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EDITOR I A L S Furse's Fresh Flashes CHRISTMAS DAY A local doctor pulled the window Dima The celebration of Christmas in the .following an operation on one of his pa United States is more brUess uniform. ' tients here the other flay. There was a fire There are some variations, sucn as tne Pennsylvania Germans in Bethlehem, the Scandinavians in Wisconsin and Minneso ta, and the fireworks of the Southern States. On the whole, however, the Christ mas celebration in this country borrows from the practices of many European countries and reflects our customs in the church and home. The Italian Christmas is a sacred holi dav. There are church ceremonies and special food, but it is not customary to give presents to one another. Many of the Christmas customs in France and Scotland are observed on New Year's Day. Particularly in France, relig ious features, rather than festivity, are emphasized on Christmas Day. December 25th is also a religious holi day in the Netherlands and Belgium. The feast of St. Nicholas is celebrated on. De cember 6th as the children's holiday with most of the feasting and celebrating that we in America usually associate with, Christmas. A German Christmas means a home festival and attendance at church ser vices. Everything centers around the Christmas tree with presents piled under the tree with the distribution of presents preceded by the singing of Christmas carols. In the Scandinavian countries, elabor ate preparations are begun weeks in ad vance of Christmas , including cleaning, decorating and renovating the house and cooking special meats, breads, cakes and other foods to last for three weeks of hospitality and leisure. Christmas celebrations in England which had lot all inner meaning, were forbidden in 1644. Now Christmas brings family reunions, gifts, parties, singing and decorations . . . And, of course, Father Christmas, the English Santa Claus. While the customs of celebrating vary all over the world, Christians everywhere are celebrating, on December the 25th, the Nativity of Jesus Christ. Let us hope that on this great occasion. His spirit of unself ishness will abide with us all. ANEW LOOK IN GLASS A greenish-tinted glass, which ab sorbs the sun's heat while allowing light to penetrate, has recently been announced by a major glass manufacturer. The new glass will be used in the windshields of several 1952 model automobiles. It will also be used extensively in pub lic building construction next year, ac cording to the manufacturer. In areas where sunlight makes offices and homes uncomfortably warm in summer, the new glass will maintain temperatures ten to twenty degrees cooler than normal. One of the mysteries of the era is why the glass manufacturers and the automo bile industry have not succeeded in intro ducing glare-proof glass in the automotive industry. One or two models have already adopted the use of glare-proof rear-view mirrors, which relieve eye-strain consid erably on long trips. If the industry now adopts the use of glasses, in windshields and automobile head-lamps, which tend to reduce the glare caused by the lights of approaching automobiles, it would be a mark of prog ress. Not only would such a change save motorists' eyes and make night-driving more comfortable, it would prevent acci dents caused by glare-blindness. Were only one life saved by the change, the increased cost of the change-over would be justified. HASKETBALL STARS IN JAIL U The sentencing, in New York recently, of several former college basketball stars to jail sentences, should shock the nation, and other players, into their senses. Fol lowing the dismissal of some ninetv cadets from West Point several months ago, the action should have a good effect on the nation, as a whole. While it is regrettable that the young TI IOUGIIT FOR TODAY -;o-M across the street and the doctor want ed him to know the operation had been successful when he came out of the ana thestic. A bigamist is a person who has taken one too many. If we had the cash for all that our ex perience has cost us, we would never work another day. Flintier Fannv. our dainty little con tour twister, says she would go through anything with her new boy friend. Fvight now she has started on his bank account. Sometimes we think it is foolish to have a speed limit here. There's some people who couldn't go through Plattsmouth too fast to suit us. The dime isn't entirely useless. We've seen the time it made a fairly good screw driver. Trying to make a collection for a local church here the other day, one of the col lectors asked a member if he didn't think he owed the Lord something. To which he replied, "Yes, but he ain't pushin' me like mv other creditors." Which reminds us that the best test of religion is to find yourself in church with nothing smaller than a dollar bill in your pocket. A Merry Christmas to everyone espe ially advertisers and subscribers. Capitol News LINCOLN The expected fire works ' following the board of control's shakeup of the state assistance department appear largely to have fizzled out. . , ' Some observers were expes'iss a blast from W. W. McDcrm.t, chief of the department s per sonnel division. McDermefs I was one cf two divisions eliml : nated in the reorganization plan and he wa.3tcld he wouldn't be ; needed tfUr Jan. 1. In a letter to the board, Mc ro;rict cballenfd 'hi legality of his disr.'.ial after ten. and a half year, of service, but' said he wou1 fight the order be cause nf th2 expense and be-cau3- if ihs board were forced tc e alii him "the relationship alter might be unpleas- The chairman of the board of control, Mrs. Harold Prince, would not comment on McDer- . met's letter. The bureau chief reminded 'the board, which supervises the multi-million dollar assistance program, "that if this state is to continue to receive funds from the federal government for ; assistance programs, the admin istration of those funds must of necessity be continued by per sonnel selected and maintained under personnel standards on a merit basis. This is required by fe(jerai statutes and the reg- tHrifPH him into latin an x- Gen. Mow continued. "He ulations of the social security: tomobile ride with her and ;:n- changed the remark right away agP?y folded the whole s'ory while ; ana saiu, yuu ne vaj lapaui: FHE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JC'JRNAL PAGE FOttw - Monday. Di.ccrr.btr 21, ISC! i ' i WOULDN'T GO Ul. iOcl I L". MARRIED DAUGHT&J." -1 AND HE HAS SIX UN- McDermet's is one of two di- she had him cornered in the back seat. t; a 1 i I told him. 'My parents, my uclus """"'" u"r" brothers, and my elder son are me reorganization pian, wmcn The ruiltv finger pointed! all here 'in the service. They all won the endorsement of county men involved should have to pay such a heavy price for their mistake, the judge, in giving stiff sentences, was trying to save an institution which is dear to the hearts -of millions of Americans. If basket ball scandals, and immoralities, can be checked by stiff punishment, just as the late Commissioner Landis halted baseball irregularities, then the- sentences will not be too high a price for the boys to have paid. Down Memory Lane 20 straight a Chianrs top Gen eral. C. J. Chou. who was caught transferring $453,923.02 of gov ernment funds into a fictitious, private tank account. He also tried to buy aviation gas and airplane parts through middle men, whose only interest was skimming off fat fees. Need less to say, these misused funds came indirectly from the Amer ican taxpayers who have been putting up the dough to keep Chiang's government operating. Though the Generalissimo promised his wife to clean house, he ended up firing not the embezzler. General Chou, but the man who exposed him, General Mow. However. Mow re fused to vacate his post in Washington and carried his fight to the American courts. Meanwhile, Mow has dictated T-mt tn rin thpir n.irt. so in oiiiciais at ineir meeting in some future days that we can go Omaha two weeks ago. The other back to the mainland.' is the division of assistance "Then he mentioned that my which had been headed by Mrs. brother. Colonel Mow Ying-Tsu. Ruth Pierce who has since re who is commanding officer of signed, the flying training school, was doing a splendid job and also Blanket Tax the heroic event of my son, Lt. The attack on the constitu Mow Chao-Yu, in escaping from tionality of Nebraska's blanket the communists." four-mill tax law affecting Chiang not only seemed im- school districts appears headed pressed with Mow's story, but for the state supreme court, asked him to leave all the con- District Judge D. R. Mounts of demning documents for thor- O'Neill upheld the law's validity oueh study. last week in a suit brought by Senator Knowland Appeals Charley W. Peterson, a Holt Meanwhile, two American COunty landowner friends of Nationalist China, Peterson sought to test the Sen. Bill Knowland of Californ- 1949 Jaw on the grounds that la and Congressman Walter the SChool district in which his juaa oi .Minnesota, aiso Do More Than Is Necessary rpWO AND ONE HALF YEARS ago, Clyde Randall Krcch, Nash A ville, Tenn., began Working for an air line, and a hint that one of the local officials gave him almost ruined his career. That hint was, "You just can't make mistakes and last long." Nine months after he started, he was sent to the New York home office in regard to a promotion. He didn't get it. Last sum mer, he was again sent to New York, after thor oughly being screened in Miami for the same pro motion. He didn't get it. He had a third chance. He remained just where he was. He began retracing his work in an attempt to find out what was holding him back. The company has progress reports that go to New York every six months. He reviewed the reports for informa tion and could find only one thing that could pos sibly have caused him to fail. There was one column that was always checked on him. "Does the necessary amount of work, but no more." He wasn't ashamed of that because he knew that he had worked very hard for the company. And he didn't make mistakes. He couldn't see how this could be the answer. He just let the thought linger in his mind for a few days. It then dawned on him that in his progress report was the answer. "Does the necessary amount of work but no more." Ho had been worrying about making a mistake in his work and was spending as much time checking his work as doing it. He listed the things that could happen if he made a few mis takes and the worst thing he could find was they could fire him. Ho began immediately to do the best he could and not check it. Now he turns out a lot more work and he doesn't make the mistakes he was worrying about. Two weeks ago the column that was checked on him was, "Does the necessary amount of work and more." He got a promo tion. . Carnegie NSXSK.A NEB h JAMES C OLSON, SLptrintenJent TAT! IITOfttCAL OCUTT The pioneer preachers of old Nebraska were a hardy group the floor laid of green elm had shrunk, leaving seams half inch wide; this covered with Ken tucky jean which was laughed at by the winds as they lifted it in rolling waves from the floor." The next year. Rev. Barnes i had Cuming City, then a rather active budding metropolis, now a ghost town in Washington County, as an added responsi bility. He went from Florence to Cuming City by stage, preach ing in the latter community once every two weeks. In 1853. Rev. Barnes took pan ap" home is located will not partici- of -men who' while overcoming in the organization meeting of i ov, ? Ien" Pate in distribution of the tax primitive living conditions la- eral ChOUS Shady deals. AS a mnnov hrronco tVipre n-prs Ipks hnrH Vijrri trt nvprrnmp thp his story in his own words -in; result of this American pres- than five pupiis enrolled during evils they found on the frontier. case it may oe neeaea in inet, lliC uca s vCic s uu. the 195c-5i school year. He Some years ago Nebraska His- fnr 3 said this, in effect, is taxation tory, the quarterly journal of mnniv fnH f Pvnr rr,ft nrf without representation. the state historical society, pub- Chian- wis f s?re beSS? h?4 The cous rulinS was the lished the autobiography of Rev. iudii was sore uecause ms 4., j ui. rff i rflnt w rae tvi LI 111 U. UiUW OUliCiCU HA itVtAAW UCUlgC V - ViiC wit- 10 fire The the going into it irst mistake in public business IS Benjamin Franklin The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KSTABLTSHEH IN 1881 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in x 1950" illisliel nem I -weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at 109-Oi Main Street. PlUs mouth, Cass Comity, Nebr, RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter assocftron TO.W,WA,Vv,v.vvvyaVWVVVf w NATIOHAL ASSOCIATION Zntered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, is second class mail matter ta 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 elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts moutft. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents for YEARS AGO Henry F. Nolting is the new com mander of Knights Templar, Mt. Zion Commandery No. 5. Other officers are Raymond C. Cook, Generalissimo; V. F. Evers, captain general; Phillip Thierolf, treasurer; and John E. Schultz, recorder. . . . The city council held an unofficial meeting to discuss ways of cutting down expenditures for the balance of the fiscal year . . . Plattsmouth defeated Louisville 24-11 in the first basketball game of the season on the home court. Galloway led the scoring with 14 points . . . C. E. Ledg way, clerk of the district court, has been commissioned an admiral in the Nebraska Navy . . . Miss Lelia Amos of Lynch and Burdett Briggs, formerly of Plattsmouth, were married in South Dakota . . . County Commissioner and Mrs. George L. Farley and dauehter left for Iowa for the Christ mas holidays. YEARS AGO Mary Helen Dill was installed as Honored Queen of Job's Daughters as the group's annual installation. Other officers installed were Helen Hiatt, Porothea Dux bury, Betty Hutchison, Edna Marie Mar- ler, Mary Evers, Betty Gaver. Waunita Sigler, Alice Jay ne Grosshans, Mary Jean natt, Aiieen Keed, bhirley Mason, Alice Zatopek and Catherine Kaffenberger . . . Miss Marie Thomason. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Thomason of Plattsmouth and Eugene Meisinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Meisinger, also of Plattsmouth, were married at St. John's church . . . Guests of Mrs. Mary Wondra for Christ mas will be Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wondra, ur. ana Mrs. Louis Wondra, Mr. and Mrs John Wondra, Frank Bukacek and Mr and Mrs. Ray Cavender. (Copyright. 1949. Bv the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK TRIED TO PERSUADE GENERALISSIMO TO STOP GRAFT; MADAME TOOK HUSBAND FOR AUTO RIDE TO GET HIM TO LISTEN TO GRAFT STORY; HONEST CHINESE GEN ERAL REBUFFED BY U. S. COURT AFTER TRYING TO CLEAN UP. Washington. The inside story can now be told of how an honest Chinese General, P. T. Mow, fought but failed to clean up corruption inside Chiang Kai Shek's Government, and how he has now been rebuffed for his pains by U. S. Judge James Kirkland. Gen. Mow laid documentary evidence before Madame Chiang that made her lit erally sick at the stomach. Later she tried to get her husband, the Generalissimo, to listen to tin; evidence, but he walked out. refusing to listen. Finally, Madame Chiang legal proceedings. Though his statement hasn't been publish ed, this column has obtained a copy. In simple, straightforward language. Mow tells how he made a special trip to Formosa in October. 1950. with documen tary proof that General Chou had been embezzling govern ment funds and fleecing the government had "lost face" with his American friends. months by Nebraska's land and pionser Baptist preachers in the result. Chiang fired a "l stin-ng confidential or refusal cf the state board of I After a short period of.trav- cK?' AmbSor Wethng- equalization to lower the valua- ' eling through southwestern ton Koo Dated Mav 23 1951 tions on cattle for assessment Iowa for the Sunday School Un- the order, signed by Chiang, de- Purposes. Then a federal court ion, Rev. Barnes, in 1856 settled 7nvn tJr , ; clared- "From now on if anv m umana KnocKea out in- m Florence, me uia Muruiuu wT?5aSu?n of t goTernmen SSI Junction suit of the state's outfitting town which since the rnian nn 2 and tioned in a foreign country school land lease holders. organization of Nebraska tern- should attack the high officials 'tory was experiencing consia- in the government irresponsibly. Watershed Bill erable growth as an opposition without first knowing all the Another watershed bill is a town" to Omaha, actual facts, and thereby under- certainty in the 1953 legislature , He built his house with his mine the Drestiee of thp env- and the new one is given a good own hands, recalling in his au- lODiograpxiy iujic uie uuuunw uuu Chiang on November 2. and showed her the documents over the supper table. She Turned Sick "She was so sick to learn about all those things that she even had an unset stomach," Mow reports. "Then I proposed the Baptist Association at Ne braska CitjT, and was regularly ordained as a Baptist minister during the proceedings. Florence failed to progress as her early residents had hcp:d. and in the spring of 1859 Rev. Barnes moved to Omaha to or ganize a Baptist church in the territory's metropolis. Having organized a church, he set about securing a church edifice. As had been true with his home in Florence, Rev. Barnes built the first Baptist church in Omaha largely with his own hands. It was not a very imposing struc ture. A frame building. 20x32, it was plastered with muslin and papered. There was little to encourage the pioneer minister. As Rev. Barnes wrote, '"The history oi boards used in the floor shrank i the Baptist cause in the terri- so much that it was necessary tory was one of hard struggle to wait for some time before Tn conclusion, she told me that during Chungking time, "the Generalissimo was poing to pro-, secute General Chou. She didn't tell me the cause, but she in dicated that she had rendered a hand to General Chou and finally the case was not en forced. After she learned what I and small advance during those early years.'" Nevertheless, wh:-n he resigned his mission com mission in 1862 and returned east he had helped lay the firm foundations for the subsequent ernment, he will be severely chance of escaping the axing punished under the law s o that handed L. B. 455 of the last ses- to stop talking about them, but ! the honor of the nation may be sion by the public works com- ajic vd.a vciy aiiAiuuo w imuw i --.-- .- . .. . " . - T ,-ri;, . .,, , 1 the whole picture, so she insis-! mows iacis were wen docu- tven opponents oi d. tJJiiney couiu ue uaucu uuu, au ted that I finish the whole jcase. mentea. Dut ne was urea any- congratuiaiea sen. junn tr. iviu- inav even men nicj aipcu nuw wiuie me corrupt uener- xvnigni, ana his legislative iuuu- iiuitna, inan.ij.is ii ucvcmbij m al Chou is still in charge of cil committee for the work they ( fill in the cracks. soendine American aid monev have done on drafting a new and i Services the first year were and while Judge Kirkland re- simpler bill. The sample bill was held in a vacant house, shared growth of the denomination buffs Mow. up for public hearing at the with the Presbyterians. Rev. : Name Droppers capitol. Barnes described the house thus: Wr1 Pnnrrnl A sure-fire way for a hieh- Snmmariziner the testimony. "It stood on a side hill, on up- ccu v-uiurui ranking official to keep influ- McKnight noted that no one right sticks, one side near the Conference Set cute uuuuiers out oi nis nair ancarpri to nrotest me ooiec- tniH hr ttitv. rinnimpntaro was demonstrated bv the late tivec nf thp hill and that the nroof. she regretted what she ew Schwellenbach. one of the only criticism was of minor de had done before for General yuns Turks" of the Senate tails. Chou." 2d ,later Secretary of Labor. The ironic part of this is that On November 11. Mow con- . ine mciaem is toia dv nis tor- those who assailed L. B. 455 most fronted General Chou, himself. "The first thine he said was that he didn't think there was my necessity to investigate further." Mow recalls. "It would only waste time and manpower. and he said he wanted Colonel Hsian? (Mow's aide) to be back in Formosa right away . . . "Chou." Gen. Mow continued, "said he is the Commanding Chief of the Chinese Air Force, and he has the power to order anyone under his command to do anything he wants. In fact, Hsiang had exposed the gaso line deal to the Commerce De partment of the United States. He must have been a Commun ist. I told (Chou) that if the one who tried to stop the cor ruption was a communist. Then what would be the man who tried to graft and deceive the government and lower the pres tige of our reformed govern ment. I walked out." Taken For A Ride Meanwhile, Madame Chiang arranged for Mow to present his case personally to the Gen eralissimo. "She told me that after I left." Mow recounts. "She asked the Generalissimo for a ride in a car and she said she used that opportunity to present the case that I had told her to him. She said after she learned from me cn November 2 of all those things, she had. tried to present to the Generalissimo, but he always walked away from her. She said that when she had him in the car. he could not walk away. So she used that hour-Ion? drive to present the ca.w to him." " The result was that Mow was invited to breakfast with Chiang Kai-Shek. "After wc sat down." Mow re lates, "he said, 'You are very sharp.' . . I only wanted to do do my duty to help the country and to bring up the confidence of cur people so we could back to the mainland. " 'I didn't understand what vou meant that I was sham.' maSoS.ant, Hary McGrath. bitterly harped on the 'fact that it was too long and contained powers that were too broad and sweeDine. Now. some of these tman same people are complaining The Schwellenbachs and Mc Graths were dining at a pop ular Washington restaurant when a nattily dressed presented himself at their table Z wn t t ,t1?fd0fMed the eih taol tow: Without an invitation, he nulled up a chair and tried to engage Schwellenbach's atten tion in a whispered conversa tion. Suddenly, there was the ers. The state board of vocational education is taking a second look pusned back and the Senator u ,y u"ut ' f Vrt stood un. He glared down in out- culture program. At present rage uoon his visitor and said Persons who do not reside on a in loud tones that could be farm are, nehgible heard across the restaurant:! Gov- Val Peterson, chairman Harold, if this man ever dares of the board, caned mis ruling come in the office. I want you to throw him out. I will not tolerate his presence." After the astonished infru-ence-peddler slunk away. Mc Grath asked his boss what it was the fellow had wanted. The Senator from Washing ton explained good naturedlv: "He just wanted to know what happened in the committee on a bill. But he's a crook, and I don't want him hanging around me. I figured this would be the best way to get rid of him for good." Peterson Will Address Meet LINCOLN Gov. Val Peterson j "outdated." There is no reason that a man living in town can't be just as good a farmer, or better, than one Jiving on a farm, said the governor. "Where he sleeps doesn't make any dif ference." The board is expected to change the ruling in its con tracts for next year. Governor Peterson also urged the board to call a mteting at the Milford trade school for the purpose of deciding the fate of the school. Board members agreed that the school is likely to come again under the legisla tive attack which led to Sen. George Syas' introduction of a bill to close the school. will be on? of the principal nJ v yA . , . sneakers at the annual Nebras-' ov- Jav ierwVfV Tm-3 ka Town and County Chnrch better, headlines with i his spur Conference slates at the Uni- of-the-moment remarks than versity of Nebraska college of wslth p,!:eParedvsfipls'Aasoff? agriculture January 15-16 Ji ln aJUt,le The governor will speak on a as Nebraska lawyers are con- the Missouri Valley Basin proj- cerie3- . . . , t ect. He is expected to tell what 4 The Bovemor took : the bar to has been done and what will be task last week for alloy, mg . per- accomplished at 9:40 a. m.. Jan- "l uarv 15 at the College Activities counsel. He said he thought it hnilding is "disgraceful that courts in The conference is open to all this state can pass judgment on rhurch denominations interest- men without counsel. . Ki ed in town and country church Tne remans was maac aurmg ! "i.: a pardon board hearing on a yruiai!; man who had pleaded guilty but Journal Want Ads Pay! later said he was innocent. ground, me uuier, twu ica . r TNPOT M Th latpst develop- SEySfidl? ttit'ThXhed ememsC?n wind under. Not finished .in- , biprv ffV. nrmivinr chemicals side, the clapboarding warped j hln so as to insur3 full ventilation; t JSJ a e. Ibraska Weed Control Confer- The governor's comment went ence here January 3-4. over like a lead balloon with the Dwight Lambert, chi-f of tr.e legal proiession. une prominent state noxious weea amsiuu. oaiu Lincoln judge suggested that the the latest developments will be governor might consider that explained through discussions any district court in the state and exhibits. A large number of would disqualify a lawyer who commercial firms are applyh-g offered his services to an at- for exhibit space, torney-less client. This, said the Farmers as well as experts in jurist, violates a basic cannon weed control will participate in of the legal profession which the discussions. A panel oi iarm- prohibits solicitation of cases. - Politics Nineteen-fifty two is just around that snowy corner and its early days are expected to bring a clarification of the mud dled Nebraska senatorial situation. ers will discuss their experiences with the eradication of bind weed. Panel leader will be Ex tension Agronomist J. D. Furrcr of the University of Nebraska. The. two-day event is spon sored by the state noxious weed division and the University cf Nebraska. It usually craws hu: Capitcl observers think it like- ; dred3 0f farmers and others in ly that Governor Peterson next j . . . . .j ntmi Tre week will announce whether he's tsrested m weed control. Ti.e still a candidate for the regular ! meetings will be held in the 4-n term against Sen. Hugh Butler J building at the state fair- or whether he 11 move over to the short term scrap with for mer Gov. Dwight Griswold. Right now, insiders say Peterson is leaning toward the short term. . Meanwhile, Lancaster county attorney Frederick Wagener is eyeing the G. O. P. Senatorial race and probably will file against Butler if Peterson goes for the short term, or get into the tussel with Griswold if the governor keeps his - filing the way it is. Greetings .With this, the last Capitol News of 1951, the writer sends his warmest greetings to the editors and readers .of this week ly piece. May all good things be yours in 1932! . CECIL KARR ACCOUNTING Income Tax Service Bookkeeping Systems Installed Ph. 6287 Donat Building grounds. For added color, a strins of outdoor Christmas tree lig.hs were entwined in green boughs underneath a picture window. WHEN YOU THlSIC - THINK OF HUDSON ELECTUSC PHONE 5000