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EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes i Ticklers By George LIFE SPAN RISES A major life insurance company recent ly reported that the average American wage earner's life had increased by more than four years in the last decade. This finding is based on 1952 figures for indus trial policy holders. The average length of life for the American wage earner is now sixty-eight and one-half years. If the rate increase continues, by 1962 the average wage earn er's life span will be over seventy-two years. When considering this figure as an average, one can easily see the progress being made in this direction. Despite a record motor vehicle toll in 1952, the death rate among wage earners last year was near the all-time low recorded in 1950. The death rate for every one of the major chronic diseases of middle and later life declined. This is especially encouraging and includes such diseases as heart, artery and kidney diseases, in addition to cancer and diabetes. These figures cover the American wage earner. The increasing pace of a faster life, increased tension and other added ten sions of modern-day life' have not combined to offset the progress being made in the medical field. We wonder, however, if the mortality rate for executives and busi ness managers, and especially editors, is not still rising. From all outward appear ances, it would seem that the fast pace of modern life is causing a heavier toll in this class, although we will be glad to correct our assumption if figures prove otherwise. In the meantime we suggest that all business men slow their pace, and extend their lives along with the wage earners. SAFETY AND GROWING UP One of the hardest facts that parents have to face is the realization that sooner or later their children will become inde-, - pendent and venture into traffic alone. It is also a fact that most of us dislike to ad mit that our own youngsters might be among those whose indifference to the simplest precautionary measures make the mnot only a hazard to themselves but a Hownrisrht threat to those driving cars on our streets. It is certainly true that learning how to walk and play safely is mighty essential these days as a part of a child's normal growing up process. The safety departments urge parents to impress the following rules on their chil dren : 1. Remember always that streets are for cars and not" for scooters, tricycles, roller skates or play. 2. Cross the street at the corner only, and wherever possible at a corner with a traffic signal light or traffic officer on duty. Look both ways, then for turning traffic, and cross only when the way is clear. 3. Never forget that bicycles are subject to the same rules and regulations that govern automobiles. This includes careful observance of signs and signals. -ic GIFT FOR RED CHINA Prime Minister Nehru of India is pre senting Premier Chou En-lai with a fifteen year old elephant as a gift from India's children to the children of China. The ele phant was aboard a Hong Kong to Peiping boat at the last report. Named Asha, the elephant will have been on the seas about twenty days when , she reaches her destination. The interest ing part of the transportational problem was what food and how much, would be carried on board, the ship for the elephant. The elephant-keeper finally settled on the following figures: 1,600 pounds of irrass and leaves; 800 pounds of hay and straw, 800 sugar-cane salks, and a con- THOUGHT FOR TODAY '.' . Such praise, coming from so deqraded a source, teas degrading to me, its recipient. -Cicero The Plaftsmoulii Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Twice Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for 'OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 Presented Nebraska Press Association . "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" in 1951 fRanked Second in Cities Over 1000 Population) -tihMshPd Semi. Wt!f-kly. Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth. Cass County, Nebr. A taxpayer is a government worker with no sick leave, no vacations, no holi days, and no accumulated time off. A local woman says she's going to give a party just for the utter enjoyment of not inviting someone. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, says if some girls try to get a husband with all the attributes they ad mire, they'll have to marry a committee. One of the benefits of the large turn over in government key officials is that it will bring down the price of after-dinner speakers to a more reasonable level. A Plattsmouth man says he always sees eye to eye with his wife. He probably means that since his marriage his vision has been corrected. Some accidents are classified unavoid able, for the simple reason that a damn fool can't help driving that way. Which reminds us of a good slogan for drivers who drink : Jug not that ye be not jugged. This spring weather we're having is just like a baby one minute it's dry and the next minute it's wet. siderable amount of water. Assuming that this was enough food for Asha during the voyage, we are inclined to wonder whether she got sea-sick on the trip. And if Asha knew where she was going, we are sure that wouldn't help matters any. A. s. A iZ-Ww-, lr- i ' . '. . : ! LETTER BOX The Journal welcome letter , rom readers for this column on nv subject. Tour name must b "igrned to all articles intended for aublioatlon, however, by request. can be omitted from the lette. i f.fearirie in print. (Content t n"-eirily express the onin i ions of this newspaper.! Aoiil 14, 1953 Dear Sir: Just a few lines to let you know I am leaving this command and am ccming home for discharge. I leave here May 2. I Tvon'd ao preeiite it if you. wauli stop scn"in? the Journal until I get se'.tled and then I will have you . start sn'''n it to me again. I I think a great deal of your 'pane- -vid am always looking 'fcrwiri to receiving it. I have r- ryrd my tour of duty here in ? iama very much but am anx 'us to get home again. Will cton by and see you when I get home. Sincerely, LeRoy P. Hild fHE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. SEWI-WrEVlv jnt?Q- aOE voTTP Monday. April 20, 1S5 that for the first ' quarter of 1953, Defense Bond sales na tionally ware 22 higher than, a year ago. wule in Nebraska ! S3les increased 33 over the -am2 perk I last year. "Such a record ccnalnly speaks well for, the 1udunent and thrift of Neb raska pecn'e," Mr. Martin ccn-; eluded. " i 'There goes Gillis the inventor! They say his head is chock-full of ideas!" berated around the globe. lout from behind the grim, gray Prior to this, Dulles had mti- ! walls of the Kremlin, seems to W.V.V.VVW'.VUV.'XV Down Memory Lane f A YEARS AGO IU Miss Dorothy Seimers, daughter of Mrs. Anna Seimers of Otoe, became the bride of Lorenz Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer of Otoe on April 14. The couple will reside in Plattsmouth . . . Pfc. Ferdinand Detlef, son of Mrs. Amelia Det lef, has completed an intensive course in aviation mechanics ... A hog shed on the Glen Todd farm near Murray was de stroyed by fire . . . Four Murdock boys, Carl Weber, Bobby Race, Buddy Race and Donald Race were trapped in a box car which they were exploring at Murdock . . . Plattsmouth City Council has passed an ordinance providing for issuing $221,000 in bonds to purchase the water department . . . Carl A. Marshall was among 500 Uni versity of Nebraska students honored for hieh scholarship . . . Mrs. F. R. Gobelman has bee nelected president of the Platts mouth Woman's Club. Hfk YEARS AGO Lj Vernon Boetel, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Boetel was severely burned when he fell backward into a tub of hot water . . . Stuart Porter placed sec ond in the invitational track meet at Tar kio. In dramatics, George Adam, William Wetenkamp and Greth Garnett were among the top contestants. Mary Swatek, Gertrude Vallery, Louise Rummel, Florence Schutz, Loa Davis, Elinore Sme tana and Marie Meisinger are practicing teaching in rural schools . . . Sparks from the Nebraska Basket Factory falling on the roof of an adjacent building, caused inor fire damage this morning . nirk and its contents, registered to C. E. Morris of Union, was stolen . . . Maynard McCleary has been elected captain of the high school basketball team. The Washington Merry -Go-Round i Copyright, 1952. By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter ALBERT E. BACK Advertising Mgr. SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editoi wtotm loiroaA i Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second class mall matter in accordance with th Kct of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION TIATE: $3.50 ner 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 or mvo weeks. iv ,V PEARSON SAYS: SECRETARY DULLES HAD SOME DIFFERENCES REGARDING EISENHOWER SPEECH; BUREAU OF STANDARDS RUCKUS MAY ' CRIPPLE VITAL DEFENSE WORK ; DIPLOMATIC GRAPEVINE RE PORTS MALENKOV DEPOSED. WASHINGTON It's significant that the "big speech" delivered by President Eisenhower last week was prepared and launched while Secretary of State Dulles, the alleged chief architect of American foreign policy was out of town. It's also significant that there was some difference of opinion between the man who supposedly guides foreign affairs and a White ' House adviser who has become extremely close to Ike C. D. Jackson, for mer publisher of Fortune magazine. At first Dulles didn't entirely like the idea of the speech. Jackson pushed it hard. And it's barely possible that the speech might not have been delivered had t not been for the much-publicized Dulles Tvess. boner which the president of the United States officially denied. This included the background state ments on Korean peace terms and on For mosa which Dulles dropped at a gathering of newsmen, and which quickly rever- mated to Jackson that he shou:d keep his nose out cf stata de partment business. After ilie Dulles flub, however, Jackson had the upper hand. Dulles' skepticism regarding the speech was based cn the rea soning that like it, that terned the "milk for every hot tentot" idea of Henry Wallace, and that the United States need ed to take a more cautious ap proach. Jackson, on the other hand, argued that the United States couldn't play second fiddle to the Russians regarding world peace, that we must either grasp the present opportunity to lead tha world, or quit kidding our selves about world leadership. Dangerous Hair-Pulling One of the most important and secret weapons of the de fense department may get sabo taged as the result of the hair pulling contest over the bureau of standards. Secretary of Commerce Sin clair Weeks, who fired Dr. Allen Astin, director of the bureau, is piqued at the defense depart ment because it has been refer ring work to the bureau which Wee ks thinks should be done by private enterprise. But the defense department, in turn, is worried over the fact that some of its most delicate experiments would be crippled if some 200 bureau scientists re sign in 'protest over-unfair po litical accusations. How strongly the defense de partment feels about the matter is illustrated by a secret warn ing to Secretary of Defense Wil son by the research and develop ment board. This is me organi zation which has charge of new inventions for the army and navy. Reporting to Wilson on the proximity-fuse studies of the bureau of standards, the re search and development board said: "This closely knit program cannot be disturbed without major disruption in the nation al defense program. If dissolved, years would be needed for its re-establishment." It so happens that the prox imity fuse, so essential to guided missiles, was developed in the bureau of standards during the war under Dr. Astin, the man now being fired. Furthermore, it's an ironical fact that Dr. Astin's work once had a great deal to do with sav- A -1 inS General Eisenhower's mili- An Oil . or r-incitinn in thf lat.t.pr stawps VU J - ' . 3 of the war. When the Germans broke through the Allied line at Ar dennes and pushed us back in the tragic battle of the bulge, Eisenhowers military prestige hung in the balance. It was at this moment that tons of prox imity fuses were flown to Eu rope and used against the ad vancing Germans. It was their first use in the European ground war, and they had a lot to do with turning back the German advance. Now, the man who developed the proximity fuse is being fired, though he happens to be a Re publican, and. was first appointed under a Republican administra tion. Hitherto politics has plaved no part in the delicate scientific get some substantiation from the lollowing events: 1. The startling release of the nine doctors who had been ac cused of poisoning Andrei Zhdanov. Pravda has attacked the former state securitv min- senators wouldn't ! lsier, semyoi ignauev, ior po t too closely pat- i litical blindness in pressing the false charges." Yet Ignatiev was known to be a Malenkov man, was just elevated by Mal enkov to the five-man secre tariat of the Community party's central committee. Intend of resting comfortably gv T'"--i-kov's coattails, however, T?rafi?7 was suddenly put in the doghouse. 2. Malenkov's .r.inr'rcTvn' that he was "voluntarily ' riving up the post of Communist party secretary. This post was the source of Stalin's massive power, the key to controlling the iron disciplined, hard-core Commu nist organization. Viewed in this light, Malenkov s announce '""t was tantamount to abdica tion. 3. Malenkov's strange silence on affairs of state. The most popular move by the new gov ernment was the order freeing 2,000,000 Stalin prisoners. Yet it was not signed by Malenkov. The Soviet pronouncement, sup porting the new Chinese peace bid in Korea, also didn't come from Malenkov, but from Molo tov. These are added signs that Malenkov's power has been un dercut. 4. The un-Stalinlike treatment that Malenkov is receiving in the Soviet press. Whereas Stalin was glorified in every other news column, Malenkcv has practical ly disappeared from th"; pages of Russia's newspansrs. His pic ture hasn't been printed for sev eral weeks, exceot in a group picture of the supreme Soviet presidium. Quotations from his speeches have disappeared from the editorials, and his name is strangely missing from the lengthy articles by party dignitaries. In fact, some edi tions, such as the March 13 and 23 editions of Pravda, haven't mentioned Malenkov's name at all. This would have been con sidered sacrilege in Stalin's day. If Malenkov is being eased out of the picture, the question is "who will emerge as Russia's new strong man? The best in- May 15, 19535 (Explained Below) Fditor Plattsmouth Journal Dear Sir: It just came to my mind this morning that my subscription expired today. They say that life begins at eighty but I am afraid that memory is not al ways renovated with that so called life. But after over 76 years of life in Nebraska and more elsewhere, the Journal is one of the bright spots in our old, age. Thank you for an over-all pic ture of Cass county twice a week, and even if we have gone on, there will be others coming on who will enjoy your newsy paper. Heck man. Talk about mem ory after all my effort, I looked at the address of my last paper and found that the 15th was right but the month was May instead of April. For cats sake don t drop dead because some cne paid a month in advance of date. Maybe a little money will fcuy some patches for those win ter pants, that judging from the weather this morning, you will need for sometime yet. As for me, thank the Lord, old age and a gas furnace, I can stay inside till my air condition ed clothing will be in order. O. C. Zink, Lincoln Realty Transfers - Nora Stratton Martin et al to United Min Prod, WD 3-13-53, Int in L. 1. B. 8, Carter's add to Weeping Water, $1.00. Glen Stratton, same, 3-13-53, same as above, $1.00. John A. Kunz to Bertha Kunz, WD 3-26-53, L. 8, 9, 10, B. 8. Ed Day's add Weeping Water, 5i.uu. Robert E. Doty & Helen Jane to Troy Jewell & Stella, WD 2-6-51, W Vz L. 9 to 11 & WV-s SO. 66' T i B. 74. Weeping Water, $3000.00. Chester Stone & Dorothy E. to T v-uneih Chamberlain & Ce lestine M., WD 4-1-53, SViSWi 20-10-13. $1.00. City of Plattsmouth to A. W. Cloidt, QCD 3-11-53, L. 103 SWViSWy 18-12-14, $50.00. George Selby to Max Harry Bowman. WD 2-10-5X S SO" L. 5 & 6, B. 10, Plattsmouth, $1000.00. .'xa. i. Petersen & Edna D. in Cluster A. Goorer & Helen M., WD 4-3-52, L. 15 tz 17, B. 4, Murray, f 1800 00. Stella Nichols to Earl Nichols. VD 9-15-52, L. .. W2NW4 7-12-10, $1.00. Subscribe to The Journal. Automatic Gas WATER HEATERS Nat. Gas 20 Gal. 59.50 30 Gal. 69.50 4 Also arailable with Magriesiuin Rod SWATEK lligM HDWE. u SINGER Machine Sewing Co. Representative living in LMTSMOUTH Repairs on all makes machines. Guaranteed used machines for sale; needles, oil, supplies, etc. New Singer Portables and Consoles, Vacuum Clean er Service, Machines for rent. Call or Write TOM MEEHAN Plattsmouth 4125 Singer Sewing Machine Co. 4304 So. 24th St., Omaha j qSSBBIIBQSBSSESSSSSSSSSSSSSSiSibbIS Defense Bond Seles Higher In Cass County Total sales of Defense Bonds in Cass County for the Month of March were $118,838.75, it was announced today by Walter H. Smith, Chairman of the Bond Comittee for the County. At the same time, Wade R. Martin, chairman of the State Advisory Cimmittee, announced that total sales in the State for the month were $9,098,568.89. "Perhaps the most significant fact in the report for the past month," Mr. Martin said, "is the fact that sales to individuals account for a large part of the total. Such sales were 41.4 higher than for March a year ago." Mr.' Martin also announced formation from inside the Krem lin is that an uneasy alliance exists among the top bosses, that the powers have been evenly divided. Only time will tell who will get stabbed in the back, and who will come out on top of the heap. Counts: now with PAGE GAGE takes the guesswork out of page-end typing! : Smith Corona World's first PORTABLE : World's fastest PORTABLE SCHREINER DRUG 51 . DOWN only $2.60 a week Remember! Every Wednesday Is DOUBLE-STAMP DAY at Feldhousen's! Yes! You can enjoy EXTRA SAVINGS each Wednes day, with DOUBLE GREEN STAMPS given with each purchase of $1.00 or more. FELDHOUSEN DRUG "Your Friendly Drug Store" Dial 6117 I SHI Need Seed Corn? We have supplies of most grades in most Nebr. Certified varieties. AH seed is 1952 crop, and over 95 germination. Plant tested, adapted, locally grown seed corn. Write us, or see your nearest dealer Sold by Richard Cole, Plattsmouth Dwight Baier, Avoca H. G. Arends, Manley Lewis Callaway, Unadilla Vance Balfour, Nehawka Cliff Anderson, Eagle Bob Wall, Greenwood ....Howard A. Pool ELMWOOD, NEBRASKA experiments of the bureau standards. Note To date, Dr. Astin has had six attractive offers to go into nrivate industry, in each case the proposed salary offered 1 him being about double the $13, 800 he has been getting from the government. Mystery of Malenkov The diplomatic grapevine is buzzing with the electrifying re port that Stalin's heir, Premier Malenkov, has already been de posed. Speculations is that he'll continue to serve as figure- ! head premier until the new ; bosses are entrenched, then he might follow the precedent set bv Lenin's heir, Premier Rykov, who was shot as an enemv of the people in 1924 on Stalin's orders. 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