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"THIS WAR WILL SAVE LIVES One segment of the United States Government has entered a war that will find popular support among the people be cause it is designed to save both lives and money. The battleground Will be the Na tion's streets and highways and the goal will be conquest of the growing toll of hu man lives and property loss resulting from traffic accidents. Last year (1953) a total of 38,300 men, women and children were killed in traffic mishaps, and the economic loss, including property damage, hospital and medical expense and other costs, waa placed at 4 billion dollars. Most" of it could have been prevented. The President's Action Committee for Traffic Safety has taken the initiative in a war of prevention by setting aside Decem ber 15 as Safe Driving Day when, drivers and pedestrians alike will be called upon to observe all written laws governing traf fic ,and the unwritten laws of courtesy on the streets and highways. Strict observance of Safe Driving Day by all drivers and pedestrians will without doubt cut the traffic toll for that day. If the toll can be reduced on one day of the year by strict observance and enforcement plus courtesies it can be held to a minimum on all other days of the year by the same methods. The Journal is in hopes Cass County drivers will contribute to this special ob servance by. driving safely not only on December 15, but on every day of the year but above all, let's keep our county off the accident and death record on this one day. We do not need the national publicity. Safe Driving Day could well be ex tended into a Safe Driving year. -fr Jr "Ar SHOP NOW FOR CHRISTMAS Every year about this time, housewives, and all those who must do Christmas shop ping, are faced with the problem of buying innumerable presents for members of the family and friends, for the children, and for various acquaintances. Usually, the greater part of this Christmas shopping is concentrated in the final two weeks before Christmas, at which time there is what might be described as general bedlam in the larger stores in most of the cities. Even in the smaller communities, the choice of goods is much better early in De cember than it is later in the month. More over, one gets better service, in addition to his better selection, and -can, therefore, save time and trouble in shopping. We would- then suggest that Platts mouth housewives do their: Christmas shopping this week and next,-and not wait until the last days before Christmas. We would also suggest that, where possible, shoppers buy at home for the dollar you spend at home may eventually come back to you. We would also suggest that Christmas shoppers scan the pages of each issue of The Journal. Here you will find hundreds of ideal gifts to please every member of' the family and at prices to fit your budget. You can shop the easy way through this newspaper r merchants with the gifts tell you about-them in these pages where you can shop from your easy chair, avoid the crowds and pick-pockets. Communists in Japan are eager to talK about former Jap islands now held by the U. S.. though USSR possession of the Kur- iles Some only ten miles off the Japanese coast is not mentioned. The church is a place for sinners, not saints. THOUGHT FOR TODAY See how the mass of men worry themselves into nameless graves, while here and there a great, unselfish soul forgets himslf into im- mortality. Emrson The Plattsmouih Journal Official County and City Paper - ESTABLISHED IN 181 Published Semi-Weekly, 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 Editor and Publisher SOPHIA M. WOLEVER .Society Editor DICK HOWE News Editor VERN WATERMAN Advertising Entered at the Tost Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 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. Furse's Fresh Flashes They tell us "falsies" arc still outsell ing Dior in Plattsmouth. & it k Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, informs us that she is in that in-between age between eager and des perate. A local girl told us she found a moth in her bathing suit it probably looked nice on him. TV isn't replacing radio half as fast as it is home work. A wife's place is not necessarily in the kitchen, but it's nice to find her there once in a while. When teachers held their annual fall meeting recently, one small local girl said she was getting a vacation from school because "the teachers had gone on an in nocent toot." it You've really got insomnia if you can't sleep when it's time to get up. tAt "A- Overheard on the dance floor: "Waltz a little faster dear, they're playing a rhum- J ba." A Communist says he's having a tough time enlisting recruits around here. Says folks in the spring and polishing their cars; in the summer they take vacations, in the fall they attend the World Series and foot ball games, and in the winter he can't get 'era away from their TV sets. Viosi Wanted Gift Down Memory Lane O YEARS AGO J North high of Omaha came to Plattsmouth and went home with a 31-18 win over the Blue Devils. Sterling Cole was high for the Devils with eight points, but was forced out of the game by a "char ley horse." Wolever got one point, Grado ville three, Reckard four and, Livingston "two . . . New officers of the Masonic lodga were Warren Scharfenberg worshipful master', Edward Wehrbein, senior war den; C. Arthur Wetenkamp junior war den; Frank A. Cloidt treasurer and Leslie W. Niel secretary . . . Pfc. Donald Mrasek was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received during the invasion of Normandy. 20 YEARS AGO More than a hundred former pupils joined with the high school student body to honor Miss Olive Gass, who was a teach er in the city schools 25 years and princi pal 10 years . . . Trustees of the Farmers State Bank declared a-15 percent dividend on frozen assets which they have handled since reorganization of the bank a year ago ... Those from Plattsmouth attending a Rotary program in Council Bluffs were L. O. Minor, Dr. R. P. Westov.er, Dr. P. T. Heineman, Ray Misner, Fred Lugsch, Rob ert M. Walling, Dr. H. G. McClusky and Arthur Troop. The Washington Merry -Go -Round viiY f vx. V-fi -v MvsfTjL I ; ous juicy campaign contiibu- THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY OURNAL Section B Thursday Iec:mbsr 'J, l'JA tirxrx c frrm TV.TnOortVxxr'o Tovae r$1 viwlU A A Villi viJ O A kAMO VA supporters $3,000 from H. L. X1UX1U, f,OUU llUIii UU1 Ulii O. ftUU- inson of Houston, plus $1,500 from various,California oilmen, including Patrick A. Doheny .... Senate colleagues don't under stand why Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa plumped for McCartny, as a result of "which th? D3.s Moines Register, vhich has al ways supported him in the past, rapped him over the knuckles. PAGE FOUR MSRA 0vit NEB By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, Dec. .6, The latest Gsrman ' parliamentary ents an. unempioyment per '.Copyright, 1954, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: LA LUCE URGES IKE TO INVITE SCELBA TO U. S. A., SECRETARY WEEKS NAMED NAM'S "MAN OF YEAR"; WEEKS EXPERT AT PRESSURING FELLOW, BUREAUCRATS. WASHINGTON Ambassador Clare Booth Luce is urging Ike to invite Italy's Prime Minister Scelba to visit the U. S. A. Mrs. Luce believes such a trip would vastly increase Scelba's prestige, help his battle against the Reds, and that it would be dis astrous if Marshal Tito came to the White House this spring while Scelba was forced to sit at home Ike's reaction is: "No more visitors" He is so tired entertain ing foreign visitors that last week he asked Secretary Dulles to discourage any more State visits until next summer.. ..But cheer up the Shaw of Iran and his Queen are already on their way British diplomats have reported that the Chinese Reds may be willing to release the 15 Americans in volved in the phony spy charges, as part of a deal. The Reds have hinted they would free all the Americans if the U. S. A. will turn over, all Chinese assets frozen in the United States belonging to Chinese living on the mainland. Flat-tops and flat budget Despite Field Marshal Montgomery's blast against flat-tops, the new defense budget will authorize another supercarrier for the Navy. These new flat-tops are so big they can't sail through the Panama Canal but must steam all the way around South Am erica to get from one ocean to the other. Furthermore, the Air Force .warns that three Russian .lets, equipped with radar, can spot every carrier in the Mediterranean within two hours. Despite this and budget balancing, the admirals love their flat-tops and will get a new one.... ....The Russians intend to make one more sensational move to frighten the West Germans into for getting about an "alliance with the. West. American intelligence has learned that the Soviets soon will announce not only that a big army is o be raised in East Germany but that it will be equipped with atomic weapons. Moscow is hop ing the mere' thought of atomic bombs close to West Germany will so terrorize Chancellor Ad enauer's . government that it will refuse -to rearm; . Secretary of Commerce Weeks is pulling wires to abolish, or at least su pervise, "The small business ad ministration.'.'. One .of the frank est disciples of big business, weeks wants small business put under his domination, has been privately, coaxing other" cabinet officers and Congressional lead ers to support him. Weeks' staff has also conferred unofficially with the' House Banking and Currency Committee -staff about abolishing the small business administration altogether. NAM MAN OF YEAR Last week, -the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers sing led out Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks as "Nam's Man Of the Year," If you have studied what Mr. Weeks has done - backstage in Washington', you can understand why. Among . other things, he practiced the John Foster Dulles technique of trying to settle inter-cabinet feuds while other cabinet members were away. While Secretary of the Treas ury Humphrey was in Rio De Janeiro, Secretary. DuU.es .man aged to sew up his plan for a huge , new Marshall Plan for Asia which Humphrey t had opposed. And while 'Attorney General Brb'whell also 'was ' in Rio, and Assistant Attorney General Stanley Barnes was in California, Secretary Weeks tried to pull 'some -fast footwork on the Justice Department. What he tried to -do - was change the Sherman ' Antitrust Act to apply. to. labor unions. This is, something the Supreme Court has ruled against, but which Weeks has repeatedly worked for.. lime, after time he has used his influence 'to get the Antitrust laws revised so as to include labor unions. His cabinet colleague, Secretary of Labor ! Mitchell, has been vigorously op posed. So has Attorney General Brownell. . However, Weeks has tried to pressure an especially appointed committee studying the Anti trust laws to write an Anti Labor provision into a new bill. The other day, the Secretary of Commerce saw his great op portunity. Brownell's "absence in Rio and Barnes' absence in Cal ifornia left mild-mannered Pro fessor F. Chesterfield Oppen heim, Chairman of the Antitrust study group, alone to face the powerful Secretary of Commerce. Weeks practically moved his office into the Justice Depart ment that' week. He then pro ceeded to scare - the meek and unsuspecting college professor with both , blandishments and pressure. In addtion to bombarding Oppenheim with all the old ar guments rejected by the Anti trust study group during the year, Weeks used his superior government rank to push him into submission. ' Oppenheim, a man from the quiet, academic cloisters of the University of Michigan, had al most been worn down by the time Brownell and Barnes got back to rescue him from Weeks. ' No wonder the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers hon ored Weeks as their "Man of the Year." Why they voted There are interesting backstage ' reasons behind some of the GOP votes against censuring Senator. Mc Carthy. Langer of .North Dakota has always voted' against every move to censure or discipline another senator. They tried to prevent Bill from taking his seat many years ago, and he votes against such moves instinctively . . . .Young, also of North Dakota, has been close to McCarthy through the Dan Rice Grain Operators and Rye Speculators whom both senators have de fended.. .'. .Goldwater of Arizona has palled around with McCar thy at La Jolla Beach, Calif., where Goldwater spends about as much time as he does in Ar izona. Goldwater received vari- y JAMES C. OLSOK, SvpmnttndtH SHUTS BXf TOBICAl IOCISTT Thomas Oliver Cromwell Har rison, the 13th man to serve as chief justice of the-Nebraska territorial or state supreme court, was a member of the court from 1894 to 1909, serving as chief justice from 1898 to the end of his term. Judge Harrison was born in New Burlington, Ohio, May 22, 1849. His father combined the Methodist ministry with a fur niture manufacturing business. After attending the common schools in southern Ohio, and graduation from a course at the normal school at Lebanon, Mr. Harrison read law. He came out elections show that Chancellor Konrad-Adenauer has lost some popular support because of his recent submission to French de mands at Paris concerning the Saar. The Chancellor did not lose support to such a degree that his position is immediately threatened, but the vote in Hesse, particularly, could be an intimation of trouble ahead. Many Germans, including party leaders in Adenauer coalition with the Chancellor on the pro posed Saar agreement.- That settlement, worked out in the Paris Conference six weeks ago, gives the French most of the economic riches of the Saar. Since Germans feel that the Saarland is part of Germany, it is obvious that German politicians have an is sue to harp on here in parlia mentary elections. Adenauer yielded to French demands on the Saar only at the eleventh hour, when it was -KTK.r. pirn i -i 1 QTO cof tlinOT 1 V Grand Island. He taught school i apparent that the conference for a short time, , then began the practice of law. In common "with most other young lawyers in pioneer Ne braska, Judge Harrison com bined law and politics: He was appointed county judge in 1876, being reelected to two addi tional terms. . designed to grant sovenegnty to West Germany and pave the way for German rearmament would break down if he did not. The election in Hesse reflect ed dissatisfaction over that sur render. The Social Democrats not in Adenauer's coalition rgo i rr.ment polled 42.6 per- ci ine popular vote, iwo t. inno 1 1 TInll I ah iuuo, no i n.ov.uu rf 1..- I-no-p-pst. Aripnaiipr nar- ties. the Christian Democrats and the Free Democrats, polled 24.1 and 20.5 percent respect ively. . . Meanwhile, as the world's and Hamilton counties in the state senate, and in' 1887 Gov ernor John M. Thayer appoint- j ed him the judge of the district i court m the nth district, ne was elected at the expiration centage of about four percent. The. records show that the per centage has been higher than that many times in peacetime. However,' in the latest 'case, be fore 1954, the-country was also in recession. '': .: The unemployment total in December, 1954,' is down consid erably from earlier ' totals this year.' Further decreases in the next six months would mark the end of the recession, and the end of unemployment as a major political issue. It should vbe kept in mind that there will always be some unemployment and that unem ployment and that unemploy ment percentages ' were as high as 17.2 in 1939 the year war broke out in Europe. Econo mists, then, don't see anything alarming about the four per cent figure the country now has especially since it has been growing smaller in recent months. If the trend is definite ly reversed, and it appears so, then the political effects of this issue might be nil in 1956. Instead of unemployment, the big topic among labor lead ers in 1955 will probably be the guaranteed annual waee. The United Automobile Workers Union will stage an all-out fight for such a contract next sum mer. Other unions are sure to follow the NAW example. Be cause of opposition to such a plan, it appears that this issue may well be the big one in la bor - management circles for several years. of his appointive term and re- statemen wonder whether the elected in 1891. He resigned in I Saar situation will become such 1894 to take his seat on the su- an irritant - that Germany and preme court to which he had been elected in 1893. Judge Harrison's nomination by the Republican state conven tion in 1893 came about after I France must again live side by side as hostile neighbors, Rus sia is playing a hypocrite's role in the dispute over the coal rich area. ... For Longer Wear, Try Some 'Blends' If you're looking for a fabric that will wear longer, cost less aiid.reauire lss Mmp fnr pom T t- .a Pane tn n miir rrnno i i t . , , ' ihar.lle. between those VfTort. have been telling ; 'UUV r SJ? of Judge Samuel Maxwell and ! Sfnnr? tn opVanv n ,hm,id 1 lng sPeciallst at -the University ,f,v, c ttiz-jo-q I belongs to Crermany. It should . nf Mphmsirn sq that mn wiuo who vli Him. t b taken away Dy France sented a victory for the "regu lar" Republican organization in the struggle At the completion qi his term, Judge Harrison returned to Grand Island and to the prac tice of law. He remained active in i the "law until about a week before his death, May. 29, 1919 LAW and ORDER ,by Sheriff Tom Solomon of Nebraska, says that more and the Commies say. This effort j J11 L "a has succeeded, to a small de- "1" """T", .w i gree, in stirring up discontent fi ,be" m. various "blends." and in putting the Communists ; combinations of the fibers closer in line to the policies of i pduc? .fa.b"cs with special the Social Democrats. ; characteristics. The insincerity of the Rus- ! Nylon and cotton have been sian propaganda effort is to be 1 combined to make a new dress seen when one takes a look at ; weight denim that tucks and the mac of East 'Germany. That cleats as nlinhfv nc roi-ocii or, - The committee appointed, by i Soviet.dominated , part of the ' yet loses none of the sturdinass hB -.supreme court to prepare a 0lcT Germany-has had -huge "sllc- bV denim.- A-.rTvinn nnri rftttn. es of territory shaved-olf the ! denim, used for .childrens over eastern ' borders. Poland has a alls wears well because the nylon eereW?re7,??L;? reSiStanCe to Poland hcis thtit ' Czechoslovakia now contains f .Orlo,n and dynel are combined some of the area of the 1937 j t0 ake. a' fabric which requires Germany, also, and the Com- j no lrrimg. munists are almost at the gates i Each textile fiber has its own of Berlin in the East. If the i special characteristic and can Reds think France's conquest in be used in blends or combina the Saar is wrong, they should j tions to add those qualities to also admit that the huge area desirable ones of other fibres. occupied by the Reds should be ; restored to Germany. They ORGANIZATION memorial for Judge Harrison wrote of him: " "V "He was, during all of his ju dicial career, a patient, pain staking . and, . laborious judge, courteous arid considerate to all members of the bar and es pecially to younger members. He was slow in reaching his conclusions and, while counsels have sometimes felt that his de cisions were wrong, they always felt that they were the result of his deliberate and unbiased judment." Nebraska Laws regarding Snow Fences: 39-252. Snow .fences;. installa tion and maintenance. The De partment of Roads and Irriga tion or the county board of each county is hereby, authorized and empowered to enter upon any lands, public or private, adjoin ing or adjacent to any public highway for the purpose of in stalling and maintaining" bri "Said lands snow fences for the pro tection of said roads during the winter season. 39-253. Snow fences';' when 'in stalled and removed: expense or damage;, how paid. Snow fences shall be installed and erected not earlier' than October- 16- -of any year and shall be removed by the Department of Roads and. Irrigation or the county board the following, .spring, . at . such time as not to interfere with the planting, cultivation, and har vesting of crops. All the expense of installing,, .maintaining, and removing said 'fences shall be paid by the department or the county board. The department or the county board shall observe care that nd'dama'ge' "is' done to any lands or improvements thereon by the placing or re moval of snow fences, and lands upon which the -same are placed shall be left in as good condition as before the fences were placed thereon For any damage inci dent to such installation or re moval ofsnow fences, if done by the county or its agents, the amount thereof shall 'be paid to the owner of any such lands or improvements 'injured 'there by,, out of the county highway fund,, as, other, claims., against such county are audited, 'allowed and paid:' and for any damage incident to such installation or removal of snow fences, if done j by . the' department, or - its, i agents, the -gmount . .injured j thereby, from that' portion of' thestate General Fund arising out of the moneys .credited ! thereto - by section 39-605, in such amount as shall be ap proved by the State Engineer. 39-254. Snow fences; refusal of access to lands; willful or malicious damage; other viola tions; penalty. Any person who shall refuse to allow an agent of the Department of Roads and Irrigation or the county board access to any lands for the pur pose of installing, maintaining or removing any snow fences, or any., person who shall violate any of the other provisions of sections 39-252' and 39-253, or any person who shall willfully "or maliciously damage or destroy any snow fence installed and erected, as provided for by the provisions of said sections, shall be deemed guilty of a misdem eanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be Jined in any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed thirty days. O Stolen livestock reported this week: Iowa Ten white gilts, weight 325 pounds each; one white bar row, weight 225 pounds. Gilts have hill pattern ring in nose. Six may. have tags on lower side of ear numbering from 72 to 77. Kansas eight separate thefts 2 Whiteface calves, weight about 450 lbs. Slit in end of left ear: 2 Whiteface steers, weight . about , 750 lbs. Two notches in bottom of right ear: 1 Whitefe.ce. weight about 700 lbs.; I Whiteface cow: 2 red roan cows.; weight, about 700 to 800 lbs.: 3 black Whiteface or White face steers, weight about 700 to 800 lbs. 1 blue roan steer, weight about 450 to 500 lbs.; 1 Brockel faced - steer calf, weight about 475 lbs. Tip out of each ear.' : Brands cn the above livestock may be obtained at the sheriff's office. Sheriff Tom Solomon, Cass County, Nebr. don't bring that subject up. Home Insects To Be Watched Year 'Round Year - round pests like clothes moths and carpet bee tles never give the homemaker a chance to sit back and relax. Magdalene Pfister, extension. home furnishings specialist at the University of Nebraska, says a careful, thorough clean ing, and the right spraying is needed to protect carpets and rugs from these pests all thru the year. Frequent cleaning, especially with a vacuum cleaner, pre vents dust, lint and hair from accumulating and offering ex tra food for these insects. It al so may remove the insects themselves and their eggs. It's a good idea to rotate rugs and carpets occaionally because in sects usually feed under heavy furniture where it is difficult to clean, rather than in. the open where they are exposed to I regular cleaning, light, and movement. As for spraying, use a 5 percent DDT oil solution or 2 percent Chlordane or 0.5 per cent Lindane every 12 to 18 months, the entomoligists ad vise. You will need l1 to 2 quarts of spray for a 9 by 12 rug of average weight if you spray the whole rug. Give twecial at tention to parts of the rug that will be under a piano, sofa, bookcase or other heayy .furni ture, , or parts under radiators or around heat registers. Un treated pads under rugs if they contain animal hair on wool will need spraying on both sides. In spraying wall -to-wall car peting, give special attention to the edges all the way around, the entomologists advise. j If you have expensive broad- I looms or oriental rugs' and fear that inexperience in spraying may cause you to mar. the ap pearance, it is advisable to call ( in a reliable pest-control or car i pet-cleaning firm, experienced j in this work. - -' s r ' : Unemployment, about which so much was heard just a few months ago, has now fallen from the publicity spotlight. If the figure stays between two and three million, government officials will not become alarm ed. As pointed out by many i business experts recently, the nation has always had a certain number, of. unemployed in SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Tired of continuous nagging, henpecked husbands have orgainized to outlaw nagging. Legal papers were recently filled in by the Henpecked Husbands Associa. tion, a not-for-profit corpora tion. Among the purposes of the incorporators is to "set an ex ample to. all married males that allow husbands to rededicate themselves to the principles of liberty and free speech." peace time. The present unemployment A Classified Ad in The Journal total about 2,700,000 repre- ! costs as little as 35 cents WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Large Rodent Here's the Answer laiairfl HORIZONTAL 1 Depicted animal 9 Hindu queen 10 Siouan Indians 12 Fish part 13 Idolize 4 Grant 5 Minute skin opening 6 Passage in the brain 7 Negative reply 8 Lampreys 9 Streams 15 African worm n Smudges 18 Hinder 19 Slight taste on c i i omooi ior 23 Approach ellur'un. . 24 Fur-bearing 1 French article aquatic edsie mammal 25 Song (comb. form) 12 Destiny 14 Overtime (ab.) 31 It - shoot 16 Mimics its ouills ll3iJLiNi3i im c N i r 3 v -ii Mo vfa o d vT" i i. n Tg HjtN glNla 3 dfTsa'a xlg';oj,,.:"3A VI 13'nTi ld'nlo!a!6!cj 4j 7 Tl;sorder Observe l - SitiVC f 26 Type of cheese 40 Fury voluntarily 32 Merit 33 Profit 35 Precipitation 39 Blow with open hand Allan Sproul, president of the1 Federal Reserve Bank of New i York, called .for the United i i States to seek development of a freer international trade. : -'.-ugh lava j -srnish ii-gredient -22 iobleman 4 Persian tentmaker 36 Average (ab.) 37 Symbol for sodium 38 Short-napped fabric 40 Speedster 45 Blackbird of cuckoo family 46 Nothing 47 Greek market place 48 Against 49 It is a rodent 51 Insert 53 Introduce? - VERTICAL 1 Window glass 2 Preposition 3 Peruse 41 Eras 42 Symbol for cobalt 43 Ireland 44 Rave 45 Maple genus 50 Railroad (ab ) 52 Symbol for selenium l jZ 11 H I 5 k j! 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