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-v.. w.v, EDITORIALS Purse's ENLISTMENTS JUMP AFTER TRUCE Army sources said recently that in the first month after the signing of the Ko rean truce enlistments increased 75 ' per cent above the average for the twelve preceding months. While it is still too early to know whether the enlistments will remain up, indications are that the truce will stimulate enlistments. During the month in which final truce negotiations were in progress, enlistments were also up over the average of the past twelve months. If the trend continues, it may have an effect on the number of men drafted each month. Recently draft calls have been running at about 2:5,000 a month. Enlistments have averaged about 'G, GOO per month for the past year. In the month of July 27 August 27, however, enlistments jumped to 11, GOO. Thcr: figures pertain to the Army alone. The Air Force, Navy and Marines have a backlog of men who are ready to sign up. The Air Force has limited its quota to about 3.500 enlistees a month since May, but intends to increase its quota to about 10,000 by the end of 1953. The Navy has been enlisting about 4,000 a month and also has a backlog of about 30,000 wait ing to enlist. Marine enlistments have been running about normal, and the Corps also has a backlog of men waiting to enlist. Thus, it appears that Army service is becoming more nppealing now that the fighting has stopped in Korea. It must be admitted that the Army has borne the brunt of the worst-fighting and most of the casualties. possibly the reason for the increased enlistments -in the Army is the fact that the shooting has stopped and an enlistee's chance of survival is improved. Enlistees now have an excellent chance to get for eign duty, either in Europe. Asia or in var ious parts of the world, without having to face the possibility of Korean combat- a prosncct which naturally has not proved an inviting one. ir ir ir JHE GERMAN ELECTION I The result of the elections in Germany arc heartening to the Western world, since German voters have given Chancellor Konrad Adenuer the green light on his proposal to rearm Western Germany. Had West German voters defeated Adenauer and expressed maiority opposition to re armrmcnt, the United States' program for building an adequate defense force in Western 'Europe would have been shat tered. ' , . ,--r ; President Eisenhower himself has' ad mitted on many occasions that West Eu rope's army would be incapable of check ing Soviet aggression without German par ticipation. It appears the incorporation of German units into the NATO army is now just a matter of time and this is fortunate for both the United States and other West European powers. Not only do the elections constitute a victory for tho North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization powers from a defense stand point, but it is a significant victory in the nronaganda war. It is obvious that Soviet lenders did everything in their power in the weoks prior to the election to dissuade West German voters from aligning them selves with the West. The Soviet leaders warned West Germans that alliance with the West might mean war, that it would prevent the unification of Germany and make Germanv a battleground. Premier Georgi Malenkov hinted these forebodings himse'f in a speech aimed at preventing West Germans from reelecting Chancellor . Adenauer. The complete rebuff which West, Ger man voters gave the Soviets, and Malen- i i , i i i ii TIIOUGTI1 FOR TODAY Beneath ilie rule of men entirely reat. tne pen is imyhtier than the sword. IJulwer Lvtton The Pldflsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KSTABUSUKI) IN 18S1 TuMislu-.i Si-mi-W,-, kly, .Mondays and Thursdays, at St foot. I-Uittsinoutli Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE' 19-19 1951 1952 Presented Nebraska Press, Association -GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" Second in 1951 First in 1952 lti Cities Over noo Population) RONALD R. FURSE , Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK 11. SMITH News Reporter SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editoi fAMSoctarion Entered nt the I'ost Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second claas mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere. In advance, by mail outside the citv of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents for two weeks. zu Packs turroM.ii tDTOfiAl Fresh Flashes The first Adam-splitting gave us Eve, a force the world has never been able to control. Beware of women who stroke your hair they are frequently after your scalp. A joint account is a system that allows your wife to beat you to the draw. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, tells us she is now well pre served. Last nightsshe was pickled and this morning she was canned. Right now two can live as cheaply as one if one is a vegetarian and the other is a nudist on a diet. ir . A customer walked into a bar here the other day, saw a guy lying on the floor, and said, "Give me a shot of that." You're well educated if you can de scribe a shapely girl without using your hands. Always remember the guy with free tickets is nearly always the first one to hiss. . koy himself, is ample demonstration to the world, and especially those in Soviet-dominated European countries, that West Ger mans detest Communism and that, given a free choice, they prefer democracy over another totalitarian government. Despite the efforts of the Communists, this obvious conviction, as expressed at the polls, will permeate the satellite countries and be of great propaganda value to the West. ir Down Memory Lane """" - . --" " 4fi YEARS AGO lU Plattsmouth scored a 56-0 win over Glenwood in the opener of the 1943 foot ball season . . . Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wheeler are the parents of a daughter born September 18 . . . Miss Dorothea Mae Duxbury and Miss Bette Gayer are attend ing rush week at the University of Nebras ka .. . Miss Anna Mae Hastings, daughter of Mrs. Edith Hastings, and . Captain Char les C. Parmele, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pol lock Parmele were married September 16: .... . Miss Dorothy Louise. Frolich, daugh ter of . Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frolich, and Harlan A. Kunz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kunz of Elmwood were married at Eagle September 1 . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Read are the parents of a son born September 13. ir ir Irt YEARS AGO of wild dogs are reportedly causing1 considerable damage and have be come a problem at LaPlatte. The first person to be attacked by the dogs was a woman. Several head of livestock have been victims of the dogs . . . American League all stars defeated the National League's select group in an all-star kitten ball game . . . Contract has been awarded in the amount of $1,268,267.45 for river construction work here . . . Class at Platts mouth high school have elected new offi cers for the year. They are Frederick Fricke, junior; Helen Gilmour, senior; Edward Hadraba, sophomore; and Mar jorie Tirlball, freshman . . . Miss Ella Mar garet Wiles and Herbert S. Klauschie of Omaha were married September 15 . . . Miss Emily Lorenz has enrolled at Drake University. ir ir The Washington Merry -Go-Round (Copyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: SECRETARY WILSON PERSISTS IN CONCENTRATING PRODUC TION; G. M.'S LAVONIA FIRE MAKES NO IMPRESSION ON DE FENSE CHIEF; ACHESON, NOT BYRNES, BACKED STIMSON ON SHARING A-SECRETS. WASHINGTON There's so much censorship in the Pentagon these days that no one dares speak out publicly against Secretary of Defense Wilson's policy of concentrated arms production, but Charlie is going ahead with concentration just the same. Nevertheless, the opposition is very real and in some cases very bitter. Despite repeated warnings from the military that we can't afford to make key defense factories sitting ducks for an A bomb attack, Charlie has proceeded to pile, up important arms output in a few big factories, many of them General Mo tors plants."" Pentagon advisers at first thought they, had Wilson stopped when the General Motors hydromatics plant burned up at Lavonia Mich: This has cut auto produc tion back for most General Motors cars, for exactly the same reason Pentagon ad visers don't want to risk concentrating our defense prod notion in only one or two plants. The Lavonia fire has also cut back the Help Wanted: independent auto companies, Studebaker, Kaiser-Frazer, etc., since they also bought their hy dromatic shifts from G. M. This curtailment will affect not only employment, but also the steel industry, since the motor com panies are among the top, cus tomers of steel. Steellast week fell below 90 per cent and the auto cutback may later affect the economy oT the entire na tion. " . This is why military men in side the Pentagon oppose the Charlie Wilson concentration policy as against the Truman policy of spreading production out among many smaller plants, even if it cost more. Plan Was Predicted O Aug. 17, this column gave the first indication that the likable, persistent Charlie Wil son was going to push ahead with his concentrated produc tion plan, even though it put him in the position of favoring his old company. -or. "What really Taised eyebrows in industrial circles," this col umn reported August 17, "was the selection of plants to be closed down. "For example, three big auto companies Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors are producing the Patton M-48 tank. Following Wilson's new policy, Ford was arbitrarily declared out of the running by direct order of the Pentagon. This means that Ford .won't ven be given! a 'chance to bid for, the right c to continue producing. It will ; be left up to Chrysler and General Motors to bid against each other and the losing bidder will go out of production next spring. "Likewise, Studebaker was ruled out of the bidding over the 2.5-ton truck, and was or dered to wind up its production ty September. This will leave G. M.'s truck and coach divi sion to bid against Reo Motors, Inc.. for the truck contract. "The Pentagon also ordered LAW and ORDER by Sheriff In a letter to this office a "taxpayer", submitted the names of nine persons in Plattsmouth who are operating motor ve hicles on dealers tags, even though they are not licensed dealers. The "taxpayer"' want ed to know if this was a viola tion of the law. In checking the law we find that a person may operate a motor vehicle on dealers plates, if he is a licensed dealer, or he is an employee of q iirPnc rioaw o.fh,. a licensed dealer and the car he operates on dealer tags is er Below are a few laws rnv- ering automobile SSwSch n,n in,if , 4. the use of dealers tags: What is a car dealer? L.B. 594 Provides for the definition of a motor vehicle dealer as be ing one who buys, sells, or ex changes three or more new or used motor vehicles in any one calendar year. This does not apply to insurance companies, finance companies, public util ity companies or other persons coming into possession of a mo tor vehicle as an incident to its regular business. What is a motor vehicle sales man. 60-bui. (5) "motor ve- hide salesman" means any per- ! motor vehicle, shall if they give son who, for a salary, commis- 'an intransit tag to the purchas sion or compensation of any ! er, date it on the date of such kind, is employed either direct- 1 sale. Provided, further, that ly or indirectly, or regularly or occasionally, by any motor ve hicle dealer or used motor ve- hide dealer, to sell, purchase or firm or corporation nas nad a exchange or to negotiate for the I motor vehicle previously regis sale, purchase or exchange of : tered and license plates assign motor vehicles. . j ed to such person, firm, or cor- Revised Statutes Nebraska ; poration, such owner may oper 1953 60-616. Requires any late the motor vehicle for a per person acting as a motor ve- iod of ten days in order to ef hicle dealer, used motor ve- j feet transfer of plates to the i hide dealer, motor vehicle sales-I new motor vehicle, man, manufacturer, distributor, I Nebraska Statutes 60-344. Any, factory representative or dis-' person applying for or taking tributor representative to be li- i out motor vehicle registration: censed with the state of Ne-1 in any county other than that in braska. j which such person actually re- L.B. 466. Provides that those ; sides or conducts a bona fids dealers presently licensed must business at the time of taking furnish a corporate surety bond lout such license shall - be deem in the amount of $10,000.00, for i ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and the licensing year of 1954. i upon conviction thereof shall be Revised Statutes Nebraska j fined in" the sum of not less than 1953 60-320. Each manufac- five dollars nor more than twen- turcr of or licensed dealer in i motor vehicles, doing business A Worker -f r J.A la : Wit. L COULD USE A MAN -VrJ production stopped on the M-47 tank, which happens to be man ufactured by Chrysler and American Locomotive. General Motors was not affected. "On the other hand, the pro duction of M-41 tanks will be continued full speed at G. M.'s Cadillac plant in Cleveland. In addition. General Motors will take over the added production of antiaircraft guns, now manu factured by American Car and Foundry. The excuse is that many gun-carriage and M-41 parts are interchangeable." Charlie Persists One month later, September 12, and despite the Laponia fire. Secretary Wilson's bullheaded determination to advance with this plan was officially an- i nounced to' the press. General Motors was given the Patton M-48 tank contract, and Chrysler was ordered to close down next April, even though it was Chrysler that developed the Patton tank in the first place. Chrysler, the defense depart ment announced, was 12 per cent over General Motors in its bid. General Motors and Reo were also awarded contracts for 2.5 ton trucks, with Studebaker left out. Note The fact that congress forced Charlie Wilson to sell his tG. M. stock last year has made ! him a fortune. At the time he ;sold G. M. stock was selling for around $70. Now it's down to around $56. In other words, Charlie could quit his defense job tomorrow and buy back his G. M. stock for $15 less per share than he sold it. A-Secrets to Russia? Gov. Jimmy Byrnes of South Carolina has graciously given me some further sidelights on the Truman cabinets, meeting at which Henry L. Stimson, then secretary of war, proposed giv--.o- h secret of the atom bomb to Russia. i-inuson, a uepuDiican, naa served as secretary of war in the Tom Solomon in this state, may, in lieu of the registering of each motor ve- i hide which he owns of a type otherwise required to be regis tered, or any employee of such manufacturer or dealer, may operate or move the same upon the streets and highways of this, state solely for the pur poses of transporting, testing, aemonsiraung. or use in in ! ordinary course and conduct of ! his business as a manufacturer or motor vehicle dealer, includ- inS the Personal or private use ! fr rm?r or sell the same without regis- tering each such vehicle upon the condition that any such ve hicle display thereon, in the manner prescribed in section 60-323, dealer number plates as provided nerein. - Motor ve- Ihir.les owned bv such dealer, and ..bearing such dealer number plates, may be driven upon the streets and highways for dem onstration purpose by any pros pective buyer thereof for a per iod of forty-eight hours. L.B. 127, passed by the 1951 session the Legislature, provides that all. dealers when selling a such intransit tag shall expire after ten days from the date is sued. Also, where any person, ; ty-fivc dollars -Tom Solomon, Sheriff Taft cabinet, as secretary of state in the Hoover cabinet, ana finally entered the Roosevelt cabinet as secretary of war shortly before Pearl Harbor. The late Chief Justice Vinson told me a month or so ago about a historic cabinet meeting in 1945, at which Stimson proposed Piviner the atomic secrets to Russia on the ground that Rus I sia was certain to get them any way and the United States could build a better atmosphere for peace if we took the initiative in sharing the secret. The chief justice, who oppos ed Stimson, was under. the im pression that Governor Byrnes, then secretary of state, was present at this cabinet meeting and sided with Stimson How ever. Governor Bynes now in forms me that he was in Paris at the time, attending the for eign ministers conference, but that he heard about the meet ing when he returned. Dean Acheson, Governor Byrnes I states, had represented the state ing and the chief justice was right in his memory that the state department agreed with Secretary Stimson. However, it was Acting Secretary Acheson who expressed the concurrence with Stimson, Brynes said. Governor Byrnes said that he had always taken the opposite view: had also asked his old friend, Bernard Barnch, to draft a plan regarding the sharing of A-Bomb secrets. Baruch then came up with the so-called Baruch-Acheson plan to exchange information on civilian phases of Atomic energy and for abolition of atomic wea pons provided Russia permit ted inspection of her munitions and Atomic plants by an inter- i national commission Governor Byrnes also told me that after Secretary Stimson re- tired from the caginet, he came to see him when Byrnes was at tending the United Nations in New York and said he had changed his mind about shar ing the A-Bomb secret with Rus sia. His earlier position, he felt, was a mistake. NEB SKA h JAMES C OLSON, Superintendent STATS HISTORICAL SOCIETY One of the great bottlenecks on the overland trail was the Kanesville crossing between the present cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs. Kanesville, forerunner of Council Bluffs, was developed by the Mormons into an im portant outfitting center for Utah-bound emigrants. In ad dition, the early 1950's saw Kanesville increasing in import ance as a jumping-off place for California-bound gold seekers. As a result the facilities at the little village often were crowd ed beyond capacity. Especially the ferries. The Mormons had a ferry up the riv er, at the site of old Winter Quarters (now Florence), and another one operated down riv er at the Council Bluffs Agency (now Bellevue). There was no good landing directly v across from Kanesville (now Omaha), and while ferries of a sort were available there, they gave very poor service. The situation can best be des cribed by those who had to put up with it, E. W. Conyers, who was at , Kanesville in May, 1852, wrote: I , 'Someone of our camp makes daily trips to the different fer ry landings to see what chance there will be for us to cross the Missouri River and resume our ! trip across the continent. They report that mere are duv two small scows that are now ferry ing. Two wagons make a load for either scow, and they are propelled by two men using oars, and they charge $4 per wagon, and we swim our own cattle. On ly thing of it! Two small scows to transfer this great emigra tion across the Missouri River . . . The current is very swift in the river and accidents happen every day to one or the other scows . . . John T. Kern, at Kanesville about the same time, wrote: "Their way of ferrying here is very poor indeed. Their boats are old-fashioned flats. It was, or is a dangerous undertaking for any one to . cross in these, boats. One man was drowned and several more barely escaped with their lives. The current being very strong, it requites great care in being safe.' Whenever possible, steam boats stopping at Kanesville on their way up the river, were pressen into service as ferry boats. ' It is not surprising that be fore long, some enterprising citi zens devised a means of improv ing the ferry service. That oc curred in 1853 when the Council Bluffs -and Nebraska Ferry Com pany was organized. The com pany procured a new .'.eam ferry boat, the General Marion, and soon cornered most of the ferry business across the Mis souri at Council Bluffs (as Kanesville was . renamed that year). ' The ferry company was also a town company, and the next year saw the proprietors busy developing the new townsitc of Omaha. " 'CEOcDSSdLTdCcD pace Jlmm K1A ram THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Section E Thursday, September 17, 1953 By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 The smashing victory gained by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in West Germany has allied capi tals adither with optimism. On ly two weeks ago the pollsters and foreign diplomats inside Germany were too cautious to predict such a result. Yet the West German voter showed no hesitancy in defying the threat en of Russian propaganda, in cluding the warnings given by J 'rernier Georgi Malenkov him- The result of the West Ger- man election was more import ant than .most Americans rea lized. On the outcome hung the fate of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense force, and perhaps the chances for peace in the next decade. Even Presi dent Eisenhower has repeatedly admitted the NATO defense army is doomed to failure unless eran units are included. The Reds have been working over time in an effort to scare Ger mans away from such a union. Malenkov almost threatened war in his last speech if the West German Republic aligned itself with the West in a military alliance. The tone of East Ger man propaganda has been that unification of Germany would be impossible if West Germany ! Joined NATO The Communists have also played on Germans' fear that Germany will become another battleground, if the Bonn government allies itself with NATO . But all these efforts, failed. The West German voter saw through the false threats and through the crooked propagan da the Reds tried to ram down their threats. They have given Malenkov a major defeat to think about. On the NATO side, Supreme Commander Alfred Gruenther is eger to get the training of German units un derway. Now that the Germans have supported the idea it is hoped that the French will not obstruct further progress, and that within two years West German units will be in the NATO army. Instead of bringing war near er, the result of the 'German election is to boost peace hopes. With Germany in NATO the Russians are unjikely to start trouble in Europe. The thump ing vote of confidence given a.uij no. v c ucca uciaj'bU iXiij livj w i nln, nnrrU.TrJ since the Soviets are not like ly to agree to any democratic vote in East Germany on the question of unification with the West. The Air Force isn't saying any thing about it yet but it has several new fighters in the incu bator stage which promise great things for the USAAF. .' The pro duction of fighters is now hum ming along at about 1,000 a month and this figure will prob ably remain steady for some time, unless an unforeseen emer gency causes an all-out expan sion effort. The Sabre, or F-86, as it is known, is a match for anything available to potential enemies in quantity today. The Russians have produced, and are building, jet fighters superior to the MIG-15, but they are not thought to have a great number of them as yet. When new U. S. fight ers get into mass production, they will reportedly be far in advance of anything the 'Reds have in operation. The new fighters are said to be tremendously increased in power plant and therefore in speed. It is these new fighters WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Young Actress HORIZONTAL 1,7 Pictured actress 12 Penitence 13 Made over 15 High- peak 16 Retainer 18 Large cask 19 Street (ab.) 20 Solar disk , 21 Symbol for y cobalt i 22Eret ' 26 Urns 29 Native of ' . Denmark 30 Wapiti (pi.) 1 31 Underworld god 32 African worm 33 Tumult 34 Against i 36 Middays 27 Bamboolike i grasses 39 Diminutive of . Edward 40 Lounge about 44 Eye (Scot.) 45 Observe , 47 Sewing tool 49 Pillar 50 Traps v 52 Antennae 54 Snares .55 Lumps VERTICAL 1 Thawed 2 Little demon 3 Universal language'. 4 Irritate 5 On the ocean 6 Encounter 7 Song bird 8 Over (conlr.) . 9 Long meter ab.) , 10 Obese 11 Evolves 12 Headstrong HSonofSeth (Bib.) 17 Hebrew letter 23 She performs on the 24 Vegetable 25 Birds' homes 2. J W 5 jfe I 7 S U 'lo"il s"-lpi "It fliT- u " " "pLJ Lj vrtr N 35 151 "" "" JEZZZ PjwZZTL. !l 1 1 1 iFTX IS I 15 H HTSfi - "-'J- so -Tsi si Hi 1 u mt on which future planning is being based, and future orders figured. All are expected to be in the 700 plus miles per hour class. Southern Governors and Sen ators really told the White House what they thought of the Agriculture Department's anti discrimination clause which has tract fQrm K nQW seems the 1 Z 1 - . J J 1 n ! .wrote ,in a clause forbidding banks allegedly prac ticing racial discrimination to handle these loans. That would mean no banks in some Southern state could hand le the loans, under one interpre tation, and would cause some confusion in all of them. The Governors resented the effort of the department to dictate employment policy to banks. And they sounded off. The White House backed down a bit. It looked like the clause would be amended or elminat ed after Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson talked to White House and Justice " Department officials about it. ,-, .. Fall Fertilizing Is Advised for Farm Pastures Permanent pastures that are top-dressed this fall with a high nitrogen fertilizer will give an earlier grazing bite next spring. That will cut down feeding costs and pay a big return per acre in more high quality forage for dairy cows and beef cattle, says M. D. Weldon, extension soils specialist, University of Nebras ka. Fall-fertilized brome grass or clover gets a quicker start in the spring. That reduces the number of days of barn feeding and gets your cattle out on pas ture earlier. If the fertilizer is put on be fore the fall freeze-up, there is little chance of nutrient loss es during the winter. Then the plant food is there in the spring to help boost the pasture HtliiCl . i U I1C1 LK - CU U cUl-SU VUU helps equallzd your work load. In the fall, too, the ground is harder and you us ually have a firmer footing for tractors, trucks and spreading equipment. If you wait until spring, you may be stymied by wet weather that keeps your machinery out of the field. The profit possibilities of fer tilizing pastures are tremendous, Weldon points out. The narrow ing margin between production costs and marketing returns for milk and beef demands greater economy .in feed. Fertilized pasture and hay are the cheap est feed a farmer can produce. Farm economists estimate that good quality pasture will yield 100 pounds of total digestible nutrients for 75 cents, whereas it costs about $3.60 to produce the same amount of nutrients in corn. These economists report that between 75 and 80 per cent of a dairy cow's milk producing capacity can be obtained from good quality hay and pasture. Beef cattle can use a ration made up of 75 to 85 per cent roughage. 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