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V r ' X j r 1 I S t -"!. t 'ffi ' ' ' t 1 T f f r t t . f f ' f J f f . 9 r . w . T I W m fcp i 1 N EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes Man at Work! THANKSGIVING, 1952 As Americans oWrvo Thanksgiving Day on tho 27th of this month, they will be giving thanks for their blessings the sixth time in eleven years with the nation at war. Since Thanksgiving of 10-11. which was before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the nation has witnessed eleven Thanksghing Days, including this year's and on most of them. American boys have been living on battlei'ronts in faraway cor ners of the world. Thanksgiving is perhaps the most AmVrican of all our holidays. The first New England day of thanks for the har est was probably in 1C21, and observed by order of Governor Bradford. The colo nists reportedly went out into the woods and shot several turkeys and brought them back to the settlement to be cooked for dinner. The Indians heard of the celebra tion, according to the story, and entered the settlement with several deer. The settlers and Indians feasted together. The first Thanksgiving proclamation issued by any president was issued by Washington in 1789. and set aside a day of thanksgiving for the adoption of the Constitution. As a national holiday and rHtrions observance. Thanksgiving prob ably dates; from 1863, when Abraham Lincoln acting on the suggestion of Mrs. Sarah J. Hale issued a national Thanks jrivinir Proclamation. Lincoln set aside the last Thursday in November as the day to be observed. Since that time, the observance has been adopted and annually held in all the fates of the Union. Actually, the prac tice of setting apf t a dav for thank did not originate in New England, and there I much disagreement over the oriVin. The idea is probably as old as the worshipping spirit, although it has be?n carried out on a national scale best by the United States government of all countries. Few other Christian nations have such a yearly festi val. Perhaps it is fitting that the people of the United States should observe Thanks giving more thoroughly than most of the nations. We, in this country, enjoy more of the blessings of life than do any other people. Indeed, we have more to be thankful for than any other people on earth and it is well for us all to remem ber our blessings not only on the last Thursday of November, but on every day of the vear. Having been blessed with comparative prosnerity, with progress and good living fonditions. and in addition good har vests for many years, we, in the United States, have many reasons for thanksgiv ing. In observing Thankseiving Day this 'ear. we can only hone that by the time Thanksgiving Dav. 1953, rolls around, the war in Korea will have been ended and the tragic loss of life among our young men will have come to a halt. BRIBERY AND FOOTBALL It was reported recently that three Maryland football players were offered bribes totalling 81,500 to influence the outcome of a football game. The suspect eluded a police, net on the University of Maryland campus, after his offer was tip ped to the police. The scandals which broke upon the Maryland scene in the basketball were dis illusioning to many American sport fans. We certainlv do not want tc see repetition of the breakdown in ethics which anpar entlv took nlace in the basketball wrld. Still worse is the fact that college football is an amateur sport, with the teams com posed of college boys. Whereas, basketball also involved some college nlavers. the scandals reached into the professional ranks also. Football, as a national sport, ranks along with baseball One thing that will keep the average man from bigamy is the thought of two mothers-in-law. They say work gives flavor to life. That must lie whv it's so bitter. Could anyone suggest what we should do with all of our old campaign buttons? There is only one good thing we can say for a back seat driver at least he is looking ahead. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, savs she likes men who make things especially if it's around $50,000. J fx One of thesdangers of looking ahead is that we see thintrs that never happen. We were taught as a small child to al ways help others,' but as we grow older we often wonder what the others are here for. It would be a fine thing if Santa Clans could briivr all the daddies and all the sons home from the war front. A YEARS AGO IU In an impressive autumn wedding Miss Irene Elizabeth Gorthev. daughter of I ' tt CAPlNET PLANS feggS j Ssh .' If. 'O 3fe?W j y sistant commissioner, sat clown trip during his last month as with him. plus David Oatzen- senator . . . Senator Ferguson of meier and Frank Cohen of the ; Michigan is so anxious to take chief counsel's office, plus E. I. over the senate appropriations ' McLarney and Leonard Boyd of committee that he can't wait. He the audit division. I is second to Senator Bridges ol "T u-mOH niro tn Oct r, , : New-Hampshire in seniority. Bu t . m- -m . . ATI VUAV 4 LU UOIV kill. UU - Mr. ana .Mrs. l.eroy Gorthey ot Murdoek. , reau of Internal Revenue," Sen- ' " Bridges accepts the job of and Kenneth P.ornemeier, son of Edward 1 ator Morse told them, "to make majority leader, there's a chance Bornemeier of Elmwood, were united in careful audit of my income-tax , he 1" ? J J?tettJ , i -i , i , ir , , returns the appropriations committee marnatre at the bride, s home at Murdock iClullia- 1 too So Ferguson has been pes- . . . John E. Turner. Cass county treasurer I .. f5 ffiLt itering Bridgls' office to find out for 1 6 years, has retired. Miss Ruth Pat- ! maL it L nritln r3 nn whether he is giving up the ap- v. ii, "i" ZZ : .: " propnations cnairmansnip . r - L-0trr,c of cvr-c of ,.nrCf Secretary of Defense Lovett r.s ...uni u,wumimuI.u. . . . x. Uf "H," I Invited his successor. Charles E liinTViip nnprnrnr nn T n o k arrcrtinnth . mii- " ' " 1- I - V..- M. .... . v.. . , . ... uuu ustv iui an uuun was icvuiu- tionary. had once been convicted of for gery, had jumped parole, spent another 60 days in jail for drun ken driving. Yet he reported on his application that he had never been convicted of a crime. I So the defense department re- voked Donovan's temporary i clearance. j Diplomatic Pouch Prince Bernhard has a secret I yen to sit at the controls of an American "flying boxcar." So the Dutch government has sounded out the air force to see if his royal highness can ride up front in a "flying boxcar" dur- , ing his visit to the U. S. A. this month. The prince has been promised a royal ride . . . Secre tary of State Acheson has hint ed, perhaps as a joke, that he mignt be willing to accept the job of new secretary-general of the United Nations. Reporters asked him confidentially who his candidate was to succeed Trygve Lie. "How about me?" Acheson said with a grin. "I'll be out of a job in January" ... It Trygve Lie goes through with his plans to resign, it's more likely that the new secretary-general will be Nasrullah Entezam, former Iranian ambassador to Wash ington . . . John Foster Dulles will bring into the state depart ment Douelas MacArthur II, I nonho of tKo fomnnc crpnprnl Young MacArthur is a state de partment career officer who served as political adviser to Ei senhower in Europe. He's also son-in-law of Vice President Barkley . . . The Turkish govern ment has formally otfered to turn over part of its territory to serve as headquarters for the Middle East defense pact. The Turks propose the headquarters be located in the strategic town of Iskenderum, along the Syrian border not too far from Russia. rHE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRJSKA. SEWI-WEr-. v PAGE SIX Section B Thurcda" JOURNAL 2& mSHINOTONi By Stanley James. Journal Washington Iieporter Washington, November 27 Many top military and diploma tic officials in Europe are just now breathing a long awaited sigh of relief They think chanc es of a Russian attack on tho free countries of Europe are at their lowest point since World War II. It was freely said in 1950 over two years ago, that if the Russians allowed the United Sta'e. to rearm then Europe would be in for a period of arm ed peace. Only last fall, when a reporter representing this newspaper and others visited eleven European and Middle East countries, top officials said if 1952 passed with out war between East and West, we might see a long period of enforced peace. 1952 is about ber 1st. and the dr-'.onation said to have teen held a' V-ii a. m. ' One of the reasons the A EC was probably irked at the eye witness leaks is the fact that the Russians are not iho':i?h: to he aware of the progress' we have already made on the hydrogen bomb. This would hav been a good secret to have kept, but now the cat is ou: of the ha and the Reds, and everybody else, now know that we arc- very close at the lpa.-.t to hvdrncer. bomb produeticn. This' nheht provf in added incentive 10 tnem 1:1 their own prograr.-1.. and in their efforts to find out. ho-v far we have j.cvanced ourselves. rPlrt,.rt ic . . f-.-.. I 1 - . .1. .a iju i 1- I ine u. o iuic, cActpt iui iocaiizeu opera- hydrog-:n bomb .-carch has been speeded up appreci ably in recent months to a point that quicker prrfec" ion than had been expected some it nal for 10 yeai's. is now an operator for the Los .Angeles Times . . . Mr. and Mrs. Leon ?rd C. Stoehr announce the birth of a son, Charles Leonard Mark . . . Master degrees we'-o conferred upon D. D. Wainsoott. Pfl'ph Keekler. Howard Hikp and Fred Aden bv Xebrakp Chanter, No. ?. Royal Arch Masons . . . Miss Wilda Mitchell, sec retarv of the counts plpr-tjve service board, has joined the WAVES. 2 A YEARS AGO W The marriage Hi-s Marie Hn riehs. daujrhter of H. E. Hinrichs of Ne braska City, and Harry K. Dwyer. son of I). O. Dwyer of Plattsmouth. took nlace November 2- at Omaha . . . Mrs. Gilbert Hir:. popular local soloist, was one of sev eral artists to sing: over an Omaha radio station. She was accompanied bv Miss Emily I orenz . . . Ole Olson, owner of a new ston quarry at Xehawka, todav re quested the county commissioners to build a road leading to the auarry . . . Snarks f-nrr tho chimnev set fire to the John L. Tidball lumber office this mornine . . . Re ports of gasoline beintr drained from sev eral cars are being checked bv city and count; law enforcement officials. Wilson, to attend the North At lantic pact conference in Paris December 15 . . . General Eisen Morse went on to explain that, hower has invited army chief of when he was elected to the sen ate in 1945, he had a campaign deficit of about $16,000 which had been paid partly by him, partly by contributions from friends: and that recently Ore gon politicians had been circu staff General Collins to fly to Korea with him after Collins hinted broadly for an invitation . . . President Truman is plead ing with defense boss Joe Fow ler not to quit until iKe is in augurated. The president wants lating charges that the handling j tne mobilization program going of this deficit had violated the f.. . tax laws. j Eisenhower will appoint a j He said the money was not special commission, headed by vpaiu tu mm, aim ne wa cer- ( Vannevar Bush, to studv the re tain the tax laws had not been organization of the defense de violated. But to make sure, he partment . . . Senator Lodge of asked that his tax returns be Massachusetts has told friends thoroughly audited. he won t be in the cabinet but "But we can't audit them will probably serve as an assist prior to 1949," said Assistant I ant president and trouble shoot- uommissioner swartz. rne er statute of limitations has ex pired." rm1 ft? . T WASHINGTON REPORT Howord Buffett ConErcuman. 2ad ri . . . v.oidd b? require -i two years ao. At ihat ti was estimated thit much tivr.r- 'r production 'or the con- ' to preclude ' -s are j) ses, .a;, i -ri e th' bom1.) an op;:i The election on November 4th did not just bring a Republican victory. Far more important, it restored hope to America. For i n proved we still possessed a vital power the ability to un- Vmri-n rt ran i m a tint V T r 9 puwei uveniy years. THOUGHT FOR TODAY is-good niumiers which make the excell ence of n HcitjhborhooJ. Confucius The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KSTAHL1SHKIJ IX 1SK1 Twice Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaaues for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" in 1951 nanker Seonil In Citit. ( iv-r 10(10 roouiatinn) piihlK-hri ,.'nii-Wp.hlv, Mnnrtavs anrl Thursdays at 410 Main Street. I'Iatt.inoutli. Pass County, Nehr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter ALBERT E. BACK Advertisine Mgr SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editor as a snort which has generally been above the "fix" charge. If it is to remain on a par with base ball, and completely free of such charges, the American public, football coaches and plavers must do evervthing in their power to deal ruthlessly with any attempt to cor rupt the game. Once corruption sets in, in anv part the great game the public is nuickly disillusioned and the harm done to the good name of the sport is not easily overcome. The United States is a nation of great athletes and manv sports. Most of them have been kent clean. It is the heritage rf every American that he can enioy clean, honest snorts events ,nd participate in them, confident that the best team and the best plaver wins. It would be a sad dav. and we would be committing a grave injustice, if we were to pass on. to our children, anything- less than that in the field of sports. .v.v.!tvwi:Vv.v.,,.v..v.. Down Memory Lane "Then I'll waive the statute of limitations." "You'll what?" asked Swartz incredulously. "Well, we'll have to have written authorization for that." "You'll get it." replied Morse, who promptly went back to his Stranse Investigators Penny-pincher John Taber, new GOP boss of the house ap propriations committee, will bel low like a wounded bull when he hears it. but two of his invest igators have gone on a spend ing spree in Europe and Africa. They are John Donnelly and Tim Donovan, who were suppos onice ana wrote a letter to Act- ; ph tn investigate air-base scan- ing Commissioner John S. Grah- i rials in North Africa. However. am. which stated: "I respectfully request that you consider this letter as being my official request for an audit of my income-tax returns since I have been in the senate, start ing with the 1945 returns." Note When this columnist In 1946 suggested to Senator Morse thati members of congress and all top government officials file a statement of outside fees re- their military liaison man. Lt. Com. J. T. Paxson, reported back to the Pentagon that the two investigators were gallivanting around Switzerland a country where there are no air bases to investigate. Commander Paxson also com plained that the investigators had run through $2,500 expense monev in less than a month. This money was put up by the Elation is tempered, however, by tne size of tne problems fac ing us. The policies taking this nation into inflation and soc ialism still operate. It will not be easy to slow them down to say nothing about halting them and restoring sound con ditions. Both must be done. So it is up to us as responsible citizens to lollow through. When Republicans take office in Jan uary, their progress will depend mightly on you and every pa triot. How? When they start to overhaul the false policies takine us towards ruin, they will the moment greatly brighten: peace nopes. The United States now has made the cost of aggression in Europe very high. To begin with, if the Russians attempted to overrun Wert Germany, for in stance, they would face an im mediate war with Great Britain. France, Italy. Norway. Turkey. Greece, probably Yugoslavia and certainly all che other members of the NATO Command, includ ing the United States. And since the United States is the world's leader in the field of atomic bomb, such aeeression pnntfl nrnvp vprv pncllv tn tVp Id ! T?pr;c This fact is appreciated by the Russians, who are not too keen about Stirling tip a war with a dozen enemies all at once in cluding the United States, Brit am and France. And that is why peace prospects are considered brighter in Europe right now than they have been in years. world, but wr.ich is i.ow aimed in the opp-i'.e c'.ir-ction out r i necessity. The hydrooen bomb is a much mor? deadly we:.pen than the A-bomb, and causes far greater destruction. The difference between th? two is much greate- than most people imapine. Thus the news about the H-homb :right be ever, more forebodirg than that ar.nonuce- men- back in 1D4d bomb. about the A- LIYTEIt The Atomic Energy Commis sion was quite unhappy about leaks which prematurely tcld the story of hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific. Some ser vice men who saw the big blasts of these tests wrote home that the explosion was even more fearsome than anyone had ex pected. A column of flame is said to have streaked up five riwH vnur prirmirappmpnt and active sunDort. li thev give , miles into the sky. The column siens of faltering, plain talk from home can strength. restore their iSmlTmcoo5!nsede .r.ment from a spe- purchased, he immediately in troduced a bill to this effect. Had it passed, the Nixon fund would have been required to be registered so the public could know about it before Nixon's nomination to the important of fice of vice president. Washington Pipeline Lame-duck Senator McFar land of Arizona is planning a final fling at the taxpayers' ex pense. He is making arrange cial fund, for congressional in vestigations. On top of this, Donnelly had demanded that the investigators be permitted to inspect top secret documents. This was de nied until a routine check could be made of Congressman Taber's investigators. When Donnelly raised a fuss, however, a tem porary clearance was granted. Later, the defense depart ment's check on the investiga- ments for a round-the-world tors revealed that Tim Donovan VETERANS' COLUMN By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer More than $10 billion in lapsed GI term insurance will . xt year depending on the i,c iuoi, iuic.tx , " " anniversary aaie 01 eacn puuey The Washington Merry-Go-Round laws unless the 1,200.000 veter ans who have permitted their policies to lapse reinstate them before the terms expire during ! the next 14 months. The policies involved are lapsed term Na tional Service Life Insurance (NSLI) that were issued to two groups of World War II and post vorid War II veterans. The two groups are: 1. rne i,iuu,uuu CJBJUfSXS J H MATtOHAl Knte.rtd at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a'a econi Ha.. mail matter in accordance with the Act of 0nie.-.i of March ;!. IfcTS. 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, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS : SENATOR MORSE INVITES INCOME-TAX INSPECTION; OREGON INDEPENDENT STARTLES INTER NAL REVENUE CHIEFS; HOUSE INVESTIGATORS WOULD BEAR INVESTIGATION. WASHINGTON Oregon's independ ent Sen. Wayne Morse paid an unusual call on the Bureau of Internal. Revenue the other day. Most people fight shy of this tax-collecting agency; some people get heart failure when its agents even telephone. But the Oregon senator ambled down to the Bureau and said he wanted to meet with the officials who were running it. Accordingly, Harold Swartz, acting as- If veterans in either group do net wish to lose this coverage altogether, they must reinstate their policies before the terms expire. Otherwise, they will not be eligible for further GI life insurance coverage. Reinstatement of lapsed term policies may be accomplished by applying to VA. A physical ex amination is required after UU tU f 1 r nrn n ,-i ri Vl O World War II inree . i 4.i i 1 veterans who payment ui J - took out term " miums also is required. Policy N S L I policies I holder, who reinstat e lapsed while thev were term NSLI before the terms ex m serveyduring!pire may the last two ! policies for another 5 years at months of iJK'the expiration of the terms, and all of 1945- i Veterans who have term NSLI and policies in force under premium i! The 100,000 paving conditions receive two World War tt notices from VA before the Richard recK and post World War II veterans who took out term NSLI policies while they were in service during the last two months of 1947 and all of 1948. The first group of 1.100.000 I r.f the r nnlicips exDire Ltl i 1 1 o -. - - 1 notifying them of their right to renew for another 5-year term. But veterans who have permit ted their term policies to lapse by non-payment of premiums when due. receive no further One result of our suicidal for eign policy is automatic infla tion at home a relentless de cline in the value of the dollar. To halt this swindle will take unwavering courage. Grass roots vigilance will fortify the new Administration for this test. Since 1939 the nation has been borrowing and spending 22 bil lions per month beyond its in come. This huge amount is the nvorage monthly increase of debt, public and private during ,...o. jeais. stopping the oor Twine will not be easy. It will j be much more difficult to start n-tJJ our debts. We cannot expect miracles. But we do have a right to ex pect an end to inflation. Only government causes dollar-rotting inflation, and only govern ment can end it. Meanwhile, until a stable dollar is achieved, protect your economic strength by careful evaluation of devel opments. Personal financial wisdom is a patriotic duty. of the project leaked out until the explosion itself. That day is reported to have been Novem- Asia is said to have original coal reserves of 2.5 trillion tons, which is the world's second largest supply. America is in first place with 2.7 trillion tons. 1 V7 V WOBLO WAP H VETEGANS WITH TOM NSLI POLICES "THAT REQUIRE PREMIUM PAYMENTS EVERY 5 YEARS STILL MAY CONVERT THEM TO PERMANENT PLAN NSLI POLICIES TOR WHICH THE W NOT CKAN&C A vt.rarts liav A.vMr tovm nkn I nntirPH frOrQ VA. It is these cies and the second group of i veterans w?v must take action j 100,000 veterans have 5-year ' on their own initiative to re trm nnlieis Tlth terms I instate their policies before the pire sometime during the last I terms expire u uicjr vwan tu F(. foi, jnforn,,uoii eontet yonr nrtt Pi L WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Former Boxer Here's the Answer HORIZONTAL 57 Poker stake 1,5 Pictured 58 Session (ab.) former 59 drinks boxing champ 60 Bellow - 9 In 1948 he was VERTICAL ?K"yearsoldl Bear tales 2 Mountain IS Range 14 Romanian city 15 Nested boxes 16 Baseball group 1 17 Chinese dynasty 18 Habitat plant form 19 Make edging 20 More sorrowful vi l 7 3 l N vl x vTjdTejJ , I H V 3 Vl3 I Hi loll tV - -! "1 o a n'TI a ,3Hvhj mm. 31VZ AN 01 via v 3'x!r.J nymphs 3 Tidy 4 Sweet potato 5Numidian town 6Dry 7 Come ashore 8 Rim 9 For shame! 10 One time two months of this year or dur- I continue this coverage. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION aAca 22 Compass point 1 1 Astronomy 23 Lord (ab.) muse 24 Vermont (ab.) 25 Epistle (ab.) 27 Butterfly 28 Natural fat 30 Entreaties 32 United 33 Hearing organ 34 Italian poet 36 Enrage 39 Bone 40 Street (ab.) 41 Tellurium (symbol) 42 Artificial language 43 Indian 45 Frightens 50 Measure of area (pi ) 51 Certain 53 Spoken 54 Naughty child 55 English school 56 Dagger 12 Roundups 20 Thorough fares 21 Iterates 24 Outlets 26 Make smooth 29 Weight r measure 31 Work unit 34 Wets 35 Shrewd 37 Printing mistakes 38 Roll 44 Love god 45 Fugue finale 47 Seed coverinc 4S Unusual 49 Large deer (Pi ) 50 Italian river 52 Abstract bem;; 54 Carrier r" r" 3 7" "m T" u a 3 l ' 17 !8 " " 2F IT T J0 31 i ti 135 Ztf 37 38" - '58 I 5? 65 tions, and have not moved in I Europe. They have encouraged their Chinese fiiends to make trouble, but they have not dared precipitate World War III. Meanwhile, the United States grows stronger and stronger. As of all-out war with the Russians them. Thes- f- will be at a low point, In addi- ; yet ready, in :-c lion mere is eviaence mac me : 'he qirestion wr.-..-(. United States is ahead in it.s was oroduccd is still . r a . , 1 . . l. i I eiiuiLs iu piuuuce iiyuroen question This bomb Is much more power- j aft hCAV.vr.. lV,n ,v, ful than an atomic bomo and are on uhe threshold oi ano'-hVr could bode much good for ihef of flames said to have streaked up five miles wide. Eyewitness observers also re ported that thousands of tons of earth were thrown straight up into the sky by the blast, which repnrted'v made the world seem on fire. The island on which the test blast was staged is said to have been wiped out completely from the face of the ocean, and this report has been made by several eye witnesses. Actually the bomb was secret ly shipped to the West and sent to the testins eround via shin. Security officers were thick : there are people who like to live aboard the shiD. and little news on dirt streets and still drive The Journal hi i:incs l-t;r from rfdris for this mlnrin on anv iubjf-ct. Vmir tmrne mn t sienul to a'.l artii lcs Irtr'n' for Publication, however, bv reue t. it can he omitt'-il from ttie lett apnfarinsr in prir.t I t.'outfiits 'lo not npfsssirilv fxprt-y? tne opin ions of this tiwpiaier.) Platismouth. Nebraska. November 26 To the Edicr: . In regard to Mr. Dunlap's let ter in the letter box concerning the work of the street depart ment. If you will take a drive over the city, you would see that we have been very busy erading up streets, putting in tile and head walls, and spread ing rock fcr people who are will ing to pay fcr having their streets rocked and improved. Also it would help considerable if seme people would keep their own private tile cleaned out so that the water could drain away after we have mads a ditch. Just consider a little bit. We have all the streets and alleys to maintain and repair; all the street paintincr and sewer work; besides Korn Karnival and holi riav decorations and there are only four '4) of us. Just, be patient and we'll be there as soon rs oossioie. v. e unaersiana on pavement. Elmer Gochenour, Street Department.