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EDITORIALS Curses Fresh Flashes THE U. S. AND NEWSPAPERS The people of America buy 54,017, 938 daily newspapers, for which they pay S2.589.0U0. This represents a high in telligence level and a people who want the complete news of local, national and world affairs. The newspaper is an American tradi tion the weekly newspaper even more so than the daily about which the above figures relate. Although many people do not realize it, the weekly newspaper to day has equally as much influence as the daily. Most of the people of this huge country of 155,000,000 live in towns of 10,000 or less and, in many cases, in many of these towns, the people subscribe to only one newspaper their local weekly, bi-weekly, or tri-weekly. The small newspapers of America, which began a great tradition in this country of freedom of the press, reach a grass-roots audience which the huge met ropolitan dailies do not touch. The farm ers and the small-town inhabitants of the country read their small-town newspaper religiously, from cover to cover. They are much likely to weigh the thoughts ex pressed therein more carefully than the average metropolitan resident -or worker, who usually takes one or two or three newspapers daily and who is so pushed for time, he can seldom examine any of these papers thoroughly. On the other hand, the weekly sub scriber has all week to read his local week ly. Advertisers sometimes forget that some 10,000 weekly papers offer great opportu nities and concentrate primarily on the ap proximately 1,500 dailies in' the country. Likewise, those who mail out various po litical progaganda sometimes fail to real ize the impoi-tance of the weekly press which is still the backbone of the Ameri can press. In both the daily and weekly fields, however, the American reader has dem onstrated a keener desire for the news of his area, country and the world thsn the average citizen of any other country. As long as our newspapers continue to print the truth, and tell the news, which most of them do today, and as long as Ameri cans have the urge for the news and the truth, this country will remain the best Informed of any in the world. w BASEBALL SEASON April is the month in which the Major Leagues open the season and the month in which many Minor Leagues be kin the year's diamond activity. It always coincides with the arrival of Spring and heralds the approach of Summer. To school children, it also is the vaca tion sport, continuing all through the Summer vacation and ending in an Octo ber World Series. Baseball is commonly known as the national pastime of Amer ican sports because of its long history throughout the years. Perhaps the finest thing that can be said about baseball is the lack of scandal and corruption which has been a trademark of the sport ever since Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Lanclis cleaned up the 1919 Black Sox scandal with a strong hand. Since that time there have been minor ripples or individual scandals, but the snort itself has come through the vears intact without the stigma of gambling con i.nections or intimidation of players. Base ball is a clean sport -one which requires both skill, speed and some mental abilitv m the field of quick decision. It is a sport which requires years of training to master. As long as this sport continues to op erate on high ethical lines, it will be tops in the mmds of American sports fans. As it is today, it is reflective of the best things that are America. THOUGHT FOR TODAY 7 he happiness or unhappiness of men de pends no less upon their dispositions than on on their fortunes. La Rochefoucauld Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. An adult is a person that has stopped growing except in the middle. A local soldier now stationed in Korea, writes that he has met three sisters over there who are not married. Their names: Tu-Yung-Tu, Tu-Dumb-Tu and No-Yen-Tu. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says the best way for a young girl to be popular is to have a rich Daddy. ic it We wonder if A. G. Bell had any trouble beating his wife to the telephone to make that first call. Many a parting line on a blonde's head reveals a dark secret. The man who spends less than he makes is independent; the man who spends more than he makes is a slave. Some pedestrians walk around as if they owned the streets, and some motor ists drive around as if they owned then cars. Don't ask us for information if we knew anything we wouldn't be here. Towns and cities, like seek to get rich without returns. Down Memory Lone Ill Permission was granted today by the state railway commission for Clarence Cotrier to operate a bus line between Plattsmouth and the Martin bomber plant . . . Superior awards were received at the district music contest by Betty Ann Albert and Jeanne Galland, while Thelma Kru ger, Juanita Sigler and Billie Jean Sylves ter received excellent ratings . . . Mrs. William Wookott was named president of Plattsmouth Woman's Club. Mrs. Wm. Heinrich was elected vice president and Mrs. Fred Rowland, recording secretary . . . Plattsmouth high school defeated Louisville 15-8 on the diamond . . . Walter J. Wunderlich of Nehawka was elected president of Group I of the Nebraska State Bankers Association. ir ir 1 YEARS AGO J Miss Marie Meisinger was elected president of Plattsmouth Homemak ers Club . . . Bernard Galloway, 1932 graduate of Peru State Teachers College, will teach at Dorchester this fall . . . W. T. assocmTion I 1 1 k&rriAr&ijr HATIONAL IDITOItlAl ASSOCIATION i:nteni at tlie Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as feconJ lass mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 'J. 1S79. While Congress Fiddles j some people, earning the The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KSTAm.ISHKD IX 1SSI Twice Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" , , , in 1951 (Kunkel S. coiid in Citirs Ov.-r 1000 Population rul.lislio.l srini-vreklv. Mondays ;itlcl Thursdays at J09-41-. Main street. Plattsmouth, Cass County. Nebr. RONALD R. PURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH Nws Reporter Bloomberg made his shocking request for money in a confi dential letter, dated Mnr-h 29, to Kefauver's campaign head quarters. "I would prefer thai this let ter be kent confidential and un filed." Bloomberg wrote cau- Hourly. "I have been approach i ed by some friends of mine who j have lono: been active in the j Indiana Democratic party . . . They indicated to me that they would be happy to bring about my selection as one of Indiana's delegates to the national con vention. Of course, there is al- ; ways that slip between cup and lip in politics of this sort but the offer presents a good poss ibility. I have tentatively ac cepted." The Indiana ward heeler then got down to business. Background Delegate "Because of the expense in volved it was estimated at S1.000 per delegate in 1948 it is often difficult to get anyone to tnke the ioh in such 'nnor' ( districts as the second, where I live . . . While I can take care cf any personal expenses in Chicago and I am willing to sacrifice a week's loss in pay, I understand that there are fees or contributions or some such running into several hundred dollars which would be a very heavy burden for me. I probably could solicit some funds from friends. Can national headquar ters make up the rest, presum ing I am elected?" Queried by this column, Bloomberg explained that ,he needed the money to pay a $200 registration fee. The Democratic National Committee denied. however, that convention dele Distell. Miss Mia Gering, George W. 01- sates are charged any fees or son Mrs W Switelc Frink I ihershil cont,noutlons- Bloomberg admit son, j is. . a. sateK, i ianK l.ioeisnai . ted to lhis column that he lived and Mrs. W . L. Heinrich -were named Plattsmouth members of the democratic county central committee . . . Committee members elected by the Republicans were S. S. Davis, Miss Minnie Guthmann, O. C. Hudson, and Mrs. J. F. Wolff . . . Henry Jasper, local florist, has opened a down town store . . . Seniors of Plattsmouth high school spent sneak day at Lincoln . . . Jacqueline Grassman has been elected president of Camp Fire Girls. Anna Marie Rea is vice president and Joan Moore secretary. tained through an official alum inum policy of purchasing metal not required for other uses. "Barring all-out war." he pre dicted, "A stockpile of 1,000,000 tons of aluminum could be ac cumulated by 1960 on the basis of currently planned expansion." He suggested that the stock pile objective could be met by limiting civilian consumption to the present level until 1960, but foresaw "strong opposition" to "depriving the civilian area for any length of time in order to accumulate a government stock pile during a limited mobiliza tion period." Instead, Anderson urged fill in? civilian orders first and stockpiling only the surplus. The government would become the "residuary legatee" of the alum inum production which the civ ilian economy did not want, he explained. Dr. Zay Jeffries of the Na tional Research Council warned that long storage of aluminum may result in deterioration. "On contact with moist air, aluminum absorbs hydrogen, and. a coating is formed which has to be melted off," he ex plained. Fleischmann suggested this could be solved by rotating the stored aluminum in an exchange arrangement with the producers.- In the end. the group decided that a 1.000.0G0-ton goal in stead of 4,000,000 was big enough for a starter. The Washington Merry-Go-Round 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 two weeks. (Copyright 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: INDIANA DELEGATE APPROACHES KEFAU VER HEADQUARTERS FOR CON EXPENSE M O N E Y ; KEFAUVER WILL NOT SUBSIDIZE DELE GATES; GOVERNMENT TO BUILD MOUNTAIN OF ALUMINUM. Brehm Conviction Upheld Last week the U. S. Court of Ap peals upheld the conviction of Rep. Walter E. Brehm, Ohio Republican, on charges of taking illegal salary kickbacks from his stenographer. Drew Pearson began an expose of Congressman Brehm's operations on Sept. 26, 1950, revealing kickbacks to the congressman for the first time. Brehm threatened to sue, calling Pearson a liar, but Pearson continued to print more facts about Brehm's kickbacks until a jury found him guil ty last April. He was fined $5,000 and given a o-to-15-months suspended jail sentence, which he appealed. On Thursday, April 24, however, the Court of Appeals upheld the Ohio Congressman's conviction. Washington. It was supposed to be kept "confidential and unfiled," but a prospective delegate recently hit Senator Kefauver of Tennessee for "expense mon ey" in return for his support at the Dem ocratic Convention. ' This would-be delegate is Warner Bloomberg of Gary, Ind., who hinted sig nificantly that expenses at the 1948 con vention ran around $1,000 per delegate. But he solicited the wrong candidate in crime-busting Senator Kefauver, who may end up investigating instead of paying him. cniy 37 miles from Chicago, that he could room with friend during the convention and that he expected financial help from ihis labor union or the local Democratic organization. So Senator Kefauver would like to know what is at the bottom cf this strange request for a fin ancial touch running into sev eral hundred dollars." Bloomberg confessed to this column that his letter had been a "political error," but denied that he had any "ulterior mo tives." "I am just a political ama teur." he pleaded. "I didn't ask i senator Ketauver tor any mon , ey. I asked Jack O'Brien Ke i fauver's campaign manaeen if ! he could help me out. After all, ! he isn't entirely poverty-strick en. In his letter to Kefauver headquarters, Bloomberg also added that "for the time being I would have to remain in the background of the camnaign for Kefauver in this state." Kefauver, however, indicated that he is not interested in subsidizing delegates, though he would like to catch someone trying it. Note The Republican in the south is notorious for n-ir svstem of "buying" up delegates and now it looks as if the sys tem were SDreading. The truth is that the American peonlp may :ir.i a uiesiaeni, duc tnev have little to say about nominating him. Delegates such as Bloom ben are usually hand-picked listen to the party bosses or the highest bidder, not the people To get the views of the Ameri can people, this column has been conducting a post-card poll. Write your choice for Dem ocratic candidate on the back of a post card and mail it to Box 1952. Washington. D.C. The Re publican poll showed Eisenhow er 49 ocr cent, Taft 36 oer cent Mountain of Aluminum It has been kept under wrans but the government may build a mountain of aluminum to keep handv in case of war. Mob ilization officials are talking privately in terms of a tremen dous. 4,000,000-ton stockpile. This was brought out at a closed-door meeting of Mobiliz ation chiefs, including produc tion boss Manly : . Fleischmann atomic energy chairman Gor-I uon uean ana aluminum czar Samuel Anderson. "To avoid the possibility of having to build rapidly for the third time to meet war needs " declared Anderson, "it is con sidered to establish, after civ ilian requirements have been met. a 4,000.000-ton stockpile objective, which could be at- (Mis. y. o. ;yana) SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Two Attend Tea For Women's Clubs Mrs. Arthur Johnson and Mrs. Ned Nutzman were guests of the women s division of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Wednes day. Guests included the pres ident's and group chairman of the extension clubs of Cass, Otoe, Seward and Lancaster counties. Entertainment con sisted of a tea and style show at Miller and Paine, a visit to the Veterans' hospital and a , green house, and a banquet in the evening at the Chamber of Commerce's dining room. Mrs. Nutzman is president of Maple Grove and Mrs. Johnson of the Cixit club. XeiiawKa Mr. and Mrs. Ned Nutzman attended the Metcalfe-Sturm wedding in Lincoln Sunday and later called to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Shomaker. Mr. and Mrs. John Murdoch and family, Murdock, were din ner guests of his mother, Mrs. Emma Murdoch Sunday. After noon and lunch guests were Mr. party 1 and Mrs- Paul Murdoch of Lin coln. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ringler, Lincoln, were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. John Tyson. Xeliawka BIRTH Born to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Red den, a son, Friday, at St. Mary's hospital in Nebraska City. Mr. and Mrs. Rose Redden, Nehawka, and Mr. and Mrs. Arch Spricck, Plattsmouth, are grandparents. Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hecsch visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heesch at Omatu Sun day. Mrs. E. W. Becker Notes Birthday In recognition of E, W. Beck er's birthday, which occurred Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hansen and children were guests for dinner Sunday at the Becker home in Lincoln. Mrs. Hansen's grandmother, Mrs. D. E. Smith, was also a guest. Neliawka. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Yearslcy and daughter, Dunbar, were guests Saturday evening at the Elmer Fitch home to help Ed ward celebrate his third birthday- . , 4 Miss Beatrice Bevendge, Atch- ison. Kan., and Mrs. Lucille Gaines, Plattsmouth, were din ner guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knabe.. . Parents Home At Hamburg Flooded Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kime, Di-nnhn wprp riinnpr cnipst.S Run- day at the George Kime home, j Mrs. George Kime received word that her mother, Mrs. Henry ' Welch and Mr. Welch's home at ; Hamburg had six feet of water , in it. The home had jiut been repaired with new siding and new plaster before the flood. Nehawka Callers at the Wm. Cornell hnie Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Walters, Avoca; Mr. and Mrs. Altred Davis and family, Syra cuse, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beatty and Presley Walters. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford O'Con nor and daughters were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. xuau Midkiff. Oharlene. Gene and Raymond Mavfield accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Louie Allgayer to Omaha Sunday to view the flood area. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schrader returned Sunday night from Al ma and Republican City, where they visited friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Linder and daughter, Lincoln, were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linder. Mrs. B. N. Kunkel was an all day guest Sunday of her son, Dr. L. N. Kunkel and family at Weeping Water. Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Rowe and son, Omaha, were dinner guests Sunday at the Everett Jose home. Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ross at tended the African violet show at Tecumseh Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Beck have made frequent visits to Bryan Memorial hospital in Lincoln to see his mother, Mrs. Ela Beck of Wabash. She is a patient there. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gansemer and family, Murray, were week end guests at the Ralph Wieck- horst home. , Mr. and Mrs. Henning John son and Tommy were dinner guests Sunday of Albert John son and family. Nenawka Coloradoans Are Dinner Guests Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Berger were guests for the day Sunday at the home of her mother, Mrs. L. W. Wilkens and Allegra at Lincoln. The guests of honor were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wil kens of Denver, who had just returned from a visit with their son, Lawrence and family at Chicago. The dinner also ob served the birthday of Mrs. Frank Wilkens. " Other guests were Mr, and Mrs. Carl Wilkens, DeWitt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Damkroeger, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Owens, Lincoln. On their return from Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkens could not cross the bridge at Omaha and it was necessary for them to go to Kan sas City to cross. They will visit relatives in Nebraska for ten days before returning to Den ver. Nehawka Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wessel en tertained their canasta club Sunday evening. Walter and Bob Wunderlich, Deane and Net Nutzman attend ed a district bankers meeting at Lincoln Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Murdoch, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ahrens and children. Weeping Water, called at the Elmer Fitch home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reece and daughter, Scottsbluff, were week end guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sturm. They were attendants at the Metcalf -Sturm wedding Sunday at Lin coln. Mr. Reece returned home THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL AGE FOUR - Monday, April 28, 1S52 Monday and Mrs. Reece and daughter remained to visit rela tives at Asnland and Nehawka for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Steffens at Lorton Friday afternoon and on Sunday after noon they visited Mr. Anderson's sister, Mrs. Beda Stander at Louisville. Fred C. Shomaker visited at the Henrv Thiele home at Plattsmouth several days past week. - ( Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Klepser, j Winterhaven, Fla., arrived Fri- day to visit Mr. and Mrs. John j Bagley and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hines. They left Wednesday for Minnesota. I Entertains At Evening Dinner In recognition of Mrs. Her- man Wieckhorst's birthday Mrs. Paul Giitinger entertained at dinner Monday evening. Guests indued George Herman and Mrs. Oscar Webber, Nebraska City; Mr. and Mrs. John Han sen, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Her man and Gene, Union; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wieckhorst, Dunbar; the t Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wieckhorst , and Mike, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wieckhorst and Judy, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wieckhorst. Cards afforded entertainment for the evening. NHiiiwkii Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bauers ! Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chap and daughter, Lincoln, visited at ! pell and son, Plattsmouth, were the George McFadden home j guests Sunday of Mrs. Christina Sunday. Chappell. Nehawka I Mr anrl Mm Tolvin Sturm were guests Saturday evening at a prenuptial dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Metcalf at the George Metcalf home in Lincoln. The guests of honor were Beverly Metcalf and Jim Sturm. Also present were the members of their families. Kansan Visits At Sturm Home Mrs. Gene Reece, Topeka, j Kan., stopped for a short visit . at the Melvin Sturm home Mon- day. Mrs. Jack Reece and ; daughter, Scottsbluff, accompa- , nied her to Ashland where they j will spend several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Reece. Mrs. ; Deane Nutzman and Dale, Mrs. ; Ned Nutzman and children vis- j ited Mrs. Gene Reece and Mrs. Jack Reece at the Melvin Sturm home Monday afternoon. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAr Piano Tuning Regulating & Repairing Instrument Repair H. J. Hough Ph. 6981 REAL ESTATE LOANS! 5 Percent Interest Charge Reduced for each monthly payment. Plattsmouth Loan & Building: Ass'n. NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NOW! Gf1 YOUR. PIGS FOR. A BBTTR CROP AT LOWER COST Land 0!Lakes pig milk replacer J ( JUST ACQ VYATBR) A Savt orphan pigs. Dry your sows sooner . . . raise more litters. Supplement sow's milk at weaning. Replace sow's milk when disease strikes. Have Real Milk Growing-Power always available at only $2 per cwt. J. Howard Davis INSURANCE Soennichsen Building Phone 264 Plattsmouth (Makes 250 lbs.) BRADLEY'S FARM STORE Murray, Nebr. TO REAL ESTATE OWNERS 19511 stafte Tan 2 m I FIRST HALF DELINQUENT MAY 1 SECOND HALF DELINQUENT SEPT. 1 D TAXES Draw Interest At The Rate Of 7 Per Annum From Delinquency L RUTH PATTON CASS COUNTY TREASURER