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DITORI THE WOUNDED NEED BLOOD Reserve supplies of whole blood and plasma have been exhausted in taking care of the wounded in Korea and Gen eral of the Army George C. Marshall calls upon the people of the country to donate blood in order that a quota of 300,000 pints a month can be had to meet needs until next June. The present rate of blood donations dwindled to 36,000 pints, in July. This the army leaders assert, is not sufficient to guarantee an adequate supply. Medical men point to the astonishing recovery of ninety-eight out of every one hundred wounded in Korea and attribute much of the great record to the use of blogd and plasma. Gen. Omar N. Bradley declares that the armed forces will contribute one-half of the blood required and Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, speaking from Japan, urges the home front to continue to support the blood-giving program. He points out that when the tide of battle is in our favor, casualties are naturally less but adds that this does not mean that blood is no longer needed. Gen. Ridgway stresses the fact that many of our men, recovering from wounds, need daily transfusions. "It is our duty," he solemnly declares, "to see that their names will, not appear on any subsequent list of 'died of wounds' for the lack of blood needed to restore them to health." WE DO NOT KNOW IT ALL Nothing is more dangerous to the fu ture peace of the world than the idea, widely held in the United States and often expressed in the halls of Congress, that this country can and must decide all ques tions that arise. Whenever trouble occurs in some dis tant land, the statement is almost immed iately forthcoming in this country that the situation could have been avoided if the United States had taken a firm stand some years ago. This is dangerous nonsense. If the only contribution that the United States is going to make to the solution of grave problems is a firm stand for whatever opinion prevails in this country, we might as well forget all dreams of a peaceful world. Moreover, the firm stand that we may take will be ludricrous unless, at all times, we maintain an army, navy and air force ready to apply pressure to everybody who disagrees with us. . Americanism : A man going to Europe for two weeks and coming back expert on all things European. -. - - GET UNJUST SHARE The present political picture in the United States depicts highly organized groups, exerting amazing pressure and getting just about what their leaders de mand. - Nearly every minority is organized. Politicians fear even a small group, when it makes up an "association." The unor ganized, which includes most of the middle-class people, have no association and they get it, politically and economically speaking, in the neck. I One of these days, the great majority -of average Americans will discover, with a start, that their nation has been work ed over by the professionals. They will, we hope, wake up and go to work to see if they can recapture the democracy of in dividuals, seeking the general welfare. If this ever happens, it will be a sad day for the pressure groups, including the organizations that work the business side and all other propaganda aggregations that exert undue influence upon the pol icies of the United States. The trouble with most books that you read is that you do not get what the author put in them. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Balzar The Plattsmouth Journal Of Had County and City Paper ESTABLISH F7D IN' 1881 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in 1950" Published semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursday, at 103-413 Main Street. l')Us mouth. Cass County. Xebr. RONALD R. FURSE HARRY J. CANE .. FRANK H. SMITH . . Donna L. Meisinser Society assocaronf Entered at the Tost Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, h second claas mall matter In accordance with the Act of Conarrena nt Marc; 3. 1879. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year In Cass and adjoining counties. $4.00 per year elsewhere. In advance, by mail outside th citv ot Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents lor two weeks ALS Furse's Down entered. The stolid and , Publisher Editor News RenrtrteT and Bookkeeping NATIONAL .. tDITOOIAL ASSOCIATION iViVi'AWAVAViV.'i Fresh Flashes How hard it is for a rich man to en ter the Kingdom of Heaven concerns us less right now than how hard it is for a poor man to remain here on earth. A Cass county farmer who sent for a book on "How to Grow Tomatoes," wrote the publisher, "The man who writ the ad shoulda writ the book." It is always dangerous to operate a machine that knows more than the opera tor. A reputation, acquired through pub licitv, is not to be confused with character, acquired through living. That blonde we saw with a local fel low here at the Karnival Friday was the brunette we saw him with here on Thurs day. When a guy asked Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister who is now working in a local store, "Whatye got in the shape of automobile tires?" Fanny answered demurely, "Funeral wreaths, life preservers, invalid cushions, dough nuts and wedding rings." No father objects to his children ask ing questions providing he knows the answers. There are some youths at eighteen who just can't believe that some day they will be as dumb as their parents. A lot of people who never took music lessons can fiddle around. Memory Lane A YEARS AGO 1U The Plattsmouth Garden Club at their flower festival awarded four prizes to Mrs. Rudolph Iverson of Plattsmouth, Mrs. Lelia Larson, Mrs. Floyd Gauer and Miss Irene Alexen, all of Louisville . . . Petition was presented to the city council requesting extension of the present water main to the cemetery . . . George Conis was general chairman of the King Korn Karnival . . . Mrs. O. C. Hudson was elec ted secretary-treasurer of the Women's Auxiliary- to the Nebraska Osteopathic Association . . . Miss Evelyn Wolph of Nehawka, one of the state's outstanding 4-H club leaders was given recognition by the National 4-H Club for a letter she wrote concerning 4-H activities. OA YEARS AGO y Judge A. H. Duxbury has been ap pointed a representative of the grand commandery of Mt. Zion Commandery of the Knights Templar . . . The home of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hirz was the scene of a miscellan eous shower given by Misses Elizabeth and Emma Hirz and Mrs. W. M. Schutz in honor of Mrs. Gilbert Hirz, formerly Miss Margaret Shellenbarger . . . Light ning struck the barn on the Jim Slanker place southeast of Plattsmouth . . . The Lewiston-Nehawka band will present a concert on the courthouse lawn . . . The Cedar Creek school building will be for mally dedicated the school board reports. (Copyright. 1949. Bv the Bel Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: DE GAS PERI INFLUENCE MAINSTAY OF POSTWAR ITALY; LONG RULE MARKED EY SENSE OF JUSTICE AND RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS; PREMIER PROVES REAL FRIEND TO U.S.A. IN EUROPEAN DEFENSE PLANS. (Ed. Note The brass ring, good for one free ride on the Washington Merry-Go-Round today goes to Premier Alcide De Gasperi of Italy on his present visit to the United States.) Washington. Five years ago I was in the Luxembourg Palace in Paris when a delegation representing defeated Italv entire peace conference sat chilly. Even the American and Kussian delegates, who disagreed on many things, agreed in their frostiness toward the nation which had spawned Mussolini and extended his facist brand of tyranny over the Mediterranean. Japan and Germany were not permit ted to send delegates to the peace confer ence and doubtless would not have dared to do so even had they been permitted. In contrast, a thin-faced, frail Italian wear ing spectacles walked timidly up to the rostrum and made a plea. "I raise my voice for a new republic which is striving; toward the ! lasting and constructive peace which you also are seeking,'" he said. "A nation of toilers is ready and determined to work with you in the foundation of a more just and hu mane world." t There was no applause when the thin-faced Italian finished no indication that he had won support for the coopera- LAFF OF N-rJhl 'I If POT ' " m,m 'It acts like the rubber tion he was seeking. Nor was there any thought that this man could long remain at the helm of the turbulent, wavering coalition of parties which then governed Italy. Today, however, that man. Premier De Gasperi of Italy, still frail, still thin-faced, still wearing horn-rimmed spect acles, is in the United States, not as a suppliant representing a conquered nation, but as a friend and partner in the de fense cooperative for Western Europe And having: just come from Ottawa and a discussion of mu tual NATO defense. De Gasperi knows better than most hv drastically the diplomats have reversed themselves since that frigid day in the palace of Luxembourg in 1946. HOMESPUN PREMIER It is quite possible that Italy would not be playing this role of full partnership had it not been for the man who arrives in Washington today. He is not a prepossessing figure. In fact, you can't imagine anyone more the opposite of Mussolini than Alcide de Gasperi drab, de mure, modest, homespun. But the exact opposite of Mussolini in more ways than one is what Italy has needed in these harassed postwar years. And De Gasperi s life has been the reverse of Mussolini s almost from the day it began. It began, incidentally, not in Italy but in Austria. De Gas peri was born 70 years ago on the wrong side of the tracks. The son of a minor Austrian government official in the Ty rolean Alps, where Austria and Italy meet and where slices of territory have changed hands over the years. De Gasperi studied at the Uni versity of Vienna, got into the labor movement, was elected to the Austrian parliament as an Italian Separationist, battled against both the Austrian arist ocracy and Italian Communists, and finally, after World War I had shifted his part of the Alps from Austria over to Italy, was elected to the Italian parlia ment. CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS It was in this period when the first seeds of Italian Fas cism were sprouting that De Gasperi helped found the pop ular party, later the Christian Democratic party, based on the principle of applying Christian ity to social and political wel fare. The foundation of that party came too late. Also the train on which De Gasperi first rode to Rome to take his seat in par liament arrived too late. Ahead of him arrived Benito Musso lini and his Fascist Black Shirts. De Gasperi's train had been shunted aside to make way for Mussolinis in the night. It was inevitable that a man with De Gasperi's liberal lean ings be jailed by Mussolini. After a year and a half, how ever, he was rescued by the Archbishop of Trento and later given a job as librarian for the Vatican. Incidentally, it was an inter view with King Victor Emman uel which led to De Gasperi's jail sentence. He and other popular party deputies had called on the king to demand the ousting of Mussolini a conversation which the king promptly relayed back to II Duce. There were those' who claimed Victor Emmanuel had never ap proved of Mussolini and want ed to keep him after World War II. But De Gasperi knew bet ter. And it was that conver sation he had with the king 30 years ago which contributed to the fact that Victor Emmanuel died in exile and Italy is a Re public today.' i De Gasperi emerged from the Walter H. . Harold R. Smith & Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Donat Bldg. Plattsmouth THE WEEK bands are worn out.' Vatican library after 14 years in exile to take part in guerrilla fighting against the Germans and to be elected premier of Italy in 1946. It is a tribute to his common sense political sagacity and some people say to his youthful training in balancing above Al nine precipices that De Gas peri is still in office today. A dozen cabinets have come and Efone in France. A new election is about to be held in England. But De Gasperi continues at the helm in Italy. The reasons include: First, his sense ot fairness; second, ms deep religious conviction that Christianity must be applied to politics. The first was demonstrated after he won the national elec tions in April, 1948. The victory was considered a resounding de feat for the Communists, and many leaders in De Gasperi's party demanded that the cabi net be filled entirely from the ranks of Christian Democrats. He refused. "It wouldn't be fair," he said. "This was a victory for democ racy, not for any one political party." And he proceeded to appoint to his cabinet some of the strongest men from the Repub lican, Liberal, and Socialist par ties. Such is the man who has pulled Italy through the rigor ous postwar period with a pro American government, despite the fact that the largest seg ment of the Communist party outside Russia is under his rule. Realty Transfers Carl Wessel & Rose to Herbert C. Schwaderer & Dorothy, WD 8- 22-51, NJ2SE4 & SWUSEJ 20-10-13, $10500.00. Vern R. Harter & Joyce to John D. Hoschar & Helen, WD 9- 6-51, L. 5, B. 9 So. Park Add to Plattsmouth, $4500.00. Ronald R. Furse & Irene to Will Cook & Mary, WD 9-10-51, L. 10. B. 149, Plattsmouth, $6000.00. B. H. G. Eiting & Agnes K., to School Dist. No. 1, WD 9-10-51, E 40' L. 8 & all L. 9, B. 94, Plattsmouth, $1150.00. Sophia Guenther & Gordon Wilcoxen to Arthur T. Hansen & Willa N., WD 8-25-51, SW'i NW14 & NWUSWV4 31-11-14. $9000.00. Liesetta Sayles & George R., to Liesetta Sayles & George R., WD, 9-11-51, L. 3 & W 14' L. 4, B 30, Y & H Add Plattsmouth, $1.00. Herman Groves si raunne 10 Dewey C. Reed & Stella M., WD 9-12-51, L. 10 to 13, B. 2, Done lan's Add Plattsmouth, $3725.00. Thomas S. Solomon, Sh., to City of Plattsmouth, Sh. D., 9-12-51, L. 4, B. Ill, Plattsmouth, $325.00. Thomas S. Solomon, Sh., to City of Plattsmouth, Sh. D., 9-12-51, L. 9 & 10, B. Ill, $10.00. Thomas S. Solomon. Sh., to T J & Lottie Knecht, Sh. D., 9-12-51, E.-2 L. 7, B. 5, So. Bend, $1.00. . John W. Taylor & Mary E., to Cleo Baker & Thelma. WD 9-14-51. S. 50' L. 6, B. 38, Platts mouth, $1000-00- WELCOME. STRANGER POTSDAM, N. Y. Out-of-state motorists parking on Pots dam streets are tagged with a green greeting card from the Police department. It reads: "Hello, visitor. Welcome to our village. This tag entitles you to park as long as you please in Potsdam." When You Think of S HOES Think of Foster's X-RAY FITTING By Mrs. F. O. Sand Mr. and Mrs. Kent Balfour and family attended the auto races at Omaha Sunday and later visited at the Cooper Hunt home. ' Mrs. D. E. Smith, Lincoln, is a guest this week of her grand daughter, Mrs. Fred Hansen and family. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Becker, Lincoln, were guests at the Hansen home lor the day Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hansen and son were dinner guests Sun day of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Krong at Lincoln. Mr. Krong, former superintendent of Ne hawka, is teaching a class at the university and will receive his doctor's degree in June. Mrs. Kent Balfour was a guest at a party Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Donald Hobble at Nebraska City. Mrs. Balfour, Beverly and Neil spent Friday with her mother, Mrs. Helen Peterson at Murray. Nehawka Californians Are Luncheon Honorees Mrs. George Sheldon enter tained at a luncheon Thursday noon honoring Mrs. Charles Hutchins and her granddaugh ter. Sandra Nutt of Hawthorne, Calif. Other guests included Miss Gertrude Hanford, Mrs. Harry Johnson, Lincoln; Mrs. Anna Norris, Mrs. Lois Tefft, Avoca; Mrs. Will Ost and Miss Evelyn Wolph. Miss Evelyn Wolph was a guest at a luncheon at the home of Mrs. Emil Olive at Weeping Water honoring Mrs. Hutchins. Xhawfc)i Joan Kime, Omaha, is spend ing this week of her vacation from her duties as secretary, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kime. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ross called at the Arthur Rough home in Weeping Water Tues day evening. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ross visited the Fred Giitinger family at Brock. Mr. Giitinger is making a satisfac tory recovery from surgery on his right arm. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Ross call ed at the Albert Anderson home Sunday evening. Nehawka Clubs To Sponsor Marionettes The Nehawka Junior and Sen ior Women's clubs will sponsor the Shanafelt Marionettes of Lincoln at the auditorium Sat urday evening, October 6. There will be no charge and the community is invited. Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Lillie and Doris Lundberg, Lincoln, were week end guests of Mrs. Ruth Lundberg. Nehawka Nehawka State Fair Ribbon Winners Listed Nehawka 4-H clubbers won their share of ribbons at the state fair. Six purple ribbons were won by Phyllis Switzer on clover leaf rolls, Caryl Sylvester on secretary book in cooking club, Shirley Switzer on five jars of fruit, a demonstration on "Canning and Freezing To mato Juice" by Peggy Sand, electric motors by Carl and Robert Orndorff. Peggy Sand received highest in the state in individual demonstrations. Competition was very keen at the state fair this year. Other winnings were: Home making, white to Marjorie Whipple and Caryl Sylvester on color wheels; Suzy Switzer, dresser scarf; for a picture and refinished furniture to Suzy Switzer. Red, pillow slips, Mar jorie Whipple; dressing unit, Suzy Switzer; secretary book, Marjorie Whipple. Posters White for conserva tion and foods, Marjorie Whip ple; blue on foods, Peggy Sand. Cooking 1st year budget, 24 jars, red; 2nd year budget, 30 jars, red; white on cake, Peggy Sand; red on white bread, Phyllis Switzer. Clothing Red to Marjorie Whipple and Janice Switzer on dress; blue to Suzy Switzer on secretary book and style review. Canning White on frozen meal, Peggy Sand, Patsy Math er, Caryl Sylvester, Phyllis Switzer and red to Shirley Swit zer. Red to Marjorie Whipple and Caryl Sylvester on emergency meal and blue to Phyllis Switzer and Norma Ford. White on first year budget, 24 jars; blue on second year budget, 30 jars; secretary book, blue to Patsy Mather. mam i M HVItlb n 5000 for PROMPT EFFICIENT ELECTRICAL At Prices You'll Be Glad to Pay Free Estimates HUDSON ELECTRIC N Plattsmouth, Nebr. THE PLATTSMOUTH, RtB.flA.SKA, CKKU-WfclKLY JOUrHaL PAGE FOUR Monday, September 24. 1W1 Five Jars fruit, red to Phyllis Switzer, Marjorie Whipple, Pat sy Mather and Peggy Sand; blue to Janice Switzer, Rosemary Redden. i Five jars Vegetables, red to Janice Switzer, Shirley Switzer, Phyllis Switzer, Caryl Sylvester, Rosemary Redden; blue to Patsy ... 4 ... weaawita Couple Honored On 40th Anniversary ' Mr. and Mrs. Raymond May field and Mrs. Boyd Mayfield were among the Mayfield chil dren who entertained at din ner and a .show honoring Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mayfield on their 40th wedding anniversary in Omaha Saturday evening. Nehawka Mather and Peggy Sand. Judging canning, sixth to Peggy Sand, Norma Ford third in cooking, homemaking, tenth to Suzy Switzer. Nehawka George Supp and his wife, a recent bride. Lincoln, were guests for the day Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pollard. Eve ning callers to visit them were Mr. and Mrs. George sneiaon, Mrs. Gertrude Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Tucker. Nehawka Mrs. Stone Is D.A.R. Hostess The Jonathan-Cass chapter of the D. A. R. met with Mrs. Bruce Stone Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Neil Pierce assisting. Mrs. Stone, regent, presided. The program for the year was for mulated. Members from Weep ing Water were Miss Esther Tefft, Mrs. Caroline Tefft, Mrs. Walter Wiseman, Mrs. Lloyd Woolcott, Mrs. Keckler. Refresh ments were served. KehawKa Twenty-Five Guests At Dinner Monday Mr. and Mrs. Will Ost enter tained 25 guests at a covered dish supper Monday evening honoring their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson of Bertrand, who were en route home from an eastern trip. guests were from Union, Weep ing Water and Nehawka. Nehawka Mrs. Walter Power, Mrs. J. J. PLATTSMOUTH WALLPAPER STORE for Better Paper Hanging Interior Decorating Contracting RENT a Floor Sander or Wallpaper Steamer PLATTSMOUTH PAINT STORE 337 Main Ph. 6173 5 2 H BUY IN PLATTSMOUTH Contractors 1 Builders We have all the latest Tools and Equipment to cerve you. We handle any type carpenter work. Phone Carl . Tiekotter 4055 - Plattsmouth Within 60 ftliles Omaha ' ' ' . k-,. . Yes; we have buyers ready and willing to buy ?ood . home farms, those ; with good average buildings, productive land, and well located as to surfaced'' roads and schools. If you have such a farm for sale, listing .it with the Amos Mayamageotis 10 you. ; ' . , AIMS GRANT CO. 2)2 So: 19th Street Pollard and Miss Isabel Wills were dessert luncheon guests Thursday or Mrs. John Norris ot Avoca. Mrs. Jerry Matschullat return ed to school Tuesday following illness, to take up her duties as fifth and sixth grade teacher. She will teach part time this week. - Nehawka The Junior Woman's club in door picnic was held at the home of Mrs. Marion Tucker Thursday evening with 20 members present. Following the picnic supper Mrs. Charles Martin presided at the business meeting. Members voted on five of ten subjects submitted for programs for the following year. They also decided to have their meetings the second Thursday of each month. The officers were hostesses for the evening picnic supper. Subscribe to The Journal FURNACES Installed By Martinson Sheet Metal 620 1st Ave. Phone 257 Prepare for Winter! 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