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3& M-V EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes ANOTHER MILITARY PRESIDENT? "Your remarks in relation to my being a candidate for the presidency are very flattering:, but I think you will know without the necessity of my saying so to you, that I am not and never shall be an aspirant for the honor. My opinion has always been against the elevation of a mil itary chief of that position." So wrote Zachary Taylor, whose birth day we celebrated on the twenty-fourth of this month, less than three years before 'he was elevated to the high position of twelfth President of the United States. Zachary Taylor was born in Virginia. His father, Colonel Richard Taylor, an officer in the Revolutionary War, moved to Louisville, Kentucky, when Zachary was a small child. There he lived until he was twenty-four years old, working on a plantation and receiving only an elemen tary education. When an older brother, who had re ceived a commission in the Army of the United States, died, Zachary was appoint ed to fill the vacant commission. In 1812, with fifty men, most of whom were ill, Taylor defended Fort Harrison, on the Wabash, against a large force of Indians, led by Tecumseh. His distinguished mili tary career was climaxed by his victories against Mexico in 1846. His brilliant military achievements created great enthusiasm throughout the country and, in 1848, he was nominated by the Whigs and elected to the Presidency. During the short period , of about one year, in which he served as President be fore his death, discussion centered around the extension of slavery, the admission of California as a State and the Mexican boundary. In observing the anniversary of a sol dier who became President, it is interest ing to, note that this country may again, next year, have an opportunity to put into the highest office of our land a man who has gained his fame on the field of battle. HUMANS ENDURE DESPITE CRISES Practically every speaker, including those on the air and behind the pulpit, and many of our columnists, are busy adver tising the crises at hand for humanity. "This is the day of great decisions," they assert, almost in unison, and upon the decisions we make rests the hope of hu manity for years to come. The general idea seems to be to excite the emotions of read ers and listeners and thus persuade them to "unselfish action," which, it is suspect ed, they will not accept on the basis of in telligent argument. While the people of the world do face great difficulties at the present time, there is no reason to believe that they are insurmountable or that they are unsurpas sed in magnitude. Nearly every generation has heard the same argument advanced, as men and women battle for aims. It may be encouraging to note that, so far, the human race has refused to com mit suicide. It evidently possesses greater stability than some of its members would believe. Modern civilization, despite crises real ana imaginary continues to spread throughout the earth and men and women everywhere seem to be making some progress toward the goal of better human beings. There is no need, as we see it, to con tinually cry, "wolf, wolf," and depict the fate of humanity as hanging on the ropes, awaiting our action. In fact, the suspicion is becoming somewhat general that the people are getting a little tired of the never-ending pronouncements about po litical, social, economic and religious crises and of being told what they must do, or not do, in order to save humanity and pre serve civilization. u. AMERICA'S AMAZING GENEROSITY We doubt if the history of the world af fords a spectacle comparable with that we have been witnessing for the past few . years. " The United States, physically almost unscarred by war, possessed of enormous natural resources and abounding in.mon- THOUGHT FOR TODAY In politics, what begins in fear usually ::: LAFF OF THE WEEK If you can remember when a man's importance was judged by the size of his key ring, you're older than you'll want to admit. Most of our Congressmen are familiar with the problems of the day. What they are having difficulty with is the answers. We doubt that the building of newer and more modern hospitals is keeping up with the building of newer and more pow erful motor cars. We've found it takes a lot of hard work to make an easy living. Generally, it's the fellow who needs advice himself that hands it out to every body else. The ladder of life is full of splinters but you never realize it until you begin to slide down. Life begins at forty so does rheuma tism. It's strange how few women take up law, considering how many are laying it down. We can remember when Bureaus were just pieces of furniture. . Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, is afraid she is gaining weight. She says she is no longer her old sylph. Committee appointed a sub Middle age is that period in life when committee under Republican you stop wondering how you can escape temptation, and begin to wonder if you're missing any. ends in follv. .V. T. Coleridge 'Maybe you'ii l;eep your shoes on after this when you eat popcorn." suddenly Senator McCarthy de manded an investigation. He charged that American prose cutors had extorted confessions. The Senate Armed Services Sen. Ray Baldwin of Connecti cut. to probe McCarthy's char ges, and a lengthy hearing took place at which McCarthy, though not a member of the committee, demanded the right to cross-examine and treated American officers as if they, not the nazis. were the war criminals, i When Col. Burton F. Ellis, chief prosecutor in the Malmedy trial, took the witness stand, McCarthy interrupted after only cne minute of testimony and nroceeded to denounce him. Finally, Senator Hunt of Wyom ing, not give nto extravagant statements, intervened. "Hilarious" Murder "This is not a prosecution." he said. "What we are trying to do is just to get the witness es' statements, and then we will be the judge of whether they did thincs in the right manner." av 1 " . m . . - 1 A An 5iSQ!Vi onnvnnn,Vn m.Ai.imr ' a eniireiv aisaeree. snouiea An Jio,eo4 appropriation providing "jf ti,, . i i ivivai Liiy. ii limb 10 111c tor construction of a school building here nose I am wasting my- time." etary wealth, is sending food, supplies, equipment and the necessary implements of defense to help friendly nations ail over the t world. There was a time when it was popular for some European nations to refer to "Uncle Shylock." It is probably too much to expect that, in the future, the appella tion should be changed, in a number of countries, to "Uncle Santa Claus." Down Memory Lane 1 A YEARS AGO lar thing or are they putting on a display here to impress us Congressmen?" "No, we always have chicken on Sunday," replied a soldier. "Well, how is the food the rest of the week?" asked the Congressman. "Swell." he was assured. "Al ways first-rate. The fellows here have no complaints about the chow." Norblad still wasn't convinced. Capitol News LINCOLN Highways were back in the headlines in Nebras ka this week. State Engineer Harold Aitl::n who is working overtime cn a program to bolster public ?:n fidence in the highway dc-a.t-ment, told the Kearney ca mber of commerce thac the slate is spending about $700 a rrile this year for maintenance . costs alone. "It wculd be cheaper in the long run to reconstruct o'd highways than to maintain them year after yaar," he said. "Eut funds for construction are availabl? enly after provision has becn made for maintenance, since the department must keep all routes serviceable." As part of his plan to combat iticism leveled at his depart ment, the youthful engineer is planning a series of district meetings with highway depart ment maintenance employes. He is hopeful the workers can do a better job if they understand their relationship to the depart ment's overall problems.. No Dough The lack of funds Aitken de scribed will keep Nebraska from matching the $8,050,146 which represents the state's share of the half-billion dollar federal highway aid program for the fiscal year beginning next July 1. Aitken said about $3,800,000 in this year's federal funds for sec ond a rv roads has not yet been matched. The Nebraska total breaks down this way: Federal aid highways (major roads) $4,294,741. Secondary, or feeder roads, $3,045,330. Urban highways, $710,025. Iowa will receive a total of $10,745,167; South Dakota gets $6,152,183 and Missouri is slated for $11,900,098. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JZ'J-TiM. PAGE FOTin Monday, I"ovcr.V:?r 25, i: Cns Problem at a Tima '' x J1 CIONIA KOSTA, New York City, had more than one problem to solve when she was discharged from the W.A.C. after the war was over. But, first, she had to rid herself of an inferiority comolex for that would stand in the way of anything she attempted. Tlie crux of this trouble was an additional 56 pounds she had gained. She had been a nurse before entering the service but she had decided definitely that she wanted another vocation. Thi meant spending money to prepare herself for other work, and all she had was her mustering-out-pay" amounting to $200. Taking a temporary job while preparing for new work meant she had to spend money on new clothes for none of her old civilian clothes were now large enough. If she spent her money on new clothes, they would become less and less suitable as she got rid of her excess weight. Maybe this seems little to worry about, but not to one who has had to tackle it. So worry she did, until she didn't sleep at night and her nerves were on edge. In addition, she was fast making enemies of her entire family. Suddenly she thought of how much the army's re habilitation centres had done for the army. She went to see one of the doctors. Nothing she had to say was a sur prise to him. Hers, he told her, was a common case of postwar adjustment and he suggested a common method of cure: to go to the foundation of her trouble, and to tackle one problem at a time. She found the matter of reducing down deep at the bottom. So she spent some of her money on a success school to which she could wear her uniforms. When sho had lost 31 pounds sho could then wear some of her civilian clothing. There was enough money to enroll in a business school where she took a junior executive course. Now, doing work she enjoys, she says she accomplished her aim because she got at the bottom of he-r trou ble, and then tackled one problem at a time, instead of wandering around in confusion as she had started out doins. Carnegie Bright Spot rro nf thp mnnf pnomirapinff "How about the preparation?" i or,orte. nrri nnt nf the ran- he.skf$- :lt Z0?? eUr' i tol in a long Thlle was publish "Couldn't be better." he was , ed last week by the state health Ii1 aSoln- .ssurejf- . . . . department's hospital division. :,: Satisfied at last, the Oregon u t on ,r hnc l!! j i a i r r i it onuwcit umi - ounKreaiian uiameu ma coiiee it j h b en built in the state since World war 11. in South .Ashland Mrs. Ivan Armstrong cup and got up to leave. He shook hands with his dinner companions and asked them in addition, hospitals are now un- parting: "By the way. whnt do , !l?mjfjl and for improving sanitary sewers here has been approved by the President . . E. H. Barnhardt has returned from Des McCarthy then charged Ken neth F. Ahrens of Erie. Pa., one of the few survivors of the JUoines where he attended a meetincr of i nublic" and trvinsr to "create a the Nebraska Iowa Canners . . . The Jun- i Roman holiday" when Ahrens ior Chamber of Commerce is completing tajed that the nazi SS men -v. .! 1 i. A. 1 1. ; 1 J- m " " iiuunuuo F"3 i-i me ciiiiiuiti uaiiquei ior me nign i school football squad . . . Richard O. Cole was elected president of the Mynard Com munity Club. Other officers elected were Mrs. Nellie Spangler, Reuel Sack and Mrs. Edward Wehrbein . . . Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Knoflicek have recently moved into their new home at 1017 4th avenue . . . Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bulin are the parents of a son, James Christian. mood when they shot down 150 G. I.'s OA YEARS AGO in cold blood McCarthy called the U. S. judges who condemned the nazis "morons." and demanded a lie-detector test for the ,U.S. officers who had obtained the confessions. Senator Baldwin, a fellow Republican, suggested that if American officers had to suffer the humility of taking a lie test, then a he test should also be given to the convicted SS men whose word McCarthy accepted As a result, the committee ac tually voted on the use of a lie Miss Lola Irene Dow and Clair Shell- enbareer werp marripH nf VhrL-o rsttr X'nvomKoi. 91 1Q91 -t 1 r i.i ' i detector and turned the idea T V: A Ui iiriom Shortly thereafter. Mc- riausinouin reair. uureau listened to an address by C. O. Styles, field representa tive of the National Bureau. He was in troduced by E. H. Wescott . . . Greth Gar nett had the lead in the junior class plav presented here . . . Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kruger at Murdock were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Elsman and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. B. McDonald . . . Ne braska City and Plattsmouth will play on the gridiron here on Thanksgiving Day . . . Helen Gray Robertson and Marie Robertson Westover, both of Plattsmouth, were guests at the Delta Delta Delta foun ders day banquet at Lincoln. you fellows do around here?" "We're the cooks." Washington Pipeline Secretary of Labor Tobin is nursing a wounded ego be cause he wasn't asked to be democratic national chairman. He didn't really want the job, but at least he wanted to be asked . . . Wire recordings in a institutions in 13 other commu nities have added new wings since 1945. Here are the towns w-here new hospitals have been built: Albion. Bridgeport, Chappell, Crawford, Crete, Gothenburg, Grant, Henderson, Kimball, Newman Grove, Norfolk, Oak land. Omaha, Rushville, Scotts- notorious 'tax-fix case are now! bluff, Seward. Tilden, Wahoo, Wakefield and west roint. Towns which have hospitals now under construction: Atkinson, Burwell, Callaway, case. Mrs. Jenkins has charged Cczad, Franklin, Gordon, Lewel- i i . - rrr a. t- 1 1.. MaII vU -ir r 1 Inln f XT nil! missing. The Bureau of Internal Revenue can't locate the record ings, which are important evi dence in the Gertrude Jenkins The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in; 1950" hiWIshed semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at 109-41U Main Street. Plamoutli, Cass County. Nebr RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRYSJ. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter CL VMM! BERT- Carthv walked out of the hear ings denounciner them as a "shameful farce" and a "delib erate and clever attempt to whitewash the American mili tary." Duck Soup For Communists Naturally, his speeches were cabled daily to Germany, play ed up in the German press, and used by communists to inflame the public. Finally, McCarthy delivered a full-dress attack on the Senate floor, charging a "whitewash" and accusing his GOP colleague. Senator Baldwin, of being "criminally responsible." Aain these charges made headlines in Germany, in fact around e world. The communist press was gleeful in its reaction. McCarthy's charges were so violent that every member of the armed services committee that she paid $50,000 to Reno collector Pat Mooney to fix her tax-fraud case. T-men recorded the fix offer, which was made by M. M. Hartmann. a San Francisco attorney. But whn House investigators asked for the recordings, the Bureau said it couldn't find them . . . White House aide Don Dawson is quietly paving the way for his pal. Don Smith, to be personnel director for the Federal Secur ity Agency. This is the same Don Smith whose RFC job was abolished because both Dawson and Smith were part of a ring influencing RFC loans . . . More recently, when Dawson started pulling wires to find his friend another top government job. the Civil Service Commission's trouble shooter, Joseph Win slow, protested. Dawson merely shrugged his shoulders, said his friend had to eat. Realty Transfers Emma Gregg & Milton E., et al, to Emma Gregg & Milton E. Gregg, QCD 6-21-47, E 90 A of NW4 25-12-12, $1.00. Hammond Eugene Holmes & Edna Mae to Raymond R. Henry & Elvena M., WD 11-4-51, Sub lot 1 of L. 100 in SWVi. SWV4 18-12-14, $8CO0.OO. Frank Jacob Koke, Jr., & Frances Helen to William Plum & Christine, WD 8-2-51, NW4 2-11-50. $34000.00. Frank Jacob Koke, Jr., & Frances Helen to William Blum & Christine. WD 8-2-51. NWVi !onin .dnnn nn Louis' W. Lorenz et al to Char les J. & Flossie B. Foster, WD ffilBRfiSKR n!i""i'WT j neM. fnssociPTion V . I 17 m 10-26-51, SV2NEV4 & N4SE, signed a statement praising the 26-12-12, $16000.00. "integrity" of Senator Baldwin Harry F. Marolf & Minnia to and condemning McCarthy's The St. of Nebr., WD 9-10-51, "unfair and utterly undeserved SW"4SWi4 6-11-9, $175.00. comments." James E. Ault to James Blunt, This of course did not eet a QCD 5-50-51, Ls. 87. 88, 89 in L. play in the German and com- 11, inSW'i 18-12-14, $1.00. munist press. Meanwhile. Ger- man public opinion was so en- 17-.i I oacA Mppf raged that the death sentences rarm Lease mccw were commuted. The Malmedv Are Scheduled fr.- v.oi- A series of three farm lease murder of 150 American prison- meetings to discuss fair rentals ers, and in a few short weeks will De neia in tnc weam pai thp nrpepHpnt. whiph tt .Q nf the state next week. tary leaders hoped to create to First will be at Lewellen on discourage future war crimes Monday, Nov. 26. Irrigation was vit nf thp winrfnar ipslsps will be discusssd. Second n. i. chnw ' mpptinz on Tuesday is at Osh kosh, where ranch leases w;iu De ft KM NATIONAL CDITOflAL ASSOCIATION (Copyright. 1949. Bv the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: MAL MEDY MASSACRE SET BLOODY PRECEDENT; SEN. MCCARTHY DEFENDED NAZI MURDERERS; G.I. COOKS LIKE THEIR CHOW. Washington. The bitterness felt among U. S. military leaders are the mas sacre of some 6,000 American troops in Korea also extends back to similar bitter ness over the Malmedy massacre. If the SS men who shot down 150 4 . . . American prisoners in com blood rturintr 1 WhiiP invpstifrntina ir rv.;n the Battle of the Bulcre had bppn iirnnorlv I tarv bases in EuroDe with a the tonic. The third meeting is pun shed, instead of being held up to the' ?r0UD of House colleagues, at Grant on Wednesday, where rmhUn QO innft(lon1. x-.vtJ T u c T I hard-working GOP Congress- fair leases for wheatland will be public as innocent ictnns by Senator Mc-Lon w. mi rC. t,;a Carthy, it is believed a precedent would decided to get some firsthand F. J. (Cye) Chase, agricultural ntered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, g second class mall matter hi accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year In Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhare. In advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents foi 1 I ! . nave oeen sei 10 discourage such mass acres in the future. The grim story of the Malmedy mass acre and the campaign staged on the information about . the "chow", economist at the University pi Dcmg led our overseas troops. - Nebraska, wm leaa ine aibuuD Norblad. an Air Force Intell- sion. lgence oincer in the last war. ate in the enlisted men's mess vritit FOILS FROST Senate floor to protect the nazi murderers nal1 at a U. S. base at Chat- peaches and cream for an Oc was one of the most shameful in years. 1 urourrx; Fra?tcefd Question- tober breakfast? Not so impos--, ,,u. e iu 1111 i j cd a group of GJ.s at some cihipi Even after there had Forty-thrcc s of the cold-blooded nazi : length. ' se VS frosts, Mrs. Frank "blow-torch battalion had been condem-1 "i See you boys have chicken Norris of Wymorc picked half a ncu kj ucuiii ior xuc binajjc, tuiu-uioouoa todav it tastes miahtv eoocl." doz-jn cans pcum shootitng of 150 American prisoners, when horan Nnrbiad "Ts this a rn- trees. len, Neligh, Ogallala, O'Neill, Pawnee City, Sargent, Spalding and Syracuse. Aid Rolls Mrs. Mary Prince, chairman of the board of control which su pervises the state assistance program, is on record favoring the opening of aid rolls to puonc inspection. The federal govern ment has already given tne states the green light to unwrap the rolls and it s expected to be one of the first things the 1953 Nebraska legislature does. Now Mrs. Prince has come up with the suggestion that if the assistance recipients names are made public, why not also open up the lists of farmers, veterans and others who receive govern ment payments. Tom Dredla of Crete, a board of control member, agrees with the idea. "I ve always felt a lot of people getting all kinds of government checks wouldn t be getting them if the public kn;w it," he said. Million Dollar Mistake The "mistake" of the 1947 legislature in passing the un constitutional law providing for automatic renewals of school land leases has meant more than a million dollars for the school land trust fund since the su preme court decision requiring the selling of the leases at auc tion. Henry Bartling, secretary of the board of educational lands and funds estimates the total will go over $3,000,000 before the sales are cleaned up next May. That figure would appear pretty low in view of the fact that the million dollars came from 425 sales, leaving 2,300 leases to dis pose of. Politics Politicians all over Nebraska have their eyes cn the Third congressional district where next Tuesday voters will go to the polls to ballot on a successor to the late Rep. Karl Stefan. Both Republican Bob Harri son of Norfolk and Democrat Large Deer Seen Near Farm Home Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buelke. Mr. anH Trc TTVr -of Af f --. .J jiV, nl Hp (p b i i spent Sunday evening with Mr. uy and Mr. and Mrs. Robert itp a t u?,.. dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Maack. The group were very much surprised when they saw a very large deer with large antlers come to within 300 or 4C0 feet of thrir house, then suddenly disappear into the corn field. routn Ashland Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lehr, Jr., and children of Lincoln were Sunday . callers at the Bruce Sowards'home. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Donlan and family of Alvo were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Peter Stander home. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roeber and sons and Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Roeber went to Plymouth Sun day and visited at the Bert Mooney home. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron BachmanJ and Wayne Bachman were Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bachman. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keller called on Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Sowards Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Damato of Omaha and E. W. Parrott visited at the Dave Parrott home Sun day afternoon. Keith Pollard was a Sunday dinner guest at the Ray Bower home. Vernon Beanblossom of Cozad and Joe Whitlatch of Lincoln called at the Ashley Boiler home Sunday forenoon. South AsMand Timms Are Hosts Mr. and Mrs. John Jones and sons spent Sunday evening with Mr. nnd Mrs. Clarence Wilis and family. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Laughlin Slllll I: .- l! ,.1 illl Two Are Honored On Birthdays Kenneth Graham and his sis ter, Mrs. Fred Diekman, were honored with a dinner Sunday, celebrating their birthdays which occurred Saturday. Mrs. Graham entertained the Gra ham relatives at their, home. Those present besides the hon cr:d ones were Mr. Diekman and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Vir gil Elrod and Sharon. Mr. and Mrs. Merril Stewart and Char lene and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Graham. Little Patricia Diane Graham spent the day at the Kenneth Gra ham home while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Graham moved to a farm west of Green wood. Sou Hi A - Iilaml Several farmers in this vicin ity have finished their corn picking, others arc still busy, while some have fields that are extra wet and soft. These are being left to dry a little more. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Timm and Lila and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klipp and LaVern spent Sun day evening with Mr. and Mrs. James Carson and family. Miss Hazel Jones of Lincoln spent Monday with her brother, John Jones and family. At Dinner Sunday Sunday dinner and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timm and Darlene were Mr. and Mrs. George Planer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirk and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Tribble and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dittmer. South Ashland Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kellogg and family went to Eagle Sun day and were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Westlake and family. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Erickson were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George C-ade, George, Jr., and Robert. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Laughlin visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Laughlin Sunday afternoon. Walter Farmer was a caller at Jthe Laughlin home. Mr. and Mrs. George Mans field of Paullina, la., spent Sun day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mansfield and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bundy and their little grandson Steven Carl Olson, Fremont mayor, are Bundy visited with Mr. and Mrs. relative iiC yvm-o... Bruce sowaras sunaay aiter er State politics and the profes- Qon sionals are watching closely for , Mr ; and Mrs Boiler, signs that might point to a Edd and Jesse were among the trend m next years general Sun'day dinner guests of Mrs. election. Olive Whitlatch in Ashland. Harrison and the G. u. f ., f They vvere visiting with Mr. and have been hammering hard on . Mrs chas F Hookham of II;m the theme that a vote for Oison 1 mjn(Tford is av ote ior mmanism nue Mrs Angie Lcmon and Jack Olson nas Deen worMng jubL )of Lincoln were Sunday guests naru w wujh " of Mr. and Mrs. Cortls Lemon "lnaepenaem uemuasi. and Johnnie i - SECOND FRANK BUCK Ted Wozny of Madison is one hunter to whom a gun is a lux ury but not a necessity. With one he has bagged several geese this season, but without one he has captured a pheasant and q nintall duck both aiivp Soaking Lawn And Bushes Advised Now Now is a good time to soak lawns, trees, shrubs and peren nial plants to reduce winter in jury, says Extension Horticul turist Wayne C. Whitney of the University of Nebraska. He says plants continue to give off moisture in the winter even though they hav? no leaves. With plenty of water now, he add.-, there will be more vigorous plant performance next spring. WANTED: SMOKY In searching for the persox who broke into a service station in Ceresco, Saunders County Sheriff Joe Davis can look for somebody with smoker's cough. flashlights, and undetermined amount of anti-frceze and $3 in cash, the burglar made off with four boxes of cigars, a carton of smoking pipes and 10 cartons of cigarettes. Subscribe to The Journal Walter II. Harold R. Smith IS Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Donat Bldg. Plattsmouth cU,coo o3? Less LOANS MADE ANYWHERE Write or Come in Loan Plan O. T. NICHOL. JR.. ivier. 112 Uo. 5th St. Til. 3213 Plattsmouth 9