, considerably more than the wage increases paid out. High-Riding Senator Oregon's G.O.P. Sen. Wrayne Morse was given a surprise birthday party recently on a Plane 11,000 feet over Alaska His two traveling companions Democratic Sen. Lester Hunt of Wyoming and G.O.P. Sen. Lev erett Saltonstall of Massachu setts, smuggled a birthday cake on board and produced it at the strategic moment. Since Morse is a teetotaler, they also served coffee. However, Saltonstall noted they were flying at 11.000 feet altitude and warned the Sen ator from Oregon: "I am going to tell the Sen ate I saw you plenty high on your birthday.". WHILE OFFICIAL WASHING-! TON sought to digest the re sults of the off-year election which went largely as anticipated, there were several up-sets -which will change the outlook for 1952 and indicates how the American peo ple are thinking along several issues. The unexpected defeat of Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland after 24 years in the senate and the political defeat of scholarly Klbert Thomas of I' tab. by Wallace Bennett, for mer president of the National Association of Manufacturers, provide the two biggest upsets in the election. Tydings" de feat, more than any other in cident, reflects the results of "McC'arthyism" in the minds of the American people and proves conclusively that the people took to heart the fight made by Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin against alleged Com munism in the state depart ment. For it was Tydings who, as chairman of the senate in Testigating committee hearing: the McCarthy charges, found them irresponsible and uo fonnded, and it was McCarthy who stamped the state of Maryland on that direct issue resulting; in the defrat of the Maryland veteran SeuaUr. These other factors are giv:nrr Washington politicians ford f.-r thought the strength of labor, as directed by the CIO and AFL po litical committees, proved much weaker than expected, and those marked for defeat by labor, par ticularly Senator Robert A. Tart, piled up whopping votes in labor centers. Also advocates of the Brannan farm plan took a sound licking, the outstanding sections being in Colorado, in Iowa, in Wis consin and also in Ohio. There were also spotty tests of strength by advocates of the Fair Deal program of President Tru manone in Utah, where Senator Thomas was defeated running on a strict adherence to the Fair Deal, and in Colorado where Representa tive John Carroll, Democrat, was soundly licked by Republican Sen ator Eugene Millikan. r la Industrial Illinois, where again organized labor wa ex pected to turn out a record vote. Senator Scott Lucas was given the run-around in Chi cago and in other industrial cities of that state. While most predictions were that Senator would sqneeie through, his op ponent, the former Congress- man Everett Dirksen. Repub lican, ran his 20-month cam paign right down to election day to win by a reduced ma jority. . -w,,,. The defeat of Senator Lucas, the ; Democrat leader in the senate, and also of Senator Francis Myers of Pennsylvania, the Democratic whip , in the Senate, leaves the Demo-, crats, with their paper control of ' the upper house, a tough task of; reorganization. The talk heard Is . that Senator Joseph O'Mahoney of Wyoming likely will be heard as majority leader when organization of the new senate takes place early in January, , The vote piled up by Senator Taft in Ohio is regarded as a per sonal triumph for "Mr. Republi can." while the same thing is true for both Senators Brien McMahon and his Democratic colleague, Wil liam Benton, in Connecticut where the two Democrats held on to their seats while the governorship went over the the Republican candidate. Defeat of Senator Forrest Donnell of Missouri by his Democratic opponent, Thomas C. Hennings. Jr., was not un expected, although the size of tiie Democratic vote there was larger than had been antici pated. Aside from Missouri, however, the mid-west is safe ly back in the Republican col umn, with Indiana, Ohio, Illi nois, Wisconsin, and Iowa re turning Republican victories. While the Democrats maintain nominal control of both houses of the congress, which some declare is a "moral"' victory in an off year election, there is li;tle ques tion that there is more of an anti-administration trend than was evidenced in pre-election polls. As a matter of fact, however, the ad ministration has- not had control of the congress except In name, due ; to the southern-Republican coali- i tion and this next congress will definitely be an antl-adminstra- tion congress. A HEAVY HAUL j While Mrs. Shaw, an aged wi- ' dow living near Sutton, was vis- j iting in Oklahoma, a thief stole ' practically everything loose and moveable at at her farm. The loot included lightning rods and j cables off both houses and barn, a log chain an am '! nail tools, some grates from an old thresh- ; ing machine and a quantity of ; junk iron. Black and White Melrose. N. M.. Mattie Black was married to H. E. White in a ceremony at the Meirose Meth odist church here. Subscribe to The Journal! A classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. 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