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, ril,,, . . . .j, vttVAwAWAWAw.yAw.v lf;ir " ' --' ' THE PLATTSMOUTH r.'-CSKA. Snr.l-VYE! Y ip"m.v PAGE FOUIt Section B Thursday, October 16. 195 Still Going Strong EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes Capitol News cxxw::!SXw?S STALIN'S HOPE Reports from Russia indicate that Premier Joseph Stalin thinks the present world outlook is all in Russia's favor. In calling together the Russian Congress, it appears that Stalin is concentrating more on economic programs at home than he is on further worldwide expansion. Some American observers believe that the Russian Premier believes the chain of conquest and victories through force and infiltration, which the Russians have made over a period of years, is now at an end. They believe the Russians will now attempt to consolidate their gains and wait for the capitalistic countries to suffer a depres sion. It is further reported that Stalin ex pects the United States and Western Eu ropean countries to experience a depres sion within three years, possibly within a year. It is, of course, during times of severe economic strain that the Russians have their best opportunity to infiltrate and spread the Communist germ. If such an economic crisis does occur, Stalin hopes that Germany and Japan will break away from the United States orbit and, once again, become independent powers. The Russians would like to see a strong Germany and Japan, and other so-called capitalistic countries become embroiled in a war, which the Soviet Union could stay out of. This is in line with the Soviet policy in Korea, where the United States and other democratic countries are involved in a war with Communist China, while the Russians sit it out on the sidelines and watch each country's armies kill enemy soldiers. The Communists would also like to alienate Great Britain and hope to achieve this tragedy through the efforts of such men as Aneurin Bevan. Stalin is supposed to be satisfied with world conditions at present and thinks that all Russia has to do is wait for the crash, such as that which overtook the world in 1929-30. The great test for the United States will come when the current defense boom spending slackens and the civilian economy will be charged with the task of taking up the slack. Economic planners in the present ad ministration hope that a reduction in taxes and a higher standard of living will enable the U. S. economy to pass through this critical period when production of some items may temporarily outweigh demand without experiencing a serious depres sion. If such a catastrophe can be avoided, Marshal Stalin's predictions may once again have been proved wrong. 50,000 CASES OF POLIO Reports from public health officials indicate that 1952 will go down in history as the worst polio year in the history of this nation. There have been about 4,000 more cases of polio this year than there were during the comparable period of 1949, which was, until now, the worst polio year. The Medical director of the polio foun dation, Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, estimates that during the year 1952 there will be a total of about 50,000 cases. His estimate is based on the fact that polio epidemics die down at about the same rate they build up. Weekly increases have been confined to five states: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis consin, and Pennsylvania. In other states, a decrease occurred. In the nation as a whole, it is probably true that the peak has been reached. In any event, the num ber of cases this year has been so high that public support is needed more than ever before. Citizens in Cass county and in the nation will undoubtedly rally this year in their support of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and other organiza tions that are trying to save the lives of polio victims. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Whoever makes Ihc fezvest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company. Jonathan Swift The Platfsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper KSTABLIHHKD IN' 1881 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 Population) I'ubliKhed Semi-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdavs at ill) Main Street. Plattsmoutli. Cass County. Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter ALBERT E. BACK Advertising Mgr. SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editor No home is complete without children, they say and we defy it to stay that way after you've got 'em. We had to explain to Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, that they always use swards at military weddings. She thought they had run out of shotguns. We've been real busy for the past sev eral weeks. Has anybody filed for the 1956 presidential nominations yet? It is a shame they didn't wait until af ter November 4th to shoot that old ele phant in the Washington, D.C. zoo. A Plattsmouth man says his wife only wins half the arguments at his house his mother-in-law wins the other half. Money isn't a problem as long as you have none of it. It may be failing eye sight, but the older we get the pretty young things look prettier than ever. We don't like to keep looking back to the good old days, but there was a time when -Uncle Sam lived within his income and without most of ours. 5-55S Down Memory Lane jf) YEARS AGO IU Mr. and Mrs. Philip Albert, who re cently closed out their farming interests near Murray, departed for the west coast, where they plan to reside at San Pedro . . . Judge A. H. Duxbury, Lora Lloyd Kieck and Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt, officers of the county Red Cross chapter are at tending a Red Cross conference in Lincoln . . . Leaving for induction into the armed forces were Carl J. Sell, Gerald D. Petet, Robert L. McClanahan, Leonard J. Kal asek, Martin G. Stava, Jr., and Harvey Cook, Jr., all of Plattsmouth ... In honor of their recent marriage, Mr. and Mrs. George Mayabb gave a dance at the Le gion hall . . . Howard McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacy McDonald of Murdock has graduated from bombadier school. M YEARS AGO Miss Augusta Robb of Union was elected chairman and Mrs. II. A. Toll of Murdock elected secretary at the annual meeting of the county Red Cross chapter . . . Wm. F. Evers, superintendent of the Masonic Home at Plattsmouth has been named to the board of directors of the National Association of Masonic Home Executives . . . Miss Bernadine Carper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carper, who live northeast of Weeping Water, and Joseph Dietl were married at St. Pat rick Catholic church at Manley . . . Platts mouth defeated Ashland 12 to 7 Friday afternoon with Bob Hirz scoring both Plattsmouth touchdowns ... A "kiddies corner" is being preparded at the H. M. Soennichsen Co. The Washington Merry -Go-Round l)tt6cmnon jj Untcred at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as Herund clas mail matter In accordance with the Act of Congress of farcli 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 lor two weeks. (Copyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: JOHN L. LEWIS MIFFS WAGE STABILIZER COX; GOP REMOVED RENT CON TROLS AT WRONG TIME; LOS ANGELES PUBLISHER DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO NIXON. Washington. Wage Stabilization Chairman Archibald Cox was plenty miff ed when John L. Lewis announced that his miners would strike unless the wage board approved by today his 24-cents-an-hour wage-boost agreement with the coal op erators. But what burned Cox even more was Lewis's refusal to attend a wage board j meeting to discuss the proposed pay boost. Big John's disdain for constituted government authority is well known. But his tent-sulkington this occasion set a new record. Immediately after Lewis's agreement with the operators, Harry Moses and Joseph Moody, spokesmen for the mine owners, suggested that both sides get a stipulation from the Wage Stabilization Board that the wage boost would not go into effect until the WSB approved it. This is provided by law. "Certainly not," replied the beetle browed miner boss, adding something to the effect that the contract should go into effect immediately without any meddling by government bureaucrats. "But it's illegal to enter into a con clusive contract without the approval of the wage board," declared Moody. Lewis shrugged his shoulders. When later he was invited to the wage board discussion, he shrugged them again. Finally presidential assistant John R. Steelman persuaded big John to send his legal counsel, Welly Hopkins, to the meet ing. But Hopkins blandly refused to dis cuss the wage agreement; also ducked questions as to whether Lewis would carry out his strike ultimatum. "I am not an officer of the United Mine Workers and therefore not in a position to speak with author ity," declared Hopkins loftily. "Well. I don't like it when somebody puts a Run to my ! head and tells me to rush a de cision on a matter vital to our economy, or face a strike." shot back Cox. "I also do not like having a wage agreement like this shoved at me. when both labor and industry know that it is a violation of the defense act to make such a conclusive agree ment without our approval." Cox said that 13 cents of the proposed 24-cents-an-hour pay boost was "allowable" under wage board regulations, but added he would have to be shown some "real evidence" be fore he would approve the re maining 11 cents. Industry Supports Lewis However, the wage board's eight industry and labor mem bers were favorable to Lewis. They compose a majority of the board and can outvote Cox and his colleagues who represent the public. Strangely enough, it was mine operator spokesman Harry Moses who made the strongest defense of the proposed 24-cent pay hike, on the ground that the coal miners hadn't had a raise for "20 months." Moses also pleaded that the miners do not enjoy the "fringe" benefits such as paid holidays of workers in other industries. However. Joseph Moody, spokesman for southern opera tors, argued that the full wage increase would "murder my people." "I'm here asking for approval of the agreement, under instruc tions from my board of direc tors." said Moody. "But I'm per sonally aerainst this. I think it will have an unstabilizing effect on our economy and will close down many mines that cannot continue to compete against fuel oil if their production costs go much higher." Politics and Rent It looks as if the Republicans have paved the way for remov ing rent controls at exactly the wrong time. Thousands of people got notices of increased rents last week in Des Moines. Kansas City. Toledo. Atlanta. Akron. Nashville. Seattle. New Orleans, and Reading. Pa. Meanwhile the University of Michigan has completed a sur vey showing that rent control was a paramount issue in de ciding the 1948 election a fact that has strategists in both parties wondering if it may haDpen again. Unfortunately for the Repub licans, the issue was clearly drawn in hundreds of cities, with the GOP against and the Democrats for extending con trols on a local basis. Almost without exception, rents shot up immediately after controls were abolished by city councils. In Detroit, for instance, the Detroit News reported that rent increases ranging up to 140 per cent followed a 5-to-4 vote by the city council to end con trols. As a result, rent control as in 1948 has become the No. 1 elec tion issue with thousands of voters in Detroit and other cities. Referring to the 1943 election. the University cf Michigan re port states: "More significant than any party differences in attitude toward rent control is the fact that almost three-quarters of the people favored it. and only one person in eight was actually opposed to it. On this issue, therefore, many voters crossed party lines." Politieal-Go-Round Correction This column was in error in indicating that Nor man Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, was a con tributor to either of the two Nixon funds. He contributed to Nixon only indirectly through the United Republican fund. Chandler holds about 2 per cent interest in a trust which owns stock in the Title. Insurance and Trust Company, which in turn underwrites many Califor nia oil companies. He does not control . . . The Democrats are worried over reports that the women voters are dazzled by General Eisenhower's military glory. So Governor Stevenson may pitch one of his big cam paign speeches to the women . . . Senator B?nton has asked big Jim Farlev to campaign for him in Connecticut, . . . The TV experts who coached Senator Nixon for his famous speech were NBC producer Ted Rogers and director John Clear, two of the best in the business. They rehearsed him for almost a solid day. with no one admitted ex cept the technicians . . - Col. Robert McCormick's new Amer ican party sometimes called the "Chicago Tribune - party" laid an egg in Washington. Organizer Robert Varner held two rallies to launch the new party in Washington. Fifty people at tended the first "rally", onr twenty came to the second. Varner was so disgusted he can celed plans for a convention, even had his telephone disconnected. LINCOLN An official of the ! State Highway Department will 1 ask the 1953 Legislature to t?.2 a cinch in the state's tiaffi'j j laws. ! Owen J. Boyles, director of the Motor Vehicle Diviiicn, said ' he will urg2 adoption of a uni- j form code under which more than halt the states new opsr I ate and will ask the lawmakers j to tak? the lead in establishing ! a demerit system whereby con sistently drivers would be ptlialiZid. Tno cede, Boyles explained, wsiJr strengthen Nebraska's ramc laws and "pick up all ..c loose ends now existing in .j;- present statutes." Sen. Ar thur carmody ot Trenton re cently called for a stiffening of driving laws. The point system would work like this: A driver picking up 12 demerits in a three-year period would lose his license for one year. Drunken driving would carry 12 demerits or immediate suspension of the license. In volvement in a fatal accident where the driver is responsible would also be "worth" 12 de merits. Leaving the scene of an accident would cost eight points, reckless driving six points and speeding four points. All other violations, except parking would count three points. Every tnree years, the demer its would wiped clean and a driver could start accumulat ing them again. One of the things that both ers Sen. Carmody is the auto matic renewel of driver's li censes without re-testing. Un der present law, a 16-year-old may obtain a license and never be subject to a test again al though his sight, hearing and other physical powers may be come seriously impaired. Drive-ins Another highway problem to be laid in the lap of the next Legislature concerns drive-ins. State Engineer Harold Aitken says that drive-in theaters, cafes, filling stations, motels, and super-markets have result ed in a "hardening of the ar teries'' by forming clots of slowly-moving or halted cars on busy arterial highways. The Highway Department now has no authority in determining the location of such establish ments. Aitken says they should have seme little-traveled road so main thoroughfare traffic would not be impeded. As a horrible example, he points to the drive in theater on West Dodge street near Omaha, where traffic is often tied into knots for long periods of time. Crosby Nebraskans this week began paying a little more attention to the political wars within the boundaries of their own state as election day became only a matter of weeks away. Robert B. Crosby of North Platte, the Republican candi date for governor, continued in speeches across the state to plug for reorganization of state gov ernment, particularly in the as sistance, health and agriculture departments. He attacked the Democratic state platform as "still going right down the Truman road." mSHINGTONi By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter a future power in the Far Ea: had turned thumbs down o communism in no uncertai language. The extent of the Soviet d feat has not yet been fully ai preciated. Tne Japanese Con munists entered the electiq with with 22 scats in the Dis After the results were careful tabulated, the number of sea remaining with the Communis dwindled down to zero, whic is pretty much of a dwindl ThllS thr M'-vt-lH -r-,l.,:.. r -.cli irarnan , orethren now haw exactlv i 'P ; influence in thr Dipt iht.-v Hiil likewise sure to be friendly wil the U. S. 16 General Dwight D. Eisenhower is still out front in the quick ening race for President, lead ing his opponent by a greater margin than Tom Dewey did, at this stage, four years ago. As the Democrats have picked up the intensity of their attacks on Ike, and the Republican party he heads, Ike has sharpened his charges likewise. Now the Democrats are as sembling their best speakers and crowd pleasers to open a stretch drive on the General and Re publicans. ipH rff wiih lie Ti-V-iir-tl lour, ana win soon oe otl on another. Senator Estes Kefau ver, who has admitted appeal among the average voter, is now campaigning for the Democrats. Aiben Barkley is also being thrown into the battle. The question is do the Democrats have the stuff to pull even with Ike this late in the game? The Republicans don't think so. So far Ike has maintained his lead well, since the first rush cf the Illinois Governor closed the gap appreciably in July and August. Since that time the Governor has not been able to regain his July-August momentum. In fact, in Sep tember his attack seemed to wear thin. Now the do-or-die effort of the Democrats is get ting underway. Stevenson, Barkley, Truman, Kefauver and General Matthew Ridgwa who isn't the politician Gener Eisenhower was, has neverth less been making the rouni of his NATO forces in brij fashion. Not one division uj der his command has missed pt-xauntn mspecuon Dy tne St preme Commander somethii not experienced during Ik reign. But Ridgway is al; more outspoken in his criticisj of some NATO nations. Whereas the delays and ri tape which mired NATO pro ress in the mud, in France ai other . countries, were hard ever mentioned publicly bf II Ridgway is not keeping this i ritation to himself. He is co nthpr arn nut tn rvill vWnrw mit CC1 OVCT the let-dOWn in E The coal industry's first aid teams are considered the na tion's best trained groups. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs a little as 35c. VETERANS' COLUMN By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer Arrested Tuberculosis h Legislation enacted and ap proved during the last session of Congress provides for a very important benefit to veterans who contracted tuberculosis in service, but later were denied pension payments or pension payments were discontinued for the reason that the condition came to a com plete arrest. The new legislation recognized that veterans having such a condition arc always high ly susceptible to some form nf r Richard Peck resoitorv infnr- tion. A statutory minimum monthly compensation of $67.00 has therefore been authorized in all cases of service connected tuberculosis which have reached a condition of complete arrest. This award is not automatic; an application therefore must be made even in those cases where pension has been drawn but was later discontinued for the reason that the degree of disability was rated zero. Q. I am the widow of a World War I veteran, and want to ap hshss. Must 1 count the ply-for a -pension. I've been r- C f running a small dress-making amount of money I made from my business, in figuring out whether I am eligible under the laws ceiling on income? . A. Yes. You must compute the income from your business, for nonservice -connected pension. However, you need not figure in your gross income; instead, that sum may be reduced by the nec essary expenses of carrying on your enterprise. Q. I served in World War II. was disabled, and am drawing VA disability compensation pay ments. I went back on active duty since Korea, and was again disabled in service. Will I be eligible for two disability com pensation checks from the VA one for my World War II serv ice disability, and the other for the disability I received recent ly? A. No. No more than one VA award of compensation may be made to any veteran, but the award will be for the combined service-connected disabilities. Q. I plan to enroll for training under the Korean GI Bill. Does VA want a photostat of just the front side ofr my discharge? A. VA needs a photostatic or certified copy of both sides e your' discharge 'paper, in order to process your application. Raccke Crosby's opponent, Democrat Walter R. Raecke of Central City has been calling for a re vision of the state's primary election laws, legislative action to supplant the four-mill blan ket tax levy recently held un constitutional by the State Su preme Court and for an ex- j prcssion from the people as to wnetner tney want to pay more money for better roads. The former speaker of the Legislature is also stressing that he will be an "on the job" gov ernor and will "not use the gov ernorship as a stepping stone to Washington." Budget The men who help decide how much state government is go ing to cost in NeNbraska started getting down to brass tacks this week. Tax Commissioner Philip K. Johnson, who with Budget Su pervisor Paul Wagner will pre pare Gov. Val Peterson's budg et recommendations to the 1953 Legislature, said informal meet ings with the various agencies on their 1953-54 requests will begin in about a week with for mal hearings slated for Novem ber Wagner said every effort is being made to hold the spend ing line but some big-spending agencies have indicated they'll ask for sizeable increases. The governor's budget, of course, is only a recommenda tion. The governor named, in November will offer his own suggestions to the Legislature, who after all has the final word on who gets how much. of impending defeat. But have the Democrats miscalculated? Already some" observers are saying that failure to use Bark ley and Kefauver earlier, and on a wider scale, has cost the Democrats heavily. Barkley might be the best speaker of the lot, in winning votes. The feel ing among some Democrats is that Stevenson's managers mis figured when they concluded that the Illinois Governor could do most of the work in defeat ing General Ike himself. It has turned out to be a tougher job than seme thought. StiU. the Governor's braintrust thinks the Democratic candidate will overtake Ike late this month. Kefauver is now in action. Barkley, who campaigned so courageously in 1948, has been used less frequently this year. The eld war, horse, who stood them on their ears at Chicago, couldn't be expected to be as enthusiastic this year, after be ing kicked around at the party convention. Neither can Kefau ver be expected to be, since he too was treated grudgingly by the party bosses at Chicago. President Truman, who may not be the asset he thinks he is, has gone all-out, after some coolness on his part. Stevenson was the President's choice for the nomination of course though the President and Adlai haven't seen everything eye to eye since. If the Democrats lese the second - cuessers will surely blame it on the failure of the Stevenson headquarters to get more out of the party's top flight performers, in the way of campaigning, than they have done so far. rope and the feeling that attack is not now proDable frc the East. He believes such i attitude might bring on ju what he is there to prevent, S viet aggression. Ridgway is al concerned that the NATO gC of 100 divisions is not going ! be met by 1904. This goal is far out of sigl and will not be reached, ji as the 50-division goal w missed last year. Wheth Ridgway's frank talk will sp Europe's lagging NATO mei bers or not remains to be see but it is a different approac and he hopes it will bring a tion. Joseph Stalin, dictator, li predicted to the USSR Congn that the capitalist nations w fall out among themselves the future, finally going to w against each other. This will brought on by economic collap in several of these countries, t Red leader believes, and the w will leave Russia strong enou to dictate its wishes to all t world. These wishes, of cour will mean Communist gover ments everywhere. While U. S. economists do t think the Russian dictate:! correct, there is always a posi bility, in depressions, that soi will turn to any port for proi lsed relief. Thus the impoi ance, in this country, of pj venting a serious depress can be seen. DOUBLE, DOUBLE ERROR? i A proofreader's error in ti Imperial Kepublican turned c to be only half wrong. A hea line read: "Imperial Cubs Doul Double Champions of Highli T.P.TP-IIP " TliP r"iihc nr nnlv 1 The election in Japan was a ! the Western Hishline Baseb blew to the Russian Commu nists. Just as they were pre paring to convene the powerless USSR Congress in Moscow, the Japs kicked communism in the teeth. The Peace gathering in Peiping also coincided with the j Ammonium Thiocvanate. ; Jap eectiens, and it too had to ! ccal derivative, is used as a ba lace tne sour note that Japan : for insect sprays. League during the regular s$ son but also won the tourrj ment playoffs. Last year tj uuos were also tne leagu double champions. ! NO WEDDING THERE BENTONVILLE. Ark. The county clerk. Miss Ruth Whar ton, says sixteen couples were refused marriage licenses in one week recently. The reason fourteen of the couples- were minors, who did not have the consent of their parents and two were drunfe Indiana's 1951 coal production would fill a train extending 18 times across the state. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs a little as 35c. ! WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE -i i Cinema Stai Here's the Answer HORIZONTAL 1,5 Pictured actress 10 Aroma 11 Eagle's nest 12 Moccasin 14 Paths 16 Pigpen 19 God of love 21 Vend 22 She is a screen 23 Flowers 25 Prison rooms 26 Existed 27 Russian city 28 Within 29 Ream (ab.) 30 Sorrowful cry 32 Alaskan city 35 Papal cape 36 Trap 38 Emmets 39 River valley 43 Bustle 44 Fish eggs 45 She performs in the 47 Label 48 Hangman's knot 50 Tardy 52 Candle 53 Mast' VERTICAL 1 Jocular 2 Paid notice .3 Negative word 4 Strays 5 Weep 6 Shout 7 Written form .- of Mistresi 8 Three-toed sloth " 9 Cuddle 12 Through 13 In a row 15 An (Scot.) 17 Great in stature 18 Years (ab.) 20 Continued stories 22 Serious addresses 24 Faculty IBI IU S .'.l31llQfe S -LlmTvl i 25 Cures by salting 30 Italian river 31 Dormant 33 Substance 34 Silkworm N 35 Boat paddle 37 Work unit 22 Quantity of medicine 40 Asseverate 41 Chinese 4 weight 42 Lampreys 45 Cleaning tool 46 Tree fluid 49 On account teb.) 51 Symbol for tantalum I 12 3 4 1 15 lb 1 ft ? 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