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f yL-JV-f--"--"---------" -,-------Vf- 1 T!!! EDITORIALS Furse's A HOT RACE Though some of us tend to overlook it in the heat of battle, the fact that this year's presidential campaign is drawing record attention and interest in all sec tions of our country is a very healthy sign, and one which is long overdue. While the United States is the world's leading democracy, we do not by any means come near the record in percentage of qualified adults voting. In fact, in most of the other great English-speaking countries, the percentage of qualified voters actually voting surpasses the percentage in the United States by con siderable margins. The goal in this coun try must be to get all those qualified to vote to the polls. Toward this end in recent years there have been several attempts to change the Electoral College voting system. As the presidental election is held Tuesday, there can be times when residents in some states have little incentive to vote. In other words, because the candidate who receives the largest number of popular votes in each state receives all the state's electoral votes, voters in a state where their candidate has no real chance, feel there is no necessity .for them to vote. To correct this situation, some effort has been made to put presidential elections on a popular vote basis. Without going in to the merits of these various plans at this time, it is sufficient to say that we must seek ways to get out the total vote in the United States. The two candidates now opposed to each other in the presidential campaign have stirred up more interest among the average voters than any two presidential candidates since 1928. We hope the vote on November 4th will be a new record for the United States and that the day will not be too far distant when all citizens who are qualified to vote exercise their privi lege and raise the percentage of the peo ple's participation in U. S. elections. -A- THE BATTLE FOR THE SENATE The current opinion in Washington is that the key to control of the Senate in the next session of Congress lies in the result of senatorial elections in nine states. In the last session of Conerress. the Demo crats held a 49-47 majority, the slimmest possible margain in a 96-member Senate. In five states, the Democrats seem to have some chance of winning a Republican seat. In at least four states, the Republi cans have high hopes of winning Demo cratic seats. Dhile there might be upsets in other states, these nine states seem to be the center of attention of both, parties at present. ' The Democrats are hoping to gain in Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Wash ington and Montana. The Republicans hope to gain in Michigan, Maryland, Wyo ming and Connecticut. In Connecticut, the Republicans hope to win both Senate seats and, therefore, they have five races in which they see themselves as heavy favorites, the same number as the Demo crats. The Democrats say their best chances are on the shoulders of Governor Henry Schricker, runnine: against Senator Wil liam .Tenner, in Indiana; Representative John Kennedy, running against Senator Henry Lodee in Massachusetts; Stuart Svminqrton. runnine: aprainst Senator Harry Cain in Washington; and Representative Michael Mansfield, running against Sen ator Zales Ecton, in Montana. The Republicans think their best chances are on the shoulders of Repre sentative Charles Potter, running against Senator Blair Moody, in Michigan: Glen Beall. running against George Mahoney, in Maryland; Governor Frank Barrett, runnincr against Senator Joseph O'Mahon ey, in Wyoming and Senator William Pur- THOUGHT FOR "TODAY Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear; robes and furred goii'tts hide ali. Shakespeare The Plafismoulh Journal Official County and City Paper KSTABLISHKD 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 tn Cities Over 1000 Population) Published Femi-Wet-kl v. Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street. Plattemoutli. Cass County. Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE" Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter ALBERT E. BACK Advertisinff Mgr. SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editor irneM. r fASiOCAron , ,i i - i Kntered at tbe Post Office at Plattsnioutli, Nebraska, as second class mail matter fn 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 lor two weeks. 111.L !! !. 111 . ,.! Down YEARS AGO ij Valley town football team tied Plattsmouth 7-7 with Kent scoring the Plattsmouth touchdown . . . Miss Ruth Patton, deputy in the office of county treasurer, returned Saturday from the west coast . . . Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Cole and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wiles entertained at a partially empty house at a Hallowe'en party . . . Fire in the chimney threatened to destroy the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arn old Schliefert at Manley . . . Arthur Dinges was elected president of the AIvo branch of the American Red Cross. Others offi cers are Mrs. W. C. Timlin, secretary treasurer; and Mrs. C. D. Ganz. roll call chairman . . . Mrs. A. J. Tool and Loretta Ruge are projact leaders of Four Square Club for this year at Murdock. Mrs. Bry an McDonald is president and Mrs. P. T. Johnson, vice president. 4 A YEARS AGO J Plattsmouth city council has voted to enforce a law of the gay nineties, re quiring youngsters of the community to be off th3 streets at 10 p. m. . . . Oral V. Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Campbell of Plattsmouth has been pro moted to gunner sergeant . . . Miss Olea Lohmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lohmann, and John C. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl White were married at Omaha . . . Pvt. Richard T. Roger of Plattsmouth and Miss Veronica Dalsing of Axtell, Kansas, were married at Pueblo. Colo. . . . Richard Gochenour suffered burns about his eyes, nose and mouth when ammonia gas escaped from an old refrig erator that he was dismantling for the scrap drive. tell and Prescott Bush, running against Senator William Benton and A. A. Ridi coff, in Connecticut. HATfOHAl tOITOIAl l&SOOATK) Fresh Flashes It's simple to estimate our cost of liv ing just take your income and add forty per cent. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she's just as pretty as ever, only that it takes her a little longer. Any girl looking for a real thrill should try kissing a man with hiccoughs. Then there is the Cass county farm boy vhu moved to the city when he'heaid the country was at war. A Communist is a fellow who likes what he doesn't have so well that he wants you net to have it either. Vr One election every four years is enough. Pretty girls are the best interior decor ations you can have in a store. W What we would like to see in a beauty contest is a group photograph of the judges' wives. One of the greatest customs of Christ mas time is running into debt. Memory Lane The Washington Merry -Go-Round (Copyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: PALACE GUARD ALREADY FORMING AROUND ADLAI; Mac ARTHUR DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IKE'S "GO TO KOREA" PROMISE; NIXON'S SWEDISH MAID HAS HER DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT LIFTED. WASHINGTON The Democrats have tried to keep it inside the family, but bick ering and backbiting have broken out amoner Stevenson's top lieutenants. Chief source of trouble has been the governer's administrative assistant, ex professor Carl McGowan, who has planted himself as a roadblock in the way of any one wanting to see Stevenson. Even Democratic National Chairman Steve Mitchell discovered that, in at least three cases, important messages to the governor never got past McGowan's desk. Stevenson's campaign manager, Wilson Wyatt, also had the same trouble when blocked by McGowan. F The two White House assistants at tached to Stevenson's headquarters, Dave Bell and Clayton Fritchey, have also had trouble getting past McGowan. In fact, the situation has become so heated that Wyatt fumes at the mention of McGow an's name. Among other things, McCowan kept the details of Stevenson's whistle-stop tour from the governor, because McGowan was opposed to Stevenson's taking that kind of trip. Even though already overruled, and though Stevenson had agreed to make a whistle-stop swing through the east, Mc Gowan stubbornly sat on the train sched ules which Mitchell sent for Stevenson's OK. As a result, the whole train trip was almost upset. In case Stevenson is ejected, it looks Ticklers Lady, promise me you'll be awfully brave!" as if McGowan is trying to r.ct himself up as another Matt Con nelly, self-anpointed head of a palace guard to protect the pres ident from any ideas except his own. MacArlhnr and Eisenhower General Eisenhower's "I will eo to Korea" statement unques tionably won votes for the GOP, though it did just the opposite with a certain -top-ranking: gen eral who has spent- some time in Kcrea himself namely Gen eral Mac Arthur. When MacArthur heard the Eisenhower promise, he grumb led: "Why doesn't he come see me? I can tell him all about Korea without taking a trip over there." MacArthur's reaction didn't help the efforts made by Herbert Hoover and other mutual friends of the two generals to bring them together. Nixon's Maid American newspapers haven't said anything about it. but Swe dish papers have been playing up the story of Senator Nixon's Swedish maid who entered the United States on a diplomatic nassDort and is now working in his Washington house. She is Ruth Anna Elisabeth Jonsson. who came to this coun try to work for the assistant military attache of the Swedish embassy, on a stipulation that she not work for anyone save Swedish diplomats, and" that she would return to Sweden, after her, job endd. Last summer, however, when her job did end. she went to work for Senator Nixon. The Swedish embassy notified the state deoartment. belatedly, that she had gone to work for Nixon and was thereby subiect to deDortation. Following this, the iustice deoartment inter viewed Miss Jonsson and sent a rpocrt to Attorney General Mc Granerv. MeGranerv decided to do nothing. It was indicated at tho justice deoartment that he did not want to tangle with Sen ator Nixon by deporting the ladv. Since then. Miss Jonsson has been tellin other maids work ing for Swedish riinlomts that c'iq Trmk"! orilv a mnnth. has n vnrk from early in the morn ing until late, with nn'v one dav off a wppk Though sh would TiV-p to lMVf sb sivs that as iniT as working for a senator she feels she will not ho Honored. Followip" mib'ininri of Kom of thes fact13 in SwrUsh ipwnprs. th Hna.rt- mrrf Vtnc iritrt'ioviror1 .Ton cV rama to tVio insMo dTinr rnortt: aroornoaniod hv one of vivfin'9 sprr0!""'01' wVo ro-maln- Tt"m vr5rrr ?nftT"viwpd an un- rrt hn- "of didd n-$t to rin about Hpr.ortinr her. Tncfiop o,orarmort. officials in iapd thev did pot want to "vke the maUer a political is--v.e. but admitted that any other a Men illegally working in the TTnifed States would be deport ed immediately. Note Senator Nixon has fav ored restricting immigration as under the McCarran act. GOP Split Network Southern audiences ' didn't know it. but Ike used a' split network on CBS when he ap. peared with a group of gover nors the other night. Three Democratic eoverners Byrnes of South Carolina, Shivers of see ycuatA By George T?xas, and Kennan of Louisiana were on the network to the south only; while 25 Republican governors were on the north- I ern TV network. What the south didn't hear was GOP Governor McKeldin's ; statement: "The first thing l did as governor of Maryland ; was to abolish tlu Jim Crow 1 car." - I Other northern governors em- phasized civil rights for the ben efit of northern Negroes, while the south listened to Byrnes, Shivers and Kennan. Politico-Go-Rount. President Truman, aed 63. has shown the efiects of his strenuous whistle-stopping. His speeches have slowed up a bit. &ome of the ola scuai u gone. Intimates say that the campaign will shorten his life, but he lold a group in Chicago; "Tnis cam- ! i-aign is mure important than that of 1949." . . The Ruml plan of collecting $5 each from small Democrats has flopped. So far it's raised only about $41,000 de spite heavy clerical cost . . . One of the biggest Stevenson money raisers has been A. N. Spanel of Dover. Del. . . . Michigan Demo cratic committeemen say Adlai's been talking over people's heads in their state "We had to get Harry in to give them the down-to-earth stuff and get 'em warmed up." . . . Inside men on the Eisenhower train have been cautious about their predictions. Oihers on the train are more confident . . . Truman's whistle stops in many Ohio and Minne sota towns flopped. Poor crowds. He seemed weary and serious. His appearances in such indus trial centers as Hibfcing. Minn.. ! oc. Louis, uaiy ana unicago went better . . . Truman tcld Dean Acheson after stumping Pennsylvania: "Pennsylvania's in the bag for Adiai." RAILROADS The railroads of this country represent the second largest in dustry in the United States on j the basis of persons employed, according to the Labor Depart ment. The agricultural industry ranks first, with the most Der- ! I 1 ) T 5UUS gcllIliUliy CIIipiUCU. tidat year the railway industry em ployed an average of 1,442,000 persons, compared with 920,000 in the mining industry; 856,000 in the automobile; 650,000 in steel mills and blast furnaces; 639.0C0 in telephone; 628,000 trucking and warehousing; 600, 000 in broadweave fabrics, and 526,000 in the gas and electric utility industry. NOVEMBER VOTE A rising tide of registrations has prompted state officials and other qualified sources to pre dict a turnount of 55,669.850 voters on November 4th. This would exceed the record of 5, 85C.00O established in the Roose-velt-Willkie contest of 1940. STRICTLY FRESH TT S. Marines shooed away a Russian ship blocking "Mainbrace" practice landings on Danish coast. Chased something rotten from Denmark, eh? An Air Force flyer said he would rather fly bombs over Ko rea than date Marilyn Monroe. Maybe we should tell him, "Blonde bombs are better, bud!" f When a Paris wife went home to mother, hubby sawed all iurn.- ture in half. It's easy to see, he saw red. - Thirteen-stars' worth of generals got lost in Germany's Black For est recently. Finding your way by the stars is a tried-true meth od but when the stars get lost, who leads them? Newspaperad errors are few out one telephone listed Under vacancies turned out to be the draft board. You guessed JK. Plenty of room there! Legislative SIDELIGHTS . . by ! BSRN1E CAMP Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation i (Legislative Sidelines ts made available to your local ne.wspaper as a service of the Nebraska j Farm Bureau Federation. Opin- j ions expressed are not neces- san1' BLUEPRINT I CR DESTROYING FliEEDOM "We rcccir.mer.d that proced u.cs i.i iii once support pro grpr'? i- lading loans, purchas k - i -vjrehase agreements, ; for the use of State and . n'.y Committees to the max .r.um practical extent in form ulating and servicing these pro grams. All contractural rela tions with agents utilizing in the 1 program such as cooperatives, j banks and lending agencies, processors, handlers, warehous es, and others that are essential in proper handling of any com modity should be developed in uniform manner using to the fullest possible extent State and county supervision and assist ance." The above quoted statement is from an official report pre sented at the national confer ence of the Production and Mar keting Administration in St. Louis, Misouri, December 6-9, 1948. What does this statement mean? Dean Emeritus II. P. Rusk of the University of Illinois college of agriculture, recently charged bluntly that it is a keynote statement indicating that the Production and Marketing Ad ministration seeks to dominate farm cooperatives, banks and other federal and state agencies serving agriculture. He further declared it has to be interpreted as indicating a desire to "make i.-very farmer realize that his economic destiny rests in the hands of a government agency." Dean Rusk has been an out spoken foe of government pro grams for farmers which are dominated from Washington. In his recent speech, made during a coast-to-coast radio broad cast, he warned that "controls cf essential food constitutes su preme power over every citizen. Such controls often signal the beginning of controls in other areas of the economy. 'T would point out that in no ether area of our economy would the firm establishment of government as the master be so potent in undermining the great tradition of freedom and de mocracy as in agriculture. If the production and distribution of the primary necessities of life ever comes under permanent bureaucratic domination, the traditional concept of democ racy and freedom for all of us will be a memory." The retired dean of the Illin ois college of agriculture fur ther declared that "too much emphasis" is being placed by PMA upon the so-called ACP payments. He asked why it is that where long-time research has already shown that the increased value of crops for each dollar of com mercial fertilizer used is so great, the PMA program has not stressed these benefits? He charged that PMA has employ ed a large bureaucratic organi zation to sell farmers on the importance of the relatively small ACP payments rather than educate farmers to the direct benefits in increased produc tion and building up the land. Dean Rusk pointed out that appropriations for PMA conser vation programs have been more than twice as much as has been srjent for farm research by all USDA and state farm research and experiment stations com bined. "Historically," he continued, "PMA and its predecessor AAA have been subjected to and swayed by pressures of political expediency." Charging that the "shot-gun wedding'' of PMA and the Soil Conservation Service 18 months ago constituted a dangerous trend toward camouflage of real purpose and "premeditated de ception of the public," Dean Rusk suggested that "ACP pay ments have no legitimate place n the Production and Market ing Administration." If soil con servation payments along the PMA pattern are to be continu ed, he explained, they should be separated from that agency or any agency having anything lO do with supporting, defend ing or advocating any particular orogram of price support or con tributing to support of agricul 'ural income. The Dean declared that he had no quarrel with the work of the Soil Conservation Service and the technical assistance it gives to farmers in putting soil conservation practices into i practice upon their land. He pointed out that the ACP program grew out of govern ment programs of the 1930's which, while far from perfect were justified by being a sincere and "honest attempt to meet a desperate situation." But, he added, "continuance and expan sion of these emergency pro grams long after the emergency has passed raises serious ques tions regarding the trend we are following." Although in the 3C's the Am erican farmer was in desperate straights, recent years have found American agriculture en joying fairly robust financial health, the Dean explained. "Is it," he asked, "necessary HE PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA, SC!Kl-WEEKi.y i-v( aoe FOtm ' Monday, November 3, 1002 Test Tows' Score yourself 10 points for each correct answer in the first si:-; question:. 4 $ 1. Which of these men is given the credit for inventing the game ot baseball? ... , Xy Cobb Abner Doubleday Knute Rockne Kennesaw Mountain Landis 2. Which of the foUowing cities is sometimes called "The City of Light?" Paris London Berlin Vienna 3. Which of the following men invented movable type for printing, thus making mass production of books possible? Thomas Aquinas Aristotle Heimann Helmho'.j Johann Gutenberg 4. One of the following elements does not match the other thrcr Can you find it? Nitrogen Helium Sodium Argon 5. The word bicycle means: Cut in half Two eyes Two wheels Twice around 6. What leader of the Israelites could not enter into the promised land? Moses Abraham Jacob Solomon 7. Match the following battles with the wars in which they were fought. Score yourself 10 points for each correct choice. (A) Bunker Hill American Civil War (B) Charge of the Light Brigade French and Indian War (C) Pickett's Charge " American Revolution (D) Braddock's Defeat Crimean War Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, superior; 90-100 very superior. ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE TEST jeA uetpui puB qauajj (a) Mbm. Ha!D ueouauxv (D) 'A ucaaino (a) 'uoimioAaa ueouauiv (V) L 'sasoj 9 "spauM. oax g wnipos 'Saaquajno uueqof g -sijej z 'XBpaiqnoQ Jauqv I to impose continued and inten sified artificial respiration" to a reasonably healthy agriculture? "Or would it be better to follow the advice of the agricultural task force of the Hoover Com mission to keep a lifeguard on duty to render aid if the farmer gets in rough financial waters again, but in the meantime give him a chance to paddle his own canoe?" Dean Rusk appears to have laid out in bold language the facts about a very grave threat to the freedom and initiative that have enabled American farmers to maintain, and even increase, production, despite a steady decrease in farm popula tion. The Dean feels that PMA and ACP payments are the first dangerous indications of an ag riculture directed from Wash ington so completely that de mocracy and freedom for the farmer, and eventually for the whole economy, may soon be lost. The Illinois educator evi dently subscribes whole heart edly to the philosophy of Thom as Jefferson when he said. "Were we directed from Wash ington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soOn want bread." Light Colored Paint in Hen House Advised Use of a light ' colored paint on the interior of a hen house will keep the house light enough on cloudy days and will reduce the amount of electricity need ed when morning lights are in use. That's a suggestion from Ex tension Poultryman J. H. Clay baugh of the University of Ne braska. He says lumber dealers have the information on good paints to use. Mr. Claybaugh says that many Of Nebraska's nonltrv hnnsps 1 were planned at a time when most or the vitamin D require ments for chickens had to come largely from sunshine. In winter, this called for a maximum amount of window space. To day sun light plays a minor role in providing vitamin D for the birds. Feeds which contain ade quate amounts of the vitamin . are commonplace. He says win j dows are for light and ventila tion, and. much less window ' area, well distributed around the house, is recommended for the modern poultry house. Spray, Burning Control Plant Lice The psyllids or jumping plant lice that you may have around your housje and yard are only a nuisance they're not harmful, says Extension Entomologist R. E. Roselle of the University of Nebraska. He advises burning the leaves and trash around the house where the lice overwinter and to spray the pests with insecti cide wherever they congregate. Most household insect sprays are effective. U. S. bituminous coal mines produce at the ratp of more tVion minute of every day in the year. ' i.uuu ions a minute for every GET THE BEST BOSTITCH STAPLERS Staples for most all type machines Plattsmouth Journal Ph, 241 410 Main St. intelligent HEARTH ACHES 'I wish you'd speak to Junior; I've to!d him 0 dozen times to keep his skates on the bock stair!1 Quail Season Now Open Here Nebraska's annual harvest cf its quail population is now un der way in 30 counties and part of five others in the southeast portion of the state. The Qua:! season started Saturday, No vember 1 and continues through November 23. Quail hunting was expected to be hampered by the dry c x ditions which prevailed throu-sh out the open area. Prior to the season's start, the Game Coix. mission reported a quail perf lation slightly below that cf last year but higher than that of 1950. Bag limit on quail Is seven as is the possession limit. Shooting hours are sunrise to one hour before sunset. Open area in cludes Cass county. YOUR TV 5ET GOT THE Maybe a minor ad justment or replace ment of an inexpen sive tube will make it like new. Gall 280 FOR THE RIGHT JOB, DONE THE RIGHT WAY AT THE RIGHT PRICE Authorized and Bonded for Your Protection Hours - Dailv 9:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday - Open till 5:30 p.m. Radio and Television Service Phone 2S0 321 Main St. Plattsmouth, Nebr.