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FARM POPULATION AT NEW LOW . In 1916, the farm population of this country reached its highest peak, 32,530, 000 individuals. The figure for 1950, recently announ ced by the Census Bureau, is 24,335,000 which is the lowest since the Government began keeping figures on farm population in 1910. Between these two years, there has not been a steady decline, however. The previous low figure was 24,342,000 in April, 1945, but there was an upsurge af ter that, which pushed the farm popula tion to 24,147,000 in 1947. The people of the nation should not overlook the dwindling farm population. It is true that mechanical progress in farm machinery, together with improved meth ods of agriculture, now enables the pres ent farm population to produce more abun dantly than the larger number on the farms in previous years. Nevertheless life on the farm must be made profitable and attractive enough to retain a sufficient number of farmers to take care of the basic needs of the countrys population. LIKE SELLING BROOKLYN BRIDGE Something new in "influence ped dling" is reported from Washington, where a Senate committee is investigating an alleged swindle of hundreds of thous ands of dollars, obtained from persons who thought they could get help in ob taining leases on major government buik dings in the capital. The story that the fast-talking swin dler developed was that the Government would abandon its buildings and go under ground to escape the danger of an atomic bomb. The money was paid to get his "in fluence" in obtaining leases on the gov ernmental buildings when they were abandoned. This is an astonishing story, depicting not only the crooked shrewdness of the manipulator but also the almost unbeliev able gullibility of those who are willing to spend some money to get something at a bargain rate. Of course, the swindler could not have succeeded in his promotional stunt if there had been no individuals ready to pay him for an "inside position" in connection with leasing the Govern ment buildings. Maybe, western civilization is all bad and should be replaced with the culture of India, China, Africa or Russia. PUMPS WATER TO MAKE CROPS "The longest mass movement of wa ter ever attempted by man" will get under- -way in California in August, when the first phase of the $600,000,000 Central Valley project begins operation. With $400,000,000 worth of big dams, power plants, pumps, canals and trans mission lines, the project undertakes to transport surplus water from the Sacra mento Valley hundreds of miles south ward to irrigate the semi-arid San Joaquin area. The project was first envisioned by the state but was subsequently taken over and expanded by the Federal Govern ment. Bureau of Reclamation Officials gave the following examples of what has happened in some areas already under irrigation: (1) A 16,0-acre farm, netting $33 1 from pasturage two years ago, will this year net close to $20,000 on a cotton crop, and (2) A 400-acre farm, netting $1,500 from barley and pasturage in a dry farm inJ? condition, has an expected profit of $77,400 from cotton this year. The Central Valley is about 500 miles long, with the Sacramento River to the North and the San Joaquin to the South, roughly forming its boundaries. Surplus water from the Sacramento will be trans ported hundreds of miles to help irrigate the southern part of the area. THOUGHT FOR TODAY There is but one blasphemy, and that is injustice, 1. G. Ingcrsoll The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KSTARLTSHED IN' 1SS1 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For Outstanding Community Service in 1950" Published scmi-weck!y, Mondays and Tliursdavs, at 109-413 Main Street. l'als mouth. Cass County, "Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter Helen E. Heinrich & Donna L. Meisinger Society - Bookkeeping & Circulation lnBRf)SKR m m net. (assocaron m w Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, ts second class mall matter In accordance with the Act of Congress nf Marc 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE:" $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties. $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city ol Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents lor two weeks. . - rv"vi" "'""" v". Furse's Fresh Flashes XvXvvhv.v.v.vv.vw.vv.v.v.v .v.v,v-.v. Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head. There are three things a woman can make out of nothing a hat, a salad, and a quarrel. Legally, the husband is head of the house and the pedestrian has the right-of-way. Both husband and pedestrian are fairly safe as long as they do not try to exercise their rights. Vacations are easy to plan the boss tells you when and the wife tells you where. ' , I You'll never have any trouble reach ing your station in life. Along the way somewhere somebody will tell you where to get off. They say that one-third of all acci dents happen in the kitchen. Then, wre might add, they are put on the diningroom table. We used to spend half our summer fiddling with the carburetor on a Model T. Now you spend half of it tweedling with a power lawn mower. A good neighbor is one who loans but never borrows. Three of a kind golfers, fishermen and proud parents. Two things, they say, that most girls heed the telephone bell and an auto horn. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, is more susceptible to a whistle. Down Memory Lane 1A YEARS AGO Vr The board of county commissioners set the tax levy for the year 1941 at 4.48 mills, based on a valuation of $33, 123,903 retary Pace NATIONAL EDITORIAL I ASSOCIATION men is now . . . Edward Flynn, executive vice presi dent of the Burlington railroad, announ ced at Chicago that the railroad in its expansion program for the year included the building of 300 refrigerator cars at local shops . . . Miss Helen Porter, county assistance director, spoke before Rotary on the work of her office and explained the new food stamp plan being put into operation in Cass County . . . Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Kalina were vacationing on the west coast visiting their daughter, Mrs. Newell Pollard, and family . . . Mr. and Mrs. E. L- Johnson were opening a roller rink on show grounds adjoining Highway No. 34, 73-75 south of town. OA YEARS AGO Residents of Elmwood took great pride in the newly released book "A White Bird Flying" written by Bess Streeter Aldrich noted authoress who lived in Elmwood. The story carried a tale of the Deal family as related to another of her books A Lantern In Her Hand" . . . Act ing chief of police Joseph Libershal was kept busy with an invasion of a large tribe of gypsies who were visiting the local business houses selling their wares . . . Clara Rainey and Floyd Becker were mar ried on August 4th at Dundee Methodist church by Rev. Andrew Thomas McFar land . . . Judging day for 4-H club .boys and girls drew 330 members from south eastern Nebraska to the agricultural coll ege at Lincoln where judging teams were picked to compete in county and state fairs. L2iW GO- Px (Copyright. 1949. Bv the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS COMMUN IST MEDICAL UNITS ON BULGARIAN-YUGOSLAV BORDER INSPIRE MARSHALL'S WAR - WARNINGS ; SEN. HAYDEN STYMIES CRIME PROBE; WHITE HOUSE SHOULD LIVE UP TO ARMY SECRETARY PACE'S STANDARDS. Washington. Reason behind the alarming war-warnings made by Secre tary of Defense Marshall and Army Sec is the latest intelligence from the Balkans. This report, among other things, that communist medical units have arrived along the Bulgarian-Yugoslav border. Medical units do not participate in ordinary troop maneuvers. They are the last to arrive before military action begins. Maneuvers along the Yugoslav bor der in themselves may. not mean much. They have been going on for months, and when I visited the Bulgarian border last February, I interviewed refugees who had just escaped from behind the iron curtain with'; news' of new Russian concentrations in certain areas. However, latest U. S. Intelligence indicates that this has increased. Bulgaria's army of around 200,000 reported equipped with Soviet combat vehicles, heavv artillery, and new type of fighter plane more powerful than the yak. The Bulgar army is under LAFF OF "Unci Egbert Freddie here, doesn't believe you can play chopsticks with your nose!" General Atanasov. a Soviet cit izen trained in Russia, though of Bulgarian origin. His com mand post has been moved from Sofia to the field. All along the Rumanian and Bulgarian sides of the Yugoslav border, a strip of land has been completely cleared and a Sieg fried line of pillboxes built be hind it. This could be part of the war of nerves agamst Tito, or it could mean that the Kremlin is ready to give Tito the bizz ness. Late August or September, after the harvest is in. always has been the time when dicta tors get trigger-happy. Crime Probe Stymied Senator Carl Harden of Ari zona, one of the most conscien tious and" respected members of the Senate has taken a strange stand regarding the crime com mittee. It puzzles his colleagues in the Senate. As chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, Hay den has flatly refused to auth orize more money to be spent on the crime probe. This has caused the Crime Committee, now chairmanned by conscien tious Herbert O'Conor of Mary land, to withdraw its investiga tors from New York and other areas. It also means that the committee will have to wind up its work around September. If Hayden were not such a respected member of the Senate, his colleagues would suspect that pressure had been brought from certain political elements in touch with the hoodlums who base around Phoenix. That cjjy has been one of the centers tor the illicit narcotic trade that comes up from Mexico. Three times Senator Hayden has been approached by Sen ators who asked for more funds for the crime probe. Each time he has refused. Under Senator ial courtesy. Hayden. as Chair man of the Rules Committee, has the power to recommend funds for all Senate investiga tions, and if he refuses, it is difficult to go over his head. In contrast. Hayden contin ues to dish out funds for all sorts of other Senate probes while throttling an investigation which has done more to clean up the bier cities of the U.S.A. than anything in half a cen tury. Washington Pipeline Friends of ex-Navy Secretary Matthews, now Ambassador to Ireland, are advising him to see Eddie Dowling's new show "Border Be Damned." if he wants to understand some of the problems between North and South Ireland. Entirely aside from the political implications the play's a smash hit ... U. S uismct Juage Kooert inch in New York took the trouble to write a 13-page opinion on why he could not set aside a gui ly- of-treason plea by Lt. James Monti whom this column ex posed for working with the nazis in Italy . . .In contrast. u. s. District Judge Matt Mc Guire in Washington slapped out an oral opinion "denied" in dismissing a petition by a coal digger to. examine the books of the United Mine Workers Wei fare Fund. George Livengood of Uniontown. Pa., was fired out of the union by John L. Lewis when he challenged some of the expenditures of .the Miners' Welfare Fund, claiming that the miners who earn the money lor the tund have a right to see how the money is spent mis. gets to the bottom of union rights, but quick-tempered Judge McGuire didn't even bother to explain why he denied the riht to examine . . . Not even Ezra Van Horn, the Mine uwners representive on the Miners Welfare Fund, was per mitted to see the books. Gratuities in High Places - Washington observers, are wondering whether, the White House is going to follow the ex cellent precedent set by the Sec retary of the Army, Frank Pace, regarding gratuities. Secretary Pace relieved Rriir Gen. David J. Crawford when he found that Crawford's ovpr night, hotel suite was paid for dyT bery for his home. Pace's forth- THE WEEK 1 right action met approval every where. Meanwhile, the President has at his right hand some gentle men who also accepted favors. For instance: 1. His military aide. General Vaughan. accepted deep freezes from a company needing favors from the government. 2. The President's personal doctor, Maj. Gen. Wallace Gra ham speculated in commodities at a time when the government was buying food for Europe. He was not relieved, as was Gen. Crawford; but promoted. 3. The presidential aide in charge of picking government personnel, Donald Dawson, was entertained free in a hotel in Miami. 4. The President s appoint- ment Secretary. Matt Connelly, enjoys the hospitality of an American Airlines vice-president for which he has done inrport ant favors. Mavbe Secretary Pace should run the White House staff for a day or so and enforce the ex cellent standard he has set for the army. Sgt. R. O'Farrells Depart For Havana j Sgt. and Mrs. Robert O'Far rell and children, who have made their home in Plattsmouth for the past two and one-half years while stationed at Offutt Field, departed Friday after noon for Pittsburgh. Penn., where they will visit at the home of his parents before departing for his new post in Havana. Cuba. Sgt. O'Farrell and family had made many friends in the city during their stay here and spent Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pitz. 810 Second Ave. They were taken to Omaha for train connections Friday afternoon by Ray Wiysel. Before departing for Cuba. Sgt. O'Farrell will report to Washington. D.C.. for indoctrin ation before accepting his new duties. At Havana he will be a representative of the State De partment in the Embassy at that point on leave from the Air Force, a choice assignment. Both Sgt. and Mrs. O'Farrell had come to call Plattsmouth their home and were reluctant to give up their residence here. They expect their new assign ment to keep them away ap proximately four years. Realty Transfers Georgo. H. Sell & Amelia M., to Eldon R. Moore & Bernice M., 7-20-51, E 2-3 L. 6 & W 1-3 L. 7, B. 65, Weeping Water, $3500.00. John T. Boyles, Adm., to Her man L. Bornemeier & Claire, 7-21-51. L. 14, B. 2, Elmwood, $5600.00. Alfred C. Anderson & Fran ces to Albert Hilfiker & Wilma, 6-25-51. L. 11 Hillcrest Sub-Div of Hays Platts., $10,500.00. Isadore Tucker Adm., to A. C. Munn, 7-27-51, Ls. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Klaurens Add to Nehawka, $700. Poultry Meetings Are Scheduled A series of two-day field meetings for those interested in serving as selecting and test ing agents under the National Poultry Improvement Plan in Nebraska this year are scheduled during August. Staff members of the Uni versity of Nebraska, including J. H. Claybaugh, Doyle Free and Dr. S. W. Alford will conduct the sessions. A meeting Is In its second day session at Lexing ton today for people from Daw son. Phelps, Furnas and part of Buffalo counties. Another meet ing was held at, York Monday and Tuesday. Others scheduled include Bro ken Bow Aug. 3 and 4, Hastings Aug. 7 and 8, Deshler Aug. 9 and 10, Columbus Aug. 13 and 14, Oakland Aug. 15 and 16, Wa hoo Aug. 17 and 18, Beatrice Aug. 20 and 21, and Lincoln Aug. 23 and 24. Journal Want Ads Pay! Iff I n I Wolever Remains Atop Hitting Department Lindy Wolever continues to set the batting pace for the Plattsmouth baseball team, for games up to Friday night. Wol ever boasts a .404 average with 18 hits in 47 trips to the plate. He is also tied for second in the hits department with E. O. Vro man and Haith. All have 19. Stanley Cole and Rich Wohl farth are tied for runner-up honors with a .350 batting mark. Mathers and Niel are 17 per centage points behind, tied for fourth. Wohlfarth has the most hits, 22, and Vroman has the most official trips to the plate, 66. " AB H Pet. Wolever 47 19 Wohlfarth 65 22 Cole 20 7 Mathers 9 3 Niel 54 17 Haith 61 19 ODonnell 56 17 Vroman 66 19 Cartelli 19 5 Roddy n 4 St. Clair 39 9 Conis 14 3 .404 .350 .350 .333 .333 .311 .304 .288 .260 .256 .233 .210 Plattsmouth Man On Frontlines In Famous Division With 1st Cavalry Division, U. S. Army, in Korea (Delayed) A Plattsmouth, Nebr., army man is on the .frontlines serving with one of the most famous infan try regiments battling Commu nists in the Korea war. Private Everett Cooper, son of William A. Cooper, Plattsmouth, is in the 1st Cavalry Division's 5th Cavary Regiment. Cooper's colorful unit splashed ashore in Korea in July, 1950. It was one of two regiments that completely cni3hed three North Korean divisions early in the war near Waegwan. After UN forces had punched through Communist lines in September and rolled into North Korea, Cooper's regiment made the historic October 19th cap ture of the vital North Korean capital city of Pyongyang. More recently, the 5th Cavalry sent a task force against an estimated three enemy divisions pressuring a French-American bastion at Chipyong-ni. The regiment's armored - infantry force completely crushed the en emy threat, killed at least 2,500 Chinese and freed the encircled UN forces. Police Court James Salmons forfeited $7 cash bond in Judge Graves' police court when he failed to appear on a charge of passing a stop sign. On a similar charge, Ronald Verge was fined $6.25; Francis Wirth forfeited $7 cash bond, and Robert Bloom for feited $7 cash bond. Officers. Jackson. Vincent and Schlieske shared in the arrests. Wayne Clark was fined $10 and costs in Judge Graves court on a charge of intoxication. Vincent was the arresting offic er. Also paying a $10 fine and costs for intoxication was Earl Long. Jackson and Schlieske made the arrest. Speeding cost Carl E. Mink $10 and costs in Judge Graves' court Thursday. He was arrest ed by Schlieske. Also on a charge of speeding, Roman A. Fleskoski forfeited $15 cash bond. Jackson and Schlieske were the arresting officers. M. M. Fendley was fined $3 and costs f $3.25 for improper parking. Schlieske and Jackson made the arrest. Lowell T. Rector forfeited cash bond in the amount of $7 for failing to stop at a stop sign. Monday W. S. Vernon also for feited $7 bond on the same count. Vincent and Schlieske made the arrests. George H. Wonders forfeited $7 bond on a charge of reckless driving. Jackson and Schlieske made the arrest. Reckless driv ing also cost Donald D. Stratton $13.25 in police court. Jackson and Schlieske were arresting of ficers. Failing to stop at a stop sign cost John Shcard $6.25 Monday in police court. Jackson made the arrest. John J. Rudcnsky paid a $13.25 fine in police court on a charge of intoxication. Jack son and Schlieske made the ar rest. Improper parking cost George Barr $6.25. Schlieske made the arrest. David S. Wisher was al so fined $6.25 on the same count. A fine of $13.25 was assessed against Dan Fasler on a speed ing charge. Schlieske and Jack son made the arrest. Poultry Field Day Slated October 23 LINCOLN The University of Nebraska's annual poultry field dav is slated for Oct. 23. Prof. F. E. Musschl, chairman of tho University's poultry husr bandry department, said ' em phasise! 11 be on discussions of increasing quality of egg pro duction, producing broilers, feeding and time savers for the poultryman. Some of the principal speak ers include Dr. Cliff Carpenter. president of the Institute of American Poultry Industries at Chicago; Dave Martin of Elk- j horn and J. R. Reddit of Oma- 1 ha. THE PLATTSMOUTH, page four The Familiar Isn't Frightening WHEN DUDLEY HALL, Skaneateles, N. Y., was in high school " he made a record that most people would think enviable. In hs second year he was on the football team and was president of his class. His junior year found him captain of the football team, on the basketball team, and again class president. The last year, he was captain of both the football and the basketball teams, played on the baseball team, and still class president. Whew! Then he enrolled in a large eastern univer sity. In his freshman year, he was captain of the football team and vice-president of his class. In his junior year, he was still with the football team and received an all-eastern mention. The year he graduated he had just gone through a thrilling period: on the football team, all-American men firm nrmann cnrnrr1 rr irt-i nil r f Viic? licc Carnegie With such a record of outward accomplishment, wouldn't you think hewould have enjoyed some feeling of success? Well, he didn't. More than that, he wasn't even happy. Why? He was filled with fear! He was terrified at the thought of going out into the world and facing people near at hand whom he had never before seen. Performing b&ore 80,000 spectators at a game didn't feaze him im the least But the very suggestion of appearing before small groups of people, even of talking to some unknown man who might not even judge him favorably, brought soul-wrenching terror. Then' all oi a sudden he realized that he wasn't afraid of that with which he was familiar. He realized that he had to become familiar with what he wanted to conquer. So he got a job of sell ing from door to door. The first day was an agonizing experience, but after a few weeks he was thrilled at seeing how many of those who opened their doors could be influenced by his persuasions to "come across." Wheat And Rye Production Goals Set For County Production goals for wheat, barley and rye were announced last week for Nebraska counties. The announcement was made by Frank W. Reed, chairman of the state agriculture mobilization committee. Cass county acreage was set at 38,400 acres for wheat, and 300 acres for rye. No barley quota was set for the county. The state's acreage goals for the three crops are wheat, 4. 450.000; barley, 275.000, and rye. 189,000 acres. The national wheat goal calls for a slightly larger acreage than was seeded in the fall of 1950. The goals are designed to fill all known requirements and to maintain a safe reserve for emergency. Grain Fumigation May Be Required Entomologists Say Farmers with small grain in storage may find it necessary to fumigate their grain this year to stop deterioration of it by insects. That's the word from Univer sity of Nebraska entomologists. They recommend fumigating the grain about six weeks after it is stored if the farmer sus pects weevils in the bin. They suggest inspecting grain fre quently. They warn that loss in storage from insects can be greater than in the field. TIT HAT CONSTITUTES self-reli " ance in a teen-ager? From the young person's point of view it is apt to mean being allowed to do things and go places on his own without parental supervision. To the parents it usually means haw jng a youngster take over some responsibility at home, not only for himself but as a contribution to family life. A combination of these steps makes a wholesome ad vance in becoming dependlble, but unfortunately, sometimes young people, and parents too, want only their own kind of self-reliance and withhold the other. For example, some parents who exact grownup chores from a. boy or gjrl, and trust them with responsible matters in the home, won't trust them out of their sight or grant any social freedom on the grounds that "you're too young to go out with the crowd." And many young people who take over the house for their own affairs al ways have studying to do when It comes time to clean up the place. Whose fault is this?. We're in clined to think it is up to the par ents to keep freedom balanced with responsibility. .The fourteen-year-old; daughter;? of ' a friond of ours was asked to be a junior counselor this summer at the camp where she has been going for several years. This' was a real honor for one so young and her mother knew it had been earned by her daugh ter's reliability, her popularity with younger children and with the adult staff, and her general ability for getting things done. Yet who do you suppose got this competent young lady ready to go NEDRA8KA, 8EIBI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Monday, August 6, 1951 They say ideal fumigation conditions are tight bins and high grain temperatures. The entomologists advise making the bin as airtight as possible for fumigation. Fumigants are used because they have a high penetrating quality. That means that any cracks, knotholes or loose boards will let the gas escape. The fumigants won't do the job ade quately if the grain temperature is below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Entomologists say ideal fumiga- i tion temperatures are between 80 and 90 degrees. I They say grain in the bin j should be leveled and covered ! before fumigation. A cover can j be a tarp or newspapers weight i ed down with grain sacks which J can be used. The covers can be lifted and the fumigant poured ! into the grain. Then the cover ! is replaced to hold the fumes i in the grain. If the grain is more than five feet deep, pipes can be stuck into tLe grain and part of the fu.ici2l poured in not neg- ! Zt-czzLZ it: corners. One of the ;' fzruri.r-: rercrunended is car ter iu:ce. Ii should be crf fully, however, be-c-itu? ir.fla2vn-.able. Gradu ' ally replacing that chemical in many places is a mixture of i three parts ethylene dichloride I and one part carbon tetrachlor ' ide because the latter is non inflammable. The correct amounts of both chemicals to use are contained in Univer sity of Nebraska Extension Cir cular 1552, available at the of fices of county extension agents. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35c. to camp? Her mother. My friend sewed tho name plates on her daughter's caanp gear, packed her trunk and duffel bag, and saw that they were expressed to camp. The girl was thrilled over being con sidered grownup enough to super vise several camp activities of younger children, but she was quite willing to remain a dependent child herself when it came to the drudg ery of assembling her camp outfit and getting it suitably packed. This was parUy because her mother had failed to acknowledge ihe signs of her daughter's de pendability, which had been so ap parent to the girl's supervisors at camp, and failed to help along this growth with increased trust and responsibility at home. Teen-age boys and girls still need and want their parents', guidance, but they alsa need to feel that they are trusted and believed in. For instance, when they are old enough to be given responsibility for getting to school on time, for budgeting their hours for homework, and otherwise using time to food advantage, they are also old enough to be given some lee way in when to get home from an evening with the crowd. , Suppose, ypu have set', .eleven! o'clock as vacation curfew for your lilteen-year-oid Bill. But if the crowd stops at the house of one of the girls for dancing after a drive in movie, it would be embarrassing for Bill to be forced to tell his date. that they'd have to keep going so he could be home on time. But something of the sort happens every night, you may be thinkLi. Not if you and your son have a mutual seue of fairness. ,