The Cedarville Herald, Volume 66, Numbers 27-52

Americans For America— America For Americans SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR - No. 48 . CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 29,1943 ■ n j f c r m i f e f Mllpf'wl jjt ii iy a - i A « B u y M a r t WttjT '99,11 PRICE, ?1.50 A YEAR m m sw u i HAPPENINGS III By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member o f Congress, Seventh Ohio District Congressional Republicans—and es­ pecially those on the Ways and Means Committee o f the House—are taking action to force drastic reductions in governmental expenditures before any new tax legislation.is. enacted. Last Week the ten Republican members o f the Waya And Means Committee join­ ed in issuing a statment announcing . their opposition to any new tax Jegis- .latk>n> until waste' and extravagance ^in public spending baa been stopped. Inasmuch as there were sufficient Democratic members on the Commit- ' tee ready to support the position o f the Republican minority, the Commit­ tee proceeded to kill the Administra- ’ tion tAX bill;.and for a time last week it looked as i f there would be- no nev tax, legislation whatsoever this year. However, last weekend Administra- - tion spokesmen made definite1 promi­ ses to the Committee that coming ap­ propriation requests would be mater ially reduced, and with'fhat aSSuranc*; the Committee agreed to again con­ sider tax legislation. It seems rathe' certain, however, there will be onl\ slight'increases, if any at all, voted fo r .individual and corporation income tax'Tates, Some increases in excise levies may-be' agreed upon; and the - imposition o f a national Sales tax wij? probably be considered, it is now freely predicted that increased taxo>’ Will not total more than four billiem - dollars, instead of the ten and one- half ' billion oi’iginally requested hr the Roosevelt, administration. COURT NEWS DIVORCE s o r e s Harold Edmison has brought suit a- gainst Madge Edmison, Dai ton, on the grounds o f neglect and cruelty and asks for custody o f a child and re­ quests the defendant he required to ; turn over her interest in a lot owned jointly by the couple In Fairfield. The couple was married in Greenup, Ky,, in March 1932. Annetta Marie Davis, asking her freedom from Woodrow Davis charges neglect and wilful absence for three yeas and asks fo r restoration to her former name o f Peterson, They were married in Xenia, September 9, lS3g. Winifred1Nelson asks divbrce,"^^1 hia wife Pearl Nelson, ‘ Xenia, she married January 1938. The eciiple has two children, whose custody is sought by. the plaintiff- She also asks for temporary and permanent ali­ mony, " ’ Mildred 0 . Woods in a suit against Charles J. Woods, Jamestown, charges neglect and cruelty. They were mar­ ried at Paintersville Jan. 1939 and have two children; Frank L, Blade is plaintiff in an action brought against Laura M. Blade, Washington C. H. on grounds of neglect- They were Hillsboro, Dee. 23, 1937. Bishop Lee To Address Brotherhood ALONG pARjMFRONT E. A . Drdcs, Co. A fd -P t om l A ,en t BISHOP EDWIN F , LEE Bishop Edwin F . Lee, -Methodist Missionary Bishop o f Malayasia, Sa­ rawak, (Boreno), Philippine. Islands and Sumatra since l928, “ the most bombed bishop o f the American Meth­ odist Church” , is to be the speaker>at marrjed ati-a bi-district convention o f the Meh^f Brotherhood of the Wilmington , ' --------- : trict, the first rally fo r the southern • ASKS FORECLOSURE half of'the district, Nov. 8, at 7:4b in Foreclosure of a mechanic's lein is the Methodist Church o f Georgetown, sought in a suit by Frank E. Wilson . Brown county, the second NoY. 9, against Henry S, Wilson and •others. •in the .Methodist Church, Wilmington. The petition claims $385.33 with in -! A crowd of 800 men is expected.ht terest is due.,the plaintiff for labor ini Wilmington, and 400 at Georgetown. Osborn betwen January 27 and. May JThe bi-district meetings are being 29. held to reduce driving, Bishop and Mrs. Lee were compell­ ed to evacuate Singapore with 24 oth­ er missionaires at the urgent .advice" o f the United States Consul General WANTS DOG RECOVERED Recovery o f an English setter dog i is asked in a replevih suit filed by Tb . EtHvin Bu Lyon agSihst Frank Dewine wheb.;-W»',Jftpa»!iae-'^^:'i*Aa' but IS Republicans are.in the excellent strat J JC,,0W S-Mings" Atcwdi^ to the ^ miles W " The freighter £hip on ... v . , . . , |tition the plaintiff is owner of the dog *which the Bishop and his party' em- egic position where the Administration . , . , , , , . , , , , . . . A. T * f, , . „ „ ., ____ . . - but the defendant has detained it barked, eluded the Japs through a , ?, , Iwrongfully since Oct. 9, The plaintiff bail o f 27 bombing raids by Jap planes duce expenditures, and assume the , , ~ AA , 1 responsibility o f bringing in tax leg- a 80 88 s ^ damages islatioh acceptable to the Republicans. ■ it any new revenues arc to be collect­ ed. DIVORCES GRANTED Divoee decrees were awarded Lottie The Bishop also had the unique ex­ perience o f ordaining a Methodist pas­ tor while an air- rajd Was in progress, the Congregation flat on the floor, HOME MADE ELEVAljoRS CRIBS CORN . A lot o f home made equipment has been macHay ingenious {farmers dur­ ing the past year to help meet the labpr and machinery shortages/ One notable' examplej s a portable ear corn and small Grain elevator built byTtoy Jacobs o f Miami Twp, The elevator is mounted on whefels aijd is operated by a four horsepower single cylinder engine and will elevate IQHmshels of com per minute, . * Mr. Jacobs-has aiw-bUjli two wagon boxes with hetppera sp fha t the load can be dumped into th*-’elevator by lowering two doers in wie bottom o f the bed. The boxes hold about 80 bushels each and can bo. unloaded in eight minutes. Mr. Jacobs’ corn’ crop o f 265 acres is being harvested by a two row com picker sad hi$ home­ made elevator w ill eliminate a lot of back-bteaking c<j>m scooping; LIVESTOCK COMMITTEE MEN STUDY MARKETING PROBLEMS The annual meeting o f Livestock Committee Officers and bounty Agent o f Southwestern Ohio w|* held.at the Netiforlnnd Plaza, .Hotel, Cincinnati, Thursday, October && |Tbe livestock p^grams for the avea were discussed Peoria, 111-, An Illinois farmer is under restraint o f an unusual, fed­ eral court order issued to prevent him from using a harvesting combine that is his own property. Instead, the head of his county rationing board was di­ rected to take charge o f the machine and operate it for the benefit o f other farmers.- . “ It certainly looks like virtual con­ fiscation* o f property,” the defendant, Floyd A. Link o f Media, 111., declared after he was served with the order by a United States deputy marshall. Link operates a farm implement business in the1village: o f Media and a 110 acre farm in Henderson county in the northwest section of the state. Seeks Use o f Combine (“OLD CEDARVLLE” ! V. M, FOSTER The room on the left was named "The- Little Rooni” the one on the right was named "The Bjg Room”, and the other was “ The Middle Room” and pupils in the‘ Middle room and the Little Room w e r e .taken to the Big Room for Prayers- The Super­ intendent would Select a portion .of Scripture (often in Ephesians. . “ Children obey your parents” , in mind to this day) and have one or qther o f -the teachers read it. The Super­ intendent would lead in prayer,, all standing. The graejou? influence of School Prayers stays with you. The first Superintendent I knew was John Orr, a map beloved not only )y the school; but by everybody. Later he was County Clerk for a'num­ ber o f yeaers. We were taught rever­ ence by morning prayers. After the devotions a song or two would be sung The big giris and boys, really young men and women-, were beautiful sing­ ers. Cedarville. pan be justly proud o f jher fine school building "and the BEEFPMCE CONTROLHIT INCONGRESS him;:a;priority tons,' cor/dhe be had purchased as an implement dealer, the only one he was able to buy this year. When-the board refused his-request ^ Link went ahead mid used the combine together with the livestock marketlngl without the required certificate, W. situation, the operations under live hog ceilings, and the proposed ceilings for live cattle.1 To meet the problem an Area Livestock Transportation committee Will be set1 up with county sub-committees. '** Those in attendance from Greene County were -John H. Monger,' pres­ ident; Stanley Iletzler, vice president; and Harper Bickett, secretary of the county livestock committee, E. J. Fer- guson,'chairman o f the*‘Dayton Pro ducers and Greene County Director o f the Cincinnati Producers and J.-R. Kimber, manager of the Dayton Pto ducers. - The Senate, late last Week,-passed a virtual death sentence on the Sehoo- Subsidy Bill by referring it back toi Committee. The measure called fo r i the Federal government to subsidize! "Williams Venable from, James W. while Jap planes blasted from over- Vriiable, with plaintiff restored to head. The Bishop finally reached San her former name o f ^Williams, and Francisco after 66 daps o f travel. To- Ruth Gordon against John Gordon. CASE TRANSFERRED The. case o f Clara I. Belden against; tlia schools o f the country by contrib* j ' i . , , , *• , , «• L- Mustam has .been transferred to Uting three hundred million dollars per year to the various states, two hun­ dred million o f which would have been distributed on a per capita scholar basis fo r the payment o f teachers’ sal--' aides, with the additional one hundred million to go to sub-standard schools mostly in the South- Many school of­ ficials were In favor o f the measure because o f their-interest in increased Salaries for -teachers. Others, how­ ever were opposed, fearing it would be the Opening wedge toward Federal bureaucracy obtaining control o f A- merica’s public school system. . the U. S. district court in Dayton. DISMISS SUIT The suit o f Grace Bayes against Cal­ vin Bayes lias been settled and dismis­ sed. As previously predicted* in this col­ umn, the House last week passed leg­ islation increasing benefit payments to dependents of men in the armed services. The House bill, that provides a new dependency allotment" schedule o f fifty dollars fo r the wife, thirty dollars fo r the first child, and twenty dollars for each additional child of a service man, was quickly approved by the Senate (which had previously passed a similar measure) and sent to the President for his expected approv­ al. It will be two or three months, however before dependents affected will receive the increased allotments. ESTATES APPRAISED The following estates were apprais­ ed in -probate court: - * Jennie Kyne: gross, $4,687.80; de­ ductions $25; net $4,562.80- Joseph Curl: gross $4,329.77; de­ ductions $G82,25; net $3,647.52. Philena Mathew gross, $7,743.49; deductions, $2,510.98 net $5,232.51. SALES CONFIRMED , Sales o f real estate to the follow­ ing persons by Neal W. Hunter, ad­ ministrator o f the estate o f Ida, E, Fudge, have been.approved: Charles E. and Ella W. Mead, Clarence W. Harlcw, Addfe and Sadie. Smith, Grace T. Creswell and Margaret Shelley, ' DISPENSE WITH SALE Public sale o f personal property of the late J. C. Armentrout, originally authorized by the court, has been can­ celed. 1 *. day the 125,000 Methodists and 600 congregations o f his area are Under the rule of the Japs. During World War I the Bishop was chaplain o f the U. S Army in the A- E. F . He has been awarded these dec- orations—Office o f .Academy, Order University Palms 1919, France Cross o f Mercy 1921. Serbia King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1935. As sootl as hostilities are over the Bishop expects to return to his .area assignment in the Orient, John A. Friend, jB&tavia, Is presi. dent o f the Wilmington District Brotherhood. Dr. E. F. Andree, Wil­ mington is the superintendent. Congress Votes To Delay Call For Fathers ANNUAL - NUTRITION MEETING NOVEMBER 11-12- Tho Ohio Annual Nutrition Confer­ ence will be held at Plumb Hall, Ohio State University. November 11 and 12. The:.Conference' Is' sfion^qted by. tUft, University and.ExpCriment Station, in cooperation with the feed interests;of the state, The livestock feed prob­ lem is one o f the most serious con­ fronting agriculture and leading stockmen and livestock nutritionists will contribute to”1he program. The House Military Affairs Com- jp ittee has before it a proposed bill changing the present law so as to per­ mit War Department officials to ad­ just canceled’ war contracts when peace comes, .Under the present law the Comptroller General o f the IT. 9. passes upon the legality o f payments made under all contracts, cancellation ‘ settlements, etc. Appearing in oppos­ ition to the measure. Comptroller General Lindsey Warren cited numer­ ous Instances where W ar Department officials arid Army officers had ap­ proved and agreed to pay for dcdicu- loiis items charged as a part o f pro­ ducing war equipment, such as false teeth -for an employee, vitamin pills, picnic outings, etc., for factory work­ ers shipping charges o f dogs and oth­ er pets* and Other unwarranted expen­ ditures. Present indications are that the Congress will not only refuse to loosen controls over War Department Spending but instead trill actually tighten them* SALE APPROVED Roscoe Turner, exf -utor of the es­ tate o f Louisa M. Mullen, has been or­ dered to sell real estate at public sale, The lower House o f Congress voted solid, except! for one vote in the neg­ ative, Tuesday to place all pre-Pearl Harbor fathers at the bottom o f the list. Every available single man and married man without children are to be called regardless of occupation be­ fore fathers. The call is to be on a nationwide basis and not statewide as at present." The Senate passed the measure in another form and the present House Bill goes to the upper House for ratification. The adminis­ tration has opposed the bill and can be passed over Roosevelt's veto if such happens. FEED SUPPLY SHORT According to J. I. Ealconer, of Ohio State University, it now appears that the 1943 corn crop will.be about 10 per cent (ess than last year ;the pats crop was 40 percent less- and the wheat crop was one third less. Soy­ bean production will exceed last year by about five percent, Ohio's pro­ duction of feed grains will therefore be about 18 percent loss in 1943 than it was in 1942. , On the other hand Ohio will enter the feeding year beginning October 1, with at least 10 percent more grain consuming animals tbbn a year ago. The number o f hogs and chickens will be nearly 20 percent greater. ORDER TRANSFER George W. Bishop, executor o f the eStat o f Margaret L. Bishop, has been authorized to transfer real estate. SISGT. VINCENT RIGIO JR. AWARDED OAK LEAF CLUSTER APPRAISAL ORDERED The county auditor has been direct­ ed to appraise the estate of Joseph M. Richardson. A bill repealing the Chinese exclus­ ion act, permitting one hundred attd five Chinese to legally enter the Unit­ ed SteteS" each year under the im- migrvtlofi cmoW system, and approx­ imately forty thousand Chinese now ~ (O m rm tm > 6 # M m F o tm ) MARRIAGE. LICENSES 1 (Issued) Hall Broaden McElree, 202 W. Mar­ ket st., second lieutenant, U. S. Army and Georgetta Barnes, Xenia, Dr. H» B, McBiree, Xenia. Ralph Wayrte Graham, Xenia, fac­ tory employe, and Mrs. Lelia Pember­ ton, Xenia R. 4. APPLIED FOR John Gerald Hess, Bellbrook, aircraft mechanic, and Wilma Adine McClel­ land, Xenia, R. S. Dr. H. B. McElree. Arnold Horn, Dayton,"mechanic, and Myrtle Montella Baker, Fairfield, REFUSED A license was refused Robert F. Rhoades and Elsie Moore, both of Warren County, because o f non-res- Mence o f tba bride. was According to information received from somewhere in ‘ New Guinea: Lt. General George C. Kenney, Com­ mander o f the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, has awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster-tin lieu o f a second award o f the Air Medal—to S,-Sgt. Vincent Rigio Jr., “ for meri- torius achievement” while participa­ ting in 100 hours o f operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific, during which hostile contact probable and expected, 5 These operations, which played an important role in General MacArthur’s coordinated air, land and sea offensive against the Japanese, consisted of long-range bombing against enemy airdromes and installations and at­ tack's on enemy: naval vessel# and shipping* i Throughout these flights, his dta* tion estates, he demonstrated “ out, standing courage, ability and devotion %> duty.” He is on duty Vrith a bombardment squadron with tba Fifth A ir Force, SOIL MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED AT FORUM A four point program for main­ taining soil productivity was outlined by John A. SHpher o f the soils depart­ ment o f Ohio State University at the Farm Forum Monday evening. The program included water conservation, a cropping program to improve the tilth and to maintain the organic con­ tent Of the soil, and the proper kinds and amounts of fertilizers. The Ohio Soil Conservation District plan was discussed and the group voted that a committee be named to study the possibility of organizing a district in Greene county. The Miami Twp. Committee headed- by Clark Meredith Was in charge o f the pro- gram.- A number of readings were given by Evangeline Rroteiiek jof Yellow Spring’s, A nominating com­ mittee o f Elbert R. Andrews, Leigh Frye and Paul Hamer was hamed .by president Herman Ankeney to report at the December Forum, MACHINERY PURCHASE CERTIF­ ICATE EXPIRES OCTOBER 31 Ail ,1943 farm ’machinery purchase certificates issued by the machinery rationing committee expire October 81 according to 3. B, Mason, chairman. During the month o f November an inventory will be taken o f all farm machinery In dealers’ and distributors hands preparatory tcrrissulng ration­ ing quotas and forma fo r 1944. Ef­ fective October 16, purchase certifi­ cates will not bfe required for break­ ing plows, harrows, cultivators, grain binders and threshers, L, Fargey," chairman of the board, fil­ ed a complaint against him, alleging that the board’s authority- would be nullified if Link were permitted to continue witholding the combine from ether, farmers who assertedly had .a prior claim to it thru applications made with the board On the" basis o f ’.these representa­ tions, Judge J . LeRoy Adair, in the federal District, court here Issued a temporary injunction' on Thursday, (Oct. 21) restraining Link from us­ ing the combine and appointing Fqr- ge as receiver to take over and op­ erate' it fo r others unable to harvest their crops without it. Bought and Paid For " I don't see how thgy can do this to me with property I bought and paid for,” Link said. “ They haven’t token it away, from' too yet; and I do not feel 1 should let them.” Link said that when he applied to the ration board farm machinery com­ mittee fo r a certificate to Use his .own machine, he was told he should sell it to another farmer, Earl . Bricker, whom he described as an AAA com- mitteemnn. “ At the time they told I must sell the combine to Bricker,” Link continued, “he had fewer acres to har­ vest than I did. Furthermore he" owns a combine which I sold him two years ago, And it's not a matter of there being no other.combines Jn the county. I've been selling, them here for 11 years. Crops Needed Harvesting “ It's true that I went ahead and us­ ed the combine after the ration board said I couldn't. But it was my own money, and my crops, were ripening and needed harvesting. “ I don’t know anything about other farmers complaining because o f a need for my combine. Anyway, it has been running every day all fall, har­ vesting not only m y crops, but those of others. After I finished on my own farm, the combine has been used to harvest, the crops of four Other farmers. “ It looks to me like it is a matter Of favors being shown whep the board insisted that I sell my only combine to a man who alreadjkhad one.” Link was not iti court when the tem­ porary restraining order against him was issued. .He has been ordered |o appear in court on Nov. 1 when a hearing will be held to determine whether the restraining* order will bo dismissed or made permanent. NEAR DROUGHT CONDITION .BROKEN' ' (GojmNttKD O n P aqk F our ) Needing a combine to harvest the bean and oat crops on bis farm, Link last July asked the ration board to is- College buildings, all doing splendid work. But these are of the Cedarville now, not the ^1d Cedarville, o f which Wo w rite.'. • , ■ ' *' ‘ / / ■ ; A hundred years ago, wheat was cradled- In 1877 th? writer and a “ hand” cradled 36 acres. But mach­ ines were.mostly used by that time, if stumpy ground would allow. IVay back ijneh had reputation fo r being expert cradlers. .With three or four, the expert would lead, and the thing was for the next man to cut round him ifriie could. ' Father' was follow"- ing an expert, he- had set his cradle so that it would cut about an inch deeper each’ stroke. ,He pressed the expert hard and could have cut a- round him. The expert was a hired cradler. The expert 'strove desperat­ ely,, but no use. Reaching the end of the field, he said,. “ I’m not feeling Well and will go home.” \ :r The very early settlers threshed their wheat with a flail, i Presently some genius invented a small thresh­ ing machine and a-small either two or four horse power to buzz, the cylinder.' It worked, at least quite faster than the fla il.; Martin Adams Not so Well aware o f danger* In the buzzing cylinder, his hand and arm UP to the elbow were quickly torn; Immediately there was great excite­ ment...One who lost his" head jumped on *onfe of- the horses hitched to .the machine and attemptedvto start fop the Doctor. The loss of*his arm did not keep Mr. Adams from getting a more up to date" machine, then a steam power'thresher and then Cred­ itors took his farm. / - My. father and uncle probably had the'first reaper an? power mower in the township. The reaper ' worked, but the mower was not a success. To operate the rehper, q workman stood on a rear platform and would keep pushing o ff what would make a sheaf. In heavy wheat that was very hard work. Presently a Company brought out a Self-raking machine. Quite later, the self-binder. And now We understand a threesher is added. That is a long step from the sickle. Ce­ darville knew the cradle, then the reaper, but had no idea that a self- binder was on the way, and a thresher geared to it for the great wheatfields o f the West. And everybody in Ce­ darville would have hooted at the idea o f a machine to pull plows, con­ crete roads, gtitos that would 'take you 70-miles per hour and airplanes that would get you there almost be­ fore you started, Another thing which people now living have not seen and probably Will never hear-Bulls out on theroad bawl* ling and making that deep lion roar which pa a still night could be*heard a mile. There weremany hulls In the country, No farmer ever heard of “Fine FedSgreed Stock” in those days: And ho bull had the least notion that any other^ was, better. They would break out on the seeminglywhendark, and would wander about bawling out a challenge to all comers- Have you ever seen a bullfight? Yeu probably never will, Okir folks had. a bull not as big as some. We had a yoke on Ms neck, supposed to catch in the rails of the fence so that be could not tilt the fence, But he would break out anyway. Then we boys Would saddle up and hunt the roads. Once we found him a mile and a half.froift home/ We/frere driving him back when, above all things, another bull was coming down the,toad! He was a. big fellow. When about within a hundred feet o f elch other they stop* pdT and hawled and .roared, and pawed dirt throwing it up, and all the while sidling and edging toward each other, roaring all the time. When within about ten feat they catapulted at each other and came t!e» gather with a bang! The struggle was terrifiCf pushing, gouging and bawl* ling. •We boy* kept at a safe, dis* Economic - Stabilization Dlractor Fred M. Vinson this week announced a ceiling o f $15 and $16 on live beef* Chicago basis. The grading is to be done following slaughter. The Farm Bureau, Grange, and all livestock organization leaders have protested the move as one that will destroy the cattle market. The pack-" ei‘s also say the plan will not work in fixing a price whereby all stock will be put in but two classes instead o f about six as at present. The feeder o f good cattle will be penalized under the present plan. Congressmen from the" big cattle , producing states are up in arms over the .plan. The nation at the present time is eating a large part o f what or­ dinarily would be next year’s meat. Range cattle by the thousands, are be­ ing sent to market for slaughter and , packers are killing everything down to 300 poundweights. All .predictions are f o r a critical"meat shortage a / e r the first of the year. Locally only a fe w .cattle feeders . are- stocking cattle for winter feeding. All fear the*risk of financial I osb , skeing the government is making no effort to stabilize hogs at the prom­ ised fioov price. .Hogs continue to drop in price daily. Ralph Wolford Is Named Trustee New Formula To Kill Poison Ivy New developments in the control of poison ivy have been announced by Victor II. Ries, extension floricultur­ ist at Ohio State University, Theriatest recommendation, accord­ ing to Ries, is ammonium sulfamato mixed With water at the rate of 12 ounces to each gallon of water. This should be sprayed on plants until all the leaves and stems are wet. Sur­ rounding trees will, not be hurt even tho the mixture may touch their trunks, but the ivy’s poison is neutral­ ized. JUDGMENT AWARDED A common pleas jury this week awarded Vesta “Dudley judgment’for $378 in her suit to recover $756 from Earl Wheelan, R. R. 1 Xenia, for ser­ vices ' including board, laundry and room rent. Ralph Wolfprd has been appointed" - township trustee to fill the„vacancy caused by the death of- M. W* Collins, according to announcement from Pro­ bate Judge William B. McCallistef. The Judge in announcing the ap- ; pointment states that he has followed precedent and named a member for the post from the village in ds much as Mr. Collins resided here and the other, two members/ Messrs. Meryl Stormont and Fred Barrett resided , in. the township. WO undqstand. there .were several applicants fo r th e ‘ vacancy by resT/- dents- o f the township .and hut one , from the village. •township board by Judge McGallister Mr. Barrett was named to the about a year ago caused by the res­ ignation o f Hugh Turnbull, who had been elected commissioner. Mr. Wolford lias served as a mem­ ber of village council" and also .as ft member of- the Board o f 'Public A f- ” fairs. He has also served as apprai­ ser of rqal estate in the yiliage by ap­ pointment o f County Auditor James J. Curiett. Cong. Brown Forcing; Gas Ivestigation •*Charles M. Dean, Washington c o ­ respondent for the Cincinnati Enquir­ er in a Story says that Cong. Clar­ ence J. Brown and his committee are going -on with the gasoline investi­ gation, He says the inquiry has been held up at the request o f the OPA but the investigation committee will wait no longer. Tfie administration has tried to block any inquiry into the oil or gasoline situation. Radio Commentator Fulton Lewis, Jr., has been conducting an investi­ gation also and this week had three governors from oil producing states on the air. He followed the next evening with Jeading oil producers. The Democratic governors were very critical of the New Deal bungling o f the oil situation and predictions were made Wednesday evening auto owners will soon be walkihg and homes heat­ ed with oil will be cold before spring. Under lend-lease the New Deal is giving away 65 pveent o f the gasoline being produced to can y , on the war, England and Russia getting moat o f it. ' » ■ (Continued on Bate Three) File Your Claim For Damages Local citizens who have suffered any property damage at the hands o f Hallowe’en pranksters are request­ ed to send in by letter a statement to the Mayor's office describing - the same and stating approximate cost o f repair so that when the violators are taken into custody a working basis fo r penalty can be established. Of­ ficials stated that the ring leaders Ore already known and as soon as tho list is complete they will be taken into custody and will face the coat or dam­ ages inflicted. Damages so far learn­ ed will approximate a considerable amount which wifi be placed against offenders and if, the violators art minors, parents or guardians will have to hear the cost, i f was stated. vi \