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4 mm? ft?S EDITORIALS US LOSING AIR RACE WITH U.$.S.R. Alarming: news has been gathered by U. S. intelligence experts concerning the growth of air power in Russia. This news, if accurate, indicates -the' United States does riot hold much of a margin in the race for an all-jet heavy bomber, that the Russians are. probabJy producing more powerful jet engines for their heavy. bomb "crs than we are, and that the Russians have a new rocket engine superior to any thing the United States. now possesses. v It is reported that production of these super-bombers, ' which are capable of bombing the United States and returning to Russian bases, is now underway. Pro duction of 'the first U. S. all-jet heavy bomber is just getting underway also. If the Russians arc using jet engines which develop considerably more power than those being used by U. S. aircraft, then the Russians have actually gained the lead in the race for heavy bombers. If true, this is certainly a sour note coming after all the talk of U. S. heavy bomber superiority in recent years. For some time the Russians have been known to outnumber us in fighter aircraft, and the MIG-15 proved to be an efficient, high performance fighter in Korea. The Russians are thought to have an improved version of this model. The disquieting news about Soviet air advances may force President Eisenhower and those charged with the responsibility ' of planning the U. S. defenso, to increase the defense budget. Whether this increase will come this year we do not , know, but it seems obvious that if the United States is not to fall too far behind in the air power race, a stepped-up effort may be neces sary. , - ' It is easy to understand the failure of mankind to agrea upon the fundamental truth when one reads the accounts of a controversial meeting by differing writers, with different political allegiances., NEW WHEAT PRODUCTION CUTBACK The Eisenhower Administration has called for another drastic cutback in wheat production, which will probably trim plant acreage to 55,000,000 acres. In addi tion, the Department of Agriculture ha. announced that farmers will be, compelled to abide by production restrictions. The Government, is in effect, attcmp- Purse's Fresh Flashes . , It always seems to take a pair of squeekv shoes the longest to get-anywhere. .' "Sr Getting back to our desk here reminds us that there are plenty of people ready to cuss the editor, but few ready to volunteer to do his work for a couple of weeks. It would be fine if they could find some way to cross a dust-bowl with a flooded valley. Saw a sign down in Tennessee along the highway reading: "If You Gotta Go Go in Class Stop at Jim's Service Sta tion." There are few women who do not tell their husbands about the bigger ones who got away. ' ' ' A local woman says she never real ized the value of her husband until she lost him he. wasn't insured. A pretty girl can usually get what she wants. it ir Intelligent advertising will bring re sults, and. the best aclertising is intelligent newspaper advertising. tr The chief fault of the party system is that we never manage to get all of the thieves on the same side. No Surplus Problem Down Memory Lane 20 YEARS AGO Announcement is made of the mar riage on June 14 of Gretchen Steger to Dewey Musser of Rising City . . William F. Evers, superintendent of the Nebraska Masonic Home here, has been re-elected to the executive committee of the United States Masonic' Home Executives Associa tion . . . Ford, RREX and Eagles are lead ing the ten team softball league with 4-1 records . . . Leases have been obtained and a number of test oil wells are to be made in Cass county . . .Miss Maxine Canterbury and Donald Rainey were married at Oma ha June 24. Both are residents of Platts mouth . . . Miss Lucille Hertz and Manuel Boctel Were married June 24 at a cere mony at Omaha . . . Mrs. Edna D. Shannon has filed as a candidate for the Republican ing to check the heavy flow of wheat into u nomination for Cass county registrar of Government storehouses. and get the. De-fvieeds -Miss.Emma Eppings.pf Murdock partment of Agriculture out of the wheaW ana jonmisucK oi iuuraocK were mamta buying business to such a large degree. The new cutback in wheat production is expected to reduce the wheat crop by some 7,000,000 acres. It is estimated that 62,000,000 were planted to wheat thjfc year. Two years ago the acreage wras 78, 000,000. The latest Department" of Agriculture estimates predict that this year's wheat output will be about 1,000,000,000 bushels. The present surplus is approximately 875,- 000,000 bushels, and it is estimated that at f Mary Rishel, junior princess; Mildred Ko- at Lincoln on June 21. -tf YEARS ACO Miss Garnet Miller of Omaha and Lt. Bernard N. Morris were married on June 20 at Omaha . . . Rev. E. J. Moritx has been installed as the new pastor of St. Paul's' Evangelical and Reformed church at Plattsmouth . . . Mary Evers is the new honored queen of Jobs Daughters. Other officers are Delores Ruse, princess; his doctors and sent a telegram to Petrillo that he would be on deck. The show, he said, "must go on." , Asked for explanation. Harry Truman had a simple answer; "As long as I live I will never forget what Jimmy Petrillo and his men did for me in the 1943 election. He was . one of these who did not let me down. And I can't let a good friend like him down now." K. C.'s Most-Loved Man Sentiment has changed a lot around Kansas City regarding Harry Truman. There was a time, about, two years ago, when the little K. C. haberdasher who became president of the United States was criticized and scoffed at up and down the streets of the city that sent him to Wash ington . . . but' not today. To day, he is the most-loved man in Kansas City . . . Some people thought he could never settle down in the ol' home town after the glamor of Washington, after a private yacht on the Potomac, a retinue of servants and body guards. But he has settled down as comfortably as -in an old shoe . . . . , Some of Truman's friends raised a little money to hire a bodyguard for his days as ex-president, but Harry hasn't needed him, doesn't want him . . . And if anyone around Kan sas City ever thought of touch ing a hair of Harry Truman's head, no police could ever pro tect him . . . HST once confided to Garrett Smalley of the Kan sas City News Press the reason why he didn't have air cooling in the White House. "I don't mind air cooling," he said, "but if I had it in here people would stay too long." .-. . It was Mrs. Truman who overruled her hus band's old-fashioned views on air cooling the other v day and fmon'c nffirf in "Kansas Pitv It. is lined with books, chiefly his tory books. He had been read ing the works of previous presi dents, even as he did while in the White House, and was dic tating his own memoirs. Every tlay, he said, he dictated a chap ter or so of his book, then had a staff of research men, who had bdm looking over his records, pull it to pieces, check it back ward and forward, to make sure every detail jibed. The ex-president seemed re laxed, happy, very much at home. He didn't seem to miss ' the - glamor, the excitement of Washington at all which is rare for a man who has spent a third of a century in politics. Neither Mr. Truman nor I mentioned any of the unpleas antness that had sometimes marked our lives in Washington. But after the TV interview was over, he made a remark which indicates how long his memory j is and also indicates some con trasts with the methods of the McCarthy committee. "You don't remember it," he said, "but a long time ago ycu wrote a story, about me. You said a new committee had been! formed to investigate military preparedness and efficiency. You said that a new chairman ; named Truman was in charge ! of that committee and that he , insisted that the hospital move ! made it a point to check on the . v.;t-. f n;i'o inn 4n ! : a . 4. -4-4-: 4.1 ' THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLYJOURNAL PAGE TWO ' Section E , ' . Thursday, July. 1, 1954 1 , ri WW Aill a 1 By Stanley James, Journal Washington Reporter him from Kansas City's 100-de greeheat in an ordinary room, into van air-cooled room. Loyalty Caused Troubles When I was in Kansas City last January interviewing the former president for television he told me something that illus trates his ideas about gratitude and friends. , Perhaps also it shows some comparisons with j the McCarthy commitjtee. It's not exactly a secret that for a long time President Tru man had no great regard 'for me, but, it was not known how far he- sometimes carried that "lack of affection." Once, how ever, he almost turned thumbs down on Clayton Fritchey for a position on the White House staff because Fritchey knew me. I had known Fritchey first when he was on the Cleveland Press, later as editor of the New Orleans Item, later as public relations adviser to the secretary of defense. But when Fritchey came up for appointment as a White House secretary, Howard McGrath, then attorney general, warned the president that Frit chey and I were friends. (Mc Grath's justice department had been tapping my phone.) So Harry Truman asked Frit chey how well he knew me." "Of course Pearson is a friend of mine," Clayton replied. "But that isn't going to interfere with my work. You have' your friends too, some of whom I may not approve of, but I'm not going to ask you to give up your friends." Truman's loyalty to friends of course was what caused him more trouble than anything else in the White House. Clayton got the job. Notable Memorv Last January, about three years later, I was in Harry Tru- war effort without upsetting the government, that he took things up with the executive branch of the government to see if things couldn't be straightened out privately . before he resorted to publicity. . "That was what I was trying to do," continued Truman. "I used to go down to see Roosevelt and tell him about a situation, and he would take out a pencil and make a note of it. And a week or so later he would re port that the situation was straightened out or sometimes he'd say 'we haven't been able to straighten it out, go ahead and investigate." "Well you were the first to write about our committee," said Truman. "I haven't forgotten it, and that's why you're here today." I couldn't help but think that the man who inherited the chairmanship of the old Truman committee, one Joseph R. Mc Carthy, had certainly changed its methods today. least iuu.uuu.uuu bushels ot this year s crop will be added to the surplus, thus making" the surplus almost as large as the year's crop. The effect of the new policies on the wheat farmer is likely to be noticeable, in many cases, since an acreage reduction will have a direct effect, and because of the uncertainty of price supports under the prospective, flexible price support sys tem. If both these factors work against the wheat farmer, the effect of these pol icies will become a hot political issue in 1956. ' THOUGHT FOR TODAY The knowhuhjc of man is as the waters, some descending from above; and some spring from beneath. ; liacou zacek, guide; Aileen Aylor, marshal, Beverly Brubacher, chaplain; and Annis Lee White, recorder . . . Miss Phyllis Car rie Stander and Merce'lus L. Schulz were married on June 25 . , . Leone M. More head has been sworn into the W AC divi sion of the Army and will take basic train ing at Ft. Des Moines , . Paving in Oak mont alley has been authorized by the Plattsmouth city council ... Mrs. Iva Ro gers of Weeping Water and Joseph F. Baker also of Weeping Water were mar ried June 19 at Plattsmouth. The Washington Merry -Go-Round The Plaiismouih Journal Official County and City Paper KSTABLISHED IN 1851 Tubllshed Seiui-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at '410 Mniii Stroct. 1'latismuuth Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for ' "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 ''Honorable Mention" 1953 Presents Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second in. 1951 and 1953 (In Cities Over 2000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE. . . . Publisher HARRY J. CANE. .Editor VERN WATERMAN. ... . . . .Advertising SOPHIA M. WOLEVER. . . . . . ; . . . . . Society Editor f ntered t tte Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. second class mail matter In accordance with th act of Congress of March S. 1S79. ' ' SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 pef year, elsewhere, In advance, by mall 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: TRU MAN'S LOYALTY TO FRIENDS CONTRIBUTED TO CURRENT ILL NESS; IGNORED DOCTOR'S AD VICE TO CURTAIL ACTIVITIES BY KEEPING DATE WITH PETRILLO; KANSAS CITY SENTIMENT RE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS IMPROVED. KANSAS CITY It was Harry Tru man s determination never to let down a friend, that contributed in part to his ill ness. His doctors didn't advertise it, but -for some time the ex-President has been some what under the weather. To them his sud den seizure in the wings of the "Call Me Madam" performance was not entirely a surprise. They had trieel to get him to cur tail his activities, and strongly advised that he cancel a date he had made with his old friend, James Petrillo, head of the musi cians union, to attend the Musician's An nual convention in Milwaukee. Months ago Petrillo had invited Tru man to be the union's guest of honor and to play a little pianoTtrumpct duct togeth er. It was an event calculated to make mus ical headlines, and both Truman and the head of the musician's union were looking forward to it. I However, wb.en Truman's doctors told him he' would have to curtail his activities until cooler weather, he reluctantly sent Petrillo his regrets. The show, he said, was off. But a few days later, Truman overruled LAW and ORDER by Sheriff Tom Solomon Firearm Legislation forward- ed to this office by the Rem-1 mgton Arms Company, Inc. continued: Firearm regulations of bor dering states continued: Kansas License to purchase none required. Pjermit to possess none re quired. Permit to carry None re quired, but it is unlawful to con-, ceal on one's person. A handgun may be carried in a vehicle for protection. Out-of-state permits no provision for honoring. Handguns for hunting handguns can be used for taking small- game animals. (No deer season in state). Report of sales to police none required. Missouri License to purchase re quired for handguns. ' Permit to possess none re quired. Permit to carry It is un lawful to carry a concealed handgun. A handgun may be carried in a vehicle if not read ily accessible for quick use. Trav elers on a journey through a state may possess a handgun but it must not be concealed in a readily accessible place for quick use. Out-of-State permits Per mits to carry a concealed wea pon probably would not be hon ored. Report of sales to police A report of all sales of handguns are available to the police. Wyoming License to purchase none required. Permit to possess none re quired. . Permit to carry none re quired but it is unlawful to car ry a concealed weapon. Out-of-state permits r- No provision for honoring. . Handguns for hunting May be used for taking small ani mals but not deer. Report of sales to police Dealers are required to keep a record of all sales of handguns, shotguns, and rifles. Federal Firearms Laws There are two federal firearms laws, both of which are admin istered by the Treasury Depart ment through the Alcohol Tax; Division: Firearms Act 1. National (1934). . This is a tax law which car- of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Finney. MURRAY Mrs. Dude Hiatr Correspondent Mr'. "and Mrs. Ed Kugler and Kip of Creston, Nebr., spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brubacher. Mac Hoitzhauser of Portland, Oregon, is spending the summer at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spangler. Misses Donna Rae and Sharron Lee Crosby of Greenfield, Mo., spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dude Hiatt and family. Mrs. JcV Baker, Sonny and Linda, of Omaha, spent the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Van Ackern. Becki, Steve and Richard Til son attended the birthday party of Lola Green on Saturday aft ernoon at her home in Platts mouth. . Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burke and Allyn Kaye of Elyria, Ohio. j spent the past week at the home - WASHINGTON, July 1 The- latest expert report on Kussian weapons technology, indicates the Reds are gaining on ihe United States in this field. HiLs was the opinion voiced by a top Pentagon official at a meeting of over one hundred military and civilian officials charged with the responsibility of na tional security recently. Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson voiced a different opinion, at the same meeting, in Quantico, Virginia, but the weight of reports seems to in dicate surprising Russian prog ress not anticipated by U.-S. ex perts only a year ago. The Russian thermonuclear explosion last August stunned many U. S. defense experts, and the appearance of all-.iet me dium and heavy bombers in Moscow's May Day review eight weeks ago was another eyebrow raising event in top U. S. de fense circles. The disturbing part of the pic ture is that the Russians are al ready ahead of the United States in quantity and they need only quality parity to give them a tremendous weapons advantage. U. S. heavy bomber production, for instance, is just getting started (all-jet heavy bombers, that is) and the Russians havt now demonstrated to the world their all-iet heavy bomber in flight. Recent renorts that the Reds are ahead of U. S. scientists in the jet engine field are hot very encouraging either. Russian pro duction is geared to military output while U. S. production is split about 80-20- in favor of ci vilian output, and this fact, cf course, gives the Reds an edge, The recent signs of signifi cant Russian progress tend to lead some observers to the same conclusion reached shortly after the beginning of World War II. That was that U. S. industry, in boasting of the great job it was doing (and bidding for govern ment business at the same time) tended 'to overestimate its achievements and underestimate those cf the enemy. In other words, American in dustry 'has been guilty in the past of being too self-satistied in the weapons technology field, and when World War II broks upon us this fact became cleat in numerouse instances. Increas ing signs of unexpected Russian advancement may indicate the same mistake is being made all over again. Charles E. Wilson, a U. S. in dustry champion, will be on the spot if the country makes ihe same mistake in its evaluations. The Defense Secretary seems to think the mistake is not being made. The number of obvious surprising advances in Russia, however, lead some to think we have underestimated Russian weapons technology. Many think any other Republi can candidate might have a dif ficult job defeating Adlai Stev enson, or another Democrat. Look for another draft at the G.O.P. convention in 1956. Gen eral Ike has probably been .drafted more than anv other general in history. But Ike does not always accept a draft. He had the Democratic nomination in the palm of his hand in 1913, and turned it down. The United States could not officially encourage Guatemalan Rebels in their drive against the pro-Communist government of Guatemala, even though the ov erthrow of the Red government was ardently desired in Wash ington. - The U. S., however, was said to be ready to recognize a new government with the least pos sible delay, and certainly Uncle Sam's representatives south of the border did not discourage the Rebels. One of the disadvan tages of a democratic form cf government is that this country could not support such an up rising, even though the Russian little difficulty in feeding a rev government would have found olution so close to home. Early Spraying Controls Thistles Bull thistles and most of the thistles found in pastures can be controlled with 2,4-D providing they are sprayed in a fairly ear ly stage of growth. Agronomists at the University of Nebraska suggest that 2,4-D be applied at the same rate rec ommended for bindweed con--trol which would be about one pound of 2,4-D per acre. If the material you have on hand is 40 per cent amine salt, it is equiv alent to two pints of 2,4-D. If it is 40 to 44 per cent ester type of material, it would require an ap plication of two and one-half to three pints of material per acre to obtain one pound of 2,4-D. ries heavy penalties for posses sion of certain types , of guns which are not registered writh the U. S. Treasury Department or on which a $200 transfer tax has not been paid to the Treas ury Department. These guns are: A. Machines guns including any gun which is capable of full automatic fire (sporting -weapons are sometimes referred to as automatic actually they are semiautomatic and are not con sidered as machine guns). Any gun which has been altered to make it full automatic or some foreign handguns that have a lever that can . be switched to full automatic are considered machine guns. B. Short barreled lethal de vices (not including pistols or 'revolvers). This class of wea pons includes a sawed-off shot gun or a rifle with a barrel less than 18 inches in length. In oth er words any gun having a butt stock must have a barrell 18 in ches or more in length. One ex ception is made in the case of Murray Ted Emmcrcf Is Feted on Birthday A surprise birthday party was held on Friday evening at the home of Ted Emmeret in honor of Ted's birthday. The guest of honor received many nice gifts. Mrs. Emmeret served the guests ice cream, jello, cake, nuts, mints and coffee. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Vest and children, Mr. and Mrs. Bbb Til son, Steve, Becki and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Printz of Alvo, Ronnie Ballenger of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Baiters, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Church, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Emmeret, and Mr. and Mrs. Hank Adkins, all of Plattsmouth. Murray Mrs. Keith Crosby, Mrs. J. R. Lechliter, Nona Dee, Billy, Larry and Miss Donna, and Sharron Crosby were Thursday afternoon callers at the Dude Hiatt home. Dorothy Piper of Plattsmouth President Dwight D. Eisen hower is once again being placed in the position of the reluctant, but needed, man of the hour. It is already no secret that Ike wants to retire after one term in the White House. And it is already no secret that close associates and Repub lican officials in all sections are dead set on getting Ike to be the G.O.P. candidate -again in 1950. field, Missouri, 'and W. L. Sey bolt. The group enjoyed a freezer of home made ice cream and cake. LUNG CANCER The American Cancer Society has reported that deaths from lung cancer, among men be tween ;the ages of 5 and 70; vho smoke cigarettes, are at least three times as frequent as among non-smokers. The report was based on a study involving the smoking habits of 188,000 men in nine states during the last two and one-half years. r? SO YOU RE THINKSNG OF STARTING A NEW BUSINESS WITH AGI LOAN.' THE FIRST THING YOU MUST DO IS TO FINP A LENPEK WHO WILL MAKE THE LOAN. THEN ANP ONLY THEM may va, GUARANTEE A PART OF If. for full information contort vnar nrnrnt VETtKA.NS ADMINISTRATION eBice .22 rimfire rifles which may : spent the weeK end with Mr. an.. have barrels as short as 16 in- Mrs. Dick Todd. . ches. Any pistol or revolver with Rev. Roy P. Morris left on a detachable butt stock comes Monday to attend a United Pres- under the law and must be reg- byterian church meeting at Tar- istered. In this case, the attach- kio, Missouri. He will return on ing lug must be ground off . or Friday. otherwise made permanently Murray iPHl 1 avert having t0 Ohioans Guests 2. Federal Firearms Act (1938)r - - "This law ' controls interstate commerce in firearms of all types and in gun ammunition. From the sportsman's stand point the most important pro vision in this law is the one which makes it illegal to receive, possess, or dispose of any fire arm from which the serial num ber has been obliterated. Not all models of guns are marked with a serial number by the manufac turer, but if a gun once had a serial number that has been obliterated, don't buy it. The two federal , laws have been useful against criminals without handicapping the suoitsman. Tom Solomon, Sheriff, Cass County, Nebraska At Barbecue Here Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burke and Allyn Kaye of Elyria, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Finney and Tim my of Manley, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Finney, Tye and Tod of Plattsmouth enjoyed a back yard barbecue supper on Sat urday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Finney. Murray . Bennie Rae Sprieck spent the week end as a guest of Miss Phyliss Reike.- W. L. Seybolt u7as a Sunday evening caller at the Dude Hiatt home. . - Saturday evening guests of the Bob Tiison family were Mr. and Mrs. Dude Hiatt. 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