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EDITORIALS November, 1958 The wind from the north Is strong and proud, And he pounds on my door In a fashion loud - - Anne Mary Lawler It is hard to believe that the next-to-last month of the year is upon us. High lights of this November will be election day on November 4th, and Thanksgiving Day, on the 27th. In addition, many historical memories are connected with the month of November. The 1st is All Saints' Day, the 5th is the dav William of Orange came to Eng land in 1(588, the Gth is the birthday of John Philip Sousa, who was born in 1856. In 1811 the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought, and the Kaiser abdicated on Nov ember Dth. 1(J18. Martin Luther was born on November 10th, 1483, and November 11th was Ar mistice Day for many years that day basing been the day on which the armis tice was signed ending World War I. Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13th, 1850, William Pitt was born November 15th, 1708, Tiberius Cea sar was born 42 11 C. on November 16th, and John James Garfield was born on Nov ember 19th, 1831. Franklin Pearce was born on Novem ber 23rd, 1804, and Mark Twain was born o n JN o y e mb vr 3 Qth, 1835. In addition, Zachary Taylor was born on the 24th in 1784, Guy Fawkes Day falls on November 5th, Warren G. Harding was born on November 2nd, 1865 just a few days before the Confederate surrender at Appamatox. James Knox Polk was born on November 2nd, also, in 1795. Another feature of November, which most readers will be interested in, is the Army-Navy football game, which this year will be played November 29th. Perhaps the most eagerly-awaited football game in the country, it is always a spirited game bet ween the flower of the nation's youth in the Army and Navy. Before long, the Air Force Academy will also be getting into the act. And if vou want to go back even far ther, on November 21st, 1302, the ship's compass was invented. ,,,..,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,.,,,v,,,, Down Memory Lane YEARS ACO V Homer Barton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson scored highest in the Ameri can Legion Young Citizenship contest held at Weeping Water. In the girls contest Dorothy Everett of Weeping Water was first and Harriett Case of Plattsmouth se cond Cas.s county scored heavy honors at the Ak-Sar-Ben stock show, Clyde Alt house of Eagle showed the grand champion barrow of the entire show, a Hampshire, The Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN J 881 Published Semi Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, t 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Entered at the Post Office' at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second elass miil matter in accordance with the Aci of Congress of March 8, 1879. HOWARD LINDQUIST .... Editor and Publisher EUGENE SCARLETT Publisher MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor H- M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager DON WARGA Shop Foreman 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. 25 cents for THE DRIVER'S SEAT By popuiar demand, there'll be a wearin' of the green on the proposed 41,000 mile inter state highway network. A clear majority of motorists who were chosen to drive a test route that took them over a stretch of dead-end expressway near Greenbelt, Md., selected green as the best background for di rectional signs the signs that direct you to their destination that will be used on the new highways. Blue and black, the other colors considered for use, didn't come close in the final tabulation. The test was set up by Bert ram D. Tallamy, Federal High way Administrator, to determine which color is best for highway signs showing motorists to drive the expressway and give their opinions of the test signs. They were asked: What sign was easiest to sec? What lettering was most read able? How did they react to reflect ivity on signs? Motorists drove the road dur ing all weather conditions and at all hours of the day and night. They voted that green, reflective signs were the most likely to succeed with them. Heflectivc siuns won out over nun-reflective signs with an ov est Ifis. Plattsmouth Journal erwhelming majority. Eighty per cent of the drivers traveling the stretch were more stimulated by the colorful brilliancy of re flective signs that could be seen at night as well as during dav light. Fifty-eight per cent of the test volunteers preferred green for directional signs because it was an easily identifiable color. Ca pital and lower case letter com binations were thought to be the easiest to read. Because of the results on this test route, the United States Bu reau of Public Roads and the American Association of State Highway Officials, co-sponsors of the experiment, now advo cate a uniform system of white capital and lower case letters on green backgrounds as the standard for all new interstate highways Eighteen states al ready have ratified the plan and the remainder of the states are expected to follow suit soon. Green now joins the ranks of three other official highway sign colors red for stop, yellow for caution and white for regulat ion designed to simplify tra veling procedures for motorists. The results of this popularity contest when put into practice on the new super highways and copied for use on non-turnpike roads will make highway life a lot simpler and will keep cool, ed a lot of tempers even of the Irish variety. If you lend a friend $5 and you never see him again, it was worth it. Corrycr, Pcnsa-cola. Lyman Rehmeier of Weeping Water show ed the resent champion Chester White barrow. In showing of 4-H baby beef and swine, James Schafer won first place and $25 on his baby beef. Clyde Althouse won 1st and $25 on his baby beef. In the show manship Murl Kunz, Elmwood, placed se cond on Angus and Clyde Althouse sixth on Hereford showmanship, Robert Schnei der was winner of a blue ribbon on heavy weight Hampshire Mrs. Rudolph Iver son retired as a member of the staff of the Plattsmouth State bank after fifteen years of service Miss Martha Solomon and Donald Williams of this city were married at Auburn. The bride, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,Toe Solomon Robert Hirz with Roy Turner and little son arrived for a ten day visit before returning to Isurbank. Calif. Robert has been engaged with the Hank of Italy at Burbank Miss Gerda Peterson retired from the service at the Plattsmouth postoffice where she had ser ved since 1914 Police had reports of de predations Hallowe'en over the city, large ly smearing windows, ringing door bells and a few cases of overturning of the fast vanishing outside toilets, two were of the WPA type and required more than kids to do the dumping. Q YEARS ACO Observance of the twenty-fifth an niversary of the Nebraska Masonic Home was held at the Home with a very fine pro gram. James M. Robertson, president of the Home association presided. The visitors were welcomed by Judge James T. Begley and response was by Frank H. Woodlawn of Omaha. The address of Frank E. Bul lard, past grand master was read by Searl S. Davis, Mr. Bullard being detained in the east. Greetings were read from Francis E. White, whose home was the first unit of the Masonic Home. The address of the day was given by Judge H. H. Wilson of Lincoln Miss Elsa Thierolf departed for the west where she will make her head quarters at Los Angeles in her work as a trained nurse Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fulton of Mynard are parents of an eight pound daughter Clarence Cotner has purchas ed a new eighteen seat but to be used in his line from Plattsmouth to Omaha The students of the high school enjoyed a real "mixer," the event being in the nature of a masquerade, and a large number attend ed. It was held in the gym of the school. In the award of prizes for the best costumes Elizabeth Hatt and George Winscott re ceived the honors This locality was visit ed by the first storm of the winter, snow and rain made travel in the country very difficult. Train service from the west was delayed. Few farmers were in the city Miss Mary Holy and Miss Frances Krejci entertained at their homes in the west part of the city at a Hallowe'en party. Those attending were: Lillian Koubek, Rose Jan da, Dorothy Svoboda, Frances Sedlacek, Rose Janda, Josephine Rys, Mary Krejci, Mary Holy, Frances Krejci, Messers Frank Koubek, Ernest Janda, John Svoboda, George Sedlacek, Frank Sedlacek, Ray Janda, Jack Uhlik, Louis Swoboda, James Holy, Joe Krejci. PHONE 241 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 flefined by Nebraska statutes) without wrlt.en consent c 'he publisher. Malathion OKd For Use in Stored Grain LINCOLN Malathion has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in stored grain to protect it against insects. The insecticide may be used on or in stored barley, corn, oats, rye, grain sorghum, and wheat, states Robert E. Roselle, Extension entomologist at the University of Nebraska. The entomologist points out that only premium grade mala thion should be used. One pint of 50 per cent premium grade malathion mixed with two to five gallons of water will treat 1,000 bushels of grain. Malathion as well as other grain protectants are recom mended for application at the time of harvest to prevent stored grain infestations rathfi than to control the pests after they are established. No research information is available on how long malat hion will protect grain against insects under Nebraska condi tions, Roselle said. Those who use the material should make frequent checks for insects in all stored grain. If insect infestations occur, fumigation is recommended. In formation on fumigation and other suggestions for maintain ing the Quality of stored grains can be obtained from county a gent offices. "Well today I learned thafyour arithmetic is lousey, Don't Get Caught Late, Plan Your Christmas Noting the Christmas season is just around the corner, Post master Genral Arthur E. Sum merfield todav urged the public to begin planning Christmas mailings now. He coupled this plea with a warning that the Post Office De partment is unable each year to deliver or return about half a million parcels including many lost at Christmas time because of poor packaging or address ing. He suggested several steps that can be taken by mailers to protect themselves against loss: 1. Check and revise mailing lists. 2. Type or hand-print gummed mailing labels. Fill them out now and save thne later. 3. Use complete addresses. Don't abbreviate. Include deliv ery zone number. 4. Make a list of your mailing needs and start buying good qual ity mailing materials now-strong cord, heavy wrapping paper, and so forth. 5. Get at least some Christ-! ma parcels in the mails soon with a notation that they are not to be opened until Christmas. Dairy Animals Need Lots of Energy Feed LINCOLN Dairy animals need plenty of energy feed this winter in addition to feeds sup plying protein for top milk pro duction. C. W. Nib!er, Extension dairy man at the University of Ne braska, says it is not necessary to change the recommended per centage of 14 to 15 percent crude protein to match various kinds of roughage. Instead that a mount of gTain or concentrate mixture can be fed according to the following four factors: 1. Feed concentrate according to milk and butterfat produc tion. 2. Feed young cows propor tionately more concentrate than older cows for good growth. 3. Feed thin cows proportion ately more concentrate than cows in good condition. 4. Feed more concentrate mix ture with a poor-quality rough age. In addition, a one per cent trace mineralized salt and one per cent of a high phosphorus mineral should be added to the grain ration, Nibler says. If high-quality roughage is the sole roughage and is avai lable all the time, the protein level of the concentrate mixture can be reduced. r , : i . v V , I,4 -f 's I LEAD SPRAYER When planes flew lower and slower during World War II, this antiair craft weapons system of four 50-caliber machine runs, towed or mounted on a tracked ve hicle, proved to be a highly effective mobile defender of front line positions. With the ad vent of the jt age and combat in Korea, soldiers merely depressed the four barrels and found themselves with a tremendously lethal anti-prr-onnel weapon, capable of firinc 2 109 rounds a minute, for cutting a iwath throueh mass waves of attacking Communist troops. 1 4 -S3v too. Mailing Now This will minimize mailing pro blems during the Christmas rush. 6. Plan to use insurance on all parcels. (Neither insurance fees nor parcel post rates were affected by recent postal rate changes, incidentally.) Summerfield also discussed what happens when parcels be come lost, and some interesting stories that have grown up over the years concerning dead par cel post auction sales. Lost parcels are auctioned, yielding about a quarter million dollars annually, from approxi mately half a million parcels, for the U. S. Treasury. However, this isone of the less welcome sources of revenue. Postal employees know that, in additon to the expenses and de lays involved, lost parcels usual ly mean disappointment for some one at Christmas time, frequent ly children. Postal employees cannot par ticipate in the bidding. They do, however, act as auctioneers, and take pride in attempting to get as much of the true value of the article as possible. This is illustrated by the story that one auctioneer became so absorbed in his work he sold the coat to his own brand new suit for a dollar and a half. In another sale, an astute postal auctioneer noticed an un usual bar of soap and broke it open. Inside was a diamond and emerald brooch which bro ught $875 for uncle Sam. This was one of the biggest parcel post auction sales known to old timers. (Being a big one, it hap pened in Texas, of course.) Sometimes, though, auctioneers are unsuccessful in their efforts to get a good price. At a San Francisco auction, for instance, the auctioneer let a man's wallet go for a small amount of mon ey only to have the successful bidder lift two $50 bills from a secret compartment in the wal let. SQUEZZING GLASS RISKY Lincoln, Nebr. Even a water glass can be dangerous. James L. Skidmore, 15, of Beatrice, Nebr., was playing cards at the home of a friend in Lincoln. Holding a water glass in his hand, he gave it a squeeze. Doctors took sixteen stitches to close the cut in Skidmore's left wrist. RICKOV7R HONORED New York Columbia Uni versity has awarded to Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the atomic submar ine, the school's first Michael Pupin One Hundredth Anniver sary Medal for service to the nation. ? - ' 1 - v ; In The Service KEY WEST, Fla. Robert L. Walker, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Walker of Eagle, Nebr., is serving aboard the sub marine tender USS Howard W Gllmore operating out of Key West, Fla. The Gilmore returned to Key West, Oct. 7 after rendering ser vices to submarines in the Nor folk, Va., area. While in Nor folk the tender was forced to ride out the storm from hurri cane "Helene", in Chesapeake Bay. Number of Livestock Njews Monday Livestock numbers made news Monday at Omaha. Total receipts of cattle and calves were near 35,000; the salable count 32,000. It was the biggest combined cattle and calf showing at any market this year. At the same time, hogs totaled 19,000, with 14,500 on sale most since October 56. Total receipts of livestock Monday at Omaha exceeded 60.000. Stock and feeder cattle and calves on sale Monday at Oma ha totalled 20,000 far and away most yet this year. Most sales were steady some in late trade weak. Yearling feeder steers cashed at $27 to $31.50, top fi gure paid for Wyomings weigh ing 721. Yearling stock steers cleared at $28-$33.25, latter for Wyomings weighing 603. There were 2-year-old feeder steers at 24-$26.25. Replacement heifers went out at $26-$31.50, top money for a drove weighing in the 5's. Steer calves sold at $34 to $42.50, latter for Wyoming 417 pounders. A small lot of 247 pound Nebraska steer calves hit $42.75. Heifer calves brot $32 $39, high money for 366 pound Wyomings. Scattered lots of stock cows sold at $17-$19. Opening fat cattle trade this week at Omaha was unevenly steady to 25-50 cents lower, the full break on a number of steers Most light steers got by steady; heifer trade was generally steady to weak, some cover 900 pounds a quarter off. Fed heifers weighing 1,028 top ped at $26.50, others ranged from $24 to $26.25. Slaughter steers sold to $26.50, $26.60 and $26.75, latter weighing 1916, and those at 26.50 included we ights to 1,288. Other steers and yearlings sold at 24.25-$26.25, medium quality shortfeds $24 down. Cows sold steady to weak, mast canners and cutters at $15-.50-$17; beef cows on up to $19.50 sold to $23, a few $23.25. Vealer top held at $28. Hogs sold steady to mostly 25 cents lower, instances 50 cents off, butchers weighing 200-300 $17.75-$19, latter sparingly. Sows were 25 cents off. weights from 270-550,, $16-$17.50. Fat lambs sold steady to 25 cents lower, $22-22.50. Slaughter ewes held at $5-$8. Feeder lambs were weak to 50 cents off, 74 84 pound Westerns $21.50-$22. Four year old Western breeding ewes went out at $18 per head. Among recent sales at Omaha for shippers from this Cass Coun ty: Wayne Wendt, 19 hogs. wt. 211, $19.75 (top 10-21). Joe Bender, 31 hogs, wt. 217, $19.50. The "O St. Homemakers' pro ject club met at Mrs. Orris Lan nings with Mmes A. H. Siekman and Laura West conducting the lesson on "Life Insurance". Mmes Orris Lanning and Ula Westlake gave reports on their attendance at the State Exten sion Club meeting at York. Next meeting in November will be at Mrs. Laura West's home. fs " r ifo. A i THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Monday, Nov. 3. vm 1 2 Per Cent of Raise All Food, About 35 per cent of the people of the U. S. are employed in growing, transporting, process ing, wholesaling and retailing food commodities. Less than 12 per cent are farmers. The remaining 23 per cent are employed between farmer and consumer. Nonetheless, consum ers blame farmers and ranches for "high food prices." Farm and ranch prices are small part of food cost. Consumers in 1957 paid a little more than $50 billion for food commodities. Farmers and ranchers received a gross of $19.5 billion of this for production. Expenses incurred between farmer and rancher and con sumer took almost $31 billion (or 61 per cent). Consumers paid $13 billion more for food in 1957 than they did in 1947. Labor costs took $6.3 billion of the increase. Equipment, supplies, taxes other than federal income taxes, and profits of unincorporated busi nesses took $4.6 billion. Trans- ortation increases got $1.7 bil lion After federal income tax in creases amounting to $400 mil lion, corporate profits were $100 million greater in 1957 than they were in 1947. The farmer's and rancher's share of the consumer dollar de clined from 51 cents of the dol lar in 1947 to 39 cents in 1957. Farmers and ranchers did not share in the increase in consu mer expenditures. The farmer-rancher share of the consumer dollar varies from commodity to commodity, de pending upon transportation, processing and handling requir ed. In 1957, the share varied Infantrymen Test Gas Mask FORT BENNING, Ga. Vet eran NCOs of the Second Infan try Division here recently com pleted testing a new protective gas mask under simulated com bat conditions. The six-dav tests were con ducted by the Army's Human Research Unit here to determine the effects on troop combat per formance while soldiers wore the improved mask. Unlike the one now in use, the newly designed mask has two lightweight pads that replace the cannister, and a voice-mitter to amplify the wearer's voice. The NCOs were tested with and without he mask in use of the rifle, voice communication, radio communication, binocular target detection, terrain speed traps, and physical endurance runs of 220 yards. The latter was a combination of speed and trap tests. In each case, lass of performance from wear ing the mask was checked. The research project is being conducted by the Human Re sources Research Office of Geo. rge Washington University Washington, D. C. NO HURRY! Denver Fred Parker of Salt Lake City, apparently is a man who believes in the old adage of better late than never. Parker obtained a divorce in 1907. He wrote for a copy of the decree in 1940. Officials advised Parker, then residing in Oak land, Cal., he could have the copy for $l. Denver County Judge David Brofman heard from Parker recently eigh teen years later. Parker enclosed the dollar. There's just one hitch. Since 1940, the fee has increased to $1.50. I r i Planned Offices are Efficient Offices u ln a planned around & L-UiMT SPACE SAVERS AST L l'nlts offer the utmost economy of nvr jp.ue. Select jour ilcsk, ih.iirs, cabinets .uni filing i.ibincts from the wide r.mgc of ce please' ASH colors. Our utlue planning scaft is at jour disposal without cost or ohhgaiiea. Call us i- BETTER BUILT FCR BETTER BUSISESS Plattsmouth Journal mttsmourh, Nebr. p, 24 i People (Farmers) Share Profits CIUU1 llic Ul Uil CCUIS 1(11' butter to 12 cents for corn .syrup The farmer-rancher shaiv of the food dollar is not always a good indication of his wei;-be-ing. For example, a dairy fanner generally receives a higher share of the consumer dollar for but ter than he does for fluid n,jik Consumer demand is not as great for butter as it, is i,,,. fluid milk; therefore, the ri,i;rv farmer receives the higher i ms's return from fluid milk because he is able to tee more of it The costs of marketing (trans portation, processing and dis tribution) tend to be "sticky." thus a decline in farm prieer: reduces the farm e r-r a n e h e r share of the consumer dollar, but does not generally reduce consumer prices. The market ing costs tend to 'fill in" tiu. drops in farm prices, while con sumer prices remain cun.slant. STRAC Troopers Cut Time Needed To Sling Guns FORT BRAGG. N. C. -Hu;;e clouds of dust swirled around the medium-transport helicopt er as it hovered above an air strip here. Slung underneath the churning "chopper" was a stripped-down 105mm howitzer, basic weapon of the Strateuic Army Corps' 82nd Airborne Di vision's 319th Artiller. Poised beside the mammoth load with stopwatch in hand was Second Lieutenant William VY. Geertsema o Murrysville, Pa., battery fire direction officer. For the two-step operation he clock ed 4:45 minutes on the disassem bly and sling loading; unloading and assembly of the four ton howitzer consumed 5:15 minutes. "Our work out here today is mainly for experience, not ju.t clocking along," commented Ge ertsema, his face etched with sand. "Many of the smaller pro cedures must be worked out yet, and timing the enire operation helps us to cut down on un necessary movements." First pieces to be moved of the two-part load are the howit zer tails and carriage, weighing 3300 pounds. After they have been set in position, the half ton firing tube is moved, alnrm with the seven-man crew and enough tools and equipment to be operational. Space is provided inside the helicopter for transporting the men and the various howitzer parts are carried on a wire sling underneath. WE CARRY mStfr The Leading Line 1 to 30 Column ' All Standard Size and Ruling BETTER PADS Hlah Quality Canary oi Bull Bond Easy on the eyes! Excellent writing turfae Aocuiate pen ruling. Plattsmouth Journal 410 Main St. riattMiiouth 1 wAA w4AK 4tjkJtl 0h,KJ