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EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes .."..,.," ,. . .".."." . "".. . """"" WVORLD'S TOP JET ACE DEAD - It takes a long time to make a fight er pilot, and even longer to make a fighter ace which means five enemy planes shot down. That is one reason why the crash and death of the world's number one jet ace in California a few days ago was a tragedy. " VV. J., 1. .v. VV - pilot who downed sixteen Communist MIG's, crashed in a Sabre, the same type plane in which he rang up his record of kills. His death was a loss to the. Air Force both because of his great courage and the spirit in which he entered into flying. His long and discouraging struggle try ing to become a fighter pilot, should be an inspiration to America's youth. In 1940 he had enlisted in the Army in an effort to become a pilot. (The Air Force at that time was the Army Air Corps) . But McConnell was frustrated in this attempt and for two agonizing years he served in the Medical Corps. Then in 1942, his continued efforts to get into the Air Corps were finally rewarded. While he wasn't given a job of flying, and combat with the enemy, he was at least trans ferred into the flying branch. Then, in 1943, after another year of waiting, the Army made him a navigator, and he was shipped out to Europe, where he flew from England as a navigator on a B-24 for sixty missions. That was about twice the number of missions flown by the average B-24 navigator. When World War II ended. McCon nell kept on trying. In 1946 he at last was ordered to pilot training school. It was 1948 before he won the wings of a single- : i When fighting erupted in the Far East, and the United States became involved, McConnell requested a combat assignment. He was turned down by the Air Force on the ground that he was too old. He grew older, but nevertheless, the next year 1952 the Air Force shipped him to Korea. In Korea he flew 106 missions and had requested permission to fly another twenty-five above the normal quota when the Air Force ordered him home. The order grounding him came on the afternoon of the day he shot down three MIG's. Having won medals in both wars, he came home a national hero and was wide ly acclaimed. The people of Apple Valley, Calif., gave him a house as a token of their appreciation of his record. But, just like the case in World War II, when the count ry's top fighter pilot was killed on a train ing mission, McConnell came home only to lose his life. He was testing a modified version of the Sabre the F-86-H. The nation thus loses an Ampripan nf rtrl Vlood nnp. wnn was eager to fight in his country's defense, and one of the type who have enabled this country to maintain its freedom. He leaves a wife and three children. The nation should not forget him, nor the children. For McConnell was the idol of millions of cowboy-age youngsters, who recognized in him the hero qualities so essential in a world where only strength and the will to fight are respected by Communists. Sk- ir -Jr jgEW TICHT-ROPE RECORD Alan Lundberg recently set a new record for tight-rope walking. Actually, the record was for tight-rope endurance since Lundberg stayed on a rope. for twenty-seven hours and two minutes. This was good enough to beat the rec ord of a German tight-rope walker, known as Ricardo, who had set his record earlier this year. Our only point in mentioning this feat, and it is an extremely weak one, is to THOUGH1 FOR TODAY Necessity knows no law except to conquer. Pubilius Syr us The Plallsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper- ESTABLISHED IN 1SSI Published Semi-Wcckly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 (In Cities Over 2,000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE. . . . DICK HOWE VERN WATERMAN. . . . SOPHIA M. WOLEVER. U I AtSSOCVICCNCm X CHU vsmi UIIC8UI ittfln,7n Most of we husbands owe a great deal to our wives they know the worst about us and still refuse to believe it. It is too bad that Wallace didn't order the "Road Hogs" killed along with the little pigs back there in 1932. Don't worry too much about Junior you know, boys will be noise. Before scientists began fooling a round with the atom, about the most dan gerous product of our chemical laborator ies was the peroxide blonde. When a local man's wife presented him with quadruplets, he rushed out and bought a fifth. Woman is a decided improvement over man. That's why men stay out late they're looking for improvements. The treasury department reports that it takes three months for folding money to "season" before being circulated. We know from experience that it takes a lot longer than that to salt any away. Just about the time we break ourselves of swearing, a press breaks down or it's time to send in another quarterly income tax payment. About the only guys in the world that can make ends meet are football coaches. comment that we are doubtful of the value of the world's championship in tight-rope endurance. In fact, we can think of no possible way such talent would benefit mankind, or even the record-holder's coun try. Lundberg's tight-rope "staying" record is something like records set by those who sit on flagpoles. To us, the feats are com parable, although we place tight-rope walking a little higher. Why people seek these world records is a mystery to us other than perhaps the publicity value in volved. In other words, the world is a strange place, made up of many strange antics, one of the strangest of which is tight-rope "staving." Down Memory Lane jj r YEARS AGO Connie Summers of Boliver, Mo., and Marvin R. Lillie of Plattsmouth were married in Wymore by Rev. James C. Low son . . . Rev. T. Porter Bennett returned to the local1 parsonage for another year, it was announced after the annual Methodist conference . . . Two members of the Uni versity of Nebraska football squad, Ed ward Strickland and Edward Gradoville, were home for the weekend. They have been assigned to the second team and are scrimmaging for the first games . . . Sher iff Joe Mrask and Deputy Emery Doody arrested a young man for draining gasoline for the car of Mrs. Sadie Jones. Orj YEARS AGO by the Red Cross were Richard Edwards, William York and Robert Rea. Junior awards went to Richart Hatt, William Evers, Robert Taylor, Joe Hendrix, Vera Edwards and Joe York . . . The BREX shops sponsored a "Days of Forty-Nine" parade in Plattsmouth as part of the fall festival . . . Coach Robert's football team, broken up by graduation, was buckling down to practice for its opener with. Glen wood. Only William Crough and Howard Hirz, co-captains, have any experience . . . In high school elections, Lois Giles is pres ident of the senior class; Joe Hendrix of the junior class, Earl Taylorof the sopho mores, and Dick Hall is freshman presi .Editor and Publisher News Editor .-Advertising Society Editor nr zd XAJA ' Jfrt ) 3ar LJ .03 j minded and a levy of .09 mills for Patients in University Hos pital at Omaha; making the total State Levy 7.92 mills. The 1954 County Levies were made as follows: General Fund 3.00 mills; Bridge Fund .50 mills; County Road Fund .80 mill; Federal Matching Road Fund .70 mill; Soldiers & Sailors Relief Fund .04; County Relief Fund .34 mill. Total State and County Levy 13.30 mills. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Monday, September 13, 1954. 88 . 11.60 Standard Blue Print m 7 VM Co.. SUD " " " 14.40 1 Albin E. Chovanec, Atty., V sj 137.97 9o 97 98 102 103 104 105 C7 50.00 64.65 .29.40 .....28.50 .....11.60 6.00 15.00 The County Superintendent j otoe 5 8.00 cerunea a levy oi 3.4 mills tor t Lancaster "Oh, it's thrilling - every policy has a different name. Later he typed up the notes and i ment factories as a member of filed the transcript. ! the Amalgamated Clothing Admiral Carney, obviously em- High School Tuition Tax. Other levies were made as fol lows: Old Age Assistance Fund, per capita $2.C0; Levy of Bees, per stand .10c; Intangible Class A, en $1C9.00, 25c; Intangible Class B, on $100.00, 40c. Special Levies: Ashland Rural Fire Protection Tax District .18 mill. Greenwood Rural Fire Protec tion Tax District .28 mill. Avoca Rural Fire Protection Tax District .18 mill. Nehawka Rural Fire Protection Tax District .50 mill. Cass County Noxious Weed District, not including incorpor ated Villages & Cities, one cent (lc) per acre, but not less than ten cents (10c; on any one tract of land. The following City and Village Levies were approved: Plattsmouth 74.50 mills; Louis ville 65.77 mills; South Bend 33.30 mills; Greenwood 50.30 mills; Murdock 44.68 mills; Un 34.38 e J A. 8.80 ! indigent aeienaam . 10.20 I Redfield & Co., bup. . . 5.40 - Patricia Kae JvieiMiigei , 5J2 days salary, Assr. Remington Rand, Inc., Serv. agreement ao.uu Board of Public Works, water, Ct. Hse. & jail . . 22.75 Omaha Printing Co., Sup. 118.71 The Washington Merry-Go-Round Entered at the Post Office at Plattsinouth, Nebraska as second class niail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March H, 1ST9. SUBSCRIPTION RATE:-$3.50 per.-yaar 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. DREW PEARSON SAYS: ADMIRAL CARNEY TRIED TO PERSUADE IT ALY TO ABANDON ITS SEPARATE AIR FORCE; WARNS U. S. NAVY PLANES MAY BE WITHELD UN LESS ITALY COMPLIES; CARNEY'S YEOMAN TRANSCRIBED UNUS UAL CONVERSATION. WASHINGTON Though Congress passed a law unifying the armed services, an amazing secret document has just come to light showing that the Navy is even undercutting the Air Force in Foreign countries. Adm. Robert Carney, now Chief of Na val Operations, actually laid down a vir tual ultimatum to the Italian Minister of Defense that Italy change its Air Force law and set up a Naval Air Detachment separate from the Italian Air Force. Unless Italy: did ftp, Admiral Carney as much as warned, she would get no naval' planes from the American Navy and no helicop ters from the American Army. The interesting thing is that when Ad miral Carney called upon Defense Minister Rudolfo Pacciardi he took with him his yeoman, who, wanting to be efficient, made verbatim notes of the conversation, he worked in New York's gar- barrassed at this record of his highly unusual conversation, could not have destroyed the transcript even if he wanted to. It had already been filed, and to destroy such a government document would be highly un ethical. So the embarrassing document was stamped "top se cret." Actually the transcript in volves no military secrets, but rather the use of the taxpayers' money, since it is the United States which pays for the planes and any carrier sent to Italy. Also of interest io the taxpayer is the manner in vhich the U. S. Navy is ignoring' a mandate of Congress to combine operations with the U. S. Air Force. Accordingly, here is the exact conversation between Admiral Carney and Defense Minister Pacciardi showing Carney's ef fort to build up naval power at the expense of air power. Admiral Carney Explains Admiral Carney: "I have one last point which is most import ant. I have studied the question of air components and the air responsibility of the army and the navy. They both have tasks which require control of air craft. I have talked with Gen eral Eisenhower about this and told him that Italy is the last country to adhere to the idea that everything that flies be longs to the air force, and Italy has a law that says so." Picciardi: . "Yes, we have that law and a small air forcer' It is too small to divide." Admiral Carney: "The concept of other countries is that each service, as far as possible, be given the weapons it needs to accomplish the tasks assigned. This means that the services must have some control also over the design of aircraft for partic ular tasks, such as anti-submarine and patrol." Mr. Picciardi: 'The air force must provide the planes to the army and navy it is just a ques tion of uniform." Admiral Carney: "No, the, air force has certain primary re sponsibilities and always will as sign its forces to its priority jobs. It won't voluntarily assign forces to the navy and army. Addi tionally, unless a man is com pletely trained in the army and the navy, he is not effective. We know that. The effectiveness that our navy has obtained stems from the recognition of the navy's need to keep control of its own aircraft, and now the U. S. army also has control of the aircraft which it needs." Mr .Pacciardi: "This is a pre mature question we have a small -air force, largely obsolete, and when we have more, it should be possible to have aircraft for j the army and the navy. Admiral Carney Threatens At this point, Admiral Carney baldly threatened the Italian de fense minister that he would get no planes unless he changed the Italian law. regarding the separate air force. Furthermore, Carney took the amazing steps of making the same threat on behalf of the army. The con versation continued: Admiral Carney: "There are two factors: "1. The U. S. navy has aircraft which it could turn over to Italy for anti-submarine and overseas work my opinion -is that the U. S. navy will not turn over these planes unless they would be controlled by those responsible for the maritime tasks. "2. The U. S. army has types (liaison planes and helicopters) which would be very useful to your army in my opinion they would be reluctant to turn them over unless assured that they would be under army control. "This may be a narrow serv ice view, but it exists. I talked about this to General Eisenhow er, who is interested in it but recognizes that it is primarily a national matter. But iO.it,' af fects the overall effort, it is im portant to General Eisenhower, and he may ask you questions later." Pacciardi Demurs Defense Minister Pacciardi, however, knows something about the U. S. A. During the war, while an exile from Mussolini, Wnrkprs Amnnp other thines. he knew about the views of the j in 46-70 mills; Avoca 43.70 mills; U. S. air force. He replied: Mr. Pacciardi: "General Eisen hower's air deputy doesn't think this way. We need a new law, but this would provoke bad dis cussions, because there are feel ings in the air force. However, I think we can arrange it after wre have a visible air force." Admiral Carney: "There is al so feeling in the army and the navy; and even stronger. Air Marshal Saunders is an 11. A. F. man, but the British J. C. S. do not support his views. The Brit ish navy controls its maritime air and the army is getting its own." Mr. Pacciardi: "Have confi dence in me. I'm sure that we would provoke a bad movement in the air force, but when we have 300 jets, it will be differ ent." Admiral Carney: "They have an academy (Italian air acade my) and they are getting good men, and then their viewpoint will change. Right now some of the air force officers are imma ture in their thinking they would rather fly than plan for logistics and do administrative work." Mr. Pacciardi: "I think we'll succeed, but not with the law, although we must, under NATO, have the same organization everywhere. Be patient and we'll prepare." Admiral Carney: "Yes, little by little you can make adjustments. I understand, and I will tell Gen eral Eisenhower what you have said." Mr. Pacciardi: "Little by lit tle, we'll go ahead, and maybe some day our navy, like yours, will have an aircraft carrier." Weeping Water 58.84 mills; Elm wood 52.64 mills; Eagle 43.58 mills; Manley 30.50 mills; Alvo 60.70 mills; Nehawka 69.64 mills; Murray 36.98 mills. On examination of the reports filed by the C. R. I. & P. Rail road and the Northern Natural Gas Company, the Board reduced the levy of School District 104 from 23.0 mills to 11.6; School District 86 from 9.8 mills to 4.8 and School District 79 from 9.6 145 12.09 i The following School Bond levies were approved: Dist. No. 1 Bond 5.60 mills. Dist. No. 32 Bond 10.80 mills. Dist. No. 102 Bond 5.00 mills. Dist. No. C7 Bond 2.00 mills. Dist. No. 145 Lancaster Bond 1.71 mills. Heating Equipment Bond of 1.00 mills was approved for Dist. No. 17. Building Fund Bond of 3.00 mills was approved for Dist. No. 103. No further business appearing the Board adjourned. Attest: w. j. b. Mcdonald, Clk. for Board Office of County Commissioners Cass County, Plattsmouth, Nebr. September 7, 1954 Board met pursuant to ad journment, Present H. L. Borne meier, R. E. Norris and W. F. Nolte, Commissioners, and W. J. B. McDonald, County Clerk. Minutes of the last session ap proved when the following busi ness was transacted in regular form: Motion made and seconded re leasing Old Age Assistance lien on the estate of Margaret Mapes consisting of the West 18 ft. of lot 9 and the East 6 ft. of lot 8 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Motion carried. Resolution was passed pro graming the ocnstruction oi i to 5.2, according Sec77-1601 . -. ouijij. ojij, uic u u yjy cine: Court decision and the Attorney General's opinion. After the changes were made the following school levies were approved: No. General 1 30.60 2 4.60 3 5.40 5 1.80 6 6.60 7 4.40 8 10.80 9 9.40 10 11.60 11 14.60 12 10.20 13, 3.20 14 7.40 15 4.40 17 25.80 18 7.20 19 2.60 2a 22.40 21 8.60 22 .: 28.60 23 None to the N. E. corner of Sec. 1-11-9, Vz mile beginning at the quar ter corner on east side of Sec. 1-11-9 thence north to the N. E. corner of Sec. 1-11-9. Resolution was passed concur ing with the State on awarding the grading contract to Rolfs meier Construction Company for $17,121.80 and the Culvert con tract to U. H. Klaasmeyer & Sons for $23,116.85 on Project S 511 (1). Resolution was passed to strike from the records all uncollect- Klopp Printing Co., Sup. 219.30 Monroe Calculating Mach. Co., Serv. agreement . . 43.00 All Makes Typewriter Co., Aug. rental of T-W 8.00 Plattsmouth Journal, minutes of 8-7-54 22.90 Ofe Oil Co., gas, oil, etc. for Surv 44.93 Central Elec. & Gas Co., gas. Ct. Hse 4.80 Central Elec. & Gas Co., gas, Ct. Hse. pilot 2.21 Central Elec. & Gas Co., gas, jail 3.47 Milburn & Scott Co., Inc., Sup 18.83 Clean-Well Filter Co., Reprs.- 22.50 W. A. Swatek Hdw., Sup 24.35 Leslie W. Niel, Postmaster, envelopes 98.60 Emery Rozell, trash hauling 18.00 Valara Meisinger, Aug. salary 56.25 Bridge Midwest Lmbr. Br. & Sup. Co., Lmbr 501.28 Calumet Mach. & Sup ply, battery 25.78 Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. 2 m E, 'z S, C. Creek 271. 1G Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. 2 m E, 2' S, C. Creek 282.34 Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. 1 m N, 1 m E, Nehawka 376.60 Thomas Construction Co.. Br. Repr. 'i m SE, Avoca 220.59 Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. m SW, Avoca 180.85 Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. 34 m SW, Avoca 162.90 Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. 1 m S, Vi m E, Avoca 151.29 Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. 21i m E, y2 S, Avoca 115.28 Thomas Construction Co., Br. Repr. 2Va m E, 1'. ft A Vfo 1 HI OO -t KJy ............ X I able personal taxes shown by Thomas Construction Co., u Uc-fc e irMn inc;n ' Kepi. sV'2 m COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS Office of County Commissioners Cass County, Plattsmouth, Nebr. Sept. 7, 1954 The Board of Equalization met at the call 'of the Chairman. Present H. L. Bornemeier, R. E. Norris and W. F. Nolte. The following business was transacted in regular form: The County Assessor, Ernest C. Giles reported the total as sessed valuation of CaoS County for 1954, to be $43,345,651. The State Levy was certified as follows: ' General Fund 4.84 mills. Spe cial Levy for State Institutional & Military Department Bldg. Fund 1.10 mills. Service Annu ity Fund .50. University of Ne braska College of Medicine & University Hospital Bldg. Fund .25 mills. -The County Board made a levy of .80 mills for Cass County Mental Patients; a levy of .34 mills for Cass County Feeble- 25 26 27 28 29 30 4.60 7.60 5.20 6.40 4.00 6.40 31 16.20 32 16.80 33 10.60 34 6.80 35 10.00 36 25.00 37 38 40 41 42 43 45 47 48 49 50 55 7.00 7.80 5.60 7.00 8.00 7.00 6.20 7.80 3.40 5.80 3.20 5.20 the tax lists of 1949 and 1950 because of death or removal from the county. Agreements were signed with the State for the improvement of the Nehawka-North Road, Project No. S-510 (2) and Proj ect S-157 (5). Fees for the month of August were reported by the following officers: Clerk of Dist. Court .$110.10 County Clerk 231.58 County Sheriff 44.75 County Judge 854.70 Register of Deeds 316.25 Claims as listed on the follow ing Funds were allowed by the Board: General Standard Blue Print Co., 56 11.40 57 58 63 64 70 71 72 76 78 79 80 81 82 83 86 8.60 5.80 3.60 7.60 4.40 7.80 1.60 6.80 5.20 5.20 6.60 9.80 8.40 3.60 4.80 Sup $ 1.86 Lawyers Co-op Pub. Co., Sup 12.50 Omaha Printing Co., Sup 10.03 Omaha Stationery Co., Sup 10.67 Plattsmouth Cleaners, laundry, Ct. Hse 9.11 Journal-Star Printing Co., Reprs .25.71 Rader Office Equip. Co., Sup 7.72 Webster Publishing Co., Sup 25.95 Soennichsen's, Sup 12.45 I Stephensen School Sup. Co., freight 1.33 Consumers Public Power Dist., lights for Ct. Hse. & jail 73.24 Repr E, Avoca 130.44 County Road, Dist. No. 1 Hillard W. Land, 8 days salary 82.50 Mark Stock, dozing, 3Vb mi. project 1260.00 - County Road, Dist. No. 2 Omaha Public Power Dist., service, Louis ville patrol Keckler Oil Co., gas, tire Repr The Balbach Co., July demurrage Lincoln Equipment Co., Sept. rental, No. 12 . Lincoln Welding Sup. Co., demurrage D. Ray Frans, paint Consumers Public Power Dist., Serv. Union, Nehawka Patrol County Road, Dist. No Omaha Public Power Dist., Serv. Patrol No. 3 The Board adjourned to meet Wednesday, September 15, 1954. Attest: W. J. B. McDONALD, County Clerk No. 2625 Sept. 13, 1954 1.00 68.16 1.80 493.32 3.72 4.25 3.00 1.00 A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents RADIATOR REPAIRING ! ONE-DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ph. 28V When You Think of SHOES Think of TOSTER'S X-RAY FITTING S3 1 HEN? JIM BRINK'S ) VER AND THEY'RE. vi SHE TO PAY " NOW THEY HAVE TWO I ( YES, BUT JIM WAS TEACHING Hl$ SCRAPPING ABOUT FOE ANY DAM AGES J CRUMPlD FENDERS AND 4 DOING THE S D W WIFE TO Dt?lVElJL T ALREADY.'- TO" THE CAE. X A SMASHED 6RU-,ANDj BUT. 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