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r -1 EDIT ORTAL S Furses Fresh Flashes HOME AIR RAID WARNINGS Civilian Defenso Administrator Val Peterson, appearing before Congress in an effort to get Civilian Defense funds, told members of Congress recently that the .Government is considering a device which would sound a warning within the home of each citizen in a target area, in case of air attack: The warning system would be used to evacuate, highly indus trialized centers and to limit casualties from atomic, attack. Peterson said one device under study consisted of a small device which could be installed in any room in a house and which would set off an alarm when a change in the electric current occurred: In ohcr words, an electric company could lower its current, and warn all of its users in the same few minutes. By such methods, and other methods of mass warning and evacuation, and by carly detection of enemy air raiders, Mr. Peterson hopes to save as many as thirty five per cent of those who would ordinarily be killed in an atomic attack. Peterson predicts that an efficient radar warning network would be in operation around the borders of the United States within two years and he thinks this would give the country' large industrial areas several hours of warning before an atomic attack woujd occur. This should be ample time to carry out a hurried evacuation. Although Sir. Peterson did not get the money he requested from Congress, we believe he is working in the right direc tion It is obvious that a home warning device is the only possible way to give all citizens an equal start toward evacu ation in case of an emergency. We can't help but wonder, however, what would happen if an electric com pany's power was suddenly decreased by an accident or failure. Conceivably thou sands of people might start evacuating the city -in haste, accidents might occur and heart attacks might result in considerable numbers. No doubt a way could be found to avert such-a comedy, and, indeed, the subject is not one to be treated lightly. In fact, we believe most Americans treat the threat of atomic attack too lightly and that the nation's industry should be dis persed, and the nation's citizens be given adequate evacuation and warning plans and programs as soon as possible. A MYSTERY OF THREE NAZIS A book which has just been published-, by a former member of the German Secret Service brings to mind an interesting ob servation. Author William Hoettl, of "The Secret Front," mentions in his closing pages that three of the most-sought Nazi leaders in 1945 made good their escape and are still at large. Hoettl terms the lack of interest in the capture of these three men extraordinary, and points out that they were three of the most important personalities of the Third Reich. One of them was the Chief of the Gestapo, Heinrich Mireller, who, at one time-; held life and death powers over most of the inhabitants on the European conti nent. Another tf them is Martin Borrmann, who-was Hitler's assistant from his early days in the 1930'. Another escapee, aoout unon- much has been written, most of which has also been forgotten, was the head of the Jew ish section of the Gestapo, Adolph Eich mann. Hoettl points out that these three men all prepared escape plans and in the closing days of the war in April of 1945, made good their escape. They are still living, and free, accord ing to Hoettl. No doubt any one of these men could shed much light on the history THOUGHT FOR TODAY is a double pleasure lo deceive the de ceiver. lean dc la Fontaine The Plafismoulh Journal Official County and City Paper KriTABLISHKD IN 1881 Publlt'hf'3 iStint. Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Ann ttret-t, l'iat unou th Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaqaes for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Presented Nebraska Press Association "OENETIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" Firot in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 (In Cities Over 2000 Population) RONALD It. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE. '. Editor VERN WATERMAN Advertising SOPHIA M. WOLEVER Society Editor l unoui tsnssjtt issscgn Sending Out a Feeler The only thing that makes a man im portant around his wedding is not being there. , It is the thing that is none of your busi-1 ness that arouses your curiosity. k ir -k Women just wouldn't get everything said if they spake one at a time. The national debt may reach the moon before any rocket ship does. The guy who thinks it is cheaper to spend a vacation at home just hasn't his relatives spaced right. -fr "V We've found it just doesn't pay to do things by halves because, generally, it's the other half that counts. The Lord made the first talking ma chine, but Edison made the first one that could be shut off. -A- Went up to Doc to see what's ailing me. He said I was fat, lazy, eat too much and should take more exercise. We had him write it on a prescription blank so we could shew the wife. A local man gave his wife a good talk in or to the other niorht regarding economy. It got results, too he's given up smoking, fomemmg was en LUC UUltl OiU(-. ill lliuu-wumui flood control compact, favoring f HE ptATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. J'jH(J" the private utilities. PAGE two owwu-q- It provided that each of the " r:- New England states reserved the right "at its option, at any time . hereafter, by itself" to develop the water power to be stored up i by the federal nooa coniroi project. This, of course, was why Wasa- 1 ington never ratified the flood control project wnicn woma have given New England cheap power rates and would have helnpri save industrv from mov- 1 imr . below the Mason -Dixon NEWS REPORT Thursday .... By Stanley James, Journal Washington Reporter n mk . . . line. For this clause was in vio- WASHING ion, Aug. itinc come more confused in the pub lation of the federal power act ; Republican program w n l c n Jic mmci of 1920 whereby the federal gov-1 emerged from mis . iasi, seaun of Nazi Germany in view of the successful burning of Hitler's personal files. It does seem extraordinary that - the search for these three mep, has been ap parently almost - forgotten, and that the world goes merrilyon, forgetting these men and their activities in that dramatic period durng the 1030's and World War II, when they affected the fate of mil lions. ' to his face. At a White House meeting Ike told the California senator to stop denouncing the Indo-China settlement as if another Munich. At Munich, . Eisenhower said, Down Memory Lane 20 YEARS AGO Norfolk Packers defeated Weeping Water 10-8 in a softball game here. Napier and Thimgan led the scorers . . . Robert Bcstpr is president of the Cass county Young Democrats. Chris Bulin is vice president and Robert Wheeler, treasurer . . . Restricted use of water has been put into effect at Weeping Water where the water situation'is serious . . . The Odd Fel lows Lodge at Louisville has purchased the Commerce bank building. The lodge and bank went together to construct the two-story building in 1888 with the bank occupying the bottom floor, and the Lodge the top ... . The Kittenball Control Board has. ruled that players are not eligible un less they live within ten miles of the city . . . Two graduation classes are listed for 1888 in the local school. Four members of the class graduated at mid-term. It was the only such double graduation in the local school history . . . Hennings led Chev ies to a lo-10.win over BREX in softball league play. . f YEARS ACQ Lulu Wolfe has been re-elected president cf the Shrader family as its an nual reunion was held at the home of Mrs Georgia Creamer. Other officers are Mrs. Cappy Chriswisser, vice president ; Mrs. Graoe Beil, secretary and treasurer ?X. Louis Hennings suffered a broken back and neck when he fell under a grader. He is overseer of road construction in Eight Mile Grove precinct . . . Forty-eight club members and three club leaders from Cass county attended 4-H Camp at Seward. Don na June Bennott'of Alvo was awarded a 4-H kejr ring for superior work in handi craft . . . Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Busche an nounce the marriage of their daughterr, Elizabeth Alice, to Cpl. George E. Mans field, Jr., of Ashland . . . The annual Rock Bluff Homecoming will be held August 20 at Hutchinson grove. Dr. G. II. Gilmore is president of the association, Rex Young is vice president, and Mrs. George Mumm is secretary-treasurerr ... A runaway car owned by Jerry Konfrst rolled down the hill at 7th and Main, colliding with a parked car belonging to Josephine Rys. we didn't give away ' a single thing that the Communists hadn't already won on the bat tlefield. Since then, Knowland has not particularly soft-pedaled his criticism cf the Indo-China set tlement, and, as a result, it looks as "if the President might have a new majority leader at the next session of congress. For some time, of course, Vice President Nixon, who is the nat ural California rival of Senator Knowland, has been hoping that Knowland would eventually cut his own throat. . Nixon at .one time -leaned toward Senator Dirksen of Illinois to be ma jority leader. But now it's re ported that Ike might take Sen ator Ferguson of, Michigan to replace Knowland, if Ferguson wins by a wide enough margin in Michigan in November. Why Industry Moves South Traveling up the Connecticut river through western New Eng land, a few weeks ago, the big complaint I heard from busi nessmen was that industry was moving; South. f. The hut industry was leaving Norwalk, Conn., for Dixie; the textile industry had left for Alabama and Mississippi; chim neys were smokeless, factory walls looked glum and . forebod ing, indicative of the gradual change in the face of the one time industrial heart of Ameri ca. It's the biggest change since free land was opened up in the west. While this - change is A being mourned in New England, a de bate has been taking place in Washington which reaches to the bottom of one. cause for the southward trek of New England factories the fact that New England has the highest elec tric power rate in the U. S. . The debate is over the con trol of the industrial power of the future. And it will affect your part of the U. S. as well as New , England. . ' Senator Sparkman of Alabama, whose state has attracted New England factories because of the cheap electric power of the Ten nessee Valley, was telling : the senate how the power interests had scrapped flood control -on the Merrimack river back in 1936 and this was why New England power rates were so expensive. Up jumped new Senator Rob ert Upton of New Hampshire, the likable gentleman whom the governor of New Hampshire ap pointed to replace the late Sen ator Tobey. - Power Lobbyist Senator ' "I was one of the commission-, ers'who drew up the interstate flood control compact in 1936," he said. It failed . . . because we , looked to Washington for ratification, . but the advocates of public power in Washington prevented ratification," rWhat the likable senator from eminent, not the individual l states, controls water power sites. Southern states accepted fed eral control of TV A. New Eng land vetoed federal control of the Merrimack river project. In fact a registered lobbyist for the power companies, Mr, Upton was on the commission that knocked out the Merrimack fed eral flood agreement; and that same lobbyist, now Senator Up ton, voted to give control of the atomic power of -the next generation largely to private firms rather than the federal government. This complicated but basic question is partly what the cur rent debate on atomic energy is all about. It will affect the future industrial power of the nation far more than the public realizes, and for years to come. Washington Pipeline The Democrats have put one over on the Republicans when it - comes to getting publicity phdtos of Ike. Over 100 GOP congressmen . lined up at the White House recently for indi-L vidual publicity poses with the, president. But for over a yearft the Dems have been quietly col lecting - autographed photos from the president also. As a re sult,; at least 100..;Democratlc congressmen now. have photos personally addressed to them, in which: Ike calls them "disting uished citizens" Before his suicide, the late Senator Lester Hunt tried, to push through an anti-racketeer ing bill that would crack down on gangsters who muscle in on legitimate business. The bill is now gathering cob webs in the house interstate and foreign commerce committee. Fertilize Wheat New Hampshire failed to point . i a J : out, . however, was that he has IS ACJVlCe TOT Biggest Yields long represented tne power companies of New England. At the time he was negoti ating lor flood control after the disastrous $50,000,000 flood had swept New England in 1936, Up ton was the . registered lobbyist for New Hampshire Gas "arid Electric, Alton Electric Light and Power, Meredith Electric, Pemigewassett Electric, and Goodrich Falls Electric. He also has served as attorney for the Derry Electric Company and the Lamprey. Company, subsidiaries of the famous Howard C. Hopson interests; also for the White Mountain Power Co. What Upton also failed to state was that the reason why New England has the highest elec tric power rates in the nation and one reason, in addition ir labor costs, that factories are moving south is. because Upton helped insert ah "extremely im portant provision in the 1936 of Congress will be the key to the years congressional tueu tions. There is no dispute about this fact. Most Republican law makers, heading for contests in the general election, think they have a good platform to stand on. Taxes were reduced. That is the ace in the hole. Total ex penditures were reduced and that's another talking pohit. Employe totals for the Federal government have also been sliced. The Democrats think they have several issues to exploit though, and among them are the farm program, the recession, the Mc Oarchy issue, and the power and housing programs. The recession may be the key to Democratic victories in the fall's elections and just about everyone is agreed on that point, too. That's why the government's major agencies have , been in structed to spend money faster. That is, instead of spreading out expenditures evenly, in the next six months, or year, the agencies have been told to let as many contracts as they can now. Administration economists are rosy in their forecasts for the next few months and years and this lends optimism to the Re publican election effort. The majprity is agreed that 1955, and even the late months of this year, will be up from recent lev els. . No business spurt is in sight but a gradual Incline is defi nitely expected. ; " . . -;!The temper of the nation's farmers is an important factor to be considered in the Novem ber voting. Farmers have been getting lower prices while costs remained high and most of them apparently, are in favor of high price supports. The Administra tion is. lowering, these supports,. The question is whether the Ad ministration, the Farm Bureau, and others in favor of lower supports can carry farm areas for the Administration's candi- It may . be a The question will not be re solved by the investigating com mittee, either, for the final de cision will have to be by the Senate itself. If, the committee makes a 'report, for instance, then the Senate will either have to support it or reject it, or dodge the Issue again. Perhaps the election will be over when the Senate faces the issue again, however. There is . chance the Republicans won't be in control. In that case McCar thy would have lost his com mittee chairmanship anyhow and the committee report would have no effect on his chairman ship. The' net result is to prevent McCarthyism. from becoming as much of an issue in the coming campaign as it might have been. If each Senator had been forced to take a stand on the contro versial subject, the voter this fall would have known exactly where each stood. But since the vast majority voted for an in vestigation, all those so voting will seek to pacify both sides on the theory that this ' was the logical -course of action. PHILANTROPHY Gifts and bequests of $1,000 or more in ten large city areas of this country totaled $374,960,710 for the first six months of this year. During the same period in 1953, the total was $247,479,097. RAILROADS The nation's railroads, which last year lost a record $704,600, 000 on passenger service, are seeking to recover economic strength by pleas for permission to abandon service pri more un profitable lines.- : . ' LAW and ORDER by Sheriff Tom Solomon The Washington Merry -Go-Round Filtered t t)i ost Offfrp at Platt-xmnuth. Ntrv .h second elasa mall matter In accordance with th KCt of Congress of March 8. 187. 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: IKE TELLS KNOWLAND TO PIPE DOWN ON INDO-CHINA CRITICISM; SENATE DEBATE ON ' ATOMIC POWER ILLUSTRATES WHY NEW ENGLAND FACTORIES MOVE SOUTH; NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR WAS PRIVATE POWER LOBBYIST. WASHINGTON President Eisenhov er, who makes it a practice not to lose his temper in public but doesn't' hesitate to boil over privately, is hopping mad at his senate majority leader. For weeks he has been irked at the way Senator Knowland has been sounding off on foreign policy, as if he, not John Foster Dulles, were secretary of state. Finally, he as much as told Knowland this Warrant and Arrest h of Accused, Cont'd ' '29-4D7. Warrant; magistrate I may name person to execute, i The magistrate issuing any such wararnt may make an order thereon authorizing a person, to be named in such warrant, to execute the same; the person named in such order may exe cute such warrant anywhere in the stater by apprehending and conveying such offender before the magistrate issuing such war rant, or before some other ma gistrate of the same county; and all sheriffs, coroners and con stables, anad others when re quired, in their respective coun ties shall aid and assist in the execution of such warrant. 29-408. Warrant;- Ipursuit of fugitive. If any person charged as aforesaid with the commis sion of an offense 'Shall flee from justice," it shall be lawful for the officer, in whose hanas the warrant for such person has been placed, to pursue and ar rest such person in any other county of this state, and to con vey him before the magistrate issuing the warrant, or any oth er magistrate having cognizance of the case, of the county where such offense was committed. ' 29-409. Fugitive; warrant for arrest and return. If any per son charged with an offense shall abscond or remove from the county in which such of fense is alleged to have been committed, it shall be lawful for any magistrate of the county in which such person may be found to issue a warrant for the arrest and removal of such ; person to the county in which the offense is alleged to have been commit ted, to be there delivered to any magistrate of such county, who shall cause the,, person so de livered to be dealt with accord ing to law; and the warrant so issued shall have the same, force and effect as if issued from the county in which such offense is other person having in lawful custody any person accused of an offense for the purpose of bringing him before the proper magistrate or court, may place and detain such prisoner in-any s If you want an investment dates this ; fall, that is almost Certain to net a difficult task; return of several dollars for each j Tne Republican Congress did dollar you spend,' fertilize, your get through a program certain wheat. r i limK.mioTei-'meat in .it'harv most t rciuiiz,cr ia a yx.yu uyu- critics had ( anticipated two sition in the hard red winter- montns ag0, Republican candi wheat country as well as in the dates definiteiy have "some soft-wheat states, say crops and str0ng points to hammer "home; soils experts. . . . , but tne deciding factor in de- a. w. bmitn, Kansas btate termining control of Congress College, points out that wheat is wiH pr0bably be the economic ... xi. -i i . ? trend between now and Novem- tite, thus soil nutrients must ber . , be in a quickly available form ' " ' " ' f0i-SeeS re-l -The IL S. Senaterely. quires about the equivalent of dufcked. th'Jg5 J? -JSSSf5n 150 pounds of ammonium ,ni- refer the McCarthy ensure vote trate (33-0-0), 100 pounds of su- to a committee. The election perphosphate (0-20-0), and 40-y?&n?lW?Z pounds of muriate of potash but the fact that so large a (0-0-69). About three-fourths 0f .majority supported- the .refer the nitrogen and phosphate and vJPt-1111" S0LUvin S!f one-third of the potash are lost v hfard ff the Vblic. &c sv, i c- 5 against those who ducked a "In Kansas we now use at least staAnd ,n thJi lssue- ... 20 times as much fertilizer as 10 -1 Actually, the committee m years ago, most of it applied on- vestigation of McCarthy . could wheat land," Smith said. "Other H.e a farce from the start, and wheat States show similar inr" certainly cannot accomplish creases. However, we still aren't-f anything in the immediate fu using nearly enough fertilizer tQ;lure- If the .result is a split get maximum profits and yields.-';commi"ee' divided - on - party ., 1 . . ..lines, the subject will only be- Irrigation Field Day WwP mmw OF iun:h jrar;fci; I?iv At North Platte NORTH PLATTE, Nebr. An Irrigation Field Day to demon- Qtrof.o irricrsitirm nrn Mifpc eniiin. WEEKLY, CROSSWORD PUZZLE county jail cf this state for one i ment and structures has been ni;Tht:Or longer, as tne occasion btnrauieu iur r nutty, Aug. zu, at nu'y require, so as to answer the purposes of the arrest and cus tody. . 29-411. Warrants; execution; powers of officer. In executing a warrant . for the arrest of a person charged with an offense, or a search warrant, the officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a dwell ing house or other building, if, after notice of his office and I purpose, ne is reiusea admit tance; but this section is not in tended to authorize any officer executing a search warrant to enter any house or building not described in the -warrant. 29-412. Warrant; arrest; pris oner tc be taken before magis trate; return; endorsement and delivery. Whenever any person has been arrested under a war rant as provided in sections 29 401 to 29-411 it shall be the duty of the officer making the. arrest to take the person, so arrested before the proper magistrate; and the warrant by ' virtue of which the arrest was made, with the proper return -.endorsed thereon and signed by?the offi cer, shall be delivered to such magistrate. ' the North Platte Station states James C. Adams, superintendent, j Irrigation research has been 1 increasing during the past sev- j eral years at the North Platte station and an annual irriga tion day will probably be sched uled in the future, Adams says. The program will begin at 10 a. m. at the main station and will include the following topics ; and speakers from the North Platte Experiment Station: Sor- ' ghum varieties, Milton Green-j wood; corn studies, R. E. Ramig; and well installations and effi- ; ciencies, Paul Schleusener. Latin-American Here's th Answer HORIZONTAL 51 Emmets i rvnirt 52 Female rabbit South American animal, the spectacled Japan plans to reduce defense because of -revenue drop. World-wide shipbuilding off in second quarter. " 7 mm nikr". a Continued reports of thefts of I livestock; Kansas Montgom-1 ery County, July 31, 4-whitefacef cows, ages 4 to 5 years, weight about 950 -to 1000 lbs.; Thomas County,' July 24, 1-whlteface cow, weight about 850 to 900 lbs.; Rice County, Aug. 2, 3-whiteface cows,- weight about 1Q00 lbs. From South Dakota comes a report of the theft of a 9 yr. old Palomino Gelding, about 1100 lbs., branded 761 left hip. alleged to have been committed, j Stolen aoont July 22 29-410. Prisoner; " lawful ar rest; detention. Any officer or Tom ' Solomon, Sheriff, Cass County, Nebraska ACE YOU SENOIW& A MYSTERY MAIL? IF YOU WANT A PROMPT REPLY TO ANY LETTER INVOLVING YOUK. 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