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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1954)
...... ...-.. .... .. .." . . ." ...4 """""" EDITORIALS K .".."... ..,..,"..' . .."..,....,....".".."...."-"" IT'S ABOUT TAXES AGAIN Seems about all we've heard for the past year or more is taxes. Now 'Governor Crosby calls our legislature back in ses sion to go over the bills'again.' We're in formed this is the first special session of Nebraska's legislature since they were called back three years ago to combat a hog disease. We hope Nebraska's taxpayers fare better in this spacial session than the hogs did in their's. Seriously, we Nebraskans are going to hear a lot about a tax base during the next few weeks. There will be more ideas on what should and should not be done, dozens of bills thrown into the hopper, in cluding sales and income taxes for the state, abolishing of personal tax, elimina tion" of state real estate levies, homestead exemptions, increases in allowances for education, real estate levies, homestead exemptions, increases in allowances for education, and many others. Jt will take a lot of clear thinking on thr part of average citizens to come through this tax blitz with a sound mind antj anything left of his shirt. Personally we do not believe residents of this state cart stand many more sessions of the pres ent; legislative membership. Present tax legislation appears to us to have had a . sinister motive behind it an effort to get thc average citizen so confused, discour aged and discontented that, like a drown ing.man, he'll grab at any panacea offered to pull himself out of a tax mess that has vjorked extreme hardships on a good num ber of our citizens, especially those on fixed incomes, pensions, and in low income brackets. Would it be too much for a mere coun try publisher to suggest that our legisla tive body first repeal this nonsensical 50 per ccit law, go back to the precinct as sessor, cut out foolish depreciation sched ules and other tax messes that have been created by laws passed during the two preceding years, and start from there? Nebraskans better keep their eyes and ears open during the next few weeks, get ready to take action quick, or their tax bill one year hence , will make the public debt look like a: paltry church collection plate after Palm Sunday. Our confidence in Nebraska's present legislative bodies has been badly "shook' It seems that today's swim suits would afford enough relief from the heat with out going into the water. , -T-00 MUCH BOOCEY-WOOCEY. : v J An 18-man German orchestra, in the East zone of Germany, was recently given the . axe by Communist authorities. The Reds, out of step and unsympathetic with boogey-woogey, claimed the orchestra wa digging too much American jazz. The eighteen orchestra members, dis gusted because the Russians were not hep fr the jive, and further resentful of the Reds' interference in musical freedom, de cided to head for West Germany. The group split up, most members leav ing practically all of their possessions in East Germany. About the only thing they brought with them was their individual in struments. The end of the story is a success. Into West Berlin, only a few days after the Communist order, breaking up the band, filtered the eighteen members. At last re ports, the orchestra was getting on with it. The Communist . squares, it seems, neither appreciate good music, nor the fact that they can't supress it with a super-serious fraudulent ideology. THOUGHT iOR TODAY I:or one word a man is often deemed Jo be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. Wc ought to be careful indeed what we say. , - Confucius The Plattsmouih Journal Official County and City Paper KSTABUSIIED IN 1881 Published isini-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at ilH Main Su.ttet. Plattsmouth Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1932 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 VERN WATERMAN Advertising SOPHIA M. WOLEVER. Society Editor Purse's Fresh Flashes In No Position to Make Threats The sweet young things are now pre paring for the hunting season. it it A local husband says while the special session of the legislature is in session he's going to ask them to pass a law preventing women's clubs from meeting more than once a year. We folks out here in the west just got rid of the Indians and wolves and now thev scare' hell 'out of us with the H-bomb. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, says her mother warned her early that cocktails do not make good daughters. Fanny says her experience has taught her just the reverse. Nobody is going to deprive us of say ing what we please, but we're afraid to do it most of the time. It won't be long until the jack of all trades goes into the same thing vacation expenses. The Lord made one mistake it re quires less energy to open your mouth than to close it. it it See where a former circus sword swal lower is now eating pins and needles in a side show. He's probably on a diet. it it ir Down Memory Lane NH FALSE MOVE AMD ILL TE LL HIA TO BAT YOU was decided some time THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL v.wIv.vKv. 10 YEARS AGO Richard Hughson, 7, suffered cuts about the head, and bruises when struck by a truck while attempting to cross the street . . . Mrs. Roy O. Cole and Mrs. R. B. Hayes attended the state convention of the PEO society at Omaha . . . Grace Louise Wiles has been recognized for high schol arship at the University of Nebraska . . . A heavy snow fall has been reported in Cass county on April 19 . . . Edgar L. Glaze has been promoted to motor vehicle opera tion dispatcher at the Ft. Crook "ordnance plant . . . Patty LaRue has been elected president of the Sunny Cooks 4-H club. Other officers are Norma Lindsey, vice president; and Norma Ford, secretary Mrs. F. O. Sand of Nehawka is leader of the club . . . Tom Dooley has been elected legislator from the second district, includ , ing Cass county. ir it it yr YEARS AGO J Nine Cass countians have been rec ognized for high scholarship at the Uni versity of Nebraska. They are Elinor Longman and Florence West of Eagle; Margarethe Bornemeier and Denice H. Greene of Elmwood, John E. Lindell of Murdock, Verner F. H. Schomaker of Ne hawka ; Mary L. Clark, Helen R. Cole and Ward Tefft of Weeping Water ... J. Rus sell Reeder, science teacher here, has filed as a candidate for county superintendent of schqols . . . 417 boys and girls are en rolled in Cass county 4-H clubs . . . Platts mouth and Nebraska City battled to a 61 61 tie in a track and field meet. Hendrix, Taylor, McCleary, Hiner, Rhoades and Cot ner scored wins for Plattsmouth ... Ex tensive repairs are underway at the Platts mouth State Bank building. it their heads together to embar rass another McCarthy critic Henry Luce of Time, Life and Fortune when Summerfield furnished McCarthy under-the-table figures on Luce's profits and McCarthy proceeded to build a fire against the magazines' second-class mailing privileges. Furthermore, Summerfield has been one of Joe's consistent friends inside the cabinet and was the man who, during the election campaign, took Joe up the service elevator of the Pere Marquette hotel in Peoria, 111., to persuade Eisenhower to drop any praise of General Marshall from his Milwaukee speech. However, then Attorney Gen eral Brownell heard about Mc Carthy's complaint to the post office, he decided to examine it carefully. And in the Green spun column justice department officials found that McCarthy- was described as a "disreputable pervert." - This was a charge Greenspun had been making about McCar thy for some time and getting away with it. McCarthy had not sued, though copies of the news papers containing these charges had been mailed all over the United States. Brownell, therefore, took the entire column and made it a matter of court record, with the result that it has now become privileged and has been quoted by other publications with com plete immunity. In other words, Brownell did to McCarthy what. McCarthy did to General Mar shall and others when he launched attacks on them from the libelproof safety of the sen ate floor. Brownell did this by indict ing Greenspun on the ground that he incited attacks on Mc Carthy's life. But it's signifi- perversion charge as grounds for criminal libel though he could have done so. Nor did he delete this part of the Greenspun col umn. He made it all a matter of more, ago. Benson Won't Budge While public debate over rigid price supports continues on the senate .floor, here are some of the things that have been hap pening off the floor in senate cloakrooms. President Eisenhower has passed word through his close friend, Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas, that he might agree to a one-year extension of rigid price supports. This would be an acceptable extension of rigid price supports. This would be an acceptable compromise to Sen. Milt Young of North Da kota, Republican, and Sen. Allen Ellender of Louisiana, Demo crat, the two leaders of the farm bloc who are pushing hard est for rigid price supports. However, it is not acceptable to Sen. Dick Russell of Georgia, J the potent southern leader. Rus sell says farm price supports must be extended for two years, not one. He argues that farm ers must have continuity of crop planting, must be able to plan for more than a year in ad vance. However, whether its' a one year or a two-year extension, either will definitely be unac ceptable to Ezra Taft Benson, the sincere, sometimes stubborn secretary of agriculture. Benson just won't budge on rigid farm price supports whether it be one year, two years, or six months. He's just again 'em. And PAGE TWO Section C Thursday, April 22, 1954 By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter court record. Note Greenspun came into the" j though he hasn't said so, the U. S. district court in Nevada the other day to face charges, but neither the U. S. attorney nor the U. jS. marshal nor the judge seemed much interested. They finally told him to comq back next fall when a new judge would be appointed. Judge Rog er Foley said he wasn't going to try the case himself (he's a friend of Greenspun's). They didn't even ask the publisher to post bail. Puzzled Nixon When Vice President Nixon finished his now famous anony mous speech to editors, newsmen warned him: 4 This speech is going to raise cain, and we want to be sure just how we can use it." ' What do you refer to?" asked Nixon. "What I said about Syngman Rhee?" "No,-what you said about In-do-China," Nixon was told. However, he still didn't under stand what newsmen were driv ing at until they spelled out spe cifically that it was his state ment on the use of troops in Indo-China. Reason was not that Nixon was hedging or playing dumb. He had been immersed in the Indo-Chinese problem for sev eral weeks, and had discussed the possible use of U. S. troops in Indo-China so many times in security council circles that he didn't realize the impact it would make on editors and the Ameri can public generally. Chief significance is that the use of troops, if necessary, has been decided as a matter of defi- chances are he would resign from the cabinet if the president failed to back him up. So far the president shows no sign of deserting Benson. On the contrary, he has promised Ezra to get on the telephone personally to various senators to swing them into line against the amendment-laden wool bill ex tending price supports." The Washington Merry -Go-Round cant that he did not cite the i nite Eisenhower policy; further- LAW and ORDER by Sheriff Tom Solomon i KiltCkU. IWTCE1U AiiOOCT (Copyright, 1954, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) drew pearson says: McCarthy didn't want las vegas sun publisher indict ed;, las vegas newspaper's highly libelous and damag ing charges are now part of libelproof court record; ike promises to support benson on supports. WASHINGTON The inside story of how the Eisenhower administration indict ed a Las Vegas publisher at the behest of Joe McCarthy is one of the most amazing Washington has seen in a long time. The real fact is that McCarthy didn't actually want the publisher prosecuted. Certain justice department officials pushed the action despite him and probably to embarrass him. What happened was that Hank Green spun, editor and publisher of the Las Vegas Sun,- wrote a column on January 8 that "Joe has to come to a violent end . . . live by the sword and you die by the sword!" Greenspun continued. "Destroy people and" they in turn must destroy vou ... During the past several months many important motor vehicle laws were brought you through this column. If we overlooked any particular motor vehicle law which you may have been in terested in. drop us. a line and we will attempt to fulfill your I request. In the next several issues we will take up various rules and regulations of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, which we feel may be of interest to you: 53-197. Violators of act; du ties of sheriffs, police officers to make complaints; neglect of duty; penalty. Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, marshal, deputy marshal or con stable who shall know, or who shall be credibly informed, that any offense has been committed against the provisions of any law of this state relating to the sale of alcoholic liquors, shall make complaint against the person so offending within their respective jurisdictions to a proper justice of the peace or other magistrate therein, and for every neglect or refusal so to do, every such officer shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hun dred dollars. 53-186. Consumption of liquor on public property, public roads, streets, alleys; forbidden; excep tions. , It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic liquors in the public streets, al leys, roads, or highways, or upon property owned by the state or any governmental subdivision thereof, or inside vehicles while upon the public streets, alleys, roads, of highways; Provided, the provisions of this section recreation purposes. In view of the heavy consumption of alco olic beverages on the grounds, more frequent checks of the park will be made in the future by State Game Wardens, State Liquor agents and members of this office. Main violators are from adjoining counties to the north. The sheriff at Mullen, Nebr., reports that a cow and calf were stolen from a pasture south of Mullen the night of April 7. The cow is branded two plus on right hip, and weighs about 1000 Ids.; the calf was born morning of April 7th. Nineteen kaddie wagons pack ed in cardboard boxes, one to a box with lettering on box "KW Engineering Company, Inc., Lin coln, Nebraska," were stolen from Milford on April 5. Also reported stolen from Mil ford is a two-wheel trailer bear ing 1954 Nebraska license 2-2235 with a 6 ft. high box, aluminum color. Authorities at Colorado Springs, Colo., put out a three state alarm Monday for a man who allegedly pulled a robbery in that city on On April 15, we took Mrs. Dude Hiatt Correspondent """"" ".".".,".. A "." ,,. " Miss Ann - Marlyn Tyson, daughter Doctor and Mrs. 11. W. Tyson, spent the past week of Easter vacation at the home of her parents in Murray. Miss Tyson is a student at Nebraska University at Lincoln. Sonny Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baker of Omaha, spent Jast week at the home of his aunt and family, Mr. and Mn. Bill Van .Aekerin. Mr. and Mrs. George Buffing ton and Jnay spent Easter Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ;Roy Hiatt at Tabor, Iowa. Miss Nancy Boedecker, spenc her spring vacation in Murray at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs. Charles Boedecker. Miss Boedecker attends Brown ell Hall school in Omaha. Murray Combined Services Held Good Friday Combined services of the Mur ray Christian and United Pres byterian churches were held for Good Friday at the United Pres byterian church. Rev. Val John son, Christian church minister, delivered the sermon. - Miss Lois Sporer spent heri spring vacation from Wesleyan University at Lincoln, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sporer. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baker and family were Easter Sunday din ner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill aVn Aekerin. Ronnie Daniels of Platts mouth and Jerry Hiatt were all day guests on Friday at the home of Melvin Haschar. Murray - David Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oline Morris, spent Friday nigni ana saiuraay at x,ne nome of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Comstock of Omaha. . Mr. Charlie Mead is at his home after being in Methodist hospital the past week follow ing an operation. , Charlie Comstock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Comstock of Oma ha, spent the week-end at Mur ray with Mr. and Mrs. Olin -Morris and family. Easter dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hutchinson and family were Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Settles of Valentine. Murray Family Event Is Planned The Young Married Clas of the Christian church are spon soring a fund raising affair Vj help furnish a new dormitory at Cotner College at Lincoln. It is a family affair and the public is invited. Each person is asked to donate a penny for each year of his age to the penny bowl, WASHINGTON, April 22 The- realities of the situation in Indo China are not pleasant and some Americans are not accepting them. Number one fact is that Communists already occupy large sections cf the country. Those who hope the Geneva meeting will result in a Red re treat from these areas may not be facing the realities of the present situation. . In Washington it's evident the U. S. government is shooting for a bigger victory in Indo-China than are French and British. French are willing to concede a part of the country to the Reds if the fighting can be stopped. U. S. wants the Reds licked, hopes for united action to throw the invaders out of Indo-China altogether. The Secretary of State flew to Paris and London to convince the French and British that the western democracies should put up a strong front at Geneva, of fer trade but not concessions in Indo-China. Yet the French people are very weary of war there, long for peace even if country is split. It may develop that if the United States insists Commu nists get out of Indo-China al together even retreating from areas they have held for years, no truce can be arranged. Rus sia has suggested that a truce be arranged immediately to stop the shooting and that a truce worked. out later. This proposal, whether sincere Youth Groups Have Sunrise Services Easter Morning The Senior and Junion Chris tian Endeavor groups of Mur ray Christian and United Pres byterian church, held Sunrise service on Kings Hill overlook ing the Missouri River at 5:30 on Easter morning. The service was opened by group singing of the hymn "Christ Arose," followed by prayer by Rev. Val Johnson. Special Bibla verses were read by 'Miss Barbara Anderson and Clifford Rogers. The qujartett, consisting of Rose Read, Peggy Frans, Wayne Reike and Clifford Rogers, sang "The . Old Rugged Cross." Miss Marlyn Sporer played a saxaphone solo. Nan cy Lancaster and Lowell Reike sang a duet. Miss Phyliss Reike accompanied the singing on her accdrdiah. The service was clos ed by sentence prayers by the group. After the service the group arove back to the Murray or not and it is similar to the Russian proposals for a truce during the Korean war has much appeal in France and Brit ain. The question is whether the United States should go along with such a move if all parties at Geneva agree to it. ' The other question is how far the American people will back President Eisenhower and Secre-. tary Dulles in our growing in volvement in Indo-China. If the French are willing to agree to a cease-fire or a truce, leaving the Reds in control of large areas of the country, then should we stand in the way of such an agreement? - That's the sixty four dollar question on many tongues in Washington. j church basement, where they ! enjoyed an Easter breakfast of bacon, eggs, toast, jelly and cof fee or cocoa. Thirty-three young people attended the'service and the breakfast. The following la dies cooked and served the breakfast. Mrs. Olin Morris. Mrs Harold Sayers, Mrs. Forest Todd, Mrs. Fred Drucker, Mrs: Charles Boedecker, Mrs. Dude Hiatt, and Mrs. Raymond Lancaster. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Dude Hiatt, Jer ry, Irene and Keith spent Easter Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymand Lechliter and family of Winslow, Nebraska. Dinner guests on Easter Sun day at the home of Mrs. Mar garet Brendel were Dr. and Mrs. R. F. Brendel and son, and W. L. Seybolt. Sensational behind-the-scenes disclosure, or charges have been published in recent days affect ing botn Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. The charges against Roosevelt are the more sensational. It is claimed by at least two admirals that the lata President used as a part of his strategy to unite the nation sol idly in a war against Axis ag gressors, the technique of en couraging the Japanese to at tack Pearl Harbor. The special mixed investiga tion commission appointed to look into the Peral Harbor fias co, is being examined anew, and the strange failure of either Army or Navy leaders in Wash ington to alert Pearl Harbor, even as the Jap codes were be ing broken and even as the Jap anese embassy burned its secret papers, is up for new appraisal. It is now disclosed that junior officers in both the Army and Navy attempted to alert Pearl Harbor with war-emergency messages as early as December 6th, 1941, when it was apparent from broken codes that tne Japs were preparing for things which "would automatically happen" if the Jap negotiators in Washing ton failed to achieve an agree ment. But they were prevented from sending these messages by orders from higher authorities. Admiral Stark, then Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, would not send a message of dire warning even at nine or ten o'clock Sunday morning (Wash ington time) and General Mar shall was mysteriously riding horseback and not available. The charges are that President Roosevelt did not want anything to disrupt Jap plans knowing that an alert at Pearl Harbor would be detected by Jap spies and the attack called off. Roose velt, it is said, wanted a stab in the back to unify the nation. President Truman is involved in charges that .the H-bomb was delayed for almost nine months. Later statements and disclosures however show that Truman went ahead and ordered production of the bomb even though a majori ty of the Atomic Energy Com mission 'members opposed the project. So perhaps HST de serves credit instead of criticism. Some former AEC members are to come in for increasing criti cism though. Roosevelt, of course, is dead, and cannot defend himself against the serious charges be ing made against him. They are sensation charges, hotly dis- Mr .and Mrs. Don Kemoton and children of Winfield, Kan-1 puted and a major topic of con sas, were saiuraay ana sunaay guests of Rev. and Mrs. Val Johnson. versation in Washington will continue to be talked many months to come. and for L a WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Oak Seed Here's the Answer HORIZONTAL 1 Depicted nut 6 Indians 13 Harmony 14 Tolerant 15 Writing fluid 16 Hurt 3 It is the fruit of the 4 Red Cross ab.) 5 Bird's home 6 Wing-shaped V Impudent 8 Poker stake J5m.ed .c.onfUct DCaius Julius a iJiminuuve suffix r.nt-rfd t th 0(3t Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska as second clas mail matter in accordance witntn 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 city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 20 cents for two weeks. McCarthy sent a copy of this column to Postmaster General Summerfield as a move to take second-class mailing privi-j shall not apply to sale of beer leges from the Las Vegas Sun. That ap parently was as far as he wanted to go. Obviously if he had wanted criminal pros ecution he would have sent the column direct to the justice department to which he has referred various other matters in the past.; Joe's Friend McCarthy happens to be chairman of the senate subcommittee for post office. appropriations, thus 'has a powerful noia involved in a hit-and-run acci dent south of Plattsmouth. At the time of his arrest he aroused our suspicion because of his actions, the amount of money on his person, and the fact he had two guns in the car, one which was loaded. We immedi ately contacted Colorado Springs authorities, and state authorities April 13 the wanted man into custody at Mynard, Nebraska, after he was whicn win g0 to the fund for furnishings of the college dor mitory. Pies should be brought to serve with coffee. A small program will be presented. The affair is for 8:00 o'clock on Fri day evening on April 23rd. Murray Surprise Birthday ParW Held Friday Miau noi appiy to saie oi Deer and we were advised that he was A su'Drise birthdav nartv was lli"c Passional not wanted by their depart- hefds?trP ments. The following day he pled guilty in county court and after paying , a fine of $100 he was allowed to continue on his way. It goes against our grain to see such a big catch get away, but at least we had him figured baseball is played. One glance at our roads and drainage ditches' can quickly make you realize that the above law, 53-186,-is far from being complied with. . Saturday night State Liquor Agent "Wm. X. .Gordon and T checked the State Park at Louis ville for violation of the above law, 53-186. We found many violations. This park is used on Summerfield. Once before they put by hundreds of local citizens for held at the home of W. L. Sey bolt on Friday night. .Those at tending were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Aekerin and Ronnie, Sonny Bak er of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Dude Hiatt, Jerry, Irene and Keith and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Til sen, Richard Steve and Becki. The group played pinochle for out 'correctly even though no entertainment, after which the one else agreed with us at the : ladies served refreshments of time of his arrest. j ice cream and a decorated birth- ' Tom Solomon, Sheriff, day cake with thirty sixcandles Cass County, Nebraska for Mr. Seybolt's birthdays. 20 Began 22 Exist 23 Coin 2: Unoccupied 27 Iroquoian Indian 23 Animal fat 29 Calcium (symbol) 30 Near 31 Type square ' 32 Two (prefix) 33 Sea eagle . 35 Guide 38 Ogle 39 Domestic slave 40 Psyche part 41 Read by letter 47 Giant king cf Eashan 48 It grows in a scaly m 50 Elude 51 Ventilate . 52 Icy pendants 54 Goddess of peace 56 Cloth stretchers 57 Sample VERTICAL lEach 2 Core (ab.) 10 Cut 3m 3 TT s 3pT5 l o i Silvaijio .a vTci n "5 040,.,, alglil-ilg'is """oT .3 H a Tl j tsi 33 M..!. ti vMsn NT 3l5iHlQ'vlg!v INllOlotV 26 Obligations 44 Deorivatioa 11 Make possible 33 Draw forth 45 Measure 12 Thoroughfare 34 Make smaller 46 Revise 17 Parent 36 0il 49 Fasten 20 Ocean vessels 37 Stage 51 Roman bronze 21 Maimed 42 Wan 53 Penny (ab.) 24 Kind of creed 43 Always 55 Sun god I It T ji 5 ( i ji b jo in 12. . !IZ pL H0 - 11 J tf iii i ys Hi" """" r IHJ I 5t 5i 31 55 " "