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''.'..','.'.'.'.'.,..',l.l.'.,.t..'.'.,.'.'.'.'..'." . ,.....,...... .. . ....... ft? EDITORIALS Furses Fresh Flashes -l-HE LATEST FROM MARCANTONIO Former Congressman Vito Marcan tonio is now organizing a new party all his own. He told reporters recently it was to be known as the "Good Neighbors' Party." Among other things, Marcantonio said that none of the existing political parties, including the Republicans and Democratic parties, and the Liberal and American La bor parties, were responsive to the needs of the people. We have nothing against Mr. Marcan tonio personally, although we point out that the business of organizing new parties has never been particularly successful in the United States. The twoparty system in this country seems to be here to stay for a whi!e at least. ' Already New Yorkers are split between more parties than those of any other sec tion of the country. To the average citi zen this is perhaps a good thing, but in the American system of politics, the two party system has many advantages. In countries such as France and Italy, where there are many parties and where the multi-party system is in operation, one need not look far before he sees the major disadvantages of such a system. The coun try is broken down into so many factions, and factionalism, that it becomes very dif ficult for any group to gain a stable ma jority or a stable authority to form a' gov ernment. Thus, Mr. .Marcantonio, in seeking to establish another party, is doing the very thing which if successful would bring about a situation in this country, somewhat similar to that in France or Italy. ir ir W7HY FARMERS MECHANIZED Cornell University economists have come up with the real reason farmers in the United States have turned to mechani zation. The economists have been studying the actual cost of keeping a horse, or horses in operation on the farm. According to the results of this study, it costs $141 to maintain a horse in harness on the farm. A team of horses would, therefore, cost $282 a year. The cost break-down is divided into two parts, about one-half is the cost of feed and bedding. Other costs make up the other fifty per cent of the total. One of the costs figured by the Cornell economists is the labor cost. The econo mists arrived at a figure of sixty-two hours, which they say represents the labor re quired in a year to keep up a horse. This labor is figured at $50. In brief, this labor item means that a farm team costs approximately 8 cents an hour for every hour of work on the farm. When one considers the low cost of tractors and figures out the hourly cost of using a tractor, he can .see that it com pares favorably with the cost of using a team of horses, or even mules. That, .in short, is the answer to the question of why farmers have been turning from horses and mules to tractors and mechanized equip ment. k ARRIACE ATEICHTYFOUR 1 Martin Black, an eighty-four year old retired Iowa farmer, recently took a bride of seventy-two to the altar. It was no week-end romance for Black. He had known his bride for forty years. The new Mrs. Black did not appear to be nervous during the ceremony until she was performing the cake-cutting opera tion. Then she admitted to friends she was a "little nervous." For all those who consider themselves finished at such immature ages as seventy and eighty, the life-begins-at-eighty-four example of Black should be an encourage ment. It is good to see there are still some people left who believe they are onlv as o!d as they feel. THOUGH! FOR TODAY Music is almost as dangerous as gunpozi'dcr. Jeremy Collier The Plslismoulh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published yeini-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays at J10 Main Street. Plattsmoutl 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 (la Cities Over 2000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor VERN WATERMAN Advertising SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editor m EHin 'TD ttiicxAi anew, aisccct There is insufficient evidence to judge a woman's character by her clothes. There may be plenty of money in cir culation, in the USA, but we have yet to meet a man in Plattsmouth who thinks he has his share of it. Asked a fellow up the street here the other day where he met his wife. He an swered, "Hell, I didn't meet her, she -overtook me. Governor Crosby advises us to pay our taxes writh a smile. That would be al right with us, but our treasurer insists on cash. it ic -k Income taxes may be unpleasant but we know of no others that wTe hope to pay in increasingly larger amounts. ic & k Religion would have a lot more con verts if it didn't interfere with the way some people live. it A local girl has been in two , plane crashes, three auto smash-ups and a train jwreck. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, says it will probably be her luck next to get a run in her stocking. We are activated by only two motives : the drive to get money and the fight to keep it. J j fM ft. said estate is June 9, 1954; that j THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL . a hearing will be had. at the I -AQE FOUR Monday, March 3, 1R54 I County Court room in Piatts- ( ;- ; ! mouth on June 14, 1S54, at ten , . . . , M ! r a. Di o'clocli a. m. for the purpose of , March 3rd, 1954. I r05UTien' IUIC examining, neanng, auu'nuig n ttavmond j. CASE. and adjusting all claims or ob jections duly filed. Dated February 19, 1954. (Seal) . RAYMOND J. CAES, County Judge No. 2411 Febr. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 1954 County vv w Cnterfd at the "ost Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second class mail matter In accordance with th vet or 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 city of Platts ir.outh. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 20 cents for two wcelis. "Now, isn't this better than living with .1 fn motnerf v i McCarthy isn't so bad, that the Nevertheless, Hall urged Eisen bad man in the McCarthy - en- hower not to - tackle McCarthy tourage is Roy Cohn; that sena- direct, but let Republican lead tors are demanding that Mc- ers and the senate act instead. Carthy get rid of him. He emphasized the importance tt oT,H.f,rrJV,Tr o-rnim in- of party unity, the fact that only side the White House includes the Democrats would enjoy the Bob cutler, the Boston banker; battle, argued that he was sure l7vw I Max Rabb; Bernard Shanley, ne coma get Joe to-be reason- UOVn memOrY LOrie White House counsel; CD. Jack- able. ' I son. publisher of Fortune Maga- And carrying out his idea that a.wm:o:.:.........: ! 7ino- nnH Rhprmflti Arfams chief others, not the nresident. should i ................ ....... .-. . . . . . . i 44. .. , ------ ' . . ' - i t o . i n -r-i 1 n r . n 1 nr i assistant to the president. Jim tackle McCarthy, Chairman nan inu. ztxu rem-. , xviar. i, o, xvd Smith & Lebens, Attorneys Plattsmouth, Nebraska NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT In the County Court of Cass County, Nebraska To all psrsons in the estate Begley & Peck, Attorneys Plattsmouth, Nebraska NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court cf j Cass County, Nebraska j To all persons int erested in the j estate cf Ralph Hennings, de ceased. No. 4193: Take notice that a petition has been filed praying for administration of said estate and appointment of ri'hard C Peck as administra tor; that said petition has been sit for hearing before said Court on the 12th day of March 1954 at ten o'clock a. m. Dated February 19th, 1954. (Seal) RAYMOND J. CASE, County Judge No. 2412 Febr. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 1954 Fouchek & Garnett, Attorneys Plattsmouth, Nebraska NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE3IENT In the County Court of Cass County, Nebraska To all persons interested in the estate of Gertha Hull, de ceased. No. 4441: Take notice that the executor of said estate has filed his final report and a petition for examination' and al lowance of his accounts, deter mination of heirship, and distri bution of said estate and for his discharge, which will be heard before said Court on March 12th, 1954, at ten o'clock a. m. Dated February 20th, 1954. (Seal) RAYMOND J. CASE, County Judge No. 2433 March 8, 15, 22, 1954 J. Howard Davis, Attorney Plattsmouth, Nebraska , NOTICE TO CREDITORS In ths County Court of Cass County, Nebraska To the creditors of the estate cf Lena May Becker, deceased. No. 4439: Take notice that the time limit for the filing and presentation of claims against said estate is June 23, 1954; that a hearing will be had at the County Court room in Platts mouth cn June 28, 1954, at ten o'clock a. m. for the purpose or examining, hearing, allowing and adjusting all claims or ob jections duly filed. Dated March 5, 1954. (Seal) RAYMOND J. CASE, County Judge No. 2426 March 8, 15, 22, 1954 S99.8 in Mail Motorists making violations not serious enough to warrant arrests were given warning cards. There were 22,357 warn ing cards . given, with the ma jority given for speeding, stop sign violations, and careless driving. Dispatching Test Four Plattsmouth post office employees scored 99.8 per cent on annual case examinations held Thursday at the post office here. Taking the exam were Russell Nielsen, Gus Hopkins, Vern Hendricks and Ernest Janda. The 99.8 per cent was only two-tenths per cent away from perfect. Two of the postmen took exams for dispatching mail to Nebraska, and two took the exam for dispatching to Iowa. A score of 95 per cent is con sidered good. In the exams, the postal em ployees dispatch cards into the proper bags, just as mail is dis patched each day. Hundreds of different towns are involved in the dispatching. Correct locations are import ant to Volunteer Firemen an swering your calls. Be sure to give the right address the first time. jr YEARS AGO Mrs. Robert G. Reed has been elected president of the Plattsmouth Wom an's Club. Other officers elected were Mrs. L. S. Devoe, vice president; Miss Lucy Edwards, recording "secretary ; Mrs. L. W. Egenberger, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. G. L. Farley, treasurer . . . Miss Theresa Libershall will head a health and nutri tion center to be started at Plattsmouth for undernourished children . . . Mrs. Mar ion Tucker, president of the Nebraska Fed eration of Woman's Clubs is here making plans for the state convention to be held at Plattsmouth . . . The Plattsmouth Study Center will be disbanded on March 15 in compliance with announced CWA cuts . . . Lucille Meisinger is president of a Knight hood of Youth club organized by the Senior Normal training class. Other officers are Helen Gilmour, vice president; Martha Kaffenberger, secretary-treasurer; Doro thy Siemoneit, reporter . . . Henry Schoe mann has purchased a 240-acre farm near Murdock from August Wendt for $125 an acre. n r YEARS AGO W George Conis and Robert B. Hayes are opponents in the mayoralty race at - . v. v . v v. b.. . v vmr A.iAiy kva uivv vvva T the Democrats and Hayes by the Republi cans. Mrs. Mable Cummins will- oppose Albert Olson for city clerk . . . W. C. Soen nichsen, Dwight Edwards and Howard Da vis have been selected as candidates for the board of education ... Ed S. Tutt of Murray has filed as" a candidate for the D mocratic' nomination for county com missioner from the first district . . . Crete dropped Plattsmouth from the district tournament 34-33. Cole and Livingston each scored 12 points for Plattsmouth . . . Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mrasek. of Murray are the parents of a daughter born March 1 . . . Bernard Dow, William Gochenour, Robert Woster and Merle Shyrock have passed qualifying mental exams for the Army Air Force cadet program . . . Miss Shirley Peterson of Plattsmouth has been commissioned in the army nurse corps. Hagerty remains more or less issued an anti-McCarthy, state- j neutral. ment to the press as he left the j Though the anti-McCarthy White House, group inside the White House The Republican national cLair- has been stronger, two groups man is a shrewd salesman and outside the White House also he sold Ike. The tough state- have carried great weight with ment drafted under the super the sometimes hesitating presi dent. One is the Republican na tional committee together with right-wing, Isolationist senators J vision of Sherman Adams was I of Harry G. Todd ais0 known as j scrapped. nic mucu iuiuci statement was issued. Significantly, McCarthy im mediately leaped from his cor who have been constantly warn- ner, threw conciliatory words to ing Ike that Joe McCarthy is the winds, and cracked out one necessary for them to win an of the toughest statements, he election. With him and the ' has ever made. In effect, he Communist issue, they argue, the ' threw down a challenge to the tKJF can capture tne irisn , presiaenu w stop nim. key states as Illinois to the Re publican column next Novem ber. , Newspaper Criticism Washington Pipeline The merger of Nash Motors and Hudson was delayed until Hudson got a final OK from its largest stockholder popular The oDDOsinsr McCarthy rrouD i Queen Juliana of the Nether- outside the White House includes I lands. She owns 16 per; cent of sime of the most influential ! Hudson's stock . . . Police have newspapers in the country, most of the pro-Eisenhower. They swung a tremendous bice of in dependent votes for Ike in lSa2, and their support or defection would probably spell the differ ence between a large bloc of in dependent votes today. These papers mciuce the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, Washington Post, the Knight newspapers, and others, all having urged the president to take a strong stand and stop appeasing McCarthy found a clue linking a former United Auto Workers official to the shooting of CIO Boss Walter Reuther. The name and phone number of Racketeer Santo Per rone, who allegedly was in cn the murder attempt, were found in the labor official s desk. Reu ther had cleaned the numbers racket out of various plants. Perrone and others wanted it continued . . The Democrats will put up a fight in congress for salary raises for government workers . . . The big American I oil companies are frantic over to newspaper comment, has been i the sJdden anti-American atti frankly perturbed by this steady tude of Saudi Arabia s new king, drumfire of editorial criticism Sa"d He h,asu.fUe,n from' his hitherto stanch sup- und.er the influence of bitterly porters. These were the papers anti-American advisers and;U. McCarthy apparently referred to s S. companies are worried that he when he talked about left-wing 1 stoP all American coopera publications which favored fifth i tlon amendment Communists. Yet . they are among the most import- LEGAL NOTICES ant in uie nauuu, ana it wa& : ripmpnt Xr ripmpnts. Attrnevs H. G. Todd, deceased. No. 4450: Take notice that the admmis- trator of said estate has filed his final report and a petition for examination and allowance of his accounts, determination of heirship, and distribution of said estate ana for his discharge, which will be heard before said Court on March 24th, 1954, at In 1952 Malvin Wiles, o near South Bend, harvested 824 bu. of corn from 8J2 acres, planted to Pool's Nebr. 601. This corn was cribbed separately, placed under government seal, and weights were checked. This yield of 97 bu. per acre was made under average field conditions, and not on a selected contest plot. We have other, new, State Certified varieties, from 100 to 120 day maturity. Many farmers were highly pleased with results from Pool's hybrids in 1953. For more corn in 1954, when acreages are reduced, plant some of Pool's Nebr. Certified Hybrids. Still a good selection of most grades and varieties. Write for cata logue or see your nearest dealer. CERTIFIED SEEDS GROWN RIGHT PRICED RIGHT ELMWOOD, NESR. 1 ill rv fill BflEft Elmwood, Nebraska NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Cass County, Nebraska To the creditors of the estate The Washington Merry-Go-Round quite understandable that Ei senhower should have been con cerned. It was newspaper reaction which finally convinced the president early last week to take nt proH t Fiokohman riWDQH a firm stand against McCarthy. No 4494: Take notice that the And on Monday two days in ad- time limit for the filln and vance of his Wednesday press presentation of claims against conference, he gave orders to said estate is June 16, 1954; that have a strong statement prepay- hearing will be had at the ed. Eisenhower usual y starts County court room in Platts- the preparation for his press- mouth 0n June 21, 1954, at ten conference statements about vinnv Q fnr tv.o rmmnco r,f I two days m advance, and m this examining, hearing, allowing and & 3 It's Exciting"... If s-FuiT... It's FREE! (Copyright, 1954, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) (Ed. Note Drew Pearson today continues his report on the difficulties between President m Eisenhower and Senator McCarthy.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: NEWSPAPER REACTION AL MOST TIPS WHITE HOUSE SCALES AGAINST MCCARTHY; REPUBLI CAN NATIONAL CHAIRMAN STILL RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR MC CARTHY; HALL SELLS IKE ON AP PEASEMENT. WASHINGTON Not since Dwight Ei senhower entered the White House has there been such pulling: and hauling- of op posing groups of advisers as over Joe Mc Carthv last week. The result was an orig inal draft of .a. strongly worded anti-McCarthy statement which never saw the light of day; then the modified gentle re buke which was published. , , . - The pro-McCarthy group inside the White House ' included General "Slick" Persons, the president's long-time military friend; Jack Martin, former asssitant to Senator Taft; and Gerald Morgan, who with his partner once got $10,000 a month for lobbying against high taxes and for the pipeline' companies. Vice President Nixon also lined up in favor of appearing McCar thy. This group has told the president that case the statement was drafted under the supervision of Sher man Adams. However, news of "the impend ing announcement leaked. Re portedly it leaked through Gen eral Persons. "Ike is fighting mad," Persons told newsmen. '"McCarthy has gone too far, and if he makes one more move, Ike will let him have it." Hearing of this, McCarthy did what he has frequently done be fore he ducked . a showdown. On Tuesday hight, one day be fore the much-publicized Eisen hower press conference, McCar thy issued a conciliatory state ment of his own. There should be an end to the controversy over General Zwicker, he said, i and suiting action to words, he I postponed a scheduled hearing 1 of more army witnesses. . Hall's Soft Salesmanship j This may have had some in , f luence on President Eisenhower. What influenced him much more, 'however, was a call from i Republican National Chairman j Len Hall who had heard of the ! tough White. House blast against McCarthy, and called to urge the ' president not to make it. When he arrived at the White House, Hall had already received some hot complaints against Mc Carthy from key Republicans around the nation warning that it was time McCarthy was put in his place. McCarthy was all right investigating Democrats,! Hall was told, but now he-was ; going after Republicans adjusting all claims or objections duly filed. Dated February 25, 1954. (Seal) RAYMOND J. CASE, County Judge No. 2415 March 1, 8, 15, 1954 Paul E. Fauquet, Attorney Plattsmouth, Nebraska NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Cass County, Nebraska To the creditors of the estate of Frank L. Pankonin, deceased. No. 4493: Take notice that the time limit for the filing and presentation of claims against m - i 5 . Re-pay in Low Monthly Payments Loans $50 - $500 or More Loans Made Anywhere Write AMERICAN Prove to yourself that you can hitch and unhitch tractor and im plements faster than ever before. Tiy the famous Farmall Fast-Hitch 'on the Super C, and qualify for membership in the 10-Second Club. Come in and race against the clock . . . get the feel of the fastest, sim plest, easiest hitching on the mar ket today. 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