The Cedarville Herald, Volume 65, Numbers 1-26

mm She 'Cedkuvllk Jter&hL mtmmtm American* F«r A»»i*ic^—America F©r American* SIXTY-FIFTH YEAR Mo. 25 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1942 PRIGS, HJO A YEAR W O K S ! V U H H M I RIWVVVPV9 4 M il By CLARENCE J . BROWN Mwgbef * f Congress, Seventh Ohio District . * More than 125 sons o f’member# o f Congress are serving: in field and com bat .service with the armed force# oil the United State*. B y far thegreater majority are serving aa .privete*. or WtaWteWUieeimied efffeet*, Ken*, jfo apite propaganda te the contea#*, are holding down “ soft? desk jeb* la Waafcmrio* or elsewhere, In addition many daughters o f Congressmen are engaged in full-time war work. Aa organisation o f the Congressional father# o f those hr service £a now b e Ing formed. Eleven member* o f the House and Senate are new with the .armed, forces. Many others have en ­ deavored to join, but were prevented from doing so because o f an official ruling which was issued'Soon' after war was declared, prohibiting induc­ tion o f Congressmen into service. Conscription o f women, which lhafe been so consistently urged by the w ife o f the President, Eleanor Roosevelt, fo r the past several months, is.n et to be given any serious consideration fo r Some time to comej at least. The President, at a- press conference a short time ago, talked about the ad- ' visabilify o f having a national regia- 1 tration o f women who weire w illing to volunteer fo r War work: However, . since that time it has developed that more women have already offered their services to War industries than can possibly he needed fo r many months to come. Since it has been an nounced that no registration -volun ­ tary. or otherwise—o f the. wom en,of the country is being .planned’at this time. Mrs. Roosevelt ha* ’ Issued a . statement saying that, the women themselves were opposed to such..con­ scription ,and that, the plan has been dropped, it is one o f the few o f Mrs. ROosevelt’s projects that has. failed--- at least temporarily. COimT KBITS J Pleasure ear owners inAhe seaboard states are t o be allowed but two gal­ lons o f gasoline per week fa r a Sevan track iteriod, under the gasoline r*- tioningprogram which becomes effec­ tive May tilth. Motorists employed in war work or other essential industries may be .given gasoline allotments o f twenty-two or thirty gallons fo r the seven week period, where it. is shown that there is no other mode o f .trans­ portation available fo r the use o f such Workers, Commercial Vehicles and trucks, as well,as cars used in govern­ ment Service, wilL be permitted any amount o f gasoline that may be need­ ed. A permanent gasoline rationing program in the seacosst areas w ill'be put into effect July 1st. The present gasoline and o il rationing program does not affect Ohio. There has been .great confusion created in the minds o f the people, including Congressmen, as a result o f the many varied and contradictory o f­ ficial' statements that have been made lately relative to the rubber situation. Recently Under-Secretary o f War Patterson and Price Administrator Henderson testified before Congres­ sional committees to the effect that the rubber' shortage is, or will be, so serious that every possible ounce o f rubber must be reclaimed, and that it may become necessary fo r the gov­ ernment to confiscate tires nqw ori non essential passenger cars, and other rubber now being held by industry and the general public. These govern­ ment officials claim that none o f the ■even hundred thousand tons annual production o f synthetic rubber, sched­ uled to begin late in IMS, will be available fo r civilian use,,but that all o f such rubber will be needed fo r military purposes, They also insist that no new rubber tires Will be avail­ able fo r civilian use until the war ends. However, before other commit­ tees, other officials have been giving testimony as to new methods to be used in producing synthetic rubber more cheaply add quickly than origin­ ally plannedJ while one o f the leaders in the. rubber reclaiming industry in­ sists that .sufficient rubber can he reclaim ed to care fo r moat o f the civilian transportation needs o f the eountry. As a result o f all such testi­ mony Congressional leaders are per­ plexed aa to ju st Whose statements should he accepted as correct. Under modi circumstance* it is no wonder that the gsneral public la likewise con­ fused about the rubber situation. The armed forcee o f -th*> United fttatot may soon number six million men, if present expansion plans, at* worked oat. jtfroady Anwriesn sol- diors, sailers and marines ars serving on more than tkirty-fivs different as­ signment* outside o f the aontlrtental United States. Our fighting men have already seen a grsat deal o f action in J j t jy* aymefiyi' AfiffUtV j h v o r c i s u it s Chergtog aegJeofc, cruelty, adultery, bigamy end mtsrepi'osoni stiop. Jvhvi M, fow l*, tU ftaytan Ave., filed suit in common pleas court fo r a dfeeroe from Estslia Irwin, US Buckeye fit., Deyteo, whom He married February 1 3 ,1*®5, at Dayton. Claiming in his petition that she baa five Hving husbands, the plaintiff said he was;hit by » chair thrown by his wife and that she thrasteaed to kil him. , U C tL LM IM S M — n H I C B i l l J ttty i’CDO » m K iv n l End ANNULMENT SOUGHT Annulment o f their marriage per formed August 6 , 1941, at Manches ter, O ., is asked by Alice Franks, Day- ton, R . R. 9, a 16-yearrdd minor, by her next friebd and mother, Grace Dubaugh, in a petition filed against Arthur Franks, 60 Clover St., Osborn. The marriage, according to the plain­ tiff, was without permission o f the girl's parent's. * ACCIDENT DAMAGES Fred Borden, Xenia, seeks '$341 damages in a suitagainst E. G. Buch sieb, Inc., .Columbus, as the result o f an accident ojti Route 42, east o f Xenia last December 15, involving tWo trucks owned by the two parties. The plaintiff charges the driver o f the de- leftdarit’s truck was responsible fo r the accident. CONTRACT VIOLATED Ed Bennett and Belle Bennett, in a suit against Helen T . Highfield and lhomas. G,.Highfield, have petitioned the cou rt'fo r cancellation o f a land contract between the two parties. A c­ cording to the plaintiffs; the.H igh- fields violated a contract concerning the sale o f Bath Twp. property. REQUESTS.JUDGMENT Harold J . Fawcett, as Green County treasurer, seeks foreclosure o f Xenia city property to satisfy delinquent tax payment*' amounting to 04,861.37 in an. action against John T . Barnett, Marion R , Barnett, Peoples .Building and Savings Co., John H a rb in e/S .B . Hamer, Herman* Sellars, Caroline Sel­ lar* and Gladys Sellars Townsley, DIVORCES GRANTED William Dunbar s m awarded a Di­ vorce from Alleeh Dunbar and Mari­ lyn Hamer was given a decree from Clarence,Hamer, Jr,, and restored to her maiden name. An unusual case o f enticement o f a 10 -year-old school boy from the schoo groundsW attempt at abduction cams to light Monday when the son o f farmer in tide vicinity was tempted to enter fin. auto with two strangers on the promise o f ice cream. The automobile was parked in front o f the school house fo r some time, one o f the men wearing dark glasses, When the children came out this, par ticular boy was called to the car and unwittingly accepted the invitstioh to ride down town. The car was parked in front o f the Confarr delicatessen and the boy Was given moneyt o get ice cream. He re­ turned was placed in the rear seat and according to his story as related; by Officer' Marshall, was told tp sit still and not attempt to get out or* “ they would shoot his father and mother.” The car was a Plymouth and a model which the boy was fam iliar With in operating the door- Once open he ran fo r his life around the corner on East Xenia Avenue and hid in shrubbery where he remained some time, » He returned to the corner and saw the man with the “ dark glasses” standing by the car and the boy tan iqto Bird’s Store fo r protection. Be­ fore warning could be given the men drove away and have not been seen since. Other towns were informed hut no trace has been found. By Jthis time the school authorities store looking fo r the lad and, William Fisher, custodian o f the school buses was detailed to look fo r the‘ boy. Ho was on North Main street at the tra f­ fic light when found and was in a highly nervous condition due to his experience? He related bis story to the school authorities, Other pupils confirm the story o f seeing the men call the boy to the automobile. The car had an Indiana license. It Is said the boy was unharmed in any way. The Herald learns from con­ fidential sources that certain degener­ ates have been plying their, trade around both government camps' near Fairfield and Osborn. AWARD JUDGMENT Herbert G. Patterson, as executor o f the estate o f Hannah E. Patterson, was granted 1175 judgment in his suit against Fred J .and Agnes Larkin. DISMISS GASES These cases were dismissed: Clara Peterson against the C. and L. E. Bus Co., settled; Larry Busta against Ralph Briley; compromised; and the Home Owners’ Loan Gorp., against Mary Nared and others . 1 . ESTATE APPRAISALS Probate court appraised the follow ­ ing estates: , James William Keyes: gross value, 9300; deductions, 9249,00, net value, 950.40. Clara Washington: gross value, 9540; deductions, 91,803.60; net value, nothing. MAKE APPOINTMENTS L. O, Stover, was appointed admin­ istrator o f the estate o f Laura Stover, late o f Miami Twp., under 94,000 bond and David C. Brndfute was named executor of'th e estate o f Japnie Col­ lin# Bradfute, late o f Xenia'city, with­ out bond. SALE CONFIRMED A sale In the estate o f Clara Wash­ ington was approved. APPRAISE ESTATES The estates o f Nani* Hussey and Laura Stover were ordered appraised by the county auditor. ESTATE RELIEVED The estate o f Perry Thomas Was re­ lieved from administration. MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ (Granted) , John Frank Steffen, Jr., 38 Hall Ave., Dayton, receiving cleric, and Genevieve Vesta Johnson, 40 Ohio ave, Fairfield- Rev. Fr. Meta, Dayton. Adalbert Franklin Cox, 610 8 , Cen­ tral St., Springfield, sheet metal work­ er, and Nettle Wright, Old Town. Willard Thomas Miller, 363 Miami Ave,, truck driver, and Mrs. Violet Lucille Franks, 16 Race St, . Sam Grissom, 420 Southern Ave., Springfield, m oker, and Mrs, Mar­ garet Browder Davis, 306 E. Market St, Alvin Edison Ross, 230 Dutoit St., Dayton, aircraft mechanic, and Elisa­ beth Ann Phillips, 631 W. Second St, . Merle Algernon Jenkins, 114 Cedar St., Springfield, truck driver, and Audrey WUme Cornier, 134 S, Central '"(Coi^kiu e i" Rev. Wilbur H. Lyon Guest Minister The guest minister a t th e ' First Presbyterian Chnrch next Sunday morning, May 17, will be the Rev. WUbttr H. Lyon, who has recently re­ turned from many years o f distin­ guished service as a missionary in India, Mr. Lyon is a native o f Pen- sylvania, a graduate o f Grove City college and o f the Western Theologi­ cal Seminary with a Master’s Degree from the University o f Chicago. Rev. Lyon was a high school teach- ed and served as student pastor in West Virginia and Canada before go­ ing out to India where he has done ]Svangelistic and Church work and has supervised others in that same work. He has also held executive positions in connection with the Presbyterian Missions in India and has served as Chairman o f an Inter-Denominational Body o f Church and Missions. Be­ cause o f the war it is now impossible fo r Rev, Lyon to return to India which makes it possible fo r him to accept opportunities o f service in this coun­ try. He is a Commissioner to the Mil­ waukee Meeting o f the Presbyterian General Assembly and will supply the local pulpit on his way from Prince­ ton, New Jersey, Y. & Te; Resign fy Body And Win Point Events have moved fast the past we*k in the rank* o f the Yellow Spring# schools, with member* o f the board o f education *#d division among patrons and citizens divided over the school administration, The trouble starts^ when a pupil Is said to have acted in * manner against school rule* and with deportment that caused the faculty to demand expul­ sion, The school beard having final authority on such matters was divided three and two and tt took fou r votes to expel. An effort was made to bring the teachers and the board together but the teachers stood firm and demanded an apology from the: board before re turning to the classes. By this time the issue became the main topic o f the community and citizens took aides. This week the controversy reached the State Department o f Education and was on * fa ir way o f being settled when a circular wa*; issued by Mayor Lowell Feas which caused the teachers to withdraw from, further conference, The circular criticised both the teach­ ers and Supt, Limipg us lacking ,in administration. . 5 Another conference was called in Columbus Wednesday between board members and teachers and three mem­ bers o f the board, agreed to offer an apology to the teachers and promised to ’ support them iW their complaint. Walton B, Bliss, .executive secretary o f the Ohio Education Association, is­ sued a statement to, the press ^calling the “Interference” o f Mayor Fess as 'a cheap publicity stunt” , Later May­ or Fees issued a written apology to the teachers. The board members who voted to apologize to the faculty were Ernest Morgan, Robert Brannum and Clark Meredith. Mrs. Glenda F i«k , chairman, and Mrs. C. S. Adams, did not Vote. ' Some 200" high school pupils haye been repotting daily to Supt, Liming. Each morning devotional# were held and later dismissed fo r the day. Supt, Liming assured the seniors they would graduate and that the baccalaureate exercises would be held Sunday night with commencement on the following Thursday- There seem* to be up feel­ ing beweeif the students and Sttpt. Liming or the faculty members. Lim­ in g has headed, UMuXftUftW Springs schools fo r eight year* and is a grad­ uate o f Cedarville College. The offending student that is said to be the cause o f the trouble is William Fulton, 17, son o f Mr, and Mrs. George Fulton, farmers northwest o f the village. The pupil was charged with resisting a teacher, profanity, and refusal to obey instructions, P fC XW jS GIVEN ABSENCE leave by m m Isocul To % or « op FieM Di f Friday, July 24 ■HARRY B. PICKERING The Greene County Board o f Edu- cation has granted Superintendent Harry B. Pickering a leave o f absence to enter the Army A ir Corps and he left Wednesday fo r Miami, Florida,for training. ' He was given a second lieutenant’s commission and upon completion o f his course in training will be assigned to the Middletown A ir Depot at Olm- stead, Pa. Supt. Pickering has been superin tendent o f the county schools since August. ! , 1940, when he succeeded H. Aultman, who retired at that time after twenty years o f service. Miss Florence Swan, secretary to the superintendent, will carry -on the duties o f that office. SCHOOLS OPEN Health League To Hear Antioch Pro! Dr. Clyde S. Adams, professor o f chemistry at Antioch College, will be guest speaker o f the Greene County Public Health League at a dinner meeting at Trinity Reformed Ghurch, Fairfield, Friday, May 22 , at 0 p.m. Dr. Adams w ill discuss “ War Gas­ ses,” on, which be has made an ex­ tensive'study. A special invitation is extended defense official# to attend the meeting. Reservations fo r the dinner are to >e made with the epunty health de­ partment in the Court House; Ken­ neth Little, Oedarville, o r Mrs, Jack Velay, Osborn. RAM SHEARS 22 POUNDS A it'average o f "10 pounds o f wool per head was sheared from 32 regis­ tered (bnriedal* sheep a t the East- ways Farms o f E , E , Greiner, situat­ ed three miles northeast o f Spring- field on the Grant rd. The largest clip Came from a ram which sheared 22 pounds, A five-year-old ewe shear­ ed 30 pounds. Because o f the fine quality o f the clip, it commanded a prise o f almost 69 eents a .pound, two eenta above the market’. A fter a week o f turmoil in the Y cl- >w Springs controversy the schools opened Thursday morning with the teachers winning their Side o f the con­ test which meant observance o f dis­ cipline. With the board agreeing to expul- o f the alleged miscreant lad the board agreed‘ to spread on the minutes a resolution o f a vote o f confidence in the faculty and the board having made public apology. Mayor Fess had made a public ap­ ology fo r his part in the controversy which -the State Education Depart­ ment pointed out that the official had no jurisdiction over the schools. The teachers have withdrawn the blanket resignation The &ta‘ o had the^power to with- hold'state funds and'also revoke,the high school charter. The state de­ partment also supported the teachers in their contention. Bond-Stamp Pledge Campaign Neats End Residents o f Cedarville as well as o f the Township have responded liber­ ally to the pledge for the War bond and stamp campaign. Pledges already turned in fo r this section amounted to. about 017,000, which on a twelve month basis o f payments would equal twenty-two thousand dollars in bonds. There are a few books out yet. I f there is any home that has not been solicited or where- occupants were away when the solicitor called they are requested to contact this office at once. The government wants every home to have a share in the bond and stamp campaign and, especially your name on a pledge at this time. You can contact either o f the local com­ mittee in charge o f the campaign, Dr. W, R. McChesney, or Karlh Bull. SENT TO LIMA William Oliver, 19, Xenia, charged With second degree murder, has been sent to Lima state hospital fo r ob ­ servation to determine his sanity on request o f Prosecutor Bhoup, Oliver shot and killed his step-father, Ver­ non Tobin,‘ 4 l, lari March fith. LIMING SUCCEEDS PICKERING With County Superintendent Harry B. Pickering, having been,granted a leave o f absence by the county board, a ‘ meeting was held Tuesday night when the hoard elected Prof. Sherman O. Liming o f the Yellpw Springs pub­ lic schools tor fill the vacancy fo r the duration.' Four o f the five members were pres­ ent and Liming’s name was presented >y Mrs. Radford and seconded by Member Paul Brown. The vote was unanimous. Lim ing will take up his work July 1 , , It was understood that he will fol- ow the policy o f school operation out­ lined fo r the coming year by Superin­ tendent Bickering,. .The program had been approved by the board several weeks ago. Both the board and Supt. Liming are . to have the benefit of, Supt. Pickering’s counsel as long as ho is within reach. Navy Recruiter In Cedarville Navy Recruiter, V. A* Myers, Chief Electrician’s Mate, o f the Dayton Re-, cruiting Station will be in the Cedar- Vilje Post Office on Wednesday, May 20, from 12::O0 M to 12:80 P.M. to interview men who are interested in enlisting in the U. S. Navy. Men ap­ plying must be native born or fp lly naturalized citizen*. Men enlisting be­ tween the ages o f 17 and 28 whb have mechanical aptitude will be given a recruit training course, upon the com­ pletion o f which, if qualified in ac­ cordance with the present,standards fo r Service Schools, will be sent to an aviation trade school and Upon com­ pletion o f the course will be detailed to aviation duties. This is an ideal opportunity fo r young meft physically qualified, and mechanically Inclined to obtain a course o f excellent training, similar but more comprehensive than “ ground” school and to emerge from Service training with the opportunity o f qualifyingrfor a rating when exist­ ing.requirements are met, Navy Recruiter, Myers, will travel back to Xenia, (On ly), Saturday, May 23, to furnish one-way transportation the Dayton Recruiting Station fo r ex­ amination and enlistment in the Navy. He Will arrive at Xenia at 10:30 A . M. and return to Dayton immediately. The Dayton Office will continue this procedure o f recruiting on Saturday o f each week. GETS1.89S AWARD With the defendant failing to ap­ pear, a common pleas court petit jury awarded 01,895 damages, representing injuries and damages to a ear in an auto accident, to Russell E. Kkmi* Monday, The suit was brought against James O. Campbell, whom the plain­ tiff accused o f being responsible for an accident on Route 36, west o f Xenia, last July I t , The plaintiff aak •d 99,796 in hie petition. The Cedarville Progressive Club an nemtees an alaherats aesnnwm tir pic­ nic, field day and fish fry on Friday, July 24th. An elaborate program is promised with antartataaHWt fo r el including music and pageantry. Only the preliminary arrangements have been made including Field Day committees, which were named a t meeting Monday night. Cooks — William Marshall, John Mills, Paul Cummings; Property Equipment—Amos Frame, B erber; Pickering, C. C. Brewer; Concession* ■Frank Creswell, Ralph Frtzwater, C, R. Rheubert, Fred Bird, Treasurer «r-G. H. Hartman; C , H. Crouse, secre­ tary; Ticket sales, H . H. Brown, Dr, R, V. Kennon, Howard Arthur, Pub lieity, Claifdjs Finney, H . H , Abels; Program, Charles Townsley, John .Power*. Other additions are to be made, at a later date. The refreshment committee fo r the June meeting is—Ralph Fitzwater, C.; C. Rheubert, Frank Creswell, Herbert Pickering. The next meeting w ill be held JUne 8 . ,H. H . Brown has been appointed secretary succeeding'Pierre McCoykell' who has entered the air corps, John Mills gave a timely demon­ stration o f the-handling o f incendiary bombs in case o f an air raid in this area. Mills said that if an air raid came, in all probability it would he incendiary in type, a raid that ,uses two-pound fire bomb*. Fred Bird has been named chair man o f th e ' Educational committee, succeeding E, C. Eckmah, Thirty-oneBeys and Twenty Girls Bom During April . * < ■ ’/f The Greene coUnty health depart­ ment announce* that thirty-one boys and twenty girl* were bom in "the county during the month o f April.' - Births in Xenia city w ere as fo l­ lows: -Phyllis Marlene Adams, 715 E. Church S t ; Judith Catherine Britting- ham, 1143 E. Main St,; Riehard Eu­ gene Baker, 023 W- Sebond B t; Mi- •chaal Edwin 24 ,Center B t ; Douglas Allen Derrick ,1 17 N . Gallo­ way S t ; Theodore Augustus Day, 43 Orchard,Bt.; Scottis Lee Everhart^034 W. Main S t ; Jack Leslie Earley, 211 N. West S t.; RpbCrt Lewis'Fuller, 428 S. Detroit S t ; Cherry Elisabeth Green 119 E. Main St.; Elwood Mark Hunt, 728' S. Detroit S t ; Marjorie Maxine Holcomb, 223,W. Church S t ; Charles Michael Huff, 11 N . Whitemar. S t ; Frances Elizabeth Hall, fill E. Main St.; Rosemary Elaine Medley, 616 E. Third St.; Virginia Lee' Muterspaw, 23 California S t ; Patricia Ann Miller, 19 Charles S t ; Charles Richard Por- dom, 623 N. West St,; Robert Leonard Palmer, 338 E. Market S t ; John Os­ car- Purdue, Douglak S t ; Lewis Jo­ seph Poldino, 27 Edwards Court Aire.; Janice Mae Ratliff, 607 E . Church St.; Wayne Leroy Swearingen, 8 Thorn­ hill Ave.y Elwood Lea Tobias, Ken­ neth Charles Terrell; 27 Bellbroqk Ave.; Marcelene Watson, 906 E , Mar­ ket St.; Linda Lou Webster, Cincin­ nati A ve.; and BoOlrtr T. Washington, 1132 E . Main St. > Births reported in the county were: Doris Jean Arment and Harold Fred­ erick Nixon, Yellow Springs; Terry Lee W illis, Yellow Springs, R . I t 1; Sherman Dale Brown, 0#bom ; Bren­ da Sue Baker, Patricia Jean F0ech*r, Wiliam Joseph Harris, Barbara Jo Herald and Janey Ray LoVejoy, all Of Osborn R. R. 1 ; Virginia Ann Har- phant, Richard John McClellan, A l­ bert Lewi* Reed and David Douglas Stewsirt, Cedaxvitye; Gerald Robert Speakman Jamestown; Ruthann Kline Jamestown, R . R, 2 ; Larry Arthur Sagers, Jamestown, R. R . 4; Jerry Wayne Mendenhall, BoW em ille; Mi­ chael Wayne Johnson, Xenia, R. R . 1; Joan Elizabeth Brtttingham, Brice Ed­ win Miller and Ronald Leo Shirtkle, all o f Xenia, R. R . 6 ; Judith Kay Dunlap, Sabina, R. R> 1, and Rogert Frederick Cultlce, Springfield, R . R . 5. County To Buy Rescue Truck A mobile emergency truck, which will be provided with first aid and res­ cue equipment, will he purchased fo r emergency use in Green# county, the county commiaskners asmouasid Monday. _ e A similar truck was brought from Troy and was exhibited in front o f the Xenia city half. Tim track, used to t emeripney serv­ ice in Miami county, is equipped wRh an oxygen tank, riretchera and other firat aid ***«» fit* tmm ih I u V JNQ m MMI WtXw Vw m MI truck and eua geea wtth it m scary c a ll,' m f m a i • M M K f i WfBfnl “ m M B jn r WBP rMivi i Dill WASHINGTON—Far from being Willing to accept 199 per seat o f par­ ity prices fo r their prodarta, m recom­ mended b y PmeldeJit Roeaevett, the nation’* farmer# do not think tke present basic J19 per cent price cell­ ing is high enough, toptossatativea o f the American Bureau Federation, the National Grange, the National Fasrm- ers Union and the United States Live- Stock Association declared, They ap­ peared. at a special coirfemmee’ tolled by the Senate Agricultural Commit­ tee. Agricultural Commission* from ton Eastern, Southern and'M iddle W est-, em States also presented this view, and Senator Thomas o f Oklahoma; who presided, said that, the- confer­ ence had “ definitely disproved” Secre­ tary Wickard’s statement that Ameri­ can farmers support the President’s farm -price proposals. ' ‘ ' “ We’ve got plenty o f votes, to dev teat any 'attempt to reduce the price lim its a d d e d Mr. Thom#*.. .He explained that the farm block would not make any move “ under present conditions” 't o raise the ceil­ ings because this would be “ against i;he Administration.” " • Farm leaders' a t the conference were particularly resentful o f what Tom Linder, Georgia’s agricultural com­ missioner, called Secretary W i&ard’s attempt, to ‘‘stigmatize farmers as gangsters who are try in g . to collect unreasonable prices from the Ameri­ can public.” O’Neal Sottnd* Keynote .The keynotewas soimdedin a stk te-. mehfc submitted b y Edward'A. O’Neal, president o f the American Farm Bur­ eau Federation, who contended that because o f market fiuctationa a 110 per cent maximum was necessary in ■ order to produce a 100 per cent parity overage. ■H o ' insisted that t 10 Q per cent parity ceiling wcftdd mean a be- ]pw-parity-average-retiffib. • In addition, he said, the government limitation upon acreage w ould.prevenf farmers from regaining the purChas-, ing power they had between -1909-14,- Which is the object o f the parity pro-' gram.. ■' He *aid that eonimmer income is at an all-tim e high so that “there is n» reason why consumers should not pay . prices which w ill insure parity o f both price and income fo r the farmer.” Ralph MOore o f Granger, Tex., rep- prfesentirtg the State Commissioner o f Agriculture, said the Presideint’a pro­ gram would “ break every cattle man and sheep man in Texas.” . , New Terms Proposed Several speakers, however, admitted hat the expression- “110 per cent o f parity” did not sound very Well at a time when the country is being a*ked o make sacrifices. ' “ Compensatory price” was th* phrase preferred by Fred Brinkman, Washington representative o f the Na­ tional Grange, Senators from farm State*, Includ­ ing Mr. Smith, Chairman Of the Agri­ culture Committee, and Mr. Shipstead o f Minnwteta, encouraged the Witness*- es in their protests. The nearest ap­ proach to a dissenting note was sound­ ed by O. F . King, Agricultural Cota* missiotier o f Connecticut, Who sug­ gested that 110 per cent parity was ‘horse trading” lik«( the President’s suggested 926,000 income limitation proposal, Mr. King said tha t CSnunectteut*# poultry and dairy farmers Would staf­ fer from increased price* o f corn a #4 other feed, and “ a certain element” in bis state was “ worried,” Mr, Shipitead said that taxes, labor and other costa o f producing grain# are now two and three times what they were in the parity price period. —New York Times Speaking Engagement* ForBnMcChesney Dr. W . R . McChesney ha* anum bsr o f speaking engagements fo r high school commencement* this month. Friday evening he speaks before the Knen High School cosamencement. Sunday evening he delivers the Rees Twp> hetealsureate sermon before tile graduating class. H it top ic witt^he “ 1 Am An American,” M ondayevenfag he addre*eea the Elizabeth Twp. Miami county gravit­ ating claw , Tuesday evening he Is the elMe sptoker fo r the Mild High fisheri. Itta topic will he “ Our Country Calls le r vOniKTAIN VHllMMHUp# et*w— . - lc .A_»,,—ki Afiei'jea -uddl fr Mr* wErvM*Ms ATMMTCtf x iMWHi CNMMvjT# Thursday la Reset*!#* CUatoa ty* Friday a t King* Mill*, W arm* eoett- ty. Monday, May 36, a t OiitfcaviUe, 43, .... lU YDM rEN gRBOM Lg