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v a S Yt ic Is E n E a e ii 5 c r c 1 c t I ( 1 V c f c 4 4 4 4 4 ,v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v. .v.v.vWv.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.va EDITORIALS Futse's Fresh Flashes n EDS SHOOT ALLEGED U. S. SPY The Russians announced recently they had caught, and executed by firing squad, a U. S. spy in the Ukraine. The announce ment was brief, and mentioned only that the spy had been caught and executed a short time ago. Thisjreminds us of the wail raised by many Americans in this country after convicted atomic energy spies, Julius and Ethel Rosenburg, were sentenced to death. Although these spies had the benefit of full and exhaustive trial, and appeal, they were nevertheless found guilty and put to death. On the contrary, the Russians went through no such lengthy process and simply executed the alleged U. S. spy by the firing squad method in short order. The executed man was probably not even a U. S. spy, and the Russians perhaps paid offa little political account in liquidating the' Ukraine. The Russian announcement, therefore, is probably a propaganda announcement. In all probability, the Russians haver exe cuted some hundred thousand "U. S. spies" in recent years. That is, of course, a great er number of spies than this country has ever been able to afford, or will be able to afford in the foreseeable future. pERFUMED CHOST SHIP FOUND - About four weeks ago workers were building a road circling the Great Pyramid of Giza. The pyramid was built by Cheops almost 5,000 years ago. It was the belief of the Egyptians of this day that their souls survived death and that they could cruise through the upper arc and lower arc of the heavens in their burial ships. Cheops had built himself the mightiest tomb of all Egyptians, and travelers and tourists have been admiring it for thou sands of years. The workmen building the road around the great pyramid were engaged in an effort to make it easier for more tourists to view the magnificent Giza pyramid, which was in effect, Cheops' burial mon ument. They came upon a large limestone block as they cleared the roadway. Kamal el Malakh, director of archaeol ogical work for Giza and lower Egypt, was informed of the discovery. He im mediately inspected the uncovered blocks and suspected they might contain an im portant historical secret. Two years ago a slab containing hieroglyphics telling of a southern tomb at the. side of the pryamid had been found. No . southern tomb had ever been uncovered. A few days ago workmen under Mal akh completed chiseling through one of the fifteen-ton limestone blocks which had been found. Malakh had two other Egypt ian - scientists with him. : They peered through the small hole which had been made in the huge block. They smelled per fume. Then they saw a wooden deck. They could hardly believe their eyes but then the pieces of the puzzle suddenly came into place. What they had been viewing, the first humans to view it in almost 5,000 years, was one of Cheops' burial ships. Cjement had been used over the blocks to keep the burial chamber airtight, and the perfume and wood used in the tomb were still intact! Z. Two wooden oars on a deck were ob served. Linen ropes were still in place. And Malakh thinks another ship lies be hind this first one. It was the greatest ar chaeological discovery in years! I. Robbers have looted every other fu neral chamber of the pyramids, except one discovered in 1925 - and thus scient ists now have a second burial chamber to study which has not been stripped by prof iteers beforehand. - THOUGH! FOR TODAY - Knowledge comes, but Zi'isdom lingers. Tennyson ThePIallsmoulh Journal " Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main -Street, Plattsmouth Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques lor ""OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 - Presented Nebraska Press Association GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 " . Un Cities Over 2000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE .Publisher HARRY J. CANE. .- Editor VERN WATERMAN Advertising SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editor Ticklers By George The best way to reduce is to eat out the price on the menu generally controls the appetite. One of the meanest obstructions to get over in the dark is a fishing pole left on the basement steps. A stingy man may not have many friends, but he doesn't need many, either. It's a lot easier to be a good husband if you learn to like your boss. ir We don't have to have a TV set to watch the fights at our house. The only difference between being a husband and a congressman is that the speaker of the house in the latter is a man. A Cass County hog raiser feeds his hogs one day and starves them the next. He says that's the way people like their bacon a strip of fat and a strip of lean. With all this rain the past few week ends, we'll bet the ants have been disap pointed. Down Memory Lane jr YEARS AGO V- Miss Margaret McShane of Louis ville and Dr. Herbert W. Worthman, also of Louisville, were married June 4, 1934, at the home of the bride's parents . . . Wind and hail damaged farm buildings in an area near the James Erhart and F. W. Meisinger farm homes near Murray . . . Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heigl announce the marriage of their son, Leo, to Miss Eunice Bradway at Tabor, Iowa ... A gavel, made from a walnut tree planted on the Masonic Home Grounds by George W. Vallery in pioneer days, has been pre sented to the Grand Lodge of Nebraska Masons by W. F. Evers . . . Miss Ellen Nora Meisinger and Leonard S. Stoehr were married on June 2 at Monmouth, Il linois. Both are graduates of Plattsmouth high school . . . Mrs. James T. Begley j has filed as a candidate for the democratic ! nomination for the office of register of deeds of Cass county. I r YEARS AGO Raymond C. Pollard of Nehawka has been elected grand tyler of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska Masons . . . James Short, Richard Novak, Arthur Lepert and Alfred Rouse have reported for induction into the armed forces . . . James F. Corn stock has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the Navy . . . El wood John son, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Johnson submitted to a tonsil operation ... A la bel, found on the Anzio beachhead in Italy, on a can of sauerkraut, by Lt. Roberf Leon ard, shows it to have been produced by the Norfolk Packing company at Platts mouth . . . Bronson Timm has been or dered to report to a base at Norfolk, Vir ginia, cutting short his leave at home . . . Ensign Robert Howard Hayes has returned to the United States from the South At lantic. . WANTED WANXEt? I - N . . II 111 t HUT X I p'- bV. MAIL. I I iT??7 I i-J,L5 I Can you imagine it? We've been looking for this character for years, but we never thought of looking in the Post Office." His first power comes 'from the potent government opera tions committee of which ke is chairman, which can investigate anything in government. His second power comes from the fact that he is chairman of a subcommittee on treasury . ap propriations. In this strategic j position he can drastically cur- ; tail treasury funds, can increase j j after they are first placed in the I mental hospital, experience has shown that their chances of i being cured and leaving the in stitution are much greater than jif they stay on and on. The ! first six months even the first 90 days are. all-important, he states. The Hastings superintendent says that Nebraska, instead, is giving "custodial care- tnat is housing and feeding inmates ; with little attempt to cure tnem. ! But intensive treatment costs money, it takes extra employ- I "ees aad most of ail it requires doctors and psychiatrists. Not only are the wages of doctors ! anu psychiatrists nigh (ranging above the $10,000 a year mark), but there is a serious shortage of these specialists. Varying in different degrees froia Dr. Sandritter's position . ..j. j the other superintendents, the Board of Control, and Gov. ; Robert Crosby. Crosby and the Eoard of Con- iroi state that Lhey favor the "early cure" method, too, but ; they think Dr. Sandritter over ! simplifies its possibilities. They ! believe that as the number of mental patients increases build- , j ings must be constructed to i house them. Not so, counters Dr. Sandrit ter. Instead of spending money for new buildings the state should be spending' it on sal aries of trained personnel. These could cure a good share of the incoming mental patients and THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNA! PAGE FOUR Monday, Juno 14, 1954 INTELHGMM Check the correct word. 1. The United States and (Pakistan) (Para guay) recently signed a mutual defense agreement. 2. Arms from Communist (Poland) (Yugo slavia) recently were shipped to Guatemala. 3. End of segregation in the nation's schools (will) (will not) be realized immediately. 4. Handling toads (will) (will not) give you warts. o, (No) (some) mammals have feathers. 6. Food (does) (does not) cook faster in wa ter that's boiling vigorously, rather than gently. 7. Tigers are native to (Africa) (Asia). 8. The locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., (do) (do not) handle more trafhc than the Pana ma Canal. 9. A zoo keeps birds in an (apiary) (aviary). 10. It (is) (is not) theoretically possible to build a perpetual-motion machine. Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points for each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60. average; 70-80, superior and 90-100, very superior he had offered periodically to present further information . . . hut oanh tim tVio rintp Viari hppn cancelled Qr postponed because j keeP tne institutions from be senator Benton would not ap- u.vivwnu.u, pear." However, McCarthy pro- ; tends. posed the date of July 3. 1 - June 25 "A wire was add- ' Another Hospital? ressed to McCarthy by Gillette Dr. Sandritter in an appear confirming July 3." ; ance before- the Legislature julv 1 "McCarthv wTote Gil- Budget Committee in 1953 Decoded InteHigram . nou si oi 'XietAv 6 a 8 jsv 'ou s3C,d or decrease the salary of Treas- lette advising that he was far warned members that if the ury Agent Boyle, or Commis- too busy with more important : number of mental patients keeps sioner T. Coleman Andrews, or ! matters to waste much time with ' increasing the state will have anyone else in the treasury. i Benton." However, McCarthy t to build a fourth mental nos Finallv. McCarthv hardens to aia nnauy appear at me juiy puai Dy ivtt. be quite a friend of Commis- 3 hearing for the specific pur sioner Andrews, who once drove Pse of testifying against Ben him to Richmond, Va., enter- , ton. He was not questioned tained him briefly in his home, ' about his own finances. Nor has fnnt- Viim a onoHa ii nortv ot-iH he been to this dav. riinnpr t.hpn int.mriiir.Prt him a After the July 3 meeting, Sen- expensive fourth hospital one of the No 1 patriots of i ator Gillette got disgusted and j wouldn't be needed. America. resigned as chairman. Other at- He claims that facts and fig- mt o vr lHnrf nf n fripnri to ' tempts were made by Senator ures on the work on his insti- have when vou face nossible tax i Hennmgs of Missouri, who took tuti0n shows this to be true IldVe WIlCIl JOU lace pU6MUie WA . fo f TV r"ortVnr tr nnc-Pr n j4. i e V. - Yet the millions that would eventually go for a mental hospital would accom plish much more in the next lew years through the "early cure" method, he said. And an trouble. Mum on Finances If you examine the record of Rnnprintpndpnts nf thp men- questions, and to this end Hen- tal hospitals at Norfolk and Lin nings wrote McCarthy a de- coin are more cautious. Pri- ituuiu ui I t:iQj lottor r Urnr 01 ocb-it-irr ' i i, i.ii.4- i Senator McCarthy's refusal to- "fn "THf " Vor.. 7 vaieiy wey sajr oauunuw tuu testifv rpearriino- his own fi- "lm to testlty on certain im- optimistic. me JuegisitiLurt; xjuugci, ium- mittee took the position that until the contention was proved nances in the past, you can un- ; any time between Nov derstand why Senator Stuart j ?n aSL o ? ?$??e?zL Svmintrm nf Missouri was so; " " unui me conienwuii was piovcu Sent in demanding that hr0mJ state shouldn't place all its McCarthy agree to answer ques- he was m the woods hunting. , eggS in that basket tions about his finances. Here, is the record, taken from the unanimous senate report on McCarthy's tangled up fi nances: , . . . . Sept. 25, 1951 "Chairman GilJ lette of Iowa invited Senator McCarthy to attend the hear ings of Sept. 28 and make a Capital News LINCOLN The uneasy tug- of-war over the best wray to run statement." McCarthy did not ; Nebraska's mental -Hospitals attend the hearing. : continued this week witrt no The Washington Merry -Go-Round Oct. 1, 1951 "Senator Gil lette again invited Senator Mc Carthy to appear." Oct. 4, 1951 McCarthy replied, rejecting the invitation and terming the Benson charges a Communist smear. He chal lenged the committee's right to investigate him. On April 8, 1952 Senator Hayden of Arizona, chairman of the full rules committee, asked signs tnat contemplated wage boosts would end the affair. . Th.e State Board of Control, which operates the three men tal hospitals as well as 17 other .state institutions, . announced that it would boost by an aver age of $20 a month the starting salaries at . institutions. . Also, the Board said it would make wage increases to certain em ployees on a merit basis,, as it the full senate whether it wanted ! has in the past. It flatly stated the probe of McCarthy and his there would be no blanket in finances to proceed. The senate creases. voted unanimously, 60 to 0, that j The Board said this had de the investigating committee veloped naturally and was not should proceed. a result of demands by employ- May 7 McCarthy was invited ees at the Hastings State Men by letter to appear "at his con- tal Hospital that something be twom. aaom. wnnrn filtered at the ost Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska &s second class mall matter In accordance with tha vet of Congress of March 8. 18 79. 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. (Copyright, 1954, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: LUKEWARM EFFORT ON MC CARTHY TAX CASE INDICATES WHITEWASH; FRIENDSHIP WITH COMMISSIONER ANDREWS PAYS OFF; SENATE COMMITTEE LISTS AMAZING RECORD OF EVASION. WASHINGTON Commissioner of Internal Revenue T. Coleman Andrews has now admitted publicly that Senator Mc Carthy's income taxes are under investi gation and has indicated that the probe will be terminated in the near future. For obvious reasons he has not said anything1 about some other aspects of the investigation. However, the treasury agent in charge of the, McCarthy probe is Francis J. Boyle, who is neither one of the veteran agents nor one of the most brilliant. He is a man of moderate experience, mediocre ability and pleasant disposition. His lack of ex perience has been such that several times Boyle has had to consult with more exper ienced colleagues about aspects of the Mc Carthy case. Reports from inside internal revenue indicate that Boyle has now concluded that he can make no tax case against McCarthy, and an official recommendation to that ef fect is expected soon. Friend in Hi2"h Place : It just happens that McCarthy is in a far more strategic position than the aver age taxpayer whose taxes come under the eye of the tax agent. ' For instance, the minute it became known that internal revenue was probing Joe's finances, rumor got about that Mc Carthy in turn was probing internal reve nue. Unquestionably he has the double power to do it. venience, at public hearings." He wrote back trying to explain his $10,000 fee from Lustron, but he did not offer to testify. May 10 "Chairman Gillette again wrote Senator McCarthy inviting him to appear on May 12 to refute charges by Sena tor Benton." ; i S8il May 11 "McCarthy wrote Senator Gillette a sardonic let ter expressing 'deepest sympa thy' ... He advised the subcom mittee not to be disturbed by those who point out that your committee 'is trying to do what the Communist party has offi cially proclaimed as its No task'." The McCarthy Runaround On May 12, Gillette wrote Mc Carthy again. No reply. On June 9, "Senator Gillette wrote Senator McCarthy point ing out that McCarthy had ad vised that he was unable to pre sent a statement the previous week, so fixed Thursday -of the current week to present any testimony he desired." June 12 "McCarthy wrote Gillette that it would appear that he would be unable to at tend." Instead he urged Gil lette to "immediately examine Senator Benton's tax returns." June 18 "Senator Gillette wrote McCarthy, setting anoth er date, June 23, for McCarthy appearance." June 19 McCarthy "wrote Gillette that he had -just been served with a court order in the case of McCarthy, vs. Syracuse Post Standard and would be un able to attend." June 20 "Gillette wrote Mc Carthy . . . advising that the subcommittee would consult his convenience as; to . fixing anoth er date." . ' June 234-"Gillette wrote Mc Carthy advising that the sub committee was awaiting McCar thy's statement in support of his resolution concerning Sena tor Benton." June 24 "Mary B. Driscoll, secretary to Senator McCarthy wrote Gillette saying that Mc Carthy had advised her that done about wages. This came in the form of a petition signed by 350 workers at that insti tution. That was the surface story. Behind the scenes there ap peared to be developing a fas cinating struggle over ideas and methods in mental hospitals. V "Early Cure" That's generally the position of the Board of Control and of Gov. Crosby. Besides, the Cros by administration is committed to restraint in governmental spending. It was considered significant that the petition on wages came from Sandritter's institution. At the same time Sandritter blasted the Board of Control's wage pol icy, claiming it was costing him valuable staff members because he couldn't pay enough to hold them. Wages too Low? Sandritter has said that the starting wages of $125 and $130 are not enough to get really competent help. Yet an incom petent ward aide can in a' few minutes of tactless action undo all the good that a highly trained specialist can do with a mental patient. Board of Control officials point out that their wage levels are in keeping what private and city hospitals pay in Nebraska. They show charts of figures paid in other states and indi cate Nebraska is not out of line. On the question of staff psy chiatrists and medical doctors, officials maintain that salary isn't the problem so much as the shortage of such trained men. Just having higher wage scales won't solve the situation, they state. Dr. Sandritter is reportedly de On the one hand is Dr. G. Lee ' termincd to get his beliefs be- Sandritter, superintendent of , lore the people and the Legis the Hastings Hospital, a strong ; lature. At the rate the contro- Cement Shortage State Engineer L .N. Ress re vealed that another barrier to ths highway program is develop ing. . That is the shortage of cement for paving. At least one project paving of State 50 south of Syracuse will be postponed until 1955 because of this. Be cause of the tremendous amount of building in the area, especial ly reactivation of the Lincoln Air Base, the cement companies have issued "quotas" to their users. The State Highway De partment is already 10 per cent over its 1954 quota, Ress said. It has been able to do as well as it has only because ready-mix ; companies have furnished the ' cement on certain jobs, such as part of the northwest radial in Omaha. I Costs of Politics More and more the high cost of running for office is becom ing apparent. One well-known Nebraskan, who had been prom inently mentioned as a possible candidate for Congress, recent ly bowed out for admittedly "financial reasons." He told friends that he had offered to put up $2,500 of his own money if he could get $5,000 from others. He said the $7,500 was the minimum amount he wrould need to . campaign. When it wasn't forthcoming, he had to drop his plans. The costs of tele vision have had much to do with the zooming costs of running for office .these days. Constitutional Amendments It began to look as though the only constitutional amendments voters, will find on their Novem ber ballots will be the eight i placed there by the Legislature. Deadline for filing the 59,572 signatures necessary to place a proposition on the ballot by pe tition is July 1. A possible ex ception is the State Bar Asso ciation's proposal for a merit plan of electing judges. It might get the necessary signatures. Chances appeared slim for the Veterans of Foreign Wars pro posal to let 18 year olds vote; the proposal by western lease holders that school land money be left in the county where it comes from; and the proposal to change the Unicameral to a partisan body. Rca! Estate Transfers Verna Leonard et al to Robt. A. Cappell & Emma D., WD 5-5-54, EVz L. 10, B. 28, Platts mouth, $1.00. Clarence Althouse et al to Da vid McKay & Lela, WD 3-18-54, SEVi 29-11-9, $32,160.00. Albin E. Chovanec Ref., to J. Howard Davis, Ref. D, 4-30-54, L. 78, 79 & 80, Louisville, $3300.00. J. Howard Davis & Marcia to O. G. Wiesneth & Alice, QCD 5-1-54, L. 78, 79 & 80, Louisville, $1.00. Helen W. Howser Si Fred to Ruth N. Colbert & Howard,. WD 4-7-54, WlsNEVi 19-11-11, $16, 000.00. Helen S. Howser Tr. to Ruth N. Colbert & Howard E., WD 4- 7-54, NE M 24-11-10, $3G, 000.00. Archilles Baker & Florence to Archilles Baker & Florence, WD 5- 6-54, WSWVi & NEViSEVi & ESEUSEVi 6-10-12, $1.00. Norma R. Bornemeier to Rich ard A. Trutna and Pearl J., N 73' L. 7, B. 15, 1st Add Murdock, $1.00. Kenneth E. Trively &t Vivian to Ira Virgil Sudduth Erie, WD 5-14-54, L. 7 & W. 33' L. S, B. 39, Plattsmouth, $10,000.00. Thomas S. Solomon, Sh., to Hugh Stander, Jr., Sh. D, L. 14, B. 47, Plattsmouth, 5-19-54, $15.00. Thomas S. Solomon, Sh.. to Joseph D. Engles, Sh. D, 5-19-54, L. 142, N W a NW V , 19-12-14, $15.00. The representatives of eight free countries took part in cere monies on the Normandy beach es commemorating the landing ten years ago that led to the liberation of France. Kmmmm advocate of what he calls the "early cure" method. ' Dr. Sandritter explains it this i i way. ie says tnat n patients are given an intensive treatment versy is developing, it appears that it will eventually be an swered in the court of public ouinion. NEW NAVY FIGHTER The Navy is putting its now F7U-3 Cutlass lighter into op eration with the fleet. The Cut- " lass is a twin-jot aircraft and ; was carrier-tested last year I along with the F4D Skyray from i the USS Coral Sea. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as lift as 35 cents it's NOT too late Tor world WAR TWO VETS TO CONVERT THEIR TERM Gl LIFE INSUR ANCE to PERMANENT PLAN POLICIES SUCH AS ORDl- NAOV LIFE, 20 PAY LIFE, 30-RAY LIFE, AND THE ENDOWMENT PLANS. 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