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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, S E fil ! -IVE E K L Y JCUnrJSL PAGE FOUR ' Monday, August 24, 1953 Ticklers By George EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes Capital News r7h DRAFTING FATHERS President Dwight D. Eisenhower has the support of a vast majority of citizens in removing fathers from draft immunity. The President moved to correct a situa tion which certainly discriminated against single men, who could not afford to get married and other married men who were not fathers. The draft, as it now operates in the United States, is not an equitable system. There arc young men of draft age who have purchased farms and set themselves up as farmers and thereby dodge the draft. Also, the draft discriminates against the young man who cannot afford to go to col lege, since college deferments have been relatively easy to get in recent years. Thus the situation facing the nation's young men has been one which certainly gave advantages to the wealthy. If a young man's father could buy a farm, send him to college, or if he had the means to get married and become a father, he could probably, evade military service. .' On the other hand, for the young man who could not afford these luxuries, no such safe guards existed. President Eisenhower has moved to eliminate one of these inequities, and we think this should be only the first move in a general revision of draft policies which should be altered until every young man in, the country is given an equal break in the manpower draft. At best, the draft is a wartime hang-over, which sihould have long ago been replaced by universal mili tary service and the draft's inequities are one of the poorest sights on the American scene. DULLES ON U.S.R. BOMB CLAIM Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said recently he doubted the Russians had built a hydrogen bomb. The Secretary noted this government had no indications that such a bomb had been detonated in side Russia. At the same time several scientists agreed with the Secretary, pointing out that any hydrogen bomb detonation would not have gone completely unnoticed by U. S. scientists.,. Therefore the scientists show the same skepticism as does the Secretary of State regarding the claim of Premier Georgi Malenkov, that the United States no longer has a monopoly on the hydro gen bomb. It seems that Mr. Malenkov's main dis closure in his recent speech about the hy drogen bomb was the news that the Uriited States has had a monopoly on thejbomb for some time. Many citizens in this coun try were in doubt as to whether the United States had already built any of the bombs, although, according to Mr. Malenkov, this apparently is the case. s A general suspicion among experts is that the Russians have now discovered the means and methods to build hydrogen "bombs, but that they are not yet prepared to go into production of them. Meanwhile it is said that U. S. production of hydrogen weapons is far ahead of schedule, which is gratifying to those who know the facts. "fv ic 0OOD NEWS FOR DENTAL PATIENTS A device was recently patented in Washington which would enable patients to shut off the drill, grinding into their teeth, even though they are unable to speak because of cotton and machinery in the mouth. The device allows dental patients to use their fingertips to warn the dentist and cut off the drill, if pain be comes excruciating. This could prove a blessing for both patient and dentist, and it is a device which we do not hesitate to endorse. Like any other good thing, however, some pa- THOUGH1 FOR TODAY Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. Publius Syrus The Plaffsmoufh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 41U Main Street, 1'lattsmouth 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 1951 First in 1952 (In Cities Over 2000 Population) Modern" living is wonderful. Here we've spent 49 years and thousands of dol lars trying to learn the secrets of woman hood. Now, Kinsey comes out and sells irlii nil --ri. , 4- 1 1 lii-l ( eight bucks. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, says she prefers men who have something tender about them legal tender, that is. ir if tAt See back in New England a mortgage is still in force that was written 92 years ago. They just don't build houses like that anymore. . A Plattsmouth woman is an excellent housekeeper. Every time she gets a di vorce she keeps the house. A local vacationer tells us he saw plenty of poverty in Mexico in fact he brought some of it back with him. A Cass county driver says most of his sins flashed before him in a recent acci dent, but not all he only rolled over six times. jr -4r -4r 1 arrange for the general services A farmer friend tells us one of his hens administration to take over the insists on laying in his mail box. She prob- ffiSSSlrf' ably was one of those chix shipped by par- used by the armed services. Yet eel post. except for toilet naper, soap, and I paper towels, he has accomplish ed little more than hold meet- ' SlAR lSLAMD" ii i ' i - -ii r ' i i 1 "You want me t run away with you and join a circus? Don! be a square! When I run away it's going to be or .a spaceship headin' for the moon!" tients will tend to abuse it if it is put into widespread use. However, it would be a comfort to the otherwise-courageous citizen, who devel ops a weakness in the gills on entering a dentist's office. All those who have felt the sharp pains of a drill on a sensitive tooth and attempted unsuccessfully to tell the monster using the weapon to stop, will hail this new humanitarian device. Down Memory Lane RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Edltoi TPhe&L HotdeftJi 4r J A 1 it .in. ii i mi m HATlOXAl tDMSAAl Assocunca ......----..v.. ines and write letters, As a result of Forbes' slow motion campaign, the three services are still competing with rnch other on the open market for such common-use articles as pencils, paper, furniture, light bulbs, carpets, and Venetian blinds. One Million Pencils , For example, the three serv ices spend more than $75 million on stationery and paper alone. Experts claim at least $25 million I would ue oaveu n me Rcuciai services administration did the buying for all three. For .un til the supply systems are uni fied, the army, navy, and air force will continue to indulge in f A YEARS AGO , the costly luxury of overbuying. 1 U Capt Ed Gradoville Edward Stride- fu SS land, Dick rsovak, Eldon, Vroman and Bob on nand, while the navy has Martin are exnected to form the nucleus millions of pencils stored away. for the 1042 hiVh srhn-nl football tm ... Yet if the air force needs towels o . - - - Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Davis were feted by friends on their 13th wredding-anniversary . . . Irvin Leesley, son of Mrs. Earl Leesley of Plattsmouth, has been promoted 4. l Mr XT -rt t. T-rn- t xaKeii uver mu iu luipwdi ... . xi. runei, name reiry, fr v,p air fnrr TTnw C. C. Wescott, Dr. R. P. Westover; W. F., ever, this still hasn't been com Evers and G. O. Schwenneker have been bined with the army and navy, named trustees of the Methodist church so litUe saving has -resulted. . John Harrison Gayer and Stephen a heJSg' et Gapen Wiles of Plattsmouth received mgs every week and writes let bachelor of science degrees in engineering ters at the rate of three a week. from. thP Tin ivprsitv nf KphrsVn Mr. Most of his leuers are exenang and Mrs. Earl Carr are the parents of a son born August 22. YEARS AGO ducted by GM at Lavonia is ex actly what Secretary of Defense Charley Wilson has been preach ing at the Pentagon. Contending that what's good for General Motors is good for the United States, Wilson not only has been preaching it, but has has put in force a new pol icy of concentrating production only in the bigger, more effi cient factories. In many cases, this means General Motors. LINCOLN The fact that sr.hnnl bells will soon be rin?r in Nebraska schools was bring -1 ine last minute activity this week in some Statehouse offices. I In the State Department of Public Instruction officials were answering questions of school boards, seeing that teachers were properly certified, and in some cases helping boards hunt for teachers. Heaviest load was on the of fice of W. A. Rosene, director of certification. All summer he lis flooded with requests from i teachers and would-be teachers ! seeking certification. Also, in the past few years he has had many calls from desperate school joards who want him to certify that some willing person in the community can teach so a va cant position can be filled. Meanwhile State Supt. F. B. Decker said that there will be approximately 34 new school buildings opened for use for the first time this fall. Many rep resent expansion of towns and cities and the need for complete ly new buildings. But the ma jority are where a district has decided to replace an old build ing with a better one. Another indication of progress in Nebraska schools is cited by Allen A. Elliott, who is in charge of the school lunch program for the Department. He reports that 31 schools will be putting in a hot' lunch program for the first time this fall. Asked why there is such an increase this fall. Elliott said that many schools are including it in new construction plans. He said that more people are coming to rea lize the value of nutritionally balanced meal for their young sters and have also found that in many cases the school can furnish it cheaper than they INUE JttJHGRAlM TCnt r.nnri for II. R While this will probably save jean pack up a daily cold lunch, the taxpayer money, many mill- That's rge use toe Jed- tarv mpn fppl that it also ieOD-icla euvcmmci, ardlzes the safety of the nation. For one factory in time of war can be put out of commission with a single A-bomb, just as General Motors hydromatics were knacked out of production at Lavonia. or pencils, it will go out and buy more of its own instead of draw ing from the already overstocked army and navy warehouses. Technically, GSA has already taken over much of the pur 20 ed with the Pentagon's Admiral M. L. Ring and are addressed "Dear Mort." This column has seen this re vealing correspondence and it rlnocn'f insnirp rnnfifienrp in St. John's Catholic church was the rra efficiency. "Dear Mort." setting for the choir presentation of the says Forbes in one letter which Manley choir directed bv George Rau. 5yes some : indication of hisxlil- Members of the choir are Jack Robinson, SfSfSaI Margaret Jane Robinson, Lena Stander, derstanding meeting. But I be- Robert O'Brien, Gladys Hohman, Herman lieve we reached no conclusion "Rprcrmnn "Rnspmarv F.rbarf anr! HpnrtrP as to Whether action Should be Rau . . . Miss Mildred Jahrig and Henry T. Woster were married August 19 at the Methodist church at Springfield. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Wos ter of Plattsmouth and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Jahrig . . . Fred Hild of Murray has been elected instituted In the Dark In a rare show of candor, Forbes complained in another letter that he didn't really un derstand what was happening at the "area of understanding" meetings. "In this current phase (of the president of the Bock family reunion. Mrs." meetings)," he wrote "I find John Hansen of Nehawka is secretary and Miss Catherine Hild of Mynard is treas The Washington Merry -Go-Round (Copyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) distributes many of its surplus commodities to the schools. "New Broom" One of the most forceful per sonalities among the new state officials appointed by Gov. Rob- !ert Cr'osbv is Tal Coonrad of Under the policies of Secretary sarerent chairman of the State of State Acheson and Secretary Liquor Control Commission. of State Lovett, production was , coonrad had made a consider- spread out among various f ac- : able name for himself by his tones, many oi inem sman. inis vigorous boosting with various was not only to prevent crippled highway associations. Proprietor production in the event of A- of a storage locker business at bomb raids, but also for the pur- Sargent, Coonrad had broken in- pose of educating industry for to politics as a member of the possible war production. Custer County Board of Super It is this policy of diversifi- visors, cation which Secretary Wilson The launching of his State has now reversed with his "sin- house career was quite tempes gle source" policy. tuous. He had made no bones So far army-air force men about it but that he was inter have not spoken . out publicly ested in filling the vacancy of against single-source produc- state assistance director, creat tion. However, General Omar ed when Crosby ousted Neil Van Bradley's farewell report which demoer. vigorously opposed Wilson's sin- Instead, he landed on the gle source plan, happened to co- Liquor Commission. That sur- incide with the Lavonia fire. As prised some . because Coonrad a result, military men are less doesn't drink. Check correct word. 1. (18) (16V2) feet equal one rod. 2. Afghanistan is in (Africa) (Asia). 3. Abraham Lincoln was the (19lh) (16th) U. S. President. . 4. Are U. S. Presidents limited to terms in office? (Yes) (Ho). 5. The next Leap Year will be (1934) (1956). 6. Franklin D. Roosevelt died in (1945) (1946). 7. The AHA is the American (Heart) (Housing) - ? Association. The Truman ' Doctrine originated in (1947) ; i(1948). - 9. The Declaration-6f Independence was signed ' in (1776) (1781X 1 lO-The next U, SCogesjjwillhejye(83rd) Check your answers. SCorifig yourself 10 "points for "each' correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80. fiUnerior? QO.Iftfl vrv cnnorlnr DeeodeTlntelligrafri rr m - - ;m8-ot flfitG 'mis. timid about opinions. expressing their Service Calendar The service calendar is pub lished twice 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 Coonrad, who knows the value of publicity, soon came out with some statements which made him unpopular with some mem bers of his department and also with the liquor industry. He worked to get a salary in crease for the commissioners and was stunned when Gov. Crosby vetoed the bill after the Legis lature passed it. Coonrad said later he was about ready to pack up and go back to Sargent. Then Crosby appointed him chair- floor. Friday (weekly) Settlement man of the commission. He de of unemployment compensation i cided to stay, claims by the Nebraska State I He wasn't long in taking firm Employment Service, courthouse j hold of a department which has third floor. i had criticism for a long time. Tuesday (weekly) Jot ! Coonrad made it clear that nlaeement bv Nebraska Statt . he thonght the three commis- Employment Service, courthouse , sioners Carl Linn of Hastings, myself very much in the dark about what we actually aeciaea. At another point, Forbes' in action apparently got under the skin of the Pentagon grass and caused Admiral Charles W. Fox, then chief of naval supply, to write a critical memorandum This caused Forbes to complain to Admiral Ring in a letter dated Aug. 8, 1952. "In this memorandum, Ad miral Fox paints me as a politi cian, a delayer . . ." wrote Forbes indignantly. "In doing so, Ad miral Fox has stretched the truth, far beyond its elastic lim its. As you so well know, I am neither a politician nor a de- layer." I Following this outburst, Forbes I wrote more letters and" held I more meetings, but as far as the final results are concerned, they apply only to soap, paper towels, and toilet paper. Not Good for General Motors third floor. Saturday (2nd and 4th each month, mornings only) Motoi Vehicle license examinations by State Safety Patrol, court house basement Sntered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second class 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, t.ln advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents tor two weeks. DREW PEARSON SAYS: ARMED SERVICES STILL WASTE MILLIONS IN DUPLICATE BUYING; GSA'S FORBES FUMBLES JOB OF STREAMLINING PUR CHASES; GM FIRE SHOWS WEAK NESS OR "SINGLE COURSE" PLAN. WASHINGTON Ever since the army and navv allecredlv were unified, pffin'pn- cy experts have been trying to eliminate ot SSS.ISglSSltPS5S the greatest waste in government duph- be revamped as a result of a cate buying by the armed services. The fire at Lavonia, Mich. three services waste millions bidding The fire occurred in the giant against each other for common-use items Sfal?t?Ja? 2: . j i . . ..... duces hydromatic transmission and this was one of the things unification drives for such GM cars as Olds was supposed to abolish. mobile, Pontiac, Cadillac; also Yet, after four years of talk and tons such non-GM cars as Nash, .p o-o,. -oOMnn v. Kaiser, . Lincoln. Unfortunate- of paper work, agreement has been ly GM had concentrated all its reached on the standardized purchase of hydromatic production in this oniy live items oiiet paper, two types one pianx;, ana as a result jew of soap, and two types of paper towels. This leaves 299,995 common-use items re garding which the armed services still bid against each other. One bottleneck has been Russell Forbes, No. 2 man of the general services administration which buys for most gov ernment agencies. Ironicallv, it was Forbes longer concerned with General who drafted the unified purchasing plan moiots -proxus, aciense ucpart- in the fit. place tbnt. now seems to be u- tnessVwnl0 able to carry out his own plan. Forbes f rem. the Lavonia fire. For the was finally given nothing else to do except "single source" operation con- GM cars can be equipped with hydromatics until about the first of the year. Oldsmobile and Cadillac will have to use Buick's dyhaflo'w while Pontiac will use Chevrolet power drive at a cost of a good many million dollars extra to GM. While Charley Wilson is no Nathan Pont of Stanton, and himself should run the depart ment. He intimated to report ers that he thought certain em ployees of the department had taken the reins too often in the past. The Sargent merchant sur- GAME LAW REFRESHER nrised some and delighted oth- Since August 1, it is legal to'ers by declaring, "I think the train or run hunting dogs in the business of the Liquor Commis field. The period of April 1 to sion is to control the liquor in August 1 of each year is the : dustry for Uie welfare of the nesting time of upland game public and not the public for the birds and the training and run- : welfare of the industry." ning of dogs is prohibited by I Strong: Opinions law during that period. ' Coonrad has expressed him self often on certain points. He wants absolute enforce ment of the law that alcoholic beverages can't be sold to any one under 21. The number of liquor dealers cited on this charge has markedly increased lately. . . He wants to have the commis sion hold a public hearing on its controversial Rule 46. Here he splits with Linn and Pont who were members when the rule was passed last fall. Rule 46 sets up a uniform rule on what discounts wholesalers could charge retailers. Linn and Pont argue that the retailers like the law because it doesn't mean favoritism for them. Coonrad calls it a "wholesalers' law." But he insists that the rule should have a public hearing to find out whether the rule is wanted or not. It had no such hearing before being invoked nine months ago. -All of this action has brought some Statehouse speculation about Coonrad's future. Is he politically ambitious? Coonrad has no hesitation in saying that he is but feels that the way up the political ladder is by prov ing to the public that he can do a good job. . He differs from the usual con ception of the politician in that he is blunt and says straight out what he thinks. Whether vot ers would appreciate such can dor is another question.- - Short Sections Box Butte County got prom ise of a readjustment from the State Board of Equalization when it was learned the county didn't have as much land as it had indicated. The reason was that a correction line runs through the county and not all of the sections contain 640 acres. So the abstract was about 52,000 acres off. However,, the state tax commissioner's office caught all but 7,000 acres so chances !were the 41 per cent increase, in I assessments ordered for Box Butte .farm lands wouldn't be changed by very much. Meanwhile, State Tax Com missioner Norris Anderson said he understood many boards are . working to get property which was omitted on schedules. .This effort' is being directed both against business inventories and 1 . . 1 IT. peruiiai prupeity auneuuitra. xic mentioned Lincoln, snerman, Buffalo and Scotts Bluff Coun ties as examples. Anderson praised the effort as being a cood way to right the balance j between real estate and person al property, upset in this year's equalization effort. Farm Driveways Often Dangerous Near Highways Trees, bushes and tall crops which obstruct vision are seri ous traffic hazards, often mak ing it impossible for motorists to see farm vehicles about to enter a highway from a farm driveway. Farmers should know how to figure "sight distances" neces sary for safety, the National Safety Council reports to the University of Nebraska Exten sion Service. , The following pro cedure will enable farmers to determine the necessary ob structions to remove in order to avoid accidents. First, park your car in the driveway with bumper ten feet from the nearest edge of the pavement or traveled portion of the road. Next, pace off a dis tance of about 700 feet (280 paces) along the highway to the left and place a marker at the edge of the pavement, on the same side as the driveway en trance. Then by the same pro cedure set another marker 700 feet down the read -in the op posite direction but on the side of the road opposite the drive way entrance. If a heavy, slow starling truck will be using the driveway, the markers should be set 830 feet (332 paces) away instead of 700 feet since it will take longer for a truck to get out onto the highway and get up to road speed. After the markers have been set, go back to your car and sit in the driv er's seat. If the markers can . be seen, the "sight distances" are proper as long as traffic go ing by the farm does not exceed 60 MPH. If they cannot be seen, weeds and other obstructions must be cleared in order to make the driveway safe. ' Of course, adequate "sight dis j tance" isn't all that is necessary for safety at driveway entrances. When entering the highway make a full stop, look both ways and turn into the proper lane. When leaving the highway, sig nal your intention of turning well in advance, give plenty of i distance, slow down gradually I and stay in the proper lane. The wild things of this earth are not ours to. do with as we please. They have been given to us in trust, and we must ac count for them to the genera tions which will come after us and audit our accounts. Wil liam T. Hornaday. A nation may cease to exist as well by decay of its resources as by the extinction of its patriotic spirit. Bernard E. Fernow. Subscribe to The Journal AND DOE HE 1 iP ANYONE WAS- EVE IN CM, I PONT KNOW -CrfS! All HE DID m A lAPVjj I ( LOVE WITH HIMSELF n - I ABOUT THAT 1 1 HAD 2I34J VYA5 TALK A30UT , Kin M?!- i I VmaxUJNkM , . I A DATE WITH Htt LAST I V HOW HAU04OME ' l- I . , 7-T, ATUKDAYANDHE NEVER HI IDENTICAL " - t ; 7a&W SWI fTcc? ED FINKLE W POOR ZD! BEEN WARNING HEfc. 6ZCAOUS!- T-S I HE SMASHED HtS 1 AND HI5 U SHEAN F&Z WEEKS THAT IF SHE , VOi MEAsN i E12.TEUMPETj J tff V.FEHAvVE AWFUL. 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