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EDITORIALS Purses Fresh Flashes mrm VV VV ...--- " -- - STORY HAS A FISHY SMELL There are many events chronicled in the daily press that we fail to understand. This may be due to our ignorance, or it may be due to the inadequacy of the re ports that we read. An example 01 this mystery comes irom Indiana, where a young doctor has turned down a reserve commission to avoid be coming "just another Army pill-roller." He preferred to accept training as a $75-a-month private, rather than the $400 a month he Would receive as a first lieuten ant, plus a $100 bonus for signing up, un der the Army program to attract doctors into the service. The young man, despite his reaction, does not seem to object to receiving bene fits from the Army. After beginning as an infantryman in World War II, he trans ferred to the specialized training program to receive his medical training. He was called under a Selective Service regulation that provides for the use of doctors who have received part of their medical edu cation at Government expense. It seems to us that if the Army was good enough to provide part or all of his training as a medical man, it ought to be good enough to receive some of the benefits of the training that he received. More over, there seems to be something strange about a man who turns down a $400-a-month salary to accept less than one-fifth of the same amount. CONSIDER FOOTBALL ON ITS OWN The suggestion made by several mem bers of Congress that football be suspend ed at the U. S. Military Academy, where 90 cadets are involved for cheating on ex aminations, seems to be an instance of us ing an unrelated incident to put intercol legiate athletics under a ban. We are quite aware of the fact that football has been emphasized too much in many institutions and that, at times, it may be a corrupting influence on those who get the idea that the main work of an athlete is on the football field and not con nected with the work of the classrooms. Nevertheless, intercollegiate football should be studied in relation to the broad picture of collegiate education. Its fate phould not depend upon the fact that, at one or two institutions, athletes have disre garded their studies or, which is worse, cheated on examinations in order to make passing grades. A RECORD, WE PRESUME From Kentucky comes the story of a man and woman, who have now been married for the fifth time. Their first four marriages ended in divorce. The farm couple, each sixty-one vears old, were married the first time in 1912. They have ten children, fifty grandchil dren and several great-grandchildren. This, as far as we know, is something of a record. What it means, however, es capes us and we respectfully refer ihe problem to any of our readers who might know the answer. OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN A referee in a judicial proceeding is one who hears a case, considers the evi dence and the argument of attorneys and then makes a decision. The pay of referees is not high, as a rule, but in a recent case in the State of New York, a referee was awarded a $175. 000 fee. The railroad, involved in a tax case, which will have to pay a $12,000,000 sum to .New York City, considers that the fee was "arbitrary and entirely exorbitant." e do not know how long the referee had to work in connection with the case he decided, but if the fee is upheld, there seems to be an opening for ambitious young men who want to make money. They should be referees. IiAFF OF THE WEEK One reason advice is so cheap there is so much of it. We liked that crack we heard the other day: The American people better tighten their belt or they're going to lose their pants. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, tells us that it would take a very wealthy wolf to disguise himself in sheep's clothing in her point of view. We'll bet there isn't a waiter or wait ress in town that has the intestinal forti tude to place your dinner check on the table face up. One reason there, are so many divorces these days, we think, is because it's next to impossible to support the government and a wife at the same time. A .woman is a pleasing creature when she's about to make a touch. Unwelcome passes are seldom made at women who aren't asking for them, glasses or no glasses. Our biggest gripe at gossips is not about what we have done, but about what we are going to do. Dragged into court the other day for assault, a local husband told the judge the only reason he hit his wife with a lamp was that a chair was to heavy to lift. Down Memory Lane OA YEARS AGO LS3 Erma Mayfield and A. Newton Sul livan were married at Papillion August 18 by Rev. John M. Hall . . . The engagement of Helen Wurl to York A. Hinman, Jr., of North Platte, was announced at a one o'clock bridge luncheon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wurl . . . The 270 acre farm of Louis Naeve was sold at auction. Mr. Naeve reserved a portion of the farm land and planned making it a recreation spot . . . Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lepert of south of the city returned from a vacation at Fairbault and Roberts Lake, Minnesota ... A meeting of the presidents of Cass County Women's clubs was held at Elmwood, planning the county convention to be held in Plattsmouth. Mrs. Grace Dbuglas of Elmwood presided and Mrs. Glenn Wiles of Plattsmouth was secretary ... Joe Krejci, well known Nebraska ath lete, was to be on the staff of the schools at Grant, New Mexico. YEARS AGO New electric rates were announced for Plattsmouth by the Consumers Public Power District by F. I. Rea, manager . . . Principal J. R. Reeder announced registra tion for high school as being the largest ever with a senior class of 100 and total en rollment expected to reach the 400 mark . . . The NYA mattress factory that had operated in the Goos Hotel building and later in the Trilety building, completed its quota assigned and closed down . . . Allan White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. White, departed to report for physical examina tion at Annapolis where he was named to the U. S. naval academy. VMM mK 1 1 " i 1 11 i .. ' mm - - A- w- -; -44 i "Isn't that just lJ Mil Barber to get something started and then lose all interest?" 10 THOUGHT FOR TODAY 'livery virtue is included in the idea of justice, and ezrry just man is good. Thcoguis The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1S81 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in 1950" Published semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at IO'J-413 Main Street. Jf'UU" moutli. Cass County, Nehr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter Helen E. Heinrlch & Donna I. Meisinser Society - Bookkeeping & Circulation 1 intBRfiSKR 4 A Entered at the Tost Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second claus mall matter in accordance with the Art of Congress of Marot; 3. 179. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and ad'iinlng counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mall outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents for two weeks (Copyright, 1949. By the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: BERLIN A CITY OF VIVID) DRAMATIC CONTRAST DURING REDS' YOUTH RALLY; MANY SUPPOSEDLY COM MUNISTIC YOUNGSTERS DON'T LIKE COMMUNISM; WE SHOULD SELL IDEA OF UNITING EUROPE, NOT SIMPLY GIVE THEM HAND OUTS. (Ed. Note Drew Pearson is on another tour of Europe, studying conditions there during this period of world tension and crisis. Herewith is another of his cabled dispatches from Europe). BERLIN I have just spent an eve ning behind the Iron Curtain. It's not hard to do here in Berlin where no guards pa trol the line between the Russian and American sectors and where, if you flash a White House press card and look reason ably important, you can attend even the most exclusive of the Communist youth shows. Berlin tonight is a city of vivid dramatic contrast miles of bunting and flags every where, flags of every nation "but particu larly and ironically the flags of peace. Sandwiched in between almost every na tional flag is the blue and white emblem of peace. Standing out against the gaunt bomb-gutted ruins of Berlin, they made a genuine appeal' to the tired population which never wants to see war again. There were other contrasts. A Czech youth orchestra in immaculate blue and white uniforms played before the pillars of Berlin s bombed-out opera house. They played well and sang welL At -one side stood shiny new Czech buses made in the Skoda munitions works. One thousand of these buses brought the Czech youth delegation to this year's rally and they now stood in contrast to the bomb-wrecked weary pillars of the old opera house. Across from the Kaiser's once ornate palace which the Rus sians tore down and removed piece by piece, a great platform stood in front of the bomb battered museum. The inside was an empty shell but outside a Russian ballet, a girl in Geor gian costume, and Finnish folk dancers all performed. It was Russia's youth exhibition and you had to admit it was good. Lighting, acoustics and staging were all perfect; the music ex cellent and the dancing superb. I couldn't tell what the girl in the Georgian costume said when she sang a ballad dedicated to Stalin and I don't think many of the German Communists could, either. But they liked her voice and applauded just the same. Above the museum, the stone horse given to Kaiser Wilhelm by Czar Alexander II peered down at this modern-day Com munist rally while, on the crowd's edge a group of young Communists peered eagerly at the convertible Ford Mercury in which I had been driven across the Iron Curtain. On their shirts was written "ac tivist," meaning their job was to whip up and activate enthusi asm among other party mem bers. But they seemed much more enthusiastic about the modern motor production of the west than in communism. REDS' YOUTH RALLY NO FLOP To read the headlines in American newspapers you got the impression that the Berlin youth rally was a flop. It wasn't. No rally which brings 2,000,000 youngsters together from all parts of the world is a flop and it's no use kidding our selves. The state department, with a meagre budget, did a miraculous job of attracting a quarter of a million German youths into the western sector, giving them food, literature and a sight of the vastly better living stand ards on our side of the Iron Cur tain. But when the rally was only half over, orders came to close up certain youth depots. The food was costing $12 per day at one center and the state department's budget was ex hausted. Congressmen Taber of New York, Clevenger of Ohio and other economizers had pinched too many pennies and a great opportunity was thus snuffed out. However, three'-quarters of a million other youngsters never entered west Berlin. They braved the straw spread out in school rooms for them at night, put up with the poor Communist food and attended ballyhoo pro grams, all for the sake of com munism. And a score of 75 per cent against 25 per cent means that eventually democracy loses out to communism. AMI, GO HOME!" If you arrived early enough and flashed a White House press card, a U. S. military pass or even a District of Columbia po lice pass, an American could get into the most popular and pack ed performance of all the North Korean, seeing tne Ko rean show gave some idea of the propaganda barrage this youth congress was subjected to. The highlight of their perform ance was a dance operetta in which a Korean mother, . her child killed by Americans, is the heroine. The scene Which real ly brought down the house was that in which she throws three grenades into an: "American camp. Three Americans then tear, her- clothes half . off and take 'turns beating -h'et while she takes ' from ' her ' blouse the flag "of the peoples , republic. Then, just as the Americans tie her to a tree preparing to shoot her, a shot rings out and Ko rean guerrillas come to her res cue. The heroine then shoots an American officer at point blaik range. At this point, the audience goes wild; there is 20 minutes of applause; the Korean actors get curtain call after curtain call and Russian ladies rush up to embrace the embarrassed but happy Korean orchestra leader. The. audience then leaves, chanting "Ami, go home!" the slogan of derision for Amer icans thrown at us from the Adriatic to the Baltic. This is a sample of the prop aganda drilled in on the youths at the rally and there's no use in kidding ourselves aoout its effect. SELLING IDEAS IS IMPORTANT I sat in one youth center in west Berlin talking to three boys from Saxony one a car penters apprentice, one a lock smith's apprentice, and the third out of work. They sat in the George C. Marshall build ing, in one end which was a soup kitchen while in the center of toy edition of the Santa Fe Railway s ' Chief glided under bridges and over mountains in a huge electric-train exhibit. Just outside stood "The Euro pean Trains" a beautifully built combination of the Friend ship and Freedom trains, show ing the importance of uniting Europe. A long line of sup posedly Communist youngsters from east Berlin stood waiting I talked to had already seen'th ' tnis impressive iram. As we talked of communism which they didn't like I asked what they thought of a United States of Europe. "That's what we've got to have" said the carpenter's ap prentice, banging his fist on the table. "We've got to be united, just as that train says. That's the way to lick communism and the way to lick war." That remark to me pointed up the chief mistake we are making in our battle against communism. In Berlin, Moscow was selling an idea we were handing out soup and bread. In the rest of Europe, Moscow nas been selling an idea we've been handing out Marshall plan mon ey to build buildings, railroads and roads. These are important. But sometimes people will" fight harder for an idea than for full stomachs. What we could do very easily anH where we have been miss ing the boat is to sell both an idea and bread the idea of uniting Europe and preventing war. We've hinted at this from time to time but until we sell that constructive idea and sell it hard the Communists may be able to continue outselling us with their phony idea on a 75-to-25 ratio. Capitol News LINCOLN Politics was pop pin' out all over the capitol this week and the rumor factory was working overtime. Sample rumors: The reason Former Governor Dwight Grls wold endorsed Robert B. Crosby for the Republican nomination for governor is that Griswold is laying the groundwork for a possible appointment to the senate should 73-year-old Sen. Hugh Butler fall to finish his third term. Or Former State Senator Harry Ganz of Alliance is being pushed to run lor the Democratic nomination for gov ernor with Walter Raecke of Central City going after the senate seat. There were other whisperings, with less plausibility. And then there were the facts, like Gov. Val Peterson's admiring en dorsement of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidency, or the report from Petersons campaign advisors that he's an even-money bet to whip Butler, or a candid admission from But ler that his doctors have told him he'll have to quit climbing stairs. Val for Ike Governor Peterson's endorse ment of Eisenhower was not without qualification. "I think he's a great American," Peterson said, and if Ike is a candidate, "I will give serious considera tion fo supporting him.'' Actually, it is known here, Peterson already Is more or less committed to Eisenhower's camp. He attended a hush-hush meeting called by Kansas' Sen Harry Darby and Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star to organ ize the Eisenhower boom. And last week, the governor flew7 out to Hastings for a "private"' chat with Fred Seaton, the news paper executive, who has repre sented Harold Stassen in Ne braska. Stassen has thrown the weight of his supporters to Eis enhower and if the general doesn't run, the supposition is that the 'energy generated for Ike will be shifted to Stassen in a stop-Taft movement. HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAI. Monday, August 20, 1951 PAGE FOUR Fifty-Fifty Governor Peterson has had pretty good luck with polls in his political career, but he says he tries not to let himself get over sold. That's why he's not over whelmed by the results of i sampling of opinion in several Nebraska communities, not in cluding Lincoln and Omaha. These surveys show that Pe terson has an even chance of ousting Hugh Butler. When the professional poli ticos here at the statehouse heard this, they were openly skeptical. Hardly anyone here gives Peterson much of a chance One of the poll-takers explains the professionals' attitude by "Theyre remembering ay Butler slaughtered Dwight Griswold last time. This time is different. Butler's going after his third term. He's 73 now; he'll be 80 before he fin ishes the term. The party felt it owed him a second term but not a third one.'' 'Never Better' There's little question that if Butler and Peterson buck heads for the nomination that Butler's age and his health will be a campaign issue. It'll probably never come out in the onen but the Peterson people will be ex pected to see that it gets around. Reporting from Washington. Butler admitted that he had been in the Naval hospital at Betheda, Md., for therapy treatments on his knee, which he injured playing football for Doane College, before the turn of the century. And, said the senior senator, his doctors have advised him to find another apartment, either on the first floor or in a build ing with an elevator, instead of climbing two flights of stairs as he does now . "But my general health," But ler said, "was never better. And you can be sure t won't bother me in the campaign."' Qr warn wmwmmwim$frffls O Htlping Another Defeat Worry WHEN THERESA HARPER, New York City, was told that she had another's life in her hands, she was terrified. Who wouldn't be when that person was one's own mother? The emo tional impact of that remark came like a thud of lead on her head and her imagination. The doctor went on to explain tnat her mother had cancer, and that the only hope of a cure was in the help she could give herself in building up resistance. She could not build up resistance, went on the doctor, if she worried about her condition. Your mother has a 75 percent chance, he said, provided she doesn't worry. The only way she can be kept from worrying is for you to be absolutely confi dent that she is going to get well. You must never display even a vestige of fear, doubt or worry in your words or your actions. If you do well, just remember that you have your mother's life in your nanas. cnetU This meant that Theresa herself must not worry; that she must always put on a brave and smiling front; that her mother must see her hopefullncss in order to have hope her self. "Hope is contagious," said the doctor, "just as all eood things are as well as bad." , Theresa always had been a chronic worrier, and now she w'as frantic. She not only needed to conquer ordinary worries of ner own but she had to combat the worry of one who wasn't strong enough to combat her own. She had stood by when they brought her mother from the operating room, but the moment she saw her mother's unnatural looking face she fainted dead away. That didn't seem to be the act of one who could rout another s worry, did it? ''Strength will be given you to do whatever is necesary," she had read somewhere. And she proved it. She turned and walked directly to her mother's room, with the biggest smile she had ever worn. She forced herself to see her mother walk ing around the park, downtown in the shops. She wouldn't allow herself to see her lying there in the bed. Soon the haunted look left her mother's eyes; soon .her face relaxed into a smile. Did it work? "Like a miracle," says Theresa, "and every day I look at my mother and thank God that I had "the necessary strength when I needed it" Realty Transfers Ethel Hadley to Mrs. Dorah Sterling Phillips. 7-28-51, E'i SE1 4-10-13, $10.00. J Howard Davis to T. H. Pol lock, 8-3-51, Ls. 33, 34, 35 Oak mont, $1.00. Katherine V. Baker to Robt. W. Baker. 7-11-51, L. 58 NW'4 SWi 1-10-11, $1.00. Jesse O. Smith & Johanna to Phillip Buskirk, 8-7-51, L. 21 & 22 B. 13, Elmwood, $1500.00. Emma M. Olsen to Sadie Raines, 3-18-50, L. 10, Pt. L. 9, Ls 11, 12, 13. B.v3, Park Add to W Water. $8500.00. Platts. Realty Corp to Dwayne N Ahrens & Veronica, 7-31-51, L.-10, Hillcrest, $1.00. Lewis A. Miller & Gertrude to Willard D. Yabsley & Marie, 8-7-51. L. 98 to 101 & 673 to 677, Greenwood, $l.uu. Frank Sedlak, Adm., to Joseph F Gradoville & Lois, 8-4-51, L. 3 to 6, B. 26 & Ls. 1 to 8. B. 31, Dukes Add Platts., $3400.00. Charles A. Boardman & Paul ine to Ralph Louis Beach & Ms vine Pearl & Clarence D. Root & Pcarle E.; 7-28-51. Ls. 1 to 5 & 10 to 12, li. 4, Eagie, tauy.uu. HEARTY BREAKFASTS Oakland, Calif. A burglar broke into a produce company and stole, not only $1,000 from the company's safe, but also 40 cases of choice canned hams and 30 cases of eggs. Not con tent he also took the owner's I truck. Crackdown (II) It was just about this time in 1949 when James H. Anderson, who was then the attorney gen eral launched his statewide crackdown on gambling. But the lid has worked a lit tle loose since Anderson clamp ed it on and this week his suc cessor. Clarence Beck, was busy applying pressure to get it back in place. Beck's office showed it meant business by slapping felony charees on the operators of al leged gambling games at the Burwell rodeo. inis arew a hearty endorsement from the governor who said he would use his authority to start quo war ranto (ouster proceedings against local officials who didn't move against the gamblers. Peterson had his dander up when he said, 'If local officials aren't willing to accept their responsibilities of office, they should get out, and if they don t get out, there are adequate pro visions for their removal." This week, there were indi cations that county attorneys and county sheriffs were im pressed with the , governor's warning.. . : s ,- - i.1 - ; Trailing Wild Bean Beneficial LINCOLN Trailing wild bean is a beneficial plant and one of the native legumes in the stnte. It usually shows up in stubble fields after harvest and fixes fairly large quantities of nitro gen in the soil. University of Nebraska Exten sion Agronomist J. D. Furrer has answered many inquiries about the plant. Some farmers have listed it as a weed. But, Mr. Furrer says, the plant is relished by livestock and shows up after "harvest. It is not a problem as far as harvest is concerned. If farmers wish to control it. however, it can be done with cultivation or r by soravine with 2 4-D. - , Trailing wild Dean is a vmmg plant and has flowers similar to ordinary beans. There are two species of the plant, both with narrow leaves made up oi tnree leaflets. HANDCUFFS SAFE MEN Walhalla, S. C. Answering a call for help, Police Chief J. P. Massey hurried to the scene with a wrecker truck and found two men, Caleb Justice and Ern est Sterns overcome by gas while cleaning a wall on a mountain farm near here. The 50-year-old officer had himself lowered into the well, snapped a set of hand cuffs on the unconscious men, fastened himself to the victims with another pair of handcuffs and grabbing the escape rope, had all three spun to the sur face by the wrecker's windlass. Massey's quick action is credit ed with saving the two men. On February -i the British meat ration was decreased to 9c per head. For many fam ilies this will mean only one meat meal a week. Walter H. Harold R. Smith & Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Oonat BIdg. Plattsmouth $i9ooo or Less LOANS MADE ANYWHERE Write or Come in AMERICAN LOAN PLAN O. T. NICHOL, JR., Mgr. 112 No. 5th St. Ph. 3213 Plattsmouth f ' 'V".' 11 y'T mi jmm'vrfr WM. S. WETENKAMP Real Estate and Insurance Office South Mrtto St. Res. rbonc 5176 THE SEASONS go so swiftly for adults that they forget the end-of-summer fidgets which often af flict children. School is still several weeks away, camp is prabably over, and the round of trips to the doctor, dentist and oculist for check-ups has begun. There are the necessary shopping trips, too, for back-to-school clothes. All these engage ments cut into the days sq that major projects are out. But how about some exciting special events that require planning, which is half the fun, but not too much time in any one period? Why not let the children plan and give a party? This will furnish at least a week of interest. There will be less grumbling over a morning date at the dentist's, or a shoe- and fall coat buying expedition, if there is the promise of dime store shop ping afterwards for party favors. The party shouldn't be too elaborata or you'll find yourself with most of the work to do, and the children will then miss the experience of feeling they are really host and hostess. But there should be enough frills to create a real party at mosphere so the affair won't be just another everyday gathering of the gang. Some kind of a tourn&ment pro vides eadyroade: entertainment for a party children give themselves. Croquet is excellent and worth ar ranging for even if yeu have to bor row a set. The young host or hostess will have to provide score cards and prizes, which will fill at least one afternoon cl happy preparation. Thinkij:g up a novel way of choos ing partners will afford pre-party excitement, too. If there are too many guesU to play croquet a yo yo contest is also lots of fun. Th. yo-yo can serve as a favor, too. Refreshments should be served picnic style on the lawn after thai exertion of the game. With a little guidance from Mother the children can prepare all of the food. Some thing different to drink aeems to symbolize a party for children 9 fcSlBftA M made root beer is an old-time fav orite worth reviving. Served with! a scoop of ice cream it's as near, to a soda fountain treat as you- can concoct at home. A combina tion of fruit juices that may seem outlandish to you delights the young host he loves to surprise guests with his own special mixture. Cake is too difficult for inexperl enced cooks to make in a hurry but eooky baking is a thrilling day-before-the-party stint. It one pan of cookies burns not much is' lost, but if a cake gets too brown or spills over in the pan the ca tastrophe is too discouraging to a I child. Of course, you supply mrxs for cooky dough so the work won't' be too arduous and all sorts of colored sugar, candiej and other decorations. If you have an August birthday, child let the older children give the 1 party for. him. Or if a neighbor child has a mother who works she would welcome a party for her birthday boy or girl if your chil dren give it, though she might resent it if you offered to give one' yourself. By-pi'oducts to the children's; party giving are the lesson- ir. re-j ceiving guests and the addd self-( assurance which playing host ofj ! hostess brujjji.