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s EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes CARS, BURGLARS AND ALARMS It seems that automobile thieves in the western part of the United States have in vented a device for breaking trunk , and door locks from their moorings. "They use steel pliers, with hardened steel jaws to grip the lock. With the pliers, thieves can easily enter automobile trunks and doors. Police officials in the Eastern States warn that the device may soon appear in their section of the country,, and advise motorists to forestall the danger of success ful burglaries by installing automatic alarm systems. These systems would be connected with windows and doors, as well as the trunk, and when the thief attempted to enter, a bell would go off. While this might be a good suggestion, we doubt whether many motorists will take advantage of it. When life reaches the stage where we must all equip our cars with elaborate burglary alarm systems, it has certainly become tedious. BENSON ON BEEF PRICES Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson said recently he had been encour aged by increased purchase of beef by the American housewife. He credited this in creased consumption with checking the fall in beef prices, which has continued for almost two years. The Secretary noted that average prices as of May 15th had risen slightly from a low reached in April. The decline, therefore, appears to be halted, he con cluded. The Agriculture Secretary, in com menting on increased beef consumption by the average American family, said some families were including beef on their diet every day in the week, whereas many of them formerly served beef only on Sun day, or once a week. The Secretary called this change in U. S. eating habits a tre mendous factor in stabilizing the market price of cattle, even though the farmer, he admitted, is still caught between high costs and Idw beef prices. lALENKOV VS. BERIA? Speculation continues in the Western world about the reported rivalry in Mos cow between Premier Georgi Malenkov and First Deputy Premier Lavrenti P. Beria. The recent purge of the Ukranian Communist Party boss is attributed by many observers to the influence of Beria. This, and other evidences are taken as an indication that Beria is gaining the upper hand in the Kremlin and thatthe is probably allied with the man who1 was the No. 2 Communist in Russia while Stalin was alive Vyacheslav M. Molotov. Foreign observers could not miss the interesting fact that Ukranian newspapers had glamorized Premier Malenkov to a far greater extent than had papers in Russia proper. Whether there is any connection between this and the top Ukranian Com munist's removal from office is yet to be definitely established. It is accurate to re port that his removal has added weight to the school of opinion that Beria, and prob ably Molotov, are now wielding great in fluence inside the Kremlin. A strange lack of publicity about the new Premier Georgi Malenkov has been noticed by observers in recent months. This has heightened the specu lation that Malenkov is having a difficult time establishing his position as dictator of the U. S. S. R. While no one in the United States can predict the course of af fairs which will transpire in Moscow, it TIlOUGIIl FOR TODAY 'oulh, beauty, (jraceful action seldom fail, but common interest always will prevail;- and pity never ceases to be shown 'to him whSo makes the people's zcrongs his own. Drvdcn ml The Plallsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" Second in 1S51 First in 1952 (In Cities Over 2000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter ALBERT E. BACK Advertising Mgr. SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editoi ussocmron s m Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second class mall matter In accordance with the Axt of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 Der 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 tor two weeks. i 1 One of our local druggists was taken aback here recently when a customer or dered a cup of coffee then casually re marked, "It looks like rain, doesn't it?" A local family were pleased to have their son's music teacher tell them he was playing notes on his new saxophone. They thought they were just getting used to it. ic A couple fellows met here the other day who hadn't seen each other in years. One asked what kind of wife he married. "Just an angel, that's what she is," he replied. "You're lucky," said the first one, "mine's still living." !.'' it ir When a Plattsmouth "lover boy" learned he couldn't marry his girl without permission because she was a minor, he wrote to John L. Lewis. We've just discovered the old home paper reads pretty good to you when you're a long ways from home. W.'re getting tired looking at girls in shorts, Bikini swim suits, and that sort of thing. We would give a lot just to see an bid-fashioned girl in calico, with milk white skin, with no trace of sunburn or tan. This hot weather can't get us steamed up as much as it did last summer Eisen hower's in! If this column doesn't seem up to par just try saying something cute sometime with your southend stuffed with cotton. V ! ! I - I - I ' I'-- would not be surprising to pick up a news paper some day and find that one or mpre of the top personalities involved have died an unexpected and "natural" death. Down Memory Lane Jfi YEARS AGO ZU Total valuation of farm products raisad and used at home, as shown in sum maries of 1932 home account books ranged from $108 to $265 . . . A graduation ring, thrown out with dishwater eight years ago, has been recovered by Miss Violet Smith of Nehawka, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Smith. It was found by her brother, Johnny ... A barn on the farm of Wilber Fry south of Union -was de stroyed by fire" . A Weeping Water woman has stopped young men attending dances at Weeping Water from tipping the bottle near her home. She rigged up the old bucket-o-water prank and gave recent molesters a good . dunking . . . Mr. and Mrs. William Myers of Weeping Wa ter are the parents of a daughter ... A three-pound can of coffee retails in Platts mouth today for 95 cents and the merchant will throw in a small package of tea . . . A big seller in grocery stores here is brew ers malt. 4 A YEARS AGO IU The marriage of Miss Elline Mathis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mathis of Greenwood, and Albert Kennedy, has been announced . . . Raphael Toman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Toman, has been promoted to corporal. He is stationed at Camp Grant.Jllinois ... A 13.05 mill levy has been adopted by the village of Mur dock for the fiscal year . . . John K. Oeh lerking is the new minister of the Evan gelical church at Murdock . . . Plattsmouth town team scored its sixth straight win by. defeating Glenwood 6-2. Chovanec, Wol ever and Davis led Plattsmouth with Fox doing the pitching ... Shoe stores in the city were stormed by shoppers as the last day for ticket 17 arrived . . . Two bottles of beer, consumed on the premises, were all that was missing when the Ault store at Cedar Creek was entered recently. The Mad Russian! A HOI teOT5KCS 1 A"JL t J jjjj by a million dollars already, al so has upped commercial inter est rates all over the nation. Baruch thinks this was both un necessary and unwise. About the time the treasury floated its last loan at the re cent record interest rate of 34 per cent, Allied Chemical put out a commercial loan at ZVz per cent only a quarter of a point higher than the government. Ordinarily gilt-ed?ed commer cial securities command interest rates of at least a point higher than government bonds. All of which leads Bernie Ba ruch to remark: "John Snyder begins to look better and better as secretary of the treasury." Golf vs Immigration A group of senators and con gressmen were invited to the White House to witness the pres idential signing of the Korean Veterans naturalization bill. Barrel-chested Pat McCarran, author of the much-debated McCarran act, was in the groun; also Senator Watkins of Utah, author of the bill to modify the McCarran act; also Congress man i Emanuel Celler of New York, who proposes even further modifications; and Congressman Francis Walter of Pennsylvania, who proposes less. It looked like a big powwow was to. be held on immigration, and the group took their two experts, Richard Arens of the senate and Walter Besterman of the house along to help.. The president has , made a special plea to congress that it pass a new. bill admitting 240,000 addi tional immigrants and Iron Cur tain refugees; so the solons felt suVe he would want, to ; djscuss it.;: ... . . ' -'. ; "Apparently, however, Gen. Ei senhower had his mind far away from immigration - For he fin ished signing the bill giving nat uralization to veterans of the Korean war. Then he picked up a book, held' it up to his visitors. The title: "The Rules of Golf." With a broad grin and some pride, the president pointed out that it was dedicated to" Wil liam Howard Taft. There en sued some brief banter on golf. Then the meeting adjourned. Headlines and Footnotes Now that General Hoyt Van- I denberg has retired, it can be iuia mat oecreiaiy in uie ireas ury Humphrey tried to get Pres ident Eisenhower to fire Van denberg for defying Secretary of Defense Wilson ... Ex-Presi dent Ferbert Hoover, who slip ped into Washington the other day, privately warned against rutting the air force. When asked why he didn't speak out publicly, he shrugged: "Who would listen to a doddering old has-been, as against a military figure like President Eisenhow er?" . . . The Texas drought is worse than the papers have re ported. Not only have Texans been forced to slaughter their cattle herds for lack of feed and water, but the cotton ari wheat crops have also been burned out. The Texas slaugh tering will mean a glut of meat on the market, to be followed next year by a meat shortage . . . Texans are irk?d at Presi dent Eisenhower for goinar to Attorney General Brcwnell firs'-, and asking whethrr it won'd be legal to ship emsrsency fefcd to Texas. When western herds were cut off from their feed by blizzards a couple " years ago. President Truman dispensed J with formalities, ordered the air i force to form a haylift and fly ! emergency feed to the stranded j cattle (strictly speaking, Tru-j man's emergency action was j illegal) . . . .Secretary of Labor ; Durkin frets such a run-around ; at the White House that he can't even see assistant President -Sherman Adams, must deal with I third-string assistant Bernard Shanley . . . Real reason Howard i Rushmore quit Senator McCar thy's committee was over the two junior G-men, Roy Cohn and David Schine. Rushmore, ex-editor of the Daily Worker, j didn't like the two playboy gum shoes, was particularly annoyed at Cohn's cocky, puffed-chest attitude. ' ' : i Winston Churchill - j, U. S. Ambassador Winthrop ' Aldrich, formerly of the Chase ' Bank, has advised the state de partment Winston Churchill's illness is diplomatic rather than real. Churchill trumued up the health excuse, says Aldrich, be- j cause he knew President Eisen- i hower intended to turn him down at Bermuda regarding the Big Four meeting with Premier Malenkov. In the twilight of his career, old Churchill did not want to risk this rebuff to his prestige, especially since he socn plans to call general elections. Note Other diplomats dont ; aeree with Aldrich, say that Winston will have to retire from the political ring permanently LAW and ORDER by Sheriff Tom Solomon The Washington Merry -Go-Round (Copyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: ELDER STATESMAN BARUCH DOESN'T LIKE TREASURY'S H3KE OF INTEREST RATES ON U. S. BONDS; IKE PREFERS TALKING ABOUT GOLF TO IMMIGRATION; SECRETARY OF TREASURY HUM PHREY TRIED TO GET GENERAL VANDENBERG FIRED. WASHINGTON Gaunt, gray Bernie Baruch, the elder statesman Democrat who threw his weight to Eisenhower last fall, is sore at Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey and his assistant -Ranr dolph Burgess. Furthermore, ; he doesn't care much who knows it. What Baruch is sore about is hiking in terest rates on government bonds to almost the same level as industrial securities. While the increased interest rates may be a fine thing for the bigger banks Burgess is an executive of National City Bank it has increased the national debt Passing no-fund and insuf- iicient iund cnecks is one of the largest violation of law going on daily in the County. It is also the most expensive to the tax payers. Checks are part of our money system and business can not operate without taking a certain amount of them. There are two types of insuf ficient fund checks. One is when you knowlingly make or draw, ! or utter . or deliver any check : above the amount of thirty- j five dollars when you haven't j sufficient funds on deposit in such bank to meet the check. : A person passing this type of check may be fined, upon con viction, from one-hundred dol lars to five thousand dollers be imprisoned in the peniten- j tiary not exceeding seven years or both. The other type of insuf j ficient fund check is one which is thirty-five dollars or less. This caries a five to one-hundred dollar fine or up to ninety days in the County Jail or both. A no fund check is when a per son who, with the intent to de fruad makes or draw, utter or deliver a check for payment up on any bank, knowing at the time of making, drawing, utter ing or delivering that he the maker has no acount on depos it in such bank. This type of violation, upon - conviction is punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than two years. The County Attorney's : office and the Sheriff's' office take time out of their-regular duties to collect thousands of dollars worth of worthless checks each year without complaints being filed. Actually this is a abuse of these .two office's functions when such collections should be .made by a collection agency or law firm.- .. When a complaint is filed by the Countv Attorney or bv the person receiving such a check then the violator is brought in to court. . i Such actions are according to law but are very expensive to all concerned especially the County. A man at "the present time is serving six months in the County Jail for passing a ten dollar no-fund check in Cass County. It was his second trip into court on a check char ge. Now, ' what will this cost Cass Conty. Taking the subject into custody, Court Costs and Board for six months will costs around seven-hundred dollars. So, you see person? handling checks owe it not only to them selves but to the taxpayers in seeing that this type of viola tion daes not occur, if humanly posible. There is no sure way to stop such violations or indentifica tion good enough, but here are a few suggestions you may fol low: 1. Does the check look gen uine in your best opinion. 2. Has the person endorsed the check in your presence. 3. Has the passer- proper id entification such as a driver's license, or Social Security card or can you obtain his license plate number. If so, place the number from of these indent ifications down in the lower left hand corner of the check. 4. Don't take a check for more than the merchandise. 5. Don't take a post . dated check. 6. Don't take a hold check. 7. Don't run competition with the bank, let them do the check cashing if at all possible. Just remember, it is far mors better to havp the cash thun a worthless check. ... Tom oio- "'s,nff very soon. His mind doesn't click into gear with the rapidity of former days! Capital News Capsules Testimony suppressed GOP Senator Hugh Butler of Ne braska, chairman of the senate interior committee, has tried xo suppress the transcript of tue Tom Lyon hearings. Lyo" was the Anaconda Copper rin ap pointed to be Bureau of Mines Chief, then hcst lv vi hdrawn. When the United Mine Workers tried to sse a copy of the hear ings. Butler's staff refused to shew it to them. Even other senators on the committee were toM they would have to go to Butler's office to look at the transcrint despite the fact that Ihe testimony vas taken in pub lic, the taxpayers pay for the tranerint, and the hearings af fected the safety of 500,000 min ers. Business enterprise Western Union salesmen have been slip ping around to see congressmen, urging them to send more tele grams. Each congressman is given an allotment to spend on government telegrams but if he doesn't use up the allotment, the money is returned to the treasury. That's why Western Union has compiled a list of congressmen wh6 are not send ing all the telegrams permitted and is quietly contacting them to show how they can get more votes by sending more tele grams. New Demo? Harry Truman has talked to Democratic lead ers about replacing National Chairman Steve Mitchell. Those cn the list are Mike Di Salle of Ohio, only man who ran OPS and kept a sense of humor; Frank Pace, the efficient ex secretary of the army; and ex Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, one of Adlai's unof ficial campaign managers. Meanwhile, Mitchell has finally caught on, has become quite popular with the Democrats. Legislative SIDELIGHTS.. by BERNIE CAMP Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation The Unsolved Problem The American farmer has learned to produce more meat per acre and more bushels per acr? through research and edu cation. Even though farm fam ilies in America have declined from a high of 6.5 million in 1920 to 5.4 million in 1952, the nation has found no perma nent method of balancing farm production with demand. This is one of the problems farm families who are members of farm organizations will con-sirJc-r- this fall as they draft their farm organization policies .for 1954. Farm families are still mainly individual production units. There appears to be no effective way of getting each family unit of the farm productive machine to balance production to de mand. In five million plus families, there are those who will not cooperate with a volun tary program to divide produc tion so that it balances con sumption. The beef industry is an illus tration of production outstrip ping demand. The United States produced approximately 78 million beef cattle in 1950 for a population of 150 millicn. Beef cattle num bers in 1952 increased to 88 mil lion, while human population increased to 155 million. Beef increased 12 per cent! human population 3.2 per cent. Beef number outstripped increased consumers by almost four to one. The situation was further complicated by the decline in in dividual consumption, from 63 pounds annually per person in 1950 to 60 pounds per individ ual in 1952. What, is the answer to this problem of the beef producing farm families? What is the an swer for all farm families who get a major share of their in come from commodities which are in surplus supply? Answers to those questions are being seriously considered by member families of the general larm organizations when they weigh the need for government programs to control production pnd the degrees of control nec essary to bring production and consumption more nearly into balance. Farm families seek an answer to- these questions be cause failure to do so means a lowering of the farm standard of living. Answers are needed in beef, wheat, corn, cotton and other farm commodities pro duced in abundance greater than the nation and the world can consume with present meth ods of distribution. fHE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JO'W'V. PAGE FOUR Section Z Thursday, July 9, 1953 GTONj ML I5y Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter .iC3ii l oolc Experts .v..iun crumbling? .uiiian ana roiiucs Calais nanuicap wasxnngicn, l.u. The second nan oi mas is now passing wnn every aay ana sua business nums aiung and proiits remain gouu. ineivj aie signs Uie Doom ,is aeiinueiy lading in many the opinion here is that he will have plenty to say on national isues in the future. Meanwhile, there is specula tion whether Addai Stevenson will be able to win another nom ination easily. Already some Democrats on Capitol Hill say fresh face and tViPv want, a fresh face and a lines out m oiners new recorus frph candidate in 1956. and o y-Li niiiTii cpf. tiinnrh nv mniii.ii.irr . . i are Demg set month oy monin ine aannnstration stm expects a let-aown in tne economy, out me outlook is not easy tu pin point aown to a certain montn or season. A Treasury official announced in tne last few days mat me government would continue to spend iar more money man it vvao collecting m me next nine months ana that tnererore tne lnnauonary pressure oi recent years would continue to some extent. Also tnere have been price rises in petroieum, steel, ana several otner items in re cent aays ana some people are taiKing aDOut another mua rise m me cost ot living. Tnere are pretty obvious in dications tnau me peaK mignt nave oeen leacned m automo- thnt such a candidate is the only chance for a victory three years hence. Stevenson might have more of a fight for the Democratic nod than had here tofore been antisipated. Five Point Hci Weafher Svine Prociram Advise A five-point "hot weather'' swine program, designed to help farmers prepare this spring's pig crop for an early fall market, was suggested today by the Am erican Foundation for Animal rtilo nrnniinl onn trior TnPI Health. MUV MlUUUVtiWU. 111UU lv I , . , j A. A. buiiauig inaubiry mignt have The Foundation pointed out to reacnea a pea in home build- swine raisers that neglect of yuung pigi iiuw uun mean icat delays in marketing. "Growing pigs need attention during the summer months for the best growth and high profits,'' a spokesman said. The Foundation's recommen dations include: 1. Plenty of shade for pigs. A frame covered with hay or a brush arbor type structure can be used if there are no trees on the pasture. 2. Run pigs on legume or good grass pastures if possible. Pigs on pasture are less likely to pick up parasites. Protein require ments may be cut in half by using pasture. 3. Provide plenty of good, clean, cool water at all times . and plenty of space for the ani mals to get at the water. Piss need more water in hot weather to thrive. If they haven't been vaccinated against cholera, have this done now. 4. Use self-feeders to save time, feed and labor and provide supplements with the grain. 5. Obtain a veterinary diag nosis when disease symptoms ap pear, to control outbreaks be fore they spread through the drove and cause serious losses cr retard growth. ''The rush of summer farm work and labor shortages often prevents pigs from getting prop er care,"-the Foundation said. "However, attention to these de mg. uut many manutactures are tinding that 195a aespite 1952 taiK of a recession tnia year is to exceed iyt2 by a wme margin in total sales. 'ine aaminstration nas been following a tignt money policy until very recently, in an eifort to check the miiationary trend, ana omy m recent weeks has tnere been any oincial sign tnat government leaaers mignt be easing up on tne hard money progiam. Tne first clue was tne announcement that b a n K s would De anowed to lena a lar ger percentage of their runas. inis is an enort by the admin istration to prevent interest rates irom rising turmer and to staoilize the economy. It may help prevent a reces sion by freeing money into the construction and otner active business cnannels. It is certain ly an acknowieagement that the new aammistrauon is senitive to a recession threat. And it could happen that tne levei-oii of 1953 will have little adverse effect cn tne economy, general ly. It can certainly be said busi ness tnis year has surpassed the predictions of the economists and that manulacturers are prety certain to break 1952 vol ume records in most fields, wnich is refreshing' news. The prevailing sentiment in the fall." t m.mt.w .j..iJ L j r Wn sViino-trm at tUn mnmanf ic rlUl thSt the in?rtrt?T tote rim will pay dividends in from being eased, are just be ginning. The signs in Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Ukraine, even in Bulgaria point to more trouble and unrest ahead unless Moscow's iron dictatorship in 'these areas is relaxed! As a result, the mood in Wash ington now is that time on the siae of the United States. Per haps the admisstration can sit back and wait for the explosion which many ohserviers .2el is sure to ocur within the walls of the Kremlin. Certainly the pic ture is more encouraging than it was this time a j'ear ago. The danger is that the ruling fig ure, or group, in the Kremlin might turn to war in desper ation as a last effort to rally the people behind the govern ment. It has been done many times. Harry Truman, U. S. taxpayer took a look at Washington in the last days of June as a civili an, and appeared to enjoy it more than he did when he was President. Mr. Truman wouldn't talk politics in Washington, but LISTEN, PAL! 8EOIREVOU AD AMD UNDERSTAND ANY SALES COHTQACT YOU SIGN FOR BUYING A UOME WITH A GI LOAN. ALSO MAKE SURE V Z AGREEMENT" COVERS EVERYTHING TO WWICU YOU AND TVfE SELLER HAVE AGREED -1 Foxi.'nJrform,,io" '"l"'t yinr nrarest .- . .nnj aukii.mmKATION office T3 WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Opera Star AGES UP. One out of every 12 Americans is G5 years or older, which is more than twice the proportion of older folk fifty years ago, ac cording to the Census Bureau. States with the lowest propor tion of persons over 65 were New Mexico. 5.1 percent of its population, and North and South Carolina, with 5.3 percent each. HORIZONTAL 1,8 Pictured opera star 14 She is a 15 Vegetable VERTICAL 1 Hebrew ascetic 2 Rose gradually Here's ihc Answer 16 Smoke deposit 3 Heroic poclry 17 Arrive 4 Facility - 5 Sodium (symbol) C Formerly 7 Plant part 8 Hastened 9 Toward EXECUTIONS. Department of Justice offi cials report that 83 persons were executed in the United States in 1S52 for crimes punishable un der civil lav. Seventy-one of the executions were for murder and twelve were for rape. Geor gia had the largest number of executions, 11: Texas. 9; Cali fornia, 9; and South Carolina, 7. 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