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AV.V.V.V.WMW '.V.V.VA V,V.V.VV. .'?.. V.V.V..V.V. VV.V.V. V. V..V-V. EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes BAND DESERVES CREDIT Decision of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce to cooperate with the Eagles and the Band Parents Club in giving a dance and party for members of -Platts-mouth's band is certainly a wise one. For the past several years the writer has felt this organization was sadly overlooked when passing out the laurels. For three years straight this organ ::::: All too often the clever gal who knows all the answers is never asked. u v. A professor is a man whose job is to tell students how to solve the problems of life which he himself has tried to avoid by becoming a professor. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says when a boy breaks a date it is usually because he has to; but LAFF OF THE WEEK ization has given the city some of its finest when a girl breaks a date, it's usually be- pubhcity at Ak-Sar-Ben by winning top cause she has two. honors in Class B competition. Through out the summer months, members and In structor Ward Pscherer have presented fine musical concerts in Plattsmouth's city A national picture magazine shows a, gvm instructor giving one of the nation's top and attractive opera stars a going over park. In addition, they have made num- to strengthen her abdominal muscles, and erous trips to surrounding towns where a(s that he enjoys letting visitors feel of they have marched in parades, taken part ner stomach. Maybe we've been overlook in fairs and celebrations, to the credit of jng something about opera, our community. ir it it It is not an easy job to be a member The weather this time of year is about of Plattsmouth's High School Band, it as uncertain as those Korean peace pro- means early rising throughout the school month to get to early morning practice. It means long hard hours of marching drills, days and weeks of it, for only a few fleeting hours of public appearances. It means a great deal of effort and expense to parents in providing instruments, care of uniforms, music, and keeping the young hopefuls to their daily hour of practice. It means furnishing cars for transportation on band trips and a lot of effort on the part of Band Parents Club gathering' extra funds for buying musical instruments, mus ic and extra curricular activities the school does not pay for. But it is worth it, not only in personal satisfaction, but the job this organization does for our community pomp, show and fine publicity. We're proud to be a part of it and we're often reminded of the remark Mr. Pscherer once made to us: "Teach a boy or girl to blow a horn and they'll never blow a safe." MAY END TAX-FREE ALLOWANCES . The Senate voted to end the tax ex emptions heretofore enjoyed by high officials of the Government and members of Congress, means, in effect, that their pay will be cut by the amount of the taxes be paid. ! The Senate, apparently with an gye to securing passage of the provision, pro vided that it would not go into effect until January of 1953. This means that the pro vision will not affect the members of the present Congress, with the exception of Senators who hold on after that date. While there is sound logic behind the action of the Senate, one should not forget that, just a few years ago, in taking cog nizance of the fact that governmental officials were underpaid, the Congress de cided to provide certain tax-free allow ances and to exempt certain salaries. If the action of Congress was right at that time, it cannot be right at the present. PUBLICITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS Because of repeated charges that graft "is running rampant" in this country, President Truman has requested Congress to pass a law to put on the public recor'd exactly how much money, gifts or loans Dvery top governmental official receives each year. The President thinks that the list should include Cabinet members, gener als, admirals, judges, high-salaried govern ment employes, members of Congress and the leading officials of both major polit ical parties. There is some merit in the President's posals. it it ic One nice thing about the boys in athletics at Plattsmouth high school is that they enjoy throwing the ball, not the game. A word to the unwise is insufficient. Both golfers and motorists seldom know where they're going when learning to drive. . . It Christian fellowship includes eating together as well as praying together. That big nest egg we've saved up these many years has shrunk to about the size of a canary's. : 1 - c (S ' o i "Any reduction to the trade?" gardless of whether they serve states, counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions. Newspapers are required to print, twice a year, the names of those to whom they are indebted, as well as the names of those who own the publication involved. This is justified on1 the ground that the public is entitled to know the financial interest of the newspapers which present news and, theoretically at least, have some influence on public opinion. If such a measure is justified in ap plication to newspapers, it is certainly of greater importance in connection with those, who interpret and enforce the laws of the country. The suggestion of the President is sound, regardless of whether it passes Congress or not. In the long run, however, there will be a law to bring about this revelation of the financial condition of important people. ' " 'V'''VAV.V.VtV.V.V,V.V.VAV.V.V,V,V,V,W Down Memory Lane OA YEARS AGO mm3 The Nebraska Basket Co., operated by L. D. Hiatt and Thomas J. Slayman started active manufacture of the line of baskets that they expect to supply the trade in the future . . . The filling station operated by Charles Barrows was robbed of $30 . . . Miss Teresa Hemple of Platts mouth was reelected secretary of the De gree of Honor . . . Horsak is leader in the qualifying rounds of the golf tournament elected to stay . in the "Free World." Thirty days passed, at the end of which I received a cable from the International Rescue Committee, a private or ganization headed by General "Toughy" Spaatz, that 21 of these Czech passengers on the freedom train were held up by bureaucratic red tape with "men, women, young girls, children now living in dark attic room, no privacy, no de cency, no heat, facing months of waiting." What happened was that the Canadian government had gen erously offered to give haven to these escanees from behind the iron curtain, after which an ov erzealous Canadian security officer who could not even speak Czech had detained some of them as "security risks." I telephoned the State De partment, whose officials seem ed distressed but incapable of prompt action. I also telephon ed the Canadian ambassador, who got busy with his govern ment. As of this writing, how ever, the Czech freedom train Dassengers who rebelled against communism are still snarled up in red tape though doubtless the publicity the7 have receiv ed will cause them soon to be released. "Freedom Jails" Their case is typical, however, of what is going on all the time along the iron curtain. It is estimated that 1,200 escapees who never get publicity take the plunge across the iron cur tain every month from Russia. Poland, Czechoslovakia and other captive countries. Whereupon they are clapped in German and Austrian jails. become the associates of pros titutes and finally begin to think that, if this is the free world, they were better off un der the communists. As a matter of fact, many of them do go back. It would shock most Americans to knrw that 2,000 Russian escapees who obtained work in the coal mines of Belgium recently voted to go back to Russia. The supposed free world, they voted, did rnt offer the great freedom they THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEffil-WEEKLY J6URma Copltol NeWS 1 page foub Monday, October 15, 19ol with Westover and Walling next in line . . . The heavy concrete Diers at the north pnrl of thp Pannin viaHnpf aro hofnor Ur o t had Supposed uo . . . Mrs. Don Seiver was elected nres-1 m?Jr this situation suggestion but little prospect that it will ident of the Plattsmouth unit of the Amer-steD of the U. S Army Central ica and dealing with our entire propaganda program. 2. Recruits for the U. S. Army While the U. S. Army is now able to accept only 2,500 recruits of foreign nationality, there is no reason why this cannot be en larged. Our army has been en larged and the proportion of foreign recruits could be also Most escapees volunteer to en list in the U. S. Army, and if properly screened there is no reason why they could not serve as well as American youngsters now being drained from our economy. Wars Don't Win 3. Finally, escaoees could be organized into groups eventually to take over iron curtain coun tries if and when the time is ripe. This is what the Kaiser did in 1917 when he sent Trotsky and Lenin on a sealed train from Switzerland into Russia; and there is no reason why the pattern of political change set in 1917 cannot be reversed. As a matter of fact. Russia has never been conquered by force of arms. Napoleon tried it and started the beginning of his downfall. Hitler tried it and his defeat at Stalingrad marked the turning point of World War II. The Kaiser tried it and in the end had to resort to political upheaval. However. West Point does not teach "revolution." It teaches the conventional forms of mak ing war big land armies and artillery. Only belatedly did West Point even get round to teaching aerial warfare. This plays right into Russia's hand. For big land armies are her strongest forte. Never can we outfight her limitless re sources of manpower if we de pend on land armies alone. This is picking the battle ground where the enemy is at his best. Meanwhile modern warfare has gone forward, not only to atomic Dower but to psycholog ical warfare and the science of winning peoples to a more friendly point of view. This is where the steady stream of those seeking refuge in the free world comes in. That is why the prison cells and concentration camps into which they are thrown now constitute our most tragic national blunder. LINCOLN A report was re leased here this week that has tremendous implications for every Nebraskan. It is a preliminary draft of a study made for the Missouri River States committee by the council of state Governments. It concludes that the best solu tion of the problem of operat ing the Missouri basin s water program is "the establishment of a modified interstate com pact in which the states of the basin and the federal govern ment join as active partici pants." The document, written by El ton K. McQuery, director of re search for the Council of State Governments, used three yard sticks against which he meas ured the effectiveness of alter nate plans of operating the mul- ti-miiaon dollar basin water program, being developed under the Pick-Sloan and Young plans. These are the yardsticks: 1. Basin-wide co-ordination of operation. 2. Joint federal-state direction and control. 3. Utilization of established agencies. Flunk The present organization, un der which the corps of engineers and the bureau of reclamation is responsible for the operation of the development program, flunk the tests on Yardsticks 1 and 2, passed on No. 3. The Hoover commission rec ommendations, calling for a drastic overhaul of the depart ment of interior, passed No. 1, failed 2 and 3. The proposed Missouri Valley Authority, of course passed the first yardstick, but failed to measure up on 2 and 3. Complex "The high degree of flexibility that the compact approach of fers is one of its chief advan tages," McQuery wrote, '"It can be moulded to fit a wide variety of conditions to fill a complex pattern of needs. Here's how McQuery measures the compact approach against his yardsticks: No. 1: "In the case of the Missouri basin, the region in volved is so vast that ten states are included in whole or in part within its boundaries. If the states are to exercise a meas ure of real direction and con trol, it is necessary that a legal instrument be devised that is binding on all the states that are parties. No. 2: "Joint federal-state participation, perhaps, can best be achieved by conditional rati fication by the states of a care fully negotiated compact. The condition upon which complete ratification would hinge might be passage by the federal gov ernment of complementary leg islation providing for federal Difficult To Change Acquired Personality VATHERINE HAYS, Cambridge, Mass., began worrying at the age of seven, and with reason. Her parents separated and she went to live with an aunt. Shortly after her parents' separation, she was told by her mother that one day she would be called into court to tell a judge which parent she wanted to live with. This troubled her young mind no end, for she loved both parents and she had never admitted even to herself which parent she preferred. So she tossed about in her sleep at night won dering how she would settle this weighty matter. Young as she was she knew it would affect her entire future. Both parents would want her, and she was bewildered about the decision she had to make. It would be better, she thought, if neither of them wanted her. That gave her an idea. She would be so naughty and so disagreeable that no one would really want her. She went to work on this idea and was as successful as she had hoped to be. mm Carnegie be enthusiastically received by the mem bers of Congress. In fact, chance of pass age of the proposed measure is extremely doubtful. Not only congressmen, but many others connected with the Federal govern ment, are not anxious for their financial statistics to be revealed. We are prepared to go a bit further than the President could, under the law ican Legion Auxiliary. it it A YEARS AGO 1U Dr. R. P. Westover of Plattsmouth is the new president of the Cass County Med ical Association . . . Edward Kohrell is Intelligence, and the State De partment. All three have div ided responsibility for these es capees, but all either work at cross-purposes or do not work at all. The United States Govern- V -k rm ..II tl . . visiting with his son, Glen, at Jefferson handV all those esSapSgfrom rarracKS, ivio. . . . red rl. fcharpnack ot benind the iron curtain, but Philadelphia is visiting with Mr. and Mrs.lmost of.Je time 11 duck the of the land, and suggest that the same Emmons Ptak . . . Mr. and Mrs. William "SSwLt hann , provision be made applicable to all public W. Wetenkamp, Jr., were hosts to a fam-an especially fnterl?3ng escapee umiaio imuuynuui jine unuea states re- THOUGHT FOR TODAY ll"pc ever tells us tomorrow will be Ijct-Ht- Tib nil us The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 18S1 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in 1950" Published semi-weekty, Mondays nni Thursdays, al 109-413 Main Street. I'lausmouth. Cass County, Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE' Publisher HARRY J. CANE - Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter Donna L. Meisinger - Society and Bookkeeping ily dinner . . . Holy Rosary Church is ob- comes in from Russia as did the serving its 50th anniversary at a golden mer co,unseior to the Russian jubilee celebration . . . Donald Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wall has enlisted in the United States Army Air Force . . . W. R. Young reports that a seven year old cow owned by Elmer Jacobsen of Fort Crook, gave birth to triplets. mcBRnsKn r neM. (assocmTion M A NATIONAL IOITOBIAL ASSOCIATION (Copyright. 1949. Bv the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: STATE DEPT. OFFICIALS DISTRESSED OVER CANADIAN BAN ON SOME OF "FREEDOM TRAIN" CZECHS FLEEING COMMUNISM; U. S. AGENCIES WORK AT CROS6-PUR-POSES IN HANDLING ESCAPEES, MANY OF WHOM COULD HELP ALLIED CAUSE. Embassy in Iran last winter, it S. agencies immediately pounce on him. Counter Intelligence wants him. So does Central In telligence. So also does Military Intelligence. Dashed Hopes They haul and maul the poor escapee back and forth between all three, fly him to Washing ton to talk to the high brass in the pentagon; then, because of the McCarran Act and because he was once a communist, they fly him back to Germany. They interview him for hours oft rnd the interviews being conducted Realty Transfers Harry N. Whitebread & Geor gia to John E. Aschbacher & Frieda, WD 9-1-51, W. 12' L. 12, Louisville, $1.00. George T. Troop & Mary M., to Fritz A. Schlieske, QCD 12-2-50, E'2 L. 10, B. 30, Platts mouth, $1.00. George T. Troop & Mary M., to Fritz A. Schlieske. QCD 12-2-50, L. 9, B. 149 & E. 26' B. 45 Y & H Add. Plattsmouth, $1.00. Searl S. Davis & Leila C. to Ash Grove Lime & Portland Ce ment Co., WD 1-10-50, L. 638 & 639, Louisville, $1.00. Searl S. Davis & Leila C, to Ash Grove Lime & Portland Ce cent Co.. WD 1-10-50, L. 739 to 747, Louisville, $1.00. Edith Wessel to Bartley J. Compton & Ada M., WD 9-15-51, L. 10 SW4SW4 31-10-12, $2000. Betha Evans et al to Ethel Sitzman & August, WD 10-3-44, L. 9, B. 50, Plattsmouth, $1.00. John Leddy to Anna Duerr & Philip F., WD 10-5-51, SW'iSEVi 16-12-10, $1.00. Edward F. Bornemeier to parti:rtiou. No. 3: "The crrecilve working relationships that have been established (among existing fed eral agencies) should not be dis rupted." McQuery suggests a Missouri Basin commission to be given responsibility in two broad fields: Reservoir operation and planning. Interest Because every Nebraskan has a vital stake in the water devel opment oMhe Missouri basin Nebraska is the only state lying completely within the basin Gov. Val Peterson has been one of the leaders in basin develop ment. It was at his request, as chair man of the Missouri River States Committee, that the study was undertaken two years ago. Pe terson moved chiefly to combat the rising activity on behalf of a Missouri Valley Authority. The governor favors the com pact approach to the problem because, "It gives the required degree of co-operation with the maximum amount of local con trol." He has asked the Council of State Governments to draft a compact for presentation at the Missouri River States committee meeting this winter (the date hasn t been set) in. Hastings. By and by, she was dubbed a problem child and was packed off to boarding school where she became very un popular with the other pupils. More than that, every teacher there looked at her askance and seemed glad when rid of her. Of course, she was a very unhappy little girl. But this attitude of hers continued until she was 15 years old. inen her father died and her conscience began to trouble her. She wanted her mother's love, but her mother didn't seem to understand her. And she yearned for friends, u j Shortly after her father's death, she learned that the divorce had been granted her parents soon after their separation. Then she realized that all her worry over the important decision had been for nothing. She had not been called into court. She real ized, too, that both parents had loved her and wanted to save her from all unhappiness. ;. Now she set about to undo what she had done, to gain her mother s confidence, and to make friends among her classmates. She watched the other children and attempted to emulate the happy ones. She found that little acts of friendship worked. But it was a hard pull and she says that even now, after 20 years she still finds she has to struggle to undo what became so in grained in her nature. Letting other people do your thinking is just thoughtlessness. Journal Want Aus Pay! ers of leases which turned al most overnight into scraps of paper are bewildered. They don't quite see how this hap pened to them. Neiman com plained to the governor: "The State of Nebraska should be more careful when it gives a man a lease." What . most of the leasehold ers don't seem to realize is that the governor, and the board, have nothing to say in the mat ter. The supreme court has laid down the law. Some lessees have suggested that the board could wait until the 12-year leases have expired before taking action. The an swer to that, as Peterson has pointed out on several occasions, is that the Nebraska State Edu cation association and others in terested in the welfare of the state's school kids, would rush toif ET flfTAftlSTDf court to mandamus the board to " & Vi-trlll kill comply with the supreme court ruling. 99 WITH THIS NEW by amateurish youngsters, week I Chester Bornemeier & Valda, ihci wee mm aner a couple of months of this, they drop him like a squeezed orange all the juice gone. He is then left to get a job on the Germany economy where there are about a million Ger mans already out of work: or he can go to seed in a refugee camp. Naturally, many of these escapees wish they were back in Russia. Obviously, escapees have to be screened to detect possible com munist -plants. Obviouslv also some have fled because they are Entered at the Tost Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, s second class mail matter In accordance with the Act of Congress tt Marc; 3. 18.9. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year. elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the citv of Platts rnouth. By carrier In Plattsmouth. 20 cents for Washington. Exactly Korie' month ago a Czech railroad tram, piloted by a daring common criminals. However. anti-communist engineer, dashed across "ej-emains a large proportion called The Freedom Train and its pas-; tng manner: sengers, considered an omen of a new - 1. Giving information as to surjrc against communism, received a great J'hat is hapucminar bchfwi the 7" iron curl&ln- Tins could be of (nation.- "immense value to the U. S. Thirty-one of these Czech passengers Military, to the Voice of Amer- WD 10-5-51, NV2NWV4 3-10-10, $16000.00. Frederick Frank Schlichte meier & Bertha to Paul Schlicht emeier & Ronald & Beatrice May Koch. QCD 9-29-51, W2 SEVi 33-11-13, $1.00. Ivory Newton Clark & Alvina to Guy L. Clements, QCD 1-6-50, Ls. 17. 18, 19, B. 18, Murdock, $1000.00. Sanford Homan & Florence to Loyd L Barkhurst, WD 10-4-51, L 8 (Except E. 7 )5 B. 3, River side Add. to Weeping Water, $1800.00. Theodore R. Suitter & Leona E to Emmet A. Rice & Alfarata U WD 9-15-51, L. 5, B. 42 Y & H Add. Plattsmouth, $550.00. A Toledo woman asked po lice to help locate her husband who had been missing five years. Some people are so impatient. Farmers Warned Of Fall Upsurge In Hog Cholera Farmers were warned today to be on the alert this month for the usual fall upsurge in outbreaks of hog cholera. "Fall is one of the greatest hog cholera danger seasons, sec ond onlv to the peak outbreak season in May and June, the American Foundation for Ani mal Health reports. To guard against fall cholera losses the Foundation suggested that farmers take the following pre cautions in September and Oc tober: 1) Have all pigs vaccinated before outbreaks occur, as there is no cure for cholera once it starts in a herd. 2) Keep neighbors, farm sales men, trucks and wagons out of hog lots. It takes only a drop of live virus to spread hog chol era to an entire herd. 3 Have all pigs checked over by the veterinarian to determine whether they are in proper con dition, before vaccination. Pigs Although only about one- which are infested with mtest- fourth completed, the Pick-inal parasites, or recovering Sloan plan is well on its way to from flu, or are suffering from enteritis or otner diseases snouia be put in proper condition be fore given cholera immunization. 4t If hogs do weaken and show signs of fever, poor appe tite, or wobbly gait, suspect cholera and take preventive steps immediately to try to pro tect the rest of the herd. Neigh bors should also be warned if an outbreak starts, so they can protect their own hogs. "With hogs worth real money this fall, it s an especially risky gamble for the farmer to take chances on hog cholera this sea son." Foundation authorities said. Revolutionary new swivel-top lets you clean an average-size living room without once moving the cleaner! a lull reality, it is none 100 soon to blueprint its operational machinery. Leases School land leases continued to hold the statehouse spotlight last week. Biggest development was the turndown given representatives of the Nebraska Leaseholders association by Governor Peter son. He was asked to call a special session of the legislature and ask it to change the law to provide that a lessee whose lease was up for auction would be given the right to keep it, so long as he paid as much as the highest bid. That, said Assistant Attorney General Bob Nelson, is uncon stitutional. He reminded the callers that the very heart of the supreme court's decision, which started the whole fuss in the first place, was that the State Board of Educational Lands and Funds is merely a trustee forHhe lands' which are held in trust for the school chil dren of Nebraska. If the board doesn't do everything it can to get as much revenue from the I lands as possible, then it's not j doing its duty. Nelson said. j The leaseholders E. L. Nei- j man of McCook. C. H. Rchnrf of ! Curtis and Henry Anderson of Eustis were hard to convince. They, like a lot of angered hold- ' t IP "Ride a Bicycle to Reduce," advises an ad in a Florida paper. You can be sure youll fall off quite a bit. New 1951 HOME CLEANER Model AVC-815 REAL ESTATE LOANS ! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for each monthly payment. Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n. k Most efficient cleaner made! Extra-large "Throw-Away" bag! if Circular exhaust no air blasts! it 10 scientifically-designed attachments! 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