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EDITORIALS Furses "T"HE LAST LYNCH1NC LETTER The Tuskegee Institute recently an nounced that, for the second straight year, there was no lynching- in the United States in 1953. The Institute said it believed that lynching has now ceased to be a "barometer far measuring the status of race relations" in this country. As a result of this conclusion, the In stitute announces that it will abandon the "Lynching Letter" it has published for some forty-one years. Other reports and statements will be issued but the lynch ing letter seems to have gone to its resting place. Certainly, there is no finer commen tary on the e edition of race relations in the South than tin's report, which should be. given widespread circulation abroad. Though the problem of race relations are r.eVer solved in entirety and though there is, of course, progress still to be made, it is gratifying to know that mob violence as a means of .solving this problem has practically come to an end. To all those rabble-rousers, Commu nists, and otherwise, who would stir up anti-American sentiment abroad with exaggerated stories of race tension, the Tuskegee announcement must be a bombshell. Tin fact that mob lynching are no longer occurring in the United States must be a great disappointment to Commuyist agitators in Asia, as well a in other countries. Aside from this satisfaction, it is high ly satisfying to know that the conscience of the people f this country has taken care of this problem as it should have been done. This latest example of pro gress in the field of race relations can only indicate further progress and heart ening news from this field in the future. -R- "OMIC BOOKS AND EDUCATION From England comes word that Dr. Michael Lewis, director of Nottingham University's Institute of Education, has defended comics as an aid in teaching children to rad and enlarging their vo cabularies. Dr. Lewis told a teacher's conference group children who read comics are often encouraged to read other books by the adventurous strips Dr. Lewis said twenty per cent of the words in comic strips arc new words to children and therefore, the strips are conducive to enlarged vocabularies. He said only six per cent of the words were slang or misspelled. Dr. Lewis ateo found modern children more intelligent than their predecessors and claimed that radio and television were encouraging children to read more about things they saw or heard through these media. ' No doubt the country's children will be delighted by this report, although it must be noted that the sensational and degrading comic books, so often seen on the U. S. newsstand, are not as preva lent in Great Britain. Nevertheless, the words of the University professor are a defense of comics, whieh are firmly en trenched in American life, anyhow, and are oncou-ncring to those who have felt that the effects of comics on children are detrimental. k it k--j-HE LOCAL PAPER LEADS In the comparatively recent past, the local newspaper was about the only place where merchants could advertise their wares. Since then, other important media have come into existence notably the radio and television. Hut, the newspaper is sti'l the dominant factor in the field' by a wide margin. A recent survey indicates that the typical department store allocates 80 per cent of its advertising dollar to newspa pers, nine per cent to television, four per cent to radio, three percent to direct mail, and four per cent to other media-. The local newspaper offers the surest THOUGH' FOR TODAY If;ihs! error is to be fitieJ. not ridiruled. Lord Chesterfield The Plalfsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KST.UU.IS11KD IX 1581 rju!i -! I N-ini-U't'-kly, lluiuiays and Thursdays, at 7t M .-tin strevt. IMiiitMuojih 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 cstivs 0er :M09 Population) RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK II. SMITH News Reporter SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editoi V 1 V Asocvtxo' urxxu issicsoi Enttr.d at tl.o "ost Office at IMatt&iuouth. Nebraska a? second class mail matter In accordance with the Act of Consrre.s 0 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 city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsrnouth. 20 cents for wo weeks Woman went into a drug store up the street here the other day for some face powder. "Mennen's?" asked the clerk. "No, Wimmen's," she replied. "Want it scented?" "No, I'll take it with me," she said. A- Experience is what you have left after everything else is gone. We never fully appreciated televis ion until we found it could keep a woman from talking for at least two hours. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says her negative -personality was developed in a dark room. it it Thipk we'll start a TV matrimonial agency. That way, prospective love-birds could ?ee what thev were getting. When a man gets too old to set a bad example, he begins to give -out with advice. A hospital is a place where people who are run down wind up. it it Some very scientific chaps claim the inside of the world isn't as hot- as claimed. In our unscientific and humble opinion, neither is the outside. Down rived overseas mechanic in aldis- imvu kjcauco isj Fresh Flashes means of reaching the masses of the peo ple whether with a news story or an editorial opinion or an advertising mess age. And that's why merchants place it first when dividing up their advertising appropriation Memory Lane I r YEARS AGO (Editor's Note Memory Lane items for this issue of the Journal are again fea turing items from ten years ago during World War II as recorded by the Cass County Echo, serviceman's newspaper of the war years.) Cpl. Eugene Hamilton recently ar where he is an airplane the Army Air Force. . . . Lt. j R. F. Hirz is now a company commander with the Treadway Bridge Company at Camp Gordon, Ga. He entered service two years ago this May and was gradu ated from the school of engineering with a second lieutenant's commission a year ago. . . . Capt. A. E. Roland has been trans ferred to Maryland where he will attend officers intelligence school for a month. Tex Chovanec is m boot : naming at ranagui, luanu. . . . vmanuLLt; Steinkamp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Steinkamp, is a member of the TTnifnrl Qf otnu XTin- fofln- P.'M'no In vn in xiuioc vjauti, ki" xii nam- i ing at .taton Kouge, la. . . . ibtyie-rait Sportswear Company is coming to Platts rnouth and will start production here in the immediate future. Thirty-two women will be employed in the American Legion building where the company will manu facture robes; . . . An anthem, written by Jean Knorr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Knorr, is among those selected for pre sentation by a choir in New York City. She is a student at Union Theological Seminary in New York. . . . L. A. Cald well has been named Red Cross home service chairman for Cass county, succeed ing Judge A. H. Duxburv. The Washington Merry -Go-Round Copyright, 1952, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: BENSON BOUNCES BUTTER PROBLEM INSIDE CABINET; STATE DEPARTMENT SECURITY OFFICIAL QUITS JUST BEFORE TURKISH PRESIDENT ARRIVES; SYNGMAN RHEE DROPS HIS PLAN TO INVADE NORTH KO REA. WASHINGTON Here is what hap pened inside the Eisenhower cabinet re garding the controversial,' dynamite-laden but very tempting Russian offer to buy 44,000,000 pounds of surplus American butter. Actually, the Commodity Credit Cor poration, the Agriculture Department sub sidary which buys and stores butter, had ok'd the butter deal. They felt that even if the Russian price was a little low, it would be wise to get part of our butter surplus out of warehouses before it spoiled. This was the general line, therefore, that sincere, much-criticized Secretary of Agriculture Benson took at the cabinet meeting. He pointed out that butter was accumulating in American warehouses at the rate of over 1,000,000 pounds a day and that getting rid of it was a very real problem. . v ' ,He also pointed out that the United States was already selling tallow to So viet Russia, and butter was no more stra tegic than tallow. Another argument was that Russia rlirln't- liovn f r Ith-i V-v 1 m.- 4-4- -Ft- r ,7 She could buy it elsewhere if she couldn t purchase it on the American market. Be My Valentine! Finally Benson pointed out that by stopping the butter sale, ! the administration would only lose money for the American taxpayers, since the butter would not keep indefinitely. While the butter would be sold a little cheaper than the U. S. support price even so, it was argued, this was better than a total loss. Benson Overruled No one at the cabinei meet ing disagreed with Benson on any of the points he raised. The only point where they differed was regarding the reaction of the American public. And al most every member of the cabinet who expressed himself said that to sell butter to Rus sia at a cheaper price than to the American housewife would create a nation-wide furor. The support price for butter paid by the department of agri culture today is around 67 cents a pound. The world price for butter, offered by Russia, is around 46 cents a pound. This difference of 21 cents a pound, the cabinet finally decided, ! would brins a very sour reaction ! from American housewives. Lower Putter Prices However, the sale was not en- threw killed as Harold Stassen indicated later. And here is the strategy being discussed for the future. By April 1, Secretary Benson has to rhake up his mind wheth er he -;will support dairy prices during? the coming year.: ; And according to present tentative thinking inside the-administration, he will reduce support prices. Benson himself has been a great friend of the dairymen, but administration policies are tn vcHnpo form nrirpc enm otuVi a f an,; he will go along with that jjunuy This will put the new price of butter nearer the Russian of- . I fer of 46 cents a pound, in which pens to be not only a Republi-tram- LAW and ORDER by Sheriff The past year of 1953 was a busy one for the Sheriff's office. During the year 273 persons were detained or held in custody. From these persons, fines amounting to $11,041.06 were as- f sessea Dy tne courts lor uieir violations. The main violations commit ted were: drunken drivers 49, in toxications 53. burglaries admit ted 23, speeders 19, check art ists 13, reckless drivers 11, and sex offenders 10. Petty and erand larcenies admitted were ID. The average daily count for th year of 1953 at the county jail was 4. During 1953, the sheriff's of fice collected and turned over to the County Treasurer $18,867.88 ir. delinquent taxes. Answering calls, collecting taxes, and conducting investiga tions required approximately 30.0C0 miles of travel in 1953. There were 227 accidents re- A local service station ac pcrted in Cas County from Jan. ! cepted a $37 check in payment 1 to Nov. l Out of these renort ed accidents were 8 fatalities and 131 injuries. Violent and accidental deaths during the year of 1953, were very high. Total deaths from all causes were 23. Breaking this figure down we find that wre had 4 drownings, 1 suicide, 8 auto fatalities, 1 train fatality, 3 gun fatalities. 1 death by fire, 1 by electrocution, 2 by farm ma chinery, 1 by wood alcohol and 1 by auarry accident. During my seven years in of fice the total number of violent and accidental deaths total 111 for the county. Total automo bile accidents during the same rjriod of time were 1.225, from which resulted 40 deaths and 80 injuries. Crime in general was down in the county for 1953. The largest burglaries shifted from busi ness establishments to farm homes. Check 'artists' contin ued to reap the heaviest losses in the county among all crimes committed. - The resuscitator is credited with saving three lives during 1953. Also, two eight-hour tanks of oxygen were consumed) by persons requiring emergency ! oxygen. j Sheriff. -Bechtel of Perkins county reports thai on the night of Jan. 18, unknown persons mm Si case, it's argued, the Soviet sale would be more favorably re- ceived by the public. Actually the butter already accumulated, and which will be sold, will still butter purchased under the new 1 price-support plan would be ' cheaper. Security Officer Quits Guarding a foreign president visiting the United States is an extremely delicate, difficult job, and a lot of preparation went into the welcome of Turkish President Celal Bayar who has just arrived in Washington. President Celal Bayar repre sents one of the best friends the United States has anyplace in Europe or Asia. Likewise he happens to be a stubborn foe of adjacent Soviet Russia, which has long coveted the famed wa terway connecting the Black Sea writh the outside world over which Turkey' stands guard. U. S. officials, therefore, are not unmindful of the fact that a secret Communist attempt on the Turkish president's life while visiting in the U. S. A. would be interpreted in Turkey as coming from an American and could seriously disrupt re lations between the two coun tries. It -was the Nazi-inspired murder of King Alexander of Yugoslavia, while visiting in France before the war, which disrupted Franco-Yugoslav : re lations and became one step in the march of events leading to war. - Chief job of guarding the life of the visiting president has been that of State Department Security Officer William Huskey. who planned the protection of the king and queen of Greece and various other dignitaries. Huskey happens to be a Demo crat. His new boss in the state department, Scott McLeod, hap Tom Solomon v backed up a semi-trailer, truck to a wheat bin in Perkins coun ty and made off with around -500 bushels of wheat. A new method was used for the first time in Cass County in obtaining narcotics. A lady en tered the doctor's office and aft er being advised that the doctor was out on call, she huns around for a short time, then left. That night the doctor received a call. i from authorities at Auburn, Ne braska, regarding a 3ady who had used two prescriptions for narcotics, which wrere supposed ly issued to her by the Cass Countv doctor on his prescrip tion forms. Upon investigation the doctor discovered that the i visiting lady had lifted his pre scription pad and forged her own order for narcotics. of merchandise from a motorist The balance from the check was given to the motorist in cash. Last week the bank returned the Check to the - service station marked "no account." The man offered several items of identi fication including his driver's license. An investigation was conducted and the man was found ' to be from Des Moines, Iowa. His criminal record in dicates he has been arrested 18 times and spent 19 years in confinement, mostly on forgery counts. on Jarmnrv s. .unknown ner - snn stolP a Minneanolis-Moline 4 bar side delivery rake, red with yellow steel wheels valued at $295 from Lexington N.ebraska Thp sheriff at BrideeDort. Nebraska, is looking for the per - i sons who sold two vending ma - f&! I chines in his county on Dec. 7, ' your omcers. ouougra rotare from a non-existing company. an interest in who they are The salesmen, stated they repre- before the names are on the sented the . United Vendomatic ballot, so that you have some Comcany, manufacturers -dis-' thing to say about the choice tributors. 1912 Fremont street, Chicago 22, 111 A similar incident occurred m Cass County in 1949. Only one machine was purchased from the ncn-existmg company sup- poscdlv located in Kansas. TOM SOLOMON, Sheriff. Cass County, Nebraska. can but a close friend of Sen ator McCarthy, and has been busy as a street cleaner sweep ing out every Democrat he could lay hands on. McLeod. however, never knew what Huskey's politics were, un til one day before the arrival ! of the Turkish president. On that day Huskey quit. I Ironically, he took a job with the Democratic national com- rnittee. Note State department high-cr-ups at first were in a furor ever Huskey's departure. He. fi nally showed them that plans for protecting the Turkish presi dent had been so well prepared his resignation would not in crease security risks. Iihee Reneges U. S. officials heaved a sigh of-relief as yesterday passed without President Syngman Rhee carrying out his threat to movex South Korean troops north. January 27 was the deadline the hardheaded lit- tie leader of South Korea had ! set for his offensive. Actually U. S. officials knew in advance that Rhee would not carry out his threat. They also know that Rhee now has in mind another troop movement j whicn he probably will carry 'out. He has postponed his of fensive for three months, until April 27, and at that time m tends to send ROK troops north of .the 38th parallel. However, he will halt them before they reach Communist Defenses on the edge of the neutral zone There is one all-important reasons why Rhee is willing to pull his punches, and it s the arae reason why the United Na tions is not likely to resume ground wariare in .orea ever s gam. if war is resumed it wui be via the ai rand with atom bombs. The reason is the steel-and concrete "maginot line" which the Chinese have biult across the Korean peninsula. No army could possbily storm it without devastating loss of life, and it's no secret that even the U. S. army has given up any thought of wasting lives on its labyrinth of underground defenses. In stead, if it ever becomes neces sary, "we will do w'hat the Ger mans did with the French Mag inot line and circumvent it. Iihee, therefore, will march his troops up to the Communist Maginot line and then stop. Note As far as the U. N. is concerned, Allied intelligence does not expect any resumption ups along the battle line. Legislative SIDELIGHTS.. by : BERNUS CAMP Do You Know a Candidate? During 1954, Nebraskans will participate in1 two elections a primary and a general elec tion. The primary election will be held in August and the gen eral election in November. While 1954 electionwlse is an off-year, it is still important because all members of the U. S. House of Representatives and one-third of the U. S. Senators stand for election re-election. Nebraskans this year wrill pick and elect new members of Con gress or reaffirm their faith in present - members. Nebraskans will chose one U. S. Senator the seat now held by Senator Dwight fcrriswold on a short term basis. At the state level, Nebraskans wil pick a governor either re affirming their faith in Gov ernor Robert Crosby, if he in dicates a readiness to try again for the office; or chosing a suc cessor to him. The whole corps of state officials will be up to face the electorate; as will the 43 state legislators. County Commissioners and Supervisors' and other county officials will likewise face the voter as they do every two years. No one seems to he worrying much now about what candi dates - try for which office in 1954, but it would appear to be a good time for citizens to cast about and compare the record of incumbents against what they think others might do. If you as a citizen and voter know some individual you feel would make a good and desira ble candidate for public office national, state or local it's a good time now to "talk him up." Discuss the possibility of this individual's candidacy with your friends. Find out if there are a number of people who agree with you that it is desira ble to ask the individual to be a candidate. If you find there is support for your "choicV contact him and urge him to run lor office; assure him that you will work for his success and tell him of others you know will work to get him into office. Urge others who agree with you w coniact mm ana leu mm oi their support. - I Perhaps the incumbent in oiiice is aomg a sansiaciory ! job. It still does no harm to ! let him know that you know : i he is doing what you cansider a gooa joa; ana mat you wm support him if he runs again, Men and women serving in puouc omce wneiner n De m ' Washington. D. C, Lincoln, or ; your home county seat are ui ucnucs wiuui is ui- lot. That's the ultimate of aemocracy m operation, If you know a candidate you would like to see m a particular uukc. gei, iu wuitw nuw tu ace tnat nis name is on me oauot when the primary election day comes next August. THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL 5AGE TWO , Section C Thursday, January 28, 1954 By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 The worldwide contest between tne United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which has at times involved open mili tary operations, is slowly set tling down to a war of words and intrigue and infiltration. The thought is becoming pret ty general in both Washington and (reportedly) Moscow that the U. S. and the U.S.S.R. had better avoid further serious mil itary clashes. The United States is not likely to limit its retalia tion against aggression next time and therefore any new in cident could mean a new world war. The history of communist rule in Russia shows the Reds are cautious to a surprising degree when the question Is one of pre cipitating a major war. That is still their watchword. The Rus sians encouraged the North Ko rean attack on South Korea in 1950 because they thought: 1. The U. S. had written off South Korea as outside the strategic defense area of U. S. forces, and 2. They thought the United States would not interfere even though North Korea's attack was open aggression. Those calculations proved wrong and they have made Rus sian leaders more cautious not less cautious. The Korean Wrar was a costly one for the Reds. They lost a million soldiers which they could afford to lose, but they also lost tens of thou sands of motor vehicles and other mechanical equipment, which they could not afford to lose. Worst of all, they stirred the United States into mobilization and rearmament. Now, in 1954. that U. S. rearmament is about completed. Respecting strength as they do, and seeing wiiat the United States did in South Ko rea even when not prepared to go into action, the Russians are less inclined to touch off inci- They are giving in slowly on some issues, such as the return of 186 naval vessels to the U. S., sent the Reds under lend-lease and they are showing some signs of turning their thinking to do mestic affairs rather than inter national aggression. Premier Malenkov, for example, has shown more interest. in improv ing living and working condi tions for the oppressed and miserably-housed Russian peoule than has" been evidenced by a Russian leader in twenty years. Many Americans think he is acting to forestall serious unrest in his country. Whatever the reason or reasons, the United States and the USSR have their own domestic problems and both countries realize the other pos sesses considerable mi li t a r y strength and atomic bombs. The U. S. also possesses even more destructive weapons. The contest between them, then, seems to be settling down to a long, drawn-out struggle for advantage. Peace prospects are improved because the United States position is no longer one of military weakness. Curiously, this new strength, which has slowed Soviet aggres sive design, is causing some key U. S. allies in Europe to turn toward Russia in theii- political orientation. France, for exam ple, is using this lull to see if she iWEEKLYdCROSSWORD PUZZLE I Breed of Feline r HORIZONTAL 1 Depicted breed of cat 7 It has a thick ruff of long, soft, . fur around its neck j 13 Director ; 14 Mementoes 15 Craft 16 Finch 18 Pedal disit 19 Thus 20 Stutter 22 Transpose 2 Roman emperor 3 Artificial channel 4 Alleged force 5-Pause 6 Scope 7 Ruthless 8 Smooth and unaspirated 9 Chemical suffix 10 Perch 11 Tax 12 River in, Belgium (2b.) 17 Ream (ab.) r! Hebrew UHer 20 Sentry 24Z'.?ctricaiunit 21 Breathed 26 Bri J - j 23 Separated 28 Pace" 25 Stocked 31 Vehicle 32 Minute skin opening 33 Against 34 Flower 35 Year between ! 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The United States has furnished the monev and tech nical aid to rebuild France from the devastation of World War IT. ow that our aid is to be sharply cut. the French feel more inclined to warm up to Rus?ia than they have in seven year.:. It will mean a break with U. S. policy and may cause sharp dis agreement in French political parties and the Chamber of Deputies, but the temptation has some. Frenchmen leaning pretty far to the East. The recent Nash-Kelvinator-Kudson merger announcement leaves ony two sizable automo bile producers left in the inde pendent field. Packard and Stu debaker. Talk has been heard lately that a merger of these two companies is in the offing, but as this is written, nothing official has been announced. What the independents are up asainst is the prospect that the Big Three in the automotive field (G. M., Ford and Chrysler) will sell ninetv-two per cent of the cars sold thsi year. The In dependents' share of the total market has been steadily dwind ling. If the trend continues, the independents will be squeezed out, but mergers may be the an swer to that fate. At least some companies seem to think so. Packard, one of the oldest manufacturers in the business, more than doubled its sales in 1953,- .and seemed to b? bucking the trend. Studebaker also ap peared to be in Rood condition, but sales slowed in the late months of 1953 and now there's speculation whether there won't be one more merger, before the regrouping ends. WHOLESALE FOOD PRICI The wholesale price of food reached the highest point in two and a half years on the Dun iz Bradstreet index on January 12th. The index was,2.6 per ceni above the figure for the preced ing week and well above the in dex for the same period a year ago. Sharp increases in coffee and cocoa contributed to the rise, with wheat, barley, beef, hams, bellies, tea. eggs, raisins, prunes, steers, hogs and lambs also higher. Only flour, corn, rye, cats, lard, butter and cot tonseed oil were lower. GOOD TIMES. 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