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fw . vvvvvv.vv.vvvv.v.v.vvv.v-v.v.' EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes NATIONAL PARKS CROWDED Director Conrad Wirth, of the National Parks, said recently so many Americans were using the parks that their use might have to become rationed in the near fu ture. Wirth said the nation's parks han dled almost twice as many visitors last year as they were designed to accommo date. Their annual capacity is estimated at 25,000,000. This being the season when Americans head for these parks, it strikes us as un fortunate that an overcrowding situation has forced talk of rationing. We dislike the very thought of any type of bureau cratic controls over our national parks, which belong to all citizens, and which should be open to all comers at, all times. We would favor a fee, or some other way of reducing the number of visitors rather than accepting the principle that use of our national parks must be strictly rationed. Moreover, we believe Congress could find additional park acreage in certain spots where the overcrowding is most prevalent, even if it meant abandonment of acreage elsewhere, where overcrowd ing is not a problem. But what we do not want is controls over the free use of our national parks, controls administered by federal authorities. As long as we can stay away from that, the parks will be what they were first intended to be, and they always have been, in the United States. "r ic it SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE -And speaking of parks, we think some looking into of the old rifle range situa tion is long past due. Several years ago this acreage was given the State of Nebraska to be developed into a wildlife refuge and park area. $ome fine dreams and rosy promises have emulated from the state house since then, but to date any action has been about as noticeable as a reduc tion in the public debt. We realize that cash requirements of most of the State's departments have been limited, but during this period some pro vision could have been made in future planning' for this area. Surely a good cleaning of-the range, a few picnic tables and a little road maintenance could be in cluded in the budget. East Central Ne- s braska residents are entitled to considera tion in the thinking of the Nebraska Game Commission. After all, there are residents who enjoy a back-to-nature movement other than shooting pheasants, and stock ing ponds with minnows. . ' If a park cannot come to pass, how about turning the ground to Consumers Public Power for their new atomic gener ating plant? it k ic LIFE FOR NARCOTICS SALESMAN " The State of Connecticut recently added to the books a law which would send to prison for life narcotics peddlers who were convicted of a second offense of selling narcotics to minors. The state legislature also passed a pro vision which would send those convicted on a third count of selling narcotics to anyone, to prison for life. Surprisingly, there are still states which have no adequate laws on the books to punish the dope peddler. Yet this menace has been on the increase in recent years and experts say it is contributing to the-rising rate of juvenile crime. The recently-passed Connecticut law is not too severe, nor is it one which will be lightly regarded by would-be dope peddlers. Life imprisonment lasts a long time, in almost every case, and a few convictions, on second or third counts, will make a major impression in Con necticut, among members of the under world. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Freedom is that faculty which enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties. The Plallsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1SS1 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" Firvt in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 (In Cities Over 2,000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE WM. L. MURDOCK SOPHIA M. WOLEVER. . VERN WATERMAN ...Editor and Publisher ...News Editor Society Editor Advertising Entered at the Post 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. There are still a few things you can get for a dollar nickles, dimes and quarters. ic it ic. Only trouble with some of the books being published today is that the covers are too far apart. One of the boys up the street said he had a "bad cold". We've never heard of a good one. Politicians being what they are you can expect government to be what it is. it it it Dry weather that ruins a farmer's crops will later cause dust to settle on a merchant's shelves. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, says late hours may not be good for one but she can certainly recommend them for two. ' The Russians, as we go to press, are still working hard for peace they say. One thing we've got to be thankful for is that we're not one of our creditors. Best time to observe Fire Prevention Week is before your house burns down. 3S3S, Down Memory Lane yr YEARS ACO J Nominated for queen of the King Korn Klub ball to be held in Plattsmouth in the fall were Helen Schultz, Maxine Cloidt, Virginia Samek, Lois Giles, Evelyn Meade, Anna Zitka, Helen Koubek, June Keil, Ruth Ferrie, Geraldine Griffin, Jean Hayes, Gertrude Vallery, Lois Troop, Louise Bakke and Eleanor Hiber. . .At torney Carl D. Ganz of Alvo told the Plattsmouth Rotary Club of Alaska, which he and his wife saw on a trip the summer before. . .Better Homes and Gardens mag azine sent Mrs. E. H. Westcott a certificate endorsing her recipe for escalloped oysters ... .Miss Jean Hayes, of Plattsmouth, a graduate that year as a music major from Morningside College at Sioux City, la., gave , a voice recital in Plattsmouth. . . R. E. Foster was elected president; John Foster, vice-president; Charles Redhair secretary and Purley Comer news reporter as the "Fix-It" club was organized at the home of Mrs. R. E. Foster at Union. . . A wreck on the highway west of Union re called to the Journal's Union correspond ent a time when Factoryville was flourish ing and Stringtown was in evidence and but Union was a small hope ; when speed ing bobsleds down Union hill was the most thing there in the winter. it it Of YEARS ACO 0J Guy W. Morgan, Henry F. Goos, Frank M. Bestor and Waldemar Soennich sen were a general committee to set up a Fourth of July celebration for Plattsmouth. . . .Weeping Water had a real metropolitan aspect said a Journal representative who visited that city writh the Plattsmouth drum and bugle corps. . .James T. Hamil ton of Union sued the Mssouri Pacific Railroad for $50,000 damages he claimed occurred in an accident as a result of de fective equipment. . .Oliver C. Hudson was installed as worshipful master of Plattsmouth Lodge No. 6 AF & AM. . . Wind and dust cut the blades of 65 acres of corn of Irvin Heier near Greenwood, that he was thinking of replanting. it Ticklers By George Washington erry-Go -Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1955, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: RUSS SIAN EMBASSY HAS FIRST CALL ON UNITED STATES NATIONAL VOLLEY BALL COURT: NIXON FAILS TO BREAK TIE VOTE; LYN DON JOHNSON SPEEDS UP SEN ATE. Washington If you want to play volley ball on a certain court in Rock Creek park near the Carter Barron amphitheatre on Sunday or Saturday afternoon, you have to get permission from t he Soviet embas sy. The Embassy is quite agreeable about giving permission, but nonetheless, if you want to play from noon to 9 p. m. on Sun day or from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday in this national park in the District of Columbia you have to ask the Russians. This came about after the Soviet em bassy applied to the District of Columbia recreation department in April to have the .use of the volley ball court on Saturday and Sunda yafternoon. The recreation department at first said no, on the ground that no such reservation had been given to any other group. At this point, however, the State De partment stepped in. The protocol office of the State department called the recre ation department, which also is a federal agency, and told them that the Russians would have to get the permit. No explanation was given. But in dip lomatic circles it was learned that the State Department is bending over back- nebMska m i inn faPlT h MUSS C OLSON, SuptrinttndtM VATB EIITOBIC1L IOCIITY THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Monday, June 13, 1955 9 oets Corner Verse will appear in this space without writer must appear on copy submitted, space will not permit lengthy poems. charge. Name of Keep them short UMuiHHHllHiiHiMkb "" :'Dear old Uncle Charles doesn't believe In spoiling anyone (with giftsJThe card says: "This is a do-it-yourself gift earn your own wrist watch!" ward to provide entertainment for the embassy staff in return for concessions to the American embassy staff in Moscow. No explanation was given. But in diplomatic circles it was learned that the State Depart ment is bending over backward to provide entertainment for the embassy staff in return for con cessions to the American embas sy staff in Moscow. , The recreation department was informed by the State De partment that the FBI would keep an eye on the Soviet volley ball players, and later the FBI dropped in at the recreation de partment to see if the Russians were abusing their privilege. In the course of the conversation the FBI showed some pictures of the Russians in action. The Recreation department reported that the Russians had not abused their privilege. When the YMCA wanted to play a match with the Baltimore YMCA the Russians relinquished the court in advance though Balt imore later failed to show. Also, on another occasion, they gave up the court to the press club. Next, to the Russian court is a court reserved though not for so long a period by the young adult fellowship league of the Lutheran church. The two groups seem to enjoy volley ball though they can't always un derstand each other. . J. Nixbn Wasn't There l GOP senators are sore at Vice- President Nixon for costing them 200 Republican jobs. it nappened when Senator Capehart of Indiana tried to push through a bill authorizing the Foregin Operations, Admin istration to fire 200 Democrats now frozen in their jobs by Civil Service. Capehart wanted them replaced, of course, by good Re publicans. The Senate vote ended in a 40-40 tie. Ordinarily a tie is set tled by Vice-President Nixon who casts his vote with the Re publicans. But Nixon was off on some political gallivanting, leaving the Senate's president pro tem, George of Georgia a Democrat in command. George naturally took advant age of Nixon's absence to break the tie in favor of the Demo crats. The Republicans got 200 fewer jobs. Lyndon's Machine You have to be sitting in the Senate cloakrooms to appreciate the deftness of Sen. Lyndon Johnson's leadership these days. Last week, for instance, the real-estate lobbyists thought they had enough votes lined up to kill the Democratic public housing bill introduced by Sen John Sparkman of Alabama. It provided for more slum clear ance than the Eisenhower . bill sponsored by Senator Capehart oi Indiana, so the real-estate interests , were opposed. working behind the scenes, the real-estate lobby had count ed noses and figured they could get a considerable number of southern Democrats to go along with the Republicans. In fact, their secret poll showed they would win by 57 to 31. At that time they were dead right. But they didn't count on the elongated, fast-talking leader of the Senate Democrats. Button holing his southern, friends Johnson persuaded them to support one of their own men. Which would they prefer, he asked, a Sparkman bill or a Capehart bill? In the end, Johnson reversed the margin completely, got a vote of 44 , for Sparkman and slum clearance as aginst 38 for the Eisenhower-Capehart bill. Though the original Demo cratic program dragged earlier in the session, last week it really hit high gear, partly as a result of Johnson's skillful leadership. On one day the Senate voted $97,000,000 for medical research into cancer, heart, polio and other diseases which was three tmes what Mrs. Hobby had orig inally wanted. In the same week the Senate completed action on the postal pay bill, renewed the small business administration, approved a $1 minimum wage bill despite Ike's urging of a 90 cent minimum,' and OK'D a three-year suspension of an im port duty on copper which in the past has usually tied up the Senate for two or three days of debate. It took a little time to get go ing, but last week Lyndon's ma chine was really rolling. Washington Pipeline GOP politicos are so worried President Eisenhower won't run again that they are quietly or ganizing a vigorous grass-roots campaign to draft Ike. . . .Be cause we are falling behind Russia, the Air Force will issue an urgent appeal to inventors to send in all ideas they can to help the Air Force especially new techniques on guided mis siles. If you can help, write to the Air Force Research and De velopment center, Box 1395, Baltimore, Md. . . . .One reason for the army budget cut was that the Army had secretly ear marked several hundred million dollars for building its own in dependent Air Force. . . .The Democrats have finally paid off their 1952 campaign debt and .will raise money for 1956. Increased Supply Of Women Workers Shown by Report NEBRASKA CITY A sub stantial increase in the supply of women workers from 126 to 211 in the Nebraska City-Falls City-Plattsmouth area occurred during the past month, tne Ne braska State Employment Ser vice office here reported. This was due mainly to the availability of students or grad uates free for summer employ ment. During May, 326 new applica tions for work were taken, of which 143 were female appli cants and 183 were -male job seekers. Greater job filling op portunities for men held the supply of male job seekers be low last month, 319 to 351. In creases in female workers were in the clerical and sales, domes tic work, and semiskilled classi fications. Richardson and Otoe counties were areas of increased total supply. The supply by counties: Otoe, 157 men, 94 wo men; Richardson, 70 men, 59 wo men; Cass 38 men, 25 women; Nemaha, 40 men, 32 women; Johnson, 14 men, 1 woman. Plattsmoutn and Cass County activities included orders for 19 nonagricultural workers, 25 per sons directed to job opportuni ties, 18 nonagricultural and 8 agricultural jobs filled, 37 new applications for employment, and 106 contacts with the office. Nebraskans this year perhaps are more conscious of the im portance and value of irrigation than they have ever been, and new developments in the field continue to encourage those who over the years have watched the ; adaptation of agricultural meth ods to the demands of the plains. The early files of the proceed-, ings of the Nebraska State Ir rigation Association provide a valuable insight into the be ginnings of an interest in irriga tion in this state. The association grew out of the state irrigation convention held at Lincoln in February, 1891. Robert W. Furnas, whose name had been associated with almost every agricultural advance since territorial times, was elected president of the convention. Beginning with the 3rd an nual meeting of the association, held in Sidney in December, 1895, the organization published its proceedings in full, and these publications are the documents to which I refer above. Upon reading them, one finds that the basic problems was arousing interest in irrigation itself. At first, there seemed to be downright hostility to the idea of irrigation. In addressing the Sidney meeting of 1895, I. H. Fort, president of the associ ation, recalled that as late asj December 1893, "There was a strong sentiment east., of the I 101st meridian unfriendly, and even west of that point the con dition was not favorable to the irrigation propositions." N. A. Daugherty of Ogallala, addressing the same meeting, called attention to the fact that, "through these early years to speak of irrigation as the solu tion for crop raising was to in vite condemnation upon ones self." It was true that during the relatively wet years of the eighties, though, to suggest that irrigation was necessary, did seem to indicate little faith in the state. Readers of this column will recall the popularly held story that "rainfall follows the plow," a theory which had great currency during the 1880's when agriculture was steadily expand ing westward and rainfall seem ed to be increasing at the same time. The dry years of the nineties, of course, changed all this and drouth conditions did much to assist the State Irrigation Asso ciation in arousing interest in this new development. A few pioneer irrigators in the Platte Valley came through the dry years of the early nineties In much better shape than those who had no irrigation. This ex perience served to demonstrate what the members of the asso ciation had been urging for a number of years, that irrigation not only was desirable, but a necessity in certain portions of Nebraska. SOMETHING WORTH WHILE By Eva M. Muma Do you try to do something worthwhile each day. As you journey along life's toiling way? Do you try to lift someone's burden of care, Or their sorrows and troubles help to bear? Do you see in each moment the whole day through An opportunity some good to do? And what do you find are the things most worth-while? As you turn the knob of your own life's dial Do you search for the jaz of passing pleasure? And call wealth and fame your greatest treasure? Or do you tune in for the harmonies true, Of love and of friendship surrounding you? Then let us each day broadcast something worth-while. Just a kindly deed, friendly word or smile; As we're all apart of that great world-wide chain For spreading good cheer without thought of gain. Only trusting that somewhere, someone may find Greater joy in life because we've been kind. Plan to Extend Capitol's East Front Gains Impetus WASHINGTON After 92- 4 SONS DIE IN FIRE Los Angeles, Cal. While their parents were at a movie for the first time in months four boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Le roy Franklin, ranging in age from four months to four years, were burned to death. Their half-sister, Margie, who had lighted a candle to find a diaper for the baby, brushed some rags and they ignited, setting fire to the house. Only the half-sister, 10 was saved from the blaz ing house by a neighbor who was badly burned trying to res cue the boys. MAY 11 FAMILY DAY Topeka, Kan. The Ernest W. Isaacson family will have to designate May 11th as "Family Day." For .the third time in a ron, a new baby joined the Isaacson family on May 11. Their two other children,, Stan ley Willard and Vickie Lynn, were born on May 11, in 1951 and 1952, respectively. GERMAN LABOR SHIFT In a major policy shift, Ger man labor joined in a pledge with the free unions of seventy four other countries at Vienna to build the military strength of the Western world against the Soviet Union. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents Your Self Service REXALL STORE Schreiner Drug 1 Day Film Service years without major architec tural changes, the United States Capitol may be enlarged to pro. vide Congressmen more space and its famed dome a more graceful setting. , If recommendations by Pres ident Eisenhower and the House of Representatives materialize, the building's central east front will be sxtended perhaps 40 feet the National Geographic Society Bays. Th-" extension would add some 42 offices, two large hearing rooms and another restaurant quarters. The plan is to harm onize the central front with the projecting Senate and House wings. The dome would lose the appearance of overhanging the pillared east portico. During a 1935 hearing on extending the building a legislator likened the landmark dome to a derby hat with a crown overhanging the brim. Plan Is Old In the early 1860's the Capitol architect called extension of the building's central front an "architectural necessity." In 1905 a 40-foot extension was suggested. This plan was men tioned by Mr. Eisenhower in discussing the present proposal. Visitors to the Capitol may view a glass enclosed model made in 1903-04 to illustrate revamping of the portico. Through the years, advocates of aligning the east center and the wings have contended that the Capitol as it sands is in complete. Opponents have want ed the building to remain un changed as a historical mon ument. The massive structure arose from George Washington's wish for a Capitol embodying "grand eur, simplicity and conven ience." Its amateur architect was Dr. William Thornton, a physician by training. His plan was entered in the Capitol competition of 1792 and earned him $500 and a city lot. Wash ington and the master architect Thomas Jefferson (designer of Monticello, the University of Virginia and the Virginia State Capitol) contributed broad in fluences. Washington laid the corner stone in 1793 against a back drop of bands and booming cannon. The assemblage feast ed on barbecued ox. The Capitol rose by bits and starts. During an early phase two units were joined by a rude wooden walkway. Well-patronized public .springs lay in the open space. After the structure was FUSSELMAN FUNERAL HOME AMBULANCE MONUMENTS I Louisville Phone 3981 I burned in the War of 1812, a connecting rotunda was added, displaying a low copper-covered dome. ' " A City Of Itself Senate and House chambers became barracks for some of the Union's first volunteer troops in the Civil War. The basement housed flour brought from endangered Georgetown bakeries. Overhead, meanwhile, workmen erected the new high dome. It's dominating Statue of Freedom created by Thomas Crawford, in Rome was cere moniously placed on top in late 1863. The witnessing throng then viewed the Capitol as it appears today. The 9,000,000-pound "over hanging dome" consists of two cast iron shells, one within the other to permit expansion and contraction. Its surface is re freshed every four years by 1,000 gallons of paint. Beneath the dome extends 14 acres of floor space, en riched by murals and statuary. Along the Capitol's miles of cor ridors are some 435 rooms, as well as restaurants and kitchens, carpenter, stationery and barber shops, tickets and banking offi ces, a dispensary and physician's quarters. Outside stretch 131 acres the "Hill" of newspaper headlines. Controller General Campbell, an appointee of President Eisen hower, has assailed the financing plans for the Administration's highway program as "objection Walter H. Harold R. Smith & Lebens Attorneys-at-Law Donat Bldg. 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