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EDITORIALS Furses Fresh Flashes SOME LOOSE REPORTING An article appearing in the Lincoln, iNebr., htate Journal, I hursday carrying a Plattsmouth date line regarding the re locating of Highway 50 two miles west oi weeping water, climaxes its article - with this statement, "Cass County news papers have fought over the issue for weeks now." rV Vi i q in lie i a tin Avtra m a ivamil(i of loose reporting. This newspaper up to this time has taken no position in the controversy being waged in our neigh boring city. It has published for readers information, press releases and progress of the efforts to prevent relocation of TTioliwnv TiO in tVio nfva f nlnmna fnr tVir .A 1 I- ' II V V ' ' ' ' '11 . . ' Vr 1.1 II 111 ) A V 1. L 11 V benefit of readers. It is an obligation of this newspaper to keep subscribers in-' formed as to what is going on in Cass County, regardless of what it is or whom is involved. We will continue to live up to that obligation. The issue at Weeping Water is purely local and we respect the reluctance of public spirited citizens to give up their local thoroughfare without a fight. The f til (1 4 Vi 1 1 f-i ii 11 i I 1 . 1 -t i"i I ....... m ili A .nimi; LiiuiK iuuiu iiajJiJCll licit II lllxi tJi- fort should bo made some of these days to move No. 31 and No.'s 73 and 75, but with the splendid cooperation and willing ness of our city dads to delve out infor- -mation, pius tne alertness ot this newspa per, we doubt anyone would be "left in .1 i . i j . hi i me (iaiK aoout any aeais. In the mean time should The Jour nal "fight over an issue foe J weeks" the noise will be heard from border to border throughout Cass County and the stench would put to shame Omaha's Missouri river carbacre disnnsnl nrnhlom Marblehcad, Mass., police have been instructed to take every teen-age youth found on the streets after 9 p. m. for a ride in the police cruiser to their homes. That's the most effective way to clean up delinquency and vandalism. PLAN FOR EVERY DAY The average woman's joy and excitement comes from thinking how much wore the other woman looks in slacks than she does. Marriage these days seems to be a race between the stork and a divorce lawyer. A family tree is a device for tracing yourself back to better people than you are. A woman on TV the other night re ported that she had four sets of twins in five years. An old poker player at our house says this is what is known as "deuces wild." it sic i Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con , tour twister, says her new love affair is just a platonic friendship play for her, and a tonic for him. If taxes go any-higher, there will soon be only two classes of people: the poor and the politicians. We're very fortunate in havins- a wife there's so many things that hap pen around this office we can't blame on the government. ' ' j Football season is over. Now all that remains is to accept the resignations of the coaches. Ticklers By Georgp A Art Sweet cf the Nebraska Citv News- Press picked up a gem the other day that appeared in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil several years ago and re-printed it in his "Observations" column. We think it is worthy of republication here. If you have read it before, another reading might . make a deeper impression: GET up in the morning and sav, "Thank you, God, for what I have," in stead of, "Please, God, give me a lot more." Try to make somebody happy for the day, before you leave the hoUser" Disregard the weather, if it is bad. You can't' do anything about it anyway. Go out to "fdve" and not just to 'Vet. Don't engage in pessimistic talk. Forget yourself and think of the other fellow. If you are an employer assure your employes that your firm is in business to stay. ASSURE faithful employes that their jobs are safe. Warn careless employees that they must give better service. If you are an employe, be sure you are grateful for your job. Realize von arp npirl frv vA11- ing. Be willing for your employer to see you thinking and acting at any time of the day. BE a booster instead of a knockerr LiO convinced vnn nro liVi ot the best communities in the wnrM Enlist all of your thinking in your favor instead of against you. Give and it shall be' given unto vou ; good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give unto vou. A 1? THOUGHT FOR TODAY Men ss a ti-omicr to himself; he can neither (jozeni nor knozv himself. Benjamin Wichcntc . The Plataoulh Journal . Official County and City Paper ,. , , " i:T.niiisnKD in mi i! xt 7'll-u'-k'y. Monday and Thursday, at 111 .JlH !1 2! "Il l 'l::1! th 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) RONALD R. FURSE . Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor ?; News' Reporter SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editor ) . y rp- re?v """"" ' NAII0NA1 UlTORiAL F.ntertd at the I'ost Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska s secynd class mall 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. jB 'Cran'pa is in an awful hurry to fix the storm. cellar! He just heerd about the atom bomb." Down Memory Lane YEARS ACO JhmJ Howard Hirz and William Crouch have been named honorary, co-captains of the Plattsmouth high school football team . . . . Cass county projects amounting to $3,100 have been approved for CWA funds. . . . Dr. J. H. Hall, Dr. J. W. Uren dell and Dr. C. A. Liston have been named county physicians for Cass county. . '. . North high defeated Plattsmouth 26-21 in the opening basketball game. . . . Miss Mary Ina Chancellor and Hey E. Mays of Fort Crook were married here December 16. . . . Charles L. Carlson has been elect ed commander of Mt. Zion Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar. Lester Meisinger is generalissimo ; M. L. Gayer, captain gen eral; Frank L. Barkus, recorder. . . . An nouncement is made of the marriage of Francis M. Yelick to Miss Nona Bridwell at Sioux City, la. YEARS ACO I J Defective wire was blamed for the fire at Carr Bakery here. The wire led to a neon sign on the store's exterior. . . . Raymond C. Cook, E. H. Bernhardt and Roy O. Cole received the 32nd degree at the 106th reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons at Omaha. . . . Charles E. Ben nett of Plattsmouth has been awarded the distinguished flying cross for raids over Europe. . . . Boys Town defeated Platts mouth 29-10 in a basketball game at Boys Town. . . . George Brinklow has been elected commander of Mt. Zion Com mandery No. 5, Knights Templar. Les ter W. Meisinger is generalisvsimo ; Louis F. Friedrich, captain general; and Les Niol, recorder. . . . Miss Helen H. Hough and Sgt. Clinton E. Nearhood both of Plattsmouth were married December 9. money. The difference is ac- : the United States would stop counted for by mondy left over all military aid unless the from the previous year. French approve the European This cut is drastic, but not army treaty at once. Dulles' as drastic as those ordered by virtual ultimatum not . only The Washington Merry -Go-Round ICopyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: ADMINISTRATION'S LEGIS LATIVE PROGRAM HAS LIBER AL FLAVOR; PRESIDENT SYM PATHIZES WITH ELECTION PROBLEMS OF REP. AYERS; DULLES SHOCKED .BRITISH AS WELL AS FRENCH. WASHINGTON President Eisen hower held two emergency cabinet meet ings plus a regular cabinet meeting to whip his legislative program into shape before he sat down last week with GOP congressional leaders. The program his cabinet came up with in the end was surprisingly liberal. Some said it was more like the New Deal than what the Republican party stood for, and this was the chief reason for the clash with the old guard GOP leaders. However, the program is flexible and Ike advisers went into the closed-dno session prepared to give"; ,.lVS'!IiII23 Here is a rougn summary of what the administration proposes: Defense Budget Secretary of De fense Wilson has finally produced a three. year program for trimming down defense spending. It calls f or the reduction of the Army-Navy by 300,000 men next year and by 500,000 men during the three year period. The Navy will lose 60 ships, including two battleships, but no airplane carriers.. The Air Force, which was ejit too drastically last year.will be given seven new groups but not to be com pleted before- June 1, 1957. This will make a total of 137. The defense budget for fiscal vear 1955 will be .$39,900,000,000 of expendi tures or $33,200,000,000 of appropriated Louey Johnson. Unfortunately, Undersecretary cf Defense Rog er Kyes failed in his attempt to revamp the defense establish ment along modern, atomic lines. Instead the three serv ices sliced a little, but basical ly stuck to conventional wea pons such as warships and foot-soldiers Unbalanced Budget Budget Balancing The bud get will not be balanced next year. Reluctantly Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey has bowed to the inevitability of an eight to nine billion-dollar deficit. He still thinks the pro-' posed new budget is too high, and doesn't see how he's going to raise the money. Taxes The tax cuts scheduled to go into effect in January will be made. No effort will be made to stop them, though that is the only way the budget can be balanced The president pro poses to cut excise taxes by about 50 per cent; also wants to drop the increase in social security There will be no at tempt to put across a sales tax in the form of a manufactur ers' sales tax Anti-recession Program Ike's economic advisers have set up a public-works program not un likenew deal days, in casi the' usiiess economy turns sour. Varrn r'Prograni: ' ' Prfcresup ports continue , automatically next year:'- But supports dif fering according - to different commodities and much more effort to sell farm produce abroad. Congressional leaders don't like the flexible or slid- ing-scale angle. They favor rigid price supports. Aid to Education Some Ike advisers definitely favor feder al aid to edunation, in order to alleviate the desperate problem of overcrowded schools. Final outcome will depend on congres sional leaders. Trade and Tarrifs Revision of the Taft-Hartley act will be proposed", but will not go nearly far enough to please labor lead ers. Advice to Ike President Eisenhower will bat tle hard for his legislative pro gram in the next congress, but he won't use the big stick on GOP congressmen from closely contested districts if they don't support him all the time. "I realize that those fellows in the marginal districts have a tough time getting elected" Ike told GOP Congressman Wil liam H. Ayers, who himself comes from the marginal dis trict of Akron, Ohio. "They have to follow a middle-of-the-road policy most of the time without veering to the right or left, if they want to remain in congress next November. -1 un derstand their problems and plan to be sympathetic." Ayers' district, which he car ried by 22,000 votes in 1952, is one of the most varigated in the country; and is .sometimes called "Little America," the Ohioan told Ike. "My 465,000 constituents' in clude 85,000 members of organ ized labor, 37 organized nation ality groups of various ethnic origins, 30,000 Negroes and 3.000 farmers," reported Ayers. 'They can't all get to see you, but they want me to act as their agent in expressing their views to you. One thing I can say confidently is that they want congress to enact your legislative program." 'Tt will be a constructive pro gram, aimed at doing the most good for the nation as a whole," replied the president. '"That's the kind congress should enact, without catering to any pres sure groups. I am for a con structive revision of the Taft Hartley law, but we can't scut tle the entire law to appease some labor leaders. "The same objectivity must apply to the farm program We can't go overboard for farm sub sidies at the expense cf harm in consumers."; Ayers said he felt confident that .the next session of ' con gress would support - Eisenhow er's legislative proposals, ad ding: 4,If congress doesn't sup port you. it's cooking its own gOOSe." . . f": Capital News Capsules Tough Talk The British j bitterly resented Secretary of State Dulles" blunt warning that ' shocked French politicians but also astonished British Foreign Secretary Eden. . . . Eden tried to get Dulles to soften his harsh language, but Dulles refused on the grounds that he had to talk tough in order to show congress he would not stand for any French stalling. Briker Foundation A group of midwest industrialists are planning to set up a foundation to promote the adoption of the Bricker amendment to the con stitution. The amendment, which would handcuff the pres ident's right to negotiate inter national agreements, is a direct slap at President Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson and Secretary Dulles. If passed, it would throw our whole foreign relations into a state of chaos. Capital News LINCOLN The "fat " may have "fallen into the fire" this week as far as the question of some -highly important wording in, highway laws was concerned. The attorney general's office ruled that funds from the gas oline tax and from motor ve- uhicle registration fees couldn't be -.used .to mamUuroau nuii-buituLuiy iniiwcia. iiiczc RnTTlp niiarfors holiPVP that thp Viio hirnv? o rv-i nnnrinrr tn ohnnt I . ways built in part with federal . funds. Walter James, state revisor of statutes, tried to bring this to the attention of the Legislature in 1947 and even drew up corr ective bills. But no cne paid any attention as the legislators were anxious to get the session ended and return home. This year the State Highway Department decided to have an other stab at it. . They drewr up a bill defining the state highway system. And in another "catch all" bill they carefully deleted the word "fed eral" so there would be no con flict between the statutes. The "catch all" bill was duly introduced and was among the last bills passed in the session. jThe "definition" bill had quite another fate. Highway Commission Controversy , For in the meantime senators fighting the idea of a highway commission came up with the idea of a "highway study com mittee." In order for this group to have something to do, the balkers decided to let it have the job of defining the state highway system. The bill defin ing the system Was tucked away and never introduced. When plans for a highway commission were sidetracked by an attorney general's ruling that all its members would have to live in Lincoln, the commission backers turned to the "highway study committee" idea. This was largely incorporated into the highway commission bill which was eventually passed. All except that business about "federal" roads being part of the highway system. Somehow, that got left Qut all the way around. And this ommission has prov ed crucial. Carmody Charges A long time balker -bf the highway commission plan, Sen. Arthur Carmody of Trenton, charged that if a special session had to be called the blame could be laid at the door of the State Highway Department. He said they rushed through the "catch all" bill in the closing days of the session, creating the muddle. But Engineer Ross said that the bill contained sections ab solutely necessary for the De partment to carry out its cur rent two year construction pro gram. These included access regulations and survey rights. Sales Tax "Threat" Gov. Crosby's initial reaction was to say he wanted to seek every avenue before calling a session. Some insiders said he didn't want a session where the tax question might be raised. Although the Legislature is re stricted at a special session to matters contained in the gov ernor's call, sulh a session would provide a sounding board for I -HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOUfWAl I . . 1 rv i - 1 PAGE TWO Section a Monaay, ijecemoer zi, 1953 .4 fWotd. INT1LHGKAM Check correct word. 1. The Grand Canyon is in (Arizona) (Nevada).. 2. "My cup runneth over" is in Psalm (23) (44). 3 (Magellan) (Balboa) named the Pacific Ocean. 4". The giraffe (does) (does not) utter sounds. . 5. (Three) (four) children of Henry VIII sat on the English throne. " . 6. Aelurophobia is a morbid fear of (nightmares) (cats). 7. There are (several) (no) volcanoes in Alaska. 8. Ice (is) (is not) heavier than water. 9. (Polk) (Taylor) succeeded Tyler to the presl- dency in 1845. 10. The romance ' languages are derived from 4 (Greek) (Latin). r Check your answers, scoring "yourself 10 points for each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70 80. superior; 90-100, very superior. X Decoded Intelligram . u;icq 01 -siiod 6 fou si 8 -tEiaAas-i ;1B3 9 -aDjqi g -;ou ssoq f -uBnaSere C 'ZZZ "Buozpy . 1,915 miles in all, have never ac ually been placed on the high way system by the legislature. But because state and federal funds were used in their con struction they have been added through the years. The opinion said that only "income from other sources" cculd be used on these. Since sales or income tax is stronger than it has ever been. A clear indication of this came when the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution recommending "a sales or in come tax or a combination of both." Up until two or three years ago, Lincoln was an anti- the gas tax and registration &ales tax stronghold. But sources money constitutes tne largest slice of state money available, prohibinting it use on the 1,915 miles about 20 per cent of the say that some Lincoln merchants got tired of turning in higher assessments than their neigh bors in an effort to be honest. oiHo cvQtPm wrmirt mPor. The continued disadvantage has they couldn't be maintained PadV some of them .believe a State Engineer L. N. Ress de-! broadening of the tax base is clared. f the only answer, it is reported. The Chamber resolution went through the hands of three sep arate committees and emerged virtually as the taxation sub committee wrote it. Observers remarked on the startling unani mity thus displayed. Omaha is still expected to fight a sales tax, however. And Omaha has always been able to get three members on the Leg islature Revenue Committee. This solid core has consistently been able to get enough help in the nine-man group to kill all sales tax bills. But in its contracts with the federal government for match ing monev for these roads, the state promised to keep them maintained. Highway officials expressed fears that if they were n't kept up,the federal govern men might cut off its highway funds. That could wreck the cur ent construction campaign. This was what brought talk of a special session of the Legisla ture. t ' Deleted Words The trouble seemed to stem back to an accumulated confu sion in. working over the years. The state highway system has never been completely defined. The word "federal highways sprinkled through the statutes Woodchucks, or groundhogs as they are often called, are pri marily vegetarians. It . 'is re- is i ported that 99 per cent of their foods consists of plants while I although there really is no such I the remainding 1 per cent is . thing. They are only state high- .made up of animal food. Legislative SIDELIGHTS.. by BERNIE CAMP Information Director Nebraska Barm Bureau Federation Peace on Earth Perhaps only it is memories called back through the amnesia of years that filter out for re call the most pleasant things that make Christmas seem to have meant more when we were young. In those days, when we were six or eight or ten, Christ mas had a special meaning, un dimmed by the every day prob lems of family and community, untinted by the confusions of a world in which sometimes it seems the Christmas spirit is a lonely wail. There was something extra special about a small town church where stained glass win dows cast a multi-colored re flection upon,, the clean purity of the snow, something special in the crackle of the snow un der bob-sled runners and in the echoing slap of horses hoofs. There was a sort of storybook perfection when you were almost certain you heard the voices of angels singing the "wonders of the birth of Christ in Bethle hem. All the world seemed at tuned to .the, spirit of the .-sear- son. There have been material changes in Christmas with the years. The runners of the bob sled and the slap of hoofs no longer ecno on crisp evening air, but the spirit is , still with us. It must be only -we who are a little older who think Christ mas has changed, for little boys and girls still anticipate Christ mas with all the ."visions of sugar plums" we knew once. We know too for certain that Christmas hasn't changed, when we hear the hearty "Merry Christmas" of a 4riend; when strangers take time to be help ful; when families gather; when the world pauses for a few hours in its mad, headlong confusion of hatreds and conflicts to heed the injunction. "Peace on Earth Good Will among Men." Some of the outward manifes tations may have chanppd n nt tle, but the spirit first breathed into the world nineteen hundred fifty-three years ago is still a potent, vital force, a force which remains in 1953 the one hope for a world to realize peace on earth and good will among men. No, Christmas hasn't changed We who celebrate, a little older, a little more weary, may have changed, but the spirit of Christmas Is as pleasant, and powerful today as it ever was. Look to the children and you will know Christmas is eternal, never changing. Record Keeping Farm Management Weak Spot Income tax planning and rec ord keeping continues to be a weak spot in the management of too many farm businesses, ac cording to Everett E. Peterson, extension specialist in agricul ture economics of the University of Nebraska. Farmers should start now to get the past year's records to gether and to plan ahead to tax paying time. Two of the most common and costly mistakes farmers make in filing the re turns are incomplete records and 'hasty preparation of re turns. Taxpayers who receive at least two-thirds of their gross income from farming and whose busi ness year starts January 1, have two choices in filling returns: File the returns and pay the tax on or before January 31, 1G54. File an estimate ot the tax and pay this amount by January lo. 1954, then file the final return and pay any balance due by March 15, 19d4. Every person whose gross in come during the year is $000 or more must file a return even though no tax is due. Gross in come is total income (subject to tax) before any expenses are . deducted.... . c To help farmers with their 1953 incomq tax returns, the bul letin which gives much useful information on many of the common problems and questions on farm income taxes has again been made available. This bul letin, called "1953 Farmer's In come Tax," can be obtained from the offices of the County Agri cultural Agents or directly from the Extension Service, College of Agriculture, Lincoln. Subscribe to The Journal OKAY PONT CCOWP! PLEASE, DAY-THE. CH AVARS- TsRSPI 1 V HE jUbT FCU6MT r a paat uac! urrriKi'S, V v- 1 A6AIN5TTHE WPNEXT h-r POOR! y. r-K 1 -j r -E3 . y GRACIOUS. 1M TIRED 1 I YOU'VE EARNED A. If WHY, TONIGHT... AMD ALL J RE5T, MAV YOU J THANK5 if THESE DISHES 7, JUST GO TO BED PAV.' ' A TO BE DCPNEi J W ' AND FOE GET L YOU just Okie QUE6T10M. CWAAAPl TO WHAT VO VOU ATTRIBUTE YOU? fUCCE A6 A FIoHTEk? r : . . 1 I I II M r I E JI E I T T I ful; when families gather; when f sum's out NOW so I a-v YOU BCTTER TRY YOUJ? ( ) I BRAKES EASYUKt- V SORTA GET THE KEL V OP THE ROAD. REMMSER, MELTIN6 .. . ice IS SUCKER' J . . - ' .11 r -V i I 1 1 rMfPa Y. I I YEP.' VO THEM T0M0EKOWI I1 SUF ocm't ZwTT Vl VOU'KE RESTED.' Jt7 NhO T,E ',