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JIVVV EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes fjETIREMENT OF GENERAL BRADLEY k The retirement of General of the Army Omar N. Bradley this month removes a familiar military figure, known to many .soldiers as the "G. i.'s General," from the U. S. scene. His retirement from active service brings to an end the story-book rise of a poor American boy to fame and an jntcrnatijnal reputation. Bradley was field commander of the larjrest force of U. S. fighting troops as sembled together in World War II. It was his i:,en who achieved the breakthrough at St. Lo in August, 1014, and the tactical plan was liiy. lie later became the na tion s lir-t-t chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in which post he served two terms. In his book, President D wight D. Eisen hower praises Bradley most highly,' de scribing him as having always performed the task assigned him and being the man who never disappointed his Supreme Com mander in all the difficult days of fighting in Europe. Aside from military achieve ments, however, the 'success of Omar Bradley is a pure and refreshing American success story. After finishing high school in Missouri, Bradley went to work for a railroad. lie did not have the money to go to college. A friend suggested he go to one of the sen ice academies and Bradley replied he didn't even have enough money to go to a Missouri .'college.- Upon learning that they paid. him. however, to attend a serv ice academy,' Bradley became interested. "Omar" wrote his Congressman, who informed him that the appointment had already been made, but that he was wel come to stand the examination as an al ternate in caso the principal failed to pass e n t r a n c e e x a in i n a t i o n s . Bradl,v talkvd it over with his former school superintendent and finally said he would take the examination if his railroad employer gave him the day off. The rail road not only gave him the day off, but gave '.him transportation, and Omar Brad ley stood the .West Point examination. Shortly afterwards he was informed that the principal had not gained admission to the academy, and that he was to report to West Point. That is how the nation hap pened to enlist the military abilities of one of its foremost leaders in World War II. By chance. General George Marshall, then Army Chief of Staff, happened to hear Bradley deliver a lecture on machine gun tactics at Fort Beiming shortly before World War II. Marshall told associates it was the best lecture of its kind he had, ever heard. Thereafter, Marshall - and, another rising general, Dwight D. Eisen- howcr, were very influential in Bradley's rise to fame. Bradley, however, deserved and earned every promotion he received. The nation is indebted to him for his long and brilliant service to his countrv. RUSSIAN RETALIATION? iC There is a curious side to the latest plane destruction incident in the Yellow Sea. The Russians claim a United States bomber flew over a Red port and was shot down by Red fighters after it had opened fire on the Russian planes. The United States insists -the plane was forty miles off the Red coast an dthat it was attacked first by Soviet jet fighter planes. This dispute is standard procedure, if that were all there was to this latest in cident. What is puzzling is the Russian admission that a Soviet passenger aircraft was shot down by American fighters two or three days before the Reds shot down the U. S. bomber over the Yellow Sea and the Russians said nothing about the first incident (the destruction of their own air craft) until. they had. evened the score at THOUGHT fOll TODAY ) n a'nr -.vv lo sho uur breed - iu, but easy :vritin's curst hard readiiH. Sheridan A Flipper Fanny, tour twister, says A lot of the new cars being driven on the highways these days have hydroman tiac drive. Most mothers who talk in their sleep say nothing but "Don't do that." One nice thing about television it keeps the average woman from talking a few hours each day. our dainty little Con ner new boy friend's uncle left him a million dollars. But it j wouldn't make any difference to Fanny, ; she'd love him no matter who left him the million bucks. - I ic ic ic i A local young buck sporting a black i eye tells us he went to a dance in a neigh- j boring town and was struck by the beauty of the place. ic ir ic See where the Indian population is steadily increasing. Hope there's enough of them soon so they can again take over the country. ir ir ir One trouble with being a leader these days is that you don't know whether the people are following you or chasing you. ir ir ir Speak well of vour enemies vou made 'em. one apiece. This naturally makes one wonder if revenge was not the real purpose behind the restruction of the U. S. plane. The Reds have always had a curiously brutal outlook on international relationships and this seems to be a manifestation of that Russian trait. Interestingly, the United States did not announce destruction of it themselves. Ik ic Down Memory Lane YEARS AGO LM A. H. Duxbury has been appointed county manager for the federal re-employment service with offices here . . . Miss Opal F. Haley and Carroll S. Sutton were married here Thursday evening, August ,,18. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and iMrs. D. T. Haley andj:he groom is the son lof Mr. and Mrs. George Sutton-. . . First Presbyterian church ?-was the setting for the wedding of Miss Stephania Mary Kost ka and Glenn H. Madison of Des Moines, la. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kostka of Plattsmouth . . . Miss Anna Zitka has been named stenographer in the office of County Attorney W. G. Kieck . .'. The home of Mrs. Mathilda Ramsel was damaged when struck by lightning this morning. ir ic ic A YEARS AGO IU The tax levy for the coming year in Cass county has been set at 3.64 mills on the basis of $129,271. Bulk of the levy, 1.5 mills and 1.2 mills go for, the general fund and road fund . . . The combined state and county levy will be 6.40 mills ... A fund raising campaign is being launched by the King Korn Klub . . . Clifford Brown has finished his service school training for cooks and bakers at the USNT school at Chicago . . . John Elliott and Russell Niel sen have departed for the west coast to seek work . . . James Bcgley has been pro moted to first lieutenant . . . Elmore J. Going Overboard? or Q .... and private funds have been I thrown around like confetti at j a country fair to close up and j destroy clinics, hospitals, and scientific research laboratories not conform to the of medical associa- which do viewpoint tions." -Finally that "the the report suggests machinations of Dr. J. J. Moure could well involve the AM A and others in an in terstate conspiracy of alarming proportions." These shocking charges are i based upon the investigation r of senate Agent Benedict Fitzger- j aid, who was given a secret as- I signment by the late Senator Tobey to investigate alleged j AMA hamstringing of cancer re- i Fitzgerald was told, he would be "taken care of." However Fitzgerald write a sharp letter to Bricker, saying he was "surprised and even shocked" at the runaround. He then sent copies of both the let ter and his report to every sen ator on the committee. Irony is that Bricker's own senate partner, the late Bob Taft, was killed bv cancer. To bey, on his own deathbed, sent Fitzgerald to New York with some Krebiozen for Taft. How ever, the doctors refused to use. it. citing the opposition of the AMA. Fitzgerald's report does not claim that Krebiozen is a cure for cancer. It simply sets forth search. The probe was kept se- the results of the research so cret because Tobey "feared the far, adding: "The heavy toll of powerful doctors' lobby which life being taken by cancer re last year was listed as the No. 2 ' quires a searching investiga lobbyist in Washington. The J tion." lobby spent $309,514.93 last year f( Difference Between Doctors to influence congress, making it second only to the electric pow er lobby. Iiricker Says No After Tcbey's death, Bricker, who replaced him on the inter state commerce committee, promptly ordered the investiga tion stopped. He refused to so much as see Fitzgerald, though the investigator offered to fly to Ohio at his own expense for an interview. Instead, Bricker's of fice ordered Fitzaerald to "for- get", the whole thing, and above In particular, the report cites the findings of Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, vice president of the Uni versity of Illinois Medical School who directed medical research for the navy during World -War II and discovered a chemical to make sea water drinkable and an ointment to protect the skin against extreme heat and cold. He has also made other impor tant medical discoveries, such as Enterogastrone for treating pep tic ulcers. Dr. Ivy is so respected m meaicai circles tnat ne was ' all, not to talk to the press. If also called upon to evaluate can he. "followed these instructions, cer therapy for the American LAW and ORDER by Sheriff Tom Solomon Sexual behavior in our com- mumty is one ot tne most im portant problems facing us to day. In no area Of life is there any progress based on ignorance. Yet in sexual matters, our atti tudes seem to be based on the notion that ignorance is bliss. We have problems in society. All kinds of problems and they all find focus in the family be havior problems, temper, tant rums, delinquency, poor parent child relations and neurosis. If we are to reduce our problems, it must be with knowledge, not ignorance. We must seek know ledge on everything that per tains to sexual life. Its influ ence will be on the parents and the way they handle the sexual ity of their children. They, in the long run, will influence so- .rink has been selected as an Army Airjbeteen parent-child-there -will Tl 41 1 11-1 1 rorce cauei .... a nana corn sneiier ieli on Peter Otto Lutz, 4-year-old son of Mr. George Lutz, fracturing the boys and Mrs. left leg. ir ir ir The Plallsinculh Journal Official County and City Paper V:STAr,MSllKD IX 18S1 ruM,-.-) .-Vmi-UVoUly, Mondays and Thursdays at ''''Ui.-iM.nUh Cass County, Vebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" Second in 1951 First in 1952 J;i Cities ier :(.no Population) 5?2StDTRTHSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK II. SMITH NewsRenorter ALBERT E. BACK Advertising Mr SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editoi fas&ociATton ff I nr-m. ...... ... ,. -- Entered at the Tost Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second Hass mail matter in accordance with- the Act of Congress of March 3. 1873. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50". per year in Cass and adjoining counties. $4.00 per year elsewhere, In advance, by mail outside the citv of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents for two weeks. The Washington Merry -Go-Round (Copyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: SENATE REPORT CRITICIZES AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIA TION; LATE SENATOR TOBEY LEAVES LEGACY FOR CANCER , TREATMENT; NEW DRUG RECOM MENDED BY SOME DOCTORS, OP POSED BY OTHERS. WASHINGTON Ohio's statuesque before even reading it, but a confidential report on cancer has been sent to his desk highly critical of the American Medical , Association tor attempting to suppress a new drug which helps to relieve cancer. This blistering report was prepared un der the direction of the late. Senator Tobey as chairman of the senate interstate and foreign commerce committee and was sub- other and that the peak of the . . i . i ! cov HHvp in mn ps nrrnra hp- mittca to m-ickcr, the new cnairman, oy and 20- In vlpw of the investigator appointed by Tobey. these authentications: we -1 must The report charges: 1, that "the AMA ibe constantly on the alert. ' has been hasty, capricious, arbitrary, and!. The 1953 Nebraska Legisla outright dishonest" in its opposition to the ( Jure cancer drug, Krebiozen; 2, that AMA s passing L. B. 412; which is an treasurer. Dr. J. J, Moore, "attempted to Act to amend Section 23-929, irnt f i-, ,.;o-i-,c" -c T;rm7Pn i Revised btaiutes buppiemen fir two Chicago businessmen, and, after be more understanding of the nature of sex and less unwhole some secrecy. Parents will be more casual in taking up the sex questions and interest of children. There will be a better, more confidential relationship. Consequently, children will get information rather than misin formation and they'll get it in a situation less ridden by ad verse emotionality. One may ask, why get excited on this subject for. we have no real epidemic of sexual offenses in this county. Yes. that's right, but on the other hand we don't want any. The type of children we have in this community, the parents shouldering their duty in sexual education of their chil- ! dren, afM the twenty-four hour vigilance of officials of the county is responsible for this type of offense being held to a minimum. But become lax, and sex violations "will grow like a cancer, taking the cream of the citizens of our community along with it. Let's take a look at the fig ures put out by the experts on sex, after years of study and re search. They claim that nearly 75 per cent of all males have had premarital relationships by the time they are 20. About one- i third to one-half of all married men engage in extramarital re lationships 'at. one time or an- als of any boy or girl under the age of twenty-one years, (a) either by lewdly inducing such boy carnally to know any female person, or lewdly inducing such girl carnally to know any male person; (b by communicating to any such boy or girl, by in decent bodily contact with the person of such boy or girl, any venereal or other loathsome dis ease; (c) by soliciting any such boy or girl to visit a house of prostitution or other place where prostitution, debauchery, or oth er immoral practices are per mitted or encouraged, for the purpose of prostitution, sexual intercourse, or other immoral practices; (d) by directing or accompanying any such boy or girl to any such place for such purpose or purposes; (e) by ar ranging or assisting in arrang ing any meeting for such pur pose between any such boy or girl and any female or male of dissolute character or any in mate of any place Where pros titution, debauchery, or other immoral practices are permit ted or encouraged; or (f) by ar ranging or aiding or assisting in arranging any meeting be tween any such boy or girl and any other person of the opposite sex for the purpose of seual in tercourse, or other immoral practice; (2) whoever shall fon dle or massage in an indecent manner the sexual organs of any boy or girl under the age of sixteen years; or (3 whoever, being of the age of eighteen years or upward, shall willfully make an indecent exposure of his or her person to any boy or girl under the age of sixteen years, shall be deemed guilty of a fel ony, and upon conviction there of shall be punished as follows: If such conviction is for a first offense, such persn shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars or impris oned in the county jail not to exceed six months, or both such a fine and imprisonment, or im prisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years; and if such convic tion for a second offense, such person, before sentence is im posed by the court, shall be ex amined by two physicians as provided by sections 29-2901 to 29-2907 ' and, if jsuch person is found ,to be a sexu"al psycopath, he or she shall' be confined as provided by sections 29-2901 to 29-2907. but if such person is Cancer Society and expose quack treatments. In the case of Krebiozen. how ever, Dr. Ivy did not find that it was a "quack" drug. He tested it first on animals to make sure it was nontoxic. Then he tried it out on cancer patients. "On the conclusion of his pre liminary .study." the Fitzgerald report states, "he issued a. state ment that 70 per cent of the cancer patients receiving Kreb iozen derived benefits from the new drug ranging from relief of pain to complete healing. A l.COO-page compilation prepared by him, supplemented by labor atory records, gives case histor ies on 500 patients treated by 232 doctors in 150 clinics and hos pitals throughout the country." Though Dr. Ivy had once served on its board, the AMA promptly censured him and ex pelled him for three months frcm the Chicago Medical So ciety. Because of the contro versy, he also took a leave of absence from the University of Illinois and was prevented from continuing his research there. The Fitzgerald report points to Dr. J. J. Moore, for ten vears ! treasurer of the AMA, as "the spearhead behind attempts to have the drug ostracized." Four Senators Killed Fitzgerald wound up his re port with this appeal: "May I, with propriety, call your atten tion to the tragedy which has invaded the United States sen ate. Four great Americans Senator McMahon, Senator Wherxy, Senator Vandenberg, and Senator Taft were all stricken down with this dread disease. We are under a com pelling moral obligation to the memory of these great public servants and to the untold mil lions of cancer sufferers throughout the world to carry on this investigation." Note 1 Senator Bricker's of fice, when queried, stated flatly that Bricker intended to do nothing about the cancer re port. Asked whether Bricker had read the report, the reply was "no." Note 2 Many doctors disa gree vigorously with the Ameri can Medical Association, feel that it has gone too far in en gaging in politics. Mailbag Correction Although the name of Congressman William Green, Pennsylvania Democrat, appeared on an official request to the defense department for transportation to Europe "about Auaust 15." his office states thnt. ! he had no intention of going to Europe and that Chairman Dewey Short of Missouri misun derstood when he made the re quest for transportation to Eu rope for Green . . . M. R., Atlan tic City, N J. Best answer to Governor Driscoll's supoosed de pendence on GOP Boss Hap Farley is that at the last session of the New Jersey legislature, Driscoll forced through a badly needed jury reform bill, despite Farley's bitter opposition . . . J. A., San Francisco The Da mon Runyon cancer fund so far has collected $7,667,750 and paid out $6,921,856. This amazing job is due almost entirely to the tireless efforts of Walter Win chell, who with Louis Lurie and the other directors, also handles the overhead expense. Not a penny has been deducted for the expense of handling the fund. THE PLATTSrJiOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL s.oinn B Thursday, August 20. 1953 1'Aiiii 1 vu : z " By Stanley James. Journal Wasbinffton Reporter wARWTNfvroN. Aucr. 20 The recent announcement by Georgi Malenkov that Russia has ended the U. S. monopoly of the hydro gen bomb made good news for Russians and interesting news for Americans. The question which immediately arises is whether the United States has actually been making hydrogen bombs, and whether Russia is now producing them. Those in position to know something about it : think the ti. 55. has been nroducing hydro gen bombs, but only for a short- time. It could be tnai tne nri U. S. hydrogen bomb was ex ploded in November. That would mean that the bombs were first produced in 1952. That conclu sion is a rather widely-held one, though it is not based on any official announcement and could be an incorrect assumption. If true, that would give the U way mark, business continues to be good and many production and selling records continue to be set. The forecasters of re cession are still locking out the window for that dark cloud, which was to- have been spurred on by a truce, but it hasn't ar rived on schedule. Actually, the 4,000,000th auto mobile rolled off assembly linos in the second week in August, and industrial reports from most segments of business were good reading. Automobile producticn for 1953 is now estimated at be tween 5.5C0.000 and 6.000,000 cars, and some companies are already retooling for the 1951 models. There is of course, differences of opinion between used car dealers, finance companies, banks, and others cn the one hand, and automobile producers, seme eld-fashioned selling. In either event, bargains will be numerous in the n?xt few months. 1 No wellborn Arab in Zanzibar feels dressed without a big "J" shaped dagger thrust in his belt. Such daggers are also common accessories for the men of south ern Arabia. MSMtE Mrs. Bessie Core Phone 4377 failing in this, "he embarked upon a course to ruin . . . the drug;" and 3, that "public not found to be a sexual psyco path. he or she shall be impris- 1951. Section 1. That section oned in the penitentiary for not 28-929. amended to read as fol-.less than five years nor more lows: (1 Whoever shall debaucn the person or deprave the mor- than ten years. t Tom Solomon,' Sheriff The Tuesday night club met at the home of La Verne Braack with Bonnie Gerdes as co-hostess. Twenty three members were present. Doris Ingram was a guest. They had a fam ily picnic August 9 at the city park. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stander re turned home Tuesday of last week from a short trip which took them into the Dakotas and to Sidney, Nebr.. where they vis ited relatives. They were gone about a week. Charles Noyes of Kenewick, Wash., arrived Wednesday eve ning for a few days' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Noyes, and other relatives. He returned home by plane Sun day. The Louisville schools will op en August 31. Practically all vacancies in the teaching force have been filled and the bu:H ing readied for another scho." year. Mrs. Alice Pankonin and Mrs. Tena Nessen celebrated their birthdays together on Tuesday, August 4, by having dinner to gether. August C. Pautch was host at dinner Monday evening for his brother-in-law, Wm. Rehwinkel and his daughter. Miss Elsie, who were visiting here. Others included Mr., and Mrs. Arnold Schliefert and Minerva. Mr. and I Mrs. Oris Schleifert and Linda, ' Iftnn T . ft 1 1 ' T A. 1 Mr iviis j,euna ocnueiert ana jurs. Alice Pankonin. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heim have just returned from a vaca tion trip to Colorado. While at Denver they had the pleasure j of attending a concert at 1 the beautiful. Red Rocks theatre in the mountains. They also visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Raloh Ham mond at Sportsman's Lodge for Ja few days of fishing. ihe annual Glendale club pic nic was held in the city park on August 2. Nearly all the members and their families were present. vt ihp ether, ns to whether fi S. about a year's head start cn i coo cco cars can be soid this the Reds. In answer to the j year. The auto companies .say question wnemer tiuv has ; tney C3R v,ut admit it will take proaucea xiiese oumus, fed erally accepted theory on this side of the ocean is that the Reds have not. Perhaps they have found they could produce them, or maybe they have built an experimental bomb or two. But-quite a number of U. S. of- ; ficials refuse to believe that the Russians have yet detonated a hydrogen bemb. How many hydrogen bombs this countrv has stockpiled is not j yet general knowledge, of course but it is thought by weu-m-formed officials that we have built a considerable number. In fact, there have been hints by AEC officials that the produc tion of new weapons has devel- oped even faster than had been expected. The hydrogen bomb is not a i fission-type bomb. Its explosion comes from fusion, not fission, as is the case with the atomic bomb. It requires such intense heat to be set off that an atom bomb is thousht to be used to detonate it. The advantage the hydrogen bomb has over the atom bomb is that it can be built to practically any strength, whereas the atom bomb is lim ited by several factors one of them being the self-detonation of the bomb if more than a certain amount of the com ponent, elements are assembled toarether. The recent and, recurrent crop of rumors about President Ei senhower's health started be fore his Colorado vacation plans were announced, but they are definitely eld "hat in Washing ton. When the vacation in Den ver was announced, some of the rumors spread a little faster, but there is no evidence to support them. It could "happen that the Pres ident, or a Presidential physi cian, will blast the gossip and report on the state of health of the Chief Executive, particu larly the status of his heart, which is the butt of so much speculation. But the President probably feels' this unnecessary. After all, rumors about Presi dent's and their health have come and gone for decades. The President appears to be in fine physical condition. The fact that he is allowed to con tinue playing golf is proof that his heart is not very weak. The death of Senator Bob Taft prob- ly some people are a bit ner- for. vous, and reflect it by swapping V words on Ike's health. A Classified Ad ,;in The Journal costs as littleias 35, cents Service Calendar The sen-ice calendar Is pub lished tr."iee each week in the Plattsmouth Journal in the in terest of the public. Monday Weekly job place ment by Nebraska State Employ ment Service, courthouse, third floor. Friday (weekly) Settlement of unemployment compensation claims by the Nebraska State Employment Service, courthouse third floor. Tuesday (weekly) Job placement by Nebraska State Employment Service, courthouse third floor. Saturday (2nd and 4th each month, mornings only) Motoi f Vehicle license examinations by, State Safety Tatrol. court house basement. STRICTLY FRESH CCIENCE tells us tha moon is doomed to destruction in 10 or 20 billion years. If man gets there soon it won't even last that long. y ' The guy with a big mouth usually ends up putting his foot in it. , The Anniston, Ala., police chief denied charges that he pinched and pattcd,a policewoman- That's one "pinch'V he- wants no credit As August reaches the mid- Taxes are that nart of vour pay that 'goes to Washington when you couldn't afford to. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE "i . r Sererrader . 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