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EDITORIALS Furses Fresh Flashes "THE MANIAC" I Navy and Air Force meteorologists are depending on help from "the maniac" in making improvements in weather pre dictions in the coming months and, years. "The maniac" is a new machine which contains about 2,000 radio tubes and isex pected to set new computing speed rec- Some meteorologists say that the de velopment needed most for greater accur acy in predictions is a faster means of mak ing calculations, which are the basis of all weather forecasts. "The maniac" analyzes the entire atmosphere up to a height of 12 miles which requires a billion multiplica tions of 10 digit numbers for a single 24 hour forecast. This sort of arithmetic is too much for the human mind to compre hend. As an example of the speed average with which "the maniac" will work, a comparable job of computation by a desk type adding machine would take three centuries. The fastest electronic compu ters in existence would require about two weeks to do the same job. "The maniac" will handle the problem in two and a half hours, and may raise the precision of day ahead predictions from 80 to 90 per cent accuracy. Such an improvement in weather pre dictions, though seemingly small, would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars to citrus growers, airlines and many other industries. It would be a boon for pros pective holiday travelers. "The maniac" has recently been completed and will go into the weather-predicting business in the near future. IKE'S NOMINATION The action of Republican delegates at Chicago, in nominating General Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Presidency, gives the Republican Party a popular hero with, which to battle the Democrats in Novem ber. If the public opinion polls can be re lied upon, General Eisenhower has a great er popularity rating among American cit izens than any other candidate, Republic an or Democratic. Obviously, this belief was the greatest asset General Eisenhower and his suppor ters had in their battle to win the nomin ation for the General. Many Republicans who thought that Senator Robert A. Taft deserved the nomination because of his long service to the Party and because of his generally-accepted position as "Mr. Republican", and because of his long ser vice and courage in the Party's v darkest days, nevertheless were persuaded to sup port General Eisenhower on the assump tion that he would be a better drawing card. General Eisenhower has an opportun ity to crack the Solid South, depending partly on the Democrats, and he has high hopes of winning independent and former Democratic voters to the Republican Party this year. However, General Eisenhower has yet to prove his campaigning abilities against the Democrats. His nomination means that the Democrats have a less clear-cut case against the opposition and that the Democratic candidate will be up against one who might attract large num bers of Democratic votes. General Eisenhower himself believes he is rejuvenating the Republican Party and once again making it the party of the average voter. It is probably accurate to say the Eisenhower threat is the greatest challenge to the Democratic Party in the past 20 years. Unless all the polls, and most of the experts, are wrong, General Eisenhower is going to be a tough candi date to defeat. Britain, traditionally a large exporter of coal, found it necessary in 1951 to im port between one and two million tons from the U. S. During a discussion of the purchase of new chairs by a local woman's club, one member said she was in favor of buying the chairs but she didn't think they should strip themselves to the bottom. While this country has turned out some great men, there are still plenty of others that should be turned out. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, can't add, but she can cer tainly distract. We learned a long time ago to learn from the mistakes of others. We'll never live long enough to make them all ourself. One reason we don't take up golf is by the time we reached the point where we could afford to lose a golf ball, we can't hit it that far. A Cass county housewife says she lost all her kitchen equipment in a recent fire at her house. We've never learned whether it was the can-opener or the corkscrew. A local bachelor says he is waiting for a girl who doesn't smoke, trrink, swear, or have anv bad habits. We don't know why. We used to dream about getting the kind of money we're starving on now. There is one thing that can be said for ignorance it sure causes a lot of interest ing arguments. Dovn Memory Lane Ticklers By George ...1 jf Legislative SIDELIGHTS . . by BERNIE CAMP (Legislative Sidelines Is made available to your local newspaper as a service of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation. Opin ions expressed are not neces sarilv ,h"sp of this newspaper). Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation 4"HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Monday, July 21, 1952 Test Your Intelligence 'Why it's from Burt and Ethel. It says, 'Greetings from Yellowstone National Park." by the sudden elevation of a po- tigate crime. He saw clearly, as litical unknown. Nixon of Cali- few others did, that the under foinia. to the No. 2 oct un the world had built up powerful Republican ticket. 'syndicates which were taking ;-,-,,,v.,rv :?, w.i over noteIs- dominating certain x-.;...utrs -..iwu labor unions, dictating what ice Perhpps also thy don't en- j companies, what laundries, what tirely appreciate tne fact that ( brand of beer should be used in Ketauver has a magnificent vot- the restaurants of certain cities. Puccini West Indies Tudor ir.g record, courage in l'.-ms than lias shown more facing racial prob anv other southern 19 YEARS AGO Don Sievers has been appointed chair man of a "youth commando" unit which includes youngsters in Plattsmouth to col lect scrap metal for the war effort. Ward chairmen are Miss Minnie Guthman, Mrs. Don Sievers, Mrs. William Woolcott, Mrs. Wylie Sigler and Miss Ida Patton . . . Miss Flora Irene Graham and William E. Rov er, both oi i'iattsmouth, were married at Nebraska City . . . Ray Story, proprietor of Kent Cafe and Service Station, . an nounced purchase of Home Dairy from Mary Richey . . . Virginia Pollard of Ne hawka has been presented a $25 war sav ings bond for outstanding 4-H club work. Miss Pollard is currently a freshman in home economics at the University of Ne braska, and was among four Xebraskans to win a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress at Washington, D. C. YEARS AGO Lj The Platte river, which for several days has threatened sand pits northwest of here has swept away the last resisting barriers and levees and has overrun the pits. Forces of men labored for two days to strengthen the levees but undermining of banks proved their efforts in vain. Destruction of the pits will make it neces sary to open nearby pits . . . Pupils of Mrs. Lillian Freeman presented a piano recital . . . Frank Gradoville has received notice that a car stolen from him two years ago has been partially recovered. Gradoville lost the car two years ago while a teacher at Schuyler. Omaha police have identified the motor, but find that the motor is now in a coupe, while Mr. Gradoville had driven a coach. This was business by black mail and the blackjack just the anti-thesis of free enterprise. Kefauver was convinced that these underworld syndicates ex isted through paying tribute to political parties. I don't believe he knew all the political head aches he would eet into when he opened up this seething camrtron of graft and intrigue. semtcr. and had the vision to realize the danger of permitting an underworld to gnaw at the foundation of America. ! On ton of this, he has eone through an intense political campaign, during which he hasn't made a .'ingle mistake. tisenhower. on the other nand, , ne did not dream, fnr instance, has made several. that the public relations coun- Kefauvcr. meanwhile, did Ei- 1 sei for Frankie Costello. David senhower the biggest political Charney, would later attach favor of his life. He is the chief , himself to Senator Russell's reason Eisenhower was ndmin-! staff as public relations man, ated. For the main factor moti- I m an effort to riefpat. Kpfauvpr- their recent convention was that they badly needed a win- ! I ner. And they knew, first from the GaliiiD Poil. second from their own political observations, that Kefauver could cuipoll Taft in most of the nation. To beat j him they had to nominate Ei- I senhower. and that the underworld would go to any length to stop him. But anyway, after introducing his crime resolution in Jan uary, he finally persuaded his colleagues to give him the green light only in April. The rest is current history. But that crime probe is why iney Know mat instead of a 12-month would be years. investigation they in hot . water for 4 Democratic machine in New Hampshire. They also saw him swamp the Democratic organi zation in Ohio, even with a bunch of unknown delegates: while in California they sawi. ., 0 him roll up a vote bigger than I ClVll oervice Governor Earl Warren. Again he j a rCC did it by bucking the old-line LXaiTlS At UlTUtt leaders of the Democratic party Raco Off.J using a bobtail assortment of I voung and enthusiastic nmn-! teurs that nobody had ever heard of. In manv respects, the novices who rolled up the votes for Ke fauver out in the sticks, were like the novices who rallied be hind Eisenhower in the same areas. Civil Service examinations were announced today for posi tions of stenographer and typ ist at Offutt Air Force Base, and SAC headquarters, Omaha, Nebraska. Yearly salary is ($2750 to $2950. Written tests for these posi nxiu .euuuncan aeiegaies. ieci by shrewd nonamateur. Tom ! tions are given 1st and 3rd Sat urdays of each month at 8:30 l J A J 1 A. Dewey, sensed the need for a "i, 111 x" ZZL nish typewriters. The Washington Merry -Go-Round THOUGHT FOR TODAY The ezil thai men do liz-cs after them; The ijood is often interred niih their bones. Shakespeare The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN" 18S1 Twice Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 ' Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" in 1951 (Hanked Second in Cities Over 1000 ropulation F'ulili'he-'l semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at Main Street. I'iattsmouth, Cass County. Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK II. SMITH News Reporter assocaron i M ' NATIONAL u tDITOitlkl ASSOCIATE Fntcre at the Tost Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska. a' ecorid class mail matter in accordance witli the Act vt Congress of March 3. 1879. ' ' SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass ard adjoining counties. $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 20 cents lor two weeks. i (Copyright 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: KEFAU VER HELPED EISENHOWER GET NOMI N ATED ; REPUBLIC ANS KNEW TENNESSEE SENATOR COULD) HAVE BEATEN TAFT; COSTELLO'S PUBLIC RELATIONS MA NOW WORKS FOR SEN. RUS SELL AGAINST KEFAUVER. (Ed. Note Senator Estes, Kefauver of Tennessee, top Democratic contender, gebi the once-over today in Drew Pearson's series on the Democratic candidates.) Chicago. If you had told Estes Kc fauver's colleagues in the Senate one year ago that he would emerge with the top number of delegates at the next Democra tic convention, they would have snorted with disbelief. Some of them are still snorting. This attitude, however, is solely con fined to Washington and a few big cities where the political bosses had their mach ines bounced off the track by Kefauver's crime expose. Ih Washington, the attitude is based on something which is all-important in the nation's capital but not readily understood elsewhere seniority. Young Estes Kefauver has been in Congress only 12 years. On the other hand, his colleague, McKellar of Tennessee, is' 85 years " old and has been in Congress for oo years. And every time McKellar passes young Kefauver in a Senate corridor, he curses. Other Senators do not curse. But some of them are jealous. They do not realize that these are fast-moving days when the American people are fed up with old, as witnessed by Eisenhower's nomination and cnange plus the daneer of be ing defeated by a Kefauver. Kefauver's Crime After Estes Kefauver first started his New Hampshire campaign, he remarked to one of his advisers: "I'm tired of talking about crime. I think r should make some speeches on foreign pol icy." 'Stick to crime, Estes, stick to crime." replied the adviser, "That's what the people under stand." However, Estes has not stuck to crime, either in his subse quent speeches or in his earlier record in Congress. That record is one which shows up well un der tne most critical microscope. Though a southerner. Kefauver voted for the controversial anti lyr.ching bill. He also voted to abolish the poll tax, though he did not vote for cloture or a compulsory FEPC. He voted against the Taft-Hartley Act at a time when it took courage to do so unlike Sen. Russell who voted to override the presiden tial veto but now says Taft Hartley should be abolished. He has also campaigned against the monopoly of war contracts to a few tig companies and led an investigation to aid small business. He had the courage to circulate a petition in the House to get the Taft-Wagner dousing am out ct the Rules Committee, and finally helped to get it passed. He has been a leader in hik ing Ih'e "President in foreign af fairs and. defense. And while a member of the House of Rep resentatives, -ho wrote a book "The 20th Century Congress " carefully diagnosing our current legislative system. Reason For Crime Probe None of these, of course, lias received the publicity of the Ke fauver crime nrobe. Some of his senatorial colleagues regarded the latter as a publicity stunt, though actually it took twelve months of backbreaking work, Mus four months of persuasion to get the crime probe author- xtva oy me senate. Even the Republicans, who. in the end, benefited politically, were at, first opposed. I talked with the Tennessee Senator many times during the davs when he was trying to persuade his colleagues to let him inves- Applicants must be citizens of the United States. Age limits are 17 to 62 except for veterans. Application forms may be se cured from Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners at any first or second-class post office where this announcement is posted, or from the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex aminers. Offutt Air Force Base, Room 417, 210 Bldg., Omaha, Nebr., or from the Director Eighth U. S. Civil Service Re gion, Post Office & Custom house Bldg., St. Paul 1, Minne sota. Applications must be com pleted and brought by competi tors to Room 404, Omaha Post Office, at time of examinations. STRICTLY FRESH ( AS he was divorced for the Hth time, a Seattle man said,' "There's a girl in the world who is made for me." If this continues he'll have to h-yMars-i f The- Army has decided that sol dicrs who work in an office don't need steel helmets. How about reinforced trousers? , With heat waves all around us, it's time for department stores to r :tart reminding us of the number, of shopping days left U1 Christ mas.- - -msssk With many spendipg two weeks vacationing in the woods, a return to civilization and world news is bound to increase cnrollmcntm forest ranger's schools. gt$ , A Wisconsin- woraawho claimed her husband was going out with" other -women poured a boiling lye solution on him. One lie deserves another.' Is This Diversion? Nebraska automobile owners pay the nighest total tax on their vehicles of any state in the nation. This is a fact that is admitted by any one who have made a study of this situa tion. In addition to state and fed eral gasoline taxes, motor ve hicle license fees, drivers li censes, federal excise taxes on new cars and oil, parts and equipment, Nebraska motor ve hicles carry a heavy burden of personal property tax. This property lax on automobiles is out of proportion to the levies on most other items of personal property and real estate be cause for tax purposes automo biles are valued at more nearly their real value than is other property. The property tax on automo tive vehicles comes nearer to a perfect record for collection than other items of property for two reasons: First, an automo bile is easily identified for as sessment; and, second, the au tomobile owner must in obtain ing a vehicle license show proof that property taxes have been paid on the vehicle. A comparison of the propor tionate shares of the tax borne bv automobiles and all property in Nebraska presents striking evidence of the disparity. For 1951. Nebraska had a total property valuation of $3,014,000, 000 for tax purposes. This was 25 per cent of the sale value in the case of town property ana 40 per cent of the sale value of i farm lands. Nebraska motor ! vehicles (automobiles, trucks and buses) in 19al were valued for tax pui poses at $252,600,000, at least 80 per cent of their ac tual value. Total property taxes paid in Nebraska in 1951 amounted to $118,000,000. The total tax paid on motor vehciles as property amounted to $14,580,000. The tax on automobiles as property was about 12.35 per cent of the total taxes paid on property in 1951. For tax purposes, the average value of the 532,461 motor ve hicles in Nebraska was consid ered to be $474.48; on which an average of $27.40 in taxes was paid. The 1951 average of levies for all purposes (village and city, county, school, and state) was in the neighborhood of 57.7 mills; that is 5.7 cents on the dollar of valuation; or just short of 6 per cent of the sale value of the automobile. What uses are made or the revenue from property taxes on motor vehicles? 1. Some $1,380,000 of the property tax on motor vehicles goes into the state general fund. 2. Counties receive a total of $1,387,000 from this source. 3. Cities and villages get a $4, 446,000 share of the tax. 4. Schools receive about half of the total, or $7,830,000. None of the state general fund revenue goes to roads and highways. County roads share in the county portion as other county property tax revenues are ex pended on roads, except where there is a special county levy for roads. City and village streets share in the city and village portion in a similar manner. Schools receive approximately 53.7 per cent of the total prop erty tax paid by motor vehicle owners; none of which goes on roads or highways. The use of motor vehicles is dependent upon good roads and highways. The roads and high ways make possible the large number of motor vehicles in the state; however, the item of property which uses these roads carries a disproportionate share of the tax to support general government and schools because it is an easy source of revenue. Is this fair and reasonable tax ation? A widely recognized principle is that highway user taxes should be used on roads and highways, and not diverted by law or otherwise to the general purposes of government financ ing. Is not the property tax on automobile a highway user tax? Is it not diversion to use these funds for general purposes of government and schools? Why should the motor vehicle owned be singled out to bear the heaviest proportion in financing the implements of general gov ernment? Does not this situa tion indicate need for thorough study and re-evaluation of the whole Nebraska tax structure so that inequities and legal diver sions of various sorts are elimi nated? With amendment of the State Constitution, it should be pos sible to take action to correct this situation with regard to motor vehicle- taxation as per sonal property, perhaps to pro vide that motor vehicle owners pay a special tax in combination with the license fee. Such a combination of tax and license fee could then, by law, be ear marked for road and highway construction and maintenance. Score 10 points for each correct answer in the first six questions? 1. Who composed the opera Carmen: Bizet Massenet Wagner 2. Rhodesia is in: Australia Central Asia Africa 3. England is presently ruled by the House of: Hanover Windsor Stuart 4. Which of the following Communist countries is led by an anti- Soviet: Czechoslovakia Albania Hungary Yugoslavia 5. President when the White House was burned in the War of 1812 was: Jefferson - Monroe" Madison Pierce 6. The Diligenti quintuplets were born in: Italy Spain Sicily Argentina 7. Listed below, at left, are four U. S. Presidents and opposite them, mixed up, are their Secretaries of State. Match them, scoring 10 points for each correct answer. (A) Washington (B) Lincoln (C) T. Roosevelt (D) Coolidge Root Kellogg Jefferson Seward Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor: 30-60. average: 70-80. superior; 90-100, very superior. (Answers on Page 5) Extension Notes This and That in Agriculture Seeinc is believing, so the old saying goes. Well, if you i tell me you can see the corn I grow this summer. 1 11 almost believe you. Studies made by Dr. T. A. Kresselbach, Nebraska Researcher, showed corn growed a total of 2.51 inches in a 24 hour period. During the night corn grew 1.28 inches. Some weeks the corn grew 30 inches. "Mr. Corn," as Dr. Kresselbach is called, has 47 years of work studying corn, is an an author ity on corn, and is one of the pioneer workers in the develop ment of Hybrid corn. Agricul ture owes a debt to men like Dr. Kresselbach. A good ex ample where dollars spent on research paid off. Attention you all! Thursday, July 31 at 8:00 p. m. the curtain goes upon a gala evening of 4-H entertainment. Singing, tap dances, instrumental, dramatic and novelty numbers will be pre sented in eager anticipation of being judged "Best Act in the Show" and thereby qualifying for the district Share the Fun festival to be held at L'ncoln August 4. Friends and families of each performer are going to be there to applaud their favor ite on to victory. The state win ner may be nominated to at tend the share the fun break fast at the National 4-H Club Congress. Come out to see the show, the time, date and place are Thursday. July 31,8:00 p. m.. at the Ag auditorium in Weeping Water. May the best act win! Interest is riding high on the Cass County 4-H camp. The ap plications were sent out July 15 and by July 18 four applications were back. The dates are Aug ust 11, 12, 13 at Camp Harriet Harding at Louisville. August 1 is the date of the annual Nebraska sheep sale at the Nebraska state fair grounds. 87 purebred yearling rams and 74 purebred yearling ewes will be sold. In addition 100 year ling western ewes will be sold. The sale starts at 11:00 a. m. Another reminder, that a dairy field day will be held July 31 at the dairy farm at Ag College at Lincoln. CLARENCE SCHMADEKE, County Agent Apricots Apricots are now on the mar ket. The name apricot comes from a Latin word, meaning "early ripe,"' and each year it is one of the first of the de ciduous fruits to reach the market. The apricot is believed to have its origin in China, and to have been earned from there to the Mediterranean countries before the time of Christ. Its develop ment in that region dates back to the days of the ancient Ir v sians. The Spaniards apparently took the apricot to the New World, when they settled in Mexico. Apricots were later plants at the old Spanish Mis sions in California. The Eng lish also helped to establish ap ricots in American by bringing them to the early colonies along the Atlantic coast. Today apricots are grown in most of the states, but not com mercially. About 90 Tc of the nation's crop is produced in California. Washington and Utah rank next as apricot pro ducing states. Americans seem to prefer their apricots dried, canned or frozen, rather than fresh. They also consume some as juice. Only about 20 of the commercial crop reaches the fresh fruit market, the rest being proces- j sed in some way. j Fresh apricots are highly per-j ishable. They ripen rapidly' after being picked; however, it picked too early they will not? mature. Apricots bruisi- easiJy and will not stand customer' handling in the market. They are stored best in a cool, dry place, out of the sunlight. In a place where there is rapid air circulation, apricots are likely to dry and wrinkle.. The color of the flesh ofthc apricot is due to its high caro tene content, which gives the apricots a much higher Vitamin A content than most othei fruits. Three fresh apricots car supply as much as 50 of th recommended daily allowance q Vitamin A; a half -cup of cooke( dried apricots can supply a much as 70. j PEARL L. SCHULTZ, j Home Agent j THOUSANDS,, IN USE BLOODLESS CASTRATI0I of Iambi and calvct; 4orkmf lambt. Quicker, lurrr.tunr Ml rAI.jtlltf TAADi MAft J2.50 V APP'' rubbar fin hich ciu pant M mueptif aa4 fall . SCHREINER DRUG JXyf Pur new Separator ivoslies itself ( in only 2 minutes ! Journal Want Ads Pay "You sec, wc have a new McCormick power washing cream separator. Now, when Dad finishes separating, I don't have to take the sep arator apart. Instead, I just pour clean water into the supply can. "In only 3 minutes the separator washes, sterilizes and dries itself. And, it's cleaner and dryer than if ld scrubbed each disc by hand. So, now with no more hand scrubbing, I've lots more time for myself." 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