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EDITORIALS FursesFteFJ THrAMOB ii Statistics show that most accidents Down in the friendly city of St. Aug- happen in the kitchen. They failed to re- ustine, Florida, we are told, great flocks veal, however, tnat men nave xo eat uiem. ' ' -m a eW of sea eulls are starving amid plenty, Fishing is still good, but the gulls don't know how to fish. For generations they have depended on the shrimp fleet to toss them scraps from the nets. Now the1 fleet has moved to Key West. The shrimpers had created a Welfare State for the St. Augustine sea gulls. The big birds never bothered to learn how to fish for themselves and they never taught their children to fish. Instead they led their little ones to the shrimp boats. Now the sea gulls, the fine free birds that almost symbolize liberty itself, are starving to death because they gave in to the "something for nothing" lure. They sacrificed their independence for a hand out, i i A lot of people are like that, too. They see nothing wrong in picking up a few delectable scraps from the tax nets of the U. S. Government's "shrimp, fleet." But what will happen when the Government runs out of goods? What about our child ren for generations to come? Let's not be gullible gulls. We Amer icans must preserve our talents of self sufficiency, our genius for creating things for ourselves, our sense of thrift and our true love of independence. IN EITHER CASE When criminals flourish in any section of the country and develop profitable rac kets, one of two things is true : (1) The criminals have more sense than the law enforcement officers; or (2) The law enforcement officers are lying down on their jobs for some reasons known to themselves. In either case, the public should get new law enforcement officers. vr RAXING NON-RESIDENT VEHICLES I On another page of The Journal this week appears a notice of the County Treasurer revealing findings of the Ne braska Attorney General regarding the taxing of non-resident motor vehicles carrying Cass county tags that has stirred up so much controversy in the community during the past several months. From observation, we know of no other situation that has caused more mis understanding, thoughtless criticism and downright cussedness on the part of num erous individuals than has this registration of motor vehicles owned and operated by military personnel. Miss Ruth Patton, county treasurer, as well as the County Assessor's office has been subjected to considerable abuse for the reason that she has followed procedures oulined in Ne braska statutes regarding the licensing of automobiles as directed by the Motor Ve hicle Division. This criticism has been unwarranted. The Cass County Treasurer, as well as those of Sarpy and Douglas counties, are bonded not only for monies entrusted to their office, but also for compliance with Nebraska law. Until the time of the opin ion appearing on another page, a countv treasurer was required to collect tax on motor vehicles or issue distress warrants for unpaid taxes as certified bv the County Assessor and listed in their office. Failure to comply makes the treasurer subject to double liability. No official in his or her right mind would make any move that would jeapordize their bond. Not only has Miss Patton followed the letter of the law, but she has devoted vol umes of correspondence and hours of time both in and out of regular office hours attempting to bring about a clarified rul ing from the Attorney General's office. For over two years the taxmg of motor cars owned by servicemen has been a con troversial subject. By her constant insist- ance over fhis period, action was taken to Embarrassing Time To Entertain Company f HE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JC'JRNA?. I PAGE FOUR Seen on D Thursday, January 17, 1952 Little Johnnie awoke at 4 a.m. the other morning and asked his mommy to tell him a story. About that time the old man came home and told them both one. Most men say no to temptation once weakly. , A local woman told Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, she thinks her husband is having an affair with his stenographer. Fanny doesn't be lieve it. Fanny's sure the woman is just trying to make her jealous. A youthful figure is something you get when you ask an older woman her age. Nowadays the dollar dinner is served on white or rye. A speaker here the other day advised his listeners to live just one day at a time. We had the urge to tell him that few of us could afford more than that. The great trouble with luck is that it often disappears when you need it most. About the only thing we know to do for a bad case of rheumatism is to limp. The best wjiy to protect a wedding ring is to dip it in dish water about three times a day. A lung specialist says a man who will sing at the top of his voice for an hour won't be troubled by chest complaints in his old age. Around this place he wouldn't even be troubled by old age. all county treasurer's to follow. Right or wrong, the interpretation comes from the Nebraska Attorney Gen eral and his directive will be followed in Cass County in the future. Down Memory Lane OA YEARS AGO U W. A. Robertson of Plattsmouth was elected vice president of the second judic ial district at the group's annual meeting held here . . . Edward Thimgan of. Mur- dock has been elected sheriff of Cass county . . . Forbes, Arn and Rummel each hit eight points as Plattsmouth beat Au burn 42-16 at Auburn . . . Miss Linnea Kuenzil of Columbus and Marion Thomas Koop of Louisville were married at Col umbus . . . Ray L. Becker has been named deputy sheriff by the county commission ers . . . Mr. and Mrs. Verner Seydlitz are the parents of twin sons . . . Mrs. Mary Kruger has been installed as Noble Grand of Rebekah lodge ... A move is underway here to adopt the commission form of city government . . . Cecil O. York, formerly of Plattsmouth, and Miss Katherine Osk erop were married at Chicago . . . Henry .. F. Nolting was installed as commander of Mt. Zion Commandery. 1A YEARS AGO lv R. F. Patterson was named senior warden of St. Luke's church. Other officers elected were Edward E. Egen berger, junior warden; Miss Dora Fricke, Mrs. John A. Donelan, James F. Begley, Walter Tritsch and C. E. Ledgway, vestry men . . . Otto K. Ehlers was installed as Worthy Master of Nehawka Lodge . . . Ralph Hilt scored 20 points as Platts mouth beat Nebraska City 42-25 . . . Otis Hatchery of Omaha is establishing a branch office here . . . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roelfsz of Alvo are parents of a daughter born at Lincoln . . . Charles H. - z . TH55 ' V rim JrttlHiR Bm m 3 v. i HM n u nil i'j t I U I'M asfcingtoa RS IS ALWAYS the case when a new session of congress is up coming, Washington took on a new air of busUe and expectancy for the second session of the 92nd congress. There was little change In or ganization of the congress on the Demoratic side, but the Republi cans faced the necessity of elect ing a new minority leader in the senate to succeed the late Sen ator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska who died during the adjournment period. Green recently served as co chairman with Paul Spaak of Belgium, over the consultative assembly of the Council of Europe, attended by 14 U. S. Senators and Congressmen, plus delegates from all parts of Eu rope. And the Khode Island Sen ator was quite eloquent in des cribing the pleas for unity made by the delegates and their dis appointment over British op position. Most U. S. Congressmen at tending the Strasbourg Confer ence came away determined how some of the decisions he insisted upon completely upset the peace of the world. Here are some of themj Error in China Meeting with Chiang Kai-Shek and FDR in one of their famed confer ences (Cairo in 1943) Roosevelt felt the urgent need of streng thening Chiang. His army had been fighting the Japanese longer than any other. Already he faced desertions to the com munists. So FDR ureed an allied camoaign over the Burma Road to rescue China . . . But Church- that future American aid to ill was vigorously opposed. He Eurone shoulcl be tied to a pro-' would hear none of it. Instead viso that Europe unite. Even ! he wanted an allied campaign conservative Democrats Gene ' to retake Britain's old posses-Co:-: of Georgia and Howard ' sions Singapore and the Smith of Virginia made speech- Malays ... At this Chiang got es praising European unity and , sore, threatened to pull out al criticising British aloofness. together, and it took a lot of Diplomatic Senator Green did persuading by FDR to keep him FDR not bear down too hard cn this 1 in Cairo. To nlacate him WASHINGTON REPORT by Howard Buffett Congressman, 2nd Nebrasl District Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallaep clarify the law and outline procedures for Warner, departed for Fort Leavenworth where he will be inducted into the THOUGHT FOR TODAY Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man. Xictzschc army Miss Gloria Anne Johnson, bride-to-be. was feted at a shower given bv Misses Margaret Ann Pitz, Corrine Hallstrom, Irene Anthes, Hazel Kelly and Norma Johnson. The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service inx1950" . Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 109-413 Mala Street. Plattsmouth, Cass Connty, Nebr RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor PRANK H. SMITH News Reportei durinsr the President's lunch for Churchill, but tried to set his point across by saying:: "Your delegate Robert Bcoth by did as well as he could with the limited material he had." Churchill grunted. "Good man Boothby," he said. Then with pride in his own po litical party, he added: "He's a conservative." Senator Green's hint, how ever, had no effect upon the Churchill-Truman conferences that followed. The Prime Min ister paid nothing more than lip-service to Eurooean unity. Churchill's Broken Pieces During the Strasbourg Con ference, British delegate Booth by in opposing a United States of Europe argued: "The finest unity the world has ever seen was that between Churchill and Roosevelt when they met together to decide the problems of the world." To this Congressman Frazier Reams of Toledo, O., took ex ception. "I have had the greatest res pect for both Mr. Roosevelt and rir. unurchill," he told the Proposed that Britain give up Hong Kong, make it an inter-t national port under the U.- N. . . . Churchill's reply: "I was not made Prime Minister to liquidate the British Empire." . . . Chiang, returning empty handed, faced increasing defec tions to the communists . . . Real fact is that for Chiang, Cairo marked the beginning of the end . . . Incidentally Hong Kong, still British, supplied the communists with part of their gas and oil to oppose us in Korea. Error in Greece At Casa blanca. Churchill got from FDR a promise that the Mediterran ean was to be a British theatre, with all commands and politi cal decisions clearing through British hands. This meant not only a British top commander for allied forces in Italy though most of the troops were American but it meant that not even a telegram could be sent in the Mediterranean theatre without a British ok . . . One result was gross, misman agement in Greece. Churchill backed the wrong leaders, got Strasbourg assembly, "but most the country involved in civil of Eastern Eurooe is littered wr. eventually sent a telegram with broken pieces of the pol-! that shocked the world . . . "Do icies the-" left behind Two-Man Parley Diplomats who watched the venerable British statesman in not nesuate to act as n you were in a conquered city." Churchill wired the British com mander in Athens. "You should Washington couldn't escape the not hesitate to open fire on any lmDression that Churchill still armed male in the Greek cap believes the problems of the ital wno assails the authority world should be settled between j of the British . . . Keep and two men only. 1 dominate Athens." . . . Event- Diplomats w h o watched ! ually this policy failed. It failed Churchill in other conferences I so miserably that London gave also remembered, however, how the United States peremptory obstructionist he could be when notice it was turning the future Roosevelt would not yield, and ' of Greece over to us . . . Since VETERANS' COLUMN . By RICHARD C. PECK , Cass County Veterans' Service Officer mssocmnon I w mmwrm mm r NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, ts second class mail matter m 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 mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents for mum (Copyright 1949, By the BeU Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: CHURCH ILL GETS ADVICE ON U. S. OF EUROPE; TRUMAN -CHURCHILL TALKS MADE NO REAL PRO GRESS TOWARD EUROPEAN UNI TY; CHURCHILL'S WAR DE CISIONS LEFT US HEADACHES IN GREECE AND CHINA. Washington. It didn't leak to the press, but at the President's first luncheon for Winston Churchill, the . 77-year-old Prime Minister got some friendly advice from the onlv cuest older than hp. Tho nHviaoy was SA.voar.nW TV. Richard Total Disability Pension Increase It must be emphasized that there will be no automatic re view of cases now on the pension rolls to determine whether the individual concerned may now be entitled to the increased nen- sion rate of $100 per month for non-service con nected disability when the veter an is in need of the regular aid and attendance of another per son. In order to .ESS. Ho ans must apply by letter for the review.' dore Francis Green of Rhode Island, -ho, ' i3 telSiS? tTb? aespue ins age, is even more acuve man Churchill, and who during the luncheon gently told the P. M. about moves toward a' United States of Europe made at the Strasbourg,. Conference. Such a dermination must be based on the actual requirement of personal assistance from oth ers. If a claimant is able to be out of bed and can walk un assisted by others, he cannot generally be regarded as meet ing the requirements of the law and the regulations. It is also to be remembered that the in creased rate will not be allow able during periods when the veteran is being hospitalized or furnished domicilary care by the Veterans Administration. Veterans who qualify for need obtain a review 1 of regular aid and auenaance of such cases,! and are confined in a state, concerned veter- i county or municipal hospital at their own expense are not Daireu from receiving the increased benefit of $120 per month. But, the mere fact of confinement in a hospital does not meet the rpnnirement for the increased pension. It must be shown that of a nurse or attendant or regu lar. aid and attendance from another person will not be based solely upon the opinion that the claimants condition is such as would require him to be in bed. "If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves dis approve, how can we after wards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God." These words are attributed to George Washington - during the Constitutional Convention. They sound like a "must" for my Party in 1952. For three straight Presidential elections, the Republican Party has weas eled. .wobbled and "me-tooed" itself into ignominious defeat. My criticism of the Republi can Party is not based on any lack of loyalty. Quite the op posite. I know the desperate importance - of Republican vic tory in 1952 - to all true Amer icans regardless of their polit ical affiliation. Will the Republican Party in 1952 "raise a standard to which the wise and honest can re- fJO.it. ; 11UCM V C UU, V C W iU UUi deserve to win. And the evi dence indicates, we will not win. either. Metooism again will be as -fatal to us as to the Whig farty a century ago. Because I have demanded honesty in my Party, I some times am denounced as a "reb el." What are the facts? Let's look at the authoritative Con gressional Quarterly. Here is the result lor isal I was one of 15 out of 201 House Republi cans with a perfect score on "party unity" vofes. My batting average in sup port of the Party was 100 when a united front was in order That score is higher that any Republican leader in the House. The test of a legislator is not what he savs. or how he says it. - it is his "vote" that counts. The heart of the Republican Party is the Middlewest. Every Republican who had a perfect score on "narty unity" came from the Middlewest except one. He was John Wood of Idaho, a patriot whose loyalty is from the same mold as George Wash ington and Abraham Lincoln. then we . have been running Greece at a cost of about one billion dollars a year some of which could have been saved if we had followed the old adage. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Iran and Egypt Diplomats also recall the manner in which Churchill secured from Roose velt full control of policy in EgvDt, Iran and the Middle East.. The result of that policy, partly SDelled out in Egyptian riots and closed British consul ates in Iran, is too fresh to need retsptition here . . . But the man ner in which American wartime "ommanders backed uo British suoremacv, mav have been for "ntrpn. Gen. Benny Giles, lec turing U. S. newsmen who crit '"ied British noMcv in Cairo in said: "Gentlemen. I have noticed thft you hav been nlng noUtical news You are "r correspondents, and you will write nothing critical of British policy in the Middle East." The political waters were only slightly rippled by the ex pected announcement by Har old Stassen of his presidential intentions on the GOP ticket. This makes three announced candidates on the GOP side Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, Governor Earl Warren, of California, and now Mr. Stas sen, currently president of the University of Pennsylvania. Only a lew of the Washington news corps greeted Stassen on the occasion of his official announce ment at the Willard hotel. Four years ago, this youngish man, fresh from the midwest as gover nor of Minnesota, appeared as a sort of young Galahad with bright and shining armor, with a refresh ing and liberal platform. But he plunged to earth with a dull thud somewhere along the political trail and emerged, curiously enough, tied to the Joe Grundy political machine in Pennsylvania and president of the state univer sity, where, as such, he cam paigned against the only Repub lican liberal to come out of Penn sylvania in a decade. Senator James H. Duff. So the political seers here took Stassen's announcement and bis plat form, ubich he calls both liberal and humanitarian, uitb tongue in cheek. Senator Taft, with a broad grin, welcomed him to the ranks, indicating, "the more the merrier," and also indicating that he uas not at all concerned u itb u hatet er Com petition Stassen can muster. Congressman Frederick R. Cou dert of New York had announced he would introduce a biU on the first day of the new session of congress to impose maximum ceil Real ty Transfers Proe A. Hargleroad to Ruth A. nivis. WD 12-23-51, L. 339 & EY2 340, Greenwood, $600.00. Ruth A. Davis to Orley D. Clements. WD 12-23-51, Ls. 8 to 11, B 30 & all B 31, Elmwood, $2,000.00. Clarice Catherine Pickwell to Wm. LeRoy Cook Ss Marjorie E., WD 12-29-51, SftNEy4 5-10-10, $12,000.00. Lulu Keil to Joe it. Henscn, WD 11-20-51, L. 664. 665. 6S6, 667 & 733, 734, 735, Louisville, $2,250.00. Lynn E. Johnson & Edith F., to Agda W. Borjeson. WD 11-28-51. L. 5, B. 74. WTeeping Wa ter. $7,900.00. Rudolf Wulf & Wilhelmina to Marion F. Wulf, WD 12-31-51. 2 A in SE'iSWSWU, 20-10-9, $1.00. Wm. J. Butler & Lola Carr to Wm. C. Butler, WTD 1-2-52, Und. z Int. SEi 9-10-9, $1.00. ings on total expenditures in fiscal' year 1953 at not to exceed esti mated tax receipts for the year of $71,000,000,000. The bill or reso lution would also impose a max imum ceiling upon necessary, new appropriations for fiscal year 1953 of $60,000,000,000 as a first step in progressive reduction of the "destructive annual rate of expend iture anticipated in 1953." Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, in a year-end review of the nation's economic situation, said volume of national output in creased in 1951 by about eight per cent over 1950, the high volume in history, and the value of the out put, the gross national product, totaled $327,000,000,000, or 15 per cent more than 1950. Roughly, about half the 15 per cent repre sented higher prices, and the other half the increase in volume. Un employment was reduced from three to two million; expenditure! for military and related purposes were $34,000,000,000, more than double 1950; the flow of civilian goods was maintained, but cost consumers six per cent more than in 1950; most of the price advance occurred prior to inauguration of price and wage controls in Jan uary. Personal income reached a year-end rate of $260 billion with almost all major groups show ing substantial gains and even, after allowing for higher taxes, the personal income was nine per cent over 1950. Saving, in relation to disposable income, was roughly 10 per cent, as compared to an average of four per cent in 1950, the report said. Three out of four mothers and children are now protected by old age and survivors insurance, according to Oscar Ewing, fed eral security administrator. Two out of five folks over 65 and not working are receiving retirement payments with a total of 62 mil lion workers now insured. Total assets of the old age and survi vors insurance trust fund, which now totals $15.5 billion at end of 15 years of operation, is invest ed in government bonds and th$ fund earned $300 million in inter est during the year. Total expense of administering old age and sur vivors insurance for the year was $33 million. Journal Want Ads Pay! Walter H. Harold R. Smith & Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Oonat Bldg. Plattsmouth Every employee of established coal-producing companies re ceives the most modern train ing in first-aid and safety precautions. Journal Want Ads Pay! - It's Amazing How Quickly BoGkkeeping Problems Vanish WHEN USINO The IDEAL SYSTEM Bookkeeping and Tax Record Meats Federal ond Stat Tax laws Simplified "Easy to Keep INEXPENSIVE-ACCURATE Special Book fori Merchant fteawty Shop Jeweler and Watchmaker Farmer and Rancher Cafe and Restaurant Garage Grocer Service Station Professional Service Cleaner and Dyer Manufacturer and many othr. Price $2 $3.50 $5.00 $7.50 SOLD MUl The Plattsmouth Journal 409-12 Main St. Dial 241 Plattsmouth, Nebraska Mechanical loadinc of coal i" underground mines increased . , i i tv.nn oi;(V VvAt,nnn u the veteran cannot aress, ictu , mvic waU w or bathe nimseii. or protect ; pic-nm aim n. cnu ui uji. himseu m X11S uauai euuuu- ment. 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