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EDITORIALS Furses Fresh Flashes
woe:
Fellow said here the other clay that
Secretary of State Dulles hasn't seemed
to a&e much since taking office. This is
probably because he gets around so fast
, age can't catch up with him.
' One reason the average poor man is
better morally than his rich brother is
that nearly all sins are quite expensive.
' It would be interesting to learn if
those men fighting their labor troubles at
UP in Omaha appeared before court in
union suits.
Hard work may be good for a man,
but here s one generous soul who would
COME WILL DROWN
Already the nation's first summer
season drownings are occurring. Recent
ly, near Seattle, Martin Brown fell out of
a boat into a lake and could not save him
self. A teen-age girl managed to make her
way to him in her boat, and extended her
hand. Brown grasped it and; apparently,
was saved. However, when another boat
arrived just a few minutes later, the teen
ager had lost her grip and Brown's hand
had slipped away and he had disappeared
under the water.
We cite this incident only to remind
readers that the swimming season is at
hand and that drownings are now begin
ning. Despite all the Red Cross work in be glad to give our share to somebody
swimming training, lessons and so forth, else.
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Waiting for the Main Course
a great many people in this country still
cannot swim.
This is particularly true among older
people, who did not enjoy the easy access
to swimming pools, lakes, and so forth,
because of inadequate transportation in
their younger days. Therefore, many old
er fisherman and older vacationists, are
each year frivolous enough to take to the
water, in a boat without adequate safety
precautions. They should always sit on
a lifesaver-type seat, or wear a lifepre
server. It takes only a few seconds to
drown, and the number of drownings
which . occur each year is certainly im
pressive. To avoid trouble, swim in safe places,
where a life-guard is on duty, keep chil
dren well attended, never swim immedi
ately after eating a heavy meal, and never
over-extend yourself in the water to the
point of utter exhaustion. If you follow
these rules, and use life-preservers in
boats, you will probably survive the swim
ming season in 1956, and we can think of
no reason why you shouldn't.
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rU BUYING AN AUTOMOBILE
. The Journal Monday carried a short
resume on local auto dealers, their gen
eral outlook on what is to come during
the next few months and during 1957.
If was encouraging to note that Platts
mouth franchise dealers had that "for
ward look" and, while battling a general
let down in the industry this year, were
in no way discouraged and looked for bet
ter times ahead.
Right now the automobile business is
overrun with "gimmick" deals. Many fast
operators are in the business, some on
corner lots and not a few "come latelys"
who advertise unheard "of "deals" to get
an unwary customer into his show. room.
From there the fast talking, fast thinking,
and a good boy with a pencil takes over.
If the purchaser isn't a smart "cookie"
himself he winds up with what he thought
was a good deal until he looks over his
payment contract.
Plenty have been "taken" by this "gim
mick" a high trade in, cost price on the
new job BUT, the dealer's profit is tied
up in that paper the unwary purchaser
has signed. Most "gimmick" dealers are
not seeking a cash buyer they want
monthly payments where they can tie in
excessive interest charges, extras for serv
ice, get high profits on insurance costs,
and a dozen other tricks that are slipped
into the contract that can cost an unwise
buyer from $300 to $800 extra in a 36
month payment plan.
Plattsmouth is fortunate to have deal
ers who lay their plans on the line. They
can be checked by your attorney for hid
den profit gadgets and in most instances
the buyer will get a better deal, better
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Whoever icant s to lie need only begin to
talk about the -weather. Haussa Proverb
A local farm boy, when asked by his
physiology teacher how to obtain a good
posture told her it was best to keep the
cows off it.
See where a woman in Massachusetts
had four sets of twrins in five years. Won
der if this is what is known as dueces wild.
Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con
tour twister, says she doesn't know the
gal her ex-boy friend is going with now,
but her fate is familiar.
Fashion note: There will be little
change in men's pockets this year.
Brown of California, Governor
Clements of Tennessee and Sen
ator Humphrey of Minnesota as
among the Vice Presidential
hopefuls.
"If I was committed to Ke-i
fauver for Vice President I would
get no support from any of
them," Stevenson explained.
He went on to say that he
would certainly be open-minded
about Kefauver for Vice Pres
ident. But then he added:
"If Estes gets into these pri-
service and save money through his local
franchised dealer.
Don't be gullible to a fast operator.
If you must buy out of town, multiply i maries and makes me spend a
jil i l it 1 ... i j
your total payments oy tne numoer oi
months, compare with your local offer
and see where you stand.
Smart buyers figure all the angles.
The Plattsmouth Journal
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Down Memory Lane
20
YEARS AGO
The Very Rev. Adolph M. Mosler
replaced Rev. J. J. Kaczmarek as priest
at Holy Rosary Church . . . Miss Lovisa
Albert was given a miscellaneous shower
at the home of Mrs. Glen Terryberry . . .
Elected o'fficers to vthe Delphian Club were
Miss Mia U. Gering, president; Mrs. C.
C. Wescott, vice-president; Miss Gene
vieve Whelan, treasurer ; Mrs. Louis Ward
Egenberger, secretary . . . Miss Ruth Fer
rie returned home from the hospital after
an appendicitis operation . . Agnes Ptacek
was an honor graduate at St. Peters Pa
rochial School of Omaha . . . Miss Lois E.
Chapman and Ralph E. Bailey were mar
ried at the home of Rev. V. C. Wright . . .
Fred Rea spoke on the gas and electric
industry at a chamber of commerce meet
ing. nr YEARS AGO
Jv Gerald Fleming accepted a posi
tion as salesman and accountant with the
Robb Candy Company of Nebraska City.
. . . Charles Lamphear and Mable McFar
land were married in Council Bluffs . . .
Mrs. R. W. Knorr. won first prize at a
bridge party given at the home of Mrs.
Frank R. Gobelman . . . The fifth birth
day of Corrine Hallstrom was celebrated
at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Hallstrom, of Avoca . . . Cass and
Sarpy Counties made the first payment
of $3,500 on the King of Trails Toll
Bridge ... Graduating from the Univer
sity of Nebraska were Mary Tidball and
William D. Douglass . . . Raymond Camp
bell, former local high school principal,
completed preliminary examinations for a
master's degree 'at Columbia University.
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lot of time and money fighting
for the nomination," said Ad
lai, "then I'll never take him
on the ticket."
This left Estes with a tails-Stevenson-wins,
. heads-Kefauv-er-loses
alternative. He decided
to enter the primaries.
People-to-People Friendship
The importance of President
Eisenhower's idea of a commit
tee of private citizens to pro
mote people-to-people friendship
was illustrated just two weeks
aeo when a group of Ameri
cans and Frenchmen dedicated
a French-American hospital at
St. Lo, the point in the Ger
man lines where Gen. Omar
Bradley's troops broke through
after the Normandy landing.
There has been so much
pelty -bickering between French
and American politicians of
late, that a lot of Americans
have forgotten the basic people-to-people
friendship existing be
tween the two countries. It was
very evident at the hospital;
dedication ceremony, however.
Clair McCollough, of Lan
caster, Pa., wTho made a special
flight to Paris as special repre
s"enative of the Friendship Train
committee reported that sent
iment toward the American
people Was deep and friendly;
that the French particularly ap
preciated the hospital because
it was a joint enterprise.
It was not a gift from the.
U. S. Government. The French
were too polite to say so, but
actually they . raised more
money for the hospital than did
private Americans. Not a pen
ny of U. S. Government funds
went into the project.
The American who deserves
most credit for pushing the
hospital is Robert Blake, of the
Guaranty Trust Co. in Paris,
who could well have been made
a member of Eisenhower's
Citizen's Committee for People-To-People
Friendship.
Note The Friendship Train
money that went into the St.
Lo Hospital was insurance
money paid after the Commun
ists burned down a warehouse
containing part of the Frienship
Train food in the winter of
1947-48.
, , , Stevenson-Kefauver Ticket
Mike Disalle, the ex-mayor
of Toledo who Washington
knew in the thankless job of
price administrator during the
Korean War, is now running for
governor of Ohio. However,
He's also keeping a weather
eye on the national campaigns.
"The Democratic ticket,"
says Disalle, "should be Steven
son and Kefauver. Stevenson
for president to make the
speeches; Kefauver for vice
president to tell the people what
the speeches mean."
w fc,x-benator s Taxes
Internal Revenue agents have
been digging into the taxes of
Ex-Senator E V. Robertson,
Wyoming Republican, and Rob
ertson has appealed to some of
his former Senate colleagues to
intervene in his behalf.
The tax transaction under in
vestigation involves the sale of
the Coe Ranch in Cody, Wyo.,
long owned by Robertson's brother-in-law,
but managed by
the ex-senator who. was born in
the British Isles but came to
this -country as a boy.
Robertson bought the ranch
from his brother-in-law at what
was considered a cheap price,
later told it to the .Hunt Oil
Company, owned by H. L. Hunt,
the famous Texas friend. of Joe
McCarthy. The sale was made
by a complicated lease arrange
ment which Internal Revenue
has . been investigating. The
cattle on the ranch were sold
separately.
Queried by this column re
garding his tax difficulties,
Robertson refused to comment.
. "I am no longer a public of
ficial," He said. "This is my
own private business. There is
nothing I care to say."
Reminded that any tax vio
lation, even by a'privats citizen i
was a public matter, the ex
senator replied that he still had
nothing to say.
Portrait Of An Indiana Farmer
Senator Capehart of Indiana,
who also manufacturers Cape-
hart TV sets, had this to say
on the Senate floor recently
about farming:
"Mr. President, I deal in
farm products every day. I am
a farmer. I sell hogs practically
every month in the year, and I
buy and sell cattle. I raise corn.
I do not suppose there is ever
a time when I do not have
corn on my farm. I sign the
checks, and deposit checks for
that which is sold. I just re
cently sold soybeans, wheat and
hogs and had recently bought
some cattle. So I am one of
those Indiana Farmers about
whom the able senator from
Oklahoma (Kerr) has spoken.
If I know anything I knew
that much."
THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAl
PAGE TWO Section B Thursday, June 7, 1956
By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter
Cass County Farmers
May Apply For Wheat
Acreage Allotments
WEEPING WATER (Special)
Farmers on land on which no
wheat was seeded for grain for
any of the years 1954, 1955 and
1956, may apply for a 1957
wheat acreage allotment; ac
cording to Ivan G. Althouse,
Chairman of the Cass County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee.
To be considered for an al
lotment on a farm which had
no wheat seeded for grain for
any of those years, the farmer
must apply in writing to Cass
County ASC Committee by July
16th.
Blank applications forms are
available at the county ASC of
fice in Weeping Water for use
in filing requests for allotments.
Washington
irry- Go -Round
ty DREW PCARON
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(Copyright, 1335, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
STEVENSON PASSED U P
CHANCE TO KEEP KEFAUVER
OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMA
RIES; IKE'S PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE
FRIENDSHIP WAS RECENTLY
CARRIED OUT IN TRANCE; EX
SENATOR IS UNDER TAX INVES
TIGATION. Washington Most political observ
ers agree that the bitter primary battles
between Stevenson and Kefauver. have se
riously hurt both candidates and increased
the chances of a Democratic deadlock at
Chicago with a dark horse emerging as
the winner.
Tragedy is that this could have been
avoided.
Inside fact is that early in the presi
dential jockeying, well before either can
didate had even announced, Oscar' Chap
man, former Secretary of the Interior and
a friend of both men, went to see Adlai
Stevenson and suggested that an ideal
Democratic ticket would be Stevenson for
President,, Kefauver for Vice President.
But Stevenson wouldn't buy it.
"It would alienate too many other men
who want to run for Vice President," he
said in brief. And he named Mayor Wag
ner of New York, Attorney General Pat
Clipped From
Nebraska
Newspapers
The results from rain making
experiments in the Albion area
are apparently far from what
was hoped. Despite rainmaking
efforts the area has received
only 72 per cent of normal
April rainfall. Areas adjacent
and not participating in the
rainfall experiment showed 70
per cent of the normal April
fall, indicating the efforts of
man to bring much needed rain
are not too fruitful. The rain
making story was told in the
Albion News.
Small Business Loans
Can Be OK'd in Omaha
OMAHA Authority to ap
prove loan applications in which
the Government advances up to
$15,000 has been received by L.
S. MacKenzie, manager of the
Omaha Office of the Small Bus
iness Administration, located at
705 Federal Office Building,
15th & Dodge Streets,, Omaha.
In making the announcement,
MacKenzie said: "Mr. Wendell
B. Barnes', Washington Admin
istrator of the Small Business
Administration, had stated .that
this new authority is in line
with an all-out effort being
made to expedite processing of
loan applications."
LETTI
glass pane of a storm door
slammed on it. Blood plasma
failed to make up for the loss
of blood through a severed
artery, the Wahoo Newspaper
reports.
Nebraska City Civilian De
fense officials have found re
sponse poor in efforts to bolster
Only 11 of 64 Nebraska City
Fraternal, civic, business and
church organizations have re
sponded to the call for volun
teers, the News Press writes.
Possibly there's not much
rain in Albion, but . the area's
youngsters and grownups too
will be able to enjoy themselves.
A new swimming pool was ded
icated in that city this past
week, according to the Albion
News.
The 1.64 inches of rain which
fell at Ord is expected to add
one and one-half million dollars
to the worth of the small grain
crop, according to the Ord Quiz.
State architects ,the Elsinore
Leader-Press reports, have
found the city's grammar
school unsafe in the event of a
major earthquake. A bond issue
is being sought for the con
struction of another school.
However, there's one hitch. The
community's bonding limit is
$60,000. State aid will be needed,
authorities said.
According to the Custer
County Chief the Broken Bow
Hospital will be sold at auction
in the settlement of an estate.
A drive to obtain sufficient
funds to save the hospital for
the community was reported
lagging.
The Journal welcomes letters from
readers for this column on any subject.
Your name must le signed to all articles
intended for publication, however, by re
quest, it can be omitted from the letter
appearing in print. (Contents do not
necessarily express the opinions of this
newspaper.)
Dear Editor:
We wish to take this means
of thanking you for making us
the receipient of the $100 award.
Our members and the farmers
in this community should de
rive a great deal of good from
the sprayer that we will build
with this award. The sprayer
will be available starting next
fall soon after school opens.
You are to be commended
for not only giving of space in
your paper to agricultural
groups but for being unselfish
with your own financial awards.
Sincerely yours,
Roy Smith, President
Don Hansen, Advisor
WASHINGTON, June 7 The
lid is about ready to come off
another sizzling interservice
wrangle in Washington and this
being an election year rhere
on Capitol Hill ready to make
the most of it.
This time it is not solely a
case of a conspiracy against
policy. It centers around a dis
pute over the capabilities of
certain weapons and of course,
it touches on the role to be
played by various services,
also, in the air.
The Air Force is involved in
the middle, and is in the un
fortunate position of being the
youngest of services getting the
most money and stirring up the
most envy among top brass in
the other two, older services.
The Army, under General
Maxwell Taylor, is taking on
new theoretical function. The
Navy, having won its carrier
battle some years back, is
fighting for a major role in
strategic warfare. The Navy is
winning this battle.
The Army is - having tougher
going, rne Air Force, tor one
thing, thinks the Army's much
touted NIKE ground-to-air de
fense missle is a flop. High
bombers traveling fast can often
elude the NIKE, the Air Force
believes, after a thorough study.
Moreover, planes can approach
a target and let loose guided
bombs fifty miles away from
a city to be hit, and get away
before reaching the NIKE's
range says the Air Force.
The Army says it isn't so.
The NIKE is the answer to
enemy air attacks, says the
Army, especially the new NIKE
B. Congressmen on Capitol Hill
are now demanding a test be
tween the Air Force's two inter
ceptor missiles and the NIKE.
So far no thorough comparison
in the form of an actual test,
has been constructed.
The Air Force has two guided
missiles, on the order of a
Navy missile, which can be
controlled vin flight. The Air
Force once rejected the NIK
and says its designer .is himself
suggesting the Army make a
change in its missile defense
program.
Naturally, this stirs a hornet's
nest among those who have
billed the NIKE as a great de
fense weapon, and it certainly
has been relied upon by Mem
bers of Congress to the tune of
hundreds of millions of dollars.
If the Air Force is right, the
Army is behind the times.'
But the case isn't settled yet.
President Eisenhower is an old
Army man, And although most
top Air Force officers are too,
the Chief Executive wants the
Army to have a fair hearing.
And he doesn't want to have
a big row over defense weapons
in and election year or any
other time, for that matter.
Also entering into the happy
picture at this time is a dif
ference of opinion as to the
Navy's capabilities to maintain
a strategic bombing offensive
with its huge carriers. How
much the Navy can contribute
in such a sustained offensive is
a matter now being thrashed
out between service brass and
Congressmen, but there is a
difference of opinion on this
among Air Force and Navy of
ficers. In the end, President Eisen
hower will have to set policy
on the issues now so alive.
Strategic bombing is an Air
Force mission but the Navy will
probably be encouraged to help
all it can. And the Army will
get its chance to prove the
value of the NIKE. If the NIKE
is not adequate under modern
conditions, someone may be on
the hot seat.
Senator Walter George holds
the key to the Administration's
hopes for a big foreign aid pro
gram this year. The retiring
Georgia dean of the Senate has
said in recent years he was
voting for a large foreign aid
bill for the last time. Now that
he has accepted President
Eisenhower's call to become his
special ambassador for the
NATO organization, Senator
George might be more inclined
to; support a liberal foreign aid
figure.
Pressure from back home on
George against big foreign
aid appropriations had in
creased in recent years, as the
people. in most sections seem to
be tiring of these huge programs
while the U. S. taxes remain
high. In Georgia Senator
George's probable successor,
Herman Talmadgei was ready
to tear into George on this issue.
The House has whacked more
than a billion dollars off the
Eisenhower foreign aid pro
gram. Senator George and the
Senate are the President's hope
to have some of this amount
restored.
4-H Cooking Cuties
Begin Trees Study
By Irene Chriswisser
4-H Reporter
The Cooking Cuties met at the
home of ' Barbara Chandler on
June 1.
The husiness meeting was held.
We received books on.yard
beautification and cooking. We
learned to measure dry and
liquid ingredients.
We started learning to identi
fy kinds of trees and shrubs. We
have a new member, Ann Nutz
man. Refreshments were served
and the meeting adjourned.
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YET KHAN'S ADMINISTRATION od.ee
WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Sign of Zodiac
Ilere's the Answer
Jerry Shanahan, nine year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Don-
The Wymore Arbor-State re
ports a Barneston farmer kil
led a 59-inch rattle snake which
had 12 rattles and a button.
At this time last year he killed
a 48-inch rattler. The farmer
Oscar West cautioned fisher
men at Blue River to be
cautious because of the num
erous and large rattlers in the
area. He said the rattlers were
of the southern species brought
to the area in a car load of
tires years ago.
Stanton is attempting to get
underway a summer recreation
program similar to that being
planned in Plattsmouth. Do
nations are being sought : to
aid Shanahan of . Mead, died; carry out the project. Excess
Saturday afternoon after his i funds if there are any will be
arm was slashed when the I used to start a skating rink.
Dear Editor:
In the Journal of May 17th
I see by the article of the class
of 56, that it had 79, the largest
in the history of the- school.
That is incorrect. I recall in 1921
the class consisted of 101 and
as I recall one did not make the
grade so only 1CD graduated.
Some of the class members were
Carl Schneider, Mason. Wescott,
John Sattler, Clare May Morgan,
Verla Becker, Clair Hudson,
C. E. Piatt was the Superinten
dent. Just to keep the records
straight best wishes to the class
of 56.
Sincerely, .
O. C. Hudson, Sr.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The claim
that the Class of 1956 was the j
largest was made by class- j
members and supported by j
school officials. However, since j
publication of the story credit-:
ing the Class of '56 with out-;
doing all others, several mem-l
bers of other classes have in
formed us their's was bigger.'
HORIZONTAL
1 Depicted sign
of zodiac
7 It is a
sign
13 Waken
14 Interstice
15 Correlative of
neither
16 Artless
18 Speak
19 Social insect
20 Did wrong
4 Cubic (ab.)
5 Domestic
slave
6 Burn
7 Woman sailor
3 Angered
9 Northeast
(ab.)
10 Throw ,
11 Passed
12 Turkish
subjects
17 Not (prefix)
ljS(ji
21 Health resort 25 Unoccupied
22 Mile (ab.)
23 Sheet (ab.)
24 Caustic
27 Mimics
29 Two (prefix)
30 Conducted
31 Malt drink
32 Parent
33 Escaped
34 Strike with
open hand
37 Of (suffix)
38 "Old
Dominion
" State" (ab.)
29 Witnessed
41 Accumulate
46 Through
47 Hasten
48 Man servant
49 Worthless
scrajJ
50 Reviser
E2 Deny
54 Small finches
55 Gazed fixedly
VERTICAL
1 American
canal
2 Satiric
3 Kind
26 Expired
27 Charity
28 Ring
31 Spanish jailer 43 Boy's
33 It means the
35 Opposed
26 Severed
40 Dam
41 English river
42 War god
nickname
44 Indian
weights
45 Printing term
46 Flow
51 Palmlike
plant
53 Note of scale
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