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V.V.V.V.WAW.".V?.V.V.V.V.V..V.V.V.V EDITORIALS Purse's Fresh Flashes A NOTHER DECLINE FOR THE FARMER " The Department of Agriculture re ported, at the end of July, that farm pric es had declined another two per cent dur ing the month ending in mid-July. The general level of prices received by, farmers averaged 84 per cent of parity, according to the Department's computation. Parity is a price figure set by a Gov ernment formula, supposed to represent a fair return to the farmers. It is interest ing to note that farm prices were 88 per cent" of parity a year ago- Thus, farm prices have declined two per cent from 1954 until June and another two per cent from June ,to mid-July. This indicates that the decline in farm prices is-speeding up, not slowing down. We have mentioned many times in these columns that President Eisenhower'3 administration faces its most serious do mestic problem in the field of farming operations. Farm prices have dropped, prices paid by farmers have increased, and - the farmer's net income has, there fore, suffered considerably. - There is some consolation in a few areas in the fact that 1955 is a bumper year for many crops, but not so in many sections of the great midwest farm belt. In Cass county, as well as most Nebraska counties, prospects for a rosy harvest went glimmering weeks ago due to hot, weather and lack of moisture. If the downward trend in farm income is not" reversed by the time the second session of the 84th Congress convenes, we believe Congress will handle the administration's farm pro gram rather roughly. T Next year is an election year and if Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson does not reverse the three-year trend downward, Congress will probably reverse it, in spite of Benson and even the Presi dent himself if Mr. Eisenhower attempt to maintain the present program. ' There are still some people who won't use advertising to sell goods; the fact that all highly successful big busines ses have used it well fails to make a dent, At At pABY BOOM CONTINUES Statistics for 1955 show that an aljtime record will be set for births this year. It might be interesting to some people to note that the summer months, especially August, are the months in which the highest birth rate occurs during the year. - No one has explained exactly why There are four varieties in society: The lovers, the ambitious, the observers and the fools. Sometimes we think the fools are the happiest. Best way to win a widow's heart is to be healthy, wealthy and wise. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says a sword-swallower hasn't anything on her she can inhale a camel. Tr A local young squirt going steady with a nurse can't understand why she will never go out with him unless she's wearing her cape. It's simple, son. Any chicken feels perfectly safe with a capon. This report ought to floor Hyde Sweet and his potato salad. It says' the most dis liked foods are these in this order: butter milk, brains, parsnips, eggplant, cavair, hominy, oysters, turnips, rutabagas and clams. Nary a word about that ptomaine salad. Right now you are meeting a lot of those people who have been trying to keep up with the Jonses coming back. Women prefer men who have some thing tender about them especially the legal kind. - Vacation V"."..V. . Down Memory Lane 20 f5f -rK mi.i'.i llii'.ri '. So a careful publicity cam paign began not only to make Roosevelt the indispensable man but to conceal from the public the true facts about his health. And in July, 1944,. as the Democrats gathered in Chicago to pick their candidate, Roose velt started on a cruise up. the West Coast to Alaska obvious ly for, his health. Simultaneous ly, Bob Hannegan, Ed Flynn of the Bronx, Mayor Ed Kelley of Chicago, and other party bosses, knowing that Roosevelt could not possibly last a full term, concentrated on the choice of their own man for Vice Presi dent. It was one of the most deceit ful strategies ever put across QDIllfOOd YEARS AGO Joseph R. Case and George Dick son wrere awarded senior life saving cer tificates following Red" Cross swimming 1 on the voting public tests at Crete ... If rain didn t come with in a week, corn crop yield would be down 40 to 50 per cent, the prediction .was . . . Bobbie McDonald of Manley was sur prised, to find that the gasoline had been extracted from his auto which he had parked in Weeping Water, but he was more concerned when he got it going and found the crankcase had been drained too . . . Matt Thimgan was working with patience on a home for VIr. and Mrs. Louis Wendt on Highway No. 1; the Murdock correspondent reported . . Cass County Commissioner J. A. Pitz. who had an Egyptian Locust tree in bloom, noted his "Bird of Paradise ' tree at his home in " J A A V - A A Ul; V- & V V J , J t , . - this is, but year after year, August makes south Plattsmouth had also bloomed .. . an excellent showing in births. The rate of' births for 1955 is already one per cent of the 1954 rate, and it is estimated thatfal- . most 400,000 babies will be born this month. v -. The booming birth rate means a good outlook for the business future, since the larger the population, the larger the po tential demand for goods. But the baby boom also means that the shortage of edu cational facilities will probably continue to plague this country for many years to come. The baby boom of World War II has already affected the schools and is caus ing the current severe shortage. World War II babies are about ready to emerge from school, and enter the business world, marry, create new families and new de mands. By 1960, it is estimated that the number of new families and the increased demand will be swelling rapidly- By 1960, most of the war babies will be between fifteen and twenty years of age, and many of them will be entering upon business careers. This is one of the reasons why economists are optimistic about the business future of this country from 1960 onward. " THOUGHT FOR TODAY Many talk like philosophers and live like fools. . Thomas Fuller The PlaSlsrnoulh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 18S1 Published , Semi-Weekly, Mcndays "and Thursdays, at . 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass , CAunty. Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques fox "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Presented. Nebraska Press; Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE. AWARD" Elr,t in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 (In Cities Oyer 2.00O. Popalat'oa) .. . 1 . RONALD R. FURSE. . ... v .. -Editor and Publisher WM. L. MURDOCK. .:; ; : . . . . . News Editor SOPHIA M. WOLEVER; ; Society Editor VERN WATERMAN......;. .... .Advertising Cass county had no bonded indebtedness, reported The Journal . . . The Lewiston Gold Sye Needle 4-H Club held its meet ing' at the home of Marie Read. it or YEARS AGO 3 v Miss Donice Vroman and Jeston Atterbery surprised with an announce ment that they had been secretly married a week earlier ... A lecture and meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Plattsmouth was postponed to an indef inite later date because rains - had made roads impassable to out-of-town persons who wished to attend . . . The store of F. P. Sheldon at Nehawka was robbed of goods with a total value of between $2,000 and $1,000 Plattsmouth's. city council "experienced the pleasure of a short and snappy session that permitted the mem bers of the city legislative body to return to the bosom of their. families ere the ap proach, of the midnight hour as had been the case previously at the last two ses sions" . . . Plattsmouth police raided a gang of boys busy breaking out the win dows of the old "Walker" property just off fourth and arrested four of them . . Richard Pickens, Donald and Fulton Har ris, Lucian LaRue, Ben and Justin Ander son and Melvin Todd, all Boy Scouts from Union, returned from a 10-day stay at Camp Quivers, near Cedar Creek. Gop Leaders Repeat Today, Republican leaders are equally determined to nominate Dwight Eisenhower, in part for the same reasons. They know that any other Republican can didates would have a hard time winning. They know that on Domestic issues Dixon-Yates, farm prices, big business mo nopoly the Republicans face a rough campaign. But on inter national issues they feel Eisen hower has struck a winning streak and can be promoted as the "indispensable man." However, there is one big dif ference. Eisenhower so far hasn't bought the GOP line. Unlike Roosevelt, who was willing to go along with party leaders, Eisenhower has been telling them for months that they ' had to pick new young leaders that he was not. going to run again- - On Jan. 4, this column re ported in detail on one of the private dinners at the White House at which Ike told his closest friends that they must begin building up new, "dy namic" men to replace him. This writer has consistently reported with one exception that Ike did not want to run again. The exception was a col umn written from Geneva, wThere it seemed to this observ er that Ike had hit his stride, was doing the things he - likes best to do, and probably could be persuaded to run again on a "peace - in - our - time" plat form. However, the recent meeting he had with Senator George. Bender and other Ohio Republi cans indicates to the contrary and is more significant than the public realizes. For Senator Bender and friends did not wTant to tell newsmen what Ike had told them. They had to be prodded by the White House in to making a statement. George Bender is quite a friendly, loquacious fellow. He talks to the press at the Drop of a hat. But he did not want to give' newsmen the discourag ing news that Ike considered age a detriment to running again. And it was only when ' Ike's press officer intervened an ask- riie Washington IUIerry- Go -Round y DREW PEARSON ed the Ohioans to report what Ike had told them that they spilled the news that GOP lead ers had heard privately, but hated to hear publicly. In brief the President deliberately want ed published the fact that he would be the olest President in history if re-elected and his feeling that the burden of the Presidency erodes a man s health. Health Exams For Candidates Eisenhower deserves a lot of credit for being so frank with the American public- FDR was not so frank. Ike's frankness coincides with sentiment in Congress to set up a medical board to examine all Presidential candidates of both parties before the nomin ating conventions. The fact that Senator Taft, Republican, died shortly after an election which might have made him Presi dent; that Wendell Willkie, Re publican, died shortly after a nominating convention which might have picked him for a ; second tme; and the fact that Franklin Roosevelt, Democrat, died just four months after tak-; ing oath of office has spurred the idea of health examinations no matter who the candidate. For the fact is, as Eisenhower indicated, that the Presidency of the United States is the most physically crushing office in the world. And wrhile the life span of the average American has increased, the life span of Pres idents has decreased under that crushing burden. Over one-fifth of our Presi dents have died or been killed in office seven in all incident ally all being Republicans ex cept Roosevelt. And the signifi cant fact is that they have been dying younger as this country has grown bigger and the strain of the most difficult job in the world has increased. Only three Presidents were as old as Esenhower when elect ed, two of them being generals. One, William Henry Harrison, lived one month after being elected. The other, General Zachary Taylor, lived little more than a year as President. Taking the age of 33 past presidents, 60 per cent of them lived to the age of 66 which will be Eisenhower's age at the end of his first term. In more recent years our pre sidents have died younger. Of the last 22 presidents, only 50 per cent have lived to the age of 66, while of the last 15 presi dents, only 46 per cent have lived to the age Eisenhower will reach at the end of his first term. These are the sobering facts Eisenhower has been consider ing, and one reason why he talked to Ohio Republicans so frankly about the erosion of age in the life of any man who occupies the White House. Rose McDonald Phone 69-2448 Mrs. J. T. Marshall returned home Wednesday from Gardner, Mont., where she has spent the past three weeks with her daughter and husband, Mr- and Mrs. Henry Kitchens. Mrs. May Marks and two daughters and two friends of Illinois, called at the home of Mrs. Jack Wiles' last week. Mrs: Marks is a cousin of Mrs. Wiles. Irwin Shupe of Albany, N. Y. is visiting with his 'parents,. Mr. and Mrs. M- L. Schupe. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles spent Wednesday and Thursday at the home of Dr. and- Mrs. Wal lace of Friend. Miss Hazel Tubbs of Lincoln ! was a dinner guest at the home of E. L. McDonald Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. George Welton of Colon, stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welton Thursday evening, then left for Denver and the mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Howard spent Sunday evening at the Bob Sheppler home . at Spring field, where Mrs. Ben Howard and little Dean Snippier, who was four years old, celebrated both their birthdays at a picnic in their honor at the Sheppler home. Nineteen guests were present. Mr. and Mrs. Don Sacca and family were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth O'Rourke. Mrs. John Easley and Mrs. Alta Jnudsen of Omaha, were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wall. Lit tle" Kathy Knudson- returned home with them after a weeks vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kyles spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.. Kin ney in Alvo. Mrs. Maryln Meyers of Lin coln is spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Comstock and family.. Mrs. Wayne Wright and chil dren attended the judging of the calves, Friday afternq(3n, at the "Stir up" m Ashland. Mrs. Ben Howard and Mrs. Ersey McNurlin celebrated their birthdays Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McNurlin at a dinner given in their honor. Mr McNurlin returned to the hospi tal Monday, as he had spent a few days at home. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and Mr. and Mrs. Vere McNurlin of York, attended the dinner, .; 1 Saturday afternoon, Irwin Schupe of Albany, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Schupe visited at the home of Mrs. Lola Ulstrom and other relatives. . Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth O' Rourke and children " attended the "Stir Up" at Ashland Sat urday evening. Mr. and Mrs- Elden Bilts and Barbara of Lincoln were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Comstock and. family. Mrs. Rose McDonald attended a business meeting Tuesday af ternoon given at the Cornhusk er Hotel. Greenwood Demonstration Day Miss Pearl Shultz of Weeping Water, - visited the LiveWires club of Greenwood, Wednesday morning. Demonstrations were given at the Methodist church. The following demonstrations were given: "Home, Safe Home,' Judy Leadabrand, Jacqueline Wiles, "Let's Get Ready to Cook," Carol Leadabrand. Linda Hile; "Vitality In Vegetables," John Johnson, Jon Leadebrand; "Measuring," Jerry Hammer, Larry Voehl; "Lets Plan A Party," Anna Marolf and San dra Wright; "Posture In House work," Donna Maughan, Alta Palmer; "Cornbread,," Beverly Yabsley, Janice Wiles; "Making Ambrosia," Donald and Robert Boiler. Miss Shultz gave " help with the demonstrations. The group had a sack lunch together at noon. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL paoe FOUR Section B Thursday, August 11, 19o5 By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, Aug 11 T.nniHnor hark nn the recent his-! tory of relations between the United States and Communist China, one realizes that great progress has been made since , Anril whpn t.hines looked SO bleak that a member of the Joint Chiefs-of Staff was predicting a Chinese invasion of the offshore islands in the middle of that month. The invasion may yet come, but there are signs that Moscow has encouraged - the Chinese Communists to avoid any mili tary clash with the United States which U. S. sources have said would involve atomic weapons. The Moscow strategy seems to be the right one from the Chinese standpoint. Communist China is six years old. There are six hundred mil lion Chinese in the country, now pretty solidly controlled by the Reds. Tht nation is only starting on its industrialization program. Tnere is a need for vast im provement in many fields be fore Red China could put up a strong , and sustained military efford against a nation such as the United States. The high command in Moscow is evidently playing for time. Whether there is a genuine de sire on the part of some of the Kremlin leaders for peace with the West is a good question. But regardless of the answer to that question, it is obvious that Red China should play for time. Of all the world's major countries, Red Cliina and India need time most. " . Actually, the threat from Red China will grow more dangerous as she grows comparatively stronger. If this ancient land ever succeeds in organizing its vast- manpower into efficient armies, their number will be even more awesome than Rus sia's. But the result of the Mos cow strategy eases tension at the moment. The Geneva talks between the United States and China were encouraged by Moscow. They were also encouraged by many other nations, especially India. There is some hint that Mos cow has acted as a restraining influence on the Chinese Reds in the Formosa Straight. It is certain that Red China's tactics were more aggressive than Rus sia's three decades ago, when Russia's government wras Only eight years old. And China cer tainly followed Russia's lead in releasing the eleven American airmen, recently. As the Communists play for time, to ease relations and grow comparatively stronger, the two U. S. allies wTho would profit most by getting this country in volved in a war with the Reds attempt to stir up immediate trouble. Elderly Syngman Rhee announced early this month he that part of South Korea award ed the Reds by the military truce. (South Korea has a com parable part of what was for merly North Koreas under its administration.) Such action would mean war and Rhee is well aware of that. But the old man has consistent ly asked that the war be resum ed, and knows that if he can RADIATOR REPAIRING Plattsmouth Motors ONE-DAY SERVICE Washington Ave. Ph. 287 get the United States into an all-out war, he might extend his influence over North Korea which he hasn't had at any time since the World War II settle ment. Meanwhile, Nationalist China also would profit by a U. S.-Red China war. Chiang KaisShek's only hope Is that United States troops will take back land on the mainland he could not hold. The Nationalists are ready to back Rhee's actions and maneu vers, as a result. Any progress made by Presi dent Eisenhower's administra tion, in negotiations with either Russia or Red China, are blast ed by the South Koreans and Nationalists. They do not want to see any progress in this field. The United States is motivated by different interests, however, which include the desire of avoiding f u r t h er American bloodshed over land that is six thousand miles from the west coast and which is not Ameri can territory by any standard. The U. S. is also opposed to the Communists and supporting all democratic governments.2But Washington now realizes that Communist China cannot be overlooked as if it did not exist. It does evist, as potentially the strongest nation in Asia. The sacrifice required to invade China and retake it, or North Korea, which would Involve the same Chianese masses, is too enormous to pay. On the other hand, the United States will not be talked into giving away the freedom of either South Korea or Formosa. The twentieth Congress of the Soviet Communist Party will meet in Moscow next, Feb. 14 to elect party leaders and approve a new five-year plan for the nation. ATHLETES FOOT GERM HOW TO KILL IT. IN ONE HOUR. If not pleased, your 40c back. This STRONG fungicide SLOUGHS OFF the outer skin to expose buried fungi. Kills it on contact. Get Greasless, instant-drying T-4-L at any drug store. Today at Schreiner Drug. MM - E3. "J f u F ... W. M Cirrrrrr EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY AUG. ii thru 30 Post Time: ty cpk uays j p.m. Saturday 2 p.m. "V" 8 Races Daily 5 Electric Starting Gate & Photo Finish Personal income in the United States rolled in at the rate of $301,000,000,000 a year during May. See By The Papers . . . . zmm no 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- (Copyright, 1955, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: REPUBLI CAN LEADERS DO WHAT DEMO CRATS DID RE FDR IN 1944; EI SENHOWER THWARTS THEIR STRATEGY; UNLIKE FDR, IKE IS DE TERMINED NOT TO RUN. ' Washington. What's happening inside the Republican high command to day is almost identical with what happened inside the Democratic high command in 1944 with one important exception. ; Like the Democratic bosses of a de cade ago with FDR, Republican leaders today are determined to nominate Eisen hower again, regardless of age, health, or anything else. In 1944, Franklin Roosevelt was en grossed with world affairs. The war. was almost won. He was already concentrat ing on the problems of peace. Domestic affairs had been largely delegated to others. Some of them were not in good shape. Democratic leaders knew that if they picked any other candidate, that if mouth. By carrier in Piattsmouth, 20. cents fori the election campaign were run on do twe weeks. mestic issues, they would lose. By Bill Murdock Highest attendance in history was marked up at the - Legion Memorial swimming pool at Au burn, says the Press-Tribune. The pool office ran out. of bas kets at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, July 31, and a waiting line formed which lasted until 4 p.m. A to tal of 1,330 swam in the pool that day. - ' The Albion News blew its stack last week when a fourth prisoner in three years escaped from the Boone Cdunty jail. Opposed to Sheriff Bernard L. (Jack) Illian before his last election, the News counted these things against him: 1. He had illegally used a county jail inmate to do work for his own private gain over a considerable length of time and he has never denied it. 2. The sheriff's mileage bill had been about $2,000 higher annually than the average for similar-sized cf I unties in the state, and mileage records are vague. 3. The sheriff has illegally and carelessly let jail inmates have the freedom of the court house lawn. prisoners to years. escape in three Robert Francis, 25-year-old movie actor killed in a private plane crash near Burbank, Cal ifornia, descended from a pion eer Bellevue, Nebr., family, says the Bellevue Press. A cousin of Dr. M. B. Francis of Bellevue, his great-grandfather helped pioneer Bellevue and Seward, says the-paper. Francis will be best remembered for, his roll as Ensign Willie Keith in the movie version of "The Cain Mutiny." It appeared more of a mystery how the baby stroller got in front of the city hall in Ord than that - and Quiz want-ad caused it to be found, the newspaper- inferred in reporting the story. Stanton Register staff mem ber Don Robinson has his head in the clouds, says Editor Ken McCormick. Reason: He keeps up a correspondence with "Miss U. S. A." (Carlene King Robin son) whom he met at a sand- 4. The sheriff allowed four j lot baseball game in Lincoln. Elinor Fidler Mrs. R. L. Davis, Gary and Kent of Lincoln are spending this week with Mrs. Davis' par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Streight. Miss Edna Wagener of Geneva spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thiessen. Sunday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace Barney and Barbara of Lincoln. Lloyd Vogler of Louisville and Terry Miller of Ashland were Sunday afternoon visitors oi James Dill. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Furrer of Yutan spent Wednesday af ternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Parrish, Donna and Leon. Monday evening visitors with the Parrishes were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carnicle and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Rosen crans and boys spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Grady at Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Campbell were Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Campbell at Elmwood. Mrs. Clyde Haswell of Wabash visited Wednesday morning with Mrs. J. L. Carnicle. Mn and Mrs. Tom Carnicle, Mary Lou and Jnmmy, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and- Mrs. Hugh O'Brien at Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Knecht were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Sadie Shrader and Gerald at Nehawka. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Burrowing Rodent Here's the Answer HORIZONTAL 6 Symbol for indium ' 1,8 Depicted rodent 11 Betrayers 12 Ages 14 Disturbed 15 Madden 17 Parts of churches 18 Tendon 19 Symbol for erbium 20 Decigram b.) 21 Cushions 23 Lampreys 26 Chemical - suffix 27 According to (sb.) 23 Whirlwind - 1-3 Parent Z Pause' 3 Ftscedes Z 5 Period of time (ab.) SS Trench article 37 Discolor .40 Sticking substance 43 Armed fleet 45 Flowers 46 Pare 47 It lives In laire cr -villages 49 Editors (ab.) i 50 Barterers 7 Compass point 8 Ridicule 9 Fruit 10 Challenge 11 Malayan coin 13 Stitch 16 Nova Scotia (ab.) 21 Emaciated 22 On the ( r. Jfcli3OiVjiiJLl jglQll IS 3 J Njop ifbjol FT ata ,5 M. J- . 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