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... THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SIX Thursday, March 1, 1956 Appi Easter Seal eal Plea Largest Ever A plea for the biggest Easter Seal Appeal in the history of the Nebraska Society for Crip pied Children was made Wed nesday to Easter Seal commit tees by State President Victor I). Smith of Omaha. "Services can be expanded in every direction", he stated, "for those suffering crippling, if Ne braskans make an extra effort to support the Easter Seal Ap peal of 1958 which begins March 10. Today the world has the tech nical knowledge and skills to bring improved rehabilitation services to the handicapped un known a few years ago." Mr. Smith said Easter Seals can play the role of "opportunity maker" for boys and girls who previously considered the future hopeless, if it has access to suf ficient funds. He feels" the state ment of Dr. Howard A. Rusk, counsellor in rehabilitation to the National Society, in a re cent article that "Results can be anticipated in direct ratio to the efforst and funds expended", expresses his feelings in this. The Easter Seal organization is a voluntary philanthropic or ganization of private citizens who believe that families with children or older persons who have problems o f crippling should have help in rehabilita tion. It works in cooperation with other agencies, both government and private and does not dupli cate other existing services. It believes that handicapped per sons are no longer helpless and hopeless. Under doctor's direc tion it provides treatment and training for the crippled with all the new and approved meth ods of overcoming handicaps. The appeal will continue to April 10. Journal Want Ads Quickness Proved Journal want ads are as quick and effective as ever. Mrs. Herbert Hamling, 423 South Cut Off street, Platts mouth, lost her watch and telephoned to the Journal a lost ad Monday morning:. The Journal had been out less than two hours before she grot a call Mrs. Jack Hadraba came to her res cue. She had found Mrs. Hamling's watch down town. Accretion Grab Is Protested (Continued from Page One) Inarv investigation prior to making a survey into titles of lands in the so-called "Nottel man Island" area and the St. Mary's' Bend area. Titles, he contends, are based on the lands having been under the jurisdic tion of the State of Nebraska prior to the Joint Boundary Acts of Iowa and Nebraska in 1943 which were formerly recognized as being in the State of Ne braska and which have Nebras ka chains of title. "This being so, it is our opinion that the ownership of those lands car ries with it the ownership of that portion of any old river Chanel on the east side of them which has become filled in, and it is further our contention that in neither of these areas is there, in fact, any actual aban doned river channel as that term may be defined. The fill that has been created in both of these areas has been primar ily created by channel stabili zation work, including pile dike revetments constructed by the Federal Government." Drake writes, "We can foresee a lot of expensive needless litigation if the State of Iowa indiscrimin ately seeks to lay claim to the broad area now indicat ed." Fisher suggested in his let ter to the Governor that the state direct its efforts and en ergy to the improvement and expansion of Lake Manawa and Forney's Lake to which the state already holds title. "Up to the present time," he wrote, "no substantial improvement has been made at either of these perserves in spite of the fact Woster Elected Head Rotary Club Tuesday (Continued from Page One) Kieth Delap and Rev. Carlton Spatzek. Junior Rotarians Jim Grosshans, jr., and Larry Wiy sel, sr, representing the high school for the month of Feb ruary, gave a report of their experiences and thanked mem bers for this opportunity to vis it the club. Pres. Steve Davis reported that Miss Joan Krueger, Nor folk, had been selected as this district's student for a Fellow ship for study in foreign lands with expense provided by Ro tary Foundation. Program Tuesday included re ports from three University of Nebraska students who had re turned recently from Rotary's religious conclave held at Athens, Ohio, where students from 92 foreign countries met to discuss religous and interna tional relations. Miss Sharon Moore, Lincoln, gave a discriptive report on the problems of religious differences from an American's point of view. Miss Oliva P. Carino, Phil lipine Islands, a Rotary Founda tion student at the University of Nebraska, discussed at length difficulties in consolidating a democratic government in herj country following long terms j under the domination of foreign flags. A most interesting speaker was Vinay Likhite, of Baroda, India, also a University of Ne braska Foundation student, who has been studying in the United States for nearly six years. Mr. Likhite gave members a pro found picture of conditions in his country, its economy, polit ical problems and religious be liefs. His talk brought home to Rotarians a realization that India, as well as most mid-east countries, have a high degree of culture in arts and sciences. He stressed the point that India was not looking or asking for "hand-outs" in its problems of forming a strong democratic government, but welcomed the backing and support of the Unit ed States in its efforts to con solidate its peoples, of many political and religious faiths, into a strong central governing body serving all with equality and justice. i 1 ; tv; T&V y 1 H ''.Hi' P a i If S. "NOW, YOU LISTEN TO ME" There's nothing that irritates a stuffed shirt more than another stuffed shirt. Irate King penguin in the London, England zoo, isn't telling off baby. He's voicing his indignation at an impostor a toy penguin which was slipped into the cage. Other members of the soup-'n'-fish set, background, 'are ignoring the whole thing. Western Nebraska Has Higher Number Rheumatic Fever Gases Rheumatic fever appears to be more common in Western Ne braska than in the eastern part of the state. This is one of the findings of a Nebraska Heart Association survey directed by Dr. Frede rick G. Gillick, immediate past president and Creighton Univer sity Medical Dean. He supervised the survey this summer which covered 204 phy sicians in the rural areas of 52 Nebraska counties. It was the first study of its type in the nation using medical students as interviewers. "The findings seem to indicate a significantly larger number of rheumatic fever cases in West ern Nebraska than in Eastern Nebraska," reported Dr. Gillick. He emphasized that the fig ures gathered were the doctors' estimates and meant only to give a broad indication, not an exact statistical record, of the rheumatic fever problem. "We also found that the ma jority of the physicians were 11. 1 i 1 A iaware oi me latest rneumatic fever preventive measures rec ommended by the American Heart Association. "But the doctors felt that the CAT-CATCHER? BALTIMORE, Md. Charles Brocato is wondering just why cats like his automobile. Recent ly, he lost a full day's work be cause of cats. He had to take the automobile to a garage be cause it wasn't running properly and mechanics removed a large, dead cat from the fan belt. That afternoon, Brocato found the car not running properly again and, this time, he made the repairs himself. He removed a large, expiring cat from under the hood. . that the state has owned them for many years. If resources for improvement of these are not available, how can addition al projects be financed?" public's lack of knowledge about rheumatic fever prevention was limiting full use of the preven tive program which could make rheumatic fever a rare disease," said Dr. Gillick. The prevention program is based on two key facts: Strep infections may lead to rheumatic fever and must be promptly treated. Persons who have had rheumatic fever must get regu lar treatment to prevent repeat attacks. The doctors' interest in help ing to teach this vital message to the public, said Dr. Gillick, is shown in the fact that more than half of them requested copies of materials from the Heart Association for their pa-: tients. Rheumatic fever causes more long-term crippling illness and death in the nation in the 5-19 age bracket than any other dis ease. There are estimated to be 5,-000-7,000 rheumatic Nebraskans and the 1953 death rate was 17 times greater than polio, ac cording to Nebraska Heart Association. Tough Nylon Line, Pressure Camera for Deeper Photos 6P (tec PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL WASHINGTON A camera designed to take the world's1 first photographs in the great est deeps of the sea has been successfully tested for the Na tional Geographic Society. The inventor is Dr. Harold E. Edgerton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His new camera has withstood pressure of 17,000 pounds per square inch more than the pressure of wat er at the greatest known ocean depth, the 35,640-foot Challenger Depth of Guam Society presi dent Dr. John Oliver La Gorce reported. Trials at sea from the French oceanographic ship Calypso in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean are described in the current National Geo graphic Society-Calypso Exped itions. Three-mile Thread Dr. Edgerton first had to test a nylon line by which he hoped to lower his 100-pound camera and electronic lights. The braid ed cable, three miles long yet less than 14-ineh thick, seemed only a thread. With a chunk of pig iron simulating the camera, the line went down 14,000 feet from a small boat off Cape Matapas, Greece. It reached bottom with out mishap. Calypson left the boat untended, using it as a ra dar target for survey work sev eral miles away. When a Greek fishing trawler spotted the seeming derelict boat and tried to haul it aboard, the scientists watched with glee through glasses as the fisher man found the boat anchored in 14,000 feet of water.. Later, Dr. Edgerton's camera went down 14,000 feet to make the deepest photographs yet ob tained in the Mediterranean. In the black abyss three miles down, it recorded shrimps, one small fish, and on old tin can. So strong was the nylon line that once, when a towed dredge snagged on an obstruction 10,000 feet down, it stopped the 360-ton Calypso and dragged it backward. "The success of the abyssal camera and the nylon line con jures up a picture," writes Cap tain Cousteau: "A ship we trust it will be Calypso rides anchored by much larger nylon cables over the deepest place in the sea while another of those miraculous weightless lines lets down the camera to reveal to man the uttermost depths." Undersea Color Pictures From the Calypso's Mediter ranean and Indian Ocean cruise came some of the most remark able undersea color photographs ever taken. They were made by National Geographic Socie ty writer and photographer Luis Marden, free-diving with an Aqualung, hand-held submarine cameras and lights. During his work Mr. Marden dived as deep as 217 feet, along the face of a coral reef off As sumption Island, a small wind whipped dot in the Indian Ocean 240 miles from the northern tip of Madagascar. In this submarine Eden of clear blue water, jungles of cor al glowed with color and flashed with life. A 60-pound grouper, as unlovely and ponderous as an ocean hippopotamus, decided the photographer was a fascina ting visitor and for days follow ed him everywhere through the depths. In four years of the Calypso expeditions, Captain Cousteau has revolutionized undersea photography and research by the use of free-diving equipment. Television has been taken to the depths. Ancient ships have been discovered and excavated, their secrets probed. Still a mystery is the so-called "deep scattering layer," but it has been studied by expedition scientists and much has been learned about it. 50-MEGATON H-BOMB An atomic scientist, Dr. A. G. Hill, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently told Congress that a hydrogen bomb with 2,500 times the power of the atomic weapon that blasted Hiroshima may be at least in the planning stage. The atom bomb which flattened Hiroshima was estimated to have had the energy equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT. A megaton is a million tons of TNT, so a 50-megaton weapon would have 2,500 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb. Gold Promises Harmony and Co-operation Bruce E. Gold, Plattsmouth business man for the past six and a half years, was nominated by the Republican party Tues day night to stand for mayor of Plattsmouth. Wednesday h e handed the Journal this state ment. "During the past two years, numerous fellow townsmen, both Republicans and Democrats, have frequently urged that I run for the office of mayor. Since it is my belief that each citizen owes some public service to his community, I have accepted the nomination of the Republican caucus. As a citizen, active in civic affairs during the past six and one-helf years in Plattsmouth, I am well aware of some of the major problems facing our ra pidly growing community. The city council and mayor must make plans for handling steadily increasing demands on our streets, sanitation system, and other public services. Two other items likely to assume major importance are a flood preven tion plan and the possibility of becoming a river transporta tion center. Harmony and cooperation, be tween both city and county of ficials, w'ill be required to ac complish the planning and exe cution of these projects econom ically within our means. Should the people of Platts mouth choose to elect me as mayor, I pledge to promote that harmony and cooperation. I will make every effort to operate the city's business by approved busi ness methods, and constantly question established methods, in an effort to seek better ones. Dealings with city personnel, or individual citizens, wrill be con ducted fairly and impartially, and with adequate records kept. Jointly, we will attempt to elim inate incidents which reflect un favorably on the city of Plattsmouth." ipO 'WWW & ' 1 1 n r III Villi' Vn - ' JET-PROPELLED RISING SUN Japan's infant air force gets jet impetus as this T-33 trainer, bearing the Rising Sun emblem, streaks across the airfield at Gifu, Japan. It's the first of some 100 similar ships to be assembled in Nippon for the Japan Air Self -Defense Force. Or PM1MT Murdock, Nebr. Due to the death of Everett Lindcll, the entire equipment of the Lindcll Garage lo cated at Murdock, Nebr., will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on &5 5 Starting At 11:00 a.m. Sharp Lunch on Grounds Served bv Builders Sund-v School Cla ; SAiAGE TOOLS & EQUIPMENT 1 Ingersol Rand Electric Wrench (size 4U-Model A) 1 Black and Decker Automatic Power Buffer 1 Black and Decker 1" Standard Flexible Disc Sander 1 Sioux Valve Rcfaccr, wet type 1 Sunnen Bushing Grinder 1 Set of Stone for Above Grinder 1 Acetylene Wcldc r, complete with cut ting torch, tips and double set of hoses 1 Curtis Air Compressor, Wi h.p., 220 volts 1 Toolmaster Bench Grinder, Vz h.p., 7' 1 Hein-Warncr Hydraulic Floor Jack, 1 Vz ton 1 Hall Valve Scat Grinder 15 Stones for Above Grinder 1 Signal 1 Sun Timing Light 1 Sun Coil Tester 1 Ton Chain Hoist 's 1 Wagner Brake Fluid Ball 1 Champion Spark Plug Tester and Clean er 1 Air Riveting Machine 1 Aro Grease Gun (air pressure) 1 Sun Battery-Starter Tester 1 Sun Volt-Ampere Tester 1 Wallace Condenser Tester 1 Diametric Precision Wheel Balancer 1 Ford Motor Stand, on casters 1 Bennett Feragen Front Wheel Align ment 1 Bear Camber Alignment 1 Manbcc Toe-in Adjuster 1 Blackh awk Jack Hoist, 1 Vz ton 1 Porto-power, complete with press 1 M.W. Refrigerator in good condition Electric Drill 1 Mall Vi" Electric Drill 1 Willard Battery Charger 1 National Air Sander 1 Drill Press 1 Large Electric Fan 1 Hvdraulic Car Hoist Automotive Parts Lot of junk iron and lumber, a lot of washers, cotter keys, paint, gaskets, rivets, and other odds and ends usually found in a garage. All Above Equipment Is in Extra Good Condition 2 Aro hand grease guns 1 steel cable 1 Sunnen piston hone set 1 cement mixer x ' 1 set of Owatona front end tools 6 drop cords 1 Miller thermostat tester 2 sets brake clippers 1 set 34" sockets 1 Brookens metal creeper 1 sleeve puller 1 set 12" sockets 1 wooden creeper 1 set of Spee-dee sleeve tools 1 set 38" sockets 1 hydraulic vise 1 All-power ridge reamer 1 set 14" sockets 1 4-in. bench vise 1 Ammco ridge reamer 1 set 38" flexible sockets 1 Ramco brake bleeder 1 Imperial brass spray cleaner gun 6 38" speed wrenches 2 anvils v I paint sprayer, DeVilbiss 1 set 1 2" impact sockets 6 car horses 1 caulking gun 1 set hand sockets 2 metal tool chests 2 ring compressors 1 set spark plug sockets 2 wooden benches 2 piston pin bushing remover A lot of odd sockets 1 creeper tool rack 1 one man crankshaft grinding tool 1 set Lectrolite wrenches 6 racks 1 wheel puller Several crescent wrenches 2 steel cabinets 1 Greenfield NF tap and die set 1 Sunnen valve spring compressor 1 cash register Several sets of extra taps for above Several vise grips 1 check writer 2 electric soldering irons Several pullers 1 desk 1 spindle bolt bushing remover Dozen hammers 1 glass show case 4 Slocomb micrometers 1 valve grirld puller Parts bins Fleming inside micrometers Several pipe wrenches 1 Weatherhead cabinet 1 bushing cutter 1 12" torque wrench 1 larger metal cabinet Dozen reamers 1 set body tools 1 log chain 1 KR Wilson pinion aligner Dozen files 1 square metal table, 36"x36", on wheels 1 billing machine, Varco featherweight A lot of special tools, pliers, screw drivers, punches, hack saws, chisels, a lot more tools not listed. 1 frame building 24,x57 approx., less floor to be moved from premises within 60 days. Building will be sold about 1:30 p.m. n CLIFF FENTIMAN, Auctioneer Rfl AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK, Clerk t . i. A - - - kk l i L A. I t t A 1 A A. A, A A. .A A A A-