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D IT O RIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes WANTED: Man to Grind Axe THE MAN OF THE HOUR One could not help but feel for Presi dent 1) wight I). Eisenhower as he stood on the inauguration platform at the Capitol Januarv 20th and saw the hope and expec tations of the multitude which had gath ered to see him sworn in. It was a bright sunny day. The bright red uniforms of the Marine band were di rectly in front of him. The crowd was and people in all the states looked to Eisenhower to bring them through the next four years wisely and safely. They were confident in him. The destiny of these people the destiny of the greatest nation in the world, and of the free people in the world was suddenly to be entrusted to one man. As Ike stood there, bared in the sun light, with the little hair he has left blow ing up in the wind, he must have thought to himself that this was some responsibility for one man. He saw, in the parade that followed the swearing in. the reminders of the greatness of all the forty-eight states, lie saw the old and historical military units which have fought for freedom, and won it. over the years. He saw the greatness of a wonderful country and he realized iut how wonderful this country is. for he has served so long overseas. Looking at the vounr men. young women, and the marchers of all ages, he could not help but fe"l th awful responsibility which had be come his. Fr General Eisenhower has become Presid rt Eisenhower at a time when the fate of the civilized world hangs in atomic balance. He becomes the nation's leader at a time when a bomb, powerful enough M destvv our civilization, is being per fected. H" comes to power with the masses rf .Asia turned Against the land of the f ree, for the most part. He comes offering hope and guidance, and nledges his efforts to rmcp without: fear, defense without intimi dation and fairness to all. He is the man of the hour, for the en tiVe world. Upon his shoulders, more than on any other one man's rests the fate of the free world. It is a sobering thought, and the new President will face hard de f'Mon.s in the months and years to come. Ho will never be able to completely get pwav fim tho weight of his new job, and derisions, until he retires from it or dies in it. Meanwhile, the free world looks to him. May he have the strength and guid ance to bring this country throuirh the next four years safely. It will not be an easy task. PATCH FOR "BAIT ADVERTISING" 'e are happy to note that "Omaha's Letter Business Bureau has finally gotten ' around to call public attention to "Bait Advertising," which they claim was the most frequent advertising abuse during 1952. It was encouraging to learn that this group was acknowledging publicly the stack of complaints they received from customers who failed to read between the lines on bait advertising of such articles as used vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, television sets, appliances and other mer chandise. Bait advertising was described by the Bureau as "an alluring offer to sell some thing which the advertiser does not sin cerely want to sell." It added the primary aim of this type of advertising is to get the customer interested so he can be sold some thing else, "usually at a higher price or on a basis more advantageous to the adver tiser." While we blame the public for falling for this type of advertising and never learning that neither here in Plattsmouth, Omaha, or anywhere else can merchants THOUGHT FOR TODAY Keep not ill conipnny lest ynu increase the v: i niber. & ' George Herbert Want to keep from growing old? Just trv sleeping at the wheel. Plattsmouth's laziest man always gets up in the morning before anyone else so he will have more time to loaf. One reason Noah was ready when the flood came was because he didn't have to get an appropriation bill through Congress. Paris says the "Wasp Waist" is coming j back. We want to see this achieved by some woman with a Bumblebee figure. " We see where a man 70 years old has enrolled in an eastern college. He's prob ably a door-to-door magazine salesman who finally made it. We'll betcha Bess said to Mamie, "You'll just have to excuse the way the house looks." Vr Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says there's one way 3'ou can tell if she puts it on her head it's a hat, if she puts it under her arrr it's a bag. This is the time of year when seed catalogues can easily mislead you. Down Memory Lane 20 YEARS AGO Men of the Presbyterian church plaved host to their wives at a church ban quet observing the 75th anniversary of the founding of the congregation at Platts mouth . . . Search is underway for a trio of masked men who attempted to rob the McCulloch farm home south of Platts mouth . . . Plattsmouth defeated Peru Prep 21 to 9 . . . Kalina, Edwards and Jensen over the small amount of heavy r mmunition in the front lines, as differentiated from reserve stores behind the lines. Real fact is that we are short of ammunition, not only in Ko ra but have fallen down in our fchipments both to Indo-China and Formosa. This will be one of Charles E. Wilson's first jobs businessmen In hhs cabinet, would end up wih hack politi cians around him. Ike sided with General Per sons, put the heat on Wilson, told him he'd fishU for his con firmation and fight for a chance for him to da a pood job at the Pentagon if he divested. Note At a famous dinner par "I'm loan as a bugcy whip" . . . Ex-Senator Brewster of Maine spends as much time around the senate now as before his defeat Vice President Nixon has hp'd'a little trouble finding any one who'll accept the Job as his aue. The position pays only $4,474.20 a year. Capitol News LINCOLN Governor Robert B Crosby went before the Legis lature this week to recommend that it nnnrnnrlate SIGG.379,614 to operate the government of Uho i'itp nf Nebraska for the IIJV. -r - next two years. , Th fimir is about S4',2 mil lion less than recommended by ex-Gov. Val Peterson and about $7 million less than was ap propriated for the current bi- ennium. ... A A . ... Perhaps the siKnnirani iJiaw for most tax-paylnK Nebra.skan.-i is the amount to be spent from the General Fund, supported principally by state tax money. Here are the comparison: Current appropriations: al funds. $173,383,571; eeneral fund $58 081,519. t Asked by state agencies: $173, 08,C66. all funds; and $61,918, 553 from general fund. fiupf.c.sted by PeU-nson: U70 830,874. all funds, and $59,241, 814. general fund. Sui;ested by Crosby: $166. 379,614. all funds, and $54,765, 554, general fund. JOLT THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, "-WEE- PAGE SIX Section F Thursdayuary 29,19d3 WASHINGTON to remedy as secretary of de fense, j ike horrified Senator Taft and lCf0 Pennsylvania Ave. J some other Republicans by say- New Ike appointments in the works: Robert Sprapue of the Snrague Electric Co.. North Adams. Mass.. to be undersecre tary of the air force . . . Harold Vance, head of S'udebaker. to take ovpr the national produc tion authority and defense mo bilization . . . Bernard Rhanley of Newark. N. J., counsel of the New Jersey Republican sta'e By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter Washington An official U. , vrine S. intelligence appraisal of the j 1 1 ' the heartng. members revival of Nazi sentiment in .,;slcea Lt"nSot nnv busi West Germany shows surprLs- l' heuJ3 JrfgiceVaTO0 ing results. For the first time ness with GM n general Motors sirTce the end of the war the when he became De ense Sec, sentiment tor a revival of na- retary he iu .ca imu tlonal cialism above twenty Jn aadirect viola peMnrf"over less than fifty per Hon of the law of the land. cent of the Wt OeUk'S are no one with .cyman aid to favor some post-war po- ; ltSS- licies of the Konn governmeni me firm as an aimed at righting wrongs of the i ness with i that same fWmas an ti. '-i .Z-,. Thi; rf.rvr.rt f-f,mf.i official of the U. S. government. nl chnrtlv after BriMsh occu-! wnson miguu only fnorny auer uiuisn vu . hd ,-turiied the tes- pational . omciais seizea . seven , ,,"-' t "AT- TrTmPc For- former Nazis and cnargea inem . "V1V' v, hr r rSminro10" & ? the trscrlpir of th M eThT riJatKem all area, Johnson contenaign heanng , vjt.li furmanv nfiint to a i Both men had to tase care 10 of Vcsi oermany point w . th rnmrrittfp Forrestal rminoritVhbura VrSw ng" !?SSS get" rsonfe sScTani JriTyn-?ndbSea iacofSem &iX t,w r.vr,ut,i i thi.t th!i jsenti- : buiines? wiln a concern, in ffiKtaS'"" ''m" I had not ThU l not surDiibinK In view i boned up on the history of such oth? tztlRuSl ;fT'theabthaeuS'r!5re?h? wrS ated every German youth from of the big questions the wrong 1934 through May, 1945, with a . way. waipf-d tfcnse oi uerman pnun contained a rude jolt for the counties. He proposed legislation tv .at the F Street Club in 1948, 1 shifting from the state to th' counties me i mwuon a yrai tab for health service payments. "The cost of health services incr that uhpn n hnv Wfl nskrd to give up his life for his country - has been mounting rapidly dur he saw no reason why business- ing recent years, the legislators men should not give up their profits in wartime. Perhaps that was in the president's mind when he pressured Wilson. Naval Feud Retiring Secretary of Defense I.ovett had rte?ed it so that his pet, Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Floberg, former at torrcv for tbe Chicago Tribune, would be in charge of the navy committee, is getting ?n FBI ' 1 . r . i r 3 led the Reserves as they were .bounced .K'SK ov Avoca 4 to o . . . iveru-nine ingn gtaff Tom stevens will then . during the Truman-Eisenhower school students are listed on the current move up to be Ike's aopoint- change-over. He had both Flo- ment secre'ary the iob held by Matt Connelly under Truman . . . On the Mcndav before inaugu ration. Mai. John Eisenhower walked all over Washington honor roll . . . Announcement is made of the marriajre of Lottie Dry of Chester to Di Edyar D. Cummins of Plattsmouth . . . Miss Mildred Knisley, former teacher, and WE Marguerite Taplett and James E. Warga of Plattsmouth were married at Valpa raiso. A YEARS AGO Sv For the calendar year the Platts mouth post office reports sale of rtearly $70,000 in war savings bonds . . . Clement Woster has been re-elected president of the Plattsmouth Ad Club. Roy Knorr was elected vice president. Orville Nielsen of Fremont has taken over the Gamble store at Plattsmouth . . . Cpl. and Mrs. Hubert C. Stroy of Murdock are the parents of a port born January 27 . . . Jesse F. Baker of Plattsmouth has been inducted into the army at Fort Lo?an. Colo. . . . Leonard firn has been installed as commander of Mt. Zion Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar at Tlattsmouth . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Taylor have learned of the marriage of their son, S?t. David Taylor, to Miss Margaret Ferron -of Corvallis, Oregon. The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KSTABLISHED IX 1881 Twice Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" in 1951 fF!nk( Ppoond In Cities Over 1000 Population) Published Semi-Weekly, Monday nd Thursdays, at 410 Main Street. Plattsmouth. 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 iMSSociftnon g v 1 iMM Ill in. Entered at the Post Office at 'Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as necond class mall matter In accordance with the Axt 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 for two weeks. Elmer Colbert of Plattsmouth were mar- without a sinple soul recognizing ried during the past year, according to an g LTub- announcement made today . . . Miss Irene lkhp. ...hri .-A- -f.h a fine senator, back to Washington as a member of the White House staff. So far Seaton has re sisted. Jobs Regardless of protests from Messrs. Taft-Millikin-Knowland. the White House just isn't going to clear all job appointments with the senators the way the senators want. What the solons want is for Eisenhower to give them the ini tiative, let them propose the names, then have the White House appoint. What the White House is going to do, on the other hand, Ls to propose the names, then let the senators O. K. This is what FDR did when his administration was in top gear. FDR never let the sena tors initiate, except for minor jobs and except for his favorite senators. Truman, in trying to appease the senate, let it get the upper hand on jobs and never really recovered his appointive power. The more he appeased, the more the senate demanded. C. E. Wilson's Stock Credit Gen. Wilton "Slick" Persons, the new White House contact man for congress, with tioDine the scales with Eisen hower to have Charles E. Wilson sell his General Motors stock. Persons used to be army con tact man with congress during the war, knows what makes the bovs on capitol Hill tick. From the first, he kept telling Ike that Wilson would have to divest himself of G. M. stock. Later. Persons went further, told the president Wilson was in trouble not merely over his stock but because of his arrogant at titude toward the senators. Certain others around the president didn't agree, argued that if Ike surrendered on Wil son he could get no experienced ppll below cost or without a profit, greatest blame should be shouldered by the media that accepts this type of advertising. Readers of The Journal have little fear of the legitimacy of any advertising ap pealing in these columns. Every effort is made to cull out any type advertising that is misleading, or contains any "gimmiks" not exposed in display type. We do our bst to see that all ads in this newspaper state the truth. In spite of our efforts, we have been caught, however. Only a few weeks ago it was necessary to "jerk" an out-of-town ad from this newspaper after a Journal subscriber informed us of unethical deal ings and an investigation proved the sub rriber right. We hope all readers of The Journal will report any misleading state ments in advertising appearing in this nowsaner through you we are enabled to hold thp confidence -of our "subscriber and continued patronage of reliable merchants. berg and Francis WhJtehair, who outranks him as undersecretary of the navy, send in their resig nations at the same time, both addressed to the "President of the United States." But watchful Don Dawson of the Truman White House staff carefully lost Whitehair's resig nation, let Floberg's be accepted. So today Whitehair. who, thanks to Dawson didn't resign on time, is secretary of the navy while waiting for Ike's nominee. Bob Anderson of Texas, to be con-firmed.- Washingrton PineJine : New Secretary of State Dulles wants to move his personal of fice from the Svelte modern state department building near the Potomac to the gnarled and ugly old state department next door to the White House. He wan's his office in the same building where his grandfather served as secretary of state, leav ing all other state department .officials several blocks away. If sentiment prevails over practica bility. General "Beetle" Smith, undersecretary of state, will end up running the state depart ment . . . Ellsworth Bunker, i ru rinu r'rrhv'j budget menace ana nationalism, mew wi- , uait w - - r uov. oroADy s puciKi.i. m... . , tram ifcM Fsnnsvlvarua crown men and women, have ; Arenue means a number or become the thirty-to- forty age; things but to reporters assign group today, whereas, in the i ed to the White House, it means thirties they were the ten-to- i the end of an era when the twenty age group. President was likely to come up The British arrests in their !with anything at , the tun; zone signal the first serious plot expected time Harry Truman tn r-!tr?re Nazi tiower discovered was a President who made big in Genv sin?? the end of ! Tories for reporters unexpected WoS'wtIL'The official Brt-;iy- They nexer knew what he tish viewpoint is that Nazi sen-j would say next a nd uhethe he timent is on the rise and that would blast so me prominen t of -the situation in West Germay is . ficial severly without advance 1."?.: NaturaUv. reporters loved it. should supply effective local embarrassed at the revelations, t Dwight D. Elsenhower is execi- control." ! but seems powerless to descrecat . u wj uuucw.. The scheme. Crosby said, en- the right-wing groups in Ger- ?bled him to trim $2 million many. In the end, the outcome The vampires never have any from Peterson's budget. Crosby of the threatening situation trouble in finding men to neip were told. "At the centralized level of state government it has been impossible to exercise an effective control over the am ounts paid for nursing home ! service, hospital servvice, nurs es. druES. doctors and so forth. Local financial responsibility suit. The Bonn governmen stressed that his recommenda- I will depend on what the Ger- them vamp tions for subsistence payments man government can and wiu ; totals the same as Peterson's, do about it. r He said he thinks every assist ance recipient should be allowed to live decentlv and if the pres ent state ceiling is not high enoueh. it should be raised. A The Weimar Republic never won the hearts of the German people to the extent needed to protect it against right and left wing threats. Whether the bill has already been introduced Bonn government is strong en to boost the ceiling to $70 a ! cugh to survive today's threats month. MORE JOLTS There were more jolts in Crosby's message two stiff ones for the town of Milford where are located the State' Trade School and the Home for Unwed Mothers. is highly problematical. Evidence is steadily mounting i that U. S., spies (and allied ag- j ents) are giving the Reds in creasing security worries. In fact, there is some indication that the Russians are under- i comer a wave or sov utters Crosby proposed cutting both something like that which has ; ynof 15 on Hap I arrest GEEEB gripped the United States in re cent years. , Radio Moscow recently rexer- ; agencies off with no appropria tion. He said he had voted for es tablishing the trade school when I red to the "army of spies"' being iic was nx icg,iaiatui luuiaeu ui sent into me ooviei spnerc, m 1941 but now "I think the need I what is believed to be a most en for the school is behind us.' : couraging admission of the Of the Hom'e for Unwed 1 troubles of the Communists in Mothers. he said. "I do not think side the Iron Curtain. The re that Nebraska taxpayers are so cent attacks on the Jews in the , affluent that they should in- I communist countries indicate an j dulge themselves in this ex- ! increasing uneasiness on the , ceptional activity.l part of the Reds about security From a dollar standpoint. leaks. I Crosby's recommendation on i in addition, armed forces ; the University of Nebraska was rmblications have warned Rus- ; 1 l A A n Tlrt.r--.'. Ah x A r k . 1 A 1 ! i HI fti iS,r?nKt nh n'f nf ' dional $2 million in General Navy, to beware of U. S. agents, offered the important job or as-. puj, monev over its current Rnth inPninnri anH in r7.epho- sistant secretary of state tor j appropriation of $12.5 million. ', Slovakia, government officals latin-American af.airs by John The University had asked $16.- have admitted concern over Foster Dulles. Bunker turned L. 356,0oo. foreign spy operations in the down on the ground that nesa But tnere was one significant last two months. Democrat . . . Though there s difference. Peterson said he was i supposed to be unification of the recommending the additional I The reason Charles E. Wilson armed services, a DacKs-.age oat- $2 million to enable the Uni-' ran into such trouble before a tie is brewing over which service j versity to continue its present . Senate Armed Forces Commit- ...... : mm should be in charge of guided missiles. So far, all three nave been duplicating by experiment ing on guided missiles. When the program goes into full pro rinrtion however, a guided mis siles corps will be set up either j spent for such things as cost-of- orogram and left up to the tee. looking into his aualifica Legislature the question of tions before confirming him as whether the monev was to be Secretary of Defense, was partly spent for expansion. the result of a statement he Crosby's message indicated he made before the committee ear- thought no money should be in the armv. navy, or air iorce, and Ike will have a tough time deciding which. L'nder the Dome As the incoming and outgoing vice presidents rode up the Cap itol elevator together. 38-year-old Nixon kidded 75-year-old Barkley about his weight. "This elevator wasn't built for a fat man," needled Nixon. "Don't look at me," replied Barkley, The Washington Merry -Go-Round VETEE1ANS' COLUMN By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans Service Officer A (Copyright, 1952. By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: PRESIDENT EISENHOWER STILL WORRIED OVER AMMUNITION SHORTAGE; IKE WON'T SURREN DER TO SENATORS RE JOBS ; GEN. WILTON PERSONS WAS KEY FIG URE IN WILSON'S STOCK SALE. WASHINGTON One thing very much on President Eisenhower's mind as he said good-bye to new U. N. Commander General Maxwell Taylor was the ammuni tion shortage in Korea. Ike fears we won't have enough ammu 1953 INSURANCE DIVIDEND; The Veterans Administration has announced that another j reeular dividend will be paid in 1953 to approx imately five mil lion veterans who hold National Service Life In surance Policies. The first pay ments will follow within 30 to 40 days after the anniversary date of the policies. This will mean that if the an niversary date of a policy is during the month of may, pay ment of the dividend can be ex pected sometime during thp month of June or July To participate in this divi- Richard feck nition on hand to launch a full-scale offen-' Sa nrff'S LhaYe w tiiirr: fr sive for some time. When he was in Korea he found that Howitzers were limited to five rounds a day though this has been more months between th , niversary date of the policv in anniversary date improved since he left. He is also worried dividend will be the same as the 1952 dividend, and the amount of the dividend will be the same on most term policies but will vary on permanent plan policies according to the number of years the policy has been in force. . . Again, this dividend will not be paid in cash unless the policy holder . requests it. However, cash payment of the 1953 divi dend is automatic to those who made written request for cash payment of the 1952 dividend. Policy holders who have not previously made written request must do so if they desire cash payment of the 1953 dividend. To do this, a policy holder should write the Veterans Ad ministration district office now handling his insurance account. For veterans in this region the district office is located at Fort Snelling. St. Paul. Minnesota. Personnel still in service should 'write to the Office of Insurance. Veterans Administration, Wash ington 25, D. C. living salary increases and the additional S2 million should go for the College of Medicine and for agricultural research. BREAKDOWN Here's a breakdown on some of the larger agencies. The first figure is Crosby's recommenda tion, the second is the amount each agency expects to spend this biennium and the last figure is ex-Gov. Peterson's recommendation: Highway Department, $39. 683.OC0; $51,122,811.66; $40,427, 000. Assistance. $34,728,367.02; $36, 532.998.51; $36,899,617.02. University of Nebraska, $33, 961,600; $29,288,065.13; $33,661,-600. Board of Control. $29 606,013; $22 408,401.17: $27,046,793. Normal Schools, $6,419,000; $5 680 637.15: $6,559,000. Military Department. $2,740, 070: $976 530.96: $2,730,070. Health Department, $2,717,100; $3,888,770: $2,771,200. Vocational Education. $2,655,000; $5,367,965.96; $3,131,600. Game Commission, $2,588,000; $2 259 416 30; $2,605,000. State Superintendent, $2,121, 250; $2,065,248.03; $2,272,500. Labor Department. $1,980,200; $1,837,737.98; $1,980,200. Aericulture Department. $1. 914 500: $1,781,283.48; $2,040,600. Aeronautics Department. $1. 409,000; $1,346,009.25; $1,409,000. Educational Lands and Funds, $1 067,337; $1004,618.39; $1,042, 337.13. Twenty-nine other depart ments $5,789,076.90; $5,415,934. 18: $6 254 357.32. Total. $166379.614: $170,976,- 428.15; $170,R30 R74 47. BILLS After hearing the governor, 'Continued on Page Seven) STRUGGLING STATU E- Writhing in the clutches of iron fisted thought control is the sculptured figure titled "Political Prisoner." One of 3500 statues entered in the London contest,' the statue is being examined by Miss M. Stiles. The artist win-' nine the World Contest will re-' ceive $32,000. All have submit ted statues interpreting the same subject WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Movie Director Here's th Answer HORIZONTAL 60 Small lakes J,6 Pictured VERTICAL niwiion picture producer 11 Add flavor 12 Oil 14 Permits 15 Ireland ' 1 Weak 2 Grade 3 Donkey 4 Negative 5 Leg Joint 18 Modify 6 Walking stick 21 Hangs loosely 46 Comfort juncem-s I ny 24 Punitive v47 Promissory nickname 8 Cooking vessel 26 Respect note (ab) 20 Conveyed 9 Tumult ,29 Energy 48 Preposition by deed 10 Temper 31 Except 49 Speak 22 Beverage "Bangs 34 Window parts Imperfectly 23Mailab.) - 13 Torment .35 Labor 50 Imitated 24 Mixed type "Anent organizations 52 Scottish river xuxgiamauon n nereauy unit 37 Says 54 Oriental coin 27 While 28 Cut 30 Exalted 32 Feminine, suffix 33 African antelope 34 Shrub 36 Water lily 39 Preposition 40 Lieutenant (ab.) 41 Comparative suffix 42 Tellurium (symbol) 43 Cover 45 Calyx leaves 50 Consumed 51 Noisy 53 Opposed 34 Raced 53 Shows contempt 57 Guides ' x fi? Cubic jnikl xie aiso 38 Plants . 56 Railroad (at. pictures 4 4 Two-part song 58 Toward nnnnr' FT"F"F"F" rzzz 117 llVilp" 1 a?TT"rgMig sr-ar s-f FIT- t&: M M i' ) iul --3 35 trsTtUj lialW'lr ?r srsr -f H 1 Ml M l 1 1 J