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l b 7 0?4LS Furse's Fresh Flashes More Holidays Needed This country needs more holidays so that workers will have more opportuntios for needed relaxation from the daily tfrind, W. II. l'lourd wrote in Fullerton Nance Co. Journal. He continued: "We're all for it. In this business there is little enough news that is sufficiently exciting to make an interesting front pagy week aftor week. We see big: news possi bilities in the expansion of our national holiday program. Jt would furnish us with exciting items like this: CeorKi' Ditchwater is in a serious condition at. Memorial Hospital. His car collided with a hamburger stand on High way 77 while he was on his way to cele brate Croundhotf Day with relatives in l'rat Falls. Fred I!iig'lottom and family are all laid up with whooping; coujrh which was contracted while visiting in Kansas on A pril Fool's Hay. Stores and public offices will be clos ed from Friday until Monday next because of the Hallowe'en holiday which falls on Friday this year. The Henry Flywheel farm was the scene of a disastrous fire Tuesday after noon. When they discovered the blaze, members of the family phoned to several neighbors for help but there was nobody home. The lire occurred during the height of the Valentine Day celebration." Love In Bloom Jealousy is a wasted emotion, in our opinion, and one which never produces a good result. It merely reflects a lack of in telligence. Sometimes, however, jealousy brings about a humorous situation. Not long ago Vincenzo Nappo, of Naples, Italy, was arrested on a charge of trying to stab his girl-friend. The reason for his attack was attributed to a fit of jealousy. Filomena Cappelli, his girl-friend, ad mitted to police she had flirted with other men. So far, the story is merely a routine police-blotter case. Hut Nappo is 101 years old, evidently his love life is still going strong. However, he can be charged with robbing the grave and bo defended on the same count. His girl-friend, Filomena, is Go. And while she is about forty years younger than her boy-friend, she at least couldn't be accused of not knowing better. Beyond The Call Of Duty Dr. Cecil Clark, of Cameron, La., re cently set an example in the finest tradi tion of the medical profession during and after Hurricane Audrey. Cameron is, or was, a small Louisiana town which lay in the path of the recent hurricane. Dr. Clark, his wife and three of their five children, were in their house when the hurricane approached. As wind and waves got more severe and the storm reached its climax. Dr. Clark left his home on a call. Only shortly thereafter, a twenty-foot tid al wave struck his house, which was the show place of the town, and smashed it to the ground and engulfed the entire area in water. Clark's three daughters, one a baby who was held tightly in her mother's arms were lost in the ensuing tragedy. Mrs. ('lark floated for twenty minutes, although she lost grip on the baby in the turmoil. She was finally rescued. The only reason Clark's two sons were saved was that they THOUGHT FOR TODAY .Y( .'(7('.v (i Jrianl till ;, slhtll pit:- a friend. lu-iiitm,iit and ilctilwr The Plallsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper I Tlil IMil.I) IN I sl PuMislirtl Siini Weekly, M'tmlj3 ami Thursdays, at 410 M.nn Mroc'l, I'lattsiii'imh, Ciss County, Ni'It. Entered at the I'iM OMite at I'l.ittsinouth, Nebraska as H'ainil class n.ail matter in accordance Willi the Act of Congress of March N, ISVf. Contents of The Plattsmouth Journal are the sole property of this newspaper and use of, or reproduction, in whole or in part, is expressly forbidden to any person, persons, or publications other than legal newspapers (as defined by Nebraska statutes) without written consent of the publisher. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques lor "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Ak-Sar-Ben First Place Plaque 1955 for OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO AGRICULTURE National Second Place Winner 1955 Presented Nebraska Press Association ''GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 tin Cities over 1! .( Population) RONALD R. FURSE Editor and Publisher EARL S. DAPP News Editor I. 1ARGARET DtNGMAN Woman's Editor II. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager DON WARGA Shop Foreman W W 3 V ll 241 PHONE SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year in Cass and adjoining counties. $5.00 per year elsewhere, In advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier In Plattsmouth, ".j cents lor two weeks. a re con girls anv- In these days it seems the times not out of joint, thev'ro out of joints. Flipper Fa tin v, our dainty little tour twister, asks us to inform the that a confirmed bachelor never Mrs thing. " They say brown eyers are an indica tion of a weak will. Rlack eyes must in dicate a weak defense. A local doctor operated upon a tatoo ed sailor here recently. He had to sink three ships to get at his appendix. A free press sometimes has more to fear than government control. A young man about town is a great social favorite. Jle can eat anything that comes out if a chafing dish and act as though he enjoyed it. A local woman tells us she has taken over two gallons of corn syrup and her feet hurt her just as badly as they ever did. w ere visiting relatives at the time the storm struck. In the terrible hours which followed the warning of (lie hurricane, Dr. Clark worked around the clock on victims br ought to him. At one point, he was inform ed of the loss of his three daughters, but he had no time to stop his humanitarian task. For over twenty-lour hours he stay ed with his job, attempting to save lives until other doctors arrived. Then, at last, he departed. Mrs. Clark was under another doctor's care, and the weary doctor could only be thankful that she and his two sons were still alive. This incident brings to mind very vividly the terror that is a severe hurricane, and the sense of obligation which so often influen ces the lives of members of the medical profession. Down Memory Lane r YEARS ACO v' I'lattsmouth city council had a long session that covered a discussion of the "Cireenriver" ordinance that it is proposed to adopt. Councilman Rebal presented a communication from the Ad Club, asking that the city take steps to prevent the peddling and bill distribution over the city. There were a number of representatives of direct selling companies present and May or Lushinsky asked them to present their side of the story. The license committee reported a measure to regulate the open ing and closing hours of taverns. The measure provided for the opening of tav erns at b' a.m. on all days except Sunday, Memorial day and Christmas, when sales would not be allowed until l'J. noon. That all bars close at 12 (midnight) except on Wednesday and Saturday. Councilman Vincent moved the adoption and seconded by Councilman Drittain. The roll call showed the vote: Ave, Comstock, Schutz, Vincent, Urittain. No: Webb, Hall, Tip pens, Kebal. Not voting Puis, Vroman. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Fvers and child ren departed for Long Fine, Nebraska, where they will be guests at the lodge of Lewis L. Smith, grand secretary of the Masons The greatv search of the Tacit ic ocean for Amelia Kuril art and her naviga tor, Fred J. Noonan, seems to at the van ishing point Dr. and Mrs. '. T. Heine man have departed for Philadelphia and the Horn's Kiver, New Jersey where they will visit Mrs. Heineman's sister. NEWS, YUCCA FLAT S AToMlC BUST DELfcYEO 0U TO BAD , STATIOS4 "... but to avoid disappointment w now bring you a simulated atomic blast." SARNOFF; SO FAR RUS SIA IS WINNING THE COLD WAR. NEW YORK. When I entered his office, Gen. David Sarnoff, chairman of the Radio Corpora tion of America, was talking on the phone to another famous New Yorker, Bernard Baruch, aged 86. "You've got to look ahead, Bernie," lie eluded. "You're just a youngster. Don't worry about the development of atomic ener gy. Before it can operate indus try we'll have solar energy. "Why should man dig down into the bowels of the earth for oil, coal, and uranium when he has sunlight right on top of the earth the energy that not only gives heat but makes plants grow? "Look ahead, young man," Sarnoff Joshed his venerable friend. "Solar energy is the thing to invest your money in." Both Baruch and Sarnoff, of course, have made fortunes and reputations by looking ahead. Baruch has probably, looked fur ther ahead into the economics of America than any other man of his time, while Sarnoff has look ed further ahead into the elect ronics of America. To hear Sarnoff talk, how ever, you wouldn't think he had clone very much. "The two foundation stones of the universe," he told me, "are the atom and the electron. They are like cement and build ing stone to our modern life. And the amazing thing is that though they have been in the universe for the six billion years that there's been a universe, we have only put them to use in a bout the last ten years. "Why?" he asked. Obviously I didn't answer. is exorbitant measured against the cost of a bombing war that we want to prevent. "Second, I would set up a strategy board for political de fense equivalent to the joint chiefs of staff. "Third, though we now have a voice of America which is doing a pretty good job, we should change the name to 'Vo ice of America For Freedom and Peace.' "We should remember that words that are not backed up by deeds lose their impact. We should preach faith in the di vine, how to observe religious occasions. There is a great hung er for spiritual comfort behind the iron curtain. And we've been neglecting It. Take, for instance, Finland. Soviet broadcasts beamed to Finland total 43 hours weekly, with a new TV station built in Estonia to catch a million view ers in near-by Finland. The voice of America, when I studied the situation sometime ago, was compelled to shut down its daily half-hour broadcast to Finland to save $50,000. Since then I understand congress hasn't become much more gen erous. "Yet imagine what we would have to spend if we got into a hot war! Imagine the lives we would lose! I repeat: No invest ment to win the cold war is ex orbitant when measured against the cost of a bombing war. . "Moscow has brought one third of the human race under its control by means short of a hot war by shrewd diplomacy, deception, propaganda, fifth column subversion. These psy chological methods the cold war have paid off. at smaller I risk and infinitely lower cost j than a hot war. "I happen to believe," he con-' aui now ule ovcans seems to tinned, "That we have a divine i be coming our way. We must being who looks over us. Why did ' take '"'vantage of them. But we he withhold this discovery from "-annoi ao it wun our leit hand. us until now it wasn t because cus, I'm going to move to elect a secreatry who won't be a lobby isfonly for Lyndon." THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR MONDAY, JULY 15, 1);7 WorhP's Greatest Age 30 YEARS AGO George Bird omploved on road grading gang near Flmwood, had a close call from serious injury while driving and leading seven or eight mules from Omaha to the grading camp, he was victim of a very serious accident near the Luke Wiles farm just west of this city. The mules be came unruly and in milling around knock ed Mr. Hird down and started to kick the unfortunate man. One kick broke the jaw of Mr. Bird. It was with difficulty that he was extricated by 'a companion and Mr. Wiles. Sheriff Pert Keed and Chief of Police Johnson, hurried the man onto Omaha for hospitalization John Rhodes of Lincoln was sent here to take over the position of foreman of the local coach shop ofvthe Burlington, Robert P. Hayes has been named as assistant foreman of the shop to take the place of Tony Miller A number of members of the W il lard sorority of Wosleyan university were here to spend a few hours with Plattsmouth members. Helen Vallery, Klla Margaret Wiles, and Marguerite Wiles, Merna Wolf and Helen Wescott. he favored and trusted Drew Pearson and David Sarnoff and our generation more than the others. No, in my opinion our civilization has reached a climax when we have more oppor tunity for the future, more char.ee to prevent war than any other period in history pavt ly because weapons created by the atom and the electron are so terrible. "We live in the greatest age in the world!" cotinucd the .nan who has helped develop some of the great secrets of this age. "We have an opportunity hith erto unknown to man. "If Russia and the United States can make peace, then there will be peace in the world. If the United States and Russia can't get along together, then there will be war. That's why I consider the developments in Russia today so Important." Remember. We can freeze to death as well as burn to death." Under the Dome First act of North Dakota's indesctructible "Wild Bill" Lan ger after leaving the hospital fol lowing an almost fatal Illness, was to expand his mailing list and start sending out re-election campaign literature. Congressman Simpson of Pen nsylvania is jubilantly predict ing the civil rights issue will win the house for the Republi cans next year thanks to ne gro votes. The jury-trial amend ment to the civil right bill, he Children Use Eyedropper To Raise Kitten Mrs. Neva Head Plume ;m A small 2 1 b pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Slmpleman only to die later in the dav. The mother was taken to the Offutt Air Base Hospital, but since the one and only in-1 cubator was in use the baby was rushed to the University Hospital. Mrs. Simpleman was formerly Helen Vest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Vest. The Simpleman's have two other children. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boedeck er are vacationing in Missouri for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lan caster, Janice and Nancy, en tertained the following for Sun day dinner. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hoover; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mon singer and son, Keven; Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Noell; Mrs. Neva Read, Eilcne and Ruth; and Roger Hild. "Butch" Furse call ed in the afternoon. Mrs. Margaret Brendel had the misfortune to severly cut her finger one day last week, but it seems to be doing o. k. at present. Mrs. William Smith had the misfortune to sprain her ankle last week, this proved to be quite unhandy since Mr. Smith is still on one crutch since his tussle with a blood clot in the leg. A bake sale was held at city hall Saturday morning by the Sunny Side Club for the benefit of the city hall. The hall needs a new roof and some new de corating. A total of $12.60 was received. Mr. and Mrs. John Farris and Ruth were overnight guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Farris and Dot tie Tuesday. Eill Seyboldt has been re modeling his home by removing the big porch and replacing it with two small stoops. The Gruber children have un dertaken the task of raising a small kitten by eye dropper after the mother refused to care for her one and onlv offspring. Richard, Stephen and Reeky Tilson have been visiting for a few weeks at the home of their ! grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gar-j land Tilson. Dude Hiatt and family were J visiting friends in Murray Sat-! urday. The Hiatt family now live in Omaha. i Elevator men hardly have INTELflGRAM Check the correct word: lThe state with the largest number of regis tered motor vehicles is (New York) (Illinois) (California). 2 (Texas) (California) has the most highway mileage. .1 Sana is le capital of (Yemen) (Pakistan). 5 The great influenza epidemic after World War I claimed (50,000) (500,000) lives in the United States. 5.U the arrival of summer, the sun is posi tioned directly over the Tropic of (Cancer) (Capricorn). G Democratic margin in the House is closer to (25) (35) seats. 7 Ambassador to the Soviet Union is (Charles E. Bohlen) (Llewellyn Thompson). 8 Turkey (is) (is not) a member oi me jxikii dad Pact. 9The first to break the four-minute mile was nioeer Bannister) (John Landy). 10 Prince Edward Island (is) (is not) a prov ince of Canada. Count 10 for each correct choice. A score of 0-20 Is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, good; 90-100, excellent. fr"".:TT!'mt'7m Fi"T 1 ihiiimiih Mil ii Decoded Intelligram EI 0t "Xpuui 6 'SI 8 -uosdutoiix L ' D Q 'OOO'OOS f -uouwa S "scxJi Z 'eiu-iojipso t 10 A im oirk itTrrr h I1KI3 C CLSOn, Smptrintnint TII'l BIITOtlClfc l$IBTV. Wayne County Wayne County was first settled in ltitk). People had been in Dix on County to the east for a doz en years, and Cuming County to the south had had settlers along ; the Elkhorn for four or live j years, but Wayne County was relatively inaccessible and not on any main line of communi-1 cation. As a result settlement I lagged. Actually the first furrow 1 I in the county was by joint ac tion of Cuming and Dixon Coun to guide travelers between West Point and I'onea. The county was organized in September 170 with LaPorte as the first county seat. After a period of railroad promotion, the railroad was built through the county missing LaPorte. The newer town of Wayne, about six time to eat or sleep since the farmers have started harvesting! George Frolich, and Edith Braun wheat. The railroad cannot keep ' were Sunday dinner guests of enough cars to take care of the : Mr. an Mrs. Clarence Bucknell grain. j at Elmwood. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Brubacker) Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brunkow of were visiting Saturday afternoon j Lincoln and Albert Brunkow of at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j California were callers on Mrs. Homer Schrader. Coast Family Leaves After Visit To Alvo Mabelle Winn Phone '120 Sunday dinner guests of the Don Hollenbeck family were Mr. says, is the most important pol- 1 anci Mrs. Emmons Meisinger ana tommy oi Nebraska cny. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Buck nell who have been visiting his mother, Mrs. Augusta Bucknell, and other relatives left for their ! itical issue before congress this : entire session. Bobby Baker, ' secretary of Democratic sena I tors, sometimes is called "The i Junior Lyndon" because he does so much work for Lyndon John son, majority leader. When Sen ator Gore of Tennessee caught i the Junior Lyndon working ctlie Washington F&rry-Go -Round (Copyright, 1957, Bv The Bell Sjndicate, Inc.) DKEW PEARSON SAYS: RADIO-TV EXPERT I'RJiES THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE KRE.MMX I'FKOE; WE CAN'T I'lOIlT COED WAR Willi OCR LEFT HAND, SAYS GEN. DAVID I had dropped in to talk to Gen. Sarnoff about a subject I have been harping on so much that I suspect people get bored getting behind the iron cur tain to win over the Russian people. I figured that he, as one of t lie nation's pioneers in radio and television, might have important ideas on how we could take advantage of the current upheaval in the Kremlin. lie considered the Kremlin purge and especially the emer gence of Marshal hukov a great break for the west, but added: "We've been losing the cold war. I once told Eisenhower that, according to our present policy, either we freeze to death in the cold war or we burn to death in a hot war. But artually we don't have to do either. We can win the cold war. The only trouble is that democracies do not understand the art of wag ing a propaganda war. If a hot war conies they don't shrink lrom casualties, but they don't realize the importance of head ing off that war with non-military means." Winkling The (old War ' How should we win the cold war'.'" I asked. ; "No. 1." Sarnoff replied, ",we should spend one-tenth of our military budget on the propa ganda weapons of the cold war. Instead, we spend onlv a frae- tii'H. We don't realize that no lnvcstincnt lo win the cold war i against one of Gore's amend ments to the housing bill, he Lacked Bobby into a coiner of the senate floor and warned: "At the next Democratic cau- home on Lone Beach, Calif., on Tuesday. Mrs. August a Bucknell. George Fro'ich and Edith Braun were Saturday dinner guests of Mrs. Grace Linch at Lineolr Mrs. Lottie Kneeht of South Bend called on Mrs. Edith Braun Friday afternoon. Mrs. Augusta Bucknell. Edith Braun Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Doris Maves of Minne apolis, Minn., is visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Dlyver and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson are parents of a baby boy born on his daddy's birthday July 5. The Johnsons have two other boys Mrs. Edith Braun and Mrs. Ella Kitzel were Sunday after noon callers on Ralph Winn and his mother. Evening callers were Mrs. Don Hollenbeck and Sheryl Ann. Art Skinner spent from Wed nesday until Saturday with his son. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Skinner, and family at Conway, la. Recent, visitors of Mrs. Ma belle Winn were Mrs. Walter Jacobmeier and Mrs. Oran La li ning of Eagle, cousins of Mrs. Winn. 4$ Mrs. Bertha Otlev, mother of Mrs. Maurice Robertson, suffer ed a stroke and isn't so well. Mrs. William Westfall who had surgery a few days ago is a little better. miles to the northwest, then gained favor as the location of the county scat. An election was held late in 1382 which moved the county government ofliccs to Wayne. Opposition from La Porte and legal maneuvering to keep the county records from being sent to Wayne held up the actual transfer until January 1884. In many ways Wayne and Wayne County have been cultur al centers in northeastern Ne braska. One example of this is the interest in the bands and music in the county as indicat ed in the History of Wayne County. In 1884 a Wayne band i was formed that became popular j throughout the area. It contract ' eel with the Sioux Citv Corn j Palace and played there as well j as at other places. In the 20th j century musical organizations ! have tended to be school band-: j and community groups that plaj i ed more classical than popular music, but they have remained ! a prominent aspect of the coni ! munity. I Certainly in speaking of th ' cultural development of the coun- ty mention should be made of I Nebraska's Poet Laureate John I G. Neihardt. Mr. Neihardt lived j in Wayne and went to school at the Nebraska Normal College, i Another cultural aspect of tie- city of Wayne is the educational institution there. Wayne State Teachers College was foreshad owed as early as 1871. Wilhinl Graves on e of the early settlors set up a trust of 10,000 acres, partly in Wayne County, for the purpose of establishing a college north of the Union Pacific rail road. The college was not es tablished immediately, and tla.-. land reverted to his hei"s. but in 1889 and again in 1890 the Wayne County superintendent secured James Pile of Fremont to coe. riuct a summer school course. From the success of this coure the citizens of Wayne dccid. d to establish a normal colleee. and one was incorporated in H;:M After several abortive attempt the state finally purchased the school in 1009. Since that time it has operated in connection with the other Nebraska St.ee Colleges. In 1921 the name w.e changed from Normal School 'e Teachers College and the sehen! was authorized to give four year. of college work and to grant degree. In 1949 it began grain ing a liberal arts degree, and graduate work was instituted in 1956. ILL MKE A DM'E. WITH HIM FOR TONIGHT SO I ch try those T I N'T UNDERytA.NC l) MWBE THAT PUTS MIHF" :.' PERHNPS IF VOU ty"8Sa r EJ,HL2UNK , ftT WVE HtM ON THE V fc i ACTED XvoOT flMxTZS r 13 ri , -'l .,P"-J yV. .. T- l-.'T--"! : 1 S TiTi eb i HOW CO.WE VDO'RE &Vrl JtYtJL'A 1 TALKED SP MJCHN f A PLV-' V A Fl? Wh 1 fl'v T t wv "1 Q'J-ET T2PAV, UV? LttAJUUS VESTESCAV IT GAVE Yi'TT t-V -( .rx . V. -' I jrn't- jt: v' 1 -I ;i,r,:, a : -.v :-:z : .A