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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL oAGi?,FOUR Monday, May 23, 1955 ticklers EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes - By George kiOLOTOV ON BIG FOUR MEET The first official reaction from the Soviet Union, resulting from the Allied proposal for a Big- Four meeting this sum- mer, was nigniy signiiicant. foreign Min ister V. M. Molotov told western officials that the Soviet Union was willing to meet in several places, suggesting Vienna. Western diplomats were willing to meet in any of several countries. The question had been whether the Russian Premier would be willing to come to eith er Switzerland or Austria to meet with Allied leaders, something Joseph Stalin and Georgi Malenkov were almost never willing to do. Stalin came the closest to being that accomodating when he met with Allied leaders at Yalta. But even at Yalta he was in Russian-controlled territory. Rus sian leaders have been notorious for their reluctance to travel beyond Russian-controlled territory. Many observers have put that down to traditional suspicion and dis trust that is characteristic of the Slavs. Now, however, Premier Bulganin is willing to leave Russia and Russia-controlled territory, to meet with Western officials. There is significance in this and there is hope that this attitude might be a sign that Bulganin, will be more reason able, more trustworthy, than his forerun ners. Western diplomats noted that Molo tov in revealing the official USSR po sition was friendly, frank, and not near ly as reserved as usual. This from the cold-blooded deception artist, Molotov, might mean little. But certainly the wil lingness of the number one leader in Rus sia today to come to a neutral country to meet with Allied leaders is a hopeful sign. We believe that this is an indication that progress is possible at the prospective Big Four meeting this summer. ir ir ir EDEN'S GOVERNMENT LOWERS TAXES Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of Great Britain, has come up with a twist which he hopes will win him the elections in Great Britain May 26th. His government has announced that the basic tax rate will be reduced from forty-five percent to forty-two and a half per cent of taxable income, making the tax $1.12 to the pound ($2.80). At the time of the announcement, Chancellor of the Exchequer R. A. Butler revealed that increased allowances in tax-free in come would also be granted. The tax-free allowance was; increased from a low $56 to $392 for a single per son and increased by about $100' for a married couple- Exemptions for children were also increased. The tax cuts made possible in Great Britain are obviously due to better busi ness and prosperity brought about by the Conservative Government. This better business and prosperity is partly a result of the checking of nationalization of in dustry and efficiency. While the tax cuts are certainly being made with political thoughts in mind, they are nevertheless justified and we may see the same thing in the United States in 1956, an election year in this country. ir ir ir BREAKFAST AND REDUCING It has become fashionable especially among the fairer sex to include in one's plan for losing weight the omission of breakfast. Yet recent knowledge proves that skipping breakfast is an improper way to diet which seldom makes for ef fective weight reduction. We will add a word of advice to members of the fair sex and that is non professional advice. Over-emphasis on the slim figure is resulting in the drying up of several million American females. It is getting to the point where the local belle which has a figure, resembling one of the ten-inch boards off the back fence is en vied by other ladies in her community. The Plailsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 18S1 Published Semi-Weekly, Mondays "and Thursdays. 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" I949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" Fir'yt in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 (In Cities Over 2,000 Population) DONALD R. FURSE Editor WM. L. MURDOCK SOPHIA M. WOLEVER VERN WATERMAN. . . Entered at rZ HTci class mail matter in accordance with the Act . March 3, 1879. - - r and adjoining counties, $4.00 P ye : Us In advance, by mail outside the city or J mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, J cenis two weeks. One job we could really go for is to be a test pilot in a rocking chair factory. A local woman says all husbands are alike theyjust have different faces so you can tell them apart. ir ir ir Bathing beauties are about ready to ap pear again which should improve the mor ale at the beaches. One thing that would help children write more quickly would be to make blackboards out of wet cement. We don't have much trouble making ends meet, but we would like to have them overlap once in a while. A ditch digger is the only fallow we know that can make money by going in the hole. One thing about being dumb is that you don't lay awake all night worrying over things you never heard of. ir Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she likes quiet things like the sound of folding twenty-dollar bills. ir ir ir Bad thing about living a double life is that you get through it twice as quick. ' Down and PubUsher -News Editor Society Editor Advertising Memory Lane YEARS ACO Mrs. R. W. Clements was elected regent of the D.A.R., Fontenelle chapter . . .Miss Helen DuBois and Carl E. Egen berger of Plattsmouth were married at Council Bluffs, la. . .A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward VanLandingham of Plattsmouth and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCain of Plattsmouth, four days apart. The mothers were sisters. . .Mis3' Lois Troop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Troop, was graduated from the Nehaw ka high school with highest honors in the class and was awarded the regents schol arship at the University of Nebraska. . . "Wedding of the Painted Doll" was a feature"of the program put on by her pupils in honor of Miss Florence Shogren at Fairview schoolhouse. . . Highest award given at a Boy Scout court of honor at Plattsmouth among Scouts from Auburn, Peru, Nebraska City, Nehawka and Louis ville, went to Buvnell H. Adams of Ne hawka, a silver palm which gave him a total of 36 merit badges, 16 of them after he became an Eagle Scout. ir ir ir ON YEARS ACO Ow William F. Evers was installed as commander of the Knights Templar at Plattsmouth. . .Gasoline for flivvers was going at 20 cents a gallon in Alvo and 23 cents at Plattsmouth. . .15 pounds of sugar was priced at a dollar at the People's Market in Plattsmouth. . ."What's the mat ter," griped The Journal Editor," with the rental property in this town. The last weekv there have been strangers here to rent property and become citizens of the town. Out of all the property they visited they found only two fit to live in." . . . Miss Marie L. Schmidt and Gustave H. Streich, both of Murdock, were married at the home of the bride's parents. . .Mahlan Richardson, well known fisherman living in the vicinity of the Missouri river just north of Pacfic Junction caught two white catfish weighing 65 and 45 pounds. . . Cedar Creek's newly organized baseball team defeated the Bohemian Sluggers from Plattsmotuh 2 to 1. . .Two civilians were seriously injured at Fort Crook when an airplane which they were riding crash ed to the Jarvis Offutt landing field. The pilot said his engine "froze." "rfie Washington Merry- Go -Round Ir DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1955, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS : TOUR IST SEASON COMPLICATES BIG FOUR MEETING; EDEN GETS JIT TERY OVER ELECTION; ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDS UP SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND MINIMUM WAGES. Washington Secretary Dulles is having a terrible time trying to decide where to hold the Big-Four conference. The trouble is --American tourists. As a result, Dulles has been unable to find any neutral city which can squeeze in the some 500 Russians, American, Brit ish and French delegates who would at tend the meeting. He's ruled out Geneva because President Eisenhower regards it as a city where the West agreed to give up half of Indo-China , to the Communists. He's also turried.-down Russians' proposal of Vienna; and the British suggestion of Lu gana, Switzerland, because there aren't enough hotels. ' It now looks like Ike would have to go to Stockholm to talk with Marshal Bulgan in. But even this is not certain because the Swedish government says the conference would completely disrupt its tourist season 'Smith has been like that though it might be able to per suade enough Swedes to give up their private homes to accom modate the Big-Four Delegates. Democrat's Big Headache Biggest heachache of th3 Democrats both in Congress and the nation isn't being advertissd and won't be. He is a Congress man from North Carolina, quiet, courteous, courtly, who is sitting directly in the path of new schoolhouses lor several million youngsters and in the path of higher minimum wages for sev eral million underpaid workers. Mr. Graham Barden, the gentleman in question, does this through two simple expedients. Expedient No. 1 Is the time-honored rule of seniority which gives him the right to sit as chairman of the labor and education committee whether he is qualified toi pass on its prob lems or not. Expedient No. 2 Is Barden's system of holding hearings. He has been holding hearings and hearings and more hearings on school construction. His com mittee held hearings last year under the Republicans. .Seven different national groups have studied and held hearings. The Congress already knows all about school construction. Nevertheless, Congressman Bar den continues to hold hearings. This does two things. First it delays the school-construction bill. Second it delays the min imumwage bill. Congressman Barden is bit terly opposed to both. He is too smart to say this publicly, but he is. A former schoolteacher, Bar den once fought for Federal aid to education and incurred the wrath of Cardinal Spellman for so doing. Today the issue of parochial schools is not involv ed. But school desegregation is involved and Barden doesn't like the Supreme Court's ruling for desegration. Republicans Laugh Congressman Barden is also opposed to . higher minimum wages because, first, a low min imum wage brings more factor ies from the north to the south: second, because he comes from a farm area which doesn't go for high wages. Most significant factor about Barden's opposition is that the Republicans are quietly helping him and getting a big laugh out of. it. For their , secret help to Barden. puts all the blame on the Democrats, and may even alienate part of the labor sup port hitherto steadfastly behind the Democrats. The Republicans could easily swing two votes over to the Democrats to outvote Barden, thus getting action on the ed ucation bill and clearing the wray for the minimum-wage bill. But they won't do it. There are 17 Democrats on Barden's labor and education committee of whom 15 are eag er to push through school and minimum-wage bills. Only two Democrats, Barden and Land rum of Georgia, are opposed. On the Republican side are 13 members, of whom many are anti-labor, such as Wint Smith of Kansas, Velde of Illinois, Hoffman of Michigan, and Gwynn of New York. But there are two good Eisenhower Re publicans, Frelinghuysen of New Jersey and Wainwright of New York, who could turn the entire committee around overnight. But they don't. They vote with the reactionaries and for a very good political reason. They want to put all the blame on the Democrats for not passing two of the most important bills before Congress school con struction and minimum wages. Just the other day, the Re publicans caucaused secretly and voted, under the leadership of Congressman Sam McConnell of Philadelphia, to stall for another two weeks. The stall means more school hearings. Ike Says 90 Centts - Republicans officially have gone on record as being for a higher minimum wage and Eis enhower personally has fixed the figure at 90 cents instead of the" current 85 cents. The Dem ocrats favor a higher figure and Sen.t Paul Douglas of Illinois. Democrat, having finished :his subcommittee hearings, is' rec ommending a minimum wage of about $1.05. But with the entire question stalled in Barden's committee, it's doubtful that any legislation can be passed this year. Mean while labor delegations have been pouring into Washington. i especially from the needle and 1 textile trades, protesting that a ever since he retired! - man can't support a family on 75 cents an hour and that one segment of labor is getting more and more depressed. Meanwhile labor leaders are getting sorer and sorer at Dem ocratic leajders. They have been to see Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson. And they've been to see Speaker Sam Rayburn, who is supposed to control his own House of Representatives. Sam has been glum and uncommun icative. Either he can't overrule the stubborn Congressman from New Bern, N. C, or doesn't want to. Meanwhile, with both Ray burn and Johnson hell-bent to adjourn Congress early in July, and with Ike equally anxious to get rid of Congress by July, it's a safe predicition there'll be no school or minimum-wage bills passed this year. LETTER BOX The Journal welcomes lettnn from readers for this . column o any subject. Your name must b Big-ned to all articles Intended for f'Ublication, however, by request, t can be omitted from the lettes appearing in print. (Contents do not necessarily express the opin ions of this newspaper.) Willie Simons of Plattsmouth, now blind, will have a chance to see again if a corneal transplant in one of his eyes will do it. Last fall contributions were made by Plattsmouth people to a fund to pay for the operation. The time has dragged on without his go ing for the operation so Mr. Si mons wrote to the physician, Dr. Peter C. Kronfeld, in Chica go, and asked about the delay. Here is the answer: , Dear Mr. Simons: In reply to your note of May 16th, I am sorry to 'hear that wre failed to inform you -of the injury that I sustained on March 14th and which has completely incapacitated me for a good many weeks. On that date I was , unfortunate enough to fracture my left hip and had to become completely immoblized for quite some time. That has put me be hind in every aspect of my work and I am therfor unable to tell at this point when I will be in a position to do your corneal transplant. I am pretty sure that it will not be before the first of July. It might be to your advan tage to confer with Dr. Alliband again and see whether he or someone else in Omaha would be willing to do the transplant. Sincerely yours, Peter C. Kronfeld, M. D. GUIDED MISSILE FLEET The Navy's "develonment of a fleet of guided-missiles ships is nrosressinjr ranidlv." nrenrri. ing to Secretary of t)efense Charles E. Wilson. He recently told a House Appropriations sub committee that the fleet soon will have seven warcraft capable ot iinng guided missiles. In ad dition. the new weapons are be ing "introduced into several fleet carriers and cruisers," he said. X ti 1 ' C M SADNESS, X JABBER Vv'A HIDING WHEN HE LOOKED 6000NES5I YES RMi AWAV with tup 1 r4 1 lJ PAV.WHAT5 ) IN THE BAEN U5TEN- AROUND AND 5AW ) THAT CNLV PAD1C MUST 6 ThVIpco (If :4rv VxZ . WRONG ? J ING TO THE RADIO ME HE TOOK OFF J MADE IT TO BE BURNED AT S- : 1 ' 1 v 1 1 1 UtTfHffiysaa J LJ 1.. .(roi I uA6iU5.'MAK!WS USini YE, ALL BUT CUE I J kb TW TcA0'h2 UJOULP 5AV -5 I 1 TW B''uoui-orB II ALL Or V5 5TAY j43jLiRM HOAXER &VMi) J KJOT OfOLV AK&W EEO ALL ThE vLT I ArTE SCHOOL fOZ . HiGSiUS . 2UfrTavJ5i BJT SAVS A FULL f l V NJT PA$:nJ& AW J 02 Sr? 7N ACCOUNJT Or TH X-TP Kr v?5 ---l, HXA-A - MATALLV) f urns U3;0T"T ' C- ' by Wally Gresn, Nebraska Game Commission Carp is a fish that we either like or dislike; generally speak ing, there is no happy medium when this species is considered. If we happen to be cn2 of the better informed fishermen, we knew that carp have their, place in utilizing Nebraska fishing. If, like th? "majority of us, we have never had much contact with tbem, we look at carp as so much rubbish, to be thrown ?nny when we happen to catch oe. But, if we should talk to a carp enthusiast, we will find many of our preconceiv ed ideas of carp are wrong. One of the first things we would learn is that carp fishing can be a very fine sport and a challenge to our fishing abilities. Light tackle is the key to get ting the top premium of sport from carp' fishing. Casting, fly and spinning rods can be used. Light weight line can take even the heaviest of carp; if you will let the rod play the fish and not "horse" them in. Carp have been taken on worms, grubs, grasshoppers and pieces of fresh meat. The fav orite bait of many carp fisher men is dough ballsWheat flour or bread is mixed into a heavy thick paste with a little water, until it can be worked in small balls with your hands. Often a little honey or sugar is added. To get the, dough ball mater ial to stick on the hook better mix in small pieces of cotton as you form the balls. Ground meat can also be mixed into the balls, but store them in a cool place to prevent the meat from spoiling. Almost all of our Nebraska waters have carp in them. In many waters in the eastern part of the state, carp are the only fish that can live because of the silt. There are 14 lakes and ponds in wiiich the Game Com mission stocks only carp. These waters are unsuitable for any other kinds of fish. After you catch a carp the first time, you are faced with the problem of how to prepare them. You have heard tales of how they are very bony good to eat but too bony. There is a simple trick called scoring that illimi- ates the small bones that cause this common com plaint. These small bones He cross-wise between the larg er rib bones. After amoving the entrails, take a sharp knife and make parallel cuts between the rib bones. These cuts are about V inch apart. When the fish is cooking, the hot fat will disolve the small troublesome bones. There are many ways of pre paring carp besides the usual frying in a skillet. Some of the favorite are: baking, planking and canning. Smoked carp is rated among the exotic delicacies by propenets of this method. Pickled carp is also a favorite. Recipes for these methods of preparing carp can be obtained by writing: Info-Education Di vision, Nebraska Game Commis sion. Statehouse, Lincoln, Ne braska. 5 BROTHERS REUNITED Denver, Colo. The five Lay ton brothers, recently got to gether for the first time in 55 years at the home of their brother, Alonzo, 90, of Denver. The brothers, beside Alonzo, are Ora, 76, Wyoming sheepherder; True, 85, Welch (Okla.) farmer; John 80, Miami (Fla.) real estate man, and Alva Layton, farmer of Bartlee, Kansas. A "FLOTEL?" TAWAS, CITY, Mich. Every one is familiar with a hotel and a motel, but how about a f Intel? A Flint (Mich.) corporation has purchased a boat, Western States, and plans to turn it into a "flotel," complete with 263 rooms, shops and a public sun deck for tourists. It will be re named, the U. S. Overniter. ja. m IS? J I i JIM. Check correct location of each vacation spot. . 1. Carlsbad Caverns an; in (Mexico) (New Mexico). " 2. Crater Lake is in (Oregon) (Washington). 3. Mount Rainier is in (Washington) (Oregon). 4. Grand Canyon is in (Arizona) (Nevada). 5. Mount Rushmore is in (South Dakota) (North Dakota). 6. Shenandoah National Park is in (Y est V ir ginia) (Virginia). 7. Yosemite is in (California) (Arizona). 8. The Everglades are in (Florida) (Louisiana). Hot Springs is in (Indiana) (Arkansas). 10. Great Smoky Mountains are in (North Caro lina) (Tennessee) (both). Count 10 for each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, superior, and 90-100, very superior. Decoded Inlelligram mog ot rsesuB-iV 6 'Bpiiou 8 eiujojHBO 'i. -ctuigjiA 9 'Closed Minos S 'buozuv 'uoiSutusbay C "uoSajQ Z "oojxai 3NI NEB ty Ji :2 C OX. SOU, SutrinUdci Ci3 EISTOKICAL SOCIItV Wh,::i the Nebraska State His tories: Society holds its annual sprir,-; dinner in Grand Island, Saturday, May 14th, its members will hear an address on "The Literature of the Cattle Range" by J. Frank Dobie, weil-known author and lecturer from Aus tin, Texas. The subject is one which should appeal to all who are interested in Nebraska his tory because the story of the cattle range is an important, exciting part of the story of Ne braska. It would be difficult indeed to find a person better qualified to talk on the literature of the cattle range than Mr. Dobie. He has had an important part in creating that literature with such books as A Vaquero of the Brush Country, Coronado's Chil dren, On the Open Range, The Longhorns, The Voice of the Coyote, and The Mustangs to his credit. Many good books have been written on various aspects of the range cattle, but much of the story stiil remains to be told. That is particularly true of the Nebraska aspect of the range cattle story. Nebraska was the center of the early range cattle industry on the northern plains. Ogallala at the northern end of the Texas trail was the point from which many northern ranches were stocked with Texas longhorns. The Platte Valley, the Upper Elkhorn Valley, the Republican Valley and later the Sandhills were all important cattle ranges. Some of the general histories of the range cattle industry, such as that by Edward Everett Dale of the University of Okla homa, touch briefly on the in dustry in Nebraska. Briefer ac counts such as the articles by Dr. Norbert Mahnken of Okla homa A. & M. College and Dr. William D. Aeschbacher of Ken tucky State College, published in recent issues of NEBRASKA HISTORY, the quarterly journal of the Nebraska State Historical Society, treat specific aspects of the Nebraska range cattle in dustry. The whole story, however, re mains to be told. Much of the RADIATOR REPAIRING ONE-DAY SERVICE Plattsmouth Motors Washington Ave. Ph. 287 7 t J JMiiM source material for that story remains locked in records of in dividual ranching enterprises which, if they exist at all, are still in private hands. All Ne braska would profit from a sys- ! tematic collection of those rec ords and the cultural resources of the state and nation would be much greater if they were available to qualified students who could turn them into fac tual, readable accounts of this important aspect of our history. We of the State Historical So ciety sincerely hope that the emphasis being placed on the range cattle industry at our spring meeting will inspire those of our members and others throughout the state who may have diaries, account books, and other records of the range cat tle industry in Nebraska, to make them available to the State Historical Society where they can be preserved in the Society's new air-conditioned, fire-proof building adjacent to the Uni versity of Nebraska campus in Lincoln. Only when this is done, will we be able to write a complete and living story of the range cattle industry in Nebraska. EMPLOYMENT Civilian employment averaged 61,200,000 in 1954, the Census Bureau of the Commerce De partment recently reported. This was 1,000,000 under the record high of 1953, but by the end of 1954, employment was back to the level of a year earlier. The total labor force civilian and members of the armed forcss continued to expand and aver aged 67,8C0,C00 in 1954, about 500,000 greater than the 1953 average. 1 J. Howard Davis LAWYER Phone 264 505 Main St. PlattsmoUhj ""TirwTiiriii-irii m m j i Wc Keep Waters & Clocks On the Go Grove Jewelry 601 Main Dial 228