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kiODERN DAY TRAVEL A few days ago, one cf the leading: international airlines advertised a special Christmas trip. That trip included air transportation frorn New York City to Mexico City, where the traveler would re main for some time, air transportation from Mexico City to Miami, Florida, where the traveler would stay, for a few days and re turn air fare fro hi Miami to New York City. The idea is. that travelers would spend Christmas in Mexico City, fly over to Miami for the New Year's Day celebrations and return to New York after the holiday travels. The cost for all this transportation, which includes thousands of miles, is 198. And, while $198 is a lot of money, that is a surprisingly low rate for such a long-distance trip. Before the advent of airliner, such a trip could not have been made in ade quate time available to most people during the holidays for anything like this cost. Not only has the cost been cut down to a point where many Americans can afford such a luxury, but the travel time required is so short that the holiday excursionist finds himself with plenty of free time to visit in far-away cities. We are not boosting any particular mode of travel, for they all have their good points and their weaknesses, but we point out that the average American today en joys never before known in this world at a price millions can afford to pay. We can fly from coast to coast for less than $100, we can fly overnight to London and can do both without missing a meal, if we choose to travel at night. Had such sched ules been predicted even thirty years ago, man j- would have thought the idea ridicu lous which shows how fast transportation has progressed in our area. IATURE IN FULL BEAUTY . N Recent davs and Weeks have been an exhibition of beauty by Mother Nature seldom excelled in the. fall months in the United States. In many sections of the country the amount of rainfall has been below normal in recent months and this caused an early turning of leaves. In other sections; where rainfall was normal, early freezes' have often brought about a burst of color in the countryside. There are those who think that Nature puts on her grandest show in Spring, Slid those who believe the brilliant colors of Fall represent Nature at its best. This latter group has had much support for its argu ment in recent days. One of the lessons AlothcrfNaturcihas to offer us is that there is a power greater than anything the human mind completely understands. The brilliant display of gold and red and yellow leaves, and tle wonder ful spectacle that nature presents about this time of year seems to be one of the best arguments to shake the belief of ath eists. There are definite laws by which na ture operates, and they demonstrate a pattern for all life. Though it is some times hard to understand misfortune and tragedy, when one considers the sureness and order of nature, the inspiration which appears before our very eyes each year, there can be little doubt that there is a design behind it all. OSCOW TALKS PEACE There has been a notable increase in the number of official expressions in fa vor of peace and against a new war in Moscow. The latest occasion for such u demonstration was the thirty-seventh an niversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. On that anniversary, the Soviet Union's Defense Minister, Marshal Nikolai A. Bul ganin, delivered a short and conciliatory THOUGHT FOR TODAY A rile conceit in pompous -words expressed is like a dozen in reyal purple dressed. Alexander Pope Furses Fresh f osibes Kissing a girl is like trying to get an olive out of a bottle the first one's hard to get, but .the rest of them come easy. ' We can remember back, in 1942 when "Lucky Strike Green Went to War." Won der when it's coming back? '"- If you see a car with twin exhaust pipes and a protruding noise maker on them, you can bet there's a teen-age driver in the family. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she never has trouble making up her mind which sweater to buy. , She just slips it on and steps outside to size it up for whistles. If you're ever hit by a woman driver, better settle at once. Afterall, it's just your word against thousands of hers. To be a successful party goer you must be able to talk louder, longer and faster than the radio or television. After spending $25 on Chlorophyl we found out people don't like us anyway. . It is remarkable how our pioneering forefathers built up this country without calling on Congress for help. speech, which was broadcast to the Rus sian people and was given out in the full text to foreign newsmen. The' most noteworthy feature of that speech, . and of the parade which was staged in Moscow on the anniversary, was the constant emphasis on the theme -of peace.- 1 While there are differences of opinion, most foreign reporters in Moscow believe the Russian leaders are now more inclined to avoid a war with the United States than they were several years ago. If this major ity ophion is 'correct; then the world seems to be In less danger of a general war than has been the case most of the time since the end of World War II. A study of the official utterances of Kremlin officials on. the anniversary of the Revolution supports this viewpoint. Actions Speak Louder . .1.51 " 'jiSf- ni story, though, is that he was hired by the Republicans, fired by the Republicans, and was not fired' for security reasons. Yet he is listed among that contro versial group called "security risks." He started to work for the government in the Smithsonian, which anyone under the sun can enter, ca January 18, 1954, and on May 23 his appointment was made permanent, pending a trial of one year. This usually means that the employee's - past has been thoroughly investigated. On July 9, however, Browne says that he found he was still being investigated. He was asked a series of questions concerning his Socialist background. He says that when he first applied for the job he stated that he was a Socialist, and on July 9 and August 13, he answered govern ment forms as follows: "Are ycu now, or have you ever been a member of the Com munst party?" No. "Would you go to jail rather than be drafted into military service?" No. "Did you ever state that in the event of war you would be unwilling to defend this, coun try?" No. "Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Libertar ian Socialist League?".! am and have been. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Section B Thursday, Novemoer za, ium By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter -x ly; because he helped make that history and knows the facts. He feels .that he knows them far better than a Johnny-come-lately vice-president whose war service consisted largely of re negotiating Naval contracts in the Pentagon and then borrow ing money from one of the con tractors with whom he , was negotiating.- So Rayburn proposes to show that the Communists first in filtrated the United States under the Republican regime , of Her bert Hoover, and he has the pre vious probes of Congress to prove it. He can also show that Hoover completely ignored Con gressional warnings of Red spies. Second, he proposes 'to turn the Civil Service Commission up side down to get the truth re Browning near Winchester, Ky. "We chose this one especially for you cut of 100,000 birds on my farm," reported Browning. The Kentuckian a,lso presented Eisenhower with a booklet on how to manage a turkey farm. Ike promised to "study" the booklet. "This may come in handy af ter I leave the White House," he said. "After I retire, I'm going to raise some turkeys myself on my farm in Pennsylvania." Return Ike's Picture Democratic Sen. James Mur- WASHINGTON, Nov. 25-Pres ident Dwight D. Eisenhower is performing . what could be his greatest service to the people of the United States these days. In his capacity as Chief Executive he is making a calculated effort to secure peace with Russia and a' decade or more of world sta bility for this generation. But the President is beset with many difficulties, including widely divided ideas on foreign policy within his own official circle. His Senate Republican leader, California's Bill Know land, cannot see the President's policies. Knowland thinks the Communists will win anything other than an armed clash. This ctruld mean a new war, and the President like so many leaders of countries throughout history hopes to avoid another catastrophe like convinced, many of his friends that Mr .Esienhower will run again in 1956. It seems pretty certain that the Democrats will go alor with the President on his foreign policy but that there will be all kind of trouble in the domestic field. To get the chance to put this legislative program through, he will have to stay in office beyond the term of the 84th Congress. Moreover, he faces a draft which will make the Truman draft of 1948 look" insignificant. Republi cans are convinced of the nved for the Eisenhower name on the ballot. Mr. Eisenhower's effort to avoid another world war will al so weigh heavily in his mind when the time comes for him to step down. The disagreement within his own party on how to live in peace with the countries' will tend to make tno ttt.1 1 TTTft . TT 1 e 4- i o f oil T-re n. (jmtmh(ir on whpn thp vvunu " " " enemies will tena to mase tno On beptemoer zu, wnen tne i ah therp arp pnnno-h c prna " . " , nntirP nf dismissal came, there "' tr.7" 1 r.r. "V." ' 7 cniei uxecuuve iiuuic auic was no "mention of security risk. Browne was fired for failing to note on his job application that he had once been fined $2.50 for disorderly conduct Nov. 7, 1947, 'and that for a period of two years he had received his Social ist mail under the name of Geo. S. Russel. Robert W. S. Browne is now just one of 6,926 numbers in the Washington "Numbers Game." If you can guess just how many other numbers there are just like his, the Democrats say you deserve a free ride on the wasn- garding the security i-isks which Communist cause. ray, just re-elected in Montana, told an ADA meeting how a ington Merry-Go-Round pampniet smearing mm as a Red almost defeated him. In engaging, factural language, the pamphlet listed alleged reasons why Murray was aiding tri? that Russian premier ueorgi turnine over the helm to one Malenkov is not aesirous oi an- le experienced in the field of other world war to make tho f0rign policy presidential effort justified. fhese considerations, and oth No one can predict the out- j ers Will very likely influence Mr. come in this grave policy-ma1.".- Eisenhower, and reports that he ing matter, end it might turn j has already told seme intimates out that the President was he would run again are pepping wrong in believing there is a hope for peace. But the question the Chef Executive must ans. wer in his own conscience, is whether he made every effort to save the world, from another holocaust. ' up. ORGANIC LITTERS BLS.T Organic materials, like peanut shells and grourid corncobs, are better poultry house litters than sand or mineral rock. Twelve- Right now Mr. Eisenhower is , materials were tried in Delaware Down Memory Lane 20 M YEARS AGO , ' . P. A. IIcCrarv was found not guilty of shooting with intent to kill his stepson; but was held by the jury on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon . . . At a Boy Scout court of honor, Burnell Adams was awarded the Eagle Gold Palm; Wilson j McLain named Eagle Scout; Billy Rosen crans and Bob Taylor of Plattsmouth Star Scouts; Burton Rishel of Plattsmouth, Jack Wunderlich, Dean Nutzman and Wesley Stono oi Nehawka First Class Scouts; Os car Brandt, Ellis Schlictemeier, Robert Wunderlich and Marion Hoback of Nehaw ka, Second Class Scouts . . . The Platts mouth State Bank has taken over all ac counts, notes and assets of the Farmers State Bank with" no interruption of service. 1 r YEARS AGO I J Don Arundel. of Fremont has been named business manager of The Platts mouth Journal-. . . Among the 35 boys out for the basketball team were Sterling Cole, Joe Gradoville, Dick Livingston, Charles Wolevcr, Charles Eaton, Dale Reckord, j John Kimball ,Les Niel and Larry Thimgan . . . High temperature Nov. 23, 1944, was 42, the low 30. Forecast was clear to part ly cloudy, low 28-38 . . . D. J. Hollingshead of Los Angeles was a visitor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Cloidt and other relatives and friends. it the Republicans say they have purged from Goverrnent. He ex pects to prove that about one half of these so-called security risks the Republcans say they fired, actually were hired by the ! Republicans. ' Some Democrats- point out that if Eisenhower really wanted Democratic cooperation for a bipartisan foreign . policy he w-ould'do to Nixon what he did to Gen. George Patton when the latter was made to stand up be fore 10,000 troops and apologize for slapping a sick soldier. But they don't expect any apology from either. Ike or "McNixon," so they, intend to go ahead ..with, their investigations, f s f- Ike's Turkey ' President Eisenhower .dropped. To counter this smear, Murray ran advertisements showing an j autographed picture received t from President Eisenhower with the inscription: "To Jim Murray, a great American Dwight D. Eisenhower." Immediately, Congre ssman Wesley D'Ewart, Murray's oppo nent, complained to the Presi dent, saying that he was defeat ing one of his own party by let ting this picture out. Ike immed iately replied that he had not given the picture to Murray for political purposes, said that it was unethical of Murray to ue it that way. D'Ewart then re printed Eisenhower's letter in all local papers. Murray, of course, was furious. "As soon as the new Congress he told the ADA meet Legislative SIDELIGHTS . . by BERNIE ' CAMP Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation During campaign n humorous hint about his re picture to the Clerk of the Sen ate with instructions that it be presented with a Thanksgiving turkey. He did not, however, name the date of retirement. The turkey presentation also included some cranberries and pretzels for a stuffing additite, though the President munched on the pretzels all during his meeting with officials of the National Turkey Federation. The President said that the turkey, a 42-pound bronze torn, was one of the biggest and hand somest he had ever received, but renv.rked that his familv probably would make short work of it. The bird was raised on the biggest turkey farm in the world, operated by NTF Chief Perry returned to the President. I don't want & picture with an in scription that's good only in edd-numbered years." Washington Numbers Game Robert W. S. Browne is a walking, talking, ex-security risk. Only now he is no longer considered a risk, and is quite willing to talk about it. He has been fired from his job as an exhibit worker for the Smith sonian Institute. Thus the se curity of the nation has been preserved. Most'' interesting part of the LAW and ORDER by Sheriff Tom Solomon The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 11 rulili-licil Somi-Wei'kly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsniuuth, Cass County, Ncbr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques foi "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 2.0(H) Population) RONALD R. FURSE... Editor and Publisher DICK HOWE.: News Editor VERN WATERMAN .Advertising SOPHIA M. WOLEVER. .Society Editor The Washington Merry -Go -Round utfjfuj umGfiui ittyyr Entered at the Po!-t Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 2, 1ST9. . . 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: RAYBURN WILL SHOW COMMIES INFIL TRATED IN HOOVER REGIME; TKE WILL RAISE TURKEYS WHEN HE RETIRES; IKE'S PHOTO RE FUTED RED SMEAR. WASHINGTON When President Eisenhower went out of his way to refer to speaker-to-be Sam Rayburn as "Mr. Sam" during the recent harmony confer ence, it may be that he had heard of "Mr. Sam's" irate feelings. Certainly Sam has taken no trouble to .conceal them. For, though Sam Rayburn means it when he told the 'President that House Democrats would support him 100 percent, on foreign policy and national defense, he also meant it when he told friends that he was going to show up the falsity of the "McNixon" charges of Democratic treason. Rayburn is a man who has served his country more than 40 years in the House of Representatives and he is just as proud of that record as: General Eisenhower is of his 40 years in the U. S. Army. Rayburn began as a young Congress man in Woodrow Wilson's day and he has lived through : the two world wars which Vice-President Nixon implies the Democrats took the nation into in order to maintain prosperity. . Sam resents that and he resents it deep- County breakins are on the increase. Some of the increase is j due to the increased unemploy- I ment during the Fall and Winter I months. The manner in which I the breakins occur plus the type ' of items taken indicates that the intruders may be young talent, ' and possibly local residents. On the night of November 17, the grocery pOst-office building in Wabash was entered -by re moving the padlock from the front v door. Reported missing were two silver dollars and a wooden cash drawer taken from an old cash register. ; More livestock thefts reported from Kansas and Iowa. Local farmers and safe barn operators should be on the lookout for such cattle, and with the knowledge of such increased theits give the recent political some candidates talked about the role of price supports in cutting the cost of food to the consumer. Each dis cussion, in the first place, re vealed the ignorance of the campaigner .s to the role of price " support. .. The purpose of price supports be they flexible, rigind or otherwise is to encourage ad justment of production to ef fective consumption Price suports, if they have any importance in food prices, are minor because of the many factors which do affect the costs of food. If American consumers seek "cheaper " food, they must look closer to home than 'the farm to find the points where costs can be cut. ' As a matter of fact, Ameri can . consumers already have "cheap" food. Food prices in the United States today are un it for unit among the lowest in the world several times cheaper than the same items in the managed economics of Iron Curtain countries. The only fair way to compare food prices between countries and between periods is by the amount of food units an hour of Work will purchase. Using such a comparison, the record ! shows that the buying power of the typical Russian worker,, for example, is nothing to brag about compared with a resident of Omaha or Lincoln. In Omaha or Lincoln about 20 minutes of work will buy a pound of butter, while in Rus sia it takes more than 6 hours to . ear the equivalent of a pound of butter. A quart of milk is the equiva lent of seven minutes of work in Omaha or Lincoln, but hopeful that a. new world-wide conflict can be avoided. From Moscow come Indications that Russians will coexist. The air attacks by Russian fighters are being incorrectly diagnosed oy some who disagree with the President's foreign policies. A look at history will show the suspicious Russians very jealous ly (and carelessly) guard their frontiers. Not many years ago it was the Russians and Japanese who .re peatedly clashed in the Far East. This went on for years before war between the two powers de veloped, and that war didn't de velop at all until the final weeks of World War II .when Japan was obviously beaten. Incidents involving U. S. planes, "flying near Russian controlled territory, have been occurring ever since 1945. They are nothing new. They do not necessarily indicate a war is in the cards. There is one spot in the world today where war threatens in-the immediate future, and that is on Nationalist Chinese islands. The United States would probably I not resist Communist Chinese efforts to capture. Nationalist held islands other than Formosa, but would resist a Red effort to invade this stronghold with the Seventh Fleet. tests. Organic litters m orcer of preference were: peanut shells, ground corncobs, peat moss, sugar cane fiber, sawdust, wood shavings, cottonseed hull -and cornstalks. Mineral rock and sand created dust from the litter itself or from dried drop pings. Average losses from in fectious bronchitis were greater in flocks raised on mineral lit ters. Prehistoric Skull Shown In Smithsonian Exhibit a. - w" -.,.1'. t.-V.-.- , i-r-, .. Hi Washington, D. C A 1,500-year-old Peruvian skull on which the original surgical dressing of finely woven cotton gauze is held in place by strands of wool, is part of- an ex- The Chinese, pledged to cap- : hibit showing the evolution of ban in Formosa are said to be I dages, presented to the National Mix ture Formosa are said to be about ready to make the initial effort which probably include attacks on small islands between Formosa and the Chinese main land, possibly the Tachen Is lands. The President hopes to avoid a war with the Chinese, favors a policy which would not commit U. S. ground troops to the defense of Formosa (but would commit the Seventh Fleet). This is. basically, the policy re commendation of Army Chief of Staff Matthew Ridgway. The defeat of the President s party in the recent election has seum by, Johnson & Johnson, the firm which pioneered and developed the manufacturing of sterile surgical dressings and its availability for med ical use throughout the world. The display features the type cf lint dressings actually used in the Civil War, as well as the first type of wet dressings created, and then takes the viewer all the Avay through the evo lution of bandaging up to the modern sterile bandages presently used in hospitals and homes throughout the world. Presentation to Dr. A. Rem ington Kellogg, Director of U. S. Na tional Museum, was made by Dr. William H. Lycan, Johnson & John son Vice President in Charge of Research. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE tVioir i-carn hprri5 n ? much DrOteC- i nrscihiP n tra nst suoh i would be equivalent to one hour "u" ""J r" . , r, f i acts. Consolidated from eight Kan sas thefts: 1 -Black Angus heifer, weight about 600 lbs. 2 notches on lower left ear: 1-Hereford, red, white-faced. Notch in end of right ear. Left calf of three nr four months old: 1-Whiteface Also un uie bame iiigiiu auiuc cow wemht aDOUt 1ZUU IDS. fnr ovw thinos Iqhnr i unknown individuals- removed j Grander! on the left shoulder; 1- t tavoc trnnsnnrtat.inn' two mail pouches from the post , whiteface cow and calf. Cow spoiiagef insurance all the Dranaea on ine ifiL nip. i-onuiu costs of bringing commocmes yearling Black Angus bull, j fr0 mthe farm to the corr.rr weigm aDoui o iu., w-y, uu, , grocery 3-Whiteface steers, weignt auout and twenty . four work in Russia. American consumers fail to consider that the farmer's share of the food dollar is con siderably less than half. At the present time the farmer's share is about 44 cents. The remaind er of the food dollar (58 cents) Famous Statue litre's the Answer office at Eagle.. The front door to the post office was opened but not forced by the intruders. The pouches reportedly con tained only a few letters each. Mr. Moore, investigator for the Post Office Department is con ducting the investigation. 0 During the early morning of November 12, the Miller Seed Company, Lincoln, s Nebr., was broken into and the following items were stolen: A Check Pro tector; 2 books of blank checks, one yellow with name Miller Seed Company on it, checks on the Union State Bank. The oth er check bock was gray, had the name Miller Seed? Company, In., on it, checks on. the Union State Bank. Chances are that he thieves will now fill out the blank checks and pass them off onto some unsuspecting mer chant or individual. So be on the lookout for any such checks being offered by strangers. . 0 On or about Nov. 6 the follow ing described plow was stolen in Phelps county: A Ford Fer guson gray. 0 HORIZONTAL VERTICAL 1 Depicted lWets famous statue, 2 Satiric the Victory 7 It now is in the 13 Interstice 14 Ingenious 15 Pedal digit 16 Angry 600 to 65 lbs. One has mottled face, Metal clamp on lower left ear: 1-Whiteface calf. Not marked or branded: 1-Black An gus calf, sec unknown, weight about 400 lbs. Could have R brand on left rib location. Two livestock thefts were re ported this week from Iowa: Seven Whiteface cattle, six are yearlings, weight 600 pounds one two year old, weight 850 lbs.: Eleven red and black hogs, marked right ear. Also reported stolen la I, week in Iowa was 750 bushels of Ba venger Soy Beans. . 0 An Omaha check passer was taken into custody last week in Omaha and returned to the Cass County jail. Monday his father came to Plattsmouth and made full payment of outstanding checks which totaled $221.56, to local merchants. This climaxed a four month search for the. sub- two .bottom plow, color jeci uy J--m Solomon, Cass County, Nebraska- Consumers fail to realize al so that while they have food at the lowest expenditures per hour of labor, they too have services that consumers do not receive in other countries. Such added features as- ready-to-serve dishes, . freezing and spe cial packaging are provided to American consumers at a price whic his lower than consumers in other lands can buy the sim pie food unit. BURN 'PRINTED' GARBAGE WINSLOW, ME. Boy Scouts on the warpath against "print, ed garbage" in this community with a house . to - house collec tion and public bonfire. The Scouts collected all the lurid books, turned them in and stood by to watch Scoutmaster Rich ard McKallip touch off the pile and see more than 1,000 comic books a.nd other obiectionable printed matter in the crime, horror and sex category destroyed. 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