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XM. RILQAiALIL. BOOK LEARNING GOOD People, who know no better, may talk all they "please against what they are pleased to call "book learning," but the work being done with the boys on the farms of the country and the splendid lead ership of the agricultural and home agents, have done a great deal in the past few de cades to bring about an appreciation of the scientific approach to everyday tasks. In fact, what some people fail to un derstand, even about school work, is that it is not so much the intelligence that one acquires from study as the development of the brain into a thinking machine that counts. There are grown people in Platts mouth today, who have been through col lege, but they have stopped long ago their quest for knowledge and their minds are as dead as the dodo. On the other hand, there are educated people here, who have never gone through high school. If anybody has any trouble figuring out the thought behind this, let them tell us about it and we will write it out in full. OFTEN NEWS NOT SPECTACULAR , The function of newspapers is to pre sent the news, rather than attempt to per petuate the errors of those who happen to control the business of publishing news papers. In almost every state there are ex amples of reputable newspapers, attempt ing to inform readers and, in their edi torial and special columns advise them. Unfortunately, nearly every person is fa miliar with the newspaper that seeks o color the presentation of news to suit the financial or other interest of the owners of the journal involved. More recently there has been a tend ency on the part of the press, as a whole, to seek sensational angles to stories, under the impression that the public demands spectacular stuff. The great news agen cies have not escaped the trend. Radio stations, together with the men who give out spot news on the air, are suffering from the same malady. They seek "decisive" announcements and some times stretch what they have in order to make it sound conclusive. Like the news papers, they will find that it does not pay. SCANTILY CLAD GIRLS STIR ITALY The magazine Esquire, which annually issues a calendar with pictures of scantily clad girls, is accepted in the United States by many Americans, although its taste is questioned by others. Recently, in Rome,, Italy, a newspaper publisher was charged with distributing "obscene" literature because he "distributed the issue of the magazine containing the annual calendar feature. For better or for worse, one might as well concede that scantily-clad girls have become something of a popular fad in the United States. Comparisons of adver tisements in reputable newspapers and magazines, with those published twenty years ago, reveal this fact. f About the sam? comment can be made upon the fashions seen at the bathing beaches in the summer season of the year. Even the daily clothes of women show the trend. Athletic suits worn by women and girls keep up with the brevity of beach ap parel when measured by the standards of two decades ago. ITSES UMBRELLA AS CHUTE U.Many people, including some adults, have wondered whether an umbrella might be used as a successful parachute. Well, the question has been answered by a gentleman in South Africa, who re cently won a fifty-cent wager by jumping from a two-story building, using an um brella as a parachute. He made no money, however, because he ran up a large bill at the hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his ankles and wrists. THOUGHT FOR TODAY 'J heir was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache. Shakespeare The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KSTA RLISH KD IS 1SS1 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For Outstanding Community Service in 1950" Published semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at 109-413 Main Street. l'laUs mouth. Cass County. "Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter Helen E. Keinrich & Donna L. Meisinger Society - Bookkeeping & Circulation inCBRfiSKR WX MM&itV.IM I IUII Ml W m if iwhascl r Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, ts second clans mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress ot Marc'; 3. lS7a. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties. $4.00 per year elsewhere. In advance, by mall outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents for wo wlr Furse's Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says most girls hitch their wagon to a man that works like a horse. What we don't know we don't know, but it may hurt us just the same. National defense seems about like everything else the price continually goes up. No. 6 district NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Fresh Flashes If you have an idea, try writing it out and you'll understand why the editor gets paid. In a recent auto accident near here, the driver said he wasn't in complete con trol of "his car at the time because his wife was with him. A Plattsmouth man has never found the secret of success because it is connected with work. A local husband going home and find ing his wife crying never did learn. why because she said it was too expensive. To be a music critic you've got to be able to look at a gal in a bathing suit and still tell whether she can sing or not. A friend of ours just returned to the hospital for observation. He wanted to get another good look at the nurse. That "butinsky" up the street must have an interferioritv complex. Down Memory Lane 1 A YEARS AGO i U The American Legion Junior baseball team of this city received a very attractive medal as a trophy for their winning the championship in the World Herald Junior A. L. League. Manager Clyde Jackson received the award for the boys . . . The Booster Float for King Korn Karnival, carrying out the Pan-American theme, visited Louisville and participated in their parade celebrating their annual Harvest Days . . . Girls on the float were Blossom and Shirley Burcham, Shirley, and Phyllis Speck . . . Joe Phillips, local base ball player, was attending the school staged under auspices of the St. Louis Cardinals in Omaha, trying out as second baseman . . . Margaret Newton of Lincoln was named as a member of the local school faculty to teach the fifth grade in Central school. OA YEARS AGO St. John's Catholic church parish purchased three lots of the D. O. Duyer property to be used to enlarge its play grounds ... Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Gilmore and son John departed for California where John entered junior college at Long Beach. The Gilmores planned to spend the winter in California . . . Edgar Wescott, president of the Beta Theta Pi chapter at the University of Nebraska, with Ralph Mousel of Hastings, departed by auto for the national convention of the fraternity at Lake Muskogee, Canada. . hen officials use the powers of gov ernment for spiteful purposes the func tions of self-government suffer; multiplied enough and you'll have something else to worry about. If mankind is to benefit from the mis takes of the past there will have to be a widespread acquaintance with what is popularly referred to as history. (Copyright. 1949. Bv the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) JACK ANDERSON AND FRED ELUMENTHAL SAYS: TOP NA TIONALIST GENERAL JUGGLED AID MONEY; AMERICAN TAX PAYER STUCK FOR HALF A MIL ION; INTERNAL REVENUE COM MISSIONER RECOMMENDS FIRING TOP AIDES. (Ed. Note During Drew Pearson's ab sence in Europe, his staff will contribute an occasional column from Washington). WASHINGTON Even as congress is considering another $307 million for Chi ang Kai-Shek, this column has uncovered shocking, documentary evidence about what has happened to the last $125 million he received from the American taxpayers. The indisputable fact is that huge sums have disappeared into private bank ac counts, and additional, unnecessary fees have been skimmed off by a series of mid dlemen.. For example, this column has traced $444,706.53 right out of the taxpayers' pockets into the private account of a fic- titous company. This money was supposed to pay for war surplus equipment, but was mysteriously, transferred to the Lee Sun Company's account in "the National City Bank ot .New York. However, careful in vestigation indicates that the Lee Sun Com pany is nothing more than a name in a bank book. But here's the real shocker the man who juggled these bank accounts is Chiang Kai-Shek's top general, C. J. Chou. This ?a.w. m. s") - : tcsueir f same General Chou is also in charge of all military pur chases for the Chinese National ists. In other words, of the $307 million proposed for Formosa. General Chou would direct the spending of $217 million ear marked as military aid. The story of the juggled bank accounts goes back to July. 1946, j when the United States sold sur- . plus eauipment located on the Philippines to the Chinese Na tionalists. The price, which Chi ang Kai-Shek promised to pay. was $596,629.07. However, this was later scaled down to $444,- j YUU 03. The contract called for pay ment to be made in U. S. dol lars concurrently with the de livery.'' Accordingly the money was deposited in the bank of China on October 1, 1947. Yet General Chou kept haggling ov er minor details, and delaying the payment for three years. OVERDUE PAYMENT On November 16, 1948, the of fice of Foreign Liquidation fired a sharp letter to General Chou s negotiator in the Philippines, Maj. David Hsiung, demanding: ' We request that action be tak en to reimburse this office in the amount of $444,706.53 as quickly as possible, since this amount has been outstanding since 1946:" This finally forced General Chou to kick through the long overdue payment. But the in credible fact is that Chou paid the debt, not from his earmark ed Chinese funds from American aid money. Chou cabled the Chinese procurement office in Washington on March 23, 1949, ordering the $441,706.53 payment made out of the balance of Am erican aid. In other words, Chou took money from the American taxpayers to pay the American taxpayers a neat trick if you can get away with it. This left the money that was originally appropriated to pay for the surplus equipment, still in the Bank of China. On Octo ber 18, 1949, General Chou sign ed five checks withdrawing this money. The checks were made out in the following amounts $110,000; $100,000; $90,000; $80, 000 and $76,926.02. All the checks were presented the same day, and were made payable to the Canton Trust Company. This made a total of $456,926.2, which the Canton Trust Company de posited in the National City Bank of New York to the credit of the fictitious Lee Sun com pany. Strictly speaking this is em bezzlement of Chinese govern ment funds. However, the money came from the American tax payers, who actually put up the $444,706.53. Most Americans are willing to aid anyone who wants to fight the communists as long as that aid doesn t end up in the pockets of corrupt leaders. Note In another case, the Chinese Nationalists went through three middlemen in an attempt to buy 2,956,170 gallons of aviation gasolin. Yet the Na tionalists .have a procurement office in Washington that could have made the same purchase much cheaper directly from the producer. The amazing angle is that one of the middlemen was a hole-in-the-wall Chinese gro cery store in San Francisco Chi natown; called the South China Enterprise, Inc. This store is worth only a few hundred dol lars, yet stood to make a cool $100,000 profit on the deal. It looked suspiciously as if the grocery store may have been a front for someone else. WASHINGTON PIPELINE John Dunlap, new boss of the Internal Revenue Bureau, has recommended the dismissal of four of his top aides for cov ering up tax scandals. He has sent his recommendations to the White House. A Pentagon team THE SPHINX j is enroute to Korea to recover steel scrap from the battle fields. They expect to recover at ! least 250.000 tons vitally i needed to build more tanks, guns and planes to be used on other battlefields. ! PATRIOTIC PRINTER Some U. S. newspapers have made spot checks recently to discover what the average cit zen knows about America's two greatest documents The Dec laration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Without ex ception, these surveys revealed that adult Americans have either forgotten or never knew the language and meaning of either document. As a result, a patriotic printer, August Dietz of Richmond, Va., decided to do what he could to reacquaint, the American people with their heritage. Dietz is now working on a scheme to bring a readable and artistic copy of The Declaration of Independ ence and The Bill of Rights into every classroom and home throughout the nation. He's planning to turn out as many copies as necessary. He'll sell them at slightly less than cost in addition to donating his own time and printing equipment. The first copies will be ready by the middle of September, and may be obtained directly from Gus Dietz in Richmond, Virginia. (The charge will be only five cents each in quantities of 100 or more.) Dietz is working closely with Pat Regan, president of Ser toma Clubs International, who calls Dietz' project ' inspiring. 'It is gratifying to know," said, Regan, "that our Richmond club in Virginia the home state of Thomas Jefferson was the first to pledge a copy to all of its local 32,000 school children." Cass Shippers Get Top Prices At Omaha Market Fat Angus sleers from the feedlot of Boedeker and Jacob sen scored a $37.75 tcp at the Omaha market Monday. At the peak price were 21 head weigh ing 1144. Cass county led heifers, a shipment from John Jochim, set a new season's high Tuesday of last week in Omaha. The price was $36.85 paid for 26 head of 866-pound topmgnt Angus. Other Cass shippers with heif ers at Omaha last week were Ton Rikli and Son with 852- pounders that sold at $35.50; and Howard and Emerson Wiles with 762-pounders that sold at $35. Eldon Panska had mixed yearlings at $35.50 and Frank Citta mixed yearlings at $34.25. Farm and Home Days Are Set LINCOLN Farm and Home Days, the annual event at the University of Nebraska college of agriculture when thousands of farm iolks gather in the cam pus will be held Oct. 16-18. Elton Lux, chairman of the committee on arrangements, said forenoon programs will in clude general meetings in the rollee activities building. Aft- ernoon sessions wiu mtiuuc meetings of agricultural associa tions and informal discussions in the various departments. Other members of the com mittee, which is setting up the Sroeram, include Prof. William j Loeffel, Dr. Doretta Schlap h'off Miss Florence Atwood and Dr. J. E. Livingston. A classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35c. (Band Mrs. Glen Kuhn Mrs. Tom Carnicle and Mary Lou spent from Saturday till Monday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O'Brien of Louisville. South Bend Two Celebrate Birthdays Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Dave Campbell accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Campbell to Elmwood Sun day where they celebated Ches ter and Kenneth Campbells' birthdays. South Btnd Mrs. Emma Calder was a Fri day overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Campbell. Mrs. V. D. Livers accompanied by Mrs. Dallas Livers were in Lincoln Thursday. Karen Livers of Western returned home with them for a visit. South Bend Dora Richards Has Numerous Guests Mrs. James Miner and son called on Dora Richards Thurs day afternoon. Friday Mrs. Ora Kuehn and children of Louis ville spent the day and Sunday dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jess Addelman and Fc-tty Lou and Clarence Richards of Lincoln. South Bend Mr, and Mrs. James Wood r.nd famjly of Springhill, Iowa, art visiting this week at the Bern ard Dill and Virgil Livers homes. Mrs. Bernard Dill and Bion. Mrs. Fannie Christensen, and Carolyn Watland. Mr. nnd Mrs. James Wood and family were Monday luncheon guests of Mrs. Virgil Livers. Verla Livers accompanied a group of young folks to the Burwell rodeo Saturday. Sandra Carmichael spent Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Paul Campbell's, visiting Mrs. Camp bell's niece, Joyce, who was vis iting there that day. Roy Richards of Ralston visit ed his family at South Bend on Sunday. South Bend Family Attends Burwell Rodeo Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dill and family enjoyed the rodeo at Burwell Saturday. Mrs. Fannie Christensen and Carolyn Wat land of Taylor returned home with them for a visit at the Dill home. South Bend Mr. and Mrs. John Fipps and family of Omaha were weekend visitors at the Tyler Nunn home. Lloyd Carnicle spent Sunday afternoon at the Larry Carnicle home. Mrs. Jack Kuhn was a Thurs day overnight guest at the Glen Kuhn home. Mr. and Mrs. Picas Proctor and Pauline and Sgt. John Wright were Tuesday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thiessen and Nancy Streight. South Bend Pinochle Club Meets Tuesday The Pinochle Club met with Mrs. Glen Kuhn Tuesday after noon with Mrs. Cora Campbell assisting. Prizes went to Hazel McGinnis, high, Dora Richards, low, Lottie Knecht, traveling. . South Bend Larry Carnicle Jr., spent from Tuesday till Friday at Linoma beach with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peterson. Jack Ca?ew of Omaha was a Friday overnight guest of Jer ome Streight. CHE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAl PAGE FOUR Section B Thursday, August 1G. 1951 JF YOUR CHILDREN are away at camp you may b wondering just what they are getting out of it, especially since writing letter! home is not the thing young camp ers do best. Recently we visited three camps, two public supported ones where there were boys and girls by the hundreds, and one private camp with an en rollment of less than one hun dred. Accommodations were very much the same in all three camps, so we aren't go ing to report on food and lodg ing, nor on daily activities, which were also slmiiiar. For that matter, there were no im portant differences in the in tangibles, such as spirit and friendship, though it was easier to weigh their, at the smaller camp. It is ther ? difficult to as sess values tliat we wa .t to write about. Most adults who went to r .. er camp when they were chill . ..r. will put friendship first as the r. . t en during asset of camp 1L3. Shis doesn't necessarily mean that camp friendships have lasted throughout life. It is simply that In childhood we take our schoolmates and the kids next door somewhat for granted. But camp is a limited period. Here your child meets boys or girls from other states, or at least from other towns or different school districts within your own city. These children must pack into a few weeks the give and take which is stretched over a year with 4-H Members Attend Camp The 4-H club were guests of Verla Livers Friday afternoon. After a "yard tour' they enjoy ed lunch. They are now attend ing camp at Camp Harriet Harding. South Bend Mark and Sandra Carnicle had dinner Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carnicle and Mary Lou. Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Proctor and Pauline of Ashland and Sgt. John Wright of Fort Worth, Texas, were Thursday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Streight and Jerome. Elaine Cox of Omaha spent Friday and Saturday with her family. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Ivloller and boys were Thursday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Nunn and Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lackey and sons of Fremont spent Monday at the Glen TM;ssen home. Ui nton Mr. 7 1 : Albert Willis and dr;;-' ur Kr.therine of Portland. O::on. are here vis iting LTori- and sister, Mrs. .1 - r..a Willis, and also Mrs. Hatt i Lincoln. :?r. and Mrs. C. A. Wager of Denver, Colorado are guests of .""vli.vs Lenna Barber. The ladies are sisters. Mr. Donald Neeld was taken suddenly ill Saturday afternoon. He underwent surgery about midnight for an appendectomy. He is recovering nicely at this date. The Neeld family had just got heme from Lincoln on Fri- Crossword Puzzle HORIZONTAL 1 Turkish cap 4 Fat t Collection ef fact 12 To be Indebted 13 A French watchdog 14 Slang for no 13 Hit on head by pitched ball 17 Tobacco ash caked in pip 19 A tree 20 A leper 21 Harvest 23 Possesses 24 A fruit 27 A rodent 28 To decay 20 A fish 30 Upon 31 To cut. as hatr 32 Stinging Insect 33 Jap marine measure 34 Stared amorously 36 To triunr.ph 37 Chess pieces 38 Close by 39 To stuff 40 Device for holding articles 41 President of 43 Klver island 44 A kind ol , duck 46 A military means of defense 49 Sound made by cr.i 50 To waken 52 A period of time 53 An offirniaUve 4 Attack 53 Seine ; , ; . VERTICAL . 1 Trouser pocket 2 t ei.iale sheep 3 En'hustasi 4 Fore joaing 5 Kvil 6 French Ir -ind- 1 T-ke de.;ni' u. 'nj en one rt oi issue 8 T.'n't u,im 9 '. im 11 Chopping tool 16 Small drink 13 Indian tent 29 Small rug 21 Sing 22 Kitchen s'.ove 33 The male fer:et 23 Measure of lnd , 3fi German river S3 Measure Of length m Writing implement n Soft cap .12 Ta invite NS Works 36 Form of Mo be 37 Covering for the hr,nj 39 Prede-M of Argentina 10 Rv , of 42 Towan nipt i or their home playmates. Suddenly friendship becomes a recognized ideal, something prized, something to work for. Even the shy child finds he can make friends at camp and he becomes a little more of a person in his own eyes. It isn't Just this awakening sense of friendship with children his own age that is so valuable. It is the experience of having boys and girls nlrfpr than himself pay attention to him! A seven-year-old could live in a neighborhood surrounded by fourteen-year-olds and never get more notice from them than a "Hi, yi." But at camp, older boys, espe cially the junior counselors in their early teens, are encouraged to befriend the smaller boys. They pass on skills at games by teach ing the little fellows the fine points, they take sides in competition so that ycur.g Johnny has an admired ten-a"-" rooting for him in swim ming 1 riding contests. K- : to friendship is the les SD.i i i croup loyalty which all car : s supply. A reverence for re; Von and for the flag are arat.-:; the greater loyalties dramatized at camp. These are the elements of carr.p life your child won't be able to tell you about, because he can't j et put them into words. If you want more concrete evidence of what camp gives your child, ask him about the fun, the excitement of discovering things he can do well, and about the wonderful hours of sleep that come at the end of a day outdoors. day bringing the little new baby girl, Diane Marie, from the hos pital. She was born on Saturday, August 4th. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer and Mrs. Todd were Nebraska City visitors last Friday. Lyle and Lowell Schaefer had to visit the dentist too. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Carlson and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rathe of Omaha visited with Mrs. Todd last Saturday evening. The young folks brought along a large watermelon, which was enjoyed by all. Union Sixteen Attend W. S. C. S. Meeting The Woman's Society - of Christian Service - met at the home of Mrs. C. E. Morris -it-a Mrs. Frank Anderson as co-hostess. Sixteen members were pres ent. Mrs. Victor Ross and dau ghter Dianne of Nehawka and Mrs. Shirley Bauer and little son and daughter of Colorado were guests. Plans for the chicken dinner that the ladies are serv ing August 21 at 6:30. wprp j made and after a review of the j last chapter of the Study Book ! by Mrs. Courtney, the hostesses, I assisted by Mrs. Ross, served a ' dainty and delicious refresh 1 menls. Mr. and Mrs. John McQuinn j wers supper guests of Mr. and I Mrs. Lowell McQuinn and fam i ily at Plattsmouth last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Todd, Melvin Jr., and Nancy are va cationing for a week. Mrs. Frank Bradberry of Kan sas City is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Atteberry and family. Miss Melba Meyers of Norman. 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